A Low Rank Female Goes Viral Across the Galaxy-Chapter 202: The Release

If you were to ask who was most nervous about the premiere of *Medicine God*, the answer would undoubtedly be the male lead, Deng Zimo.

He was the pure human male who played the part of Cheng Yong.

For him, this film would decide his future.

Because this film was an opportunity he could never have dreamed of getting in his entire life.

Yet, fate had smiled upon him this once.

Jiang Qin had pushed him into this position against all opposition. If he could become an overnight sensation, he would officially enter the industry.

But if the film bombed, as the male lead, he would surely be heavily criticized.

Of course, Jiang Qin, who had given him the role, would likely face a great deal of criticism as well.

So, ever since filming ended, he had been in a constant state of anxiety and unease.

He feared that his dream would be utterly crushed, that he would drag down Jiang Qin who had given him this chance, and that he would face a torrent of public abuse.

However, when the day of the premiere finally arrived, his mood had unexpectedly calmed down a bit.

As the lead actor, he naturally didn’t need to scramble for a ticket, so as soon as it was eleven in the morning, he left the house completely bundled up.

Although he was still unknown, he figured someone at the theater might recognize him. With that in mind, Deng Zimo silently put on a face mask.

At that moment, he felt a little ashamed, feeling as if he had achieved nothing yet was already getting ahead of himself.

***

For a film into which so many people had poured their heart and soul, Tianwen Entertainment had naturally booked out a theater for a screening on opening day.

Aside from the artists who weren’t with Tianwen Entertainment, basically all the other staff members came.

Jiang Qin sat in the front row with their four partners, as well as the director, assistant director, and others, waiting for the previews to end.

The whispers of the employees could be heard from behind them:

"It’s finally premiering. I can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

"I know, right? The schedule was so tight. I only got a few hours of sleep here and there, and I was still adjusting the lights in my dreams."

"Me too. Even in my dreams, I was still putting makeup on the actors."

"Actually, that pure human male is the impressive one. He endured it all with such a poor physique, and his acting is really amazing.

When I saw the scene where he gets out of prison, I actually cried."

"Even though there are many heroes in our era, the historical heroes from thousands of years ago were still more impressive.

I’ve never been able to understand how they could be so resilient with such poor physiques.

And their minds—they were full of wisdom even though their brains hadn’t been developed. Especially their strategies of war that have been passed down; our Federation is still using them to this day."

"Maybe that’s just the potential of being human. Isn’t our current physique the result of unlocking that potential?"

"So, in the end, are human genes stronger, or are beast genes stronger?"

"Of course, the combination is the strongest! We Beastmen today, with human minds and beast-like bodies, are the best combination!"

As for side effects, they had to survive first before they even had the luxury of worrying about them.

In Interstellar history, humanity had survived several devastating disasters.

First came viral infections and frequent natural disasters, then the destruction of their planet, forcing all of humanity to migrate to the stars.

Then they began to compete with the Interstellar Myriad Races and the Insect Race.

Besides fighting them for territory, they also had to face attacks from devastating monsters that would suddenly emerge from the cosmos.

Without altering their genes, their bodies couldn’t even withstand the violent energy in the air.

This was also the reason why pure humans today were frail, prone to illness, and short-lived.

Without the Federation’s aid, they would struggle to even reach adulthood. Because of their short lifespans, many families who discovered their newborn child possessed only human genes, with no trace of beast genes, would choose to abandon them.

Besides not wanting to go through the trouble and effort of raising them, they also feared the heartbreak of forming an attachment only to outlive their own child.

It was better to just abandon them at birth.

Of course, Interstellar Law forbids the abandonment of cubs, but some people would take their children to a Poverty Star or a Garbage Star under the guise of tourism and abandon them there.

The more ruthless ones would abandon them on a Wild Star.

In places like these, there were too many administrative loopholes, and very few people would bother to investigate.

***

Hearing the discussion behind her, Jiang Lin found herself feeling reflective.

As a director, she was naturally one of those who disapproved of using a pure human for the lead role.

If a pure human actor’s skills were truly good, she might give them a complex role with less screen time.

But a leading role was too big of a risk; she was against it.

At her age, she was past the stage of being passionately driven by a dream like when she was young. She had to prioritize commercial value, cost, and risk.

She was a director. The success or failure of a film was tied to the funding for her next one, so there was no room for error.

It was only this time, because the big boss had given the order to follow Jiang Qin’s lead on everything, that she hadn’t raised any objections.

To her surprise, that pure human male actually pulled it off.

Even when he fainted one morning, he was right back on set that afternoon.

Her opinion of him had gone from disdain to appreciation, and finally to admiration, all in just over a dozen days.

She truly hoped that someone so hardworking could establish a firm foothold in the industry with this film.

...

When the movie began, the chatter immediately stopped.

At that same moment, nearly ten million people across the Federation were also watching the film.

At the beginning of the film, while the main characters did help many people afflicted by disease by reselling medicine, their ultimate motive was still profit.

Medicine costing a few hundred was sold for the high price of five thousand. The profit margin was enormous.

The audience felt that people of that era really had it hard, having no money to buy expensive foreign drugs.

A single patient could bankrupt an entire family.

But giving up was easier said than done; these were their closest loved ones.

To be honest, this situation was somewhat similar to what many families went through when a pure human child was born.

Even though the Federation Government provided subsidies and support, they still needed to spend a fortune on air purifiers, various kinds of purified drinking water, and physique-strengthening potions for their pure human children.

A single pure human child could truly bankrupt an ordinary family.

Everyone was thinking, if only the price of the potions could be a little lower.

But the source materials for many of the potions were controlled by the Empire, and their Federation also purchased them at a high price.

It was simply impossible for the price to be any lower.

If it were any lower, it might bankrupt the Federation’s treasury, so no one could utter a single word of complaint.

To reduce the number of pure human children being born, they could only choose to have fewer children with pure human females and Half-beastman females.

But forbidding them from procreating entirely was also not an option, as there were too few Beastman females, and they produced even fewer offspring.

There were many lower-class jobs that needed Half-beastmen to perform.

And Half-beastman males also needed partners.