Entertainment: The joy of being a director is beyond your imagination

Chapter 69 69. "A top star in the entertainment industry is chasing after a genius director?"

"I was making fun of Fan Xiaopang's fans a few days ago...but today Yang Mi's comments hit me hard!"

"While you were being hit on the head, Yang Mi was also being hit on the crotch by Pei Ran."

"This wave is a murder and a heart-breaking move."

Pei Ran also read these comments.

In other words, he cannot use his own account to speak, as his words will be taken out of context and hyped up by unscrupulous paparazzi. Otherwise, he will definitely comfort the users who have been hurt and heartbroken.

Don't worry, we are all brothers.

I will definitely make your Mimi a woman with inner possessions every night!

……

"Boss Pei, I haven't been with you these past few days. Are you dissatisfied?"

At 10:00 am on November 15th, on the way to the press conference for Manslaughter, Pei Ran received a call from his secretary. This woman had also seen the scandal between Pei Ran and Yang Mi that was circulating on the Internet.

Pei Ran naturally knew what she was talking about, and said casually: "Can you satisfy me? Don't you know it yourself, Secretary Liu?"

“I feel like I’m still pretty good.”

"Then someone was crying and said she was swollen and needed to rest... Who was it? Was it another woman?"

There is still some distance to the launch conference.

It's a good opportunity to tease this woman, just to kill time.

Liu Wanqing on the other end of the phone just chuckled twice when she heard this, "So according to what you said, if I can't satisfy you, you're going to cheat on me?"

"Don't say that." Pei Ran laughed, "When there is something to do, the secretary will do it. When there is nothing to do, the secretary will do it..."

Before he could finish his words, Liu Wanqing interrupted him:

"Then why don't you ask me to do anything? When I was reporting to you in the office, you liked to touch me, didn't you? You also asked me to take off my underwear before entering your office, otherwise you wouldn't let me in."

"Don't you want to?"

"That's not the case." Liu Wanqing denied, and then whispered: "The master asked me to do this, I find it very exciting."

"You're seducing me again, aren't you? You little brat, when you get back, go to my office and climb on top of my desk so I can spank you!"

"Okay, my little master~" Liu Wanqing chuckled in a voice full of young womanly energy: "I originally called to talk to Mr. Pei about serious matters, but after Mr. Pei said that... I feel a little itchy in my heart."

"Alas, there's nothing I can do about the itch. My master is too far away to reach me." Pei Ran said helplessly, and then he stopped teasing her deliberately. He was about to go to the press conference. "What serious business do you want to tell me?"

"Although I don't know what your relationship with Yang Mi is, she is now the heroine of your new film, and the news about you and her is very popular. Do you need me to find some online media to attract traffic to the film?"

Hearing this, Pei Ran smiled and said, "It's really worth letting you be the COO."

"Boss Pei promoted me, so I definitely can't let him down."

"Just say those polite words before you sleep with me. There's no need to say them now." Pei Ran paused and continued, "Before you called me, I had already asked the Internet trolls to change the topic from the romance gossip to the film itself."

"It's OK to use the method of hyping up scandals with female stars to attract traffic and then diverting traffic to the film once or twice occasionally, but if you use it too much, it will not only fail to attract traffic, but will also backfire. After all, netizens are not fools."

"Okay." Liu Wanqing hesitated for a moment and said, "Then according to what Mr. Pei said, do we need to suppress the scandal between you and Yang Mi?"

"Don't worry about that."

"Okay, Mr. Pei."

"Is there anything else?"

"One more thing. We will arrive in Shanghai this afternoon. Will Reba and her mother be sent directly to the company?"

"Yes, arrange their accommodation."

"Don't worry, Mr. Pei." Liu Wanqing was about to say goodbye and hang up the phone, but she seemed to suddenly remember something and asked again, "What does Mr. Pei want me to wear when he spanks me? A professional suit or a backless sweater?"

"Thirty is like a wolf, forty is like a tiger, Wanqing, ah Wanqing."

"...I just want my good master to feel more comfortable when beating me!"

……

After hanging up the phone with Liu Wanqing, Han Sanping called right after. He was extremely excited because The Sound Tuner won the Silver Bear Award for Best Short Film, and according to Han Sanping's old friend at the Berlin Film Festival, this short film was also amazing at the Berlin Film Festival!

Many well-known foreign directors and producers want to buy the adaptation rights of The Tuner and take it back to their own countries to remake it into a feature-length movie.

After learning that The Piano Tuner already had a feature film, which was released at the same time as Inception, and that its box office performance was no less than that of the Hollywood blockbuster, they became even more interested in buying the rights to the adaptation!
Some people have even contacted Han Sanping, hoping that he can act as a middleman, and that they are willing to accept the fees for the adaptation rights as long as they are not too high.

Therefore, in addition to informing Pei Ran of the news, Han Sanping also hoped that Pei Ran could consider selling the adaptation rights to directors from other countries. On the one hand, it would allow global film festivals to witness the current level of Chinese films, and on the other hand, Pei Ran could directly profit and make friends with those already well-known directors, which might be useful in the future.

Only an idiot would continue to pretend in this regard.

Pei Ran agreed immediately, and took this opportunity to make a small request to Han Sanping, which was to ask him to act as a middleman again and connect him with Wei Na Zhong and the film special effects company.

After all, although the other party is a small studio, it has everything. If Pei Ran intervenes rashly, it may cause their dissatisfaction... Of course, this is just a guess, but Pei Ran is not willing to waste time on them now.

If you have that much time, you might as well train your secretary or develop a rich girl...

This small request was nothing to Han Sanping, so he agreed immediately.

Immediately, Pei Ran hung up the phone with Han Sanping.

Under the flashes of the reporters and paparazzi's cameras, Pei Ran got out of the car and walked inside through the main entrance. Because this launch conference was different from the one when the sound engineer was there, almost all the reporters and paparazzi who had received the news came.

And this time the press conference was held at the 798 Art Center in Beijing. The art district here is ridiculously large and can accommodate hundreds of reporters and paparazzi.

Without special reporters or paparazzi, even the internet trolls cannot be deployed.

But it doesn't matter. This way it seems more real. Besides, those journalists and paparazzi who specialize in gaining traffic by slandering Pei Ran will also be there. When they deliberately ask questions that will embarrass Pei Ran, it will be convenient for Pei Ran to slap them in the face.

Things turned out just as Pei Ran had thought.

After Pei Ran led several leading actors including Yang Mi and Chen Chong onto the stage, the press conference began quickly. The style was simple and crude as always, without any sentimentalism, crying about poverty, or clichéd plots of imagining the future and missing the past.

After some pleasantries, the question-and-answer session began. A group of reporters in the audience immediately raised their hands.

Ladies first, Pei Ran let Yang Mi choose first, and Yang Mi was not polite. She winked at Pei Ran and randomly chose a female reporter at the back:
"Mimi! Director Pei! May I ask if Mimi's Weibo post about the start of filming of A Man Without a Heart and the caption that Mimi is the female lead... is this true?"

Hearing this, Yang Mi smiled lightly, "If you ask this, then you've missed a chance to ask questions. I'm already at the launch conference, and I'm still standing in the center position. Do I still need to think about this question?"

"Oh! Excuse me! Then... can I ask another question?"

"What I just said is that I hope you can ask the question again. Please ask."

"Mi Mi, now Weibo is full of rumors about your relationship with Pei Ran, including the photo of you two laughing and chatting at the door of the restaurant's private room. So I would like to ask, what is your relationship..."

Yo, the first question is naive, but the second one is so sharp?
However, this was not a challenge for the shrewd Yang Mi. She smiled and extended her hand to Pei Ran, "Can't you see? Pei Ran is my male lead, and I am her female lead. Is there anything else that needs to be explained about this relationship?"

The female reporter was also stunned for a few seconds when she heard this.

But by the time she reacted and wanted to ask whether this relationship where they were the protagonists was in the play or outside the play, she had already started asking questions to other reporters.

Next up is the female villain, Chen Chong.

The question is about the film.

After several reporters asked questions, it was finally Pei Ran's turn. He randomly chose a reporter, but he didn't expect that the reporter would talk about their romance again.

With the previous experience as a lesson, the reporter directly asked about the relationship between the two outside the film. Pei Ran smiled and said, "You may not know that Yang Mi is actually my senior sister at Beijing Film Academy, so we are actually very curious about how this romance rumor came about. I can clarify here that Yang Mi and I currently have no substantive relationship other than that of senior sister and brother."

wonderful.

What a wonderful explanation.

But can you explain what the word "currently" means in the sentence "Currently! Apart from the relationship between senior and junior sisters, there is no empirical relationship"?

Entertainment reporters are the type who will get to the bottom of things.

So Pei Ran's word games with them obviously didn't work, so another reporter immediately asked, "When you said there's no relationship at the moment, does that mean you two are in an ambiguous period? Maybe there will be other relationships in the future?"

Without waiting for Pei Ran to answer.

Yang Mi raised the microphone and replied with a smile: "Whether Director Pei and I can have any other relationship in the future...it depends on what Director Pei means. Anyway, Director Pei told me that when we work together, he will make the final decision on everything. So whatever kind of relationship you want us to have, it's all up to Director Pei to decide!"

After saying that, she deliberately winked at Pei Ran again.

Yang Mi's words and expression instantly made the reporters in the audience excited, and some paparazzi even shouted, "Director Pei, does Yang Mi mean that she is pursuing you but you didn't agree?!"

"Wow! Is Yang Mi pursuing Pei Ran?!"

The entertainment reporter was very excited, but Pei Ran was already cursing.

Damn it, you bitch are using me to gain traffic and popularity, right? !

Seeing Pei Ran's face darken, Yang Mi's smile widened.

Yes, she said that on purpose.

Anyway, if the reporter posts this sentence online and netizens believe it, then she can gain popularity and hype herself up to increase her popularity. She has already thought of the title: "The top young actress in the entertainment industry is chasing after the genius director!"

If netizens think that this is just a show, then while she can earn this small wave of traffic at the moment, she can continue to maintain her single image in the future.

Guaranteed profit without loss.

……

"Okay, let's stop with the gossip, okay? You know Director Pei Ran. He doesn't want to talk about these private relationships in public. Let's continue asking questions about the film, okay?"

Wait until the entertainment reporters have finished shouting.

Yang Mi added fuel to the fire by saying something extra.

Pei Ran really regretted why he was so reluctant to use more force when he twisted her butt that time!

He glared at Yang Mi fiercely.

Damn it, let’s talk about it after the press conference!

Even if I can't infuse you, I will make you face the enemy!

But Pei Ran didn't bother to pay attention to her at this moment. Instead, he called a few more reporters and finally found one who asked questions about the film...

"Director Pei, the reputation and box office of The Sound Tuner are indeed excellent, but many people also say that this is because you and Jing Tian created a scandal in the early stage to attract traffic to the film, so the film can have such high attention, and the box office operation is the reason. On the contrary, the quality of the film is not that important. Now I really want to ask Director Pei, will you use the same routine for this film, Manslaughter?"

Pei Ran smiled faintly.

In fact, I felt so happy.

"Why do you say that?"

"Because your current relationship with Miss Yang Mi, including the conversation at the press conference... it all seems a bit familiar."

"Really? Then I can tell you very clearly that I did some hype up the movie "The Sound Tuner" to gain traffic in the early stages." Pei Ran admitted it openly.

The reporter who asked the question couldn't help but reveal a sarcastic smile on his face.

"but!"

"The reputation and box office of The Sound Tuner are not fake at all, and the publicity and promotion work is also normal and in accordance with the rules!"

The reporter laughed even harder, "Since the publicity and promotion work is normal and there is no adulteration, why are there so many people criticizing the sound engineer? Is it because the quality of the film...is really unsatisfactory, or poor, and all the good reviews are packaged?"

“I think the quality of the film has met my expectations.”

"That may also be because your expectations are too low."

"is it?"

"Yes!"

Pei Ran couldn't help but smile. "It may be that, as my journalist friend said, my expectations were too low. But I think they should not be low, so I sent the 14-minute trailer of The Sound Tuner to a fairly well-known film festival for testing, and it was shortlisted and won an award."

(End of this chapter)