634 The Dragon and the Phoenix (2/2)
”The filmography of this MV is seriously lit! Movie-quality, yo! There's an interesting background story and not just random dancing like other typical MVs shot in cheap studios. The budget for this must be expensive!”
”This is Prince Lin Lin we're talking about. Of course Bright Summit will give a superstar like him a big budget for his projects. And he's collaborating with Iris Long, JJ's current protégé. That ogre's record label is the one in charge of their collabs, so of course the quality is guaranteed.”
Afterwards, some hawk-eyed people who had already watched the music video many times started noticing symbols. Once someone mentioned them, the fans and even some experts in the music industry began hunting for all the symbols hidden in the music video and trying to decode them.
At first glance, the music video seemed to be a passionate love story between the characters Iris Long and Jin Chonglin were playing. On closer inspection, however, there were a lot of symbols that might be referring to Jin Liwei instead, even though he didn't make any appearane in the MV at all.
One example was a scene where Iris burst into flames and a phoenix-shaped fire shot out of her into the sky. Her fans knew that the phoenix had become somewhat of her symbol when she made a successful comeback with her ”Rebirth” album.
The next scene added another layer of symbolism to the phoenix that came out of Iris. A mighty flood dragon suddenly rose up from an icy ocean. The dragon and the phoenix seemed to be barrelling towards each other, roaring mightily like they were about to engage in an epic battle. Contrary to expectations, however, the dragon and the phoenix didn't fight but instead wrapped around each other like lovers before flying up in the sky and disappearing in a spectacular heavenly fireworks.
”Do you remember the matching bangles Boss Iris and CEO Jin always wear? If you look closely, they're engraved with a dragon and a phoenix to represent their eternal love! I bet my humble but mighty slippers that the flood dragon in the MV symbolizes CEO Jin while the phoenix is obviously our boss!”
”OMG! I think you're right! This is freaking awesome!”
”The dragon came out of an icy ocean. CEO Jin Liwei is known for his intimidating, icy-cold expression! Yes, I think he's the flood dragon in this MV!”
”Oh! Don't forget that during the red carpet event at the Sommet International Film Festival in France, CEO Jin and Boss Iris also wore a dragon and phoenix-inspired suit and dress!”
”Yes, I remember! They've always used the dragon and the phoenix as their symbols!”
This particular scene only lasted for a few seconds in the music video yet it ended up being dissected again and again as people tried to extract more meaning from the dragon and phoenix symbols.
There were also other symbols these obsessive fans and experts uncovered. Whether they were intended or not, neither Iris Long nor Jin Chonglin had confirmed yet. JJ's record label and Bright Summit also kept their silence about this topic for now. In the meantime, the people were having a field day trying to decipher more symbols from the music video.
In just one day, the song ”Passionate Flames” by Jin Chonglin, featuring Iris Long shot up to the top and became #1 in the daily best-selling rankings of various online music stores and streaming websites and apps.
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