Artists under the Rebirth of the Coal Boss

Chapter 171 Today I realize my true worth as a movie star!
When Liu Jialing came out of Gensong Restaurant, she was already completely drunk, swaying and staggering.

Her body felt as if its bones had been removed, sliding down the steps like dough!

Thanks to Lin Xingzhuo's quick reflexes, he caught the swaying body. Despite being over forty, it was very well-maintained and had a good elasticity…

Liu Jialing's warm, heavy head and neck slumped in Lin Xingzhuo's arms, her whole body like an uncontrollable clay doll.

Lin Xingzhuo even considered simply booking a room at the Home Inn across the street.

At this moment, Liu Jialing's assistant, Lisa, rushed over, and the two of them struggled to lift Liu Jialing to the Mercedes-Benz SLK two-door convertible sports car.

Lisa first bent down and slid into the back seat, then reached out her hands to take the heavy upper body. The two then worked together to adjust and move the body, and Lin Xingzhuo carefully lifted the soft legs and feet and gently placed them into the car.

The two of them worked together to squeeze Liu Jialing into the narrow back seat of the sports car, and Lisa drove all night back to the Hengdian Tourism Building Hotel.

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The car drove into the hotel's underground parking garage. Lisa, who had been driving quite well, suddenly became clumsy. She tried to reverse into the parking space more than ten times but could not get it into Liu Jialing's designated parking spot.

Lin Xingzhuo looked at Lisa, who was swerving the steering wheel and was clearly emotional, and for a moment he didn’t know whether he should interrupt her.

In my previous life, I reviewed the documentary "All the Way to Chang'an" and also watched some classic traffic cases.

Lin Xingzhuo knew that when dealing with a female driver in this mental state, he had to be very careful with his words and actions, and absolutely not be a know-it-all, lest a minor scratch turn into a fatal accident...

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You teach her, and she says: "You think you can do it?"

You point out her faults, and she replies: "You're always finding fault with me!"

When others said this, she replied: "You're right, it's much better than mine."

While waiting at a red light, she exclaimed: "The red light for left turns is the hardest to wait for! Ughhhh!"

When something happened, she said: "You just sat there and did nothing!"
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Lin Xingzhu remained motionless in the passenger seat, prepared to scrape against a parking lot pillar and be scolded.

Lisa shot too early again, her right wheel hitting the corner post...

Give up completely!!
Lisa turned her head to the side, her transparent pale yellow veil slipping down to her neck, revealing a few strands of curly, brownish-red hair clinging to her sweaty ears. She said softly, "Brother Zhuo, could you please stop for a moment?"

Lin Xingzhu hesitated for a moment, glanced around, and, finding it to be a blind spot in the surveillance footage, confirmed that she wouldn't become the classic case of the celebrity training program by replacing Gao Xiaosong, and then agreed:
"Okay, but I've never driven a sports car like this before."

Lisa unbuckled her seatbelt, pulled the handbrake, and said, "It's okay, I know this place."

"The reverse gear on the Mercedes-Benz SLK is located on the gear shift lever, which needs to be pushed to the left to engage reverse gear."

"The steering wheel has little resistance at low speeds, making it very responsive."

"Be careful, it's easy to overdo it if you try to correct it..."

Lin Xingzhuo got out of the car, opened the door, and looked at the Mercedes-Benz SLK two-door convertible sports car, saying, "This car has a really short wheelbase."

Liu Jialing's assistant, Lisa, also got out of the car and said, "If we use a cycle of moving forward at a 45-degree angle and then reversing to correct, we can take advantage of the SLK's short wheelbase to make minor adjustments..."

Lin Xingzhuo was stunned for a moment after hearing this.

No, you know all of this?
Could it be... someone like me? A giant in theory, a dwarf in action?!

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*Plop plop... Rumble rumble!*
Lin Xingzhuo started the car, and using the left mirror, positioned the horizon at halfway across the mirror surface with the car body occupying a quarter of the space. He then focused on observing the trajectory of the left rear wheel and slowly reversed into the parking space.

The hotel reserved a very large private parking space for Liu Jialing, even larger than the "Queen's Seat" parking spaces in later shopping malls, large enough to easily accommodate a large MPV.

Under these conditions, even someone who has lived two lives would easily reverse a sports car on their first drive.

Turn back half a turn! Wait for the rear wheels to enter the parking space! Turn the wheel fully back a second time! Correct! Come to a complete stop!

Lin Xingzhuo shifted the car into gear, unbuckled his seatbelt, and was about to leave when he said, "All parked!"

When Lisa's amber eyes lowered, the shadows of her thick eyelashes undulated like sand dunes, and a blush suddenly rose on her honey-colored skin, making the pale blue veins on her neck appear and disappear in the crimson.

"Um... wait... wait a minute... Sister Jialing asked me to give you a little gift..."

Lin Xingzhuo was about to open the door when she stopped: "Hmm? A little gift?"

Lisa suddenly bent down and flicked her hair... Holy crap!!!

Lin Xingzhuo felt as if he had been electrocuted, and his entire body tensed up instantly in the driver's seat of the Mercedes!

I vaguely remember!

This assistant, Lisa, is the kind of woman who can navigate Shanghai's North-South Elevated Road and Hong Kong Island's Nathan Road with ease during rush hour. How could she possibly not be able to handle such a large parking space and reverse into it?!
Damn it! This dumpling feast was made especially for my own sake!!

I now know the honor of being a Cannes Best Actor winner...

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The next day, Lin Xingzhuo, despite her weak legs, continued her busy filming life.

Because of Lin Xingzhuo's recent famous scene of "I really want to be the section chief," which showcased her advanced acting skills, where there was no trace of acting and all the emotions were genuine.

This led the crew members, including director Tsui Hark, to develop some fantasies about Lin Xingzhuo.

Lin Xingzhuo quickly shattered this unrealistic fantasy with her numerous NGs (no good takes)...

The dialogue is still a complete mess, and the number of takes keeps reaching new highs!
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The only thing to praise is that Lin Xingzhuo had far fewer takes for his action scenes.

With the help of the dynamic tracking technology from Tiger Vision's Xsens team, many of director Tsui Hark's wildly imaginative ideas have already been realized!
Now, Pei Donglai, played by Lin Xingzhuo, is the top dog of the Tiger Group and the co-founder of Tiger Eye Vision. He is using a customized technology service package that is a version ahead of the other actors in the crew.

This makes the fight scenes of Pei Donglai, whose character is set as a "walking arsenal," even more dazzling and realistic in "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame."

Xsens' dynamic tracking technology uses inertial sensors to bind weapons and props, calculating weapon weight and inertia in real time, which can deepen the logic of weapon use!

It perfectly showcases the impact of Pei Donglai's weapons, such as the Tang Dynasty ring-pommel sword, battle axe, throwing darts, and fireballs.

The torque of a chopping axe, the aerodynamic trajectory of a dart—these elements combine power with scientific rationality in combat.

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Of course, the special effects in "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" are well done, breaking away from the curse of cheap special effects that are traditionally associated with domestic films.

Besides the amazing special effects of Tiger Vision, another important reason is that director Tsui Hark is a filmmaker who understands and respects special effects.

The special effects team's budget is allocated first each episode! The special effects team also has exemptions!!

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Lin Xingzhuo had reviewed "The Four Great Constables" in his previous life, based on the "Cost Allocation Report" submitted by the production team.

The entire special effects team was paid just over three thousand yuan per person for all the special effects work on the TV series.

And the condition for this amount of money is...

Not only do we need vibrant reds, colorful greens, and bright, white blacks, but we also need to apply high-saturation effects to all of them.

What does it mean to apply high saturation effects to everything?

It's just a special effect of a bamboo forest.

Everyone knows the natural color of bamboo.

However, the director insisted and demanded that it be made a bright green, a fluorescent green, a yellowish-green, the kind of garish green that would make people nauseous when exposed to sunlight!

This is so that we can tell the producers or investors that we paid for special effects here, instead of using existing outdoor locations.

The steamed bun effects in "The Journey of Flower," which were custom-made by the Avatar special effects team and cost $5,000 each, were based on the same abstract reason.

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On Friday, after finishing her scenes, Lin Xingzhuo returned to her room early and turned on the TV to watch Zhejiang TV's "Delicious Food Wins the World".

The episode of "Dwelling Narrowness" that the crew recorded was originally scheduled to air last week, but it was delayed because Lin Xingzhuo's company was launching a fierce marketing campaign everywhere.

"Delicious Food Wins the World" simply waited a week, allowing public opinion to ferment, and re-edited Lin Xingzhuo's scenes.

Once the show gains popularity on various platforms, the production team of "Delicious Food Wins the World" will capitalize on this momentum, leveraging the hype generated by Tiger Coal Capital to boost viewership and increase the show's ratings.

Of course, besides the favorable location and the right people, this episode of "Delicious Food Wins the World" also unexpectedly benefited from perfect timing...

(End of this chapter)