Chapter 1021: New Year's Greetings: A Very New Type of TV Drama

After dinner, Miss Luo Quan opened her livestream as usual and started chatting with her fans.

Approaching the Spring Festival, the Bilibili interface also became festive and lively.

"It's almost the Little New Year's Eve, does everyone have any plans?"

Miss Luo Quan tied her thick hair into a ponytail while asking the audience.

Recently, due to excessive nutrition, her hair seemed to be growing a bit fast, almost reaching her buttocks.

Don't listen to novels saying that long hair reaching the waist or hips is the standard for beauties; in reality, it doesn't look that good, and it's very difficult to manage, with many inconveniences.

Miss Luo Quan used to cut her hair regularly and didn't intentionally grow it, but she had been quite busy recently and forgot about it. It was only when she took a shower yesterday that she realized her hair had grown very long.

Before the first lunar month, Miss Luo Quan planned to find a hairstylist to manage her hair.

And while she was tying her hair, the fans' plans for how to spend the Spring Festival were also posted:

"For the New Year, I want to spend a lot of money to invite Luo Bao to participate in an activity. It's very simple; you just need to follow along the whole time, and when the host asks a question, just answer 'I do'."

"Good guy, your abacus is quite loud."

"This winter is much colder than before, so I don't want to go anywhere; I'll just stay at home for the winter."

"I want to go to the cinema to take a look; I feel like there are quite a few good movies for the Spring Festival."

"They're all just commercial films with the same old stuff. Except for *The Wandering Earth 2*, the others are meaningless."

"I wonder if this time the little broken ball can break the record of the previous work."

"My assessment is that it's very difficult, especially when the trailer is slightly mediocre and the promotion is so Buddhist."

"As long as it's a good movie, that's not an issue. The word-of-mouth will tell you what the power of the masses is."

"But the power of capital on the side of *Empty River Blue* seems quite significant."

"Then let's see whose movie is better and whose box office is higher."

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Once the discussion started, the barrage clearly split into two factions, putting the two most topical movies of the Spring Festival on opposite sides.

However, such behavior is also very normal; after all, these two movies are released at the same time and are competitors.

The cinema's scheduling is limited; if one side has more screenings, the other will naturally have fewer, and the box office will also fluctuate.

So don't look at the fact that there's no movement on either side now; when the movies are officially released, the battle over promotion will become extremely intense.

"Let me tell you about my New Year's plans."

Miss Luo Quan finished managing her hair and clicked on a folder named "Work," which contained several other folders, namely TV dramas, anime, movies, games, music, study files, etc.

From the audience's perspective, what content could actually be learned in this study file was very worth exploring.

However, Miss Luo Quan ignored the fans' requests and clicked on the TV drama folder.

First to catch the eye were *Under One Person*, *Ode to Joy*, *All Is Well*, *Nirvana in Fire*, *The Disguiser*, *White Night*, etc.

With so many titles, the fans had only seen *Under One Person*; they hadn't even heard Miss Luo Quan mention the other projects.

"These are all scripts I came up with in my spare time. I haven't had time to film them yet. It's not realistic for me to direct them one by one; maybe I'll hand them over to others to film in the future."

Miss Luo Quan said, clicking on a folder named *The Knockout*. This name sounded very tense, but it wasn't clear what specific type it was.

"After the Spring Festival, this will be the first TV drama I film. The theme is sweeping away evil and upholding justice. It's currently in the casting stage." Miss Luo Quan started painting a big picture for the fans.

However, when the folder was clicked, it was full of documents, and Miss Luo Quan's mouse clicking action ended there; clearly, she didn't want everyone to see the specific content.

Just saying "sweeping away evil" was actually a bit abstract; the fans instinctively thought it was a mainstream work like *Wolf Warrior 2*.

The good news is that the TV dramas of the past few years have either been costume romances, xianxia romances, urban romances, or Republican-era romances.

Anyway, no matter the type, they couldn't escape talking about love. Coupled with the dominance of traffic, even a good script paired with poor acting would become dull.

So, over the years, netizens' requirements for TV dramas have become very harsh, and they especially hate various forms of romance dramas.

Although Miss Luo Quan's *The Knockout* didn't sound like it would have any romance content based on its name, out of caution, the fans still asked if this TV drama would involve romance.

"Romance?" Miss Luo Quan was amused by the fans' question. "I haven't even fallen in love myself; how could I do such a thing of feeding myself dog food?"

"Everyone, rest assured, this drama doesn't have too many emotional scenes."

"I've seen too many romance dramas that hang a sheep's head but sell dog meat; I'd better wait and see first."

"Luo Bao's works are still worth looking forward to, but I'm afraid that because of human relationships, she'll stuff in a few traffic stars, which would be very uncomfortable."

"You're overthinking it. Luo Bao herself is the investor; as long as she doesn't want to, no traffic star can get in."

"It still depends on the situation. If it's a traffic star with acting skills, then they can still come to act."

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Seeing the fans' worries, Miss Luo Quan smiled and said: "This TV drama is directed by me personally. Would I do something that smashes my own brand? So everyone don't worry, the new drama will definitely satisfy you."

With this promise, the fans finally felt relieved.

Actually, Miss Luo Quan had no intention of filming a TV drama for the New Year. The reason she suddenly announced it was mainly because when she went to Beijing for the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal a few days ago, she was incidentally given a task by Director He of the G-Bureau.

The last time she was given a task, it was to film a movie for an award, letting China have a presence in the international entertainment circle.

Although most of the limelight was taken by Miss Luo Quan, the task was actually completed very excellently.

This time, she didn't need to expand any international influence, but shifted the focus to the domestic market.

As for the task goal, Director He described it relatively abstractly. Based on her understanding, it should be similar to *Wolf Warrior 2*, which can be summarized as mainstream.

Since *Wolf Warrior 2* was criticized for being fake and empty due to its national pride theme, she would do a sweeping away evil theme, which is more grounded.

So *The Knockout* was born.

However, because Miss Luo Quan had too many similar TV dramas in her hands, if she only filmed one, it would be a waste of resources.

So she planned to film a trilogy: the first part *The Knockout*, the second part *Icebreaker*, and the third part *In the Name of the People*.

First of all, these three TV dramas all take place in one province. *The Knockout* is in Jinghai City, Handong Province; *Icebreaker* is in Tazhai, Dongshan City, Handong Province.

And *In the Name of the People* uses the entire Handong Province as the background.

Each part has different protagonists and villains. Although the villains don't interfere with each other, they all have intricate connections.

And the first two parts will bury some foreshadowing, letting the audience know there is a big boss behind the scenes, but not revealing it immediately.

Until the third part, *In the Name of the People*, the big boss behind the scenes is finally revealed, and it turns out to be Zhao Lichun, the former top leader of Handong Province.

At the same time, Zhao Lichun also has a connection with the protector of the big villain Gao Qiang in *The Knockout*, and this protector's name is Zhao Lidong.

One is Lichun (Spring) and one is Lidong (Winter); what the relationship is, let the audience imagine for themselves. The drama only needs to provide some hints, which is enough to stir up a lot of discussion.

And in terms of plot, it also goes from small to large, step by step.

At first, it's just "small troubles" like Gao Qiang's company group.

Then it's a giant drug trafficking group like Lin Yaodong's, which controls a village of ten thousand people.

Finally, it's big officials like Zhao Lichun and Gao Yuliang.

Each part ends with the villain being brought to justice and accepting trial, but it will also lead to the next villain, leaving enough suspense for the audience.

Does it sound familiar? Actually, this is the filming method of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

It's just that foreign countries usually do this by filming movies, but it seems no one has done a TV drama universe yet.

So Miss Luo Quan is trying a very new way of filming TV dramas.

If successful, becoming popular all over the internet and receiving rave reviews would be the basics.

And the only difficulty in completing this trilogy is casting and filming.

First of all, the script and director are definitely no problem, and for a TV drama to be good, the script, director, and actors are all indispensable.

It doesn't matter if the props are simple. Like *My Own Swordsman*, which only had a few rooms and tables and chairs, with props totaling less than 100,000, it could still film a classic.

But if any of the first three are poor, it will lead to the collapse of the overall viewing experience.

Therefore, the casting for the two dramas after *The Knockout* is very important.

The good news is that she is the investor and can cast independently without being coerced by anyone. Plus, with Director He backing her up, it shouldn't be too difficult to invite national-level actors.

Besides that, time is also a problem.

Filming three TV dramas in one go and wanting her to finish them in a year is absolutely impossible.

Although she said she would be more diligent this year to let the fans feel her efforts.

But filming a trilogy within a year is too diligent. If this were in the past, it would be unimaginable.

As for now, it's just limited to thinking about it; it's definitely impossible to do.

So she didn't directly tell the fans that what she was going to film was actually a trilogy, so as not to paint too big a picture and make them wait too long.

In short, let's get *The Knockout* out first and see the reaction. If the response is strong, then building the IP of the sweeping away evil universe will be very promising.

"Luo Bao, Luo Bao, when are you going to record the New Year's greeting video for everyone?"

After hearing Miss Luo Quan finish painting the big picture, the fans started asking about the matter at hand.

Every year approaching the Spring Festival, Miss Luo Quan records a New Year's greeting video.

Many fans are counting on this moment; after all, she has the reputation of a human koi fish. Listening to her say a few good words, one can be smooth sailing all year round.

And Miss Luo Quan also knows what they are thinking. Although the so-called koi fish constitution is a metaphysical thing with no scientific basis.

But there are many people in China who believe in these things, and her luck is sometimes indeed outrageously good, so accepting this title is not inappropriate.

So she said to the fans: "There will definitely be a New Year's greeting video. When the time comes, I will directly wish everyone a long life, forever immortal."

The fans were speechless upon hearing this:

"Rather than living long, I'd rather live more comfortably. You should wish me wealth instead."

"Health is the capital of revolution; I still want to be healthy and live long."

"So why can't we have both? It's just a matter of Miss Luo Quan moving her lips."

"People shouldn't be greedy; being too greedy makes it easy to get nothing."

"Listening to you arguing so fiercely, do you really think this is true?"

"I used to believe in science, but ever since Miss Luo Quan wished me financial resources, I've been picking up money every few days. From then on, I only believe in Luo-ism."

"So magical?"

"You'd better take back your questioning of Luo Bao immediately, otherwise her blessings will not be effective for you!"

"Luo-ism."

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Miss Luo Quan found it hilarious to see these netizens playing around. Being able to use her koi fish constitution to fool others, and doing it so seriously, is truly a talent.

However, it's the New Year, so I won't say unlucky things. Although the fans' claims are slightly exaggerated, she definitely can't stand up and deny these claims now; that would be adding trouble for everyone.

So it's better to go along with everyone a little.

Just like that, chatting with the fans for two hours, Miss Luo Quan went offline amidst a chorus of "goodnight."

As usual, she washed up and prepared to sleep.

And at this moment, Ye Zhining sneaked in from her own room.

"My dear consort, I'm here to fulfill my promise."

Ye Zhining looked righteous, as if she weren't here to take advantage.

Miss Luo Quan glanced at her and moved the pillow to the right: "Come on, same as last night."

"If it's really the same as last night, wouldn't you be taking liberties with me again, my dear consort?"

Ye Zhining pretended to be scared and covered her chest: "Oh my, I didn't expect you to have such a plan, my dear consort; you've hidden it so deep."

"Your Majesty, you have too much drama." Miss Luo Quan patted the bed: "I guarantee I definitely won't be touching you all over tonight."

"Then I'll trust you once, my dear consort."

Ye Zhining said, and quickly stripped down to just a dudou and briefs.

The briefs were bought for her by Miss Luo Quan. Ye Zhining thought they looked better than the traditional underpants, so she changed into them.

However, the combination of a dudou and briefs was like a fake medicine, a mix of East and West, earthy yet seductive, simply called "earthy-seductive."

Miss Luo Quan frowned and looked at it, holding back her laughter.

"Sleep!" After Ye Zhining covered herself with the quilt, Miss Luo Quan flipped the light switch, and the whole room suddenly became pitch black.

Miss Luo Quan decided to just cultivate through the night; she didn't believe that while conscious, she would still hug Ye Zhining tightly.

If it really happened again, then it must be Ye Zhining's problem.

Her cultivation was so much higher than her own; she must have some unknown skills, and making someone act like a hooligan in their dreams definitely wasn't difficult. ===== CHAPTER 1022 =====