This director is so innocent.

Chapter 177 Daily Life

"Su Jin, all that dancing I've practiced for the past two weeks wasn't for nothing, was it?"

"No, she's very sexy, even prettier than those professionals," Su Jin praised.

The dance that Fan Xiaopang just did was pole dancing.

She didn't have much of a dance background, so she hired a dance teacher and practiced for half a month.

Fan Xiaopang smiled charmingly, and seeing that no one was around, whispered, "Want me to dance for you alone tonight?"

"No need." Su Jin shook his head slightly. He decided to abstain from sex for two months and focus on making the movie.

"Don't you need it? That would be a waste of the flight attendant uniform I bought." Fan Xiaopang sighed, feigning regret.

Upon hearing this, Su Jin paused for a moment and said, "Uh—since you've already bought it, then don't waste it."

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Fan Xiaopang chuckled and said sarcastically, "Who was it that just said we didn't need it?"

"I said it," Su Jin readily admitted, then changed the subject, "Since you don't want to, then forget it."

"You—" Fan Xiaopang was slightly taken aback. She only wanted to make a joke, but Su Jin seemed unwilling to joke with her.

"Come to my room tonight." Su Jin smiled and turned to leave.

You still want to control me? You'll have to train for a few more years!

Fan Xiaopang watched Su Jin's retreating figure, clenched his little fist and waved it at him, muttering three words of truth under his breath.

After a busy day, we filmed three night scenes and didn't get home until after midnight.

After taking a shower, Su Jin was no longer in the mood to enjoy the dance; all she wanted to do was sleep.

After all, even the most delicious food will taste ordinary if you eat it too often.

Yes, it's normal, not cloying.

I was just about to lie down and go to sleep when the doorbell suddenly rang.

"Who is it? It's so late, why aren't you asleep yet?"

"Could it be Fan Bayi?"

When I opened the door, sure enough, it was Fan Xiaopang. She was standing at the door with a smile on her face, holding a cardboard box bag in her hand.

"Why aren't you asleep yet?"

"How could I sleep when you haven't even come back?" Fan Xiaopang replied with a smile.

As she spoke, she pushed Su Jin aside and went into the room on her own.

Then, in front of Su Jin, she took off all her clothes.

Next, she changed into her flight attendant uniform, and when she paired it with black stockings, she exuded a unique charm that made it impossible to look away.

No wonder experienced drivers like to visit the uniform fetish channels on small websites; the visual impact is indeed irresistible.

Su Jin is a man, so naturally he is no exception.

Seeing the burning desire in Su Jin's eyes, Fan Xiaopang smiled slyly and moved closer to him.

Su Jin watched Fan Xiaopang walk towards her step by step, smiled, and said softly, "I don't think we need to do any dancing, let's just start!"

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Fan Xiaopang's wrist, pulled her to his side, and leaned down to kiss her.

After a night of passion —

Fan Xiaopang lay in Su Jin's arms, his cheeks flushed and covered in sweat.

After finishing her cigarette, Su Jin said, "Can you still move on your own? If you can, go back to your room and take a shower."

It's almost 2 a.m. If I don't go to sleep soon, I won't have the energy to film the movie tomorrow.

Fan Xiaopang silently rolled his eyes, cursing Su Jinzhen in his heart for being a heartless person who used and discarded people without even giving him a bath.

"I can't move, you're too strong." Fan Xiaopang pretended to be weak and listless, his voice particularly soothing.

Su Jin glanced at Fan Xiaopang without saying anything, then picked her up and carried her to the bathroom to take a shower.

In the bathroom, the water was running loudly.

Enjoying Su Jin's service, Fan Xiaopang finally asked the question that had been on his mind for a long time: "Su Jin, how many girls have you bathed?"

"Not many, I only washed you," Su Jin replied calmly.

"Really?" Fan Xiaopang curled his lip, not believing Su Jin's words at all, because Su Jin's technique was too professional.

This person clearly bathes people frequently; only someone with such professional technique could do that.

"Yes." Su Jin nodded lightly, without offering any further explanation.

Fan Xiaopang smiled and didn't press the matter further. "In the entertainment industry, you have to learn to be tactful; that's how you go further."

Is Wu Zhenyu a good actor?

Okay, let's talk about the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor. He even snatched it from Tony Leung in "In the Mood for Love".

Is he a big star?

Not really. From his debut until now, he has never been ranked in the top 0 among Hong Kong artists. To be harsh, he has never even been in the top 1.

Who was the T0 of the Hong Kong film industry in the 90s?

The four stars—Chow Yun-fat, Stephen Chow, Jackie Chan, Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau, Jet Li, and Leung Chiu-wai—although Ekin Cheng's career was short, were still top-tier during his peak.

Even Leung Ka-fai, who is now considered a legend, was at most a T0.5 back then.

After 2000, Louis Koo, Nick Cheung, and Aaron Kwok rose to prominence.

Wu Zhenyu's success is not only due to his excellent acting skills, but also largely thanks to Lau Ching-wan's mentorship.

Later, perhaps feeling that he had become a movie star and had a high status, he no longer wanted to play supporting roles, so Lau Ching-wan stopped associating with him.

Therefore, Lau Ching-wan didn't include him in the Overheard series, or in the later films produced by Louis Koo's company.

To be honest, having powerful connections in Hong Kong is still very important.

Lin Xue's benefactor is Du Qifeng, who has access to a wealth of resources.

Lin Jiadong, Andy Lau takes him everywhere he goes, and later Jiang Haowen, Andy Lau includes him in many of his movies.

Nick Cheung, Wang Jing gave him many opportunities.

In fact, if Wu Zhenyu had stayed with Milkyway Image and worked under Johnnie To, it's hard to say whether he would have won Best Actor, but he would have certainly made several more excellent films.

Since Francis Ng isn't a big star, why cast him as a major villain?

Although others have never been to T1, they are still considered prominent figures below T1.

Casting this type of person in a supporting role is very beneficial to the film's success.

Moreover, Wu Zhenyu is very suitable for this kind of slightly neurotic villain role.

Today is the day we're filming our first scene together with Francis Ng.

The main plot involves the protagonist finding Zong Shi, the second-in-command of a gang, and going to a nightclub to meet him, where he bumps into Wan Shi at the entrance.

This is also the first time Su Jin has acted opposite Wu Zhenyu.

The scene ended seven or eight minutes later.

Su Jin was also aware of Wu Zhenyu's acting skills.

Previously, his biggest impression of Wu Zhenyu was as Liang Kun in "Young and Dangerous" and Ni Yongxiao in the prequel to "Infernal Affairs".

One is neurotic, the other is authoritative without being angry and ruthless.

Like Liang Kun, the main villain Wan Shi doesn't seem like anything special normally, but he becomes neurotic when things get tough.

Wu Zhenyu portrayed the character very well, but it's not necessarily true that his acting skills are exceptional.

All I can say is that it's above the passing grade. If I had to give it a score out of ten, I'd give it seven.

After Wu Zhenyu finished performing this scene, he also had his own evaluation of Su Jin's acting skills.

Those who pass the mark will receive a score of seven.

However, for a commercial action film, a score of seven is already quite good, unlike some actors he encountered in mainland China before, who didn't even reach the passing grade.

Another thing he admired about Su Jin was that he didn't use a stand-in from beginning to end, which was quite a rare thing.

It's worth noting that this film has a lot of action scenes, and Su Jin, who isn't an action actress, actually performed them very well.

It would be impossible to complete this without putting in a lot of hard work.

"Old Wu, did you guys have to work non-stop when you were filming in Hong Kong?"

"Working non-stop?"

"We'd finish filming in the morning, then take a car to another location to film in the afternoon, and then go to yet another location to film in the evening."

"That's right. Back when Hong Kong was at its peak, there was a huge demand for films in Southeast Asia. Major film companies were making a lot of films, and it was quite normal for someone to take on two films at the same time."

"Isn't that very tiring?"

"I'm tired, but I have to eat! If you don't answer, someone else might."

"And what about your 'Young and Dangerous' movies? I heard Wong Jing didn't even have a script; he just set up a table and wrote it on the spot."

"That's roughly the situation. When we were filming 'Young and Dangerous,' we were just doing it as a mission, and we finished filming in two weeks."

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"Unexpectedly, the movie became a hit, and that's when I started to become famous."

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The assistant director of the TV series "Border Town" is Cheng Er.

This person isn't very famous, but the movies he's made are quite well-known.

He directed films such as "Border Town" and "The Wasted Times".

The reason we invited him to be the director this time was to test his abilities. If he's capable, we'll entrust him with directing "Border Town".

I've watched some clips he directed recently, and he's quite skilled; he's a master at making suspense films.

He also likes to play with multi-narrative stories, such as "Border Town," which consists of four chapters that are combined in the last chapter.

Before "Border Town", he filmed a short drama called "Criminals", which was his graduation project and caused a sensation throughout the Beijing Film Academy!

His subsequent film, *The Third Person*, was too essayistic and didn't perform well in terms of either critical reception or box office success.

So he stayed away from the film industry for six years, during which time he didn't make a single movie.

At this point, he was clearly a little insecure and quite surprised that Su Jin had asked him to make a movie.

He came to the set of "The Man from Nowhere" as an assistant director not only out of curiosity about the level of the Cannes Best Director, but also because no one had asked him to make movies.

After hearing Su Jin tell him the gist of the story of "Border Town," he really liked it; it really resonated with him.

An unconventional drug dealer, he manufactures, sells, and smuggles drugs, yet he considers himself a good person with his own principles, building schools and doing charity work.

But this kind of persona raises a question: will it pass the review?

He expressed his doubts to Su Jin.

"Don't worry about the censorship; this film will be co-developed with China Film Group," Su Jin explained, continuing:

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I'll send the script to your email in a bit.

The films made by Cheng Er and his group don't tend to define characters as purely evil or purely good.

They believe that everyone is driven by their own desires and the desires of society; no one does only good deeds, and no one does only bad deeds!

But the censors don't see it that way. They hate so-called humanity; evil is evil.

Good deeds should be rewarded and evil deeds should be punished; this aligns with the basic moral principles of society!

Watching Cheng Er's retreating figure, Fan Xiaopang asked curiously, "Su Jin, what were you talking about with Director Cheng just now? I heard you talking about the new movie with him?"

Su Jin didn't hide anything from her and said directly, "I wrote a script for him and want him to direct it."

Upon hearing this, Fan Xiaopang's eyes lit up, and he said softly, "A movie? Are there any roles suitable for me?"

"No, the female lead is an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl, you're not suitable."

"So what if I'm eighteen or nineteen? I'm only 27," Fan Xiaopang retorted defiantly.

"You are 27 years old, but you look mature, and you really don't look like you are 18 or 19."

"Then why don't you change the female lead's age to twenty-three or twenty-four? Wouldn't that be more suitable for me?"

"It can't be changed. If we change the female lead's age, the script will have to be drastically altered, and the plot will become fragmented."

Upon hearing this, Fan Xiaopang frowned slightly and remained silent.

Su Jin glanced at her, took out a large gold brick, lit it, exhaled a puff of smoke, and slowly said, "Don't even think about this movie. 'Painted Skin' and 'Ip Man' are enough to feed you for a lifetime."

I'm telling you, "Painted Skin" and "Ip Man" will be made into a series.

"Is there going to be a sequel to 'Painted Skin'? Didn't Xiao Wei die?" Fan Xiaopang wasn't too concerned about "Ip Man," even if it was made into a series.

Because the character "Zhang Yongcheng" is just a pretty face, not outstanding at all.

For her current status, it won't add much value.

But "Painted Skin" is different. It has a dual female lead setting, and Pei Rong is not just a decorative character. She plays a very important role and has an unparalleled role in driving the plot forward.

"If she dies, we can bring her back to life! Anyway, she's a thousand-year-old fox demon, so the audience won't be too surprised."

"Is it still a continuation of the story from 'Painted Skin 1'?"

"No, it's still you guys, but the story will be different. You'll become a disfigured princess, and Chen Kun will be a general, your childhood sweetheart. Zhou Xun will no longer be the third party, but will become a vixen who wants your heart—"

"What's the theme? Is it still love?"

"Yes, the theme of 'Painted Skin I' is love, and the sequel will naturally also be about love; that cannot be changed."

Fan Xiaopang nodded thoughtfully and asked, "When will filming begin?"

"If the box office performance of 'Painted Skin' is good, we'll start filming next year and release it the year after."

"When will filming for my 'My Love from the Star' begin?"

"Let's see when I'm free next year!"

"After you finish filming this, what other projects do you have planned?"

"I also have a movie to film, and I need to go to North America. Before I know it, it will be the end of the year."

"A movie? What movie? Are there any roles suitable for me?"

"no."

"Not again?"

"No, that's right. The female lead in this movie needs to have a heroic look. You have a more feminine look, so you're not suitable for this kind of role."

Fan Xiaopang frowned slightly as he looked at Su Jin. If she hadn't made a single film or two, then all her efforts to curry favor with Su Jin had been in vain.