Huayu: King of Kung Fu

Chapter 140 You're so beautiful!

During the millennium, the summer movie season was a battleground between Hollywood blockbusters and Hong Kong films.

Starting in late June, a new film will be released every week until September.

Specifically in 2001, Lin Hu brought "Fast & Furious" to the summer season and achieved a great start.

Following that were *Tomb Raider*, *The Mummy 2*, *Enemy at the Gates*, *Swordfish*, *Pearl Harbor*, and *Rush Hour 2*.

It will be released next in the season.

Hong Kong films such as "The Legend of Zu" and "Romantic Cherry Blossoms" joined the fray.

With so many blockbuster films fiercely competing, domestic films simply have no place to stand.

However, this summer, a domestic film, "Better Days," plunged into the fray and joined the competition.

The reason they are so confident is naturally because the male lead of this movie is the superstar Lin Hu.

This is Lin Hu's first feature film, and the media is paying quite a bit of attention to it.

Zhou Xun won Best Actress for this film, which goes without saying.

Lin Hu doesn't rely on kung fu, but on acting skills. How does he perform?

Yang Xiaoye waited for someone at the school gate.

Yang Xiaoye did not go home this summer vacation; instead, she found an internship at a newspaper in Beijing.

After waiting for a while, a Mercedes-Benz stopped at the school gate, and a girl with a pure appearance and fashionable clothes got out of the car.

She looked around and saw Yang Xiaoye standing in the shade of a tree, and happily called out, "Sister Yezi!"

Yang Xiaoye was looking down at her phone when she heard the shout. She looked up and saw the girl, and was very happy. She waved and said, "Qianqian, over here!"

The girl Yang Xiaoye was waiting for was named An Feng. Qianqian was her nickname because An Feng's mother loved watching the movie "Sissi".

The Yang family and the An family both lived on Dongting Street in Hankou; they were neighbors.

Children love to play with the older brothers and sisters next door. When An Feng was little, he often followed Yang Xiaoye around like a shadow.

Four years ago, An Feng's parents divorced, and she went to the United States with her mother, Liu Xiaoli.

Two days ago, Yang Xiaoye's mother called her and told her some news: "Your Aunt Liu has brought Qianqian back to China—"

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After being separated by thousands of miles and not seeing each other for many years, Yang Xiaoye invited An Feng to go out and have fun.

An Feng waved to the car, and the driver, seeing that someone was picking her up, turned around and drove away.

"Sister Yezi, it's been a long time!"

Yang Xiaoye, holding An Feng's hand, exclaimed in surprise, "My goodness, Qianqian, you've grown so beautiful in four years!"

The girl tilted her head and said with a touch of pride, "I've always been pretty!"

"That's true, you've been a beauty since you were little. Come on, I'll take you out to eat!"

"I'm not hungry, can you show me around Tsinghua University instead?"

"OK!"

The two girls held hands, like best friends, strolling around the school.

"Sister Yezi, you are so amazing! You got into Tsinghua University."

"It's alright. How long are you staying this time? Will you be going back to Wuhan?"

"I want to study acting. My mother thinks that as a Chinese person, I have no future in studying acting in the United States, so she took me back to China to see if I could apply to a film school in China."

"I see. Then I'll take you to see a movie later!"

"Okay, what are you looking at?"

"Have you heard of the big star's movies, Lin Hu?"

"Yes, I know. He's very famous in New York. My uncle always takes my mom and me to see his movies when they're released."

The uncle An Feng mentioned was her stepfather, a prominent Chinese lawyer.

"So, do you think Lin Hu is handsome?"

"He's quite handsome, but he's so fierce."

"The movie I watched today wasn't an action movie, it was a romance movie."

"He also acts in romance films?"

"I haven't had a chance to see it yet, it's the weekend, so I'll go see it!"

An Feng didn't know who Zhou Xun was, so he followed Yang Xiaoye to a nearby cinema and bought tickets.

The movie was still a while away, so the two girls went shopping and ate something. After dawdling for a few hours, the movie finally started.

"School bullying is a common phenomenon worldwide. Teachers and schools are the front line in resisting it, while parents, public security organs, and even society form the backing to protect school safety."

"May this film unite us in the fight against school bullying, and let us all reach out to protect light and hope!"

As two lines of credits appeared on the big screen, the movie officially began.

Yang Xiaoye thought to herself, "So it's a movie about school violence."

Yang Xiaoye is no stranger to school violence. When she was in high school, many bad habits were prevalent, and many young people were influenced by them and followed suit.

As the movie began, Yang Xiaoye found it to be incredibly realistic, quickly drawing her back to her high school days.

Although Wuhan No. 2 High School, which she attended, is a key school, such incidents are not uncommon at schools.

She was also bullied back then.

As Yang Xiaoye watched, she deeply empathized with Chen Nian in the movie, sharing her joys and sorrows, crying and laughing along with her!

When Yang Xiaoye saw Xiao Bei protecting Chen Nian every day and saying the incredibly cheesy line, "You protect the world, I'll protect you," she felt intensely envious.

She thought, "If only I had a little Bei to protect me back then!"

"Better Days" is Zhou Xun's masterpiece; her performance in the film is simply superb.

Zhou Xun is naturally gifted, and with Peter Chan overseeing her, she is well-equipped to showcase her superb acting skills.

Furthermore, her performance was further enhanced by her acting opposite Lin Hu.

At that time, Zhou Xun was hopelessly in love with Lin Hu. When she looked at him, the affection in her eyes was genuine.

Such a performance, infused with genuine emotion, is sure to move any audience member. They will be drawn into her emotions, sharing her joys and sorrows, laughing or crying.

An Feng went to the United States when she was ten years old, but as the movie says at the beginning, school bullying is a common phenomenon all over the world.

She is a young Chinese-American girl who has experienced much more in the United States.

Although the campus environment was different, she gradually began to empathize with Chen Nian in the movie.

She was still a teenager, with only a vague imagination about love. Seeing Chen Nian and Xiao Bei's life-and-death bond in the movie, she was far more moved than adults.

As she watched, tears welled up in her eyes.

The movie ended, and the two girls walked out of the theater.

They noticed that each other's eyes were red and swollen like walnuts, and couldn't help but laugh at each other.

Yang Xiaoye asked, "Isn't it pretty?"

An Feng nodded repeatedly, "How touching!"

Yang Xiaoye exclaimed, "I never expected that his romantic films would be so good."

"Sister Ye Zi, are you a fan of Lin Hu?"

"Yes, I watch all of his movies, even my mom likes to watch them."

"Does Aunt Lan like him too?"

"Yes, I don't know what's gotten into my mom, but she treats Lin Hu more like family than she treats me, her own daughter—"

Yang Xiaoye complained about her mother's middle-aged obsession with celebrities, which An Feng found unbelievable yet enviable.

For an actress to be this popular is simply her dream come true.

An Feng couldn't help but sigh, "If I become an actor in the future, I hope I can act in a movie with him!"