In this era of traffic supremacy, acting skills seem to have become less important.

As long as you have a pretty face, someone will support you.

Relying on looks for a living has become a reality.

Most actors no longer strive to improve their acting skills, but instead, various makeup and dressing techniques run rampant, and a wave of effeminacy sweeps through the industry.

Twenty years ago, no one would have imagined it.

That one day an actor would skip a scene because their makeup wasn't done right!

The promotion of capital and the indulgence of directors have made this situation worse, even rampant throughout the country!

This is also one of the reasons why Lu Xuan wants to make a change.

The image that actors show on stage should not be like this!

Perhaps some will say, everyone is doing it.

But is "everyone is doing it" right?

Lu Xuan doesn't think so, at least in the plays he directs, he won't allow such actors to appear.

And the appearance of Xu Zheng made him feel very lucky.

The fact that the other party took the initiative to visit the patient, from this point alone, Xu Zheng has gained Lu Xuan's approval.

Although he can't rashly define him as a good actor, in terms of professional attitude, Xu Zheng is the most upright actor Lu Xuan has ever seen!

"Old Xu!"

Lu Xuan patted Xu Zheng's shoulder with emotion.

"Why aren't you trying to become a star and make a name for yourself? What are you doing running bit parts in Hengdian?"

"Hehe, mainly to learn."

Although he didn't understand what Lu Xuan meant, Xu Zheng understood that the other party was praising him.

He scratched his head, revealing a simple and honest smile.

"So, Director Lu, are you agreeing to let me visit?"

"Don't rush, don't rush, you'll know tomorrow."

"Oh..."

Since the director said so, Xu Zheng had no choice but to agree.

The next day, all the actors gathered at the set.

Lu Xuan stood on the stage, looking at the actors he had carefully selected below, and said loudly.

"If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools!"

"I believe that through the past few days of familiarizing ourselves, everyone should understand what kind of story *Dying to Survive* is."

"So, before the official start of filming, I want to take you to a place."

Below the stage, Xu Zheng had already guessed, he looked at Lu Xuan with bright eyes.

Tan Yizhuo was beside him, lost in thought.

"A place that can make you sharpen your weapons even more sharply!"

"Let's go!"

Lu Xuan waved his hand, and several commercial vehicles slowly drove out of the set.

"Old Xu, where do you think Director Lu is taking us?"

Tan Yizhuo looked at his old friend and asked.

Xu Zheng was still flipping through the script in his hand: "Combining it with the subject matter of the movie, you should be able to guess."

"I have to say, Director Lu is really a good director!"

Xu Zheng smiled, feeling that his decision to agree to Lu Xuan was the most correct decision he had made.

"......"

Tan Yizhuo looked at Xu Zheng, and then also opened her script.

She also saw that Lu Xuan was different from other directors, she didn't know if he was good, but he was definitely strict.

So she decided to go all out this time.

Soon, the car stopped in front of an old apartment building.

The walls were cracked, and it looked like it had been there for many years.

After a few more heavy rains, it could probably be classified as a dangerous building.

Lu Xuan instructed, "Remember, don't be too loud."

Then he took the lead into the corridor, carrying a few gifts in his hand.

Li Hao and Xu Zheng followed closely behind.

As soon as they stepped into the corridor, a musty smell hit them.

Xu Zheng found it hard to imagine that in the city where he lived, such dilapidated houses still existed.

"Shouldn't these types of houses have been torn down already..."

Everything around was too old, so old that it was as if they had traveled back to the last century.

The actors were somewhat resistant to such an environment, and frowned more or less.

However, Lu Xuan, who was leading the way, looked calm.

There was also a kind smile on the corner of his mouth.

Arriving at a door, Lu Xuan knocked gently.

Dong dong dong—

"Little Qun, Uncle is here to see you again."

His voice was extremely gentle, the kind of gentleness that Xu Zheng and the other actors had never seen before.

Squeak—

The door was opened a crack.

A little girl with two buns appeared in the crack of the door.

When she saw that it was Lu Xuan, the little girl called out in surprise, and then rushed up.

"Uncle Lu!"

"Hey~"

Lu Xuan quickly squatted down, put down the gift, and then picked up the little girl.

After giving Li Hao a look, he looked at the little girl with a gentle smile.

"Little Qun, did you miss Uncle?"

Little Qun nodded: "Miss~"

The two buns swayed up and down, extremely cute.

As she spoke, she kissed Lu Xuan on the face, making a clear laugh like a lark.

Li Hao was a little jealous and came up: "Then did Qun miss me?"

"No~"

Li Hao's expression suddenly collapsed, revealing a sad expression.

"Hehe, Qun is teasing you, I miss Uncle Li too! You and Uncle Lu are both good people~"

Immediately, Li Hao smiled like a chrysanthemum.

The people standing behind Lu Xuan silently watched all this.

From the little girl's clothes, they could see that this family was very poor, very, very poor!

After teasing little Qun for a while, Lu Xuan glanced at the house and asked in a low voice.

"How is your mother? Is she feeling better?"

"Yes, yes! After drinking the medicine that Uncle Lu brought last time, Mom can talk to Qun for a long time!"

"Is... is that Teacher Lu?"

At this moment, a weak voice came from the room.

"Mom!"

Little Qun immediately asked Lu Xuan to put her down after hearing this, and then ran into the house.

"Uncle, come in quickly, Mom is awake!"

"Coming!"

Lu Xuan pushed the door open and entered.

At this time, everyone could see the furnishings in the house clearly.

A bed, a table, a simple stove, with some bottles and jars placed on it.

Most of the paint on the corner cabinet had fallen off, revealing the brown wood underneath.

Other than that, there was nothing.

It was just like a poor family from the last century, destitute.

They had only seen such scenes in movies.

When all this truly appeared in front of everyone, everyone was silent.

It turned out that there were people in this world who lived even more miserably than they had imagined.

The space in the room was not large, so only Li Hao, Xu Zheng, and Tan Yizhuo walked in.

The rest stood at the door, looking inside.

The woman on the bed struggled to sit up, and Tan Yizhuo quickly helped her.

The woman nodded gratefully: "Thank you."

Little Qun also nodded seriously: "Thank you, Auntie~"

"Call me sister."

Tan Yizhuo squeezed out a smile, touched the little girl's head, and then stepped aside.

Lu Xuan stepped forward and placed the gift by the bed.

"Sister Xu, these are some of our thoughts, thank you for letting us come here."

Sister Xu shook her head, her face pale: "Oh, Teacher Lu, you don't have to do this."

"We should."

Lu Xuan picked up one of them: "Qun, come and see, this is the little dress Uncle bought for you."

"Really!"

Hearing that it was a new dress, Qun's black gem-like pupils lit up.

But she didn't reach out, but first looked at her mother on the bed.

After Sister Xu nodded helplessly and dotingly, she took the dress, happily holding the dress and spinning around in place, dancing a clumsy dance.

In everyone's eyes, she was as beautiful as a butterfly.

"Thank you, Uncle Lu! Qun has a new dress!"

Everyone: "......"