Chapter 513

Many people can go to the Musikverein, but an invitation from the Philharmonic Society is not something just anyone can get; being able to enter the society signifies a kind of honor, and currently, the number of members of Chinese nationality can be counted on one's fingers, and every single one is a musician who can be called a master.

And at the age of twenty, receiving an invitation to join, there is no one else besides Luo Quan, so the level of impressiveness has naturally gone up another notch.

Facing the goodwill from Vienna, Luo Quan also replied under the relevant tweet:

"Thank you to the Philharmonic Society for your recognition of me.

The Vienna Musikverein is a stage that many musicians long to stand on, and I am no exception, but I have been busy with many things recently, so the plan to perform at the Musikverein may have to be temporarily postponed.

Before that, we can handle the membership matters first."

Going to perform at the Musikverein certainly cannot be done perfunctorily; if a grand scene isn't put together, it is estimated that people at home and abroad won't be satisfied, and precisely because of this, Luo Quan doesn't want to go perform.

It's too much trouble; she just finished her parents' wedding, and she has to continue filming a movie as soon as she returns to the country, so where would she find so much time?

Moreover, with her current influence and strength, she doesn't need to go to the Musikverein to prove anything to herself; there is no need for that.

Therefore, regarding the invitation to perform at the Musikverein, Luo Quan directly used the "delay" tactic; once this is dragged out, the Philharmonic Society won't come to ask her if she is free every day.

As for the invitation to join, Luo Quan certainly won't refuse that; fill out a form and pay a membership fee of a few dozen dollars, and one can get an official certification as a "musician," so why not?

Not long after the reply was sent, the domestic side immediately carried it back to the country, and the comment section of the Bilibili column was suddenly filled with a happy atmosphere:

"Haha, what did I say before? As expected, she didn't agree to perform immediately!"

"As the fighting dog among lazy dogs, Luo Quan can be considered to have reached a new height of laziness."

"Millions of domestic fans are holding money and begging her to hold a concert, and she doesn't even care; how could a Musikverein urge her? A Diamond Hall would be about the same."

"Indeed, Luo Quan just fancies these shiny gems; if she could be gifted a large diamond necklace after the performance, she might have agreed."

"Stop slacking off, Luo Bao, you've already delayed the movie for a week!"

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As Luo Quan's fans, they know their own salted fish too well; the idiom "better to do less than more" is almost tailor-made for her. For time-consuming and laborious things like performing, unless absolutely necessary, Luo Quan will absolutely not go.

So what kind of things can make Luo Quan become diligent? Actually, it's very simple: it's things related to her friends and family. As long as people around her have needs, she won't refuse.

For example, this time her parents held a wedding, she directly abandoned the movie that had just started filming and went to France, taking wedding photos and acting as a bridesmaid, and finally even came up with six wedding-specific songs, shocking the Vienna Philharmonic Society into sending her an invitation to join.

And according to the Law of Conservation of Luo Quan, after being busy this time, she will definitely rest for a while; it is estimated that in the short term, besides filming in Hengdian, there won't be any major moves.

The facts were indeed as the fans expected; after Luo Quan flew back to the country, she directly set her work email to reject incoming mail, and then added a sentence to her Bilibili and tweet statuses: "Focusing on filming, refusing all business."

This can also be considered as stating her attitude, although in the past, when others sent emails to talk to her about business, not many were successful anyway.

However, there are always those introduced by acquaintances that she finds hard to refuse, so rather than being in a dilemma later, it's better to nip the problem in the bud.

After the email rejection, her phone and computer were suddenly much quieter.

After returning to the country with Seeing Wen Xia, Luo Quan spent a day adjusting to the jet lag, and then immediately checked the shots that the assistant director had already filmed.

Basically, they were done according to what she said, but correct procedure doesn't mean the result is correct; these shots still had some that couldn't reach her expectations and needed to be scrapped and redone.

However, this couldn't be blamed on anyone; after all, the director wasn't there, and relying solely on the assistant director, they certainly couldn't control the entire play.

As for the news of the movie reshoots, it didn't cause too much emotional fluctuation among the crew, because the assistant director had greeted everyone in advance, saying that many of the shots filmed this week were likely useless work.

But having taken the salary, not doing the work certainly wouldn't do; everyone would rather do it wrong than do nothing at all.

This was also what Luo Quan had emphasized to the assistant director at the beginning; anyway, she had sufficient funds this time, so filming for another week was no big deal.

After the director returned to the crew, she also regained control of all the staff in the shortest possible time, arranged things according to the rhythm when the movie started, and restarted filming along the script.

Bridesmaid—Director, Luo Quan only used half a day to complete the seamless transition; everything returned to the right track, and the efficiency and speed were improved quite a bit compared to a week ago.

If everything proceeded smoothly step by step, then at most in a month, the movie could wrap up.

But heaven has unpredictable winds and clouds; the crew had just gotten on the right track when they were forced to stop work again.

However, this time it wasn't because of anyone's problem; it was simply that the weather was not cooperating.

July is scorching, summer is hot, and this year's summer temperature is even hotter than last year; more than half of the indoor scenes had been filmed, and it was just the time to prepare to film outdoor scenes.

The temperature setting in the play is in autumn and winter; in order to reflect fashion, both the protagonists and passersby are wearing coats and sweaters.

On a winter street, this must be a beautiful landscape, however, in summer, only someone with a broken brain would dress like this.

It is understandable for the sake of filming a movie, and it is natural for actors to suffer; everyone in the crew is not a delicate little fresh meat, and since the director is such a young girl and hasn't complained of being tired, a bunch of big men wouldn't just quit.

But the thickness of the clothes is there; people's willpower can overcome it, but the body is not made of steel after all, and once it reaches the critical point, one will get heatstroke just the same.

Originally, Luo Quan thought this kind of hellish weather would only last for two or three days and then dissipate with a heavy rain, but the sun on the third day was still fierce, and it was already unbearably hot before noon.

Looking at the news on her phone, Jiangnan Province had already issued a high-temperature warning; the temperature in most areas had reached 36 degrees, and in a few areas, it even reached 39 degrees!

And this kind of weather is going to last for five or six days; if they continue to act recklessly like this, I'm afraid something will happen.

"Everyone stop the work in your hands." Luo Quan picked up the megaphone and shouted, and everyone on the outdoor set immediately looked over.

"Pack up the props and equipment and send them to the warehouse, then everyone can finish work and go home. Today's wages will be paid as a full day; this weather is really too hot, how can we film when everyone is sweating profusely?"

Hearing this, the crew members suddenly cheered; they finally got a day off, and what made them even happier was being able to earn a day's wages for nothing; Director Luo is still generous.

The generous Director Luo, after shouting to finish work, returned to the hotel directly with Su Yu and Seeing Wen Xia.

The first thing upon entering the room: turn on the air conditioner, set it to 16 degrees, and set the fan speed to high!

"Phew, finally comfortable." Feeling the rapidly dropping air in the room, Luo Quan's body finally relaxed.

At this moment, the T-shirt on her body was already soaked with sweat, and the outline of the straps on her back and the patterns on the front were all traced by the T-shirt.

It's really suffering for girls in summer; wearing one more layer makes you don't know how much hotter you get, and because of the existence of protruding nipples, you don't dare to go braless.

"I'm going to take a shower." After finding clothes in the room, Luo Quan walked directly into the bathroom of her room.

"Splash—"

Ten minutes later, Luo Quan walked out; the doors to Seeing Wen Xia and Su Yu's rooms were wide open, and the sound of water came from the bathrooms; it is estimated that they were also taking showers.

The three people's rooms are in a large suite, with three bedrooms; each bedroom has an independent suite, and there is a living room in the middle, where everyone usually chats about the play.

On a high-temperature holiday, there is no need to chat about any play; Luo Quan returned directly to her own room, opened her computer, and started the live streaming mode.

Live stream title: The weather is too hot, taking a few days of high-temperature holiday.

Fans poured into the live stream, and the first scene they saw was Luo Quan holding an ice lolly; in the hot summer, it is only comfortable to eat an ice lolly while blowing the air conditioner.

"This year's weather is really too fierce, even hotter than last year; I have a red alert here directly." Luo Quan said with an ice lolly in her mouth, her speech slurred.

"Not bad, coordinates Greenland, still a bit cold."

"Ah, are you doing scientific research there?"

"Greenland is indeed not hot; it is estimated that it hasn't been hot for thousands of years."

"Luo Bao is from Yuzhou, still afraid of the heat? That's a furnace."

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Facing the questioning in the bullet screen, Luo Quan explained: "Yuzhou just has more days of high temperature, but the extreme temperature is really not as high as here, and the way it's hot is also different.

Speaking of which, Yuzhou now is really not as hot as it was a few years ago; I don't know if it's because of the popularization of air conditioning, but now as soon as the temperature rises, everyone stays in the air-conditioned room and doesn't go out."

"Look at the title, Luo Bao has given herself a holiday again."

"Classic holiday, trying every possible way to find space for herself to slack off."

"However, it is indeed very hot here in Jiangnan; there have been continuous high-temperature warnings."

"It's okay, this time you can take a holiday at will; it wouldn't be good if you get heatstroke or something."

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"I'm not doing nothing, okay." Facing the teasing from the fans, Luo Quan also retorted, "Look, as soon as I let the crew take a holiday, I came to live stream for you; doesn't this explain my diligence?"

Such an unconvincing explanation naturally continued to be teased by the fans, but this can also be considered a daily routine between the two; fans usually like to complain about Luo Quan, and Luo Quan likes to be stubborn.

The daily complaining session ended, and Luo Quan opened Bilibili to search for recent hot news, preparing to start the discussion session.

Taking a look, she happened to see the news about the World Cup group stage matchups.

After months of preparation, the China World Cup officially opened; originally, the opening ceremony planned to invite Luo Quan to sing the theme song, but she hadn't returned from abroad at that time, so she couldn't make it.

However, her theme songs and promotional songs at the opening ceremony could be said to have shone brilliantly, making fans all over the world feel excited, and the discussion level was quite high.

After the opening ceremony was over, the group stage matchups naturally kicked off.

As the host, China entered the World Cup group stage again after sixteen years, which is quite an exciting thing for fans across the country.

If it were the Chinese national football team from a few years ago, even if they entered the group stage this time, no one would have too many expectations; after all, the strength is there, and no matter how they kick, the chance of creating a miracle is zero.

But this time, domestic fans still have expectations for the national football team; the players participating this time have been replaced by a large batch, many are of the new generation, and there are a few naturalized players from abroad who have received advanced foreign training since childhood, and their skills are quite good.

Although this fresh force has not yet proven itself in international competitions, fans still have expectations for it.

And Luo Quan's "divine draw" also made everyone more confident; after all, the three opponents drawn this time are already the three weakest in the World Cup.

Of course, China is recognized as the weakest one, and in the eyes of the other three teams, it is no different from a "points-giving baby."

There is no way; the too absurd record has already left the national football team with no prestige in the world.

However, the poor performance of big-country football seems to have become a convention; in fact, not only China, but the football of Russia and the United States is also not very good; this time, besides China, the other two big countries failed to enter the group stage.

So, not playing well is not something shameful.

However, in the same group, one can lose to anyone, but one cannot lose to South Korea.

As the country with the least sportsmanship in the world, South Korea is quite disgusting, whether it is in the Olympics or the World Cup, or even in every single thing in life.

Behind-the-scenes manipulation, biased refereeing, and malicious fouls during matches are all old topics; news of applying for heritage and claiming other countries' cultures as their own are also common.

In short, this is a country without history, yet it is a shameless country that is constantly taking Chinese history and tampering with it at will; the two sides can be said to have accumulated grievances for a long time.

After the group stage was divided, South Korea didn't mock less on the foreign internet, saying that this time they would slaughter Chinese football, and even after the match was over, they had already thought about how to celebrate.

In fact, it's not that South Korea hasn't done similar things; once before, in a youth football match organized by China, after the South Korean team won, they directly stepped on the trophy to take photos, which was extremely insulting.

Doing this is extremely lacking in sportsmanship, but besides condemnation, China didn't have any good way; after all, their skills were inferior, and they were helpless.

And this World Cup, the national players of the two countries faced off, and the grievances between the two countries have a long history; before the match even started, the smell of gunpowder was already quite strong.

And when Luo Quan opened the news, she happened to catch the start of the match between China and South Korea.

How could she miss such a big event? She immediately clicked into the live stream to cheer for the national football team.

Usually, fans complain as they complain, but when it really comes to the match, who can not cheer for the national football team?