Chapter 583: Fighting Back into the Film Industry

"Suggestions?" Zhong Lin was slightly stunned upon hearing this.

She felt that Luo Mo's way of speaking was quite interesting; no objections, only suggestions?

Besides that, Zhong Lin felt that this young man was indeed very special, different from most people.

If it were other young people, when facing a person of real power from the Review Department, their speech would be cautious, and their mood would be incredibly anxious.

Especially those who knew they weren't exactly clean, they would feel even more guilty when facing the Review Department.

Luo Mo was different; he was calm and composed, and could even talk eloquently.

When asked a question, he really dared to speak his mind.

This person is worth associating with; when he has suggestions, he really offers them!

Zhong Lin smiled slightly and said calmly, "Then Director Luo, please tell me, what suggestions do you have for next year's 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】?"

As a result, the moment Luo Mo opened his mouth, Zhong Lin was shocked.

"The number of participants actually doesn't need to be this high," Luo Mo said directly.

Zhong Lin couldn't help but take a deep breath upon hearing this.

What incredible confidence!

However, she thought about it carefully and felt it was also reasonable.

This year, there were 11 directors working together to complete the goal of breaking one hundred billion in box office.

Since it had already been achieved, the difficulty would definitely have to be upgraded next year.

The Review Department was already considering this point, but they were also a bit conflicted internally.

After all, being able to meet the target this year was entirely due to this god-like person, Luo Mo.

Who could have imagined that this 11th director, truly with the status of a Newcomer, would turn the tide against the wind and even break the highest single-day box office record in history!

Without the desperate efforts of *Dying to Survive*, the Review Department would have had no glory this year, and they would have had no Face at all.

You must know, the Review Department had contacted many parties for support this time; this included not only state media, but also other internal resources that ordinary people could not mobilize.

It wouldn't do to let these parties see a joke, would it?

However, the problem is that we, the Review Department, are the ones issuing the tasks; it is very normal for us to want to increase the difficulty of the tasks.

It's a bit like a dog-like client.

But for you, the one completing the task, to actively request Hell Mode, that is truly quite strange.

Zhong Lin said, "Okay, this point is exactly what our Review Department is considering as well."

She didn't press Luo Mo, "Then Director Luo, how many people do you think is appropriate?"

Because she also knew that anyone with a bit of emotional intelligence wouldn't answer that; wouldn't that be equivalent to helping you make the decision?

After the two chatted for a few more sentences, they ended the call.

Luo Mo opened his contact list and saved Zhong Lin's phone number.

Xu Chujing glanced at him and said, "You really dared to suggest that?"

"What are you referring to? That I said there didn't need to be so many people?" Luo Mo said.

"Exactly!" Xu Chujing said.

Luo Mo shook his head, picked up an apple from the coffee table and took a bite; while chewing, he said, "That's because next year is different from this year."

"How is it different?" Xu Chujing frowned, "Did you sensitively perceive something again? Is the market about to change?"

"It's not because of that; the film market has been in a period of rapid development these past few years, and it will definitely keep getting better. It hasn't reached a bottleneck yet," Luo Mo said.

As he spoke, he explained, "The point is that this year's 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】... was too late!"

"The most popular Spring Festival slot had already ended before it officially started."

"But next year will likely be different; the time span will be longer, and it's Afraid it will start from January. That way, the Spring Festival slot can be included," Luo Mo said.

"But what does that have to do with you?" Xu Chujing asked.

Luo Mo had been talking for a long time, but she still didn't understand.

"Of course it has to do with me!" Luo Mo crossed his legs and said, "If it starts from January, and *Nezha* is released during the Spring Festival slot, I will likely be among the first batch of directors to release new films in the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】."

"Once the box office of *Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child* is high, what business is left for the directors who follow? Having so many people split a few billion in box office is so boring," Luo Mo said with a cheeky grin.

He continued, "If the difficulty is lowered like this, in case someone else's film performs relatively well, then it might not just be like this year where only Li Dongliang seemed redundant; there might be more people who seem redundant."

Xu Chujing couldn't help but laugh and cry, "Then you really are considerate."

"Don't you already know if I'm considerate or not?" Luo Mo raised an eyebrow at her and said, "Do you want to get close?"

Xu Chujing ignored him.

Honestly, Xu Chujing felt that Luo Mo just wanted to welcome a greater challenge; she knew this person liked to add pressure to himself.

As for the box office of *Nezha*, she was naturally optimistic.

But to say that *Nezha* would take several billion in one go, that was indeed not very realistic.

After all, the box office record for previous Animation films was only that small; relying on *Monkey King: Hero is Back*, it directly multiplied by who knows how many times, reaching an astonishing one billion plus.

But this kind of phenomenal hit often represents the upper limit for that type of film in the country.

Therefore, almost everyone believed that, at least for these two years, the upper limit for Animation films was one billion plus.

Including all industry insiders in the Animation world, they all just regarded *Monkey King: Hero is Back* as the goal to chase.

Things like having a higher box office than it, or even breaking 2 billion, were things people didn't even dare to think about.

Even the co-director of *Nezha*, He Yuanguang, didn't dare to think too much.

Guang Shu is under a lot of pressure now; he just wants to carry on the glory of *Monkey King: Hero is Back*.

As for his plan for a second child, who knows when that will be delayed until.

This made even Luo Mo feel that once *Nezha* is finished, Guang Shu should be allowed to rest; he's at that age, let's hope he doesn't lose the ability to have children by then.

See, I am always this considerate. — Luo Mo.

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The next day, Beijing.

After Zhong Lin arrived at the Review Department, she first finished some work left over from yesterday, then called the team members for a meeting at ten o'clock in the morning.

The 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】 had been successfully completed ahead of schedule, so a meeting to summarize it was definitely necessary.

After all, this was the first time doing this; some areas might not have been handled well and needed changing next year, while some areas were done well and should be continued with effort next year.

Zhong Lin felt that the best part was the selection of people, hmm, especially the exception made to admit Luo Mo.

After finishing this year's summary, it was time to start preliminary discussions on next year's plans.

She always felt that next year could not be handled the same way as this year.

A different approach was needed.

This meeting lasted an hour and a half just summarizing this year.

During this time, it made her wonder for a moment: "Has our Review Department been infiltrated by Luo Mo?"

Listen to what these people were saying when they mentioned him!

Could there be a few of the legendary 【Mo-borns】 hiding in here?

Zhong Lin checked the time and decided to let everyone go eat and take a lunch break, saying: "Regarding the plans for next year, everyone think about it, and we will continue the meeting in the afternoon."

In this way, it actually gave these people free time to discuss during their meal and lunch break.

In front of their leader, many people were unable to discuss freely.

Appropriate discussion can broaden thinking and pool wisdom.

By two o'clock in the afternoon, the meeting continued.

At this time, Zhong Lin actually heard a good suggestion.

The person who made the suggestion was that girl named Li Xiaoli.

Hmm, the one who was startled by Pineapple TV's "Blood Detective" and didn't pass it for review.

Li Xiaoli said: "Team Leader, can we change our thinking next year and change the selection criteria from 【Director】 to the 【Movie】 itself?"

"Hmm?" Zhong Lin heard this and fell into thought.

This year, 11 directors were selected, each with one new film.

Like Fang Jie, who still had a movie to be released at the end of this year, but both movies could not be counted in the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】.

But if one didn't consider the director and only cared about the movie, then it would be different.

That is to say, one director could potentially have multiple movies selected.

This wasn't specifically for Luo Mo's "Nezha" and "Manslaughter".

Because among the directors of "Nezha", there was also He Yuanguang.

This could be handled; it could count as He Yuanguang being shortlisted, and his work would be "Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child".

It was just that it would be easier to invite criticism; after all, Luo Mo's status was different, and there were plenty of people who would maliciously try to ride his coattails.

This model of changing from selecting 【Directors】 to selecting 【Movies】 actually meant no longer considering so-called seniority, past box office, etc.

Only looking at the quality of the film!

Even if it were a pure Newcomer, if the film quality was top-notch, they would be selected.

But operating this way would be more complicated and might require cooperation from multiple parties to conduct the screening.

For example, cinema chains, Weibo, ticketing apps, etc.

It would require synthesizing the data provided by everyone, the netizens' expectations for some unreleased new films, and the opinions of professional teams, etc.

Selecting people was far easier than selecting works.

After the meeting ended, Zhong Lin already had a rough idea in her mind.

Continuing the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】 was actually the intention from above.

Although she was a person with real power, she was still just a team leader.

Therefore, those above would definitely exert pressure and increase the difficulty.

"This year there were eleven movies, next year..."

"8?" Zhong Lin hadn't fully made up her mind yet.

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………

On the other side, Luo Mo went out of his way to care about the recent situation of "Working Fei" and asked about the progress of "White Night".

"It's almost finished filming," Guan Fei said to Luo Mo with a bad attitude, which could be described as full of resentment.

But Luo Mo's next words made Guan Fei's whole spirit perk up.

"Brother Fei, then once 'White Night' finishes filming, leave all the post-production work to me; you can go ahead and start on your new movie," Luo Mo said.

Upon learning that the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】 would continue next year to provide support, Luo Mo thought of "Working Fei" immediately.

Guan Fei originally came from a background of shooting TV series and even helped Xu Chujing win 【Best Actress】.

After entering the film industry, his movies flopped one after another, until he couldn't survive anymore, no one would invest money in him, and he was heavily in debt.

Although his popularity exploded after returning to shooting dramas, and 【Mist Theater】 was red-hot.

But movies would always be a thorn in his heart!

"Is it time to fight back?" Guan Fei thought.

(End of this chapter)