Huayu 93, I'm the ceiling of combat power from the moment I appear.

The main storyline of "The Legend of Fire Cloud" tells the story of Yingxia, the "Fire Cloud Evil God" played by Brigitte Lin, who goes from aiding and abetting evil and assassinating loyal people, to being influenced by the main characters, seeing through the villain Sixth Prince's ambition, and finally joining the main characters to punish evil.

It's a female-centric movie.

The two male leads, one a mere plot device and the other a sycophant, neither had particularly memorable scenes.

The film was co-produced by Yonggao Films and Longxiang Films.

The former is backed by Yonggao Cinemas, making it a kind of Australian capital.

The latter has a Taiwan background.

However, the second male lead in "Legend of Fire Cloud" is played by mainland Chinese actor Wu Gang.

The behind-the-scenes maneuvering and exchange of interests is quite intriguing.

However, none of this has much to do with He Xi. The character he plays, the Sixth Prince, ranks third among male actors, and he is a villain.

In the original timeline, this character was played by Pal Sinn.

Pal Sinn, a renowned villain specialist, was born with the body of Ximen Qing. He played Ximen Qing seven times in his life, leaving an indelible impression on the audience with his face-to-face performance and extremely lewd expressions.

Especially the new Jin Ping Mei, which she co-starred in with Yang Si-min, slurp...

Yang Si-min is truly filial; she's absolutely unbeatable!

The Sixth Prince is the main villain in "Legend of Fire Cloud". In the final battle, he single-handedly overwhelmed the three main characters.

They beat the three of them so badly they couldn't even get a chance to fight back.

In the end, they had to resort to underhanded tactics to barely manage to kill him.

This is definitely the pinnacle of combat power.

He Xi is perfectly capable of playing such a powerful and handsome villain.

Moreover, he has a good relationship with Yuan Heping, so it's normal for him to support Yuan's work, even if it's just a minor villain role.

Of course, most importantly, he was quite interested in the second female lead in this drama...

"Since the boss has already agreed, I'll take the role."

When will you be joining the crew?

"Do you need me to learn a few more martial arts moves?"

As she spoke, He Xi signed her name on both documents.

Xu Ke suddenly revealed a playful smile.

"You're learning martial arts? Are you planning to open a martial arts school?"

"I heard from Eighth Master that you almost drained him and Ah Ren dry when you were on the set of 'Tai Chi Master'."

"I didn't know you were so talented in martial arts."

He Xi chuckled.

"Maybe it's because I'm a bit weak in humanities subjects, but I'm pretty good at martial arts."

"It's a pity we don't have a special martial arts college entrance exam here, otherwise I could easily become the top martial arts student and give those rich kids in my class who look down on me a good slap in the face, and shock the school beauty for a hundred years!"

Xu Ke didn't understand He Xi's joke, assuming it was just a special way of communicating that he used when he was studying in Canada.

"Eighth Master said that your current abilities are more than enough, as long as you can join the crew on time."

After securing two supporting roles, He Xi immediately began looking for offers to play leading roles.

Then, I saw a bunch of weird movie titles.

【Pointing Point: Young Detective】, 【Flying Tigers: Extreme Warriors】, 【Neon Lights Hanging High: Women's Apartment】, 【Detective POWER: The Mystery Hunter】...

No, what awesome names these are!

Just by looking at these movie titles, you can tell they're flops!

Do you think everyone is like "Boonie Bears: The Year of the Bear," able to get screen time every Spring Festival and make easy money off kids?

The box office for "Legend of Fire" was also low, even pitifully low, with only HK$116 million.

However, He Xi plays the third male lead and is not responsible for box office success, so the box office performance has nothing to do with him.

But if he were to play the male lead, he would have to think it over carefully.

If he can't carry the box office, the investors will quickly lose confidence in him, and he'll only be able to make bad movies or try to establish himself in three-part films.

This is not what He Xi wants to see.

After looking around, He Xi sighed helplessly.

With so many offers, none of them seem destined for great success.

The only film whose name He Xi remembered in the original timeline was a three-part series, "The Ten Cruelest Tortures of the Qing Dynasty".

He Xi didn't want to be labeled as a three-part actor after starring in her first film.

However, the top choices for films with "financial potential" are almost always those starring Stephen Chow, Chow Yun-fat, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, or the Four Heavenly Kings—films that can guarantee box office success or already have a large fan base.

Newcomers like He Xi, who became famous because of their "girlfriend," simply can't get good resources.

unless……

He writes his own scripts and directs them himself!

The moment this thought appeared, it began to grow wildly in He Xi's mind.

That's right, I wrote it myself and filmed it myself!

Even if it's a three-part series, you still have to take control of your own destiny.

Strip as far as you want, do whatever you want...

Moreover, He Xi had already considered writing a script and directing when he was filming "Tai Chi Master" in mainland China.

I've learned a lot during this time on set.

After some deliberation, He Xi spoke directly.

"Boss, I recently got my hands on a really good script."

"The scripts offered by these companies are all written like a joke. Instead of wasting my time with them, I'd rather give it a try."

"Just film the funny and innocent daily lives of students on campus. The cost doesn't need to be very high. Around three million is enough to make it."

"Boss, what do you think?"

Xu Ke's hand, which was touching his chin, stopped abruptly.

"You want to write, direct, and act in it all yourself?"

It was no secret that He Xi was doing odd jobs on the film set and competing with assistants from various departments for tasks, and this naturally reached Xu Ke's ears.

Previously, Xu Ke thought He Xi was just someone who couldn't sit still and was happy to help others.

Only now did he realize that this young man had been ambitious from the beginning, and even more so than he had imagined.

"Are all young people these days this brave?"

Xu Ke admires He Xi's ambition. Young people should dare to think and act, and not be like the old people who are lethargic and lack ambition and drive.

However, having ambition does not guarantee success.

There are far too many people in this world whose ambitions are higher than the sky but whose fates are as fragile as paper.

Xu Ke admires He Xi's ambition, but he wouldn't easily take out 300 million to gamble on his future.

This isn't 300 yuan!

Moreover, if He Xi were to follow in the footsteps of Sunglasses Wong and throw in 300s followed by another 300s, would Xu Ke continue to throw, or would he simply throw away the previous 300s?

"The company is currently facing a tight cash flow situation, and I need to think about it some more."

In the end, Xu Ke did not directly agree to He Xi's suggestion, and made up an excuse to brush it off.

He Xi wasn't too disappointed, since he was just saying it casually anyway.

He was already very grateful that Tsui Hark was considerate of his opinions and didn't force him to take on the lead roles in those oddly named, box-off movies.

What He Xi didn't expect was that someone else made the decision without hesitation, even though Xu Ke had considered it for a while and then declined.

"It's just 300 million, right? I'll invest!"

"I can't lose to that old woman!"