This director lacks vision.

I want to read Chapter 142!

If Liu Xiaoli could be featured on Sisters Who Make Waves, it would be a win-win situation.

On the one hand, Liu Xiaoli is Liu Yifei's mother, which generates a lot of buzz. On the other hand, she has a strong foundation in dance, especially in water sleeve dance. Even though she hasn't danced it for many years, she can still put on a good performance if she picks it up again and practices it again, and with the help of stage coordination.

Moreover, the show "Sisters Who Make Waves" is all about female celebrities fighting, and Liu Xiaoli is no ordinary person; she'd definitely be a master at it.

On the other hand, it can be used to promote the movie "Back to 20".

Liu Xiaoli has a cameo role in "Back to 20," and the film's promotion will include a photo of her and Shu Chang to launch the "Youth Photo Studio" campaign.

The higher her popularity on Sisters Who Make Waves, the better it will be for the promotion of her later movies.

Jiang Yifeng briefly introduced the format of the show "Sisters Who Make Waves" to Liu Xiaoli, and then said, "If you don't strive for something at fifty, and fight for your past dreams again, are you going to wait until you're seventy?"
There are no real-life photo studios that can make you go back to being twenty from seventy.

When a person truly grows old, it's not their physical age or their mindset that matters, but rather their work performance.

Once you retire and have nothing to do every day, you will gradually fall behind the times, helplessly accept it all, and feel that this is how it should be when you get old.

But when you go back to work, you interact and connect with young people frequently, and you receive praise and appreciation from those around you.

You'll find that everything is different.

You can still radiate your charm, be loved by young people, and even date a 20-year-old heartthrob.

Liu Xiaoli was quite moved by what Jiang Yifeng said earlier.

She used to be Liu Yifei's agent, always busy with various tasks. Although it was tiring to travel around with her daughter, she was still quite happy.

Now that I've stepped down from my job as an agent and have some free time, I feel like nothing is right.

Drinking tea, walking the dog, and raising the cat every day—life should be leisurely and enjoyable, but I always feel it's very boring. Even when I call my daughter, we have fewer and fewer things to talk about.

So when Jiang Yifeng invited her to make a cameo appearance in a movie, Liu Xiaoli immediately agreed.

But the last sentence was something Liu Xiaoli couldn't bear to hear anymore.

She glared at Jiang Yifeng and whispered, "What 20-year-old heartthrob? Don't talk nonsense!"

Jiang Yifeng glanced at Huang Zirong, then led Liu Xiaoli to a secluded corner and said, "Look at Qianqian, she's having a tough time these days, acting in terrible movies like Love Announcement and A Chinese Ghost Story."

"If you participate in Sisters Who Make Waves, I guarantee I'll arrange a leading role in a TV series for Xixi afterwards."

Liu Xiaoli glared at Jiang Yifeng and said expressionlessly, "I found some props in Qianqian's room, such as bells and tails. Is this how you treat my daughter?"

You've gotten the girl, but you haven't given Sisi a single benefit!

Jiang Yifeng: "..."

Jiang Yifeng coughed lightly and said without changing his expression, "This is just a little fun between us. I'm just trying to find a way to help Qianqian."

Sisi cares about you the most. She always says that her dream is to become a dancer like you.

Unfortunately, he lacked sufficient talent.

If you can stand on the stage and shine again, Sisi will be happy.

That's why I created the Sisters Who Make Waves program.

This show was actually tailor-made for you.

"..." Liu Xiaoli exclaimed, "President Jiang, you deserve to be a great director. With your eloquence and shamelessness, if you don't succeed, who will?"

I need to think about this. You go find Sisi first.

Seeing Liu Xiaoli say that, Jiang Yifeng didn't press the matter further. He went backstage, where Liu Yifei had already changed her clothes and was touching up her makeup.

Today she wore a leopard-print, off-the-shoulder, bodycon dress that accentuated her beautiful figure, paired with a classic updo, exuding stunning charm.

Seeing Jiang Yifeng come in, Liu Yifei smiled happily and said, "Wait a moment, I'll be right there."

Jiang Yifeng asked casually, "Didn't you say you were going to wear another backless dress? Why did you change your mind?"

During this time, Liu Yifei would often chat with Jiang Yifeng on QQ and share things about her life.

She was still debating which outfit to wear to the premiere yesterday; a backless dress would be more daring.

In fact, after her comeback, Liu Yifei herself was trying to transform her image and break free from the constraints of the "pure and innocent" image.

During this period, her attire in various settings became more open than before, which could be considered a belated rebellious phase.

Her transformation is quite good.

In many countries around the world, female celebrities who achieve fame at a young age often end up going insane.

American sweethearts are a curse, and Japanese beauties are even more prone to self-destruction.

After all, it's normal for a teenage girl who becomes famous overnight to develop a distorted mindset when faced with the dazzling entertainment industry and the media storms that people love to create and destroy.

In this respect, Jiang Yifeng also did a good deed.

Although his hobby was somewhat niche, he helped Liu Yifei find a psychological outlet, preventing her from trying anything related to lesbians or engaging in various ineffective transformations during this period.

Liu Yifei is in a good mood now. She wears dresses in a style similar to her previous ones and doesn't try to change anything.

Upon hearing Jiang Yifeng's words, Liu Yifei habitually made fun of herself, saying, "I thought about it, and with my figure, even if I showed my back, no one would look, so I'd better not."

"That's not a good point, Versailles."

"Versailles? What does that mean?"

"You don't know Versailles literature? Then you can learn about it and you'll understand what Versailles means."

At this time, the Versailles meme had not yet become popular.

Liu Yifei, fuming, reached out her fair hand and slapped Jiang Yifeng.

"You're always like this, teasing me. Can't you just tell me the answer directly? You know I have OCD."

"I won't tell you, I won't tell you, I won't~ tell you~"

Jiang Yifeng sang the children's song "Little Dragon Man," which made Liu Yifei laugh so hard she was bent over, forcing the makeup artist to stop working.

The two were playfully bickering and seemed very sweet, which gave the dressing room an odd, sour smell.

Wang Lihong, who was sitting on the other side, felt both envious and heartbroken when she saw this scene.

He walked over and greeted Jiang Yifeng, asking, "What are you talking about, laughing so happily?"

"It's nothing, just an old joke," Jiang Yifeng said. "Sorry, Director Wang, the rumors about me and Xixi haven't affected the promotion of your movie, have they?"

Love Announcement is a youth romance film, and the most common promotional tactic is to create a scandal involving the male and female leads.

In her previous life, during the promotion of her dating announcement, Liu Yifei and Wang Lihong were also rumored to be dating.

Even ten years later, some people still say that the song "The Things You Don't Know" was written by Wang Lihong for Liu Yifei, and that the lyrics of "Still Love You" contain acrostic poems.

The rumors about Jiang Yifeng and Liu Yifei are now making headlines.

When the production team of the TV series "Love Announcement" promoted the rumors about Wang Lihong and Liu Yifei, no one believed them, and they were even ridiculed by netizens.

Upon hearing Jiang Yifeng's words, Wang Lihong's smile appeared somewhat forced.

He's also quite a womanizer; it's impossible that he didn't have feelings for Liu Yifei.

Little did he know that after flirting with Liu Yifei for over two months on set, he made absolutely no progress. Instead, Jiang Yifeng suddenly appeared and snatched her away.

It's impossible for Wang Lihong not to feel upset, but he still pretended to be dignified and said, "It's okay, thank you for supporting our movie."

These words, like Jiang Yifeng's, have a competitive edge.

Liu Yifei also understood, and she said, "I begged Jiang for a long time before I was able to invite him. He is the top director in the domestic film box office. Leehom, you can learn from his success."

"Of course, Director Jiang is excellent and worth learning from." Seeing Liu Yifei's bias towards Jiang Yifeng, Wang Lihong could only force an awkward smile and sit back in her seat.

Jiang Yifeng stayed backstage for a while and saw Zeng Yike, Qiao Zhenyu, Chen Handian and others, as well as the loud and boisterous Xie Na.

There was no red carpet event at today's premiere.

Seeing that it was almost time, Jiang Yifeng greeted Liu Yifei and then arrived at the theater to take his seat.

As soon as I walked in, I heard someone call my name.

"Director Jiang! I didn't expect you to come too."

Looking up, I saw a shiny bald head; it was Zhao Haicheng, the vice president of Huaying.

He is the executive producer of the dating show.

He also organized and hosted today's premiere.

Zhao Haicheng was very enthusiastic towards Jiang Yifeng and pulled him to sit in the middle of the front row.

After exchanging a few words, Zhao Haicheng suddenly said, "Director Jiang, I have a very good project, but I'm missing a director who can command the scene. Would you like to give it a try?"

Jiang Yifeng asked, "What project?"

Have you read the novel *Wolf Totem*?

"I've seen a little bit."

Zhao Haicheng explained, "After its publication in China, 'Wolf Totem' has sold more than 5 million copies. If we include pirated copies, the sales volume is estimated to be close to 20 million copies."

This is a very popular IP.

In 2006, our Huaying Group acquired the rights to "Wolf Totem" and has always wanted to adapt the novel into a film.

We just haven't found a suitable director yet. Would you like to give it a try?

In this era, there were not only groups in China who worshipped foreign things and fawned over foreigners, but also a trend of admiring nomadic peoples.

The novel "Wolf Totem" not only contains various factual errors and glorifies wolves to a distorted degree, but the author also lavishly praises nomadic peoples who believe in the wolf totem, criticizes the conservatism and cowardice of agricultural societies, and even claims that nomadic peoples are instilling a sense of courage and valor into agricultural societies.

The overall concept is quite absurd.

However, the book's title is well-chosen; "Wolf Totem" sounds very impressive, and many people immediately think of images like the desolate desert, the sealing of the wolf's lair, and the release of horses on the Yanran Mountain when they hear the word.

Moreover, its promotion of a "wolf culture" and strong execution capabilities resonated with capitalists.

This book is perfect for motivating employees.

That's why this book is selling better and better.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhao, I have two more web series to film next, which involve a large investment and my schedule is fully booked."

Jiang Yifeng had no interest in the lousy book and refused it outright.

Zhao Haicheng said, "It's okay. We need more time to raise wolves. The project won't be approved so quickly. It won't be until the second half of next year at the earliest."

The "Wolf Totem" project has its sensitive aspects and lacks a strong storyline. Big-name directors are unwilling to make it, while smaller directors like Huaying Film Studio look down on it, feeling it's a waste of such a big IP.

In the end, they found French director Jean-Jacques Annaud to direct the film.

Seeing Zhao Haicheng's words, Jiang Yifeng didn't want to make things too awkward, so he said, "My company has many projects, and I'm not sure if I'll have time. How about we talk about it next year?"

Zhao Haicheng nodded and started talking about other things.

Jiang Yifeng didn't take the matter of "Wolf Totem" to heart.

Since he became famous, he has been approached by various investors and film projects who want to collaborate and make money.

Jiang Yifeng refused them all; he was already used to this.

As the host took the stage, the main cast of "Love Announcement" also appeared on stage and gave interviews, officially starting the premiere.

At 4:30 p.m., the movie screening ended, and when the host interviewed the guests, he mentioned Jiang Yifeng.

"Director Jiang Yifeng, what are your thoughts after watching the film?"

Jiang Yifeng couldn't say anything bad about it, after all, Huaying was one of the producers of the movie, and the female lead was Liu Yifei.

He considered it for a moment and said, "This movie is good, and the songs are very nice."

"Is that all you feel? Is there anything else you'd like to say?"

"Nothing."

Jiang Yifeng politely replied that the mission was complete.

After the premiere, he was about to leave when he unexpectedly received a call from Liu Yifei.

"Let's have dinner together tonight, I've arranged a big meal!"

After not seeing each other for a while, Liu Yifei was even more proactive than Jiang Yifeng had imagined.

Not only did they arrange a lavish meal, but they also wore a backless dress that they hadn't worn today, giving Jiang Yifeng a red carpet show.

Halfway through the show, Liu Yifei even took out some stickers.

Jiang Yifeng asked, "What is this?"

"For temporary tattoos, choose the design and color you like and put one on me."

Jiang Yifeng looked around and finally chose a black rose, which he then placed on his lower back.

The black roses made Liu Yifei's skin appear even whiter, creating a unique allure that aroused great interest.

After an acting lesson, Jiang Yifeng talked about the show "Sisters Who Make Waves" and said to Liu Yifei, "Could you help me persuade her? Auntie has been idle at home since she retired, and she's not happy. She needs to go out and work to cheer herself up."

Liu Yifei thought for a moment and said, "My mom is quite energetic. She's only 50 years old, not in her seventies or eighties."

As you just described, she has to dance on the show, and I'm worried she might get hurt.

As Jiang Yifeng spent more time with Liu Yifei, he increasingly discovered her playful and entertaining nature.

If direct persuasion doesn't work, try the opposite approach.

"Don't you want to see your mother fighting with someone on the show?"
She might feel embarrassed or make a fool of herself, or she might scold others so badly they dare not talk back.

Such a wonderful scene, don't you want to see it?

Upon hearing this, Liu Yifei's eyes lit up, but she still stubbornly said, "What daughter wants to see her mother make a fool of herself? You must be out of your mind."

"I'm just asking if you want to watch it? If you don't, I won't invite Auntie."

"Want to see it!"

"That's settled then. Let's turn around and examine this new tool."

"I've already seen the demo video, I'll teach you."

"I've wasted my time teaching you acting. Even if you understand now, you have to pretend you don't, understand?"

"understood."

……

With Liu Yifei's help, and Liu Xiaoli's inability to stay idle, Jiang Yifeng made some more promises.

The first female guest on "Sisters Who Make Waves" has been confirmed: the oldest contestant, Liu Xiaoli.

(End of this chapter)