Becoming a great entertainer started with being cyberbullied.

Despite being an elderly woman, Zhou Wen is incredibly efficient and, with the help of the director's connections, she managed to find all the actors who fit the script in just one night.

The next morning, Fang Ruoxi had just finished her run and stepped off the treadmill when Director Zhou called.

"Hello, Director Zhou, good morning."

"Ruoxi!" It was only 7:30 in the morning, but Director Zhou's voice was already full of energy.

"Just letting you know, the actors have been found."

"The cinematographers are all my old crew. I'll try shooting an episode today and send it to the group chat later so you guys can see what I think."

Fang Ruoxi smiled and said, "You're really efficient. Trust me, we'll have no problems on our end."

After hanging up the phone, Fang Ruoxi tagged Zou Rong in the group chat.

Fang Ruoxi: [@Call Me President Zou Director Zhou, filming has started here. How did your previous negotiations with Bilibili go?]

Zou Rong immediately chimed in.

He first sent a shareholding agreement, and then sent several screenshots, which were additional clauses.

The founder of Bilibili is the college student who stood downstairs at an investment analysis company and threw small advertisements into luxury cars.

He is an entrepreneur who is currently a university student.

I created this website myself, and because I love anime and manga and enjoy making sarcastic comments, I named it Bilibili.

After seeing the equity agreement, Fang Ruoxi felt a fifth less pressure.

With this contract, Lights Entertainment has a foundation.

Fang Ruoxi thought for a moment and then said in the group: "[You could ask the owner of Bilibili if they have any intention of seeking overseas funding.]"

Fang Ruoxi: [If not, you can remind him to consider raising funds in Country A.]

Fang Ruoxi: [If there's anything he doesn't understand, you can try to find someone you know to help him.]

Zou Rong replied with an "ok" emoji.

No sooner had she finished speaking than her phone rang again.

Unknown number.

Fang Ruoxi answered the phone.

"Hello, hello."

"Hello, are you Ms. Fang Ruoxi?"

"Yes, this is the New District Police Station. We have already contacted Attorney Bai."

"Now I'd like to tell you that Mr. Liu Pingwei has called us and explained the situation."

"We understand that you haven't exposed the script here."

Fang Ruoxi nodded, "Okay, thank you."

She hung up.

This phone call reminded her of something.

Fang Ruoxi opened the company group chat and tagged Wang Liping.

Fang Ruoxi: [Brother Wang, don't forget to find the person who stole the wastepaper basket last time.]

Wang Liping is a man who holds grudges.

Even if Fang Ruoxi didn't say anything, he would dig three feet into the ground and find the person responsible.

Wang Liping directly replied in the group chat: 【Don't worry! We've found it!】

Wang Liping: [These guys are really ruthless; they had someone hack the surveillance footage!]

Wang Liping: [But it's okay! There are plenty of hackers! He can find someone to hack him! I can find someone to fix him!]

After saying this, Fang Ruoxi put down her phone, packed her things, and left with Zhang Xiaomeng.

Today, she went to Director Zhou's place to check on the filming.

Director Zhou drove the crew to the film studio in City B, found a miniature landscape in a forest, and started filming immediately.

The first episode only has three and a half minutes of content.

At first, Director Zhou was worried that he was used to making big-budget productions and wouldn't be able to capture the absurd style of this script.

But she's really good at casting.

The actors were all newcomers from the film academy, and they were all like mischievous monkeys, very uninhibited.

After all, when Director Zhou was selecting people, he specifically looked for students who were outgoing.

The more you can criticize, the better; the more you can portray a sense of contrast, the better.

As a result, the selected individuals indeed managed to capture the essence of "Unexpectedly".

The subsequent production process is simpler.

The special effects artists had never seen such shoddy special effects.

The renowned director was curious about web series, a very new phenomenon.

But after the final product was released, she still felt a little apprehensive.

In order to keep his identity a secret, Zhou Wen had no choice but to send his newly hired assistant to communicate with the special effects artist.

The special effects artist was shocked after hearing the request: "Are you sure you want this Flaming Mountain to have a kindergarten style??"

Assistant: "Yes, that's right! It's not contract fraud! It's not scam! It's not a prank show! And it's definitely not truth or dare! The money's already been transferred to you! What are you afraid of, bro??"

The person on the other end hesitated and said, "It's precisely because you paid me that you're demanding such rough special effects that I feel it's even more like a scam."

The person negotiating on this side was speechless and said wearily, "How about you refund me some of the money? Just do the special effects as we said, don't add any creative ideas on your own."

"Do as we say!"

The next second, the other party immediately returned half of the money.

The assistant in charge of negotiations: "..."

Special effects artist: "Okay, I feel much more at ease now."

He added warily, "If you try to get a refund later, I'm not going to give you one, understand?"

Seemingly afraid that the assistant might change her mind, the special effects were completed in the afternoon. The special effects artist tossed the finished product to the assistant like a hot potato.

Director Zhou took advantage of the afternoon to film another episode, and then watched the finished product together with Fang Ruoxi and the actors.

The actor who played 'Wang Dachui' is Wu Rao.

He jumped out, holding a 'big sword' that cost 1 yuan with free shipping on Pinduoduo.

Then the crude flashing effects almost blinded people.

Wu Rao burst out laughing, "Oh my god, at first I thought Director Zhou was filming a prank variety show!"

"Wow, this variety show is so stingy! They give us those shabby clothes that even the extras won't wear! Hahaha! So that's what happened!"

The most worn-out props and costumes ironically created an absurd comedic effect.

Director Zhou didn't find it funny at all.

But seeing the young people around her laughing like that, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, the male supporting character appeared on stage.

Every expression of the male supporting character, when analyzed closely, is a smug and obnoxious meme.

The male supporting character, who's a total meme, was holding his sword upside down the moment he appeared, and he couldn't even memorize his lines.

What's funny is the 'fire effect' and 'frost effect' in the post-production special effects.

Fang Ruoxi saw this special effect and exclaimed, "Pfft..."

Director Zhou breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her smile.

"Haha, these special effects are awesome!"

Director Zhou's assistant smiled broadly, "That's it! When I said I wanted this special effect, the special effects artist was dumbfounded."

"In the end, they insisted on refunding me half the money; otherwise, they said they suspected me of fraud and were going to take action against me."

Everyone burst into laughter again.

"Hahahaha!"

"Special effects artist: I've never heard of such an outrageous way of giving money in my life."

Director Zhou thought for a moment, "Do you think this will be a hit?"

A few young people started chattering, "This is great for making electronic pickled vegetables while eating!"

Director Zhou was a little confused. "What pickled mustard greens? Pickled mustard greens on a mat?"

“Well…” the young actor gave Director Zhou a brief explanation.

Director Zhou understood and became interested: "Do you all like this type of thing?"

"I'll definitely follow it. I'm not trying to flatter you, I just genuinely think it's quite interesting."

"Yeah, I love watching these funny videos."

"I've never seen this type of movie before, it's so refreshing, I want to see it."

Upon hearing this, Director Zhou said, "Alright, let's upload it to that Bilibili site right away and see how it goes!"

The major shareholder wants to upload a web series.

College students struggling during the startup phase have no choice but to work overtime like beasts of burden.

So, at 8 p.m. that evening, a huge advertisement appeared on the Bilibili homepage.

It's truly enormous, highlighting the greatness of our sponsor.

The first web series in China, "Unexpected", is now airing on Bilibili!