Veteran Hong Kong stars reorganize the Chinese entertainment industry.

It took Liu Zhongze a while to come to his senses. He asked, "Why are you all in my room? Don't you have work to do today?"

"It's just some pre-production work. The scenes for Youyu and Fengqi don't start until tomorrow. You've come back too early," Wang Xiaoming explained briefly.

He Qian stared into Liu Zhongze's eyes and asked, "How's your work there? Are you adjusting well?"

Liu Yifan added, "Jiujiang Film and Television has provided a lot of investment, so we don't have to be as stingy as before, and we don't need everyone to work so hard. In the past few days, we have invited all the professional staff over, mainly in the special effects field."

Liu Zhongze could sense that the atmosphere among them had relaxed considerably, without the awkwardness they had felt when they first arrived. He replied, "It's alright."

Wang Xiaoming thought for a moment, then whispered something in He Qian's ear, and the two began to talk.

While Liu Yifan and his wife, along with Chen Fengqi, were eavesdropping, He Qian spoke up: "Since you're back early, Xiaoming just had a scene waiting for you to film. If it's inconvenient for you, you can reshoot it later."

"What play?"

Wang Xiaoming pulled out a script from his pocket, pointed to a passage, and said, "It's the plot where Gaia, as an army of justice, transforms from a dragon slayer into a dragon."

Wang Xiaoming looked Liu Zhongze up and down and asked, "I can think of two solutions right now. One is to act according to Gaia's suit, but then the audience won't feel the changes in Gaia's character. The other is to not use the suit to perform, but I think the audience will easily put Gaia into the perspective of the White Tiger Summoner."

Liu Ye added, "Or, we could just have someone else play Gaia's human form. After all, it'll only appear in this one part of the story, and you can wear Gaia's suit to perform later."

"Nakazawa's acting is very good, whether it's dramatic or action scenes. It's obviously inappropriate to judge him based on his appearance alone."

The four of them looked at Liu Zhongze, hoping he could give a perfect answer.

At this moment, Chen Fengqi interjected, "Why go through all this trouble? Why not just give Lao Liu a powerful makeup look that will overturn all living beings? He can portray Thomson so convincingly with that bizarre, chiseled jawline. If we give him a different, more challenging look, I reckon he can still pull it off."

Chen Fengqi reached out, but Liu Zhongze slapped his hand away. Chen Fengqi said, "Stop fooling around."

He combed Liu Zhongze's bangs back, revealing his delicate facial features.

With bangs, Liu Zhongze looks like a younger, adorable puppy, while without bangs, he exudes a handsome, wolf-like boyfriend vibe.

He Qian smacked her lips, then muttered, "You guys are all so useless. If you were even five or six points as good-looking as Liu Zhongze, you wouldn't even know you're still single."

Liu Yifan coughed, trying to show off his good looks with his body language, but then he heard Liu Ye say, "Indeed, especially my Yifan. If he weren't a good person and hardworking, I wouldn't have married him."

Wang Xiaoming patted his shoulder, drawing everyone's attention: "Then let's give him heavy makeup. We can find some extras in Hengdian tomorrow to play this righteous army."

After discussing some details, the group left Liu Zhongze's room.

Chen Fengqi was still standing there, unwilling to leave, when Liu Zhongze pushed him out, not giving him a chance to stay in the room.

Silent all night.

Liu Zhongze had already gotten ready and left home by 6 a.m.

This time, he didn't go straight to eat. Instead, he bought himself a baseball cap first and only dared to buy breakfast after putting it on.

"Oh, right..."

Liu Zhongze took out his phone and found that he had received several more messages from Lin Luoying. He listened to her voice messages.

"Liu Zhongze, why haven't you replied to me yet? Don't you want me anymore...?" The girl spoke in a seemingly joking tone, but she couldn't hide her low mood.

"Son, reply to me quickly! How long has it been since you last replied to my messages?"

"Son, I took my future sister-in-law out for fun today. What do you think? Are you envious?"

"son..."

The girl always tried to sound calm. She longed for Liu Zhongze's reply, but she never received one. Late at night, she would reveal a sad tone and urge him meaninglessly.

She didn't call him because she knew he was busy, but she couldn't help missing him.

After thinking for a while, Liu Zhongze picked up his breakfast, took a picture, and sent it to Lin Luoying, along with the text: "Just bought breakfast. I've been quite busy these past few days and haven't had much time to check my phone. Sorry."

To his surprise, the girl made a video call at that moment, and he did not refuse.

"Feed?"

"son!"

Lin Luoying lay on their bed, her eyes slightly red as she looked at Liu Zhongze.

"What's wrong?"

"I miss you..."

Liu Zhongze could sense the other person's grievances and longing from their micro-expressions and tone of voice.

He never understood his relationship with her.

Although Liu Zhongze has been busy these past few days, it's not that he can't find the time to reply to Lin Luoying; he just doesn't know what to say, so he's pretending not to know about it.

Seeing that Liu Zhongze wasn't going to offer any sweet words, Lin Luoying found an excuse for herself and said, "Son, have you gained a little weight?"

"Maybe, I've been training a lot lately."

"Working out? Oh right, you're still working out? Do you have abs? Take your clothes off and let me see."

Liu Zhongze coughed and noticed that someone was staring at him, clearly interested in what Lin Luoying had said.

He quickly pulled his hat brim down and left to a less crowded area.

"Son, I haven't slept with you since you came back from the hospital. It's like I'm living the life of a widow. When are you coming back? I don't want to wait for you for three months..."

Lin Luoying looked annoyed. She had completely shown her true self in front of Liu Zhongze and hadn't hidden anything.

In Liu Zhongze's memory, it was the previous Liu Zhongze who gradually shaped Lin Luoying into this way. Deep in his memory, Lin Luoying was a very sunny and proud girl who was not so easy to approach.

But Liu Zhongze still managed to win Lin Luoying's heart with his silver tongue, and in the process of getting to know her, he gradually transformed this innocent girl into the ideal woman he envisioned.

This is not a good thing for Liu Zhongze right now.

If Lin Luoying was a simple girl before, the current Lin Luoying shows in many ways that she cannot get rid of her childish behavior. This is both her love for him and a heavy burden for Liu Zhongze in the 80s.

In Liu Zhongze's eyes in the 80s, girls should have their own ideals and their own lives. They should not depend on someone or become someone's accessory. This is the kind of girl Liu Zhongze liked in the 80s.