This director is so innocent.

Chapter 115 The "True Fragrance Law" and the Appointment with Sea Bass

Hangzhou, a music extravaganza.

Luo Jin sat backstage, silent.

He finally couldn't resist the temptation and put on the outfit that Su Jin had designed for him.

Ugh!

I don't know if this decision is the right one.

If it doesn't get hot, he'll fight Su Jin to the death.

Looking at Luo Jin's appearance, Zhao Shan couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. She didn't know what he was thinking, actually believing Su Jin's words.

Not only did she wear a yellow wig, but she also styled her hair on top of her head, making it very long on both sides, almost past her shoulders. She also wore three fake earrings on her left ear and three oddly shaped rings on her fingers.

A string of beads was wrapped around her right wrist, and a silk scarf was tied around it.

He wore a white denim vest with tassels on top and ripped jeans on the bottom, making him look like a street urchin.

"Luo Jin, it's not too late for you to regret it now. Once you're waiting in the wings, you won't be able to change."

"I won't change it. I trust Su Jin." Luo Jin shook his head, his tone particularly serious, as if he were encouraging himself.

"Then why did you absolutely refuse to have this look before?" Zhao Shan looked at Luo Jin with a half-smile.

"I've figured it out. Singers need to be a little more unique so that the audience can remember me," Luo Jinyan said insincerely.

"Aren't you afraid the boss is lying to you?"

"Probably not!" Luo Jin replied uncertainly.

Zhao Shan shook her head and smiled slightly, then stepped forward to help Luo Jin straighten his clothes. "Since you don't want to change, then leave it like this! Don't be nervous when you're on stage. Keep a calm mindset and treat it like a regular practice session."

"Um."

Seven or eight minutes later, the host announced, "Next up is a very unique singer, and also a newcomer. Please welcome Luo Jin to perform his new song, 'Wrong Wrong Wrong'."

"Keep a calm mindset and keep going," Zhao Shan advised.

Luo Jin nodded, took a deep breath, and walked onto the stage with an air of fearlessness.

Whether he can become a top star depends on tonight.

Keep it up, Luo Jin, you can do it!

Background music begins.

The audience below the stage looked at Luo Jin, who was standing in the center of the stage with a unique appearance, and were suddenly a little surprised. This guy seems to be quite handsome!

Luo Jin stood there looking at the dense crowd and suddenly felt very nervous, almost unable to breathe, and his palms were sweating.

He took a deep breath to calm himself, and just then the music started.

"A girl with braces, yet she's still beautiful."

"My sister has such amazing legs."

"Found an American girl, but now I'm just embracing the night."

Ok?

Ok?

Ok?

The audience members in the audience and those watching on television greeted him in unison.

"Holy crap, what is he singing? I can't understand a word he's saying."

"I don't understand it either, but it sounds strangely nice to me."

"Feel the same."

"+1."

+10086.

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At this moment, Luo Jin on stage was completely going all out. He closed his eyes slightly, refusing to look at the audience's emotions, afraid that someone would throw a water bottle at him.

"Damn it, what's wrong with me? How could I like listening to songs like this?"

"No, I must listen to some classical music when I get back to clear my head."

"I'm a mongrel, and I love listening to this."

"It sounds great, I'll definitely listen to it again when I get back."

"I have a feeling this song will be a hit, it's so catchy."

"My silly little brother will definitely love this song."

There were quite a few professional singers sitting in the audience, all of them frowning. How much money did the organizers receive to let such trashy singers in?

"Ah, a monster."

"How can I resist such beauty? My girl is mine in no time."

"The way of plants and trees."

When the music ended, enthusiastic applause rang out.

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Luo Jin bowed in greeting and smiled broadly as he watched the applause last for two minutes.

He, Luo Jin, might really be about to become famous.

The following day, the Vietnamese version of "Wrong Wrong Wrong" quickly climbed into the top five of major music platform charts.

Judging from this situation, they should be able to take first place before noon.

This song has a music video, and the content is based on the original music video, which is basically the same. The male protagonist opens the door and sees two women kissing in bed.

The most popular places for "Wrong Wrong Wrong" are third- and fourth-tier cities, especially counties and towns, where it was incredibly popular.

Those energetic young men, each with the same hairstyle, were humming the tune of "Braces Girl."

Don't think they can't do it.

These days, non-mainstream styles are still very popular.

They don't like to cut their hair, everyone's hair is very long, and they walk with a limp.

It means landing on the balls of your feet first, with your hair swinging back and forth.

This group of people almost regard Luo Jin as a god among non-mainstream people.

"Su Jin, I'm famous, I'm famous."

"I know you're famous now. I have to go film a movie, so I'll say goodbye."

Su Jin couldn't stand Luo Jin's loud and insistent tone, so she hung up the phone immediately.

With Zhao Shan's guidance, Luo Jin did not end up with a situation where his songs were popular but he himself was not.

According to Zhao Shan, Luo Jin has received many invitations for commercial performances and music festivals in the past week.

As for GG's endorsement?

Almost none, too unsophisticated, others wouldn't look up to it.

Of course, there were some, but those of higher social standing looked down on Luo Jin.

There were many smaller brands, but Zhao Shan rejected them all.

She had a complete development plan for Luo Jin and didn't care about this small amount of money at all.

Li Xiaolu walked up to Su Jin, blinked her big eyes, and said, "Su Jin, did you write Luo Jin's song 'Wrong Wrong Wrong'?"

"Mm." Su Jin nodded slightly.

"Could you write a song for me?"

"Do you think songwriting is as easy as cabbage? You think you can just write it whenever you want? No, this song has already used up all my inspiration."

Li Xiaolu stared intently at Su Jin, as if trying to find any trace of his lie.

You know what, Prince Pingxi was really full of collagen at that time.

Su Jin pinched her cheek and said, "Stop looking. Even if you see something amazing, I still can't write it."

Li Xiaolu slapped Su Jin's hand away, touched her face and muttered, "If you can't write it, then write it. Why are you pinching my face?"

"Because you're moisturized!"

"roll."

That evening, when the main cast and crew, along with Yang Qing and others, were having dinner together, they talked about "The Coffin in the Mountain".

"Su Jin, you're wrapping up filming tomorrow. You'll be doing promotional work after that, right?" Xu Zheng asked.

"Okay, first I need to attend 'Happy Camp' and the premiere of 'Sea Bass' on the 27th. Don't forget to come!"

"OK, Jiang Wen's 'The Sun Also Rises' was released a few days ago! Did you go see it?"

"No, but I heard from people in my company that the box office was very poor. There was no media coverage in the first three days, expecting it to break 10 million like mine. The actual figure was much lower, only 683 million."

"That's a huge difference? That would be a huge loss. I heard that Jiang Wen's movie cost fifty million."

"Damn—a big director is a big director. He can casually make a 50 million dollar production. 'Nightclub' doesn't even amount to a fraction of that," Yang Qing exclaimed.

Jiang Wen is known for exceeding the budget of his films. "The Sun Also Rises" initially had a budget of only 30 million, but then 18 million was spent.

The film is less than a third complete.

The investors were too agreeable; they withdrew their remaining 1200 million yuan investment and refused to pay it back, so filming was halted.

China Film Group brought in Emperor Entertainment Group to invest 2200 million yuan, on the condition that the box office revenue share would be prioritized over Taihe Group's.

What could Taihe do? They'd already invested 1800 million; they couldn't let all their efforts go to waste! So they agreed.

Unexpectedly, the 2200 million yuan was still not enough, so his wife Zhou Yun and his younger brother Jiang Wu invested another 1100 million yuan.

The final box office was only 1700 million.

By the way, "The Sun Also Rises" was also the reason for his falling out with Zhang Yimou.

Isn't Zhang Yimou the president of the jury at this year's Venice Film Festival?

Jiang Wen brought "The Sun Also Rises" to the competition, and many members of the judging panel were optimistic about it and wanted to award him the Golden Lion.

However, Zhang Yimou disagreed and insisted on awarding the Golden Lion to Anthony Wong's "Lust, Caution".

"Speaking of which, Jiang Wen has lost so much money, will he be able to attract investment in the future?" Yang Qing asked.

"We should be able to secure funding. After all, Jiang Wen is one of the top directors in mainland China. He only recently had a film fail, so getting investment shouldn't be a problem," Xu Zheng replied.

Su Jin smiled but didn't say anything.

Jiang Wen's next film will make him a legend.

Then a group of great Confucian scholars debated the classic text "The Sun Also Rises," which in turn became a classic.

The following day, Su Jin finished filming her scenes.

He finished filming, and his scenes in "Nightclub" are almost over.

I estimate it will all be done in another week.

They flew to Changsha overnight, rested for one night, and Liu Shishi came from Hengdian the next morning.

Only the two of them participated in Happy Camp this time; Zhang Guoli took Yu Nan to participate in other variety shows.

Liu Ye's film "Nanjing! Nanjing!" started filming in Tianjin at the beginning of the month, so he hasn't had time to participate in variety shows.

However, he will attend the movie premiere on the 27th, and will also take a week to participate in the subsequent promotional tour.

Of course, it was definitely not because Xie Na was there that he didn't attend.

Guo Tao is also busy filming.

Backstage at "Happy Camp", He Jiong led Xie Na and the other three into the studio.

"Teacher He."

"Su Jin, long time no see!" He Jiong greeted her warmly, and then the two hugged.

He had been on "Happy Camp" once before to promote his novel, before Du Haitao and Wu Xin had arrived.

"I want a hug too." Xie opened her arms, acting cute and charming.

"Aren't you afraid Zhang Jie will get jealous?" Su Jin teased.

"You found out too?" Xie Na looked at Su Jin with surprise, and lowered his arm.

"I'm very well-informed, okay?"

"Then I want a hug too."

After Xie Na and Su Jin hugged, Xie Na smiled and said, "Su Jin, my brother Jie said your album is very well written. He especially likes your song 'Father's Prose Poem'."

"Hey, you two haven't been together long, have you? You're already calling him Brother Jie." Su Jin teased.

"Don't talk about me like that. Don't you have a little fangirl too?" Xie Na nodded at Liu Shishi with a smile on her face.

She had just noticed that Liu Shishi's gaze towards Su Jin was very strange. When Su Jin asked for a hug earlier, Liu Shishi had a sullen face, as if someone owed her money.

Su Jin smiled and introduced, "Liu Shishi, a very good friend of mine."

"Just good friends?" Xie Na raised an eyebrow and said teasingly.

"Xie Na, that's enough."

"Alright, alright, Su Jin, let me introduce you to our new family members on 'Happy Camp,' Wu Xin and Du Haitao," He Jiong said.

They both participated in "Shining New Anchor" two years ago, winning the championship and runner-up titles, and then joined "Happy Camp".

After the group got to know each other, they began rehearsals.

Recording will begin at 2 PM.

Su Jin opened the show with the song "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky".

The blind woman then performed a hot dance in the middle.

I introduced myself, announced the release date of "The Coffin in the Mountain," and then played a game—a very boring game.

To this end, Su Jin also gave them a new game to test their intelligence: Who is the undercover agent?

In the middle of the segment, the production team even invited Chris Lee (Li Yuchun) over, and the two sang a duet of "Because of Love".

After filming wrapped, she declined He Jiong's invitation to dinner and immediately took a flight to film "A Date with the Bass".

He was still with Sister Xia.

"A Date with the Bass" is broadcast on Phoenix TV. It used to be a weekly show, but this year it was changed to a daily show.

The day after they arrived at the recording studio, Su Jin met Lu Yu.

She was very thin, extremely thin, as if a gust of wind could blow her away.

Her head isn't large; it's a visual illusion caused by her body proportions that makes her head appear bigger.

To put it simply, it's because my body is too thin, which makes my head look big.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Lu Yu took out a script and handed it to Su Jin, asking him to see if there was anything he couldn't ask.

Su Jin took the script, glanced at it quickly, shook her head slightly, and said no.

Half an hour later, the recording of the program began.

Lu Yu first introduced Su Jin's resume, and then said, "Let's warmly welcome Su Jin and Liu Shishi."

Amidst enthusiastic applause and screams, Su Jin, accompanied by Liu Shishi, made a dazzling entrance, waving her hands and smiling.

He first bowed slightly to the audience to greet them, and then introduced himself: "Hello everyone, I am Su Jin."

After Su Jin sat down, she heard Lu Yu say, "Most of the audience here are your fans."

"Really?" Su Jin asked with a smile, looking at the audience below the stage.

"Really!" the audience exclaimed in unison.

Judging from the voices, most of the people who came were girls.

Sure enough, he seems to have a lot of fans because of his good looks.

Why doesn't anyone recognize his talent?

"Thank you all for your continued support and love. I will always love you all." Su Jin made a heart gesture to her fans in the audience.

At first, they didn't understand, but after they realized what was happening, the young fans went wild, excitedly screaming.

"Ah ...

"Su Jin, I like you."

Seeing that the fans were getting too excited and noisy, Su Jin raised her hand to quiet them down.

Seeing that the audience had fallen silent, Lu Yu said in surprise, "Su Jin, they really listen to you."

"No, it's mainly because they're very well-behaved."

Upon hearing this, the little fans all smiled sweetly and were a little excited, but they all managed to control themselves very well.

My crush actually said I was very well-behaved, so of course I had to restrain myself and not make things difficult for him.

Lu Yu is capable of conducting interviews, but sometimes she suddenly brings up very awkward topics, as if her IQ is offline.

For example, she interviewed Sandra Ng.

Thirteen Sister said that Chen Kexin didn't understand why a woman would use 730 face masks a year. Then she said that she uses four face masks a day, and Chen Kexin didn't understand her and told this as a joke.

Then, Lu Yu seriously refuted Thirteen Sister, saying that she really couldn't absorb it and that it was just her imagination.

She was just telling a joke, not discussing it with you. As a host, why take it so seriously instead of trying to please her?

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Lu Yu also asked a very stupid question.

She asked a poor, left-behind girl why she didn't eat meat, whether it was because meat spoiled easily or something.

Asking this question shows a complete lack of thinking.

Others are so poor they can't even afford to eat, where would they get the money to eat meat?

"Su Jin, 'The Coffin in the Mountain' is your first directorial work, right? Why did you want to become a director instead of continuing to work as a writer?" Lu Yu asked.

"Only children make choices. Why can't I have both?"

"————"

"I published an English novel called The Maze Runner in September, and it has now climbed into the top ten of the North American social sciences charts."

The Maze Runner is selling very well in North America. The first print run of 300,000 copies is almost sold out, and the publisher is working overtime to print more.

We then talked about a lot of things related to "The Coffin in the Mountain" and I asked Sister Xia a few questions, just a few.

Sister Xia is not famous enough; Lu Yu has no interest in her at all.

After the event, Su Jin signed autographs for each of the young fans present before heading home.

I also took some time these past few days to do a few interviews with film magazines.