Chinese entertainment industry has been booming since 2008.

2009年，4月27日，下午5点30分。

Inside the studio set up by the film crew, staff were busy setting up the scene, and everything was ready.

The script supervisor, holding the clapperboard, shouted, "All units, prepare!"

"Camera crew number 1 is ready."

"Camera crew number 2 is ready."

"Lighting crew ready."

"Recording team number 3 is fully prepared!"

"Camera crew number 5 is ready."

"Director, all units are ready."

Director Choi Dong-hoon immediately waved his hand and shouted, "Action!"

Then, he stared intently at the three monitor screens on the table, meticulously observing the actors' performances.

Half an hour later, director Choi Dong-hoon shouted in Korean, and the translator translated simultaneously: "The director says, filming is wrapped."

Fan Bingbing, Huang Bo, and the others were stunned for a moment when they heard the words "filming wrapped up".

"Awoo!"

The crowd erupted in a huge roar. Some of the quick-thinking individuals had already rushed to a corner of the set, grabbed the champagne and confetti they had prepared that morning, and sprayed them wildly at the crowd.

Looking at the cast and crew celebrating after a long night of stress, Zhang Yang felt it was all a bit unreal. In less than a month and a half, "The Thieves" had already wrapped up filming. Time really flies.

The lead actors are all veterans in the entertainment industry, and they are already used to the ups and downs of film crews.

"Young Master Yang."

At this moment, Huang Bo walked over with a grin, still wearing his costume, looking quite comical.

"What's up?"

Upon hearing Zhang Yang's question, Huang Bo replied earnestly, "Thank you, Young Master Yang, for giving me this opportunity to work with so many veteran actors. I feel that my acting skills have improved by leaps and bounds, which will be of great help to my future life and career."

Huang Bo's flattery startled Zhang Yang. The next second, he saw Huang Bo shaking a bottle of champagne in his hand, giving it a vigorous shake before removing the cork, much to Zhang Yang's astonishment.

Bang!

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Yang snapped out of his daze and quickly covered his face with his hands, leaving afterimages.

*Plop*, he blocked most of the champagne with his hands. Only a small portion got onto his hair and clothes. Having blocked the first wave, and with the champagne almost gone, Zhang Yang said menacingly, "Huang Bo, you're dead!"

"Ah! Director Zhang, this wasn't my idea, it was Sister Bingbing's idea!"

After shifting the blame, Huang Bo hurriedly tried to escape, but Zhang Yang, who was quick-witted and agile, grabbed his arm: "Brother Bo, through you, I really understand what it means to 'kill stereotypes'."

"Director Zhang, please spare this old man in his forties!"

"It's too late to beg for mercy now, Ah-da!"

And so, the two started chasing and fighting on set. Zhang Yang and Huang Bo's playful fight was like a microcosm of the whole thing. The set was filled with the sounds of their fighting. After more than ten minutes, everyone was soaked in champagne before they finally stopped.

Finally, the main cast and crew returned to their hotel by car to shower and change clothes. Around 10 o'clock, a car was sent to take everyone to a five-star hotel for the wrap party.

After the wrap party, Zhang Yang flew directly to Hengdian. Three days earlier, filming for "Swords of Legends" had already begun.

With the arrival of Zhang Yang, the male lead and financial backer, director Liu Junjie naturally had to put on a good show and held a welcoming ceremony.

Tang Yan acted perfectly normal, as if nothing had happened, which made Zhang Yang look at her with new respect. Sure enough, women's acting skills off-screen are much better than on-screen.

The next day, the cast and crew of "Swords of Legends" gathered the main actors for a script reading session.

To be honest, script readings still existed around this time in 2009. But with the rise of internet traffic, let alone script readings, many people didn't even read the scripts properly. If they were unhappy with the script, they would change the script or the lines.

After all, in the era of internet traffic, everything is about making money, and few production teams would do something as laborious and thankless as script readings.

In the era of internet traffic, popular actors have very full schedules, all busy making money. So much so that even memorizing lines properly is worthy of praise, and script readings are just a pipe dream.

Of the entire cast of "Swords of Legends", Zhang Yang is the most popular. The rest of them, in retrospect, are just minor characters and none of them are any good.

Taking this opportunity, Zhang Yang finally got to know all the main cast members. It has to be said that Zhang Yang is really bold; he has an ambiguous relationship with several of the main characters.

Needless to say, the female lead Yang Mi is also involved with Zhang Yang. The second female lead Tang Yan also recently hooked up with Zhang Yang. Yu Na also had an affair with Zhang Yang, and Wang Like is also one of Zhang Yang's women.

So, that leaves only Li Qin and Xin Zhilei.

Li Lin got in through Yang Mi's connections, while Xin Zhilei was brought in through Boss Xiang's connections, thanks to Xin Zhilei's boss Liang Ting.

Speaking of Liang Ting, she first came into the public eye in 2011 when the movie "Guan Yun Chang" led the box office during the May Day holiday, which made her known to more people.

In fact, before "Guan Yun Chang", Liang Ting's company had already participated in the investment and production of popular works such as "14 Blades" and "Ip Man 2".

Liang Ting's experience is an inspirational example. In 1995, at the age of 17, she entered the Hong Kong film and television industry alone, starting from the bottom, working her way up from script supervisor to assistant director to coordinator. By the age of 21, she had become a production manager. Subsequently, she even founded her own GG company. Remarkably, this GG company became the exclusive GG agent for the Hong Kong Film Awards for two consecutive years.

Therefore, Liang Ting's life can be described as a satisfying female lead story, which explains Jiang Wen's comment when evaluating the two emerging film operators in China: "For men, there's Ma Ke; for women, there's Liang Ting."

Liang Ting's experience shows that she has a lot of connections in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, which is an important reason why she was able to get Xin Zhilei into the "Swords of Legends" crew through Boss Xiang.

In the era of internet traffic, Liang Ting became known to netizens again because Xin Zhilei won the Best Actress award, and things from her early years were brought up again.

In "Swords of Legends", Xin Zhilei plays the role of Sun Yueyan, a supporting character with a moderate amount of screen time.

After a day of script readings, Zhang Yang refreshed the preconceived notions the main characters of "Gu Jian Qi Tan" had about him.

Take Yuan Hong for example. He is considered a skilled actor. He has some prejudice against Zhang Yang, an actor who did not come from a professional acting background. He thinks that Zhang Yang's success with the role of Li Qingyan is just a natural performance. He believes that Zhang Yang would not be able to handle any other role.

However, after a day of script readings, Zhang Yang fully demonstrated his top-notch understanding of the characters, not only limited to Baili Tusu, but also providing many key opinions on characters such as Feng Qingxue played by Yang Mi, Ouyang Shaogong played by Lin Yushen, Xunfang played by Tang Yan, and Fuqu played by Li Lin.

Yuan Hongfa realized that judging people based on preconceived notions was a huge mistake and incredibly foolish.

This caused Yuan Hong's attitude towards Zhang Yang to undergo a three-stage shift, from initial prejudice to later appreciation, and finally, complete admiration.