After the CEO Sent Me Back

Rumor has it that at Huanxing Entertainment, one of the top film and television powerhouses in the industry, there are only two ways to get ahead: 1. Sign a predatory contract, take role after role without a break, work yourself to the bone honing your acting, and rise through sheer skill. 2. Sleep with the big boss, Lu Xingyou, become a star who gets all the best resources, and rocket to the top. Yu Ran found a third way: After ten years of working himself to death, he came back still a nobody. At long last, Mr. Lu took an interest in him, but Yu Ran made it into the hotel and was promptly shown the door. He never became a star with all the best resources. Instead, he became the first celebrity in the whole company to get returned, and a laughingstock across the internet. Yu Ran, the most renowned genius director of the Golden Age, never imagined he would transmigrate forty years into the future and still hear people inside and outside the industry talking about his legendary feats. The film and television industry had reached new lows. Audiences were forced to look back with nostalgia, not knowing that the great director they missed most had become the washed-up Yu Ran, who was so desperate he tried to burn charcoal at home. He set an entire floor on fire, barely escaped with his life, then was saddled with massive compensation costs and received a termination notice from the company cutting all ties with him. A disastrous start? Yu Ran, who had once been forced to shoot a film with a gun pointed at him, thought: No big deal! The god of film history returned to his old profession. In just a few short years, he was once again at the top of the industry. Everything went smoothly, except that every time Director Yu made a move, it seemed as if he were deliberately targeting his former employer. Huanxing Entertainment suffered one blow after another, racking up losses year after year until it was soon facing bankruptcy and liquidation. This time, it was Lu Xingyou's turn to know what it felt like to be returned. To save Huanxing, the arrogant Lu Xingyou lowered himself and searched everywhere for investors, only to hit a wall at every turn. Even when he was willing to give up his position as majority shareholder, no one would take over. Some claimed they had no money, others said they lacked the ability, and in the end they even twisted the knife by suggesting he try asking Yu Ran, the rising star director currently making waves in the industry. Lu Xingyou was unmoved, but the stars he had once showered with resources went to Yu Ran before he did. Yu Ran thought they had seen through his little scheme to target Huanxing and that his former colleagues had come to take revenge for their sugar daddy. To his surprise, they had come to plead for him to help. Former colleagues: Director Yu, please save Mr. Lu, save Huanxing! The film and television industry has been in a slump for years, and you're the only one whose films are all hits. You're the only one who can save Huanxing from disaster! Yu Ran: What? Huanxing has done everything from making terrible movies, rigging box office numbers, exploiting fans, and using publicity stunts to launder money. Wasn't Lu Xingyou partly responsible for the industry's slump? Former colleagues: That's just how the industry works. You can't blame Mr. Lu alone! Yu Ran: Even so, why come to me? Wasn't he the one who tried to sleep with me back then, only to get returned? Former colleagues: That's nonsense. Mr. Lu likes you best. Ever since you left the company, there's been no one else in his heart. He wouldn't come beg you even when he was desperate, because he wanted to maintain his image in your eyes. It's true what they say, the things you can't have are the best! Yu Ran: ...? An entertainment-industry face-slapping power fantasy, one-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads have only ever been with each other A genius director who never lets a slight go unanswered, the bottom (Yu Ran) x A scum CEO who puts profit above all else, the top (Lu Xingyou) Two powerful rivals on opposing sides, love and hate, a rotten man with a sincere heart The original Yu Ran transmigrated forty years into the past and gets a happy ending. The extra chapters explain what happened. Theme: Time cannot defeat the gifted.