Bury You, Plant Flowers All Around

"Props, has the Sugar Glass been replaced?"

"Yes, Director."

"Is the snow on the ground thick enough? It needs to be thick enough to catch a person."

"It's enough, Director. There's also a layer of spring mattresses underneath."

"Male actor, you're falling out the window, with glass flying everywhere, understand? Flail your arms and legs, make it intense—more intense!"

"Understood, Director."

With everything ready, the male actor suddenly slid out of the building and slammed into the second-floor window. The glass shattered with a crack, shards flying everywhere. The actor flailed and screamed in midair before plunging headfirst into the thick snow with a muffled thud, his legs still kicking wildly in the air.

"OK, that was excellent. Get the actor out quickly. Makeup, get ready." Jiang Hao immediately gave the order.

This shot of exploding glass would definitely become a classic scene in the film. Interestingly, when Jiang Hao had first thought of it and told the props team to prepare it, they had looked utterly baffled. "Boss, what is Sugar Glass?"

"You don't know what Sugar Glass is?"

"No, I don't."

"Then how did you film broken-glass scenes before?"

"Oh, we'd dress up a dummy and throw it out directly, then splice the shots together in post-production."

Jiang Hao understood. Sugar Glass probably had not been invented yet. After asking carefully, the head of the props team confirmed that such a thing did not exist. Jiang Hao immediately had him prepare the materials, and half a day later, they had made more than a dozen sheets of Sugar Glass.

Making Sugar Glass was very simple. The props team could make it, and so could chefs. It was nothing more than sugar, corn syrup, and water. Once cooked and dried in a mold, it became a sheet of glass.