I have to say that taking the route of filming is really much more inconvenient than taking the route of writing and singing.

Take a look at those people next door who have become singers after traveling through time. Or they can write three to five million words in a competition, and take a look after they have released several platinum and diamond-level albums.

Oh haha!

The timeline has only advanced less than a year.

Ding Zhi had no choice. Most of his movies took two or three months to film. If it was a special one like "Operation Red Sea," it might have been completed in half a year.

So much so that it took Ding Zhi more than five years to star in only five movies and three TV series, plus some supporting roles and supporting roles.

In the past five years or so, time has not left any traces on Ding Zhi's face. Now if he were to put on a more youthful sports suit and go to the school basketball court to play basketball, he might be mistaken for someone in college.

A young man - of course, provided that he can not be recognized.

This last point is quite difficult.

Until now, little Buddha Li Xiuyuan, who was less than two years older than Ding Zhi, suddenly called and told Ding Zhi that he was getting married.

Suddenly he realized that he seemed to be almost 26 in this life.

According to the magical calculations used by some old ladies when urging marriage, that is the false age of 28. After rounding up, it is estimated to be thirty-five.

Of course, Ding Zhi has no mother now.

If the family that has emigrated abroad is not counted...

So he is not too worried about urging marriage.

It's just that his friend's marriage and childbirth made him feel a little emotional.

Speaking of which, he has also witnessed the love story between Li Xiuyuan and Niu Niu over the years.

Just like the other party witnessed him and Miss Zou together.

"Wushuang" started shooting in March, and by the time Ding Zhi and Zhang Wenqiang took the crew members to transfer flights back to Hong Kong Island, it was already May.

At this time, the filming of the movie can be considered completed, except for some scattered shots that need to be reshot.

Basically, it can be declared officially completed, and the rest is post-production and editing.

Ding Zhi had no involvement in this aspect. In fact, unlike "The God of Medicine", the final editing rights of this drama were not in his hands.

But at this time, bad news came from the crew of "Wushuang".

That is Uncle Zhi Liao Qizhi who just finished filming a month ago. He went to the hospital and was diagnosed with cancer.

Mid-stage gastric cancer.

Although the filming of "Wushuang" has already been completed at this time, Liao Qizhi's illness will not affect the progress of the drama.

But the fact that Big Brother, who was getting along quite harmoniously with everyone just a month ago, suddenly became terminally ill still made everyone sigh.

This Hong Kong gold medalist Green Leaf has a good temper, excellent acting skills, and is friendly with everyone. He is also well-known in the industry for his popularity.

In "Wushuang", the person Ding Zhi interacts with the most on-screen is Fa Ge, but his best friend off-screen is this veteran actor who is over sixty years old.

In fact, this Uncle Zhi is one of the very few actors in Hong Kong who can serve as a full-time lecturer in the acting department. Many filmmakers who graduated from Hong Kong Baptist University have even been taught by him.

When Ding Zhi was chatting with him, he found that he always talked about some characters in movies, how to shape them and how to build the vitality of the characters. He always got more and more excited as he talked, and he was a typical drama-obsessed person.

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And Ding Zhi often has a particularly fond impression of this kind of "drama fanatic".

In fact, in the Hong Kong entertainment industry where gold and green leaves abound, sometimes it is more difficult to win the Best Supporting Actor than to win the Best Actor.

The most famous green leaf in Hong Kong Island has set a record for the Academy Awards in this award, being nominated 8 times and winning 2 times.

In fact, when Ding Zhi reminded the other party to go for a check-up, he roughly saw that there seemed to be something wrong with his body. However, he was not a real doctor himself. Even if he saw the problem, he did not expect it to be so serious.

That night after returning to Hong Kong Island, Ding Zhi took Xiaopang and hurried to the famous Sanatorium and Hospital in Hong Kong Island, where he met Liao Qizhi, who had been away for more than a month.

The moment he saw Uncle Zhi, Ding Zhi thought he had recognized the wrong person.

You must know that Liao Qizhi himself is relatively thin. Now I don't know whether it is the psychological pressure of learning about the condition or the worsening of the condition. In just over a month, he has become even more frighteningly thin, almost skinny, and his face is even more frightening.

Lost a lot of money.

However, when he met Ding Zhi, Uncle Zhi still showed his signature smile and his words were still full of energy.

"Wow! Dingzi! Here he comes!"

He spoke again as he watched the chubby guy put down the supplements and flowers he bought specially when he came to visit the doctor.

"Why are you buying these! I'm scheduled to have an operation now, so I can't eat these!"

Ding Zhi sat on the chair reserved for visiting patients in front of the hospital bed and waved his hand.

"You'll need it after the surgery! It won't hurt to ask my sister-in-law to help you stew a few more cups at that time!"

Liao Qizhi was no longer polite.

"You're interested! As a crew, apart from Brother Fa, you are the fastest one to come visit me!"

Looking at Uncle Zhi's extremely haggard face, Ding Zhi also frowned and sighed, "Hey... I really didn't expect that."

"The doctor told me that I am very lucky. There is a 50% chance of detecting the disease in the middle stage. If I wait until the late stage to find out, the most optimistic estimate is only a 30% chance. I will almost die.

He also said that for gastric cancer like mine, the early symptoms are usually very mild, and usually when detected, it is in the advanced stage. It was you who saved me! If you hadn’t reminded me repeatedly to come for a check-up, I might still be there.

I’m waiting to die!”

Liao Qizhi seemed to be in a very optimistic mood, and he smiled and comforted Ding Zhi in turn.

"As for the 50%, Uncle Zhi and I have no luck in this life. According to the law of conservation of luck, when it comes to the end, God will definitely give it to me in one go!"

Next, Liao Qizhi deliberately changed the topic and avoided talking about his illness. Instead, he asked more about the filming status of "Wushuang".

He also said that at this time, he had new ideas about some of his performances in the play. When he talked about the excitement, he even danced with joy.

Until the hospital nurse came to interrupt their chat with a frown.

"The patient needs a quiet environment to rest! The patient's family members please stay away."

Ding Zhi smiled apologetically at the nurse.

"Okay, I'll leave after we talk a few more words."

Then he turned to Uncle Zhi and continued.

"Uncle Zhi, if you need any help, remember to tell me as soon as possible!"

"Also, remember to take a good rest!"

Uncle Zhi suppressed his smile and nodded.

After hesitating for a while, he finally said, "Dingzi, if there is anything I regret most, it is probably that in this life, I did not spend time with my family, especially your sister-in-law. I have done a lot to her. You are such a good person.

You have to wait until you are sick to know what is most precious."

...

After leaving the hospital, both Ding Zhi and Xiaopang were in a slightly depressed mood.

To be honest, Ding Zhi and Liao Qizhi have only known each other for two or three months. It's hard to say how deep their relationship is. But in this short period of time, the two of them really got along well.

"Hey, Uncle Zhi is really miserable!"

The chubby guy on the side also murmured.

He didn't have any friendship with Uncle Zhi, but just seeing Ding Zhi in a low mood made him feel a little depressed.

Xiaopang was actually right. Liao Qizhi's half life was indeed extremely rough.

When Liao Qizhi just mentioned that he has "no luck in his life" (unlucky in his life), he really wasn't joking about it casually.

He can be regarded as a representative figure who is frustrated as a young man, fights for his life in middle age, and achieves success in old age.

It wasn't until the age of 37 that he won the first Golden Elephant Award for Best Supporting Actor.

But just after he won the award, Hong Kong's golden age of films ended and entered a decade-long period of decline.

Hollywood blockbusters are on an all-out attack, film producers are running out of funds, Hong Kong film production has dropped sharply, and the salaries of superstars have plummeted.

Liao Qizhi can only play in TV series and occasionally play some minor supporting roles in movies.

But even more bumpy than his acting career is his life path.

He didn't get married until he was in his thirties and has three sons. Logically speaking, he should have a happy family.

Unfortunately, the third son died of leukemia when he was five years old. Liao Qizhi was 52 years old that year.

When filming "Wushuang", Ding Zhi once observed that Uncle Zhi, for some reason, always wore a pair of headphones and shook his head while listening to something in his free time after filming.

It wasn't until Ding Zhi curiously asked about it during a casual chat that he realized that the music in the earphones was a ballad sung by his third son who passed away during his lifetime.

Losing his son in old age was not the end of his misfortune. His wife also suffered from depression and wanted to commit suicide several times.

The eldest son also suffers from autism. He once publicly came out to the media and threatened to undergo sex reassignment surgery.

Life and career are all in vain.

But whether it was Liao Qizhi whom Ding Zhi knew or the staff who had spent time with him, what he always saw was his smiling face.
To be continued...