With the director on board, the crew swiftly progressed into the rapid development phase. Qin Jiran and Mike thoroughly discussed various roles and dedicated themselves to a meticulous actor selection process. Any unfit candidate was definitively ruled out. Both were in agreement about one thing for the movie: they would exert all their efforts to make it better, more perfect, ensuring at least that there would be no regrets due to solvable issues.
For Qin Jiran now, making movies was no longer an absolute necessity, nor did he feel the urgent need to prove himself with acting works as he once did. Therefore, his current requirement for filmmaking was to strive for perfection, even if it meant wasting more time and energy to make the film better. On this point, he and Mike tacitly reached a consensus.
