Pirates began to dominate the Chinese entertainment industry.

"Where is your General Manager Cai?" Ji Yun asked, grabbing a passing receptionist.

"He's swearing in the meeting room."

The young woman glanced around cautiously and spoke in a low voice. Her usual politeness had vanished; she now bumped into Ji Yun more often than her own colleagues.

Ji Yun wasn't afraid when she heard that the other party was in a bad mood, and she dialed the number directly.

……

Tangren Conference Room.

Cai Yinong leaned back on the sofa, tapping her fingers incessantly on the armrest, her brows furrowed into a deep frown.

The publicity director sitting next to her, Jia Shikai, also looked exhausted.

Several promotional plans were spread out on the coffee table, all marked with a red cross.

Although "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" successfully sold its first run, the TV station's scheduling for it remained uncertain. It wasn't that the show was bad; it just lacked selling points.

Although Hu Ge has recovered well after his car accident, the media keeps repeating the same few topics: "disfigurement," "comeback," and "Tangren's gamble." Viewers are tired of it, and TV stations are tired of it too.

Lin Yichen? Mainland audiences have limited awareness of her, aside from those who watch idol dramas. Yuan Hong? Even less popular. Liu Shishi? Not famous yet. The other actors are even less known.

"Mr. Cai, how about we find a few more entertainment magazines to do a feature?" Jia Shikai asked tentatively.

"You've been thinking for so long and this is all you came up with?" Cai Yinong rubbed her temples. "The problem now is that, apart from Hu Ge's injury, there's nothing in this drama that can impress the audience."

Jia Shikai fell silent.

Just as Cai Yinong was about to speak, the phone on the table rang: "Ji Yun".

She frowned, then answered, "Feed?"

"Hey Mr. Cai, it's finished editing. Come and see the final cut."

"I'm busy, no time," Cai Yinong said without hesitation.

"I don't really care. It's just that a lot of people from your new drama are in this movie, and the box office performance will directly affect the popularity of your new drama." Ji Yun yawned.

Cai Yinong gritted her teeth: "...I'm coming right away!"

After hanging up the phone, she took a deep breath and said to the publicity director, "Ji Yun's movie downstairs is finished editing, and she wants me to go see it. Are you coming?"

Jia Shikai looked troubled: "Which pirate company? What's so good about their movies? They're like a joke..."

Cai Yinong stood up, picked up her coat, and said, "There are quite a few of our artists inside. If the filming goes wrong, we can stop them and make them cut it out, so as not to damage our reputation. Let's go, call Lao Li, let's go downstairs together, and come back to work overtime as soon as we're done."

Jia Shikai reluctantly got up, muttering to himself: Isn't this a waste of time?

A moment later, Cai Yinong, sporting dark circles under her eyes, reluctantly appeared before Ji Yun with two company executives.

"Is that all?" Ji Yun asked.

"Not enough?"

You want me to call the whole company to support you? Let me make this clear: if you're going to make a terrible film, please leave. Don't force me to throw you out.

Cai Yinong glared at him fiercely.

This kid not only uses her company's editing room all the time, but now he even dares to threaten her with her artists.

She had suggested hiring a professional editor, but Ji Yun not only ignored her advice, but Tangren's editors couldn't even get in the door. If the final cut turned out to be a mess, she really wanted to lock the door and give the kid a good beating.

After Cai Yinong finished speaking, she took the lead and pushed open the door of the screening room to go inside.

Tangren's screening room is not large, only seating about ten people, and is usually used for reviewing films and watching sample films.

Ji Yun smiled dismissively and turned to go inside with him. He stuffed the tape into the projector, his movements as practiced as if he had done it a thousand times.

Cai Yinong glanced at him, her lips twitching.

Those editors all looked completely drained after finishing their work, but this kid had been busy for two weeks, yet he still had so much energy. She propped her head up, finding it hard to have any expectations.

She took a deep breath, leaned back in her chair, crossed her arms, and adopted a "quick and easy" stance.

Jia Shikai secretly took out his phone, turned the brightness down to the lowest setting, and prepared to reply to messages in the dark.

Ji Yun turned off the lights and pressed play.

The screening room went dark, and the screen lit up.

He sat next to Cai Yinong.

"I can only give you twenty minutes; I have a meeting to attend," Cai Yinong said calmly.

Ji Yun remained noncommittal.

Seeing that Ji Yun remained unmoved, Cai Yinong lowered her voice and became more serious: "Also, Shishi is a new talent I'm focusing on developing. Don't be so clingy with her. Can you keep your distance? Don't ruin her life."

"It's starting," Ji Yun said, uttering only three words.

Cai Yinong ignored him and leaned back on the sofa, half-closing her eyes to rest.

The words "Produced by Tiandao Culture" appeared on the screen; the font was simple and there were no special effects.

Cai Yinong remained expressionless.

The main feature begins.

Nothing special.

But when Wang Baoqiang drank a whole bucket of milk in one go, accompanied by Xu Zheng's humorous exclamation, "What a talent!",

The three of them looked up in surprise, leaned forward slightly, and looked at it seriously.

Next comes the scene on the airplane.

When Wang Baoqiang was on his first flight, flight attendant Zhao Liying came over and asked him what he would like to drink.

After thinking for a long time, he finally blurted out, "Could we open the window to let some fresh air in?"

"..." Zhao Liying smiled awkwardly: "Sir, the plane is at high altitude, so we can't open the windows."

Wang Baoqiang had just finished drinking a bellyful of milk when the plane shook violently, almost making him vomit. This startled Xu Zheng, who was sitting next to him, and Xu Zheng's words were full of contempt for the unsophisticated Wang Baoqiang.

Unexpectedly, Wang Baoqiang's jinxed prediction successfully forced the plane to stop, leaving Xu Zheng completely stunned.

……

When the two met again on the train, Xu Zheng wore a bewildered and pained expression.

This made Jia Shikai laugh until he cried, slapping his thigh in disbelief.

Cai Yinong finally broke down, her shoulders shaking.

The second wave of laughter was already uncontrollable.

The movie is in its second half.

Wang Baoqiang and Xu Zheng checked into a run-down hotel. Since they had no money, the two could only squeeze together on one bed, with only a blanket between them.

Xu Zheng was so cold that he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Just when he finally made up his mind to share a blanket with Wang Baoqiang, Wang Baoqiang farted and knocked Xu Zheng to the point of mental breakdown.

Not long after, Xu Zheng went out to use the restroom, but accidentally wandered into a married woman's room.

As a result, Xu Zheng, completely naked, was cornered against the ceiling by her husband who had rushed to catch her in the act...

The jokes are so frequent they're almost overwhelming.

In the screening room, Cai Yinong was already laughing uncontrollably, wiping the corners of her eyes with her hand.

Jia Shikai laughed so hard he covered his face, pointed at the screen and said to Cai Yinong, "President Cai, this...this film is great!"

The Tangren Media Distribution Director next to him, a middle-aged man who usually doesn't smile, couldn't help but laugh out loud and even took off his glasses to wipe them.

Ji Yun sat to the side, watching the group's reactions, a slight smile playing on his lips. He had watched this movie countless times in his past life and knew exactly where every joke was. But seeing Cai Yinong, this usually aloof and strong woman, laughing like this, he couldn't help but chuckle a few times, snapping a few photos and sending them to Liu Shishi.

Next comes the scene with the female con artist.

Actress Li Bingbing held her daughter, her eyes shifting from relief to pain to guilt. She didn't utter a single line, but everyone understood.

The screening room fell silent.

Cai Yinong's smile slowly faded, replaced by a serious expression—she began to re-examine the film.

It's not because it's funny, but because it can make people calm down after they've finished laughing.

Although it was just a scene meant to provide some light entertainment, this is a skill that many great directors lack.

……

The movie has ended.

The screen went black.

There was a three-second silence in the screening room.