Chapter 744: I Want You to Be Happy

Xu Jinzhu walked out of the cinema with his parents, then hurried toward the restroom.

"Hello Mr. Billionaire" had no boring moments from start to finish, and the jokes were so dense that he really couldn't bear to leave halfway to go to the bathroom.

—It was definitely not because this film was produced by his brother-in-law, so he didn't want to miss any details.

Not to mention, holding in urine while laughing wildly is truly exhausting.

In the men's restroom, two guys who had already finished were puffing away, smoking cigarettes.

Smoking is not allowed in public places, but the men all tacitly felt that public restrooms were an exception.

While smoking, they were chatting about the film "Let the Bullets Fly".

It was obvious that "Let the Bullets Fly", playing in another screening room, had finished earlier than "Hello Mr. Billionaire" here.

"This movie is really awesome to watch!"

"It's so manly; Chen Zuhe playing Zhang Mazi is fucking handsome!"

Xu Jinzhu immediately pricked up his ears.

The guy wearing Glasses took a deep drag of his cigarette, then blew out a smoke ring and said, "It was actually quite sad by the end."

"I read some breakdowns before coming here, thinking I could show off a bit when watching it with Juanjuan. But I didn't expect it to be a total brain-burner from start to finish; I didn't even get a chance to explain a few things to her!" the other guy said, very annoyed.

This film is just that magical; you will get different viewing experiences if you watch it with different mindsets.

It was obvious they were two men and two women who had come to watch the movie.

The girls hadn't done their homework online and were purely ordinary audience members; they just felt it was intense, cool, and funny—a well-rounded Comedy.

The men had done their homework, so their perspective on the film was different; they felt their scalps tingling not long after it started, felt deeply shocked, and kept muttering in their hearts: "Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!"

Xu Jinzhu walked out of the restroom and, while washing his hands, thought of what his sister Xu Chujing had said to him.

Xu Chujing suggested he watch "Hello Mr. Billionaire" first, to experience the power of capital for a wave.

Actually, although "Hello Mr. Billionaire" is filled with satire, it was filmed quite nicely.

Because Wang Duoyu, as a capitalist, is a special case.

The people around him all fell to their knees in front of money one by one.

And then?

And then these people actually got the money!

But what about reality?

Is a boss's money really that easy to earn, really that easy to take?

Ask yourself, if Wang Duoyu really appeared in real life, no one would think that working for him was a degradation or becoming a slave to money.

This kind of god-tier boss would likely make it onto the Weibo Hot Search!

And underneath, one would guess it would be full of comments from repeaters: "Is our company still hiring?"

In fact, on Earth, this film full of satire was originally called "Capital Successor", not "Hello Mr. Billionaire".

Then, for some unknown reason, the lead actress Ma Li, who had already participated in promotional activities, was replaced; most people speculated it was because someone bought their way into the cast.

Otherwise, Shen Teng wouldn't have retorted so many times during the press conference.

Even on variety shows, he doesn't like others mentioning this film.

The shady operations in reality really did confirm the film's title—"Capital Successor"!

Satire, it's too satirical! Reality directly became the film's biggest easter egg!

Over here on Blue Star, it's a different scene—"Let the Bullets Fly" and "Hello Mr. Billionaire" serve as each other's biggest easter eggs!

Xu Jinzhu only thinks about going to watch "Let the Bullets Fly" tomorrow!

He can't wait.

……..

……..

At this moment, in Beijing, at the Luo Jia.

Xu Chujing and Luo Mo were sitting on their balcony, eating fruit cut by Luo Ma.

She was watching the two little turtles on the balcony, while Luo Mo was holding his phone, scrolling through Weibo.

It can be said that Weibo is now completely occupied by "Let the Bullets Fly" and "Hello Mr. Billionaire".

Netizens are all hotly discussing these two films.

As for the other few films during the Spring Festival slot, their popularity is much lower and completely incomparable to these two.

Luo Mo smiled and said, "Guess, is there more discussion on Weibo about 'Let the Bullets Fly' or 'Hello Mr. Billionaire'?"

"'Let the Bullets Fly', I suppose." Xu Chujing answered the question without even thinking.

As mentioned before, this masterpiece pleased all the audience, and it is also more profound.

What's more, it was personally directed by Luo Mo.

"Wrong, it's 'Hello Mr. Billionaire'." Luo Mo said with a smile.

"Hmm?" Xu Chujing felt slightly puzzled.

"Look, the Heat Index of 'Let the Bullets Fly' is slightly higher than 'Hello Mr. Billionaire', but the volume of discussion is much lower. Strange, right?" Luo Mo said.

"Was it deleted?" Xu Chujing said.

"Probably." Luo Mo shrugged.

Many netizens were talking too deeply!

To what extent?

The staff at Weibo hate Luo Mo to death!

Fucking hell, having to work overtime during the New Year.

The massive popularity of this film has made many platforms tremble with fear, feeling immense pressure.

You all are analyzing the movie, so just analyze the movie; how come you dare to chat about anything?

As for "Hello Mr. Billionaire," it's actually fine.

The more popular topics are still acceptable.

For example: If you were Wang Duoyu, how would you spend one billion in one month according to the rules?

Luo Mo was also very curious about the netizens' wild imaginations, so he specifically clicked in to take a look.

The top-rated comment, condensed into two words, is—study!

Invite the most top-tier Ox people from every industry to give you lessons, from morning till night, crazily studying for a month!

Truly an answer that has transcended low-level interests...

Just how motivated is this person?

Of course, in the comments under any reply, there are always rebuttals.

Everyone is always arguing endlessly.

The world that everyone "sees" is actually different.

Therefore, for the same matter and the same answer, everyone will have different insights.

Luo Mo saw the later parts, watching the netizens earnestly start a debate, and it gave him a headache, so he stopped looking directly.

Besides this topic, he was personally very interested in two other topics.

One is: If you were Wang Duoyu, would you choose Xia Zhu or choose 30 billion?

This question also had quite a lot of participants.

But the format of the answers was relatively monotonous.

"I really like Xia Zhu, I like her personality and everything about her, so I choose 30 billion!"

"Spiritual companions are above all else, Romance is priceless, don't tarnish Romance, anyway I choose 30 billion."

It's just that Luo Mo didn't expect that under this topic, there was actually a "debate," which gave him another headache, and he clicked the X directly.

As for the other topic he was very interested in, it was netizens expanding and imagining the ending of this movie.

"【After Wang Duoyu inherits 30 billion, what will everything become?】"

Xu Chujing glanced at Luo Mo's phone and said, "This question is actually quite interesting."

"After all, the 1 billion was a test; it required him to squander it, to spend it all."

"But these 30 billion are truly his own money," Xu Chujing said.

Luo Mo nodded.

As it turned out, the sixth most-liked answer had a Weibo nickname that was so familiar.

——Xu Jinzhu's Weibo account!

"Your younger brother still doesn't know that the whole family knows his Weibo account?" Luo Mo asked curiously.

"Absolutely doesn't know," Xu Chujing answered very firmly.

Luo Mo looked at Xu Jinzhu's reply and couldn't help but marvel: "Does he watch my movies this seriously? He even thinks about it after watching?"

Xu Chujing smiled and said, "Looking at these things he wrote, this kid thinks quite a lot."

Xu Jinzhu's answer pointed out the key point of the problem right at the beginning.

The Wang Duoyu who has truly inherited 30 billion no longer needs to squander money in so many alternative ways.

"Just take the people Wang Duoyu hired at the beginning."

"That security guard captain."

"Would he still pay such an ordinary security guard a salary of 100,000 a month to have him be the security guard captain?"

"I don't know."

"Would he still take a group of people to eat Big Fish and meat every day, squandering money and living the most luxurious life?"

"When he goes to the hotel for a monthly rental, would he still haggle like that?"

"Could people like Liu Jiannan still rake in huge profits from him?"

"It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality."

"Many people, because of him, witnessed the prosperity of the top tier in one month and experienced the prosperity of the top tier."

"And then they fall back into the dust; it's not even certain if their mindset can change."

"Will there be anyone around Wang Duoyu who turns against him?"

"I don't know either."

"So I think that leaving an open-ended ending like Luo Mo did is the most brilliant!"

Good fellow, he didn't even forget to praise his brother-in-law at the end.

………

………

The night gradually deepened.

Xu Chujing did not spend the night at Luo Mo's house.

They indeed live together in Shanghai, but that won't do in Beijing.

After washing up, Luo Mo lay on the large, soft bed in a 'wood' shape, and then began to check the single-day box office of the two movies on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

Looking at the box office data, even Luo Mo was shocked.

"The entire film industry is Afraid going to go crazy, right?" he thought to himself.

Because the box office for "Let the Bullets Fly" and "Hello Mr. Billionaire" both had a 【reverse decline】!

The so-called 【reverse decline】 is actually just an increase; I don't know why the media loves using such terms and doesn't like speaking properly.

These days, people on the internet also like to coin words, for example—tired-ugly.

Yet many people still applaud it, saying this term is perfect for describing their current state.

She is Afraid not knowing there is a word called haggard.

And what about that "pseudo-relationship" that's been trending lately? Isn't it just "ambiguous"?

They don't know how to speak properly all day long; if they aren't using capital letters, they are inventing inexplicable new terms.

Of course, "reverse decline" is actually used in stock trading, referring to the market falling while an individual stock rises.

But the total national box office on the second day of the Lunar New Year this year was not lower than the first day.

It was completely propped up by Luo Mo!

The single-day box office of Let the Bullets Fly has already broken the 500 million mark, reaching 517 million!

In other words, it set a Huaxia film single-day box office record yesterday, and then the very next day, it broke its own record in one fell swoop!

Hello Mr. Billionaire ranked second, with a single-day box office also breaking 400 million; with a lower screening rate than Let the Bullets Fly, it still reached a terrifying 409 million!

These two numbers are Afraid to make the vast majority of people in the film industry feel their scalps tingle and feel incomparably envious.

Even Hua Jiaqun has started to show signs of turning over a new leaf.

"Even printing counterfeit money wouldn't be this fast, right?" he thought to himself.

——Stop it! Qunzai!

Looking at the two films in terms of word-of-mouth, the overall word-of-mouth of Let the Bullets Fly is definitely higher than Hello Mr. Billionaire.

Of course, from the perspective of a commercial film, the word-of-mouth of Hello Mr. Billionaire is actually not bad; among the Comedy films of recent years, it is actually considered good.

However, those who already dislike Luo Mo certainly have plenty of ways to be snide.

"No wonder Luo Mo didn't direct Hello Mr. Billionaire himself."

This is one of the tactics: praise one while stepping on the other.

Another is knowing full well that Comedy works often use exaggerated techniques, but insisting on saying Hello Mr. Billionaire is too reckless and too unrealistic.

Especially those few Reversal moments in the film; it was supposed to lose money, but in the end, it actually made a profit!

Luo Mo couldn't be bothered to pay them any mind.

Because he knows that the omniscient silly netizens will help him slap these pretentious people in the face.

For some inexplicable smears, netizens soon posted strong evidence underneath.

"You think the movie is unrealistic? Actually, the movie wasn't exaggerated at all; it was even filmed with restraint, just for fear that idiots like you wouldn't believe it."

"Like the matter of inviting the 'Stock God' to dinner, someone in reality actually did it. After winning the bid for this opportunity, they recommended a stock to the 'Stock God' during the meal."

"The 'Stock God' just politely indicated that he would pay appropriate attention to it."

"As a result, once the news was manipulated and spread, that stock soared directly!"

"Let me tell you how much this person earned."

"The movie only wrote 100 million Huaxia currency, but in reality, he earned 130 million US dollars!"

"Since then, there has been an unspoken rule about dining with the 'Stock God': no talking about individual stocks."

"What's more, the movie invited the 'real Stock God' to make a cameo; the person himself was willing to come, so why are you, an idiot, here blabbering!"

In Luo Mo's view, Hello Mr. Billionaire is quite excellent in all aspects among commercial Comedy films.

This kind of Comedy film that can give birth to many memes can actually bring joy to everyone in the long run.

It's just like Luo Mo himself; every time he sees Xu Jinzhu's current attitude toward him, he thinks of his attitude toward him in front of his family in the past.

He naturally thinks of that famous meme from Hello Mr. Billionaire: "I still like your unruly look from before."

In this society, everyone is already under a lot of pressure.

He doesn't think a commercial Comedy that can keep everyone laughing is a bad film.

Laughter is actually rare enough as it is.

"Happiness is not that worthless," Luo Mo thought to himself.

During the Spring Festival, Let the Bullets Fly and Hello Mr. Billionaire continued to be red-hot.

Judging from the current popularity, no one knows what kind of box office results these two films will end with.

However, many people began to gradually realize one thing.

Since Luo Mo became Huaxia's first "Ten Billion Box Office Director," many people have been speculating, who will be the next one?

Within the circle, there are also some directors whose total personal box office is not too far from ten billion.

At that time, almost no one thought that the next ten billion director would be Wang Rong.

Because at that time, Wang Rong's total personal box office as a director was still 3.8 billion away from the ten billion mark, which looked very far away!

However, looking at the current box office results of Hello Mr. Billionaire, it's really hard to say!

If Wang Rong could use this to leap into becoming Huaxia's second Ten Billion Box Office Director, then everything would truly be too terrifying.

"Huaxia's first Ten Billion Box Office Director is Luo Mo!"

"Huaxia's second Ten Billion Box Office Director is because he directed two films written by Luo Mo!"

(End of this chapter)