Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 143 New and Old Actors and the Market
Late May.

The filming team of "Legend of Chu and Han" moved into the crew of "Chu and Han".

Early in the morning, Zhou Mo went to visit the set wearing only shorts.

He had heard that Yu Dong would come this morning.

As the host, he has to give this important client a good welcome.

Behind him, Da Tiantian looked at Zhou Mo's clothes and hesitated.

"Zhou Mo, aren't you dressed a little too dignified?"

Zhou Mo glanced back at her.

"How are you better than me? Wearing denim overalls, someone who doesn't know you would think you can play basketball!"

"What do you mean?" Da Tiantian didn't quite understand.

"Nothing, I just mean you look particularly handsome today."

"Thank you!"

Behind them are several other leading actors of "Chu and Han".

Including Feng Shaofeng, Wei Zongwan, Ni Dahong...

The purpose of this group of people is much simpler, they just want to see if they can make some friends.

When Zhou Mo arrived at the set of "Legend", Gao Xixi had already come to greet him with people.

Although Zhou Mo has never been optimistic about Gao Xixi's historical dramas, Gao Xixi is still quite good at other dramas, such as TV dramas set in the war years.

Gao Xixi himself had no opinion about Zhou Mo. They both graduated from the directing department of Beijing Film Academy. If you really count, he is Zhou Mo's senior.

There is not much competition, and there may be opportunities for cooperation in the future.

So when the two directors met for the first time, the atmosphere of the conversation was pretty good.

"Director Gao is very good at teaching actors. I took advantage of Director Gao when making this movie." Zhou Mo said this with great sincerity.

He was really grateful to Gao Xixi.

It saves a lot of trouble.

Gao Xixi didn't think Zhou Mo was being sarcastic.

He had heard the news a long time ago that Yu Dong tried to take advantage of Zhou Mo, but was counter-attacked by Zhou Mo.

Just rub it.

It has nothing to do with him anyway.

Gao Xixi even had a dark thought that it would be better if Zhou Mo could trick Yu Dong more.

In this way, he can shoot for a while longer and get the hang of it.

After Zhou Mo finished chatting with Gao Xixi, Huang Xiaoming took over.

Huang Xiaoming and Gao Xixi have a really good relationship.

Back then, it was The Bund that made Huang Xiaoming stand out among a group of middle-aged male actors and completely embark on the path of becoming a "leader".

"The Bund" is the TV series directed by Gao Xixi.

While Huang Xiaoming and Gao Xixi were chatting, Zhou Mo saw Yu Dong from afar.

He hurried over and grabbed Yu Dong's hand.

"Boss Yu, I am so sorry for not welcoming you and I am so disrespectful!"

Yudong's mouth twitched. He really didn't want to argue with Zhou Mo.

Especially after being cheated out of money by Zhou Mo a few days ago.

A smile forced its way across his lips.

"Director Zhou, are you here today for something?"

Zhou Mo waved his hand: "I only have one thing to do today, and that is to thank Boss Yu for his strong support for our "Chu Han" crew.

Without you, I really wouldn’t have been able to gather all the leading actors of the “Chu Han” crew in early April. I also want to thank Boss Yu for helping us pay for the venue during this period.”

In the distance, Da Tiantian looked at Yu Dong, who seemed to be about to explode but was trying hard to hold it back, and covered her mouth with her hands and laughed secretly.

After a while, Liu Yifei came over.

"Tiantian, is Director Zhou trying to provoke President Yu?"

She also saw Yu Dong's expression.

It is hard to imagine that Yu Dong, who usually smiles at everyone he meets, would have such a tense expression at this moment.

"Almost." Da Tiantian nodded.

"Tiantian, I noticed that you don't seem surprised that Director Zhou would do this?" Liu Yifei was more curious about the fact that Tiantian didn't seem to be surprised at all by Zhou Mo's "bold" behavior.

This is Bona’s boss.

Da Tiantian: "It's okay, it's not the first time Zhou Mo has done this. He has provoked Mr. Wang from Huayi before, it was quite fun."

Of course Liu Yifei knew who Mr. Wang was. After all, she had had a lot of interactions with Huayi in the past, and she even considered joining Huayi for a while.

But after "The Forbidden Kingdom", the talks between the two sides broke down for some reason.

Now, Liu Yifei heard Da Tiantian say that Zhou Mo had provoked President Wang, and Yu Dong looked helpless towards Zhou Mo...

She suddenly remembered what Zhou Mo had suggested to her before, that she should be a rebellious girl and express herself in a movie.

Liu Yifei has always listened to her mother, but what if she rebels and plays a bad woman?
Liu Yifei didn’t know what the result of doing this would be, but just this decision made her feel refreshed from the inside out.

"Sissi...Sissi, what's wrong with you?"

"I thought of something happy." Liu Yifei giggled.

"Your wife gave birth to a baby?" Da Tiantian said subconsciously.

Liu Yifei:?

Da Tiantian coughed lightly and explained, "Sorry for the slip of the tongue, this is an idea for a movie plot that Zhou Mo told me about before."

As the two talked, the communication between Zhou Mo and Yu Dong also came to an end. "Director Zhou, you can walk around freely from now on. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Yu Dong really couldn't stand Zhou Mo's entanglement.

This feeling of being provoked but unable to fight back is really unpleasant.

But he couldn't just lose his temper and break up with Zhou Mo.

Because up to now, although Zhou Mo has been provoking him, he has never actually said that he would never accept a penny of investment from Bo Na again.

For a businessman like Yu Dong, as long as there is an opportunity to make money through cooperation, matters of face are nothing.

This is also the reason why he has always turned a blind eye to Zhou Mo's teasing.

There is no way. This is the market situation in the film and television industry. Any boss who wants to achieve success in the film and television industry will be much more tolerant of a director who has achieved success, as long as he has not failed many times in a row.

Especially some time ago, since the two Zhangs completely separated, the fact that Zhang Weiping and his new picture were ignored in the entire film and television industry taught a lesson to every boss of film, television, media, and entertainment companies.

In addition, the Huayi family is also like this.

In fact, Er Wang has expressed many times that he is not willing to let Xiao Gangpao shoot "1942". After all, Xiao Gangpao's real strength is comedy.

But the result of Xiao Gangpao's insistence on filming was that the two Wangs gave in and gave the money to the person.

After Yu Dong left.

Zhou Mo took Da Tiantian and Liu Yifei to stroll back and forth on the set.

I met Huang Xiaoming on the way and asked him what he was doing.

Huang Xiaoming replied: "Director Gao is currently filming the scene where Liu Bang tests Han Xin, and we are comparing it with the effect you filmed."

Everyone came to the side of the venue.

After watching the whole performance, Zhou Mo already had an idea in his mind.

He poked Da Tiantian who was beside him.

"what do you think?"

"It's pretty good, but not as good as yours." Da Tiantian had been standing on tiptoes to watch the performance and was now moving her ankles.

She glanced at Zhou Mo's hand, then looked at the people around her.

After thinking about it, he snorted.

As they were talking, Yang Lixin, the actor who played Xiao He, came over. Hearing the conversation, he took the initiative to speak: "In fact, the performance of this scene is much better than the one we shot a few months ago. To be honest, Director Zhou is young, but his ability to teach actors is better than most directors I know."

Zhou Mo said with a smile: "Teacher Yang, you are too kind."

Yang Lixin waved his hand and said, "Director Zhou, don't think I'm deliberately praising you. In fact, there are some things I've wanted to say for a long time. Ever since you were rewarded with the news that the crew would distribute scenes based on acting skills, we old guys have been particularly grateful to you, even though your motives were not so pure."

Yang Lixin specifically emphasized the word "motive".

It was obvious that he was joking.

Zhou Mo: "Teacher Yang, you are too polite. I just happened to be here at the right time."

Yang Lixin continued, “To be honest, Director Zhou, the domestic film market changes every year, and we often feel like we are being gradually abandoned by the market.

Many actors of the older generation told us that when they played supporting roles for some children, they often had to deliberately control their acting skills so as not to affect the final presentation of the work.

To be honest, Director Zhou’s decision made us feel quite comfortable. At least we don’t have to worry about the gap between our acting skills and those of the lead actors and have to restrain our own acting skills.”

After he finished speaking, Da Tiantian and Liu Yifei beside him almost grabbed their toes in embarrassment.

Obviously, they are the two young actors mentioned by Yang Lixin.

At this moment, Zhou Mo was also thinking about what Yang Lixin said.

The domestic film and television drama market has actually been quite distorted for a long time.

Although older actors give way to younger actors to a greater or lesser extent all over the world.

But this situation is much more obvious in China.

Like a group of foreign veteran actors, they are still active in the film industry at the age of sixty.

For example, Liam Neeson in Taken, Denzel Washington in The Equalizer, and Bruce Willis in Die Hard.

They are already in their sixties and are still rehearsing action movies.

In comparison, the only person in China who can achieve this is Cheng Long.

And even if they are complete, they would announce their "last movie" every now and then.

As for the others, it's even worse.

Ultimately, there are too few types of film and television dramas in China.

Many TV dramas and movies that require acting skills to support their success cannot withstand the early preparations because there are no popular actors in the lead roles. They are seriously lacking in funds and publicity, and cannot find investment, and ultimately end up with no money available.

Traffic-produced dramas are becoming increasingly popular, seriously squeezing out the living space of other types of domestic film and television works.

Fortunately, this trend is not static.

Capital is profit-seeking.

In the past, the reason why traffic was so rampant was mostly because traffic made money quickly and easily.

In this world, Zhou Mo has an optimization system in his hands. Although he cannot say that he can definitely improve this result, as long as he proves to the capital, making a good drama will not only be popular, but also make a lot of money.

So, it is still possible to have more good dramas appear in the domestic entertainment market.

"Teacher Yang, thank you for your praise. The development of the market ultimately requires the joint efforts of everyone. If I really want to thank you, Teacher Yang, I will try harder when I shoot next time and show my best self."

"Director Zhou is right." Yang Lixin nodded in approval.

He sighed in his heart, he really deserves to be the first director of the new generation.

Look at this awareness, it is far better than that of ordinary directors.

Yang Lixin decided in his heart that if he had the chance, he would definitely help Zhou Mo promote "Chu and Han" more.

He naturally understood in his heart that only if there were more films like "Chu and Han" that allowed actors to perform freely and had high box office, there would be more such works in the market in the future.

(End of this chapter)