Zhang Yang's words didn't sit well with Liu Yifei.
Did she really need to get injured to fit the character?
But on the surface, she didn't snap back at Zhang Yang or question him outright. She simply listened in silence.
She didn't want to undermine Zhang Yang in front of Chen Jiashang and Gu Xuanzhao.
"What ideas do you have?" Gu Xuanzhao was good at listening to other people's inspiration, especially when it came from someone he believed in.
"In the original story, Wuqing has two exceptional skills: controlling hidden weapons with her hands and peerless lightness skills. Director Chen's version of Wuqing can read minds and control objects with her thoughts, and she's skilled at solving cases and using hidden weapons. I think..." Zhang Yang freely offered his opinion.
Although he knew how audiences would eventually rate the film, he didn't want to say too much when he had so little influence.
In the original film, Wuqing's peerless lightness skills were barely shown. They'd inexplicably added mind-reading to make her more impressive, but that weakened her deductive skills and talent for solving cases. And since she controlled her hidden weapons with her thoughts, special effects replaced her extraordinary weapon techniques, which weren't given much room to shine.
In this film, Liu Yifei could be said to have done little more than lend them her face, take a beating, and have a romance.
Since Chen Jiashang and Gu Xuanzhao had asked him, he didn't point out what was wrong. He simply made suggestions.
"Wuqing sits in a wheelchair. It's her legs, so if you want to show off her martial arts, you need to focus on her hands and the wheelchair."
"You could add hidden weapons to the wheelchair, so she can use it to fight and dodge with lightness