“What do you mean?” Ian asked back from the reporter as Rose shrugged.

Marilyn continued what she meant by the question. The two ladies in front of Ian had two jobs. The job of asking questions was handled by Marilyn and Rose was in charge of holding the recorder and noting down several things that were considered important.

“It- Oh, what you’re thinking is not true. There are no announcements whatsoever around-”

“That’s what I was thinking about. I thought again there are things I’m not aware of and I should be. And somehow, no. Not yet. Jeff did offer me something a while ago but I had to reject it because I was busy with other things that I’ve planned. But yeah, looking forward to, in the future,” Ian said politely, knowing how people would twist his words if he didn’t appear as a person with gratitude.

“What are you doing in France? This is the raging question of the people… Your fans, and especially movie fans, are waiting eagerly for you to start a new movie. Trust me, I think it’s for the best that you don’t check social media.”

“I’m working on a book actually. And yeah, I agree with your last statement. I’m not that much of a great public keep-up-with-the-trend guy.”

The two ladies nodded and smiled equally which made Ian shrug in return. ‘What more can they expect from a director who flew away to another country right?’ Ian thought.

“What is it about? I mean, if you don’t mind me asking,” Marilyn asked while scratching the back of her neck.

“Oh yeah, well, it’s yet another fantasy novel. Totally unrelated, but for my Percy Jackson fans, the sequel to the first book would be out in the Summer of next year, and yes, I’ll be back to LA in no time when I’m done with the book.”

“Thank you for sharing that information with us. Renner Studios climbed to the top 3 studios with flying colors as a result of movies you’ve directed and scripted within just two years, which is a really small amount of time. And as per the information, Raelynn Sawyer, who is known to be a cinematographer, is now directing the latest upcoming movie by Renner Studios-”

“That’s right.”

Ian replied and let her continue what she was about to say.

“She also has attended numerous functions as your date. Does that mean something? Are you both in a relationship?”

The question made Ian’s eyebrows raise. “She is a very good friend of mine, and that’s that. Some day very soon, I’ll bring good news to everyone related to my love life, till then, I wish to answer no more questions,”

“Wow…” Rose whispered and Marilyn nodded.

-

The interview had ended hours ago and Ian was in his room, opposite the balcony plus city view, on his bed and his laptop lying on his lap.

He was waiting for something for half an hour now which also made him almost fall asleep after the long talk he had in the morning.

Raelynn: The server must load in 5 minutes.

Ian quickly took the laptop and the next thing he knew was that Ferris Bueller’s Day Off started to play.

After going through a lot of editing and corrections, Raelynn and the team had been finally able to put the movie together, and not to mention, she was more than content with what they had been able to put off.

“What in the fucking world…? Is that Keanu-”

Ian suddenly paused the screen and took it closer to his eye level so that he could see if that was the man he was imagining to be.

If someone from the third point of view looked at Ian and his laptop, it would seem as if he was kissing the screen with unconditional love, looking into the depth of the screen—but nada! What actually happened was the man was interested in the actor.

After a lot of thought and going into the movie and searching his face, coming across his acting and knowing that actually is Keanu Reeves—The man, the myth, the legend—he suddenly felt stupid for not taking a look at the cast list.

‘Fuck! I should have!’ he thought to himself and started the movie all over again.

Maybe it’s the time he wrapped up the book and headed back to LA.

-

The movie ended with him grinning ear to ear. He had expected Raelynn to do a good job, but this was fantastic and it almost looked like an original movie, which she did without any sort of help—but in reality, it was Ian who provided her with the script.

Nevertheless, the way the actors have been handled to the way the shots were taken were fresh to Ian’s eyes.

Immediately, a facetime call came over the screen and Ian had to wipe off the smile that was left on his face.

“Mr. Renner!”

The office room of Mason was filled with so many people. The editing team, sound production team, Niko, Raelynn, and several other members he couldn’t figure out.

“We gave you an extra twenty minutes before calling!” Mason said from the other end.

‘Yes, the extra twenty minutes I kept watching Keanu Reeves over and over’

“How did you like it? Is there anything you’d want to change?” Raelynn asked as soon as the environment fell into silence.

“Before anything else, can I know the name of the principal who acted? Also, I need a full list of the cast. Can I?” as he was asking the people had their mouths open.

“What?” he asked, noticing their surprised faces.

“Nothing sir, it’s just that-”

“Why are you interested in Keanu?” Mason asked back.

“Just he looked familiar. Keanu who?”

“Keanu Reeves. He was a scriptwriter before, and the man is quite talented. Even his scripts are original as they are his ideas. You should meet the guy. But again, your curiosity about this person is something to question.”

The team who gathered around Mason nodded.

“Give me half a week, I’ll be there. Also, the movie. I think two/three scenes could be better without them. But overall, it’s great. Let’s go through things that could’ve been better…”

The conference made the team realize what sort of a person Ian is. How good of a director he is, and how he knew what exactly to do with scenes and how they could have been better. A thing that many directors lack—including Raelynn is the perspective of a person who watches the movie.

“...As I said, Raelynn, the technical aspect is something even I couldn’t have done as much as how you did. But if we improve these bits, it’s going to become a blockbuster, I’m sure.”

Ian said with a smile.

“Right, is there anything else to say?” He asked after noticing the people go silent.

“I’ll call you in a few, we'll have to talk,.” Mason said and Ian nodded.

-

Two weeks passed in a blur, and Ian couldn’t help but start to work again so that he could go with something when he went back home.

For that, he prepared a script and a draft of the book he wanted to publish as soon as he got back from France.

“Sir, May I see your ticket?” The lady at the desk asked as Ian had zoned out for a moment.

“Sure,” he said and handed the ticket while the lady nodded.

…..

He was facing off the little shutter as he saw a wing of the plane so close to the ground. Much to his unpleasantness, every time he wanted to close his eyes on the flight, he was reminded of how he died and how the memory library provided him with flashbacks of the first day he was reincarnated.

‘Urgh…. Eleven fucking hours! I might as well read my draft again!’ he thought to himself and opened the laptop to read the draft he had written.

Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters

IAN RENNER

-

Ian wanted to write the entire The Lord of The Rings series, and for that he had to start with The Hobbit series. In the first book, The Hobbit is set within Tolkien's fictional universe and follows the quest of home-loving Bilbo Baggins, the titular hobbit, to win a share of the treasure guarded by a dragon named Smaug. Bilbo's journey takes him from his light-hearted, rural surroundings into more sinister territory.

But after doing a lot of research, he found out that The Hobbit series already exists in this world. Thinking of ways, and finally settling on the fact that he’d make the series as movies—he went ahead with the next book of PJ.

Not to mention, while writing the book, which cost him sleepless nights and tiresome days, every moment his thoughts wandered to how he could make a good series from the book itself.

Along with that, he had so many ideas hovering in his mind to do when he got back. Fast and Furious, the script which he was taking back with him, The Dark Knight, and maybe getting onto the video-gaming franchise with Resident Evil—Ian sighed as the first page of the book reminded him of all of the things he had to do.

A smile drew on his face. ‘Cheers to starting off from right where I left!’ he opened and started to read the masterpiece in his hand.