"Just like the movies I've filmed, I wish to let more people in the world know that our country's different now, that it's not the undeveloped and backward place they thought it was. In order to make themselves seem deep, many films always make their characters go down and dirty and travel to the remote and poor rural areas. As if the more they filmed how difficult life was, the more depth a movie would have. I'm not saying these places don't exist and not to shoot such movies, but what I wanted was to integrate the conflict between the rich and the poor, the developed and the undeveloped. It's something really charismatic when you change your angle on it."
"Similarly, I also hoped to develop more outstanding young actors. New faces keep appearing in many shows. Their acting might be stiff, but if you think about it in another way, they had unpolished areas. Don't let the audiences keep seeing the same faces over and over, it'd be boring."
"So I came," Deng Xu said.
