How did I become famous?

In the subsequent scenes, both Yoshikage Kira and Chen Yongren quickly got into character.

That's complete nonsense.

It's just playing yourself; there's absolutely no need to get into character...

Of course, it was tough on the actresses who acted opposite Yoshikage Kira.

Even though I knew it was just a play, Yoshikage Kira's "acting" was so natural, it was completely like real life...

That's what acting is all about. The more realistic your performance, the more the audience will be drawn into the story.

Just like the movie that left a deep impression on me in my past life, "The Dead End".

Teacher Wang's acting at the end of the movie was truly...

During his interrogation, the indifferent tone he used when recounting the murder was as if he were having a casual conversation.

This led many people to circulate online after watching the movie that the final video was real footage and not part of the film.

Surprisingly, quite a few people actually believed it...

Fang Bie had also looked up videos and interviews in his previous life, and heard from Teacher Wang that this was exactly the feeling he was looking for.

Because in his view, truly wicked people don't think they're doing anything wrong, so they speak in a normal, conversational tone.

Yoshikage Kira is similar in spirit.

At the murder scene, he began to introduce himself to the victim in a normal tone.

Coupled with his identity as a psychopathic killer, it truly sends chills down one's spine.

Although... Yoshikage Kira was actually playing himself.

Of course, he used the "substitution method" that Fang Bie taught him, which is to put his usual communication with people into the movie.

However, due to the different backgrounds, this produced completely different effects.

If an actor or a nail salon owner says "Your hands are so beautiful" while doing someone's nails, the customer will just take it as a compliment.

But what if a deranged serial killer who collects severed hands tells you, "Your hands are really beautiful"...?

The filming progressed quickly that day, so we made an exception and didn't work overtime today.

Back at the hotel, Su Mulin, who had come to visit the set, naturally didn't stay in the same room as Fang Bie.

However, it's normal for someone to go from room 1023 to room 1024 to chat.

The male and female actors are so dedicated that they can rehearse alone for hours from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m., so why can't the director and investors chat for a while?

Moreover, the two of them went to their room at eight o'clock after dinner.

And they were genuinely chatting.

Inside the room, Fang Bie sat on the bed, looking at the young lady who had reclined her chair, propped her chin on her arm, and rested her head on the back of the chair. He said helplessly, "Young lady, you want to chat with me privately this late? Aren't you afraid of damaging your reputation?"

It would be bad if word got out that a young man and woman, both alone in a room, were together.

Most importantly, Fang Bie really didn't do anything.

That's even more unfair.

Su Mulin said calmly, "I have done nothing wrong, what do I have to be afraid of?"

"But I'm scared. I'm still single, and I don't want any gossip about me being sexually harassed by female investors to get out of the public eye," Fang Bie sighed.

What he feared wasn't public opinion, but rather that the story would spread to Old Man Su and his two brothers, and then his best outcome would be drowning or having his brains splattered.

Su Mulin scoffed: "You still care about what other people think? Unless you have something to hide."

Judging others by one's own standards, Miss Su herself is the one with a guilty conscience...

"Stop with the nonsense, Miss Su, what exactly do you want from me?"

"I want to debut."

"A professional debut? Your dad would be very happy then, his daughter is finally willing to come home and inherit his billions."

"I mean debuting in the entertainment industry."

Fang Bie looked up: "You want to be an idol?"

"Not an idol, a celebrity," the young lady corrected him. "The kind who sings and appears on variety shows."

She is very confident in herself in the movie.

She knew very well that she wasn't cut out for it.

But she's incredibly confident when she sings!

Fang Bie sighed again: "You ran away from home saying you wanted to be in the entertainment industry, and I agreed. Now we've already had one hit movie, high box office, good reviews, and even two awards. My dear lady, what more could you want?"

"But I don't feel like an insider at all," the young lady said, somewhat dissatisfied. "So becoming a singer would probably be much better, right?"

After all, she and Fang Bie were like a sharp axe that cleaved into the entertainment industry, completely disregarding any unspoken rules and never bothering to curry favor with any powerful figures.

But their movies were box office hits.

It's difficult for others to mess with them, after all, the Su Group is behind them, and their first film is a rare example of reverse cultural export to foreign countries.

It seems that the other party has no other options besides hiring online trolls to smear them.

Unless the Su Group intervenes directly.

But doing so would expose him to Su Mulin, and Old Man Su wouldn't do that.

Besides, if the movie is really good, theaters won't restrict the number of screenings.

After all, nobody turns down money, right?

This resulted in the young lady not feeling like she was in the entertainment industry at all.

But she watched as Fang Bie's movie exploded at the box office.

This feeling is like watching a professional Meepo's cross-shaped kill in a DOTA2 match, or two Zeds in LOL.

After watching it, you'll feel excited and itchy to try it out yourself.

Of course, this often results in you being used as an ATM by your opponent...

However, the young lady is quite confident in her musical talent—as long as she doesn't compare herself to Fang Bie.

So she wanted to try it herself.

Especially after she saw Fang Bie's song suddenly top the charts, she wanted to get involved herself even more.

What's the point of a song becoming famous if someone else sings it?

It's just a licensing fee of 500,000.

This little bit of "money" isn't even worth the young lady's attention; she thinks I could sleep with her too.

Fang Bie said, "I cannot do it."

"Young lady, do you think songwriting is like going to the toilet? You can't just pat your butt and come out!"

"But you really can do it."

"I only wrote half of the lyrics and hummed a tune; you were the one who completed the lyrics and finished the arrangement."

"That was just a test you gave me."

"That wasn't a test at all." Fang Bie decided to tell the truth. "Actually, I have no talent at all. All the so-called achievements you know about are just things I stumbled upon by chance."

The young lady glared at her, her eyes wide with anger: "You only feel happy when you make me angry, right?!"

You can write a song and it becomes a hit, write lyrics and it becomes a timeless masterpiece and even makes it into textbooks, make a movie and it creates a new film genre, becomes a box office hit, and even win two awards abroad. And yet you say you have no talent and it was all a fluke?

Su Mulin hates guys like that the most!

Because that's how her two brothers and their father are.

Actually, she herself is the same, but she doesn't realize it...

Fang indicated that the conversation was over: "Anyway, I can't write it. You should find someone else."

Just kidding, I'm retiring after filming this movie!

The young lady stared intently at Fang Bie.

Fang Bie met her gaze without flinching.

After a long silence, the young lady lowered her eyes slightly and said softly, "Fang Bie, are you thinking of... leaving me behind to go to Hollywood alone?"

Fang Bie: "???"

Hollywood? What would I do there?