This director lacks vision.

Chapter 1 The system crashed

December 2009, 2.

Yenching Normal University.

Dormitory 313, Building 5.

Jiang Yifeng sat in front of the computer, browsing news on the web.

Most major stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region declined, with the Hang Seng Index falling 310.91 points.

Zhang Jianyong, the hero who fought the fire at the new CCTV building, has been posthumously awarded the title of martyr.

[Release date prediction for "Wrath of the Lich King": Blizzard may delay again.]

[O'Neal expressed his dissatisfaction with the trade, hoping to continue playing for the Suns.]

The first creditors' meeting for the bankruptcy liquidation case of Sanlu Group was held.

[Exclusive Interview with Xiao Shenyang: Overnight Fame Brings Both Surprises and Troubles]

[Crazy Racing surpasses 100 million yuan at the box office, making Ning Hao a member of the "100 Million Yuan Director Club".]

……

Looking at these news reports, the memories that were once gone gradually come back to life.

Jiang Yifeng finally realized that he had been reborn.

I was reborn in 2009, just before graduating from university.

He not only won the grand prize of rebirth, but also gained a system cheat code—the Best Director System.

The original intention of this system was to cultivate Jiang Yifeng and make him the strongest director in history.

Jiang Yifeng didn't understand either. He was a small-town exam-taker who studied law. Before his rebirth, his job had nothing to do with directing. At most, he just liked reading entertainment novels.

Why did I acquire a Best Director System after being reborn?

The worst part is, this lousy system crashed.

Scriptwriting, cinematic aesthetics, camera language, actor coaching, resource coordination, narrative editing, special effects technology...

This best director system is divided into many modules to comprehensively improve Jiang Yifeng's directing abilities.

However, after the system crashes, all of these modules become unusable and are merely decorative.

Only the reward module, when Jiang Yifeng focused his attention on it, still elicited a response.

Please produce a film or television work that is approved by the system. The system will rate the work's star rating based on factors such as quality, revenue, and influence, and will award corresponding rewards.

Please film a...

Jiang Yifeng tried many times, but the system responded the same way every time, turning it into a completely passive program with no initiative whatsoever.

Compared to the awesome systems of other reborn individuals, Jiang Yifeng felt that his system was a bit low-level.

[100 million in cash, talent: photographic memory, beauty potion, constitution-enhancing potion...]

Looking at the system's rewards, there were cash, technology, physical talents, and all sorts of amazing items.

The word that instinctively popped into Jiang Yifeng's mind was: "It smells so good!"

The current problem is that Jiang Yifeng has absolutely no directing ability, so how can he produce a film or television work that is recognized by the system?

Let alone Jiang Yifeng, a complete novice, even directors who graduated from professional film schools like Beijing Film Academy rarely have the opportunity to direct a film or television series.

Moreover, Jiang Yifeng was just a recent graduate at the time, and his family was relatively poor, so he didn't have the money to organize a party himself.

It would be too slow for him to make money by leveraging his newfound information advantage before studying directing and filming movies and TV series approved by the system.

"Feng Shen, Deloitte is giving a presentation in Teaching Building 2 this afternoon, want to go listen together?"

Jiang Yifeng was deep in thought when his roommate Tian Qingguo's words interrupted his train of thought.

"Feng Shen" was Jiang Yifeng's nickname during his university years because he was very good at playing Dota.

"Didn't you already get accepted into a graduate program? Why are you still going to that information session?"

For law students, a bachelor's degree is not enough to get into their ideal law firm; they need at least a master's degree.

Of course, if you come from a well-off family and have connections, becoming a civil servant in the public security, procuratorate, and judicial system is the most comfortable option.

This is also the first choice for most female students.

Jiang Yifeng has four roommates: one is pursuing a master's degree, one is studying abroad, and one is preparing for the civil service exam. Only he comes from a poor family and needs to start earning money as soon as possible.

So I chose to look for a job.

Deloitte is one of the Big Four accounting firms.

In 2009, the Big Four accounting firms offered high salaries and promising career prospects, making them jobs that everyone envied.

Its management trainee recruitment attracts a large number of students every year.

Upon hearing Jiang Yifeng's question, Tian Qingguo replied, "I'm just being prepared. I'll go listen to the presentation first, and maybe I can get to know the recruiter. It might come in handy later."

Tian Qingguo is a social butterfly with strong interpersonal skills. He previously served as the Minister of External Relations of the Student Union.

Jiang Yifeng shook his head and said, "The competition among the top four is too fierce. I can't get in anyway, so I won't waste my time."

"OK, then I'll go by myself."

After Tian Qingguo left, Jiang Yifeng had a sudden thought.

Since I'm looking for a job anyway, why not find one related to directing and learn the ropes for a while?
He learns things faster after joining the company, and this doesn't prevent him from using his rebirth advantage to invest in Bitcoin and make a fortune.

Yenching Normal University's School of Arts is also very famous, and its majors such as Drama and Film Studies are among the top in the country.

Ning Hao is an outstanding alumnus.

Every year, quite a few film and television-related companies still come to the school to recruit.

Jiang Yifeng opened the school's official website and went to the spring recruitment section.

Soon I saw a message.

On February 15th, the school will hold a "Video Website-Specific Recruitment Fair" at the Career Center Building.

Jiang Yifeng clicked in to view the details.

This job fair, specifically for video websites, was very professionally organized, with participating companies including Sohu Video, Xinlang Video, Wangyi Video, LeTV, Youku, Tudou, Ku6, and many more.

Most of the major domestic video website companies participated in this special recruitment fair.

Chinese internet companies initially copied the American model.

After YouTube's success, investors saw the profit model and valuation expectations for video websites.

Domestic video websites have also become a hot topic, attracting venture capital investment.

After receiving the funds, these companies began to burn money to expand.

Everyone wants to tell a story by burning money, increase market share, thereby increasing valuation, and ultimately go public and make money.

In early 2009, the government issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Management of Internet Audiovisual Program Content," which provided certain guidelines for regulating the video content of video websites.

It is clearly stated that video websites must have copyright and playback licenses to play movies, TV series, and other content.

From then on, video websites began spending money to purchase the copyrights of films and television dramas in order to attract netizens to watch them.

Video websites that paid for copyrights have undergone a complete 180-degree turn, transforming from pirates into copyright owners.

Driven by profit, they spontaneously fought against piracy and even formed an anti-piracy alliance.

This has led to the scarcity of legitimate resources, and the online copyright prices for films and television dramas are getting higher and higher.

The increase in actors' salaries also began around this time.

Of course, all of this will take time to develop.

However, several leading video websites have begun to realize the importance of content production and are preparing to develop their own programs and web dramas.

This has created a demand for talent.

For Jiang Yifeng, this was his opportunity to enter the industry.

This job fair offered a large number of positions, including website maintenance and operation, as well as many content creation-related jobs.

Director, planner, editor...

However, most of them restrict students to specific majors.

Jiang Yifeng searched for a long time and only found a few positions such as management trainee and assistant director, which were not limited to any major.

He, as a law student, is eligible to apply.

(End of this chapter)