Chapter 766: Old Grudges and

Chicago, a certain townhouse.

The director of Doomsday Apostle 2, Jeffrey, is listening to songs in his study.

This film now only lacks a promotional song and a theme song; all other work has been completed.

He is a director with very high requirements for music, because he himself had even formed a band during his university years.

Therefore, Jeffrey has privately joked that if it really came down to it, he would have to do it himself.

To be honest, Doomsday Apostle 2 did encounter some resistance when collecting songs.

The reason is simple: because the first installment of the Doomsday Apostle series suffered a boycott in Huaxia, and it caused quite a stir on the internet.

Isn't it always said that music has no borders?

However, the people who listen to music do.

Huaxia is a very terrifying market; it has the people, and it has the money.

Many famous foreign Singers can also earn a very considerable figure from Huaxia every year.

Singing for Doomsday Apostle 2 means taking a risk.

It is very likely to trigger a collective fan exodus among Huaxia's music fans!

Of course, this is still secondary.

Because many people really have no bottom line when it comes to chasing stars.

Whitewashing, we are professionals at it.

What is truly feared is that the Review Department or similar entities might take action!

Therefore, even though the first Doomsday Apostle had a good box office and the second one is estimated to have good commercial prospects, quite a few Singers still politely declined the film team's invitations to sing.

Of course, these days, as long as the money is right, can't two songs be settled?

Regarding the positioning of the two songs, Jeffrey is also very clear in his mind.

One of them must be intense enough!

After all, it is a doomsday theme; there must be a plot of a desperate comeback, and the musical style must be more intense, more impassioned, and more blood-boiling to allow the sense of satisfaction to reach its peak!

The other one must have that sense of holiness, that sense of chanting, giving people the feeling of being in a grand Church.

Thereby, it forms a sharp contrast with the doomsday scene!

We must use such singing to let the audience feel what we are fighting for! We are fighting for civilization!

From the perspective of the approach, it seems there is no problem.

It is just that in the process of resistance, there will definitely be pig teammates.

The pig teammates in Doomsday Apostle 2 are still Huaxia people played by Japanese people.

To be honest, it is quite interesting; in many foreign films, it is not Huaxia people playing Huaxia people, but rather finding some other yellow-skinned people to play Huaxia people...

Besides that, this film also promoted something that is regarded as a cult by Blue Star Huaxia.

Just the promotional slogan that appeared inside allowed the team to make a huge profit.

It doesn't matter if there is no Huaxia market; we will just go and develop the opposing market!

After working for an entire afternoon, Jeffrey finally picked one out from a pile of songs.

This song is called "Natural"; according to the intent of this song, it should be translated as "innate nature."

Look, how suitable it is for our film!

Anyway, among a pile of songs, he couldn't find one more suitable than this.

Relying on his experience playing in a band during his university days, he personally feels that this song will be a hit!

Very intense, very explosive!

After choosing this song, he quickly selected another one with enough sense of holiness.

After finishing these, he collapsed into his chair and let out a long sigh of relief.

Doomsday Apostle 2 definitely has no chance to make money in Huaxia.

But thinking about it carefully, it actually reduced the workload.

The Huaxia market is so big that in order to highlight the importance, everyone usually finds a Huaxia Singer to sing a Chinese promotional song!

At this thought, he actually thought of a Huaxia Singer who is also quite famous in Meiguo—Luo Mo.

He remembers very clearly that this person is not only the top Singer in Huaxia but currently also the highest-grossing director in Huaxia.

Of course, the reason why he has such a deep impression of Luo Mo is because he is making Science Fiction films.

Back then, the matter of Doomsday Apostle caused a huge stir across the entire Huaxia internet.

It was at that time that Luo Mo announced to the public that he would first put up 500 million to shoot a Science Fiction film.

Subsequently, it seems he added another 200 million.

This matter was even reported by foreign media.

Because from the perspective of timing, it feels a bit like a head-on collision with Doomsday Apostle.

On one side, they just made sarcastic remarks, feeling sorry for the Huaxia audience that their own country cannot shoot good Science Fiction films and is so harsh on foreign films, shutting them out.

On the other side, they immediately announced in a high-profile manner that they would take out a production cost never before seen in Huaxia to shoot the most adventurous Science Fiction theme!

What is even more outrageous is that this Luo Mo also said he wanted to shoot a Science Fiction film with a unique Huaxia atmosphere.

Oh my god, you guys can't even imitate well, and you're still thinking about shooting a special one?

And will the Huaxia audience recognize your local Science Fiction? Will they recognize this kind of Science Fiction with a unique Huaxia atmosphere of yours?

This is a Science Fiction theme!

Even if it is the same content and the same story, if you find a group of foreigners to shoot it versus finding a group of Huaxia people to shoot it, the former's online rating can definitely be at least one point higher than the latter!

Science Fiction belongs to us!

For Jeffrey, he was even thinking how good it would be if there were a chance to release it around the same time.

Everyone is setting up a ring from afar, then stepping on your corpse to generate buzz.

……..

……..

On the other side, Luo Mo had completely forgotten about the whole Doomsday Apostle business.

Because the entire production process of The Wandering Earth was relatively slow, he had already released several new films during that time……..

And since the Doomsday Apostle series was being boycotted, one could basically not see any related news about the series domestically.

Therefore, Luo Mo had also somewhat forgotten about this "opponent."

Perhaps when its second installment is released, he will just happen to remember: Oh, you little turtle-grandson!

During this period, he was just conducting his tour as usual.

Now, he had traveled all the way to Sichuan Province.

He didn't even know if it was his own illusion, but he felt that as soon as he got off the plane, the air was permeated with the smell of hot pot.

Moreover, it is worth mentioning that Sichuan Province is considered a major province for Rap in the country, possessing a large number of well-known Rap labels.

Li Ge's Rap label is in Sichuan Province, so Luo Mo planned to invite him to be a guest.

After holding two concerts, it could be said that things went exceptionally smoothly.

The final celebration banquet was also set at a hot pot restaurant.

Well, this restaurant was actually opened by Li Ge.

Luo Mo strongly suspected that Wei Ran also had a stake in it.

These two are truly too gay.

In the past, when he wasn't that familiar with them yet, Luo Mo still thought it was netizens maliciously shipping them, seeing gayness everywhere with their corrupt eyes.

But as they got more and more familiar, he had already started to ponder in his heart: between these two, who is the devious 0, and who is the calculating 1?

As time passed, while Luo Mo was holding concerts in various cities and taking Xu Chujing out to eat, drink, and have fun, in the blink of an eye, the day for the upcoming release of Peerless arrived.

Starting from yesterday, the film's promotion had already been fully rolled out.

Ever since he learned how to print counterfeit money, Hua Jiaqun had become increasingly stingy.

He kept thinking, with such high promotional expenses, how great it would be if he could use the money he printed himself!

People, they really do change!

It's just like when driving a gas car, you fuss over gas prices, thinking that those driving electric cars don't give a damn about electricity costs, as electricity costs so little!

But once you actually drive an electric car, you calculate it very clearly!

But to be fair, as the president of the Hong Kong Film Workers Association, with the film about to be released, Qunzai was still a bit uneasy and nervous.

He wasn't worried that Peerless would flop.

He just didn't know how far it could actually go.

The script written by Luo Mo naturally carried its own advantages, with extremely strong Box Office Appeal.

After Chen Gangsheng made a comeback with Let the Bullets Fly, this heat was still there.

Therefore, Hua Jiaqun thought, breaking the Hong Kong film box office record of the past two years shouldn't be difficult, right?

These past few days, Luo Mo Studio had also been helping to build momentum for Peerless.

For example, informing everyone that Hello Mr. Billionaire actually had a dream crossover with the Peerless gang.

In Hello Mr. Billionaire, the room full of cash that Wang Duoyu saw was actually borrowed from the Peerless gang.

After seeing this news, the netizens were stunned.

"What does that mean? Is this Peerless movie also about a billionaire?"

"A capital tycoon?"

"Could it be a business war film?"

"Hahaha, Wang Duoyu's Second Granduncle is an insurance tycoon; Peerless wouldn't be about selling insurance, would it?"

It must be said that the netizens' imaginations are quite wild.

Some even thought that this was indirectly a dream crossover with Let the Bullets Fly as well.

Didn't Chen Gangsheng play Huang Silang in Let the Bullets Fly? He was super rich and exploited everyone in Goose City.

In Peerless, wouldn't he be a similar character?

In fact, putting these three films together is indeed quite interesting.

Let the Bullets Fly: grabbing money through exploitation.

Hello Mr. Billionaire: money falling from the sky.

Peerless: Laozi prints it himself; my fate is determined by me, not by heaven!

——Creating wealth with one's own hands!

Because everyone on the internet was curious and discussing it, many netizens were looking forward to the final trailer for Peerless.

There's no helping it, that dog Luo Mo loves to keep people in suspense the most; until the very last moment, you can't see anything from his trailers, they are all hidden and tucked away, like a shy little girl.

Show it to me!

And when there was only one week left until the official release of Peerless, the final trailer was finally launched across the entire internet.

The trailer was divided into two versions—a Mandarin version and a Cantonese version.

At this moment, the long-absent JK rich girl, the sharp Film Critic Xiao Cai, was watching the trailer for Peerless at home for the first time.

She definitely had to write about this film.

First of all, she personally loves watching Hong Kong films; although she is young, she can barely be considered to have grown up watching them.

She had witnessed the final glory of Hong Kong films.

Of course, there was another reason, which was that her mother is from Hong Kong.

As a "Mo-born," she would always write a long, sprawling review for every one of Luo Mo's films.

Well, except for *Let the Bullets Fly*.

After checking the reviews online, she realized with great self-awareness: "I can't outwrite them!"

Netizens had dug too deep into this movie.

So much so that she felt she had absolutely no room to contribute.

After Xiao Cai kicked off her slippers, she lay flat on the bed.

She had fallen backward directly; the tablet on her body didn't have any rise or Dancing, but the tablet computer in her hand almost wasn't held steady, nearly smashing into her face.

After rolling around on the bed, she switched to lying on her stomach to watch the tablet.

And although Xiao Cai was as flat as a board, fortunately, her little butt was perky enough.

Therefore, lying down like this, her buttocks were able to prop up her pleated skirt, forming a rounded curve.

Her feet, wearing a pair of calf-length socks, were slightly raised, which was actually quite cute.

As soon as she clicked on the trailer for *Peerless*, she saw Chen Gangsheng and Hua Jiaqun sitting in a car.

The characters played by these two were in the middle of a conversation.

"Anything, when taken to the extreme, is art," said the character played by Chen Gangsheng.

"With heart, fakes can also be made better than the real thing," he continued.

The entire Back Shadow music was of that rather mysterious and elusive style.

"Tell me, which master's painting do you want to copy?" said the character played by Hua Jiaqun.

At this moment, the scene began to shift, and a large number of classic paintings from Blue Star began to appear.

At the same time, next to the famous paintings, a fake painting that looked exactly the same would also be placed.

The appearance of one painting after another made Xiao Cai unable to resist pausing several times, playing the little game of "Let's Find the Differences Together."

"I can't see any difference at all!" Xiao Cai was speechless.

This was truly passing off the fake as the real!

Connecting this to the earlier conversation between the two in the car, it wasn't hard to see that the character played by Hua Jiaqun was someone who painted fakes?

And the character played by Chen Gangsheng had a Demand for this special skill of his?

"Ah! So Brother Sheng is playing a villain again!" Xiao Cai was a bit excited.

"So, is this a counterfeit ring, relying on this to get rich?"

She was quite curious now; with so many masterpieces appearing in the trailer, which painting would they choose to perform the operation of passing off the fake as the real?

The scene returned to the car.

Wu Fusheng, played by Chen Gangsheng, reached his hand into the pocket of his trench coat, then pulled out a 100-dollar bill and held it horizontally in front of Li Wen, played by Hua Jiaqun.

Xiao Cai muttered to herself: "What the, just a mere 100 dollars to boss someone around?"

However, the next moment, the words Wu Fusheng spoke made Xiao Cai's heart shake violently.

"I want you to copy this US dollar bill!"

Xiao Cai's eyes couldn't help but widen a bit: "This is... making counterfeit money!?"

The next moment, the sound of strings began to play.

In this elegant sound, the scenes that appeared were exceptionally outrageous.

Listening to the music, it was as if one were in a hall of art.

Yet, the scenes were like this:

Working on the Master Plate.

Working on the Electroplate.

Working on the watermark.

Working on the Color-shifting ink.

Working on the Acid-free paper.

The entire production process of the counterfeit money was presented to everyone, scene by scene, amidst the sound of strings.

The sound of the violins began to get faster and faster.

In the scene, a number began to appear: 【100】.

The next moment, after two clanking sounds, two zeros were added after the 100, then two more zeros, then two more zeros...

The amount kept growing, finally becoming a 1 followed by countless zeros, filling the entire screen!

Xiao Cai looked at the final scene of this trailer and couldn't help but mutter:

"Oh my god!"

(End of chapter)