How did I become famous?

Time proceeds step by step.

With the arrival of July, the temperature has suddenly risen, and walking outside feels like being in a steamer.

So even students on summer vacation mostly stay at home.

Perhaps only watching movies can lure them from their homes to the cinema.

The prerequisite is that there are movies they want to watch.

Of course, even the most hardworking office workers have to go to work.

For example, lawyer Fang Tangjing.

For example, the sharp-tongued film critic Wang Ming.

Fang Tangjing recently got a job at a large company. Lawyers at large companies have less work, more money, and more leisure time. After finishing a patent case, he has a lot of free time now.

When people have too much free time, they get bored.

Fortunately, he also has a hobby of watching movies.

After flipping through all the movies currently showing, Fang Tangjing suddenly felt utterly bored.

What movies are showing in theaters right now?

"XXX Big Movie", "XXX Variety Big Movie", "The Legend of Mingxi, the Palace Maid"...

What are all these things?

The previous sitcom movie version had terrible plots, and the variety show movie was just a compilation of previous variety shows and presented as a movie.

Isn't this a scam?

Compared to these, that "Palace Maid's Tale" is a little better.

But as far as movies go, this isn't very good either.

It was touted as a female-centric, strong-woman drama, and Fang Tangjing thought she was going to see a ruthless and arrogant "dragon" movie.

Even if it doesn't have much substance, at least it'll make me feel good!

The results of it?

A "female-centric" movie, yet the plot is still "Mary Sue".

In the end, it's still the same old story of "a prince, an emperor, a minister, a general, an assassin, a physician, and a eunuch falling in love with me".

Utterly boring and extremely disappointing!

Fang Tangjing couldn't help but sigh. He had heard that Director Fang was currently filming a new movie, but he wondered when it would be released.

Now, only his movies can cleanse my eyes.

Why is Director Fang writing songs instead of making movies?

Although the song "Blue and White Porcelain" is indeed very beautiful, Director Fang's popularity has remained high because he was the lyricist and composer of the song.

But Director Fang! Don't forget that your primary profession is film director!

How can a movie be made without any promotion?

The last movie was rumored to have only a budget of seven million, so it was understandable that there was no money for promotion. This time, I heard that the budget was over one hundred million, but they still didn't promote it?

Are they really going to rely on tap water for advertising?

What should I do if the water supply is cut off?

You could say that geniuses all have genius ideas, and there are also people who can't resist money...

Out of boredom, he went on a chat app and contacted Wang Ming, whom he had become friends with after their last movie: "Old Wang, you're in the entertainment industry, any news lately? Like celebrities having sex in groups, celebrities cheating, or celebrities being mistresses or something like that."

Wang Ming quickly replied: "First of all, I'm a film critic, and what you're saying is outside my job scope. Secondly, are you just too idle? No wonder you're a lawyer; you're so gloomy all the time."

"First of all, I'm a corporate lawyer, and I only handle cases like torts. Secondly, isn't this also a form of professional discrimination?"

"Do you know how much you deserve a beating?"

"Then come and hit me, you idiot~"

"...I do have a few pieces of news here related to the movie, and they're even related to Director Fang Bie, but it seems you're not interested."

"Brother Xiaoming! You're my half-brother! I need this news!"

Wang Ming, who usually had a poker face, smiled for once. He pushed up his glasses and started typing rapidly on the keyboard: "Directors Wu Kai and Xu Kuangfu's new films are scheduled to be released in the same period as Director Fang's new film, and both of their new movies are art films."

Fang Tangjing became interested: "Are they actively offering themselves up for a slap?"

Wang Ming: "Perhaps they think that Director Fang's foray into art films won't be a match for them, or perhaps... they have other things to rely on."

Fang Tangjing: "I need inside information!"

Wang Ming: "We've received some unofficial rumors that someone will post a long article on Weibo tonight smearing Director Fang."

Fang Tangjing: "Another MA delivery? This time it won't be (distributed at 8:20), will it?"

He couldn't help but laugh.

He was a die-hard fan of Fang Bie, and he believed that Fang Bie would crush everyone else even when making art films—because he believed that even in art films, Fang Bie would make unique art films.

Black side? This is probably just another case of reverse propaganda.

And could it be another case of that bumbling director Wu Kai hiring online trolls...?

"I don't know for sure, but you can check it out tonight. This way of dealing with Black people... is kind of interesting."

Fang Tangjing was now truly interested.

At 9 p.m. that evening, a long post on Weibo once again ignited the internet, and Fang Bie's name once again topped the trending searches.

The post is titled "You fraudster, your name is Fang Bie."

The author is the "Number One Fang Hater on Weibo," revered as a spiritual mentor by Fang haters, and the Great Yin-Yang Master—the Strongest Paramecium.

Fang Tangjing, a longtime fan of Fang, was furious, but he held back.

He wanted to see how this long article was trying to smear the other side, and then organize his thoughts to lead everyone in a counterattack!

Unfortunately, this "paramecium" is cunning; he hasn't turned on comments on his Weibo account at all!

Fang Tangjing opened the long article and spent half an hour reading it carefully three times.

Then... he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"What is this nonsense? Is there such a thing as using Black methods?"

No wonder Wang Ming said, "It's quite interesting."

This article didn't target Fang's other movies for criticism, since nobody knows what his new movie is yet.

But this article takes a different approach, going directly to Fang Bie.

The article portrays Fang as utterly worthless, claiming that he relies entirely on luck in making movies, in songwriting, and that his film investments are obtained through "unspoken rules."

The worst part is the last point, which directly questions Fang Bie's character.

It's said that after obtaining investment through "unspoken rules," he planned to make bad movies with a very small budget, then pocket the remaining money.

He also said that "Captain China" only cost five million, and he pocketed two million of it.

Then he plagiarized the songs and poems he wrote; in reality, he didn't know anything at all.

He also said that he took money from his competitors and planned for his second movie to also flop, and then his competitors would bribe him with many houses.

Fang Tangjing's anger subsided.

He even suspected that this "strongest paramecium" might be an undercover agent planted by one of his own people within Fang Hei's ranks.

Opening the 99+ discussion group, I found it was indeed filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

After a pleasant half-day of chatting in the group, everyone finally came to the following conclusion:

"The strongest paramecium did want to smear Fang Bie, but because it didn't have any material, it made up so many fake smears on itself."

Of course, some people believe that this negative information is true.

Because the "strongest paramecium" also said something at the end of the article:

"This is the firsthand information I've obtained. I know Fang's die-hard fans won't believe it, and might even think I'm making it up. But you need to learn to think things through. What if this is true? I have informants."

This is similar to someone believing a reporter's claim that NBA agent Rich Paul terminated his players' contracts because he concealed a team's offer for the player.

Even after the player himself came out to refute the rumors, they still didn't believe him.

Maybe someone held a knife to his throat and forced him to deny the rumors? (laughs)

Soon after, Fang Bie reposted this Weibo post about "the strongest paramecium," and then only posted one sentence:

"Yes, I did all of this, and it was even worse. I made a deal with them: if I could get Fangmu Films out of the film and television industry, they would guarantee me a comfortable life for the rest of my days. I'm telling the truth."

This made the online controversy even more intense.

A group of people were commenting on Fang Bie's Weibo post with the same sentence:

"Director Fang! We believe you! You can ask the person next to you to take the knife away from your neck!"

The comment quickly garnered over 100,000 likes, and the number of replies and reposts also exceeded 100,000.

This Weibo post also topped the trending searches.

The second one is the Weibo post by Paramecium.

Another group of people went to Wu Kai's Weibo and started angrily criticizing him, saying that this was another case of him hiring online trolls to smear Fang Bie.

Wu Kai, who was working late into the night in the editing room, was completely stunned when he heard the news:

"Fang Bie! I will never forgive you!"