Reborn in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 1980s

No one took Hu Xiaoxiao's words seriously.

The director, for example, had previously seen Hu Xiaoxiao act well and assumed she was naturally gifted in acting, which was a pleasant surprise for him.

"Hu Xiaoxiao, you're amazing! Your first time being suspended by wires was so natural, and your movements were so standard and precise. If I had known you were so talented, I should have let you join the crew earlier."

Hu Xiaoxiao seized every opportunity and shouted to the director below, "It's not too late to know now. When there are scenes to film in the future, remember to call me to the crew."

"Okay, definitely!" The director also likes actors who can act well without much training, which saves a lot of trouble.

After receiving the director's promise, in order to demonstrate her abilities, Hu Xiaoxiao, while the action crew was raising and lowering the wires, used the rise and fall to make her appear sometimes like a fairy bird flying in the sky, and sometimes like Chang'e flying to the moon, with graceful and unrestrained movements that seemed otherworldly.

Even Hong Qiuyan was dumbfounded: Could she really beat Hu Xiaoxiao at wire work? Was this really her first time doing wire work? "Hu Xiaoxiao, are you sure this is your first time doing wire work? Did you secretly practice for months?"

She remembers being so scared the first time she was suspended by wires that her whole body went limp and she couldn't even stand up straight when she landed.

Hu Xiaoxiao said that she really didn't practice this one secretly.

This was the only one who didn't secretly practice.

Hong Qiuyan didn't believe it, especially in the several aerial fight scenes where Hu Xiaoxiao's rhythm was disrupted and she was completely led by Hu Xiaoxiao. She even cursed Hu Xiaoxiao in her heart for being hypocritical and must have secretly practiced.

Even though she couldn't beat Hu Xiaoxiao in the story, she wasn't crushed this badly. She felt that Hu Xiaoxiao was even more difficult to deal with than Zhou Bijun in the show.

In her several scenes with Hu Xiaoxiao, Hong Qiuyan grew increasingly frustrated and helpless. During the final ground fight scene, according to the script, she was knocked to the ground by Zhou Bijun and rendered incapable of fighting. However, in a fit of rage, she grabbed a sword and stabbed Hu Xiaoxiao in the back.

Hu Xiaoxiao was performing the next scene, with her back to Hong Qiuyan, when she suddenly heard a gasp from the staff outside the set, as well as the sound of Hong Qiuyan's footsteps behind her.

Hu Xiaoxiao reacted quickly, scorpion-tail kicking backward and striking Hong Qiuyan's wrist.

Then, with a swift, counter-attacking thrust, he aimed straight for Hong Qiuyan's eyes.

"Ah—" Hong Qiuyan first felt a sharp pain in her wrist, and the sword in her hand fell to the ground. Then the tip of the sword pierced towards her eye. She felt as if her eyelids were hurting. She was going to go blind!

Hong Qiuyan was so horrified that her facial features contorted.

Just as the sword was about to pierce Hong Qiuyan's eye, Hu Xiaoxiao twisted her wrist, performed a sword flourish, and sheathed her sword.

Hong Qiuyan, clutching her heart which had nearly stopped beating from fright, pointed at Hu Xiaoxiao and yelled, "What the hell are you doing? You almost blinded me! Did you do this on purpose?"

"Aren't you not blind?" Hu Xiaoxiao slowly sheathed her sword.

The director had already called "cut," and angrily ran over to Hong Qiuyan, yelling, "Helen! Hong Qiuyan! I want to ask you what you're up to! You were already lying on the ground in the scene, and then you suddenly jumped out. Are you some kind of zombie? It's just acting! You attacked other actors with a sword! Do you not want to work in this industry anymore?"

"This...this sword isn't real..." Hong Qiuyan said stubbornly.

"Even if it's a fake sword, it's still hard!" For the sake of making the fight look good, the sword, although not a real sword, has a certain degree of hardness. Plus, the tip is sharp, so if someone were to actually stab you from behind, the feeling would definitely be unpleasant.

"I didn't mean to, I just misremembered the script." Hong Qiuyan then pointed at Hu Xiaoxiao, playing the victim, "Director, what about her? She almost blinded me, why didn't you scold her?"

Hu Xiaoxiao also said, "I misremembered the script just now. I thought we were filming a scene where the six major sects besieged and ambushed me. In the script, I first drew my sword like this—"

Hu Xiaoxiao drew his sword and suddenly stabbed it at Hong Qiuyan's nose, startling Hong Qiuyan into taking several steps back.

"Then he drew his sword again—" Hu Xiaoxiao's sword was so fast that it was blurry, and suddenly it stabbed towards Hong Qiuyan's eyes.

Hong Qiuyan was still in shock when she was startled again. As she stepped back, she stepped on a prop stool on the ground and fell flat on her face.

The staff outside couldn't help but laugh when they saw this.

These laughs made Hong Qiuyan feel utterly ashamed. She tried to get up by supporting herself on the ground, only to find that the spot on her wrist where Hu Xiaoxiao had kicked her felt as if it were half broken.

She was in pain and looked disheveled; she didn't even know what she was doing.

The director returned to the camera, frowning as he watched the playback.

Hu Xiaoxiao walked over and watched as Hong Qiuyan launched a sneak attack. When she stabbed back with her sword, the distorted features of Hong Qiuyan were quite pleasing to the eye.

So he suggested, "Director, I think we can keep this scene."

"But this scene wasn't in the script."

"The actors gave an exceptional performance; it would be a shame not to keep it."

Hong Qiuyan was about to leave when she heard Hu Xiaoxiao's words and guessed it wasn't good news. She ran over and saw Hu Xiaoxiao's extremely poor expression control. "Director, delete it! Delete it now!"

The director, stroking his chin, watched the scene again. He thought the performance perfectly suited the character's personality. It was normal for Lin Erniang to hate Zhou Bijun and resort to sneak attacks. It was also normal for Zhou Bijun, with her superior martial arts skills, to retaliate.

The director thought it made more and more sense, and clapped his hands to decide, "Keep this part; it might become one of the highlights in the series."

Hong Qiuyan was about to break down. She always looked beautiful in front of the TV; she had never looked this bad. "No, this is too ugly!"

Hu Xiaoxiao praised her, saying, "Doesn't this show that you're a good actor?"

Mingxu also came over to join in the fun. After watching, he said to Hong Qiuyan, "I also think your acting is pretty good. Maybe it can be used as classic material for training classes in the future."

"Mingxu, are you going to pick a fight with me too?"

"Helen, we all saw it. You started this trouble. We're all colleagues, and we don't have any deep-seated hatred. If you hurt someone from behind like this, who will dare to work with you in the future?"

Actors filming action scenes are especially vulnerable to such sneak attacks; at best, they may be injured, and at worst, they could lose their lives. Hong Qiuyan's actions have violated this cardinal rule.

The director's patience had run out. "Helen, if you don't agree to stay, we'll replace you. Your scenes just started filming today, so replacing you won't affect the rest of the process."

Hu Xiaoxiao seized the opportunity, "Director, how about letting me play three roles?"

She really wanted to steal the role of Lin Erniang.

The director said, "Hu Xiaoxiao, why don't you just play all the female roles in this drama by yourself?"

"If the director thinks highly of me, I'm not afraid to give it a try," Hu Xiaoxiao said, eager to give it a shot.

The director simply told Hu Xiaoxiao to stay away from him, and then pointed at Hong Qiuyan, saying, "If you don't want to get lost, you'd better behave yourself."