Chapter 538: Two Special Songs

Luo Mo, a man who has made a tremendous contribution to the harmonious unification of the director circle.

If Luo Mo were not on this list, then people like Wang Rong and Tian Ou would certainly be mired in controversy within the circle.

Even Li Dongliang and Fang Jie would not be able to escape.

The only difference would be the scale of the controversy.

But with Luo Mo, it is different.

——Fire at me!

He alone can attract at least sixty or seventy percent of the firepower.

If not for him, everyone might be arguing like this:

"I don't think Wang Rong is any good; his last movie flopped so hard it was a bloodbath, is he even qualified?"

"Well, I think Wang Rong is still okay; after all, his first two movies were quite successful. That Fusion Plot freak Tian Ou is the real cancer."

"Bullshit, I think both of them are no good."

After having Luo Mo...

The most controversial figure is thus born.

A Newcomer, this is a pure Newcomer.

Is the upper and lower limit of this 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】 really this disparate?

From one of the top-tier Four Great Directors down to a novice who hasn't even filmed a single live-action movie.

You can't say that just because his TV series was a success, he is qualified to join the plan, right?

His good brother Guan Fei, didn't he also slaughter the competition when filming TV series?

What about after filming movies?

People nicknamed him "Flop Fei," a genuine Box Office Poison.

Who could have imagined that regarding the controversy over Luo Mo, his good brother Guan Fei actually played a certain role.

"Could it be that the Review Department considered all age groups, so they picked a director in his twenties?"

It is just like how the number of female directors in the country is already much smaller than male directors; people can still accept Fang Jie being selected, but with Xu Ling being selected, it always makes people feel there is somewhat of a gender reason.

Did Luo Mo win because of his age?

Everyone was baffled, yet powerless to do anything.

At least on the surface, they cannot do anything too extreme.

The Review Department, no one dares to provoke them.

Everyone's inner thoughts: "Review Department, what great official authority you wield!"

Everyone's words: "The 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】 is a very good plan; it can play a promotional role for the development of the film industry... blah blah blah."

But the envy, jealousy, and hatred in their hearts were definitely Burning fiercely.

"So many good resources, letting Luo Mo take advantage of them."

"This is such a waste!"

However, some discerning people had already sensed before that the Review Department is slightly different toward Luo Mo.

Becoming the youngest 【Best Actor】 is an example.

Today's mainstream young stars collapse at every turn, one after another in a mess, capable of doing all sorts of sordid things.

Luo Mo is like a benchmark that has been set up.

Therefore, the Review Department will relax the requirements for him.

However, do not think that these people will not dislike him.

They not only dislike Luo Mo, they even started hating... Wang Rong!

In the eyes of these people, the biggest bargaining chip for Luo Mo's new film "I Am Not a Medicine God" is having Wang Rong, a Best Actor and up-and-coming director, serve as the lead and Producer!

A dignified Best Actor, actually lowering his status like this!

If not for Wang Rong, even if the Review Department relaxed the Requirement for Luo Mo, he likely wouldn't have been selected.

——Damn it, it's all Wang Rong's fault!

The next day, Director Luo and Producer Wang, who had returned to the set, received "congratulations" from the cast and crew.

The two smiled and said: "Congratulations to you too."

For the "I Am Not a Medicine God" crew, it is naturally a good thing that the film was selected for the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】.

This made the entire crew even more motivated.

Only Tang Shiyu, looking at Xu Chujing who had come to visit the set, would purse her lips from time to time.

Today's filming was still very smooth.

When Luo Mo had some free time, he also checked the public opinion online.

Fortunately, the four words 【"Reset" has a bad ending】 did not climb onto the Weibo Hot Search list as it did on Earth.

It is just that many people are arguing endlessly about it.

These arguments, on the contrary, will allow this web drama that has already concluded to maintain super-high heat across the entire network for a period of time.

That is to say, there will still be a batch of people coming to watch it, and then signing up for a Penguin Video membership.

After all, for non-member users, they still cannot see the finale...

As for the matter of Luo Mo being selected for the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】, while people in the circle dare not speak out publicly, the netizens who fear nothing will certainly not keep their mouths shut.

"Review Department?"

"What is the Review Department anyway?!"

"It's the Review Department I'm cursing!"

Those who like Luo Mo are naturally happy and excited.

But those anti-fans and Professional Haters will naturally clamor, mock, or be sarcastic online.

There are also some passersby netizens who join in the abuse, purely because they have grievances against the Review Department.

Once there is a chance to curse the Review Department, they put in all their effort and participate desperately.

"What's going on? I'm just passing by."

"Oh, cursing the Review Department?"

"Count me in!"

Luo Mo watches some of the arguments on the internet and only feels that the netizens have a bit of humor in them.

Although some of the words are cursing him, because they are truly hilarious, he is not angry at all, but instead laughs out loud.

In the face of absolute humor, people involuntarily become a bit self-deprecating.

To be honest, in Luo Mo's view, the current controversy is still considered small.

After all, his quota was an additional expansion; the original plan only had 10 people, and because of him, it became 11. The outside world does not know about this matter yet.

But there is no wall that doesn't let the wind through, and besides, among this group of people, there are bound to be many who want to mess with him.

If this matter were exposed, then...

——It would be too exciting!

"At the same time, regarding the 'military orders' everyone signed, the Review Department is probably also discussing whether to make them public," Luo Mo thinks to himself.

Every director has verbally stated their minimum expectation for the box office in their heart.

If it were the media, they would definitely have made it public the next day.

The Review Department considers things more; whether to make these numbers public is likely still under consideration.

For the Review Department, there are pros and cons to making the numbers public; it just depends on whether the benefits outweigh the disadvantages or vice versa.

These are all decided internally by them, and Luo Mo cannot play any role in it.

Truthfully, he doesn't care whether this number is made public.

After all, on the surface, with Wang Rong's assistance, the number he reported was 800 million in box office.

But in reality, he is a ruthless person who dares to joke about 2.8 billion.

The sky gradually darkens, and the film crew's shooting progress is slightly delayed, so dinner is only served at seven in the evening.

Fortunately, the crew's food is very good, so there are no complaints.

Every time dinner is served, Wang Rong is the happiest.

Luo Mo thinks to himself, what kind of foodie and glutton is this?

Well, he is just envious and drooling because of his plan to lose weight until he is unrecognizable.

Xu Chujing is a thoughtful big sister; today she eats the same food as Luo Mo, all prepared by a top nutritionist, looking excellent, very healthy, and also super unpalatable.

Tang Shiyu watches from the side, feeling that her own low-calorie dinner suddenly seems a bit redundant.

Yes, she has been accompanying him in eating this kind of food; on one hand, it is a female celebrity's self-discipline regarding her figure, but it is still somewhat deliberate.

After dinner, the crew films night scenes until eleven o'clock, and then they finish work and return to the hotel.

On the way back, Luo Mo falls asleep leaning on Xu Chujing's shoulder.

Xu Chujing looks at this man who has become so thin that his cheekbones are protruding and his face is full of exhaustion, feeling a bit heartbroken.

She stays motionless just like that, letting him lean on her so as not to wake him up.

When the car enters the hotel parking lot and passes over the downhill speed bump, it is slightly bumpy, and Luo Mo wakes up very quickly.

It is obvious that he has become accustomed to sleeping on this stretch of road. The bump of the speed bump is like an alarm clock waking him up, telling him that he has arrived at the hotel.

After returning to the room, Xu Chujing says to him, "Lie down for a while? Shall I massage your head for you?"

She found her female technician... uh, her female Psychologist friend, and learned some head massage techniques.

"Okay."

Luo Mo rests his head on her round and plump thighs, feeling her ten fingers pressing on his head.

So comfortable~

"Do you have any schedule arrangements recently?" Luo Mo asks Xu Chujing with his eyes closed.

"I need to prepare for a few concerts, and then I'm going to a variety show for Singers to be a judge for one episode," Xu Chujing says.

Upon hearing this, Luo Mo nods and says, "When I'm done with this busy period, I'll have to hold a tour as well."

As a Singer, holding concerts is a must.

From a certain perspective, a Singer's ability to sell concert tickets is a great way to show their true popularity.

After all, a lot of online popularity can be faked.

Concerts are still somewhat different.

These days, some Singers have long stopped holding concerts because they are all loss-making and they can't make any money at all.

Instead, they accept invitations to music festivals to cash in.

Ordinary Singers are not qualified to hold ten-thousand-person concerts.

At the same time, many traffic-driven Singers hold few as well. They don't worry about selling tickets because their fans have strong purchasing power and are willing to spend money mindlessly.

Raising ticket prices and setting them artificially high ensures they don't have to worry about no one buying them.

They are mainly afraid of having a "car crash" (a disastrous performance) at the concert, which would add more black material to their reputation.

Lessons from the past are everywhere.

——This dirty money, better not to earn it!

Like Luo Mo, who hasn't held a tour yet, it is because his previous song release volume was not high, and he doesn't want to buy copyrights to cover other people's songs at his concerts.

Now the number of songs is sufficient, but the timing is difficult to arrange.

Xu Chujing continued to massage him, slapped away his wandering, mischievous hands, and asked, "What about you? How are the two songs for the Youth Day Gala coming along? Do you need to go to rehearsals?"

In two weeks, it will be Youth Day.

"They've been ready for a long time. Tong Shu has already been to a rehearsal once. I've already spoken with Ning Dao; I only need to attend the final round of rehearsals."

Xu Chujing nodded and didn't say anything more.

In her view, this year's Youth Day Gala is Afraid to be different from previous years.

—Because of the two new songs Luo Mo wrote.

Two very special new songs.

The reason Xu Chujing thinks they are special is that, up until now, she hasn't heard the songs; Luo Mo only showed her the lyrics to the two songs.

What's outrageous is that just by looking at the lyrics, her emotions were already rising and falling along with them!

(PS: First update, asking for monthly tickets at the end of the month!)

(End of this chapter)