Chapter 495: I Want This Film Emperor

After the second episode of Director Show finished airing, four related topics climbed into the top ten of the Hot Search list that very night.

Two of them were paid for by the production team, while the other two were there because of their high popularity.

And the most popular one was—who is this new director?

Variety shows about directors are a first in Blue Star Huaxia, so they were already receiving a lot of attention. Coupled with the audition content in the first and second episodes, which were full of highlights, this variety show had a trend of becoming a hit.

Naturally, the director serving as a mentor is the most important part of the show.

Many people were making all sorts of guesses online.

"Could it be Qian Qingyun? I saw that group of contestants looking very shocked when they saw the new director."

"It can't be Director Qian; the Four Great Directors shouldn't be participating."

"I think it might be like Wang Rong, a director who transitioned from being an Actor."

"Yes, yes, I agree. I cast my vote for Ceng Bo. Isn't Ceng Bo currently in the middle of filming a new movie?"

JK Zhifu Xiao Fu Po Xiao Cai was scrolling through Weibo.

Among the massive number of comments, she saw an inconspicuous one: "Could it be Luo Mo?"

The replies underneath were all refuting this comment.

"Although Luo Mo and Ning Dan have a good relationship, he has never directed a live-action movie!"

"Haha, this show isn't about drawing, and there are no virtual characters among the contestants."

"How could it be? What would Luo Mo go there for? To boost the looks of the show?"

"By the way, can someone knowledgeable tell me, does someone like Luo Mo actually count as a film director?"

"Speechless, can you stop asking us knowledgeable people about everything?"

Although Xiao Cai is a big fan within the 【Mo Sheng Ren】 community, she just smiled slightly, feeling that this guess was completely baseless.

"Whoever it is, it can't be Luo Mo," she thought to herself.

Well, we have successfully ruled out the correct answer first.

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……..

After returning to Xicheng, Luo Mo began to get busy with the post-production work for Reset.

There are two songs in this drama.

One of them, originally sung by Zhou Shen on Earth, is the ending theme for Reset, titled "My Only".

There is another one, titled "Under Investigation".

Both songs are actually quite good, so Luo Mo kept them both, having Tong Shu and a Singer from New Yu record these two songs respectively.

After finishing the last part of the work, Luo Mo stood up and stretched: "Done!"

Then, he instructed the staff in the studio to send Reset for review.

The standards for web dramas are inherently more lenient than those for dramas broadcast on satellite television.

Moreover, there is no overly sensitive Drama in Reset, so there was nothing to worry about regarding the review process.

As for the Review Department, their review efficiency for Luo Mo's works has always been very high, and Team Leader Zhong Lin would be personally responsible for it, and by the way—watch it first!

After sending it for review, Luo Mo made a phone call to Cheng Wen at Penguin Video.

Some of the preliminary promotional work for 【Mist Theater】 can begin!

Cheng Wen had been waiting for Luo Mo's signal for a long time.

【Mist Theater】 is Penguin's main project this year, and they are counting on it to attract new members!

On the phone, Cheng Wen also informed Luo Mo of one thing.

"Over at Pineapple TV, 【Suspense Theater】 has already launched, one step ahead of us. If you have time recently, you can keep an eye on it," Cheng Wen said.

The idea of doing a 【Theater】 was something Pineapple TV had long ago.

"Lost Crime", starring Song Ge, and last year's quite popular "Nine Sins", were both paving the way for the launch of 【Suspense Theater】.

Originally, according to the original plan of the two brothers Wang Shisong and Wang Shibai, Pineapple TV's 【Suspense Theater】 would have launched in April of this year.

But Penguin was coming on aggressively, and with Luo Mo joining strongly, it forced them to move their plan forward.

"Heh, if we release it later than him, others might think we are copying him!" Wang Shisong thought.

And next week, Pineapple TV will launch the first web drama since the establishment of its 【Suspense Theater】—"Hunting Crime".

This drama was produced by the same team as "Lost Crime", which starred Song Ge.

In terms of story content, Song Ge's "Lost Crime" tells the story of cases in Wei Cheng, which is a fictional city in the drama.

This "Hunting Crime" tells the story of cases in Jin Shui Shi, a city neighboring Wei Cheng.

If nothing goes wrong, the two dramas will have a dream crossover, where Song Ge will make a guest appearance in "Hunting Crime", effectively going to support Jin Shui Shi and assist in solving the case.

From the perspective of the genre, "Hunting Crime", like "Lost Crime", follows the path of a boys' love adaptation.

These days, many investors feel that as long as it is a boys' love adaptation, it is equivalent to holding the password to traffic.

Many young Actors have also flocked to boys' love adaptations, wanting a surge in traffic.

In Luo Mo's view, if the quality of "Hunting Crime" is about the same as "Lost Crime", then there is nothing to be afraid of.

If it has improved its overall standard on the foundation of "Lost Crime", then it can still be considered a decent opponent.

The news that Reset had been officially sent for review was soon publicized.

This web drama, written, directed by, and starring Luo Mo, is considered by many to be the trump card among the four dramas scheduled to be broadcast on 【Mist Theater】 this year.

In reality, that is not really the case.

Luo Mo just wanted to use Reset to open the beginning of 【Mist Theater】.

After all, those other three web dramas are also truly... very strong!

………

………

Two days passed in a flash, and "Reset" passed the review very quickly.

This efficiency was, as always, heaven-defying.

"I clearly didn't do anything on purpose, so why is it like I have connections in the Review Department?" Luo Mo himself felt both amused and exasperated.

"However, it's a good thing that everything is going so smoothly."

"This way, I can follow the original plan and set the premiere for next Friday."

Neither Luo Mo nor Penguin Video intended to have a very long promotional cycle.

The traffic and popularity of him and Ding Xiaoyu were already ridiculously high. What's more, this was their second collaboration as master and apprentice since "Sword of the Immortal".

In fact, on Earth, the promotional intensity for "Reset" before it aired wasn't considered very high either.

After it aired, however, it frequently hit the Hot Search, giving a sense of explosive, crazy marketing.

This phenomenon even caused displeasure among some netizens who weren't interested in the drama.

But then again, this was normal.

There was no helping it; who told this drama to be—so short?

If the drama were long enough, say forty or fifty episodes, then it could air for a long time, and marketing could be done in a gradual manner.

Since the drama was so short and would be finished in one go, the reserved marketing funds could only be dumped out all at once.

On Blue Star, as a Top Traffic, Luo Mo could hit the Hot Search for even the smallest thing, so it wasn't much of a problem; netizens were already used to it.

The focus was still on the market response after this web drama aired.

In reality, some Actors in the industry felt Luo Mo's operations were very psychedelic, and even felt he was getting too close to Penguin Video, not cherishing his reputation enough.

After the "Sword of the Immortal" series and "Nirvana in Fire" became huge hits, Luo Mo already had the momentum of being the number one person in period dramas.

A perfectly good TV drama Actor, who might even win the glory of 【Best Actor】 this year, yet you lower your status to act in a web drama—what are you doing!

Web dramas had only just begun to rise in recent years, and many Actors still held prejudices.

Just like how many so-called film Actors used to refuse to act in TV dramas no matter what.

The final result would very likely be a slap in their own faces.

Luo Mo's thinking remained pure.

"Do the viewers care whether it's a satellite-broadcast TV drama or a web drama?"

"Quality is always the number one standard!"

"Everything else is just empty."

After finishing the matters regarding "Reset", Luo Mo felt a bit more relaxed.

The next recording of "Director Show" was in five days.

He planned to calm his mind during these few days and plan out his work for the year.

"A live-action film, I must shoot one this year."

"But the problem is... what should I shoot first?"

There were simply too many, many films available for him to choose from.

According to his current plan, he would participate in the first film he directed, but he would mostly likely not be the male lead.

Film production is, after all, different from TV dramas.

He was essentially crossing from a field he was already familiar with into one he wasn't familiar with.

In terms of directing films, he was still a Newcomer. In terms of being a film Actor, he was also a Newcomer.

It wasn't that he couldn't shoulder the burden, it was just best not to shoulder two at once.

All of this still required a process, requiring him to get familiar with it.

After all, he had embarrassed his transmigrator predecessors; he... didn't have a 【System】!

After a whole afternoon of brainstorming, he couldn't help but think of someone.

Someone he had just met a few days ago.

——Wang Rong.

On the show, Wang Rong had been polite and said he hoped to have the chance to shoot a work directed by Luo Mo.

"I don't care if you were sincere or not, I took it seriously anyway." Luo Mo laughed.

He planned to have a good chat with Wang Rong during the next recording of "Director Show".

In the evening, Luo Mo told Xu Chujing about this idea of his.

Well, he told her while rubbing body lotion onto her beautiful back.

Feeling the warmth on her beautiful back, Xu Chujing lay on the bed, turned her head to look at Luo Mo, and said, "Wang Rong?"

She pondered for a moment and said, "Wang Rong is a male Actor whose personal total box office in the country ranks in the top ten, has won Best Actor twice, and is now also a fairly successful director."

"Honestly, if this idea of yours gets out, it will make many people think you are daydreaming."

An Actor of this level, who also works as a director himself, would never serve as the male lead for a work by a Newcomer film director.

This is very unrealistic, extremely unrealistic.

"I know that too," Luo Mo said while feeling the texture of the body lotion being applied to her skin.

"I'm not naive enough to take a complimentary remark he made on a show as the truth."

"However," he changed the subject: "Human effort can achieve anything."

"Hmm?" Xu Chujing asked: "Then what do you plan to do?"

"It's very simple." Luo Mo patted her elastic, perky buttocks, causing a slight ripple.

"Produce a script he cannot refuse."

"A script that, after he finishes reading it, he would even get anxious with me if I didn't ask him to act in it."

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