Cyberpunk's Number One Director

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He Lianlian, a director from Earth, transmigrates into a cyberpunk world.

Making films in this world is incredibly simple: as long as you have enough mental power, one person can grind out an entire movie.

To pay off her debts, He Lianlian resolutely returns to her old profession, only to discover that the entertainment industry has almost nothing worth watching these days. Ads are everywhere, every production is full of clichés, and the quality is shoddy.

He Lianlian: "What are we waiting for? Let's go! I'll show them what a quality production looks like."

The melodrama The CEO's Cruel Love: Woman, Don't Run takes the cyberpunk world by storm. For the first time, its viewers discover just how good a TV series can be.

Later

The Mutant Hero, which sets the record straight about mutants.

The Chinese-style horror film The Seventh Night, which ignites people's deepest fears.

Cultivation, which brings the gods of Huaxia back to the screen.

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Every production by He Lianlian becomes a classic.

Her films are not only entertaining, they also get the public thinking. Both the rebel army, made up of mutants and partially augmented people, and its members regard her as their spiritual leader.

The powerful sense a threat. They gather to discuss how to get rid of He Lianlian.

Consortium boss: "Stage an accident and assassinate her."

Pope: "Hire an assassin."

Pharmaceutical tycoon: "Poison her."

Before they can reach a decision, a mysterious person bursts into the meeting.

A few minutes later, the screen at the awards ceremony is hacked. He Lianlian, standing onstage, hears a black-clad man on the screen say:

"Director He, I brought you a gift." He taps the heads of three powerful men, each with a bruised and swollen face, one by one, and asks her:

"Which one do you want? This one or this one?"

He Lianlian: "?"

Do cyberpunk people all give gifts like this?

*

The year 2577.

The consortium controls the economic lifelines, the Church harvests the faith of the masses, and the rebel army has become the third-largest power.

With war threatening to usher in the apocalypse, ordinary people's lives have grown dull, and they yearn for a feast that will set their senses ablaze.

What answers them is not a bomb, but a director: He Lianlian.

From that day on, numb people begin to see new hope.

Love, legacy, and comebacks: she seems always to be inspiring the ordinary people whom the powerful look down on.

A wind of reform rises and sweeps through the entire Federation with unstoppable speed.

History takes a turn at this very moment.

In the hearts of countless ordinary people, He Lianlian gains a new name: the Morning Star.

He Lianlian, showered with praise, scratches her head.

Actually, at first, she just wanted to make some money as a director.

* My take on cyberpunk, with lots of original worldbuilding

* The entertainment industry is the main focus, with a reform subplot

* All works of film and television in the story are entirely fictional

* There is a male lead, but little romance

* More may be added at any time. Hope you enjoy reading!

Theme: Strive to improve yourself even in adversity