Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 170 Preparation, Dispute, Provocation
When Zhou Mo was talking to Da Tiantian.

Coincidentally, the movie has come to an end.

He glanced around at the guests watching the movie.

Almost everyone's face was filled with sadness.

Some actresses even cried their hearts out.

The makeup on her face is all smudged.

The most horrifying thing is that some of them chose to put on black eyeliner instead of just putting on any other makeup.

As soon as the tears came out.

Two dark marks ran down his face.

Da Tiantian is relatively stronger.

Except the crying wasn't as bad.

Zhou Mo also brought her a makeup box in advance.

He took Da Tiantian to the bathroom and met many actors who were putting on makeup along the way.

This time, instead of coming up to greet Zhou Mo as they did in the past, the actors lowered their heads and walked away.

Da Tiantian suddenly felt like laughing: "There will be a day when you will be avoided by others."

Zhou Mo lowered his head and whispered in her ear: "Isn't this the time when you almost had snot bubbles coming out just now?"

Upon hearing this, Da Tiantian immediately hit him lightly.

"Stop talking nonsense!"

An actor passing by saw the two playing around and looked at them with envy in his eyes.

After a while, Da Tiantian put on her makeup and walked out empty-handed.

Zhou Mo was stunned.

"Where's your makeup box?"

"It's borrowed."

Da Tiantian spread her hands and said, "Too many people are putting on makeup, there are not enough cosmetics."

Zhou Mo looked at the actors coming in and out of the bathroom door, resisting the urge to use his phone to start recording.

No.

It's too dangerous.

Easy to be beaten to death.

When the two returned to the screening room, the premiere had entered the interview session.

On the stage, Little Cannon spoke in a high-spirited tone.

"In order to act out the emotion of 'hunger' well, several teachers remained hungry for half a year. You can't act out this state just by losing weight..."

Apparently, this is what he is most proud of.

As soon as he finished speaking, applause broke out.

Zhou Mo clapped his hands as well.

In any case, he acknowledged it.

Being simply "hungry" is more painful than losing weight.

On the stage, Zhang Guoli, Li Xuejian and other actors also modestly expressed amid the applause: "This is all for the effect of the movie. It is the most basic thing for an actor and does not deserve such praise..."

The topic of "starvation" is over.

It's the reporter's turn to ask questions.

"May I ask Director Feng what are his expectations for the box office this time?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Mo found that many eyes were shifted to his area. Even the main creators on the stage were looking over here vaguely.

To be precise, it was on Jiang Wen's left.

Zhou Mo nudged Jiang Wen with his elbow and said jokingly, "Old Jiang, they are all looking at you."

Jiang Wen was still relaxed and changed into a comfortable position.

He let out a long sigh and said, "Let them watch. It won't hurt anything if they watch."

Zhou Mo smiled: "So confident?"

"I wasn't confident before, but I am now." Jiang Wen said casually, "'1942' is good, but it's just too unfriendly to the audience. I guess the box office this time may make them uncomfortable."

They, of course, refer to the Little Cannon and the Big and Small Kings.

On the other hand, Xiao Gangpao said with confidence: "'1942' is a movie that I poured all my efforts into. As for the box office, my estimate is that it will be at least 1 billion, with no upper limit."

After hearing this, Zhou Mo continued, "Did you hear that, Lao Jiang? He didn't even say he wanted to hit the box office champion, but directly said 1 billion. This shows that he doesn't think highly of you."

Jiang Wen glanced at him.

No words were spoken.

mock up.

How could I not know what you mean?

"You are getting worse and worse, and you are still very mean. If you want me to accept an interview with you, forget it."

Zhou Mo curled his lips.

It’s still hard to fool old ginger.

……

After the release of "1942", it received widespread acclaim.

Unfortunately, this cheering was the kind that Little Cannon and Big and Small Kings least wanted to hear—

"It's too painful. I don't want to watch it a second time."

"It looks good, but it's too uncomfortable. I want to slow down."

Faced with the reactions of “it’s nice but I don’t want to watch it again” from everyone, the two Wangs also realized that something was wrong.

That afternoon, a large number of internet trolls were mobilized to make appeals online.

“The movie is tear-jerking and has received rave reviews from the industry.”

"True reflection of history..."

Unfortunately, the audience didn't react.

Still unwilling to go to the cinema to contribute to the box office.

The next day, when the box office results of "1942" were released, reactions varied.

"Twenty-six million."

Zhou Mo looked at the number, which was pretty much what he expected.

Da Tiantian also received the news and was a little unbelievable: "This is too low. According to this box office trend, I guess the movie won't even break 400 million in the end."

"Almost." Da Tiantian was a little worried: "Will the box office performance reverse after word of mouth improves?"

Zhou Mo shook his head.

"No, Xiao Gangpao is promoting 1942 this time with the same thinking as he did in the past when promoting comedies. However, disaster films are different from comedies. Hype about national suffering can easily arouse the audience's disgust. The box office of 1942 will only get lower and lower, and it will be difficult for it to recover."

The following days.

The box office of "1942" was exactly as Zhou Mo said.

It's going down every day.

There is no possibility of reversal.

at the same time.

Star beauty.

Ever since Lu Tailang learned about the box office performance of "1942", the corners of his mouth have been curled up.

He told Mr. Qin from Star Media, “If I had known that 1942 was of this quality, I would not have changed the schedule. What a crappy disaster movie, it’s not even as good as Nanjing!”

Boss Qin didn't say anything.

This is not the time when you were so scared that you almost cried and begged your father for help.

He shook his head.

"Since 1942 is finished, let's see how Chu and Han perform next. It will be a competition between two historical films."

When talking about "Chu and Han", Lu Tailang had an undisguised resentment on his face.

In his mind, "Chu and Han" has always been the fake successor of "The Legend of the Hongmen Banquet".

But because of Zhou Mo, the reputation of "Chu and Han" is even more famous than his "original version".

This is something Rikutaro cannot accept.

What's more, Zhou Mo also mocked his "Jinling" in public.

A new recruit who has just graduated from school for less than two years.

Why do you compete with me!

Lu Tailang waved his hand and seemed particularly calm.

"Don't worry, Mr. Qin. After all, Chu and Han are just borrowing Bo Na's publicity resources. With his own abilities, he is nothing to be afraid of.

A historical film that was shot in just two months wants to compete with my film that I worked so hard on for more than a year and a half. Zhou really doesn’t know his own weight. "

Boss Qin saw Lu Tailang's confident look and was somewhat infected by his emotions.

Nod.

"In that case, I will arrange an interview tomorrow to promote The Feast before it is released."

"no problem."

The next day, Rikutaro made a high-profile declaration in an interview.

"The Feast of Kings will be the first domestic film to focus on restoring the historical connotation. This film will surely allow the audience to witness that magnificent era!

I believe everyone has seen the performance of 1942, and I can assure the audience that The Banquet will not disappoint them. In fact, there will be no other competitors for The Banquet, and our only goal is to win the box office championship."

In the room, Zhou Mo looked at Lu Tailang shaking his head and said to Da Tiantian.

"Now, you can't say that I'm the director who is best at offending people. Look at Lu Tailang's ability. He can offend a lot of directors with just one sentence. Xiao Gangpao, Jiang Wen, me, Du Qifeng, Cheng Long, all of them are looked down upon by him."

I can only say that he is worthy of being Rikutaro.

I must take revenge for the beating I received two days ago in the next two days.

……

Huayi.

Little Cannon saw what Rikutaro said.

He slammed the table in anger.

"A giant baby is qualified to comment on my 1942. What does he know? There must be movies that can reflect the suffering of the nation. This is what our country's film industry lacks. The audience doesn't watch it because their acceptance capacity is too poor. It needs to be cultivated slowly."

These high-sounding words did not resonate with everyone.

Next to the small cannon, the big and small kings had gloomy expressions.

They don't want to know how deep the historical background of "1942" is and how great its practical significance is.

All they knew was that because of the failure of "1942", the price of their company's stock had evaporated the market value of the production cost of several "1942" films in just a few days.

You know, the total production cost of "1942" is more than 200 million!
Hundreds of millions of dollars in market value were gone just like that!
Moreover, judging from the box office trends in the past few days, after the final box office of "1942" is shared with the theaters, it may not even be able to recover the cost.

The king let out a long sigh.

He remembered a saying in the circle.

Little Steel Cannon’s movies are the barometer of Huayi’s stock price.

Whenever Little Cannon catches a cold, his two brothers will start coughing.

However, the reason why I elevated Xiao Gangpao to such a high position was not to let him concentrate on "making his own movies", but to let him make money for the company.

and so……

"Director Feng."

When Little Cannon heard the king's voice, he suddenly became alert.

He knew that the king was expressing his dissatisfaction with him.

"Mr. Wang, go ahead."

"In any case, the company has already fulfilled your wish to shoot 1942, but the company cannot continue without revenue, so you may have to adjust your future plans in a timely manner."

Compared with the new picture, the king's fighting ability is much stronger than Zhang Weiping.

The former will also give sufficient respect to the big director, but when he becomes serious and gives orders to the director, the little steel cannon's degree of freedom is completely inferior to that of Zhang Yimou.

This is also one of the reasons why Xiao Gangpao has always been very envious of Zhang Yimou.

The two people differ in the contract requirements alone.

The little cannon nodded.

"Don't worry, Director Wang. 1942 is a thing of the past. I will return to comedy next. But before that, I have one more thing to do."

The king frowned, then slowly relaxed his brows.

In any case, as they have been working together as a director for so many years, he believes that Little Cannon's demands will not be too exaggerated.

"Director Feng, just let us know if you have any requests. If the company can meet them, we will definitely arrange them for you."

Little Cannon: "I'm going to attend the premiere of "Chu and Han"."

Xiao Wang was puzzled: "Isn't it "The Feast of the King"? "

Seeing how angry Little Cannon was just now, he thought he would go fight with Rikutaro.

Little Cannon: "Lu Tailang is not worth mentioning. I read the script of "The Banquet" a long time ago. It is very bad. However, the script of "Chu Han" is somewhat interesting. I want to see how Zhou Mo plans to make a historical commercial film."

(End of this chapter)