Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 151: The Plan to Revise Xiaoao

Zhou Mo thought about this for a long time.

I think it’s better not to personally get involved in artist management.

Leave it to some independent "tool people" to do.

And I support these people to start companies or studios.

When Shanhe launches entertainment works in the future, we can directly recruit people from these jobs.

This is what the midday sun did in my previous life.

On the surface, he let go of Wang Kai, Mr. Bai and others to work on their own, but in fact he was still deeply bound to them and remotely controlled the company's development from behind.

The same thing was done by Noon Sunshine.

Zhou Mo naturally did the same.

After listening to Zhou Mo's instructions, Liu Shishi nodded.

"That makes sense, but if that's the case, then I'll be working for you from now on. Director Zhou, please take good care of me in the future."

"Don't worry. Since I support you to go it alone, I will definitely not let you run around like a headless fly. After all, I also have shares, right? Just take your time with these things. After you start your company, you can cooperate with Shanhe first. It just so happens that our company has a project recently and wants to contact you."

Zhou Mo explained the matter very clearly.

Money is earned endless.

It is also impossible for Shanhe Company to launch more than a dozen projects at one time.

In fact, launching four projects at once in the first half of this year has already made Zhou Mo and Da Tiantian a little overwhelmed.

Da Tiantian has complained to Zhou Mo more than once.

She came here to make a movie and be a movie queen.

I'm not here to be Zhou Mo's housekeeper.

Therefore, Zhou Mo had to divide the project up through cooperation.

Letting everyone make money together is the best way to maximize the script in Zhou Mo's mind.

At the same time, you can make money while lying down.

The project will be divided out anyway, so it’s better to give it to Liu Shishi than to others.

Isn’t it profitable for anyone to make money?
Along the way, Zhou Mo always gets a lot of support every time he confronts someone, and a big part of the reason is that he helps many people make money.

From Sanping, to the boss of Yinghuang and Huanya, to Datiantian's Xingguang, and now Shanhe.

With so many people cooperating with him, basically no one loses money.

As expected, Liu Shishi was deeply moved after listening to Zhou Mo's explanation.

She subconsciously ignored the content about shares in Zhou Mo's words.

Instead, she felt that Zhou Mo was just thinking about her.

and so……

"Zhou Mo, are you full?"

"Well, what happened?"

“But I’m not full.”

"If you're not full, eat now."

"Yeah, let's eat."

After half an hour.

Liu Shishi looked at Zhou Mo breathlessly, and the more she looked at Zhou Mo, the more she liked him.

The choice I made that night now seems to be the right one.

Along the way, not only my career has become more comfortable, but my body has also become more comfortable.

"Tell me, what is that project you're talking about?"

Zhou Mo touched the red mark on his neck: "Swordsman."

Liu Shishi was shocked: "You plan to let me film "Swordsman"?"

She had indeed heard the news some time ago that Shanhe Company was going to shoot "Swordsman".

It is also said that the new version of "Swordsman" is very different from the original.

The gap is huge.

Zhou Mo looked at her strangely and said, "Of course not. Why would you think so? Even if you want to film "Swordsman", there is no role suitable for you in it."

"So what are you going to let me shoot?"

"The movie version of the prequel to 'Swordsman' tells the story of the Huashan Sect's sword energy at its peak, and then its decline due to the dispute between the two sword energy sects. You play the young Ning Zhongze, the Huashan Jade Girl, which just fits your character of 'chivalrous woman' among the four young actresses.

In the plot, Ning Zhongze and Yue Buqun, played by you, are the core disciples of the Huashan Sect. They were not trained as successors at the beginning. Later, when the sect was declining, the couple went hand in hand and took on the responsibility of reviving the Huashan Sect together.

In this way, both the emotion and the intention will not be inferior.

Of course, it is highly likely that you alone are not enough to support the box office, so the actor for Yue Buqun should be a famous Mesozoic era actor. It just so happens that Yue Buqun in "Swordsman" is older than Ning Zhongze.

In addition, when this movie is released next year, the TV version of "Swordsman" should also be released. By then, the two will complement each other and should be able to support the box office."

Zhou Mo gave "Huashan" to Liu Shishi because he valued her fame more.

As for acting skills, he doesn't have high requirements, and it's good enough if it's just acceptable.

Although it is estimated that many fans of the original novel are not satisfied with this.

But there are not many people of the same age group to choose from, and if you replace them with someone else, they probably won’t be much better.

Liu Shishi at least occupies the comfort zone of a "female knight".

Moreover, when he was young, Ning Zhongze was not as emotionally complicated as when he was in "Swordsman", when he was tortured by a series of blows and finally chose to commit suicide. When he was young, Ning Zhongze was more chivalrous, kind-hearted, and considerate.

It doesn't require superb acting skills.

Relying on Liu Shishi's acting as Yan Sanniang in "The Strange Hero Yizhimei", if she polishes the role a few more times in the movie, she should be able to basically meet the requirements.

Liu Shishi's eyes lit up after listening to Zhou Mo's introduction.

"Zhou Mo, stop talking. Just tell me how much money you want to invest and that's it."

She plans to start saving money from now on.

After all, if you decide to terminate the contract with a sugar man, you will definitely have to pay some money first.

The rest, excluding the expenses of maintaining the actors' careers, may not be enough to invest in a movie, but it is still possible to invest a part of it.

"With a budget of tens of millions, I'll leave you a quarter to a third of it. You don't have to worry too much. After "The Qi Family Blade" is released in the second half of the year, you won't be short of money for a while. Just don't invest blindly after you get your pay."

"Don't worry, I definitely won't. Every time I make money, I save it directly. I never do any messy things. I'm not smart enough, and I can't handle those things, so I just stay away from them." Liu Shishi's words were very straightforward.

The only thing missing is a label on your forehead that says "It's against the law to cheat idiots."

Zhou Mo smiled.

"You are quite self-aware."

Liu Shishi didn't feel offended at all, but was very sober instead.

"Leave professional matters to professionals. Did you teach me this?"

She now felt more and more how good it was to have someone who could show her the way while she just had to follow behind.

If possible, she would like this feeling of happiness while lying down to last forever.

Just have to work two jobs for Zhou Mo.

You can make money and enjoy yourself.

What a beautiful passing.

Liu Shishi asked again, "By the way, I heard that the new version of "Swordsman" that your company is going to develop is very different from the original. What's going on?"

“It’s about the content. The new version of “Swordsman” will not take Linghu Chong’s story as the only main plot, but one of the main plots, and not even the most important one.

Another main line is the battle in the court. The setting of "Swordsman" takes place in the early Jiajing period. Zhu Houcong has just come to power. He has no support from the harem and no support from court officials. Facing Yang Tinghe, the prime minister left by his brother, the struggle between him and Yang Tinghe will become the foundation for the development of the plot.

The story of Linghu Chong is an extension of the court struggle.

People like the Five Mountains Sword Sect, to some extent, can actually be regarded as representatives of the large landlords in the feudal era. They have their own large tracts of arable land and property, as well as their own armed forces (disciples). These people are actually the tentacles of Yang Tinghe's control over the Ming Dynasty.

People like Yue Buqun and Zuo Lengchan are all Yang Tinghe's pawns.

The Sun Moon Sect was another force under the imperial court. In the past, the Sun Moon Sect was under the emperor. For example, the current leader Dongfang Bubai was promoted by Emperor Wuzong Zhu Houzhao. It took exactly ten years from Dongfang Bubai's defeat of Ren Woxing to Zhu Houzhao's death.

After the new emperor took office, Dongfang Bubai became independent and refused to obey the Taoist priest's orders.

Therefore, the Taoist priest drove the tiger to devour the wolf and contacted the leaders of the Wudang and Shaolin martial arts circles. He relaxed the restrictions and drove the two factions to do his job, leading to a war between the two factions, which ended in a lose-lose situation for both sides.

Jiajing also completely overthrew Yang Tinghe and took back the power. "

After this introduction, Liu Shishi's eyes lit up.

She was shocked by Zhou Mo's imaginative ideas.

But I am also secretly worried about this change.

"This storyline is very exciting, but if it is adapted in this way, will it cause dissatisfaction among Jin Yong and the fans of the original novel?"

“There will definitely be dissatisfaction, but as long as the new story is good enough, there will be enough tap water to offset the dissatisfaction for me.

What's more, nowadays there are not many audiences who have actually finished reading Jin Yong's novels. Most of them are Yun fans. They only know the main characters of the novels, such as Linghu Chong, Ren Yingying, Lin Pingzhi, Yue Lingshan and others, but not much other content, such as the plot flow of "Swordsman".

Besides, the audience's tolerance is probably much stronger than you think. You know, I am not the only one who has adapted the plots of Jin Yong's martial arts novels. People have done this decades ago, and the results are pretty good."

Liu Shishi really didn't know about this kind of thing.

"It's been around for decades, and it's doing pretty well? Is there such a thing?"

Zhou Mo opened his phone and pulled out a movie.

Liu Shishi saw Lin Qingxia's photo.

"Swordsman 2: Invincible in the East? I've seen it, but it can't be considered a magical remake. It just expanded the storyline of Invincible in the East and added some emotional lines, but the main plot did not deviate from Swordsman."

"No, no, no, look at the name again."

Liu Shishi raised her eyebrows and looked carefully.

She found that the movie was not "Swordsman 2" as she remembered, but "The East is Red ".

As for the plot...

"Admiral of the Navy, the Spanish fleet, Spanish musket bullets, Dongfang Bubai's concubine Xue Qianxun... 100,000 people gave a rating of over 7 points!"

Liu Shishi felt that her mind was a little unclear.

Seeing this, Zhou Mo smiled and said, "In comparison, although my script for "Swordsman" has been modified, at least there is still the storyline of Linghu Chong, right?"

Liu Shishi sighed.

"As expected, people are judged by comparison. Compared with The Storm Riders, I actually think The Smiling, Proud Wanderer is much more normal."

　I used to discuss Jin Yong’s novels with my classmates.

　　Some students were able to speak very clearly when the discussion just started.

　　But if we talk about it in more detail, I don’t know.

　　After asking carefully, they said that the plot was all on Qidian Cloud, and they knew all the characters, but there were many loopholes in the plot.

　　Later on, I also became such a reader, haha.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)