Veteran Hong Kong stars reorganize the Chinese entertainment industry.

When they arrived at the set of "Heroic Spirits," everyone was looking at He Qian and Wang Xiaoming, and they glanced behind the three of them.

A staff member came over and asked, "Old He, why isn't male number four here?"

He Qian frowned and asked, "Has Xie Yukai not arrived at the set yet? Who else is missing besides him? If there are a lot of people, Lao Liu, why don't you go and pick them up?"

This Lao Liu is the driver who was in charge of driving last night. His full name is Liu Yifan. He is a professional stuntman and one of He Qian's old classmates.

Liu Yifan said, "They've all arrived, especially Lin Youyu's RV. When we got there, the RV was already there."

Liu Yifan paused for a moment, thought for a moment, and then continued, "Chen Fengqi arrived a little earlier than you. He took a taxi here by himself, saying that Xie Yukai is still at the hotel and he will bring him over when you all arrive together."

He Qian took out her iPhone and found that the message notification screen of the social media app was constantly spinning. After a while, a message from Chen Fengqi finally appeared.

"Sister He, Lao Xie is sleeping in his room. You can take him with you when you go to the film set. I'm going to Hengdian by myself first."

A common problem with iPhones is that they sometimes fail to receive messages and you have to manually open the app to refresh them; even the latest iPhones have this issue.

"Is Xie Yukai the only one?"

Liu Yifan nodded and asked, "Old He, should I go pick him up?"

Before He Qian could speak, Wang Xiaoming said, "He Qian, send a message to the fourth male lead and tell him to take a taxi over. We'll reimburse him later. For our first scene, we don't need real people on camera. We need to use special effects to blend the five elemental beasts into the scene. Theoretically, we only need a few shots."

"Okay then." He Qian didn't choose to send a message. She had just been tricked by her iPhone, so she decided to call Xie Yukai instead.

The phone rang for a while before Xie Yukai's groggy voice finally came through: "Feed?"

"Yu Kai, this is He Qian. We've run into some trouble and are currently on set. You should come over now. I'll reimburse your travel expenses once you arrive."

"Hmm..." Xie Yukai's voice was muffled, as if he hadn't woken up yet and was just giving a perfunctory reply.

He Qian raised her voice: "Did you hear me? Get up now, you have scenes to film later!"

Upon hearing this, the person on the other end seemed to suddenly awaken, paused for a moment, and then replied, "Okay."

Wang Xiaoming and Liu Yifan simultaneously extended a finger and said to He Qian, "Old He is still the most domineering."

"Stop messing around. We're already late today. Let's start filming quickly. Let Li Yun film the scene first, and Wang Xiaoming can come along to watch. You're in charge of special effects, so we don't have to reshoot if it doesn't fit."

"Um."

"OK."

After these three old classmates officially started working, they lost much of their naivety and replaced it with professionalism and conscientiousness.

They were all directing students, but they hadn't chosen a direction after graduation. Even if He Qian wasn't available, they knew what kind of visual image they wanted, since they had already rehearsed it in their minds many times.

Liu Zhongze followed behind them. Unlike the others, he didn't only appear when it was his turn to act. He was eager to see what filming was like more than forty years later.

Liu Yifan held the camera and first filmed the roof of the ancient building. Then the lens shook rapidly, as if something unseen was appearing there.

As that thing appeared, the camera began to follow the non-existent object.

Wang Xiaoming was setting up the lighting, glancing at the camera every now and then to make sure the lighting looked good in the shot.

This play embodies so much of their hard work, so they often prefer to do things themselves.

The camera suddenly started to quickly locate itself, as if several different entities had appeared in the frame.

Liu Yifan filmed very carefully, Wang Xiaoming watched very carefully, only Liu Zhongze couldn't understand why the camera kept shaking and why it was scanning several strange corners.

He thought about the script. What kind of mythical beast is this? Shouldn't it be like TWB, using some strange colored fabric to decorate the props and try to recreate the legendary mythical beast?

According to Liu Zhongze, it's already quite remarkable that many mythical beasts and ferocious creatures in TWB dramas can be brought to life. Regardless of whether they are realistic or shocking enough, as long as these creatures exist, TWB's mythological dramas can be considered valid.

"Isn't it amazing?"

A familiar yet unconsciously irritating voice rang out behind Liu Zhongze. He did not respond, but continued to watch Wang Xiaoming and Liu Yifan filming.

"I can tell from your expression that you didn't see the special effects movie. You should ask your good buddy to explain it to you properly."

After Chen Fengqi finished speaking, he was about to pat Liu Zhongze on the shoulder, but Liu Zhongze tilted his shoulder, so Chen Fengqi's pat was in vain.

"Old Liu, you're being too formal. Luckily, I'm magnanimous and don't care about such trivial matters."

Standing next to Liu Zhongze, Chen Fengqi explained softly, "So-called special effects films are those where most of the scenes in a movie need to serve the creative ideas of the special effects artists. Only when these ideas are created by the computer and actually presented to the audience will the special effects films reveal their true power. Unlike our traditional acting, we can't see anything while we are acting."

Liu Zhongze knew about the existence of the Four Divine Beasts and the Qilin, but he didn't have any more specific images. He couldn't imagine something he didn't know appearing on camera.

Wang Xiaoming gave Liu Yifan an OK sign, after which Liu Yifan took out a walkie-talkie and asked, "Li Yun, Wang Tao, how's it going on your end? Is it okay to film?"

The voice of Li Yun, the truly professional cinematographer, came through the walkie-talkie: "I've set up the equipment here, and I'm getting Wang Tao suspended on wires. Listen to my voice, and start filming at the same time once you're ready. We have to make sure Wang Tao, this dark big boss, has a great time and brings out the necessary sense of oppression!"

"Received." Liu Yifan put down the walkie-talkie, pointed the camera in a certain direction, and then discussed some details with Wang Xiaoming.

Then came the voice on the walkie-talkie: "Ready to start filming, 3...2...1!"

Liu Yifan had just started filming when a dark figure became increasingly clear in the shot. He was wearing a black robe and was suspended by wires as if he were flying across rooftops.

The camera shook again. Wang Xiaoming made a few hand gestures, and the camera shook as if it were being stared at by some large, ferocious beast.

Suspended by wires, Wang Tao ran left and right on the rooftop, holding a long sword that looked like a toy, waiting for an opportunity to thrust the sword out and occasionally slash, as if he were attacking some ferocious beast.

Wang Tao, the man in black, began to laugh wildly, as if he had won the battle and successfully gathered the power of the ferocious beast into his hands!