Chapter 558: Using the word

"Life is Like a Summer Flower"—the song title alone made Wang Rong feel it was incredibly suitable as a promotional song for "I Am Not a Medicine God."

On Earth, the cast of "Medicine God" covered this song together as movie promotion.

Whether it be the song title, the lyrics, or the melody, this song is able to display a sense of vitality.

Then, when combined with the content of the movie, it will form a strong contrast!

The more the preciousness and brilliance of life are displayed, the more the core of the entire movie can be highlighted!

The old trick of luring them in to kill them!

Admittedly, in the entirety of "I Am Not a Medicine God," even the earlier, more enjoyable and humorous plot points have a repressed and bleak undertone.

But there is a saying that many people have perhaps heard: so-called tragedy is destroying beautiful things for people to see.

As a mature Best Actor-level Actor, Wang Rong Too Understands the tricks of the trade here.

He specifically put on headphones and then clicked on "Life is Like a Summer Flower," sung by Li Junyi.

After listening to just the A-section, he fell in love with this song!

"Luo Mo is truly worthy of being Luo Mo!"

"The songs he writes are just Ox!"

Listening to the song, Wang Rong suddenly slapped his thigh hard!

"A miscalculation! I really have a pig's brain!"

"Before my new film was released, I should have gone to him to ask for a song!"

A good song provides too great, too great a boost to a movie.

Wang Rong felt he was truly stupid for actually forgetting such an important matter.

This young man is not just a director; he is a screenwriter.

In the music industry, he is also a god-like existence!

Wang Rong now wants to see how much pre-release Box Office Appeal this young man who dominates the music industry can generate by releasing a new song for his first time directing a live-action movie?

"I am very much looking forward to it," Wang Rong thought to himself.

………

………

On a workday, after Section Chief Zhong Lin arrived at the Review Department for work, a team member knocked on her office door and then entered to report.

"Section Chief Zhong, Luo Mo Studio has sent over 'I Am Not a Medicine God' for review."

"Alright," Zhong Lin nodded.

All movies in the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】 are key projects of concern for the Review Department and will be processed with urgency.

But they certainly cannot enjoy the treatment Luo Mo receives of being handled personally by a section chief.

In the past few days, after getting off work, Zhong Lin had also seen some rumors on the internet.

For example, that Luo Mo is the eleventh person in the Ten-Person Plan, or that Luo Mo said the new film's box office would be 2.8 billion, etc.

Regarding these, the Review Department is currently still maintaining a wait-and-see attitude.

These things naturally have a bad side.

But in fact, they also have a good side.

As long as it isn't too excessive or crossing the line, the Review Department will turn a blind eye for now.

At this moment, she first brewed a cup of flower tea for herself before slowly opening the film submitted for review.

She watched the earlier parts with great interest.

What surprised her here was Luo Mo's performance.

"Did he lose weight until he was unrecognizable just to shape this character well?"

"He really managed to act out this feeling."

Zhong Lin couldn't help but exclaim: "In this day and age, there aren't many young Actors willing to sacrifice so much for a role."

"Especially those who carry traffic."

However, regarding this phenomenon, Zhong Lin, as a leader in the Review Department, also knows some of the reasons behind it.

Many traffic stars are essentially stars, not Actors.

They act only to maintain exposure and heat, ensuring their own commercial value.

These people have huge interests tied behind them.

For example, they have taken on many endorsements and are the Brand Spokesperson for many products, so their image is not something they can decide for themselves.

I have given examples before; some stars, because of product endorsements, even have to report when they want to get a haircut and can only do so after approval.

If you want to sacrifice yourself for a movie, you must have the courage of a warrior cutting off his own wrist.

Like Luo Mo, to dare to stand on the stage of the Youth Day after his image was damaged, facing countless audiences... how could an ordinary star manage that?

Many traffic idols want to transform and prove themselves while simultaneously being unwilling to make any sacrifices; that is naturally thinking too beautifully.

Up to this point, Zhong Lin's thoughts on this movie are: "It's very good, very novel, and everyone is acting very well!"

It's just that she doesn't know how this movie will play out later.

Because what the male lead is doing is illegal!

At this point in the movie, the progress bar has already entered the middle section.

The turning point also happens to start around this time.

After Cheng Yong learns of the risks of selling Fake Medicine, he decides not to sell Medicine anymore.

"It's starting!" Zhong Lin's eyes lit up.

She is very clear that this movie cannot continue to progress like this; otherwise, the content of the film would be problematic and would inevitably have a poor ending.

After all, you cannot view it as a movie whose theme is making money or a poor loser's counterattack.

Zhong Lin took a sip of the slightly hot flower tea, wondering if she, having already watched countless films, might also have a bit of talent for working in the film industry?

However, the subsequent plot left her stunned.

After being stunned, it then moved her to tears.

As for being moved to tears, honestly, Zhong Lin had long since gotten used to it.

Not to mention her being used to it, her entire team had already gotten used to it.

Whenever Team Leader Zhong had swollen eyes, it was nine times out of ten because Luo Mo had once again thrown a stone into her eyes from afar.

When she saw the terminally ill appearance of Lv Shouyi, played by Luo Mo, her whole heart ached.

Upon seeing the grand finale, she was even more tearful.

After finishing it, she took a good while to compose herself before closing the video.

"This film is very sensitive."

"Extremely sensitive!"

Zhong Lin could foresee what a terrifying social reaction it would trigger once it was actually released in theaters!

It would absolutely trigger heated discussions across the entire internet, and the debates would be endless!

In this, it would be inevitable that some "troublemakers," or people paid to do a job, would stir up trouble, hurl abuse, and spread negative energy online.

There would definitely be no shortage of people trying to manipulate public opinion!

But just because of these people with bad intentions, should this film be sent back to the furnace to be remade, modified, and re-edited?

Zhong Lin was somewhat unwilling.

"This film is not wrong."

"The people in it are not wrong either."

"Then what exactly is wrong?"

Zhong Lin leaned back in her chair, a thoughtful look on her face.

Films that reflect social issues like this must always be handled with extreme caution during censorship.

The underlying tone of this film is bleak and oppressive.

But it is also........

——Sharp!

This is a needle!

A needle that pierces into society, reflects problems, and triggers sharp pain!

It is just that the way the needle is used and the effect it brings after piercing are also different.

"I think it is a needle that can have the effect of acupuncture."

"It will hurt, it will ache, and watching the needle pierce into the flesh will make bystanders feel shocked and unable to stop discussing it."

"But its effect is good."

Thinking of this, Zhong Lin smiled.

"Luo Mo, oh Luo Mo, even if I don't personally censor this film, the team members will eventually report it up and have me make the final decision."

"This troublesome matter, I really can't get around it."

Honestly, Zhong Lin did not know how much box office such a film could ultimately take in domestically.

Because similar films are truly too few and far between.

And its subject matter is very novel, extremely novel, so it is not easy to make comparisons.

Zhong Lin felt gratified that a film like this could appear in the Hundred Billion Box Office Plan she was responsible for.

She even felt that there was no need to care about how much box office this film would ultimately take.

Its value is perhaps not something that should be measured by box office.

"The first live-action film, and it's this profound..." Zhong Lin didn't know how to evaluate Luo Mo for a moment.

Of course, she hoped even more that this film would not just be an acupuncture needle.

She also hoped it could become the "stabilizing needle" of the Hundred Billion Box Office Plan.

Zhong Lin savored the film, and evaluating it by her personal aesthetic: "It is good, it is moving."

Like Fang Jie's "Adolescence," it was a case where the box office became increasingly sluggish after the word-of-mouth collapsed.

But Luo Mo's "Dying to Survive," perhaps it can rely on word-of-mouth to achieve a snowball effect.

"Dying to Survive" has successfully passed censorship!

This allowed Luo Mo and Wang Rong to breathe a complete sigh of relief.

Because the situation on Blue Star in certain aspects is significantly different from that on Earth.

On Earth, when this film was released, the end credits showed that 19 provinces and cities had already included the Medicine in medical insurance.

Although it had not yet covered the whole country, it was clear that work was already underway.

But Blue Star is different; it hasn't reached that point yet, with only relevant work being pushed, which is equivalent to still being at the beginning stage.

Therefore, this needle will pierce deeper, and the pain it triggers will be greater!

However, it is fortunate that it is already being pushed, and the attitude can be seen; it's just that such matters always require a process, and they require time.

Otherwise, Zhong Lin would not have dared to make the decision alone; she likely would have had to go and ask He Ping'an.

"Since it has successfully passed censorship, then it can be scheduled. Then, the promotion can follow," Luo Mo thought to himself.

After multi-party negotiations, "Dying to Survive" was finally scheduled for release on August 2nd.

Once this news was released, it naturally triggered the anticipation of many netizens.

Of course, those who have been desperately smearing Luo Mo these past few days will certainly leave all sorts of comments and abuse below as well.

At night, it was quite rare for Luo Mo to post on Weibo.

"Regardless of anything else, the song still has to be listened to." The entire Weibo post consisted of just this one sentence, and below it was a song.

The promotional song for "Dying to Survive" — "Life as Summer Flowers".

This made quite a few 【Mo Sheng Ren】 find it rather interesting.

"The short film 'Send You a Little Red Flower' is about illness. The movie 'Dying to Survive' is also about illness, and then the promotional song is called 'Life as Summer Flowers'."

"There is a lot of overlapping of elements!"

"I will definitely listen to the song!"

Tong Su Su, a 23-year-old girl, was also a special 【Mo Sheng Ren】.

She liked the short film "Send You a Little Red Flower" very much, because she suffered from the same illness as the male lead.

"'Life as Summer Flowers', what a beautiful name," Tong Su Su thought to herself.

With this thought in mind, she clicked on the song.

(End of this chapter)