Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 148 Painted Skin 2 Premiere
End of June.

"Painted Skin 2" premiere.

Zhou Mo experienced for the first time in a long time the feeling of being blocked in the face by reporters just after getting off the car.

"Director Zhou, what are your expectations for Painted Skin 2?"

"Director Zhou, what do you think of the result of multiple movies being released in rotation at the end of the year?"

"Director Zhou..."

Don’t reach out to hit the smiling person.

Zhou Mo smiled and selected some questions to answer.

I saw Yang Mi standing at the entrance to greet guests from afar, and slowly walked over.

In fact, Yang Mi had seen Zhou Mo a long time ago, and as soon as he left the group of reporters, she immediately rushed over.

"Sister Mi, long time no see."

Yang Mi had a smile on her face, totally unlike the depression she had six months ago.

Ever since "Palace" became a hit, she has regained her former vigor and vitality.

Some contracts that had been cancelled before have come back again.

And some friends who had been cold to each other when I was down have also restored relationships.

Of course, it is impossible to go back to the way it was before.

But the entertainment industry has always been like this.

So after going through all these things, Yang Mi became more and more grateful to Zhou Mo for his timely help.

Little did she know that "Palace" would become such a hit.

It can still be that popular.

Yang Mi expressed her gratitude to Zhou Mo.

"It's been a long time since we last met, but for me, I think about him every day."

Zhou Mo kicked the ball back.

"Oh? I wonder what Sister Mi misses about me."

Yang Mi: "Of course I was wondering when Director Zhou would come to the set of Qi Family Blade to see how the film was going, but until the filming was finished, Director Zhou still hadn't shown up."

"I was quite busy these days and didn't have time."

Zhou Mo shook his head: "Besides, the director of this movie is Lu Yang. I feel relieved to hand the movie over to him. If I go too much, it will be bad for Lu Yang."

Yang Mi blinked: "Speaking of Director Lu, he even asked me to remind you, Director Zhou, when I see you that it's ok if you don't go to the filming, but you must go when the movie is released, otherwise our entire team will have no backbone."

"Don't worry about this, Sister Mi. After all, it's Shanhe's movie, and I'm the screenwriter. I'll definitely be there when the time comes."

"Well, then I will just wait for Director Zhou to arrive."

Since Zhou Mo was here, Yang Mi no longer had any thoughts of receiving anyone else.

Leading Zhou Mo towards the screening room.

On the way, the two chatted casually about the filming of "Qi Family Knife".

“How did it feel when shooting? Were there any parts that were not smooth?”

"Of course not. Director Zhou's script is excellent, but there is only one thing that bothers me."

"what?"

"Director Zhou is so mean. He actually made Shishi, Tangtang and I fight in the movie. I'm afraid he just wanted to laugh at us."

"Fighting in movies is not like fighting in real life, please calm down, Sister Mi."

"Who said we don't have fights in real life?" Yang Mi asked back.

"Ah? You three had a fight? I haven't heard any news about it." Zhou Mo played dumb.

Yang Mi glanced at Zhou Mo and knew that he was pretending, so she didn't expose him.

"So Director Zhou didn't know? There are reports online that the three of us had a fight, with pictures attached, and it sounds very real."

She recalled the filming process over the past few months.

At the beginning, she and Liu Tang were in the same crew and could maintain basic harmony.

But later on, the three of them basically didn't talk to each other except for filming.

To Liu Tang and Yang Mi, they were actors who were formally invited to make a movie, and Yang Mi was just a "gift" to complete the "Xian III".

To Yang Mi, my career has just had some ups and downs. How dare you two, who used to be my supporting roles, complain here?
Zhou Mo saw Yang Mi's gnashing teeth and laughed in his heart.

In fact, he was the one who spread the news.

Of course, the news was just hearsay and there was no real evidence from beginning to end.

But this does not mean that there are no conflicts among the three.

Because the real video is already in his hands.

After "The Qi Family Blade" is released, Zhou Mo will edit it to the appropriate level and then release it.

Entering the screening room, Zhou Mo said goodbye to Yang Mi.

Met Chen Kun and Master Zhou who came rushing over.

Among the leading actors, Chen Kun stood out to say hello.

"Thank you Director Zhou for your presence."

"Brother Kun, you are too polite. We may have a chance to cooperate in the future." Zhou Mo exchanged a few polite words with a few others and turned his gaze to Master Zhou.

"Mr. Zhou, I have long heard of your great name."

"Director Zhou, you're too polite. We are of the same sex. We might have been a family five hundred years ago."

Zhou Xun shakes hands with Zhou Mo.

Among all the big stars, this one should be the one most suitable for making friends.

Cheerful and loyal.

Talented, but not arrogant
Zhou Mo looked at the smiling Zhou Xun.

There are only wrong names, no wrong nicknames.

She is truly worthy of being called “the most suitable big star to cooperate with in Huayu Novels”.

“I hope to work with Director Zhou one day in the future.”

"There will definitely be a chance. With Mr. Zhou's acting skills, you can't leave even if you don't want to shoot."

As they were talking, the big and small Wangs also came over.

The three of them exchanged a few polite words.

Zhou Mo glanced around the screening room and found that he didn't see the little cannon.

"Director Feng didn't come?" Xiao Wang almost choked and coughed: "Xiao Gang had some time, so he couldn't come today."

Zhou Mo suddenly reacted.

The little steel cannon has been hiding from the limelight recently.

The reason for this is that after the battle between Zhao and Zhen in "Special Identity", Shu Qi was the first one to clearly stand on Zhen's side.

The result of this was that after the truth was exposed, Shu Qi became the focus of netizens' attacks. Some aggressive netizens even directly posted some of Shu's past artistic photos online.

This action angered Little Cannon.

Xiao Gangpao directly @ed those prominent netizens on the social platform, reprimanding them for hurting an innocent artist.

As a result, the little steel cannon also became the target of netizens' criticism.

"You didn't stand up when so many artists were hurt, but you stood up when Shu was scolded. What's the relationship between the two of you?"

"What's the relationship? What else could it be?"

Amid the public outrage, Little Steel Cannon got a new nickname:

Whisper.

Even though it was the second time he heard this title, Zhou Mo was still shocked by the imagination of netizens.

He is so talented.

Back to the present, "Painted Skin 2" has finished airing.

Zhou Mo left the screening room first, and as soon as he walked out, he was surrounded by reporters again.

"Painted Skin 2 is very good, the special effects are very well done, and Director Wu is currently one of the best directors in my country in using special effects technology."

"my country's film industry is still in its infancy and cannot be compared with Hollywood, but I am sure that heavy industrial films will be one of the important areas of the film industry in the future. You asked me whether I will be involved in heavy industrial films in the future. Just wait for the news."

"Actors? The acting skills of the main actors are all good, especially Miss Zhou. Her acting skills are the best among all the actresses I have met in such a long time... As for whether there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future, you can go and ask her, and remember to ask her to reduce the price."

"As for the box office... it will be difficult to surpass Let the Bullets Fly. It depends on the competitors, but it will definitely be no problem to break 600 million. This is not an advertisement, but Mr. Wang still has to pay me for the advertisement later."

This praise directly pushed "Painted Skin 2" to an extremely high level.

When the news came out the next day, both the media and the actors were shocked.

Huayi and Wuershan looked at the media reports and were unexpectedly nervous.

"Old Chen, are you sure Director Zhou doesn't mean to flatter us?"

Although when he communicated with Zhou Mo in advance, Zhou Mo expressed his optimism about "Painted Skin 2".

But he really didn't expect that Zhou Mo would be so optimistic.

Even though "Painted Skin 2" is the second film in a series, it has the popularity accumulated from the first film.

But the box office of the first film was only over 200 million.

Everyone in the industry knows that, normally, Zhou Mo rarely praises a movie to this extent, except when he is arguing with someone.

The last time he praised a movie was "Let the Bullets Fly".

Chen Kun was actually a little nervous too.

But what he was nervous about was not the "overpraising" mentioned by Wuershan, but Zhou Mo's prediction on the box office of "Painted Skin 2".

If the box office can really reach 600 million, wouldn't Chen Kun become the number one middle-aged person in China?

What Huang Xiaoming and Liu Huohua.

What are the four little freshmen.

Everyone will have to eat his exhaust gas.

Hehehe...

"Old Chen, Old Chen!" Master Zhou reminded from the side.

"Ah, ah?" Chen Kun came to his senses.

He saw that everyone in the room was looking at him.

"Oh, Director Zhou is certainly not overpraising the film. I've already asked him about this. Also, if you think about it, you will know that if Director Zhou really was overpraising the film, he would not have given a specific box office estimate. After all, he would not sacrifice his reputation as a 'magician' just to discredit us."

These words calmed everyone down.

Xiao Wang made the decision: "In that case, we will increase the publicity efforts in the future. I will contact Director Zhou later and add some more publicity funds. Everyone, get busy and prepare for the roadshow."

As Huayi's promotion unfolded, the performance of Painted Skin 2 soared.

At the same time, Zhou Mo came to the premiere of "Little People".

The first time he met Wang Jing, Wang Jing complained.

"Brother, you are not kind."

Zhou Mo was confused: "Brother Jing, what's wrong?"

Wang Jing half-jokingly half-complained: "Brother, you knew that Little Man would be released four days after Painted Skin 2, but you still gave it such a high rating. Isn't this just to boost other people's prestige? You don't even know that since you praised Painted Skin 2 two days ago, our entire crew has been in a panic."

Zhou Mo took a look and found that the facts were exactly as Wang Jing said.

Many crew members were in low spirits.

"Why is it like this?" Zhou Mo didn't quite understand the logic here.

"It's all because of you, my great Director Zhou." Wang Jing explained, "Your previous theory that a movie must have a cushion to achieve good box office results is too deeply rooted in people's minds. Then you praised "Painted Skin 2", so our members thought you didn't think highly of "Little People"."

These words made Zhou Mo laugh.

Oh my god, the boomerang hit me.

"Brother Jing, didn't you explain it to them?"

Wang Jing spread his hands and said, "I explained it to them, but they still acted the same way after listening to it. It's because Director Zhou's previous record was so outstanding that this is the result."

Zhou Mo clicked his tongue.

Faced with Wang Jing's "accusations", he could only reply.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault for being too good."

Wang Jing: …

He was also familiar with Zhou Mo, and he patted Zhou Mo on the shoulder: "Brother, you are as shameless as me."

Zhou Mo shook his head: "How can that be possible? I am still far behind you, Director Wang. When it comes to being shameless, you are the senior. I still need to learn more from you."

Wang Jing laughed and said, "It seems like you don't plan to explain it to them anymore."

Zhou Mo waved his hands: "There's nothing to explain. They will be happy when the first day's results come out. Nothing can restore people's confidence better than data."

On the side, Zeng Li listened to the conversation between the two from beginning to end and was extremely surprised.

All along, she kept hearing Zhou Mo's name from different people.

Although she already had an impression of Zhou Mo as a big boss in her mind, the first time she saw Zhou Mo's attitude in chatting with Wang Jing, she still broadened her horizons.

(End of this chapter)