Chapter 147: This Song Is Just Too Suitable

As the head of Xinyu, what kind of storms and waves hasn't Shen Shaoqiu seen?

He has seen plenty of people who rose to prominence suddenly, or even became overnight sensations, but a Newcomer like Luo Mo who could make a large-scale festival gala break its rules seems to be the first.

Shen Shaoqiu also has a general understanding of what kind of temperament Director Qian has.

Although many new-generation directors have higher and higher film box office results nowadays, under normal circumstances, large-scale galas still require the older generation of directors to take the helm.

Because in many aspects such as camera movement, composition, and color, many older-generation directors have real skills, and they are exceptionally outstanding in these areas.

Two years ago, Director Qian even directed the Spring Festival Gala; that year, he scolded quite a few traffic stars and young celebrities. As long as a program wasn't done well, he even replaced four people midway.

The fans of these celebrities were initially promoting their "older brothers" and "older sisters" as having superb strength and being able to perform at the Spring Festival Gala, and then they received the news that they had been kicked out of the gala.

"For him to value Luo Mo so much, there must be something about Luo Mo that he appreciates," Shen Shaoqiu thought to himself.

And he is very clear that if one can really build a good relationship with Qian Qingyun, then if Luo Mo enters the film industry in the future, it can be said to be smooth sailing!

There is no need to elaborate on Qian Qingyun's own status and standing.

A few years ago, he even launched a 【Youth Director Support Project】.

Among the currently red-hot new-generation directors, three of them came from this support project.

These people are certainly not lacking in big productions.

At the same time, these three directors also have ridiculously strong Box Office Appeal.

"If the path is smooth, Xinyu can also tap into these connections," Shen Shaoqiu nodded slightly, his heart surging with excitement.

He picked up his phone and gave Luo Mo a call.

Upon hearing this news, Luo Mo was stunned.

After being dazed for a few seconds, he still accepted the invitation from Director Qian's side, indicating that he could go and give it a try.

No matter how much the viewership ratings of such large-scale galas decline, they are still fierce.

Most importantly, platforms like Weibo will very consciously give these galas a large number of Hot Search spots.

Major platforms will spontaneously promote large-scale galas.

As long as your performance is outstanding enough, you won't even need to wait until the next day; you will be flooding the screens on all major platforms that very night!

If one wants to promote a song, there is truly no better stage for it than this.

As for the new Chinese Style song to be uploaded next, Luo Mo is very confident that Director Qian Qingyun should have no way to refuse it.

For the National Day Gala, this song is a bit too suitable...

The next step is to have the staff at the studio coordinate with the people on Director Qian's side; it is estimated that they will first send over this new song that has not yet been uploaded to major platforms to let them vet it.

If it can pass, Luo Mo himself will still need to rehearse a few times.

The various galas in this world, just like on Earth, have both live singing and lip-syncing.

But Luo Mo definitely insists on singing live.

On the phone, he could tell that Shen Shaoqiu was very excited, so he took the opportunity to say, "President Shen seems to be in a very good mood?"

"Hmm? Could it be that you are in a bad mood after hearing this news?" Shen Shaoqiu retorted, "You kid should know that your situation is very special; it can be said to be the first case to date!"

The subtext is that the company can completely use this matter to go out and conduct publicity that looks low-key on the surface but is actually secretly grand.

This is the prestige of the Founder of Chinese Style!

Luo Mo smiled and said, "Then since President Shen is so happy, why not gift me a few bottles of wine?"

"You kid again!?" Shen Shaoqiu was left speechless by him.

The large flat Luo Mo currently lives in also has a dedicated wine cabinet. A 40-square-meter room is filled with glass cabinets, with functions like temperature and humidity control, but there are barely a few bottles of wine inside.

Luo Mo heard that Shen Shaoqiu loves collecting wine and even bought a winery abroad, so he often has designs on him, calling him to gift wine whenever he has the chance.

It's not that he is particularly fond of it; it's mainly because Ning Dan is always asking him to go over for a drink, and he has to return the favor, right?

But he doesn't understand wine himself, and he is too lazy to do the homework, so it's more convenient and quick to raid President Shen.

There are three full walls of glass wine cabinets at home; Luo Mo's ambition isn't big, he's striving to fill one wall this year.

In the end, Shen Shaoqiu still said, "Fine, I'll have someone bring you a few bottles tomorrow."

"Thanks, President Shen," Luo Mo said with a smile, "I heard from Shen Yinuo that in your wine cabinet at home, there is still a collection that no one is allowed to touch..."

"You kid, stop right there! I treat those bottles as 'daughter wine'—they can only be taken out when my daughter gets married. What are your intentions?" Shen Shaoqiu cursed.

After finishing his scolding, he paused for a moment.

Actually, if Luo Mo really had such wolfish ambitions, he would at most feel complicated, but he probably wouldn't vehemently oppose it.

But as of now, it seems the two have a pure friendship, and he doesn't know if he is failing to see what's right under his nose.

"This subject takes his leave," Director Luo hung up the phone decisively, indicating that he couldn't afford to provoke him.

Then, he gave the tasks to the people in the studio, letting them go and coordinate with Director Qian's side.

"Director Qian actually made an exception for me; is it because of Chinese Style, or because of the recent influence of 'That Rabbit'?" Luo Mo speculated in his heart.

Or perhaps it is both.

But regardless, this represents that the career plan he made for himself is correct.

The benefits of this are definitely not just this one large-scale gala!

………

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Qian Qingyun is already at the age of having grandchildren, and the frequency of him filming movies in recent years has become lower and lower.

He now spends more time filming tribute movies; these types of movies often consist of several units, and each director only needs to be in charge of one unit, which is relatively worry-free and effortless.

Of course, in this situation, it is inevitable that they will be compared with each other by the audience.

In recent years, the most criticized thing about Qian Qingyun is that his ability to tell a story has declined, making his films a bit confusing for people to watch.

But regardless, most of the visuals in his films are stunningly beautiful.

You can say that this director is going downhill in some aspects, but you absolutely cannot look down on his aesthetic sense.

The reason this big shot, One of the Four Old Directors, took a liking to Luo Mo was mainly because of Chinese Style, as well as He Ping'an's nagging in his ear.

After being nagged by He Ping'an several times, he also went to watch "That Rabbit"; truthfully, due to the witty and jumping language, some parts made an old man like him slightly uncomfortable, but he had to admit that the script was written extremely well.

Especially in terms of emotional rendering, he, this great director, felt it was sufficiently high-class.

The voice acting and character designs had a strong development with the story content. The drawings were cute, the voices were soft and adorable, yet it had an effect that wasn't deliberately sensationalist, but still made people weep.

This made him particularly curious about this young man.

At the same time, he had also watched Tong Qinglin's plays in his early years. In a strict sense, he was even half a fan of Luo Mo's master.

Adding all these things together, it caused Director Qian to make an exception for Luo Mo, which was unprecedented.

At this moment, his personal assistant approached and said: "Director Qian, Luo Mo's side sent over a song, wanting to ask if you can use it."

"Is that so? Such high efficiency?" Qian Qingyun said.

He liked this kind of highly efficient young man; when he filmed, although he couldn't be called a tyrant on set, he was extremely particular about efficiency, requiring everyone to take action and have a sense of urgency, rather than filming in a very lazy manner.

This director had served as a literary and art soldier when he was young, so he possessed the attributes of a soldier.

It was precisely because of this that his personal friendship with He Ping'an was extremely good.

Since what Luo Mo Studio sent over was a new song that hadn't been uploaded yet, Director Qian didn't call too many people to listen to it together; he only called a few main people in charge of the gala to come and listen to it together to see if it would pass.

The entire song was three minutes and thirty-four seconds long, not considered long. The reserved time given by the gala was four minutes and ten seconds, so Luo Mo might still need to fill it in a bit by then.

The duration was precise to the second, and there were regulations; this was very Strictness.

Of course, the live version and the recorded version of a song are definitely different, and many tricks can be played, so that wasn't much of a problem.

Four old men stayed together and listened to this song.

When the prelude sounded, their eyes lit up.

"The momentum is very strong!" one of them said.

Qian Qingyun also nodded.

He had listened to both of Luo Mo's Chinese Style songs.

He had originally thought about letting Luo Mo sing "East Wind Breaks" or "Orchid Pavilion Preface"; he personally favored "Orchid Pavilion Preface" a bit more, as they could do some calligraphy special effects on stage.

Now that technology is advanced, stage art can produce very shocking effects.

The idiom "the brush moves like a dragon or snake" could really be expressed on stage, directly evolving into mountains, rivers, and lakes, and then a giant writing brush splashing ink wantonly; the scene would definitely be extremely beautiful and shocking by then!

Just like certain stages of the song "Picture of Mountains and Rivers" on Earth, the stage art was extremely explosive, and it also had similar panoramic effects, with full visual impact.

Qian Qingyun didn't expect Luo Mo to provide a new song, so he held the mindset of listening to it first, and if it really didn't work, he would switch to "Orchid Pavilion Preface".

As it turned out, the prelude part of this song was extremely grand and imposing, feeling very much like the theme song of that kind of grand historical drama.

The feeling of golden spears and iron horses could be said to be rushing toward them!

Just this prelude alone was incomparably in tune with the National Day Gala.

When the singing came out, the four of them looked at each other.

Until the chorus ended, they all got goosebumps, only feeling their emotions surging.

Especially someone like Qian Qingyun who had been a soldier.

This melody, these lyrics, if broadcast on such a special day and occasion as the National Day Gala... the effect would be afraid to be sky-high!

Everyone had just watched the military parade during the day, and it was exactly when their sense of pride was overflowing.

If they listened to this song again at night...

"Putting it into the National Day Gala is too appropriate!" Qian Qingyun slapped his thigh.

The other three echoed one after another, and no one objected.

Qian Qingyun never thought that he would make an exception to invite Luo Mo, and Luo Mo's side would immediately send over a song of this subject matter.

Fate? Coincidence?

He was not clear.

"I am definitely using this song; I, old Qian, said so, and no one can stop it!" Qian Qingyun was in a great mood, looking at the three of them and laughing.

Intuition told him that this would be one of the most brilliant programs of the entire gala.

Even... without one!

(PS: First update, asking for monthly tickets!)

(End of this chapter)