Chapter 278: Xu Chujing's Confession (Seeking Monthly Tickets at the End of the Month!)

Since ancient times, bad films have produced divine songs; this law is already well known to the masses.

If you were to ask everyone to give examples, there might be an endless list.

Many people might watch a drama or a movie because of a song, only to feel like cursing after finishing it.

TV dramas are sometimes a bit better; if you happen to have a subscription to that video website, it's just a waste of a little time.

Movies, however, are harder to endure.

For some movies, if you leave early, you feel like you've wasted the ticket price. But if you keep watching, it feels incredibly torturous.

And there is a trend on the internet right now.

That is, many people, after learning a few internet terms, will use them vigorously whenever there is a chance, as if they would die if they didn't.

Regardless of whether it's appropriate or not, they just love to show off their wit.

Seeing that "Sha Po Lang" and "Finally Understand" have a trend of becoming hits, whether on major social platforms or in the comment sections and bullet comments of these songs, they have all started leaving messages: "Since ancient times, bad films have produced divine songs."

——This is where the disparagement begins.

But honestly, everyone is looking forward to the broadcast of "Celestial Sword 5 Qixia Zhuan", that is true.

But everyone is also not optimistic about this drama.

Want to Watch, because of curiosity.

Not optimistic, mainly because Luo Mo is taking too big a step.

If he were just acting in a period drama, then of course there would be no problem.

But writing, directing, and acting in it himself is very strange, very much like harvesting fans like leeks.

Just like many traffic-driven Singers who clearly have no creative talent, and might not even have debuted in the country, or even been born here, and can't even speak Chinese fluently, yet they insist on doing their own Lyricist work, and fans still insist they are overflowing with talent and pay for it crazily.

You say you haven't even acted in many dramas, yet you start self-directing and self-acting; one has to say: "Rich and willful!"

But for Luo Mo, the heated discussion on the internet is actually not a bad thing; it can also be considered an alternative form of promotion before the broadcast.

Currently, some marketing teams will even deliberately step in to stir up the rhythm, triggering heated discussions or even flame wars among netizens, to hype up the popularity.

And regardless, the promotional effect produced by "Sha Po Lang" and "Finally Understand" is still excellent.

The 【Super Topic】 data for "Celestial Sword 5 Qixia Zhuan" surged immediately after these two songs were released.

The data growth is several times higher than it was a while ago.

This made Cheng Wen, the Vice President over at Penguin Video, unable to sit still, thinking about whether Penguin's promotion and marketing should also follow up immediately, taking advantage of everyone's curiosity right now to hype it up big time.

For video platforms, a breakout hit is the most important thing.

Ten moderately popular dramas cannot compare to one breakout hit.

After much thought, he finally notified the people below: "Raise the early promotion level of 'Celestial Sword 5' to A Ji."

Upon hearing Cheng Wen's instruction, the team leader of the promotion department was stunned.

At first, setting the promotional investment at B+ already felt a bit outrageous to him.

Now, raising it directly to A Ji, for him, who was at a loss for words, it was truly damn outrageous.

Even for dramas filmed by Guan Fei, the early promotion could only reach A Ji.

The team leader knew that Pineapple TV was treating "Lost Crimes", which features Song Ge as one of the two male leads, as an A Ji project.

But didn't we all have meetings from top to bottom, clearly stating that this year we are adopting the strategy of Tian Ji horse racing, and slacking off at the beginning of the year?

"President Cheng probably doesn't value the 'Celestial Sword 5' project, but rather Luo Mo as a person," the team leader thought to himself.

"Casually tossing out two songs can bring such terrifying market feedback."

"If this level of song were paired with those annual blockbusters from top production teams... the effect would absolutely be explosive!" the team leader thought.

Undoubtedly, Cheng Wen previously signed a long-term Contract with Luo Mo in one go precisely because he wanted Luo Mo to star in some of Penguin's major productions, to have everyone in a Deep Binding.

The strategy of major video platforms in recent years has been to create stars internally.

Must make Luo Mo become one of my Goose System people!

………

………

On one side, the theme song and ending song of "Celestial Sword 5" are red-hot.

On the other side, the promotional song for "Lost Crimes" hasn't stirred up much of a splash.

The promotional song for this type of web Drama follows a rather bizarre style.

It is extremely difficult for songs of this style to break out of their Niche.

After all, dark-style tracks like "The Seventh Chapter of Night" are not something the average person can handle; if one is not careful, it will become very Niche, or make people feel uncomfortable listening to it, leading them to directly avoid or even feel disgust.

The promotional song for "Lost Crimes", "Lost", really sounds very lost...

Since the very beginning, from the director and screenwriter of "Lost Crimes" to the male lead Song Ge, they have all been determined to latch onto Luo Mo for clout, so people on the internet often compare the two dramas in various aspects.

The popularity of the two songs from "Celestial Sword 5" was naturally brought up by many marketing accounts, media, and netizens.

This "angered" the director of "Lost Crimes" to no end.

"It pisses me off! If I don't latch onto this heat, I really can't calm my Anger!" he said in his heart.

In an interview, although he did not explicitly state the drama title, he still said to the reporter: "The promotional song for our 'Lost Crimes' is mainly to fit the style of this drama; we didn't consider popularity too much, and it wasn't created as a pop song to begin with."

"For our 'Lost Crimes', the song serves the web Drama; it is just a part of the web Drama."

"All the work we do is essentially to make the Drama look better and be of higher quality, not to make the song sound better while having it have nothing to do with the Drama itself."

"I will not do things that confuse the primary and secondary, or let the guest usurp the host."

Isn't the smell of gunpowder here now!

This made the media and marketing accounts like hounds that had caught a scent, starting to move in groups.

Article after article was published, making the director of "Lost Crimes" very satisfied, feeling that this was the effect he wanted.

After the articles were published, he still wanted to set up a memorial archway for himself.

When the media asked him if he was attacking a specific drama, he hurriedly waved his hands and said, "I just feel that the chaos in the film and television industry has been increasing lately. I am just speaking generally about a certain phenomenon; of course, I am not specifically attacking any one drama. I just find the current situation, which is becoming increasingly murky and foul, a bit hard to watch."

As for Song Ge, the male lead of *Lost Sin*, after seeing the song *Killing Wolf* that Xu Chujing sang for *Sword of the Immortal* become a huge hit, he immediately arranged for his team to communicate with the media, letting reporters deliberately interview him about the old story of how he had once grandly confessed his love to Xu Chujing.

Facing the camera, he wore a gentle and elegant smile and said, "Although many people say I am a playboy, I have looked back and can confirm that in this life, I have indeed only fallen in love at first sight with one person: Xu Chujing."

Song Ge was not afraid that taking the initiative to bring up emotional issues would affect the audience's immersion in the male and female leads while watching the drama.

Admittedly, if the male lead and female lead lack chemistry, the romantic scenes will look particularly awkward.

However...

"Our *Lost Sin* doesn't even have a female lead!"

"We are playing on the edge, doing a bit of light 'selling of brotherhood'! We are playing up the bromance!"

When the time comes, just say a few words about how I am completely uninterested in affairs between men and women now, and those fujoshi will immediately start imagining things for themselves.

A series of attempts to ride on others' popularity and deliberate hype made *Lost Sin* also become a hit before it even aired.

As for the people of the 【Mo Xu CP】, they were furious about this.

The female psychologist who wears Gold-rimmed Glasses and treats Xu Chujing, as one of the fan leaders of the 【Mo Xu CP】, was so angry that her teeth itched; she wanted to rush up and perform a hypnosis on Song Ge, then torture him to death.

When she watched Song Ge's interview, she felt so uncomfortable that her ten fingers, resting on her thighs, couldn't help but grab hard, causing the black silk stockings under her white coat to snag and run.

"It's a good thing there is a variety show they are both participating in airing tonight."

"I hope they can have some interaction on the variety show," the female psychologist thought to herself.

………

………

The variety show that Luo Mo and Xu Chujing participated in together is called *Happy Sunday*.

The name looks like it has a sense of the past era.

This variety show is indeed an evergreen in this world, having been popular for a full ten years.

The host is named Meng Xiaoguang, whom Luo Mo met at the finals of *King of Love Songs*.

Luo Mo came to participate in this variety show bringing several lead actors from *Sword of the Immortal* with him, which was equivalent to coming to run promotions.

It stands to reason that since Xu Chujing only sang the opening theme song, her coming or not was optional.

But she took the initiative to express her willingness to come and build momentum for Luo Mo, which made the director team of *Happy Sunday* bloom with joy.

If a variety show could assemble both Luo Mo and Xu Chujing, the ratings would absolutely explode!

The reason the female psychologist was looking forward to this variety show was that she was a loyal fan of it and knew that there was a frequently appearing segment in this show called 【Refusing Confession】.

Once a star of goddess or god level comes to the program, this segment is bound to happen.

It involves simulating a confession scene between stars, or between a star and an audience member, and then the other party must painfully refuse.

The last time this game segment appeared, a dream goddess in the hearts of countless people simulated a confession to a male audience member, and this male audience member's wife was right there in the audience.

When he refused, his Adam's apple bobbed, his voice trembled, and he didn't dare look at his wife in the audience, making the viewers laugh until they couldn't catch their breath.

The female psychologist sat in the living room of her home, her stockings, already torn in several places, worn on her beautiful legs, her two legs crossed together, her whole body half-leaning on the sofa.

In the beginning of the program, there was not much interaction between Luo Mo and Xu Chujing; the two stood relatively far apart, and the male guests and female guests were standing on opposite sides.

When playing some small games, neither of them went on stage, leaving the exposure to others.

Then, the highly anticipated 【Refusing Confession】 segment officially began.

First, Qi Jun, the actor who played Tang Yu, came to the center of the stage to take a seat, then turned his back to the audience, and the host Meng Xiaoguang pointed randomly, asking Qi Jun: "Is this lady okay?"

If Qi Jun, with his back to the audience, said yes, then this lucky audience member would go on stage to participate in the game and receive an 【Experience Card】 for 【Refusing Confession】.

A man and a woman sat on two chairs three meters apart; Qi Jun fully displayed his acting skills, looked at this girl with deep affection, lowered his voice, and said with his magnetic tone: "Are you willing... to be my girlfriend?"

Unexpectedly, this female audience member immediately smiled and, without hesitation, said loudly: "No!"

"Actually, I am a Mo-born person!"

Luo Mo watched from the side, looking completely bewildered.

Qi Jun laughed out loud and made a gesture of being shot in the chest with an arrow.

The variety show effect was directly maxed out.

Meng Xiaoguang laughed, gave the girl a thumbs up, and then tentatively said to Xu Chujing: "Chujing, do you want to try this little game and experience it?"

Xu Chujing's status in the industry is too high, so even Meng Xiaoguang, a veteran in the hosting world, had to fully respect her opinion.

Unexpectedly, Xu Chujing deliberately glanced at Luo Mo and then readily agreed.

The female psychologist sat at home, watching the barrage on the screen covering the sky and the earth.

"Play with Luo Mo!"

"Play with Luo Mo!"

"Luo Mo! Luo Mo!"

Only to see Xu Chujing sitting on the chair, leaving everyone with a graceful and charming Back Shadow.

Then, Meng Xiaoguang's finger circled a large loop in the audience, finally pointing at Luo Mo on the stage, and asked: "Do you want to choose this gentleman to participate in the game?"

Xu Chujing shook her head slightly.

"That's a pity then." Meng Xiaoguang smiled slightly, and his finger circled the venue again.

Then, it pointed at Luo Mo again.

"Then what about this gentleman?"

Xu Chujing still shook her head.

Meng Xiaoguang repeated his old trick and pointed at Luo Mo again.

The barrage went completely crazy at this moment.

"Teacher Meng! I love you!"

"Teacher Meng, the master of making dreams come true!"

"From now on, I am a die-hard fan of Teacher Meng!"

"Teacher Meng, I want to send you money!"

Perhaps based on the principle that things shouldn't happen more than three times, or perhaps feeling that the variety show effect had already been maxed out, Xu Chujing nodded.

When she turned around and looked back, she saw Meng Xiaoguang pointing at Luo Mo from afar; the live audience members, who had been holding it in, were finally able to shout out loud at this moment.

Xu Chujing smiled slightly, though she didn't say anything, giving him a look that said, "You're getting off easy."

Following the fixed procedure for this segment, the two of them took their seats on two chairs.

After giving it about ten seconds or so to build up the mood, Xu Chujing raised her head and glanced at Luo Mo.

Her eye acting was worthy of her honor as a Best Actress; it contained complex emotions—hesitation, inner conflict, and affection that could not be hidden.

But what was interesting was that when Qi Jun performed eye acting earlier, the barrage comments were all saying things like "good acting skills" and "there's drama in his eyes."

When Xu Chujing performed eye acting, the barrage comments were all: "I knew the Mo Xu CP was real!"

"How could this still be fake!?"

"Liking someone is something you can't hide!"

It was simply amazing!

Xu Chujing just looked at Luo Mo like that, and after staring for a full five or six seconds, she finally spoke: "Luo Mo, how about... we be together?"

Luo Mo first looked up at her, their eyes meeting, but after hearing her words, his eyelids drooped slightly and he turned to look at the ground, as if feeling guilty.

Also after a pause of four or five seconds, he suddenly nodded forcefully and decisively, his voice ringing out clearly:

——"Okay!"

(PS: Second update, 4000 words, last day of the month, asking for monthly tickets!)

(End of this chapter)