Chapter 343: Substitution

Zhen Jingwu frowned and lay in the lounge chair, carefully recalling the fight with Tang Shuo.

His injuries were not serious, but his energy and blood were gathered in his chest, and he could not withstand the force for a while. After resting for two minutes, he was fine.

But the most important thing now is his prestige!

As the leading actor of the film, and always known for his Kung Fu skills, he was defeated by an unknown extra. If this matter were to get out, he would not be able to make it in this industry.

After recalling the entire process, Zhen Jingwu suddenly felt somewhat fortunate.

He was defeated in one move, and when he got out he could explain it as a recurrence of an old injury, but the problem was that he still had two fights to fight with this new extra. What should he do if the other party did the same to him again?

He was now certain that he was no match for Tang Shuo. Even though he hadn't used all his strength in that punch just now, it was only in terms of strength. In other aspects, he was already at his peak level.

And he also understood that this extra named Tang Shuo also showed mercy.

It's impossible that old injuries would relapse every time he fights with this guy. Regardless of whether outsiders believe it or not, even he himself would be embarrassed to say so!

Zhen Jingwu thought to himself: I have to find a way to solve this problem once and for all!

Zheng Jie, who was sitting on the side, asked worriedly, "Brother Zhen, are you feeling better?"

Of course, Zheng Jie's worries were entirely due to work needs. He and Zhen Jingwu were actually somewhat related, but this family relationship was very weak.

If something happens to Zhen Jingwu, his source of income will be gone.

Zhen Jingwu withdrew his thoughts. He nodded and said, "Much better. An old chest injury just flared up, so I couldn't hold on."

"I told you, how could Brother Zhen not beat that little extra!" Zheng Jie said with a smile, "When you fight again later, you must teach that guy a lesson."

"What color?" Tang Shuo's voice suddenly floated in from outside the lounge.

It is called a lounge, but it is just two tents built next to the place where the crew will be filming. As one of the protagonists, Zhen Jingwu is naturally qualified to have this.

Zheng Jie and Zhen Jingwu's expressions changed at the same time, and then Tang Shuo walked in with a swagger.

"What are you talking about?" Tang Shuo said with a smile looking at the two of them.

"None of your business?" Zheng Jie said angrily, "What are you doing here?"

Tang Shuo didn't argue with Zheng Jie. He looked at Zhen Jingwu with a smile on his face and said, "I'm sorry for what happened just now. Are you okay now?"

Zhen Jingwu originally wanted to curse Tang Shuo, but the other party was obviously crying wolf.

However, he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue. Zhen Jingwu looked at Tang Shuo and said, "You have good skills."

"Not bad." Tang Shuo nodded and said modestly, "Just a little bit better than you."

Zhen Jingwu felt that the energy and blood that had just dissipated began to gather again, but last time it was in his chest. This time it almost gathered directly in his head.

Even if this is true, how can you say it so directly?

He suppressed his anger and said, "When it comes to filming, I'm your senior. When we fight later, you should follow my routine. After all, we still need to show something to the audience. Acting in a movie and actual combat are two completely different things."

"Okay." Tang Shuo nodded understandingly, then said, "Everything is ready outside. If you have nothing else to do here, let's go out and shoot."

"OK."

Zhen Jingwu immediately agreed and stood up from the recliner.

His actions made Zheng Jie stunned for a while. When did Zhen Jingwu become so easy to talk to?

…

Seeing Tang Shuo and Zhen Jingwu come out together, Li Quan nodded with great satisfaction, then walked up to them and said, "I saw that segment just now. We can make two segments with pretty good special effects, so we can just continue filming from where we left off last time."

This is also because Li Quan's standards are too high. The performances of Zhen Jingwu and Tang Shuo in the previous segment were absolutely remarkable. When the slow motion is added with special effects, it will definitely be much better than ordinary movies.

"OK."

As someone who wanted to finish filming as quickly as possible, Tang Shuo naturally agreed with this.

Zhen Jingwu also nodded, and said to Li Quan with a forced smile: "An old injury just relapsed. I'm sorry for wasting everyone's time."

The bearded men standing aside chuckled. They had just watched the fight between Tang Shuo and the other man no less than ten times, and each time it was replayed in slow motion. Others might not know what happened, so how could they be kept in the dark?

If it weren't for Zhen Jingwu's status, they would have to bring up this matter again and have a talk with Zhen Jingwu.

Li Quan naturally understood what was going on. He didn't contradict Zhen Jingwu, but nodded and said, "Hurry up and get ready. This segment is for your first defeat to Tang Shuo. While it's a little off, it's still appropriate. Let's move on to the next segment."

"I understand." Zhen Jingwu agreed.

"The next part is also not easy. It will test you in many ways." After giving some instructions, Li Quan continued to say to the man with the dirty face, "Ask the props if the dagger is ready?"

At this time, a man in black came over and handed a pitch-black dagger to Zhen Jingwu.

Zhen Jingwu put the dagger into his clothes without even looking at it, and lay down where he had just fallen. Tang Shuo also stood where he had kicked Zhen Jingwu away.

Accompanied by the sound of the dirty-faced man hitting the board, the main camera shot Tang Shuo's figure and then cut to Zhen Jingwu.

Unlike the last time when he didn't get up for half a day, Zhen Jingwu did a beautiful somersault, jumped up from the ground, and pounced on Tang Shuo again.

Tang Shuo followed his opponent's tactics and simply dealt with two of his moves before forcing him back a few steps with one punch.

Zhen Jingwu steadied himself, gritted his teeth, drew out the dagger from his body, and rushed towards Tang Shuo again.

According to the script, Tang Shuo should have dodged twice, then had a standoff with Zhen Jingwu, before finally snatching the dagger from Zhen Jingwu's hand, warning him, and then setting a time for the next fight.

At first, things went smoothly. Tang Shuo dodged Zhen Jingwu's routine attacks repeatedly. When he felt the time was right, he approached, ready to exchange a few moves with Zhen Jingwu before trying to snatch the dagger from his hand.

Because of the requirements of the script, he had to form a stalemate with the man who took Zhen Jingwu's dagger, and even let the other party gain a slight upper hand, so Tang Shuo fought very carelessly.

This kind of battle was too frustrating for him, because his opponent was obviously a guy with many loopholes, and he could easily get rid of him, but he had to act according to the requirements and even got into a stalemate with the opponent.

Tang Shuo became increasingly relaxed as the fight progressed, treating it entirely as a physical exercise. Zhen Jingwu, however, seemed to enjoy this situation immensely, performing his moves with great effort, albeit routinely.

Just when Tang Shuo was letting the dagger pose a "threat" to him, Zhen Jingwu suddenly changed his tactics, turned the dagger in his hand sideways, and stabbed it straight into Tang Shuo's neck.

According to the routine of Zhen Jingwu's move, he should have withdrawn the move just now, but Tang Shuo let the opponent go deeper on purpose, and the blade of the dagger was very close to his neck.

Tang Shuo suddenly realized that things were not as simple as he thought. He seemed to have missed something, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

Just when the dagger was about to touch Tang Shuo's hair, Tang Shuo suddenly widened his eyes and quickly turned his head to the side.

The dagger passed by Tang Shuo's head completely. Tang Shuo could even clearly feel a tuft of his hair being cut off by the sharp dagger!

Tang Shuo was shocked and leaned forward, kicking Zhen Jingwu in the chest again.

As Zhen Jingwu flew backwards, Tang Shuo suddenly accelerated to catch up with him. The moment the other party landed, Tang Shuo's figure also appeared in front of Zhen Jingwu!

The prop dagger that was supposed to be unsharpened was swapped and now it has become a real dagger!