"You! You are finally here."
Director Kang said when she saw him. She looked like she wanted to say many things but she held herself back.
"Sorry for the trouble."
"Trouble! You should call it a storm. We were really worried about it and you, you should not have sided with him."
Director Zhao said as he alternated his gaze between Ren and White bear.
"Director Zhao, I..."
"It was my fault!"
Before White bear could continue speaking, Ren interrupted him and said.
"You!"
"It was my plan from the start. White bear helped me because I asked him to. It was not his fault."
Ren said as he glanced at White bear.
He didn't want Director Zhao to blame White bear because of him.
"Fine, then, I will not say anything this time but don't help him in these crazy ideas from now on or else, I have to punish you."
"I, I will take care of it."
White bear said as he looked in gratitude towards Ren.
"We don't have time to talk anymore. The CEO is waiting for you."
Director Kang said as she tapped her watch with her fingers. She has an impatient look on her face.
"You know what to say, right?"
"Yes, I have a plan."
"I hope it's a good plan or you brewing that storm would be a big stupid idea."
"Don't worry about it."
Ren said as he started walking towards the CEO's office.
'I can do it.'
Strangely, he didn't feel nervous or fearful today.
Instead, he was excited and ecstatic, he can't wait to tell the CEO about his plans.
There was a part of him that was slightly scared but even that part was a little excited as Ren was pretty much sure of his plan.
He believed that his plan was decent and the CEO would agree to it.
He entered the CEO's office while thinking about those thoughts.
"You are finally here. I thought you were playing hide and seek with us."
"I received your call. There's no way, I would not have come."
Truthfully, Ren was thinking of meeting the CEO later, but he decided to come here because she has personally called him.
He can't refuse her.
"So, I think you really went far to just act in this one movie but you don't have to go that far, you should have told me about it, first."
CEO Xu's words were right. Just like he had done when he had wanted to act in «The stars above», he could have just asked the CEO about it.
But Ren wanted to be sure that the project would be a success, that's why he implemented his plan.
«A born star» was not a movie he had seen in the future. It was a project that was never made into a movie or anything.
Ren was not sure about its success unlike «The stars above», that's why he decided to do it.
It was also because his plan was an all-rounded method to get the investors and hype the project to fame.
This way, he can cut off the chances of failure.
"I wanted to make sure that the project would be a success. That's why I decided to do that."
"But, starting a rumor that you were planning to act and invest in a rookie director's movie which was even a musical drama was truly unexpected."
"I know that but that type of rumor will surely attract anybody, especially in an industry where everyone is after profits."
Ren's plan was not much. It was simple.
He had just created a rumor saying that he was planning to invest and act in a musical drama, which was even directed by a rookie director.
The fact that Ren was going to not just act but even invest in it and it was a musical drama which was even directed by a rookie director was enough to make it a trending rumor.
Media was hurriedly trying to depict if the rumor was true or not and some media outlets have even released articles about it.
It was just because of Ren's current hype.
He was at the top of his popularity and his drama was still running with an average rating of 3.2%.
He had even won the best debut award earlier this month and there were many speculations about his growing popularity.
Media and paparazzi were trying to get everything on him.
His mother had even pestered him that she had received many calls from some reporters asking her to give an interview about him.
Even his uncle and aunt have received them.
With that sort of popularity, if a rumor saying that he was going to act and even invest in a project gave media the perfect story.
It was enough to make «A born star» into one of the most anticipated projects of the year.
And even the investors will come running to him after the media confirms the rumor.
It was because investors were like wolfs, they will go running when they will find some good meat and for them, Ren was the most expensive meat on the market right now.
"I think you must have thought about what to do now?"
CEO Xu said as she shot him an interesting look. She was giving him that look for a while.
"Of course, I have already thought about the next part of the plan and it is something that will also benefit our company."
"Oh, what is it, then?"
CEO Xu asked as if she had found something unexpected and more interesting.
"It's a plan that will raise the stakes to the next level."
"Let's hear it then."
* * *
"What do you think they would be talking about?"
Jiang Wan, who had just come to the company asked. He was looking over another actress till now, that's why he was not here earlier.
"I wonder about that. Ren does seem confident when he entered the CEO's office."
Director Kang said as she tapped her legs on the floor. It was a habit of her whenever she gets impatient.
"They were talking for over an hour already. Hey, do you know anything about his plan or whatever it is?"
Jiang Wan said as he glared at White bear.
"I really don't know about it anymore. Ren only told me that he was confident in his plan and it was decent. I didn't ask because of that."
"You should have asked him about it. Because of it, we don't know what to do right now."
"Let's leave it, Jiang Wan."
Director Zhao said as he stopped Jiang Wan from scolding him anymore.
He didn't want an argument to happen in this situation.
He had once felt that that the acting department was too silent these days and a storm was coming for them.
That's was just his intuition but Director Zhao was truly right.
He just didn't know that it would come so earlier.
He just wished that it will go down peacefully or he doesn't know what to do about it.
'Ring!'
At that moment, his phone rang. It was a call from the CEO.
He hurriedly picked it up.
-Come to my office right now!!
The phone ended after that.