Tonight is a birthday party, not a major event, so most people aren't too reserved.

After the free exchange concluded, directors Jeff and Escalade were the first to receive attention.

When asked about his new movie, he was asked if there were any suitable roles for him.

The second thing was to discuss Miss Lucy's birthday party tonight.

When asked about it, Jeff said, "I do have a role here that would be suitable for Miss Lucy. I wonder if Miss Lucy would be interested?"

He didn't lower his voice when he said this; instead, he addressed it directly to Lucy.

Lucy asked with a smile, "What kind of role is it?"

Jeff replied, "The female villain is the main character. The story is about how her family fell into poverty when she was 14, and when she was 15, she was sold to a gangster country because she couldn't pay off her debts."

That's roughly the plot for this character. Jeff didn't go into more detail, because doing so would be a serious leak.

Although he is the director, he doesn't want to reveal too much about the core plot before the film's release.

Out of respect for Miss Lucy, I'll spoil a small part of the core plot.

Upon hearing this, Lucy fell into deep thought. To be honest, she didn't particularly like this type of role; it was something she could consider, but not her first choice: "I'll think about it."

"Hmm." Jeff didn't ask for too much. He had two candidates for the role. It would be best if Miss Lucy could get it, but if she didn't like it, he would give it to the other person.

“Miss Lucy, I have a supporting actress here, who is an assassin.” Esca also stepped forward, extending an olive branch.

It's clear that, given her status as the daughter of the film industry president, many people still respect Miss Lucy.

"Assassin?" Lucy's interest was piqued upon hearing the word. "Could you elaborate?"

Aiska: "Of course, but we'll have to wait until after the birthday party, and then we'll find a quieter place to talk."

Discussing this here would be a major spoiler.

So we had to find a quiet place to discuss the plot.

“No problem.” Miss Lucy didn’t actually want a leading lady role; she just wanted a hit character.

The female lead is also an assassin, making the plot itself full of twists and turns.

Perhaps because she landed a role she wanted in such a short time, Lucy didn't talk about the movie for the next ten minutes or so.

We're not going to talk about the movie anymore.

Instead, they started talking about Li Zhaoyang.

"Miss Lucy, what exactly is your relationship with this Director Li?" Many actresses were very interested in this topic.

Some of these actresses had seen "The Truman Show".

I found the plot to be truly ahead of its time and incredibly imaginative. If I were to play the female role in it, I'd probably be a shoo-in for an award.

For a new director to have this level of skill is truly remarkable.

It's worth noting how many directors' debut films end in failure.

A few directors' debut films achieved good box office results, but their critical reception was not so good.

It's not uncommon for a debut film to achieve both box office and critical success, but it's rare.

“This…” Lucy was really annoyed by people asking this question, especially since she couldn’t not answer it in this situation.

If you don't answer, people will start to speculate.

After thinking for a long time, Lucy finally uttered a few words: "A friend I just met."

After that, no one mentioned it again.

The conversation revolved entirely around collaborations. For example, tonight, several male and female actors landed their dream roles and celebrated with drinks.

That's the effect of atmosphere plus alcohol.

Sometimes, when the atmosphere is just right and there's fine wine on the table, it's easy to close a deal.

As the birthday party drew to a close, the topic of Li Zhaoyang's plan to produce a 2D movie resurfaced.

It was made to the highest standards, making it too dazzling.

I feel like talking about it whenever I think about it.

Even quite a few voice actors came to try their luck.

"Director Li, is there any voice actor for a character in the film crew who would be suitable for me?"

"Director Li, will the three highest standards be met in the end?"

"Director Li, if your new movie flops at the box office, will you continue working in the film and television industry?"

Some of the more tricky questions were asked by people arranged by Watanabe and Noda.

Because of the involvement of Watanabe and Noda.

Even after the birthday party ended, many people still had the thought in their minds that Director Li was going to make a 2D animated film that met the highest standards in three aspects.

If the plot is generally sound and the three highest standards are met, the viewing experience shouldn't be too bad.

As for the plot, it's too early to draw conclusions.

"Teacher Zhaoyang." Outside the entertainment building, Watanabe No promptly called out to Li Zhaoyang, jogging over and asking with a smile, "Would you like me to provide you with some technical support?"

"Sure, how about we discuss the details of our future cooperation now?"

When Watanabe was taken aback by Li Zhaoyang's unconventional approach, he was stunned. Wasn't he disgusted? How could he still hold back from criticizing himself?

"This..." Watanabe was at a loss for words.

"Watanabe-kun, get some sleep these next couple of days." Li Zhaoyang, being a kind-hearted person, often reminded others with a sunny smile.

Otherwise, after a while, these two days won't be peaceful anymore.

Take advantage of your good mood now and sleep as much as you can.

Otherwise, you'll only realize how wonderful it is to be able to sleep when you have insomnia.

After Li Zhaoyang got into the car and left, Watanabe was still pondering his words: "What did he mean by that?"

"He's already getting impatient; I noticed his smile is much stiffer than before." Noda felt a surge of joy: "Tomorrow, we should give our teacher Zhaoyang a big gift."

"See you tomorrow then."

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"I'm sure of it, Director. They'll start their operation tomorrow."

Back home.

Li Zhaoyang first contacted the director.

After hearing this, Zhang Shulan said, "Leave the rest to the company. Zhaoyang, get a good night's sleep tonight and watch the show tomorrow."

After ending the call and putting down his phone, Li Zhaoyang went into the bathroom to take a shower, dried his hair, and went to bed.

It wasn't until the next morning that Yang Kai called to summarize the work progress.

Since Director Li has been visiting the anime department and the rendering team from time to time, their work efficiency has improved significantly.

They even said they wanted to work at Starlight for the rest of their lives.

Unless Starlight doesn't collaborate with Director Li of Sunset.

After summarizing the work progress, Yang Kai asked on the phone, "By the way, Director Li, Director Zhang called me this morning and said that people from Sihai or several other groups will contact one of our employees from the ACG (Anime, Comics, and Games) division, and asked me to be prepared. Is Wanxia (Sunset Glow) brewing up some big surprise again?"

Yang Kai immediately perked up when he received Director Zhang's call early in the morning, taking it very seriously.

Under normal circumstances, he would never receive a call from Director Zhang.

Once you receive a call, it's usually about something important at work.

After giving his explanation, Yang Kai sensed a business opportunity, but he didn't pry. So, under the pretext of reporting on his work, he asked Director Li for more information.

Li Zhaoyang didn't elaborate, only giving a precise answer: "Someone wants to spend money to promote us. Just have Xingguang cooperate with Director Zhang."

"What?" Yang Kai perked up immediately upon hearing this answer.

Thinking back to the last time I colluded with Sunset to cause trouble, we swindled $100 million from the Four Seas Group. The overwhelming publicity and hype ultimately benefited Starlight and Sunset – it was truly exhilarating.

That was the first time in all the years Yang Kai had followed Li Gui that he felt so refreshed.

So, after receiving Director Zhang's call early in the morning, Yang Kai began to ponder the process of this plan.

After a long pause, Yang Kai realized he had been a bit out of line, and then said, "I will fully cooperate with Director Zhang."

"Okay, I'll go to Starlight again at noon today, and then I won't go anymore." Li Zhaoyang figured that the 4K high-difficulty scenes were basically rendered, and the rest were medium and low difficulty, which the technical backbone could handle.

"I'm ready to serve you anytime."

After the phone call ended.

Yang Kai's side has already begun to take action, and they must fully cooperate with Director Zhang.

He even reported this matter to Li Gui separately.

Upon hearing this, Li Gui's first reaction was: "Director Zhang is up to something again? Who is he targeting this time? What? He's targeting Sihai? Here's what we'll do: I have several trusted confidants here who I'll temporarily transfer over to you later. Make sure they cooperate well with Director Zhang's work."

Yang Kai smiled and said, "My suggestion is to send out trusted confidants, and at the same time, have the people sent by Sihai find Wang Ya and Wang Yaowen."

Those like Wang Ya and Wang Yaowen who were unwilling to be transferred to the anime/manga/game (ACG) department had a certain reservation about the department itself.

If the Sihai Group were to inquire about the situation from them, they wouldn't even need to put on an act; they would sell the anime merchandise.

Anyway, those guys didn't know about the confidential documents in the anime world, and even if they did leak some unimportant information.

Li Gui: "It's settled, go and do it right away."

After Yang Kai left, Li Gui began to fantasize again about what the ultimate benefit of Director Zhang's plan would be.

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