Chapter 431: 《Love Song》

The general award situation for this year's Lily Film Festival was within everyone's expectations.

Since this year was not a year of so-called "clashing gods," movies that were both critically acclaimed and box-office hits were few and far between.

Commercial blockbusters were indeed emerging one after another, and there were not a few films with box office receipts exceeding one billion this year, but the Lily Award naturally does not judge heroes by box office.

Song Ge's dream of winning Best Supporting Actor was, naturally, shattered.

He considered his acting in Storm Sea to be second to none, but the result was that he didn't even get a 【Nomination】; he didn't make the shortlist at all.

This left Song Ge feeling a bit dazed all night, his mind wandering repeatedly.

In the end, he simply performed a wave of self-deception, mentally conjuring up a finishing move—the 【Spiritual Victory Method】.

"I just didn't make the shortlist, but Luo Mo didn't even get an invitation to the film festival!"

Song Ge, a future member of the Ten Billion Box Office Club, felt that at least in the film industry, he was still ahead of Luo Mo and Xu Chujing.

"I must seize all the opportunities for the rest of this year and next," Song Ge thought to himself.

He is currently in a period of career ascent and knows full well how important these two years are for him.

After the Lily Award ceremony came to an end, a slightly exhausted Xu Chujing got into her nanny van.

She had no intention of staying for the evening banquet, even though for many people, such banquets are extremely useful and very important for career development.

After all, well-known filmmakers from all over the country had finally gathered together. This kind of rare opportunity to build Connections is hard to come by.

Many actresses go to "crash" the red carpet not just for exposure, but also for the invitation to this banquet.

In the end, there might even be an unexpected harvest: obtaining a 【Task Prop】—a room key card.

After taking her phone from her female assistant, Xu Chujing opened WeChat.

Luo Mo's chat box had long been set to 【Pinned】 by her, and she saw the message Luo Mo had sent her.

"Next time, we'll go together with our own work."

Looking at this sentence, Xu Chujing felt the exhaustion and frustration of the night swept away, replaced by joy.

She had clearly said nothing, nor had she expressed much of anything.

But he saw everything in his eyes, and was able to guess her thoughts, offering encouragement and comfort.

"How did you see that?" Xu Chujing replied via WeChat.

Soon, she received a reply: "Because you have already been thoroughly understood by me."

How could Jing not know he was being flirtatious again? She said, "You only have a sharp tongue."

"That's right, you should know that better than anyone," Luo Mo immediately retorted.

"It's truly lethal," Xu Chujing couldn't help but mutter in her heart.

She couldn't help but purse her own plump, red, and tender lips, and couldn't help but raise her fair fingers to gently touch her ears, suddenly feeling her slender neck also itching slightly...

After all, these places had all been "dealt with" by this young man. They all knew very well just how sharp his mouth was.

Xu Chujing opened the window a small crack to let some air into the car.

Then, she picked up her phone to change the subject, saying, "I'm on my way back to the hotel. I'll video call you when I get to my room."

"What kind of video call?" Luo Mo started again.

Xu Chujing really couldn't hold back this time and sent him a "beating" emoji.

After arriving at the hotel, Xu Chujing returned to her room and told Luo Mo she would wash up first and then video call him after lying in bed.

By the time she finished removing her makeup, showered, and changed into pajamas, Luo Mo answered the moment she initiated the video call.

It was obvious he had been waiting there.

After the video connected, Xu Chujing took a look and found Luo Mo sitting in the workspace at his home in Xicheng.

"Are you still working on a song?" Xu Chujing asked.

"Yeah," Luo Mo began to play the victim.

He had actually already finished a new song, and today's task was already complete. The reason he remained in the workspace was for this very moment of video calling.

Believe me, when a man has just started dating, his tricks are truly endless!

Xu Chujing looked at him with soft eyes and said softly, "You don't have to work so hard; we aren't in a rush."

"No problem, no problem," Luo Mo said. "Do you want me to play it for you?"

"Okay," Xu Chujing silently turned up the volume on her phone.

Luo Mo began to play the Demo he had produced today.

During the prelude, Xu Chujing said, "You forgot to tell me the song title."

"It's called 'Love Song'," Luo Mo said.

"Is that so?" Xu Chujing thought the name was quite interesting.

This song, like the previous "Courage," was originally sung by Liang Jingru on Earth.

At the same time, this was also the song Luo Mo personally liked the most out of all of Liang Jingru's songs.

There is a song called "Hawthorn Tree Love," and the music at the beginning is a sample taken from the prelude of "Love Song."

The Demo recorded by him personally began to play; the male vocals were slightly lazy, and the recording was also slightly rough.

But it was this roughness, like a live performance, that sometimes could better express the emotions within the song.

"【Time is amber, tears are locked away drop by drop.

No matter how immortal a love letter is, it is ground into an hourglass.

Upstream of youth, white clouds fly away, white dogs and seagulls.

The thoughts that flashed by, trickling away.】"

The lyrics were written in a style leaning toward the beautiful, and Xu Chujing was quickly attracted by this song.

She was very satisfied with both the lyrics and the melody.

And the next line of lyrics touched her heart even more.

"【Fate is so humorous, making those who love each other fall silent,

Trading an entire universe for a single Red Bean.】"

"Trading an entire universe for a single Red Bean." Xu Chujing liked this line.

It made her think of a short poem she had seen before: "I want to roam the universe, yet I was caught by you and brought back to a tiny planet."

Often, many people will fall in love with a song because of a single line of lyrics.

Before the song even reached the chorus, Xu Chujing faced the phone camera and said, "I like this song."

"Is that so?" Luo Mo revealed a triumphant smile.

He said in a respectful tone, "My side has already delivered two songs; I look forward to your next payment."

………

………

Luo Ba and Luo Ma's education for Luo Mo since childhood was to make him an 【outstanding person】.

After so many years of growth and hard work, he had completed four-fifths of it, becoming a 【lecherous person】.

He was just missing the 【out】 character, losing out on this very word.

In short, he was almost 【Output】.

The next day, Xu Chujing had to go film a global endorsement advertisement for a major international brand, while Luo Mo continued to be busy with album production and the preliminary preparations for "Reset".

Zhou Tong specifically made a trip to Shanghai in the morning to audition and discuss the character of Officer Zhang with Luo Mo.

After chatting for about twenty minutes, he was very satisfied and expressed his willingness to participate.

Seeing that Zhou Tong had rarely come to his studio in Shanghai, Luo Mo did not beat around the bush and issued an invitation directly, saying, "Brother Tong, would you consider signing part of your business to my studio?"

When a studio signs people, the contracts are also different; some are full contracts, and some only sign for a portion of things.

Zhou Tong did not expect Luo Mo to have this intention, and said, "With your current energy, there are so many young actresses and actors in the circle; you can sign whoever you want. Why leave them unsigned and want to sign me?"

"It's not just you; I even want to sign Teacher Luo Chun. I want to package you all up," Luo Mo said with a chuckle.

Zhou Tong didn't ask much more, just saying, "Sure, I don't have any objections, but I have to go back and discuss it with my spouse."

Zhou Tong was famous in the circle for being henpecked; calling it a discussion was actually his wife making the decisions.

His status in the family could be seen accordingly.

"Done." Luo Mo felt it wouldn't be a problem.

With the hit broadcast of "Nirvana in Fire" and the push from the team behind Luo Mo, a group of veteran actors all became popular.

From a certain perspective, it was indeed Luo Mo who single-handedly made them popular.

Now, many people in the industry were having a headache.

Whether it was the investors or the various young stars.

In this day and age, many viewers just watch one drama and change their "husband."

This kind of "wall-climbing" behavior is very normal, and fans are not always very long-term.

Therefore, the competition within the same age group is also very fierce.

Who would have thought that after everyone fought back and forth, a group of old men with an average age of over forty would suddenly emerge!

You say you are a face-value fan?

Fine, do they lack temperament? Are they not handsome? If you go archeology-digging for photos of them when they were young, aren't you obsessed?

You say you are a Career Fan?

Fine, isn't their acting skill top-notch? Is the drama not good? Is their career development not going well?

——The 【Uncle Circle】 has risen!

Even the 【Grandpa Circle】 has signs of rising!

Luo Chun is already over 60, yet his popularity is still soaring!

Luo Mo himself is the number one enemy of these young fresh meat stars, because his existence makes these guys who have no strength but only looks seem not worth mentioning.

Now it's even worse; they've all been made even more uncomfortable by him.

There was also a group of people who wanted to imitate Tang Shiyu from the Four Little Dan.

Many traffic star teams were frantically contacting Luo Mo Studio.

"Aren't you going to do the 【Mist Theater】 and release four web dramas in one go next year?"

"Let my artist participate; we can lower our pay ourselves."

Some even didn't want any pay!

In the past, many people liked to go to foreign TV dramas and movies to get gilded, as if playing a bit part was something rare.

Now, everyone wanted to go to Luo Mo Studio to get gilded.

As a result, Luo Mo didn't take a single one.

Instead, his studio issued news one after another: signing this veteran actor today, that veteran actor participating in a new drama tomorrow, and signing another new veteran actor the day after.

In the end, the circle reached a conclusion—Luo Mo likes old men.

By Friday, Luo Mo received two pieces of good news.

The first was that Xu Chujing had finished her schedule for the past few days and would be taking a flight back to Shanghai this afternoon.

The other was that He Yuanguang had just sent Luo Mo a WeChat message, informing him of one thing.

"The production of 'Monkey King: Hero is Back' is completely finished; it's about time to submit it for review."

(ps: First update, asking for monthly tickets at the end of the month to keep sixth place on the overall list!)

(End of this chapter)