Finished the novel. I find Shi Potian's character hilarious, his lines and antiques made me laugh many times. But there's nothing special about the story and the other characters, really. It's just a dumb story about an innocent, dumb yet genius man becoming #1 martial artist through dumb events and accidents that he himself clueless of what he's doing and learning. There's about 1mm depth in the story Wonder how ZJZ gonna visualize all that on screen.
Initially, I thought its gonna be Bai Zizai, but the role is taken... I can't find any other role suitable for him.
He didn't cameo in Royal Tramp 2008 and HSDS09 though.
Yeah, the fact that the chief director is Chung Siu-hung (NOT the usual Yu Min), I think, is a fresh re-start. Though, maybe Chung is hired cos he's a comedy specialist. But it's always nice to see a different directing style, since XAJH01 (directed by Huang Jianzhong) and BXJ07 (directed by ZJZ himself).
Xia Ke Xing is expected to shoot for 7 months. "The Book and The Sword" will start shooting in October, so the timing will overlap, maybe Yu Min will direct "Book & Sword."