Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 128 Looking for a venue

Chapter 128 Regaining the Situation
Early March.

After Da Tiantian finished promoting "Victory" and met Zhou Mo, she heard a piece of news.

"What? You want to pack up the entire cast of "Legend of Chu and Han" and take them with you to shoot your "Chu and Han"?"

Zhou Mo stretched out a finger and shook it left and right.

"It's not as outrageous as you say. It's just the core actors, such as Chen Daoming, He Rundong, Duan Yihong. In addition, there are some less famous supporting actors."

Da Tiantian asked: "Will Yu Dong be willing if you do this?"

Zhou Mo smiled.

"Whether he is willing or not, what does it matter? The legs are on the actors themselves. Can Yu Dong stop them from filming? What's more, I am not asking Chen Daoming and others to come and film "Chu Han" now. I can ask them to come after "Chu Han Legend" is finished in early April.

I was very honest and did not inform the media in advance, which would have affected Gao Xixi's filming of the TV series."

Da Tiantian looked at Zhou Mo, who was calm and composed, and didn't know what to say.

She never expected it.

Zhou Mo had clearly decided to film "Chu and Han" a long time ago, but the reason why he had not made any progress was actually because he was having a bayonet fight with Yu Dong.

After a long while, he slowly managed to utter a word.

"I'm afraid Yu Dong will be upset for many days if he knows this news."

"Then let him suffer. He knew that I didn't get along with that old fellow Du Qifeng, but he still dared to accept Du Qifeng openly, and later said something like 'it's all for the development of film and television dramas'...

Since he has said so, there is no problem for me to kidnap his actors. After all, we are all for the development of the film industry. If "Chu Han" is successful, he can also share some of the honor. "

In fact, Zhou Mo also knew that Yu Dong probably had no intention of targeting him, and that he contacted Du Qifeng only to exhaust Du's last bit of box office appeal.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have called him specifically to explain.

Isn't it just that he wants Zhou Mo to give him this face?

But Zhou Mo was too lazy to listen to his explanation.

You make money and receive favors without having to pay anything in return.

How can there be such a good thing in the world?

Anyway, Zhou Mo was too lazy to give him this face.

As for whether the two will become enemies after this incident...

Think more.

As long as Zhou Mo can still make hit movies, for a businessman like Yu Dong, there is no grudge in the world that cannot be resolved.

Da Tiantian is too familiar with Zhou Mo.

Her intuition told her that Zhou Mo didn't say the whole thing.

"You should be doing more than just competing with Yu Dong."

"of course."

Zhou Mo adjusted his body so that he felt more comfortable with his head resting on his thighs.

Then he said: "Tiantian, you should know that shooting historical movies is different from other types of movies. Historical movies have strict requirements on the actors' lines and actions. Since I want to shoot "Chu and Han", I naturally want to make the movie well, but it is too troublesome to train a group of actors from scratch. Not only is the cost high, but it is also easy to see slow results and waste shooting time.

But "Legend of Chu and Han" is different. Although Gao Xixi's previous work "Three Kingdoms" received mediocre reviews, his ability to train actors is actually quite good. Now the actors of "Legend of Chu and Han" have been trained by him, and I can use them directly now. Just think about it, how much trouble can this save?"

Zhou Mo handed the photos he took with his mobile phone to Da Tiantian.

Mainly the contracts he signed with the actors during this period.

Da Tiantian's thigh was brushed by Zhou Mo's hair, which made her feel a little itchy.

I pushed him gently twice, but found that I couldn't move him at all, so I had no choice but to give up.

I took the phone and looked at the content on the photo.

Big sweet emotion.

"Absolutely, absolutely absolutely."

Zhou Mo chuckled and said, "It's not just that. In addition to the actors, there are also venues, equipment, and various props. Anyway, Gao Xixi likes to show off after filming and use new things, but he won't need them after filming. In that case, why not let me use them? What's that called? Oh, and they're all 99% new. They're all cheap for me."

Da Tiantian suddenly remembered something.

"But if that's the case, aren't you afraid that Bo Na will continue to tie you down? After all, "Chu Han" and "Legend of Chu and Han" even have the same name, so there will definitely be a ripple effect when they are broadcast."

Zhou Mo shook his head.

"What am I afraid of? Am I afraid that the TV series produced by Gao Xixi will have the same quality as my movies, or am I afraid that the level of performance of his actors in the TV series will be better than that in the movies?

Don’t forget that "Legend of Chu and Han" has been promoted for more than half a year and will continue to be promoted in the future.

So, this time it’s not Yu Dong who is tying me, but I am tying them. Yu Dong spent so much money to promote the TV series, but in the end it can only be a wedding dress for me, because Chu and Han will be released before Chu and Han Legend. "

Da Tiantian thinks there are both advantages and disadvantages to doing this.

"If the audience watches the movie first, they will definitely be curious about the TV series. Wouldn't that be like helping Bona attract traffic in disguise?"

Zhou Mo shook his head: "First of all, we have taken advantage of Yu Dong this time, so let's divert the traffic, which is equivalent to paying him a tip. Secondly, diverting the traffic can actually increase the box office. After all, the quality of TV series cannot be compared with that of movies. When the next two works are broadcast, in the short term, "Legend" may get more traffic because of "Chu Han".

But after watching the TV series, the audience will definitely return to the cinema to continue to provide box office for "Chu Han" because of the rhythm of the TV series. "

Zhou Mo vaguely remembered that the most criticized point of "Legend of Chu and Han" in the previous life was its overly slow pace and too many episodes.

After listening to Zhou Mo's plan, Da Tiantian suddenly felt an extremely exciting feeling rising from her body.

Subconsciously, she squeezed her thighs together.

"Ouch, what are you doing!" Zhou Mo yelled.

He was just hit by Da Tiantian's knee.

Da Tiantian came to her senses and her face turned red.

"Sorry, it was a bit cold just now..."

She coughed lightly, asked Zhou Mo to sit aside, pulled a blanket over him, and then said, "So when you said that the budget of 200 million was enough to make a movie, you had already planned all this?"

Before, when Zhou Mo proposed to shoot "Chu and Han", the company made a special calculation.

It was discovered that if the normal process was followed, it would cost more than 2.5 million yuan to film "Chu and Han" well and completely.

At that time, Zhou Mo waved his hand and said bluntly that he didn't need so much.

Now the mystery is finally solved.

……

Just as Da Tiantian was expressing her feelings, Yu Dong felt a little upset.

He has been busy with the early preparations for "Big Shanghai" recently and has not had time to pay attention to other things.

I went back to the company these two days, and before I had time to look at the business, my deputy told me:

The house was robbed.

"You said Zhou Mo has already signed the contract with the core members of our crew?"

The deputy nodded and distanced himself from the matter.

"Director Zhou did not take the initiative to contact our crew members this time, but asked someone from China Film to contact them. Our people did not respond at first, and by the time they found out, the contract had already been signed."

In the East:……

Although he had long known that Zhou Mo was a bit narrow-minded, after all, looking back at the few years since Zhou Mo debuted, whenever there was a grudge between them, he would find a way to get back at them.

When he contacted Du Qifeng before, he actually anticipated that Zhou Mo would definitely do something.

Just didn't expect it to be in this way.

"It is better to offend an old man than to bully a poor young man."

Yu Dong already felt that his previous contact with Du Qifeng might have been a wrong move.

During the preparation of "Big Shanghai", he discovered that the old guy Du Qifeng had an extremely bad temper and would easily argue with others if he was not satisfied.

Curse the actors, curse the crew, curse the staff...

It’s just that the movie has been prepared for such a long time and a lot of money has been spent.

Making a temporary change is a big taboo in filming.

At this point, he could only let Du Qifeng continue filming and see what the results were.

Just as Yu Dong was thinking, Yu Guangque noticed that his deputy seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Yu Dong had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Tell me, is there anything else?"

The deputy cleared his throat and said, "Shanhe called us and said Director Zhou wanted to ask you for a favor."

"What?" Yu Dong's brows furrowed more and more tightly.

"He asked our crew to take better care of props and other things during filming. After all, he will need these things later."

Yu Dong couldn't catch his breath.

"He even bought the props for us?"