didn’t work. He and I started to argue, and the argument lasted several hours. Later that night, I lay awake in bed, quietly rethinking the entire scene and his objections. I didn’t agree with all of them, but I spent that night re-imagining a fight scene that could solve all of those problems. The next morning, when I arrived on the set, people were in the middle of shooting the original scene. I said to them, 'Stop filming. Let’s scrap it. We have something new.' I think the final cut really shows the results of the pressure we put on ourselves to produce an interesting film,” Li said. Over the course of five years, eight films and one video game production, Kwei built a fruitful working relationship with Li and even did some action unit stunt directing on Kiss of the Dragon. “[It] made me very glad to have an assistant like Beaver,” Li said in 2001, expressing that he felt lucky “to have an assistant, whom I also consider a friend, who will very frankly present his opinion of how my fans will react to certain scenes. Beaver speaks for that audience. After twenty years, one can get too familiar with one’s own work, and that’s when you need new ideas and perspectives. Don’t get me wrong, he and I get into big fights, but I really do value his creative input. We may not agree 100%, but we may ultimately end up changing 30-40% of the scene, and the result is worth it.” From 2005 to 2008, he was the Executive VP of production and development for Warner China Film HG and was the associate producer of the Edward Norton-Naomi Watts film, The Painted Veil, shot on location in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangxi, China, and Slam, a youth basketball drama. Kwei’s first film as a producer was the 2009 comedy, Sophie's Revenge, starring Zhang Ziyi and directed by Eva Jin Yimeng. Sophie’s Revenge was a big hit in China, earning more than 100 million RMB ($15.2 million). Kwei reteamed with Zhang and Ling Lucas to co-produce a successful follow-up, the 2013 prequel My Lucky Star. With Zhang reprising the role of Sophie and co-starring pop star Leehom Wang, My Lucky Star was an even bigger hit, garnering an international release and earning more than $22 million worldwide. Kwei had brought My Lucky Star to Village Roadshow Entertainment Group