This Director Only Makes Bad Movies

Aivela transmigrates to Hollywood and inherits a film studio.

But she discovers that the studio is infamous as the “King of Knockoffs,”

raking in piles of cash by cashing in on popular trends and making imitation movies,

with titles like Thor the Hammer God and Pirates of Mar-le-bi...

In her previous life, Aivela was an award-winning director with years of experience creating original films. She plans to make the studio quit copying others and get its act together by making original movies.

But every time she tries to make an original film, the System sounds an alarm:

“Host, please do not deviate from the studio’s established direction. Continue making knockoff movies!”

System: “Here is your mission list. Please complete it as soon as possible:

“Make an Iron Man knockoff called Iron Suit Man.”

“Make a Fifty Shades of Grey knockoff called Fifty-One Shades of Grey.”

Aivela: “...”

To survive in this world, Aivela has no choice but to accept the missions.

Before long, Hollywood discovers a uniquely talented director.

With her astonishing skill for transforming material beyond recognition, she becomes Hollywood’s most extraordinary top-tier star...

That year, Aivela’s Fifty-One Shades of Grey takes Hollywood by storm. With its unrestrained, deranged style and its gory, high-octane slasher scenes, it redefines what an edgy erotic film can be and decimates the box office.

That year, Aivela’s Iron Suit Man bursts into the public eye with a villain as its protagonist. Its dark, hallucinatory atmosphere gets right into people’s heads, and audiences end up forgetting the original Iron Man entirely...

A film critic exclaims in disbelief: “I just wanted another knockoff to satisfy my craving after watching a big theatrical release... But Aivela always serves up a masterpiece a thousand times better than I expect!”

“Investing in her knockoff movies carries practically no legal risk. Apart from the names and posters, which are imitations, everything else is original!”

Not long after,

all of Hollywood finally catches on.

People start begging and worshiping her: “Aivela, please, stop making knockoffs! Make a proper movie for us to watch! We’re desperate for one!”

People don’t understand

why a director with such extraordinary talent

insists on obsessing over knockoff movies day after day.

Time magazine even calls her “the first knockoff-film director to go down in history.”

Aivela: ??? I’m suffering here!

Theme: Strive tirelessly to improve.