Chapter 779: Stop Farting!

"Hypnosis Playlist," a very magical thing.

You have absolutely no idea what kind of stuff is hidden inside!

You might think that as long as a playlist is popular enough, it must be a proper playlist, right?

No, no, no. Some playlists are popular purely because many people share them with their friends to prank them.

And for explosive songs on the level of "Natural," they are, of course, the favorites of improper hypnosis playlists!

Jeffrey, this is telling you what the hell is called a Surprise!

Jie Dao, who was already muddled in consciousness and about to enter deep sleep, sat up in shock and yanked the noise-canceling headphones out of his ears!

This life, it's impossible to go on!

On the other side, Luo Mo had already finished the first concert of his 【New York Station】.

Yes, he will hold two consecutive shows in Niuyue.

This time, he clearly felt that the number of foreign faces in the audience had started to increase.

And a large portion of them, it is estimated, had already watched videos of his concerts.

For example, when he took out the suona, a bunch of foreigners underneath were already shouting: "Suona! Suona!"

At the same time, he also clearly felt that songs like "Natural" and "Faded" had already become popular.

Many people at the scene were already able to sing along.

Nowadays, on the Meiguo New Song Chart, "Natural" is strongly dominating the list.

As for "Faded," it ranks second.

In fact, here on Blue Star, the chart with the highest gold content for Electronic Music songs is the UK Chart, not the US Chart.

Luo Mo has been looking at the data these past few days; "Faded" has already rushed to second place on the Electronic Music chart on the UK Chart.

You must know, this chart is not some New Song Chart; it calculates the weekly popularity of all Electronic Music, including both new and old songs!

From this, it can be seen that this song is Afraid to have caused a sensation in the Electronic Music circle!

There's no helping it; you have to know that this is a work that became popular all over the world on Earth, and it is one of the most well-known Electronic Music works.

Luo Mo doesn't feel surprised at all that there would be such a result.

During these past few days, when he and Xu Chujing were free, they would also pay attention to information related to "Doomsday Apostle 2" and look at the various statements made by Jie Dao.

It can be seen—he's anxious, he's anxious!

Luo Mo said to Xu Chujing: "It's very obvious that Jie Dao is very confident in his new film; he is just frustrated now, with nowhere to vent."

"After all, there is still a long time until the remote duel between the two movies."

"So, the Face he lost, there is simply nowhere to get it back for now."

"He can only stay angry like this!" Luo Mo said with a smile.

Xu Chujing looked at him and said: "Then I can also see that you are very confident in your own movie."

Luo Mo nodded and said: "Of course."

He added: "The 'Doomsday Apostle' series, you can guess what type of Science Fiction film it is just by the name; it is that kind of almost pure commercial Science Fiction, not the type that belongs to hard Science Fiction."

"This kind of movie doesn't involve overly profound fields in terms of word-of-mouth; what everyone cares about is whether it looks good or not, not whether it is professional or not. Generally, it's fine as long as it's passable, because that is the positioning of this type."

Overall, the positioning of "Doomsday Apostle" is similar to those box-office-selling commercial Science Fiction movies on Earth.

Humanity has already immigrated to other planets, but still encounters a doomsday crisis, and then all kinds of special effects fighting!

It still has obvious differences in essence from "Interstellar," which many people on Earth have on their lips and call a masterpiece.

In Luo Mo's view, if you really want to compare hardness, "The Wandering Earth" after all comes from the hands of Liu Cixin, so it is definitely harder than this pure commercial film.

Xu Chujing looked at Luo Mo and said: "So, your meaning is that the battle of word-of-mouth between the two movies actually only lies in—which one is better to watch?"

"That's about the meaning. It's just that 'Doomsday Apostle 2' isn't being released domestically anyway, so among the countrymen, its word-of-mouth can't possibly be good, unless some people are just cheap—he scolds you in the movie, and you still want to lick him." Luo Mo shrugged his shoulders, because he knew very well that such people indeed exist.

Xu Chujing nodded and said: "So, the two movies will ultimately be compared by box office."

"Of course, for commercial movies, the box office is naturally the most important thing." Luo Mo said very affirmatively.

Whether it is Hollywood on Earth or Hollywood on Blue Star, as long as your movie is popular enough and makes enough money, you have the qualifications to be willful in all kinds of ways.

Many Ox directors are willful beyond your imagination.

From this, it can be seen that Hua Jiaqun is actually quite suitable to develop here; after all, he can print US dollars himself...

"Comparing box office remotely..." Xu Chujing said softly.

As one of the most popular directors in the world, Luo Mo definitely has his own confidence in this regard.

The only thing that makes Xu Chujing more worried is the market problem of domestic Science Fiction movies.

However, fortunately, the miracles Luo Mo has created are numerous enough, and the word-of-mouth is good enough, so there is no need to worry about the early box office; there will still be many people who, based on trust and their love for him, will walk into the movie theater.

It's just that at this moment, she actually doesn't know how crazy the thoughts in Luo Mo's mind are!

At this time, there are 23 days left until the release of "Doomsday Apostle 2."

There are 25 days left until the release of "The Wandering Earth."

That is to say, large-scale promotion can already be rolled out.

Because Luo Mo is still abroad, he is only cooperating with some online promotional work for the time being; as for participating in some variety shows and the like, it can be handled by some important supporting Actors in the movie.

Overall, this movie is still star-studded.

And those Luo Mo invited are all powerful Actors.

Luo Mo doesn't need those traffic stars who are purely used to pull traffic at all.

Who can have higher traffic than him?

On Earth, the Actor who played Liu Qi could be said to have had no fame before acting in this movie.

If Luo Mo plays Liu Qi himself, the boost that brings is completely different.

As for Zhao Jinmai, who played Han Duoduo, she was incredibly young when she played this role back then, definitely a minor.

If I remember correctly, she even refused the role at first because she was in the middle of preparing for her high school entrance exams at the time.

As everyone knows, as public figures, child stars' high school and college entrance exam scores are also highly scrutinized.

Especially in this day and age, when some people build personas as top students, or personas of being hardworking and diligent in their studies, everyone naturally pays more attention to these things.

I heard that in order to get her, the director Guo Fan used a two-pronged approach at the time.

On one hand, he told little sister Zhao Jinmai, "I can give you 50,000 yuan in pocket money."

On the other hand, he told her parents, "I am a graduate student; as a dignified graduate student, can I not tutor her in her studies?"

As it turned out, that was a total trap.

The behind-the-scenes photos of Zhao Jinmai that were released were all of her wearing costumes and props that weighed a staggering 50 to 60 jin, lying on the road and falling asleep directly.

During the day, she crawled and rolled around, filming while carrying heavy loads.

Staying up late to grind through practice problems at night was one thing, but her "tutor" was actually stumped by a middle school math problem, damn it.

Besides that, to ensure the filming went smoothly, she also had to undergo physical training, as if she were in a sports school.

Working, going to sports school, and grinding through practice problems all at once—middle schooler Zhao Jinmai had a breakdown.

Fortunately, her final high school entrance exam scores were actually quite good.

Of course, director Guo Fan deserves no credit for any of this...

It is worth mentioning that little sister Zhao Jinmai's later breakout hit was "The Beginning".

And when she was filming "The Beginning", it seems she was... preparing for her college entrance exams again!

Experiencing constant explosions on a bus while staying up late to grind through practice problems.

In the end, she entered the Central Academy of Drama with the top score in the arts exam.

It is quite magical, come to think of it; every time she prepares for a major exam, the work she films ends up being a hit.

Based on this magical attribute, it would be a bit of a pity not to go and get a graduate degree.

Here on Blue Star, there is no need to say much about how popular Ding Xiaoyu, who played Han Duoduo, has been these past few years.

You have to know, she is an international piano genius girl, Luo Mo's apprentice, and at the same time, she is... Zhao Ling'er from "Chinese Paladin"!

You devil, Ling'er is asking you to save the world, calling you Brother Xiaoyao in your ear; how could you not risk your life for her?

To hell with the Planetary Engine Project for The Wandering Earth, Laozi could push the Earth along all by himself!

Every time Luo Mo looks at the cast list for his movies, he is always very confident about the promotional side of things.

He even feels that even if he isn't there, just relying on them to do the promotion is actually enough.

But far away abroad, he does not know that the development of the situation did not match his initial imagination.

The reason is very simple: the actors suffered too much on set.

Everyone felt that during the filming process, Director Luo didn't treat us like human beings!

"We are very angry!"

"But later we discovered that he didn't seem to treat himself like a human being either."

It was too tiring; filming this movie was too tiring!

At first, the science fiction film everyone imagined: cool special effects (acting blindly against a green screen), money-burning sets (immersive experiences), props full of technology (satisfying the soul of a middle-schooler)...

But in reality?

Physical training! Physical training! Physical training!

Those special costumes were basically never lighter than 50 jin!

Putting them on was a hassle, taking them off was a hassle, and if you were hanging on wires, everything was even more of a hassle.

Seriously, filming action movies isn't even this tiring.

Like on Earth, the late Wu Mengda was moved by the script before filming this movie, which is why he agreed to play Han Zi'ang.

As a result, after filming for one day, he returned to the hotel and really cried from exhaustion; at his age, he was red-eyed while reflecting on himself: why did I take this role?

But the next day, he still insisted on not using a body double and completed a series of high-difficulty shots.

Seeing him so insistent, the crew eventually even specially brought in an ambulance, just in case.

In the released photos and behind-the-scenes footage, there are a large number of shots of him stopping to rest after filming for a while, and then frantically inhaling oxygen.

In the end, the filming schedule went over by a full five days, and since Wu Mengda knew the crew was poor, he didn't ask for extra money.

When Luo Mo was selecting the Blue Star actor to play Han Zi'ang, he was directly aiming to match Wu Mengda.

You have to know, although Wu Mengda was famous for comedy, his acting skills were plain for all to see, especially that bitter smile of his in "Shaolin Soccer", which was even added to textbooks.

Because his acting skills were so convincing, it made many netizens leave comments when he passed away that made people break down:

"Senior Driver Han Zi'ang, according to the regulations of The Wandering Earth Law, you have reached your term of service; you are now honorably retired. Thank you for your service."

Luo Mo eventually found his half-teacher in acting, Luo Chun of the National Theatre of China, to play the role of Han Zi'ang.

Their previous collaboration on "Nirvana in Fire" was very pleasant, and Luo Chun also agreed to participate.

Then, the old man was so tired that he wanted to cut off this teacher-student-friend relationship with Luo Mo.

At night, Luo Mo and Xu Chujing, who had finished the rehearsal for the next stop of the concert, watched the variety show "Happy Sunday" at the hotel.

This episode featured some of the actors from "The Wandering Earth" going on to do promotion.

Soon, it reached the interview stage, where everyone could chat about things that happened on set and their own experiences filming.

Luo Mo sat up straight, already prepared.

—Quick, praise me, quick, praise our movie!

Unexpectedly, it turned into a large-scale grievance session.

Luo Chun spoke first, saying: "I have been filming for over thirty years. In my understanding, a qualified actor should not complain about hardship or fatigue, and should do their best to perform their own duties."

Many veteran actors have said things like this; in reality, they are just blasting those "little fresh meat" idols who post on Weibo over the slightest trifle.

Good grief, with that kind of wound, if they had posted on Weibo a few minutes later—it would have healed on its own!

Who would have thought, Luo Chun immediately changed the subject and said, "However, after filming this movie, I have already started thinking about just retiring this year."

As soon as this sentence came out, the clickbaiters watching the program went wild with joy.

——"Luo Mo's new film successfully discourages a national treasure-level actor, causing him to never act again"!

Watching the variety show, Luo Mo's mouth twitched slightly, and he said, "Old man, there's no need for that, really..."

With a veteran contestant like Luo Chun taking the lead, wouldn't the others follow suit?

Zhou Tong, who played the captain Wang Lei, followed right after.

He is one of the actors who has collaborated with Luo Mo the most, and in recent years, he has even been called an "Uncle Circle Top Pick," and is very popular.

Holding the microphone, he said, "Everyone should know how much money our Director Luo invested in this movie, right?"

"At first, when I heard this terrifying number, I wanted to come to the set to get a kick out of it. Such a large production is rare in the country, and I thought it would definitely be a blast, enough to satisfy my craving!"

"I used to envy those actors who shoot special effects scenes. Look, for example, I push my palm forward like this to strike a palm, and the final effect presented—wow, that is truly impressive."

"I thought that with such a large investment in science fiction, there would definitely be many such grand scenes."

"As it turned out, I was there to play the captain Wang Lei. My prop costume, just the Exoskeleton Protective Suit alone, weighed eighty jin! That doesn't include the weight of the things inside, nor does it include the weapon in my hand!" Zhou Tong said, angrily gesturing with an eight.

The host chimed in, "Can't you use special effects for that?"

"Yes, we could!" Zhou Tong said, "I went to ask Director Luo if we could use special effects for the entire exoskeleton suit."

"And then?" the host pressed.

"Then he gave me a number, told me a very scary production price," Zhou Tong said with a smile, "After reporting it, he even added 'Brother Tong'."

——What could I do? He called me Brother Tong!

The scene erupted in laughter instantly.

Zhou Tong waved his hand with a smile and said, "Actually, that's only part of the reason. The main thing is for it to be more realistic; this was something we, the cast and the director, discussed together."

The host imagined the hardship of filming, his facial features twisting together, and chimed in, "Just thinking about it is exhausting."

Zhou Tong smiled and said, "Look, I'm already over forty this year. Because this costume is very difficult to put on, it takes five people to help me every time, and it's also very difficult to take off. A big man of forty like me has to... has to wear a diaper to film every day!"

Seeing his shy and indignant appearance, the audience's barrage was full of: "Hahahaha!"

Who would have thought that this suit-wearing "Uncle Circle Top Pick" would actually wear diapers every day in private!

In comparison, the interesting anecdotes from other film crews were truly weak!

Zhou Tong said very seriously, "Really, don't disbelieve me. This Exoskeleton Protective Suit is very complicated; there are many places inside that need to be screwed in, and you even have to use an electric drill."

The audience imagined the scene with the electric drill, and the barrage was again full of: "Hahahaha!"

He is really so miserable, but I really want to laugh.

The host took the opportunity to say, "Come, our program team managed to get a still photo of Zhou Tong, let's show it to everyone."

On the big screen, a picture of Zhou Tong wearing the cool exoskeleton appeared. He had nowhere to sit and rest, so he could only hang his whole body on a rack, with a rope supporting his chin.

In the variety show, the barrage went crazy again.

"Hahahaha! He looks like my grandma treating her cervical spondylosis!"

"He looks like a Beijing roast duck being roasted! Hahahaha!"

"I'm dying of laughter! Luo Mo specializes in pitting his own people!"

Who would have expected that the next still photo would be of Luo Mo also hanging there to rest.

Luo Mo, who was also watching the program: "..."

Damn it, why do I look like I'm hanging myself!

Everyone thought that Zhou Tong's complaining about the props should end here.

Who would have expected him to have something even more ruthless later.

Zhou Tong pointed at the costume and said, "How is it? Looks cool, right?"

"I have a few more scenes later where I have to wear a helmet, very handsome."

"However, the breathability of this suit is very poor. What does this lead to?"

"It leads to me not daring to fart at all during the filming process!"

As soon as the words fell, the scene erupted in laughter again, and the barrage was once again filled with: "Hahahaha!"

Farting under a quilt and then pressing someone else under the quilt to smell it—I thought that was already bad enough.

This wearing a helmet to smell a fart is just too extreme!

Watching the variety show, Luo Mo couldn't help but mutter, "Can you guys promote some serious content, hey!"

"It's fine, promoting it this way, these interview segments will all go viral," Xu Chujing said with a smile.

It was obvious that she understood the current state of the internet.

In fact, after this episode of "Happy Sunday" aired, this content really went viral across the entire internet.

The popularity soared, directly dominating the Hot Search on every platform!

Many particularly mean netizens also left comments under the video one after another.

These days, it's popular to set a flag, which is when the lead actors express to the public that if the movie box office reaches a certain amount, we will do such and such.

Therefore, the silly netizens left comments one after another:

"Brother Tong, just give us a number. How much box office will it take for you to agree to live stream wearing the helmet and the Exoskeleton Protective Suit while farting?"

(End of this chapter)