Cross-Industry Director: Big Bro, You're Too Good at Filmmaking

Behind a drama academy in the capital city of Jing, there's a steamed bun shop with a new chef named Yu Xunguang. Chef Yu is handsome and great at kneading dough, so the students jokingly call him “Pan An of Chinese Pastries.” Nobody knows that this “Pan An” used to be a three-time award-winning movie and TV emperor in the domestic entertainment industry. Huh? You think it's a dream? No, no. It's a fresh start. Maybe the System wanted to crank up the difficulty of his life. Yu Xunguang had just finished his master's at film school and was about to make a splash with his brand-new director System when he was reborn in a different world. His old connections were gone. His old fame was gone, too. Now he was just a skilled chef with no family, no home, and nowhere to go, taken in out of kindness by the owner of a steamed bun shop. Starting over didn't matter. His cooking skills were his own, and so was all the knowledge he'd learned. As for how to get started, he'd have to take it step by step. Jiao Yulai is an outstanding graduate of the cinematography department at Beijing Film Academy. He's preparing to shoot his first movie with his partner from the directing department. But less than a month before filming starts, he still hasn't found a male lead. He's at his wits' end when he takes a look around and thinks, Hey, when did someone this handsome and charismatic start working behind the drama academy? Jiao Yulai: Hey, want to make a movie? Yu Xunguang: ? His old line of work has come knocking? That's not a bad idea. He's entered a new stage of life, but there's no shame in earning a living with “traditional skills.” Besides, he needs an opportunity to “cross over” from the food industry to the entertainment industry. If he says he'll act, he'll act. Not only does Yu Xunguang act, he shines on screen and accidentally wins the top prize at an international A-list film festival. Now things get interesting. His fellow performers brace themselves, afraid a “monster” has arrived to snatch their livelihoods right out from under them. That year, Beijing Film Academy made an exception and admitted a well-known industry figure, a newly minted international film emperor. What? The film emperor's switching majors to directing? What? The film emperor studying directing hasn't even graduated, but he's already working on a documentary, and CCTV bought it as soon as it was finished? Wait, you're saying the up-and-coming director who made a name for himself with a documentary has launched a new project, this time tackling a realist subject? The directors who were ready to sneer: Hold on, he's actually good? The actors in the industry look at one another, all a little bewildered. They thought a genius had joined their ranks, but then the genius changed course. Is directing really that much fun? Yu Xunguang: Once I got past the early stage of buying equipment with acting fees, it's been pretty fun. I've seen sights you can't see, and met people you can't meet. Want to win Best Actor? Want to win Best Supporting Actor? Come act in Director Yu's films. Everything you want is here. Reader's Guide: 1. This is a director-focused story about Yu Xunguang, a reboot with a new world setting. (The actor version, The Role Experience System, is on my author page.) 2. Almost none of the supporting characters from the previous novel appear here, so you don't need to read the actor version. 3. There is a System, purely a status panel with no extra scenes, only there to boost the protagonist's abilities. 4. There's a little acting-related plot at the beginning, and later he will also direct and act in his own projects. More to come. Theme: Make good movies