Chapter 532: High Notes

"Perhaps the plot is slightly cliché, but the protagonist's acting and appearance make this film truly dazzling; it is absolutely worth a watch!"

This is a highly-rated comment for *The Queen Who Wears Chanel* on Rotten Tomatoes, and the 80% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes also proves the film's quality.

In terms of storytelling, this is indeed a steady workplace film without any major twists, but both the acting and the production of the film are simply too excellent.

From the perspective of a commercial film, this definitely counts as a work of conscience, and it unexpectedly fits the tastes of American audiences. Fashion, luxury goods, and big brands—these keywords are all part of many Americans' daily lives. It can be said to be quite down-to-earth, so much so that even though most of the leads in this film have Chinese faces, they can still watch it with great relish.

Of course, the Miranda played by Miss Luo Quan is absolutely the most dazzling person, even overshadowing the true female lead, Andy. If the film's perspective weren't mainly focused on Andy, almost no one would doubt that Miranda is the protagonist of this film.

Generally speaking, films where the second lead overshadows the first lead usually make the film seem to lack a clear focus, leading to a very strange viewing experience.

However, this film did not have such a situation because the character Miss Luo Quan played was meant to achieve this effect from the start. The film's title also revealed the truth early on; one might ask, how could a "Queen" not outshine everyone else?

Being able to interpret a character to this extent is Miss Luo Quan's success, and it is also a manifestation of her astonishing acting skills.

Previously, the roles she played were either eye candy or action stars. Fans came for her and her martial arts skills, and they really hadn't paid much attention to her acting.

Now, it's different. Miss Luo Quan directly presented such an unexpected performance to the audience with a role that subverted her previous image, and at the same time, she launched her first assault on the Oscar for Best Actress.

Yes, the Oscar for Best Actress. Whether in the eyes of passersby or professional film critics, Miss Luo Quan's performance in the film is worthy of the title of Oscar Best Actress.

Looking purely at the viewing experience, Rose in this year's most excellent film, *Titanic*, is definitely not as deeply rooted in people's hearts as Miranda.

Although the performances of Carilian and Leon were also excellent, it was largely thanks to the plot; the audience was predisposed to be moved by their tragic and beautiful love.

As for the plot of *The Queen Who Wears Chanel*, it doesn't have that much sentimentality. The image the characters give people is entirely supported by the character design and the actors' acting, and the latter accounts for a larger proportion.

Miss Luo Quan is undoubtedly more excellent in this regard. If one had to choose who acted better between Carilian and her, it would definitely be Miss Luo Quan.

Of course, the film has just been released, and awards are still quite far off; the Oscar ceremony won't be held for another half a year. What is most important for the film now is word-of-mouth and box office.

The domestic box office has exceeded 600 million RMB on the fourth day, and the North American box office has just reached 80 million USD. The results are similar, and the total box office has already exceeded 1 billion RMB.

For an urban comedy, such a result is already at a record-breaking level; one cannot find many films of the same type with better results.

As for word-of-mouth, it was full of praise across the internet at the beginning, and after four days, there hasn't been any major reversal. It's just that some controversies have appeared on certain issues, such as whether the film is promoting consumerism, whether the film's values are correct, and whether today's young people are really like those in the film.

Miss Luo Quan had long anticipated that these controversies would appear. After all, the elements of fashion and luxury goods in the film are so heavy, and in many places, to put it bluntly, it is showing off wealth. She herself knows this point.

However, the fashion circle has always been such a circle, and in China, the public's general perception of this circle is not particularly good, so it is normal for controversies to appear.

She is not prepared to explain, because all the words are already in the film.

After the protagonist Andy has seen the prosperity of the fashion world, she still chooses to give it up and pursue her own dreams. Isn't this the best explanation?

Of course, she is not saying that pursuing fashion or material things is bad. Individuals have their own preferences. As long as it is not illegal and does not affect others, one should do what one thinks in one's heart.

Therefore, the debates on Weibo or Zhihu will not have any impact on the values the film itself wants to express; they are just increasing traffic for the film, which is also what Miss Luo Quan is most willing to see.

And under such a good public opinion environment, the film's popularity and box office are also growing in a positive function, finally breaking through to 1 billion on the sixth day of release.

At this moment, the system's hidden achievement was also completed.

"Congratulations to the host for achieving the hidden achievement: filming a domestic film and obtaining a box office of 1 billion domestically!

Reward: one random draw, with a high probability of drawing a top-tier item!"

"Top-tier item?" Miss Luo Quan was both surprised and happy. "I don't know what a top-tier item looks like yet. Is it very powerful?"

"It's not the kind of powerful that..." The system paused slightly and then said seriously, "Actually, the host has possessed items of the top-tier level before, such as Kyokushin Karate."

"Understood, it's an ability that ordinary people can't reach, right?" Miss Luo Quan said excitedly. "If I draw a top-tier talent like stock trading or doing business, can I directly become a business tycoon in seconds?"

"Theoretically, that is the case, but the probability of drawing a top-tier item is very low. Even if this draw is an enhanced draw obtained through a hidden achievement, the probability is still not high."

"It doesn't matter, I believe in my luck." Miss Luo Quan touched her face. Being this fair, isn't drawing prizes something she can easily handle?

Without further ado, Miss Luo Quan started a single draw directly, hoping to hit the jackpot in one go!

"Obtained one self-selected ability specialization. After use, directly obtain an S+ level ability specialization!"

"Damn, it's not a top-tier item." Miss Luo Quan was greatly disappointed. Her luck had always been very good, but when she needed luck the most, her face turned black...

The so-called ability specialization is actually those things in the mall like playing the piano, dancing, painting, etc. For her now, she only needs to have a thought to possess them.

However, these abilities in the mall can only be redeemed to A-level at most, while this one is directly S+.

It is useful, but it is completely inferior to Kyokushin Karate. It belongs to the category of 'tasteless to eat, but a pity to discard'.

Right now, she doesn't have any areas that need improvement, so after drawing this item, she threw it into the warehouse to gather dust for the time being, and will take it out when she needs it.

Originally, she was quite happy to complete the hidden achievement and get a reward, but the result of the draw made Miss Luo Quan feel a bit listless.

After closing the system, Miss Luo Quan opened the Bilibili live broadcast room.

In the past few days after the film was released, Miss Luo Quan's work had basically ended, and she had been live streaming for fans at home in the Tan Palace.

After a while, she will go to Tokyo. Looking at the schedule, she estimates that she won't be able to return to the country for a long time. After this semester ends, she will go to the United States to film until next year.

And the winter vacation in Japan is generally relatively short. She estimates that after filming ends, she will have to return to Japan to prepare for matters related to her graduation year.

The academic system in Japan is not quite the same as in China. Although there are two semesters in an academic year, the first semester is in April and the second semester is in October.

When Miss Luo Quan left, it was the first semester of her second year. She was an exchange student at Shangyi for a year, and when she returns, she will start reading from the second semester of her third year.

This time next year will be her last semester at the University of Tokyo.

In fact, most college students are basically in a working state in their senior year. In school, they only need to finish their credits, pass exams, and then finish their thesis, and they can wait to get their graduation certificate.

Therefore, the next semester will be Miss Luo Quan's busiest time.

She still has a considerable number of credits to complete, and she has to study hard for exams, so it is not certain that she will be able to meet domestic fans every day like before.

So she is taking advantage of the time she has now to live stream more for her fans.

She had said this in the live stream before, but it made the fans in the live stream think she would never come back. A bunch of grown men were crying in the live stream, which left her crying and laughing.

After explaining clearly, the fans' emotions stabilized a lot, and they expressed their willingness to wait for her for half a year, hoping she could complete her University of Tokyo credit exams and thesis as soon as possible.

Miss Luo Quan's mouth was moving fast, while her brain was thinking about what way she could use to slack off while getting her credits done.

After thinking about it, there doesn't seem to be any other good way. The University of Tokyo is quite strict about student management. It is unlikely that she can muddle through. She hasn't learned so much knowledge, and it is unlikely that she can make up for it in a short time.

Fortunately, she has a system, and exams are a piece of cake.

"I'm live streaming again today. Let me ask a question first. How many fans in the live stream haven't seen the movie yet? Raise your hands." Miss Luo Quan pulled the camera and asked.

Subsequently, dense bullet comments floated by:

"There is already a cam version on the WeChat official account."

"Zhongzhong Film and Television even has high-definition resources..."

"It's really not that I can't bear the ticket money, it's mainly that I'm really too lazy to go out. If I could spend money to watch it directly on my phone, I definitely wouldn't be stingy."

"Haha, don't give me that."

"Hehe, there are too many freeloaders."

"Your attitude really makes it hard for people to handle."

Seeing these bullet comments, Miss Luo Quan smiled helplessly: "I don't know if you are really freeloading or if you have already gone and are deliberately saying this, but it doesn't matter. The movie box office is already quite good now, so I won't do any promotion here."

"However, supporting genuine products cannot be vague at any time. If you can avoid watching pirated versions, everyone should try not to watch them."

"I am rich and powerful, and I can still make a profit even if there are more pirated versions, but some production parties may not necessarily have the capital to rise up like me. One more pirated version means one more loss."

"This applies not only to movies but also to music and games. The reason why domestic culture and entertainment have not improved is largely due to the existence of piracy."

"Woooo, stop scolding, can't I just stop watching pirated versions in the future?"

"Actually, I was joking. I bought a movie ticket on the first day of release."

"It is indeed like this. If piracy becomes popular, who will be able to be a creator of culture in the future?"

"Now that copyright awareness has increased, there are still many more paying users than before. I can only say that I hope the general environment can get better and better."

"Haha, the topic suddenly became a bit heavy." Miss Luo Quan saw that the fans' emotions in the bullet comments seemed a bit low, and immediately bloomed with a smile: "The general environment and so on cannot be achieved by our group of people alone. The whole internet needs to change together. We just need to do what we should do. I believe there will be a day when it gets better."

"Alright, let's stop here for this topic. There is no big news recently, so I won't do any focus interviews. Everyone, request songs. Send the songs you want to hear in the bullet comments. I will sing the one with the most requests."

Now, the bullet comments became active again immediately:

"I listen to your songs on loop every day, and I'm already tired of listening to them."

"How is that possible? Miss Luo Quan's songs are not tiring to listen to at all."

"Stupid, this is obviously wanting Miss Luo Quan to write new songs for everyone!"

"Sing a new song, you should still have some in stock, right?"

"Since you have said it to this point, then let's have a new song." At this time, Miss Luo Quan basically tried her best to satisfy the fans' requests. Moreover, 'writing' a song was indeed not difficult for her. "Then what type of new song do you want to hear?"

"Sing something high-pitched. I don't want to hear soft love songs anymore."

"Foreign language songs. I've listened to too many Chinese ones recently, I want to change my taste."

"Give me a high note that destroys the world!"

"This one is possible."

Seeing that everyone in the bullet comments was asking her to sing a high note, Miss Luo Quan smiled: "This is what you said. A high note that destroys the world, right? I'll give you one right now!"

Saying this, she directly took out a fountain pen and staff paper from the drawer, and quickly wrote down strings of beautiful notes and words on it.

The lyrics Miss Luo Quan wrote this time were not Japanese or English, but because the staff paper was facing away from the camera, a group of fans didn't recognize what language this was, and thought it was another language created by Miss Luo Quan.

Fortunately, a big shot soon confirmed what language this was and sent a bullet comment in the live broadcast room: "It looks like Russian."

"Oh, amazing, it's a Russian song."

"I never knew Miss Luo Quan could speak Russian. I've never heard her say it before."

"Some things Luo Bao doesn't say doesn't mean she can't do them. (Dog head)"

"Speaking of which, this should be the first time singing a Russian song, right?"

"That *Second Waltz* before was quite SL style, very good to listen to."

"That piece was praised crazily by domestic and foreign media, how could it not be good to listen to?"

"I think it's not as good as *Canon*."

"*Für Elise* is also not bad."

"What's there to argue about? Which song written by Miss Luo Quan is not good to listen to?"

Just when the fans were arguing about which song by Miss Luo Quan was better, she had already finished writing the lyrics and music. The song title is *Opera 2*! ===== CHAPTER 533 =====