Chapter 510: Bullying and the Arrival of Dad

Since last night, *Director Show* has frequently climbed the Hot Search, frantically building suspense.

After watching the previous episode, everyone knew that Director Tian Ou would be temporarily absent from the recording and someone would fill the spot.

However, this display was far too grand.

Many in the industry were baffled: "Who exactly is coming that made Ning Dan so willing to splash cash, frantically buying Hot Searches to build momentum for this episode?"

This level of prestige must match the status of the person arriving.

Otherwise, the audience will feel disappointed, and those in the industry will find it laughable.

Most importantly, making a variety show is for popularity and for making money.

For Ning Dan to spare no expense like this, there are only two possibilities.

"One, the person coming is actually very ordinary, and fearing that Tian Ou's absence would cause the show's popularity to slide, she had to spend more on promotion and marketing to stabilize exposure."

"Two, she is very confident that the final result will exceed the current investment."

Judging by Ning Dan's momentum over the past few years, the latter possibility is much higher.

Yet many still cannot figure out who could bring such great returns to the show.

The Four Great Directors are famous; if any one of them came, they would certainly attract a massive audience.

But can Ning Dan afford to hire someone like Qian Qingyun, whom even the Spring Festival Gala can manage to invite?

As behind-the-scenes personnel, directors certainly don't have as much popularity as front-of-stage stars.

So, it's likely someone like Wang Rong, an Actor who turned to directing!

"Could it be Feng Yu?"

"Her films are so rotten, would they invite her to ruin their reputation?"

"I think it could be Guan Fei. Although his films flopped, he is close to Luo Mo, so his personal traffic is higher than an ordinary director, and isn't *Reset* currently airing?"

"Oh right, Guan Fei is possible. This show allows for 【External Aid】, so everyone would look forward to Luo Mo coming as an External Aid!"

Guan Fei, who is currently preparing a new web drama for 【Mist Theater】, could never have imagined he would be dragged out by netizens for a stroll.

When the third episode of *Director Show* officially aired, many watched on time, just wanting to know who had temporarily replaced Tian Ou's position.

As soon as the show started, it connected to the footage from the end of the second episode that had built the suspense.

Subtitles appeared on the big screen.

"【Personal directed Romance: Zero.】"

"【Personal directed Comedy: Zero.】"

"【.......】"

The string of zeros on the screen left many viewers stunned.

"What the hell?"

"Has this director never filmed any type of movie?"

"No way, then what kind of director is this!"

"This resume is as clean as mine!"

"I could do that too!"

"What are they doing, what's the point of watching this!"

But when the director's total personal box office appeared on the screen, everyone froze.

In the bullet comments, quick-witted netizens soon posted: "Luo Mo?"

"Could it be Luo Mo?"

"*Monkey King: Hero is Back*!?"

Immediately after, when the stage passage opened and a handsome man with broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs strode out, the bullet comments exploded!

The words didn't change, only the punctuation changed, becoming an overwhelming—"Luo Mo!"

The terror of a Top Traffic was once again manifested.

At the very beginning of the third episode of *Director Show*, the suspense had only just been revealed when a Hot Search topic quickly Air Dropped into the top ten of the Hot Search list, and its ranking was still climbing.

The entry was—Luo Mo records *Director Show*.

His mere appearance, without even demonstrating his directing ability yet, caused the popularity of the entire third episode to soar frantically, drawing in a large number of viewers who were not originally interested in the show to come and watch.

The acting circle, the directing circle... many people were left with complicated feelings by this news.

During the preparation stage of *Director Show*, they had tentatively invited a large number of popular stars.

Some came, some refused.

At this moment, many stars who had refused the invitation secretly regretted it.

"If I had gone to record, and happened to be in Luo Mo's camp, that would have been a rare, great opportunity!"

Luo Mo rarely attends events in various circles privately; he doesn't go to banquets, galas, or anything of the sort.

This makes it impossible for many who have designs on him to get to know him.

Work is the best way to get to know Luo Mo!

The temporarily "unemployed" director Tian Ou, looking at the heated discussions on the internet at this moment, felt complicated and very bitter.

"Luo Mo..." he muttered the name and opened the third episode of *Director Show*.

"I want to see what kind of stuff you've filmed!"

As it turned out, he hadn't seen the short film Luo Mo shot yet; what he saw first were the contestants in his camp, each one bright-eyed and looking extremely excited.

This made Tian Ou feel even more uncomfortable, even bordering on 【Anger】 and shame.

"You all seem very happy to see me absent from the recording, huh?"

Among everyone, he only saw that Song Ge's expression was different from the others.

Tian Ou also knew a little about the grudge between Song Ge and Luo Mo.

He had a rough plan in his mind.

—This person can be used.

"I really need to ponder this carefully over the next few days."

"I have to put this Song Ge to use, and then shoot a good film."

"As directors, we ultimately have to let our work do the talking."

As it happened, because the box office of *Monkey King: Hero is Back* had surpassed *Car King*, Tian Ou was still feeling a bit unconvinced.

At the same time, he also felt that Luo Mo had no qualifications to be on this show at all; he didn't even have any live-action directorial works!

"Taking this opportunity, right here on this show, let's settle who is better!"

……..

……..

The third episode of *Director Show* undoubtedly had far more highlights than the audition content of the first two episodes.

The atmosphere was tenser, and the sense of anticipation was stronger.

Tian Ou watched it all the way through, and even though the progress bar was more than halfway done, the short film hadn't started playing yet.

"They wouldn't not play the short film for this entire episode, would they?" Tian Ou thought.

He guessed right.

He watched the third episode to the end, and it was once again content meant to whet the appetite; they played a preview for the next episode, which looked very tense and exciting.

Yet, many viewers watched it all the way through without feeling bored.

Finalizing the script, casting, screen tests, rehearsals…….. there were many highlights in all of that.

To be precise, watching these directors scold people, or provide patient guidance, was also very interesting.

Tian Ou tossed his tablet onto the sofa, closed his eyes, and muttered to himself: "The content Luo Mo is going to shoot is actually Opera combined with Comedy."

"Heh, what is he doing? Coming on the show to build a persona?"

"He really never forgets for a moment that he is someone from the Opera world."

"Playing the nostalgia card, he has really mastered that."

At the same time, what made Tian Ou feel even more ridiculous was that Luo Mo had actually chosen Chen Cai, chosen this... Singer who also came from Xinyu?

"His acting skills aren't considered good among this group of young people; the best one is that Fu Hong."

"In the auditions, Chen Cai's performance was just so-so."

"And they are from the same company, both are people from Xinyu."

"Heh, he really doesn't avoid his own people when recommending talent."

Tian Ou stood up, preparing to head to his study to take another good look at the seven scripts he already had on hand.

He didn't feel he was under much pressure; he just felt even more motivated.

At this moment, his assistant gave him a call.

"Brother Ou, 13 media outlets have already contacted us tonight, wanting to do an exclusive interview with you."

"Hmm?" Tian Ou frowned.

He knew very well that the reason these media outlets wanted to interview him lay with Luo Mo; they weren't interested in Tian Ou, but in Luo Mo.

Because Luo Mo had temporarily replaced him, that was why they were in such a rush to interview him.

They all wanted to know his opinions, his feelings, his evaluation of Luo Mo……..

"What kind of nonsense is this, help me reject all of…….. wait." Tian Ou's eyes narrowed.

"Help me pick three of them," Tian Ou said.

"You got it," the assistant said immediately.

He wanted to take advantage of the time before Luo Mo's first short film aired to issue him a challenge.

After all, if he waited until it aired next week and the response wasn't good, and then issued a challenge, wouldn't that be bullying someone?

As a senior in the film industry, how could he suppress a junior like that?

Wouldn't that be bullying?

He decided to call Li Dongliang, Fang Jie, and Wang Rong again tomorrow to sound them out about their feelings and thoughts over the past few days.

If possible, then they should unite!

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(End of chapter)