Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 162 We can't let Lord Di take over

Zhou Mo's plan is proceeding as planned.

Ji Rujing is quite good.

The news of "Tang Yan replacing Jiang Yiyan" became known to the world.

But whenever the media or reporters asked questions, we would just reply that we had not received any news.

"My Tangtang has no intention in this regard. The studio has already contacted Director Zhou of Shanhe a few days ago, and they will shoot a TV series next year..."

The news spread quickly, and many media turned to contact Shanhe.

But Shanhe Company has always been very tight-lipped, and apart from the information they are willing to release, nothing can be asked.

"New drama? I don't know. Director Zhou always makes the decisions on these kinds of things. You can go ask him."

The media is helpless.

Your director Zhou is still in Sawadee Kah right now. If we can contact him, why would we need to look for you?

At the same time, Liu Yifei was also working hard.

Liu Hanhan learned his lesson this time. He did not lead the pace himself, but stood behind his mother.

Although Liu Ma's vision is not good, she has been in the circle for so many years, so it is easy for her to say something that may be misunderstood.

"My Xixi doesn't fight or compete with anyone on weekdays, so she's usually not affected by anything..."

If something happens but it doesn't affect you, then it means something really happened.

The media sensed the implication of the words and simply stayed on the set every day to take pictures.

Every now and then, one could see a photo of Sun Li visiting the set and being intimate with Deng Chao. In contrast, the architect was often seen alone.

……

In the room, Liu Yifei was talking on the phone with Da Tiantian.

"Tiantian, you don't know how miserable that person is. Now, apart from filming, basically no one in the crew pays attention to her..."

There was a sense of joy in Liu Yifei's tone.

Among her peers, she is relatively less troublesome.

But being stabbed in the back by the architect was something she couldn't bear.

Right now, I feel really happy when I see the other party in trouble.

Da Tiantian couldn't really empathize with Liu Yifei's feelings.

After all, she has always had a smooth life.

Even in the past few years in the entertainment industry, no one dared to stab her in the back because of her status.

In addition, with Zhou Mo's training all along, his path to stardom has been very smooth.

So, in response to Liu Yifei's sharing, she kept responding with "hmm" and "ah", indicating that she was listening.

Hang up.

Zhou Mo looked at Da Tiantian with a bit of surprise: "Your skill in eating melons is getting better and better. You always find first-hand information."

Da Tiantian snorted.

"That's right. After all, I can't go through such a thing myself, so I'll just have to hurry up and eat other people's melons."

Eating melons is human nature.

Seeing her "comfortable" expression, Zhou Mo had an idea.

"Tiantian, do you think it would be a big hit if I adapted some things in the industry and made it into a TV series?"

Da Tiantian followed Zhou Mo's thoughts.

I was convinced on the spot.

"Zhou Mo, how did you come up with this kind of script?"

"It's all because of you. Just think about it. Even someone like you who is in the industry is so excited when encountering a big melon. Ordinary audiences will be even more excited."

Da Tiantian was a little hesitant.

"But this will probably offend a lot of people."

Zhou Mo smiled: "Tiantian, with our identities, do we still need to worry about offending others? Our real problem is who to let shoot this film. After all, what you and I are not afraid of, others may not be."

He actually didn't tell Da Tiantian everything.

Since we are planning to film what goes on inside the entertainment industry, we definitely cannot just film some hearsay and gossip.

That's too boring.

Zhou Mo’s idea was that since he was going to shoot it, he might as well make it bigger.

At the very least, you have to take pictures of the contract and tax matters.

As a result, there are really not many people who can take pictures.

After all, there are not many people in the entertainment industry who can play the leading role in this drama, and the first-line star is just the threshold.

But at the same time, these people are not short of money.

There is no need to make such a TV series that will arouse public anger unless there are other driving factors.

Therefore, if you want them to be willing to film a TV series, there must be other reasons besides money.

Zhou Mo put the idea aside for the time being.

At this stage, technology is not developed enough and the entertainment industry is not lively enough. After a while, if something happens in the entertainment industry again, we will probably be able to find the "Suicide Squad" by then.

……

Filming continues.

Tang Wa learned that the blue medicine stuffed into her stomach by the gang was a substance that could only be synthesized in a pregnant mother and could promote rapid development of the human body.

This substance is very precious and basically impossible to synthesize under normal circumstances.

The heroine has not yet realized that this substance is essential for her to survive in the real world, but her intuition tells her that she must find the remaining three bags of medicine.

Only the gang boss knew where the three bags of drugs went.

then……

Bang! ×5
The heroine came to the hotel and easily killed the gangsters in the room through the wall.

She could see what was going on in the room—

At present, the development of her brain has exceeded 30%. Whether it is super memory, learning ability, or perception of the internal structure of matter, she has them all.

At this moment, she could even see the flow of energy inside a big tree.

Take your seat.

Facing the gang boss: "Tell me the whereabouts of those three people."

The gangster boss was still tough. Even with his hands on the table, he remained silent.

It’s a pity that silence is completely useless to the current heroine.

She has evolved to the point where she can probe people's memories.

The white and slender fingers pressed on the gangster boss's head.

The next second, the other person's memory appeared in front of the heroine like an animation.

Fragrant city.

Cherry blossoms.

Stealing and saving.

The heroine left the hotel and went to look for the remaining packets of medicine.

Before that, she had one more thing to do.

……

"Okay, this one's passed." Zhou Mo asked people to pack up.

Da Tiantian came running over.

"Zhou Mo, I found that I am very suitable for playing this kind of expressionless role."

"Yeah, after all, it doesn't require any acting skills."

Zhou Mo answered casually.

The setting of "losing feelings" is actually a double-edged sword.

For some actors with strong acting skills, "losing emotions" will limit their ability to express emotions.

But for actors with average acting skills, "losing emotions" is a good fig leaf.

The most emotional scene in the whole drama "Lucy" is the scene where the heroine finds that her body is gradually disintegrating on the plane.

Apart from this, most of the female protagonists look cold and icy.

This kind of plot is very suitable for Da Tiantian.

Zhou Mo plans to keep up the good work and write more characters like this for Da Tiantian in the future.

After Da Tiantian left.

Jiang Wu changed his clothes and came over.

"Director Zhou, you're looking for me."

"Brother Wu, sit down."

Zhou Mo then handed over a small stool: "Brother Wu, how tall are you?"

Jiang Wu was a little confused.

Why are you asking this?

He answered truthfully: "1.8 meters."

1.8 meters...

Zhou Mo nodded.

It is enough.

"What about weight?"

"Eighty-five."

"Very good." Zhou Mo made a acquaintance: "This time I came to Brother Wu just to ask, are you interested in fitness?"

Jiang Wu was stunned, and an idea suddenly popped up in his mind: "Director Zhou has a movie project coming up with me?"

"Yes."

"Can I ask what type it is?"

"Commercial film, urban crime genre."

Zhou Mo was talking about "Crime City".

For a long time, the protagonists of domestic action movies, except for Sammo Hung, most of the other actors are strong and muscular.

After all, the domestic martial arts industry emphasizes a "bee waist, ape arms, and mantis legs", and is not very keen on a "broad-shouldered and bear-waisted" figure.

From Cheng Long, Li Lianjie, to Wu Jing and Xie Miao.

Most of them have the former type of body shape.

Dressed to be thin, undressed with meat.

As for Zhao Wenzhuo, he is a representative of the slender type.

Tongbiquan requires long arms.

If your arms are not long enough, you can’t practice Tongbiquan at all.

In comparison, when he was young, Sammo Hung was more like a "clever" and "agile fat man".

It was not until he was in his forties or fifties that he developed a truly "brutal" style.

So, when Zhou Mo started looking for a "Ma Dongxi"-type actor in China, he found that there were not many choices.

After a round, I found that in addition to Sammo Hung, there is another actor named Jin Song who is also an action actor and has a very strong physique.

He is the actor who played Lu Zhishen in the old version of "Water Margin".

It can barely meet Zhou Mo's requirement of "strong back and broad waist".

The problem is that this guy is really not popular.

Since his debut, he has been in the television industry.

And he is always a supporting role.

If we really let him star in a movie, I'm afraid he won't be a box office success.

Then only Lord Di was left.

But the problem is that Lord Di is not a martial arts actor, except for the time when he was filming "Flying Tiger" last year, when he did some physical training in order to fight with Yuan Fang in the scene.

When Zhou Mo went to visit again this year, Lord Di's belly had grown bigger again.

It already feels a bit like the time when I played Zhu Gaochi.

After giving up on Lord Di, Zhou Mo thought about it and decided to let Jiang Wu play this role.

It just so happened that the scene in "Let the Bullets Fly" where he led the people of Goose City to attack the blockhouse met Zhou Mo's needs in terms of "texture" and "agility".

And Jiang Wu’s acting skills are guaranteed.

In addition, once Jiang Wu is confirmed, Jiang Wen can also help with the movie promotion.

Lao Jiang actually takes good care of his younger brother.

Kill two birds with one stone.

Jiang Wu was also very excited when he heard Zhou Mo's invitation: "No problem, Director Zhou, I am definitely willing to film your movie. Just tell me when."

Compared with Jiang Wen's arrogant personality, Jiang Wu appears to be much more humble.

Zhou Mo waved his hand and said, "Brother Wu, don't worry. Let me tell you the requirements of this movie first... If you really want to take this movie, your current body shape is definitely not enough. I need you to gain some weight and develop muscle lines.

And later you will need to learn some free fighting. You are not required to reach the level of an athlete, but at least you can make the audience feel that you are professional.

Of course, doing so will affect your acting career to a certain extent, but I can assure you that I am planning to develop this movie into a series of films. As long as you are willing to continue with one film, the series can be made into at least three films, or even more, and there is no need to worry about the box office. I am shooting this series of films for the box office record."

Zhou Mo explained the situation clearly to Jiang Wu.

Judging from Jiang Wen's past experience in filming "Mostly Art Films", if he really wants to become like Ma Dong-seok, he will definitely be able to get fewer movie roles in the future.

For example, in "A Touch of Sin" directed by Jia Zhangke, which Jiang Wen just finished filming this year, Jiang Wu played a man who was cheated by the village chief and the coal mine boss, and was later shot by a gangster.

When Jiang Wen acted in this movie, he weighed about 170 pounds.

It's normal to play a role that gets beaten.

But if his body was like Ma Dong-seok, with a face full of flesh and murderous eyes, the kind that could make people pee their pants with just one glare.

If the plot is then arranged in which the character is constantly provoked, it would obviously be discordant.

Jiang Wu understood Zhou Mo's request.

For him, the most basic quality is for an actor to train and adjust his weight, muscles, and skills in accordance with the script.

In this process, some trade-offs are inevitable.

And with Zhou Mo's reputation, Jiang Wu was confident that he would not be cheated.

So he quickly agreed.

"No problem, I'll take this role."

(End of this chapter)