Veteran Hong Kong stars reorganize the Chinese entertainment industry.

The filming of the short drama was quick; if Liu Zhongze hadn't been giving the other actors acting instructions, the drama would probably have been almost finished by now.

Of the three dramas, "The Son-in-Law" has the highest completion rate, followed by "The President of the Ugly Country".

It's fair to say that if Liu Zhongze hadn't come immediately, his planned scenes as the third male lead could have been filmed almost entirely during the day he hesitated.

After Liu Zhongze returned to filming, the number of actors getting stuck on scenes decreased significantly. Even if it happened once or twice, Liu Zhongze could quickly help them adjust, making him even busier than the assistant director.

By the time we were busy until the early hours of the morning, there were basically only a few scenes left to film.

Just then, a girl's voice came from behind: "Teacher Liu, could you give me some pointers on the play?"

Liu Zhongze recognized her; she was the female lead in the drama series about falling prices that had just started filming. Unlike other similar dramas, this one featured a female lead, and all her scenes were filmed in low-cut clothing, which would attract most men at first sight.

"Hello, what kind of play would you like me to describe?"

The girl clutched her chest, handed her script to Liu Zhongze, and pointed to a rather complex scene.

The story is about a woman who, despite falling prices, is unaffected by them. Her assets surpass those of the world's richest person, leading her from confusion to joy, and ultimately to becoming addicted to the taste of money.

The most complicated part of this scene is not that the female lead discovers she has money, but that she needs to portray these three expressions in less than half a minute of screen time.

"If it's just a transition from confusion to joy, or joy to greed, I can act it out. It's just that showing three emotions all at once is a bit difficult for me. I went to ask the director, and he told me to come and ask you, teacher. Could you give me some pointers on the scene?"

The girl's beauty drew the attention of several photographers shooting the president of the Ugly Country, since none of the actors from the Ugly Country had a normal appearance.

The female lead, who resembles Trump and Klington, is incredibly overweight and has freckles, while the other is Liu Zhongze, who has a normal appearance and a sharply defined jawline.

Several photographers secretly shook their heads, but one of them didn't follow the camera properly, and immediately heard the director's roar: "Do you even want to work here anymore? Are you all so careless with your filming?"

The photographer apologized repeatedly and quickly focused on the expressions of several actors, thus escaping a disaster.

At this point, Liu Zhongze also figured out the plot. He asked the girl to carefully observe his expression, and then he acted as if he had become the protagonist in a story about falling prices.

The transition from bewilderment to ecstasy took less than a second, because people instinctively express their inner thoughts unless they have received professional training.

It looks as if Liu Zhongze has heard some good news, and he can't help but smile.

Greed appeared in his eyes, and he muttered a list of luxuries he would never have even dreamed of before. As his gaze shifted, his smile was no longer one of happiness, but rather one of anger at his past life.

These micro-expressions and actions all convey the message: This life should have belonged to me, this wealth and honor should have been mine, why did it take so long to arrive?

When Liu Zhongze snapped out of his emotional turmoil, the girl opened her mouth, her hands unconsciously clenched together at her chest, and then she unconsciously began to clap her hands.

Liu Zhongze waved his hand across her face, and she finally reacted: "Teacher, your acting is amazing! I didn't know you could act like that. It feels like your performance is even richer and more believable than the script!"

"You flatter me. I noticed you were spacing out just now. Did you think of something? Would you like me to act it out again?"

When the girl saw Liu Zhongze's performance, she put herself into it.

If it were me, how would I act out that half-minute scene?

She wanted to be polite, but she hadn't quite mastered Liu Zhongze's acting skills yet, so she could only smile and say, "Then I'll trouble you, teacher."

Liu Zhongze re-immerses himself in the role and plot. At this moment, he is the protagonist in the story of falling prices, which makes people feel comfortable watching him. In fact, they might even think that his chiseled jawline is a spiritual adornment after becoming rich!

The girl had a vivid memory of Liu Zhongze's performance. After savoring it for a moment, she said, "Thank you, teacher. My name is Lin Shuangshuang. I'm a new actress. Please give me your guidance in the future."

The girl extended her fair arm, and Liu Zhongze shook it. He could feel that her hand was soft and smooth, as if it had no bones.

Lin Shuangshuang covered her chest with her hands again, bowed slightly and said, "Then, teacher, I'll go film now. The cameraman over there is still waiting for me."

Liu Zhongze smiled and nodded, which was considered a greeting to the other party.

He returned to his film crew and did not become arrogant because of the director's high regard for him and the other actors' recognition of his acting skills.

In his view, actors and even crew members should help each other and present the best work to the audience, which is the only way to live up to the audience's expectations.

The actors playing the Ugly President had gotten used to Liu Zhongze's supervision and would consult him from time to time, treating him as their backbone. If you didn't know better, you would think he was the director.

Because of his presence, the director rarely needed to leave the dressing room; he only needed to keep a close eye on things from behind the monitor.

As dawn approached, Liu Zhongze's phone vibrated a few times. He had almost forgotten he had a phone. When he picked it up, he found more than a dozen messages from Lin Luoying.

Back then, they all used pagers and mobile phones. Although he had memories of cell phones, Liu Zhongze's behavior was very much in line with their era: resisting the emergence of new things, or rather, being unable to adapt to such advanced technology.

Putting his phone back in his pocket, Liu Zhongze continued to watch the scenes of the main actors. When it was his turn, he was able to keep everyone's attention, including the camera's, firmly in his grasp.

In the original storyline, the female lead was a combination of many married women from the Ugly country. They mostly consumed high-calorie foods, resulting in persistently high weight and freckles, making her appear as a minority, which also deeply aligned with the Ugly country's political correctness.

The script should have featured a female protagonist surrounded by several men, but in this version, the plot becomes more abstract and complex because the stories of the real-life characters are even more exaggerated than those in the script, and these have been appropriately toned down.

Trumbull is the sweetheart of the second male lead, Kronton, while the third male lead, Thomson, is Trumbull's sweetheart. They are entangled together, their relationship complicated and difficult to resolve.

It can be said that no matter which perspective you take, you will see scenes of being pampered, but on the surface, the female lead receives the most pampering.

However, after the script was changed, the third male lead, Thomson, became another "female lead" in a hidden way. Every time he appeared, he would re-determine the relationship between each of the main characters. Perhaps in the eyes of the audience in the United States, this would be an extremely interesting character, because the political correctness in the United States likes this kind of strange character.