Huayu 2007: Starting with fleecing the "Fairy Sisters"

The following day, the B group of "The Forbidden Kingdom".

Liu Yifei is filming a night scene today, but she arrived at the set early in the afternoon.

After meeting with Sun Lin, the director of Group B, and discussing the evening's scenes, she got up and left, intending to find an open space to practice the action scenes to be filmed that night.

She glanced around, her gaze inadvertently sweeping over the stuntmen who were waiting in the rest area to film their afternoon scenes.

Suddenly, her gaze settled on one of the familiar figures.

He was dressed in stuntman's clothes and was talking and demonstrating famous moves with two other stuntmen.

Sunlight shone on his well-defined profile, and his relaxed expression and composed demeanor made him look like a seasoned stuntman who had been working on film sets for many years.

Liu Yifei blinked in surprise, making sure she wasn't seeing things.

It really is him! Wu Wei!

How come he... changed jobs again?!

This time it actually turned into a fight!

From extra to stagehand to deliveryman, he has now somehow managed to infiltrate the stunt team, which has extremely high entry requirements and skill requirements.

He's a computer science student, yet he knows martial arts?

How did he manage to sneak in?!

This unexpected change in identity left Liu Yifei feeling extremely curious and shocked, and even somewhat absurd.

Especially when you see him looking serious and seemingly very professional, talking and demonstrating famous moves with those veteran stuntmen from Jackie Chan's or Yuen Woo-ping's stunt teams, the contrast and incongruity of the scene is strangely comical and funny.

Then I recall the images of him wearing an extra's costume to deliver kebabs and tell jokes, wearing a stagehand's uniform to carry heavy props, and wearing a cafeteria worker's uniform to move styrofoam boxes...

Several completely different images flashed through her mind, finally causing Liu Yifei to burst out laughing.

The laughter came very suddenly.

So much so that several staff members nearby all turned to look at her.

Liu Yifei quickly covered her mouth, but the smile in her eyes was impossible to hide.

She looked at Wu Wei's face and, as if possessed, took a step and walked over.

……

Wu Weizheng and two stuntmen were having a lively discussion about the action scenes they would be filming that afternoon.

Suddenly, the two people opposite each other stopped moving at the same time and looked to the side.

"What's wrong?"

As he was wondering about this, he caught a glimpse of a white figure approaching out of the corner of his eye, and at the same time, a faint fragrance wafted into his nostrils.

He turned his head and met a pair of clean, clear eyes with a faint smile.

Wu Wei's heart skipped a beat at the sight of her beauty.

Liu Yifei tilted her head slightly with a playful expression, her eyes scanning his face with curiosity. She smiled and asked, "Wu Wei, are you trying out different professions? How come you're in the stunt team again? What are you planning to do next? Sound recording or camera work? Or maybe you should just become a director?"

This was the first time she had spoken to him on her own initiative, and in such a lighthearted, slightly joking and teasing tone, as if they were very close friends.

Wu Wei's heart skipped a beat.

He never expected Liu Yifei to appear in front of him so suddenly.

Today she was filming a night scene, so even though she arrived early, she usually didn't get to the set until after five or six o'clock.

Last night, he rehearsed in his mind several times how he would approach her and what he would say to her when she arrived on set today.

To everyone's surprise, she took the initiative to talk to him!

And in a way he never expected, like an angel, she suddenly appeared less than two steps away from him!

"You're here so early..."

As a reborn individual, Wu Wei had experienced many trials and tribulations and quickly adjusted.

He smiled and nodded at Liu Yifei, then took a deep breath and continued, "It's all about making money, right? Besides, experiencing different jobs isn't a bad thing..."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yifei's smile gradually faded.

Yes, he was a college student working part-time on the film set during the summer vacation. He didn't want to change so many jobs; he was forced to because his mother was targeting him.

He just wanted to make money.

She suddenly realized that he must be struggling financially.

He bought so many fever-reducing patches for himself last time; he's probably spent almost all his money.

She hadn't thought much about it beforehand, simply assuming that these fever-reducing patches were a gift from him.

but now……

She wondered if she should return the money he spent on the fever-reducing patches.

"I'm quite happy with my stunt work, and the salary is high, so I'm not planning to switch jobs for the time being."

Seeing that Liu Yifei's expression was a little off, Wu Wei immediately guessed what she was thinking, and continued in a teasing tone, "As for being a director, I'd like to, but I don't have the ability yet. Let me learn more on set first. When I cast you as the lead, you'll have to give me a discount on your fee."

Hearing this, Liu Yifei felt a little better.

"Okay, I'll give you a 50% discount then."

Liu Yifei took it as a joke and didn't take it seriously, replying casually.

"Then it's settled."

Wu Wei's expression, however, did not seem to be joking.

Liu Yifei was stunned for a moment.

I wondered if he was serious.

But she quickly dismissed the idea.

In the entertainment industry, without capital, resources, or connections, it's simply a pipe dream for a poor student to want to become a director.

He was probably just saying it casually.

but……

Liu Yifei sized up Wu Wei.

He went from being an extra to a stagehand, from a stagehand to a food deliveryman, and then to a stuntman.

Time and again they faced setbacks and blows, but each time they quickly bounced back.

He didn't give up, nor did he become hysterical, nor did he blame her and her mother. Instead, he relied on his own strength to start over time.

She felt inferior to such indomitable tenacity and vigorous vitality.

She was well protected by her mother from a young age. After she entered the entertainment industry, her mother used almost all her connections and resources to protect her from pollution and harm as much as possible.

The biggest setback she has suffered over the years has been the previous controversy with Sugar Films.

However, she was largely unaffected.

My mother handled things very well, and now she has successfully secured resources in Hollywood and is making movies with Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

She was like a delicate, brightly blooming flower grown in a greenhouse.

Where else have you ever experienced the bitterness and hardship of facing the wind and rain in such a sorry state, with no money and no way out, relying entirely on yourself to do your best to find a way out?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a surge of appreciation and admiration for Wu Wei.

At the same time, a somewhat ambiguous thought uncontrollably popped into his head: although he said that he kept changing identities and doing new jobs in order to make money, without exception, all of these jobs he did were related to himself, even when he was kicked out of the film crew.

and so……

Is it possible that he was actually doing it for himself?

There should be at least a little bit...

Liu Yifei's heart raced and her cheeks even started to flush at the thought.

She quickly took a deep breath, shook her head, and banished the somewhat embarrassing and narcissistic thought.

"Then you guys continue... I'm leaving."

Liu Yifei's tone carried a hint of barely perceptible shyness and guilt. After speaking, she immediately turned around and hurriedly left in one direction.

She reached into her pocket and found a few fever-reducing patches that Wu Wei had given her before.

She decided not to pay him back the money he spent on the fever-reducing patches.

Firstly, stuntmen earn much more than extras and stagehands. His worst times are over, so he shouldn't be short of a few hundred dollars now.

Secondly, she also harbored some girlish thoughts.

She didn't want to settle things with him so meticulously; it was fine to just owe him a little.

Wu Wei stood there, watching Liu Yifei's departing figure, feeling as if a gentle, alluring spring breeze was caressing his heart.

It feels a little itchy, and also a little warm.