The audience members who entered the venue were naturally unaware of the strange atmosphere between the main creative team members.

Tiger had just sat down when he noticed the old man he had just met sitting next to him.

Wow, what luck! I've run into this again.

Tiger greeted him.

Qiu Zhenlong, who was sitting in his seat, glanced at him but didn't say anything. He simply adjusted his mask.

Tiger didn't mind and sat down to wait for the movie to start.

To better understand the plot of "Mistaken Identity", Tiger had already watched the original version, "A Murder by Role Reversal", online in advance.

The original version is a South Korean film, and the cast of the two main characters initially seems similar to that of the domestic version, with a veteran actor paired with a popular idol, and the latter being more favored. However, the situation at the time was not quite the same as in the domestic version.

In the Korean version of the script, the actor playing Xiao He is a veteran actor in his forties, a true middle-aged man, who fits the original story's character's situation of being middle-aged and facing difficulties at work and estrangement from his spouse very well, without the age range that Xiao He has.

Moreover, this veteran actor has won many awards in South Korea. In the hearts of the audience there, he has always been a representative of acting skills and belongs to the type of actor who is quite popular with the audience.

As for the popular actor who plays the lead role, he made his name in idol dramas and starred in many hit Korean dramas. He has a good reputation both domestically and internationally. This is his first time officially entering the film industry, and he plans to use this film to transform himself into a movie star.

This combination later became a common development model in Chinese entertainment films, with one person bringing acting skills and the other bringing popularity. Nowadays, people are used to it, but at that time it was still a relatively novel concept.

And without a doubt, the film was a huge success after its release.

The veteran actors' acting skills are beyond doubt, and the popular young actor did not disappoint either. He portrayed the two different characters vividly and successfully won unanimous praise from the audience. With this movie, he successfully transformed and rose to become a movie star, with his status soaring.

Thus, this film, titled "A Murder by Swap," became a classic masterpiece and one of the highest-rated works on the theme of soul swapping.

It's quite reasonable that a domestic entertainment company would buy it and remake it.

As we all know, the rule that remakes are bound to be bad is quite common in the Chinese entertainment industry, especially when the original is a classic.

The reason why classics become classics is that the meticulous study and replication of certain details and the actors' performances are something that later generations cannot replicate or surpass.

Tiger Brother has seen the trailer for "Mistaken Identity".

To be honest, he felt this time was a bit risky.

First and foremost is Xiao He.

The role was originally intended for an actor in his forties, but Xiao He himself is far from thirty; he's still a young man if you wash your face!

Casting Xiao He to play a decadent middle-aged man who is unhappy with his life just doesn't feel right.

Moreover, Xiao He's fame far surpasses that of the veteran actor, making him one of the film's main selling points. While the veteran actor possesses excellent acting skills and enjoys high national recognition, the film's overall appeal ultimately rests with the younger, more popular actor.

This is already quite different from the original version.

Besides that, there's Ren Yibai. His acting skills aren't as good as the popular young actor in the Korean version, and as the lead actor, his acting skills and fame can't overshadow Xiao He, which is undoubtedly a very embarrassing thing for him.

Otherwise, so many rumors wouldn't have circulated later.

So here's the question: if the actors playing the two important roles aren't working together, can this movie be made well?

However, at least in the trailer, Xiao He's few appearances were quite good. The decadent middle-aged office worker and his youthful appearance were not very disconnected, which relieved Tiger's anxiety by half.

The remaining half depends on the actual finished product.

As Tiger Brother continued his thoughts, the movie theater plunged into darkness.

"Mistaken Identity" has officially begun airing...

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In the backstage lounge, Xiao He and his team had already received news that the movie screening had officially begun.

"Teachers, you may now go to the front to watch the film."

A staff member was nearby and offered a reminder.

Director Zhan Min oversaw the entire post-production editing process, and he had the final version memorized by heart.

Ren Yibai initially wanted to cut some of Xiao He's scenes, so he had naturally seen the final product. Therefore, he wasn't that curious about the final product.

Only Xiao He hasn't seen the finished product yet.

So when he stood up, he realized that no one else in the room had moved.

Most of the actors in "Mistaken Identity" are from the same company as Ren Yibai. Out of fear of Ren Yibai, they did not stand up with him, but remained seated and went about their own business, as if they had not heard the staff's notice.

That familiar suffocating feeling of being on a film set welled up inside me.

Xiao He didn't blame them; he just sighed lightly.

It's hard to imagine that he would one day be subjected to passive-aggressive behavior from other members of the crew.

Most importantly, now that the movie has already been released, what's the point of them putting on this clear-cut show of separation?

They can't exactly have a fight going on in front of the audience every now and then!

"I'll go check it out on site."

Xiao He didn't linger, but simply nodded slightly to everyone before turning and leaving.

Xiao Chen quickly caught up with Xiao He.

"Brother Xiao, the atmosphere here is a bit strange. We haven't offended them."

As Xiao Chen spoke, she rubbed her arms. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

The atmosphere in the lounge just now was so eerie that it gave him goosebumps.

"Ignore them and just focus on doing our own thing."

Xiao He casually tossed out a sentence and then slipped through the front door into the dark theater.

At that moment, the screening room was showing the early episodes of "Mistaken Identity," and the audience was watching very attentively, unaware that someone had sneaked in through the front door.

As soon as Xiao He entered the room, he saw the character he was playing, who had just had a fight with his wife and was now looking dejected as he hid on the balcony and lit a cigarette.

To be honest, this character is one of the most contrasting characters besides Zhu Laosan in "Killing Life". Even Mo Tun, the "tooth-pulling master" in the past, was just a rough man who braved the waves. You can still see the shadow of Xiao He in him. Zhu Feng in "Mistaken Identity" is an absolute married, decadent office worker. His overall style is that of a loser, which is completely different from Xiao He himself.

While he wasn't exactly unkempt, he had a perfectly captured the greasiness of someone in their late twenties. Even his smoking lacked the carefree elegance of a young man; his back, leaning against the railing, was slightly hunched, conveying the weariness and vicissitudes of an adult who had weathered many storms.

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Work setbacks and his wife's infidelity gradually turned a man into a silent man.

But the camera didn't linger on his face for long; it focused more on capturing his silent back, the darkness outside the balcony, and the headlights of cars passing by on the distant street.

The world was unusually quiet at that moment, and even the silence became a more bitter pressure, making him gradually realize that having no one to confide in was also a kind of sorrow.

Finally, the protagonist in the scene stubs out his cigarette in a flowerpot, crushes it repeatedly as if venting his anger, and then turns and enters the room.

Inside the room, his wife was already lying on the bed, her back to him and her eyes closed, looking as if she had no intention of communicating with him at all, as if a sad high wall had been erected between them.

He didn't say anything in the end, and even became more and more careful, tiptoeing to the bedside and then lying down stiffly.

Sure enough, the next moment you could hear the woman's impatient click of her tongue.

Then, the room fell into a deathly silence once more.