Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 190 Another Love Brain
"Hey, Sugar?"

"Director Zhou, good morning."

On the other end of the phone, Tang Yan's voice was still as coquettish as always.

To be honest, this girl's voice is indeed in contrast to her appearance.

Just based on the sound.

Tang Yan's voice sounded a little fierce.

Especially when she speaks the dialect of Shanghai.

She really doesn't look like someone who can play a role like Zi Xuan.

But Zhou Mo always felt that there was a hint of emotion in this tone.

"Tangtang, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Actually, there's nothing much to say. I just wanted to call Director Zhou to keep in touch and see if I've been banished to the cold palace by Director Zhou." Tang Yan teased him intentionally or unintentionally.

Zhou Mo was stunned.

I always feel that these words are not something Tang Yan would say.

If it were big honey, it would be about the same.

Zhou Mo had a guess in his mind.

Tentatively, "Tangtang, did you... take the wrong medicine?"

On the other end of the phone, Tang Yan stomped her leather boots.

How could this person be so unromantic?

Besides, isn’t it said that speaking like this will always be beneficial?
Tang Yan felt that she was deceived by that fat monster Yang Mi.

But then, Tang Yan hurriedly comforted herself.

Can't be angry.

Can't be angry.

When you are out there in the world, you have to give yourself face.

Tangtang, you are the one designated by Zhou Mo as “the only queen”.

As a queen, you must stay calm.

Think about Liu Shishi, she has become so popular since she followed Zhou Mo.

It was obvious that during the "Legend of Sword and Fairy III" period, I was the one who was most familiar with Zhou Mo.

Whether the relationship can be saved depends on now.

She gritted her teeth and said to the phone, "Director Zhou, did you say something? You clearly said that you would contact me when there was a script, but I have been waiting for two or three months. By the time the flowers have wilted, I guess Director Zhou has already forgotten me."

Zhou Mo suddenly realized.

It seems that this happened for a while.

Cough slightly.

"How could I forget? I've been busy with the Chu-Han project lately, so I haven't had time... You don't know, I've been very busy lately, I'm either in meetings or on the way to meetings every day... How about this, Tangtang, are you free today? I happen to be free this afternoon, I'll go back to the company then, and we can meet."

Tang Yan: "Of course."

Zhou Mo heard that there seemed to be some noise coming from Tang Yan's side, and he could even hear the sound of cars passing by.

I asked casually, "Where are you now?"

Tang Yan: "It's right below your company."

Zhou Mo: ...

Tang Yan continued, "And I saw Tiantian setting off firecrackers early in the morning, and I also saw you calling Tiantian back to the company..."

Zhou Mo took a deep breath and smiled, "Tangtang, if I say you were mistaken, and that wasn't me, would you believe me?"

Tang Yan also smiled and said, "I believe it, of course I believe it. After all, Director Zhou, you told me at the beginning that I am the actress you think most of. You must ask me to act in a movie in the future, and you also said that you want me to become the most popular actress..."

Zhou Mo was shocked.

When did this girl learn to be so eloquent?

If she really had this mouth at this time in her previous life, would she have been persecuted to the point of losing half her life by that stupid dog Qiu Ze?
Zhou Mo felt that something must have happened that he didn't know about.

"Then Tangtang, you... come up?"

"Open the door."

Zhou Mo was stunned, then he looked up and saw a slender figure standing outside the glass.

Good guy.

Really good guy.

It's only been a few minutes and they've all come up.

Open the door.

Tang Yan is dressed like a winter urban beauty, except that she wears a mink around her neck.

Zhou Mo immediately gave a thumbs up: "This outfit is really nice, Tangtang, a mix of north and south, only your sister Tangtang can wear this outfit so harmoniously."

Among the group of 85, Tang Yan should be the tallest one.

With a height of 1.72 meters, he looks down upon a group of little goblins.

Judging from his legs alone, he's even older than Zhou Mo.

"You're so talkative." Tang Yan gave Zhou Mo a glare.

But I regained some of the feelings I had when I was on the set of "Chinese Paladin III".

After seated.

Zhou Mo asked generously: "Speaking of scripts, I actually have a script that suits you, but before that I want to confirm whether you really want to take on our company's play...

I'm sure you've heard some rumors in the industry. I, Zhou Mo, am quite overbearing. Once I take on a project from our company and need your cooperation, unless it's really urgent, you have to put aside other business and focus on our project. When we were filming "The Qi Family Blade", you didn't have many film projects on hand, but after "The Qi Family Blade", I remember you got a lot more film contracts."

Tang Yan blinked when she heard that.

"I know. It's that... 'If I accept your script, Director Zhou, I must become your man', right?"

When saying this, Tang Yan always had an urge to laugh.

Because this sentence came from Huang Xiaoming.

Since "Chu and Han", Huang Xiaoming "abandoned" "Big Shanghai City" and turned to Zhou Mo's arms.

Netizens jokingly called Huang Xiaoming a "Moshengren", meaning that once he cooperates with Zhou Mo, he will become Zhou Mo's shape and forget about other collaborators.

Zhou Mo joked: "That's right, so Tangtang, you have to think carefully about whether you want to be mine."

Tang Yan's face turned red.

He seems to be still hesitant, but his mouth is very honest.

"Of course I do, otherwise why would I be here?"

"it is good!"

Zhou Mo turned around and took out a script from the bookshelf behind him.

"Take a look. Do you have any impression?"

Tang Yan stared at the cover of the script and her eyes suddenly widened.

"This is... Zhu Xian?"

"Yeah." Zhou Mo opened the first page of the script, revealing the content of the second page.

That's a photo.

In the photo, Tang Yan is dressed in white, holding a long sword, looking like an immortal.

This is the image of Lu Xueqi played by Tang Yan in the MV of "Zhu Xian, I'm Back", the theme song of "Zhu Xian" made by Xiao Xian.

Tang Yan nodded.

"Of course I remember. This was my first time to read an online novel." She looked at herself in the photo and felt so touched.

Even she herself had almost forgotten about the MV, but she didn't expect Zhou Mo still remembered it.

Tang Yan looked at Zhou Mo and guessed, "Zhou Mo, do you want me to take on the "Zhu Xian" project?"

Zhou Mo nodded.

He just wanted Tang Yan to film "Zhu Xian".

Under normal circumstances, given the current market conditions, the model of adapting novels into TV series has already begun to emerge in the film and television drama market.

But the main adaptations are still concentrated in the female market.

There are very few adaptations in the male-oriented novel market.

Zhou Mo is not very interested in female-oriented adaptations. In his previous life, he mainly read male-oriented novels, so naturally he wants to remake male-oriented novels more.

Just because Tang Yan had filmed the MV of "Zhu Xian", Zhou Mo planned to let her try it.

Anyway, this girl just filmed "Xuan-Yuan Sword" last year, so she is already familiar with the routine of adapting this kind of entertainment works.

But after hearing this, Tang Yan was not as excited as she had imagined.

Instead, he frowned slightly, seeming to be somewhat resistant.

Seeing this, Zhou Mo asked, "Tangtang, is there any problem?"

Tang Yan thought for a moment and nodded.

“I feel like the adaptation of Zhu Xian might not be suitable for me.”

Zhou Mo raised his eyebrows.

"Not suitable? How do you know it's not suitable if you haven't even filmed it?"

For a miserable young man who was trapped in "Zhu Xian" and "Qing Yun Zhi" in his previous life, Tang Yan's Lu Xueqi is simply the perfect fit.

It is hard to imagine why, a few years later, a TV series like "Zhu Xian" could be filmed into a bloody and ridiculous family ethics drama.

Tang Yan hesitated for a moment and told the truth: "After I finished filming "Want to See You", I was scolded badly on the Internet. Many people said that I ruined the image of the novel, and even said that I looked disgusting."

Zhou Mo understood.

He originally thought that Tang Yan looked down on "Zhu Xian".

If it was just because of the bad reviews, then everything would be fine.

It is never possible to satisfy people by adapting novels into TV series.

Not to mention Tang Yan alone.

Even if all the advantages of all the 85 flowers are tied together.

There will always be fans of the original novel who will be dissatisfied.

Tang Yan's advantage is that, as the protagonist of the MV, at this stage, all she needs to do is to get as many audiences as possible to recognize her.

“Hey, so that’s the problem…Tangtang, you should think like this: the majority of people who have watched your MV are the silent ones.

And after watching the remake of "Chinese Paladin III", you should know that any adaptation of an entertainment work, no matter how good the remake is, will eventually be criticized.

But you also know the result after the release of "Chinese Paladin III". You, Shi Shi and Da Mi achieved direct career advancement.

So, since "Legend of Sword and Fairy III" can be successful, the adaptation of "Zhu Xian" can naturally be successful as well.

And after the shoot, there’s another benefit.”

"what?"

"You can adjust your fan structure, Tangtang. If you have studied your fan base recently, you should know that your female fans are already saturated. If you shoot "Zhu Xian", your male fans will increase significantly."

Zhou Mo suddenly remembered something and added, "Actually, you didn't need to add anything. The role of Zi Xuan in Chinese Paladin III earned you a lot of male fans. But then you went to film The Three Daughters of the Xia Family, and then all your male fans left, and a lot of your female fans left too."

Tang Yan was originally listening to Zhou Mo's analysis attentively.

Suddenly the situation took a turn for the worse.

It nearly choked her to death.

She snorted softly and turned her face away.

Zhou Mo glanced at her, smiled and said nothing.

After a moment, Tang Yan turned her head back and asked, "Which role do you think I should play?"

Zhou Mo: "It doesn't really matter. Whether it's Lu Xueqi or Bi Yao, it's not very difficult for you. You decide for yourself. After you make your choice, others can make theirs."

Zhou Mo vaguely remembered that one of these two characters was ethereal and the other had a bit of a bad woman vibe.

In the previous life, the fan groups of these two characters had fought each other openly and secretly many times.

On the surface, Biyao’s fan base is quite strong.

But Lu Xueqi's fans are not weak either and have been accumulating strength.

So, for Zhou Mo, it doesn’t matter which one Tang Yan chooses.

It was clearly just an ordinary role arrangement, but it sounded different to Tang Yan's ears.

Whether it is preparing the script of "Zhu Xian" for her.

Let her choose the role first.

In Tang Yan's view, these were all actions that showed great care for her.

Of course, Zhou Mo is just handsome.

If it were someone else, Tang Yan probably wouldn’t have had any reaction... right?

No.

Really not necessarily.

As we all know, Tang Yan is also one of the super love-brained people in the entertainment industry.

His fighting power is almost as strong as Ma Sichun's.

It's bad enough that you're giving your heart to someone, but you're just short of giving them your life.

However, now the person Tang Yan is grateful to is Zhou Mo.

She asked, "Zhou Mo, you are so good to me."

Zhou Mo didn't even raise his head: "Nonsense, if I don't treat you well, who will make money for me in the future?"

"Zhu Xian" was his attempt.

Try to see if there is room for TV series adapted from male-oriented online novels in the current domestic drama market.

In the future, if "Zhu Xian" is successful, other similar novels can also be tried.

For example, the legendary "Horse Breaks the Sky".

Tang Yan didn't know what Zhou Mo was thinking.

She knew Zhou Mo too well.

Everything else is fine, except that I like to say one thing and mean another.

Just be good to yourself.

You also need to find a reason to make money.

So she made up her mind.

"Zhou Mo, don't worry, I will definitely repay you in the future."

"It's not necessary. The greatest reward you can give me is if you work hard on your filming."

Tang Yan felt happy listening to Zhou Mo's "interface".

See it.

He started saying one thing and thinking another again.

(End of this chapter)