Chapter 631: Luo Mo's Third Album

New Year's Day passed just like that, and the opening day box office for *Be Somebody* was 109 million.

Breaking 100 million on the opening day is a relatively common phenomenon during peak seasons.

But the New Year's Day slot can only be considered a mid-tier season, even worse than the National Day slot and the like; therefore, breaking 100 million on the opening day already ranked first on the daily box office chart.

Regarding this result, Guan Fei was incredibly satisfied, and he told Luo Mo very candidly that he would definitely suffer from insomnia tonight.

At the thought of the increasingly sparse hair on his head, Luo Mo didn't know how many more would be sacrificed tonight.

In his view, *Be Somebody* having over 100 million in box office on its opening day was already very good.

You have to know, on Earth, *Be Somebody*, which was also released during an off-peak season, only had an opening day box office of over 10 million...

In an off-peak season, with an opening day box office of just over 10 million, to eventually take in nearly 1 billion in box office results, it truly deserves the title of 【Dark Horse】.

"So, the saying that film is a business does have some truth to it," Luo Mo thought to himself.

Judging from the current word-of-mouth online, *Be Somebody* is not bad.

The ratings on major ticketing platforms are generally artificially high, so they are all above 9 points.

And on 【Petal Net】, the rating also reached 8.2 points, though it should drop a little later on.

The most critical thing is that this film's buzz index is very high.

Many people have their own viewpoints and opinions after watching it, and it can be said that there is endless debate on the internet.

Of course, judging from the word-of-mouth, there is still a certain gap between this film and *Dying to Survive*, which many people call a masterpiece.

Quite a few people feel that this is a good film, but it also has various obvious shortcomings.

Yet even so, compared to the films Guan Fei shot himself previously, the word-of-mouth is much better.

To be precise, the rating on 【Petal Net】 can already be considered to have doubled...

Many Film Critics have expressed that from this film, one can see the obvious progress of Director Guan, who is known as 【Box Office Poison】.

Previously, after his films were released, many excellent Film Critics would hit the nail on the head and point out where the problem lay—the pacing was terrible!

Some parts had too much buildup and the pacing was extremely slow, while other parts were shot very sloppily and should have been drawn out a bit more.

This kind of pacing that is sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and unable to pinpoint the focus, is very Deadly!

But *Be Somebody* is different.

Luo Mo had clear Requirement for Guan Fei when he used this film to let him practice.

About 10 minutes into the film, the main characters must appear, and the audience must be made to understand their personalities and the relationships between them.

Twenty minutes in, the general content of the 【Sanlao Case】 must be finished.

Thirty minutes in, Qi Leshan must be discovered wearing shackles, letting everyone understand that the real culprit is at the scene!

Forty minutes in, it must be clearly pointed out that Qi Leshan did not kill for money, but for other reasons.

Fifty minutes in, transition to the dance hall, Chen Xiaoda discovers that this building is the crime scene, and the conflict between the protagonists erupts completely.

Sixty minutes in...

This series of clear Requirement made Guan Fei feel incredibly painful when he was shooting.

He called Luo Mo, and Luo Mo laughed loudly on the phone and said, "Pain is exactly right!"

In the end, after paying the price of losing 2,197 hairs, Guan Fei became completely stronger!

At the same time, through this shoot, he felt as if he had realized something.

Yo-ho, I've sublimated!

In the blink of an eye, fifteen days passed just like that.

On January 15th, the cumulative total box office of *Be Somebody* officially broke 1 billion.

The first few days had the benefit of the holiday, so the box office was much higher; in the later days, thanks to the fermentation of word-of-mouth, the daily box office didn't drop too much.

Guan Fei came to find Luo Mo happily to ask for the film script for *Nobody*.

"Didn't you say that once the box office breaks 1 billion, I could ask you for it? Send it to me quickly."

After he sent this WeChat message, seeing that Luo Mo hadn't replied for several minutes, he even sent a voice message: "Hurry up! Hurry up!"

Luo Mo couldn't help but laugh or cry, and sent the script to his email.

After sending it, he added: "The script is sent to you, and then I can lend Hu Wei to you, let him play 【Glasses】 Hu Guangsheng."

Guan Fei hadn't read the script yet, so he didn't know what kind of character 【Glasses】 Hu Guangsheng, mentioned by Luo Mo, actually was.

But he knew Hu Wei!

"Hu Wei? The Actor who played Huang Mao in *Dying to Survive*?" Guan Fei was a little excited; he admired this Actor very much.

"Right, this role is meant for him," Luo Mo said.

"Fine! I'm going to read the script first!" Guan Fei said immediately.

After ending the conversation, he first read the script roughly from beginning to end, and in the process, he laughed out loud several times.

【Glasses】 Hu Guangsheng is a stupid thief.

His classic line is: "Laozi will get an AK, get you a rifle, make it big and strong, and create new brilliance!"

But the further he read, the more silent he became.

Only after finishing this script did he understand the difficulty of filming.

"The beginning is multi-line development, but towards the end, these lines all converge together."

"This requires a lot of attention to pacing, but it's not just about controlling the pacing well."

He suddenly felt that this person Luo Mo was truly divine.

For a moment, he didn't even know if Luo Mo was letting him shoot a film or training him.

Or rather, both?

By the end of January, the box office for *Be Somebody* reached 1.5 billion.

Due to the one-month extension of the 【Key】, this film would not be pulled from theaters after its 30-day run and would continue to be screened for another month.

However, the daily box office revenue that could be obtained subsequently would not be very high, because new films would be released continuously.

A better release window than on Earth, plus the traffic boost from 【Mist Theater】 and Luo Mo himself, along with the support from the Review Department... all these factors combined made this film's box office performance much better than on Earth.

Guan Fei could be said to have fought a beautiful comeback battle with this film.

In the film industry, many people had calculated it.

The production cost of this film was estimated to be at most 30 million!

With a cost of 30 million and a box office exceeding 1.5 billion, it was simply earning like crazy!

Audiences only look at the box office results of a film and do not consider how much money the film actually made; after all, it has nothing to do with them.

But filmmakers still value this point, and it is also what capital values most.

"What a Luo Mo, he's earned several hundred million again from one film!"

"Some big productions with a box office breaking 2.5 billion don't even earn as much as this one!"

"I was scared by his initial investment of 500 million to shoot a Science Fiction film earlier, but in the end, he just casually made a small-budget film and earned that cost back!"

"Tsk, the last small-budget film that earned a fortune was already a movie from two years ago, right?"

"It's a pity that Luo Mo's film and television works never allow outsiders to participate in the investment."

"Young people, they rely on their own talent and don't understand the principles of how to conduct themselves in society, which is why so many people hate him."

In the eyes of many, once a person like Luo Mo stumbles or fails once, it will trigger a series of big troubles.

It's just annoying that everyone waited and waited, but they simply didn't wait for it for the time being.

Some big moves intended to see blood were not convenient to carry out for the time being.

But some small moves in the dark had never stopped.

Isn't that right? *Be Somebody* achieved a box office of over 1.5 billion with a cost of less than 30 million, which logically should be a shocking matter.

But don't forget, the slogan Luo Mo shouted earlier was—three films, box office breaking 8 billion.

Now, the vanguard *Be Somebody* is estimated to be around 1.6 billion.

This means that *Sheep Without a Shepherd* and *Nezha* combined must have a box office of 6.4 billion to complete Luo Mo's goal.

This is an impossible mission.

In Shencheng, Pineapple's President Wang, Wang Shisong, had very complicated feelings.

He was jealous of the profits brought by *Be Somebody* while also looking forward to Luo Mo falling from his pedestal.

This time, almost no one really thought that *Nezha* and *Sheep Without a Shepherd* combined could reach a box office of 6.4 billion.

At this moment, Wang Shisong's capable female secretary was reporting the data she had collected to him.

"President Wang, the current box office record for domestic Animation films is Luo Mo's *Monkey King: Hero is Back*."

"The box office record for domestic Suspense films is the Suspense Comedy *Be Somebody* released on New Year's Day."

Wang Shisong frowned upon hearing this.

Good heavens, the record holders for both of these fields are him!

Wang Shisong rubbed his temples and said, "That is to say, Luo Mo has to break the records he created himself, and each record has to be doubled, for him to complete his own goal when added together."

"Heh, how is that possible." Wang Shisong sneered.

"The domestic Animation market has indeed begun to develop explosively because of *Monkey King: Hero is Back*."

"But how long has it been?"

"Yes, after *Monkey King: Hero is Back*, quite a few Animation films with good results have indeed appeared one after another, such as *Painting Dragons* and *Riding the Clouds and Mists*."

"But so what?"

"As for Suspense films, the audience was never as large as some popular genres; a box office of over a billion is already the ceiling!"

"His slogan of 8 billion seems to be just a gimmick to attract attention."

"Tsk, young people, they learn to be bad so quickly." Wang Shisong smiled.

However, after mocking Luo Mo a few times, President Wang's expression began to turn ugly again.

Seriously, if Luo Mo, who single-handedly created the hit 【Mist Theater】 that was popular for a whole year, couldn't get a particularly good box office result with the Suspense film *Sheep Without a Shepherd* he directed himself, then our 【Suspense Theater】 is far worse than 【Mist Theater】; if we go to shoot films, wouldn't the traffic diversion be even worse?

Of course, the main reason for Wang Shisong's bad mood was not this.

"The song release plans in the company have all been postponed, right?" Wang Shisong asked.

"Yes, Director Gu has already arranged everything over there, basically all scheduled for after March." The female secretary replied.

Wang Shisong nodded.

Luo Mo's new album is about to be released soon.

Let alone Pineapple, it can be said that more than half of the music industry is making way for him.

This is not easy to block; he kills whoever he meets!

"I just don't know if Chen Luo still has the heart to fight after losing the album arena match last time?" Wang Shisong thought to himself.

……….

……….

Cilong Entertainment, in the lounge.

The top Heavenly King of the music circle, Chen Luo, who hadn't appeared for a long time, was indeed struggling with his song release plan.

Last time, his album lost to Luo Mo.

Since then, many people felt that an era had come to an end.

There was a feeling that a new king had replaced the old king.

Had Chen Luo regressed? Was he no longer at his former level?

Actually, that is not the case.

It is purely because Luo Mo's last album was too fierce!

Chen Luo is still at his peak, but undoubtedly, his peak seems not as high as the other person's...

In reality, whether it is on Blue Star or Earth, although the feeling given to people in recent years is that "the music scene is regressing," many years ago, album "arena battles" were very common.

There have been fewer such battles in recent years, purely because there are no listeners who enjoy watching mediocre singers peck at each other!

If everyone is terrible, then compare to see who is relatively less terrible?

Are you joking!

As for these current traffic Singers, as long as they can release one song with high popularity that breaks out of their niche, everyone will think: Oh, they've improved!

Not to mention releasing an album with solid quality.

But in that era when gods fought each other, album arena battles were very worth watching.

Moreover, it usually wouldn't be decided by a single match.

When the media brought two Singers out for comparison, they would also write down how many wins and losses each had.

Just like after Zhou Huajian went to Hong Kong to develop, his record sales and popularity quickly surpassed three of the Four Heavenly Kings, and he had a history of wins and losses with Zhang Xueyou, which is why he earned the title of 【Heavenly King Killer】.

To put it simply, deciding the winner in one round lacks a bit of persuasiveness.

And in reality, a person who can achieve extremely high success in a certain field must have their own pride.

It's not that easy to be beaten into submission.

As the number one person in the music scene before Luo Mo's sudden emergence, Chen Luo has lost very few album arena battles. Even when facing Xu Chujing, he had two wins and one loss.

Therefore, if you want to know who in the entire music scene is waiting most eagerly for Luo Mo to release a new album, it should be Chen Luo.

But who would have thought that this Luo Mo would cross over into more and more exaggerated fields, and absolutely refuse to release a new album.

Chen Luo is genuinely afraid that from now on, he will focus on filming movies and dramas to make money, and won't care about releasing albums.

——Hehe, as long as I don't release a new album, Chen Luo will never have a chance to beat me once!

Fortunately, Luo Mo still cares about his fans.

You can let fans wait, but you cannot let them wait too long.

And during the time Luo Mo was busy crossing over and exploring new fields, Chen Luo focused on only one thing—producing a new album!

For this reason, he didn't even hold a concert tour this year, and participated in very few variety shows.

Not to mention crossing over to act.

His company, Cilong Entertainment, is also doing its utmost to help craft the album.

Although Chen Luo can be considered a singer-songwriter, his own output is not high; under normal circumstances, an album will only have three or four songs written by himself, and the rest are written by big-name lyricists and composers.

This year, for his new album, Cilong can be said to have used the strength of the entire company to crazily collect songs, and then carefully selected from them.

Besides that, they also changed their strategy.

They are no longer limited to the domestic market; they also found many well-known foreign composers and Arrangers to collaborate with, to see if they could spark new inspiration.

Stones from other hills can serve to polish the jade of this one, not to mention that these people are indeed unique in their respective musical styles.

Three songs on Chen Luo's album were born under this mode.

They are responsible for the 【New】.

The other seven songs are responsible for the 【Stable】.

Chen Luo is waiting now, waiting for Luo Mo Studio to announce their new album plan first, and then he will release his.

In this way, he can create an aura of taking the initiative and staring him down!

As for the songs on the new album, he has already made a decision on which one to release first.

He plans to release the new song "Rice Field," a collaboration with a top Japanese composer, first. In this song, he has a new breakthrough, using 【Island Singing Style】 to perform it.

"The ground I lost, I must win it back," Chen Luo thought to himself.

"Watch out, youngster."

Shanghai, Xicheng.

Luo Mo finally finished all the work for his new album.

Xu Chujing walked in with a plate of cut fruit and said, "Finished?"

"Yeah, I'm exhausted," Luo Mo said.

"Why, more tired than when you produced the album for me last time?" Xu Chujing asked with a smile.

"That definitely can't compare," Luo Mo winked at her.

Xu Chujing understood immediately; one must know that when he was making the album for her, the two of them had just gotten together.

She had to pay a "deposit" and subsequent "final payment."

Luo Mo worked hard during the day and worked even harder at night, so how could he not be worn out.

After Xu Chujing put down the fruit plate, she sat down beside Luo Mo and said, "Do you remember what I mentioned to you before? I heard from some friends in the industry that Chen Luo was not reconciled to losing the last arena battle."

"Do you think he still wants to fight another round?" Luo Mo said.

"It's possible," Xu Chujing nodded.

"Whatever, after all, what he wants to do is not something I can control," Luo Mo shrugged, indicating he didn't care.

At this moment, on his computer interface, there were ten songs.

"I already sang 'The You of the Past' at the New Year's Eve Gala, so I need to pick another song as the first new song for the album," Luo Mo said.

"Which one do you plan to pick?" Xu Chujing looked at the titles of the ten songs and asked.

She had already listened to all of these songs, and every single one was exceptionally good.

"You help me pick," Luo Mo looked at her and said, "I'll leave the choice to you."

"I see you're leaving the difficult problem to me," Xu Chujing said with annoyance.

For other people's albums, the lead single is easy to pick; just pick one you're confident in.

But for Luo Mo's album, that's difficult.

——They are all too confident!

Luo Mo suggested, "How about this: I'll blindfold you, then I'll point to a song at random, and I'll ask you if you choose it; you can answer whether you choose it or not."

"Fine." Just as Xu Chujing was about to close her eyes, Luo Mo stood up, found a thin black cloth strip from somewhere, and tied it over Xu Chujing's eyes.

Looking at the blindfolded Heavenly Queen Xu, Luo Mo felt it really had a special, unique charm.

It made him involuntarily recall some works he had seen, such as blindfolding a woman and then feeding her things to let her guess what she was eating.

"This one?" Luo Mo pointed to a song at random and asked.

"No," Xu Chujing shook her head.

"Then this one?" Luo Mo pointed randomly again.

Xu Chujing still shook her head.

"It's been like this the whole time."

After saying that, she raised her slender fingers, preparing to pull off the cloth strip in front of her eyes.

"Hey! Don't be in a hurry to take it off yet," Luo Mo said.

"Why..." Before Xu Chujing could finish her sentence, she couldn't make a sound anymore.

Because her rosy, crystalline lips had already been blocked by Luo Mo's mouth.

Xu Chujing originally wanted to push him away, but in the end, she compromised, only making one Requirement.

"Next time, it's your turn to be blindfolded."

The next day, at ten o'clock sharp in the morning.

Luo Mo Studio released the relevant plans for Luo Mo's new album to the public.

As soon as this news was released, it attracted countless netizens to watch.

Then, many people were dumbfounded.

You must know that just a while ago, Luo Mo specifically posted a photo of himself in the recording studio on Weibo, took a picture of the recording equipment, and added the caption: "On the Road."

Once this Weibo post was sent out, everyone speculated that this was Afraid to be the new album coming soon!

But no one expected that this guy, who is incapable of naming things, would actually name his new album... "On the Road"!

"Good fellow, he just named it randomly, right?"

"If you say he named it randomly, it seems 'The You of the Past' is quite suitable to be put into this album title, but if you say he didn't name it randomly, it feels like he named it very casually."

"'On the Road' won't be on the road forever, right?"

"What kind of road? Luo Mo's tricks?"

Although there were many silly netizens on the internet complaining, everyone was still looking forward to Luo Mo's new album.

And what was surprising was that two hours later, Cilong Entertainment immediately announced that Chen Luo's new album, "Listening to the Wind," would release its first song on the same day!

In an instant, the whole internet was sensationalized, and the entire music scene was shaken!

"A ring match, a ring match again!"

"Chen Luo is taking the initiative to attack this time!"

"It's exciting! There are songs to listen to, and there's a spectacle to watch!"

"Selling melon seeds and stools in the front row."

"The betting has started, the betting has started! Who will win? Place your bets and don't back out!"

For those Singers who had slowed down their new album plans, they felt they were truly too lucky.

When gods fight, mortals suffer.

With the two of them fighting, the popularity of both albums might surge.

But we are Afraid to be killed by the aftermath!

The struggle between the new and the old is inevitable.

As for us, we can just watch from afar.

In three days, we will be able to hear the new songs from these two top Singers.

And the most interesting thing is that both of them received invitations to the Spring Festival Gala and were both preparing to Sing a suitable new song from their new albums at the Spring Festival Gala.

In this way, that means there is also a stage battle!

A stage competition is not just about the quality of the song, but also about live performance ability.

Just like some Singers, you might not necessarily be interested when you listen to their songs, but if you watch their live stage performance, you will be crazily obsessed.

The confrontation in every aspect is ready to go at a moment's notice!

Luo Mo looked at the new song information released by Cilong: "Chen Luo's first new song is called 'Rice Field'?"

This left him speechless for a moment.

"What a coincidence," Luo Mo said to Xu Chujing.

Xu Chujing replied: "It is quite a coincidence."

She was also somewhat astonished.

Because the song she "blindly chose" was named—"Rice Fragrance"!

After Luo Mo Studio and Cilong Entertainment announced their new song titles respectively, the matter suddenly became even bigger!

(End of chapter)