Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 2: Elbow, Follow Me Into the House
Opening the door, Wei Xiao walked into the room.

"what happened?"

"The director wants to change the play and asks you to read the script."

Zhou Mo understood that the scene Wei Xiao was talking about was the most impressive scene in Let the Bullets Fly.

Hongmen Banquet.

This scene was originally planned to be shot in one day, but due to Jiang Wen's almost obsessive-compulsive pursuit, it took a full seven days to shoot and consumed more than 100,000 feet of film.

That's so arrogant.

Of course, these are all past lives.

In this life, thanks to Zhou Mo's advice, Jiang Wen's efficiency improved a bit, and he pushed the plot to the end of the banquet in just three days.

Before leaving, Wei Xiao said, "You should find your form first. The director may ask you to take over for a while, and he will watch you and get the feeling."

Zhou Mo looked bitter.

The reason why he has his current position in the crew is not only because of his advice on the script, but also because of a skill he gained from the system.

【Quick imitation】

It allows him to imitate a person's state, movements, tone, etc. at a very fast speed.

Relying on this skill, Zhou Mo imitated Jiang Wen's acting skills to about 70% or 80% in just a few months. The rest was purely beyond his ability and could not be imitated.

Jiang Wen likes to modify the script and also likes to find someone to act with. Once when he was acting with Zhou Mo, he found that this guy always had a sense of déjà vu when acting.

"You...learn from me?"

"OK."

Jiang Wen was not angry when he found out that he was being imitated. Instead, he was overjoyed and immediately decided to make Zhou Mo his personal stand-in.

"I, Zhang Mazi, also want my own stand-in!"

Whenever he wanted to change the plot, he would let Zhou Mo act on his behalf, and he would run to the side and make changes while watching.

Every time he finished making a change, he would clapped his hands and laugh.

Everyone was puzzled. Is it really that serious?

Jiang Wen waved his hand:
"You know nothing. I learned this move from Kitano Takeshi."

Zhou Mo had no objection to Jiang Wen letting him take over the role, but the problem was that Zhong Deng was a lot like the King in Sunglasses, and he liked to go over the plot over and over again, and the number of retakes could drive people crazy.

The difference is that Jiang Wen can tell people about the play.

The two arrived at the scene. Before entering, Zhou Mo could vaguely hear people talking: "It's really scary. We had to reshoot it many times."

"Brother Fa seems to be angry."

"He gets paid so much, how can he be angry? Teacher Ge didn't say anything."

"After all, he's a big star who just came back from Hollywood."

"What's wrong with Hollywood? It's still just a supporting role..."

Wei Xiao let Zhou Mo go in first while he dealt with the gossip.

Zhou Mo entered the room and saw Jiang Wen smoking and studying the script, while Ge You and Zhou Fa were talking in low voices.

Before he could say hello, Jiang Wen waved:

"Xiao Mo, come here!"

Walking over, Jiang Wen was pointing at a line and asked, "These lines are not simple enough, lacking rhythm and momentum. I want to revise them."

Zhou Mo took a closer look.

The plot is that Zhang, Huang and Tang have completed their "loot-division plan", or it can be said that they have "fallen out", and the Hongmen Banquet has come to an end. Mr. Huang throws the knife, and Zhang Mazi blocks it.

As he sheathed his sword, he uttered the classic line, "Flowers may bloom again, but people can never be young again."

The three of them shouted "Daiyu Qingwenzi" together and burst into laughter.

What Jiang Wen wanted to change were the last few sentences spoken by the three people.

It’s those words about “high and hard”.

Zhou Mo saw that Jiang Wen had already written several lines in the script, but they were all crossed out.

He did not rush to give the answer. Instead, he pretended to act it out several times before he stood still, pretending to be thoughtful.

He has read "Career" and "Emotional Intelligence" and knows how to demonstrate his level.

If you work too fast, your boss will underestimate your abilities.

Jiang Wen was not in a hurry. Seeing his posture change, he asked, "Do you have any ideas?"

Zhou Mo nodded and quickly wrote a few words on the script.

Jiang Wen took the script and read out loud:
"Master, high!"

"County magistrate, hard!"

"Master Huang, you are so tall and hard!"

As soon as the three lines came out, Ge Zhou and the others who were originally speaking shifted their gazes, and Jiang Wen laughed out loud: "Great, it hits the nail on the head."

Zhou Mo touched his head and smiled innocently: "Then Director, I'll leave first."

"Stop, humph, want to escape?"

Jiang Wen snorted and laughed. He grabbed Zhou Mo and pressed him on the chair: "It's a good opportunity for you to act out the performance so that I can see how it goes. If the effect is good, I'll pass it in one take."

Zhou Mo complained in his heart, you said it not once, but billions of times.

Helplessly, he said, “Where to start?”

"Of course it has started, so that the mood is right." Jiang Wen pointed to the line 'Ma, the county magistrate, was bought' and said.

At this moment, all three people at the dinner table put on masks of pain.

Three hours later, Zhou Mo left the house.

Looking at the sky again, it was already dark.

Just after I got my lunch box, I heard someone shouting.

When I walked over, I saw several major actors having dinner together with both vegetables and meat.

Shao Bing, Liao Fan, Chen Kun, Jiang Wu...

The leader is Marco, who plays the master's son in "Let the Bullets Fly", the one who is "this fucking eight years old".

He is also the man behind Uncle Jiang.

Seeing Zhou Mo was very happy, Ma Ke invited him to sit down: "Xiao Mo, you must have worked hard all afternoon. How can you just eat a box lunch? Come and have some meat."

Marco is one of the producers of this play, and recently he has become more and more satisfied with Zhou Mo.

As a fan who has worked with Jiang Wen for many years, he is very clear about how much money Jiang Wen spends on making movies. Since Zhou Mo came, Jiang Wen's level of spending has visibly dropped.

Which producer doesn't want to save money? Although Ma Ke was very indulgent to Jiang Wen, he let him spend as he pleased and burn as he pleased, and he would blow up the house whenever he wanted, without any hesitation.

But he was still happy that someone saved him money.

Zhou Mo was not polite either. He put down his lunch box, found an opening and squeezed through, shouting, "Third brother, butt."

In addition to being a stand-in for Jiang Wen, Zhou Mo also played the role of the fifth of the seven bandit brothers, which is in line with Jiang Wen's habit of making movies.

The whole family, young and old, were brought in to make a movie.

The daughter-in-law plays the role of Sister Hua, the younger brother plays the role of Juren, and the father plays the role of the landlord
The third brother Zhou Mo mentioned is Liao Fan, a guy who is not good-looking but has superb acting skills.

Liao Fan handed him a bowl of rice and said, "Your butt is up in the tree!"

The two became familiar with each other through horse riding and had discussed the play.

Liao Fan wanted to make friends, while Zhou Mo wanted to imitate his acting skills. This guy's acting skills were really high, at least Zhou Mo felt that he was on the same level as the three in the room.

Every time they come into contact, Zhou Mo can gain some experience from him.

If there is a game interface, at least it is:
[Acting Skills (Liao Fan) +1]

After dealing with Liao Fan, Zhou Mo went to find Shao Bing.

He is also a master, and is his senior. He has been acting in dramas for a long time and won the Huabiao Award for Best Actor eleven years ago.

"Brother Bing, two days ago I saw..."

"Brother Kun, the last time you acted..."

Zhou Mo was like a little butterfly. During the time it took him to eat, he attracted everyone around him.

With the protection of two great gods, Jiang Wen and Marco, and Zhou Mo's eloquence honed after the blow he suffered in his previous life, he has a good relationship with most people in the crew.

Except for Master Zhang, Ji Xiaolan's son.

This guy doesn't like Zhou Mo.

There are many reasons, the biggest one being that in his opinion, Zhou Mo stole his "daddy".

As we all know, Jiang Wen likes to recognize "sons" in movies. Once he likes a young actor, he will bring him to act in the movie.

Before Zhou Mo came, the role of the "son" was Master Zhang. When Jiang Wen was filming, he took Master Zhang with him every day and explained the scenes to him using both his hands and feet.

Master Zhang was very touched and wanted to recognize Jiang Wen as his father. He would rather not have his own biological father.

He has a big conflict with his father.

However, ever since Zhou Mo came, Mr. Zhang's "son" experience card ended, and the person he was admonishing changed from himself to this brat who came from nowhere.

Master Zhang felt so lost.

Such a big daddy, gone.

Fortunately, Zhou Mo didn’t know what Master Zhang was thinking, otherwise he would have slapped him in the face.

Who are you cursing?

Everyone in the world knows that any "son" that Uncle Jiang takes a fancy to will never have a good ending.

I won’t talk about the first two, they just started eating public food.

As for the latter two, one cheated and his traffic plummeted, and the other couldn't control his own behavior and was directly kicked out of the mainland market.

Back to Master Zhang, he felt more and more unhappy when he heard Marco calling "Xiao Mo, Xiao Mo" at the dinner table.

What qualifications do you have to dare to use my name?

Mr. Zhang actually has a bad temper. He has done things like beating people up at school and threatening reporters.

Seeing Zhou Mo chatting skillfully with everyone, I felt more and more annoyed.

Fortunately, he still had some brains and knew who owned this piece of land, so he didn't dare to cause trouble.

He simply threw down his chopsticks, said "I'm full" and got up and left.

Shao Bing patted Zhou Mo on the shoulder: "Junior brother, don't take it seriously."

Zhou Mo nodded.

He's just a second-generation rich kid, and he can live for two more years at most.

Even actor Zhang has such a disappointing son and can only clean up his mess behind his back.

Halfway through the meal, I smelled ginger.

"They are all eating. Give me a bowl."

Mako took the opportunity to ask, "How was this scene?"

Jiang Wen: "It will be finished tomorrow."

Marco was overjoyed. He had thought that this scene would take at least seven days to shoot, but he didn't expect it to be finished in just three days.

I gave Zhou Mo a chicken drumstick and started another topic:

"Feng has two movies coming out this year. How do you feel about them?"

After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.

In 2010, Xiao Gangpao had not yet started his obsessive journey in art films, and he was the undisputed number one in mainland commercial films.

Especially "If You Are the One", which broke the box office record in the year of its release.

Jiang Wen also looked a little serious. Although he has always been confident in his movies, the audience may not necessarily accept them.

When the project of "Let the Bullets Fly" was first launched, although it was said that the film would be made to let the market see what a commercial film is, it was only for other films.

It's still difficult to deal with the little cannon.

"I think we might be able to win the box office championship this year." Zhou Mo said casually while gnawing on a chicken leg.

People who have read history are so confident.

"Good! Very energetic!" Jiang Wen praised Zhou Mo.

The topic was originally a bit boring, but after Zhou Mo started talking like this, everyone opened up and gave their own predictions.

“I feel that If You Are the One 2 is very competitive.”

"I think Ip Man 2 is very good." Liao Fan is very interested in kung fu movies.

"I think the Dragon King of Shendu is good."

Zhou Mo looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person who said this was Chen Kun. He had always wanted to make a movie with Xu Ke. This was no secret in the circle, but now it was Deng Chao who got there first.

Aunt Liu didn't say anything. She has roles in both plays.

Everyone chatted for a while. Jiang Wen arrived late, so he would interject from time to time, either commenting on the movie or talking about the play with others.

After finishing eating, Jiang Wen wiped his mouth and said to Zhou Mo:

"Xiao Mo, Elbow, come back to the house with me."

(End of this chapter)