Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 117 Discussing the Script
half an hour.

Xu Zheng suddenly complained: "To be honest, this is my first time shooting a movie and I was quite nervous. I wanted to ask Lao Ning to be the director, but he didn't want to."

Ning Hao drank the wine and his cheeks turned slightly red.

Hearing Xu Zheng's complaints, his eyes widened: "I'm not your father, I'll go if you ask me to, I won't do anything else?"

The iron triangle has been together for many years, and the father and son are always affectionate and cheerful.

Zhou Mo also knew that Ning Hao would definitely not go, so he teased: "Brother Hao, didn't you say that you wanted to find something to relax and adjust your mentality recently? The filming of Lost in Thailand might be an opportunity."

Ning Hao waved his hand: "I don't have time. The Heist will be released in April, and I have to keep working on No Man's Land."

After these words were spoken, the atmosphere at the dinner table suddenly became much more gloomy.

All four of them knew that "No Man's Land" was the movie that Ning Hao valued most since his debut, the only one. It was a pity that it encountered a special event and was stuck.

Ning Hao also knew that his words were inappropriate, so he raised a glass of wine and said, "Forget about that, let's drink today and celebrate tonight that my buddy's future movie will definitely be a big hit."

"cheers!"

In the second half, Wang Changtian and Zhou Mo discussed some company business.

"I wonder if Director Zhou's next movie needs investment?"

As expected, Lao Wang still liked Zhou Mo's movies.

Zhou Mo shook his head: "Boss Wang should also know that Boss Han came to see me before."

really.

Wang Changtian cursed in his heart.

The mountain eagle that eats alone!
Ning Hao, who had been discussing movies with Xu Zheng, suddenly asked, "Hey, Director Zhou, did you receive an invitation from Huayi to go and watch the singing and dancing show these days?"

sing and dance?

Zhou Mo shook his head.

He has been busy writing scripts for Da Tiantian these days and has never paid attention to anything else?
"What singing and dancing? The kind of singing and dancing troupe that Boss Hengda Xu has? I've never heard that Er Wang has this hobby."

"of course not."

Ning Hao explained, "Didn't Huayi sign a cooperation agreement with Tou Province during the Busan Film Festival last year, inviting the boy band and girl band there to perform here? Huayi opened the show, and I guess you were too busy to notice it. Huayi must have invited you as well."

Zhou Mo suddenly realized.

He did receive an invitation letter from Huayi some time ago, but at that time he thought it was just another messy cocktail party hosted by some big and small Wang, so he just threw it aside.

"Idol star, that's interesting."

Zhou Mo vaguely remembered that it was during this period in his previous life that China and the province reached a number of agreements in the entertainment industry. Many of the artists who were already very popular before had their popularity rise to a new level after developing in China.

Among them, the typical representative is Yoona.

There is also Tara who signed a contract with Prince Wang.

In addition, the phenomenal variety show "Running Man", which was very popular in China in the past, was also introduced to China during this period.

This relationship lasted until 16, when the two entertainment circles rebuilt the wall after the province attempted to deploy THAAD.

"It seems that we should definitely go take a look."

Zhou Mo rubbed his chin.

The main purpose is to see if there is any opportunity to cooperate with some artists who have come from other industries to facilitate the future development of "John Wick".

It's definitely not to see long legs.

Wang Changtian had been observing Zhou Mo's reaction. When he saw his expression change, he suddenly said something.

"Director Zhou, do you want to go?"

"Go, why not go?"

At the table, the other three men burst into laughter.

"I said Director Zhou would definitely go there."

"Then let's make an appointment to go together then."

The cocktail party was over and it was already past eleven o'clock.

I didn’t go to the company anymore and took a taxi directly home.

I received another call on the way, it was from Datiantian.

"Zhou Mo, Brother Hong Lei will go to our company to sign the contract tomorrow. Do you have any plans tomorrow morning?"

"Of course not. I'll be there on time then."

……

The next morning, Zhou Mo came to Shanhe.

Not long after entering the office, Da Tiantian and Sun Honglei came over.

"Sorry, Director Zhou, I'm late."

"It's okay, I just got here too."

Zhou Mo took out the script from the drawer and handed it to Sun Honglei.

"Brother Honglei, you should familiarize yourself with the script. I made some minor changes to the one I sent you before. Let's talk after you finish reading it."

The original director of "When a Man Falls in Love" was Han Dongyu. When he made this movie, it was the first time in his career that he served as the chief director.

Although the plot of "Love" is very touching, it has to be said that there is still some room for improvement.

For example, the relationship between the heroine and the hero.

In the original drama, the male and female protagonists met for the first time. As a gang member, the male protagonist met the female protagonist because he wanted to collect debts from the female protagonist's father.

But when the heroine saw the hero and his younger brothers who came to collect the debt with an aggressive and ferocious look, she was not afraid at all. Instead, she turned her face away from the three of them.

Including the subsequent part, the heroine also expressed her dissatisfaction and concern many times towards the hero's help.

Zhou Mo doesn’t know whether this situation will happen in real life, but if it were put in a movie, it would definitely be criticized by the audience.

Because it doesn't make sense.

An unarmed young woman with a huge debt made many demands and conditions to the male protagonist, who is a gang member.

Emmmmm... Although Zhou Mo also knew that the original screenwriter made such an arrangement most likely to intensify the conflict of the movie, but in the environment where domestic entertainment movies come with a magnifying glass, the heroine's reaction naturally becomes a loophole.

If I were to describe it using internet jargon from my previous life, it would only have two words.

Head down.

Therefore, Zhou Mo adjusted part of the storyline, changing the resistance shown by the heroine towards the hero to avoidance due to fear.

It strengthens the male protagonist's initiative in the relationship between the two and increases the contrast.

Sun Honglei also noticed Zhou Mo's changes.

He put down the script and looked at Zhou Mo with joy: "Director Zhou, the image of the male lead is more comprehensive after the adjustment, and the conflicts in many places are also much smoother."

"But this will put the actors' acting skills to the test, especially since details are so important. Brother Honglei, is that ok?"

"Don't worry, Director Zhou. There is no one in the entertainment industry who is more careful than me... Also, Director Zhou, you added a dialogue between the protagonist and his father. This is difficult."

"Well, the actor who plays the protagonist's father is Mr. Li Jianzhi. You will have more lines and the performance will be relatively easy."

"What about here..."

"I set this place specially..."

Da Tiantian sat on the sofa, watching the two people discussing the plot with a smile on her face the whole time.

It wasn't that she didn't want to join in, nor was it that she didn't understand what the two were saying.

But she couldn't keep up with the two of them thinking about Peter.

Whenever they talked about the storyline related to the heroine, before Da Tiantian had time to build up her emotions, Zhou Mo and Sun Honglei had already analyzed the heroine's mental state.

“This one should be sad.”

“This one should be angry.”

“This one should be disappointing…”

Then, the two of them would look at her silently, and then Zhou Mo would say, "Is everything okay, Brother Honglei?"

Sun Honglei would nod: "It should be... no problem."

Then, the two will enter the next round of discussion.

Two hours later, Sun Honglei said goodbye.

Zhou Mo and Da Tiantian saw Sun Honglei off.

come back to the office.

Da Tiantian sat on the chair and didn't say a word, but every once in a while, she would make a few sounds from her throat.

Zhou Mo could tell at a glance that she was acting coquettishly, but he deliberately ignored her and started to deal with the documents first.

Seeing that Zhou Mo was indifferent, Da Tiantian couldn't hold on any longer.

Get close to Zhou Mo.

"You two were talking about the script too fast just now."

Zhou Mo seemed unaware: "Really? My brother Hong Lei was having a great time discussing this, and I think the speed was pretty good."

Da Tiantian was angry: "Don't you need to consider my ability to accept it?"

Zhou Mo: "Oh, so you were listening too? I thought you were just daydreaming."

Da Tiantian: ...

I'm so angry!
Zhou Mo knew that if he continued to tease, Tie Nao Ke would really get angry, so he coaxed: "Tian Tian, ​​I deliberately sped up this time, in order to quickly go through the plot and let Sun Honglei familiarize himself with the revised details, so I didn't take care of you."

After hearing this, Da Tiantian was not happy at all, but felt even more uncomfortable.

He pursed his lips and said, "Zhou Mo, I am actually not very talented in acting. Although you said you don't have the ability to take care of me, if I am capable enough, I don't need your care at all."

Zhou Mo saw that Da Tiantian was in a very depressed mood, and knew that the child had become autistic because he had not been able to get a word in for two hours.

After thinking about it, he advised.

"Tiantian, you don't have to force yourself to keep up with the pace of our discussion. Think about it, among the three of us, I am the script writer, I wrote everything, and Sun Honglei is a grand slam. If you want to catch up with our speed, it will be difficult for you..."

After these words, Da Tiantian gradually adjusted herself.

This girl may not be very capable in other aspects, but her mentality has always been pretty good.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have kept failing in his previous life and continued to act.

"So, my talent is actually okay?"

Actually it still doesn’t work.

Zhou Mo thought to himself, but on the surface he said, "Of course, Tiantian, although your talent is not as good as those of Mr. Zhou, it is definitely above the passing line. You can basically play ordinary roles. Otherwise, I would not have said that I wanted to train you to be an acting talent."

Of course, the acting talent he mentioned is not Gong Li, Man Shen and other actresses who are famous all over the world.

Instead, he is able to stand out among the general team of actors and easily suppress the traffic level of later generations.

This time, Zhou Mo really wasn't kidding.

He really wants to cultivate Da Tiantian.

In his previous life, he always thought that Da Tiantian was a piece of rotten wood and there was no possibility of any improvement at all.

But after watching "Sito", I unexpectedly discovered that Da Tiantian's acting skills in this drama seemed to have suddenly improved significantly, as if she had suddenly woken up.

Of course, in terms of absolute level, Da Tiantian in "Sito" is definitely not comparable to some actors with good acting skills.

But it is still possible to surpass those counterfeit movie and TV actresses.

Since in "Sito", Da Tiantian's acting skills have improved.

There is no reason that in this life, there is Da Tiantian developed by Zhou Mo himself.

Da Tiantian was very satisfied and quickly got over the disappointment she had just experienced and returned to Java.

That's the good thing about having an iron head.

Be happy and have no worries.

　Chapter two.

　　There will be more at night
　　
　
(End of this chapter)