Chapter 689: Cultural Export of

When a person is so formidable that others suspect they are a reborn soul, it shows just how overflowing with talent they are.

On Earth, similar discussions have also occurred.

Not to mention the ancients, the most famous is certainly Wang Mang, whom many say is a suspected time-traveler.

As for the modern entertainment industry, Li Zongsheng and Zhou Jielun are the most discussed.

The former makes whoever he supports famous; a former poor student who suddenly transformed, not only writing songs that are incredibly Ox, but also possessing a keen eye for talent.

As for the latter, that is because he pioneered a new era.

On Blue Star, after the release of Charlotte Troubles, the discussions about Luo Mo never ceased.

As for him personally, during this period, apart from burying his head in writing scripts and working on new projects, he spent the rest of his time on the post-production of The Wandering Earth.

Peerless, written for Hua Jiaqun, can be considered Luo Mo's attempt at the Cantonese-language market.

If things go smoothly, he will consider stepping in himself to film some masterpieces.

Giving this script to Hua Jiaqun is actually quite appropriate.

On Earth, the filming journey of Peerless was very bumpy.

In 2008, there was an outline.

It wasn't until 2011 that the script was finished.

Then it was discovered that writing it was useless.

The entire process of making counterfeit money was laid out in the open; just getting the Approval Certificate took 3 years.

After getting the Approval Certificate, it was discovered that it was still useless.

The film required a large investment, the subject matter was sensitive, and the risk was high, so the big shots were unwilling to invest.

It must be said that this person, Zhuang Wenqiang, is quite stubborn in some aspects.

Under these circumstances, he refused to delete or modify the content or remove some high-cost scenes; no matter how the Producer tried to persuade him, he would not compromise.

Just like that, another 3 years passed.

Hmm, a real-life version of "three years after three years"...

By 2017, this project, which had been conceived in 2011, finally officially started filming.

In fact, before filming began, they also encountered trouble.

That was—casting!

The person Zhuang Wenqiang found at the beginning was the Heavenly King Guo.

Although Heavenly King Guo read the script six times before he understood that every lead actor played two roles, he was still attracted by the script and immediately agreed.

But after he agreed to play the male lead, a big problem arose instead.

In the movie, who should play the Painter, Li Fusheng?

This character must, in every appearance within the film's plot, completely crush the male lead, the character Li Wen, in every aspect.

He must have a very strong aura!

In the end, Heavenly King Guo thought of one person—Fa Ge!

So, the problem arose.

Fa Ge had actually been in a semi-retired state for a long time; the probability of running into him while hiking might be higher than the probability of seeing him on television.

Zhuang Wenqiang immediately stated that he didn't have the ability to find Fa Ge; who knows where he is traveling or hiking?

In the end, it was Heavenly King Guo who contacted Fa Ge through his agent.

On Blue Star, Luo Mo does not have much contact with the big names in Hong Kong.

This is not a question of whether he can find suitable actors; it is that if the process is tortuous, it will be very troublesome and a waste of time.

But Hua Jiaqun is different.

He is a veteran Hong Kong star himself and is also the president of the Hong Kong Film Workers Association.

Having him handle some of the work could not be more appropriate.

Luo Mo needs him to pave the way, and he needs Luo Mo's creative work.

In fact, it can also be considered a win-win.

……..

……..

The hot month of August is already nearing its end.

Next, if there are no surprises, it will be September, with no intention of cooling down at all.

On August 26th, the cumulative total box office of Charlotte Troubles had already reached 2.913 billion.

In this day and age, for a Comedy to still take in such a terrifying box office, it is truly a bit scary.

What is even more absurd is that the Sixth Shixiong, Liu Gongming, has gained an extra honor.

—The first Newcomer to star in a film and achieve such a box office!

Yes, looking at the entire Huaxia entertainment industry on Blue Star, there is no other Newcomer film actor who has taken on the role of the first male or female lead for the first time and achieved such a high box office.

Of course, in this regard, the Sixth Shixiong should properly thank his Little Shidi.

The character Lv Shouyi, played by Luo Mo in Dying to Survive, was the second male lead.

This matter has once again caused a sensation within the industry and on the internet.

Some of the previous smear articles have also become very ridiculous because of this.

You were all questioning Liu Gongming, but in the end, his comedic effect was maxed out, and the box office is about to break 3 billion.

And although Xu Wai, who played Yuan Hua, was the second male lead, because this character was so deeply rooted in people's hearts and so prominently portrayed, his popularity also skyrocketed.

If he were to walk around the streets now, the number of people calling him Yuan Hua would definitely be far greater than those calling him Xu Wai.

As for the song "A Spray of Plum Blossoms," before it was on the Spring Festival Gala, Luo Mo had already told Xu Wai that it was tailor-made for the Yuan Hua he played.

At this moment, they were truly and completely bound together.

Now when Xu Wai goes to participate in variety shows to promote "Charlotte Troubles," he doesn't need to do anything at all; he just needs to stand there, and then play a segment of "A Spray of Plum Blossoms," and everyone will burst out laughing.

Tong Shu even jokingly remarked on Weibo that this song no longer feels like it belongs to him, but to Xu Wai.

After the Spring Festival Gala ended, "A Spray of Plum Blossoms" was already a hit.

And with the release of "Charlotte Troubles," "A Spray of Plum Blossoms" stayed on the Hot Song Chart for nearly another month, becoming even more popular.

In reality, many people in the country do not yet know that this song... has already become a hit abroad!

Finland, the capital Helsinki.

A well-known Blue Star Huaxia content creator, Gou Ge, got off the plane.

Back during the "Sword Fairy" period, because he was tormented by Luo Mo's drama, he vowed that if he watched it again he would be a dog, and then he became a huge hit on the internet.

Who would have thought that this brave man who dared to Dog Barking was really, as the rumors said, a rich second generation.

Therefore, he didn't even need to stay in a hotel on this trip to Finland.

His family has houses there!

After getting into a car at the airport, Gou Ge had intended to take a short nap.

But when the song in the car automatically played the next track, he suddenly opened his eyes, and his whole body nearly jolted up.

"Holy crap! 'A Spray of Plum Blossoms'?" he couldn't help but shout wildly in his heart.

Gou Ge looked at the driver with a puzzled expression, confirming that he was a foreigner.

However, Gou Ge soon felt relieved.

"It's just a song, it's normal to have some foreign listeners."

"Don't we also listen to English songs, Korean songs, and Japanese songs?" he thought to himself.

He glanced at the driver from the corner of his eye, wondering why his expression was so sorrowful.

It was as if this song had touched his point of depression.

In the country, everyone hears "A Spray of Plum Blossoms" and laughs happily.

"Sigh, suddenly I'm not crying anymore," Gou Ge said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

He had been about to fall asleep just now, but a segment of the intro made a large number of classic scenes from the movie flash through his mind instantly, and he was just short of blurting out that line: "Yuan Hua, don't call me again in the future, I'm afraid Charlotte will misunderstand."

Since he wasn't sleeping anymore, and there were still over twenty minutes left in the journey, he was idle anyway, so he wanted to go to a foreign music website to see how the Finnish people evaluated "A Spray of Plum Blossoms."

He certainly couldn't understand the comment section, but he could use a translator!

Then, he was completely dumbfounded.

"On this Spotify Finland Chart, 'A Spray of Plum Blossoms' is actually ranked second?" Gou Ge was completely stunned.

"Norway Chart, Sweden Chart, New Zealand Chart... it's also ranked in the top three!"

"Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap!"

"Unprecedented!"

Gou Ge had never heard of any Huaxia song that had aggressively climbed the charts in multiple Northern European countries with such a posture.

At first, he even wondered if Luo Mo Studio was ambitious and wanted to develop the overseas market, so they spent money to boost the charts.

As it turned out, no matter how he searched, he couldn't find anything.

"Zero promotion, zero marketing, zero chart-boosting, and it's a pure Chinese song, yet it actually rushed into the top three in multiple countries!?" Gou Ge suddenly felt his scalp tingle.

Then, he realized in hindsight: "So, me hearing this song in the car wasn't a low-probability event; it's because it really has exploded in popularity in Finland?"

All of this made him feel incredible.

Immediately after, he realized: "As a content creator, isn't this material right here!"

He felt he had to figure out the cause and effect! Understand why this song became a hit overseas, and then make a video!

And the speed must be fast!

Although "Charlotte Troubles" also had its key extended for a month, the box office growth in the first month of release is definitely much higher than in the second month.

"Maybe I can even help Luo Mo!" Gou Ge thought to himself.

Originally, he was quite exhausted after getting off the plane, but as a result, he pulled an all-nighter.

Fortunately, everything was not in vain; he not only figured out the cause and effect, but the video was also almost finished.

It turns out that it was just a funny-looking internet celebrity from Northern Europe who stood in the snow and, using broken Chinese, sang the line: "Snowflakes drifting, North wind whistling."

Very funny, very catchy.

But at first, everyone actually didn't know what he was humming.

They just purely thought it was silly.

Then, many foreigners began to feel curious about what he was humming.

Following the trail, they found this song, "A Spray of Plum Blossoms."

After understanding the meaning of the lyrics through translation, the foreigners... were amazed!

Holy crap, it's written with such feeling!

But in reality, they couldn't understand the artistic conception within it.

For example, what Plum Blossom represents.

So, they thought they understood, but in fact, they didn't fully understand.

However, I don't care!

It just reached my spiritual world directly!

And why did it become a hit in Northern European countries first?

The reason is very simple, it snows here all the time...

Good heavens, the sense of immersion is right there.

However, Gou Ge gradually discovered that these foreigners seemed to have a... slightly excessive misunderstanding of this song, "Yi Jian Mei"?

Over here, decadent culture is still relatively popular.

"But this song actually has nothing to do with decadence!" Gou Ge was speechless.

He searched for some short videos online and was almost choked with laughter by these foreigners.

One by one, they wore masks of pain, depressed to the extreme, singing there: "Snowflakes drifting, North wind whistling."

"If this were back in our Huaxia, it would never be like this; everyone would only think of Tong Shu's stunning Spring Festival Gala stage, and Yuan Hua from Charlotte Troubles." Gou Ge laughed.

He went to flip through the song's comment section, and after using a translator to translate the comments into Chinese, he almost burst out laughing.

When recording his video, Gou Ge read the comments out loud while laughing.

"The feeling of this song is like three o'clock in the morning... pfft! Taking a... pfft! Taking a sip of ice-cold water! Hahahaha!"

"This comment has over 4,000 likes."

"And there's more, there are actually people saying this song is suitable to play during the end of the world, hahahaha."

"This comment also has over 3,000 likes."

It's a good thing this is Blue Star; if this were on Earth, wouldn't that just be playing "Yi Jian Mei" after Thanos snapped his fingers in Avengers?

Later on, Gou Ge was no longer limited to searching for material on music platforms and short video platforms.

Because he highly suspected that it might have already gone viral, and even become a popular meme over here.

You don't know until you search, and once you search, you get a shock!

Sure enough, everything was just as Gou Ge had expected!

The captions for many memes were all: 【XUEHUAPIAOPIAO, BEIFENGXIAOXIAO】.

Its status in the Northern European meme world, Earthlings might understand it better, is roughly comparable to that phrase: "The human world is not worth it."

As Gou Ge searched further, he felt that Northern European netizens were also quite talented.

After this lyric went viral, the context also became diversified.

Usage context one: 【Expressing despair】.

This is very easy to understand.

The memes paired with this phrase are all the kind where you just bought an ice cream, haven't even taken a bite, and it falls on the ground, or you've been cheated on, and so on.

Of course, there are also many foreigners suffering from late-night depression, and once it gets to the dead of night, they are all kinds of depressed.

Usage context two: 【Expressing disdain】.

Someone complains to you, and you reply with: "XUEHUAPIAOPIAO, BEIFENGXIAOXIAO."

Gou Ge was also puzzled by the Northern European train of thought, but many people just use it that way.

It's a bit like our... 【Is that it】?

Usage context three: 【Universal reply】.

When you don't know what to reply, our Snowflakes drifting, North wind whistling is all you need!

There were many other messy usage contexts, which Gou Ge also organized.

"So, has all of Northern Europe become Yuan Hua-fied?" This thought popped up in Gou Ge's mind.

It's just that we all laugh at Yuan Hua, but you all think you are Yuan Hua?

The only thing he regrets now is that when he took a car from the airport, he didn't record the driver playing "Yi Jian Mei".

At that time, he didn't think he could use this matter to make an episode of a video.

After completely finishing the video, Gou Ge watched it three times repeatedly.

Immediately after, he realized: "I'm here for a vacation, not to work!"

At this thought, 【Snowflakes drifting, North wind whistling】 suddenly started playing in his mind too.

"It's over! I've been infected!"

He watched the video again to make sure there were no problems.

However, it was still too early to upload now; he had to post the video according to domestic time.

Gou Ge, like some people, belongs to the type who might have been sleepy, but after staying up, they are no longer sleepy and are even full of energy.

This state of a "liver emperor" is especially like the flash of brilliance before a person dies.

"Since I'm so energetic now, why not play a game?"

Gou Ge chose the European server to spar with some foreigners.

During the hero selection stage, he heard human voices coming from the computer.

Two foreign teammates had their mics on.

The final result was that the lineup chosen by the opposite side was very counter to theirs.

"This match is hard to play; the lineup is countered," Gou Ge said in his heart.

Then, he heard one of the foreigners with their mic on suddenly wail like a ghost.

"Snow—flakes drifting!"

They started singing at the drop of a hat!

What was even more outrageous was that the other foreign teammate with their mic on actually joined the chorus immediately: "North wind whistling—!"

Gou Ge: "........"

Crazy, this world must be crazy.

In the end, this game was indeed lost.

But Gou Ge was not annoyed at all; instead, he felt very happy.

He even deliberately sold out his teammates a few times, and in several team fights, he was also acting there.

——A veteran Actor.

Gou Ge was not intentionally trying to disgust foreign netizens; he was simply wondering if, after losing, these two Bosses who turned on their mics would sing "A Spray of Plum Blossoms" again?

What bad intentions could Gou Ge possibly have? He just wanted to hear some Singing.

As it turned out—this singing voice, just as you wished!

"No, I have to add this personal experience into the video too!"

Gou Ge stopped sleeping again and continued to pull an all-nighter.

After everything was finished, he saw that the time back home was about right, so he decisively posted the video simultaneously on Bilibili and Weibo.

(PS: Dramatization is not distortion; "A Spray of Plum Blossoms" was incredibly popular abroad in 2020. Requesting monthly votes.)

Per the editor's Requirement, continuing the 【Update Preview】: This chapter was updated on August 16th at 17:07; the next chapter is expected before 8 PM tomorrow.)

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