I Film Short Dramas in Heaven, and the Gods Fight Over Supporting Roles

Mu Yan, a top-tier star director of short dramas and a relentless workaholic, died suddenly at his editing desk. His merit score was off the charts, so he was given a special promotion and appointed an immortal official in the Heavenly Court. He thought he’d finally be living the life of an immortal, but then he discovered that... The Heavenly Court was so boring that immortals picked fights just to pass the time. The Primeval Lord of Heaven and the Lord of Heaven’s Enlightenment had been arguing for thousands of years, Erlang Shen spent every day walking his dog and playing chess, and Chang’e was so sick of looking at the moon she could barely stand it. Mu Yan slapped his thigh. “This is the biggest untapped market there is!” His first short drama, The Domineering Immortal Emperor Falls for Me, a Newly Ascended Immortal, starred Yang Jian. The Heavenly Court ground to a halt on the day it premiered. The Celestial Emperor said expressionlessly, “Not bad.” Then he secretly urged Mu Yan to hurry up with the next episode. Marshal Tianpeng played the devoted second male lead, but his gaze was so sincere that the whole Heavenly Court figured out he had a crush on Chang’e. After watching the drama, Sun Wukong showed up at Mu Yan’s door with his golden cudgel. “Old Sun wants to act too!” Zeus came all the way from Mount Olympus with Hera. “We heard there are dramas to watch here?” Watching the Heavenly Court descend into ever-greater chaos, Mu Yan quietly opened his document. His next drama would be called Gods of East and West. The Great Sage Equal to Heaven battling the King of the Gods? There was no way the ratings wouldn’t explode. As for Marshal Tianpeng leading eighty thousand naval troops to block his door and demand the next episode... Well, that’s a story for another time. [A hilarious story about a workaholic director who turns the boring Heavenly Court into a massive drama-bingeing spectacle.]