Chapter 547: The Addictive Hit Drama

On the way home, Luo Mo still couldn't figure it out.

In the end, he reached a conclusion: "Father-in-law Xu is afraid of national-master level."

He would never admit that he was a terrible chess player.

That young Actor who played Feiliu in "Nirvana in Fire" was signed to Luo Mo Studio, wasn't he?

Luo Mo felt his acting skills were worth cultivating, so he planned to get him a web drama to film, let him serve as the male lead, and get some practice.

"Hikaru no Go" was one of his pre-selections.

This low-budget manga-adapted web drama was watched by many people at first with the intention of scolding it.

And then—it was truly fragrant!

From a certain perspective, this actually counts as one of the most successful manga-adapted web dramas.

After arriving home, Luo Mo sent a WeChat to Xu Chujing, saying: "I'm home."

As soon as he entered the house, he was interrogated by his parents, who reviewed everything starting from the moment he entered the gate of the Xu Family, which could be described as detailed in every aspect.

Luo Ma was more meticulous and even asked if the Xu Family's taste in food was heavy, whether it was relatively light, or how it was.

This was equivalent to already preparing to cook in person when they came to visit the house.

Luo Mo sat on the sofa, facing the machine-gun-like questions, without the slightest impatience.

On the contrary, he enjoyed this kind of moment.

His parents cared about their son's major emotional affairs, which is why they asked incessantly.

Unlike the parents on Earth, who, for the sake of blood-sucking and money, would secretly imply that they had watched a lot of entertainment news and heard that one had to latch onto high-level company executives to have a future for development, and that many stars' resources came about this way.

After returning to his room, Luo Mo sent a WeChat to ask Xu Chujing what her father and mother's first impression of him was.

"Pretty good, my mom looked like she really liked you, and my dad also thought you were okay, it's just..." She started to keep him in suspense.

"Just what?" Luo Mo asked, incomparably eager.

"Just that your chess playing is truly terrible." Xu Chujing replied with a smile.

Luo Mo: "???"

He could not fathom it at all.

"No, I have to make a phone call!" Luo Mo said immediately.

"Call who?" Xu Chujing was curious.

"Call Liu Shixiong!" Luo Mo began to realize that when he was young and ignorant, he was afraid he had been deceived by his senior brothers and sisters.

He couldn't help but recall that when discussing chess, his senior brothers and sisters would heap infinite praise upon him, stating that among all the fellow disciples, only the little junior brother was worthy of playing chess with Master, and only the little junior brother had the ability to always make Master feel comfortable while playing.

Everyone: We are all so envious of you.

Everyone: No wonder Master loves you the most.

Everyone: It is indeed a pity that the little junior brother didn't become a chess player.

Luo Mo thus gradually lost himself in the sound of praise after praise.

What a sin!

………

………

The next day, Luo Mo got up early, ate a fried dough stick bought downstairs, a steamer of small steamed buns, and a bowl of savory tofu pudding, then tidied up his luggage a little and headed to the Capital Airport.

He was returning to the film crew today to continue the filming work of "Dying to Survive".

Xu Chujing would stay at the home in Beijing for two more days to keep Zhao Tong company.

On the way to the airport, he sent a WeChat to Xu Chujing, saying: "I'm going to the airport."

Xu Chujing hadn't woken up yet and was lazing in bed at home today; she hadn't even sent him a good morning.

Along the way, Luo Mo opened WeChat and took a look at a group chat named 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan Director Group】.

11 directors were all in this group, but the people from the Review Department were not.

This group was set up privately by everyone, and the group owner was Wang Rong, who had a bit of 【socially invincible syndrome】 on him.

Today, this group was unusually quiet.

To be precise, it hadn't been as lively as the previous few days since yesterday.

Over the past few days, the overall rhythm of the group chat was roughly as follows:

First, a wave of commercial mutual flattery regarding the box office of Fang Jie's new film "Puberty", and then a wave of comforting for Hua Longgang's action film.

But as the bad word-of-mouth for the movie "Puberty" gradually spread, coupled with the fact that the main target audience, the 【student party】, had all gone to study after the holiday ended, the box office began to slide off a cliff.

Originally, everyone was helping Fang Jie analyze it, thinking that it would definitely warm up when the weekend came.

Taking a box office of one or two hundred million on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday shouldn't be too easy!

As a result, the total was less than fifty million.

Luo Mo could probably imagine the reason.

After the students' holiday ended, they must have talked about what they were doing these past few days when they went back to school.

"I watched a movie called 'Puberty'."

"Is it good? I was actually planning to go watch it!"

"Super ugly! A prison-like experience!"

"Is that so? Then I won't watch it, it's a waste of money and time."

Yes, in the past two years, the box office for youth films has been very high, even if the values in several of the movies were very twisted, criticized by others, and the word-of-mouth was polarized, it was just high.

However, just because there is a first and a second, must there be a third?

Is the market really that tolerant?

Is it true that as long as it is a youth film, the student party and young people will accept it entirely?

That's not it!

The backlash will come sooner or later; it just depends on when.

Director Fang Jie—you've just caught up with it, haven't you!

This resulted in everyone in the group chat suddenly not knowing how to offer comfort or make up for it.

Fang Jie, who had been riding high, stopped popping up as well.

The entire group completely became a dead group.

The next time it "rises from the ashes," it will probably be when there is another new film being released.

"Judging from the current box office results, Fang Jie and Hua Longgang combined will have a hard time breaking 1 billion," Luo Mo analyzed the box office trend.

This caused the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】 to have an unfavorable start.

After all, with eleven people, each person needs to average over 900 million.

In the film circle, many people were already keeping an eye on this matter, and now, it has become a laughingstock.

"I just said Fang Jie wouldn't cut it. At her age, she could go home and hold her grandchildren, yet she's still filming youth dramas. Does she understand today's young people?"

"Yeah, does she really think buying the copyright to a romance novel will make it a hit? Please, this romance novel was a hit seven or eight years ago, okay? Even being a sales champion is useless; the times are different now."

"Hua Longgang is old. Sigh, I used to love watching his films, but the action films of today no longer have the glory of the past!"

"There's no helping that. He used to be a Martial Arts Instructor and only started directing films later. He didn't actually catch many years of the golden age of action films. It's a pity."

"Heh, they won't even reach 1 billion combined. I really want to see how many billions this 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】 ends with! 6 billion? 7 billion?"

"I think even 6 billion is shaky, haha."

In this WeChat group, Luo Mo had almost never popped up. He had been too busy these past few days, and he couldn't really talk to most of the people in the group anyway.

But regarding the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】 and the matter of making Huaxia the world's second-largest box office market, Luo Mo was still quite concerned.

"To forge the glory of film, it is my duty to act with Righteousness."

I don't mind having more money.

When Luo Mo returned to the set, the entire crew was already waiting in advance.

Everyone greeted him one after another, and many expressed that they were shocked by the stage performance of "Young China Says" last night.

Wang Rong even said directly: "Director Luo, you must write a few more good songs for our 'I Am Not a Medicine God' when the time comes!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up.

That's right, their own director is a genius at lyrics and composition, and a Heavenly King level Singer.

——"What to Do When My Director Is Too All-Powerful."

Luo Mo laughed and said: "A piece of cake!"

The group started work amidst laughter and joy, and then... began filming the more depressing parts.

Looking at the entire "I Am Not a Medicine God" drama, even the earlier, more lighthearted Drama has a bleak undertone.

Today's night shoot lasted until the early hours of the morning.

Luo Mo dragged his exhausted body back to the hotel and received a call from "Working-Man Fei."

"Not asleep yet?" Guan Fei said.

"Not yet, just got to the hotel," Luo Mo said.

"What a coincidence, me too," Guan Fei said.

"How is it? How is the progress of 'Forensic Qin Ming'? Is it wrapping up?" Luo Mo asked.

Guan Fei chuckled and said: "It can wrap up tomorrow!"

"Is that so? Very high efficiency, Brother Fei!" Luo Mo said.

Guan Fei sneered and said: "When the efficiency is high, you call me Brother Fei, but when you're pushing for progress, I'm 'Working-Man Fei,' right?"

"Director Guan, what are you saying!" Luo Mo coughed lightly, not blushing in the slightest.

Guan Fei persisted: "I don't care, anyway, you're just a hands-off boss, but the drama is almost done filming, you must take responsibility, at least..."

"Don't 'at least' me, spit it out if you have something to say!" Luo Mo said immediately upon hearing that he had come to negotiate terms.

"You have to write at least one song!" Guan Fei said.

"Theme song?" Luo Mo pondered for a moment; he had indeed forgotten the theme song for this web drama.

Honestly, when watching "Forensic Qin Ming" on Earth, he didn't really have any impression of the songs; there probably weren't any hit songs.

But he had seen a video clip of "Forensic Qin Ming" where the background music used a song that Zhou Shen sang for another drama, and the fit was extremely high.

This song is called "Only for the Truth." It wasn't a hit, and its popularity wasn't very strong; it was a typical song written specifically for a drama.

"Coincidentally, the song for 'Reset' was also handled by Tong Shu, who sang Zhou Shen's 'My Only.' Why not... just bundle the 【Mist Theater】 for him!" Luo Mo thought.

"Sure, I'll write a song and send it to you to look at in a bit," Luo Mo said.

Upon hearing this, Guan Fei became anxious instead: "Don't! Don't just brush me off!"

"Brush you off?" Luo Mo held his phone, his tone serious: "How can this be called brushing you off?"

"I, Luo Mo, never let a song wait overnight!"

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……..

The post-production work for "Forensic Qin Ming" was not much, as much of it was done simultaneously during the filming process, and Luo Mo's editing was also very fast.

Therefore, it wasn't long before it was sent to the Review Department for review.

The old rule, it was still handled by our Team Leader Zhong, Zhong Lin, who personally takes charge of every new project of Luo Mo's.

"'Forensic Qin Ming'?" Zhong Lin looked at the title and fell into a brief hesitation.

She is someone with average courage.

"Maybe I should give it to someone else to review," Zhong Lin thought.

"However, all the works that Luo Mo has always assumed were reviewed by me alone."

"Do we really have to make an exception this time?"

People, once they have done certain things for a long time, will feel that this matter is extraordinary and has a different significance.

Zhong Lin gritted her teeth: "Forget it, I'll do it myself!"

"Isn't 'Reset' also a Suspense genre? It only had a few iconic scenes that were scary; a few days of recovery is enough," Zhong Lin thought to herself.

She was actually less capable of accepting gore and some large-scale scenes, which is why she hesitated a bit when she saw the words 'Forensic'.

"Dissecting corpses and such, how uncomfortable that is."

In reality, she was overthinking it, because this web series 'Forensic Qin Ming' was adapted from 'Forensic Qin Ming: The Eleventh Finger'.

——The scalpel is the forensic doctor's eleventh finger.

"But it shouldn't be filmed too explicitly, right? Some boundaries will still be handled well, right?" Zhong Lin guessed.

Otherwise, wouldn't that be provoking our Review Department! Wouldn't that be provoking me!

Just like that, this woman with fair skin and a good temperament began her journey of independent review.

Team Leader Zhong did not know that when the web series 'Forensic Qin Ming' first became popular on Earth back then, it had a very unique nickname—"【The Meal-Time Divine Drama】".

A flood of netizens gave this show high praise and suggested: watch while eating.

The story must start with a chicken foot in the first episode.

(PS: Second update, asking for double monthly tickets!)

(End of this chapter)