Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 102 John Wick: Chapter 5 (k chapter, in )

Yanjing.

"John Wick" premiere.

Crowds of people.

Zhou Mo didn't actually call anyone specifically this time, but the number of stars who came to attend the premiere still exceeded his imagination.

no way.

There were many people who wanted to make friends with him.

After all, he is a young director, a big director, and a high-productivity director who produces one work per year on average.

With these three titles combined, both female and male celebrities want to get close to Zhou Mo.

What if?
If a person has no dreams, what is the difference between him and a salted fish?
Zhou Mo felt a little emotional as he looked at the actors and stars who came one after another and wanted to exchange contact information with him.

Back then, when Love Is Not Blind was released, he had to actively invite his lover to participate.

He was even afraid that there were not enough people, so he had to borrow Lao Jiang's face and call on others to show their support.

just now……

Zhou Mo suddenly understood Xiang Yu's mentality when he said, "If you don't return to your hometown when you are rich and powerful, it is like wearing brocade clothes at night."

It feels really good to be the center of attention.

After being happy for a moment, he gradually regained his composure.

He knew very well that many of the guests who came to attend the premiere today were not only here to show their support for "John Wick", but some of them also saw the news about Wanda and wanted to find out more.

But no matter what, the presence of these people today can be regarded as a support for the film's promotion.

Therefore, Zhou Mo always greeted wave after wave of guests with a smile.

Outside the venue, many media reporters were fiddling with their equipment.

They were quite happy too.

So many celebrities came.

You don’t have to worry about manuscripts these days.

As soon as a group of reporters see a star appear, they immediately rush to his face with their guns and short distances.

While taking pictures, He also shouted out his name loudly.

He should be passing on the message to his peers.

"Yang Mi and Liu Shishi, they are here together, two of the Four Little Flowers!"

"Tang Yan is here too. Hu Ge should be next to her."

"Luo Jin, Zhu Yilong, Zhang Ruoyun...these people are all on the rise at this stage, and they are still in contact with Director Zhou."

"Lei Jiayin, Guo Jingfei, the two bad players are here too."

Lei Jiayin still couldn't escape the reputation of "playing badly".

Previously in an interview for "Love Is Not Blind", he and Guo Jingfei were asked about their collaboration with Zhou Mo, and they both sang the same tune, saying that they just didn't know, didn't understand, and weren't clear about it. It was up to the full screen crew, and we just did whatever Director Zhou told us to do.

As a result, the two of them were given the title of "the bad duo".

But it’s true that this title has helped a lot in increasing the popularity of both of them.

At this stage, the personalities of celebrities in the entertainment industry are mostly still linked to "hard work and struggle", while there are also those who go the other way and "don't want to be famous, just be Buddhist".

It is rare to see a person who knows nothing and can do anything.

The emergence of the new generation made the reporters smile wildly. Just based on the combination of these people, they could imagine countless dramas in their minds.

I'll go back and write down what's in my mind, and I guess this month's deadline is inevitable.

However, before they could finish their excitement, another wave of people appeared.

"Huang Xiaoming is here, wait, Fan Ye is with him."

"The Mesozoic Era has appeared. I just saw Sun Li and Deng Chao. The couple must have been invited by Cai Shaofen."

"And Chen Kun is here too. Master Zhou is here too."

The appearance of the Mesozoic Era quickly divided the reporters who had just been surrounding the Cenozoic Era and taking photos.

Hu Ge and a few others were still being interviewed when they suddenly discovered that half of the microphones in front of them were missing.

Look into the distance.

As expected, they all went to interview the actors from Huayi.

Everyone sighed in their hearts. Compared with the Mesozoic era, they were far behind in both resources and fame.

Among them, people like Lei Jiayin, who relied on his own performance as the leading male role to earn 400 million yuan at the box office, are doing relatively well.

Another reporter asked him about his plans for his next movie.

A "six hundred million heroine" like Liu Shishi, who only contributed one crying scene, was instantly ignored by reporters.

"Alas, it's still a long way off." Liu Shishi sighed.

"Stop sighing. At least you've earned 600 million at the box office. I've made several movies whose performance isn't even a hair's better than yours." Huo Jianhua complained.

Hu Ge also came up and said, "I'd like you two to stop showing off. I haven't even touched the leading actress of a movie yet. How can you two compete with me?"

"It doesn't matter. Once 'The Sword of the Qi Family' is staged, we will all have our own representative works," Liu Shishi comforted.

Based on her research on the script during this period, she believes that "The Sword of the Qi Family" will be a success.

As they were talking, another sound came from the distance.

Several people looked in the direction of the sound and saw another wave of focus coming.

Director team.

"Jiang Wen and Ma Ke are here. I have to say that Jiang Wen and Zhou Mo have a strong relationship. Every time Zhou Mo's work is broadcast, Jiang Wen will support it wholeheartedly."

"Have you seen Wang Jing? When did he get in touch with Zhou Mo?"

"It should be The God of Wealth Inn. I was at the premiere and saw Zhou Mo showing his support. Wang Jing is such a good person, he will definitely return the favor."

Seeing that the last wave of people were about to leave, Zhou Mo stopped chatting with Da Tiantian and asked her to sit in the screening room first, while he went to receive the directors.

First, I greeted Wang Jing.

Wang Jing smiled and shook hands with Zhou Mo, wishing Zhou Mo a big box office success and expressing his hope to have a chance to work with Zhou Mo.

Zhou Mo has no objection.

The world view of "John Wick" can spawn many works, and he certainly cannot finish shooting them all by himself. In the future, splitting off a branch and handing it over to Wang Jing will save him a lot of trouble.

After saying goodbye to Wang Jing, Zhou Mo went and called Jiang Wen.

When Jiang Wen saw Zhou Mo for the first time, he gave him a bear hug.

Then he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Well done. I like your script very much. It's really creative to secretly kill Sakura people in the province."

Zhou Yun heard Jiang Wen swearing again and patted him lightly, indicating that there were media present and asking him to control his words.

Jiang Wen didn't like being restrained. Just as he was about to speak, Zhou Yun stared back at him. He had no choice but to shut his mouth and snorted.

Zhou Mo smiled secretly when he saw the couple fighting.

Jiang Wen has been active in the film industry for many years and has always been free and easy. No one, whether it is producers, investors, audiences, or even his ex-wife, can control him.

Until he met Zhou Yun and was caught.

It can be said that there is always something better.

In response to Jiang Wen's praise, Zhou Mo politely said, "It's just an idea I came up with by chance."

Jiang Wen was unhappy: "Why are you being so polite in front of me? A good idea is a good idea. In the future, I also want to make a movie to defeat the Sakura people. Don't blame me for using your idea when the time comes."

Zhou Mo raised his eyebrows.

Could it be "Evil Never Dies"?
But now is not the time to discuss this, he waved his hand: "Use it as you like, there is no need for us to be polite."

Arrangements have been made for Jiang Zhou and his wife.

The premiere has basically reached the main dinner stage.

Zhou Mo and the two goalies Zhang Jin and Wu Jing went to their seats.

It wasn't that he didn't want to sit with Da Tiantian, but these two guys came up and surrounded him on the left and right, as if they were afraid that he would be snatched away by the female fairy, and directly pulled him to the seat.

Zhou Mo watched as the empty seat next to Da Tiantian was getting further and further away, and he couldn't struggle free.

It wasn't until we sat down that he started to complain, "Don't you two have anyone else to watch the movie with? Why do you have to drag me to sit with you?"

Zhang Jin smiled sheepishly: "I'm so sorry, Director Zhou, I'm really too nervous. This movie is my first starring role after all, so I'm afraid... so I need someone to sit next to me so I can feel more at ease."

Zhou Mo was stunned: "You want to find someone to accompany you...Where's Sister Fen? I saw her just now?"

Zhang Jin covered his face.

"She was more nervous than I was."

After saying that, he moved back, revealing Cai Shaofen who was sitting on his left.

At this moment, Cai Shaofen's face turned a little pale, which was obviously caused by being too nervous.

Seeing Zhou Mo looking at her, Cai Shaofen forced a smile and greeted Zhou Mo.

"I'm sorry, Director Zhou. I asked Brother Jin to call you here. I was too nervous."

Zhou Mo: ...

have to.

When he didn't ask.

Turning back, "Then Brother Jing, why did you come here? You have no one to accompany you... Oh, you really have no one to accompany you. Let me put it another way. Are you nervous too?"

Wu Jing nodded and said very straightforwardly

"That's right, Director Zhou. I'm just very nervous."

Zhou Mo was amused by his words.

"No, why are you nervous? Jin Ge is nervous because he is the lead actor. If the movie fails, he will be greatly affected in the future. Why are you nervous?"

"Of course it's also for the box office, Director Zhou. We agreed that if the John Wick series is successful, the Cold Wind series can be launched within two years. It's related to my future development, so of course I'm nervous."

彳庍口巴.

Zhou Mo felt helpless.

Helping crew members solve their problems is also one of his responsibilities as a director.

I can only bear with Da Tiantian for a while.

The lights in the venue went out.

In just a few seconds, the entire set fell into silence.

Zhou Mo said from the very beginning that "John Wick" would break the 500 million box office record.

To be honest, this goal is...pretty arrogant.

In the eyes of many people in the industry, a box office of 500 million is almost like a fantasy for an action movie.

It’s just that Zhou Mo has a reputation as a “magician” and has always had a strong momentum, so people didn’t directly refute him.

Everyone was also curious about where Zhou Mo's confidence in himself was demonstrated.

The movie will soon tell them the answer.

At the beginning of "John Wick", the movie does not have any of the solemn atmosphere of traditional action movies, but is instead full of warmth.

What is presented to the audience is a wedding.

The wedding of the protagonist Zhang Zhi and his wife Fen. In the original version of John Wick, the director did not lay much groundwork for the relationship between John and his wife, using only a few shots to describe the relationship between the two.

In Zhou Mo's opinion, this is far from enough.

The relationship between the protagonist and his wife must be emphasized so that the subsequent plot when the male protagonist starts killing people because his dog dies will not appear abrupt.

In order to pave the way for the relationship between the two, he directly uploaded the video of Zhang Jin and Cai Shaofen's wedding.

It just so happened that the two of them got married in a church in Xiangcheng.

There is no sense of incongruity in the movie.

Somewhere in the cinema, Wang Jing's eyes lit up as he watched the scene on the screen where Zhang Jin kissed Cai Shaofen on the cheek.

Is there such a way to play?
It was the first time he had seen this way of making a movie.

He could imagine that if even a veteran like himself who had watched countless movies found it strange, ordinary audiences would probably be even more surprised.

As expected of young people, they have many ideas.

Not bad.

This idea is already mine!

On the screen, Zhang Zhi and Fen's happy life continues.

In order to deepen the audience's impression, Zhou Mo specially added a clip of Zhang Jin teaching Cai Shaofen to say tongue twisters.

Cai Shaofen's Mandarin is not standard enough in itself, and it becomes even less standard when she speaks tongue twisters.

As expected, the audience burst into laughter when they saw this scene.

But the next second, the audience couldn't laugh anymore.

Because the next plot is the separation of Zhang Zhi and his wife.

Lying on the hospital bed, Fen did not show any fear of death. She was just concerned about her husband's future life.

"I have prepared a surprise for you, I hope you like it."

Zhang Zhi didn't say anything, but just nodded with red eyes.

In the next scene, the time has come to after Fen was buried, Zhang Zhi is holding the puppy and standing quietly in front of his wife's grave.

In just four minutes, Zhou Mo made the audience feel a huge emotional ups and downs.

In another corner of the cinema, Zhou Yun asked Jiang Wen.

"What do you think of the shooting?"

"Very good, he is worthy of being a romance drama actor. When it comes to the control of emotions, Xiao Mo is no worse than me." Jiang Wen sighed.

Zhou Yun glanced at her husband and was not satisfied with his answer.

"What do you mean I'm not worse than you? I've obviously surpassed you. When have you ever filmed such delicate emotions? When we were filming Bullet, the whole thing was just a few men fighting with each other. There weren't many emotional scenes between men and women at all."

Jiang Wen didn't say anything.

He already felt a little regretful.

If I had known, I would have sat with Marco.

……

On the screen, the story continues.

After his wife's death, Zhang Zhi, who had the company of a puppy, seemed to gradually calm down and come out of the haze.

But this is just an appearance.

How could a man who loved his wife to his core recover so quickly from her death?

Rather than saying that Zhang Zhi has come out, it would be better to say that he has fallen deeper.

He is like a powder keg, and any attempt to play with fire around him will cause a violent explosion.

Finally, this gunpowder, when seeing the puppy die.

Blasted.

He easily dealt with the real estate agent's assistant.

Asked about the other party's identity.

Cleaned up the room.

I went back to the utility room and used a hammer to knock open the box under the cement floor.

There, his past is stored.

At the same time, the real estate agent met his father.

Many viewers were surprised when they realized that the actor who played Daisuke Fubuki was actually Shinichi Chiba.

Because Shinichi Chiba is really suitable for playing the role of a local overlord.

Especially when he was wearing a black suit and staring at someone with a ferocious look.

The fierce aura that comes at you is intimidating.

"Do you know who he is? I saw him kill three people in a split second with just a pencil. And you, my son, actually dared to lay a hand on him!"

Next, the story comes to the first confrontation between Fusa Daisuke and Zhang Zhi.

As night falls, the killing begins.

Wang Jing sighed a little.

Just by seeing this, he knew that the performance of this movie would not be too bad.

Because it's so straightforward.

It has been a few years since he last saw this kind of movie, so there is no need to talk too much and it starts with the action.

"If this pace continues, the film will be a success."

Wang Jing is sensitive to the film market.

He knows very well that although today's movies are constantly developing, overall, the pace of movies is slowing down.

In the past, plots that could be explained in a few minutes often take a long time to explain in today's movies.

Things that can be made clear in just one or two sentences require you to waste time talking about them.

This is called water duration.

Including Wang Jing, he has actually done this many times.

For example, slow motion.

A small action, shown from several angles in turn.

In this environment, if a fast-paced movie with exciting moments appears, it will undoubtedly be loved by the audience.

This is indeed the case.

Ever since Zhang Zhi killed the attacking assassin squad in the villa, the pace of the whole movie has become faster and faster.

Except for the section at the InterContinental Hotel, Zhou Mo slowed down the pace of the film and presented the information about the InterContinental Hotel to the audience at an appropriate speed.

In the rest of the story, Zhang Zhi is either killing people or on his way to kill someone.

Especially when facing the real estate agent's pleading and trying to buy back his life with all kinds of promises, all that awaited him was the slightly hot barrel of a gun.

boom!
It is worth noting that when the plot reached the point where the negotiations between Fusako Daisuke and Zhang Zhi failed and the bomb they had previously purchased exploded, many viewers felt a spontaneous sense of relief.

I haven't seen such a ruthless villain in a long time.

When he saw the protagonist escape, he turned around and ran away without any reluctance at all.

At this time, Zhang Zhi had already started the final showdown with Fusa Daisuke.

The two sides launched a fierce chase at the dock.

Amid the roar of the engines, the two cars collided violently.

Relying on his superb skills, Zhang Zhi killed the gang members one by one.

Eventually, the two enemies met again.

House Daisuke proposed a one-on-one.

But the camera now turned to the gun in Zhang Zhi's hand.

Wang Jing looked at the close-up on the screen and suddenly a guess popped into his mind.

"No way……"

The next second, Zhang Zhi fired.

boom.

The house sitter fell to the ground.

"Cool!"

Wang Jing clenched his fist.

"There really wasn't that old-fashioned one-on-one session. It was just straight shooting, without any dragging."

The other audience members also had a "comfortable" expression on their faces.

I will kill you if I say so, without any hesitation.

Really enjoyable.

After the excitement, Wang Jing felt a little unsatisfied.

The movie has actually been pretty enjoyable so far, but it feels like something is missing.

For example, what Daisuke Fubuki said, that someone was plotting against him, is it true or false?

"Are you going to leave it to the audience to guess?" Wang Jing thought.

But the next second, the movie gave him the answer.

Anjie appeared in the camera wearing a black suit.

Beside me, someone was constantly reporting the situation.

"The Koushan Group's headquarters in Tou Province has been wiped out..."

"Yanwang Zhang Zhi spent more than ten gold coins in the InterContinental Hotel..."

"The manager of the InterContinental Hotel arranged a car for Zhang Zhi..."

"very good!"

An Jie drank the red liquid in the glass in one gulp and looked at Zhang Zhi's information in front of him.

A smile twitched at the corner of his mouth.

Now, Zhang Zhi finally couldn't use the reason of quitting the underworld to refuse his request.

Then, Angie began to recall the arrangements he had made during this period.

When the audience saw this, they all understood everything that had happened before. It turned out that it was just Anjie's plan to kill two birds with one stone.

At this time, An Jie had already visited Zhang Zhi.

　Because if the two pictures are published separately, readers may not feel satisfied.

　　So put it together.

　　There will be at least one more chapter in the evening.

　　thanks for your support

　　
　
(End of this chapter)