A Frontline Reporter in the Entertainment Industry

Showbiz | Secret identities revealed | Reunion after years apart

A high-strung Gemini woman × a sharp-tongued, proud peacock of a man

Famous writer × genius director

1.

Ji You’er is a well-known online novelist, writing under the pen name “A Little Er.”

Her hobbies are writing and collecting material.

Lately she’s been suffering from terrible writer’s block. Ji You’er grits her teeth: “Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I’m going into showbiz!”

As it turns out, she accidentally walks straight into a real tiger’s den: the set of genius director Zhou Yizhi.

Zhou Yizhi rose to fame at a young age. He’s the undisputed king of sharp tongues and the top peacock in the industry.

He’s quite pleased with the new amateur actor who recently joined the cast: hardworking, talented, and quick to learn. She does have one bad habit, though: whenever she has a spare moment, she’s glued to her phone, fingers clattering away nonstop.

While getting her makeup touched up, she types.

While waiting for her cue, she types.

On the third time, Zhou Yizhi can’t take it anymore. He leans out from behind the monitor. “Keep typing and I’ll dock your pay!”

Ji You’er is so startled she nearly drops her phone. She quickly turns off the screen and protects her little secret identity. “Okay...”

2.

Zhou Yizhi has been having trouble sleeping lately. He picks up a novel at random, then stays up all night reading it.

The author’s writing is incredible; the characters leap vividly off the page.

He asks around all night and gets the author’s email address, then personally writes a very polite proposal:

“Hello, teacher. Sorry to bother you. I’m director Zhou Yizhi. I greatly admire your work and would love to discuss a possible collaboration. You can name your terms.”

One day, no reply.

Two days, no reply.

A week passes, and still no reply.

Staring at his inbox, Zhou Yizhi experiences for the first time what it feels like to have his words vanish into the void.

Meanwhile, Ji You’er has just finished filming and is crouched in a corner eating a boxed meal, too exhausted even to log into her author account.

One night, after a late shoot, Ji You’er slumps in a chair and fishes out her phone.

Two messages pop up at once: one on WeChat and one in her email.

[Young Master Zhou]: Ji You’er, if you get stuck on one more scene tomorrow, I’m confiscating your phone.

[Zhou Yizhi]: Hello, teacher! Name your terms! I’m begging you to reply!

Theme: Coincidence is the world’s greatest novelist