Director Elton made a shocking discovery while editing this particular scene: When Wang Xiaoqiang jumped, he hadn't grabbed the rope at all. His hands were simply hovering around it, or rather, he was pretending to hold it. He didn't need the rope at all.

Jumping off a building more than thirty stories high without a rope—what on earth does that mean?

Director Elton was utterly astonished.

Thanks to Wang Xiaoqiang's continuous efforts, the filming of the movie progressed incredibly fast, wrapping up in just three short months, followed by substantial promotion. An overwhelming global campaign ensued.

The power of advertising is boundless. Soon, the posters for "Super Assassin" were plastered across major cities, second-tier cities, third-tier cities, and their surrounding towns around the world.

The movie hadn't even premiered, and Wang Xiaoqiang was already famous—at least in China. While audiences in other countries might not yet recognize the newcomer, Chinese viewers were stunned at the sight of an unknown actor making his mark in Hollywood, and as a lead role no less. Regardless of Wang Xiaoqiang's acting abilities, to be like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, taking on leading roles in Hollywood right from the start, was eye-catching and a matter of national pride.

Then came the day of the "Super Assassin" premiere. Although neither the male nor the female lead were seasoned actors, and Wang Xiaoqiang was a complete novice, due to the direction of the great director Elton and the heavyweight supporting role played by Shi Tailong, viewers flocked to the theaters.

The premiere received excellent reviews and high praise. Of course, there were detractors too. Those critics were voices of doubt, questioning whether Wang Xiaoqiang's exquisite martial arts in the film were performed by a stunt double or created by computer-generated imagery.

This skepticism sparked a heated controversy among netizens. Discussions questioning whether the male lead of "Super Assassin" truly knew Kung Fu dominated the top search ranks on various major websites globally. Not to mention Chinese websites, where "Super Assassin" consistently topped the search rankings on Baidu.

Naturally, Chinese netizens fiercely defended Wang Xiaoqiang's Kung Fu, arguing that China is a nation renowned for Kung Fu, with numerous masters of the art—a fact beyond dispute. Wang Xiaoqiang's remarkable acting and the realistic fight scenes were enough to prove his skill.

In response to this debate, Shi Tailong expressed his opinion on his personal microblog stating that Wang Xiaoqiang's Kung Fu was one hundred percent real. He also admitted that his own martial arts abilities were far inferior to Wang Xiaoqiang's, saying that if he hadn't been so old, he would have certainly asked to become Wang Xiaoqiang's disciple.

Shi Tailong's microblog post instantly captured enormous attention and effectively silenced those who doubted Wang Xiaoqiang's skills.

The box office for "Super Assassin" continued to soar, quickly passing the one billion mark and still climbing, seemingly destined to break all previous records.

Wang Xiaoqiang's impeccable martial arts skills became more and more entrenched in people's hearts as the movie gained popularity, gradually earning him the title "Martial God."

That's right, "Martial God"—that was the title bestowed upon Wang Xiaoqiang by the people.

Wang Xiaoqiang became a big celebrity as well as a very busy man, with film and television companies constantly seeking him out. His phone wouldn't stop ringing with offers to sign contracts for more movies. However, Wang Xiaoqiang paid no mind to any of those companies. Instead, he chose a domestic film company—an established one that had previously produced several popular local TV dramas, which Wang Xiaoqiang still remembered vividly.

Wang Xiaoqiang decided to collaborate with this film and television company to tailor-make a local TV drama for himself, with Sanmiao Village as the backdrop and his own personal experiences as the main storyline, telling the story of a peasant child's struggle and rise to fortune.

The boss of that film and television company, Boss Zhao, is from the Northeast and known for his comedy skits, with quite a reputation. When Wang Xiaoqiang traveled to the Northeast to meet Boss Zhao and recounted his story, Boss Zhao became very interested and began to talk nonstop about the development of local dramas, starting with those from Taiwan.

Taiwanese local dramas mainly come in Mandarin (that is, Standard Chinese), Taiwanese Hokkien (that is, Minnan language), and Hakka. Mandarin local dramas mostly depict touching stories of military dependant villages' life in the early days, such as "Goodbye, Zhongzhen 2nd Village," "The Story of Time," "Shining Days," and others have been highly praised. Early Taiwanese Hokkien local dramas usually revolved around stories of the poor urban population striving to survive or rural families supporting each other with a rich sense of human warmth. However, due to the language policies enforced by the Taiwanese authorities at that time, primarily favoring "Mandarin," this led to a disparity that caused such dramas to be overlooked by TV station executives. The limited production budget resulted in poor quality and indirectly intensified discrimination against Hokkien dramas. It wasn't until the early 1990s that Taiwanese society gradually lifted its bans, and Formosa Television's "Love" became the first to challenge the prime-time slot, breaking language taboos that had lasted for decades. The drama was well-received and gradually influenced other networks to start producing dramas featuring both Mandarin and Taiwanese Hokkien. Later, with the establishment of Taiwan's fourth terrestrial television station—Formosa Television—and the proliferation of cable channels (mainly Sanli's Taiwanese channel and ETTV's Taiwanese drama productions), the ecosystem of Taiwanese television underwent significant changes. Taiwanese local drama series tend to have longer episode counts because they are filmed while being aired, generally exceeding one hundred episodes.

Currently in Taiwan, apart from Mandarin local dramas, Taiwanese Hokkien local dramas are also prevalent. Hokkien local dramas usually have high viewership ratings because there are fewer broadcast networks, with Formosa Television and Sanli being the common channels that air them. "Scarcity makes something precious," hence these dramas often enjoy high viewership. Another reason is that there is a large audience of Taiwanese Hokkien descent in Taiwan who favor Taiwanese Hokkien dramas. Also, the viewer demographics for these dramas typically consist of middle-aged women, grandmothers, housewives, etc., who generally love watching this genre of television series.

The production period for local dramas is short and often rushed. They usually shoot today and air tomorrow, making it difficult to ensure the broadcast's quality, such as with Formosa Television and Sanli. The stations often strive for high viewership and don't hesitate to extend the duration of local dramas, intentionally increasing the number of episodes, creating what the locals call a "crappy drama dragging on" phenomenon. Many Taiwanese Hokkien local dramas start with compelling plots, but after surpassing twenty episodes, the hasty production becomes increasingly problematic, with discrepancies between subtitles and the actor's lines or even plot errors. Moreover, in earlier years, Taiwanese Hokkien local dramas had a runtime of one hour, but as competition intensified, the broadcast length extended to two hours or more. However, this essentially just drags out the original content, such as by creating new issues or inserting unrelated content to prolong the episode that could be resolved in one episode.

Then, Boss Zhao discussed the advantages of mainland local dramas and finally decided to start production on this TV drama.

Wang Xiaoqiang provided the blueprint from his life and then had the company's leading screenwriter personally take up the scriptwriting task.

During this time, Little Qiang found himself with spare time, so he decided to prepare to return home for a visit.

Before returning home, Wang Xiaoqiang would always buy many gifts, and now that his son, Little Bao, had grown up, it was appropriate to buy food items.

There are many specialties in the Northeast, and Wang Xiaoqiang decided to bring back a few.

He got apples, Northeast Three Treasures, and other things. These items were quite expensive, for instance, ginseng. Before Wang Xiaoqiang acquired superpowers, he didn't even dare to think about it, but now it was as common as cabbage to him.

There are Dalian and Yingkou's Guoguang apples from Eastern Liaoning, Suizhong white pears, Northern Town duck pears, and Dalian gold peaches; seafood from Dalian, Dandong, Yingkou, and other places; traditional handicrafts include Dalian shell carvings, Xiuyan jade carvings, Jinzhou agate carvings, Fushun coal carvings, and amber crafts, Dalian embroidery, glassware, Dandong oak silk, Shenyang Snowflake Beer, Temple of Eight Kings soda, Tanggangzi mineral water; local famed foods like Northeast hot pot, Shenyang Lao Bian dumplings, smoked meat pancakes, Goubangzi smoked chicken, Shenyang Islamic pastries, sachima, Liaoyang pagoda candy, Dalian red shrimp crispy heart sweets, etc.

Northeast wild mushrooms such as Agaricus, Hazelnut mushrooms, and Hericium mushrooms are known as the "Three Great Mushrooms" of the Northeast. The wild mushrooms in the Northeast grow in forested areas, making them purely green food. As wild edible fungi, they have a very high nutritional value, containing an abundance of amino acids, vitamins, protein, and other nutrients. Mushrooms not only serve to supplement nutrition and strengthen the body, they also have therapeutic effects on diseases such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and cancer. A Northeast specialty dish, chicken stewed with wild mushrooms, made with wild mushrooms as the main ingredient, is not only delicious but also very nutritious.

Deer antler—one of the Northeast Three Treasures: Deer antler is one of the "Northeast Three Treasures", obtained from young antlers of male deer before hardening, cut with a saw or a sharp knife. The Northeast specialty—deer antler is warming without being excessively drying, providing stimulation and improving body functions; it is beneficial for those who are generally weak or recovering from a long illness. Deer antler has many medicinal effects such as nourishing qi and blood, warming the kidneys and fortifying yang, strengthening muscles and bones, restoring the normal function of heart vessels and myocardium, and boosting immunity. There are many ways to consume deer antler, usually by the slice. The entire deer is valuable, not just the deer antler which has significant health benefits and medicinal effects, other deer products like deer dick, deer tendon, deer heart blood, deer fetus ointment, and others also offer excellent health and medicinal value.

Ginseng—one of the Northeast Three Treasures: Ginseng is one of the Northeast's specialties, known as the "King of Hundred Herbs," and is one of the far-famed "Northeast Three Treasures," a precious medicinal material known far and wide, by young and old. Wild ginseng often grows in the rarely visited primeval forests, among mixed broadleaf and coniferous trees, and is a Class I protected plant in China. Ginseng has many functions, such as greatly replenishing vital energy, solidifying pulse, benefiting the spleen and lungs, generating fluids and calming the mind. Ginseng contains a chemical called ginsenoside, which significantly affects adjusting the central nervous system, strengthening the heart, fighting fatigue, and regulating metabolism. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to support it by voting on qidian.com for recommendation tickets and monthly passes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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