I was rebellious by nature, but I ended up becoming a top influencer.

As soon as the two stepped out of the elevator car, a woman wearing a khaki vest and with shoulder-length short hair came up to them: "My dear sister, we've been waiting for you."

Wang Jingjing, no longer embarrassed, greeted him with a smile: "Director Ding, it's been a long time. This is Qi Tian, ​​the original screenwriter of this short drama."

"Hello, Director Ding!"

Qi Tian, ​​with a strange expression, reached out and shook hands with the other person. Feeling the soft, boneless flesh in his hand, and then carefully examining the other person's Adam's apple, he finally realized something.

This Director Ding is actually a man who is even more beautiful than a woman.

"Tsk tsk tsk, with this physique and this face, as long as his acting isn't terribly bad, it should be enough. We'll test him out with the camera later."

Director Ding was already immune to the strange looks from others. He led the two into a film studio, which contained all kinds of filming equipment, as well as a multi-pole roll that hung backdrops and green screens, with backdrops of various colors on it.

Having been in this industry for a few months, Qi Tian has gained a deep understanding of the short drama industry and knows that the best people to make short dramas are not professional TV series and film directors, but the media companies that used to make short dramas for companies.

These people excel at cramming the most plot information into the shortest amount of time. They don't have the sentimentality of art-house film directors, nor the entertainment value of commercial film directors. What they excel at is arousing the customer's buying emotions.

Therefore, they were also the fastest to transform.

All of this suggests that Director Ding was originally a director who made adult films.

The three walked in front of the camera, and Qi Tian stood in the corresponding position as instructed by Director Ding.

"Okay, very good. Now give me a few cool expressions, keep your eyes on the camera."

Director Ding stood behind the camera, looking at the lens, and fiddled with Qi Tian for a while: "Don't be so deliberate, imagine that the male protagonist in your story just happened to meet the female protagonist at this moment."

"Yes, that's the feeling."

"Again, tilt your head back so I can see your long neck, yes, that's it, that feels great!"

"Jingjing, where did you find this treasure? You're so photogenic! Look at this profile picture, it's making my heart flutter. If this were posted online, wouldn't all the receptionists be smitten?"

……

Wang Jingjing felt incredibly embarrassed listening to Director Ding's voice. If she didn't know he was a legitimate short film director and knew him inside and out, she would almost have thought they were filming a risqué video.

A moment later, Director Ding removed the SD card from the camera with a satisfied look on his face, and then put it on the computer to watch the footage he had just shot again.

The more Director Ding looked at him, the more he liked him: "Jingjing, there's no need to look for anyone else, he's the one."

Wang Jingjing was stunned: "Don't we need to go through the script and read the lines?"

Director Ding stared at Qi Tian's short video on the computer with shining eyes: "Why bother with the script? Short dramas are all about being handsome! This domineering CEO drama has enough screen time with his good looks! Leave the rest to me."

Wang Jingjing never expected that Director Ding's words were exactly the same as Qi Tian's words back then. She finally confirmed that in the short drama industry, appearance is more important than anything else.

Qi Tian was quite surprised to hear that Director Ding had approved it. He had specially exchanged for a basic acting skill in order to play this role well, but it turned out that it was really just about looks.

The short drama industry is truly overgrown with weeds.

Wang Jingjing took out her phone and handed it to Director Ding with a look of anticipation: "This is a song that Qi Tian wrote and sang himself. He wants to use it as the theme song for this drama."

"What theme song? We're a short drama! Each episode is only a few minutes long!"

Director Ding impatiently looked away from the computer screen and glanced at Wang Jingjing's phone. When the melody started playing, Director Ding's impatient expression froze for a moment. When the line "Falling in love with you was beyond my control" played, Director Ding's expression finally became serious.

After listening to it twice, he couldn't help but stand up and look at Qi Tian: "Did you write this?"

Qi Tian nodded: "I wrote it, and I sang it. The song has already been uploaded to Haie.com."

Director Ding's originally handsome face trembled with excitement. His eyes lit up again, and he pointed at Qi Tian with his lotus-like fingers raised, asking, "So handsome and talented, do you have a girlfriend?"

Qi Tian was taken aback. Why was he asking that question?

However, he shook his head and said, "We just broke up a few months ago."

Director Ding laughed heartily: "Jingjing, let's give her a makeover. With such great potential, she can definitely become a rising star in the group company. Give her ex-girlfriend a hush money payment, and she can debut as an idol trainee. Or, if you don't give her a hush money payment, a devoted lover persona is fine too."

Upon hearing that Qi Tian was single, Wang Jingjing felt a weight lifted from her heart. Her pure and alluring face became even more radiant and captivating, and her beautiful eyes, hidden behind her gold-rimmed glasses, sparkled with light.

"I've already reported to the group company. I brought him here to confirm with you that if his acting skills are decent, the company is prepared to discuss an artist contract with him."

"Artist contracts?"

Qi Tian originally just wanted to take advantage of the company's resources to promote his song, but he didn't expect that Wang Jingjing had already reported his situation to the group. It seems that Wang Jingjing, the director, also has a lot of confidence in him.

"That's good. Director Ding has now confirmed that you can play the male lead. I'd like to use Director Ding's office to have a formal discussion with you. Do you have a plan for your future career?"

Wang Jingjing sat sideways on the sofa. Her off-the-shoulder light blue tight-fitting bodycon dress became even tighter as she sat down, making Qi Tian dizzy with her proud and imposing figure.

"My initial plan is to enter the entertainment industry as a singer-songwriter. In addition, I will definitely not give up my old profession of screenwriting, but that depends on the resources and contracts the company provides."

During this period, Qi Tian has been actively expressing his desire to play the male lead, naturally in order to seek better opportunities to enter the industry.

Now that Wang Jingjing has presented him with this opportunity, Qi Tian will naturally not give it up easily.

Qi Tian had thought about venturing out on his own more than once, but the timing wasn't right yet. So, he thought it would be better to talk to Yihua Entertainment about a collaboration first, and he had already figured out how to cooperate with Yihua Entertainment.

"Singer-songwriter + screenwriter?"

Wang Jingjing was somewhat surprised; such a combination of personas had never been seen before in the entertainment industry.

Director Ding was serving tea to the two of them. When he heard Qi Tian's idea, he was stunned for a moment, but then he clapped his hands and said, "That's good. It's easier to stay popular for a long time if you establish a persona of a talented person. But do you have such a strong creative ability? You won't end up having the company buy your manuscripts, will you?"

Buying articles is considered normal practice in the industry. What you need to be wary of is paparazzi digging up your past, because that can easily cause your carefully constructed image to crumble.

Qi Tian smiled confidently: "I only sing the songs I write, and I only make movies based on the scripts I write."

If you have cheat codes, why would you need to buy articles?

That would make me, a time traveler, seem utterly useless, wouldn't it?