Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 103 Settlement
The next second after the screening of "John Wick" ended, applause broke out in the theater.

Continuously.

It lasted for nearly a minute before slowly coming to an end.

Many people who came here today didn’t actually expect to see a thrilling action movie. They came more to socialize and make friends.

As for the movie itself, they actually have high expectations.

It's just an action movie at best.

No matter how awesome you are, can you be better than a cage?

But Cheng Long no longer makes pure action movies now, but adds many other elements into them.

For example, "The Chinese Zodiac" is scheduled to be released at the end of this year.

Of course, even though they think this way in their hearts, they will still applaud when it is time to applaud.

Among them was Wang Jing.

Before watching "John Wick", Fatty Wang never believed that "John Wick" could have a box office of 500 million.

In his mind, for an action movie that does not have Kung Fu superstars like Cheng Long and Jet Li, nor top-tier traffic stars like Huang Xiaoming and Chen Kun, it would be extremely difficult to break 400 million.

Not to mention the 500 million box office.

As for Zhou Mo's "500 million box office target" before the movie was released, he thought it was more like a slogan rather than a prediction.

After all, which director would say that his own movie is bad?

Fatty Wang always says that he will not make bad movies in the future.

But now, Wang Jing believed it.

"John Wick" has a high probability of breaking 500 million.

It could even hit the 600 million box office like Zhou Mo's previous movie.

So, at this moment, Wang Jing, like most of the other guests, was sincerely congratulating the success of "John Wick".

The sense of satisfaction that "John Wick" brought them was so great that it took them a long time to recover.

Zhou Mo and other crew members came on stage amid applause.

Let’s start today’s interview session.

For this interview, Zhou Mo called a host whom he had just met not long ago but who often appeared in the discourse novels.

Xie Nan.

Before the release of the glamorous movie "Painted Skin", Wang Changtian had commissioned Lizhan to help promote it.

Zhou Mo picked up the phone.

Afterwards, Wang Changtian was busy with business, and the person who contacted Zhou Mo on behalf of Wang Changtian was Xie Nan.

She also played a role in "Painted Wall".

Although Xie Nan is not a professional host, his level is quite good.

At least there should be no problem in controlling a movie premiere.

Xie Nan also expressed his admiration for the quality of "John Wick: Chapter 8".

After Zhou Mo and others sat down, Xie Nan first praised "John Wick: Chapter 8", "Thank you Director Zhou and all the crew members for providing us with such a wonderful movie. From my personal point of view, this is the best action movie I have seen in the past few years."

Zhou Mo said modestly: "In fact, I feel the same as many viewers. Before the movie was shown today, even I didn't know that the movie would perform so well."

Xie Nan: "Director Zhou, I found one thing, that is, your three films actually span three areas, from the urban romance at the beginning, to the crime later, and then to the action genre now, each of them has produced very good results.

I remember that after you finished filming "New World", you expressed your satisfaction with your own development. Now, seeing the effect of "John Wick", I wonder how you evaluate your development this time? "

Zhou Mo did not hesitate: "If it is based on a 99-point system, then I will give myself points."

"Why is there one point less?" Xie Nan decisively offered to support the actor.

Zhou Mo gave Xie Nan a look that said "well done".

"Of course, I'll save the extra point for the next John Wick movie."

“I didn’t expect that the first season of John Wick had just finished airing, but the second season is already in the works?”

Xie Nan pretended to be enlightened: "Just at the end of the movie, the behavior of the man in black, I guess he is the opponent of the protagonist in the second part."

"That's right. The plot of the second part of John Wick will revolve around this man and Zhang Zhi."

Zhou Mo's tone was firm.

In fact, he was just bragging.

He never thought about filming "John Wick 2" in a short period of time.

Whether it is the release of a movie or the accumulation of word of mouth, there is always a process.

But now is the premiere of "John Wick", of course it has to be promoted in a high-profile manner. Moreover, Xie Nan had actually said these things a long time ago.

After Xie Nan interviewed several people in succession, everyone nodded and said, "We are very confident in John Wick: Chapter 11. Everyone, just wait. The second part is coming soon."

Seeing that the time was almost right, Xie Nan decisively turned the gun around.

Start interviewing visiting guests.

"Then let's listen to other viewers' opinions."

Of course, the necessary procedures must be followed.

With so many big stars, it would be a shame not to take advantage of their traffic.

The first person to stand up and speak was Huang Xiaoming.

Zhou Mo vaguely remembered that he was the first to speak when "New World" premiered.

The first thing Huang Xiaoming said was to make fun of himself.

"I am honored to attend Director Zhou's premiere again, and still as an audience member."

When this was said, many viewers laughed good-naturedly.

They are similar to Huang Xiaoming, all came here as spectators.

The problem is that they have no chance to participate in Zhou Mo's movie.

As for Huang Xiaoming, he let the opportunity slip away when it was right in front of him.

Last year's "The Orphan of Zhao" was a huge flop.

Huang Xiaoming was also scolded.

Obviously he is not even the leading actor this time, but who makes him the most famous?

Huang Xiaoming continued, "However, I don't have any regrets this time, because I know that such an intense and exciting fighting scene like the one in John Wick is definitely not something I can do. Only kung fu masters like Jin and Jing, and a director like Director Xiang Zhou who has a keen eye for talent, can film it."

With just these words, he praised the director and the leading actor from beginning to end.

Zhou Mo glanced at the two door gods beside him and found that they both looked very honored.

I sighed in my heart.

You are worthy of it, Master.

After Huang Xiaoming sat down, it was the turn of others to speak.

The second person to stand up was Wang Jing.

"There is no doubt that Director Zhou's directing skills have surpassed mine. Anyway, I can't make a movie of this level nowadays." Wang Jing came up and started praising him.

In order to reach a cooperation with Zhou Mo in the future, the fat man didn't care at all whether to leave room for other spokespersons.

It’s none of my business whether they have anything else to say or not. I just want to finish what I want to say first.

This is roughly what Fatty Wang was thinking.

Liu Shishi: "Director Zhou is still as amazing as ever, and he can shock people every time."

Yang Mi: "Actually, I have always wanted to work with Director Zhou. In the future, Director Zhou, whenever there is an opportunity, you must save one for me!"

Guo Jingfei: "After watching Director Zhou's movie, I just felt my blood boiling, and I couldn't wait to have a fight with someone to settle scores!"

Jiang Wen: "In my opinion, Zhou Mo's control over the rhythm of the film is no less than mine. He still has a bright future. One day, perhaps the two of us will have a peak showdown. I am looking forward to that day."

This time, he didn't talk about the delicate feelings.

Zhou Yun is still next to us.

There's no need to get angry with a woman.

The comments from the previous few people were fine, but when Zhou Mo heard Jiang Wen's words, he almost couldn't help but be the little chef.

Lao Jiang has many advantages, but he can never change his narcissism.

Especially after "Let the Bullets Fly", the bandit spirit in him became more and more intense.

A peak showdown is most likely impossible.

After all, Jiang Wen’s peak at the box office will most likely remain in the winter of 10.

Of course, Zhou Mo didn't say anything. Instead, he nodded and said in a tone of having survived a disaster, "Just don't ask Director Jiang to film with me in the future. The way of filming the plot over and over again is really too exhausting. I don't want to do it again."

As soon as this was said, everyone laughed.

　This is the last update today, and the total number of updated words has exceeded 10,000.

　　thank you all!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)