Chapter 740: Luo Mo in 《Hello Mr. Billionaire》

In the 【Hello Mr. Billionaire Universe】, every cameo appearance by Luo Mo is always so realistic.

After all, he is not playing a character; he is playing himself.

In 【Charlotte Troubles】, he appeared as Luo Mo, only to be beaten up by Xia Luo, complaining about Xia Luo and feeling as though he had always lived in his shadow.

In 【Hello Mr. Billionaire】, Xia Zhu's line, "He looks quite ordinary, a bit like Luo Mo," pushed the atmosphere inside the Cinema to its peak.

You must know, to dare write this line, one must be sufficiently confident in their own 【National Popularity】.

To have the whole nation know—Laozi is very handsome.

Otherwise, this line wouldn't have exploded.

And from the audience's live reaction, it is clear—the whole nation indeed knows that I am very handsome!

In the movie, Wang Duoyu and Xia Zhu were still discussing her boyfriend, that so-called 【Top Ten Outstanding Youth of Xihong City】.

Wang Duoyu wanted to hire this kind of person to squander the money in his pockets.

Yet Xia Zhu said with conviction: "Mr. Wang, I know you think money can handle anyone, but it certainly doesn't include my boyfriend."

It is fortunate that this is being watched in a cinema; if it were on a video website, the bullet comments would likely be filled with: "Isn't your boyfriend Xia Luo?"

Just like that, Wang Duoyu took the team to a hotel.

Everyone was like country bumpkins entering the city, marveling at the hotel's magnificence.

A female employee of the hotel stated that this place was membership-only, did not serve ordinary guests, prohibited photography, and required everyone to wear formal attire.

Her gaze was disdainful, looking exactly like the standard assembly-line villain characters from web novels of many years ago.

Wang Duoyu looked at his own flamboyant clothes and said: "This doesn't count as formal attire?"

"Then go call your manager and tell him the richest man in Xihong City is calling for him."

It must be said, quite a few ordinary audience members felt a sense of satisfaction from this line.

—《The Point of the Story》.

"I want to book this whole place, how much does it cost for a day?" Wang Duoyu asked.

"Sir, you are joking." The manager smiled and said: "This should be the highest-standard hotel in the city; although our scale isn't large, to book the whole place would cost at least over a hundred thousand a day."

"And this hotel is membership-only, open only to members."

"I truly understand your desire to drink and make merry with friends, but I am very sorry."

Clearly, this manager was significantly different from the female employee earlier.

The female employee's eyes were rolled up to the sky, while the manager, though also finding this group of people somewhat ridiculous, still maintained basic politeness.

"Fine, you can be considered the most polite among the many snobs," Wang Duoyu said.

Then, he insisted on booking the place to use as a dormitory.

Right under the manager's incredibly stunned gaze, Wang Duoyu began to perform.

"How about this, your membership costs over a hundred thousand a day, so for us non-members, it has to be at least 200,000, right?"

"So I have to haggle with you!"

"Let's be polite before resorting to force."

"Our group here, we are all rough people."

"Considering the hotel's aging, wear and tear, and depreciation, that brings it to 300,000 a day."

"Plus, if we book the whole place and stay for a month, you'll be looking at us every day, which must be quite stifling; add some mental distress compensation, that's 500,000 a day."

"Let's do this, one final price!"

"20 million for a month! Deal or no deal!"

The Cinema erupted in laughter again.

Damn it, you really are a little genius at haggling!

At this price, you've haggled me into having absolutely no temper left.

Wang Duoyu looked at the manager, lifting his chin with a thoughtful and Gentle expression: "This won't be too difficult for you, will it?"

—《Difficult》.

And what is both funny and realistic is that the hotel manager, who was spouting English and acting extremely elegant just a moment ago, was immediately "assimilated" upon hearing the 20 million for a month, shouting:

"Understood! Gentlemen, please come in!"

The hotel manager turned into a waiter in a second.

In this movie, most of the Reversal moments are actually the changes that occur in people after they encounter money.

Satire, the standard operation of Comedy.

During the meal, Wang Duoyu saw someone ordering dumplings and immediately flew into a Rage.

"Who ordered the staple food?"

"Get rid of those bad habits immediately!"

"You can get full eating lobster just the same!" Wang Duoyu criticized severely.

While eating, the team members were still gossiping about him.

"With a bit of money, he's acting all cocky, really treating us like beggars." After saying this, the player began to shovel food into his mouth frantically, eating like a maniac.

Coach Daxiang then said: "Duoyu is just a typical case of being poor for too long, a nouveau riche mentality; he's insecure, so he just likes to show off."

After the coach finished speaking, he picked up his phone and started a Live Broadcast.

"Hello, friends on Weishi, today I'm going to perform something for you—Three Bites One Pig!"

"Remember to like my stream!"

Having said that, he opened his blood-red maw and began to eat the suckling pig.

A simple plot of self-contradiction, yet because of 【Three Bites One Pig】, the humor was maxed out.

Originally, the initial script was three bites of Lafite.

On Earth, Shen Teng felt that Wei Xiang's comedic performance ability was very high, especially regarding certain expressions and movements.

He saw a suckling pig on the table and said, "Don't bother chugging Lafite in three gulps, just do Three Bites One Pig!"

It was this suggestion that left Wei Xiang with one of the most memorable scenes in this movie.

This movie is so joyful in many places that even the background music at this moment is as cheerful as the Spring Festival Gala.

So much so that even when Wang Duoyu spent money on them and they badmouthed him behind his back, no one felt much anger, only focusing on laughing until they doubled over amidst the highly dense comedic points.

The hotel manager trotted up to Wang Duoyu and said with a smile, "Brother! Is it okay? Are you satisfied with the arrangements?"

He was already calling him brother.

"Pretty good." Wang Duoyu looked at him and said a famous catchphrase that is still very popular on Earth: "But I still like the way you looked at the beginning, so unruly and unyielding."

Xu Jinzhu, whose attitude toward Luo Mo was no longer as unruly and unyielding as in the past, laughed out loud in the Cinema, ignoring his image, with tears of laughter about to spill out.

"Brother-in-law is an Ox! An Ox!!!"

………

………

The Drama of the movie was still advancing in this sequence.

First, the security captain asked Wang Duoyu's good buddy Zhuang Qiang why he and Boss Wang were so close, yet he hadn't rewarded him with a money-making position.

"The bond between us brothers is not tainted by any interests."

"You say that! You still don't have any specialized skills!" The security captain expressed disbelief: "You're just a... lackey by the side of a rich man."

But at the very next moment, Wang Duoyu suddenly went on stage and said loudly, "Everyone, let me say a few words. Tomorrow, we are going to open a new investment company."

(Tomorrow, we are going to open a company to burn money.)

"Specifically to invest in dreams in this world that have not yet been realized."

(Specifically to find those unreliable, unrealistic, daydreaming things to burn money on.)

"The CEO of this investment company will be my good friend Zhuang Qiang! In fact, he has always been an underestimated, top-tier, brilliant investment genius!"

(He is a money-losing item worthy of high praise.)

——"Redefining Top-Tier Brilliance".

This scene moved Zhuang Qiang deeply.

He had always known about the gossip in the outside world, saying he was like a dog by Wang Duoyu's side; later on, he even used a "woof" sound to "woof" out a song.

The next day, Wang Duoyu got a new haircut, and Xia Zhu came to report on work, kindly reminding him that at his speed of squandering, the money would be gone in less than half a year.

Upon hearing this, Wang Duoyu got anxious!

"Half a year? Wouldn't that be a total disaster?"

Xia Zhu only thought he was scared; the two were not on the same channel at all.

Then, she informed Wang Duoyu that her boyfriend had come to pick her up.

As soon as her boyfriend was mentioned, her voice changed from a Northeast girl to a Taiwanese girl's Clip Voice, transitioning seamlessly.

"By the way, he has two ticketed lectures at the Xihong Cultural Palace recently, with the theme: You cannot be a slave to money."

"When the time comes, I can invite you to listen."

Wang Duoyu, who had grabbed a handful of ginseng and was preparing to stuff it inside, was dumbfounded.

Oh my, he's so amazing, I feel like eating a handful of ginseng to calm my nerves.

At this moment, someone came in to report: "Boss Wang, there is a Mr. Liu Jiannan outside, here to see Miss Xia Zhu."

"Quick, quick, quick, please invite him in!"

In an instant, the expectations of all the audience in the Cinema were raised.

After all, Xia Zhu had introduced him earlier, saying her boyfriend looked a bit like Luo Mo.

Wang Duoyu even stood up and looked toward the door: "Let me see what this Xiao Luo Mo looks like."

——"Xiao Luo Mo".

This term, in today's entertainment industry, I reckon only Liu Shixiong, Liu Gongming, would dare to say it out loud.

Just as the curtain was pulled back, Liu Jiannan, wearing silver-rimmed Glasses, walked in slowly.

In the Cinema, gasps of surprise erupted instantly.

What "Xiao Luo Mo", this was simply Luo Mo!

It's just that his hairstyle was a bit ordinary, and then he grinned, his teeth were very uneven, and his gums would show when he smiled, but overall he still looked quite refined.

On Earth, this role was played by Chang Yuan, known in the movie as Xiao Lihong.

Yes, that year, Lihong had not yet encountered his ex-wife's essay.

Chang Yuan had always been one of the main targets of promotion within the Happy Twist team.

But he seemed to be lacking when it came to carrying the lead; the movies he starred in, even when partnered with Ma Li, were box office and critical flops.

But if he played a supporting role, he could still contribute quite a few famous scenes.

Wang Duoyu took some wine and wanted to have a drink with him.

Liu Jiannan indicated that he didn't drink alcohol.

Wang Duoyu said he didn't either, mainly because it was expensive!

He began to ask Liu Jiannan if he was going to give a lecture?

"Yes, people nowadays value money too much; I just want to convey some correct values," said Liu Jiannan, played by Luo Mo, as he pushed up his Glasses.

I have to say, teeth really affect a person's appearance.

He relied on makeup and styling to make his teeth uneven, and his overall handsomeness was indeed discounted.

"Are the tickets selling well?" Wang Duoyu asked.

"Not ideal, the topic is too high-end, people's hearts are too restless now," Liu Jiannan said, radiating pretentiousness, acting very aloof.

Luo Mo has quite a bit of experience when it comes to posturing.

His tone, his expression, the upward curve of the corners of his mouth—it is clearly at the level of a King of Posturing.

Xia Zhu said, "If there's nothing else, we'll be going now."

"Wait a second!" Wang Duoyu stopped them.

He was wearing a bathrobe and trotted over to open the safe.

Then, he pulled out a large stack of cash bound together, published by the Peerless gang.

He carried this money and trotted all the way back.

One hundred thousand yuan, carried with the feeling of ten pounds of pork.

Wang Duoyu shoved the ten pounds... the one hundred thousand yuan, directly into Liu Jiannan's arms: "I'll book a show, and when the time comes, I'll have all my employees go watch it!"

Xia Zhu was dumbfounded on the side.

"Mr. Wang!" she first said loudly to Wang Duoyu.

Noticing her boyfriend was by her side, she immediately switched to a Clip Voice, her voice soft and sweet, and said: "Have you forgotten what I told you about the half-year thing?"

She was still trying to persuade Wang Duoyu not to spend money recklessly.

Upon hearing this, Wang Duoyu clapped his hands abruptly!

Only "Xiao Luo Mo" on the side kept his head down, foolishly staring at this one hundred thousand yuan.

His expression was dull, a bit dazed.

Seeing Wang Duoyu trot over again, he became even more foolish.

Wang Duoyu took out another one hundred thousand yuan just like he was carrying pork, slammed it into Liu Jiannan's arms, and said: "I'll book the other show too!"

Damn it, it actually has to burn for another half year! It's killing me!

Liu Jiannan came back to his senses, picked up his wine glass directly, and said: "Come, let's have a drink!"

Xia Zhu was dumbfounded: "Don't you—drink?"

Note, this is the first time she did not use a Clip Voice to speak to her boyfriend, using instead a Northeast girl accent.

It was only at the word "drink" that she tried hard to switch back to her alluring Clip Voice.

"In such a scene, it is hard to find a soulmate!" Liu Jiannan said with a smile.

His aura of posturing was crushed by the 200,000, as if unable to bear the weight of 20 pounds of pork.

"You don't give lectures to make money, do you?" Xia Zhu asked.

"I do it to explain the true meaning of life to those who are lost." He glanced at Wang Duoyu: "I think Mr. Wang is very lost!"

"Lost! Especially lost!" Wang Duoyu said.

Xu Jinzhu watched Luo Mo's performance and only felt that his brother-in-law was impressive the moment he appeared.

"Satire! Such satire!" he said in his heart.

He did not know that even more satire was yet to come.

Liu Jiannan began to take the initiative to mention the hotel's courtyard, indicating that the greenery was not very sophisticated, and that he had previously specialized in garden design in France.

After finishing, he shrugged with an aura of posturing and added: "Purely a hobby."

Wang Duoyu understood what he meant, but... he didn't understand much.

He didn't ask Liu Jiannan to design it, but rather to maintain it, offering him the highest market rate for maintenance fees.

"What do you mean? He is an educator, not a gardener!" Xia Zhu said with extreme dissatisfaction.

But after her Anger, she continued to fulfill her duty, reminding him: "Besides, the courtyard outside is rented, why are you planting trees!"

Wang Duoyu didn't care, stating that he simply cherished talent, and if he didn't want to, then so be it.

"Why so be it!? How can such a good courtyard just be left like that?" Liu Jiannan said, holding the two large stacks of money, filled with Righteousness and indignation.

"Besides, both educating people and planting trees are the work of a gardener; I'm not changing professions." As soon as he spoke, that melodious string music played again.

Xia Zhu was completely furious at this moment.

"Fine! Then go be your gardener, and don't come looking for me again!" This time, her accent changed completely, hinting at the shift in Character Relationships.

Xia Zhu left without looking back.

Liu Jiannan immediately went to chase after her, but just as he ran out, he came back to pull aside the curtain, revealing his head.

He smiled at Wang Duoyu, revealing a mouth of uneven teeth and his gums.

"I'll come to work tomorrow; I have all the tools."

After running out, this was the scene Luo Mo added to the Blue Star version himself; it was not in the Earth version.

This "Xiao Luo Mo" looked at the greenery in the garden, which was actually already quite sophisticated, as if it could not be improved further. He held the two stacks of money and said a line that echoed the earlier one.

"Lost, especially lost!"

Xu Jinzhu, having understood, only felt: "This satire is maxed out!"

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