Xu Yun wakes up to find that she has transmigrated to the interstellar era and become an undocumented resident on the X826 garbage planet.
On her way to a black-market job, she sees an admissions advertisement for the directing department at A Star Film Academy. Its dazzling light coalesces into a single line: "Dare to apply, and I'll dare to accept you!"
In the interstellar era, fully automated film production technology has matured, and the industry chain is complete. Actors only need to authorize their likeness and enter their character settings, and AI can automatically generate films. It can even create faces and sets, allowing one person to produce a polished film or TV series.
However, reliance on AI has gradually lowered the status of film industry professionals, and standards have declined with each generation.
To discover outstanding directors, A Star Film Academy offers a special training program with free tuition. Students must sign an agreement not to use fully automated AI equipment to create works while enrolled or for ten years after graduation, or they will have to pay a hefty penalty.
After tossing and turning, Xu Yun decides to change her fate through knowledge and go to school!
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After successfully enrolling, penniless Xu Yun sets her sights on the school's Enlightenment Program. Those who pass the review can borrow the school's cameras for free, and the program also provides funding for filming projects, including the crew's meal expenses.
She can use the cameras for her assignments and get a free meal out of it. Xu Yun rubs her hands together excitedly.
Xu Yun submits her application for The Apocalypse Arrives. Before long, her instructor shows up with dark circles under his eyes and asks, "Is the plot point where the heroine uses the Zerg to generate electricity actually feasible in real life?"
Xu Yun: "..."
Teacher, your ideas are dangerous.
After her application is approved, a kind classmate sends over a truckload of extras. Xu Yun doesn't think much of it, until the director's screams ring out from the set again and again. Xu Yun vows never to shoot horror again.
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Someone posts a question: "What do you think of Director Xu Yun's work?"
One reply gets bumped to the top: Thanks for asking. I've already caught a few Zerg to generate electricity, and it works great.
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The author's made-up settings are piled high. A feel-good power fantasy.
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