Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 165 Seattle Casting and Lucy Finale

"The Qi Family Sword" has been taken off the screen.

The total box office is exactly 300 million.

Liu Shishi called, in a good mood.

Although "Qi Family Sword" has a "star-studded" cast, it basically includes the entire group of protagonists of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy III".

But as the leading actress, she still earns the most.

Excited, Liu Shishi mailed a package to Zhou Mo.

Open it and take a look.

It's a film.

The content made Zhou Moji very excited.

"Then you should not take any more roles during this period. Prepare your materials, and when the time comes, cut off all ties with the sugar man once and for all. Don't have any lingering connections." Zhou Mo made it clear to Liu Shishi in advance, in case the girl softened her heart when faced with Cai Yinong's nice words and did something suffocating.

"Don't worry, it won't happen." Liu Shishi answered firmly.

Ever since she decided to leave Tangren, the relationship between her and Cai Yinong has been cooling down rapidly.

Although they haven't broken up yet, the close relationship they had in the past is definitely gone.

Sugar Man has been causing trouble again recently.

The cause was Lin Gengxin.

As an artist who signed a contract with Tang Ren a few years ago, Cai Yinong had originally agreed that Tang Ren would arrange for Lin Gengxin to play the leading male role in one or two TV series in the next one or two years.

Later everyone knew the result.

The leading male character of "Xuan-Yuan Sword" is the big brother Wukong.

Seeing that he would never get the leading male role, Lin Gengxin began to think about leaving the sugar man.

As to how much this idea was influenced by Liu Shishi, it is unclear.

As for "Huashan", the earliest time for filming to start is November.

The director is still Lu Yang.

This guy's thinking is different from Zhou Mo's. He plans to first gain a foothold in the three-in-one field of ancient costumes, martial arts, and court dramas, and then develop into other film genres step by step.

Zhou Mo naturally supported this with both hands and feet.

As long as Lu Yang continues to shoot costume dramas, he will be his tool.

……

In mid-September, Zhou Mo and Xue Xiaolu arranged a time and invited each other to visit the set of "Lucy".

in the room.

Zhou Mo put down the script in his hand.

"Director Zhou, how is it?" Xue Xiaolu's tone sounded a little nervous.

Although relying on her fame, she was able to attract many investors.

But there are very few companies like Shanhe that can take care of everything for you, including actors and publicity, once the investment is confirmed, and can also give the director great autonomy.

Seattle is her second film.

The fewer investors the better.

"Of course no problem, Mr. Xue, our company has invested in this movie." Zhou Mo made the decision immediately.

Xue Xiaolu breathed a sigh of relief: "Director Zhou, after reading the script, do you have any suggestions?"

Zhou Mo shook his head.

He wasn't going to offer any advice this time.

The script of "Seattle" was written by Xue Xiaolu, and it is also the most suitable script for her.

Although from his current perspective, there are indeed some areas in "Seattle" that can be modified.

But after the revision, the style of the script changed.

May not be suitable for Xue Xiaolu.

"Ok, then it's settled. When Teacher Xue returns to Yanjing, the company will cooperate with you to form a crew, and the subsequent publicity company will also be fully responsible. In addition, does Teacher Xue have any other requests?"

Zhou Mo was asking Xue Xiaolu about how to choose people.

Since Zhou Mo has given such a great convenience, Xue Xiaolu returned the favor: "There is no candidate yet. If Director Zhou has any recommendations, we can discuss it together."

She was not worried that Zhou Mo would make random choices because of this.

"no problem."

……

After Xue Xiaolu left.

The filming of "Lucy" has officially entered the final stage.

Zhou Mo estimated the shooting speed and it should be finished in about ten days.

The gang boss was furious when he learned that the heroine had taken all the medicines.

He wanted revenge for the stabbing he had suffered previously.

Find out where the heroine is and wait for someone to rush to her destination.

At the same time, the heroine found the professor.

Had one last conversation with him.

At this moment, the heroine has vaguely realized her future——

Her time is running out.

At the moment, she actually faces two possible outcomes.

Or, just wait for the cells in your body to start "scattering" again due to lack of energy.

Or, take all the medicines into the body at once to complete the true evolution.

Of course the heroine will not sit still and wait for death.

She asked the professor to inject the medicine into her body.

next second.

A huge amount of energy began to bloom in her body.

……

Finished shooting for the day.

Zhou Mo received a call from Huang Xiaoming.

"Brother Xiaoming, the sun rose from the west today. You, a busy man, didn't go out to help your girlfriend debate with a group of people, but instead remembered to call me?" Zhou Mo said in a teasing tone.

A few days ago, the glamorous "Sad Fairy Tale" was released.

In the previous life, the heroine of this drama was Liu Shishi, who failed miserably.

In this life, Liu Shishi was snatched away by Zhou Mo, and the heroine was replaced by Dabaobei.

The box office is not as good as the previous life.

The first-day box office of less than 1.5 million directly broke Wang Changtian's mentality.

Back then, Huang Xiaoming made many promises to Wang Changtian in order to get this resource for his girlfriend.

The results are out and this is it.

Wang Changtian lost her temper and gave up all subsequent promotions for the film. As a result, viewers who had watched "Sad Fairy Tale" pointed their fingers at Dabaobei, mocking her for "not taking on porcelain work if you don't have the skills."

The original intention was to mock her for her lack of ability and tell her not to be the heroine.

But the sensitive darling mistakenly thought that the audience was mocking her for using unfair means to get to the top, and her defenses fell apart on the spot.

He hired an army of internet trolls to whitewash himself.

The result is predictable. The audience would not tolerate her bad habits and immediately exposed her past completely.

So, Huang Xiaoming has been urgently handling the public relations for this matter these two days.

Zhou Mo felt that Huang Xiaoming was also under a spell.

Apart from treating Zhao Yanzi as his white moonlight as always, Huang Xiaoming has never been a contented person, and it is not an exaggeration to call him a playboy.

How come you are so devoted to your big baby?

Huang Xiaoming heard the "ridicule" in Zhou Mo's words and smiled bitterly: "Director Zhou, please don't laugh at me. I really didn't expect things to develop in this direction..."

Zhou Mo: "So you called me to ask me to help you suppress it? Brother Xiaoming, I have to tell you in advance that this station will not do such official behavior directly, so if you really want me to help, then don't say a word."

Of course Zhou Mo was just talking nonsense.

There's no way I can do it myself.

He just didn't want to help.

The entertainment industry has been developing for decades, and in his mind, Dabaobei is one of the most disgusting actors.

Zhou Mo really had no interest in helping her.

And he was very sure that Huang Xiaoming would understand what he meant.

Huang Xiaoming really wanted to ask Zhou Mo for help at first, but after hearing this, he gave up the idea and changed the subject: "Director Zhou, I'm not asking about the baby, but I heard that Director Zhou's company is planning to launch a movie project recently."

I wipe?

Zhou Mo was shocked.

"I haven't even returned to Yanjing yet, how come you know everything?"

Huang Xiaoming chuckled: "I just heard about it accidentally. What do you think, Director Zhou, please consider me."

Zhou Mo thought for a moment and said, "It's not impossible. The question is, do you have time? I remember you went to participate in Chen Kexin's "Partners"? You are the leading actor in it. Can you take care of it?"

Huang Xiaoming was pounding his chest on the other end of the phone.

"Don't worry, Director Zhou. I'm sure I'll have time."

Zhou Mo reminded him, "I suggest you don't rush to make promises, Brother Xiaoming. I remember Chen Kexin has said that Partners will be released in May next year, and Seattle will be released around the same time. You will definitely have to make a decision about the promotion by then."

Zhou Mo made things clear to Huang Xiaoming directly.

If he was the one shooting "Seattle", he would have directly asked Huang Xiaoming to follow the crew's schedule.

This is what he required for "Chu and Han".

Given his current status, this request is not excessive.

Anyway, Chen Kexin didn't dare to argue with him.

But Xue Xiaolu does not have such a high status at present. Considering her reputation, Huang Xiaoming may not accompany the team throughout the promotion.

Huang Xiaoming was silent when he heard this.

He was indeed thinking about the cost of this matter.

For an actor, starring in a movie but not promoting it throughout the process will greatly damage his popularity.

After thinking for a moment, Huang Xiaoming asked, "I wonder if Director Zhou has decided on the female lead?"

Zhou Mo: "Temporarily set it to be Mr. Zhou. I made an appointment with her before."

The original female lead of "Seattle" was Tang Wei.

His acting is very good, especially the part about stealing money, which makes him very famous.

But Zhou Mo was not familiar with her.

So, just let Mr. Zhou play this role.

Anyway, with Mr. Zhou's level, it is basically not difficult for him to play Wen Jiajia.

When Huang Xiaoming heard this, he no longer hesitated.

"Then I'll act, Director Zhou."

"So decisive?"

"Since you chose Mr. Zhou, it means you really care about this movie and are very confident. I definitely can't miss this kind of movie." Huang Xiaoming was very sure of his guess, and his tone was full of confidence: "Besides, there are not many opportunities to act with Mr. Zhou."

Good guy.

The focus is still on the second half of the sentence.

Zhou Mo understood that Huang Xiaoming was still competing with Chen Kun.

But just fight for it.

The more you fight, the better.

"Since you have decided, you can come to our company in early October."

"no problem."

……

Six days later.

Da Tiantian sat on the chair.

Facing the doll (monkey) placed in front of him, an expression of interest appeared on his face.

Then she slowly extended a finger.