Chapter 213: A New Journey

A short, brief self-introduction pushed the atmosphere of the entire grand finale to its climax.

Originally, receiving the honor of "King of Love Songs" shouldn't have made so many viewers this excited.

But there was no helping it; who told Luo Mo's previous experiences to be so extraordinary?

Coupled with that earlier line, "Know that in my youth I had lofty aspirations, and once promised to be among the best in the world," it immediately stoked the atmosphere to its peak.

Shanghai, Xicheng.

Ning Dan, known as the Godmother of Talent Shows, was at home hugging her pet "Ha City-ji"—a cross between a Husky and a Corgi—watching the Live Broadcast of the grand finale.

She watched the brilliant fireworks at the venue and the golden rain formed by golden sequins falling from the sky, a satisfied smile appearing on her face.

All of this was because she had specifically made a phone call to Ke Ming.

Run Jie suggested to Ke Ming that the celebration scene during the grand finale be made consistent with that of "Creating Idols."

Once Ke Ming heard this, he readily accepted.

He felt that the show's effect would be very good this way; it could bring a wave of nostalgia to the audience, make everyone's emotions fuller, and even bring a touch of tears.

This director considered things entirely from the perspective of the show's effect, but Run Jie was different.

"This is something I owed you to begin with," she murmured to herself, one hand stroking the pet dog's fur while the other swirled a wine glass filled with red wine.

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In another building in Xicheng, Jiang Ningxi and Shen Yinuo were also watching Luo Mo's crowning moment.

"He's crowned! Oh yeah! Luo Mo is crowned!" Shen Yinuo, who had the floor heating on at home and was wearing shorts, stood up from the carpet, waving the pillow in her hands, dancing and jumping with extreme excitement.

Dressed lightly, she set off a wave of ripples in her body.

Seeing that Jiang Ningxi was still sitting blankly on the carpet, she immediately pounced on this Leg Fairy, grabbed her in a hug, buried her into her own chest, and squeezed her face.

"Jiang Jiang! Luo Mo is crowned!" She seemed even happier than the person himself.

"My person, the person I signed, is crowned!"

Jiang Ningxi only felt a sense of suffocation; she pushed her away with force and turned her gaze back to the television screen.

Her eyes were somewhat dazed as she stared infatuatedly at the young man in the black coat amidst the sky full of golden rain.

At this moment, he was Peerless in glory.

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Shanghai, Yucheng.

Xu Chujing was also watching the Live Broadcast of the grand finale.

She wore a smile, quite satisfied with this result.

Logically speaking, the so-called champion in a variety show doesn't actually have much value.

But the show "King of Love Songs" was made too big, and the scale was spread too wide.

A Heavenly King participated, and there were numerous first-tier and second-tier Singers, each of whom was a powerful vocalist, not so-called traffic Idols or recording-studio-only Singers who couldn't perform live.

In this way, the meaning of this title of "King of Love Songs" became different.

Its grandeur could even catch up to some music award ceremonies.

"It's the end of the year; surely he will at least be able to occupy a seat at the various award ceremonies by then, right?" Xu Chujing said softly with a smile.

She was very keen on watching Luo Mo's status and rank in the industry rise with the tide.

Perhaps, deep in her heart, she had always been looking forward to the day this man could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with her.

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Beijing, Siheyuan.

Luo Ma and Luo Ba were at Tong Qinglin's home, accompanying the old man as they watched the Live Broadcast of the grand finale together.

Truth be told, they didn't quite understand the "Nocturne" that Luo Mo brought to the grand finale.

But seeing the audience's reaction so enthusiastic, they felt a sense of reflected glory.

Liu Gongming, the Sixth Senior Brother who had been serving Tong Qinglin in Beijing, felt he had gained another asset for showing off.

He could go out and brag about it in the future.

"See that? My Junior Brother, the King of Love Songs!"

Luo Ba and Luo Ma exchanged a glance, both seeing pride and self-satisfaction in the other's eyes.

"That brat, he's becoming more and more promising," Luo Ba thought to himself.

"My son is a big star now," Luo Ma's thought was simpler.

Tong Qinglin looked at his most beloved Closing Disciple on the television, a gratified smile appearing on his face.

"Good, good," he kept muttering these two words.

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Fireworks were brilliant, and the lights were dazzling.

Golden rain fell from the sky, causing Luo Mo's black coat to be covered in quite a few sequins.

The first season of "King of Love Songs" was declared closed amidst Ke Ming's voice.

"I announce that the first season of 'King of Love Songs' ends here. Dear audience friends, we—will see you in the second season!"

The Live Broadcast ended there; Luo Mo held the trophy and waved at Yu under the stage.

Yu immediately trotted onto the stage, looking at the trophy in Luo Mo's hand with a curious expression.

"Want to touch my trophy?" Luo Mo handed the trophy to her.

Ding Xiaoyu took a look, then felt there was nothing special about it; it wasn't even as good-looking as the trophy she had won at the piano competition.

But she felt this trophy was somewhat heavy, and felt that the path her master had walked to get here had not been easy.

Ke Ming walked over at this moment and said to Luo Mo, "Is that song naming right you mentioned still valid?"

Luo Mo was slightly stunned and said, "Director Ke, you didn't buy it sooner or later, and now that I've directly named it 'King of Love Songs', you're starting to want to spend money to buy it?"

"Why? Do you think I'm a fool?" Ke Ming laughed heartily, unbothered.

"No, I think Director Ke should go into business," Luo Mo said with a smile.

He could roughly guess Ke Ming's true intention, and he didn't mind earning an extra sum of money while simultaneously establishing a bond of Kindness, so as to facilitate continued cooperation later on.

Like Ke Ming and Xu Chujing, these top-tier variety show directors in the country, their variety shows are all big productions.

In this day and age, the exposure of a popular variety show is no worse than that of a big-budget TV series or movie.

From the current perspective, "King of Love Songs" is equivalent to top-tier resources in the variety show industry.

Ke Ming needs a creative genius like Luo Mo to add icing to the cake for the program, and Luo Mo wants to manage his studio well, which also requires having the artists under him appear on more such top-tier variety shows.

——Each taking what they need.

Ding Xiaoyu watched Luo Mo and Ke Ming chatting and laughing on the side, only feeling that her master was truly amazing.

In her view, a director is someone who has the final say in a project, the king of a project.

Yet from the current dynamic, it was rather Ke Ming who seemed more eager to curry favor with Luo Mo.

After all, Luo Mo seemed to have a large number of good songs on hand, and any music-related program would open its doors wide to his studio.

He was not lacking in variety show resources; he was simply choosing which variety shows to take on.

Ding Xiaoyu's cousin finally couldn't hold back at this moment; she stepped forward and said, "Teacher Luo, Director Ke. That... Yu really has to go. She still has to go to a film crew in Hengdian tomorrow, and she needs to rush over tonight."

Upon hearing this, Luo Mo gently patted her head and said, "Why didn't you tell me about this?"

Ding Xiaoyu lowered her head and thought to herself, "It's because I was afraid you would chase me away early."

But she didn't say these words out loud.

Hearing this, Ke Ming asked, "Which director is it?"

The cousin was slightly stunned and said, "Director Ke, it's Director Feng Yu's play."

Listening to this, Ke Ming smiled and said, "I know Feng Yu very well; she is my junior sister."

"You all wait a moment, I'll give her a call to see if the time can be adjusted to the afternoon, so that you can also get a good rest tomorrow and go to the audition in the best state," Ke Ming said.

Seeing Ke Ming being so enthusiastic, Luo Mo said, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Director Ke."

"No trouble at all, it's not a big deal. Cooperation is about coordinating time with each other," Ke Ming said nonchalantly.

Ding Xiaoyu's cousin listened from the side, only feeling: "Sure enough, for the big shots in the circle, things that make us very nervous can be settled by them with a single phone call."

Ke Ming finished the call quickly, and when he walked over, he made an OK gesture, saying, "Luo Mo, Feng Yu said that she hopes to have a chance to cooperate on the movie's theme song. But from what I heard, it seems she is also very eager for you to make a cameo appearance."

There was no help for it; because of Luo Mo's involvement, the fact that the screening count for "Cat Demon" had risen had already spread throughout the film circle.

Luo Mo smiled and said, "Then Yu, work hard. If the audition is successful and you secure the role, I will also consider cooperating with Director Feng."

Ding Xiaoyu's small mouth was slightly agape on the side, and for a moment, she didn't know what to say.

"Let's go, I'll see you to the car," Luo Mo said.

Ding Xiaoyu said "Mm," and then followed Luo Mo to bid Farewell to Ke Ming.

On the other side, Zhao Xueqin had left the Live Broadcast site early; he really couldn't stay in this place for even another second.

Chen Shanqi and Sun Yi were waiting for Luo Mo in the nanny van; the three of them were to return to Shanghai together.

On the way to the nanny van, Luo Mo said to Ding Xiaoyu, "The second season of 'That Rabbit' will be finished in a while; remember to come and do the voice acting then."

"Mm, okay," Ding Xiaoyu agreed directly.

"Then see you at the premiere of 'Cat Demon'," Luo Mo said.

"Mm, goodbye, Master," Ding Xiaoyu said very politely.

After sending off his disciple, Luo Mo returned to his own nanny van.

As soon as he sat down, Chen Shanqi leaned over and said, "Director Luo, you've made it onto the Hot Search five times in one night."

"Is that so?" Luo Mo glanced casually at the phone Chen Shanqi handed over.

He had been on the Hot Search so many times that even if the Hot Search was delicious, being on it too much made one numb.

As a Top Traffic in the circle, he could make it onto the Hot Search for even the smallest thing.

Today he was crowned with the title of 【King of Love Songs】; among the top ten of the Hot Search, he occupied five spots alone, which other celebrities couldn't help but envy.

Like Sun Yi and Chen Shanqi, they only occupied one spot each.

Luo Mo took out his phone and glanced at WeChat.

He had received a large number of messages on his WeChat, most of which were congratulations.

Among the many messages, he found one from Xu Chujing.

The Heavenly Queen only sent three words: "Congratulations to you."

Luo Mo replied: "It's just the end of a journey; next Friday will be a new journey."

He was referring to "Cat Demon," which would be released next Friday.

It was clearly the case that he had gone to make a cameo for a few shots, and then was specially arranged by Xu Chujing as a 【Special Appearance】.

But due to the recent clamorous promotion and high attention on the internet, many people had already automatically categorized Luo Mo into the 【Main Character】 column in their hearts.

In reality, the Contentment with Mo in this movie was really very, very low.

But regardless, this was his debut in film and television, which had extraordinary significance.

The first time you appear in front of the audience as an Actor, the audience will directly define your acting skills.

This first impression is very important; many celebrities start out as eye candy, and later have to expend great effort, proving themselves repeatedly, to get rid of the label of eye candy.

Most importantly, Luo Mo is a Top Traffic.

This identity meant that even if this movie's box office flopped and no one watched it, the segment he acted in would still go viral on the internet, and then be met with reviews from countless people.

This was something he could not escape.

Xu Chujing received a WeChat from Luo Mo and replied with a smile: "That's right, a new journey has begun, the box office depends on you."

As the two became more familiar with each other, they would occasionally tease one another.

Luo Mo also replied with a smile: "Don't start, my scenes combined probably don't even add up to a minute."

It was as if he had acted, yet also as if he hadn't.

At this moment, Chen Shanqi and Sun Yi were also busy replying to WeChat messages.

Their friends and family had also sent WeChat messages to congratulate them.

In the midst of being busy, they looked up and glanced at Director Luo sitting in front, wondering to themselves: "Who is Director Luo replying to on WeChat, smiling so happily?"

(PS: First update, "Cat Demon" is finally about to be released, hahahaha, requesting monthly votes!)

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