This director is vindictive.

Chapter 556: Leading a group of top goddesses to retire from the entertainment industry and live in seclusion, the ultimate form of a winner in life!
Wang Wei's fingers suddenly stopped on the keyboard, his eyes fixed on a series of news headlines on the screen, and he even unconsciously held his breath.

"No way... This is going to be a really big mess!"

As a seasoned veteran in the entertainment industry, Wang Wei had never seen such an outrageous "coincidence".

Chen Mo—an absolute top figure in the Chinese film industry, a leading director, a box office record-breaking machine, a man whose every film can shake up the entire industry—has actually started to "keep a low profile"?

Keep in mind, this guy is only in his early thirties, not even forty!

Other directors at this age might still be making online movies, working on film crews, and being subservient to investors, but what about Chen Mo? He's already achieved great success, with hundreds of billions in box office revenue, winning awards left and right, and even Hollywood is shamelessly begging for collaborations!
A director of this caliber, let alone retiring, would cause a huge uproar in the entertainment industry if he just stopped making one film!

But now?

Chen Mo has been absent from three A-list international film festivals without any official explanation; top actresses like Yang Mi, Liu Yifei, and Zhao Liying have inexplicably started canceling endorsements and clearing contracts, and are even refusing to participate in commercial activities; Fan Binbin has only been retired from acting for a short time, and this group of people seem to have collectively disappeared as if by prior arrangement?
This unscientific!

Wang Wei swallowed hard, and a thought that he himself couldn't believe suddenly popped into his mind—

"This group of people... are they all going to retire from the entertainment industry?!"

He was startled when the idea popped into his head.

What kind of international joke are you kidding?
Chen Mo is retiring from the entertainment industry? Yang Mi is retiring from the entertainment industry? Liu Yifei is retiring from the entertainment industry?
Any one of these people is a top-tier artist who can carry box office and viewership ratings. They are at the peak of their careers, making money hand over fist, and have fans everywhere. Why should they retire?

But reality is right in front of us—

How long has it been since Chen Mo last appeared in public?
Yang Mi and her group of women, who usually want to dominate the trending topics every day, have now vanished as if they've disappeared from the face of the earth, and even paparazzi can't get any photos of their schedules.
Moreover, given these obvious "liquidation" news reports, he couldn't think of any other possibility besides retiring from the industry.

"Holy crap! This is for real!"

He stared at the computer screen, his fingers trembling uncontrollably.

If his guess is true...

This will be the most explosive earthquake in the history of the Chinese entertainment industry!

A top director, along with half of the entertainment industry's top female stars, collectively retired from the industry?
This is fucking not news anymore—

This is a bombshell in the entertainment industry!

As more and more information came together, Wang Wei finally confirmed his guess.

Soon after, the Octopus Entertainment marketing account suddenly broke the news.

The title is like a nuclear explosion.

Shocking revelation! Chen Mo and his family are suspected of plotting a mass retirement from the entertainment industry; a major earthquake in the Chinese entertainment world is imminent!

The article uses subtle clues to weave together a complex web of events, including Chen Mo's absence from the film festival and the contract terminations of several female stars.

Although this revelation lacks concrete evidence and is based on corroborating facts, it is not baseless but rather traceable.

The speculation is quite reasonable.

Therefore, as soon as the exposé was published, within just ten minutes, the hashtag "[Chen Mo's family collectively withdraws from the entertainment industry]" immediately jumped to the top of the trending searches, followed by a bright red "explosive" character.

The massive traffic even caused Weibo's servers to crash instantly.

Entertainment media groups, fan groups, and gossip groups are all in an uproar!

The first reaction of fans and moviegoers was disbelief.

"Holy crap! This clickbait headline is insane! Chen Mo retired? He's only in his thirties! In the directing world, he's still considered a young director, right? Retirement? Are you kidding me?"

"Yang Mi, Liu Yifei, and Zhao Liying all resigning? Marketing accounts spreading rumors deserve to die!"

"It's true that Fan Binbin has retired from acting, but are the others following suit? Did Chen Mo cast a spell on them?"

"If he was going to retire, he should have done so sooner. Chen Mo isn't the kind of man who wouldn't allow his woman to show her face in public, okay? And Chen Mo retiring? That's the funniest joke I've ever heard!"

"I don't believe it! Mimi just won Best Actress, and she's retiring from the entertainment industry at the peak of her career? May those gossip accounts who spread such rumors die a horrible death!"

But believe it or not, this news has completely exploded.

The trending topics are all related to this.

#ChenMoRetires# (Breaking News)

#Top Chinese Celebrities Disappear en masse# (Breaking) #Is the accusation from Octopus Fish true or false# (Hot)

However, as public opinion exploded, more netizens and marketing accounts quickly dug up more "evidence"!
Following closely behind were brands that terminated their contracts or did not renew them, all of which officially confirmed the authenticity of the news.

A brand's official Weibo account stated: "We have officially terminated our contract with Ms. Yang Mi. Our collaboration with Ms. Yang Mi was very pleasant, and the termination was indeed very sudden!"

But this time the matter is too big.

If it were just one or two people retiring from acting or leaving the industry, everyone could understand. But suddenly, a large group of top celebrities in the entertainment industry are retiring, which is something that movie fans simply cannot accept.

Therefore, fans from all sides immediately flooded their idols' Weibo comment sections with messages, and the number of trending topics exploded at a visible speed.

Yang Mi's Weibo comment section.

"Honey! Come out and clarify this! You workaholic, career-driven woman, you said you wanted to be a people's artist, and you haven't even won a Best Actress award yet, how could you possibly be retiring from the entertainment industry?!"

"Is the studio dead? Why isn't this rumor being refuted immediately? @YangMiStudio, hurry up and issue a statement to debunk this!"

"I don't believe it! Unless Mimi herself says 'I'm leaving the entertainment industry,' all those marketing accounts will be wiped out!"

Comments section on Liu Yifei's Weibo.

"Feifei, you just won a big award, you promised to continue bringing us better works, why are you leaving the industry??? Octopus is spreading rumors and can't be allowed to stay!"

"Is the studio playing dead? @LiuYifeiStudio, if you don't refute this, I'm going to go downstairs to the company and put up a banner!"

"Help! Fei Fei said in her last interview that she would 'act until she's old'! This revelation is so fake!" (Video link attached)
The comment section of Zhao Liying's Weibo account, as well as the Weibo accounts of Jing Tian, ​​Gao Yuanyuan, and others, were subsequently flooded with comments.
As the epicenter of the explosion, Chen Mo's Weibo account naturally saw even more fans flooding the screen with comments.

"Director Chen! You're only in your thirties, why are you retiring?!"

"Please! Even just one film a year would be fine! Don't back out!" (Screenshot of crying face emojis)

"Aren't you preparing for a new film? And the promotional video for Sister Yifei's wedding hasn't even been filmed yet, why cancel it?"

However, what chilled everyone's hearts even more was that neither Chen Mo nor his women responded immediately.

This topic quickly sparked even more heated discussions.

A popular post on Douban's gossip group is titled: "Rational discussion: How high is the possibility of Chen Mo and his family retiring from the entertainment industry?"

Hot review:

"90% true! Yang Mi and Liu Yifei have turned down all high-end luxury endorsements in the past six months, and even declined the dramas they had agreed to star in. Isn't this a sign of their impending retirement from the entertainment industry?"

Second most popular comment:

"I felt something was wrong when Fan Binbin retired from acting, and now it seems like this was a 'pilot program'! The next step is for everyone to run away!"

Hupu straight men's outrageous comments!

"Chen Mo has really won big this time. He's taking a group of top female celebrities and retiring from the entertainment industry to live in seclusion. He's definitely the ultimate winner in life!"

"Indeed, Chen Mo's move was absolutely phenomenal! Taking top actresses like Yang Mi and Liu Yifei with him to retire from the entertainment industry and enjoy life, that's the real pinnacle of life!"

"So what if they're retiring? These masterpieces they made are enough for us fans to watch over and over again for ten years without getting tired of them!"

"Honestly, if I were Chen Mo, I would have retreated too—the box office record has been broken, international awards have been won one after another, Hollywood has to grovel for cooperation, and all the peaks in the directing circle have been surpassed. If I don't step down now, am I just waiting to be surpassed? Smart people know when to quit while they're ahead!"

Meanwhile, Shengshi Pictures' stock plummeted, hitting its daily limit down. This is understandable, as Chen Mo is the core figure behind the company; his every move can influence investors' emotions.

Of course, Shengshi Pictures wasn't built by Chen Mo alone, but his influence was undeniable.

Moreover, as the rumors surrounding Chen Mo and a group of top female celebrities' retirement from the entertainment industry intensified, it affected not only Shengshi Pictures, but also the entire entertainment sector, which turned green with envy.

Many analysts were stunned, because when the news first broke, some analysts confidently stated that Chen Mo's retirement from the entertainment industry would likely cause Shengshi Pictures' stock price to plummet, but would be a huge boon for other entertainment companies.

However, he was quickly proven wrong.

Chen Mo's retirement and the subsequent seclusion of many women directly impacted the entire Chinese entertainment industry.

People in the industry are in an uproar. A well-known director posted on his WeChat Moments in the early hours of the morning, lamenting: "If Chen Mo really retires, Chinese-language cinema will be completely dead! It's unlikely that we'll see another one like him carrying the torch for the next ten years—he single-handedly embodies technology, aesthetics, and box office appeal. This is the end of the golden age!"

(End of this chapter)