This trailer included segments of the main actors’ behind-the-scenes training, with the male and female leads being the most tortured, having been subjected to the longest training, and coming next was Qi Shejiang. Tang Shuangqin played the segment where Qi Shejiang was performing while balancing on stilts. At first glance, the fans and media didn’t think much of it, assuming it to be behind-the-scenes footage of Qi Shejiang performing street art. However, Qi Shejiang sat down, revealing that he had been standing on stilts! As he rolled up his pant legs and loosened the straps, everyone could see what was beneath. The crew had also prepared stilts on site to show people what they looked like, explaining everything, causing gasps. “How do you walk in those?” “Didn’t you see how hard it was to stand? That sweat…” “To perform a skit, it takes at least twenty minutes, half an hour.” “Qi Shejiang really doesn’t look like someone who can endure this!” In addition, the crew prepared recordings of the various prototype figures. Qi Shejiang’s imitation of Xiao Yin Yue was surprisingly convincing. This could still be attributed to their kinship, but the stilt performance was something he truly practiced and mastered.
No wonder Tang Shuangqin has such high hopes for Qi Shejiang! It’s really astonishing; it must hurt so much to wear this, and Qi Shejiang is actually stepping on it, performing crosstalk, and laughing. Coupled with the scenes in the trailer where Qi Shejiang jumps onto the railing, the more I think about it, the more I feel—Tang Shuangqin is truly not human! But only a director as inhumane as this, pushing the actors to memorize “Jin Ping Mei”, perform on the streets, and walk on stilts could forge such a work, could wear himself thin.
