"Director, isn't it a bit much to add scenes for me just like that?"
Zhang Yang thought for a moment and didn't immediately agree.
He'd practiced swordsmanship because he'd just inherited the Empty Sword Technique and was itching to try it out. It was like a little kid getting a new toy, or a grown man getting a 3D character figurine.
He hadn't been practicing in front of a crowd, either. He'd been fooling around in the open space behind his dressing room.
He hadn't planned on Master Xing seeing him and offering to add scenes.
"What's wrong with that?" Master Xing said in his accented Mandarin, his eyes lighting up. "You're so good with a sword. It'd be a shame not to put that on the big screen."
He'd heard Zhang Yang had arrived at the set, so he'd come over to discuss the script again.
When he hadn't found Zhang Yang in the dressing room, Nazha had volunteered to bring him around back. He hadn't expected such a pleasant surprise.
As a kung fu movie fan and a martial artist himself, Master Xing could tell that Zhang Yang's swordplay wasn't just flashy moves. It was a real style, good for both offense and defense, and he'd never seen anything like it.
When he created the character Empty Prince for Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, he'd also called his sword style the Empty Sword Technique, or the Nine Empty Swords, drawing inspiration from the Dugu Nine Swords and the Flying Fairy Beyond the Heavens.
He thought Zhang Yang's sword style could add depth to the character, and it would look great with special effects in post-production.
"You know I still have to go film a TV series," Zhang Yang said.
"What a waste." Master Xing's expression turned