The Beijing Film Academy produces stars, while the Central Academy of Drama produces actors.
After dying, Hengdian extra Zhou Jinchen was reborn, only to become a student in the acting department at the Shanghai Theatre Academy!
(All-around talent · shameless flirt · actor uke x devoted husband · unexpectedly adorable old-school man · genuine artsy seme)
"Who are you? How did you get inside my body?!"
A different kind of rebirth, but the same road to a winner's life.
Peking opera dan actor vs. Broadway musical theater? He could get by on his looks, but insists on relying on his acting skills.
He only wanted to quietly become an award-winning actor, but ended up ushering in a golden age of Chinese-language cinema.
Read it and you'll find out (not really!)
How to act in movies (morning acting exercises and a report on the Method);
How to make movies (a step-by-step guide to getting into the Cannes Short Film Corner);
How to sell movies (the complete guide to pitching and hustling at the Toronto Film Festival);
How to flirt with men (a guide to dating and picking up men in Venice)...
Wait, did something weird just sneak in there?
A feel-good, wish-fulfillment story about the Chinese entertainment industry. May Chinese culture reach the four corners of the earth and endure for a thousand generations.
