Becoming a great entertainer started with being cyberbullied.

Chapter 142

Liu Pingwei was certainly not asleep, but he showed no intention of opening the door.

The knocking from outside the door gradually intensified.

"Teacher, it's me, and Fang Ruoxi is here with you. She needs to talk to you." Having no other choice, Zhou Wen resorted to his trump card.

Fang Ruoxi was a little nervous, looking around, afraid that the neighbors would call the police to report them for disturbing the peace. "Director Zhou, is Director Sun taking a break? Otherwise, we can..."

Before he could finish speaking, the old security door creaked open.

Liu Pingwei, wearing a military green cotton coat, stepped aside when he saw that it was indeed Fang Ruoxi, saying, "Come in and we'll talk."

Soon, the one-bedroom apartment that Liu Pingwei rented was illuminated by a dim light.

Winter has arrived, and heating has been turned on in the north, but Liu Pingwei's one-bedroom apartment is still very cold. Zhou Wen sat down and rubbed his hands because of the cold.

"Teacher, why is it so cold?"

Liu Pingwei looked up blankly, "Huh?"

He was a successful director who never lacked people to take care of him in his life. The assistant director on the film set arranged his life perfectly.

At home, both his first and second wives took meticulous care of him.

Zhou Wen was speechless. "Didn't you pay the heating bill?"

Seeing Director Liu's bewildered look, Zhou Wen felt his blood pressure rising.

"I'll go tell my assistant, teacher, that we can use your kitchen."

The two women had been sitting in the room for half a day, but Director Liu hadn't boiled any water for them. Zhou Wen had to do it herself and also called her assistant to ask her to come and pay Director Liu's heating bill tomorrow morning.

Luckily she came, leaving the old man to fend for himself; otherwise, he'd probably die of exhaustion in a couple of days.

Fang Ruoxi also spoke with Director Liu about the important matter.

"Director Liu, it's like this. A few days ago, we originally planned to co-produce a movie with Country A, but Country A unilaterally backed out."

After listening, Director Liu asked directly, "So what problem did you encounter, kid?"

Fang Ruoxi said, "It's like this, I've prepared another script and plan to film it myself, but I'm a little undecided about the actors and the director."

"Child, you must trust me. I can help you take a look at the script."

“Of course.” Fang Ruoxi immediately took out the printed script.

Liu Pingwei slowly picked up his reading glasses hanging around his neck and put them on. Under the dim light, he began to read the script word by word.

The screenplay for "The Godfather" was adapted from a novel, so the pacing is incredibly tight. The foreshadowing and climaxes come one after another, making it a truly brilliant film.

His beginnings were old-fashioned, which Liu Pingwei greatly admired.

At the wedding, guests arrived in droves, and plainclothes police officers were copying down the license plate numbers of the guests' cars.

The mansion's owner makes an angry entrance, and a violent confrontation is imminent, until the plainclothes officer pulls out the identification of an agent from Country A.

The homeowner angrily spat and left, while the detective calmly continued copying the license plate.

This family is unusual; they don't seem to be involved in anything legitimate, Liu Pingwei thought to himself. These various speculations piqued his interest.

A man in a black suit with a rose pinned to his chest looked out the window at the guests. He sat down, holding a cat, and listened to the lament of a humble father.

A group of white thugs insulted his daughter.

He was a first-generation immigrant who believed in a country marked by freedom. He was a hardworking businessman who worked diligently, paid his taxes, and fulfilled his civic duties conscientiously.

Then, his daughter got into trouble; she was insulted and hurt by a wealthy young man in the country, and as everyone expected, he called the police.

But what has the law given them?

Those bastards were released in court with only a small bail payment; they even smiled at him in court.

So he came here.

He said, "Godfather, I beg you to give me the justice that this country has never given me. I want those bastards to pay the price!"

Liu Pingwei's mind went blank for a moment.

The main character is...the Godfather?!

He increased his reading speed.

The second person seeking help is the godfather's godson, a star from country A, a very charismatic man. He is also an immigrant, but he has faded from the spotlight and his life is not as good as before. He has his eye on a role, but the film company refuses to let him take it.

So, the celebrity chose to seek help from the godfather.

The Godfather reprimanded him, not because he had drifted apart from the Godfather after becoming famous, but because the way he cried was not manly. The Godfather acted like a father, forgiving his children's mistakes and helping them without regard to cost.

Then came the second climax of the story.

After the wedding, the godfather's family lawyer, another of his adopted sons, went on a business trip to the 'film and television city' of country A, where he met with the tycoon of the film and television company.

The Godfather family's name is renowned even in Country A.

Although he was very unhappy, the film mogul still met with the Godfather's adopted son, a lawyer.

At the beginning, the film mogul showed his guests his mansion and his prized horse, but then the two got down to business during dinner.

The lawyer got straight to the point, stating the Godfather's intentions.

Unexpectedly, the film and television giant was furious.

But the shrewd film mogul also revealed the reason. It turns out that the godfather's adopted son, a star, had 'abducted' a female star being groomed by the film company.

When Liu Pingwei saw the lawyer leave so calmly, he had a premonition that this matter was not over.

Sure enough, one morning, the boss woke up to find his beloved horse's head being looked at and then stuffed into his bed.

Screams echoed throughout Beverly Hills.

Soon, the celebrity's adopted son landed the role he had always dreamed of.

Director Liu's heart was pounding as he watched.

Good scripts always have twists and turns, and it was after this small climax that the story also took a turn.

A man from country D came to the city and arranged to meet with the leaders of the city's 'Five Families,' including the Godfather.

“People from D country…” Liu Pingwei couldn’t help but mutter, “They grow avocados on ordinary land, and D products on ordinary land.”

"Back then, they hadn't even started growing avocados yet."

Fang Ruoxi exclaimed, "As expected of an old director, he has a sharp eye; he can guess eight or nine out of ten things at a glance."

Later, the Godfather's successor was brave but lacked strategy. Clearly, in the 'new business' mentioned by the D countrymen, the Godfather's son only saw the huge profits.

Then, a series of twists and turns occurred. First, the Godfather's most famous 'assassin' was 'taken care of' by the D countrymen, and then the Godfather himself was assassinated on the street. A once-famous family was almost 'brought down' like that.

Liu Pingwei couldn't help but analyze the hidden threads behind the words.

“How could a foreigner possibly target the local bullies without support? There must be a traitor among these five families. The Godfather is blocking their path to wealth... and his successor, that eldest son, his ambitions have been seen by outsiders. He bears a great responsibility for his father's assassination!”

"Great! Excellent! This script is very well written!"

But the best is yet to come.

Liu Pingwei never expected that the one who would save his family from disaster in the critical moment would be his godfather's youngest son, who was "out of place" with the family.

That World War II hero, that youngest son who was clearly very 'rebellious' in the family.

He is a second-generation immigrant, but he was born after his family rose to prominence. He received an elite education from country A from a young age. He is not an immigrant at heart, but a pure country A citizen.

Therefore, his thinking was very different from that of other members of his family.

His girlfriend is a pure white woman from country A.

He attended his younger sister's wedding wearing his military uniform.

Liu Pingwei certainly noticed this character; part of the family's character introductions are given to the audience through the youngest son's words.

Based on his extensive directing experience, Liu Pingwei judged that this might be a brilliant supporting role, but to his utter surprise, it was this young master whom everyone 'looked down upon' who turned the tide.

In the eyes of the eldest son of the family, he was a willful little brother who had been brainwashed by the education system of Country A.

In the eyes of the family elders, he was a "clean" "outsider".

Even their opponents didn't take him seriously.

However, it was this youngest son who first saved his father from the murderer who attempted to stab him twice in the hospital.

Then, without hesitation, he picked up a gun and calmly shot and killed the murderer who had tried to assassinate his father, a German man and a black policeman.

Of course, he paid a heavy price for this, as he was forced into exile.

Upon seeing this, Liu Pingwei's hands trembled as he took off his reading glasses.

“Child, you trust me, I’m willing to make this movie for you.”