Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 154

Early August.

Zhou Mo left the crew of "When a Man Falls in Love".

Han Yan’s directing skills are very good, and he encountered basically no problems in filming this classic Korean romance movie.

Zhou Mo took a quick look at the finished film and felt relieved.

Before leaving, he had a meal with Da Tiantian.

"You want to cooperate with Brother Long?"

"Well, it's a police and gangster movie, using some of the settings from New Police Story."

“But wasn’t New Police Story a big box office flop back then?”

"It doesn't matter, it will be popular." Zhou Mo was very confident.

Da Tiantian munched on the popsicle with a crunchy sound and didn't feel any discomfort in her mouth at all.

“Is there a role for me?”

Zhou Mo's eyes drifted from her rosy little mouth, and he thought for a while: "I can let you play the protagonist's assistant, but it's not a major role. Occasionally you have to take part in the comedy. How about that? Can you accept it?"

"Of course, I was chatting with Brother Zheng and the others a few days ago. According to Brother Zheng, the quality of the movie is good. Brother Bo also said it was quite funny and even praised me for my talent for comedy."

"That's fine."

Zhou Mo nodded, thinking that Huang Bo was right.

With Da Tiantian's brain, she doesn't need any acting skills at all to make the audience laugh.

Just play yourself.

Da Tiantian now has a very open-minded attitude towards movie roles.

No matter what role it is, I will always maintain a certain curiosity.

Don't be afraid to try.

"Oh, by the way, when you're done with your work, I've arranged a variety show for you. You can make a cameo appearance and promote the movie at the same time."

"What variety show?"

"Tonight's 80s Talk Show."

Da Tiantian thought for a moment and said, "Is it the language variety show you and Mr. Ren launched together, the stand-up comedy show?"

"Stand-up comedy... Actually, it's not wrong. You can watch a few episodes in the next few days to get a feel for the situation. If you are really interested, just treat it as a way to relax."

In its previous life, "Tonight Talk Show" was a variety show jointly launched by Xiaoguo and Fanqie TV.

Since this variety show was aired, it has received considerable ratings.

In addition, "Tonight Talk Show" has also accumulated a lot of experience for the production of another talk show of Xiaoguo -

"Tucao Conference".

Zhou Mo values ​​"Tucao Conference" not because of its high ratings.

This is because this program is the largest variety show in the mainland entertainment industry in the past 10 years.

Not even one.

Especially in the first few episodes (such as the one about Aunt Xue), the content ranged from dirty jokes to current political hot topics, with a very fast pace.

Zhou Mo has basically never seen content of similar intensity in other variety shows of the same era.

Zhou Mo has always hoped that there would be a variety show on the market similar to the one that set a record in Hong Kong decades ago——

"Unguarded Tonight".

The supporter of this variety show is James Wong.

He is the musical genius who enjoys eating, drinking and having fun.

As for "Tonight", it is even claimed that "Tonight is unprotected, all we talk about is one bed", which shows how explicit its content is.

As for "Tucao Conference", even the first few episodes are still far from the scale of "Tonight", but this is already the limit that domestic entertainment can achieve.

In the previous life, the core of "Tucao Conference" was Li Dan.

But before Li Dan, the core of "Tucao Conference" was another person.

Wang Zijian.

He is also the current host of "The Tonight Talk Show".

This is the person Zhou Mo values.

A guy who is quite talented in crosstalk, talk show and acting.

Compared with the previous life when Xiaoguo introduced Li Dan as the core to replace Wang Zijian, "Tucao Conference" gradually became "Whitewashing Conference".

Zhou Mo felt that it would be better to let Wang Zijian, a guy who was extremely aggressive towards the outside world, host the meeting.

Similarly, only Wang Zijian, a guy who became famous at a young age, had a smooth journey, and was extremely aggressive towards the outside world, could support Zhou Mo's future positioning of "Tucao Conference".

Not to mention recreating the glory of "Unguarded Tonight", at least we can come up with some content that is a little more explicit.

The prerequisite is to mobilize the system's capabilities.

At least it won’t be like the previous “Tucao Conference”, where the positioning has changed from “a group of people exposing each other” to “a group of people being polite to each other”.

That's too boring.

Just like "Sisters Who Make Waves", the audience watches this show to see the quarrels from the very beginning. Who wants to see you sisters being hypocritical and intentional?

Similarly, on the "Tucao Conference", a group of out-of-date and not-so-out-of-date stars and actors with a lot of dirty laundry did not attack each other after they came on stage. Instead, they had a great time throughout the show without any trace of worldly affairs.

Those who know know that this is "Tucao Conference".

If you don’t know, you might think this is “A Longing for Life”.

……

After saying goodbye to Da Tiantian, Zhou Mo returned to Yanjing.

The box office revenue of "Little Man" has exceeded 300 million.

I don’t think there will be any major breakthroughs in the remaining few days.

Zhou Mo returned to Shanhe and asked the person in charge of promoting "Little Man" to start the final promotion to squeeze out the last bit of box office potential.

He has received the system reward of "Little Man".

[Optimization target: "Little People"]

[Optimization Reward: Permanent exclusive broadcast rights for an animation]

[Anime: Naruto] I just received the reward, and the next second, a phone call came.

"Boss, we've got the exclusive broadcast rights for Naruto."

Hang up.

Zhou Mo clicked his tongue.

Before this, he had never heard of the station purchasing the exclusive broadcasting rights for "Naruto".

It really is a system.

The action is fast.

But that’s fine too.

The prizes will take effect as soon as they are distributed, saving you the trouble of running around in real life.

Waiting is a very tiring thing.

The degree of discomfort is comparable to the Inch Stop Challenge.

After finishing "Little Man", I called the team responsible for "Qi Family Blade" and asked them to release the copy they had prepared previously.

In the office, the person in charge of publicity and promotion looked embarrassed.

"Director Zhou, are you sure you want to send out the article as is?"

Ever since he heard Zhou Mo's plan a month ago, no matter how many times he had heard it, he was still surprised by Zhou Mo's ideas.

This plan is really... exciting.

Zhou Mo nodded.

"Let's post it. The chance to test the box office ability of these 85 actresses is right before us."

The person in charge nodded, returned to the office and began issuing orders.

Half a day later.

There was a wave of news about "Qi Family Knife" on the Internet.

But unlike the usual promotional information which mainly relies on stills and interviews, this time the information about "Qi Family Blade" mainly revolves around the quarrels among the three heroines.

Among the dozens of messages, there was a lot of content like "film crew, gossip, and candid photos taken by puppies."

"Shocking! Three actresses actually fought on the set. Is this a loss of morality or a distortion of human nature?"

"Yang Mi is in agony, Tang Yan is in tears, and Liu Shishi sighs every night. What is the reason for all this?"

"When talking about the relationship between the crew members, Hu Ge looked bitter, Huo Jianhua sighed, and Lu Yang stamped his feet."

Along with the news, a large number of photos were also leaked.

The content of the photos includes but is not limited to Liu Shishi and Yang Mi arguing with each other, Tang Yan holding an umbrella for Yang Mi but Yang Mi ignored Tang Yan...

In just one day, the news spread all over the Internet.

Zhou Mo's post has been viewed millions of times, with a smile on his face.

All the photos circulating on the Internet were carefully selected by him.

These are all pictures that the parties involved know what is going on, but people who are not in the know can easily misunderstand.

For example, the one where Liu Shishi and Yang Mi are arguing with each other in casual clothes.

The specific situation was that the two people were rehearsing their lines at the time, and they looked angry because the lines were supposed to be spoken by the actors in a very angry tone.

As for the "umbrella" incident, it is even more common.

As far as Zhou Mo knows, when this photo was taken, the relationship between the three was still in the honeymoon stage. They held an umbrella because it was raining. Yang Mi didn't hold an umbrella because she had something in her hand, and in order to avoid puddles, she didn't have time to pay attention to Tang Yan.

But it is this kind of photo that actually means nothing that really made many netizens exclaim in amazement.

They began to look for evidence of the discord between the three women from past clues.

Those with less severe "illnesses" simply observed the content posted by the three accounts in the past few months.

Those with more serious "conditions" started directly from the "Legend of Sword and Fairy III" period, trying to explore the love, hatred and vengeance of the three people based on their experiences three years ago.

……

at the same time.

Zhou Mo was talking on the phone with Professor Lu.

Professor Lu, Lu Yang’s father.

In addition to being a member of a number of associations, Professor Lu is also the director of the Film and Television Department of the Central Academy of Drama and a doctoral supervisor.

The energy is quite large.

"Professor Lu, I'm sorry to bother you with this publicity."

"Director Zhou, you are too polite. I want to thank you very much. If it weren't for you, I think Lu Yang would have to hide from me to film the movie this time." Professor Lu replied with a smile.

When Zhou Mo first learned about Lu Yang's background, he also found it quite strange.

Why is it that this guy has such a strong background, but when he was filming "The Blade of the Assassin", he ended up with no money for publicity?

After asking around, I found out that although Lu Yang is a second-generation in the circle and a relatively powerful one, this guy is very ambitious and feels that he can make a name for himself in the film and television industry even if he only relies on his own strength.

Then, this thought was suppressed by Zhou Mo.

joke.

I've put so much effort into putting together an all-star cast, and I specifically asked you to make the movie, so how could I not borrow your resources?

So Zhou Mo contacted Professor Lu.

Ask for help in spreading the word.

Professor Lu, of course, has no objection.

After all, it’s a movie made by his son, how could a father not support it?

The two hit it off immediately and started working hard.

This time, "Qi Family Knife" was able to create such a huge sensation in just one day, which was naturally the result of Professor Lu's contribution.

Now, whether it is Weibo or the entertainment section of Lizhan, there is at least one hot search for "The Qi Family Swordsman, The Three Beauties of The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

Many movie fans want to see how the beauties in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy III" fight with each other in the movie.

In less than three days.

The number of pre-sale tickets for "The Swordsman" has increased by nearly 30%.

(End of this chapter)