Professional Body Double

Chapter 5

Three years ago.

    “Xiang’ge can’t you be a bit more civilised when you eat?” The beautiful makeup artist, Mi You, came over holding a powder compact.

    Zhou Xiang laughed as he stuffed some bread into his mouth. “You’re blaming me? Look at all this powder you’ve smeared all over my face. It falls off as soon as I move, I haven’t eaten lunch yet. If I faint from starvation I’m gonna get even with you.”

    “Your skin tone is a shade different from Wang Yudong’s. How would I be able to get you to be the same colour without applying that much powder?” Mi You glanced at him. “Then, you hurry up and eat, I’ll give you five minutes, and then I’ll touch up your make-up. You’d better not mess it up again.”

    “Will do, it’s still early. The big star isn’t even here yet, why are you in such a rush?”

    Mi You poured him a cup of water. “Drink some water, don’t choke.”

    “Hey yo, Mi You treats you so well.” Xiao Liu ruthlessly tightened Zhou Xiang’s belt. “Come, let me strangle Xiang’ge’s small waist to make it even narrower.”

    Zhou Xiang scolded, “Stinky brat, you’d better abuse your power to avenge personal grudges. You yank any more, and I might spew up on your face.”

    After Zhou Xiang was dressed his costume, he did a twirl on the spot. His slender, tall, healthy and beautiful body was dressed in a navy blue wuxia costume [1], dashing and heroic, with the strong air of an ancient noble warrior.

    “How is it, am I handsome or not?”

    Xiao Liu laughed, “Handsome.” He went around to look at his back. “Tut, tut, Xiang’ge, your back looks too much like Wang Yudong’s. Unless you’re looking from the front, it’s basically impossible tell you two apart. The only difference is that your hair's a little darker."

    “You don’t say! If not, why would he find me to be his martial arts double?” Zhou Xiang jumped up and down on the spot. “I hope that we can finish shooting early today, Ah, let’s go singing after work.”

    “Sure, let’s go to that place we went last time, on Sanlitun Street. The sound quality is good, and their chicken wings are really nice.” 　　

    “Xiao Liu, hurry and reserve a room.”

    “At what time?”

    “Reserve it for... seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven o’clock...” Zhou Xiang laughed after he finished speaking. There wasn’t a set time they got off work. It all depended on the director’s mood.

    The others started laughing as well.

    Chang Ji ran over to tell Zhou Xiang to get ready; they will be filming his action sequence in a moment. Zhou Xiang had already discussed with the action choreographer beforehand. The moves weren’t difficult; it would be a cinch for him to pull off.

    Zhou Xiang had been a martial arts double for six to seven years already. When he first started, he did odd jobs. It was only later on when an action director noticed that he had a good figure and his physique wasn't bad either, and he had Cai Wei backing him up, that he gradually started coming in contact with this sort of work. Zhou Xiang had majored in swimming at Sports College. He had learnt a bit of Chinese kickboxing and so on from his dorm mates at that time. He never would have imagined that it would become his current meal ticket.

    He currently had a pretty good reputation in the entertainment circle. There would always be one or two jobs he could accept every month. He sometimes got to play minor roles in movies, and lately, he was getting offered even more action choreography jobs for low budget films. When his parents passed away, they left him behind an apartment in a very good location. He was homosexual, and he would never have to worry about marrying a wife and raising kids in his lifetime, so even though he was living in an expensive city like Beijing, he was still very comfortably off with his salary.