Chapter 659: Nezha's Fate

The first Ten Billion Box Office Director in the Huaxia film circle was born under such unexpected circumstances.

This young director, who also holds honors such as 【Song King】 and 【Best Actor】, has only been in the film industry for... three years!

A few years ago, if anyone had said they were going to make an Animation film with a box office exceeding ten billion, they would absolutely have been viewed as a fool.

But what about now?

The reason Luo Mo became the first Huaxia director with a cumulative box office exceeding ten billion is that two Animation films account for more than half of it!

This is a very incredible thing!

Let alone Huaxia, it is estimated that media from all over the world will report on this outrageous matter.

It is clearly just a few years ago that Huaxia did not even have a single Animation film with a box office exceeding 2 billion.

But now, a young man named Luo Mo is crazily creating miracles!

Animation directors, who have always been at the bottom of the contempt chain, suddenly feel that their backs have straightened.

The most outrageous thing is that although this director does not have many works, and Animation works account for two-thirds, he still maintains a high level of prestige.

There is no help for it, who told him to be the one behind "Medicine God"?

A high box office, indeed, cannot represent everything.

Just like when Director Tian Ou rushed into the 【3 billion box office club】, many netizens and peers felt that this person lacked artistry, only filmed popcorn movies, was too commercial, and was very good at hype and gimmicks.

In fact, when the first director with a box office exceeding ten billion appeared on Earth, the comments on the internet showed a trend of severe polarization.

It is different on Luo Mo's side.

It is not that no one is sour or no one is bashing him.

It is just that the angle to be sour about him or bash him is not very easy to find.

If you say he is too commercial, that does not seem to work either.

If you say he has no contribution, his "Medicine God" brought positive influence and promotion to society.

If you say it is too easy to make money in the entertainment industry, this person is also a famous philanthropist.

In just three years, with only three films, he has beaten everyone in terms of box office!

The most important thing is that the box office of "Nezha" can still rise.

The Review Department will definitely extend its 【key】.

The release period of this film is 60 days.

Many people feel that if they are lucky, it might break 5 billion, allowing the Huaxia film industry to enter a new era of 5 billion for a single film!

Numerous media outlets with special characteristics began to enter the fray one after another to report on this matter.

Section Chief Zhong Lin of the Review Department has even been smiling and radiant these past two days, and she herself seems to have become younger and more beautiful.

For her, this is also a great joy.

This involves not only this year's 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】 but also her personal future and prospects.

You must know that Luo Mo's works were all reviewed by her alone!

At the same time, she is the signatory for all the support the Review Department has given to Luo Mo.

Many people feel that Luo Mo has someone above him, someone in the Review Department.

If one must say there is, then that person is Zhong Lin.

Therefore, although she and Luo Mo have not met many times, the two have already been tied together, tied tightly.

If one prospers, both prosper; if one suffers, both suffer!

"It seems there is no need to organize a new 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】 next year," Section Chief Zhong Lin thought to herself.

Still organizing a hundred billion, would that be a bit too small-minded?

At this thought, Section Chief Zhong Lin immediately shook her head, advising herself not to be obsessed because of Luo Mo, and not to let him make her heart and mind swell.

"It is his box office that is too outrageous, it does not mean that the 【Hundred Billion Box Office Plan】 is easy!"

"He is just an individual case, a special case!"

"Zhong Lin, wake up, do not be deceived by appearances."

One cannot just because he is too capable of tossing things about, have everyone fly to the clouds together, floating as if walking in the clouds.

People still need to keep their feet on the ground.

……..

……..

Shencheng, Pineapple TV building.

Wang Shisong just received a call from his own brother, Wang Shibai.

The two brothers had a dispute again because of Luo Mo's affairs and had a big argument.

When Wang Shisong went to provoke Luo Mo, Wang Shibai's side actually had an attitude of tacit approval.

But since it was tacit approval and not a word was said, then naturally I can say whatever I want now!

Therefore, as long as the two brothers talk about Luo Mo, it always ends up very unpleasantly.

In recent years, Penguin has clearly been entering the film industry and is no longer satisfied with making self-produced dramas.

And Penguin's ambition is huge; let alone domestically, relying on its many advantages, it has participated in the investment of many Hollywood blockbusters.

Pineapple TV and Pineapple Entertainment want to as well.

Originally, in the plan, they should have officially entered the film industry last year.

But in the end, they did not take this step.

The reason is very simple—no money!

Pineapple TV's 【Suspense Theater】 has a large investment, but it has been rubbed against the ground all the way by Penguin Video's 【Mist Theater】!

The financial backers have all run away overnight!

What? You still want me to title-sponsor the next season?

I've already lost so much money this season that I'm practically stupid; how do you have the nerve to ask?

What's so good about title-sponsoring this lousy theater?

Look at Penguin over there; they've received so much in advertising fees alone that their hands are tired from counting.

Pineapple TV's market value keeps dropping, while Penguin Video's has been skyrocketing.

Everything, absolutely everything, is because he wanted to squeeze Luo Mo and gave him an unreasonable Contract.

That 【Individual Trainee】 who was once helpless and alone in Creating Idols, with not even a company behind him, has now filmed three movies and accumulated a box office of over ten billion.

How many billions is your Pineapple TV's market value, anyway?

And as everyone knows, major video platforms are currently scrambling to seize the market, and the vast majority of video platforms are in a state of loss every year.

If things go on like this, Pineapple will likely be unable to afford the losses.

What made Wang Shisong feel incomparably annoyed—so angry that his three secretaries and their six long black-silk-clad legs couldn't calm him down—was that some media had interviewed Luo Mo about this matter last month.

Luo Mo was incredibly magnanimous.

He didn't mind at all that Pineapple TV had once blacklisted him and deleted all his related videos and every frame of him from the program.

He stated that if Pineapple TV really couldn't hold on one day, he actually had quite a bit of spare cash on hand.

If the price is reasonable, it wouldn't be impossible for Pineapple TV to take the surname Luo.

As for whether these words of Luo Mo's were meant to annoy people on purpose, or if he really didn't mind owning a video platform, only he knows in his heart.

Everyone thinks that Luo Mo is breaking records every day, so he must be grinning from ear to ear these days, celebrating like crazy every day, right?

In reality, he is not.

He is too busy, so busy that he doesn't even have time to hold a celebration banquet.

He only celebrated a little bit with Xu Chujing last night at home in Xicheng.

Luo Mo transformed into Zhao Zilong of Changshan.

As for the Heavenly Queen Xu, she was visibly, obviously nervous.

Luo Mo can earn who knows how many billions from a single movie, and he can also conduct billion-level business deals at home.

As a man who is 【Multi-talented and Multi-billionaire】, he has to spend it, doesn't he?

As for the unsteady footsteps the next day, that was just a dance step I learned from Liu Shixiong.

Speaking of Liu Shixiong, he has already joined the crew and left Shanghai with Wang Rong, heading to the filming location of Charlotte Troubles to officially start production.

The confidentiality work for this movie has been done quite well for the time being.

Some paparazzi snapped photos of Wang Rong starting to film a new movie again, but they don't know the script was written by Luo Mo.

As for Luo Mo himself, he has to carry out the pre-production work for that Science Fiction movie.

This film will take a relatively long time in post-production, so the shooting schedule needs to be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

………

………

After Luo Mo became the first director to break ten billion at the box office, although countless people in the industry were secretly sour, there were still many who offered congratulations.

People like Aurora Girls, Qian Qingyun, and Feng Ji all reposted the celebratory Poster issued by Luo Mo Studio.

Aurora Girls: "Congratulations to Director Luo!"

Sun Yi: "The boss is too great!"

Run Jie: "The market value is already reaching a point where I can't afford to hire him."

Tao Jie: "I hope to sing the promotional song for the next movie!"

And netizens are always very sharp; among the many celebrities offering congratulations, they quickly locked onto one person.

——Chen Luo.

Although the text he posted was very official, with only the four words "Congratulations, congratulations," everyone was still most focused on him.

"Luozai actually reposted it too?"

"Wow, it seems he really loves the movie Nezha?"

"It's too touching; he risked getting on the Hot Search for crying to repost it high-profile!"

"Luozai is so brave and so Gentle, I'm crying to death!"

The gossipers are some shocked, some joking and making memes.

Some even suggested to Chen Luo, are you sure you don't want to go to the cinema for a second viewing of Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child?

Go, go, it's very tear-jerking; you won't be unable to cry just because you watch it a second time!

The team managing Chen Luo's Weibo feels both a headache and amusement this year.

Professionally, I cannot laugh. Personally, I really can't help it!

What made Chen Luo's team feel most between laughter and tears was that netizens saw Chen Luo and Luo Mo appreciating each other so much, and since they became friends through fighting, they specifically coined a new term for the two of them——【Luo-Luo Magnanimous】.

Note: Because Chen Luo expressed Kindness first, the character 'Luo' (Chen Luo) comes first, and the character 'Luo' (Luo Mo) comes second. This ranking is only based on chronological order; do not elevate the significance!

Silly netizens are really just messing around every day; a bizarre CP has been born again.

And as Luo Mo became the first director in Huaxia to break ten billion at the box office, the daily box office of Nezha also warmed up as a result.

Originally, after the Lantern Festival, the daily box office had dropped a lot, falling rapidly every day, and had already dipped below 100 million.

This is normal; it's considered a slow decline.

If it hadn't dropped by now, how high would the box office be after 60 days of release?

However, today's daily box office is Afraid it might break 100 million again!

Counting the previous box office, this means that today Nezha will overtake Dying to Survive and become the number one box office in Huaxia film history!

Now this is good; the popularity is estimated to skyrocket again!

The entire animation industry was completely boiling over!

In the past, who would have dared to imagine an Animation film reaching such a height in box office?

Domestic animation professionals didn't even dare to dream this big when they dreamed at night!

An Animation film topping the box office—is this a dream we are qualified to have?

Yet, it just so happened to become reality!

If this were on Earth, I reckon everyone would be shouting: "Luo Mo, you are my god!"

As a co-director of "Nezha", He Yuanguang also felt everything was dreamlike and illusory, with a strong sense of unreality.

He even had a terrifying thought arise in his heart—he could die without regrets!

Before the release of "Nezha", Guang Shu had never imagined that he too could one day stand at such a height!

To be precise, relying on "Monkey King: Hero is Back" and "Nezha", Guang Shu had accumulated 6 billion in directed box office, which also crushed countless film directors!

However, some voices also appeared on the internet because of this.

"Is it really a good thing that 'Nezha' surpassed 'Medicine' to become number one?"

"'Medicine' is a film that deserves to be number one, but 'Nezha' is too commercial; ranking it first shows a lack of aesthetic taste."

"This batch of viewers is no good; 'Nezha' and 'Medicine' are still very different."

"Laugh to death, domestic viewers are just like this."

"Huaxia people can only watch 'Nezha'."

"I don't think this is a good thing for the development of the industry; this generation of viewers is really no good."

"You can still see acting skills in live-action films, but how do you watch an Animation film?"

Viewers: "???"

So what are we supposed to do?

We go to the cinema to watch a movie, and of course, it's fine as long as it's enjoyable.

Are we supposed to worry about so much, and even go analyze the box office of this film, then say: "Oh! Its box office is too high, I can't buy a ticket anymore."

These remarks were indeed true, and a large number of netizens began to pour in.

"Don't watch it, don't watch it; it turns out that people who watch 'Nezha' are going to be scolded and made scapegoats!"

Then, slap! Throwing down a ticket purchase screenshot.

"Wow! The Huaxia film industry is developing worse and worse, so it turns out it's because of me!"

Slap, throwing down another ticket purchase screenshot.

"So it turns out that when I watch a movie, I need approval from you netizens?"

Slap, still throwing down a ticket purchase screenshot.

To be honest, many of the tactics on the internet are actually very monotonous.

It's just like when "Medicine" topped the charts, some people also said: "Is it really a good thing for a film that borrows the heat of social issues to top the charts?"

"It's too heavy; I still think films like XXXX that make people feel warm and healed are good films."

With the heated discussions and arguments online, more and more people began to get curious: "What is the attitude of director Luo Mo regarding 'Nezha' surpassing 'Medicine'?"

At night, Luo Mo actually posted a Weibo.

His thoughts were actually very simple.

These two films are not even the same subject matter or genre; the differences are just too, too great.

Such a comparison is very meaningless.

Box office can only represent the audience issue; this is determined by the market.

There is no need to rely entirely on this data to rank films.

For a film like "Medicine", its greater significance was never about how much money it earned or how much box office it took, was it?

The greater significance of "Nezha" actually lies in the role it played in the development of the Huaxia animation industry.

He is the director of both films; both are his flesh and blood, so there is nothing to say.

Therefore, after he posted the celebration Poster of "Nezha" topping the box office on Weibo, he only added one sentence.

He used a line from Lady Yin in the "Nezha" film.

However, in the film, this line is slightly sorrowful.

But in real life, this line, paired with the celebration Poster of the box office topping, can be described as overflowing with arrogance—the ultimate humblebrag.

——"Perhaps, this is Nezha's fate."

(PS: Thanks to book friend "Nie Mi" for the 100,000 reward, Alliance Leader +1.)

(End of this chapter)