Director, Don't Be Like This. Have Some Self-Respect

[No female lead] [Showbiz] [Director] [System] [Lighthearted] In a parallel world, Chen Jiale transmigrates into a third-year directing student. His older brother is a top-tier star, but gets blacklisted after offending powerful figures in the capital's social scene. Their parents dig into their life savings and say, “Just shoot something, anything, and make your brother famous again!” At that moment, Chen Jiale activates the “All-Purpose Filmmaker System.” With directing, screenwriting, cinematography, and scoring, he can do it all himself! Even crazier, every film's entire box-office earnings are returned to him, not as cash, but as shares in major companies! “Ding! Settlement for Ne Zha 2: acquired 10% of Xiaomi Auto.” “Ding! Settlement for Avatar: acquired 35% of Meituan.” On the first day of filming his debut movie, the capital bigwig who blacklisted his brother shows up in person, sneering, “What kind of waves can a rookie director and an over-the-hill star make?” A month later, watching his own theaters get crushed in the release schedule, his hands shake so badly he nearly drops his phone. Capital Bigwig: “Impossible! Absolutely impossible!” “How can a student's debut film crush the five-hundred-million-yuan blockbuster we invested in?” “Investigate! Check whether the box office is being inflated!” Former Agency Boss: “Nephew, are you still considering your brother's management contract? Name your terms!” An executive from a film and television investment firm swaggeringly brings a contract to the set, hoping to shoehorn his actress into the cast. “Don't you know the rules? If you don't cast my people, your film won't get a theatrical release.” Chen Jiale doesn't even look up. “Get lost. I'll acquire your company tomorrow, and you'll be the first one I fire.” Wu Jing invites him to work on Wolf Warrior 3, Guo Fan asks him for advice on sci-fi storyboarding, and Boss Ma sends someone to ask him to direct Kung Fu Yoga 2. The whole internet goes wild: Other people make money from movies. He makes movies to acquire entire industries!