Shanghai is as hot as ever in August.

Reporter Liu Hongying sat alone in a milk tea shop with a bourgeois decor. She looked through the glass window covered with cartoon stickers at the passers-by hurrying back and forth, and buried her head in revising her interview draft.

When she saw the head portrait that usually appeared in the most prominent position in the news actually walking towards her, her body stood up uncontrollably.

"Hello, Mr. Zhou!"

Her voice just now was a bit loud and would definitely be heard by the customers around her.

Liu Hongying covered her mouth in fear. She had heard that some bosses were very taboo about these things.

However, Zhou Yiyang calmly sat across from him, completely unfazed. The other guests were also immersed in their own worlds, not noticing that the person sharing the same space with them was the hottest rising star in the entrepreneurial world in recent years.

"Hello." Zhou Yiyang looked through the menu, then scanned the code to order, and ordered himself a cup of cherry-flavored snow-capped fruit tea.

"Mr. Zhou," Liu Hongying hadn't expected Zhou Yiyang to actually accept her interview. After all, she wasn't well-known in the industry. After leaving a well-known weekly magazine, she transitioned to self-media. "I just called out your name without paying attention. It shouldn't have any impact, right?"

"No." Zhou Yiyang shook his head calmly: "This store is right downstairs from my company, and most of the time it's people from my company who dine here. Later, I contacted my boss and bought this place. So everyone is used to seeing me coming in and out of here."

Liu Hongying nodded, then quickly wrote a sentence on the notepad in front of her:

[I met Mr. Zhou in the milk tea shop. If it weren’t for his handsome face and unique temperament, I might have mistaken him for a customer like me who came in to avoid the scorching sun.

He has a unique aura that draws people in. When he casually mentioned that this store was also his business, I didn't see a single hint of boasting. He's different from the other young directors I've met.

Zhou Yiyang stared at the other person curiously. He felt that the person generated by the other person's description was different from him.

After Liu Hongying finished writing, she looked up and saw Zhou Yiyang looking at her openly.

"I'm watching you write, is it okay?" Zhou Yiyang's tone was quite gentle.

"Of course," Liu Hongying smiled. "If Mr. Zhou has any dissatisfaction, please let me know. I will make changes based on the situation."

"That is to say," Zhou Yiyang took the fruit tea and took a sip. It tasted really good, worthy of Su Yin's recommendation. "You may not change."

"Yes," Liu Hongying said directly, "If I had no attitude at all, there wouldn't be so many people following my account. I think Mr. Zhou accepted my interview because of this, right?"

"You could say that," Zhou Yiyang leaned back in his chair, listening to the soothing music in the shop. He suddenly felt a little sleepy. "A lot of people want to interview me every day. If I have time, I will accept it."

He looked at Liu Hongying's surprised expression and added, "You're lucky. I happened to be free when you asked me out."

Liu Hongying nodded and used redundant words to describe Zhou Yiyang's outspokenness.

"Good luck is also my advantage," Liu Hongying said directly, "Mr. Zhou, I heard that your new movie has finished filming. Is that true?"

"The ending has been filmed," Zhou Yiyang placed his hand on his chest, "but there are still some scenes to be re-shot in the middle, so it can't be considered the end."

"It's clear that Mr. Zhou is a very demanding person." Liu Hongying raised an eyebrow. "Then, Mr. Zhou, do you know that before your new film was released, 16 science fiction films were already scheduled? And almost all of them are claiming to be the first domestic science fiction film. What do you want to say about this, Mr. Zhou?"

"I think this is a good thing," Zhou Yiyang said, placing another dessert order. "I'm planning to make a science fiction film, and my biggest goal is to promote the development of science fiction films in my country. Now that the film hasn't even been released yet, it's already achieved this effect. Isn't this even better?"

Liu Hongying seemed to have anticipated Zhou Yiyang's answer and continued, "Isn't Mr. Zhou worried that they're just riding on the hype? Otherwise, why are they so eager to set release dates? Furthermore, we've learned that half of these films weren't originally sci-fi films; they were changed mid-shoot."

"Is that so?" Zhou Yiyang shook his cup and smiled nonchalantly. "I can't draw a conclusion before I see the finished film. But the audience will use their real money to vote on whether a movie is well made."

"So, Mr. Zhou, are you confident in your film?" Liu Hongying bit the cap of her pen. "Many people say that anything you direct, Mr. Zhou, is a masterpiece. While this statement certainly attracts audiences, will it become a source of pressure when making films?"

"I never said that." Zhou Yiyang shrugged innocently. "I'm very grateful for the audience's trust in me, but I'm not a saint. It's impossible for me to never make mistakes. But I promise that I will do my best to make the best film."

"One last question," Liu Hongying said with courage, "Mr. Zhou, you use your own artists in most of your films. Does this mean that if someone wants to make your movie, whether they are your direct descendants is a very critical criterion? Also, if there is an actor who is more suitable for a certain role and he is not from Yiyang Entertainment, would you hire him?"

Zhou Yiyang took a bite of the dessert. Just as Su Yin had said, it was too sweet. He hadn't expected Lin Xuan'er to like it. She was indeed a Shanghai native.

"The first question is, yes and no. As the boss of Yiyang Entertainment, I prioritize using my own artists, and I think everyone can understand that. Otherwise, my employees would protest. However, my standard for hiring people is always whether they are suitable, not their background. Otherwise, the male and female protagonists of every movie I have would be fixed, Moonlight Girl plus Luo Chen, Ling Hu. I'm afraid the audience would get tired of it after watching too many of them!"

"As for the second question, I've also answered it. As long as he's suitable, I will definitely go for it. If I can poach him, that would be even better."

Liu Hongying nodded and added a label of "confident, domineering, and open-minded" to Zhou Yiyang.

After finishing the interview, Liu Hongying hurried back home to prepare to write the article.

If it were usual, she might have added some spice to the interview transcript and dug out the hot spots that netizens wanted to see.

But this time she didn't. She knew very well that Zhou Yiyang was much more professional than herself in marketing. She didn't want her account to disappear.