I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

If they raised their voices even slightly, Feng Dapao would threaten them to quit and leave.

It was Feng Dapao's fiery temper that left Da Wang and Xiao Wang feeling helpless.

Wang Jinhua has already taken a group of people away. If Feng Dapao leaves Huayi Company as well, then Huayi Company might as well just close down.

Now, Huayi Brothers only has Feng Xiaogang as its "pillar of stability." Every year, the Lunar New Year films make Huayi Brothers a fortune, making Feng Xiaogang Huayi Brothers' money-printing machine.

Therefore, no matter how bad Feng Dapao's temper is, and he points at their foreheads and curses, the two Wangs will only smile obsequiously and will never let Feng Dapao leave Huayi.

Once Feng Xiaogang leaves, Huayi Company will definitely plummet.

However, it's not what the two CEOs want to see—one person dominating the company. They also hope to have new directors join the company.

Bi's script was a bit bad, and we don't know how good he is at directing movies, but just by leveraging his strong network of connections, signing him to Huayi Brothers is very beneficial to the company.

They could even promote Bi to a higher position after making a film, putting him on par with Feng Xiaogang.

Let Feng Dapao understand that he is not Huayi's only one.

Two strong contenders are better than one dominant player.

Both the King and Queen know how to make a choice.

Three days later, Huayi officially announced that they had signed a new director, a talented young man from the Beijing Film Academy, known as "Bi Zifei, the best in China and the best in Beijing".

Not long after this news was released, Bi's big-budget production "Chasing Dreams in the Entertainment Industry" was officially approved.

This film was fully funded by Huayi Brothers.

This film was made to help Bi Dao make a name for himself, and it was also a benefit that Huayi Brothers gave to Bi Dao as a newcomer to the company.

The entertainment industry was immediately shaken.

Many stars were immediately interested in making a film with a director comparable to Cheng Sheng.

If they can get a role in this movie, wouldn't that mean they can secure a powerful patron in advance?

Invest in advance.

Since we missed out on Cheng Sheng, investing in Bi Dao in advance is the best option.

They did consider the possibility that Bi's film might flop.

However, many experts and people from Huayi have spoken out in support of Bi Dao, praising his extraordinary talent.

In particular, leaders of the Beijing Film Academy have frequently given interviews to reporters, saying that Bi Dao is the most talented graduate since the school was founded.

His talent is in no way inferior to Cheng Sheng's; they believe that Bi Dao can become the second Cheng Sheng, or even surpass him. Do you know what the herd mentality is?
Once a person joins a flock of sheep, they become less intelligent and less capable of independent thinking, and eighty or ninety percent of their energy is wasted on internal strife.

The herd effect can also be called blind obedience.

"Blindly following" also manifests as a pure form of following.

Back when television was still the darling of the masses, a TV station produced a program.

They hid the cameras where no one could see them, and then had two or three staff members from the TV station look up at the sky. At first, one or two people curiously looked up at the sky, but later, more and more people gathered.

When reporters interviewed several people who arrived later and asked what they were looking at, most of them replied: "I don't know either. Everyone is looking up at the sky. There must be something interesting or attractive up there, so I'm looking at it here too."

In reality, there was nothing in the sky. The first few staff members had long since become so engrossed in their work that they no longer looked at the sky. However, this act of looking up at the sky influenced the behavior of more and more people.

Blindly following others in doing the same thing without knowing anything about it is the most common form of "blind obedience" in daily life.

There is a book whose main idea is: The Mob.

In other words, if someone is encouraged or joins a "group" (which may not necessarily be a well-organized group, but simply a group of people gathered together), the people in that group will lose their independent thinking and do things that are inconsistent with their personality, courage, and abilities.

In real life, blindly following others has often become a "consistent behavior" for people.

Following trends is also considered a matter of course.

When supermarkets or online merchants hold promotional events for certain products, they often attract a large number of onlookers, followed by a large number of shoppers. Many people only see others queuing to buy things, but may not actually know what is being sold or whether they need the product.

At this point, thoughts and actions are solely driven by "blind obedience."

Even if you buy something you don't need or nothing at all, you might feel regretful at the time, but you'll still choose to follow the crowd the next time you encounter a similar situation. "Blindly following" has a powerful inertial effect.

I heard that people were predicting that daily necessities would go up in price, and seeing others buying in bulk, I bought a bunch of everyday items without considering the actual situation, turning every corner of my house into storage. Then I heard that prices were about to drop. Didn't I suffer the consequences of "blindly following the crowd"?
Back then, everyone was talking about stocks. Even the elderly could analyze the stock market with great expertise. So, regardless of their profession, knowledge, or whether they even bothered to check the companies' operations and profitability, people excitedly took their hard-earned money and rushed into the stock market with the frenzied crowd. After the brief excitement of artificially inflating stock prices, they would soon be stunned and lose everything. Some even went all in by "leveraging," and unable to withstand the pressure, some might have even resorted to extreme measures.

Back then, some people said that gold was as cheap as cabbage (in reality, gold had long been decoupled from currency).

The sheer frenzy of the "Chinese aunties" back then astonished even the financial "big shots" on Wall Street, who were amazed by the continuous and massive buying. This was not because of anything else, but because "Chinese aunties" was a term, not a group, company, or institution, but countless ordinary housewives.

The reason it attracted so much attention is because of its sheer number. Even the richest person could not buy many, but the sheer size of this group and the uniformity of their behavior created a powerful and impactful effect.

As a result, many people exchanged their savings of many years for gold and silver jewelry, which they couldn't spend. When they finally exchanged it back for cash, the value was far less than the original amount.

Now the whole country is praising Director Bi, and even professors and experts say that Director Bi is no worse than Cheng Sheng.

The phenomenon of 'blindly following' or 'herd effect' has emerged.

No one doubted Director Bi's abilities; everyone believed his films would make money and help artists win awards. (End of Chapter)