Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 175: Second Kill, Unable to Stand a Fight

Rikutaro couldn't accept that the movie he had worked so hard to make only had such a small profit.

What he couldn't accept even more was the negative reviews that netizens gave to "The Banquet".

"This is defamation, this is slander. What do these people know? They simply cannot understand the meaning of my film."

Rikutaro thought for a moment and felt that these negative reviews must have been deliberately directed at him by someone.

So he carefully looked up the sources of the negative reviews of "The Banquet" on the Internet.

After searching around, I found that most people would praise "Chu and Han" when they were criticizing "The Banquet".

"I knew it! I knew it... Zhou, you are a bastard!"

Lu Tailang gritted his teeth and hated Zhou Mo to the core.

In his mind, the box office of less than 10 million on the first day must have been the result of Zhou Mo's planning.

Especially when he saw the golden skull in Zhou Mo's dynamic post.

He turned red and warm.

"Look, this bastard is the one who seriously hurt me. I'm going to sue him and make him pay the price."

While pointing at the screen, Lu Tailang pulled Boss Qin over to look at it, trying his best to prove to him that the film wasn't shot like this not because he, Lu Tailang, did not shoot well, but because Zhou Mo was interfering!

Boss Qin felt mixed emotions as he looked at Lu Tailang, whose neck veins were bulging.

He now wished he could kill this bastard on the spot.

He has also watched "The Banquet of Kings".

He himself couldn't believe it. After investing more than 100 million yuan, he ended up with such a piece of crap.

When Rikutaro contacted him, he actually had a conflict with Rikutaro when the filming of "The Banquet" was postponed.

But later on, because of Rikutaro's background, the matter was reconciled and it was finally resolved.

In fact, if it weren't for the identity of Lu Tailang's father.

He would have slapped him a long time ago.

Therefore, in the face of Lu Tailang's accusation, Boss Qin was too lazy to respond to him and said directly: "I have checked and found that the negative reviews of "The Banquet of Kings" were basically spontaneously written by netizens."

Rikutaro's eyes widened.

His face was full of disbelief.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible, Mr. Qin, maybe the time was too short and the company's people didn't have time to check it out. This data is too abnormal. It's impossible that someone is behind this."

Boss Qin frowned.

He really couldn't accept it. Rikutaro was already over 40 years old, but how could he still speak in such an incoherent manner?

"Director Lu, to be honest, Director Zhou didn't need to hire Internet trolls to discredit you."

As everyone knows, once Zhou Mo sets his eyes on a prey, he always likes to defeat the opponent head-on.

I never used any tricks at all.

After all, any means used will inevitably leave traces on the Internet.

After Zhou Mo chooses his PK target, he only needs to beat the other party at the box office to gain countless praises and box office support. There is really no reason to do such thankless tasks.

Boss Qin’s analysis makes a lot of sense.

But Rikutaro wouldn't listen.

He stubbornly believed that it was Zhou Mo's fault that his movie turned out like this.

Maybe it’s not just Zhou Mo, there’s also Little Cannon.

After all, he had mocked "1942" before, so it was very likely that Little Cannon would retaliate now.

While the two were arguing.

Rikutaro's phone vibrated again.

When I opened it, I saw that "Zhou Mo" in the special attention list had updated another status on Lu Tailang's small account.

That's right, in order to keep track of Zhou Mo's movements, Lu Tailang specially applied for a small account on the website to spy on him.

It has a very extreme powder style.

I just saw it written in the dynamic.

“You should have heard about the quality of the current movies. As a director, it is not convenient for me to personally evaluate them, so you can read the comments of other netizens before deciding whether to go to the movie.

After all, a movie ticket is not cheap, and a few dozen dollars is enough for a big guy to have a nice snack.

I always believe that for a rubbish movie, not watching it, staying away from it, and not giving it any exposure or popularity is the real way to drive rubbish movies out of the film industry."

After reading the news, Lu Tailang's teeth were grinding.

"We must fight back. We must fight back."

Seeing this, Boss Qin stopped persuading him.

You have to walk out your own life.

He is not Rikutaro's father, so there is no need for him to clean up his mess.

I just added one more sentence: "Since Director Lu wants to fight back, then please do as you please. However, the company is not mine after all, so I won't accompany you."

Lu Tailang was not happy with Boss Qin's retreat, but he couldn't force him.

If you don't want to accompany me, then don't accompany me.

I will do it myself!

In the afternoon, a handwritten letter from Lu Tailang appeared on the Internet.

In the article, Lu Tailang proposed that for the sake of justice and integrity, he wanted to duel with Zhou Mo.

Of course, this duel was not a fight, that would be too rude.

It's a literary fight.

He wants to have a big debate with Zhou Mo.

Let's make a comprehensive comparison from the understanding of movies, filming techniques, to the design of scripts.

Through comparison, everyone inside and outside the circle can realize the true strength of the two.

When the onlookers saw this scene, they were excited on the spot.

Unfortunately, this time it was not Zhou Mo's turn to take part in the battle himself, as a group of his fans took the lead in starting the battle.

"Lu Sang, the Sakura in my hometown has opened, don't you want to go and take a look?"

"Lu Sang, why don't you fight? Are you afraid that you can't beat Director Zhou?"

"Nonsense, Lu Tailang is just a skinny monkey, why would he fight with Sha Ma Ge, who is a super strong man who can even arm wrestle with the young elder!"

Zhou Mo saw this comment and specially posted a picture under it.

That's a photo of him working out with dumbbells.

Soon, this photo was pinned by the administrator.

Many male fans continued to comment while showing their love for Zhou Mo.

"When did Lu Tailang become the king of big talkers? Lu San, listen to my advice. It doesn't matter who you learn from, but don't learn from Zhao Kuo, who can easily be killed by one punch."

"The guy above is looking down on me, King Wucheng (the Myth version of Zhao Kuo), right? My brother Kuozi is a super tough guy who can defeat the entire Warring States period. Lu Tailang... can barely be considered a god of war, but he is just Guo Kai!"

In the restaurant, Da Tiantian read the comments from netizens and laughed so hard that her stomach hurt.

Just now, she saw an animated picture photoshopped by netizens.

The animated picture itself is a scene from "Tom and Jerry", where Tom is spanking another kitten.

The kitten's diaper was pulled onto my legs, and its butt was red.

The two cats' heads were photoshopped onto Zhou Mo's and Lu Tailang's heads respectively.

There is also a paragraph in the center of the GIF.

Tom: "Duel? I'll let you fight! I'll let you fight!"

Kitten: "Stop hitting me, stop hitting me, or I'll call for daddy."

Zhou Mo was also sighing.

"The cat and mouse team really scored big."

He definitely won't participate in a duel.

He would not do anything to simply add to Rikutaro's popularity.

A giant baby like Rikutaro would dare to open a dyeing factory for you if you give him three points of dye.

So it was definitely not possible to fight back. But not fighting back was not Zhou Mo's character.

and so……

"You're just going to let him go like that?" Da Tiantian said.

"Of course not." Zhou Mo shook his head.

Under Da Tiantian's curious gaze, he answered a phone call.

"Hey, is Sister Lan here? No problem, I'll pick you up."

Zhou Mo walked out of the hotel.

When he came back a moment later, there was another person beside him.

Qin Lan.

The two of them sat down, and Zhou Mo celebrated, "Congratulations to Sister Lan for turning over a new leaf and turning over a new leaf."

Qin Lan looked at Zhou Mo helplessly and said, "Director Zhou, please stop laughing at me. I really didn't expect that the reviews for The Feast would be so low. I was badly criticized by netizens last night."

Zhou Mo waved his hand: "Sister Lan, didn't you read the reviews of Chu and Han? Here, your Lu Zhi has been praised to the sky by many netizens."

Qin Lan nodded.

"Thank you Director Zhou for this time, otherwise it would be very difficult for me to continue in the film industry."

Qin Lan's words were not an exaggeration.

Since her debut ten years ago, her resources have basically been in the TV drama industry.

"The Banquet" was her first time to truly come into contact with large-scale film resources.

Under normal circumstances, if there was no "Chu and Han" to back her up, her future film career would have been basically ruined based on her performance in "The Feast".

that's the truth.

In the previous life, ever since Qin Lan's "Feast", there have been no particularly good movie invitations.

So at this moment, she was extremely grateful to Zhou Mo.

Zhou Mo smiled.

"No problem...Also, Sister Lan should be ready for the interview we agreed on earlier."

"Of course, I'm always available."

Da Tiantian watched the two people playing charades from the side, looking confused.

What are you two talking about?
Why don’t I understand?

He tapped the table with his knuckles and asked, "What interview? Stop keeping us in suspense and tell us more."

She had already sensed the scent of melon-eating.

Zhou Mo and Qin Lan looked at each other.

"Sister Lan, please tell me."

Qin Lan: "It's nothing, actually. Director Zhou is going to launch a column on the website called "The Story Behind the Filming" and invite members of the film crew to participate in the interview.

I accepted it, and I will discuss the different feelings when filming "Chu Han" and "The Banquet" in the interview. "

When Da Tiantian heard this, her little mouth opened subconsciously.

Even someone like her who is a little slow to react knows how many sins there are in doing this kind of comparative interview.

Once the show is broadcast, it won't just be Rikutaro who will be offended.

Many people in the circle will have opinions.

They will feel that this actor is backstabbing his former partner and that such a person is not worth working with.

Da Tiantian looked at Zhou Mo with a searching look in her eyes.

"What sweet words did you use to buy people off?"

Before Zhou Mo could speak, Qin Lan was the first to give the answer: "It's nothing, actually. On the one hand, I am grateful to Director Zhou for saving my career, and on the other hand, Director Zhou arranged for me to join the crew of "Swordsman" and play the role of Empress Jiang, the mother of Emperor Jiajing."

Da Tiantian suddenly realized.

It turned out to be the case.

Of course she had read the script of "Swordsman".

After Zhou Mo's magical changes to the original version of "Swordsman", the male protagonist changed from Linghu Chong to Emperor Jiajing, so the female protagonist naturally changed as well.

The heroine also changed from Ren Yingying to Empress Jiang, the mother of Emperor Jiajing.

As the mother of Jiajing, Empress Jiang was not only the spiritual pillar of Jiajing when he became emperor at a young age and had no support, but also his partner and political aide.

It was precisely because of Jiang's support that Jiajing could play the "recognize father" game without any worries and without being suppressed by Zhu Houzhao's former mother, the Empress Dowager.

After a little thought, Da Tiantian found that Qin Lan was the right person to play this role.

Not only that, she also knew that Zhou Mo had actually been thinking about who would play the role of Queen Jiang.

"Then congratulations to Sister Lan on all the best in the filming of 'Swordsman'."

Glanced at Zhou Mo.

You are really worthy of being Zhou Mo, always able to seize opportunities and kill two birds with one stone.

Qin Lan looked at Da Tiantian with a hint of envy in her eyes.

Only she herself knows how jealous she is of Da Tiantian's resources.

There is no need to help with the platform, and there is no need to be bound to anyone.

Fortunately, she adjusted her attitude quickly.

"Thank you, Tiantian. From today on, I will rely on you and Director Zhou to take care of me."

……

That afternoon.

Mile Station issued a notice.

"Chu-Han" interview.

Title: Different feelings during the filming of "Chu and Han" and "The Feast".

Guest: Qin Lan.

The moment the news spread, the film and television industry was in an uproar again.

Countless people were surprised at Zhou Mo's generosity.

He actually managed to lure Qin Lan over to participate in the interview.

Many people feel a chill down their spine just by seeing this title.

This is too cruel.

It's simply murderous and heartbreaking.

It was six o'clock that night.

The website has already made the video and posted it on the website.

Star beauty.

Lu Tailang looked at the video with a gloomy face.

"No! It shouldn't be like this!"

At this moment, he no longer had the intention to compete with Zhou Mo.

In fact, he only wanted one thing in his heart, that Zhou Mo could take back the video.

It’s a pity that no one would listen to his wailing.

The next day.

The box office of "Chu and Han" soared again.

It soared directly to 90 million.

The box office of "The Banquet" dropped to a miserable 6 million.

Zhou Mo once updated his status.

Or a golden skull.

Add another sentence.

"Double kill, crushing with ease!"

(End of this chapter)