Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 185 Charity
"is not what it means?"

Cheng Cage is puzzled.

Zhou Mo explained: "Brother Long, this is what I think, charity is charity. Although we used the name of 'charity' to kill Huang Silang this time, charity itself is a good thing anyway.

Therefore, if the Chinese Zodiac really breaks through the 1 billion box office because of our operation, I will donate the extra share that belongs to me to the cultural relics of our country, including the restoration, storage and repurchase of cultural relics. "

In fact, this is not the first time Zhou Mo has done something for charity.

With the development of his career in the past two years, Zhou Mo's current net worth has gradually stepped into the range of the top group of people in the entertainment industry.

This is the result of him not listing Shanhe.

If it really goes public, his net worth is expected to rise even higher.

Under such circumstances, Zhou Mo naturally began to consider building a golden body for himself.

It was Da Tiantian who reminded him of this.

The entertainment industry makes money quickly and attracts a lot of attention.

Moreover, unlike the rich people in other fields, he does not have a moat belonging to his own industry.

Such characteristics make it easy for people in the entertainment industry to become substitutes for certain eye-catching people.

Therefore, it often happens on the Internet that once any special event happens in society, a big melon will break out in the entertainment industry within two days.

As for the reason, everyone who knows will understand.

Of course, Zhou Mo doesn’t think that these people in the entertainment industry are innocent.

After all, except for a few cases like Zhu Jun, most people are not very clean.

Romantic incidents are considered minor.

The rest are basically just discotheques on the Red Line.

The way to stay out of the constant turmoil is to build a golden body.

In China, in the entertainment industry, the most convenient way to build a golden image is to donate money.

This is also the reason why the entertainment industry holds charity dinners every now and then.

Just donate a small portion of your reward and save yourself a lot of trouble.

Why not?
However, even though it is such a simple truth, there are still many actors who do not understand it.

I can't say I don't understand.

I just can't bear to do that.

Even donations of tens or hundreds of millions have to be defrauded.

After being discovered, they spent millions on public relations.

All we can say is that this is the kind of thinking that is there.

Zhou Mo reminded Cheng Long that he didn't want to turn "charity" into a means of making money.

There are many ways to make money.

There's no need to worry about these trivial matters.

Cheng Long immediately understood what Zhou Mo meant.

"Don't worry, Director Zhou. Actually, when I started filming Chinese Zodiac, I never thought about how much money I could make from this movie. If it weren't for Director Zhou's support, I thought the box office of this movie would be no more than 300 to 500 million yuan.

The current estimated box office of 800 million already makes me feel a little overwhelmed.

Moreover, I made this film because I was inspired by the fact that our country's cultural relics were lost overseas due to something that happened hundreds of years ago. It so happened that our country has been recovering cultural relics, so this film can be regarded as a contribution to our country's cause.

Therefore, after the final box office figures are released, our company will also make a donation.”

Zhou Mo heard this and nodded.

He didn't think Cheng Long was just speaking for show.

The movie "Zodiac" is actually very realistic.

In the previous life, half a year after the release of "The Chinese Zodiac", the owner of a big French brand decided to return the rabbit and rat figures that he had sold at the auction house to the National Museum because he had watched the film.

This is where Zodiac truly rises above other films.

This is also the reason why Cheng Long can truly become the number one in the Chinese film industry.

At least so far, in the entertainment industry, there are only a few people who are truly famous all over the world and actively promote Chinese culture and image.

This is also what Zhou Mo had said to Da Tiantian before, the reason for respecting Cheng Long’s status.

Don't worry about Cheng Long's private life, there are all kinds of little things.

When it comes to major issues such as right and wrong, I have never been confused.

Always stand firm.

Zhou Mo exclaimed: "Brother Long, I really like a line in The Chinese Zodiac. No one can steal cultural relics from other countries and put them in their own museums and say that they are keeping them for them. This is a shameful act. Brother Long, based on this line, you are the undisputed number one in the film industry."

Cheng Long was flattered by Zhou Mo's praise.

He laughed so hard that his eyes narrowed.

He waved his hand and said, "What do you mean by the best in the film industry? It's just a flattery... It's just an empty title, not worth mentioning."

Zhou Mo laughed out loud.

"Alright, Brother Long, let's stop being so modest. You deserve the title of the number one. Let's start the interview as soon as possible and finish it as soon as possible."

It’s fine to make a cage.

According to his estimation, from now on, "Two Mondays and One Success" will completely become a thing of the past.

The next day.

A video promoted by Lizhan, "Celebrity Philanthropy, Exploring the Charity Stories of One Hundred Celebrities", was featured on the front page of Lizhan Entertainment.

When many users saw the title of the video, they immediately thought of the controversy surrounding Huang Silang’s “empty charity” in the past two days.

click to enter.

No fancy praise.

No long-winded description.

The content was very simple. It was just an empty room where Zhou Mo and Cheng Long sat face to face, discussing some of the charity work they had done in a way that was almost like chatting.

"The reason for doing charity? Do you need a reason? In ancient my country, there was a saying that if you are poor, you should take care of yourself, and if you are rich, you should help the world. Now that I have worked for so many years and have money, it is normal for me to do some charity to help those in need, isn't it?"

"The standard of charity? To be precise, there is no standard. How much you give is not up to others but yourself. Everyone has different assets and different mindsets. But as long as you donate, it is definitely a good thing.

Of course, we have no right to criticize those who don’t donate, but it is not okay to use the name of donation to make money for yourself. This is not charity, this is shameless…”

“In fact, compared to monetary donations, I prefer to donate supplies, because when natural disasters really happen, in the hardest-hit areas, money is useless, and what the local residents need more is water, food, and shelter.

So later I didn’t donate all the money, I would use part of it to buy supplies and then send them directly, so that I could better help them.” Zhou Mo and Cheng Long talked for more than an hour.

The final edited video is thirty minutes long.

Because it was not an official program and there was no need to say any polite words, the two of them were quite relaxed, so when the video was produced, the effect was quite good.

The video is posted on the website on the same day.

An event that took less than 24 hours.

The number of views directly exceeded one million.

Moreover, the subsequent impact of the video was most directly reflected in the movie box office.

Whether it is "Chinese Zodiac" or "Chu and Han", the box office of the two films have coincidentally experienced varying degrees of reverse growth.

The single-day box office of "Chu and Han" returned to eight figures.

The single-day box office of "The Chinese Zodiac" exceeded 50 million.

Countless netizens and movie fans cheered and supported this.

"Brothers, I didn't know there was such a story behind "Chinese Zodiac". Just for the purpose of this movie, I decided to watch it twice."

"When tourists visit the Old Summer Palace, when the tour guide introduced the 12 zodiac animals to the garden, he said that some of them were not authentic but imitations. But after watching the video of Director Zhou and Uncle Long, I suddenly felt a mixture of emotions. Since Brother Long has mentioned donating, I will definitely support him."

"Support Brother Long, support Director Zhou. This is the belief of true film and television people, and this is the responsibility of the bigwigs in the industry. Look at some so-called bigwigs. They have been promoting donations for several years, but have only donated 320 million yuan so far. The key is that they used photos taken by others. What is this called, offering gifts to Buddha with borrowed flowers?"

"Brother Long said it very well. What does it mean to help others manage cultural relics? Those white people can say such things, which shows how shameless they are."

Among the many comments, there is one that is quite interesting.

"I don't know what you guys are so excited about. You are the mob. Can you get so excited just by a 30-minute video? You said something really nice in the video. Who knows if it's a real donation or a fake one, just pretending."

Zhou Mo gave this review a like and then clicked to forward it.

And attached comments.

"Thank you for the reminder, this is the certificate and details of our company's donation, please check it."

When Zhou Mo came up with the idea of ​​charity, he had already arranged for Da Tiantian to contact the National Museum first and donate a batch of cultural relics.

The National Museum also understood the seriousness of the matter and promptly arranged the process.

Just last night, Zhou Mo received a certificate from the National Museum of China.

It’s now being posted on the Internet.

Within half an hour of the post being forwarded, Zhou Mo once again became a hot topic.

Before, although many people in the entertainment industry had seen Lizhan’s video, they still didn’t quite believe it.

According to what was said in the video, "Chu and Han" and "Zodiac" should have made tens of millions of dollars in extra revenue because of this wave of "charity" events.

Tens of millions of bills.

Just donate it when you say so?
Many people expressed doubts.

Most of them believed that in this "charity" event, Zhou Mo was taking revenge on Huang Silang on the one hand, and using donations to increase box office and make money on the other.

But after seeing the proof, they were shocked.

Zhou Mo is actually serious?!

What's more, he arranged for his assistant to contact the National Museum to confirm the truth.

After receiving a definite reply, I felt great admiration and posted it online through private channels.

The vast majority of people have a simple emotion.

As for donations, even though they don't donate or donate little, I still admire those who are willing to donate.

Da Tiantian found Zhou Mo and was a little bit unbelieving.

"You really invested tens of millions at once."

"Not yet. The first wave is only a few million. The subsequent ones have to wait for the box office to share." Zhou Mo turned around and said, "Why do I feel like you seem surprised? Didn't we donate several million before?"

"After all, there is a difference of one zero." Da Tiantian asked, "And this time it is a social activity without any reward. Besides, how does it feel to be praised by netizens, my good man Zhou."

Zhou Mo smiled and said, "Not bad, but you got one thing wrong."

"what?"

“It’s not like I don’t get anything in return.”

"Oh?"

"Okay."

Snapped!
"Let's talk about business."

Zhou Mo held Da Tiantian's little hand and said, "I'm afraid you didn't know where I posted this video."

Da Tiantian suddenly realized: "Where is the station?"

"Yes."

Zhou Mo showed Da Tiantian the data of the station.

With the broadcast of the "Charity" video, the daily active users of the website increased by more than 10%.

Most of them were attracted by "Celebrity Charity".

Zhou Mo said leisurely: "For a website, as long as there is traffic, money and other things are nothing."

So, on the surface, although Mo Yi Bo donated tens of millions last week, it seems that he got nothing except some fame.

But the increase in daily activity on the site, coupled with Zhou Mo's skills.

He has made a lot of money this time.

When Zhou Mo mentioned the station, Da Tiantian already understood everything.

Two years later, she is no longer the clueless person who knows nothing.

Although my brain is still not enough, fortunately I have been with Zhou Mo for a long time and have some understanding of many things.

She asked a question.

"So the name of this video, 'One Hundred Stars', does it mean that you want to continue doing it?"

"Of course." Zhou Mo: "I'm sure you've seen the impact of "Charity". Just in the past few days, I've gained a group of die-hard fans, and the box office of the two movies has increased.

It is impossible for other actors to fail to see such an effect. Who doesn't want to gain widespread positive attention with just one show? It's a ton of harm with no benefit.

In particular, I have already indicated that there are a hundred targets for "Charity".

So, when the time comes, just wait for a bunch of people to come find us."

(End of this chapter)