This director is vindictive.

Chapter 595 Get out of the way, I'm about to unleash my ultimate move!
Chen Mo rarely responded to netizens' discussions on Weibo, and he even made a particularly interesting joke. He posted a still from the classic TV series "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" showing Liu Zhengfeng retiring from his life of martial arts, with the caption: "So you were all sent by Zuo Lengchan?"

This response is hilarious! Many netizens didn't understand the joke at first, but they quickly realized that Chen Mo was using a plot from a martial arts novel to satirize the current situation.

Chen Mo likened himself to Liu Zhengfeng from "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer," a martial arts master who wanted to retire from the world. The netizens, on the other hand, resembled Zuo Lengchan's faction in the novel, who tried to prevent Liu Zhengfeng from retiring.

In the novel, Zuo Lengchan goes to great lengths to prevent Liu Zhengfeng from retiring from the criminal world. Now, netizens are desperately trying to turn Chen Mo's "retirement" into a marketing campaign, preventing him from actually leaving the entertainment industry—it's exactly like the plot in the novel!
Soon everyone was surprised to find that the metaphor was extremely apt.

Look at Chen Mo. He wanted to retire from the entertainment industry quietly, but his fans, like Zuo Lengchan, did everything they could to prevent him from leaving.

Then the onlookers were amused.

"Good grief, now we're the villains?"

"Back then, Zuo Lengchan wiped out an entire family to stop Liu Zhengfeng from retiring from his criminal life! How could we be so ruthless?"

"The person upstairs got zero on reading comprehension! The point is, we don't want Chen Mo to leave the entertainment industry either! Not only can he not leave, but his seven goddess wives also have to keep working!"

"Alright, alright, I'll lay my cards on the table—we were sent by Zuo Lengchan! Chen Mo, you don't want to see this either (just kidding)."

"Hilarious! Zuo Lengchan stopped Liu Zhengfeng because he was afraid he would collude with the evil cult, while we stopped Chen Mo from retiring from the entertainment industry because we were afraid we wouldn't have any movies to watch! How can these be the same thing?"

To put it more precisely: Zuo Lengchan used violence, we used love to generate electricity!

"I suggest Chen Mo change his name to Liu Zhengmo. We are the new era's Zuo Lengchan Alliance!"

Then, Chen Mo's sarcastic Weibo post went viral again!

The meme of "Liu Zhengfeng washing his hands of the business" was made into short videos by netizens, accompanied by the background music of "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" and silly subtitles such as "Please don't leave the industry", which spread wildly on Douyin and Bilibili.

Related topics #Who is Chen Mo Zuo Lengchan# and #Retiring from the Golden Basin is fake# immediately surged into the top five trending topics, with views instantly exceeding 3 million—this man can even create a frenzy across the entire internet with his memes!
Industry peers looked at the data monitoring backend and were furious: "This plague god's Weibo post is more effective than the trending topics we spend money to buy!"

A traffic team held an emergency meeting overnight, and while watching the natural popularity curve of the Chen Mo topic, they smashed their eighth coffee cup.

"Damn, even retiring from the entertainment industry can turn into a TV series!"

The marketing director of a company stared at three Chen Mo-related terms trending on the hot search list, then threw the "Chen Mo-style marketing" PPT into the shredder.

I can't learn it, I really can't learn it! How the hell am I supposed to learn this?
Even marketing accounts were taken aback: "I was stirring up trouble to smear him, but it actually helped him gain 200 million active followers?!"

As the editor watched Chen Mo's Weibo follower count soar, he quietly deleted the smear article he had just written.

The most outrageous thing is that the official Weibo account of Dali Culture and Tourism Bureau also jumped in and joined in the fun, photoshopping Chen Mo into the appearance of Liu Zhengfeng and captioning it: "Erhai is not Hengshan, Master Chen, stay and have some tea!" - Goodness, even the official account has joined this carnival of "preventing him from retiring from his life of crime"!

What about Chen Mo?
He was also thinking about whether he should give a formal response. Although he had responded before, netizens just wouldn't believe him! Or rather, they selectively believed, only believing what they thought.

As for the fact that he made his retirement from the entertainment industry into a high-profile drama, Chen Mo said, "So what?"

Who says we can't play like this?

I'm about to retire from the entertainment industry, and I'm not even allowed to do some marketing?
Chen Mo never rejects marketing and promotion; what he rejects are those who use false pretenses to sell something else entirely.

"How about we hold another press conference?" Actually, Chen Mo was no longer at Erhai Lake at this point, but had embarked on a journey with the Fairy Sister.

Of course, it wasn't some spontaneous trip; it was about taking the team all over the country to revisit familiar locations to film promotional videos for the fairy-like Liu Yifei's wedding.

The main theme this time wasn't anything particularly new; it was just a recollection of her life.

From Yangcun, the filming location of Tianjin TV's film and television base, to the filming location of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", etc.

They revisited all the roles Liu Yifei had played and the filming locations.

Of course, this was actually an idea suggested by her friends.

The main reason is that now all her family members and her friends have children, but she doesn't, so this is a kind of compensation.

Both of them have worked very hard during this period, but sometimes these things are really hard to judge.

Both of them were perfectly healthy and had done a lot of work, but they just wouldn't come.

Closer to home.

“What’s the point of holding a press conference? It’s pointless, it’s all the same!” Chen Mo shook his head.

"So what do you want to do? Keep it low-key? Ku ku ku!" Speaking of keeping it low-key, she suddenly seemed to remember something and burst into laughter.

After all, which company can stay low-key and trend on social media every day?

Chen Mo pinched it in annoyance. Hmm, the feel was as good as ever.

"Since we're going to retire anyway, let's go all out," Chen Mo said while continuing to work.

"Isn't it big enough yet?" Ever since the fairy sister followed Chen Mo, she has truly witnessed what marketing is, what a walking traffic generator and news-making machine is.

But now that it's already a hot topic of discussion among the public, isn't it going to be bigger than expected?
"This is nothing," Chen Mo said dismissively.

"What do you think about me organizing a fan meeting?" Chen Mo suddenly said. "A fan meeting?" The fairy sister was a little confused.

Why would a director hold a fan meeting? Okay, well, if it's Chen Mo, then it's fine.

But the problem is, if this news gets out, won't his fans go crazy?
"Isn't this a bit too much?" She straightened up involuntarily, not even caring about the glimpse of her exposed skin.

"That's exactly what we're going to do—it's only happening this once, right?" Chen Mo said dismissively.

The saying goes, "When you have too many lice, you don't feel itchy."

Liu Yifei isn't exaggerating; it's just a fan meeting, what's the big deal? But it also depends on who the people are.

This is Chen Mo, the number one scorpion in the Chinese entertainment industry!

Although Chen Mo may not seem to have acted in many dramas, his primary identity is that of a director. However, his role as a director is truly different from others.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that his popularity among the general public is comparable to that of the entire entertainment industry.

From this perspective, considering Chen Mo's past tricks and unconventional tactics, it seems that playing big games is in line with his style.

Chen Mo nonchalantly pulled her back into his arms, his hands still moving: "What are you afraid of? It's just this once anyway."

He twirled his fingers: "If we're going to play, let's play big, and let those who say I'm 'faking my retirement to do marketing' open their eyes."

Liu Yifei was breathless from his actions, but she still managed to maintain her composure: "You, you stop!" She grabbed his increasingly aggressive hand: "Do you know what people are saying about you online right now? 'Marketing genius,' 'Master of Schemes,' if you really hold a meet-and-greet, what will happen?!"

Chen Mo suddenly increased the pressure, causing her to cry out in surprise. He leaned down and whispered in her ear, "Isn't this perfect? ​​Let them see what a real 'marketing genius' is."

Liu Yifei blushed and glared at him, "You..." Before she could finish speaking, her mouth was covered. Her last thought before losing consciousness was: This is going to cause an uproar in the entertainment industry again.
The entertainment industry is in an uproar again, isn't it?

Previously, netizens were just watching the drama unfold, but now Chen Mo has dropped a bombshell – he actually announced on his official Weibo account that he would be holding a fan meeting!
This Weibo post was written so casually, like saying "What should I have for lunch today?"
"I've been really free lately and wanted to chat with everyone. So I'm planning a fan meet-and-greet. If you'd like to come, register on Weibo, and I'll randomly select some people to attend #ChenMoFanMeetandGreet#."

His Weibo posts were written in such a relaxed tone, as if he were just eating or drinking.

But this Weibo post, which looked just like a WeChat Moments post, completely baffled the entire internet.

The comment section exploded instantly:
"Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! I'm not seeing things, am I?"

"Professor is going to hold a fan meeting???"

"Ahhh, Lao Chen, you're finally open for business!"

"Family members, who understands this?! A series I'll only see in my lifetime!"

That wasn't all; fan groups went absolutely crazy.
[Chen Mo Global Fan Club Group 18] Messages instantly reached 999+
"Quick! Those with fast hands, register on the official WeChat account!"

"I'm on a business trip in Africa! Can we video chat?"

"I just checked flight tickets, and it's still possible to fly to Dali now!"

"Holy crap, are they serious? Those tiger girls bought dinner for 3 million, is it fair that we're just getting it for free?"

Chen Mo truly demonstrated what it means to have influence and what it means to be the king of traffic; those so-called top stars can only look up to him.

Because this news was released in just a few minutes.

The server crashed several times due to the massive traffic.

In half an hour, the number of registered users exceeded one million; in three hours, it exceeded ten million, and the number is still soaring wildly.

The entire internet fell silent.

This is absolutely outrageous!
Those who don't know better might think this is the Olympics, but those who don't would think it's a fan meeting.

This appeal is simply outrageous.

Actually, it's not that that many people actually wanted to attend this unprecedented fan meeting.

It's because scalpers have started to exert their influence; damn it, the price for a single spot is now over five figures.

This was before Chen Mo even said how many people he would be drawing.

"This is insane!" someone said speechlessly.

"Hehe, you upstairs underestimate Chen Mo. Think about it, what is Chen Mo's style?"

"What is it?"

"Money is no object! There's no limit to how much we'll spoil our fans!"

"No problem. So, you think this is everyone chasing after celebrities, but actually, okay, this is chasing after celebrities, but more importantly, if Chen Mo really is retiring from the entertainment industry, this will be the last time! And Chen Mo has always been generous. So, how much do you think these lucky people can get out of this?"

(End of this chapter)