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Liu Zhongze noticed a message pop up on his phone. It was a voice message from Lin Luoying, lasting a full 60 seconds. He didn't open it, but instead put his phone back down.

The three of them walked towards the commercial street outside once again; this was the third time Liu Zhongze had walked there today.

"Sister He, to be honest, I have some martial arts skills and can do the work of a suit actor. I don't know if you would agree."

He Qian and Chen Fengqi simultaneously glanced at Liu Zhongze, scrutinizing him from head to toe.

He Qian's expression was relatively composed, though her embarrassment was evident. However, Chen Fengqi was not so subtle. He sighed at Liu Zhongze and shook his head, his meaning obvious.

Liu Zhongze opened his mouth, wanting to continue speaking, but at that moment He Qian's phone rang, and a familiar male voice came from the other end.

"Hey, Lin Youyu, what's up?"

"Is it You Yu? Sister He, let me talk to him." Chen Fengqi didn't care whether He Qian agreed or not, and took the phone to speak to the other end: "You Yu, it's me."

"Go away, Feng Qi, go to the side and give the phone back to He Qian."

"Oh." Chen Fengqi handed the phone back to He Qian.

Chen Fengqi reached out to put his arm around Liu Zhongze's shoulder, reenacting their previous "good buddy" act, but this time Liu Zhongze had learned his lesson and dodged, leaving Chen Fengqi with nothing.

"Okay, just wait for me at the venue. We'll be there at three o'clock, we won't be late. Okay... um."

He Qian hung up the phone, looked at the two of them, and then said to Chen Fengqi, "Go and wake up the others. Tell them that filming starts at three o'clock. If anyone is late, just go to Hengdian."

Chen Fengqi glanced at He Qian, then turned to Liu Zhongze with a girlish gesture, waved, and said, "Old Liu, don't miss me, see you at three o'clock~"

"roll!"

Liu Zhongze tried to hold back for a long time but couldn't. Chen Fengqi saw his reaction and left with a smile.

The two entered a relatively quiet breakfast shop together. He Qian asked the owner for several large meat buns and then looked at Liu Zhongze, asking, "Have you had any?"

"have eaten."

When the two sat down together, He Qian finally spoke up to explain. She pushed up her glasses and looked at Liu Zhongze, saying, "Although I am the director and producer, this is not my decision. If you want to get the role of a suit actor, you have to go and discuss it with him in person."

"Him? Who is he?"

He Qian took the big meat bun and started eating it, her eyes filled with the mist rising from the bun.

"That's the person who sat near the door last night. I remember I introduced him before; he's the screenwriter in charge of this tokusatsu show."

Liu Zhongze suddenly remembered that there was a tall, thin middle-aged man by the door last night, who looked about the same age as He Qian.

"I vaguely remember him; he was my suit actor."

"Hmm." He Qian swallowed the meat bun in her mouth and said, "Because we are not wealthy, basically every staff member has multiple roles. On the surface, he is a screenwriter, but he may be a monster. On the surface, he is a photographer, but he may still become a monster. There is only one exception."

"Who?"

He Qian took another big bite of the meat bun and said, "Lin Youyu, his company specially arranged a stunt double for him. I heard he came from the Long Family Stunt Team."

Upon hearing the familiar words, Liu Zhongze asked, "The Flying Dragons' Dragon Family Troupe?"

"Yes, the eighth generation of disciples. As Fei Long gets older, he can no longer fight. Many action actors have to find new ways to make a living. Like the later generations of disciples in the Lung Clan, they are now more active behind the scenes and online. There are not many of them in movies. In the 90s and 00s, too many people wanted to become the next Fei Long, but they all failed. Now they are struggling to make a living."

It turns out that being a martial arts actor is still so difficult. Back then, Liu Zhongze was also behind the scenes. If he couldn't be a stunt double, he could only be a background character who got beaten up, but the money he earned was very limited. Not everyone can replace a star to do dangerous stunts.

"Because Lin Youyu brought his own martial arts actor, our crew, which already had a small number of martial arts actors, had to give up one of their spots. Everyone was just trying to make a living, so how could we accept that?"

After thinking it over, Liu Zhongze was still unwilling to let this opportunity slip by. If it were just for the dramatic scenes, Liu Zhongze wouldn't have gone to such lengths. He said, "Sister He, since we're doing a tokusatsu series like 'Heroic Spirits,' there's bound to be some villainous warrior spirits. As the antagonist of the protagonist, I think it's appropriate to add such a character to the script."

"Do you think we haven't thought about it?"

He Qian had already finished breakfast. She threw the bag into the trash can, wiped the mist from her eyes, and said earnestly to Liu Zhongze, "If we could have invested more in this film, we wouldn't have had to do so many things. In the original script, there was a special monster that would steal the summoning devices from the main characters and transform into a demonized battle spirit. It was a very powerful and memorable character, but we had to abandon it because we didn't have enough funding."

Liu Zhongze's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he said, "Sister He, I can play two roles. I can be the third male lead in the dialogue scenes, and I can also be in charge of the monster's work. I just need to have more action scenes."

To gain He Qian's respect, Liu Zhongze added, "The reason I took this role is that there are too few action scenes these days, and tokusatsu can fill that gap. I've wanted to act in action scenes for a long time. If you think I'm too thin, you can have the best stuntman in the crew fight me. I guarantee you won't be disappointed!"

Looking into Liu Zhongze's bright, sparkling eyes, He Qian felt a chord in her heart. She nodded and said, "I'll give it a try."

Once they started talking, they completely opened up.

The idea for the drama "Heroic Spirit" originally came from He Qian and her old classmates a long time ago. They all love anime, especially tokusatsu dramas with transformation abilities, which have always been their favorites.

However, the appearance of these people did not meet the requirements of tokusatsu dramas at all. Even if they had the best script, no capital would be willing to invest in a few immature children.

This was shelved for three years. He Qian, who graduated from the Directing Department of the Central Academy of Drama, still did not want to give up on the script and sought investors to film it again.

At this time, Lin Youyu's company approached her. After seeing their script, they immediately decided to invest in the film, but Lin Youyu had to be the male lead.

And so, the old classmates reunited, talking about their past dreams, and occasionally shedding tears of emotion. They were no longer just innocent college students, but rather beasts of burden, worn down by society for three years. Apart from their dreams from back then, they had long lost all ambition.

Sensing the deep love the production team of "Heroic Spirit" had for the script, Liu Zhongze gradually fell silent. He knew that the script had great potential, and that arbitrarily changing it would only make it lose its original charm.