Chapter 585: White Night

When Luo Mo told Wang Rong which character he wanted to play, Wang Rong was instantly caught between laughter and tears.

"You, you just refuse to pick any normal characters to play," Wang Rong said.

In his view, if he were as handsome as Luo Mo, he might not be able to resist the temptation of making easy money either, so why work so hard?

However, after thinking carefully about some of the shocking drama in "Sheep Without a Shepherd," if it were Luo Mo playing this character... it would actually be quite interesting!

Currently, the preliminary preparations for the film crew have basically been completed.

But before officially starting production, Luo Mo still has a few things to take care of.

One is the post-production work for "White Night" that hasn't been fully finished yet, such as editing and the like.

The other is... recording songs!

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Shanghai, the Xinyu building.

Today, many people in Xinyu are restless because a rare guest has come to the company.

Luo Mo brought Xu Chujing to Xinyu.

As Xinyu's Music Director and a signed artist, he still has half a year left on his contract.

To be precise, in the first half of this year, the frequency of Luo Mo coming to the company has also become lower and lower.

This has made the entire Xinyu feel anxious.

Everyone knows very well that Xinyu's current status in the music scene is inseparable from Luo Mo.

But everyone also knows very well that Luo Mo is Luo Mo wherever he goes, it's just that Xinyu without Luo Mo cannot be the Xinyu it is today.

Therefore, the Music Director who has not appeared for a long time returned to the company and even brought the diva Xu Chujing along, which made many people feel quite excited.

And Luo Mo bringing her here today is actually to record songs.

"White Night" will start airing in the middle of next month. The song for this web drama on Earth was sung with great emotion by the male lead Pan Pang, covering a classic track from the Chinese music scene—"The Day Doesn't Understand the Night's Darkness."

Luo Mo intends to record both the female and male versions of this song.

These two versions have very obvious differences in their arrangement.

The former needs to be more deep and emotional, while the web drama's cover version is more suitable for the style of the entire show.

Luo Mo thought about it and decided to just have himself and Xu Chujing sing them separately; this could also make the pre-release hype for "White Night" even higher.

After working for two hours, Luo Mo and Xu Chujing took a short break.

He picked up his phone to check it and saw a WeChat message sent by He Yuanguang.

He wanted to use the official blog of "Monkey King: Hero is Back" to promote an animated film, so he reached out to Luo Mo.

"'Painting the Dragon,' the name of this movie is actually quite interesting," Luo Mo said while looking at the film title sent by He Yuanguang.

Seeing this name, his first reaction was "drawing a dragon and dotting the eyes."

Since he was idle anyway, he and Xu Chujing searched for the trailer of this animated film together.

"The dragon, an ethereal existence." In the trailer, a deep male voice came through, while the screen showed endless clouds and mist.

The overall art style is ink-wash, which was indeed inspired by "Fog Hill of the Five Elements."

To be precise, among the production team of this film, there are two who are disciples of the 【Three Swordsmen】 from the "Fog Hill of the Five Elements" production team.

It is precisely because of this that He Yuanguang thought about giving them a boost.

Luo Mo and Xu Chujing continued watching the trailer, the deep male voice continued to sound, and in the clouds and mist, the dragon's tail was revealed.

"However, I have seen a dragon."

Following his words, the dragon tail appeared and disappeared amidst the sea of clouds.

A childish voice rang out at this moment: "Ah? Daddy, I also want to see a dragon!"

"Then you open this cloth," the deep, Gentle male voice continued.

At this moment, the scene shifted to a scroll covered by a cloth.

Two chubby little hands lifted the covering cloth.

Inside was a lifelike dragon that had been painted!

"Wow!" The childish voice exclaimed, then said dejectedly: "But, it's just a painting."

The deep, Gentle male voice smiled and said: "That's because... I haven't painted its eyes yet."

A brush appeared at this moment, and the moment the tip touched the paper, the trailer ended.

The film title appeared on the screen accompanied by the sound of a dragon's roar.

——"Painting the Dragon"!

Xu Chujing looked at Luo Mo and said: "Not bad, it feels quite attractive."

"Yeah, the art style is great, and the trailer is well-made too; it just depends on whether the story is told well or not," Luo Mo said.

According to his experience on Earth, the art style of an animated film is important, but telling a good story is always the core.

Honestly, he hopes from the bottom of his heart that Blue Star can produce a few more boutique animated films!

This refers not only to the box office, but more importantly, the word-of-mouth after the audience watches the film.

"Monkey King: Hero is Back" made a good start, lifting the entire industry up and raising it to an unprecedented height, making everything flourish.

But this also requires successors to keep putting in effort to stabilize the current excellent situation.

Luo Mo firmly believes that "Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child" will not have a low box office because of "Monkey King: Hero is Back." However, if a few more good animated films can appear in the market before it is released, that would also be of great benefit to it.

"It's just a pity that this 'Painting the Dragon' didn't squeeze into the Shuji Dang; it's being released on August 27th, so it's not entirely considered a Shuji Dang film anymore," Luo Mo thought to himself.

Regarding the box office performance of this film, he feels that it is still worth looking forward to.

Because from the current look of it, its overall quality is much, much better than those shoddy films that rushed to be released immediately after "Monkey King: Hero is Back" became popular, trying to cash in on the hype.

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Three days passed, and Luo Mo had already finished all the editing work for the web drama.

"The Day Doesn't Understand the Darkness of the Night" had also finished recording.

It was time to send "White Night" for review!

On Monday, Zhong Lin arrived at the Review Department, turned on her computer, and first brewed herself a cup of Coffee.

"Luo Mo's 'Mist Theater' is quite efficient," she couldn't help but think to herself.

Producing four web dramas in a year—if it were any other team, they would be Afraid they couldn't do it at all.

After she sat down in her chair, she first looked at the list of Actors.

"Hmm? The male lead is played by Zhou Tong?" Zhong Lin felt this was actually a good choice.

According to the introduction in the list, the male lead's profession is a police officer.

Zhou Tong appearing in "Mist Theater" again, and playing a police officer at that, would still be able to attract a large wave of previous viewers.

But honestly, Zhong Lin felt that Luo Mo was quite daring.

The current Blue Star is still in the era of high traffic.

Few people would bet on middle-aged Actors.

Especially for this kind of web drama aimed at young groups, it is even less likely to choose middle-aged male Actors to shoulder the burden and play the male lead.

"But since it's produced by Luo Mo, any kind of tossing is possible," Zhong Lin thought.

She felt there was nothing Luo Mo didn't dare to do!

And honestly, she felt... Zhou Tong is actually really handsome too!

Older men also have the unique charm of older men.

After taking a sip of Coffee, she clicked on the first episode of "White Night".

As a result, as soon as the screen started, she heard the sound of meat being chopped.

As well as the bloody scene seen through the water in the glass.

This made Zhong Lin shudder involuntarily, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, and she couldn't help but think to herself:

"Luo Mo is indeed still that same Luo Mo!"

"Always wanting to repeatedly jump on the edge of our review lines!"

In the background sound, a news anchor was speaking.

"Recently, the suspect in the 2.13 mass murder case has been confirmed..."

Amidst this sound, the person chopping the corpse turned their head and looked at the television.

On the TV, the female anchor continued: "The perpetrator Guan Hongyu, male, born on November 20, 1977, Han ethnicity, high school education..."

In the news, a photo of Guan Hongyu also appeared.

Zhong Lin looked closely: "Good heavens, isn't this just Zhou Tong!"

So, the male lead is identified as a criminal suspect right from the start?

This immediately piqued her interest, and she felt the Drama instantly became tense and exciting.

But although this trope isn't considered cliché, it has been used by many people, so she guessed in her heart: "So this show is about how he secretly clears his own name?"

"However, from the Actor list, there is a setting involving twins; Zhou Tong has to play two roles, acting as both the older brother and the younger brother."

This made her instantly even more curious.

As soon as the main feature started, some basic situations were explained.

The older brother Guan Hongfeng was originally a police team captain, a Legend in the police academy, and was deeply admired by students.

But now, because of the case involving his younger brother Guan Hongyu, he no longer holds the position of captain.

Acting detachment captain Zhou Xun came up with a way to invite him to serve as a consultant.

The plot at the beginning of the first episode was very tight, but what surprised Zhong Lin was that it wasn't about investigating the younger brother Guan Hongyu's case, but rather the older brother Guan Hongfeng helping Zhou Xun investigate other murder cases.

"Hey, this long take is filmed very impressively," Zhong Lin sensitively noticed this point.

The first small segment of the plot was entirely a single continuous shot.

The more Zhong Lin watched, the more she felt that this person Luo Mo really hadn't changed his original intention, as always.

The first case was dismemberment.

Heh, it was made to look like a dream crossover with "Forensic Qin Ming".

And what made Zhong Lin feel even more hooked was that although Zhou Xun invited the older brother Guan Hongfeng to be a consultant, he seemed to have other thoughts in his heart; he was constantly watching Guan Hongfeng, and even when he answered the phone, he would suspect whether it was the younger brother Guan Hongyu calling.

"This person looks carefree on the surface, but he is actually a fox too!" Zhong Lin thought.

She felt that Guan Hongfeng and Zhou Xun combined had at least eight hundred Heart Eyes.

She also realized at this moment that this police team Newcomer named Zhou Shutong was not just an assistant sent by Zhou Xun to Guan Hongfeng, but also someone watching him!

In Zhou Xun's view, Guan Hongfeng had just resigned, and half of the team were his confidants, while the other half were fools.

He had no other choice but to choose to do this.

On the other side, Guan Hongfeng received a call from a delivery person saying that his work badge had been left at his home.

He returned home, preoccupied with worries.

His home gave people a very strange and eerie feeling; the windows were tightly shut, the curtains were drawn tightly, and the light was very dim.

Most importantly, there was another person in the house.

A person who looked exactly like him!

When Zhong Lin saw this person, she couldn't help but be startled, and goosebumps rose all over her body.

Honestly, they are twins; the older brother and younger brother looking the same is a very common trope in film and television, so she shouldn't have been like this.

But the point is, on the older brother Guan Hongfeng's face, there was an extremely long scar, and the scar on the younger brother Guan Hongyu's face was actually exactly the same!

"Why?" Zhong Lin thought to herself.

It was obvious; having only watched half an episode, she was already firmly captivated by this web drama!

(PS: First update.)

(End of this chapter)