I am a director in Ark. If I am not banned, I will be considered successful.

I am a director in the Ark. If I am not banned, I will be considered successful. Author: Xu Shiziqian

Summary:

"Texas, the second-generation Godfather is the type of person who kills without blinking an eye. Can you please not be so awkward when you call Lady Sicily 'Dad'?"

"Tracy, you play a prime minister who was promoted by support, do you understand? The person you play is not as iron-blooded as you are, he is not that strong, so you show weakness."

"Wei Yanwu, the Jiajing Emperor is a master of checks and balances! He is not a wise ruler, but a foolish one, you know what I mean? Also, you didn't say 'my money' correctly, say it again!"

Chen Qi came to the world of Arknights. With the reputation system, he finally chose a path that would not offend the big shots but could attract their attention - to be a director and make movies!

So, Chen Qi filmed "The Godfather" in Syracuse to expose the endless abyss of the Mafia; filmed "Yes, Prime Minister" in Victoria to satirize politics and civil servants; and filmed "The Ming Dynasty 1587" in Dayan to satirize the struggles of the dynasty...

Not only that, he also asked Texas to play the second-generation Godfather; asked Tracy to play Prime Minister Hack himself; and asked Wei Laoer to play Emperor Jiajing...

"Our principle for filming is that we can shoot any film, TV series, or even animation."

"Being able to be released is a victory, and not being banned is a success."

Chapter 1: The Integrated Art Troupe Filming The Godfather in Syracuse

[Congratulations to the host, you have completed the mission "First Bucket of Gold": Filmed a movie in Longmen and received a great response. ]

[According to the movie Young and Dangerous filmed by the host, it has gained a great influence. Based on the audience attracted by the host's movie and the attention of important figures, the reward for this mission will be calculated. ]

[The rewards are as follows: High-concentration mineral disease inhibitor x1 (can be diluted into ten bottles, used to inhibit mineral disease infection), any song redemption voucher x1, any TV drama script redemption voucher x1. ]

[Settlement of reputation rewards, the host movie and Longmen have received a great response, Penguin Logistics, Longmen Guard Bureau and other key organizations have also responded, the total reputation obtained is: 22451 points, deducting the host's previous reputation loan, the total remaining reputation is 11451. ]

[The following are film reviews by important people identified by the system. Do you want to appreciate them? ]

"Yes." A clear male voice spoke, and soon a virtual screen appeared in front of Chen Qi, who was sitting in the tent. It was visible only to him, and film reviews were slowly scrolling down at an appropriate speed.

Angel: "I went to see it with my friends! When the crew was filming, they came to deliver supplies, and I thought it was so cool that they kept filming group fights! So I went to see the premiere immediately! It was really good! (Rating five stars)"

Kong: "When I first heard that it was a violent film, I was a little resistant, but I found it surprisingly good. It's the first time I've seen a film where the infected account for almost 90% of the actors. The director's sense of revenge is also exciting. In short, it's a very thoughtful film. I hope to have the opportunity to work with Director Chen Qi in the future. (Rating five stars)"

Texas: "The actors' performances are remarkable. Both the street fights and the brotherhood are very dramatic. I like the director's portrayal of the brutality of the gangs without any praise or embellishment, regardless of the audience's good wishes. This is not a story worth embellishing. (Rating four stars)"

Croissant: "I made a lot of money selling scalped tickets. Good movie *thumbs up*. (Rating five stars)"

Lapland: "Good movie, that's it. (Rating one star)"

...It seems like something strange has sneaked in. Chen Qi's face darkened when he saw this, but he quickly put these questions behind him. In front of him, a film review about the Longmen Guard Bureau also appeared in front of Chen Qi.

Chen: "As a senior superintendent of the Guards, I should resist this kind of violent movie, but in the end I agreed. The characters in this movie do not hide their desire for wealth and the bloody smell of the underworld. The same was true of Longmen in the past. The dedication of everyone in the Guards is to prevent such a past from happening again. (Rating five stars)"

Xing Xiong: "I was fortunate to have a cameo role in the movie. As a member of the Longmen Inspectorate, I shouldn't recall such a past, but director Chen Qi's script really portrayed the gangster life vividly, and such a past should end. (Rating five stars)"

Shi Huaiya: "It's a very good film! As expected, I, Shi Huaiya, have a good eye. Any movie I sponsor will be a success. I look forward to our next cooperation. (Five-star rating)"

Lin Yuxia: "I went to see it with my dad, and he said it was well shot. I just wanted to talk to the director about why it was so realistic? Did the director hire professionals? (Rating four stars)"

Wei Yanwu: "Wen Yue likes it very much, but as the ruler of Longmen, I should not advocate the screening of such movies in Longmen. The harm to young people is immeasurable. But the movie itself is okay, keep up the good work. (Originally rated three stars, the user cancelled the original rating and rated five stars)"

All the film reviews from the Longmen Guards are here. It can be said that the release of Chen Qi’s first film at Longmen was a huge success. Whether it was the response from those who were considered important characters by the system or the reputation he gained, this time, Chen Qi’s goal had been achieved.

"In this way, we can make more high-concentration inhibitors available for the crew. There are so many people in the crew, almost all of them are infected. With this, we can extend their lives a little longer."

As for the box office and so on... for Chen Qi, none of them are as meaningful as the reputation he has gained. As long as he can help everyone in the crew continue to survive, then his original promise will be fulfilled.

"——Chen Qi? I called everyone here. You said we needed to have a meeting, right?"

Outside the tent, a cold female voice slowly sounded. Upon seeing this, Chen Qi immediately cancelled everything in his system and smiled:

"Are you all here? Then everyone come in. Shuangxing, you come in too."

As Chen Qi finished his words, Frost Star outside the tent also pulled open the curtain of the tent. Soon, one by one, the members who had important positions in the crew appeared in front of Chen Qi.

Assistant director Tallulah, executive director Alina, production manager and secretary Froststar, photography manager Faust, art manager Mephisto, sound manager Ethan, and all the other important members of the crew attended the meeting.

Of course, there was also a security chief and public relations director, Mr. Patriot, outside the door, but he was too big and generally speaking, the crew did not need to deal with "public relations", so Mr. Patriot did not join the discussion.

This is Chen Qi’s crew, the Integration Movement - no, this was the name nearly half a year ago. With Chen Qi’s joining and guidance, the Integration Movement has now been renamed the "Integration Art Troupe."

Everyone was seated in the tent. At this moment, Chen Qi, who was the director and screenwriter of the art troupe, was undoubtedly the backbone of the entire team. He looked at everyone present, coughed dryly, and said:

"Everyone is here. We have just arrived in Syracuse to gain a foothold. I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

"It feels like I haven't heard any bad news in a long time since I left Longmen." Tallulah, who was sitting closest to Chen Qi, moved her seat towards Chen Qi without leaving a trace and spoke on behalf of everyone:

"Let me tell you the bad news first."

"The bad news is that I received a call from Mr. Wei Yanwu, the ruler of Longmen." Chen Qi looked at everyone and said with a somewhat helpless expression:

"Mr. Wei Yanwu said that our Young and Dangerous was well made, but because it contained a lot of bloody and violent scenes, it was too famous and would be bad for Longmen's public security, so he planned to ban it from broadcasting in Longmen in a month."

"He dares?! That Wei Lao Er! He dares to remove our movie from the shelves right after we left?!"

However, as soon as Chen Qi said this, Tallulah suddenly and quickly stood up from her seat, slammed the table and started yelling, quite like her sister Chen Huijie in the Guards Bureau.

Apparently, during this period of reunion and getting along in Longmen, Tallulah had picked up a bit of the temper of this senior police superintendent of Longmen. After all, the two women had highly similar attitudes on one issue, which was that they did not take Wei Yanwu seriously.

During the time in Longmen, Wei Yanwu's attitude towards their crew was quite good. In addition, she and Chen had just reunited after a long time, so Tallulah was not in a hurry to settle the score with Wei Yanwu. But now that they had left Longmen, Wei Yanwu did this, and Tallulah refused on the spot.

"I'll go to Longmen to find Wei Laoer now!"

"Calm down, Sister Tazi. He is the ruler of Longmen. To be honest, judging from the current judging standards of Yan Country, it is difficult for our film to even be released. It is not easy for Lao Wei to take such a risk and let us release it."

Chen Qi immediately grabbed Tallulah's wrist and signaled her to be quiet. After Chen Qi's comfort, Tallulah, who was originally furious, calmed down a lot. She sat down with a pout and muttered:

"I just can't help but feel angry. Chen Qi, you worked so hard to write this script, and you worked so hard to make this movie a huge success... but it was all wasted like this..."

"——We didn't spend much money, did we? Most of the money for the props was sponsored by Shi Huaiya, and we only shot this movie for twenty days."

Chen Qi also comforted Tallulah beside him, trying to calm down the anger of the little dragon girl. Seeing this, everyone present looked away and pretended not to see it...

Faust even covered the eyes of Mephistopheles, who was confused, and looked at the top of the tent with a wandering gaze to see if there were any holes or something.

"——What about the good news? Chen Qi." Frost Star, the only one in the group who did not glance at Chen Qi, interrupted the interaction between Chen Qi and Tallulah and asked in a cold tone.

"The good news is that we have traveled a long way to Syracuse to shoot our next movie, and I have high hopes for this movie." Chen Qi immediately released Tallulah's hand and announced the news to everyone. Upon hearing this, Alina asked immediately:

"The next movie you're going to shoot? I remember you announced it to all of us, brother Chen Qi, right?"

"The Godfather." Shuangxing also took over the topic and said the name of the next movie lightly: "I remember it was a movie about the mafia, which is one of the most popular themes in Syracuse nowadays."

"It's a genre that can make money without any effort locally - but before, someone came to the crew to cause trouble, saying that they didn't support mafia movies like ours that were shot with foreign strength."

"Is it someone from those families? I've heard about it from my master." On the other side, the King Slayer, who was relatively familiar with Syracuse, also joined the conversation and said to Chen Qi: "The locals are very hostile to outsiders."

"They said that the movie we shot was a slanderous film that defamed their family's image, and Mr. Patriot just drove them all away yesterday..."

"In this case, can we really still make a movie?" Mephisto, the youngest member of the crew, expressed his opinion a little timidly upon hearing this:

"Won't we be in trouble by those families? Will they stop us from filming? Or even ban our movie outright?"

"What's more frightening is that they might use local forces to threaten our crew or even Director Chen Qi." Faust also pointed out what they were most worried about and asked:

"It is even possible that it will not only be a ban, but it will directly turn into a hunt..."

"It must be because of the Longmen incident, right? They must have known that our Young and Dangerous was going to be banned, and everyone's lives would be in danger."

Everyone in the crew was frightened after hearing this, but they seemed to have subconsciously forgotten that before they transformed into members of the art troupe, they were all members of a vicious and violent organization of infected people. The time in Longmen made them subconsciously forget that their identity was not something fragile.

Even if the family wants to move against them, they have to consider their strength. There are several people in the crew who are as powerful as natural disasters...

"Don't worry, everyone. In fact, I have already given copies of the script to the family members."

Chen Qi's words at this moment attracted everyone's attention. Before anyone could question why Chen Qi did this, Chen Qi confidently replied:

"I asked Mr. Patriot to make several trips to hand the script to the heads of several major families and asked them to give us their valuable suggestions."

"In addition, I also said that during the filming process, they are welcome to send someone to supervise. If there is anything that is not well shot, please ask their family's professionals to provide on-site guidance."

"...You mean, we let the Mafia members to act in the movie?" As soon as Chen Qi said this, Tallulah immediately understood what Chen Qi meant, and Chen Qi nodded and replied:

"I believe that after reading the script, the family's attitude towards us will change. After reading the script, they will understand whether it is slander or not."

"And if they agree, we can not only invite some professionals to play supporting roles and improve the details of the film, but also present a better effect."

"Now, all we have to do is get ready for filming, right?" And Tallulah took over the conversation. All of a sudden, everyone who had been a little depressed by the news that "Young and Dangerous" was about to be banned, all smiled, because they knew very well that Chen Qi was so confident and obviously had a plan for this matter.

Especially Tallulah and Alina, who had read the script before, had no worries at all about whether the family would agree to their filming - if it really didn't work, they could beat those families and force them to agree. Of course, they would not use such means unless it was necessary.

"So now we only have to worry about the lead actor?" Tallulah grasped the point and asked Chen Qi, "Do you have any good ideas?"

"Of course, we even have actors that we can invite without spending a single Dragon Gate coin, and she is definitely qualified for the role."

Having said this, Chen Qi also took out his schedule. Soon, everyone's attention was focused on the schedule, and the eye-catching first line of words.

"Second lead actor, role: Michael Corleone, identity: the second generation Godfather."

"The lead actor has been confirmed. The best choice is Celinina Texas."

Chapter 2: Lady Sicily’s invitation and participation?

"Junjun, this package is now in your hands. You must personally deliver it to the Emperor and Texas. It contains our sincerity."

"I will do it, Chen Qi, just leave it to me."

After the meeting, Chen Qi left the King Slayer alone. After a while, Chen Qi handed the package he had prepared to the King Slayer. After taking it, the King Slayer weighed it for a while and asked curiously:

"But what's in this box? It doesn't seem very heavy."

"Inside these are the songs and letters I plan to send to the Emperor. I hope he likes them and agrees to let Texas play the second male lead in our crew."

"Texas is still an employee of Penguin Logistics after all. Whether she can participate in the performance is up to the boss, so I can only try to please her."

Chen Qi also put a lot of effort into inviting Texas. In the letter, he did his best to guarantee Texas' safety when he came to Syracuse to film, and even said that if they were worried, they could let all the staff of Penguin Logistics come to supervise.

Chen Qi even hoped that such a situation would occur, so that several people from Penguin Logistics could come to play cameo roles, especially the idol-like figure Kong. It would be a great profit if he could appear in his movie without having to spend a single Longmen coin in remuneration.

To this end, Chen Qi spent a lot of money and used the song redemption voucher he had just obtained, hoping that the song he redeemed could let the emperor see his sincerity.

"Well, go early and come back early, Junjun. You are the chief photographer of our crew, so don't make any mistakes."

"I won't let you down, Chen Qi." The eyes of the King Slayer flashed with a light that had never been there half a year ago. The past six months have brought about drastic changes in the King Slayer's originally dim life. As an infected person, she never thought that her life could be related to beauty.

And all of this was brought by the man in front of him... He led the integration movement onto a completely new path, a path that did not require violence, bloodshed, and sacrifice to gain everyone's recognition.

Since arriving at Longmen, the Kingslayer regained all the respect and dignity he had lost. From that day on, no one would bully him because of the infected. From that day on, the Kingslayer swore that he would spend his whole life serving this man.

There are quite a few people who think like the Regicide in the current integrated art troupe...

It’s a pity that she came too late and is a little unqualified.

At this moment, before the King Slayer could think of anything, she suddenly felt a chill on her back and her whole body tensed up immediately. Her originally slightly rosy cheeks turned cold in an instant, and she immediately stopped all movements in her hands.

"Anyway, don't worry about me. I will quickly invite the leading actor you are looking for from Longmen. I'm leaving now!"

"...You left in such a hurry. I wonder if the supplies Junjun brought are enough to reach Longmen." Chen Qi watched the King Slayer running away, and did not notice that at that moment, the King Slayer's exposed tail was so frozen that the fur was stiff.

However, soon, with Shuang Xing's entrance, Chen Qi's attention was quickly attracted to Shuang Xing. After seeing Shuang Xing's still somewhat pale face, he immediately stepped forward and asked with concern:

"Froststar? Although I saw you were able to leave during the meeting, you seem much better. How are you feeling now?"

"…I feel much better now. Thank you for the medicine you gave me before. I feel that my mineralopathy has been suppressed."

Frost Star subconsciously grabbed her wrist with one hand. That was the hand where she had been injected with inhibitory drugs. She still felt a little weak now, but compared to the feeling when she first had the oripathy attack, Frost Star was feeling much better now.

"Thank you, Chen Qi. I thought I was going to die, but luckily you bought the medicine and saved my life..."

"That potion must be very expensive, right? And our crew has just started filming our first movie, and we don't have much money yet... Chen Qi, how did you get that potion?"

"Stupid, I'm a director. If I can't get some money from the sponsor, am I still a good director?" Chen Qi spread his hands and said as if he was used to it:

"Luckily, I managed to get some money from the sponsorship of that rich woman Shi Huaiya, and it just came in handy. It's enough to buy potions for you, Shuangxing. It can also be considered that the small treasury of a thrifty director like me has come in handy."

Chen Qi's answer to Frost Star's question was very open and his reason was really impeccable. Even Frost Star knew that it was very normal for the crew to embezzle the sponsor's money.

But Chen Qi himself knew that he did not covet Shi Huaiya's sponsorship fee. Although Shi Huaiya was a senior superintendent, she had a good relationship with Tallulah, so she gave Chen Qi's film sponsorship.

But Shi Huaiya is actually a stingy rich woman. She spends money that should be spent, and is very stingy about money that should not be spent. She calculated the expenses for Chen Qi's filming of this movie through the script, and the sponsorship fee was not less than that, just enough.

It is so difficult to get some money from Shi Huaiya... Although if Chen Qi told Shi Huaiya when Frost Star fell ill, Shi Huaiya would definitely give Chen Qi money, but the situation was urgent at the time. Fortunately, Chen Qi's system could provide a loan, which saved Frost Star in time.

Now, Chen Qi's loan has been paid off thanks to the success of "Young and Dangerous", and there is no need for Shuangxing to have any psychological burden because of this matter.

In the future, he will have to redeem more oripathy inhibitors from the system. When his reputation is sufficient in the future, he will definitely redeem the most expensive potion in the system that can cure oripathy.

Oh yes, in the future we have to find a way to get in touch with a certain black-hearted island that employs child labor. I wonder if they can research a way to mass-produce the potions that my system delivers... If so, everyone in the art troupe will be saved in the future.