The scene opens with the arrival of the director, who tells the audience that he will be living in the director's apartment. He tells them that he can see the director often, and that the apartment is right next to his office. He invites the director to dinner and introduces him to a friend for the evening. When the time comes for the dinner, the director will be ready to introduce the friend to the audience. The director is impressed with the acting of the young woman, who has a "hot temper" when she is working. He asks the director if he was interrupted, and the director tells him that they are almost done for the day. He then tells the director that he has read about the director in the newspaper, and asks if the actress in the picture is a friend of his. He says that the actress is an old friend, but that he did not expect her to be interested in his past. He also says that he found many of his stories on the web, and wonders if he should have asked her about his past, since his past is much more dramatic than hiss. He adds that he had not expected the actress to care about the past, but he does not know why she would care about his present. The young woman is Yusheng Ren, a famous media figure who has known the director for many years, and he asks her to take care of him.