Huayu97: Starting with Wu Song Fighting the Tiger

Suddenly, he tripped and almost fell. He staggered and grabbed a tree for support. Looking up, he saw the "Mountain King" leap out of the bushes with a deafening roar and pounce on him!

The roar shook the entire forest, causing leaves to fall in a rustling sound.

The surrounding staff were terrified and turned pale, but the two zookeepers were very relaxed.

At this moment, only Liu Xiang remained standing still.

He watched the tiger pounce, his eyes showing no fear, but rather a hint of excitement. Just as the tiger was about to strike him, Liu Xiang suddenly dodged to the side, simultaneously reaching out and grabbing the tiger's front paw!

This was earth-shattering!

The "Mountain King" was startled when he grabbed it, but immediately cooperated. It roared and tried to break free, but Liu Xiang held on tightly to its claws, shouting his lines at the same time: "Beast! Stop being so arrogant!"

Liu Xiang's voice was loud and clear, carrying a dignified and righteous air, echoing through the mountains and forests.

What's even more surprising is that "Mountain King" didn't get angry when Liu Xiang grabbed his paws. Instead, he seemed to be playing with him, gently shaking his paws and making a low gurgling sound in his throat.

Fueled by alcohol, Liu Xiang suddenly exerted his strength, shoving the tiger to the ground. He then pounced on it, straddling its back, and began punching the tiger's head—though by the time his fists landed, he had already reduced his force by ninety percent; it was just for show.

The "Mountain King" was beaten so badly he howled but didn't fight back. Instead, he rolled around on the ground, as if he was trying to be cute.

The scene was filmed with great enthusiasm and was completed in one take.

When filming wrapped, Director Zhang was so excited he almost jumped for joy. He rushed over and hugged Liu Xiang tightly, almost suffocating her, his voice trembling with emotion: "Liu Xiang! You're amazing! You're incredible! Even the tiger obeyed you! This scene is absolutely the highlight of the entire series!"

The surrounding staff and extras also gathered around, their eyes filled with admiration as they looked at Liu Xiang, as if he were a god. The hunter extra, who had just been muttering about Liu Xiang's shortcomings, now blushed deeply, walked up to Liu Xiang, bowed respectfully, and said in a choked voice, "Brother Liu, I'm convinced! I doubted you before; I was truly blind to your greatness!"

Liu Xiang quickly helped him up, smiling and saying, "Brother Zhang, you're too kind! It's all just acting, nothing serious."

The two zookeepers even grabbed Liu Xiang's hands and said with great emotion, "Brother Liu, with your skills, it's a waste that you're not a beast trainer!"

Liu Xiang scratched his head and said with a smile, "It's nothing, I just have a bit of a connection with animals."

Of course, he couldn't say that he had the support of a system.

Soon, the film crew returned to Wuxi smoothly!

In her spare time, Liu Xiang would go to the film crew's stable.

He overdid his mastery of horse taming techniques, and he's still a long way from unlocking the next skill, which requires taming two hundred horses. Right now, he's only tamed less than ten!

Although the stable only has about ten horses now, there will be a big performance soon, and it is said that several hundred horses will be rented.

The next tough challenge was breaking the chain of horses, which required the most manpower and resources in the entire series. Huyan Zhuo's chain of horses consisted of a hundred warhorses linked end to end, their bodies covered in iron. The horses' hooves kicked up dust as they trod. The Liangshan heroes broke through the formation by charging with hundreds of cavalrymen. With long spears waving and banners fluttering, the scene was so grand that it was considered top-tier in film and television dramas of the 1990s.

To recreate the battlefield scene, the art team built rammed earth camps and flag sentry posts on the wasteland on the west side of the base. The rammed earth was local loess mixed with wheat straw and compacted. Large flags with the character "Song" were planted on the camps, fluttering in the wind.

The production team traveled to horse farms in the surrounding cities and counties and rented three hundred fine horses in one go. These horses were all tall and large, with glossy coats, and their neighing was deafening.

Liu Xiang's horse-taming skills had barely reached 5% when she heard that three hundred horses had arrived. Her eyes lit up like searchlights, and she kept pestering the production manager to help out at the stables.

"Director, I really know horses!" Liu Xiang patted his chest and assured them, holding his horse training notes in his hand. "Just let me go, and I guarantee I'll raise these horses to be plump and strong, as obedient as sheep!"

The production manager made the final decision: "Helping out in the past is fine, but not having you tend to horses!"

Liu Xiang was overjoyed and moved into the temporary workers' shed next to the stable that very day.

The work shed was built with asbestos tiles, hot in summer and cold in winter. Inside was a wooden bed covered with straw, but he didn't care at all. He began a life of "running back and forth between the film crew and the stable" during the day. He followed the crew to film the drama scenes of Wu Song killing his sister-in-law and fighting Ximen Qing, wearing the coarse cloth costumes issued by the crew and moving around the set in Yanggu County. After work, he would go to the stable and change into his faded work clothes.

Liu Xiang squatted in the stable, stroking the horses' necks, and those originally restless and wild horses were actually tamed by him one by one.

It was during this period that Liu Xiang met Wang Siyi.

Wang Siyi is a student in the Dance Department of Chinese Culture University. She has fair skin and big eyes.

She possessed the gentle charm of a southern girl, which led the production team to choose her to play Pan Jinlian.

This role was extremely controversial in the 1990s. At that time, the audience's standards for judging characters were still very simple. In everyone's eyes, Pan Jinlian was the synonym for "bad woman," and female actors avoided the role like the plague.

The first time Liu Xiang met her was in the evening. The setting sun cast long shadows on the backdrop. The little girl was squatting in the corner, secretly wiping away tears while looking at the script. The steamed bun she was holding had gone cold. It was a white flour bun given out by the canteen, with some salted vegetable scraps stuck to it.

"The steamed bun is cold, it will hurt your stomach if you eat it." Liu Xiang handed him a steaming meat bun—it was a special extra given to him by the canteen chef because he saw that he ran to the stables every day and worked hard. The bun had a soft skin and the meat filling inside was made of minced pork belly mixed with scallions, and it smelled delicious.

Wang Siyi was startled and hurriedly wiped away her tears, only to realize it was Liu Xiang.

"I...I'm not Pan Jinlian," Lin Siyi murmured softly, her hand holding the steamed bun loosening, her voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz.

"I know you're not Pan Jinlian." Liu Xiang squatted down beside her.

"Acting is acting, and life is life. There's no need to wrong yourself because of other people's opinions." These words were like a warm current, instantly flowing into Wang Siyi's heart. The grievances she had been holding back for several days almost broke down again. She sniffed, took the meat bun, and whispered, "Thank you, Brother Liu Xiang."

Liu Xiang chuckled, revealing a set of white teeth: "What are you thanking me for? If anyone bullies you again, just say my name! My name, Wu Song, still carries some weight in this crew!" Wang Siyi was amused by him, her eyes reddening like a frightened little rabbit, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curve up.