Chapter 795: Infernal Affairs

When Luo Mo and Xu Chujing boarded the plane to Hong Kong, his individual interview was released across the entire internet.

After reading it, netizens only felt that this person was as daring as ever, and not afraid of offending anyone.

But if one thinks about it carefully, one can see—what else does Luo Mo have to fear?

First, in the entertainment industry, he has absolutely no need to rely on the whims of others.

Second, his actions have already thoroughly offended those who play the traffic economy game.

They have long hated him to the bone.

These people are not afraid of those with talent; what they fear most are those who possess both traffic and talent.

"Your singing is good, no big deal, my fans mainly like that I'm handsome."

"I may lack acting skills, but my fans are satisfied just looking at this face of mine."

The face-king Luo Mo: "Who was talking just now?"

It is just like when everyone watches a Live Broadcast; some streamers show off their skills, while others are face-value streamers.

Both have their own respective markets.

The fear is having one person who occupies both ends and has reached the pinnacle in both!

The very existence of Luo Mo is a blow to the pure traffic economy.

Many fans of former traffic stars have long since "strayed."

Sorry, honey, Luo Mo is better at performing and more charming than you.

What, honey, you're telling me Luo Mo is with Xu Chujing?

Wow, he's a "married man," I love him even more!

What's more, in this day and age, traffic stars are collapsing one after another; they appear single on the surface, but in private, they are all playing around.

Idols are fake monks, and fans are the true nuns.

Laughing to death, it's too pathetic.

Compared to that, the daring and passionate Luo Mo is superior in terms of personal charisma.

It can be said that Luo Mo's appearance was the fuse for the collapse of the pure traffic economy.

The final detonation was this film, *Shanghai Fortress*, by Pineapple's Wang Shisong.

Capital chases profit; once they realize that pure traffic films don't make money, they won't be single-mindedly feeding shit to the audience.

Many industry insiders fell into silence after reading this interview of Luo Mo.

Some were ashamed and turned to anger.

Some sighed at their own inferiority.

Some felt hatred brewing.

Some reflected on themselves.

There were all kinds of people.

This meant that when Luo Mo flew to Hong Kong and met with Hua Jiaqun, Qunzai couldn't help but give him a thumbs up, praising his grand vision while jokingly saying: "If you were from Hong Kong, the next chairmanship of the 【Hong Kong Film Workers Association】 would be yours."

Luo Mo teased back: "Is there a rule saying that non-Hong Kongers can't hold the position?"

Hua Jiaqun also joked: "I'll go hold a meeting and see if everyone wants to change the rules?"

Along the way, Hua Jiaqun kept chatting and laughing with Luo Mo and Xu Chujing.

Because the group of Hong Kong stars around him had been looking forward to Luo Mo's arrival for a long time, constantly asking him when Luo Mo would come to cast the roles.

Ever since the project *Infernal Affairs* spread, it could be said to have stirred up the entire Hong Kong entertainment industry.

From Heavenly King-level stars down to the currently popular young people, and even some old-school big shots, all wanted to come and try out.

It can be called a grand event in Hong Kong!

Even the Hong Kong media were reporting frantically, saying that Hong Kong films were moving from a dead end to a "dome-path of ink" (a pun on "no way out").

Honestly, Hong Kong media titles are very biting; they rarely praise people like this.

For example, when Lin Zhiling fell off a horse while filming and broke her ribs, the Hong Kong media headline was "One Horse Steps to Explode the Century's Breasts."

When Lin Yun went on a crazy diet to film *The Mermaid*, causing her period to stop for 4 months, the Hong Kong media headline was "Lin Yun Stops Period for Four Months to Satisfy Zhou Xingchi."

When Fang got into trouble and Jackie Chan disciplined his son, the Hong Kong media headline was "Jackie Chan Angrily Beats Useless Son, Kicks Him Five Meters into the Air."

For years, G. E. M.'s outfits were mocked; when she wore white tight shorts at a concert, the Hong Kong media headline was "Universe Diaper Explodes Earth."

When Huang Xiaoming and baby were suspected of being pregnant back then, the Hong Kong media headline was "Huang Xiaoming Suspected of Making a Human with an Artificial Human."

The Hong Kong media's use of the pun "dome-path of ink" (a homophone for "no way out" using the character for Mo) left Luo Mo feeling a mix of amusement and frustration.

"These years really are the era of puns," he thought to himself.

Hua Jiaqun's car first dropped Luo Mo and Xu Chujing off at the hotel.

The casting would begin tomorrow.

Luo Mo already had a few candidates in mind, but they still needed to audition.

For the *Infernal Affairs* series, Luo Mo definitely intended to direct and star in it himself.

One must know that *Infernal Affairs* is hailed as the final glory of Hong Kong cinema, with a 9.2 rating on Douban, and many call it the pinnacle of Hong Kong films.

Luo Mo's goal for this film is not just a massive box office success.

He also wants to win awards.

Of course, excluding the 【Fan Hua Award】, with which he has completely fallen out.

After thinking it over repeatedly, he decided to play the role of Chen Yongren.

Since Luo Mo's debut, years have flown by, and he has aged a bit.

But according to the character profile, Chen Yongren is in his thirties, a bit older than him.

Therefore, when the time comes, he will need to put some effort into the makeup to make himself look a bit more weathered, for instance, by growing a beard like Liang Chaowei.

In "Dying to Survive", Luo Mo already had one instance of 【Plastic Surgery Level Acting】.

This time, he wanted to try it again and have a good challenge.

The next day, the casting work went very smoothly.

The actors Luo Mo had his eye on all performed very well after their auditions.

Here in Hong Kong, many middle-aged stars and older-generation stars actually have quite decent professional skills.

After all, many of them have been acting all the way through that most competitive golden age.

After Luo Mo finalized all the main roles, Hua Jiaqun excitedly went to find a master he was familiar with to calculate an auspicious date for the start of filming.

Luo Mo was not superstitious about this, because strictly speaking, he himself was the biggest bug in this world, but he knew that people here cared about this, so he didn't stop Qunzai from looking for a master.

After the date was calculated, Qunzai ran over excitedly to tell Luo Mo: "The master said this date is excellent, and he also said our movie will definitely be a big hit, and if we shoot a sequel in the end, the sequel will also be a super big hit!"

"Is that so?" Luo Mo responded with a smile.

He glanced at the date the master had calculated; there were still 6 days until the start of filming.

It just so happened that he had a concert scheduled in Hong Kong during this visit, and the timing would not conflict with the start-of-filming ceremony.

Moreover, he felt this master was alright, only earning money for calculating the date.

If he had also wanted to perform rituals at the start-of-filming ceremony or make everyone eat incense ash according to his instructions, Luo Mo wouldn't mind blowing a suona on the side to help liven things up.

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As time passed, Luo Mo's Hong Kong concert was held very smoothly, and there were no weird incidents at the start-of-filming ceremony.

There are many ways of doing things when filming movies here in Hong Kong.

You have to deal with both the black and the white.

Fortunately, with Hua Jiaqun there, there wouldn't be any mistakes.

Ever since his film team officially became a potential criminal group, it was already good that he hadn't "blackened" himself.

Precisely because of this, he was very interested in a film like "Infernal Affairs" that involved gangs.

At the same time, he was also thinking: "Should I also find a way to cultivate a police officer in Hong Kong?"

This idea is quite "criminal"!

Now, the sweltering August is nearing its end.

With curiosity, Luo Mo went to check the single-day box office for "Shanghai Fortress", and it actually still had over five hundred yuan.

"I wonder which warriors chose to go into an empty Cinema to be a Lone Warrior," Luo Mo thought to himself.

He guessed it was likely some roast bloggers or audiences with a taste for the bizarre.

And for "The Wandering Earth", there were only a few days left for the 【Key】 extension.

The film's single-day box office finally fell below 10 million.

Judging from the current situation, the final box office for "The Wandering Earth" should stabilize at a little over 6.1 billion, not reaching 6.2 billion.

Calculated by the exchange rate, that equals 950 million US dollars!

On the 【Global Box Office Ranking】, it can rank 47th!

A film released in only one country actually managed to force its way into the global top fifty!

Directors in Hollywood watching this scene were all left dumbfounded.

The director of "Doomsday Shit 2", Jeffrey, was even gnashing his teeth.

This kind of box office miracle gave many Huaxia directors a sense of shared honor.

This greatly boosted the confidence of Huaxia directors.

Many Huaxia directors were obsessed with going abroad, always filming things to please foreigners.

The final result was that the finished films were half-native and half-foreign, neither Chinese nor Western.

The box office miracle created by Luo Mo was equivalent to telling them: "We don't need to please them; we can even defeat them!"

Among all the films released in the global Shuji Dang, "The Wandering Earth" had the highest box office!

Whether it was "Doomsday Apostle 2" or "Star Warrior 6", all were trampled underfoot.

——Put your heart into doing our own things well, and that is enough!

Therefore, many people are now paying attention to "Infernal Affairs", all curious about what kind of tricks Luo Mo can pull off by running to Hong Kong and collaborating with a group of Hong Kong people to film a Hong Kong movie.

In the early morning, after Luo Mo woke up, he would warm up his voice as usual, and then practice some Basic Skills of Opera.

Xu Chujing, having finished brushing her teeth and washing her face in the bathroom, walked to Luo Mo's side in her pajamas, poured him a cup of warm water, and handed him a towel.

She looked at Luo Mo and said, "You seem to have been spending more time on Opera lately."

"Mm," Luo Mo nodded and said, "Preparing early never hurts."

"So, are you planning to film that movie you mentioned to me before?" Xu Chujing asked.

"Yeah, I originally wanted to save it for next year, but who would have thought that Liu Shixiong wouldn't keep it a secret for me and told Master about it in advance."

"The old man has been looking forward to it in his heart, so it's not good to keep him waiting too long."

"After 'Infernal Affairs' is finished filming, I will go film it," Luo Mo said with a smile.

There was one thing he didn't say out loud.

Master, the old man, is already very old.

And whenever Opera is mentioned, many people might think of one movie.

A movie that ranks first in the history of Huaxia cinema on Earth.

Many people say they thought it was the starting point of Huaxia cinema, but didn't expect it to be the end point.

It is called—"Farewell My Concubine"!

(End of this chapter)