Chapter 222: Outputting Face-to-Face

Many people say that if a male actor is already handsome enough, then the greatest essence of playing a handsome man is to master one thing: being handsome without knowing it.

In fact, it is just to be a bit more natural, rather than deliberately exuding charm.

Luo Mo interpreted it very well; when stroking the head of the young Cat Demon, he made the audience's hearts melt.

However, as Luo Mo himself sat in the audience, listening to the slight commotion of the viewers, he still felt a subtle sense of shame in his heart.

Although he had quite a bit of acting experience, he rarely sat with a group of people to enjoy a movie he had acted in.

So, it was still quite embarrassing.

But fortunately, he was thick-skinned, and people in this profession generally had strong adaptability in this regard, so he soon calmed down.

It was just that he kept warning himself in his heart: "You cannot just know how to act cool in front of the camera because the audience also thinks you are handsome, thinking that this is enough to get by. Acting skills are the most important thing."

Movies are different from television dramas; movies are too dependent on acting skills.

At this moment, he was sitting between two women.

On the left was the Diva Xu Chujing, and on the right was the young acting prodigy and piano genius girl Ding Xiaoyu.

Two cats that had been petted by him.

Looking at the image on the big screen, Ding Xiaoyu felt a bit embarrassed; her two feet were slightly pigeon-toed, her palms were tucked between her knees, and she would steal a glance at Luo Mo from time to time.

Although after filming the movie and establishing their master-disciple relationship, Luo Mo would occasionally pat her head, and she had become somewhat used to it.

But that was in private, not magnified in front of the audience.

As for Xu Chujing, she recalled the time on set when the two of them had deliberately NG'd several times, filming the head-patting scene all at once for several takes.

By the end of the filming, her whole body had become a bit stiff, yet her soul felt as if it were floating.

On the big screen, after the white-clad swordsman finished saying, "Little cat, you must hide well from now on," he disappeared into the bamboo forest amidst the bewildered gaze of the young Cat Demon.

A few bamboo leaves fell, and the young Cat Demon, whose cat ears were now hidden, looked blankly at the sky, unable to find the figure of the white-clad swordsman.

This man had left an indelible impression in the young girl's heart.

In the hearts of the audience, the impression was equally profound.

"Is this the charm of a 'Star'?" they thought to themselves.

It can only be said that while balancing handsomeness and acting skills is one aspect, it mainly relies on the contrast provided by peers.

Just like on Earth, some actors are clearly not suited for the identity of a "Handsome Man in Ancient Costume," yet they insist on playing it.

There are some data-driven fans on the internet who, after a new drama or movie airs, will calculate the increase in the lead actor's Weibo followers.

Under normal circumstances, everyone gains followers; even if the splash isn't big, with real and fake fans mixed together, one can still get hundreds of thousands.

Yet, a certain actor surnamed Jin recently had a change in Weibo followers of "-22,101" because his scenes playing a "Handsome Man in Ancient Costume" were too widely mocked on the internet.

The movie plot continued, and after about five or six more minutes of footage, the young Cat Demon grew up, and Ding Xiaoyu's scenes ended.

After Xu Chujing took over the role of the Cat Demon, everyone discovered that the temperament of the entire character had indeed changed.

It became cooler and more dashing.

Fortunately, Ding Xiaoyu had laid the groundwork well in the first few minutes; her eye acting was very expressive, transitioning from initial ignorance and innocence to a gaze that became increasingly firm and resolute.

A young acting prodigy is a young acting prodigy; it's no joke.

The audience also realized from this change that the white-clad swordsman's chivalrous deeds had a huge impact on the Cat Demon, leading her life down a different path.

Her feelings for the white-clad swordsman were complex.

There was Gratitude, there was reverence, and perhaps there were even more things.

Luo Mo just sat there, admiring Xu Chujing's beauty.

In his view, Xu Chujing being crowned Best Actress was not just because that workplace drama was a hit, but also because her acting skills were indeed not bad.

In this world, those minor awards in Huaxia certainly had no real value, but well-known awards had high gold content and were basically convincing to the public.

It was just that as he watched further, Luo Mo felt the director and screenwriter were dragging things down a bit.

"It feels like it hasn't successfully transitioned from the style of a television drama to a movie."

"The movie runtime is only so long, and this film has too many elements; the things it wants to Output are also a bit too cluttered."

"To want to balance many things requires an extremely high level of skill."

"Moreover, the Story Rhythm is a bit sluggish, and I don't know if it's because of the editing or something else; it also feels a bit fast and slow, as if something was cut out," Luo Mo said in his heart.

Many creators are actually a bit blinded by their own perspective.

When filming, everyone tries to shoot as much as possible, but because you are the creator, it becomes difficult to make trade-offs, and you get intoxicated by it.

It's just like how many readers can clearly feel the pros and cons of other people's works when reading novels, but once they try it themselves, what they write is just some kind of mess.

Because Luo Mo participated so little, he watched the movie almost from the perspective of a pure audience member, so he was actually more clear-headed as a bystander.

But the entire movie really spent money on special effects; there were no so-called "cheap special effects," and they must have used the most advanced technology.

Whether it was big scenes or small details, the special effects were quite refined.

"I don't know the reason, but it actually wasn't made into a 3D movie," Luo Mo thought.

But this was actually quite good; on Earth, with the rise of 3D movies, many films that didn't need to be in 3D were forced into it for the sake of ticket prices.

You put on 3D Glasses to watch, and you don't have a very strong feeling; you take off the glasses and find that the image is just a bit blurry.

—Ineffective 3D.

The total runtime of "Cat Demon" was 139 minutes, over two hours.

When reaching the middle and later stages, many in the audience felt a slight sense of fatigue.

In fact, a sluggish rhythm is not Deadly; the Deadly part is whether the climax can explode after you have laid so much groundwork.

Fortunately, the final decisive battle was still very satisfying to watch.

The Cat Demon played by Xu Chujing raised her finger and used the blood on her fingertip to wipe the tear mole under her eye.

Most of the demon power sealed within the tear mole by the white-clad swordsman instantly surged out, her pupils began to change into different colors, her cat ears began to emerge, and that "eye kill" at that moment, along with that low, deep hiss of a Cat, still managed to satisfy the audience.

At the end of the story, the Cat Demon's fingertip directly sliced the villain's throat, and she dropped a light yet low, deep sentence: "I am..."

"——Demon!"

The screen went black, and the two characters "Cat Demon" appeared on the big screen.

The main content of the film ended here.

Next came the post-credits scene.

It was night, and the Cat Demon played by Xu Chujing stood on a rooftop, blowing in the night breeze, looking at the decorated ancient city, her eyes slightly narrowed, looking quite content.

Suddenly, she seemed to have discovered something in the crowd, and her whole person vanished from the rooftop, arriving on the long street.

Amidst the surging crowd, she stood there, dazed.

Because amidst the moving crowd, she saw a white-clad figure carrying a wooden sword on his back.

The sentence rang in her ears once again.

"Little Cat, you must hide well."

If this film's box office was excellent enough, then this post-credits scene would be the lead-in for a second installment.

But if the box office was unsatisfactory, then it would just be a pure post-credits scene.

The creative team took the stage again amidst applause, and the various people invited began to take microphones to give reviews and interact.

The round of commercial mutual flattery thus began.

However, the number of people mentioning Luo Mo... was a bit too high.

Especially those few directors and producers, who all had an extremely intense interest in Luo Mo.

If this person only mixed in the music industry, it would be too much of a waste of talent.

His acting was natural, his ancient costume look was stunning, his line delivery skills were also very good, and his popularity was high.

He could completely carve out a bloody path in the film and television industry!

During the review segment, they all gave many hints and explicit statements, crazily throwing olive branches at Luo Mo.

They did not know that the great director Qian Qingyun had thrown one even earlier than them; they could only hold their 【love number tags】 for now.

After the premiere ended, everyone found a hotel for a group meal.

Xu Chujing and Ding Xiaoyu were going to run a few Roadshows in several big cities next, but Luo Mo was not going.

He was just a guest star; he had no acting fee, took no profit share, and was not currently hitting on the female star of their crew.

Going to the Roadshow was definitely impossible.

He also had a series of things to be busy with next; coming to the premiere was purely to build momentum for Xu Chujing.

And this night was destined to be an uneasy night.

The premiere of "Cat Demon" saw many people beginning to pour into the cinemas.

On the internet, the image of Luo Mo and Xu Chujing arriving at the premiere in the same car also climbed onto the Hot Search.

They already had CP Fans, and because they had collaborated many times, the two's fanbases actually had cross-pollination, and the proportion of overlapping fans was quite high.

Many people had already started to imagine things: "They came in one car, could they be living together?"

This... the imagination was a bit intense.

Logically speaking, the fans of each side should be the type that didn't get along, saying things like "My Jing is beautiful on her own," or "My Mo is handsome on his own," anyway, they just didn't want the stars to be bundled together.

But the fans of these two were already calling each other in-laws.

A topic thus climbed onto the Hot Search: 【Has the Mo Xu CP officially announced today】?

And what truly ignited the whole internet was that Luo Mo had been ready to go inside, but finally turned back and said: "I haven't watched 'Late Marriage', so I won't comment. I've heard of Song Ge; the person is just average."

This was truly bold, directly engaging in face-to-face Output, directly naming names.

This made the netizens completely hyped.

Xu Chujing's fans only felt a sense of satisfaction; they had long been annoyed by this Song Ge who acted like a lunatic.

Luo Mo standing up at such a time really touched their hearts!

As for the onlookers, their psychology was unanimous; under this video, the top comment's likes quickly broke 500,000.

This netizen wrote:

"Is this him protecting her already?"

(ps: Second update, asking for double monthly tickets at the end of the month! Currently, I feel like I can enter the top six of the overall ranking.)

(End of this chapter)