Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 122 Do me a favor

Ratings.

low?

Zhou Mo felt that this girl might have lost her mind.

"It's past two o'clock and the ratings of Kuai3 are still low. Tiantian, are you getting a little too proud? If other actors knew what you said, they would probably stab you."

"But the ratings of our TV series are much lower than those of the new version of 'Myth'. Last year, the ratings of 'Myth' exceeded 400, which is almost twice that of 'Victory'."

Da Tiantian counted on her fingers.

When Zhou Mo saw her using both hands, he wanted to laugh, but he had to hold it back.

Press her finger.

"Tiantian, the new version of The Myth is so popular because of various factors, including the reputation of the movie version of The Myth, my coming down to earth as a film director, and the added bonus of Hu Ge and his group. In Victory, although your traffic is enough, neither Guo Jingfei nor the other supporting actors can be compared with The Myth."

Guo Jingfei is not that popular.

Xu Wenguang is even less famous.

Fu Dongyu is not that famous either.

A group of men, women, young and old, apart from Da Tiantian, the most famous one is actually the weightlifting champion of the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, the young cabinet minister Zhang Zhijian.

With this cast, to get a first-day viewership rating of over 2 points is already a result of Ren Zhonglun's desperate effort.

Some time ago, he really put a lot of effort into promoting "Victory".

Da Tiantian thought for a moment and said, "But apart from "Myth", "Victory" can't compare to "Temptation to Go Home", which also has a viewership rating of over 3 points."

She felt a little regretful: "I still think that the current results are because the previous promotion was not done well. Without your support as a screenwriter, it would not have attracted much attention."

Zhou Mo finally reacted.

This girl said so many words, but it turns out the focus was on the last sentence.

This means that I did not do any publicity for the TV series.

With a curl of his lips, he skillfully grabbed Da Tiantian's little hand and scratched her palm twice.

Da Tiantian trembled violently and screamed subconsciously.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"I'm here to give you a massage. I noticed that your hands have become a lot rougher recently. Are you tired from running around for publicity? It's also my fault. I've been busy writing the script lately and haven't had time to pay more attention to your condition."

There is push and pull in these words.

The little bit of resentment that Da Tiantian had originally felt immediately dissipated.

"I don't blame you... Actually I'm not that tired. I was quite happy when I was promoting the movie because many fans came to the promotion site to see me. They also celebrated me for taking on the workplace drama and praised me for my good performance."

Zhou Mo nodded vaguely, and waited for Da Tiantian to talk about a lot of promotional things.

"When we were promoting it a couple of days ago, we found out that Fei Ge's wife is actually Bao Li, Bao Lei's sister, and Fei Ge and Lu Yi are brothers-in-law..."

"A few days ago, during the promotion, a fan asked me if there was any love scene between the male and female protagonists in Victory. I said no. Zhou Mo, you know how happy that fan was. He said that it was hard to see a TV series with a love story, and it was a workplace drama..."

After talking for a long time, Da Tiantian suddenly asked:

"Hey, Zhou Mo, do you think the ratings of Victory can exceed that of Temptation to Go Home?"

"When it comes to ratings, there's no such thing as a vertical comparison. Isn't it a horizontal comparison? Times are changing. There are more and more ways to watch TV shows now, so a drop in ratings is inevitable. Victory only needs to be compared with TV shows of the same year. Besides, this TV show has just started, so it will definitely rise slowly in the future."

Zhou Mo comforted.

He vaguely remembered that the most popular drama in his previous life in 2012 should be "Palace Lock and Beads Curtain", with a viewership rating of around 2.4.

In this life, "Palace" has not yet been released, so there will naturally be no "Palace 2".

But I estimate that the performance of the two should be similar, and "Palace" should be even better.

If calculated in this way, the current ratings of "Victory" can actually be regarded as the first in the whole year.

The only question now is how far Victory can go.

"By the way, I heard from Guo Jingfei some time ago that you performed very well in the crew. Not only did your acting skills have almost no flaws, but the key is that your lines have improved a lot. You can compete with Guo Jingfei on the set and not lose out."

Da Tiantian did not acknowledge this kind of compliment which was obviously fake at first glance.

"Actually, it's not that good. I know my own level. Although I have improved compared to before, it's still too exaggerated to say that I can compete with Brother Fei... It's just that in one of the matches, I suddenly performed a little too long."

Even though Da Tiantian explained the situation, Zhou Mo was still happy with Da Tiantian's progress.

Before, Da Tiantian’s dialogue level couldn’t be said to be bad. After all, she had been specially taught by teachers at school, and she also passed the test on her own ability.

He is still much better than that silly kid Liu Shishi.

But it’s definitely not excellent.

Zhou Mo had been cultivating her ability in this area before, but unfortunately the effect was not very good. "Tiantian, can I ask why you need to improve your dialogue skills?"

Da Tiantian told the answer.

"Sister Zhu Dan, she taught me a lot on the set. After I tried her method, I found that my lines suddenly became much smoother."

Zhu Dan?

Zhou Mo suddenly realized.

In 2011, Zhu Dan had not experienced as much pressure as he did later, and was in quite good shape.

He was a host by profession and was even considered as the successor of Zhejiang Blueberry after Li Xiang retired.

This time in the "Victory" crew, Zhu Dan plays the role of the assistant of Li Si, the lifelong enemy of the protagonist Zhang San.

The actor who plays Li Si is none other than Zhou Yiwei, the paid brother.

These two people were specially requested by Zhou Mo.

Zhou Mo chose them in the beginning because their lines were really good and they were among the best among their peers.

Let’s not talk about Zhu Dan, he was a host.

Zhou Yiwei is the typical example of someone who makes up for his lack of looks with lines.

At this moment, I didn’t expect there would be an unexpected surprise.

The actor chosen at random actually brought Da Tiantian to fame.

He took great pains in selecting the cast for "Victory", and all the actors involved in the quarrels in the whole play had poor lines.

Of course, except Da Tiantian.

She is the popular actress in "Victory" and her appearance alone can erase the minor shortcomings in her lines.

"By the way, Zhou Mo, can I trouble you for a favor?" Da Tiantian suddenly spoke.

Zhou Mo felt a little strange. As far as he could remember, Da Tiantian rarely spoke to him like this.

"Just tell me what's going on. Given our close relationship, do you really need to test me like this?"

Da Tiantian pouted.

This guy really drives everywhere.

"Sister Dan helped me a lot before, and I once again inadvertently guided her to develop her career in the film and television industry. It just so happens that our company has launched several projects in recent times, so I wanted to ask if you have any extra female roles and whether I can let her try them."

As she said this, she kept staring at Zhou Mo's expression.

The two of them had agreed that Zhou Mo would be able to choose his own role in the movie.

This is the premise for the two to sign the contract.

All along, Da Tiantian has been abiding by this agreement.

Never interfered with the casting of Zhou Mo's films.

Sometimes, I even have to clean up the mess for Zhou Mo's casting.

But this time, she wanted to help Zhu Dan.

Zhou Mo: "I see, you want to go through the back door."

Da Tiantian: ...

This is true, but it sounds weird.

She patted Zhou Mo lightly and said, "So do you agree or not?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Da Tiantian found that Zhou Mo's expression was a little strange.