Chapter 485: Who is he?

Hangzhou, the recording set of "Director Show".

Luo Mo arrived early, and was then led by Ning Dan into a small conference room.

Inside the conference room, there were only her and Luo Mo.

The two of them hadn't seen each other for about a month and a half, and Luo Mo felt that after the New Year, Ning Dan had actually lost a little weight.

By his aesthetic standards, this woman, full of allure and with plump red lips, looked better before; she felt like she could be squeezed until water came out.

"How come we were tired enough controlling our weight over the New Year, yet you still lost weight?" Luo Mo said.

"At your Sister Dan's age, plus this view on Romance, do you think life could be easy when going home for the New Year?" Ning Dan pursed her flaming red lips and rolled her eyes at Luo Mo, which was quite charming.

Upon hearing this, Luo Mo understood instantly.

Who told her to be a staunch Non-Marriage Advocate?

Although these days, such people are becoming more common in society, her family still hopes she can get married and have children normally.

During the New Year, if all the aunts and uncles are there, it is simply her large-scale denunciation scene.

Luo Mo did not know exactly what had caused Run Jie's current view on Romance.

The two were drinking buddies; sometimes when they were tipsy or a bit drunk, their communication would be more profound.

Even in such situations, Run Jie had never told her anything related to this.

She only said that she wanted to have a child to raise independently, but did not want a marriage of her own.

With her outwardly alluring temperament and eye-catching figure, there is no telling how many people in the circle want to be the child's father.

Luo Mo tactfully did not continue the conversation on this topic, but pointed to the folder in Ning Dan's hand and said, "Sister Dan, what's inside? A Contract?"

Ning Dan smiled, pushed the folder to Luo Mo, and said, "Of course it's a Contract."

"Familiarity is one thing, and trust is another, but the necessary procedures must still be followed," Ning Dan said.

Luo Mo smiled along, took a signature pen from the inside pocket of his jacket, and began to spin the pen while looking at the Contract.

The studio had already received the electronic Contract and had specifically reviewed it; there were no issues.

After signing, Luo Mo said, "Recording doesn't start until the evening, right?"

"Yes," Ning Dan replied.

"Then aren't you going to treat me to a meal?" Luo Mo said as a matter of course.

"Box lunches are plentiful," Ning Dan laughed.

"Whoa, you still treat me like the trainee from before! Box lunches won't do," Luo Mo said.

"Then what else do you want?"

"At least add two bottles of yogurt."

The two's memories began to fly, as if they had returned to the "Creating Idols" period.

Luo Mo hadn't participated in a variety show for a while, and he was quite eager to try.

However, when Instructor Luo participated in variety shows before, he was mostly a contestant.

This time it was different; he was one of the mentors.

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In the waiting room, the stars from the four director camps had arrived early.

Their recording time was earlier than the directors'.

Because the cameras would film some scenes of them in the waiting room.

At the beginning of the auditions, everyone waited in one large hall.

Now, the four directors' camps had finished their auditions, and everyone was divided into four rooms.

After each star arrived at the recording site, they were guided by staff to the waiting room.

The doors of the four waiting rooms all had nameplates with the directors' names.

But the waiting room that should have belonged to Tian Ou had a question mark posted on the door.

Although Ning Dan had the program team notify everyone that someone would be coming to substitute for Tian Ou for a period of time today.

However, she did not tell everyone who the person coming was; even many staff members did not know the inside information.

Ning Dan liked to film more authentic facial expressions. Many variety shows actually reveal the content in advance and then let the contestants act, acting as if they had just found out.

But although this program was about showing individual acting skills, the acting skills of some people in this group were simply... not worth complimenting.

People like Song Ge and others walked around the doors of all four waiting rooms before walking into the one with the question mark.

Two-thirds of the stars originally belonging to Director Tian Ou's camp had already arrived.

A group of people stood there chatting, very lively.

This feeling was like the scene before a substitute teacher arrived in the classroom when the head teacher asked for leave during school days.

When Song Ge walked in, his walking posture and the expression on his face were a bit pretentious.

He considered himself to be among the top in terms of comprehensive conditions among all the contestants.

"Have acting skills, and I have acting skills."

"Have looks, and I have looks."

"Have fame, and I have fame."

"Have awards, and I have awards."

In fact, there were indeed some low-class stars who were respectful to him.

"Brother," someone soon began to greet him.

Someone even called out: "Teacher Song Ge."

Because of his name, whether they called him Song Ge or Ge Ge, it didn't feel quite right...

Perhaps this is also one of the reasons why everyone is accustomed to calling Hu Ge "Old Hu."

Once Song Ge arrived, he immediately joined the group chat as well.

Someone even asked him, "Teacher Song Ge, do you know why Director Tian Ou has to be absent from the recording for a period of time?"

Song Ge thought to himself, "Of course I don't know, damn it."

But being someone who loves to show off, he didn't directly answer that he didn't know; instead, he began to talk about how he had been in contact with Director Tian Ou during the Chinese New Year, communicating often, clearly implying he was a favorite subordinate, but also that he had only recently lost contact.

Hmm, I may not be able to give an answer, but I cannot fail to show off a bit of superiority.

In reality, many people who act pretentious while chatting use this exact routine.

He felt that he was being incredibly natural.

Just like that, the production team let the stars of the four camps chat in their respective waiting rooms for about twenty minutes.

Only when there was enough footage filmed did they announce that everyone should head to the Recording Hall first.

Originally, today's procedure should have been for the four directors to arrive at the waiting rooms labeled with their names, and then begin the initial preparation work for their short films.

Such as casting, for example.

Among the people present, there were fools, but not too many.

The vast majority realized that this was to let everyone go and welcome this newly arrived director.

"With this lineup, it shouldn't be just a simple director," many thought to themselves.

As everyone knows, General Director Ning Dan does not like doing things on a small scale.

This woman is incredibly good at burning money.

She just loves to do things big!

Therefore, even if it is someone coming to substitute, it certainly won't be a Nobody in the director circle.

Run Jie has money when she needs money, resources when she needs resources, and Connections when she needs Connections; for her, this is actually not difficult.

In reality, directors don't have as many opportunities to participate in variety shows as Actors do, and earning variety show money is quite pleasant, so many directors are also willing to cooperate.

If they happen to have a new movie to promote, they are even more incredibly proactive.

60 stars thus gathered in the Recording Hall.

As soon as they walked in, they discovered that the other three directors were already sitting in their director seats.

This made the group hurriedly offer their greetings.

Because they were recording the program, the three directors also looked quite amiable, and one by one they stood up, smiling and nodding in acknowledgment.

You must know, among them, there is one who is a notorious tyrant on set, scolding Actors as if they were dogs.

After everyone was seated, Ning Dan's voice, which made one's heart itch, began to emanate from the speakers.

"Due to some special personal reasons for Director Tian Ou, he will be absent from the recording of Director Show for a period of time."

"The program team has specially invited a director to substitute for Director Tian Ou."

"And as for his basic personal information, everyone... please look at the big screen."

As soon as the words fell, the screen in the hall suddenly lit up.

Everyone stared curiously at the big screen.

The stars of the original Tian Ou camp were even more incredibly anxious in their hearts.

In this program, according to the competition rules, the director holds immense authority, no different from being on a film set, and perhaps even a notch higher!

If one is lucky, this is a good opportunity to befriend two directors; not only can one get familiar with Tian Ou, but one can also get to know an additional substitute director.

But the problem is, some people might be able to curry favor with Tian Ou, and perhaps even have made some deals behind the scenes during the period when the program was suspended for the New Year, but they might not necessarily be able to please the new director.

It is like you have already prepared for a long time according to his personal preferences, and have even secured back-door channels.

But good heavens, the person has suddenly been swapped!

Who knows, one might not even survive in the program until the episode where Tian Ou returns...

After the big screen lit up, the basic introduction process for the new director was the same as the one used to introduce the previous four directors.

First, it would display the number of various types of films he had directed.

Just as novels are divided into categories like 【Fantasy】, 【Urban】, 【Science Fiction】, etc., films on Blue Star, just like on Earth, are roughly divided into 21 types.

However, after everyone glanced at the text on the big screen, many people were stunned and opened their mouths wide.

Because, what was written on the screen was:

"Number of Comedy films directed by him: 0."

"Number of Action films directed by him: 0."

"Number of Science Fiction films directed by him: 0."

"........"

"Number of Musical films directed by him: 0."

In a continuous sequence, there were a total of 20 lines of text, all zeros!

"This... how is this possible!?"

You must know, among the other directors, the one with the most seniority has directed a total of 16 films combined.

That director has touched upon many genres.

But the visual shock brought by this was far less than this string of zeros.

Many people were wondering if the program team had made some kind of oversight and committed such a low-level error?

If he really is a Newcomer film director who has never directed anything, why such a grand welcome for him?

When the big screen plunged into darkness at this moment and then lit up again, many people let out exclamations.

At the same time, many people were also extremely puzzled.

Even the other three film directors in the director seats could not help but frown in unison.

The large characters appearing on the screen were:

"Total box office for this director's personal works: 1.289 billion!"

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(End of this chapter)