Chapter 535: All Jokes Have an Element of Truth

2.8 billion, a very terrifying number.

Films of this caliber are rare, few and far between.

Everyone was looking at Luo Mo, including Zhong Lin and the other two members of the Review Department.

After Luo Mo closed his notebook, he had originally been thinking about whether to be "conservative" or, as they suggested, state a number based on facts.

Just as he fell into a brief moment of hesitation, Fang Jie's way of speaking was not much different from when she was on *Director Show*.

"Is Director Luo trying to calculate how much box office is left for you to play with?" Fang Jie said with a smile, her tone teasing, as if she were joking.

Quite a few people laughed along, taking it as a way to liven up the atmosphere.

Luo Mo looked at her, and using a tone similar to hers, also feigned a joke: "Then how about 2.8 billion? Haha!"

After laughing, he even put on a serious face.

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If I'm the only one left, and there's still 2.8 billion remaining, then what can I do?

I can only suffer the grievance and take it all on.

But because this number was too outrageous, others couldn't take it seriously at all.

Even if you're just talking nonsense, there has to be a limit; a Newcomer director who hasn't even filmed a single live-action movie, and you start shouting 2.8 billion?

Why don't you just go ahead and break the historical box office record for domestic films?

Therefore, everyone felt that Luo Mo was just joking along.

Just blowing hot air, it's normal, who doesn't do that?

Wang Rong glanced at Luo Mo, took a sip of the Coffee he had bought, and said, "Hey, it's time to fulfill my duties as Producer."

"We also talked about this issue on the way here; regarding this new film *I Am Not Medicine God* that Director Luo and I are collaborating on, let's just... make it 800 million!" Wang Rong said.

Luo Mo glanced at Wang Rong.

On the way here, the two hadn't talked at all.

Wang Rong was kindly helping him out, and Luo Mo certainly wouldn't cause trouble; seeing that Zhong Lin was looking at him, he nodded at her.

Zhong Lin smiled and said, "The numbers are quite round; they add up to exactly 8 billion."

"That works, 8 billion will be the bottom line for this plan. I hope there will be a good result in the end, bringing a Surprise to everyone," Zhong Lin decided.

Following that, the meeting went on for about another ten minutes before it was declared over.

In reality, the number 8 billion was also a heavy burden.

Most of the directors present were experienced people who had been through ups and downs.

They had experienced glory and had also experienced loneliness.

Everyone knows that when it comes to film box office, you can only do your best to do your job well, and then let the market give you the final result.

These days, there are more and more big-budget productions that lose money; the numbers everyone reports, with the minimum being breaking even, are actually not realistic.

If even one person's film loses money, then the goal of 8 billion in total will become even more distant.

Tian Ou glanced at Luo Mo and muttered in her heart: "Look at how capable you are; if you can really do 2.8 billion by yourself, then I really thank you!"

After the meeting ended, Zhong Lin gave Luo Mo a deep look before being the first to leave.

The eleven directors also stood up one after another, chatting while walking downstairs.

"Fang Jie, your film is the earliest to be released among us, right?" Feng Ji was the first to bring up this matter.

Fang Jie nodded and then said, "Not just me, Director Hua's new film has also just been scheduled, and like me, it's next week."

Director Hua's full name is Hua Longgang; he is balding, so he wears a hat all year round.

Besides loving to wear hats, he also likes to wear sunglasses, even indoors, even at night.

Today was a meeting at the Review Department, so he had taken off his sunglasses in the conference room, revealing a pair of triangular eyes.

Now, just as he was planning to take out his sunglasses to put them on, he heard Fang Jie mention him.

Next week can also be considered a holiday slot, although there is only one statutory holiday.

The schedule is okay, but it can't be called particularly good.

The numbers he and Fang Jie reported were 600 million and 800 million respectively.

The film Fang Jie is releasing is a youth film; in recent years, youth films have been quite popular in the market. Many low-budget youth films, without the support of big stars and with a bunch of unknown young Actors, have been able to achieve impressive box office results.

Director Fang Jie has always considered herself a woman with delicate emotions; she feels that although this is her first attempt at a youth film, the box office shouldn't be bad.

What's more, she spent a lot of money to buy the rights to a well-known romance novel.

On many platforms, the male lead in that novel is consistently in the top three of the "Most Beloved Romance Novel Male Lead" polls.

Therefore, although the number she said out loud was 800 million, her own inner expectation was to break 1 billion.

Besides that, the male lead of this film is also a male artist under her banner, hailed as her company's "biological son," and she is counting on this film to make him famous.

Film genres like youth films are actually similar to Idol dramas.

Box office is not everyone's only pursuit.

Promoting people is also a very important point.

Some films, even if they become hits, don't have strong fan-attracting power; people won't crazily fall in love with a certain star because of this film. Youth films are different; the fan-attracting power of youth films is relatively strong among various types of films.

Once there are more fans, there are more ways to make money.

As for Hua Longgang's film, it is an action film.

In the past few days, the box office for action films has also shown some signs of decline.

The main thing is that there is a gap between the old and new generations of action Actors, and after filming back and forth, it still requires the old batch of people to carry the flag.

Only some mediocre "old-timers" have suddenly made a comeback relying on a certain action film; one hasn't really seen new action Actors filming good works.

Hua Longgang also has great ambitions for this film, wanting to sweep away the decline of action films.

But as for the result, it still depends on after it is released.

"Then I wish you two a great start," Li Dongliang said to Fang Jie and Hua Longgang with a smile.

Many others chimed in with a few words, all of which were just commercial flattery.

Luo Mo was the one most detached from the entire small group.

He could also keenly sense that everyone had their own hidden agendas.

Many realistic reasons forced quite a few directors to be hypocritical; they all hoped their own films would be hits and others' box office would flop.

For instance, this time the Review Department found 5 veteran directors, and counting Luo Mo, a total of 6 new-generation directors.

When the time comes, won't the media and those marketing accounts that only care about traffic use this to make comparisons?

The conflict between the old and the new, praising one while stepping on the other, are all their common tactics.

So Luo Mo felt it was meaningless; things that seem simple, like helping each other, sometimes require a sense of perspective.

As far as he was concerned, he only wanted support from the Review Department and other parties, and only wanted resources.

As for the rest, he would just do his own job well.

After everyone arrived at the underground parking lot, they waved Farewell.

Luo Mo and Wang Rong had come in one car and would return to the hotel together, then fly back to the film set together tomorrow.

As soon as they got in the car, Wang Rong stared at Luo Mo with a serious expression.

"What's wrong?" Luo Mo touched his own lean face and asked.

"You were serious just now, right?" Wang Rong said.

"About what?"

"You must have been serious just now, right!" Wang Rong said again.

He looked at Luo Mo and said, "The box office, I mean that 2.8 billion box office."

Luo Mo looked at him and said airily, "Guess."

Wang Rong looked at him and said, "Do you know that in that kind of setting just now, even if you were joking, if someone wanted to target you, they would bring up this statement of yours in front of the media."

"Tsk tsk, humans, they really are wicked." Luo Mo took a sip of Coffee.

Seeing him like this, Wang Rong became even more serious: "This guy is serious!"

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In the afternoon, Xu Chujing arrived at the hotel.

She would fly to the film set with Luo Mo and Wang Rong tomorrow, which counted as her first time visiting the set.

At the same time, she would also see if there were any roles she could make a cameo in, which could be considered contributing a little to Luo Mo's first live-action film.

And at night, the grand finale of "Reset" was updated on time.

Besides that, since Fang Jie and Hua Longgang's film was set to be released next weekend, the Review Department and other parties were highly efficient and began taking action, announcing the list of directors participating in the Hundred Billion Box Office Plan tonight.

(PS: Second update, asking for monthly votes at the end of the month.)

(End of this chapter)