"It was precisely because of the troupe leader that I became who I am today. Before I met him, I was an ordinary, unremarkable person. Without the scripts he tailored for me and his guidance into the field of comedic action, I could never have achieved the glory I have today.
"At best, I would have remained an extra on film sets. Even if I were lucky enough to land a few supporting roles, I'm afraid it still would have been difficult for me to become truly famous."
Ou Yaozu was now over sixty, yet he looked no different from a thirty-year-old. Speaking of the past, he sighed with emotion:
"After all, everyone knows how difficult it is to make a living in show business. Don't just look at how glamorous we are in public. The hardship we endured before becoming famous and established is difficult to imagine."
That's what he's talking about.
Yin Tianchou picked up the conversation. "Before I met the troupe leader, even finding enough to eat was a problem. Back then, I was constantly going hungry. I often went to bed hungry and waited for dawn.
"I ran to film sets to work as an extra, only to be cursed out and driven away. Without the troupe leader, I don't dare imagine what my life would have become. He was the turning point in the miracle of my life. Without him, there would be no me today, and none of the blockbuster films that came afterward."
"I'm extremely grateful to the troupe leader. Just as everyone is curious about why we're so good at fighting and so hardworking, they also wonder why we still look so young despite our age.
"It isn't because we're especially good at taking care of ourselves. To be honest, we're all