Chapter 590: Frozen (Part 2)
In the evening, the fifth song of *Still Love*, "Halo" (original by Beyoncé), was released.
This was a high-difficulty song. Miss Luo Quan incorporated quite a lot of vocal runs and transitions between true and falsetto in it. Like "Listen," it was a song that you knew was very difficult to sing just by listening to it.
Although Miss Luo Quan had a very high-talent voice, she actually generally wouldn't write those particularly high-difficulty songs, and she didn't show off her skills often.
She knew that if a song wanted to have popularity, it first had to allow the general public to sing along.
Some songs were good to listen to, but the difficulty was too high, and ordinary people couldn't sing them at all, which would suffer a lot in terms of popularity. So, the songs Miss Luo Quan chose were basically songs that were both good to listen to and catchy.
Of course, not wanting any difficulty at all wouldn't work either.
Although the public's evaluation of singers showing off their skills was mixed, there was basically a consensus: a singer could choose not to show off, but they must not have no skills to show off.
Singing ability was the foundation for a singer to make a living. If the song couldn't be sung well, no matter how well the song was written, the listening experience would be greatly reduced.
And Miss Luo Quan had never had any problems with her singing ability since her debut; it had always been online. The only thing she was criticized for was lacking some emotion.
And in the past two years, Miss Luo Quan's singing ability had improved tremendously. Not only had her technique and function gradually improved and reached a top level, but her emotion could also make the audience empathize.
Judging from the current perspective, as a singer, Miss Luo Quan basically couldn't be picked apart anymore. She could master low, middle, and high ranges, and no matter the difficulty of the song, it wasn't too big a problem for her.
This "Halo" was a manifestation of her singing ability reaching a complete state.
Speaking of which, although Miss Luo Quan released songs quite diligently, she really hadn't sung on any shows or galas.
She sang every day in the live-stream, but the time wasn't long, and many of them were other people's songs; she didn't sing her own songs much.
Talking about this, it was the old cliché problem again: when would Miss Luo Quan hold a personal concert?
Not only in China, but the sentiment in Japan and the US had always been quite high.
In China in recent years, the enthusiasm for singers to hold concerts hadn't been as strong as before, mainly because too many singers had suffered huge losses from holding concerts in recent years.
Many singers who had quite a few fans online and whose works were well-received had cold scenes when they held concerts offline that were simply unbearable to look at.
They only sold a few hundred tickets online, and even if they gave them away, no one wanted them, making it both a loss of money and a loss of face.
Therefore, unless they were top-tier singers who were extremely confident in their popularity, very few people would mention holding any concerts. If they wanted to make money, they could just go on variety shows.
However, abroad, especially in Japan and the US, it was a very common thing for singers to hold concerts. Almost anyone with a bit of popularity would hold one, and usually, tickets could be sold.
And big-name singers didn't need to be mentioned; they would go on national and even global tours, and it was normal for every show to be packed.
It could only be said that with this atmosphere and market here, fans were enthusiastic and willing to spend money.
Therefore, Miss Luo Quan's fans abroad actually wanted to see her hold a concert more than fans in China, but they didn't have the channel to urge her every day in the Bilibili live-stream room, so it seemed as if they didn't care much.
Actually, on Twitter and YouTube, there were quite a few people urging Miss Luo Quan to hold a concert.
However, Miss Luo Quan didn't have this plan in the short term for an activity that required a lot of preparation.
Several movies were already piled up on hand, and the fans of *Resident Evil* were also urging her very fiercely.
She had originally planned to build a zombie universe this year, but it was already the end of the year, and *Resident Evil 2* didn't even have a shadow. Fans joked: Alice has been standing on the street for almost a year; how much longer will she have to stand?
Miss Luo Quan really couldn't give a definite time for this; she could only say that *Resident Evil 2* would definitely come out in 2019, and at the same time, the zombie universe would be slowly built.
As for this year, there was only one *Frozen* left.
Taking advantage of the popularity that came with the release of the new album, Miss Luo Quan released the first wave of promotion for the new movie on Twitter:
"The new work *Frozen* is already in preparation and will be led by me, Angela, and Yu Miss Luo Quan. Please look forward to it."
A piece of news stirred up a thousand waves.
The effect of the sister and brother Miss Luo Quan and Yu Miss Luo Quan performing together had already been seen in *The Silence of the Lambs*.
The sister and brother played two perverts with completely different styles, and both acted vividly.
Although the sister acted very well, the impact Yu Miss Luo Quan brought to the audience was not small either.
Before this, Yu Miss Luo Quan's image had always been known for being sunny and handsome, especially the role of Jack in *Titanic*, which directly made him synonymous with handsome.
Originally, everyone thought he would eat off his old reputation for a while and play a few more handsome guys to make money, but he didn't expect that his second movie would immediately have a subversive performance, wearing a latex mask to play a pervert.
That figure and the fierce look in his eyes when committing crimes completely portrayed a serial killer who longed to become a woman vividly?
Ninety-nine percent of people didn't see that this was played by the handsome Yu Miss Luo Quan after watching the movie, and only realized it after seeing the credits.
For a Hollywood idol star, Yu Miss Luo Quan's self-destructive acting method indeed caused a huge subversion of his image in front of countless audiences.
This wasn't even disfigurement; it belonged to directly changing into another person.
But from another perspective, this also showed that Yu Miss Luo Quan was willing to make huge sacrifices for acting, even if it was his image, which was what directors were most willing to see.
Don't look at how Miss Luo Quan had high calls for winning Best Actress now; she was actually the type of actor Hollywood directors liked the least.
Not willing to shoot real kissing scenes, not willing to shoot nude scenes, not willing to shoot large-scale scenes.
Although they knew there was a reason, it still made people feel that she was too unprofessional and lacked the spirit of sacrifice that an actor should have. To put it bluntly, it was being pretentious.
However, considering that her acting skills were indeed good enough, and the movie's filming ability and script were top-notch, she could produce excellent works even without these scenes, so these shortcomings were not mentioned by anyone.
If one had to say, there were actually quite a few Chinese actresses who were willing to make huge sacrifices when working in Hollywood.
The most famous one was a woman named Mi Yue, who shot a work with a quite large scale and won many major awards abroad, but this movie also made her almost unable to survive in China.
So, Miss Luo Quan being so conservative was also understandable; after all, there were lessons from the past.
Besides, even if she didn't present these things, she could still make the movie well.
Speaking back to Yu Miss Luo Quan, his two movie image changes were very large, and his progress was also visible to the naked eye. Although not as outrageous as his sister, the talent shown was also indisputable.
Film critics predicted that in three or four years at most, Hollywood would definitely have another young Best Actor. If he encountered any good works, he might be able to take off immediately.
Think about it, the Oscars were about to welcome two Best Actor and Best Actress winners who were just twenty years old, and they were sister and brother. This would definitely be a beautiful story in human film history.
And this *Frozen*, no one knew if it would be Yu Miss Luo Quan's take-off work to win Best Actor, but at least the relationship between the three leads had already filled the gimmick.
For Miss Luo Quan's behavior of "not letting outsiders benefit from her own fields," the internet had long been accustomed to it. Everyone knew she liked to keep the good things for her family.
Compared to her sister and brother, Angela's fame was much lower. The first time she appeared in the public eye was during the New York trial, appearing in the family section.
It was said that Miss Luo Quan's imprisonment had something to do with Angela, but no one knew exactly what it was.
But since then, fans all over the world knew that Miss Luo Quan had a beautiful half-sister whose beauty didn't lose much to her sister.
It was worth mentioning that at the beginning of the year, when Miss Luo Quan was named the World's Most Beautiful for the second time, Angela defeated the highly acclaimed Kalilien and took second place in the World's 100 Most Beautiful Faces.
The two sisters' looks were five points similar, and the gap in looks indeed existed, but it wasn't big.
In Miss Luo Quan's subsequent live-streams, Angela had appeared on camera, and it was from this time that her popularity was gradually raised. Currently, she had over a million fans on Instagram.
Abroad, Twitter and China's Weibo were similar, mostly publishing text, news, and entertainment content, while Instagram was similar to WeChat Moments, both for posting photos and showing off life.
Angela liked to show off photos, and as a native American, her style was much bolder than her sister's. Having a seaside villa at home, she would take quite a lot of swimsuit photos every summer, much more generous than some stingy World's Most Beautiful.
With this fan base and being a relative, becoming the lead of Miss Luo Quan's new movie seemed logical. Many of Angela's fans were cheering, saying that the little sister had finally decided to enter the entertainment industry.
Now, entertainment-first was the trend of the whole world. Many people wanted to become famous and become internet celebrities, and the next step for internet celebrities was inevitably to enter the entertainment industry to act.
As a pure amateur, the resources Angela obtained could be said to be the most top-tier in the circle.
Not to mention her sister, just her brother Yu Miss Luo Quan, who was Universal's own son, could bring her massive resources that made countless stars envious.
And this time, it was sister and brother supporting her together, and it was Miss Luo Quan's year-end drama that she had paved the way for a long time. The promotional photos were even put into the new album, showing how much importance she attached to it.
However, with such a high starting point, the pressure would also be very great. After all, it was a blockbuster that the whole world was paying attention to from the start. When it was released, Angela's performance would definitely be looked at with a magnifying glass.
Even without waiting for the release, as soon as the news came out, some people jumped out to question it, questioning whether Miss Luo Quan's casting was inconsiderate. After all, Angela had never studied any acting courses. Although she got full marks in every subject at Columbia, Columbia didn't have an acting major.
Therefore, they believed that Angela would likely not act well in this work.
However, the fans of the three sister-brother-sister were not dead either. They immediately came out to fight back, saying: "Miss Luo Quan invests and films it herself. Even if it flops, Miss Luo Quan bears it herself. Does it have anything to do with you people?
Besides, it hasn't even been filmed yet, and you already know it won't work? How many times has Miss Luo Quan slapped the faces of these doubters?"
This rebuttal was quite confident. After all, Miss Luo Quan currently hadn't messed up a single thing—except for the sales of her first Chinese album.
This was an iron-clad fact; no one could continue to refute it.
However, doing this easily caused public opinion to collapse. After all, Angela was a pure newcomer, and it was an iron-clad fact that she hadn't studied acting. It was normal for the public to question her ability, and it was reasonable not to trust her.
Therefore, to avoid the conflict between the two sides, Miss Luo Quan took the initiative to speak out and explained:
"The matter of filming *Frozen* actually started planning half a year ago. Angela has also studied hard in this half year, and I have checked her acting skills; they are absolutely qualified.
So, everyone doesn't need to worry about the sister's ability problem. Just look forward to the movie's release.
In addition, please don't rush to question my eye for people, fans and passersby friends. After all, I haven't had a situation where I misjudged people so far."
The sister took the initiative to speak out, which didn't make the storm dissipate immediately, but it shared a considerable part of the pressure for the sister.
Miss Luo Quan's words sounded a bit strong, with a taste of being unquestionable.
However, speaking of which, Miss Luo Quan indeed hadn't had a situation of not knowing people well so far. First of all, the artists signed by her company all developed very well, and they were all excellent in character and strength. There hadn't been a single negative news about the company so far, and they didn't spend money on marketing. The passerby popularity was very good.
It could only be said that Miss Luo Quan had her confidence and foundation in saying such things. "Well-known" was what described her and her company.
And now, since she used this reputation as a guarantee, there was no need to doubt.
"Miss Luo Quan's production must be a masterpiece"—this saying wasn't a joke; it had been verified by countless picky eyes, ears, and real money.
After most of the firepower was absorbed by Miss Luo Quan, the pressure on Angela's side suddenly eased a lot. After the comment section was cleaned up, it became quite friendly.
Besides Angela's original fans, more than half of Miss Luo Quan and Yu Miss Luo Quan's fans also took the initiative to come over to cheer for the sister.
"I've been looking forward to the sister's first work, and it's finally coming."
"The sister is so beautiful; I started liking you a long time ago."
"Don't pay attention to those people's doubts; just do yourself well."
"Sister, brother, and sister performing on the same stage, I'm really looking forward to it."
"Come on, I'm optimistic about you!"
The first wave of rhythm and fans had arrived. Angela knew that her celebrity career had already begun. Whether she would become famous or fade into the crowd next would depend on her first work.
Angela, looking at her phone, unconsciously clenched her other fist, revealing a firm look in her eyes. ===== CHAPTER 591 =====
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