Chapter 287: 【Motto】Returning to the Jianghu

Ding Xiaoyu finally signing with Luo Mo Studio caused many industry insiders to drop their glasses in shock.

In the eyes of many, this was not necessarily the right decision.

Because Luo Mo Studio is too unique.

It almost never accepts any outside projects and does not touch any outside resources.

If a Singer signs with Luo Mo Studio, then Luo Mo is responsible for writing their songs.

To this day, he has never accepted a single song from the outside!

Now, the studio is undoubtedly looking to expand its film and television business, yet there is absolutely no precedent for it connecting with any film or television resources.

The first drama was written, directed, and starred in by Luo Mo himself, with him taking on all the work single-handedly.

This model is very strange, something everyone has never heard of before.

Many people even jokingly refer to Luo Mo Studio as: "The most autistic studio in history."

It focuses on self-production and self-marketing.

Admittedly, "Immortal Sword" was a massive hit.

But this is just a beginning, just one drama.

Fans need to be maintained and need to be solidified.

After many stars produce a hit, if there are no follow-up works to keep the momentum going, their popularity will quickly decline.

Luo Mo is only one person; he only has one brain.

Is his output alone really enough?

After all, writing a script is different from writing a song.

Many Lyricists write hundreds of songs a year, but a script takes at least several months, or even years.

However, this genius Luo Mo is like a demonic blade; every time he strikes, it is very bizarre, and the results are always unexpected, so many people dare not jump to conclusions.

Having been slapped in the face too many times, they no longer dare to spout nonsense publicly.

As for the onlookers, they clapped and cheered at this news.

"Ah! Yu signed with Master's studio!"

"Master must take good care of Yu!"

"This is great, it's definitely more reassuring to be with one's own people!"

"Exactly, the entertainment industry is a mess, safety first."

"Looking forward to the next collaboration between master and apprentice!"

Ding Xiaoyu herself was exceptionally excited because of this.

"From now on... will I be working at Master's studio?" she thought.

This time, she suddenly had unprecedented enthusiasm for her acting career.

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"Masked Singer" has already been promoting and warming up for two full weeks.

By now, the first two episodes of this program have already been recorded, and the third episode is already in production.

The dog director Ke Ming had long since finished editing the first episode; he felt the effect was excellent and firmly believed this program would also be a massive hit!

What gave him such confidence?

——It was Luo Mo!

"At first, I wanted to sign Tong Shu to come on the show for a few episodes," Ke Ming thought to himself.

Although Tong Shu's voice is highly recognizable and would be easy to guess even with deliberate disguise, it doesn't matter, I can hire Actors!

It's useless for the audience to guess it; the people on the show have to guess it.

Let them scold if they want, we'll just act it out openly!

In this back-and-forth, the show's popularity would actually rise.

By the time it gets to the end, everyone will be curious: "I want to see how long the production team is going to play dumb, damn it!"

But when he went to communicate with Luo Mo, Luo Mo refused without even thinking.

He felt that toying with the audience like that was meaningless; it would be better to let Tong Shu participate directly in the second season of "King of Love Songs".

"The 'King of Love Songs' honor sounds pretty good; I've decided, our Luo Mo Studio will monopolize this title!" he said in his heart.

Tong Shu, Luo Mo's own son.

A son inheriting his father's career, is there a problem?

No problem!

As for "Masked Singer", throwing in a Newcomer who hasn't debuted yet to participate would be so interesting!

"And then I'll put on a mask myself, and finally have a double unmasking!" Luo Mo thought it would be fun.

When Ke Ming first heard the name Li Junyi, his first thought was: "Who is Li Junyi?"

He had finished watching the complete "Creating Idols", but as time passed, he had long forgotten about this person named Li Junyi.

He was just a transparent person in Luo Mo Studio, a peripheral figure.

The show "Creating Idols" was a huge hit back then, and those who were meant to debut and make money had already done so.

Only after Luo Mo explained a few things to him did Ke Ming remember this person, but he was a bit uninterested.

Compared to him, Tong Shu was definitely more appealing, slurp slurp!

But Luo Mo had his own persistence, and Ke Ming had no choice but to give up.

Anyway, as long as Luo Mo is willing to write songs for him, that's enough!

Before every song is sung, there are subtitles that introduce the song title and the lyricist and composer; when the audience sees Luo Mo's name, their expectations will definitely increase significantly, and the show's popularity can be hyped up all at once.

Luo Mo: I haven't arrived in person, but my talent has.

What came as a bolt from the blue to Ke Ming was—Luo Mo actually gave himself a code name!

He was unwilling to use his real name to create for Li Junyi.

"What does this mean? Is he that reluctant to promote him?" Ke Ming couldn't understand.

As a Top Traffic, any work by Luo Mo could inherently generate a massive influx of traffic, giving him a special advantage in promoting people.

"And what is the meaning of this 【Earth】?" Ke Ming was puzzled: "Who would give themselves a code name like a ball?"

"Is he telling his opponents to get lost?" Ke Ming began to let his imagination run wild with nonsense.

Honestly, Ke Ming felt a bit disappointed and regretful.

Although he absolutely trusted Luo Mo's creative ability, after all, this meant the 【gold-lettered signboard】 for the early stages was effectively smashed right away.

But after the first episode was recorded, Ke Ming changed his mind.

For the first song Luo Mo wrote for Li Junyi, he called the guests and the program's music team together for a small meeting to specifically discuss everyone's views on the song.

Except for him, no one knew this song was written by Luo Mo.

But most people gave it extremely high praise!

This made him realize that Luo Mo wasn't just messing around, nor was he unwilling to promote Li Junyi by giving him inferior work or even refusing to sign his name.

Luo Mo simply had his own ideas.

During the meeting, another guest who was also a Singer remarked: "This teacher named Earth has great ideas, especially in songwriting!"

"I'm very curious when such a person appeared in the industry; I want to ask him for a song."

Upon hearing this, Ke Ming realized that Luo Mo using a pseudonym could actually create a lot of suspense!

"If the program team seizes this point for promotion... there's potential! A lot of potential!" Ke Ming's train of thought instantly cleared up.

Therefore, in the first episode, he deliberately edited in an interview segment with Li Junyi.

The content was asking who exactly this creator named 【Earth】 was, intentionally drawing the audience's attention to this person.

After the first episode of Masked Singer was fully edited, Ke Ming watched it himself and was immensely satisfied.

"I wouldn't dare say this show will rival King of Love Songs, but it definitely won't be bad!" Ke Ming thought to himself.

Saturday at 8:00 PM, Masked Singer launched simultaneously on the local satellite TV and Penguin Video.

For Luo Mo, this had a bit of a "fighting against oneself" flavor, a bit like he was hitting himself.

Because Masked Singer and Immortal Sword were airing in similar time slots on Saturday, it would affect the local satellite TV's ratings.

The impact on the video platform was smaller; after all, people didn't just watch one drama or one variety show.

At this time, in Xicheng, the entire Aurora Girls group was sitting in the living room of Luo Mo's home, six women and one man, having a wonderful time.

They had agreed to stay at Shen Yinuo's place today, but every time they stayed at Xiao Shen's, the others would incite everyone to go visit Director Luo's place.

If one person went, the others likely wouldn't dare.

Although in this girl group, perhaps someone really had the thought: "Even if something happened with Director Luo, it wouldn't actually matter."

However, Luo Mo's majesty was still there; except for Xiao Shen and Jiang Jiang, the other four were still quite afraid of him and didn't dare to be alone with him.

But there is strength in numbers! Why should six women fear one man!?

Therefore, looking around now, in Luo Mo's home with the floor heating on, the whole living room was full of long, white legs.

Some were sitting on the sofa, others were simply sitting cross-legged on the carpet.

Luo Mo, carrying a fruit platter, walked into the living room and for a moment didn't know where it was appropriate to sit; he felt like he had arrived at Pan Si Dong.

They wouldn't spit white silk, but if they wore white silk stockings... tsk tsk tsk!

After Luo Mo put down the fruit platter, he said to Shen Yinuo, who was holding the remote control: "Xiao Shen, turn on Penguin and let's watch Masked Singer."

"Ah? Are we not contributing to the ratings for our Immortal Sword today?" Shen Yinuo looked at him as if looking at a traitor, as if looking at a heartless man.

——There is a traitor among us!

Luo Mo said: "It's a show directed by Director Ke, let's check the quality."

Masked Singer had a strict confidentiality agreement, so he wouldn't tell others that Li Junyi participated in the show.

"Oh, I see, alright!" Xiao Shen ate a cherry with puffed-up cheeks, then opened the first episode of Masked Singer.

In the opening, the rules of the show were introduced first.

As the women listened to the rules, the youngest, Dong Dong, said: "It actually sounds quite interesting!"

"It is quite suspenseful, making people unable to resist wanting to hear the songs and keep watching." Captain Han Ziyi, who was still wearing silk stockings today, said.

Jiang Ningxi pondered for a moment and said: "The fear with this kind of show is that it's acted too heavily. Some singers are clearly very distinctive, but everyone just can't guess them, and they just keep acting on stage, which annoys the audience."

"Yo!" Luo Mo glanced at Jiang Ningxi, gave her a thumbs up, and said: "Not bad, very sharp."

This Leg Fairy ignored him, but her chin lifted slightly, paired with her slender neck, like a noble and proud white swan.

At the start of the program, the masked singers gathered in the first episode were all asked for their 【Motto】 during the pre-interview segment.

Ke Ming plagiarizing Run Jie's variety show segment so openly was truly shameless.

One masked singer after another began to recite their mottos; many people, whether influenced by Luo Mo or for other reasons, also used poems as their mottos.

Blue Star naturally also had great poets and naturally also had awesome poems.

It's just that the shock brought by "quoting" and "originality" is different.

At this moment, the big screen was showing a masked singer with the code name 【Superstar】, recounting his current 【Motto】.

His mask was a somewhat cartoonish star, but this star was gray-black, looking dim and lusterless.

"【Superstar】? This code name is okay, at least it should be a first-tier male singer, right?" Shen Yinuo couldn't help but say.

Looking at the bullet comments, because the code name was relatively special, the audience guessing the identity of 【Superstar】 in the first episode was the highest.

"Daring to call himself 【Superstar】? That's some Ox!"

"I can't tell who it is from his physical features, it's killing me with curiosity!"

"Given Director Ke's status in variety shows, it's not surprising he could invite a First-line Singer."

"Have you all forgotten that from the mid-season of 【King of Love Songs】, First-line Singers were everywhere?"

"He is the one I'm most curious about!"

【Superstar】 faced the camera, listened to the question from the young lady conducting the 【Backstage Interview】, and replied: "A 【Motto】?"

He smiled and said: "My current 【Motto】 is actually a piece of advice my boss gave me before I participated in this show."

"Oh? What is it?" the young lady in charge of the 【Backstage Interview】 pressed.

【Superstar】 raised his head, wearing that mask which resembled a dim, lusterless planet, and spoke:

"Go shine, instead of being illuminated."

(PS: First update, requesting monthly votes! I have been planning this segment since the character Li Junyi first appeared, and I've finally written it.)

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