By the time his makeup was done, it was already afternoon. Director Hou Rongxuan had already gone to the set to film, so the only person waiting in the makeup room was the screenwriter of this movie, Xia Ze.

Xia Ze was a tall, thin man, around thirty years old, wearing glasses, with a pale complexion, and an scholarly aura about him. When he saw Xiao He's complete appearance, his dead fish eyes widened instantly, and he visibly brightened up: "Excellent, excellent, this is simply identical!"

Xiao He also bent down and examined himself in the mirror, having to agree with Xia Ze's words—he and that beast truly had a seven or eight parts similarity.

And this was after Feng Songyue's "simple makeup."

One could imagine how much more reduction he would be tomorrow when he put on the mold.

When Director Hou Rongxuan finished directing and came to see, he immediately decided on the spot to let Xiao He play the role of Zhu Lao San and directly wanted to pull Xiao He to sign the contract.

Xiao He picked up the contract and glanced at it, first being startled by the remuneration. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Due to the Golden Finger, Xiao He currently had no other work to earn money, relying on the little money he had earned from selling software before. His own family was also just an ordinary working-class family, so this money was a huge sum to him.

No wonder so many people wanted to pursue their dreams in the entertainment industry; the salaries here were truly higher than in other fields!

Xiao He, who almost became a programmer, drooled with emotion.

Hesitating for even a second would be disrespecting money!

"Let me tell you first, this job is not easy," Director Hou Rongxuan's smile disappeared, and he became serious. "Next, you must follow the crew for filming, for a total duration of about a month, and most of the time you must wear this special effects makeup. It's still summer, so you need to be mentally prepared."

Special effects makeup actors work very hard, especially in the summer. Sweating and smudging makeup are common occurrences, and getting a bad skin reaction is the most troublesome.

Director Hou Rongxuan was very worried that Xiao He couldn't endure such hardship.

Xiao He signed the contract very readily, then earnestly asked Director Hou Rongxuan, "Director, could you give me an internship certificate later? Our school needs it."

Fortunately, they were already in their senior year, and the school basically didn't bother them; they didn't need to return to school usually, as long as they got the internship certificate.

Director Hou Rongxuan: "...Alright, I'll issue it to you later."

As expected, he's still a university student, with such simple and unpretentious demands—

The next day, Xiao He officially started work.

Because his makeup was the most complex, Xiao He arrived earlier than all the other actors. As soon as he got there, he started letting Feng Songyue work on him.

After a while, a staff member came in to hand out water to them.

"Uncle Li, thank you. You're here so early again today."

Another makeup artist actively greeted the staff member.

The staff member, referred to as Uncle Li, nodded, then slowly placed the water in front of Xiao He and the others.

"Thank you."

Upholding politeness, Xiao He also thanked Uncle Li.

But just by meeting Uncle Li's eyes, Xiao He's originally raised lips slowly dropped.

Strange...

Uncle Li lowered his eyes, and after distributing all the water, he slowly walked out.

Xiao He watched Uncle Li's departing back, his brows furrowed.

"Don't frown!"

Feng Songyue warned Xiao He coldly, and Xiao He quickly smoothed his brows: "Sorry."

That glance just now... absolutely no mistake!

This Uncle Li has a big problem!

He smelled the scent of a kindred spirit on this Uncle Li!

Since possessing the criminal Golden Finger, Xiao He had gained many passive skills, and this passive skill—let's call it 'kindred scent' for now! He now had an intuition for criminals that was beyond normal. Relying on this ability, Xiao He once caught a born to kill who was stealing things in a crew where he was an extra.

Moreover, this passive ability also had distinctions. For example, with that born to kill, Xiao He could clearly feel that he was just light-fingered, fond of petty theft, and not some particularly terrifying criminal. And then there was Uncle Li just now...

Xiao He smelled the scent of blood.

This was definitely a murderer who had taken more than one life!

The stench on him was nauseatingly strong!

Almost instinctively, Xiao He wanted to call the police.

But just as he picked up his phone, Xiao He put it down again.

What could he say if the police came? Say that guy was a murderer?

What evidence did he have? And how did he know?

Xiao He couldn't possibly say it was kindred attraction, could he?

Let alone the police, even he wouldn't have believed it before.

Xiao He thought, sighing with some frustration.

He shouldn't end up getting himself involved too.

He could only observe for now...

After sitting for a while longer, Bao Wei arrived.

Since their current location was a temporary setup, there were no individual dressing rooms. Thus, actors for several important roles shared one makeup area, while another area was designated for other actors.

Noticing someone already sitting at the makeup table next to him, Bao Wei, who was usually the first to arrive, paused for a moment. After seeing the unfamiliar face, he understood: "You must be the new actor for Zhu Lao San, right?"

"Hello, Teacher Bao! My name is Xiao He, please guide me!"

Xiao He greeted obediently, feeling a little excited inside.

Oh my god, he's seeing the living Teacher Bao Wei!

Bao Wei is thirty-nine years old this year, °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° currently one of the best actors among the middle-aged generation. He has already won the White Magnolia Best Actor award and a Golden Flower Award nomination, and his career is still on the rise.

His participation in born to kill this time was simply to return a favor to the director; his previous Golden Flower Award nomination was for Director Hou Rongxuan's film.

Since Bao Wei has been quite active in recent years, Xiao He has watched many of his TV shows and movies. Even his mother is a casual fan of Bao Wei, always choosing Bao Wei's works when watching dramas or movies, so Xiao He is not unfamiliar with Bao Wei.

—One could even say that in the current entertainment industry, where countless new talents emerge frequently, Xiao He barely knows any actors other than these few. The entertainment industry changes so quickly that Xiao He now has some face blindness.

Bao Wei sized up Xiao He, then patted Xiao He's shoulder with satisfaction: "Good job, kid. Keep this state; it's very good."

When Director Hou had mentioned it before, Bao Wei hadn't thought the other party was that impressive. But now that he saw him, this kid was actually constantly in character. His acting skills were indeed amazing.

He's not from a professional acting background?

Bao Wei sighed with emotion: "Young people nowadays are truly becoming more and more terrifying. Their acting is pure and leaves no flaws, not seeming 'acted' at all. It's almost as if they're going to push us old folks off the beach!"

He let out a long sigh and sat directly on the other side, waiting for the makeup artist.

Xiao He was still a bit slow to react after being patted. Only when Bao Wei sat down did he realize—

Bao Wei thought he was already in character!

He! Was! Not!

Xiao He's raised lips drooped, and his eyes gained a touch of weariness.

Who understands the significance of a director saying 'play yourself'!

Who understands!

Anyway, he didn't really want to understand.