Chapter 40

"Holy crap, awesome!"

"Wow, oppa is so amazing!"

Xinzi and Qi Chixuan widened their eyes and instinctively exclaimed.

Zheng Yitong, on the other hand, scratched her head; the move just now felt somewhat familiar, like the Face-Striking Palm from a Tai Chi routine.

She was from Hebei Province, hailing from Handan, the hometown of Tai Chi.

The Handan from "Handan Learning to Walk."

Yang Luchan and Wu Yuxiang were both locals and had both taught the art.

Yang-style Tai Chi, Wu-style Tai Chi, and Zhaobao Tai Chi all originated there.

Wu Jing's "Tai Chi Grandmaster" was the story of Yang Luchan.

Huang Shengyi and Yang Zi's "Guangfu Tai Chi Legend" was also the story of Yang-style Tai Chi.

In that city, if you threw a brick, nine out of ten people could perform a couple of Tai Chi moves.

The one who couldn't was probably a college student from out of town.

She could perform them too, and even several different Tai Chi styles, but only routines resembling calisthenics.

She didn't understand any power-generation techniques or combat skills at all; she hadn't even learned Push Hands, the standard practice.

During the art exam, while everyone else showed off dance, she performed Tai Chi.

Beside Qi Hui Hui's move looked familiar to her; it was similar to her own half-baked version, and the form wasn't even as standard as hers.

But... why was the speed so fast and the power so great?

He clearly looked very thin... Zheng Yitong thought to herself.

"Cut!" Director Lin suddenly jumped up and, along with the assistant director, hurriedly helped Lei Jiayin to her feet.

"Are you okay?" the two directors asked repeatedly.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Before Lei Jiayin could speak, Beside Qi Hui Hui opened his mouth and said.

The fact that she was knocked down so quickly was entirely because Lei Jiayin's center of gravity was unstable just now; the amplitude of her punch was too large.

Of course, it might also be because her head was too big.

"It's fine, it's fine." Lei Jiayin said repeatedly while patting her body to confirm she wasn't injured.

Trying to prove she wasn't weak, trying to prove the incident was just an accident.

Seeing that she was indeed fine, Director Lin and the assistant director finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If an accident had truly occurred, the filming would certainly be affected, leading to a whole new round of trouble.

Thinking of this, Director Lin glared at Beside Qi Hui Hui.

Beside Qi Hui Hui shrugged; it wasn't him who caused the trouble.

Director Lin felt a toothache; of course he knew he couldn't blame Beside Qi Hui Hui. That move just now was Lei Jiayin's fault.

But since Lei Jiayin had just been slapped hard, he couldn't bring himself to blame her anymore; after thinking for a moment, he simply couldn't find anyone to vent on.

Hua Xuanji then shifted his gaze, landing on the assistant director.

Assistant Director: "..."

Holy crap! What does this have to do with me?

"Alright, wrap up. I have something to do today, we're not filming." Director Lin called out in a very displeased tone: "Assistant director, take the extras out."

"Props team, clean up."

"Main cast, don't leave, stay behind."

"You, go book a private room in a restaurant, a good one, a big one, but don't spend too much." Director Lin pointed at the assistant director and shouted.

"Ah...?" The assistant director wore a bitter expression; wasn't that request too contradictory?

"Any problems?" Director Lin glared.

"No..."

"Then why aren't you going quickly?"

"Yes!" The assistant director ran off, panting heavily.

This matter should have been handled by the lifestyle director, not him, but... never mind, who else could he blame but the director?

When I get promoted to a regular director later, I'll do the same thing!

The assistant director grimaced in frustration.

Soon, the set was cleared, and the main cast gathered together.

"Don't rush to leave; we're having a dinner party later." Director Lin got straight to the point: "Tonight, the second female lead and third male lead are joining the cast; let's give them a welcome feast."

"I've already had someone book the tables."

"Ah...!" Zheng Yitong and Xinzi exchanged a glance, their eyes shining with joy; they were getting a big meal tonight!

Qi Chixuan was even more excited; she wanted to eat big fish and meat!

Probably no one present knew what she ate in South Korea: pickled vegetables, kimchi, spicy pickled vegetables, spicy kimchi...

Even having pork belly with rice could be considered a state banquet.

She missed her homeland, yes, but if asked to go back, she would absolutely refuse!

Over there, even buying fruit costs a fortune!

The middle-aged actors playing the fathers and mothers each chuckled with a smile, equally looking forward to it.

A holiday plus a big meal; who wouldn't look forward to that?

"Hiss... Director, when I arrived, you hadn't planned a welcome feast." Beside Qi Hui Hui looked at Director Lin and joked.

As the male lead, he had no face at all.

"Didn't I just set one up now?" Director Lin said in a bad mood: "A welcome feast for all of you together, just a few days late."

Beside Qi Hui Hui shrugged: "Alright, alright, I'll follow your lead."

Nearby, Lei Jiayin kept her head down, silent and mute, trying her best to be a wallflower.

It was a bit embarrassing; she didn't want to speak.

"Alright, just wander around," Director Lin glanced at his watch: "Be back in an hour; we're heading to the hotel."

At his command, everyone dispersed.

Beside Qi Hui Hui found a sofa to sit on, checked his phone, but saw no new messages from Jing Tian.

However, the QQ group was quite lively.

The "Infiltration" QQ group.

This was built by Station Master Wu... ah no, it was Teacher Feng Enhe.

He often stole vegetables on his QQ Space, so he gathered everyone to form a group, making it easier for him to add people and steal their crops.

Director Jiang initially didn't understand these young people's gadgets, but thought it was nice, so under Teacher Feng Enhe's guidance, he registered for QQ.

Later... later the two of them began happily stealing vegetables.

Beside Qi Hui Hui rarely checked this group, because the topics were basically about stealing vegetables.

Beside Qi Hui Hui had long passed the age for stealing vegetables.

However, today's topic was a bit different; "Infiltration" had started airing.

Beside Qi Hui Hui searched the coffee table, found the remote, turned on the TV, and found "Infiltration" currently playing.

The first episode of "Infiltration" featured the thrilling plot of Yu Zecheng nearly exposing himself while protecting his target, Zuo Lan; afterwards, his superior, to protect him, took him to the capital of the puppet government to carry out an assassination mission.

The Xie Ruolin portrayed by Beside Qi Hui Hui would not officially appear until around episodes fourteen or fifteen.

Even his first appearance was during a dinner scene between Yu Zecheng and Mu Wanqiu.

He only had one line of dialogue: "Qiu, who is this Mr.?"

However, Mu Wanqiu hardly paid any attention to Xie Ruolin.

Hearing the TV sound, the actors immediately gathered around.

In these days, phones weren't fun, computers without network cables had no internet, so the best form of entertainment was still watching TV.

"Huh?" Director Lin looked at the TV screen in surprise and asked Beside Qi Hui Hui, "Is this the drama you acted in?"

"Yeah... ahem, yes, yes." Beside Qi Hui Hui nodded repeatedly, influenced by Jing Tian's catchphrase.

Hearing Director Lin's words, among the crowd, several pairs of slightly surprised eyes turned toward Beside Qi Hui Hui.

Sometimes a drama is finished filming but not necessarily broadcast, like Fan Bingbing's "The Legend of Ba Qing".

Was Beside Qi Hui Hui so lucky that his first filmed drama could be broadcast?

The crowd couldn't help but be curious, curious about what this "Infiltration" that was being "infiltrated" was about.

Soon, the crowd was captivated by the thrilling plot of "Infiltration".

The thrilling hidden front, the scheming of many characters, and the heart-stopping moment when the protagonist Yu Zecheng was discovered by his superior for leaking intelligence.

Although there were no grand scenes, it was incredibly engaging.

Director Lin rubbed his nose; he too was captivated.

To be honest, the director's skill in this drama was very strong; judging by his own ability, he could find no faults.

"Huh? Isn't that Liu Huaqiang?" Zheng Yitong exclaimed in surprise, only realizing halfway through.

She was from Hebei Province; the story of Liu Huaqiang, including Liu Huaqiang's real-life prototype, all took place in Hebei Province.

Let alone a few years ago, even now... ahem, never mind, let's not say that, don't add negative images to my hometown.

"It really seems so," Xinzi said in surprise.

"He wore glasses; I almost didn't recognize him."

"Beside Qi Hui Hui, why don't I see you?" Director Lin asked, deliberately poking at old wounds.

Beside Qi Hui Hui's face darkened: "I'm a supporting character; I only appear in the second half of the TV series."

This old man is doing it on purpose, right?

"If you're anxious, you can watch the end credits," Beside Qi Hui Hui said grumpily.

Before he finished speaking, the end credits appeared.

Beside Qi Hui Hui's name was listed there, ranked ninth, fifth among male actors.

"Alright, time's up," Director Lin glanced at his watch: "Let's go, to the hotel."

"To welcome our female lead and third male lead."