Huayu: King of Kung Fu

Some people say that Zhou Xun is good at everything, but it's a pity she's not mute.

That's a rather amateurish statement.

When it comes to sex, I find it most pleasurable with women who have deep voices; women with clear, bright voices are less so.

Because when people let loose, they often lose control of their voices.

At this point, the relatively crisp sound can sound a bit harsh when it's called out.

A deeper voice, when spoken, has a strangely alluring quality.

Zhou Xun's voice is husky and deep, making her voice very catchy.

Lin Hu understands this all too well!

……

The Hong Kong film market has four major release periods: Chinese New Year, Easter, summer holidays, and Christmas.

"Ong-Bak" was completed in early August, but it missed the summer movie season. New films need to allow time for promotion before release.

Ultimately, it was released in October, which is a relatively small release window.

However, "Golden September and Silver October" is the peak season for consumption, so it's still acceptable.

Lin Hu told the film's creators the news, and everyone was very happy, so they held a party.

We didn't go to any fancy restaurants; we just had an open-air barbecue in a courtyard house.

On a summer night, it's quite pleasant to gather together for some barbecue and beer.

Huang Bo is a good barbecue chef, so he was naturally in charge of grilling the skewers.

When Huang Bo and Xiao Ou arrived at the courtyard with their barbecue grill, Lin Hu was using a bamboo pole to knock down dates.

The jujube tree in the yard was laden with jujubes, its branches bending under the weight.

"Over here! It's turning red over here!" Zhou Xun shouted from under the tree.

"Get away from me!" Lin Hu swung the stick down, and the dates fell to the ground with a clatter.

Zhou Xun bent down, picked up the reddest-looking one, wiped it on her clothes, and took a bite.

"It's so sweet!" She stuffed the other half of the date into Lin Hu's mouth.

Lin Hu looked disgusted: "You didn't even wash!"

"What's dirty won't make you sick!"

She saw Huang Bo and Xiao Ou enter the courtyard and called out, "Come and have some dates!"

Huang Bo said, "These are the landlord's dates, right? And you just knocked them down?"

Lin Hu laughed and said, "I've bought this yard. These two trees are mine now. Come pick the persimmons in two months."

"Wow, that's extravagant!" Huang Bo exclaimed enviously.

Lin Hu spent a full two million yuan to buy this courtyard house.

He thought it was a good deal; the courtyard was within the Second Ring Road and would be worth a fortune in the future.

He's thinking of taking advantage of the current low prices to buy several more properties. He recently found a nice courtyard house in Houhai and is currently negotiating with them.

There were two trees planted in that yard, one was a jujube tree and the other was a locust tree.

Wang Baoqiang brought a winnowing basket, picked up all the dates on the ground, and took them to wash.

Huang Bo set up the barbecue grill, and Zhou Xun and Xiao Ou helped prepare the ingredients.

A short while later, Ning Hao also arrived.

Lin Hu told him that "Ong-Bak" had been sent to Busan and Taiwan, and they were just waiting for the shortlist notification.

Ning Hao is very much looking forward to this film. He was deeply involved in it, and its success will be a significant achievement on his resume.

Just then, Gao Yuanyuan walked in. She was wearing a floral dress and looked very fresh.

Lin Hu told her the house number on the phone yesterday, and she followed the alley to find it. She seemed a little timid, probably afraid of going to the wrong house.

Lin Hu was sitting facing the screen wall when he spotted Gao Yuanyuan and called out, "Yuanyuan!"

Gao Yuanyuan was very happy to see everyone and greeted them politely one by one.

She knew everyone in the courtyard, except for Zhou Xun.

Zhou Xun knew her because she had seen "Ong-Bak".

Lin Hu stood up, put his arm around Zhou Xun's waist, and introduced the two of them.

"This is Zhou Xun, my girlfriend! This is Gao Yuanyuan!"

Hello, Zhou Xun!

Gao Yuanyuan finally met Zhou Xun, and couldn't help but compare herself to her.

She felt... that she had a slight advantage.

Seeing Gao Yuanyuan's pure and beautiful appearance, Zhou Xun sincerely praised her, "Yuanyuan, you are so beautiful."

Gao Yuanyuan thought she was prettier than Zhou Xun, but Zhou Xun directly praised her beauty, which made her a little embarrassed.

She said shyly, "Sister Zhou Xun, you're the most beautiful. The director often mentions you."

"Really? What did he say about me?"

The two girls sat together, first exchanging pleasantries, and then whispering among themselves.

He would glance at Lin Hu every now and then, giggling as if he were talking about Lin Hu.

They seemed very close, but for some reason, Lin Hu inexplicably sensed a dangerous aura.

He ate a date and felt like he was taking a pill.

……

That night, everyone sat in the courtyard eating barbecue, drinking, and chatting, and had a very pleasant time.

They envisioned Ong-Bak becoming a box office hit in Hong Kong, then triumphing in Busan and sweeping the Golden Horse Awards...

Everyone is filled with wonderful expectations for the future!

……

Soon after, Zhou Xun went to film "Palace of Desire".

The crew built a large indoor set at the Beijing Film Studio. They were filming a period drama, and they had to get ready at 8 a.m. Zhou Xun would leave early every morning and not return until very late.

When Zhou Xun was filming "Temptress Moon," Chen Kai felt bad about the last-minute replacement of her, so he asked Zhou Xun to stay on set and watch him film.

From then on, Zhou Xun developed a habit of following the director around and watching the monitor.

Listen to the director's explanation, watch the actors' performances, and carefully study them.

Other actors would have gotten impatient watching the monitor all day, but she wasn't bothered.

So during filming, regardless of whether she had scenes to film or not, she would spend the entire day on set.

Since Lin Hu went to film "Ong-Bak", "The Legend of the Dragon and Snake" has been suspended.

Before he stopped updating, he posted a long message explaining that he would resume updating once the movie was finished.

Although everyone was reluctant to part ways, they all expressed their best wishes.

Now that the movie is finished filming and there are plans for its release and participation in film festivals, Lin Hu has resumed updating his blog.

He received a bunch of replies just one day after posting the new chapter.

Ning Caishen: "Finally, an update! I almost forgot about this novel!"

Li Xunhuan: "Read it all in one go, so satisfying!"

Fourth Dimension: "In the early hours of the morning, half asleep and half awake, I inadvertently glanced at the novel and saw that it had been updated again. At that moment, a subtle joy welled up inside me, like a long-dormant youth suddenly being gently awakened by the evening breeze..."

Holy crap, it's so sour...

Yu Baimei: "Author, has your movie finished filming? When will it be released?"

Lin Hu suddenly realized that the huge readership of his novel was actually a great way to promote his movie.

So I started answering some questions about the movie.

They even created a thread specifically about Ong-Bak, posting some stills from the movie.

"Too many pictures to kill the cat! My movie 'Ong-Bak' has wrapped up filming, and here are some behind-the-scenes glimpses for you."

In the 1990s, internet access was still via dial-up, and everyone called routers "cats." The internet speed was extremely slow, and when encountering posts with many pictures, it would take a long time to download the pictures, as if the network had crashed. This gave rise to the popular internet slang term "multiple pictures kill the cat."

If someone is going to post a thread with a lot of pictures, they should give a warning beforehand, otherwise they'll get yelled at.

Lin Hu was busy when he suddenly received a call from Gao Yuanyuan.

"Yuanyuan, did you need something?"

"Um...yes!" Gao Yuanyuan hesitated before speaking.

"What is it?"

"Can we talk about this in person?"

"Is it inconvenient to talk about it over the phone?"

"No, not really..."

"Then tell me!"

"I...I want you to be my...boyfriend!"