Chapter 597: 《Dead Water》

A poem, "Dead Water," appeared out of nowhere.

It scolds with such satisfaction, such relevance, and such incisiveness!

Just as Luo Mo had thought, he did not need to name names; naturally, people would come to identify themselves and claim the insults as their own.

The expert judges of the Fan Hua Award knew this poem was scolding them.

The onlookers across the entire internet also knew this poem was scolding them.

As soon as this Weibo post was published, it air-dropped to the number one spot on the Hot Search list, with a heat level marked behind it: 【Explosive】!

In an instant, the number of comments below quickly broke 50,000 and was still increasing rapidly.

"So satisfying, so satisfying!"

"The Fan Hua Award should just keep on acting up! Sooner or later, it will be dropped from the three major awards!"

"Expert judges, hurry up and come claim it! Come over and get scolded!"

"Shh! What are you saying? What scolding? Are you not allowed to let someone have a sudden burst of poetic inspiration?"

"Exactly! Mr. Luo is a man of culture; how could he be scolding people!"

"Oh my, he just wrote a poem casually. If you identify yourselves with it, that's your own fault!"

"Protect our side's Luo Mo!"

"So cathartic! Truly cathartic!"

The group of expert judges for the Fan Hua Award were truly so angry their chests ached.

Is this a literary duel!?

But after this thought emerged in their minds, they quickly dismissed the notion.

A literary duel with him?

Why bring humiliation upon themselves...

This group of people discussed and reached one conclusion—from today on, the Fan Hua Award would no longer consider giving any awards to Luo Mo!

If Luo Mo knew about this internal result, he would probably burst out laughing with a snort.

And by the next day, the heat of "Dead Water" had not only failed to decline, but had actually risen!

The reason was simple: after the matter blew up, people in the literary world also had their attention drawn to it.

Luo Mo was too popular; his own traffic and heat were already terrifying, and in the eyes of everyone in the literary world, he had always been a very unconventional celebrity.

Not to mention his past works, like his Chinese Style songs, which had great influence back then; let's just talk about the more recent "Ode to Young China."

That was a song that became a college entrance exam essay topic in Beijing!

This kind of glory is something the vast majority of people in the literary world wouldn't even dare to dream of.

Honestly, many people might still remember that at first, the attitude of people in the literary world toward Luo Mo was not very friendly.

People in this circle look down on people in the entertainment industry.

But as Luo Mo's works became more numerous, day by day, everyone slowly discarded their prejudice against him.

Well, the entertainment industry still needs to be targeted; they still look down on it!

Luo Mo, stand up for me! Very good, everyone here is trash!

Even, many people in the literary world have already tacitly accepted that Luo Mo is also a member of the literary world!

Regarding this, the person involved, Luo Mo, was almost completely unaware...

Under these circumstances, once "Dead Water" came out, people in the literary world definitely had to come and read it.

And in a certain sense, Luo Mo's previous works were mostly ancient poetry, although they were often only one or two lines, rarely a full piece.

Including his Chinese Style lyrics, which also had a rich ancient charm.

A modern poem in the style of "Dead Water" was a first.

This made the modern poets of Blue Star curiously come to read the whole poem, and then... they were captivated!

Stunned upon the first reading, amazed upon the second, and submissive upon a close reading!

You must know, who exactly was Mr. Wen Yiduo?

Many of his works were deafening and thought-provoking!

On Earth, this poem was regarded by many literary masters of that time as a milestone work of new literature.

Some people might think they haven't read his works, but that is not the case; for example, the well-known "Song of the Seven Sons" came from his hand and was later adapted into a song everyone is familiar with.

After reading this "Dead Water," these modern poets of the Blue Star literary world directly hailed it as a classic masterpiece, unable to hold back the words of praise in their hearts!

Quite a few leaders in the modern poetry circle couldn't help but publicly praise this poem!

Among them were several old gentlemen of both virtue and artistic achievement.

With their status and seniority, no one would think that people as respected as them would be trying to ride the coattails of the heat or praising it for the sake of profit.

Since these old gentlemen praised it, there could only be one reason—it was indeed written well!

This left many onlookers dumbfounded.

"Is the artistic level of this scolding poem really that high?"

"I thought it was amazing, but it turns out it's even more amazing than I imagined!"

"Fan Hua Award expert judges: How is it that I suddenly feel quite honored?"

"No way, to be able to scold people to such a height, Luo Mo is awesome!"

"I'm kneeling, I'm kneeling."

This series of subsequent ripples made the expert judges of the Fan Hua Award feel their faces aching even more.

But the sad part was that they only felt their faces ache, only felt they had lost all face, and only felt bone-deep hatred for Luo Mo.

As for anything else, there was none.

Even, many people were so angry because after the Fan Hua Award's reputation was damaged again, the next edition... might not be able to sell for a good price!

As for Luo Mo, he had long since lost any interest in the Fan Hua Award.

He would only watch quietly.

Just like the final line in "Dead Water":

"【Better to let Evil reclaim the land,"

"And see what kind of world it creates!】"

………

………

In Siam, the "Sheep Without a Shepherd" film crew.

Wang Rong put down his phone, looked at the information online related to "Dead Water," and couldn't help but say to Luo Mo, "Director Luo, oh Director Luo, this poem of yours that scolds people—won't it end up being included in textbooks if you keep scolding like this?"

He was truly shocked.

So many literary masters were calling this modern poem textbook-level.

Since it was textbook-level, who knows if it might really be included in textbooks one day!

That would be too terrifying!

"Uh." Luo Mo didn't know how to reply for a moment.

Honestly, he had no confidence in his heart either.

The short break passed quickly, and Luo Mo and Wang Rong knew they had to race against time today to finish filming a very important scene.

This was a rain scene, and a heavy rain at that—a very heavy rain!

Many viewers who had seen "Sheep Without a Shepherd" might have a deep impression of the content during this torrential downpour.

The weather was no longer as hot as it had been a while ago, so everyone wanted to finish filming this scene quickly.

But in reality, the performance tension of this scene was extremely high, and it was one of the major spectacles in the entire film, requiring a large number of extras and actors to participate, so the difficulty of filming was also extremely high.

This film tells the story of the protagonist Li Weijie, who was working and struggling in Siam, whose eldest daughter was raped by Sucha, the son of the police chief, while attending a summer camp.

Sucha even recorded a video and approached Li Weijie's eldest daughter Pingping a second time, suggesting they have some fun together in her warehouse that night.

At night, Li Weijie's wife Ayu sensed something was wrong, and in the end, the mother and daughter accidentally killed Sucha.

To protect his family, Li Weijie staged an astonishing drama of pulling the wool over everyone's eyes.

And the scene in the rain to be filmed today was one of the biggest climaxes in the entire film, during the confrontation between Li Weijie and Sucha's parents.

For this scene, almost every character in the entire film had to participate and join in.

However, Luo Mo, who also acted in this film, did not join in.

He was just doing his job as a director.

……..

……..

On the other side, domestically.

"White Night" was updating continuously, and as the Drama gradually deepened, the popularity of this web series was also climbing step by step.

The male lead Zhou Tong had become completely popular, popular to an incredible degree.

With great acting skills and the unique charm of a mature man, he had simply become a representative figure of the "Uncle Circle."

And this web series was also called by many viewers: "The entire crew are detail-obsessed! No, they are detail fanatics!"

Nowadays, most web series on the market are crudely made and filled with various bugs.

For many viewers, bugs were even considered conscientious; many shows were just full of various continuity errors.

This show was different; it was simply full of details!

Many places you thought were unreasonable at first could all be self-consistent later.

If you felt something was wrong in some places, it might be because you missed some details, or you didn't understand it.

Many viewers expressed that they felt very conflicted in their hearts when watching this web series.

Everyone was very nervous about the two brothers' disguise being exposed, but when someone suspected their identity, the audience would feel that this content was far more tense and exciting than solving the case!

Most importantly, in many cases, shows with this kind of plot structure would lower the intelligence of the supporting characters to a certain extent.

After all, the status quo of many domestic dramas was that the male lead would just put on a mask, and everyone would fail to recognize him.

Or they wouldn't even wear a mask, just stick on a fake beard, and could muddle through, as if everyone was blind or face-blind.

But "White Night" was not like that.

The personalities of all the supporting characters were vivid, none were stereotyped, and most had their intelligence online!

In fact, the more this was the case, the more it could highlight the brilliance of Guan Hongfeng and Guan Hongyu.

"Luo Mo is still the same old self, not treating us viewers like fools." This was the part many viewers felt most comfortable with.

Of course, because Luo Mo respected the audience so much, an interesting scene occurred: some viewers couldn't catch some details and a thought arose in their hearts: "Am I afraid a fool?"

Luo Mo, I thank you for not treating me like a fool.

But now I know, I am fucking a fool!

Because "White Night" had many episodes, it could be updated for quite a long time.

However, it was time to start preparing for the final major web series of this year's "Mist Theater."

The old rule: change the show, change the style.

This time, the subject matter of the web series was also incredibly novel.

It's just that this web series was still a bit troublesome in terms of casting.

The employees of Luo Mo Studio had been racking their brains over the casting these past few days.

It was actually quite easy to invite older, good actors, thanks to the relationship between Luo Mo and the National Theatre of China.

But the problem was that this web series was a bit special.

A large portion of its scenes are concentrated on a few children!

And the casting task Luo Mo issued was: "I want a few very young child Actors, but with superb acting skills."

(PS: First update, asking for monthly votes at the end of the month.)

(End of this chapter)