Chapter 265

Xiao Xiao Shenyang twisted his mouth and gave a thumbs-up.

"The director has real emotional intelligence."

Wang Baoqiang laughed until his face crinkled all over.

"We've got to eat and drink fast, then the makeup artist is waiting to put in my gold tooth."

Wang Baoqiang's character is absolutely beyond reproach.

He has good morals and is also dedicated.

When he completely broke ties with his ex-wife.

His ex-wife and agent worked hard to smear him.

But not a single verifiable piece of evidence surfaced.

That is to say.

The two people closest to Wang Baoqiang.

They exhausted every effort, racked their brains.

Still found not a single piece of dirt on him.

How clean could this man possibly be?

Replace him with any celebrity buried in scandals.

If his wife and agent did this to him, he'd be finished for sure!

Su Chen is the same way.

Suppose Yang Mi turned against him.

She could casually release some photos or videos, and Su Chen would be ruined.

Of course, Su Chen has absolute confidence.

His own goddess squad would never do such a thing.

But he still remains very cautious in daily life.

He never deliberately leaves traces or evidence.

After finishing the opening banquet.

Su Chen and Wang Baoqiang squatted together on an empty patch of ground on set, chatting.

As the two male leads, they have a lot of scenes together.

They had never collaborated before.

They definitely needed to communicate frequently and deepen their understanding.

At the same time, they also discussed the script and the characters.

After this exchange.

Su Chen's profound knowledge left Wang Baoqiang in deep admiration.

Because he was a commoner, not a conservatory graduate.

All these years of acting.

Indeed propelled Wang Baoqiang to rapid progress, his acting now natural and seamless.

Added to his innate physical advantages.

He became an irreplaceable presence in the film industry.

Yet Wang Baoqiang's understanding of acting paled far beside Su Chen's.

After Su Chen's guidance.

Wang Baoqiang seemed to have a sudden epiphany, his eyes brightening.

"No wonder you're the director—you're truly amazing."

"I watched your movie 'Fan Hua'—your acting was absolutely brilliant..."

"I could learn from it my whole life! The reason I've gotten this far is really because of my looks."

"We're both relying on our looks to make a living, hahaha..."

Wang Baoqiang slapped Su Chen's shoulder, laughing until his features split open.

Indeed, they both lived off their looks.

Su Chen was the extreme of handsomeness.

Wang Baoqiang was the extreme of ugliness.

But this contrast in looks wasn't strong enough!

Because comedy thrives on contrast.

In the film, Su Chen had to be dressed extremely handsome.

While Wang Baoqiang had to be ugly to the extreme.

Not only did he need a hideous hairstyle.

He also needed the makeup artist to install a fake gold tooth.

Plus, he had to be tanned pitch-black.

The greater the gap between his appearance and physique and Su Chen's, the better.

Moreover, according to the script's setting.

Su Chen portrayed Qin Feng, a top-tier detective.

Wang Baoqiang portrayed Tang Ren, a fame-seeking fraud who couldn't do anything.

In short.

Su Chen embodied every single strength of this film.

And Wang Baoqiang was his absolute opposite.

Every single thing about him was a flaw!

Only with such a contrast could it be big enough, funny enough.

"Do you have a wife?"

Wang Baoqiang took a hard drag on his cigarette.

His expression looked very solemn, his eyes exceptionally deep.

An indescribable look on his face.

He looked just like Mr. Tree!

Only now did Su Chen understand.

The reason Wang Baoqiang's Mr. Tree was so lifelike.

Was not only because he was a good actor.

It really was a case of playing himself.

In certain respects.

Wang Baoqiang's experiences were identical to Mr. Tree's.

Su Chen shook his head.

"I don't have a wife."

That was the truth.

He hadn't asked whether or not there was a girlfriend.

Wang Baoqiang blew out a long stream of smoke, and said with deep feeling: "It's best not to have a wife."

"I'd suggest you can find plenty of girlfriends, but never rush into marriage."

"Even if you do marry, you must pick the one with the best character, the most innocent, the one who loves you most."

"Otherwise you'll definitely end up divorcing in the future."

"And divorce would be the small matter — you might even get a Dai Lumaozi put on you."

"And it's possible she'd transfer all your assets away."

Back in the day, Wang Baoqiang had been fleeced down to the bone by his ex-wife.

He didn't even have money left to sue.

Although his ex-wife had been pointed out by her ex-husband and became a national laughingstock,

she really had swindled quite a lot of money from Wang Baoqiang.

Estimated at hundreds of millions.

Enough to spend ten lifetimes.