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Chapter 633 - 428: No, don’t become Film Emperor A-Gou!_2

Chapter 633: Chapter 428: No, don’t become Film Emperor A-Gou!_2

The third remaining one is naturally Wu Mu and Lin Qingyue’s "Separation".

It’s not like they intentionally look down on Wu Mu, it’s just that romance films aren’t really the kind of thing Cannes likes to pick. Cannes really leans more towards political and human themes, pure romance isn’t that welcome.

And it’s not just any romance; Wu Mu’s film is about middle schoolers falling in love...

Forget Cannes, even looking at the synopsis themselves, they’re not confident about it.

Isn’t this just another one of those domestic youth pain films?

Regret, messing around, silver parties, abortions...

The program team’s hearts are uneasy.

After a round of discussion, the program team finally made a decision: "The Yangtze River", "Shadow Kill" second, and "Separation" third.

...

While the Huaguo Film Report program team was making preparations,

Wu Mu’s album was also selling like hotcakes.

The hype from the parade directly pushed his album in front of countless users.

With an event this big and the album not even being expensive, who could resist the curiosity to buy a copy and give it a listen?

So by the end of the parade day, the album had sold a staggering 1.4 million copies.

The following day, the hype didn’t die down much. In fact, with Japan’s major TV stations covering the news and the various newspaper articles, it attracted even more attention.

Another million sold on the second day.

It was only on the third day that sales began to noticeably decline.

However, by then Wu Mu’s new album had already sold more than 3.3 million copies.

It immediately shot up to one of the top twenty best-selling albums in Japan of all time.

When Atsuta Atsushi called, you could almost hear the excitement in his voice, "Wu Mu-san, our album is the best-selling album in the past five years!"

Though with sales reaching one billion yuan, their platform would have to upgrade and pay Wu Mu a twenty million advance fee.

But it was totally worth it!

Just think about this incredible exposure over the past few days!

Selling more than three million copies!

It directly boosted their platform’s market share by three to four points!

To get such a big boost for just twenty million, it’s like hitting the jackpot!

Atsuta Atsushi felt a bit ashamed when recalling his previous doubts.

No promotion? Who cares when Wu Mu-san is this awesome and doesn’t even need it!

The album sold just fine without any promotion!

Still, it’s a bit hard to understand. Are these Hua Country celebrities truly confident enough not to promote, or are they just foolish for not doing so?

But they’ve succeeded twice now. One successful time might be luck, but twice? Maybe they have their own unique promotional strategy.

In any case, Atsuta Atsushi was filled with admiration for the strong.

"Our album has already topped the monthly Oricon charts. Even if the parade hype dies down, it should maintain basic exposure, and album sales can keep climbing a bit more," Atsuta Atsushi reported cheerfully.

With such huge sales, even if the coefficient is low, it’s enough to put Wu Mu at the top of the monthly chart, and with a significant lead.

Wu Mu looked at his system panel and nodded, "Yes, it can still sell for a while."

Right now, the Performance Card has only been partially fulfilled, just under 90 million, with at least another 60 million left.

But from here on, it might be a slow grind.

Or wait for the system to generate other hotspot events, plus his other shows airing in Japan.

Once finished, based on the tiered share he negotiated with Line Music, anything above 150 million is an 8.5 to 1.5 split.

The platform takes 1.5, just covering an operational cost rate, equivalent to buying publicity with money.

So for the 150 million Performance Card, he can pocket nearly 130 million.

Plus some sales not influenced by the Performance Card, probably another ten to twenty million.

And on top of that, the 30 million licensing fee from Line Music’s tier...

The entire album could net him 180 million, exceeding the Performance Card quota by 30 million.

And that’s not even counting selling to other platforms after the initial release period, or other regions domestically and overseas.

Plus, all kinds of long-term benefits the album brings.

Wu Mu nodded in satisfaction, realizing that using an album to exchange for the Performance Card is quite profitable.

Even better than selling merchandise.

After accumulating more songs, he’ll release again!

Then break the album record over in Japan, or return home to sell, make a third multi-million album, or sell to other overseas places, continue earning foreign exchange.

Wu Mu thought to himself.

After the album matters settled, now it’s time to address Lin Qingyue’s movie.

Wu Mu looked at the short video he just came across on his phone.

"Wu Gou made it big! His movie’s shortlisted for Cannes’ main competition! Oh no, don’t become Emperor Wu Gou!"

What an abstract and playful title.

Even without clicking in, Wu Mu could already sense that this Wu Gou is likely referring to him.

Not that he’d need to judge, as the video thumbnail was already his poster from "Disappeared".

"And daringly call me Wu Gou in the title, I’ll sue you later," Wu Mu muttered to himself.

Although his nickname, Wu Gou, was starting to become well-known, usually video creators, bloggers, and public figures would avoid directly calling him Wu Gou and would instead use other terms.

After all, directly calling him that poses legal risks.

But there’s always someone bold enough to directly use it.

Wu Mu glanced at the account name, [Blue Star Film Bureau].

After noting down this account’s name, he clicked on the video to watch.

"Huge shock! Wu Mu shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival, aiming for the Cannes Emperor’s crown!"

The opening was a typical short video eye-catcher.

Then a man wearing an Earth-head costume appeared on the screen.

"Guys, no movie reviews this year, just sharing my shock today! Just this morning, while I was browsing online looking for movies to review, I came across the Cannes official announcement of this year’s Cannes Film Festival shortlisted movies."

"I went in with the mentality of just having a look at the buzz. But guess what I saw!"

A film poster appeared on the screen.

It was the official poster for "Separation". Rather surprisingly, with a strong sense of ritual, Director Lin didn’t use the scene of Wu Mu under the cherry blossom tree as the poster cover.

Instead, it was a picture of him sitting alone on the grass at dusk, with the evening wind blowing, gazing at the unlaunched rocket in the distance.

Wu Mu was taken aback looking at this poster, he paused the video to carefully examine it.

Is this a scene from the film?

He seemed to remember no such close-up rocket scene in the movie.

After recalling for a moment, he remembered this wasn’t even in the film. It was when he was curious about a rocket launch site and asked Lin Qingyue to take him nearby backstage to see it.

"When did they secretly take this photo of me," Wu Mu muttered to himself.

Not to mention, Lin Qingyue’s photography skills were top-notch. The photo’s atmosphere was superb, with him sitting on the grass with the evening wind, and the distant white rocket, visually looked like two different worlds, creating a very contradictory sense of alienation.

Wu Mu quietly watched the phone screen for a few seconds, then resumed playback.

The video continued.

"Even though it’s just a side profile, no one could mistake this face. Wu Mu’s movie’s shortlisted for Cannes’ main competition! And when I followed up on the information, I found the film crew even nominated Wu Mu for Best Actor!"

"This is insane; Wu Mu is actually vying for the Cannes Emperor title? Is this the same Wu Mu I know?"

"Everyone knows I’ve done many videos roasting domestic fresh meat stars’ acting skills. I’ve painstakingly watched and reviewed every one of their films. In my mind, Wu Mu has always been one with clear traces of acting and the awkwardness of an amateur."

"So there’s the previous ’Disappeared’ and all that; it was just a web drama, just in Hua Country, somewhat bearable, but now he’s going for the Cannes Emperor??"

Even with the headgear, one could sense the person’s shock and imagine their incredulous expression underneath.