Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 136: All-out siege of Wuwukai
Duan Yihong debuted very early and has been honing his acting skills, but he has never been particularly famous.

Hearing Zhou Mo's words, he was a little confused.

"Director Zhou wants me to go all out?"

Zhou Mo nodded.

"Go full speed, or I'm afraid you won't be able to keep up, Brother Hong."

The scene where Liu Bang defeats Zhang Han three times will be the first large-scale war scene in "Chu and Han" and also the first climax of the entire movie.

In this scene, Liu Bang will first test Han Xin and ask him to give him advice on how to conquer the Three Qins.

Then, Liu Bang adopted Han Xin's strategy and won successive victories in the attack on Zhang Han, thereby destroying Zhang Han's momentum.

After Zhang Han was defeated and captured, Han Xin attacked Zhang Han's mind. He told Zhang Han his identity, which made Zhang Han feel extremely guilty for the death of 200,000 Qin soldiers and he eventually committed suicide.

These three scenes are extremely challenging for the actors’ acting skills.

Duan Yihong's face became a little solemn when he heard Zhou Mo's instructions.

"To be honest, Director Zhou, I'm not very confident about the scene with Teacher Chen. I may need to find the feeling more when the time comes."

Hearing this, Zhou Mo smiled.

"Brother Hong, I'm not talking about the scene between you and Teacher Chen, but the scene between you and Brother Xiaoming."

Duan Yihong:?

He felt like he had heard wrongly.

So, he asked tentatively: "Director Zhou is worried that I won't be able to keep up with Xiaoming?"

Zhou Mo nodded.

Duan Yihong felt a little unconvinced.

He debuted quite early, and although he has never been really popular, Duan Yihong is still confident in his acting skills which he has honed.

If Zhou Mo said that he couldn't compare to Chen Daoming, then he would have nothing to say.

This is indeed the case.

Last year, when he and Chen Daoming were on the set of "The Legend of Chu and Han", they were suppressed many times while filming.

Duan Yihong is used to it.

But Huang Xiaoming...

Duan Yihong doesn't think the other person's acting skills are better than his.

Duan Yihong certainly knows that Huang Xiaoming is more popular than him and has won more awards than him.

But the vast majority of domestic awards...

All I can say is that I understand everything.

Huang Xiaoming has also won music awards.

Have you seen his promotion?
Huang Xiaoming has been in the entertainment industry for ten years, but the movie that really made him a success in the film industry was "The Whistleblower" two years ago.

Duan Yihong has of course seen this movie, and Huang Xiaoming’s performance in it is indeed very good.

The cruelty and madness of the villain when his hopes are about to be shattered are portrayed very appropriately.

Despite this, Duan Yihong still has confidence in himself.

After all, he has one advantage over Huang Xiaoming.

He is already in the second round.

As for Huang Xiaoming, he is only in the first round at the moment.

Of course, Duan Yihong did not underestimate Huang Xiaoming.

He glanced at Zhou Mo and knew that the other party had never joked about making movies.

Zhou Mo is so optimistic about Huang Xiaoming, which means that Huang Xiaoming must be special.

In that case, we’ll see what’s left when the time comes.

Duan Yihong nodded: "Don't worry, Director Zhou, I will definitely perform this scene in my best condition when the time comes."

Zhou Mo was very satisfied when he saw this.

After saying goodbye to Duan Yihong, he went to see Chen Daoming specifically.

"Director Zhou asked me to specially increase the intensity when I was acting opposite Xiaoming?"

Zhou Mo was stunned.

He didn't even say his name.

How did Chen Daoming guess it?

"Teacher Chen, I haven't told you who it is yet."

"There is no one else except Xiaoming."

Chen Daoming explained with a firm tone: "The only person in this crew who has scenes with me and can make me feel pressured in acting is Xiaoming. The scene where Xiaoming and I acted opposite each other in "The Emperor of Han Dynasty" is still fresh in my mind."

Zhou Mo thought about the script and found that it was just as Chen Daoming said.

There are quite a few big-name actors in the crew of "Chu and Han".

For example, for the actor who played Fan Zeng, Zhou Mo invited Wei Zongwan, who played Sima Yi in the old version of "Three Kingdoms".

National first-class actor, super god.

But in the script of "Chu and Han", the two did not have direct confrontations, but more of long-distance confrontations.

At the Hongmen Banquet, the real leader was Xiang Yu.

Later, Liu Bang used Chen Ping's strategy of sowing discord to alienate the relationship between Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng, which could not be regarded as a direct confrontation with Fan Zeng.

Zhou Mo smiled and said, "I actually forgot about this. In "The Emperor of Han Dynasty", the plot between you, Teacher Chen, and Brother Xiaoming was indeed brilliant. I remember that Brother Xiaoming had just made his debut at that time, and he was only 24 years old."

Chen Daoming said with some emotion: "When I was filming "The Emperor of Han Dynasty", I knew Xiaoming's talent and that if he worked hard to hone his acting skills, he would definitely achieve great success."

It is obvious that Chen Daoming did not fully approve of some of Huang Xiaoming's later choices.

Zhou Mo smiled and said, "One method for each person."

Chen Daoming waved his hand: "I just said that. All roads lead to Rome. Xiaoming has his own choice."

Everyone has to walk their own path. To be frank, Chen Daoming is just an actor with a certain status and has no right to point fingers at others' development path.

After the conversation, Zhou Mo contacted several other actors who had scenes with Huang Xiaoming, such as Ni Dahong, who played Sima Xin, and Huang Zhizhong, who played Dong Yi...

The content is the same. "Don't be soft-hearted when acting, just give Huang Xiaoming the maximum intensity."

Gradually, a voice began to emerge from the crew.

"Director Zhou Mo was dissatisfied with actor Huang Xiaoming and deliberately asked the actors to increase the intensity of Huang Xiaoming when acting."

Obviously, the person who spread the news had heard Zhou Mo's original words and even copied the words "higher intensity" verbatim.

However, Zhou Mo did not try to find out the source of the rumor, because when he gave instructions to the actors, he was always open and aboveboard, and he never thought of avoiding people.

Besides, the rumor is not entirely wrong, at least the second half is correct.

Seeing that the news was spreading more and more widely, and Zhou Mo did not take any action to investigate the matter, some crew members could not sit still and went to Zhou Mo one after another to try to find out whether the news was true or not.

The first person to come up was Liu Yifei.

She asked tentatively: "Director Zhou, are you unhappy about Brother Xiaoming's leave recently, so..."

Zhou Mo asked: "So what?"

Liu Yifei gritted her teeth and said, "So the crew has been spreading rumors during this period, saying that Director Zhou has a problem with Brother Xiaoming and asked other actors to target him."

In late April, the movie "Pifu" was released.

Four days ago, Huang Xiaoming took a week off to attend the release of "Pifu" and was not on the set during this period.

This is one of the reasons why rumors spread so widely.

Many people think that Huang Xiaoming's behavior of leaving the crew in the middle of filming to promote his own movie angered Zhou Mo, which is why he was targeted by Zhou Mo.

Zhou Mo raised his eyebrows and looked at Liu Yifei with a strange look.

"So do you think this news is true or false?"

Liu Yifei's heart trembled when she saw Zhou Mo's slightly narrowed eyes.

This expression again!

This expression again!

Liu Yifei was extremely sensitive to this expression. In the past month, whenever she asked Zhou Mo questions related to her acting career, he would have almost the same expression.

After a few times, Liu Yifei almost figured out the meaning of this expression——

'How can there be such a stupid child with fish lips?'

The meaning may be different, but it's pretty close.

Liu Yifei couldn't resist this, because every time Zhou Mo explained the logic to her, she would find that her questions seemed really simple.

It's just that she really can't understand it at her level.

Therefore, the tradition of "spending money to ask for advice but still being considered as a fool, the key is that the other party's ideas are correct" has been retained.

At this moment, Liu Yifei hesitated for a long time and guessed: "The rumor... must be false."

"Yep."

Zhou Mo clapped his hands perfunctorily: "Xixi, don't you think that it was me who took the initiative to ask Brother Xiaoming for leave to do publicity. How could I have any objection to him?"

In fact, Zhou Mo had another purpose in asking Huang Xiaoming to do publicity——

In order to make Huang Xiaoming and Zhang Han empathize with each other.

The character of Zhang Han is very complicated.

On the one hand, Zhang Han sacrificed the lives of 200,000 Qin soldiers in order to save his own life, which was extremely hateful to Meng Yi.

On the other hand, Zhang Han, as a general of the Qin Dynasty, fought wars for the court and made great military achievements. He could be said to be the pillar of the court. Later, because of the frame-up by someone in the court, he had no choice but to surrender to Xiang Yu and beg for his life at the moment of life and death.

From this perspective, he is pathetic.

In order to express such complex character emotions, one must also have a painful experience.

Therefore, Zhou Mo agreed to Huang Xiaoming's application to promote "Pifu" very early on.

Anyway, in April, a time when foreign blockbusters are dominating the film industry, especially when "Titanic 3D" is dominating the film industry, "Ordinary Man" is doomed to fail.

When Huang Xiaoming knows the first-day box office of "Pifu" by then, he will probably be able to empathize with Zhang Han's pain -

The movie will undoubtedly flop when it is released.

If it is not released, it will only postpone the death date.

By then, Huang Xiaoming, who will understand Zhang Han's pain, will surely be able to express the character's emotions to the fullest.

Zhou Mo was very satisfied with his arrangements.

After hearing this, Liu Yifei shuddered.

At this moment, she felt that Zhou Mo in front of her was no longer the handsome man with a bubbling face, but a big devil emitting black energy.

too frightening.

Liu Yifei recalled that a few days ago, when Huang Xiaoming left the crew, his face was still bright and his smile was as beautiful as a chrysanthemum. She silently mourned for Huang Xiaoming in her heart for a few seconds.

Laugh.

Brother Xiaoming.

Spend a few more days outside laughing.

There are only a few days left anyway. When people come back, they probably won’t be able to laugh anymore.

……

Yanjing.

The crew of "Ordinary Man".

"Ah!"

Huang Xiaoming suddenly sneezed.

Beside him, Tianbao asked with concern: "What's wrong with you?"

The corners of Huang Xiaoming's mouth curled up into his own "boss curve".

"Maybe someone in the crew missed me."

He thought about the running around of the past few days and had great expectations for the performance of "Ordinary Man" after it was released tomorrow.

As long as he waits until "The Ordinary Man" gets good results tomorrow, he will return to the crew with glory.

By then, Director Zhou will probably take a greater liking to him.

(End of this chapter)