Chapter 577: Luo Mo's New Film

Time pushed forward a few days, and the cumulative box office of *Dying to Survive* had already reached a staggering 1.5 billion.

Moreover, this had only taken a mere few days.

What Luo Mo found rather interesting was that among the films released during the same period as his, there was actually one with decent box office and word-of-mouth.

The director of this new film was also a member of the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】; his surname was Sun, called Sun Yilei, and he was about the same age as Li Dongliang, but among the older generation of directors, his fame was not as great as Li Dongliang, Feng Ji, and others.

His new film was called *Little Pet Comes Home*, a movie related to pets.

This could be considered a relatively niche subject, but if filmed well, it still had quite a market in this day and age.

In Luo Mo's impression, when it came to pet-related movies on Earth, the first one he would think of was the well-known *Hachi: A Dog's Tale*.

Then, there was a movie called *Adoring*.

The former was a classic, and the latter had a pretty good box office.

This *Little Pet Comes Home* had very warm and healing content, making people feel very comfortable watching it, and it also had moving moments.

Its current cumulative box office had also reached 370 million, and its single-day box office was growing steadily.

Judging from the current trend, it was very likely to become the box office champion for this genre, capable of reaching a box office of over 800 million, and if lucky, it might even reach around 1 billion.

For such a niche, small-audience subject, and without hiring any big stars, being able to reach this level of box office was already quite terrifying.

In the group chat, Sun Yilei, not knowing whether he was being serious or joking, specifically thanked Luo Mo.

In his view, the fact that his new film's box office could far exceed expectations was something Luo Mo could be said to have contributed significantly to!

Why say Luo Mo had merit?

Because *Dying to Survive* was too heartbreaking, too tear-jerking, and too oppressive!

The film was a good film, it just consumed a lot of tissues.

And as the heated discussion on the internet continued to rise, everyone talked about it more and more deeply, making many people feel that this film not only consumed tissues but also consumed brainpower.

Under these circumstances, the warmth and healing of *Little Pet Comes Home* had its level of warmth and healing directly doubled!

After finishing *Dying to Survive* and then going to see the little cuties in *Little Pet Comes Home*, it felt like the whole heart was melting.

"Ah! I've been healed!"

"Highly recommend *Little Pet Comes Home*, it healed the wounds I suffered in *Dying to Survive*."

"Playing a pun: of the two films, *Dying to Survive* is a 【God】-tier work, and *Little Pet Comes Home* is a 【Home】-tier work."

As for the other director in the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】, Director Chen, his new film was also released in the same period as *Dying to Survive*, and the box office could only be described as just okay.

Breaking even was probably not difficult, but both the box office and word-of-mouth could not compete with *Little Pet Comes Home*, let alone *Dying to Survive*.

And according to today's box office settlement, the total box office of these three new films combined had already reached just over 2.1 billion.

In other words, the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】 was less than 3 billion away from the final goal of 10 billion!

Luo Mo: "There aren't many numbers left for me to play with!"

The next day, Luo Mo, along with Wang Rong and Xu Chujing, took a flight to the *White Night* set to visit the crew.

As soon as the three arrived at the set, they caused a small-scale sensation.

*Dying to Survive* had been too hot in the industry recently, so hot that it had left most people in the industry dumbfounded.

Now no one dared to estimate where the limit of this film actually was, because everyone simply couldn't see through it.

On the way there, Wang Rong had asked Luo Mo about his internal expectations for the final result of this film.

Luo Mo shook his head and said: "The final box office depends on luck, or rather, it depends on the right time, the right place, and the right people; none can be missing."

Others might not understand what Luo Mo meant, but Xu Chujing and Wang Rong understood.

In the actual footage of *Dying to Survive*, when Cheng Yong was released from prison and Cao Bin came to pick him up, the line "Genuine Medicine included in medical insurance" was said; although it wasn't in the final cut, Luo Mo had actually filmed it, just didn't edit that part into the final cut.

The reason was simple: it didn't match the current situation on Blue Star.

Including the subtitles at the end of the film, they were also different from those on Earth.

The content written on Earth was roughly to tell the audience that 19 provinces had already included this medicine in medical insurance.

But the Blue Star version wrote: The government is already actively promoting medical system reform, allowing patients with chronic myeloid leukemia to see hope.

This medicine was not yet in the medical insurance on Blue Star, but relevant news had long been released, telling everyone that the government had always been taking action.

As mentioned before, the reason Zhong Lin dared to let this film pass censorship was also because of this reason.

However, when this matter would actually have a result, Luo Mo naturally did not know.

He only knew that since *Dying to Survive* was now a topic of heated discussion across the entire internet, perhaps it would speed up this process?

Wang Rong, as the actor playing Cheng Yong, guessed that Luo Mo was waiting and gambling when filming the prison release scene.

Anyway, such a short scene didn't take much time, so he just filmed it and kept it as a backup.

Who knew if it would suddenly be included in medical insurance before the film was released?

It was just a pity that it didn't happen.

Then, now it was time to see if there would be a result within the two months the film was in theaters.

This was the "right time, right place, and right people" in Luo Mo's words.

Wang Rong imagined that if a result really could come out recently, that would be too terrifying!

He got excited just thinking about it!

Although Wang Rong had a relatively strong merchant aura, after finishing *Dying to Survive*, he had a deeper understanding of leukemia patients and felt genuine sympathy for these people.

He sincerely hoped that such good news could arrive sooner!

On the other side, 【Working Fei】 saw that Luo Mo, this hands-off manager, had finally come to the set, and almost wanted to shed tears.

"You actually still have me in your heart? You actually still have this crew of ours?" Guan Fei accused.

Luo Mo frowned, stayed far away from him, and said: "Don't say such ambiguous things to me in front of Jing! Get lost!"

After everyone joked around for a while, they began to discuss some serious business.

Because Luo Mo had not been coming to the set, the crew had indeed accumulated some matters that required his personal final decision.

Wang Rong and Xu Chujing were outside handing out fruit juice to everyone on the crew; many stars, when visiting friends on set, would treat everyone to something to eat or drink.

When it was time for a meal, the four of them sat together to eat boxed lunches.

Wang Rong glanced at the *White Night* crew and said, "Tsk tsk tsk, after the two hit shows *Beginning* and *Forensic Qin Ming*, it feels like everyone here is very passionate about their work, and the entire crew has become very mature."

"Right? So whether I'm here or not, it's actually the same," Luo Mo, this guy who adopts the 【Monarch Offline System】, immediately replied.

Guan Fei had another exhausting day today; he was busy shoveling food into his mouth, looked up, rolled his eyes, and couldn't even be bothered to pay him any mind.

Wang Rong took a sip of orange juice, looked at Luo Mo, and said, "*Medicine God* can be considered a massive hit, and 【Mist Theater】 has also laid a very good audience foundation for you. Director Luo, have you considered filming a movie with a Suspense theme?"

As soon as these words left his mouth, Guan Fei, who was busy eating, suddenly looked up and stared at Luo Mo with curiosity.

【Mist Theater】 is releasing 4 shows this year; although all 4 shows are of the Suspense genre, they are actually each quite different.

In this way, the audience coverage is actually very, very broad, and the viewership is massive!

With such a good audience foundation, it would indeed be a bit of a pity not to make use of it.

To put it bluntly, given Luo Mo's current influence in the Suspense genre, coupled with the great success of *Medicine God*, even if he filmed a pile of shit, the box office wouldn't be low; it would be absolutely impossible to lose money.

Of course, this is just talking about risk, and Luo Mo certainly wouldn't do that.

Luo Mo put down his boxed lunch and said with a smile, "You really have a sharp eye; you've said exactly what was on my mind."

"Ah? You really have this plan?" Wang Rong was surprised.

He was just offering a suggestion; he didn't expect that Luo Mo already had a decision in his heart.

"Yes, and I've already roughly thought out the theme and content," Luo Mo said.

After finishing, he added, "Actually, the success of *Medicine God* has many benefits for this next new film of mine as well."

"Hmm? For example?" Wang Rong pressed.

"In *Medicine God*, there were quite a few scenes in India, and we specifically made a trip to India. After filming for so many days, we gained quite a bit of experience in filming abroad," Luo Mo said.

"For the new film, I plan to go abroad to shoot again," he said.

"Is that so?" Wang Rong's eyes lit up.

The more commonalities two movies have, the greater the traffic redirection can actually be.

Although he didn't understand why he wanted to film abroad, Luo Mo certainly had his reasons and justifications.

In Luo Mo's view, with the popularity of 【Mist Theater】 being so terrifying, it would be a bit unreasonable not to ride the wave and film another Suspense movie; it would truly be a waste of this audience foundation.

Moreover, interestingly, this Suspense Crime movie, just like *Medicine God*, also held a 【Large-scale Preview】 before its official premiere on Earth.

This shows just how confident the production team was in the film.

As it turned out, its final box office performance did not disappoint, breaking the cumulative box office record for Crime films over the past three years.

And this was even while it was a remake!

Many people had already seen the very famous original work before this movie was officially released, which greatly affects the box office.

There are two other points that are also quite interesting.

On Earth, the female leads of *Medicine God* and this movie were both played by Tan Zhuo.

The male leads of both movies were also mostly known for acting in Comedy, with their comedic images deeply rooted in people's hearts, and in the end, both garnered countless praise thanks to the movies they starred in.

Guan Fei looked at Luo Mo and asked, "Have you thought of a name for the new film?"

"Mm," Luo Mo nodded: "I thought of it a long time ago."

"What's it called?" Wang Rong asked.

Upon hearing this, Luo Mo said two words.

Just hearing the name made Wang Rong and Guan Fei feel that the content of this movie should be quite interesting, because the title itself was very interesting.

What Luo Mo said was:

"*Sheep Without a Shepherd*."

(PS: First update. By the way, in the chapters where *Medicine God* was released, it seems not many readers paid special attention to the content of the end credits.)

(End of this chapter)