1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

"What the hell are you doing?"

The first fight scene officially began, and everything was going according to Xiong Xinxin and Li Lianjie's rhythm, which could have been completed in one take!

But for some unknown reason, the wire workers suddenly broke free of the rope, causing Li Lianjie, who was already in mid-air, to plummet to the ground!

Everyone in the audience gasped in shock. It must have been at least three or four meters high. Even if Li Lianjie was very skilled in martial arts, she would have been thrown hard without any foothold in the air.

If you fall hard, you're guaranteed to be injured, if not killed or maimed!
In the blink of an eye, Cheng Xuemin reacted quickly enough. In addition, this was the first time in China that wire work had been used, and it wasn't even a proper wire work, but rather a hemp rope as a substitute, which was very unsafe.

So, to be on the safe side, Cheng Xuemin's attention was actually always on the staff member pulling the rope.

There hadn't been any major problems until now, which made Cheng Xuemin feel that he was being a bit overly neurotic, so he shifted his attention slightly to Li Lianjie and Xiong Xinxin's action scenes.

But in that moment of distraction, the staff member in charge of the cable car suddenly let go and the rope came loose, causing Li Lianjie, who was already performing a fight scene in the air, to fall straight down without any warning.

Fortunately, Cheng Xuemin reacted quickly. Although he was momentarily distracted, he managed to grab the rope that had been thrown off before Li Lianjie fell heavily to the ground, and with all his might, he managed to pull Li Lianjie back to safety.

Immediately, Cheng Xuemin turned around and questioned the staff member with extreme anger.

"It's okay, it's okay, Brother Cheng, I'm fine!" Li Lianjie was also scared half to death, thinking that she was definitely going to die this time.

He closed his eyes in despair, waiting for a real embrace with the ground, but instead of the pain of hitting the ground head-on, he felt a sharp pain in his back and waist.

Upon opening his eyes, he realized that he had tried his best to get as close to the ground as possible, but he hadn't actually touched it; he was probably only a few centimeters away.

It was the hemp rope on his back that held him back!

so close!

Li Lianjie, having narrowly escaped death, thought to herself, "Thank goodness, that was close! I was scared to death!" She then did a somersault and stood up steadily. Seeing that it was her good brother Cheng who was holding her tightly, she smiled with relief.

"Ah Jie, are you alright?"

The Yuan brothers, who adored Li Lianjie the most, were also extremely shocked and terrified. They thought to themselves that Li Lianjie had made a mistake, but thankfully it was a false alarm. Seeing Li Lianjie fall high to the ground and then stand up steadily with a grin, they also thought it was a close call, but still rushed forward with lingering fear and asked her with concern.

"Master Yuan, it's alright, it's alright. It's all thanks to my brother Cheng for pulling me back, otherwise I would definitely have broken my arms and legs!" Li Lianjie was now trying to please her brother Cheng, especially since she really owed him a debt of gratitude this time, otherwise the consequences would have been unpredictable.

"It's alright, it's alright!" Yuan Heping nodded repeatedly, he was so scared!

"What are you doing? You can't even hold on with a rope?" Director Huang Jianzhong was also terrified. After seeing that Li Lianjie was alright, he roared angrily at the staff who were pulling the wires.

"I...I...I'm out of strength, I couldn't hold on!" The staff member was terrified by Cheng Xuemin and Huang Jianzhong's angry roars and stammered.

"If you don't have the strength, why don't you shout?! Is your mouth only for eating?"

"This is because we didn't knock Leonardo DiCaprio down. If we had seriously injured him, the entire crew would have been fired, do you know that?"

Cheng Xuemin didn't believe that the kid was really out of strength and that's why he couldn't hold on! He seriously suspected that the kid was just trying to cause trouble and was pretending to be out of strength when he let go.

So, even though they were given the maximum allowance of two yuan a day, there were still bad guys in their crew!

It's also possible that they were bribed by bad people outside the production team to deliberately cause trouble for them when Tai Chi officially started filming.

If Li Lianjie, the male lead, really gets seriously injured today, that would be great!

The entire Tai Chi production team was paralyzed, and it was truly impossible to know when they could rebuild and resume filming. Cheng Xuemin's pledge to his superiors for ten million US dollars in foreign exchange reserves became a complete joke.

"I...I really have no strength left...I..." This kid didn't know if he was genuinely scared or just pretending to be scared. After being yelled at by Cheng Xuemin, he simply collapsed to the ground.

"Xuemin, you...you're bleeding!"

Originally, Zhu Lin, the female lead, didn't have any scenes, but filming had already officially started. She usually helped out on set.

I was genuinely frightened just now. If Li Lianjie had really fallen from that height, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Fortunately, Cheng Xuemin stopped him in time, and it was a false alarm.

But Zhu Lin's gaze was fixed on Cheng Xuemin, and she was the first to notice that Cheng Xuemin's hands, which were holding the rope, were dripping blood onto the ground. She was immediately terrified and rushed over to ask him anxiously.

"Ouch! It's bleeding! It's bleeding so much!"

"Xuemin, are you alright? Xuemin, are you alright?!"

Zhu Lin's reminder alerted Huang Jianzhong and Yuan Heping, who also noticed it and were immediately shocked and asked with concern.

"It's nothing, the hemp rope just chafed my skin, it'll be fine in a bit!" Cheng Xuemin also noticed that he had been too hasty and used too much force, and the hemp rope had cut his palms, causing them to bleed a little.

This is normal!

Li Lianjie just fell from a height of three or four meters, almost to the bottom. With that weight of over 100 kilograms, how fast must her acceleration have been?

Even though Cheng Xuemin has superhuman physical abilities, he was still ripped and bled by the accelerating potential energy.

However, after shaking his hand, it wasn't a big problem.

"How can this be? Let's go to the infirmary and get it bandaged!" Queen Zhu Lin of the Women's Kingdom said with great concern.

“Yes, Teacher Cheng, you should go to the infirmary to get it bandaged up, lest you get tetanus!” Yuan Heping nodded in agreement, his expression turning completely different as he looked at Cheng Xuemin.

"Go on, Xuemin. I'll keep an eye on things here. Have Zhu Lin accompany you to get your wound bandaged. You're the backbone, so don't be careless!"

Director Huang Jianzhong nodded in agreement; it was indeed a close call today.

"Well!"

"Little Li, can you still continue? If not, take a break and calm down!"

Cheng Xuemin nodded, saying it was good to get her bandaged up, and before leaving, he inquired about Li Lianjie's well-being.

"It's nothing, it's nothing. Brother Cheng, I really owe you a lot this time... Anyway, I won't thank you enough. You saved me this time, Brother Cheng. I'll repay you handsomely later!"

Seeing that Cheng Xuemin's hands were bleeding, Li Lianjie looked back at the spot where he had fallen from mid-air, and only then did she belatedly realize that she was covered in a cold sweat. That high?
The lingering fear made him realize with a chill that if it weren't for Brother Cheng, he might really have died here.

Even if they don't die, they'll probably be crippled.

If he's really crippled, how will he live in the future?
Continuing to train in martial arts, participate in competitions, and perform is clearly impossible; he'll definitely have to retire early.

Moreover, if he's ruined, Brother Cheng definitely won't want him as the male lead anymore; he'll definitely have to be replaced. And no director in Hong Kong will be interested in him anymore and invite him to make movies in Hong Kong.

So for the rest of his life, he might end up as a doorman in some remote, impoverished place, living a life of hardship.

If that's the case, it would be better to just fall to your death.

The more Li Lianjie thought about it, the more frightened he became. The more he thought about it, the more he realized that Brother Cheng had truly saved his life today.

"A generous reward is nothing! You'd better put on a good show for me, that's the best reward you can get!"

Cheng Xuemin retorted, saying that the kid's impressive somersault just now showed that he wasn't scared at all.

"And also, get the whole bunch of them out of here! From now on, we'll pull the Lavia ourselves!"

Before leaving, Cheng Xuemin pointed to the people in charge of Lavia and told them to get lost without any politeness. He didn't want to continue entrusting the safety of his crew members to those unscrupulous people.

"Yes, yes, let's not let them pull us, we'll pull ourselves! We'll use our own strength, we don't need them to pull us!"

Reminded by Cheng Xuemin and learning from Li Lianjie's experience, Ji Chunhua, Sun Jiankui, Hu Jianqiang, and Yu Rongguang nodded in agreement and rushed forward to blast the entire Lavia team aside!
"No, Teacher Cheng, it was Xigou who couldn't hold on and that caused the accident. Don't let us be implicated!"

"Yeah, yeah, it's all because of that dog, Xigou. He played cards all night last night, and he's got no energy or spirit today. How can you blame us?!"

Upon hearing that they were to be kicked out as well, the teammates who had been implicated by that greyhound began to wail in despair.

This is the Tai Chi production crew!

This is a Tai Chi production crew that only pays two yuan a day!

If we fire them, where are they going to find a film crew that treats them so well?
Other members of the props team in the factory were desperate to get into the Tai Chi production team, because everyone was envious of the two yuan subsidy they received every day.
But now, because the greyhound failed to hold the rope, it almost caused the actor to fall from the sky, yet they are being blamed for everything. Why should they be held responsible?

"That's settled then, Lao Huang, you're the director, you handle it!"

Cheng Xuemin couldn't care less about all that. Since a bad guy named Xi Gou had infiltrated their crew, there was no guarantee that there weren't other lurking bad guys. Cheng Xuemin didn't dare to gamble.

At the very least, when it comes to wire work, which concerns the safety of his actors, Cheng Xuemin will absolutely not tolerate any wrongdoing!
Better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free!

It's just that you all knew that guy named Xigou played all night last night and didn't have much energy at work today, yet you still let someone like him go up and pull the rope.

There were inherent safety hazards, but no one stopped them or reported them. So these people were all derelict in their duties and just came in to make a living.

Why don't we just kick them out? Why keep them around for the New Year?
"Alright, Xuemin, go ahead and rest assured, I'll handle things here!" Director Huang Jianzhong clearly intended to plead for leniency. After all, these were all members of their directing team, and it was Huang Jianzhong's first time directing independently. If he didn't use his own directing team, it would be akin to being detached from the masses and becoming isolated.

Then who will work for him in the future? Even if he gets another opportunity to direct independently, he, Huang Jianzhong, can't make it happen on his own. He'll still need the cooperation of his original directing team.

However, seeing Cheng Xuemin's gloomy face, he swallowed back the words he was about to say and nodded instead.

Huang Jianzhong was also afraid!

I'm worried that Li Lianjie, the male lead, might suffer a serious injury during his first action scene, and his first independently directed film might just be canceled.

He was even more afraid that he had been intimidated by Cheng Xuemin today. It was the first time he had ever seen Cheng Xuemin, who was usually so gentle and mild-mannered, suddenly become so violent and seemed ready to eat someone.

Clearly, Cheng Xuemin was genuinely angry, and it's unclear why he made such a fuss over nothing and used this as an excuse to vent his anger.

Ah!
In Huang Jianzhong's view, since the situation was brought under control and no major accident occurred, it was just a false alarm, and a little criticism was all that was needed.

There's really no need to make such a big deal out of it!
But since Cheng Xuemin was going to do this, whether it was using the issue as an excuse or making a mountain out of a molehill, Huang Jianzhong knew that his first priority was to align himself with Cheng Xuemin, the person in charge.

As for the others, we can ask them later.

"It's nothing, Sister Lin, it's just a small matter!"

Zhu Lin, the Queen of the Women's Kingdom, had previously worked at a medical research institute for a period of time, so she is quite knowledgeable about routine wound care!
So the infirmary she mentioned was actually just a simple temporary desk next to the film set, with some basic medical supplies that Zhu Lin had brought over from the infirmary.

After all, the Tai Chi production team is involved in a martial arts film, which involves a lot of fighting and hanging around, so accidents and bumps are inevitable.

Actually, a dedicated medical room needs to be set up and stationed near the film crew to respond to any emergencies.

But in those days, such conditions weren't available. People would usually go to the clinic to deal with minor problems on their own.

However, since the Tai Chi production team had Zhu Lin, who had worked in medical care, and she had nothing better to do, she picked up some basic medical supplies from the infirmary and served as a temporary medical worker, ready to be called upon at any time.

It was definitely well-intentioned at first, just in case.

Little did she know that the first injured person she would receive would be her Xu Lingjun, Cheng Xuemin!

At this moment, Zhu Lin shouldn't be too tender or overly cautious. She should blow on his wound while applying medicine and bandaging him, without being too meticulous or careful.

This made Cheng Xuemin feel a little awkward, and he smiled awkwardly at Zhu Lin.

"This is nothing at all?!"

"Look how deep the wound is, it makes my scalp tingle!" The more Zhu Lin helped treat it, the more she realized that the wound was more than just a broken skin.

Her palms were deeply cut by the hemp rope, and there were still bits of hemp rope left in the wounds, which she had to carefully clean off slowly.

This caused Cheng Xuemin excruciating pain, making him secretly shudder!
I didn't really notice it before, but now that they've applied iodine and are rubbing it back and forth with the cotton swab, it's really giving me the creeps!
"Bear with it, there's some debris in the wound. I need to clean it carefully, otherwise it will get infected and fester, which would be a real problem!"

Zhu Lin comforted him while blowing on the wind, and carefully manipulated the instrument in her hands!

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