Under Zou Hanqiu's persuasion, Zhang Zhengrong declined art films and agreed to film the gunfight movie with Zou Hanqiu. It was a dual male lead film. Given Zhang Zhengrong's status, he could no longer play supporting roles, unless he encountered a role he particularly liked.

Ye Qingqing inquired about the movie and found it to be a typical commercial film. The director's surname was Wu, and he was quite famous in Hong Kong and also had some international renown because he was particularly skilled at violent aesthetics. Even though the scenes were bloody and violent gunfights, the director was able to create a beautiful feeling.

The Hero series that director Ng made a couple of years ago laid the foundation for Hong Kong gunfight and violence films. A series of gunfight films followed, but none of them could surpass director Ng's films. Moreover, the lead actor in those films was Zou Hanqiu, who could be considered director Ng's go-to leading man.

Zhang Zhengrong had worked with Director Wu before, but later he shifted his focus to art films. Due to health reasons, Zhang Zhengrong only made one film a year. After making one art film, he had no time to make others, so he did not work with Director Wu for several years.

In her past life, Ye Qingqing had nothing to do at home, so she rented DVDs to watch. She basically watched all the movies from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, especially those from the 1990s. She even watched bad movies because she was so bored that watching movies was the only way to pass the time.

Although the movie Zou Hanqiu introduced didn't win any awards, it was a box office hit and received decent reviews. It also had some nonsensical comedic elements. Zhang Zhengrong's acting skills were more than enough to handle this kind of commercial film; she could act it with her eyes closed. There was definitely no problem with her not being able to get out of character.

Zhang Zhengrong was still a little unwilling, mainly because he really liked the character in Director Wei's movie. Based on his many years of acting experience, he believed that as long as he acted with his heart, he could definitely win another Best Actor award.

The honor that was on the tip of his tongue was something Zhang Zhengrong couldn't quite accept. He wasn't that open-minded yet. That day, he came to the Ye family for acupuncture, and Zou Hanqiu accompanied his wife.

“We’re going back to Hong Kong next month to film a new movie, to catch the Lunar New Year release, so we’ll probably be very busy. We might not be able to do it every three days,” Zhang Zhengrong said with some difficulty.

In the past few days, Ye Qingqing gave him acupuncture and gave him those pills, and he did feel much better. Before, he always felt like there was a big stone pressing on his heart, making him feel depressed, but now the big stone seems to have shrunk, and he doesn't feel as depressed as before. His appetite has also improved a lot. The driver took them to try a lot of local delicacies, and he gained three or four pounds in less than a week.

"It's alright, you're recovering quite well. From now on, once every ten days is enough."

Ye Qingqing first gave Zhang Zhengrong acupuncture, sticking needles all over his body, and then took Madam Zou's pulse. She was recovering quite well, and Zhang Zhengrong breathed a sigh of relief, "Ten days is enough, we can still squeeze in that amount of time."

Ye Qingqing asked doubtfully, "There are still more than two months until the Chinese New Year. Filming will only take about a month next month. Is that enough time to make it to the New Year's release date?"

She always felt that making movies was a long process. She had often heard reports about directors who poured their hearts and souls into making a good movie, going through countless hardships and years before finally producing a critically acclaimed and commercially successful film. Those reports made making movies seem extremely difficult. But now, listening to Zhang Zhengrong's tone, Ye Qingqing felt that making movies was like playing a game.

After filming, there's editing, plus promotion and all that. The actual filming time is less than a month. Is that really enough time?