Chapter 853 - Trapping Others

"After the completion of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, will you continue to film movies, or will you continue to take on the duties of the Moran Group?"

Seeing that there was no way to dig out more about her personal life, the reporters quickly turned their focus to the next question that the public was concerned about.

Laila has been in office at the Moran Group for almost half a year now and has been doing a great job. Just imagine, if you were the CEO of a large corporation, would you still have the idea of ​​directing a movie?

In the minds of ordinary people, no matter how talented a director is, he cannot compare with a group CEO. Directors are poor people who need to endure wind and sun and worry about the poor box office of their movies. CEOs are different. Aren't they all driving luxury cars, attending parties, signing documents, giving speeches, and making money?

Many of Laila's fans are worried that she will no longer be involved in the film industry and will stop making movies. Even if they have received her assurance, they are still very worried. If they don't see her return to the film industry one day, their worries will continue.

"Being a film director and making movies is my favorite job. I will come back when my grandparents are healthy and return home." Laila gave a very affirmative answer.

Taking over the position of acting CEO was unexpected for her. If it weren't for her grandmother's accidental fall, she had no intention of entering the corporate world so early. She still has ideals to fulfill, how could she leave now?

"Director Moran, what is your opinion on 'Evan Almighty' releasing around the same time as your movie? Will they put pressure on you?"

Laila glanced at the reporter who asked the question. If she remembered correctly, this media outlet should have a good relationship with Universal Pictures. Otherwise, why would they specifically mention this movie that she had almost forgotten about?

Do they want to hype it up with her? She didn't mind, anyway, if they ended up embarrassing themselves, it wouldn't be her problem.

"I haven't seen 'Evan Almighty' yet, but I've seen the first one. Jim Carrey's performance in the movie left a deep impression on me. I think it's a very classic comedy movie."

Everyone present was stunned. It seemed that no one had expected her to have such a high opinion of her competitor. Only some experienced old reporters understood that she was not praising the other party at all, but rather setting a trap for them.

She avoided the reporter's question and instead praised Jim Carrey's performance in the first movie. If the second movie still starred Jim Carrey, then of course it would make sense for her to have high hopes for the movie. But Jim Carrey is not the lead actor in the new movie, so what's the point of praising him again? It would only make the audience who had seen the first movie compare the current lead actor with the previous one. This was not good news for "Evan Almighty."

Laila pointed out this fact bluntly, clearly with no good intentions. It sounded like she was praising them, but in fact, it was just one word - "trapping"!

The next day's media, whether in print or on TV, was lively. Many entertainment reporters marveled at Laila's influence and appeal.

Without her, Hollywood was lifeless. No matter how much they dug, they could only find some insignificant news, and even occasional gossip about a celebrity could not arouse readers' interest. But when Laila returned, it was different. Just take a look at the front page of today's entertainment section, almost all of it was about her.

"'Relationship in Crisis? Lord of the Rings Premiere, Director Moran Walks the Red Carpet Alone' (Janet: What about me? Didn't I walk the red carpet with my daughter? Where did they put me?)"

"Laila Moran Announces She Will Continue to Direct Films and Confirms New Movie Plans" (Laila: Well, it's the entertainment reporters I know, their imagination is still as big as ever. But where did they come up with this conclusion from?)

"Genius Director, also an Emerging Business Elite, Counting Down Laila Moran's Top Ten Golden Strategies After Taking Over"…

As usual, Demi would collect all the news related to Laila and the movie and hand them over to her. When she returned to New York the day after the premiere, she was sitting in the CEO's office at the headquarters of the group, dealing with the work that she hadn't finished the day before.

While flipping through the news, she was also pondering an important question. She didn't know why, but in TV and movies, bosses always seem to have plenty of time to be dominant and bully people everywhere. But here she was, after taking over for almost half a year, still working herself to the bone.

Although some time had been spent on overseeing the post-production of "The Dark Knight," the affairs of the company were still enough to weigh her down, and overtime was more than normal. This made her feel very strange. When her grandfather sat in this position, she never saw him being tied to the office by work all day long.

When the old man was in the mood, he would either play golf with his friends or have tea and chat with them. Those days were so comfortable that they could be described as delightful. How did it become like this for her?

She had once asked her grandfather about this question, but the answer he gave her was only four words - "The capable ones work more."

At that time, Laila really believed it and thought that her grandfather's words made sense. It wasn't until a chance encounter that she heard from someone else that her exhaustion was actually her grandfather's "instruction," just to squeeze out as many of her "ideas" as possible.

I don't know if it was because the old man used to urge her for ideas one at a time, which made the old man think that she was a genius who could only produce ideas when squeezed.

If she had known earlier that her grandfather had such a deep "misunderstanding" about her, Laila would have protested for herself. If you want her to come up with ideas, just say so, why use such a terrifying method to squeeze her, right?

Really, when it comes to being close to her grandfather, he was not polite at all when it came to using his granddaughter.

Unfortunately, Laila still doesn't know that her hard work is due to her grandfather's meddling. She really thinks that it's because she's not capable enough, which has led to this result.

Who asked her not to have done this before? Even if she knew she was being tricked by her grandfather, she could only accept it.

In fact, if she applied her work efficiency like she did in Dragon Soul, she wouldn't be so tired.

When she was in the film company, it was usually her who gave the tasks first, and then she would hand them over to the right people to arrange. She only needed to manage the final results, and she didn't need to worry about what happened in between.