How did I become famous?

"Stand users? What are those?"

Liu Mang keenly sensed something.

Not only him, but also Pan Xiao and the others around him.

In the previous movie, Fang Bie came up with the new concept of "superheroes".

Could it be some new trick this time?

They were a little nervous.

Fang Bie always manages to come up with something that can change the film and television industry, making them afraid to relax at all, lest they hold Fang Bie back.

This is really stressful.

Fang Bie didn't have any particular thoughts; he just wanted to play with the memes.

Besides killing time, this also allows him to appear less estranged from his past life.

But if you directly use a meme, others won't be able to pick up on it.

There's nothing he can do but create the meme himself before playing it.

As the saying goes, "If I'm not familiar with this world, then I'll make it into a world that I am familiar with."

He began to explain what a "stand" was and what a "stand user" was.

As the name suggests, a "stand-in" is actually a superpower.

This is a powerful image generated by the body's life energy.

People who possess such "stands" are called "standers".

There are countless types of Stands, which will not be elaborated on here (Note 1).

In short, just treat these "Stand users" as superpowered individuals with all sorts of bizarre superpowers.

However, their superpowers are basically activated by "stand-ins".

After hearing this, Liu Mang and the others were dumbfounded.

They really wanted to open Fang Bie's head to see how his brain was structured.

How can such imaginative yet brilliant ideas just pop into your head so easily?

However, they can't do that because it's illegal...

Seeing that the group was still in a daze, Fang Bie waved his hand impatiently: "Alright, alright, I've explained everything. You guys figure out the rest yourselves."

Liu Mang and the others left silently.

Yoshikage Kira, being acquainted with Fang, joked, "Director Fang, you said we were going to make an art film, but isn't this still a superhero movie?"

Fang Bie curled his lip: "What's with the 'super' thing? If I say it's an art film, then it's an art film."

It has depth, it has substance, and it has a story.

This is definitely an art film!

............

"This is definitely not an art film!"

It was the same spot, and the same four people squatting in a circle, smoking.

Liu Mang took a drag of his cigarette, his eyes resolute: "This is a superhero movie!"

"Yes," Pan Xiao exclaimed, "I thought 'Super Soldier Serum' was already wildly imaginative enough, but I didn't expect Director Fang to have a second new trick up his sleeve."

He's really taken the "superhero" genre to a whole new level.

"Not the second, but the third." Liu Mang's small eyes behind his glasses gleamed with intelligence. "I learned during a casual chat that Lao Fang had talked to that big director Tom Smith about superheroes. He said that animal abilities could be anthropomorphized. For example, ants can lift many times their own weight, and some animals or insects can jump several times their own height. Why can't humans do that? So, besides the 'super soldier serum' that can reach the limits of human physical abilities, there are also various 'magical creature' serums. This 'Stand User' should be the third type of superhero."

After a moment of thought, a ghostly idea came to mind.

Liu Mang stubbed out his cigarette, looked up, and said, "I have an idea. We should remove the setting that Lao Fang mentioned, 'Only Stand users can see Stands'!"

Everyone was smart enough to understand what he meant quickly.

Pan Xiao hesitated before asking, "You mean...the same worldview?"

"Great!" Liu Mang's face flushed with excitement. "You guys know what an IP is, right? Our 'Superhero' series could totally become a huge IP!"

This was the inspiration Fang Bie gave him!

He's trembling with excitement!

So, with trembling hands, he lit another cigarette and quickly said, "We can turn 'superheroes' into a series! Each movie could have one or more superheroes leading the cast, which could also be called the origin story of 'superheroes'!"

"After we've made several movies, we can string them together and create a huge sensation! We can put all the superheroes in one movie! What do you think of that?"

That's why he wanted to remove the setting that "only Stand users can see Stands"!

Unfortunately, Fang Bie didn't know that, otherwise he probably would have complained, "Isn't this the setting of 'X-Men'?"

"It has potential..." Cinematographer Nie Fang flicked his cigarette ash, "But 'Captain China' and 'Shadow of Light' aren't from the same era, right? How do we reconcile that?"

"Isn't that simple?" Liu Mang said confidently. "In the ending of 'Captain China,' Yan Shuangying was buried by an avalanche in the snowy mountains after he killed Bu Ying. We can just set it up so that because he is a 'super soldier,' his physical abilities have reached the limits of human beings. And because the temperature under the snow is extremely low, he was frozen in the ice. We can just dig him out in a later movie. That way, he will still be in his peak condition from his youth."

Not only that.

If they're going to do a "superhero hodgepodge," then there must be an organization, right? And with an organization, there must be enemies, right?

Then the enemy must be a "supernatural being", right?

These "extraordinary beings" must be organized, right?

Liu Mang already had a general idea.

For example, domestic organizations could be named "Small Building Beyond the Mountain," "Fairy Traces," "Myth," "Heavenly Court," or "Underworld."

Foreign organizations may be called "Tarot Clubs" or something similar.

International organizations could be called something like "the Twelve Zodiacs".

Quite expensive!

Liu Mang was stunned by his own cleverness.

But he was still worried: "Young Master Pan, can you handle the special effects for this Stand user? It seems much more difficult than 'Captain China'."

Just a few months ago, Pan Xiao was working odd jobs at a wedding planning company. She smiled confidently: "Who do you think I am? I used to be one of Xuanmeng's strongest aces! These special effects are absolutely my job!"

"OK! It's settled then!" Liu Mang gave the final approval. "Our first film made us famous, so for this second one, we'll aim for both awards and box office success! Therefore, this time we absolutely must make an 'art film' with stunning special effects, brilliant editing, a tight pace, perfect visuals, and also depth and substance! Any questions?"

"no problem!"

"It's all taken care of!"

"It's so exciting, I can't help but get fired up too!"

The four people exchanged a smile, everything understood without a word.

............

On the other side, Fang Bie and his four companions were still chatting idly.

Yoshikage Kira asked, "Director Fang, when do we start filming? I feel like everyone's getting impatient."

"Kira-kun, slow and steady wins the race. We're making an art film, and art films need the right atmosphere," Fang Bie said, spouting his twisted logic with an air of self-importance.

But Chen Yongren and Liu Jianming, who were standing next to him, had a feeling of being impressed but not quite, and they thought that Director Fang was right!

There's no way around it; when you don't have any achievements, even if what you say is right, it's still wrong.

But when you achieve something, even if you just fart, people will try to find some logic in your fart.

For example, Fang Bie suddenly sneezed.

Chen Yongren and the others were thinking, "Why did Director Fang suddenly sneeze? Is there some kind of hint here? Could it be that he also felt he was getting cold from waiting too long, but didn't want to say it directly, so he deliberately sneezed to remind everyone?"

But what Fang was thinking was...

"Which treacherous subject is trying to harm me this time?"

PS: Note 1: Readers who don't understand can search "Stand Messenger" on Baidu.