Chapter 276: Two Songs in

During the entire Spring Festival, Luo Mo only took three days off.

It wasn't that he didn't want to rest, nor that he couldn't, but after his change in status, visiting relatives and friends had become exceptionally arduous.

This was also something that couldn't be helped.

It was hard enough for a big star to emerge in the family, and the entertainment industry was notoriously decadent and separated from ordinary people by a barrier, so everyone inevitably had a lot of curiosity.

Fortunately, Luo Mo had a lot of prestige among the younger generation in his family.

You might not understand what it's like to have a brother who is a campus-hunk-level figure in the family.

It means that if the siblings are close in age and happen to attend the same school, life will be incredibly comfortable.

Luo Mo often said that the reason his cousins all grew so tall was thanks to the countless bottles of milk his admirers gave him during his school days.

"You guys, you were all raised by me, your brother, with a bottle of milk and a box of chocolate here and there."

But the younger ones were easy to deal with; some of the elders were harder to handle.

The very farsighted Luo Mo didn't leave himself much vacation time; he felt that perhaps it was more relaxing to slack off while working.

"Fulfilling the fans' wishes, overtime!"

Well, it was definitely not because Xu Chujing also only gave herself three days of New Year's holiday, and then they could take a flight back to Shanghai together.

During these three days, Luo Mo also experienced something that troubles many young people—being pressured to get married.

To be precise, it was being pressured to start dating.

In the past, whether it was his parents or his master, they were extremely open-minded in this regard.

But in the last few days, they would intentionally or unintentionally bring the topic to dating, and then several elders would look at each other and smile, as if they had some tacit understanding and had long since formed a united front.

Every word and phrase was full of tricks!

If Luo Mo hadn't really been empty-handed and hiding no secrets, he might have actually been tricked into revealing everything.

This made Luo Ma unable to help but raise her hand and pat his shoulder hard several times, shouting: "You brat, you don't even tell the truth to your parents and master! Treating us like paparazzi!"

Luo Mo felt the pain and was confused: "???"

Immediately after, he had a reaction.

No way, no way!

Could it be... you guys are also shipping us?

Has the 【Mo Xu CP】 organization, which is growing crazily, already recruited my family members!!!??

"Is it really that good to ship!?" He was completely stunned.

……….

……….

On the afternoon of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Luo Mo and Xu Chujing boarded the plane to Shanghai together.

After recognizing the two, the eyes of the first-class flight attendant changed immediately.

First it was shock, then it turned into the kind of Surprise a squirrel has when it sees a large pile of nuts.

Xu Chujing and Luo Mo had seen this look a lot lately.

Clearly, she was also shipping them.

Luo Mo had never thought that one day he could bring sweetness to the world, or even make the sweetness level exceed the limit.

"Did you get a good rest these past few days?" Xu Chujing asked with a smile.

Luo Mo shook his head and said, "It's the first year since my debut, so many family members haven't adapted to the change in my status."

Hearing this, Xu Chujing's smile deepened.

Because some of the things Luo Mo was experiencing now, she might have experienced before.

"It will get better after some time." She glanced at the clouds outside the window and said to Luo Mo.

Xu Chujing liked this pure white thing very much now.

Her favorite color scheme used to be black, but because of that Cat, she now had a soft spot for white.

Because that short-legged white kitten had its own greatest pride—I, Baibaibai, don't have a single strand of mixed-colored fur!

Seeing her lost in thought looking at the clouds, Luo Mo asked, "In the new year, do you have any work plans?"

Xu Chujing shook her head and said, "I might try to take on some scripts, then pick and choose to see if there are any suitable ones."

The scripts she mentioned naturally referred to film scripts.

Her focus for the next stage of work would still be on films.

"Not considering TV dramas?" Luo Mo asked.

Xu Chujing stopped looking at the clouds and turned to look at him: "It's not that I will completely switch to the big screen just because I won 【Best Actress】."

"I will definitely still film TV dramas, but it's not about quantity, it's about quality."

"If the script doesn't move me enough and the entire production team isn't strong enough, I definitely won't consider it at all," Xu Chujing said.

Luo Mo nodded, and he understood this very well.

Many Actors who possess both acting skills and popularity, after a drama becomes a huge success, will instead choose to settle down and become more selective, rather than taking advantage of the popularity to make money crazily.

There are some film and television works in the entertainment industry that are purely for money laundering; they are easy and effortless to film, and the pay is high.

This type of work doesn't really care about box office or ratings, after all, that's not the fundamental purpose. If the results are good, that's an unexpected Surprise.

Moreover, the more such works there are, the more they will hire big names and disguise themselves as special-effects blockbusters, so that they can raise the "cost." No matter how much money they claim to have spent externally, everyone will believe it a little more.

Whether it is Xu Chujing or Luo Mo, they will resolutely not touch these things; this is a matter of principle and is not conducive to sustainable development.

Luo Mo looked at Xu Chujing's beautiful eyes and asked with a smile: "Then what if it's my drama?"

Perhaps feeling that Luo Mo had been "crossing the line" frequently lately and the ambiguous atmosphere between them was becoming stronger, Xu Chujing didn't mind this, but she wanted to control the speed and occasionally hit the brakes to avoid developing too fast and getting confused.

So, she said deliberately: "Then I'll have to look at the script, and I will be even more demanding."

In her heart, she was thinking: "Whether the script suits my taste depends on personal aesthetics and taste, isn't it up to me to say whatever I want?"

For most stars, there is a dedicated team responsible for vetting scripts and production crews. But Xu Chujing makes all the decisions entirely by herself; the people in her studio are only responsible for offering suggestions and opinions, pooling their wisdom.

Upon hearing this, Luo Mo was not saddened, but instead said with a smile, "Then if you are attracted by a top-tier script, I'll have to dock your pay."

This phenomenon truly exists; for many major IPs, sequels to acclaimed masterpieces, or new dramas with top-tier production crews, many actors will voluntarily lower their pay to perform, striving for an opportunity for themselves.

"Huh? You want to dock my pay? Then we'll see if you have the ability to do so." Xu Chujing glared at him with annoyance.

Immediately after, she realized something was wrong; how did it naturally transition from her feigning reserve to them flirting?

As the plane continued to fly through the air, Xu Chujing changed the subject and asked, "Then what work arrangements do you have in the near future? Are you finished with *Celestial Sword 5*?"

Luo Mo shook his head and said, "Post-production will take a while longer, but not too long. Recently, I'm planning to pick one or two songs from the drama before it airs and release them on major platforms, just as promotion for the TV series."

"Which one are you planning to release? My 'Sha Po Lang'?" Xu Chujing asked.

Luo Mo nodded and said, "'Sha Po Lang' is the opening theme, it is indeed very suitable for release, and besides, Jing's popularity and status are right there; it couldn't be better to use it to build momentum for the new drama."

"It's just that, using you for promotion, there will definitely be some... well, you know, on the internet," Luo Mo said.

Xu Chujing opened her mouth, but swallowed the words back, her expression instantly becoming serious, and she said with feigned vigor, "What of it? As long as we know ourselves that we don't have any ulterior motives, isn't that enough?"

Luo Mo nodded deeply, but thought to himself, "Well, I *do* have ulterior motives."

And...

I might even be a lecher.

……….

……….

After the plane landed in Shanghai, due to work arrangements, Xu Chujing and Luo Mo had to "go their separate ways" for the time being.

The post-production of *Celestial Sword 5* still required Luo Mo's oversight, and the special effects team was even changed halfway through.

Luo Mo wanted the audience to have a thought pop into their minds the moment they saw the special effects: "Good heavens, they spent a lot of money on this!"

*Celestial Sword 5* is his first step into the film and television industry; he cannot be careless.

He doesn't care how much profit this drama can bring him.

Because if you want to put effort into a Xianxia drama, it is truly quite expensive. Even though Penguin purchased *Celestial Sword 5* at the price of a top-tier drama, because Luo Mo didn't put many advertisements in the show, and the special effects are movie-grade, this means that after deducting costs, the money given by video platforms and television stations actually doesn't yield much profit.

The money to be earned next is actually from other channels after it starts airing.

He is not in a hurry; quality comes first.

It wasn't until the Lantern Festival that Luo Mo returned to Beijing to have a meal with his family and his master.

From the first day of the Lunar New Year to the Lantern Festival, "Unforgettable Tonight" and "Chinese Language" did fall out of the top ten of the Hot Song Chart, but "Blue and White Porcelain" remained strong, ranking first on the all-platform Hot Song Chart, and its overall data was streets ahead of the second place!

Dominating the charts—actually, everyone can adapt to it. Because this person is Luo Mo, everyone is even a bit used to it.

This man, every time he releases a song, everyone else can only serve as his mount on the chart.

And he rides for a long time in one go, able to keep topping and topping all the way, always at the peak.

However, the overall data for "Blue and White Porcelain" is too high; whether it's the download count or the listening count, it is completely no worse than Luo Mo's peak data from last year.

You have to know, Luo Mo's peak data last year was looking down on the entire music scene.

The most popular thing last year was his album *Red*!

But damn it, this year has just begun; could it be that the biggest hit single of this year was already set in stone on the first day of the Lunar New Year?

If all the songs released by others in the remaining three hundred plus days of this year cannot beat "Blue and White Porcelain" from the first day of the Lunar New Year, that would be too extreme!

This sense of domination will be extremely terrifying!

The entire music scene, from the beginning of the year to the end, will feel the fear of being dominated by Luo Mo and by "Blue and White Porcelain"!

It can only be said that the 【Chinese Style】 genre, under the various operations of Luo Mo, this founding father, has gone from the initial establishment of a school, to stable development, and now to extreme brilliance!

After the Lantern Festival ended, looking at the popularity of "Blue and White Porcelain," the one most angry was Yuan Hewen.

During the New Year, netizens still kept their words in check, speaking quite gently and showing mercy.

Now that the Lantern Festival has passed, there are no taboos.

"Thank you, Teacher Yuan, for letting Luo Mo, this handsome guy over 1.8 meters tall, stand on your shoulders at your age, so that the whole country could hear the Chinese Style that everyone loves."

"Thank you, Teacher Yuan, I thank you on behalf of men, women, old, and young."

"Thank you, Teacher Yuan..."

This made Yuan Hewen so angry his beard was about to curl up.

"Can't this life move forward?"

"Can't this matter be turned over!?"

In this regard, Zhao Xueqin actually has quite a say. His team has recently begun to change strategies, starting to follow the currently popular self-deprecating mode. Occasionally, when appearing on variety shows, Zhao Xueqin himself refers to himself as a 【Music Critic Master】.

This is the most useful trick at the moment, and it seems quite effective now.

Another week or so passed, and because much of the post-production of *Celestial Sword 5* was carried out simultaneously with the filming process, it has all been completed as of now.

——*Celestial Sword 5 Qixia Zhuan*, officially submitted for review!

The Review Department is still incomparably attentive to all of Luo Mo's works, so the efficiency is very high.

The review work for *Celestial Sword 5* is still personally handled by Zhong Lin.

Good heavens, she watched it day and night!

The costumes, styling, and the looks of the actors inside were all exactly to her aesthetic.

Moreover, the drama's plot also seems very pure, and every supporting character is flesh and blood.

There is a strange phenomenon in TV series these days, which is that the scenes for the male lead and female lead are often very few, while the second male and second female, or even the third male and third female, have a large amount of screen time, and their appearance duration per episode might be more than the leads.

But these characters aren't necessarily well-established!

*Celestial Sword 5* is different; some characters, or even some demons, only appear for a very short time, but they can leave an extremely deep impression on people, even making them laugh and cry for them, their emotions being led by them.

Zhong Lin doesn't know if this drama will be a hit, but she personally likes it very, very much.

Except for—Luo Mo, this dog thief, being as fond of stabbing people in the heart as ever!

Right now, the Review Department has already discovered a major phenomenon.

As long as Luo Mo submits a new work for review, Section Chief Zhong will inevitably come to work the next day with red, swollen eyes!

Even though she has never met Luo Mo, she is repeatedly tortured by this man in the dead of night until she is half-dead, her eyes dry, red, and swollen because of him.

After finishing the entire drama, Zhong Lin felt there were no issues at all.

"Approved!"

After the Review Department sent the message, Luo Mo Studio immediately announced the good news.

Once the news of the approval was announced, it went straight to number one on the Weibo Hot Search.

Netizens left comments below one after another.

"Looking forward to it! Waited so long, finally going to wait for it!"

"When exactly is it airing? Is there a specific plan?"

"Hurry up and air it, Luo Mo, the world of handsome men in historical costumes needs you!"

"Quickly save historical dramas, save the children!"

"Looking forward to Li Xiaoyao, looking forward to Zhao Ling'er, looking forward to Lin Yueru, handsome men and beautiful women, go for it!"

"I want to see exactly what level a drama written, directed, and acted by a Newcomer is at."

Amidst the discussions of the netizens, everyone did not wait for the specific airing news of Celestial Sword 5 Qixia Zhuan for the time being.

However, they did wait for the opening theme and ending theme of this drama!

(PS: Second update, over 4000 words! Asking for monthly tickets at the end of the month!)

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