Chapter 553: Crashed Just After Taking Off

PS: Congratulations to EDG for winning the S11 LPL Summer Finals championship. I also hope that the three LPL teams can win the third S-series championship trophy this year!

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On the third day of the crew's filming, Gao Liang's scenes were basically finished. After taking a group photo with everyone, he took a plane back to New York.

As a result, Mia came to visit with gifts as soon as Gao Liang arrived home. She talked happily with the couple Eric and Luo Ni and conquered the boy's parents without any effort.

As for Gao Liang, he didn't express a clear attitude. Luo Quan had also asked Gao Liang about his opinion of Mia before.

Gao Liang just said they could be friends, but other things would have to be talked about later. He still feels that being single is freer; falling in love too early is equivalent to putting a shackle on his life.

Without a doubt, Gao Liang is an uninhibited man, but the point where he is better than his old man is that Gao Liang never harms girls.

Of course, although he didn't harm girls subjectively, his existence had great lethality to girls, and the same goes for his sister Luo Quan.

After filming smoothly for a week, the crew's good progress had to be paused.

The reason is that many staff members in the crew went to protest.

In the United States, protest marches are a culture, or rather, such a culture exists throughout the West.

"Freedom" is the first element under the Western capitalist worldview and also the most popular political slogan.

There is a poem written like this.

"Life is precious, love is more expensive; if it is for freedom, both can be thrown away."

In the eyes of Westerners, this is not a joke, but they are really willing to carry out this creed from beginning to end.

The yearning for freedom has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts. Its specific manifestation is probably that they have freedom of speech and freedom of behavior. To sum up, it is "freedom if not prohibited by law."

So whenever they encounter a little bit of unhappiness, people will contact each other to organize a protest march to express their demands to the government and let people hear the voices of the group they belong to.

Usually, marches are generally held on weekends, trying not to affect normal work.

But if the matter is more serious, they won't care about whether it's a weekend or not; they will just put on clothes with logos and go out to gather and march.

And the reason for the protest of Luo Quan's crew staff this time was to protest against all film producers under the organization of the Film Union, with the demands being wage increases and unspoken rules on set.

In the film industry, the power of producers and directors is quite large, almost deciding the stay or go of the vast majority of people in the crew, so when implementing unspoken rules on set, these two positions benefit the most, and this march is also aimed at these two groups.

Of course, such a phenomenon definitely doesn't exist in Luo Quan's crew. The wages she pays are all according to the highest level in the industry, the treatment is very good, and there are no complaints from the top to the bottom of the crew.

As for unspoken rules, if Luo Quan were really such a person, it is estimated that the vast majority of men in the crew would wish they could become this lucky person.

The reason why this march would affect her crew is mainly because the people she recruited this time are all top elites in the industry, all having rich experience in film shooting and production.

These people have been in the industry for a long time and have high qualifications, and what the march lacks is this kind of leader.

So once there is a march, they have to take to the streets to speak out, and those who really can't get away have to post on Twitter to show support.

For the quality of the movie, the photography, lighting, makeup artists, etc., that Luo Quan hired are all the best, but the people the Film Union specifically named are also these people.

In the United States, the power of unions is quite large, sometimes even daring to go against the government.

Luo Quan's small crew definitely couldn't twist its arm against the thigh. Although the filming had just entered a good state, she could only let people go to protest.

Luo Quan, who had nothing to do, browsed the news in the hotel. Looking at the New York Times report, the Film Union had already taken a large group of people to the streets of New York. The movement was quite big, and many foreign media were reporting it.

At the same time, a large group of stars in the American entertainment industry were also coerced to come out and take sides, among whom there were also many singers. After all, singers also need to use these people when filming MVs.

As a foreigner, Luo Quan didn't understand the situation here and was afraid of saying the wrong thing, so she didn't take the initiative to speak out, just watching quietly.

However, judging from the demands of the marchers, they should be the correct side. It is human nature for workers to demand wage increases, and rectifying unspoken rules on set is even more reasonable and necessary.

The most important point is that these people only protested when they took to the streets, and they didn't do anything else extra. They were organized and disciplined.

Unlike some groups, not only did they clash with the police, but they also occasionally engaged in "zero-dollar purchases," so much so that the word "march" has become stinky.

And while there were constant disputes on the American internet, the entertainment industry in China was also not peaceful.

After experiencing frequent phenomena of star persona collapse and illegal crimes, the government finally decided to strike hard, banning those who should be banned and rectifying those who should be rectified.

In addition, fan circles, idols, and games were also within the scope of the hard strike.

Minors cried, and quite a few adults cried too.

For example, Wen Xia, after the policy came out, directly called Luo Quan to complain.

Starting from early September, idol audition variety shows will no longer be allowed to be broadcast nationwide, and minors will no longer be allowed to engage in idol work.

This means that the idol groups in China that had just started to take off crashed instantly.

The success of Tencent's idol auditions for two consecutive years had already brought up a huge idol ecosystem in the country. Many children had the dream of becoming idols. Seeing that Wen Xia's dream was about to be realized, she didn't expect to encounter such a thing.

"I originally thought I could lead the Chinese idol industry to surpass South Korea, but as a result..." Wen Xia said while on the phone, drinking pineapple beer.

Bitter wine enters the throat, the heart aches; the wine doesn't make people drunk, people make themselves drunk.

"There is no way for this either. Being affected, I can only admit bad luck." Luo Quan comforted Wen Xia softly, feeling helpless in her heart.

Tencent this time can be said to be completely innocent and affected by the low-quality idol auditions of other video apps. Obviously, the groups selected by the two variety shows were high-quality, and the boy groups didn't rely on being sissy to attract fans, but they still suffered in the end, so there was no way.

"At least your Girls' Generation was successful. Now you are the world's number one girl group in name and reality, and there is an insurmountable gap with the ones behind."

"Your contribution is the greatest." Wen Xia said softly.

Luo Quan smiled: "The contribution of the ten of us is the greatest. Without one person, we wouldn't have today's success."

"It doesn't matter. The girl group has reached the peak, and my dream can be considered completed. Leading the Chinese girl group to the world is already impossible under the current situation. I have to change my dream."

Wen Xia was never a person who liked to complain about herself. After chatting with Luo Quan for a few words, her depressed mood suddenly cleared up.

"You studied acting major. It is suggested to study acting carefully. In the future, you will definitely have a place among the Chinese film queens." Luo Quan said confidently.

It is impossible to eat on the girl group for a lifetime, let alone in this environment now. Transformation is a matter of time.

As far as Wen Xia's conditions are concerned, transformation into an actor is definitely very suitable. Her image is dignified and atmospheric, very suitable for playing women in serious dramas, with enough aura to suppress people.

"Then I will take your words." A phone call, Wen Xia's mood improved a lot.

A childhood dream shattered overnight, and it was in such a way. Most people would find it hard to accept in a short time.

Fortunately, Wen Xia has a good friend to complain to, who can help her open up.

As for Luo Quan, she was not affected too much by these policies.

It is said that there will be restrictions on the high salaries of artists later, but she doesn't care. Anyway, most of her income is movie box office and record sales. These are products where you get what you pay for. No matter how you restrict it, it won't be restricted to this.

"The crew staff went to protest."

Luo Quan, who had nothing to do, opened the livestream, preparing to see the fans she hadn't seen for a while.

"Strange, shouldn't you be filming a movie right now? Why do you have time to livestream?"

"Didn't you see the title? The crew staff all went to protest."

"There is news on Guancha. cn; it belongs to Western traditional skills."

"These few days are too miserable. Games are not allowed to be played. Fortunately, I can see Luo Quan, otherwise I really don't know how to live."

"This age group should still study hard and read more books. When you go to university, no one will care how you play." Luo Quan, as the soul mentor of the fans, said the same words as their parents and class teachers.

"Master, don't recite anymore; my head is already hurting!"

"I have direct PTSD. A high school senior says that I have been told this by at least five people since school started yesterday."

"A university student pops up. This is completely bullshit. If you dare to play casually after entering a university, you will be persuaded to quit in one academic year!"

"Indeed, if you miss a little more class, the counselor will come to the door, and many university signals are dead poor, and the internet is cut off at night."

"How does it sound more miserable than high school?"

"Hehe, you still haven't experienced the beating of society. You will know how happy you are as a student after you graduate."

Chatting and chatting, the barrage became a scene of life experience exchange, and Luo Quan couldn't get a word in at all.

She herself hasn't lived clearly in both lifetimes. It's better not to speak on major life events, so as not to have someone really take her words as the Bible, which would be ridiculous.

After chatting about life, the fans talked about some of the most critical things.

For the young people in the livestream, the importance of game topics is quite high, so someone asked whether this policy would affect the development of "Final Fantasy."

Luo Quan shook her head immediately: "Of course not. 'Final Fantasy' is not on the shelves in the country, and there is no need to apply for a version number. How can it have any impact?"

Generally, if domestic games want to be sold in the country, the first thing is to apply for a version number. Before the version number comes down, it is absolutely not allowed to be on the shelves.

And because the review was quite strict before, very few version numbers were released. A large batch of games were queuing up waiting for the lottery. Although it has been relaxed a bit now, there are still many companies and works queuing up.

Luo Quan was too lazy to wait, so she prepared to put it on STEAM directly. The review here is very loose, and there are even adult games for sale, which can be called a paradise for games.

There were few STEAM players before, but now China is one of the countries with the most STEAM players in the world. For domestic games on STEAM, popularity and sales are not a problem.

Even if the quality is poor, there will be many domestic game players supporting it at the beginning of the sale, but because there are too many skin-changing inferior games, players are now much more cautious about supporting domestic products.

"Speaking of being on steam, the content should be able to be a bit stimulating, right?"

"Those who understand understand, LSP is the primary productive force."

"If it's really like this, I'll buy it!"

"Haha, I won't talk about this." When Luo Quan is livestreaming, she definitely doesn't dare to respond to such requests blatantly, even if it is really GHS, she can't say it.

However, although the characters in "Final Fantasy" are very beautiful and sexy, it is not a GAL game, so don't think about 18+ content.

However, it is no problem to play a bit of edge-ball.

"Speaking of which, how much is the pricing prepared to be?"

In the barrage, fans soon asked about this question that everyone cares about very much.

Buying under 1000 is the saying of local tyrants. Most people don't have such great financial resources to buy a game, even if it is to support domestic products.

"China is a low-price area, so the pricing is at 2... 99." Luo Quan deliberated again and again and said a quite affordable price.

According to the original price of this work in the previous life, 359 RMB belongs to a 30% discount.

If it is in Japan, it will be sold for 10,000 yen directly, which is more than 600 RMB. The price Luo Quan set in China is equivalent to cutting it in half.

Even so, she still said it a bit timidly, just feeling that it was set a bit high.

Sure enough, as soon as the price of 299 came out, a barrage of "outrageous" appeared in the livestream.

"Sorry, 359 is enough for one-third of my meal money for a month."

"159 is acceptable, 359 is really unbearable."

"It's not that I don't want to support domestic products, but this price..."

"Actually, it's not expensive, right? There are many big foreign stand-alone productions that are more expensive than this."

"But your quality must be comparable to other big factories."

"Actually, the first game set at 199 is almost enough, 359 is really high."

Looking at these barrages, Luo Quan smiled: "Believe me, when the game comes out, 359 will definitely be a very worthwhile price."

Setting the price at 159? That's not called a game, that's called charity!

Luo Quan thought this in her heart.

It can only be said that everyone's consumption concepts are different, but the price of 359 is really very cheap. That is, China is a low-price area. If China and Japan set the same price, then the livestream might not be questioning her, but directly scolding her.

However, she doesn't doubt the quality of "Final Fantasy" at all. For players who love games, 359 is definitely worth more than the price!

PS: Thanks to book friends "Yan Can Mo Yi", "Lamp God", and "I Want to Sleep 303" for the book coin rewards, thank you very much! ===== CHAPTER 554 =====