Reborn in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 1980s

This fight scene was a real fight.

The actor who plays Han Chang is a veteran stuntman with superb skills; you can tell he's a master as soon as he makes a move.

Hu Xiaoxiao is even more formidable. When she plays Mu Guiying, she uses explosives to smash stones with a bow, but her strength is still considerable. When she smashes the stones, the audience is holding their breath for Han Chang even through the screen.

With its handsome male and beautiful female actors, light-hearted plot, and action scenes that appeal to housewives and students, this TV series offers a cinematic experience that male viewers will also enjoy. It's a show that the whole family can watch from beginning to end.

Unlike "Fan Lihua," which started strong but ended weakly, the first episode of "Mu Guiying" maintained an upward trajectory from beginning to end.

The TV station finally breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the report from the market research company.

However, the viewership of "The Spirit of Martial Arts" far surpassed that of "Mu Guiying," prompting Hong Kong TV to further increase its promotional efforts.

Meanwhile, Baozhu TV also received the news and decided to give "The Spirit of Martial Arts" a massive publicity campaign to maintain its popularity.

Those in the know see the details; the people at Baozhutai see further and more deeply than the audience.

While "Martial Spirit" has the advantage of patriotism, it also has a significant drawback, a point that Baozhutai herself is well aware of.

Because of its historical context, "The Spirit of Martial Arts" features many tragic and frustrating scenes. Housewives generally don't like watching these tragedies involving fighting and killing, and many deaths. They prefer heartwarming, family-oriented stories.

The martial arts in the TV series "Mu Guiying" are not only no less impressive than those in "The Spirit of Martial Arts," but also feature many innovations, making it highly entertaining. "Mu Guiying" also focuses primarily on women, with many stories about the female members of the Yang family, the kind of plot that housewives love to watch—a genre that Hong Kong and Taiwan excel at producing! This is something "The Spirit of Martial Arts" cannot match.

On the Hong Kong TVB side, thanks to the accurate market positioning of "Mu Guiying," the ratings have gradually rebounded, giving the cast and crew more confidence and making them more proactive in organizing events.

That day, they continued their promotional activities in the busiest commercial district. After the women performed the Yang Family Spear Technique together, they received a round of cheers.

Just as the emcee was about to announce the next performance, Hu Xiaoxiao and the others heard a loud shout from the opposite side.

"scare--"

"scare--"

"Shhhh—"

The loud and powerful voice drew the attention of the audience gathered below the stage of the "Mu Guiying" production team, causing them to turn around and look.

Standing on the stage, Hu Xiaoxiao had a high vantage point and a wide view. What she saw was another stage set up opposite her, where a dozen or so men wearing only trousers were showing off their muscles and punching each other in unison.

The banner hanging above the stage prominently read "Martial Heroes Appreciation Event for Citizens".

Hu Xiaoxiao was amused. The women were using marksmanship to attract the citizens, and the men were also bare-chested and boxing to attract the citizens. They had brought the fighting ring here.

Zhu Wanwen glanced at them a few times, a little angry. "Why are they copying us? They've attracted all the popularity we've worked so hard to build up."

Mingxu walked over, clenched his fist, and said to Hu Xiaoxiao, "Why don't we call over the male actors from our crew and have them box shirtless and see who's more manly?"

"By the time they arrived, the audience had already finished watching and gone home to cook," Hu Xiaoxiao said.

Because "Mu Guiying" is a female-centric drama, the main participants in the event were female artists, with fewer male artists attending. Only Mingxu was present every day, while the other male artists only came in two or three to make up the numbers.

If we were to notify the other male celebrities, it might be dark by the time everyone arrives. After all, none of them have mobile phones with them, so we can't call them immediately. If we have to run around looking for them, we don't know if they're home, out shopping, or on a date.

On the other hand, the crew of "Shangwu Spirit" came prepared, with a total of twenty or thirty male actors, all of them muscular and imposing. For a moment, they really overwhelmed the "Mu Guiying" crew.

"What should we do then?" the emcee asked. Groups of audience members were turning to look at the muscular men in the "Martial Spirit" section, and no amount of eloquence could bring them back.

"How shameless!" Hu Xiaoxiao exclaimed.

Men can box shirtless, but women can't. There's plenty of meat on the ground there, which is definitely more interesting than them being fully clothed. Free muscular men—not to mention the general public, even Hu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but take a few more glances, and then said to Mingxu, "They don't look as strong as you."

"How about I make a sacrifice?" Mingxu asked eagerly.

"Forget it, you alone aren't as interesting as a group of them."

Just forget it?

The cast and crew of "Mu Guiying" felt disheartened.

Of course, Hu Xiaoxiao couldn't just let it go like that. Wouldn't letting it go mean that the "Mu Guiying" production team had given up? She looked around, trying to think of a solution.

Her gaze fell on a longbow, the one she used in the drama, which she picked up as a promotional prop. Hu Xiaoxiao picked up the bow, pondered for a moment, and then had an idea. She asked someone to bring over some water in a thin plastic bag.

The others didn't know what Hu Xiaoxiao was thinking, but now that the audience had all gone to the other side, they had nothing else to do. So they all listened to Hu Xiaoxiao, emptied the plastic bags containing the items, and poured in some drinking water.

Hu Xiaoxiao glanced at them and told them to fill each bag halfway and tie the opening tightly. After everyone did as instructed, they made several water bags and gave them to Hu Xiaoxiao.

Hu Xiaoxiao took a tube of prop arrows, picked up one, hung a water bag on the arrow, then drew the bow, pointed at the banner on the opposite stage.

"Will it work?" the emcee asked, a little worried.

Is it even possible to hit the target if the distance is too far? If it falls halfway and spills on the crowd, it will backfire.

"No problem." Hu Xiaoxiao squinted and aimed.

A prop bow won't do, but this bow is the real thing. It has a strong draw weight, and it's enough for the distance between the two stages. Of course, the prerequisite is that Hu Xiaoxiao has the strength to draw this longbow.

With a flick of his wrist, the arrow flew like lightning, carrying the water bag to the other side, and struck the wooden pole where the banner was hanging.

The powerful impact caused the water bag to rupture, and the water inside spilled onto the man boxing on the stage.

Water fell on the men, soaking them, and the audience below, who had been watching with great interest, immediately brightened up and started whistling. Clearly, they were enjoying the show even more.

The male actors in "The Spirit of Martial Arts" stopped abruptly, patted the water off their clothes, and looked up at the sky. "Is it raining?"

Looking at the dazzling sun, lead actor Feng Zidong said, "With such a bright sun, where would the rain come from? Let's continue, let's keep boxing. Didn't you see that we've destroyed the 'Mu Guiying' ring, and all the audience has run to our side?"

The group immediately returned to their positions and resumed their powerful punches. Their solid muscles and strong masculinity drew screams from the audience, who exclaimed that they were having a feast for the eyes.