Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 155 Release, Competition, Fighting
"Qi Family Knife" is released.

On the day of the release, there was a constant stream of people in front of the cinema, and the momentum was comparable to the premiere of "John Wick: Chapter 8".

Zhou Mo's actions raised the popularity of this movie, which cost only 40 million yuan, to a level that even movies with investments of over 100 million yuan could not reach.

Lu Yang looked at the countless microphones in front of him, his mouth almost reaching the sky.

He had realized how stupid his previous thoughts were.

I don't use such a good resource. Am I going to waste it after my dad retires?
Lu Yang decided that when he makes a movie in the future, he will not ask his father to help with the promotion, but just let his father personally go on the roadshow to help.

I am such a filial son!
In order to let my dad share the joy of filming, I took him to the battlefield.

In addition to Lu Yang, several other crew members also have their own insights.

What the beauty of Legend of Sword and Fairy III thinks is that fighting is so useful, it seems that she will use it more often in the future.

For the first time, Hu Ge and Huo Jianhua questioned the "Hu-Huo CP".

Since the two of them established a CP, the traffic has indeed increased a lot.

However, most of this traffic comes from the TV drama audience, which is not of much help to the two people's desire to enter the film industry.

Zhou Mo's actions made them realize that fighting might be a faster way to achieve results than CP.

Do you want to change your thinking in the future?

At the entrance of the theater, Zhou Mo was chatting with Yang Mi.

Yang Mi's tone was slightly sad: "Director Zhou's publicity has caused me to suffer a lot of injustice."

She was talking about the "umbrella" incident. Some netizens thought that she had a bad character and bullied Tang Yan because of her good temper, so they severely denounced Yang Mi on the Internet.

Because Yang Mi was cooperating with the publicity, she was unable to explain the situation.

So I got criticized for no reason.

"Mijie, you can't blame me for this. In fact, the company released two sets of pictures, one with Tangtang holding an umbrella for you, and one with you holding an umbrella for Tangtang. But after it was spread, netizens only believed the first set, and there was nothing I could do. So, Mijie might as well consider other reasons. Is there something wrong with your past development path that has led to a decline in your popularity with the audience?"

Yang Mi knew that what Zhou Mo said was true. Shanhe did release more than one set of photos during its promotion, and there was no bias.

And ever since the "overlapping drama" incident, her reputation has indeed been somewhat damaged.

But she certainly wouldn't think that her popularity among the public is worse than Tang Yan's.

He snorted softly, and when there were no one around, he patted Zhou Mo lightly.

"No matter what, Director Zhou, after the movie is released, you have to find a way to help me restore my image online. After all, I am contributing to the promotion of the movie."

“That’s fine. As long as the box office performance is good, any bad impression can actually be said to be for the experience of the plot. So, in the final analysis, it still depends on Sister Mi’s acting skills.

As for acting, it's a piece of cake for Sister Mi, I have great confidence in her." Zhou Mo seemed very calm.

Yang Mi looked at Zhou Mo's slightly raised mouth corners and knew that he was making fun of the comments online about his declining acting skills.

Take a deep breath, even the panda looks a lot bigger.

"No problem, Director Zhou, just watch it."

Not far away, Liu Shishi and Tang Yan were talking.

"Hey, Shishi, they are flirting with each other, and you don't have any reaction?" Tang Yan fanned the flames.

"Why should I react?" Liu Shishi pretended to be stupid.

She doesn't dare to announce her relationship with Zhou Mo yet.

If Zhou Mo was the kind of director who lived behind the scenes for years and was only famous within the circle, she probably would have nothing to fear.

But unfortunately, Zhou Mo is very famous.

Liu Shishi was very worried that once she became famous, she would be quickly attacked by both her and Zhou Mo's fans.

So, she has always been very cautious.

Afraid of revealing something.

She is very satisfied with her current situation.

Anyway, she has drunk Zhou Mo's milk several times, so she doesn't care whether it is made public or not.

"They should be discussing the previous publicity. Da Mi has been scolded a lot in the past two days."

Although she really didn't know what the two were talking about, based on her understanding of Yang Mi, she could get a pretty accurate guess.

Tang Yan glanced at Liu Shishi and thought, you little bastard, you are still pretending in front of me.

His eyes almost popped out of his head, but he still said it was okay.

She thought about it and decided to test it out: "So, you and Director Zhou are just ordinary friends?"

"Of course." Liu Shishi nodded vigorously.

"In that case, remember to give me a seat later. I want to sit with Director Zhou so we can discuss the plot."

When Liu Shishi heard this, she suddenly became extremely nervous.

What is the little goblin going to do?
But his face remained calm.

He raised his eyebrows and asked casually, "It doesn't matter. I can sit anywhere, but are you sure it's okay to sit with Director Zhou? I remember that you haven't been in touch with Qiu Ze recently. Can he tolerate you and Zhou Mo being so close?"

It's already Zhou Mo, and you're still pretending to be unfamiliar.

Tang Yan chuckled: "Qiu Ze? He's just an annoying guy. When I was filming "Three Thousand Golds", he was circling around me like a fly all day long, saying that he only loves me. The point is that this guy actually has a girlfriend. It's disgusting."

Liu Shishi frowned.

Although she didn't want Tang Yan to sit with Zhou Mo, it was obvious that Qiu Ze's matter was more serious at the moment.

"You said that guy cheated?"

"He wanted to cheat on me, but failed. I kept rejecting him, but this guy is like a piece of shit plaster, and he even went to the media to publicize some specious news. It's so annoying."

"In this case, this matter should indeed be dealt with."

"Yes, Director Zhou has a publicity channel in his hands, right? That's why I want to sit with Director Zhou and ask him to help me deal with this matter." Tang Yan's voice became more and more pitiful: "Okay, Shishi, please help me, considering how pitiful I am."

Liu Shishi smiled: "Well, don't ask me to give up my seat with you. I just happen to have something to discuss with Zhou Mo. Why don't we just sit on either side of Zhou Mo and not let other people come?"

"Yes."

Tang Yan nodded.

Although Liu Shishi failed to be sent away, it was a good idea to let Da Mi sit aside.

After a while.

In the cinema.

Zhou Mo glanced at the three beauties of Fairy Sword who were standing on both sides like fighting cocks.

Finally, he looked at Liu Yifei in front of him.

"Sissi, why are you here too?"

"Old Hu invited me here." Liu Yifei shook her hair. She glanced at the three people who were still secretly competing with each other and said, "Director Zhou really has the best of both worlds. There are actually three beautiful women fighting for a place next to you."

Ever since being tricked by Zhou Mo, Liu Yifei has become more open-minded.

Since you will have to go to the battlefield sooner or later anyway, you might as well practice your skills in advance.

She is not afraid of Zhou Mo's complaints now.

With just one sentence, he included all four people in front of him.

Zhou Mo raised his eyebrows.

Wow, I haven’t seen you for a few days, but your kung fu has improved a lot.

"It's okay, Xixi. If you want to join, you can do so anytime." Zhou Mo put on a "Jiao Enjun"-style smile.

"cut."

Liu Yifei turned and left.

Never argue with Zhou Mo at all.

She has learned her lesson. Arguing with Zhou Mo is just courting death.

The right thing to do is to shoot and run.

On the other side, the three beauties of Fairy Sword also decided the winner.

Relying on the alliance with Tang Yan, Liu Shishi finally took down the left and right positions of Zhou Mo.

And Yang Mi was pushed to the side.

In desperation, she turned to Liu Yifei.

After a moment, the movie officially began.

The moment the screen went black, Zhou Mo's left and right arms were grabbed at the same time.

Ok?
Zhou Mo was stunned and slowly turned his head.

On the right side, Tang Yan noticed Zhou Mo's gaze, her face turned red, and she quickly let go of her hand, saying embarrassedly.

"Sorry, I'm so nervous."

"It's okay." Zhou Mo waved his hand.

He could understand this reaction very well.

After all, it wasn't the first time he was caught and strangled.

On the other side, Liu Shishi saw what the two were doing and her eyes flickered.

……

Two hours later, the movie ended.

The plot of "Qi Family Knife" is very complete.

Lu Yang, who is not short of money, also has a good control over details.

Although he is not as good as famous and experienced directors like Xu Ke, the effect has fully met Zhou Mo's requirements.

After watching the whole movie, Liu Yifei was drooling.

More than half a month ago, "The Four" was released, and the box office has exceeded 100 million yuan so far.

Liu Yifei was actually a little proud when she came this time.

As a martial arts film, although "The Four" does not have Zhou Mo's superb publicity plan and script, relying on the fame of the original novel of "The Four" and the skill of director Chen Jiashang, it is sure to be no weaker than "The Qi Family Blade".

But now, Liu Yifei knows she was wrong.

As a movie with multiple protagonists, compared with "The Four", "The Swords of the Qi Family" is much better in performance.

Lost.

Liu Yifei looked at Yang Mi, who was beaming with joy, and said slowly, "Congratulations, Mi Mi, you performed really well in this movie."

She now doesn't mind starring in "A Family Abandoned by Love".

Just now, after watching the three women fighting scene in the movie, Liu Yifei felt like she was almost dying of jealousy.

If only she had a movie like this...

Yang Mi couldn't stop smiling, and she also felt that her acting skills in the movie were very good.

Of course, outward politeness is important.

"You're welcome. Director Zhou's script is really well written."

At this moment, she was really grateful to Zhou Mo for his script.

I originally thought that since I was a latecomer, the plot wouldn’t matter to me, but I didn’t expect that the effect of the filming would be not much different from those two.

Liu Yifei nodded.

indeed.

In terms of directing level, "The Four" is actually not much worse than "The Swordsman of the Qi Family".

The awareness of the two was ultimately reflected in the script.

"Director Zhou's script writing is really amazing."

"Thanks for the compliment."

Liu Yifei was stunned, and turned around to see Zhou Mo standing behind her, while Yang Mi beside her had already gone on stage to be interviewed.

Zhou Mo saw Liu Yifei frowning early in the morning.

"So, do you regret not accepting my invitation? Otherwise, maybe you can also speak on stage now."

Liu Yifei stretched out her hand, her eyes full of determination.

"Don't mention it, Director Zhou. I will definitely participate in Love and Destiny. No one can stop me."

Zhou Mo saw this and laughed inwardly.

Sure enough, only competition can push people to break their bottom line.

Being a popular star in the entertainment industry, you don’t have to worry about money.

Like Liu Yifei, she is already a wealthy woman, and she uses her 10,000 square meter mansion to raise cats.

And because of the traffic, there is no shortage of dramas.

If the reason is to make money, it would be difficult to invite this group of people to film.

I really want them to just film the show.

They still have to see that their peers or competitors have achieved good results, so that they will put aside their own face and contribute to the development of the entertainment industry.

(End of this chapter)