Chapter 679: The Young Girl's Confession

Beijing, Review Department.

After Section Chief Zhong Lin signed the documents, she let Xiao Wei leave.

Seeing Xiao Wei walk away, she raised her index finger to wipe the corners of her eyes, which were still slightly moist.

She had only watched about thirty minutes of *Charlotte Troubles*, but the story was already hitting its stride, clearly establishing the background of the rebirth-genre entertainment story.

The only feeling Mrs. Zhong Lin had at the moment was: "I feel like I'm going to laugh my head off."

She had been laughing the whole time, and it hadn't stopped!

In the films of Blue Star, this kind of rebirth-genre entertainment was still quite novel.

Even though the content broadcasted earlier was all school-life scenes, watching a group of actors who were clearly not young play children at school didn't feel awkward at all; instead, it was even funnier.

This was the brilliance of the acting technique!

Zhong Lin was very glad now that her office had excellent soundproofing.

Otherwise, if her subordinates heard her letting out goose-like honks every little while, they might think: "Has the *Manslaughter* incident brought such great pressure upon Section Chief Zhong!?"

At this moment, the further Zhong Lin watched, the greater the surprise in her heart grew.

What surprised her first was this unknown lead actor, Liu Gongming, who radiated a very natural sense of comedy from head to toe.

It was too funny; watching this person act was truly too funny.

Then, she gradually realized: "Although the lead actor of this movie seems to be a Newcomer, the cast is still very luxurious."

Too many big stars came for cameos!

To be precise, it felt like Luo Mo's circle of friends was having a party on the set of this movie.

Xu Chujing, Wei Ran, Li Ge, Ning Dan, Chen Luo... and of course, Luo Mo himself.

The cameos of these people were all very natural.

Their appearances not only brought Surprise to Zhong Lin, but the content and plot were also very interesting.

After watching the whole movie, Zhong Lin felt she had laughed until she was a bit out of breath.

"This is the funniest Comedy I have seen in these past few years!" she concluded in her heart.

Since there was indeed no sensitive content in *Charlotte Troubles*, Zhong Lin passed it directly.

Hmm, it was a light-speed approval as always.

On the way home from work, Zhong Lin's car was playing songs downloaded from her Penguin Music.

In shuffle mode, the intro of a familiar song suddenly started playing.

A powerful figure in the Review Department who was usually intellectual and had an attractive appearance suddenly let out a snort, laughing so hard the corners of her mouth almost reached her ears.

If she weren't driving and mindful of safe driving, Mrs. Zhong Lin would probably have been laughing uncontrollably.

At this moment, the intro playing in the car was—*A Spray of Plum Blossoms*!

"This song can't be listened to normally anymore!" Zhong Lin thought.

The artistic conception of the song had completely changed!

She did not know that a question had once appeared on Earth: how to make people feel that it is snowing heavily without directly describing the snow.

Writing is, after all, this kind of routine. If you want to write about the moon, you cannot just write about the moon. You must write about its flickering and its waxing and waning. Write about the vicissitudes and strangeness that the poet cannot see. Write about the startled magpie on the branch, write about the mountain passes that are hard to cross.

If you want to write about the wind, you cannot just write about the wind. You must write about the ripples on the lake, you must write about the clouds rolling and unfurling. Write about the bells hanging by the eaves, write about the disobedient corners of clothes and tips of hair on a person.

As for writing about snow, you must write about the biting cold, write about it being as bright as moonlight. Write about the plains galloping with waxen elephants, write about the mountains dancing like silver snakes. Write about the thousand mountains where birds have flown away, write about the ten thousand paths where human tracks have vanished.

The method and essence of writing are just like this.

And under this question about writing snow, there were indeed a large number of brilliant and literary answers.

But the one with the most likes was actually a line from *Charlotte Troubles*:

"Yuan Hua, don't call me again in the future, I'm afraid Xia Luo will misunderstand."

With just this short sentence, didn't the heavy snow already fly before your eyes?

Didn't you already hear the "No!" shouted by Yuan Hua as he knelt by the phone booth?

Didn't you already hear the "Snowflakes drifting, North wind whistling" from *A Spray of Plum Blossoms*?

Tightly linking a song, a character, and a plot segment together is a very difficult thing to do.

Undoubtedly, *Charlotte Troubles* was god-tier in this regard!

………

………

On the other side, *The Wandering Earth* had already wrapped up filming.

Luo Mo and Ding Xiaoyu were recording some promotional videos today, and also taking some promotional photos.

When others wrap up, they are all high-spirited because they can rest.

Ding Xiaoyu was different; today she was wearing a baseball cap again, pulling the brim down very low.

When Luo Mo first met her, she loved wearing hats.

He knew very well that when Ding Xiaoyu was in low spirits, she would pull her brim down very low to cover half of her face.

She was a young girl who liked to digest her emotions by herself.

"Not happy even though you can rest now?" Luo Mo squatted down and raised her brim a little.

"No, it's just that I feel the coming days will be a bit boring," said Ding Xiaoyu.

"What? Have you become a workaholic?" Luo Mo felt her brain must be broken.

For him, lying idly on the bed for a day was happiness itself.

Of course, if Xu Chujing were lying beside him and had also bought a new set of pajamas, that would be even happier.

Seeing that she was still in low spirits, Luo Mo remembered that when he first established the master-disciple relationship with this girl, it was to teach her pranks, to teach her how to mess with others.

"Tsk, then Master will perform a magic trick for you." Luo Mo dragged a chair over and sat down in front of her.

"Really?" Ding Xiaoyu was indeed interested.

"Watch closely, keep your eyes on these two fingers of mine." Luo Mo raised his right hand.

"Mm-hmm!" Ding Xiaoyu, wearing a hat, nodded vigorously and even pulled the brim of her hat up a little.

"Lean in closer to watch, this is a super impressive close-up magic trick; if you don't lean in, you won't be able to see my skills," said Luo Mo.

Ding Xiaoyu decisively dragged her chair over and brought her face close, only a few dozen centimeters away from Luo Mo's fingers.

Luo Mo was quick-witted and fast-handed, raising his hand to flick her forehead.

He didn't know how to do any magic; he just wanted to flick the head of this youthful girl in front of him.

"You're bored even when you don't have to work, watch me hit—uh."

The words in Luo Mo's mouth stopped.

Because Ding Xiaoyu had actually dodged it.

It was obvious that from the moment Luo Mo told her to sit closer, she had guessed Luo Mo's routine.

"Master, you used this trick last year," said Ding Xiaoyu.

"Is that so? Haha, hahahaha." Luo Mo withdrew his right hand and rubbed the back of his head.

Ding Xiaoyu looked at Luo Mo, thinking of the Promise they had made in the past.

As long as she could give Luo Mo a big scare during any prank or trick, she would be considered to have finished her apprenticeship.

Yet, up until now, she had almost never tried to do this.

—She didn't want to finish her apprenticeship.

It was just that, looking at Luo Mo now, she didn't know what had gotten into her head.

She lowered the brim of her hat again, covering half her face, and suddenly said: "Master, actually, I like you a little bit."

Very sudden, extremely sudden, it popped out completely out of the blue.

Luo Mo was struck as if by lightning, standing there stunned.

"Eh, this, uh..." He was a bit incoherent for a moment.

Ding Xiaoyu, however, suddenly stood up and walked outward, saying in a triumphant voice: "Hehe, I'm just kidding!"

After saying this, she slipped away directly, like a child who had done something bad and was afraid of being punished.

Luo Mo watched her Back Shadow run away in a flash, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Immediately after, he became slightly distracted.

Ding Xiaoyu ran all the way to the restroom, took off her hat, and brushed her hair, which had been slightly flattened.

In the mirror, the girl's face was still full of collagen, but it was certainly much less childish than when she first met Luo Mo.

With her long hair draped over her shoulders, she also had a bit of radiance.

This "National Little Sister" was already an adult.

Master, actually I like you a little bit?

"I was just kidding you." She put her hat back on and muttered to herself.

……..

……..

"Charlotte Troubles" has passed censorship.

Regarding its release date in August, Luo Mo Studio has already been communicating with many parties.

Once the release schedule is officially confirmed, some promotional work can follow.

It is already July now; it is not early.

In the process of negotiation, the major cinema chains were all happy.

For movie theaters, the best news right now is: "Luo Mo has a new film coming out again!"

The business of movie theaters actually has a lot to do with the overall film environment.

If bad films are rampant this year, then theaters naturally won't make much money.

But if there are many phenomenal blockbusters this year, theaters can naturally make a fortune.

How should I put it? Since Luo Mo entered the film industry, it has truly been—more enjoyable every year!

Once he has a new film released, let alone anything else, just the cola, snacks, and popcorn can sell for a lot of money in a single day.

"Who is it, wanting to set a release date in August so last minute? No way!"

"What? It's Luo Mo!?"

"Then it's fine."

The attitude of the major cinema chains now can be said to be better than ever.

They wish they could stand in front of Luo Mo with a calendar, smiling, and let him pick any day he wants.

Even if he threw a dart while blindfolded, whatever date it landed on would be the date.

As for if he missed and hit flesh, then he could just throw again. It doesn't hurt, hehe, it doesn't hurt at all!

The "negotiations" between Luo Mo Studio and various parties are always so smooth.

After "adopting" the suggestions of various parties, in the end, Luo Mo called the studio and said to choose August 2nd.

This day is a Friday, a pretty good day.

As for the promotional work...

"This film is quite special, why not start with the songs first!" Luo Mo thought.

At nightfall, the well-known music critic 【Leshen Dama】 was on her way home driving.

She went traveling abroad a few days ago, and having just returned, she went to the cinema with her best friend to watch "Sheep Without a Shepherd".

She personally likes this film very much.

At the moving parts she nearly shed tears, and at the thrilling parts her legs were so tense they were pressed tightly together, without a sliver of space.

Throughout the whole movie, the parts that were satisfying were truly satisfying.

As for the grand finale, she was also very satisfied.

Currently, the total box office for *Sheep Without a Shepherd* has already reached 1.54 billion.

The market for Suspense films will likely be expanded directly by a whole circle because of this movie!

Its momentum is very fierce; it has a chance to break 3 billion!

After the movie ended, the satisfied Leshen chatted with her best friend, feeling that the people on the internet nowadays are truly interesting.

"Look, a Suspense movie with this kind of box office, you could say it's one of a kind in the country."

"If it were any other director or screenwriter, everyone would be heaping praise on them, saying this movie was a huge success."

"But just because the director and screenwriter is Luo Mo, there are actually people saying he is going downhill, saying his box office Myth is about to shatter."

"How could such a thing happen!" Leshen felt it was too ridiculous.

This is just like Luo Mo releasing a divine song, and the next song being slightly inferior, but still a massive hit, yet people jump out to say he has exhausted his talent.

Her best friend smiled and said: "You should just listen to these kinds of words in reverse; I actually think this is a kind of honor instead."

"In all of Huaxia, what other director has a box office this high, yet is still told that their sales are failing?"

"That's true." Leshen smiled and continued driving.

At this moment, the music in the car was playing on shuffle.

The best friend sitting in the passenger seat suddenly said: "Hey, hey, hey, don't speed!"

Only then did Leshen realize that she had been pressing the accelerator harder and harder.

The reason was simple: that song, *The You of the Past*, was playing in the car.

Of this song, what Leshen liked most was the intro and the first line of lyrics.

The song is great, it just burns fuel.

This song is suitable to be used as a promotional track for electric cars.

Fuel prices are so expensive now, who could have imagined it would even affect listening to music!

"Hey! Look at this!" The best friend sitting in the passenger seat pointed at the screen in the car and said.

At this moment, they happened to reach an intersection, so Leshen stopped to wait for the red light.

She glanced at the large screen in the car and saw that the song title displayed on the screen actually had a few extra characters as a suffix.

"*The You of the Past*, *Charlotte Troubles* movie insert song?" Leshen was slightly stunned.

"These characters weren't there before," she said.

She is a music critic, and she had written a review for this song, so it was impossible for her not to have noticed this.

Therefore, it was definitely added recently!

She had heard of the movie *Charlotte Troubles*; it had started filming a long time ago, and she heard it was a Comedy.

The script was written by Luo Mo, the director was Wang Rong, and Xu Wai, who became popular in *Succession*, seemed to be the lead actor.

Judging from these points, this movie definitely has a lot to look forward to.

It's just that this movie has always been very mysterious; the news related to it that has been exposed is very scarce, which is very strange.

Now is the era of big information, and everyone else is putting in all their effort to try and build a presence in front of the public. This movie, however, seems to want to stay hidden.

After arriving home, Leshen took out her phone and directly entered the characters *Charlotte Troubles* into Penguin Music.

Very quickly, several songs popped up.

"*The You of the Past*, *Charlotte Troubles* insert song."

"*A Plum Blossom*, also a movie insert song."

"Hmm? How did even *Starry Sunny* become a movie insert song?"

"And *Those Flowers* too."

"The *Heart Too Soft* from the *King of Love Songs* is also there."

"And..."

So many songs all had an extra suffix—*Charlotte Troubles* movie insert song!

You have to know, these songs are all quite popular.

So it wasn't just Leshen; many people noticed this while listening to music.

The related buzz started to ferment slowly from this, and it actually climbed to third place on the Weibo Hot Search.

Leshen sat in her chair, a bit confused.

"Why didn't Luo Mo just create a few new songs for it?"

"With his ability and his talent, this should have been a very easy thing to do."

"From the perspective of the effect, using new songs as insert songs, promotional songs, or theme songs... the effect should be better."

"Could it be that this movie isn't highly valued by him?" Leshen guessed.

But this also didn't make sense.

The movies Luo Mo has produced so far, whether in terms of box office or word-of-mouth, have never flopped.

The more this is the case, logically, the more he would cherish his reputation, and he definitely wouldn't mess around blindly.

"Although they aren't new songs, these are all good songs," Leshen said in her heart.

Then, the biggest problem arises!

"The songs in a movie must, to some extent, be related to the movie's content."

"Some songs are even created entirely for the movie's Drama."

"But putting all these songs together, not to mention that their styles are all different, it just looks a bit messy."

"What is this movie even about? How can it be related to so many songs?"

This point is also what millions of netizens are most curious about.

—It's all mixed together like a hodgepodge.

Listing all these songs together, one gets the feeling that an unusual atmosphere is revealed everywhere.

But precisely because of this, many people have begun to harbor expectations for this mysterious movie!

(End of this chapter)