584: Chapter 584 Mr. and Mrs. Smith, in Preparation

Ruan Xingyu was destined to never get any details about "unspoken rules" from Lin Chuyan.

"I kicked her out immediately, so what details could there be?" Lin Chuyan was between laughter and tears, but couldn't help adding a reminder, "Also, your husband is now somewhat of an internationally renowned director, and I'm handsome. Being alone in a foreign land with a beautiful woman knocking on the door in the middle of the night—you really need to be more careful!"

Ruan Xingyu didn't show any weakness and retorted confidently, "Please don't betray your wife's trust in you, thank you!"

"That goes without saying! I didn't expect something like that to happen. If I had known it would be like this, I definitely wouldn't have opened the door."

Ruan Xingyu became interested again, "So, was that woman pretty?"

Lin Chuyan answered in a second, "No impression. Right now, I can't even remember what she looked like."

"A bit fake, huh." Ruan Xingyu laughed heartily, "By the way, does what she looks like even matter? I bet she was dressed very sexily when she came to find you."

Lin Chuyan replied without hesitation, "Can anyone be sexier than you?"

After marriage, the two were inseparable, stuck together every day. With this brief separation, during their video call at night, Lin Chuyan could see her walking back and forth in front of him wearing only her sleeping attire. It almost made him dizzy; it left Lin Chuyan feeling restless and distracted.

It had been too long since they had video chatted like this, and he really missed it.

"Your mouth is so sweet?"

Lin Chuyan chuckled, "Don't forget, it was love at first sight for me."

"Like love at first sight in mr. & mrs. smith?"

In the script, it was more than just love at first sight for the male and female leads. They were burning hot from the very first day they met and jumped straight into bed...

"Ahem, ahem." Lin Chuyan changed the subject, "Anyway, when this movie is released, you will definitely be more popular than me."

Ruan Xingyu's voice suddenly became sticky and sweet, "Many thanks for Director Lin's cultivation. When does Director Lin plan to 'unspoken rule' me?"

He couldn't take it anymore; if they kept talking, he'd only be able to use his hands. Stop talking, stop talking.

However, Lin Chuyan was indeed serious. During this time, he and Mel, the original costume designer for la la land, worked together to design Ruan Xingyu's look for mr. & mrs. smith.

The style this time was completely different from la la land, focusing on sexiness. But this kind of sexiness wasn't about deliberately exposing skin, but rather capturing inadvertent charm through the lens.

For example, a slightly dirty white tank top, a thin high-neck sweater that outlined her figure, a dagger faintly visible under a slit long skirt, the sharp beauty when she lifted her leg to aim a gun... The key was that Ruan Xingyu was truly a perfect fit for these looks; her natural "big sister" temperament was invincible.

Lin Chuyan had a premonition that as long as the movie's box office was good enough, she would truly become an international goddess for everyone.

After ending the video call, Lin Chuyan continued to immerse himself in actor auditions.

The actress who appeared that night really didn't show up again, and in the end, Lin Chuyan didn't mention it to anyone at Lionsgate.

Mainly, nothing had actually happened, so he didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble by having rumors spread wildly because he mentioned it.

After a few busy days, he and the casting director finalized all the roles. The new action director, art director, visual effects artist, special effects makeup artist, and set designer brought in for him by Lionsgate officially joined the team, and everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

Compared to la la land, the workload for mr. & mrs. smith had increased significantly, with more personnel, large-scale explosion scenes, and location shooting in multiple places... Honestly, if Lin Chuyan had shot this as his first movie, he probably would have been breathless from the massive and difficult workload.

Fortunately, he had now accumulated rich experience, had a strong behind-the-scenes team, and even more support from Lionsgate and Colleen Bell.

For example, mr. & mrs. smith's large house and the department store for the final showdown were both practical sets, and they were the two most important scenes in the film. Building them was a major project that could be started now. Lionsgate and Colleen Bell were responsible for handling filming and road closure permits, while the action director, art director, set designer, and other teachers had to work together according to Lin Chuyan's requirements to complete the entire design of these scenes, from construction to the destruction during the gunfight.

Once everything was arranged properly, Lin Chuyan returned to the country.

Next, he remained busy.

In addition to his daily work, his main task was to take Ruan Xingyu through her daily physical training, which included cardio, strength training, and martial arts technique practice. Furthermore, Lin Chuyan found a shooting range open to film crews and took his wife to practice firearms.

As the saying goes, love is enough to sustain one. I have to say, the process was quite enjoyable, not to mention that when Ruan Xingyu practiced boxing, she could throw punch after punch at Lin Chuyan... Both of them felt like they were enjoying it.

In the past, when Lin Chuyan filmed, he would fly around by himself and could only video chat with Ruan Xingyu every day. He didn't expect that there would come a day when he would drag his wife into the pit. Now the couple, one a Best Actor and one a Best Actress, living together, couldn't be happier.

And this, taking his wife for physical training, meant guiding his wife in fitness.

This movement isn't standard, we have to correct it. Also, who said only men are sexy when they sweat? Watching his own wife sweat, this scene was equally impossible to look away from... No wonder you occasionally see stories in the news about female students and their fitness coaches; this really is something to guard against...

And for shooting training, Lin Chuyan had played with many guns in the mission, and coupled with his "Firearms Proficiency" skill, being Ruan Xingyu's exclusive firearms coach was absolutely no problem.

So, every day, the hands-on teaching began: gun holding posture, shooting methods, reloading actions, precise shooting while moving, handling blank cartridges and prop guns...

From fitness coach to firearms coach, this unique interaction inexplicably had a kind of coach and student play. What is this? This is a different kind of pleasure in life. Happiness is just that simple.

"Beautiful, too beautiful. Don't move, let me take a photo of you," Lin Chuyan said while holding up his phone.

Ruan Xingyu glanced at him, "You've already taken so many."

"You don't understand, every photo turns out different."

"How is it different?"

"You have braids today, but you didn't yesterday. Also, your arm definition seems to look a bit better, hehe."

In the photo, Ruan Xingyu was beautiful with great Teacher Zhang, her fair fingers firmly gripping the trigger, her chin slightly raised, a faint, almost imperceptible smile at the corners of her lips, her arm definition complementing the firearm, exuding a dangerous and charming aura.

After obtaining his wife's consent, Lin Chuyan casually posted the photo on Weibo.

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