Chapter 652: The Return of

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Luo Mo woke up early, feeling refreshed and invigorated.

As usual, he played on his phone while brushing his teeth, only to be baffled by the top entry on the Hot Search.

"【Today We Are All Chen Luo】?" Luo Mo felt a mix of amusement and exasperation at this Hot Search.

"Why do I suddenly feel a bit of sympathy for Heavenly King Chen?"

But looking at it from the perspective of *Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child*...

——Thanks to Heavenly King Chen for the rocket!

May Heavenly King Chen carry this social death to the very end!

After washing up, Luo Mo ate breakfast and then had a fifteen-minute video call with Xu Chujing.

He had to visit his aunt's house for New Year greetings at noon, and then he had work to attend to at 3:30 PM.

As mentioned before, the Spring Festival release window is different from the Shuji Dang; its golden period is not that long, making it a period where every second counts.

After all, many people's annual leave is actually pitifully short, isn't it?

Therefore, Luo Mo had to go handle promotional work this afternoon.

At the same time, this promotional work could also be considered a way to thank the Xindi Cinema Chain for their consistent, full-hearted support and allocation of resources.

Since *Monkey King: Hero is Back*, the Xindi Cinema Chain had been betting on Luo Mo, and Luo Mo was grateful for this favor.

So, for this promotional work, he needed to cooperate with a cinema chain, and Luo Mo chose the Xindi Cinema Chain without a second thought.

Upon hearing that Luo Mo would personally visit the cinema, the Xindi Cinema Chain immediately cooperated actively, feeling ecstatic inside.

They specifically selected a cinema located in Beijing and made arrangements in advance, ensuring every preparation was perfect.

However, this was a secret operation, and no word could be leaked in advance.

"I don't have much else to give you Xindi Cinema Chain, so I'll just let you hit the Hot Search on every platform across the web," Luo Mo thought to himself.

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Beijing, Xu Family.

At Xu Chujing's home, relatives were coming over for New Year greetings at noon; it was her uncle's family.

Her uncle, Xu Chongping, was quite a bit older than her father, Xu Chong'an, and by now, his grandson was already in the second grade of primary school.

Some time ago, this primary schooler had been clamoring for Xu Chujing to help him get an autograph from Luo Mo.

There was no helping it; in the circle of primary school students, Luo Mo was currently too popular.

Among the reasons for this were the Animation and other works, and then there was... *Lone Warrior*, which played an indispensable role.

These days, there aren't many primary school students who can't sing *Lone Warrior*.

In primary school choir competitions, out of ten classes, at least six would sing *Lone Warrior*.

Good heavens, that video circulating on the internet was a case of "wild dancing demons," with them singing with such intoxication and such fervor.

——All emotion, zero technique!

During the meal, Xu Chujing's cousin-in-law asked Xu Chujing and Xu Jinzhu if they had seen *Nezha* yet.

Xu Chujing smiled and said, "I've definitely seen it. To be precise, I was watching from the side when this movie was being edited."

Xu Jinzhu had been maintaining his aloof persona and didn't want to speak.

But as soon as he heard his sister had seen the unedited version, his ears immediately perked up.

How many men in this world wouldn't pay attention to the words 【unedited version】?

"Ah? Was there any deleted content?" Xu Jinzhu asked.

He had gone to see *Nezha* with his classmates last night, but when Xu Chujing asked him what movie he was going to see, he just hadn't said.

"That's classified; how could I tell you?" Xu Chujing said. "What if you go and post it randomly on Weibo or somewhere?"

"What? I never post on Weibo." Xu Jinzhu had no idea that his secret Weibo account was known to his entire family.

"Got it, got it," Xu Chujing replied casually.

The cousin-in-law looked at them and smiled, "Pipi has been urging me every day for the past two days to take him to the cinema to see *Nezha*. We were supposed to go last night, but we couldn't grab tickets."

Pipi was the nickname of that second-grade primary schooler.

Xu Chujing glanced at the primary schooler, Xu Pipi, who was listening to the adults talk, and said, "Sister-in-law, if you're free this afternoon, take Pipi to that Xindi Cinema in Hubin Mall. Remember to buy tickets for the 2:15 PM showing."

"Is there something special about it?" the cousin-in-law asked curiously.

"I can't say for now, but Pipi should be happy," Xu Chujing said.

"Alright, let me see if there are still tickets," the cousin-in-law said, getting excited.

But when she took out her phone and searched using the ticketing app, she couldn't help but frown.

"That's strange. This Cinema only allows children between 7 and 12 years old to enter, and parents aren't allowed to accompany them inside to watch?"

"Did this Xindi Cinema Chain specifically set up a 'brat' session?" the cousin-in-law was a bit amused and exasperated.

She occasionally accompanied Xu Pipi to movies and knew how noisy a cinema hall full of children could be.

But most parents had many concerns and felt a bit uneasy about throwing their children into a cinema to watch a movie alone.

Xu Chujing saw the cousin-in-law's concern and said, "Don't worry. I dare say the security for this showing is the best among all cinemas in Beijing."

The cousin-in-law keenly spotted the key to the issue, leaned over, and whispered, "Will Luo Mo be coming?"

"Mm," Xu Chujing nodded gently.

"What are you whispering about?" Xu Jinzhu also really wanted to know.

Xu Pipi ran over, mimicking the way adults spoke, and also said, "What are you whispering about?"

Xu Chujing and the cousin-in-law looked at each other and smiled.

The cousin-in-law decisively bought the tickets, and she even bought front-row ones.

If you were watching a movie normally, sitting too far forward definitely wouldn't be good.

But this time it's different; is this just watching a movie? This is a celebrity meet-and-greet!

The only thing she felt regretful about was: "With my 36D, nobody will believe me if I say I'm under 12, right?"

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In the afternoon, second-grade elementary student Xu Pipi was taken to Xindi Cinema by his mother.

Xu Pipi could actually accept his mother not accompanying him to watch the movie, but only on the condition that other little friends were there to accompany him.

If he had to watch it alone, he felt it would be better to just have his mother accompany him.

Along the way, he asked why several times.

Why did he have to watch the movie by himself?

Clearly, you also really want to watch "Nezha".

His mother only told him to watch it obediently, saying she needed to stroll around the mall for a while to buy some things.

When checking tickets, the cousin-in-law even saw children who couldn't bear to leave their parents, didn't dare to go in alone, cried and said they wouldn't watch it, and were then helplessly taken away by their parents.

"What a pity." The cousin-in-law felt sorry for the children.

However, the tickets for this session for pure brats were almost sold out as well.

There are quite a lot of carefree parents.

Just like that, Xu Pipi held a cup of cola and walked into the Cinema.

After sitting down, not long after, the movie officially began.

Xu Pipi's emotions and attention were quickly captured by the movie's content.

For a moment, this special Cinema had the feeling of a school organizing students to watch a movie.

From time to time, children's laughter would drift over, and from time to time, there would also be gasps of surprise.

"Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child" is a very typical Animation movie suitable for all ages, and children still love watching it very much.

When seeing the magical scenes inside the 【Mountain and River Map】, Xu Pipi couldn't help but open his mouth wide, and many children let out a "Wow!"

When seeing Nezha and Ao Bing dealing with the Sea Yaksha, the laughter in the Cinema never stopped.

When seeing Nezha save the little girl, yet still be misunderstood by the people of Chen Tang Guan who thought he was the one who kidnapped the child, many elementary students sat in the Cinema with a strong sense of immersion.

——I have already started to get angry!

A captivating movie can often easily stir up the audience's emotions.

Now is the era of big information, and children can come into contact with a massive amount of information every day, so they are generally more precocious than children in the past.

Children can also understand and feel some of the core themes and explorations of human nature in this movie.

And when the elementary students saw Nezha's great transformation, the entire Cinema let out a loud gasp of surprise!

The trope of transformation can captivate children in any era.

And it doesn't matter if they are boys or girls.

This is just like "Ultraman", "Armor Hero", "Balala the Fairies", etc., on Earth.

The young and ignorant Xu Pipi couldn't handle this at all.

He even started imagining that he was Nezha!

The most fatal thing is that children's points of focus are slightly different from adults'.

After Nezha removes the seal on the Universe Ring, he can transform.

This process of removal involves a passage of Immortal Technique incantation.

What is Xu Pipi doing at this moment?

He is earnestly recalling and actively memorizing it!

He wasn't even this earnest when memorizing ancient poems in school!

"Sun and moon shine together, a thousand spirits return to the origin, Heaven and Earth boundless Universe Ring, obey this order with all haste!"

Perhaps, on some quiet night, Xu Pipi will suddenly spring up from his bed, strike a pose he thinks is very cool, and keep chanting this incantation.

At this very moment, in the VIP passage of this Cinema, Luo Mo is standing outside the ajar door, observing the entire audience's reactions from the shadows.

Seeing the children watching so earnestly and so engrossed, he felt quite a sense of accomplishment.

And when that scene of family affection involving Li Jing appeared, he saw that quite a few little children were moved to tears.

But in reality, this scene is relatively more lethal to older audiences.

When that line "My fate is determined by me, not by Heaven" appeared, it could be said that the entire Cinema boiled over.

The whole movie ended, and most of the children were satisfied.

One by one, they all looked like they were still wanting more.

By the time the two post-credits scenes finished playing, the lights inside the Cinema did not immediately turn on.

This left the elementary students present a bit stunned, and for a moment, they didn't know whether they should leave.

Luo Mo, hiding outside the ajar door, smiled slightly and then cleared his throat.

He pushed the door open and walked right in!

The Boss in charge of filming followed immediately.

At this moment, the Cinema was still quite noisy, and one could hear the chattering of the elementary students.

Due to the dim light, many people noticed someone had entered, but they didn't know who it was.

What's more, Luo Mo was wearing a Mask at this time.

After standing still on the platform in front of the big screen, he held a microphone that wasn't very loud and started to... exchange secret codes with all the elementary students present!

He was heard loudly Singing: "【Love You, walking alone in the dark alley】?"

As soon as this lyric from "Lone Warrior" came out, the Cinema first fell into a brief silence.

Luo Mo looked around the room, puzzled in his heart: "Impossible! There's no reason for no one to respond to the secret code!"

Right now, the internet is flooded with videos of people exchanging the secret code with little kids.

You walk down the street, see some little brats, and as long as you start with "Love you walking alone in the dark alley," there's a good chance a child will be unable to resist Singing along loudly.

"It must be that everything happened too suddenly, and I sang it too much like the original, so they were stunned," Luo Mo thought to himself.

Refusing to believe it, he stood on stage and began a second attempt at the secret code, Singing a cappella: "Love you walking alone in the dark alley?"

This time, whose DNA was activated?

There were already elementary school students who couldn't hold back!

"Love you for not kneeling!" a few children sang.

—The secret code matched!

Luo Mo immediately got into the groove and sang loudly: "Love you for confronting despair, refusing to cry once!"

It was no use, not many children could hold back anymore!

More and more elementary school students joined the chorus, and many couldn't help but stand up as they sang toward the end.

Xu Pipi sat in the front row, Singing with such gusto, and so loudly too.

The most ridiculous part was that because it was a cappella, and many children had poor rhythm, they were singing particularly fast.

Luo Mo even felt like his own skills were being tested, and he was almost led off-tempo several times.

When they sang the line "Dare you? Worthy of it?", the lights in the Cinema turned on, and Luo Mo ripped off his Mask.

What is a Surprise?

You tell me what the hell is a Surprise!?

In an instant, the entire Cinema was boiling over!

It is true that some children didn't recognize Luo Mo's face, but... the atmosphere had already been built up to this point!

Just follow along and have a blast, that's all there is to it!

"Fight? Fight!" Many children sang until their faces were red!

At this very moment, audience members from other Cinema halls who were passing by on their way to the restroom walked past Cinema No. 1, listening to the sounds faintly drifting out from inside, looking completely bewildered.

"What's going on? Does Xindi Cinema have these kinds of activities?"

"What the hell, are these kids crazy?"

"Whoa! This lead singer staff member is pretty good, he sings just like Luo Mo!"

And the enthusiasm inside Cinema No. 1 left the Boss responsible for filming Luo Mo stunned.

A chaotic dance of children, it's a chaotic dance of children!

This was without a script and without any staged shots.

These children were all brought here by parents who bought tickets spontaneously and cobbled together.

To dare to do something like this, one must have unparalleled confidence in one's own song!

A large number of staff members were watching the children from the sidelines to prevent any accidents.

Promotional work definitely needs to be done, but one must keep safety first in mind.

The most wondrous thing was that for one song, with the original singer leading here, there were actually at least five different keys and five different rhythms!

In this massive secret code exchange scene, Luo Mo went from his initial cautious probing to singing at the top of his lungs.

As for the elementary school students, they went from being completely confused at the start to singing for their lives and standing up to sing!

Even though it was sung in a total mess, the children were so passionate that Luo Mo felt inexplicably moved by the end—how did that happen?

It was too hype; even Electronic Music festivals and nightclubs aren't this hype!

"If this video is put on the internet, the view count will explode, right?" the Boss thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)