The Slacker Director Becomes a Film God

Lin Mo, a Beijing Film Academy director, has been jobless for three years after graduation and can't even pay rent. One day, a wealthy boss named Wang shows up, offering to invest three million to shoot 'The Dragon King Returns,' with the only condition being that he himself plays the Dragon King. Looking at Wang's figure—under 1.7 meters tall with a beer belly—Lin Mo tearfully agrees. From then on, the crew goes collectively insane. Wang changes the script: 'Three years of drinking ice, but the blood still burns! Ants, watch me stir the nine heavens!' Wang makes his own battle robe: thirty jin of pure gold plating, requiring two people to support him while walking. Wang demands the female lead wear 'colorful black' that glows. Lin Mo gives up and shoots everything as absurdly as possible. Unexpectedly, the show becomes a massive hit online! 'Snow on Wall Street' dominates short video platforms, Wang becomes the year's internet celebrity, and Lin Mo is hailed as a master of postmodern deconstruction. At the celebration banquet, Wang pats Lin Mo on the shoulder: 'Director Lin, for the second season, I'll invest ten million dollars. We'll go to New York to shoot 'Freeze Wall Street'!' Lin Mo: '...Yes, Boss Wang.'