Chapter 680: So You're the One Playing Xia Luo?

With such a massive amount of information regarding popular songs being changed, it would be difficult not to attract attention.

The film "Charlotte Troubles" had only just passed censorship, and the volume of discussion across the entire internet had already exceeded that of the vast majority of new films currently in their promotional period.

As the director of the film, Wang Rong felt exceptionally at ease.

Collaborating with Luo Mo is always so comfortable.

He only needs to focus on directing the scenes well and filming a good movie.

As for other matters, he doesn't need to worry about them at all.

A day passed by quickly, and amidst the discussions of netizens, "Charlotte Troubles," which had remained mysterious all along, finally released a trailer.

Strictly speaking, this video could not even be considered a trailer.

It was seen that Luo Mo Studio and the official film blog for "Charlotte Troubles" released the video at the same time.

And they also included the caption: 【A film related to songs】.

These few sparse words were actually enough to arouse everyone's intense interest.

"Related to songs?"

"After dominating the music scene, he's going to film a movie related to songs?"

"What's up, filming an autobiography?"

"No wonder so much information about the songs was changed; they inexplicably became soundtrack songs."

Many people guessed that these songs would probably be sung by someone in the movie.

So, is it filming a talent show?

Or is the protagonist chasing their own dream of being a Singer?

But this is a Comedy!

I get it—an inspirational Comedy about chasing dreams!

That works, it's very innovative and quite interesting!

If this were on Earth, everyone might instantly think of a "masterpiece"—"Dreaming of the Entertainment Industry."

The netizens of Blue Star opened the trailer full of curiosity.

In the video, several large characters were slammed down at the very beginning: A film related to songs.

Then, the large characters that appeared next were the names of individuals, accompanied by dynamic footage of these people Singing.

"Li Ge!"

"Wei Ran!"

"......"

"Chen Luo!"

"Xu Chujing!"

"Luo Mo!"

With the appearance of these names, the eyes of the netizens grew brighter and brighter.

Holy crap! They're all big shots in the music scene!

Little did they know, the final large characters to appear were—【None of the above are the lead Actors】.

"Fuck!"

"Do you want to try being cheeky with me again?"

"Damn it, believe it or not, I'll cut you!"

The audience felt their emotions had been deceived.

So it turns out this group of people isn't in the movie at all.

Isn't this just messing with us?

If they didn't come to act, why did you put these names out there?

Next, the video began to seriously explain the real information.

For example: 【Screenwriter: Luo Mo】, 【Director: Wang Rong】, etc.

After introducing these, the audience's emotions began to gradually calm down.

Regardless of anything else, the production team is still very luxurious.

—Produced by Luo Mo, it must be a high-quality product.

Next, they should finally tell us which real Actors are starring in the film, right?

Sure enough, one Actor's name after another appeared very quickly.

First the supporting roles, then the lead Actors.

"Huh, Zhuo Ying is in it; the character she plays is named Qiu Ya? That sounds quite nice."

"I've always felt Zhuo Ying is a pity; she has the looks, she has the figure, and her acting isn't bad, but she just isn't popular."

"Whoa! I'm a fan of her 'ball' skills!"

"I didn't expect her to act in a Luo Mo film; it looks like the spring of her career is coming."

Zhuo Ying started out as a model, and during her time as a model, she accumulated a large number of fans because she was tall and slender, yet also... fruitful.

Later, by chance, she threw herself into the film industry, and in the blink of an eye, several years have passed, and her development has been very average.

This woman can be pure, and she can also be a dominant queen.

Relying on different makeup, hairstyles, and clothing, she can display different sides of herself.

She is an extremely rare... two-faced bombshell.

The character Qiu Ya is relatively shy and naive during her student days, but later on, she changes.

Luo Mo felt she was exceptionally suited for this role.

In the video, when the name Xu Wai appeared, even more viewers expressed their anticipation.

Xu Wai's "Making a Name for Oneself" is currently the highest-grossing Comedy film this year.

Hmm, its word-of-mouth and ratings are also the best.

Everyone had seen the news of him joining the cast at the very beginning, and now they just thought: "Sure enough, he is the lead!"

But this state of mind didn't last long; in the video, another name unexpectedly popped up—Liu Gongming.

"Who is Liu Gongming?"

"Holy crap, Sixth Senior Brother!?"

"Don't know him, who is this?"

"I'm already starting to laugh, damn it."

Up to this point, the introduction of the Actors in the video officially ended.

At the very end of the video, only two large characters appeared—【Rebirth】.

For a moment, a large portion of the netizens watching this video were completely confused.

"Rebirth genre?"

"I like it, I like this subject matter!"

"No, who is Liu Gongming!"

"I'm baffled."

Some people's ultimate focus was on the subject matter.

And for others, the focus was on the name 【Liu Gongming】.

Looking at the order, this name appeared last, even later than Xu Wai.

From this, it can be seen that he is the male lead, and Xu Wai is the second male lead.

Some netizens knew that Luo Mo had a Sixth Senior Brother named Liu Gongming.

He had been somewhat famous on the internet before, considered a minor internet celebrity.

Luo Mo had played the suona during the "Creating Idols" period, and he had also recorded videos of himself playing the suona.

Later, after Luo Mo became a big hit, he would occasionally interact with him online.

This caused the Sixth Senior Brother to go from a minor internet celebrity to a major one.

People who have watched his videos have a uniform impression of him: "This person is very funny."

Yes, sometimes he is clearly not trying to be funny, but you will just burst out laughing at him.

Of course, if they are a bit older and interested in Opera, they might have even more understanding of him.

When mentioning Liu Gongming, their first reaction is—a famous Opera star from Beijing!

Yes, the Sixth Senior Brother had once been a star.

And among all the fellow disciples, his momentum was the strongest at the time, and his popularity was the highest.

He was even once hailed as the successor to Tong Qinglin!

However, with so many people on the internet paying attention to this movie, surely not everyone would recognize Liu Gongming.

It is very normal not to know him.

This caused the voice in the hearts of a large number of netizens to be: "Who is this person?"

……..

……..

A somewhat confusing trailer pushed "Charlotte Troubles" to second on the Hot Search.

And the number one entry on the Hot Search was: Who is Liu Gongming.

Under the "popular science" of many netizens, everyone gradually gained a certain understanding of this slightly chubby man.

There are many labels that can be attached to him.

"【The funny internet celebrity who refuses to admit he is a funny internet celebrity.】"

"【A former star.】"

"【Luo Mo's Sixth Senior Brother.】"

"【The man who taught Luo Mo to play the suona.】"

"【The man who taught Luo Mo to dance with a sword.】"

Judging from these, this man seems extraordinary.

He even looks like a…….. treasure boy?

Humorous, knows Yueqi, knows martial arts……. these things, at first glance, are actually quite attractive.

It's just a pity that if you say he's funny, he'll get anxious with you.

The Yueqi he knows is the suona, and he plays it with all his might, with his face all wrinkled up.

As for dancing with a sword—better not mention it!

Of course, what draws the most attention is definitely his relationship with Luo Mo.

Some people are quite looking forward to it.

But what follows will inevitably be a large wave of skepticism.

"Does this count as bringing capital into the cast?"

Luo Mo is not just the screenwriter; he is also an investor.

"Xu Wai is already considered quite popular; it's really miserable for him to play a supporting role."

Xu Wai himself actually had no emotions, but the netizens' habit of getting angry on behalf of others flared up again.

Many people even started discussing a question: On the gap between those with and without a background in the entertainment industry.

Look at Xu Wai, step by step, his acting is not bad, his appearance is not bad, and it was so hard for him to finally get popular, only to go and play a supporting role for someone else's senior brother.

"Xu Wai is still an actor signed under Luo Mo Studio, sigh!"

"If it's the boss's words, can you not listen?"

"Laughing to death, whatever the boss tells you to do, you have to do!"

"God, I hate these people who buy their way into a production or have sky-high connections!"

At first, these voices of doubt were still within a small circle.

After all, many people have a natural sense of trust in Luo Mo.

Before he smashed his own golden signboard, most people who had a bias for him would choose to let the bullets fly for a while, not rushing to curse.

However, don't forget, Luo Mo has countless enemies.

What's more, this movie is scheduled for August, so it will have many natural competitors.

Luo Mo has moved too many people's cheese, to the point that many people view him as a thorn in their side.

When he had no black spots, many people would create them out of thin air, forcibly fabricating some dirt on him.

Now, with such a rare opportunity, could they let it go?

Furthermore, these days, marketing accounts on the internet have no bottom line when it comes to gaining traffic.

In order to grab eyeballs, marketing accounts use whatever gimmick they can find.

This caused internet trolls to slowly start appearing online.

Some marketing accounts with no small number of followers also started to jump in and stir the pot.

In Beijing, when Director Tian Ou saw the many messages on the internet, he laughed so brightly.

"Charlotte Troubles" is set for August; whether Charlotte is troubled or not he doesn't know, but Tian Ou is annoyed to death!

"Is he targeting me?" Director Tian even started to develop persecutory delusions.

Relax, how would Luo Mo specifically target you? Your "Car King 3" just happened to be covered by it.

Just as Director Tian was at a loss, he never expected that his opponent—had become weaker!

My god, with Luo Mo as screenwriter and Wang Rong as director, what kind of Comedy actors couldn't they find?

He actually, in order to promote his own senior brother, let his senior brother be the male lead!

This kind of thing, Tian Ou at least couldn't do it.

Promoting someone is no problem.

But you can't promote them like this.

Wouldn't it be better to let him play a supporting role first?

Even playing the second male lead would be fine, let Xu Wai be the male lead.

"Hahaha, heaven helps me!" Tian Ou's confidence increased instantly.

The enemy has become weaker, rounding it up, it equals—I have become stronger!

The strong Tian Ou naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity to kick someone while they're down.

With so many people stirring the pot on the internet now, it's clearly multiple capitals jumping in.

With it being so lively, how could I be missing?

It's just that, after being disciplined by Luo Mo so many times, unless his brain was kicked by a donkey, he wouldn't jump in personally.

Just doing some small tricks behind the scenes is enough!

In Tian Ou's view, if this matter blows up during this time period, it might even, to a certain extent, affect the box office of "Sheep Without a Shepherd".

Regarding this point, Luo Mo is actually not worried at all.

He had long anticipated that this situation would occur.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have specifically instructed the entire crew during the filming of "Charlotte Troubles" to keep things as mysterious as possible.

All of this was to ensure that everyone would find out later that the male lead was Liu Gongming.

It's just that the movie has now entered the promotional stage, so there is no reason to keep the cast list hidden anymore.

Regarding the whole incident, Luo Mo was not that worried.

What he was more concerned about was actually the state of mind of Liu Shixiong.

After calling Liu Shixiong, he realized how unnecessary his concern was.

Liu Shixiong's mental state is inherently different from ordinary people, that's the first point.

As for the second... having finally returned from the crew, his girlfriend, who is a fitness coach, started dragging him to do exercises every day again.

Yoga pants with a hole cut in them, who can withstand that?

Liu Gongming was initially happy in the midst of it.

As time went on, he already wanted to ask his junior brother when they would go to promote the movie and run the Roadshow.

As everyone knows, once a man "internalizes" too severely, he will be absent-minded, listless, and unable to muster any spirit for anything.

If it were before, Liu Shixiong would have said: "What! They are cursing me on the internet!? And cursing the junior brother along with me?"

Now, Liu Shixiong is almost becoming a Buddha.

Regarding this, Luo Mo actually found it quite interesting, and praised in his heart: "Well done!"

Truly, well done!

Since Liu Shixiong's state of mind was not affected, Luo Mo would have even less to worry about.

When he was free, he would even watch how others were smearing him.

Sure enough, these haters gradually figured out a new routine.

They decided to start from the persona of Luo Mo in the eyes of the Masses!

Luo Mo never deliberately established any persona, but starting from "Creating Idols", he has been, either actively or forced, struggling against capital.

Subsequently, as he became increasingly popular and his commercial value grew, the confrontation with capital kept escalating due to conflicts of interest.

He has now, in fact, also become capital himself.

It is just that he is different from others.

But now, it is different.

Luo Mo has also started to forcibly promote people, started to use connections, started to use the tactic of bringing capital into the production team, and started to act without regard for anything.

In summary, their criticism is—Luo Mo has changed!

There are also many people saying that everything in the past was merely because he was still climbing upward.

Now, Luo Mo has climbed high enough.

He stands much higher than the former Pineapple boss, Wang Shisong.

Therefore, his mindset and his style of doing things will naturally change.

Some people are even clearly writing hit pieces, yet they are skilled at writing seemingly rational words to cover up the fact that they are not writing hit pieces: "It is understandable; people are all like this. This is human nature."

One's position determines one's perspective, after all.

When you sit in a different position, what you think and do will simply be different.

In the past, he was merely instinctively resisting capital.

"There is a saying that seems very appropriate for the current Luo Mo."

——"The dragon-slaying youth eventually becomes the Evil dragon!"

(PS: The editor said to add a 【Update Notice】 note: This chapter was updated on the afternoon of August 8th; the next chapter should be before 8:00 PM on August 9th.)

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