This wasn't the first time Yi Mu had acted willfully, and Bei Zhu couldn't do anything about it, so she could only poke his head with her finger and scold him for being a simpleton.
On the day filming began, Yi Mu saw Leng Jia on set.
At first, he thought he was seeing things, until he saw the other party's agent and realized that Leng Jia was also going to star in this movie.
Throughout the entire film, the only role she could play was a female classmate at the protagonist's son's school.
This character comes from a wealthy family, is beautiful, has a willful yet kind personality, and is in love with the protagonist's son.
Since that incident, the two haven't had any contact. Now that they've met again while filming, it's anyone's guess what kind of sparks will fly.
The filming location was in the suburbs of the city, where there were dilapidated tenement buildings, crowded alley entrances, and street vendors hawking their wares.
There are also mahjong parlors hidden behind small restaurants and shady private hair salons.
This place is a mix of all the flavors of life, from sweet to bitter.
The two filming locations were a school and a network of interconnected alleyways.
Yi Mu's character is a 30-year-old male prostitute who sells his body. He has no fixed address and rents a small 30-square-meter room in a hutong (alleyway).
Every day, he applies a little powder to his face to cover the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, wears a bright pink t-shirt, and low-waisted pants that reveal his butt crack and half of his buttocks when he squats down.
He has no shortage of men who enjoy playing with men, and his business is quite successful. On good nights, there are seven or eight men queuing up.
It was a rainy day, and the usually bustling alley was deserted. A few stray cats chased a mouse and leaped onto the wall.
Yi Mu moved a small stool and sat under the eaves. Two faded red lanterns above his head shone faintly. He popped sunflower seeds into his mouth and cracked them open quickly. In a short while, the ground was covered with sunflower seed shells that he had spat out.
The rain pattered down, pedestrians hurried by, and time slipped away right before our eyes.
I've finished eating all the sunflower seeds; it looks like I won't be getting any business tonight.
Yi Mu clapped his hands, stood up to stretch his stiff muscles, picked up a small stool and closed the door.
Just then, the sound of a bottle breaking rang out behind them, followed by something heavy falling to the ground. The man cursed for a while, then suddenly burst into tears.
Yi Mu turned around and saw a man, soaking wet, lying on the ground, crying uncontrollably.
Countless drunkards, drug addicts, and thieves pass through this alley every day; none of them are good people.
Yi Mu was used to this and pretended not to see it. Suddenly, the man roared: "What's the point of living? Just die!"
Yi Mu's eyelids twitched immediately. He didn't care if he died or not, but he hoped he wouldn't die in front of his house and attract the police, otherwise he would be out of business.
He stopped the old man before he hit the wall. Now that he had taken charge of the matter, he had to clean up the mess.
The protagonist had just gotten divorced. Although his son was sensible and stayed with him, those despicable gangsters broke into his house and ransacked it. The landlord objected and asked them to move out. His son's school also needed a large sum of money for materials, which he simply couldn't afford.
When you're down on your luck, even drinking water can be a problem. You have to borrow money from your parents when you get home, and then a pickpocket steals your money on the bus.
Since gambling and incurring high-interest debts, his life has plummeted. There is no road ahead, only an abyss. If his son hadn't been standing by his side, he would have jumped in long ago.
Yi Mu gave him a dry towel and poured him tea, feeling that this old man's experience was no less than his own when he was young.
On a rainy day, in a cramped room, two men who were strangers to each other sat silently around a small stove.
There weren't many lines in this scene. It was their first meeting, and they weren't naive enough to open up to each other.
Yi Mu took the uncle in for one night. The next morning, the uncle left, leaving a breakfast on the table.
Old Liu was fairly satisfied with Yi Mu's handling of the scene.
The lead actor is a veteran actor who has won two Best Actor awards. I thought he would have a hard time acting opposite Yi Mu, but the young man was surprisingly natural and easily immersed in the role, even leading Yi Mu along.
The teacher spoke highly of Yi Mu, and Bei Zhu listened with a beaming smile.
She began to feel that Yi Mu had made the right choice in casting this role.
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