Chapter 692: 《Let the Bullets Fly》 and 《Charlotte Troubles》

"Let the Bullets Fly?" Xu Chujing read the name, finding it somewhat interesting.

"If you hadn't told me it was a Comedy, I would have thought it was a war movie or a police-and-thief film," Xu Chujing said with a smile.

Luo Mo heard this and said, "The police-and-thief part is half right—the 'thief' part, that is."

He didn't mind Xu Chujing sitting to the side watching him work, and just like that, he began to tap on the keyboard.

Although the movie Let the Bullets Fly is classified as a Comedy, it is different from the vast majority of comedies.

There are simply too many metaphors in this film.

On a certain review site that is notoriously stingy with ratings for domestic films, this movie holds a rating as high as 9.0, the same score as Dying to Survive.

It has its own commercial side.

You don't need to overthink it; just watch it simply, and you will still find the movie quite interesting.

The number of memes left behind by this movie can be said to be endless; it is yet another film that is a king of memes.

Many people's attitude toward this movie is: "Apply for heritage status! Hurry up and apply for heritage status!"

On Earth, the in-depth analyses of this movie are as numerous as the hairs on an Ox.

Some people, after watching it, feel it is over-interpreted.

Some people, after watching it, feel it is truly a masterpiece.

It must be said that Jiang Wen is a director with a very distinct personality.

Some things deep in his bones are different from most people.

Admittedly, this film must be combined with a certain historical background.

But as mentioned before, the history on Blue Star has many commonalities with that on Earth, especially modern history and the years of Huaxia's rapid development that followed.

Otherwise, the broadcast of That Year Those Rabbits would not have brought about so much emotion.

Some things are merely happening in a parallel universe, done by a different group of people with different names.

Of course, there are definitely differences in history, as these are two different worlds after all.

Therefore, when writing the script, Luo Mo would also stop from time to time to think for a long while.

But soon, an idea sprouted in his heart.

"In this way, some lines and some events might have different interpretations on Blue Star than they did on Earth."

For example, on Earth, the ten horses pulling the carriage in the movie all have interpretations.

On Blue Star, would Film Critics be unable to provide an interpretation for this scene?

It is equally possible.

This uncertainty strangely made Luo Mo feel a bit excited.

Because since he started making movies, he hadn't really experienced this feeling.

Of course, some places still need to be modified. But haven't all the Blue Star versions Luo Mo produced had modifications?

Just like that, while writing, Luo Mo suddenly thought of something.

"A movie like this should be the kind of movie Director Li Dongliang most wants to make, right?" he thought to himself.

It's just a pity that this Director Li can only focus on using metaphors and pretending to be profound, but the movie is truly unwatchable and completely incomprehensible.

Who knows, maybe after watching the movie, Li Dongliang will slap his thigh and shout, "Ah, yes, yes, yes! This is the effect I wanted every time I made a movie!"

"Then I'll teach you a lesson," Luo Mo smiled.

………

………

On the other side, Wang Rong had already returned home.

He had just attended a gathering within the circle.

Nowadays, he is naturally the focus among a group of people, the object of everyone's flattery.

With the massive hits of Dying to Survive, Misleading Kill, and Charlotte Troubles, Wang Rong's status in the circle has risen along with the tide.

You must know, he now has a title—【Billion Box Office Best Actor】!

Dying to Survive and Misleading Kill combined already total over seven billion.

Now, even the big-shot investors have to treat Wang Rong with great hospitality when they see him.

After all, his current Box Office Appeal is very high; whether he is acting as a director or as the male lead, he can trigger the audience's anticipation.

A total of 11 people came to the gathering, each harboring their own ulterior motives, with an average of 800 Heart Eyes each.

Someone saw that Wang Rong was a divorced bachelor and wanted to "play cards" with him.

Someone wanted to invest in his film projects.

Someone wanted to use him to board Luo Mo's big ship...

But who is Wang Rong?

He has his own way of handling interpersonal relationships.

And he knows very well that the value of all these people in front of him combined probably doesn't compare to the new film script Luo Mo sent.

It's just that by the time he returned home, he was already a bit tipsy.

Wang Rong was currently at a critical point of wanting to vomit but being unable to, so he simply... poured a few more large gulps of the liquor he had at home.

After vomiting on the toilet, Wang Rong felt he could fight for another three hundred rounds.

It must be said that some gods of the drinking table come back to life after vomiting.

While some lightweights only end up vomiting until they are weaklings.

After rinsing his mouth, Wang Rong went to the study, and while drinking honey water, he downloaded the script sent by Luo Mo into a folder.

Inside this folder were all the scripts Wang Rong had received.

Of course, there were also ones he had written himself.

That film from back then, *Million Diamonds*, was impressively among them, though it was unlikely to ever see the day of production.

"Compared to Luo Mo's script, the one I wrote is... embarrassing!" Wang Rong thought to himself.

Wang Rong found the title of the new film quite interesting: *Hello Mr. Billionaire*.

The name of this city was a pun, and the two words "Billionaire" made him even more curious.

Wang Rong first took a look at the synopsis.

"This film tells the story of Wang Duoyu, a goalkeeper for a Class C amateur soccer team, who is fired after a match loss but unexpectedly comes into a large fortune, triggering a series of hilarious events."

"Tsk, same old, can't tell much just from the synopsis." Wang Rong took a sip of honey water and began to read the script in earnest.

He even adjusted to a comfortable position, so that if he fell asleep under the lingering effects of the alcohol, he wouldn't be uncomfortable.

Since Luo Mo had said that the male lead would still be played by Liu Shixiong, while reading the script, Wang Rong substituted Liu Gongming's wrinkled face and his voice into everything concerning the male lead.

The first scene of the script had the male lead, Wang Duoyu, say:

"The profession of a goalkeeper is one where the older you get, the more 'demonic' you become."

"I wonder which leader of your esteemed team picked me, this old demon, out of the vast sea of people at a single glance?"

As soon as Wang Rong imagined Liu Gongming saying these words... he started laughing!

"Although I'm 37, because I matured quite late, I am fortunately at the peak of my physical condition right now."

"Plus my youthful mindset, I have the confidence to keep playing until I'm 60!"

Wang Rong thought again of that fleshy, wrinkled face saying these words, and started laughing again.

Now, as he read the script, his mind was filled with that fleshy, wrinkled face.

It was as if his mind was plastered with headshots of Liu Shixiong, Liu Gongming.

Mr. Jin, sitting across from Wang Duoyu, said: "Wang Duoyu, I actually know you very well."

"You have 20 years of experience, have long been drifting through Class C teams, and were once banned for two years for biting someone during a match."

"During those two years, you played for the women's soccer team."

Wang Rong laughed again; this scene definitely had to be filmed—Liu Gongming was going to cross-dress!

"You worked in Japanese cuisine," Mr. Jin continued.

The script explicitly pointed out that "worked in Japanese cuisine" here didn't mean becoming a chef, but rather turning himself... into a dish of Japanese cuisine!

Perhaps you have heard of *nyotaimori*.

"I want to film this!" Wang Rong slapped his thigh hard.

Mr. Jin continued: "You even went to be a nude model."

At this moment, Wang Duoyu began to recall his experience as a nude model.

Seeing him get an erection while half-asleep, the art teacher immediately reminded him to suppress the "gun," saying in a low voice: "Please control yourself."

Wang Duoyu immediately covered himself, embarrassed: "Sorry, I stayed up too late watching soccer last night."

Mr. Jin looked at the Wang Duoyu in front of him and said: "Within the limits of the law, you have developed your body to the extreme."

"Pfft—!" Wang Rong couldn't hold it back this time and burst out laughing.

"Good, this scene is good!"

"Liu Gongming is going to have to make a huge sacrifice to film this movie!" Wang Rong was amused.

Moreover, this kind of clever, humorous dialogue was what Wang Rong admired most about Luo Mo's comedy scripts.

Immediately after, Wang Duoyu performed a display of his professional skills as a goalkeeper for Mr. Jin.

Naturally, it was—terrible as hell.

Mr. Jin looked at him and said: "To be honest, I never intended to sign you."

He wanted to give Wang Duoyu 200,000 to let in three goals in his match the day after tomorrow.

"Tsk, is this satirizing reality?" Wang Rong thought.

In the end, Wang Duoyu refused him.

On the field, he defended the goal with all his might.

The story switched scenes here, recalling what Wang Duoyu had said to Mr. Jin.

"A goalkeeper guards the bottom line of the soccer field."

"As long as I am still standing in front of the bottom line, none of you will get a single ball past me."

In the next scene, amidst Wang Duoyu's smug, arrogant expression... the ball went in!

After one match, Wang Duoyu's Daxiang Team had conceded five goals, ending with a 0:5 score.

My sportsmanship is fine, but... my ability just doesn't allow it!

The script even specifically wrote that the extras should shout in unison when the match ended: "Fixed match, fixed match, fixed match!"

Wang Rong imagined this scene and laughed again.

"What fixed match! Can't you just allow us to be purely incompetent?" He laughed and talked to himself in the study, still fueled by the alcohol.

Wang Duoyu was about to faint.

As a result, someone from the opposing team came over to help him up.

"Thanks," he said, a bit dazed.

Immediately after, the people from the opposing team picked him up, and while celebrating, tossed him into the air and caught him firmly.

—"Hero"!

You deserve great credit for being able to kick a 5:0 today!

Wang Rong was first amused, then suddenly felt the logic was wrong.

Although he was reading the script after drinking, he was, after all, an old hand in the entertainment industry and immediately spotted the contradiction.

"If this Wang Duoyu and the Daxiang Team are so terrible, why would this Mr. Jin give them 200,000?"

"Although such a Reversal can make the comedic points denser, it's a bit untenable."

Wang Rong shook his head, feeling he was being a bit too harsh; it was a Comedy, after all, and sometimes for the sake of comedic effect, one has to discard some rationality.

This place is already called Xihong City, and you're talking to me about rationality?

The development of the story is that Wang Duoyu's teammate and good buddy Zhuang Qiang comes to his house to find him.

Wang Duoyu is fixing a lightbulb, but he thinks he has lost the will to live and is going to hang himself.

In the car, he consoles him: "Duoyu, you should also try to look on the bright side."

"Those who think you threw the game are just a small handful of people in society who don't understand football."

"Everyone on our team trusts you deeply; they just think you lack the ability," Zhuang Qiang said.

How did he end up saying his inner thoughts out loud?

He really is a sincere friend who speaks from the heart.

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Wang Duoyu asked.

"Back then, you stood up for me and bit someone, getting yourself suspended; I remember that favor. You don't need to worry about the coach later; with my Face, it's impossible for him to fire you."

The camera cuts to the coach.

"Let's part on good terms; come back and visit when you have time. The coach isn't someone who holds a grudge," the coach said.

These words easily remind one of Teacher Wang in Charlotte Troubles.

"Coach, I swear I absolutely did not throw the game!" Wang Duoyu said with intense emotion.

He had faced the temptation of a full 200,000 and held firm to his bottom line; what an incredibly difficult thing that was.

As for the final result, well, I didn't do that on purpose!

"None of that matters anymore; whether you threw the game or not, you deserve this outcome," the coach said.

——His words are so hurtful, but I really want to laugh.

Wang Duoyu feels that the team can't even train without a goalkeeper.

As it turns out, there is a dog sitting in front of the goal that guards it more accurately than he does.

Zhuang Qiang is so angry he smashes the disposable cup in his hand onto the ground and says viciously: "Coach, you've gone too far!"

"Wang Duoyu must stay today!" Zhuang Qiang says aggressively: "If he leaves, I'm quitting too."

The coach's expression freezes for a moment, then gradually becomes very spectacular.

"Hmph—, it's a deal!" the coach says.

The smile on his face is impossible to suppress; he is so happy he is about to clap his hands.

"Double happiness! Hahaha hi hahaha hi!"

Wang Rong is amused again.

Immediately after, a thought pops into his mind.

"I kind of want to play this coach."

As the Drama progresses, Wang Rong realizes that the so-called request for him to fix a game was merely a test from Mr. Jin.

Wang Duoyu's grandfather actually had a younger brother, which is his... Second Granduncle.

This person had a falling out with the family years ago, ran off to Baodao, and then left behind a multi-billion inheritance.

Wang Duoyu is his sole heir.

He wants Wang Duoyu to spend one billion within a month.

If he can do it, he can inherit Second Granduncle's 30 billion estate.

Of course, there are rules on how to spend the money; it must be spent within the scope allowed by the rules.

Seeing this, Wang Rong knows the movie is starting to get to the main point.

At the same time, he finds it very novel and very satisfying.

"Holy crap, the mission is actually to spend money?"

"And the amount is one billion?"

"What kind of god-tier satisfying film is this!"

The previous movie was about being reborn as a literary plagiarist.

At least that still required working to earn money, writing songs, Singing, and recording variety shows.

Good heavens, this one just drops a 30 billion inheritance from the sky!

Wang Rong knows very well, looking at the entertainment industry, how many people have assets exceeding 30 billion?

He knows very well that this creative design alone can attract many viewers to the cinema.

The vast majority of the audience are ordinary people.

Spending one billion in a month—for ordinary people, the psychological impact is truly too great.

However, Wang Rong's current thought is still that the following content will just be about how to hilariously spend the money bit by bit.

Little does he know that the entire movie can be said to be completely anti-trope.

Reversal, Reversal, and another Reversal!

This money, the more he spends, the more he has!

When Wang Rong returned home, he had already been drinking until past one o'clock.

At this moment, after finishing the script, he stayed up until dawn.

He called Liu Shixiong, Liu Gongming, directly; he knew Liu Gongming got up early and would rise early to practice his voice and Basic Skills.

This was already his lifestyle habit.

"Hey, what's up?" Liu Gongming asked.

"Didn't you say you wanted to start filming a new movie early?" Wang Rong said.

"That's right, but didn't you want to rest for a while?" Liu Gongming asked.

"No resting, screw resting! Let's strike while the iron is hot and make another box-office hit!" Wang Rong said excitedly.

Liu Gongming: "???"

How could this person keep changing his mind?

Liu Gongming teased him on purpose, saying, "That won't do, I've changed my mind. After listening to your advice earlier, I've decided to rest for a while. We shouldn't be like our Junior Brother, that workaholic!"

Wang Rong asked in confusion, "Didn't your Junior Brother tell you what the new movie is about?"

"No. What's it about?"

"It's about you spending money," Wang Rong said.

"What on earth?" Liu Gongming couldn't even understand.

"It's about filming how you spend money, spending a lot of money," Wang Rong began to entice him.

"Hilarious, I've lived in mansions and driven luxury cars in Charlotte Troubles, what's so rare about that?" Liu Gongming dismissed it with disdain.

"Spending one billion a month," Wang Rong said directly.

"Hilarious, isn't it just ten... how much? How much did you just say?"

(PS: Per the editor's Requirement, continuing to update the preview: This chapter was updated on August 19th at 17:20, the next chapter is expected before 8 PM tomorrow.)

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