Chapter 58 – Lost Wings

[#BlackClouds# QAQ How is it so good! Although I was not a fan of Ling Xiao before, after watching this movie, I really do admire him! Change powder, Change powder![1] In here, Rong Rong really is beautiful and good looking, not the kind of overbearing president type, nor the cool and distant type! Just very, very good looking! ! ! ]

[#BlackClouds# When I saw Rong Xu crying, I actually cried, too… uncomfortable… why do good people never have a good ending …]

[#BlackClouds# I was originally watching this movie for my goddess Jennifer, but I didn't expect, this black-hearted film crew, that my goddess really only had the three seconds of screen time shown in the original trailer. Initially, I really wanted to scold this deceitful cheating film crew, but this movie really was excellent. Everyone around me cried. It seems that the people sitting around me were all Ling Xiao's fans. At the end, everyone was saying how "Rong Xu acted really well". En, I also cried a bit, just a bit.]

Numerous praises swept the Internet community on that day. All the major forum posting platforms, Tieba and Weibo, had people discussing Black Clouds.

One early morning passed, and the movie already had three showings in theaters. During the 3 to 4 o'clock (in the morning) showing, many of the movie theaters in major cities had filled one third of their seats with audience members watching the movie. In some small cities, because there was only one movie theater that would release Black Clouds in the early morning hours, their attendance rate was high enough to be shocking.

By seven o'clock in the morning, Huaxia's best-known movie evaluation network — Scenic Depth Movie Network's page, Black Clouds's public and professional scores were released.

Public Score: 9.3 !

Professional Score: 9.1 !

It had only been seven hours since the movie was released, but this movie already received such a high rating.

If you wanted to vote on the Scenic Depth Movie Network, you must first present an official movie theater ticket, which made it difficult for a Water Army's to affect the vote. Though this method couldn't completely eliminate the existence of Water Army votes, the cost of purchasing a Water Army became quite high, so Scenic Depth Movie Network's scores had always been trusted by the audience.

And right now, this site gave a score higher than 9 points!

Black Clouds was technically not a cultural arts film, but rather an inspirational commercial biography. A commercial film getting such a high rating, within one year, it was difficult to have two. After seeing such high evaluation scores, many netizens immediately bought tickets to the cinemas.

Before going in, some people had whispered: "I haven't heard of Rong Xu before, but Yu Siyu's movies have always been good, and Qin Cheng is actually in this movie, too. With them in it, this movie wouldn't be bad to that extent."

The little friend who said this before entering the theaters had no doubts and was full of confidence. Exiting the theaters, he complained to his companions with tears and snot flowing: "Say… Why did Rong Xu have to cry so contagiously. I'm not crying, I … I just got bugs in my eyes, bugs! This movie really is great. Ah wu wu wu."

There was heavy discussion about Black Clouds's plot on the Internet. Ling Xiao fans who have watched the movie analyzed the plot and shared their thoughts. This movie truly did detail much about Ling Xiao's life. Although there were some discrepancies in certain areas – for example, when Gu Mingxiu died, Ling Xiao had directly withdrawn from the music stage for half a year- – but in general, the movie was very good, and they couldn't help but be moved.

[Before watching the movie, I was afraid that the God of Music would be destroyed by Rong Xu. Rong Xu is too young, there are not many of his works. If Jiao Jingshan was allowed to perform, I would feel assured. But after going to the premiere, I realized that, fortunately, Rong Xu played the God of Music! If it wasn't him who acted, I can't imagine what the outcome would have been like...]

[I most enjoy watching Rong Xu and Qin Shen's co-acting with one another. Their interactions have a very nice feeling. I think they're even more impressive than those guest stars! When they were co-acting with each other, I honestly felt like I saw the Gu Da and Xiao Xiao of those days. When they interacted with each other, it must have also been like this!]

"Gu Da" was the nickname that Ling Xiao's fans called Gu Mingxiu by. Gu Mingxiu, this person, was indulgent and unrestrained. Once, when Ling Xiao was in an interview and was asked "How do you and Lyric artist Gu Mingxiu interact with each other", Ling Xiao had smiled and replied without thinking: "He is the big boss, I trust him."[2]

And so, Gu Mingxiu became "Gu Da".

As for Rong Xu 's fans, after watching this movie, they all even more so cried messily.

There were even some who had yet to walk out of the theater before falling into the arms of their friends to seek comfort. But, when they raised their head, they found that their friends had also cried until their makeup was smeared. And so, the two young women held their heads and cried in pain: "In the future...in the future, whoever dares to wrong my family's Rong Rong, I will bite them to death! Such a good Rong Rong, wu wu wu ...cannot bully him..."

Starting from becoming the number one hot search of the day at seven in the morning until six o'clock in the evening, #BlackClouds# firmly held the number one spot on the list.

Many of Scenic Depth Movie Network's movie critics all expressed their opinions about this film, and at around five o'clock in the evening, a review longer than three thousand words attracted the attention of all fans, pushing the popularity of this movie to a climax.

"Movies need music, a utopian style Black Clouds and a Legendary life"

[regarding Black Clouds, it cannot be considered a commercial film in the traditional sense, but within the past two years, very few commercial films could be promoted to this extent. This film is coincidental. If you simply look at the plot, the story is very simple, and there are not many special features that are attractive. But, it is because of Ling Xiao that this movie could be special.]

The shooting style of the whole movie was Liang Chao's favorite fragmented editing and splicing style. The pictures' colorations were not rich, but the contrasts were strong, perfectly rendering the atmosphere of the movie. Compared with Liang Chao's usual film works, this film's soundtrack had a better improvement.

The whole movie might have had no less than ten instrumental tracks and twenty vocal tracks. The vocal parts that were used seemed to all be Ling Xiao's own songs, and the instrumental parts were also very similar to Ling Xiao's personal style.

What I paid most attention to was the final ending. Everyone stood in front of the tombstone and mourned till the end, dark clouds scattered and golden light gradually appeared, music slowly sounding. This was the sole vocal song that was not created by Ling Xiao. This gentle song pushed the whole movie's finale to an acme, beautifully connecting with the audience's mood.

The movie used two hours to tell a story as a lining, using this final song to break open the firm ice and melt everything.

All in all, this movie needs the music. Ling Xiao's creations added brilliance to this movie, and the final new song was also one of the film crew's delicate touches[3]. If Ling Xiao's Black Clouds is a utopia, then the last song is close to reality- cruel yet beautiful.

Black Clouds. Worth the watch.]

Once this lengthy review came out, countless views were stunned, immediately recalling.

[Yes! At the time, I was crying so hard that the tears in my eyes prevented me from seeing the screen at all. But, when that song came out I couldn't stop crying. He sang while I cried, Wu wu wu, really very nice to listen to!]

[Throughout the whole movie, there were three parts where I cried the worst. The first time was when Ling Xiao went to identify Gu Mingxiu 's body. The second time was when Ling Xiao suddenly saw Gu Mingxiu's phantom at the concert, and then collapsed because of the brain tumor. The third time was during the mourning at the funeral procession. The dark clouds dispersed and the sunlight sprinkled down, I saw that everyone was serene. Then, as soon as that song came out, I couldn't help but cry.]

[Exactly what song is this? It can't be the Music God's song, I've never heard it before! Unless this is the movie's original song? Really too good, does anyone know what song this is! Begging for help from great gods!]

At the end of each movie, there will always be teeny tiny, dense words that scrolled out on the big screen and detailed each person's contributions to the film. Regarding Black Clouds's crew, they even wrote down, at the end of the movie, the name of the little brother who sent the lunch every day, thanking him once again. As long as one was attentive, they would definitely be able to spot the song's title, singer, and writer.

However, for many viewers, when they see the subtitles, they would directly leave the cinema without looking at the words.

However, with many people came greater strength. When the #BlackCloudsClosingSong# tag was bumped up to sixth place in the day's hot searches, there was finally a netizen who posted a Weibo attached with some pictures, saying: [Is it this?! At the end, I was crying a little miserably and I continued to sit in my seat until the movie ended before leaving. I accidentally took a few photos. Asking great gods to help restore some of these slightly blurred pictures. Perhaps there will be information about the song in there. [Picture][Picture][Picture][Picture][Picture][Picture]]

In total, there were six pictures and this netizen didn't care too much. But, there really were some PS (photoshop) great gods who came out to restore them to high definition pictures.

The first and second pictures were thanking all the guest stars, it wasn't until the third picture that it started to acknowledge each crew member. The fourth and fifth pictures still thanked the crew, and then the sixth picture…..

[Ahhhhhhhhhh, I have restored it! This song is called "Lost Wings" and was actually sung by Rong Rong! It really was sung by him! The songwriter is... eh? Ling Xiao?!]

This fact was a rock that stirred up a thousand waves.

Today was, after all, the first day of the movie's release and many netizens had no way of purchasing a movie ticket, unable to watch the movie. And some of the netizens who had movie tickets were all gathered together to discuss the film's plot, passing over the music aspect.

This couldn't be blamed on them because the pictures and characters of this movie were all spectacular. Just those tens of guest stars allowed them to discuss for a whole day, where could they think about the music?

Within the film industry, music is a part that is overlooked by many audience members. When the audience sees intense and exciting scenes, they will only think "what will happen next", and not "this background music is really complementary"; when they see the protagonists expressing their heartfelt emotions to one another, they would only care about "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!", not about "this song is inserted just right".

Usually, the background music is like a small gear; without it, the audience watching it would find it difficult to be moved by the story. But with it, the audience would again be immersed in their own emotions, forgetting its (the music's) existence.

Just like this time, many cried miserably with snot and tears when they saw the ending, but they didn't think about how this song influenced their mood, making them unable to bear their emotions.

And now, someone pointed out this song.

Only at this time did people notice ——

["Lost Wings" was sung by Rong Rong?! Could it be, could it be ... that all those songs were sung by Rong Rong?!]

[The singing is really good. I noticed from the start that the music played in the movie definitely isn't the Music God's original singing, but it was actually sung by Rong Xu? Slightly changing powder. Towards this kind of good looking and gentle singing boy, I have the least resistance.]

[Aaaahhhhhh, I actually didn't pick up Rong Xu's singing voice! I actually didn't pick it up QAQ I am unworthy of Rong Rong, unworthy of being a Rong Powder! I'm going to buy a movie ticket right now. This time I'll concentrate on listening to the song. I want to listen to Rong Rong sing a hundred times! ]

Of course, more people paid attention to the song "Lost Wings".

["Lost Wings" should be Ling Xiao's work during his life, Rong Xu sang it really well.]

[You all, don't rouse my appetite! The Black Clouds ticket I bought is for tomorrow. I really want to hear Rong Rong sing "Lost Wings". Is this song really that good! You all, stop talking about it!!!]

At 12 o'clock that night, when the bell of the new day rang on time, Director Liang sat in the hotel room and finally received that call.

After hearing the other party's words, Director Liang breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help laughing: "sharing the joy, sharing the joy, borrowing your well wishes."

On the day of Black Clouds premiere, the box office hit 560 million!

In Huaxia, there are more than 5,000 theaters that released this movie simultaneously, and the film's terrifying publicity storm created a box office miracle for this movie!

Black Clouds was the highest-grossing film at the box office in the last three years, close to none. The second place was a commercial film from the previous year, starring Qin Cheng, called The Inside Job [4] Ranked third is Wen Xuan's commercial film last year called The Storm of Ge Cheng.

Of course, this did not mean that Black Clouds was definitely higher in commercial value than the other two films. As the critics said, this film was coincidental. If this movie was not about Ling Xiao's life, then there would not have been so many big-name stars willing to make guest appearances; if there was no Ling Xiao, this movie would not have received so many music enthusiasts' attention.

But in any case, Black Clouds really did explode, and it was an enormous explosion!

All of this was observed by Director Liang, and he immediately sent thank-you messages to all the actors and guests who participated in the movie. At the same time, he arranged for the publicity personnel to continue the promotion of Black Clouds.

[Black Clouds crew: On the first day, I turned around and met you. [picture]]

Inside the building of Huaxia Entertainment, the 47th floor was still brightly lit. Zhao Chuyun looked at the Weibo post by the crew, her eyes paused for a moment on the flier photo that read "560 million" before nodding in satisfaction and making a call: "En, It's fine now, the time is here. The promotion of "Lost Wings" can begin."

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[1]Change powder, Change powder: "powder" is the modern slang for Fan because it sounds like the english word "fan" in chinese. The netizen is saying how they have changed to become Rong Xu's fan

[2] >NameName< Da da

[3] Original: god taking over the pen: a will of the heavens, a delicate touch. Used to describe works with beautiful expressions and impactful descriptions

[4] (The Inside Job: 监守自盗: there's a movie IRL with the same title (Inside Job), so I added THE to the English translation to differentiate them)