He had been kicked straight into the wall!
Although he didn't look dead yet, did they really not need to call an ambulance or something?
Director Xu glanced toward the wall again. Young Master Zhang, who had been clamoring so wildly earlier, was now embedded in it in a bizarre position, letting out one miserable howl after another.
He really did look rather pitiful!
Just moments ago, Director Xu had worried that Chen Zheng would suffer after being targeted by Young Master Zhang. Now he finally understood: Chen Zheng had never been the prey. From the very beginning, Chen Zheng had been the hunter!
Whoever provoked Chen Zheng was the one who would suffer!
"Chen Zheng... is incredible!"
"So he really is an expert! No wonder he said playing an expert was easy during his first audition!"
"That kick just now looked like it had special effects!"
The other crew members also came to their senses. They all stared at Chen Zheng with shining eyes, their shock tinged with a trace of fear.
That kick had truly been terrifying!
Xu San's claw strike had already looked like a special effect, moving so fast it left afterimages, but Chen Zheng had been even faster and fiercer. One kick had taken care of Xu San, and Young Master Zhang along with him!
Fierce!
Chen Zheng looked so refined. Who would have thought he was this fierce?
"A beast in gentleman's clothing..."
An expression suddenly occurred to Qin Yi, and she winked at Chen Zheng.
"I'm no beast." Chen Zheng smiled and glanced at Qin Yi before turning to Director Xu. "I went fairly easy on him. Young Master Zhang won't die. Let's keep filming."
Hearing this, Director Xu and the crew all felt the urge to roll their eyes.
He had kicked a man into the wall, and he called that going fairly easy? Chen Zheng, if you went hard, would you send someone flying hundreds of meters? Would you punch straight through the entire building?
"Let's continue."
Filled with countless emotions, Director Xu had all the crew prepare to resume filming.
"You! You! You! You injured my junior brother Xu San! And you injured Young Master Zhang! Do you have any idea who we are? Who Young Master Zhang is?"
Just then, the other man who had come with Young Master Zhang seemed to finally snap out of his daze and shouted at Chen Zheng.
"If I were you, I'd turn around and leave."
Chen Zheng cast him a look. It wasn't a cold look; instead, he gave the man a slight smile.
The man froze, then a flicker of terror flashed through his eyes. Lowering his head, he dragged the unconscious Xu San backward while keeping a wary eye on Chen Zheng. Once he had dragged Xu San out the door, he abruptly scooped him up and shot away as though the soles of his feet had been greased!
"These rich young masters' bodyguards aren't reliable."
Watching this, Director Xu glanced at Young Master Zhang embedded in the wall again and shook his head with a laugh.
"What do you mean, the bodyguards aren't reliable? Huh? Why is there someone in the wall? Is he a supporting actor? Some guy just ran like mad carrying another guy. Was he playing a villain?"
At that moment, two tall figures appeared in the doorway. They were An Jing and Su Cheng.
An Jing and Su Cheng had taken a stroll around a nearby mall. Afterward, feeling that it was about time, they had come to wait for Chen Zheng to finish filming so they could go home. They hadn't expected to return to the room the production had rented and find some guy inside the wall.
An Jing assumed he was a supporting actor the production had hired.
"..." The question stumped Director Xu, but he offered no explanation and waved for them to continue filming the scene.
And so Chen Zheng and Yanran began acting.
As An Jing watched, her eyes suddenly widened. Su Cheng's did too, because the two actors gazed at each other and embraced. Not only did they embrace, they kissed!
Damn!
Weren't kissing scenes supposed to use camera angles? Why were they doing it for real?
Seeing Chen Zheng and Yanran actually kissing, An Jing's expression turned cold, and she cursed inwardly!
But that was only the beginning!
As they kissed, Chen Zheng and Yanran actually moved into the bedroom inside. The camera followed them, the other crew members withdrew, and Director Xu and Qin Yi followed them in!
"Come on!"
With a low whisper, An Jing pulled Su Cheng along after them. Both women were extremely tall, so even standing behind Qin Yi and Director Xu, they could see inside the bedroom. In the bedroom, which had deliberately been arranged with dim lighting, they saw Chen Zheng and Yanran embracing and rolling around on the bed!
"Damn! Why is there a bed scene too?"
An Jing lost her temper and blurted out a curse.
"Cut!" Director Xu called a halt and turned to An Jing with a slight frown. "Miss An, this is a normal part of filming, and it's only a few simple shots. There's nothing explicit involved. Even though you're Chen Zheng's girlfriend, could you please exercise a little self-restraint? This is a filming set, after all, and everyone's time is valuable. Because you shouted, we have to redo this scene. So, Miss An, if you can't control your emotions, I'll have to ask you to stay outside."
"You have to redo it?" An Jing was dumbfounded, then frowned and nodded. "All right. I'll stay calm."
"Again!"
Director Xu looked toward the bedroom and called to Chen Zheng and Yanran.
And so the scene began again with the two embracing and kissing as they rolled onto the bed...
A few minutes later.
"Cut!"
Director Xu spoke, and the scene was finally finished.
"Perfect. It perfectly recreated the scene I wrote, even if it left out a lot of the process."
Qin Yi smiled at Chen Zheng and Yanran.
Chen Zheng merely smiled, but Yanran's pretty face was flushed. Honestly, today's scene already counted among the more daring scenes of her acting career. She had never even filmed a kissing scene before.
Yet today she had actually rolled in the sheets with Chen Zheng. Although they hadn't even taken off their clothes, although it had only been a few simple shots, although there had been no substantive contact, they had still held each other in their arms.
"I suppose it counts as a breakthrough..."
Yanran glanced at Chen Zheng, lowered her head slightly, and murmured.
"Filming's over. Chen Zheng can come with us now, right? Also, there won't be any more scenes like this, will there? Miss Qin Yi, don't you think the script you wrote is a little melodramatic?"
An Jing spoke up. Although the scene had been fake and nothing had happened between Chen Zheng and Yanran, she still felt annoyed.
"The plot is straightforward and easy to understand. Whether it's melodramatic no longer matters, as long as it has attention-grabbing moments. And a scene where the male and female leads roll in the sheets will grab the average viewer's attention once it's filmed, even if it only shows the beginning and end, even if the process is cut out."
Qin Yi answered An Jing very seriously.
An Jing had nothing to say. Holding Su Cheng with one hand, she took Chen Zheng's hand with the other, turned, and left.
"...Miss An seems jealous." Watching Chen Zheng and the two women leave, Director Xu suddenly smiled. Then, after a moment's thought, he added, "But Chen Zheng really does have a talent for acting. I never expected him to actually be a martial arts expert. If he filmed action scenes, they'd definitely look great. If that kick had landed on a villain in an action scene, the explosive force and dramatic power of it, captured by a high-speed camera and shown on a giant IMAX screen..."
As he spoke, Director Xu's eyes grew brighter and brighter. He had already made up his mind: he had to get Chen Zheng to film action scenes!
"Action scenes... would be good." Qin Yi considered it and nodded, but soon shook her head. "But Chen Zheng probably won't keep acting for long. He said he was only a little interested in acting because he'd never done it before."
"Is that so... Then I need to find an action film script as soon as possible, while he's still interested in acting."
Director Xu frowned at this and told himself he would contact people as soon as he got home that evening to see if any action scripts were available. As for investors, he wasn't worried. Qin Yi, right beside him, was an investor herself.
Qin Yi was far more than just a beautiful bestselling author!
Director Xu's gaze shifted to Young Master Zhang, who was hanging in the wall. Young Master Zhang had just said that his father showed Qin Yi respect, but he didn't know why his father showed her respect. If Qin Yi had no status or backing, with her looks and figure, she would probably have long since been subjected to casting-couch demands in this industry. How could everything have gone so smoothly for her?
"Action scenes..."
Beside them, Yanran's eyes also lit up when she heard this.
She wasn't an ordinary person either, at least not merely the exquisite prey Young Master Zhang had targeted on the surface. She lightly bit her lip, and as she thought of embracing and kissing Chen Zheng during filming, her gaze involuntarily grew dreamy.
Perhaps only a man as shrouded in mystery as Chen Zheng could pluck at her heartstrings!