Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 202 Old Xu is a ruthless person

Zhou Mo was not surprised by this.

From the very beginning, the focus of publicity for the creative team of "Lost in Thailand" has been on Zhou Mo.

Even though he was neither the screenwriter nor the director.

But he is both the producer and the executive producer.

So I used his name.

This situation is not uncommon in the entertainment industry.

It's propaganda after all.

Of course, we will use the one with the greater reputation.

The same was true of Stephen Chow's later movie "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons Strike Back" in his previous life.

The director is obviously Xu Ke.

But when the movie was promoted, Stephen Chow's name was everywhere.

Many movie fans bought tickets and went to the cinema just by seeing Stephen Chow's name.

Only after entering did I realize I had been cheated.

The director is not Zhou Xingxing at all, but Xu Ke.

The content of the movie is also terrible.

Zhou Mo was relatively lucky this time.

Although he was the focus of the publicity for "Lost in Thailand", he did not deliberately blur his identity. Instead, he made it clear what duties the team members were responsible for every time he promoted the film.

He was only responsible for investment and production.

The director is still Xu Zheng.

It's just a movie called "Lost in Thailand". There's no need to steal Xu Zheng's achievements.

Zhou Mo said to Wang Changtian, "Well, didn't the three of us discuss this result a long time ago? And Xu Zheng also agreed to it. What's the problem?"

He frowned slightly, thinking of something bad: "Could it be that Xu Zheng feels uncomfortable after seeing the current publicity effect?"

If Xu Zheng was really angry for this reason.

Then he really has to consider his future relationship with Xu Zheng.

Wang Changtian waved his hands repeatedly: "Of course not, this strategy was decided by the three of us together. Xu Zheng must be looking forward to such popularity, so he will naturally not be emotional about this matter.

Now this picture should have been leaked from Stephen Chow, but after seeing the picture, some of Stephen Chow’s fans on the Internet felt that you are not qualified to compete with Stephen Chow.”

"This is normal. Zhou Xingxing's fans are indeed very strong."

Wang Changtian added: "The key is that some of them criticize you quite harshly."

Zhou Mo remained calm: "It doesn't matter, just do it. My fans are not vegetarians. Before I fail, they will not allow others to scold me. My fans don't cause trouble, but they are not afraid of it either."

Zhou Mo has great confidence in his fans.

When it comes to the fighting power of his fans, Zhou Mo has never been afraid of anyone so far.

Wang Changtian was somewhat curious about Zhou Mo's attitude.

"Aren't you angry that Zhou Xingxing is bundling you like this?"

"What are you angry about?"

Zhou Mo was very calm: "You have to pay for what you have done. Now it seems that he, Stephen Chow, is tying me to sales, but in fact, it is not certain who will make the profit. Don't forget that I am just a producer of Lost in Thailand. He, Stephen Chow, is tying me to his position as director. If the box office of Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons does not beat that of Lost in Thailand, he will really lose a lot.

Moreover, since the Huang Silang incident, these legends of the older generation should also know the rules. Bundling sales is allowed, but fabricating facts is not. Even if Zhou Xingxing is bundling sales, he will definitely pay attention to the limits. "

Wang Changtian thought about it.

I think it does make sense.

"But there is one more thing. If it was just Zhou Xingxing who tied you up, it would be fine, but now Xu Zheng is also tied up."

Zhou Mo raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"

"In this photo, aren't you fighting against Zhou Xingxing? After seeing this photo go viral, some people started making other pictures of the two movies fighting against each other, including one of Xu Zheng and Wen Zhang."

Wang Changtian took out another set of photos.

Still the same position.

The only difference is that the duel became between Xu Zheng and Wen Zhang.

In addition, there are also counterpoint pictures of Huang Bo in two movies, as well as counterpoint pictures of Wang Baobao and Luo Xiaozhu.

This time, Zhou Mo frowned.

The content of these pictures seems to make sense.

The protagonists of "Thai" versus the protagonists of "West".

But that’s not how the accounts work out.

There is nothing wrong with the two pictures of Huang Bo and Wang Baobao, only the picture of Xu Zheng and Wen Zhang is wrong.

To know.

Xu Zheng is more than just the lead actor in Lost in Thailand.

He is also the director of Lost in Thailand.

When comparing the director and the actor, the subtle thoughts are too obvious.

What's more, Wen Zhang has never filmed "Love Is Not Blind" in his life, so he is basically a younger brother in the film industry.

And Xu Zheng hasn't fully recovered yet.

But the reputation of the Audio-Technica has gradually grown.

Why was it that after Li Chen filmed "Sky Hunter" in his previous life, Xiao Gangpao had such a strong opinion of Li Chen that he chased after him and scolded him?

It’s because Xiao Gangpao finished filming "I Am Not Madame Bovary" the year before, and then went on to film "Sky Hunter" to support Li Chen.

Neither film received high reviews.

Some people compared "I Am Not Madame Bovary" and "Sky Hunter" together, saying that the two directors could sit at the same table.

As a result, Xiao Gangpao was immediately defeated because he was compared with Li Chen, and said bluntly: "Some people don't even know how to be an actor, but they are eager to be a director..."

just now.

To Xu Zheng, this picture is similar to the little cannon back then.

Of course, if the same thing happened to a more casual and open-minded director, it might just have passed.

But it is obvious that Xu Zheng is not a casual director.

……

That afternoon.

Xu Zheng came to Guangxian.

Face flushed.

"Who are you looking down on by putting me and Wen Zhang together?"

Xu Zheng was very angry.

Very serious consequences.

After checking the news, Wang Changtian added, "It should be the rhythm that Wen Zhang's team is promoting. Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons is his first movie as a leading actor, and his box office performance is not obvious, so they can only sell it in a bundle through you."

"Fuck, bundling sales, did you get my consent?" Xu Zheng said viciously.

He was nice to Wang Changtian.

That’s because Wang Changtian was his investor and even his mentor.

He was nice to Zhou Mo.

That was because Zhou Mo was not only his investor, but also a famous director who gave him a lot of help.

But if others think he is a good-tempered person.

That would be very wrong.

He thought for a moment and said to the two people in front of him, "Boss Wang, Director Zhou, we can't just let this go. The competition between Lost in Thailand and Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons is already on the table. If Zhou Xingxing doesn't think highly of me and doesn't want to compete with me, then that's fine. But Wen Zhang is a gigolo. What qualifications does he have to tie me down? This is simply a scam. I'm going to fight back."

Wang Changtian also agreed with this statement.

The entertainment industry has always been a place where anyone can start a business as long as they are given a little bit of paint.

Why do so many people like to play the game of "bumping into porcelain"?

Because touching porcelain really works.

Especially when two actors are very similar in terms of acting style, acting skills, and even appearance.

It is easy for an actor of lower status to quickly improve his resources by making a fraud.

This is also why actresses hate fraud so much.

Once an actor is scammed once and fails to fight back, he will be scammed countless times in the future.

And Xu Zheng is the new director he is planning to promote.

Of course it is impossible to let Wen Zhang do this.

Wang Changtian asked: "So what are you going to do? I will cooperate with you."

Xu Zheng thought for a while and said: "I have some friends in the Shanghai circle. They happened to know about the relationship between Wen and Ma. I heard that their relationship was not very harmonious. Wen took the other's property but despised the other's dominance. He said some unpleasant things behind her back. So I just exposed this and that was it.

Domestic netizens don’t think highly of someone who uses his wife’s resources. Before, the two of them were in love and no one cared. But after the news came out, he will not be able to live well.”

Wang Changtian thought about it and felt that if only these things were exposed, public opinion should still be under control.

"Okay, just go ahead and do it."

After they discussed it, they looked at Zhou Mo.

"Director Zhou, what do you think?"

Zhou Mo waved his hand: "I have no opinion, you two can do whatever you want."

He was not surprised by Xu Zheng's decision.

Xu Zheng is a person with a tough personality.

This can be seen from the "Xiyouji" incident.

After the release of "Xiu You Ji", it received a lot of bad reviews. Seeing that the fans' opposition was too loud, Xu Zheng directly announced that he was sorry to the audience and should not have acted in such a bad movie.

And return the pay.

Xu Zheng was not afraid of anyone from the Happy Family, let alone Wen Zhang.

The only regret is that.

Zhou Mo originally thought that if Xu Zheng chose to confront him head-on, he would directly reveal some of Wen Zhang’s “little secrets”.

After all, some things are kept secret from the audience.

But for people in the circle, it's almost like streaking.

Unexpectedly, in the end, the only thing that was announced was that he was a gigolo but had complaints.

Some of them are not very satisfying.

However, Zhou Mo could also understand the reason behind Xu Zheng's degree of control.

After all, last year, this guy was exposed to have stayed in a private hotel with a female college student for three hours.

Afterwards, it took a lot of effort to characterize the matter as "explaining the script."

but……

You know everything.

Therefore, Xu Zheng was probably considering that if too much information was exposed, he might get caught up in it.

So just try it out.

(End of this chapter)