Drunken Master

The gray tiles on the eaves kept dripping water, which disturbed people's hearts.

The spies arrest people on the street, the white terror is prevalent, the military and police vehicles are rampant, and the sharp brakes burst in the ears from time to time, crushing the flesh and blood.The aunt who sells water chestnuts silently sifts the radishes, watching with cold eyes, as if it is commonplace.

The aunt knocked over the basket and gave her "comrade" a warning with a wink behind her.The young man in a peaked cap and a short coat climbed over the wall and walked over the wall. With a touch of one foot, he disappeared into the corner of the eaves and narrowly escaped the ravages of military vehicles on the road...

An alley through the heart, the stone road is wet.The distance is foggy, dyed with a green mountain misty rain.

This scenery is beautiful, but the world is extremely rough and dangerous, and it may be lost in a moment.

The peaked cap walked sideways through the alley, and the shaking camera showed messy eyes and uncontrollable panting.A narrow door in the alley suddenly opened!A pair of big hands grabbed him by the collar and dragged him roughly into the courtyard...

The black-skinned police raided the yard, and the crisis was imminent.

The head of the regiment wearing a hat and military uniform came out, his face was frozen, and without saying a word, he suddenly poked the butt of a burning cigarette in one person's face, and let out a scream of "ah".The group leader opened his throat and scolded a group of black skins until he vomited blood: "What are you doing? Who do you want to search for? My woman is having a baby, come in with me and have a look!!"...

In the room, the big-brimmed hat pinned the young man to the corner, and his palms almost crushed the other's throat.The hats of the two of them flew off during the dispute and scuffle between you and me, revealing their true faces, the sweat was transpiring, and the eyes were forced to be red...

"What are you doing? Do you know what you are doing? How many people hate you and want to hack you to death?!"

"What are you going to do again? Do you know what you have done? You will die immediately when you walk out of this gate!"

……

CUT!

The director yelled to stop.

"Ah - it's strangled, let go of your hands, Mr. Pei!" Pei Yan coughed and pulled out his tongue.

Zhuang Xiao let go of him, panted, and played in a few seconds.When he turned around, he changed into a face that radiated a smile, and all the emotions that had been tearing his heart out just now were swept away.

"The tongue is so long?" Zhuang Xiao said to him, "Puppy."

"I practiced the long tongue..." Pei Yan said as they passed by, and then narrowed their eyes and stared at each other.

"This one is over, it's over." The director said, "Old Pei, when he climbed over the wall just now, he staggered well, expressing emotions in a dangerous situation, not bad."

"Not bad, director?" Pei Yan said, "Is there any reward? Let me hear it."

"I'll give you a big bowl of Dandan noodles at noon." The director looked at him expressionlessly.

"Do you add minced meat, brother?" Pei Yan asked after chasing the old brothers.

"Isn't it up to you whether to add meat or not, boss?" The director finally smiled.

Pei Yan laughed.

Zhuang Xiao picked up the hats of the two of them, and put on the big-brimmed hats again, and flicked the little rascal's peaked cap, and threw it precisely on the top of Pei Yan's head.

Give each other a big "Like" with their eyes.The show is good, the person is handsome, come on...

Turn around and do their own things, go to different groups, and get ready for the next scene.

This is the second time the two started working together on the same crew, and the two male protagonists supported this drama.This is a large investment and well-produced spy war suspense film in the Republic of China, titled "Sleeping with the Enemy".

The director calls Mr. Pei the boss, because this new film is produced by Pei Yan's studio, and it is the first film produced and cast.

……

It was late summer, the weather was sticky and hot, and the rain was intermittent.

Pei Yan officially terminated the contract with Jiahuang's brokerage company, took away his core team, and set up his own studio, named "Dragon Walking World".

He didn't name the studio after himself. The word "dragon" has a meaning of inheritance in the Chinese kung fu circle.The successor of the dragon, the light of the Chinese, the raptor crossing the river, and the dragon roaming the world represent the goals and ambitions he wants to achieve.

Pei Yan's departure from Jiahuang is quite a big news in the industry, especially considering that recently several heavyweight artists have jumped ship, set up their own studios, or directly set up a film and television company to become an investment boss. Jiahuang's entertainment empire is quite promising. A sad scene of "big trees are not secure, and hozens walk all over the ground".

The scene of artists leaving their nests is like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. Looking up, there are only bare branches left on the big tree.

Of course, Jiahuang's big tree is far from the embarrassing situation where there are only dead branches left, and the family is still solid.Entertainment reporters from all walks of life did not stop, chasing Jiahuang's big boss on various occasions like taking advantage of the fire.As soon as Zhang Shaochi showed up at the gate of the building, a group of licensed reporters and unlicensed paparazzi appeared one after another, blocking the special car, with the microphones stuck in their mouths.

What do you think about Pei Xiaobald's establishment of a separate studio?With a cold face, Zhang Shaochi snorted, "Should you go to interview the person involved?... What do I think? I wish him great wealth and a bright future."

This remark was immediately fueled by the entertainment account. There were different opinions on the Internet, and passers-by who couldn't beat the eight poles were full of emotion, "Mr. Zhang still can't resist the contradiction between the temptation of profit and the uneven distribution of money for Pei Yan's hard-hearted cultivation. , One shot and two parts."

"Mr. Zhang thought he had a pet cat, but ended up raising a white-eyed wolf. The white-eyed wolf ran away when its claws got hard if it was not cooked well!"

"Hey, Pei Yan will leave sooner or later. The general trend is the general trend. The current policy situation is like this. The big monopoly brokerage companies are being punished one by one. Whoever gets bigger will be knocked down, and you will not be allowed to become an independent kingdom and system. Divide into small companies and individual studios, which is called divide and conquer. This is the big environment.”

……

Outsiders do not know the truth and will not understand the content of the yin-yang contract signed between Pei Yan and Zhang Shaochi.

Pei Yan exchanged the yin-yang contract for the opportunity of the new studio to sign Zhuang Xiao's team, in exchange for Zhang Shaochi's approval, so that Zhuang Xiao could gain a foothold in the literary circle of the imperial capital.

Zhang Zong let out a few sour words, and Pei Yan quickly contacted the other party, second uncle, don't be angry, let's have a meal together.

This person Zhang Shaochi secretly got the advantage, but he couldn't hold back his face. He felt that he was short of heroism and wanted to show off his prestige.Old men, who belong to thin-skinned people, are very big, and they have to be coaxed and held.

The two parties met for dinner at the revolving restaurant on the top floor of the hotel.

Pei Yan brought Zhuang Xiao to meet Zhang Shaochi together.He paid the bill, and the three of them ate at the same table, hoping to drink away their grievances.

As soon as Pei Yan came up, he poured wine wildly for Mr. Zhang, one cup after another, getting the other party drunk first so that he could talk.

Zhang Shaochi blocked his cup: "Stop doing this, I won't drink with you, I'll drink with Zhuang Xiao."

Zhang Shaochi snatched Pei Yan's wine glass, poured half of it into Zhuang Xiao's glass, pointed and said, "Don't play tricks in front of me, I'll watch you drink."

Zhuang Xiao picked up the cup and drank it. He drank three cups in a row, giving Zhang Shaochi enough face. His eyes quickly turned red, and his throat swelled with acrid gas.Afterwards, Zhuang Xiao handed a cigarette to Mr. Zhang: "I heard that you have recently started to smoke not only social cigarettes, but everyday cigarettes? Let's get one."

Zhang Shaochi took the cigarette, waited for Zhuang Xiao to light it for him, and took a deep breath.

He really couldn't do anything to Pei Yan.What the circle pays attention to is to join hands to make a fortune together, and multiple acquaintances will have one more way to make money.In his heart, he is also sincerely optimistic about the future of Zhuang Pei and Zhuang Pei. The two kung fu stars are not just today's achievements.There were two choices in front of him, whether he would fight to the death or he would lose both, or the beauty of being a magnanimous adult and getting a share in the future...Which one would the smart person choose?

Zhang Shaochi thought he was much smarter and more discerning than Du Mingju.He must choose the latter.

And when Pei Yan came this time, he didn't just ask Mr. Zhang to drink a few glasses of wine, and he would lose money if he only drank.

He asked Zhang Shaochi for sponsorship and asked for money for the new movie he was making.

Zhang Shaochi lowered his eyes and asked, "How much do you need?"

Pei Yan said: "The early stage money is in place, and now the post-production is still owed... In addition, we need to find a reliable and capable publicity release. Is your team the most experienced in this regard?"

Zhang Shaochi squinted at the two of them: "Our publicity team is only talking about the buyout price now."

Zhuang Xiao asked: "How much can you give for the buyout price?"

Zhang Shaochi drew a cigarette in the palm of his hand, did some mental calculations, and said, "The box office will give you an estimate of 15 million guaranteed. If it can exceed 15 million, between [-] million and [-] billion I will be four and you will be six. If you can exceed [-] billion, The part that exceeds me two you eight.

"Mr. Zhang, you..." Zhuang Xiao laughed, "Your fours and sixes are too dark."

"I've always had the darkest hands." Zhang Shaochi's face remained motionless.

too dark.

Generally, for movies of this type of theme, the box office is estimated to be around [-] million or [-] million, and it is difficult to make a big hit.The publisher, the lion, wants to eat four, and the producer will not make money.The several investment units that the studio has worked so hard to attract also want to make profits, and they definitely cannot agree to such a ratio of account sharing.

Pei Yan was stunned and didn't say a word just now, but now she reacted: "Mr. Zhang, just give us an estimate of [-] million?"

Zhang Shaochi asked back: "How much do you think your box office can make?"

Pei Yan said: "Zhuang Xiao and I, we don't have enough box office to compete?"

Zhang Shaochi sneered and said, "National entertainment is in power, silly popcorn movies are popular, what's your theme?...A few years ago similar movies, "The Wind" and "The Founding of a Nation" have enough big names, which one really made a lot of money?"

Pei Yan folded the cigarette with her eyes downcast, and she started to want to smell the shredded tobacco even if she didn't smoke, what a pity.

"Can't you give an acquaintance a friendly price, Second Uncle?" He whispered.

"Yanyan, the market is not easy to do, and there are risks in guaranteeing the bottom line." Mr. Zhang said, "If you ask me to sign a buyout agreement, it is tantamount to passing all your investment risks on to me. I am betting on whether you can make money or not." The dividends are not high enough, how dare you let me bet? If you don’t even earn [-] million box office in the end, I will lose it all!”

"Taking a step back, you haven't finished filming your film yet, and you haven't let me see a shadow yet..."

Zhang Shaochi added another sentence.

Longxing Tianxia Studio is nominally affiliated to Jiahuang, but it is responsible for its own profits and losses. It finds the money to invest and shoot films on its own. If you don't have money, don't shoot, don't do it.

And Jiahuang, an old hen, can no longer cover so many chickens under its wings, and its capital chain is fragile. Mr. Zhang will never give up if he sees no benefits. He is worthy of being the number one miser in the compound.

At this meeting, the cooperation was not negotiated.

Pei Yan could also see that Zhang Shaochi was holding a wait-and-see attitude, trying to get the most favorable share until the last moment.Zhang always wanted to share a basket with Pei Xiaobald when he was prosperous, but now he wants to ask this master to give charcoal when he is in trouble, how is it possible?

Zhang Shaochi lit up a cigarette after eating, feeling upset, and chatted a few more words: "In the past two years, the cost of filming and production has risen, and star remuneration has also gone up like inflation. The market is very difficult to do. At the beginning of the year, A Xiao shot The production of "Yellow River" is over budget, the prospects are not good, and the box office is unpredictable... I think it may not be useful for big-name stars to hold the lineup!"

Zhuang Xiao's face also turned cold, is he blaming him for these words?That magical blockbuster with eastern and western elements... If the audience doesn't buy it and don't want to watch it, and the box office doesn't do well, will he be blamed for it?He didn't confiscate a penny, does the salary increase have anything to do with him?

"That's why I don't dare to invest blindly." Zhang Shaochi sneered, "It's the first time for a newcomer to make a film, based on experience, do you think you will earn more or lose more?... Are you sure you will be able to make money? ?”

Pei Yan kept her head silent, dissatisfied in her heart, but she had no words to refute.

Zhuang Xiao smoked a cigarette and looked out the window.

After a summer afternoon, there was a shower, the rain gradually died down, and a faint rainbow appeared in the sky.The scenery is hazy, but also beautiful.

……

The distribution partner has not yet been settled, and the shooting progress here is in full swing, and I dare not delay it for a day.If you are not in charge, you don’t know how much money is needed, and the high production costs support a large family of the crew, who are eating money every day.

Most of the shots in the film were shot at a film and television base near Chengdu.The green smoke curls up here, and the scenery is picturesque.

The film and television base is mainly attached to a large area of ​​residential buildings left in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.There are theaters, teahouses, cloth shops and wine shops in the market place. At the end of the alley is a deep courtyard and a maze-like mansion. The clouds are deep and foggy, and the winding paths lead to seclusion.This kind of place is very suitable for shooting spy movies, there is a gloomy and ancient feeling everywhere, and there are many spy shadows...

Mr. Pei has been dizzy in recent months.

The big lump at the corner of his mouth bulged again, and it never stopped.A pile of pimples appeared one after another on the face. Just after the pimples on one side were eliminated, the pimples on the other side came back again, all because of getting angry and getting out.

In the past, he would not be so busy. He used to be just a simple actor. When he joined the group, he would hold a script and wait for his camera. He didn't worry about other things at all.

Now, you have to worry about everything.Nominally, he is still just the lead actor, the male number one, and the crew has a plan, a producer, a set director, a production manager, and logistics. During the filming period, various contradictions and problems came one after another, and many things inevitably fell on his head, so he was asked for his opinion, and he was asked to help make an idea and make a decision.

This is the responsibility and the risk of starting a business, and he is also under pressure.

Just a few days ago, the schedules of the two crews in the film and television city conflicted, and they had to use the same street and the same mansion to shoot for three days.This was entirely the fault of the management of the film and television city. It was too fucked to only care about collecting money, but the crew of the other party did not intend to give way.

Then Pei Yan went to work as the public relations director of the crew.

He went like a big sloth, licking the producer of the other party: "Big brother! I haven't seen you for a few days. If you don't get rich in a company, you won't take care of me?  … Look at me, I haven't changed, bro, you haven't changed, you're still handsome, civil and military, you can play the whole group by yourself... you are all acquaintances, please help me, bro, after we finish these three days of filming, there will be more I want to change to another location, and I have already arranged the date. If you delay this, you will be delayed! Brother—”

"Yan Bao, yo, you came to me in person? Are you in charge now?" The producer sized him up.

"Isn't that right? Look at the pile of big bumps on my face, they are all in charge." Pei Yan pointed at her bumpy face.

"We waited for you for three days, and we lost." The producer said.

"You are a big company with capital, and we are a small workshop. We really can't fight a protracted war. Can you take more care of it? Brother? Will the small one help you with your heart and soul?" Pei Yan put his hands together and bowed to the other party.

"You boy," the other party patted his head, "You also begged me sometimes, and you're not as crazy as you were on the tower!"

"How old am I? I'm 24 and I'm sensible." Pei Yan boasted, "Besides, I've never been arrogant with you, how good I am with you."

The old producer in front of him is the producer director they collaborated in filming "Dragon Fighting the Sky" last year. He drank wine and ate mutton around a campfire.So, it's all about favors, and it's easy to talk to acquaintances; if you're not an acquaintance, no one will talk to you.

The producer brother nodded: "Success, can you finish filming and clear the scene within two days?"

Pei Yan quickly said: "We must finish the filming, we will work overtime!"

The producer brother smiled at him: "Actually, Zhuang Xiao came over just now. He asked me to smoke a cigarette, chat, and reminisce about the old days. I knew he had something to ask me, but he just didn't open his mouth and chatted for a long time. In the end, you still opened your mouth! You two got together to make a film again? Not bad, work hard, boy... What, our team may need to change a few martial arts later, the one at hand is not easy to use, I heard Zhuang Xiao say that you little Sa There are still a few people who want to come over, and I will ask Xiao Sa for help later, horses are the most difficult thing to deal with, and I am afraid that Xiao Sa will not accept the work of outsiders, so I have to trouble you and Zhuang Xiao..."

"No problem!" Pei Yan of course patted his chest and agreed, "It's no problem, the little prince is mine, and if I call him here, he will definitely do his bidding." Then they made an appointment to have a drink together in a few days.

And that was done.

Pei Yan said in her heart: It's really possible, my brother Xiao, thank you for your hard work.

……

The shot of the courtyard in the alley passed by, everyone packed up, stepped out of the threshold, and went back to the gate of the courtyard to take a shot.Pei Yan quietly walked behind Zhuang Xiao, put his arms around his waist, and pressed his mouth to the back of his shaved green skin.

When you are tired, just give a hug.

Before he even touched his mouth, the person in front of him turned his head and held him into his arms, hugging him tightly.

The two quickly separated and let go.

Zhuang Xiao bowed his head and walked away. He was serious about filming and kept up with the schedule.

……

Zhuang Xiao's hair can't grow any longer, and he has no chance to grow it. This movie still needs the image of a soldier, and he shaved it shorter than before.He grew an inch-long hair on his forehead, and covered it under the brim of his hat, and the sides and back were thinned into a layer of green stubble.

At the beginning, as soon as the stills of the character design came out, a large number of online fans fainted from lack of blood, and the most handsome national army officer in history was released.Some people even quickly posted black and white photos of the four most beautiful men in the Republic of China, "Wang Zhoumeizhang", and put the photo of head Zhuang together. "The fifth most beautiful man in the Republic of China".

Thick eyebrows, straight nose, angular face, hard and straight.

Handsome guys are easy to get, but what is rare is the aura and bloodiness of contemporary soldiers.

At the beginning, the studio team got the script, planned the cast, and considered a big scene where the underground party of the Communist Army and the national army fought and killed each other. Since the two male protagonists are a decent and a villain, the usual idea is to let Zhuang Daxia play a positive character. Pei Shaoxia plays the villain.

Zhuang Xiao himself first suggested: "This is boring, the audience will get tired of watching me play a good guy."

Pei Yan said, "I'm not tired of watching it."

Zhuang Xiao said: "The audience may want to see you play a good guy, you!"

"I don't act like a good person," Pei Yan said with a broken expression on his face, "I don't have the life experience of being a good person, and I lack the life experience of a good person."

"I look like an underground party, and I still play an underground party? Waiting to be caught on the street?" Zhuang Xiao raised his hand and pointed at Mr. Pei, "I think all underground parties should grow into you In this way, you can hide your identity by looking like a spy or a gangster on the street. So, you act."

"I look like a gangster?" Pei Yan grabbed Zhuang Xiao's finger.

Zhuang Xiao took his hand away.

The two looked at each other, made eye contact, and wanted to pinch each other.

Just for the casting and setting of roles for this drama, the two once staged a sideshow in the bedroom.

Pei Yan took back a set of sample national army uniforms from the studio, together with knee-high boots, and took them home. She tried them on herself first, and then asked Zhuang Xiao to wear them.

The effect is indeed different.Pei Yan wears a military uniform, which looks like someone acting in a skit. He is very handsome, but he is just playing around.

And Zhuang Xiao shaved his head and put on the military uniform. He had the illusion that the heroic soul of the Whampoa Military Academy was reappearing.

Very tough, but also very attractive.

Pei Yan was sitting on the edge of the bed, Zhuang Xiao was standing by the edge of the bed, dignifiedly, he touched his chin to admire it.

"Sir, what are you looking at?" Pei Yan tilted her head.

"I've fallen in love with you." Jun Ye replied coldly.

Pei Yan then stretched out his hand to untie the military man's belt, unzipped his trousers chain, rubbed the bird big, opened his mouth and sucked it in enjoyment.

I've been busy and tired recently. Fang is a 24-year-old young man with a decline in libido. The two of them haven't done a full set for a long time.

Pei Yan sucked very hard, caring for each other meticulously.Zhuang Xiao caressed his face, stared at him, kneaded his nipples, and then pressed his head to his hipbone, the movements gradually became rough.No matter how reserved a man is, he still has a man's desire and strength on the bed, and he couldn't control it anymore, and began to criticize him...

Both of them couldn't control it, they played too wildly all night.

It's really a drama, and the acting is made real, and the content of the violent content in the script that is harmonious below the neck is done in full, and it's overdone...

Pei Yan's eyes revealed some secret longings, he had never played before, wanted it very much, but was ashamed to reveal such a hobby to others.When the two were filming "Dragon Fighting the Sky", an "accident" happened on the set. He was very hungry at that time, and he was afraid that Zhuang Xiao would not like that...

Zhuang Xiao didn't take off his military uniform, he was fully armed and pinned him on the bed.

Pei Yan became hard all of a sudden, and was stripped naked, with her slender penis brazenly raised between her legs.

Zhuang Xiao oppressed him, separated his legs from behind with his knees, and pulled out the belt around his waist...

Just like the cruel torture scene in the script, a belt fell on her hip, and Pei Yan let out a suppressed cry.He clutched the sheets, the tattoo on his hip trembling slightly.The belt turned into a whip, and fell on his buttocks, thighs, and even the soles of his feet one after another, and he yelled "ahhh".

He was so crushed that he couldn't move, his eyes quickly lost his mind, and his chest and nipples were hard.

I like it hard, exciting, and rough like this.

"Do you like this?" Zhuang Xiao asked him in a low voice, holding his earlobe.

"I like it." Pei Yan said.

"Have you convinced me?...Follow me," Zhuang Xiao asked.

Pei Yan couldn't speak, his crotch was pinched all of a sudden, and he hummed in pain.

"Open your legs, open them wider..." Zhuang Xiao's voice was damp, his panting was obviously heavy, and he rubbed the fragile part of his rear hip with a hard object protruding from his crotch.

The cock was circling and grinding between his buttocks, deliberately poking his mouth, but not feeding it in, forcing him to spread his legs again and again, making such shameful postures.

He opened his legs obediently, lifted his hips, and was immediately pulled back by a belt.

Zhuang Xiao even scratched the tattoo on his groin with the front of his genitals, and kept drawing the name of the tattoo between his legs. The expression was also very liking and infatuated.

After doing this for a long time, Pei Yan's eyes turned red from the torment of desire, and the desire circled and gathered on his tailbone, burning into a ball of fire.He longs for the man he likes to possess him in the roughest way, to fill him up, longing for the intimacy of the flesh.

Zhuang Xiao was also reluctant to hit hard, and when his skin was slightly flushed, he stopped, and then tied Pei Yan's hands with a belt, wrapped his arms around his waist, and stabbed fiercely from behind.Pei Yan screamed "Ah" again, trembling all over...

"Is it good? Is it comfortable?"

Zhuang Xiao asked him.

"Shuang, I'm not full yet. I'm very hungry. If I'm hungry, feed me...Ah!...Ah!!"

Pei Yan provoked one after another, and was fucked until she lost her voice intermittently.

The head and shoulders were pressed against the bed, and the whole body was folded and pressed, trembling and trembling.But he seemed to be possessed again, listening to the bewitching voice again and again, struggling to open his legs, and then being fucked until he almost passed out...

Zhuang Xiao took a break after teasing him to let him breathe, and then fucked him hard.The thick penis filled him, piercing deep into the abdominal cavity, Zhuang Xiao seemed to split him in two every time, and the woolen military uniform kept rubbing against the back of his thighs, driving him crazy...

Then he was turned over, his hands still tied behind his back, unable to move.

The big scene of falling in love and killing each other is about to kick off on the set, and the roles of the two have already been decided.Pei Yan looked up at Zhuang Xiao, he was about to be cut open with a sharp knife by the person in front of him, tearing his lungs apart, and cutting out his red heart...

Zhuang Xiao stood in front of him, the job was still standing, like a cannon protruding from a cat's ear hole, the thick "cannon barrel" pointed at him.At this time, Zhuang Xiao slowly untied his military uniform, took off his coat, shirt, boots, and trousers.

In front of him, Zhuang Xiao deliberately lifted the place under the mermaid line that was half covered by hair, and showed Pei Yan the tattoo on that place, the oath of loyalty to each other.It was a flame, burning between the legs...

When Zhuang Xiao had his genitals in his mouth, Pei Yan was so excited that he twisted around the other's waist, almost going crazy.

He was hit to the sensitive part of ecstasy under repeated violent collisions, his lower body became hot, and he lost his voice...

Zhuang Xiao stood in front of his eyes, sweat dripping down from his bluish temples, like the rain on the eaves in summer, and finally pooled on Pei Yan's chest.A drop of sweat trickled down his chest.Zhuang Xiao gently teased the place with the tip of his tongue, Pei Yan's crotch tightened, and he ejaculated with a roar...

……

Both of them couldn't control it, they played too wildly all night.

It's just a drama, and the acting is made real, and the content of violence below the neck that is harmonious in the script is done in full.

……

After that night, the two completed the role assignment in private.Zhuang Xiao plays the head of the national army, and Pei Yan plays the non-mainstream but loyal and passionate underground party intelligence agent in the film.