Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 238 Why do you have two faces, internally and externally?

"Surprise? Not enough of a shock."

Da Tiantian's expression was a little complicated.

Of course she would like to go to Cannes.

But if she doesn't get good results in this trip to Cannes, she will probably feel very upset.

"You didn't even tell me in advance so I could prepare in advance." Da Tiantian patted Zhou Mo gently a few times.

"What do you need to prepare in advance? The clothes and other things have already been prepared for you. As for the other activities, including the red carpet process, someone will naturally teach you when the time comes."

"Teach me? Who?"

"Fan Qiaoqiao."

"She also has a movie to sell copyright this year?" Da Tiantian remembered that there was no movie by Fan in the list announced by Cannes this year.

"No, she's just attending the film festival. She has endorsements on her."

"She's coming with us?"

"Let's take our own people there and meet her when we get there."

When Da Tiantian heard that Zhou Mo had already arranged everything, she no longer cared about the details and focused her attention on the movie.

"Zhou Mo, how much do you think this movie will sell for?"

"Ten million level."

Zhou Mo is still confident about "Lucy".

Soft science fiction has always been one of the most popular film genres around the world. Although "Lucy" does not have a base of actors, it is definitely not as high as the previous life's "Lucy".

But the advantage is that the special effects are of a good level, enough to meet the audio-visual requirements of most audiences.

"Tens of millions?!" Da Tiantian exclaimed.

She glanced at Zhou Mo, thought for a long time, and then asked tentatively: "Zhou Mo, is this goal a bit too high?"

"That's too high, Tiantian, don't underestimate yourself. Do you still remember how much Kaizi's "Searching" sold for in Cannes last year?"

Da Tiantian is really impressed by this data.

I thought about it.

"It seems to be... more than 10 million? I remember Chen Hong advertised it."

"That's it." Zhou Mo spread his hands.

"Since Brother Kaizi can sell movies worth tens of millions, why can't we do that?"

"But Kaizi is the only Chinese-speaking winner of the Palme d'Or. He is much more famous internationally than us."

What Da Tiantian said was not really meant to boost Brother Kaizi's prestige or destroy the ambitions of his own people.

It is true that Brother Kaizi’s reputation abroad is better than in China.

And it's much better.

Filters are not only available in China, but also abroad.

Including Brother Kaizi, there are also Zhang Yimou, Chen Kexin, and even Du Qifeng.

Their reputation in the international film industry is better than that in China.

Of course, this is not because domestic movie fans don’t know how to appreciate it.

It's not about worshipping foreign things.

The films that these guys are able to export overseas are basically their works from their peak period.

As for other manure works.

Even if they wanted to get it out, they couldn't.

Brother Kaizi won the Palme d'Or ten years after his debut, and his level is ranked among the best in the world.

After all, the international film industry has never suffered the torture of "The Promise". When people mention Brother Kaizi, they still talk about his "Farewell My Concubine".

Isn't the status very high?

Zhou Mo didn't take it seriously: "The Palme d'Or did give Brother Kaizi a lot of bonuses, but the problem is that you must not forget the subject matter of Searching. It's a pure art film, and the possibility of it being a hit is much smaller than Lucy."

Da Tiantian breathed a sigh of relief.

"But don't rush to publicize the copyright fee of tens of millions this time. If you fail to reach it by then, you will be embarrassed."

She values ​​Zhou Mo's reputation more than Zhou Mo himself.

A rising star cannot be affected by this small attempt.

Da Tiantian glanced at Zhou Mo quietly.

She was thinking about an idea.

If the movie "Lucy" failed to meet Zhou Mo's expectations, would she arrange for someone to go to Cannes to buy "Lucy"?

Anyway, she knows people at Warner and Universal.

……

The showdown between "So Young" and "Seattle" is basically clear.

The box office of "So Young" on the first day was extremely good, and it felt like it was going to sweep the May box office and set a historical record.

Unfortunately, this momentum was ended by internal chaos before it even lasted a week.

"Seattle" is just the opposite. Although its box office on the first day was not particularly outstanding, it successfully caught up with "Youth" through precise marketing to the target audience.

"The final box office of "So Young" is estimated to be just over 600 million at best. The rhythm of the original novel fans and Han Geng's fans has a great influence on the movie box office."

"Seattle is probably going to do just that. It'll all depend on the connections of Zhou Gongzi and Zhao Yanzi... Let the company's publicity department give these two people some extra push. I want to see rivers of blood flow!" "The final box office of these two movies is probably going to be just that. I thought there would be a box office champion during the May Day holiday this year, but it was unexpectedly won by an imported film. Superhero movies are still powerful. In just one region in China, Iron Man 3 is expected to get more than million box office results."

"Whether the results are impressive or not is another matter, but this 'special edition' is really annoying. On the one hand, they called in domestic actors to film for the domestic market, but on the other hand, they deleted these scenes. It's really disgusting."

The news about the "special edition" of "Iron Man 3" has spread.

It was released on May 1st and took first place at the domestic box office on the same day.

To be honest, as a commercial film, "Iron Man 3" is of a very good standard.

Whether it's Downey's acting or the script.

Among many commercial films, they are among the relatively excellent ones.

However, before word of mouth spread completely, netizens living abroad pointed out that the domestic version of "Iron Man 3" was different from what they saw abroad.

In the foreign version of "Iron Man 3", there are no clips featuring Fan Bingbing and Wang Xueqi.

Subsequently, many netizens raised the same topic.

This proves the authenticity of the "special edition".

Many netizens were uncomfortable with this and called for a boycott of "Iron Man 3" online.

"This is blatant discrimination. Boycott them."

"Don't buy tickets. Let them respect us."

The momentum seems quite large.

But that's just a look.

The stable box office of "Iron Man 3" has proved that those who disagree with this are ultimately a minority, and the vast majority of people don't actually care much about the so-called scene cuts.

"If the plot is deleted, then it's deleted. Anyway, I watched it just for Iron Man. I'm not familiar with Jinsuo and other things."

"They deleted it because these people's acting was not good, otherwise why did they only delete the domestic actors' performances?"

"It's not normal to delete it. I would say that these domestic actors, no matter who they are, old actors or young actors, are not qualified to enter Hollywood."

Even Zhou Mo didn't expect this.

This "it doesn't matter" voice can be so loud.

Many people have been arguing about this.

But from beginning to end, there was actually only one person who did not gain any advantage, but instead suffered a lot of losses.

That’s right, it’s the golden lock.

Jinsuo has been ridiculed a lot these days.

The role that he had fought for with great fanfare not only did not receive enough attention, but instead became the reason for "not being valued at all".

The bamboo basket was empty.

The more I think about it, the more aggrieved I feel.

At the same time, Zhang Ziyi, who had always been resentful of Jinsuo, decided to take advantage of her to kill her and decisively began to avenge herself.

"That's it, and she's going to enter Hollywood. I'm afraid it's going to make people laugh. Seriously, can't this maid learn from another actress with the same name and work her way up step by step? She's also in Hollywood, but Ada Wong is at least the second female lead."

This move diverts the trouble away and makes the onlookers sweat profusely.

"It's still interesting to watch female stars fighting. They clearly want revenge, but instead of taking action themselves, they lead the fans of the two ice queens in the fight. I'm afraid Zhang Ziyi has been receiving guidance from an expert recently." Zhou Mo marveled at the comments of netizens.

If he hadn't been familiar with the account that posted the above comments.

He also didn't expect that Zhang Ziyi would not take part in the battle personally this time, but instead started to play military tactics.

Da Tiantian looked at Zhou Mo's excitement and an idea came to her mind.

"You're not trying to start a fight between them?"

"Why not?" Zhou Mo laughed. "Anyway, I have already started the fight between Zhao Yanzi and Zhou Gongzi. If I can stir up a fight between these three, then five of the six people in the four Dan and Shuang Bing will be considered to be on the field. This kind of scene has become less and less common since the past 10 years. Don't you feel excited?"

Da Tiantian's mouth twitched.

"This is indeed in line with your personality, but you should not be here just to watch the fun. The fight between Mr. Zhou and Zhao Yanzi can increase the box office ceiling of Seattle. What about this time?"

She thought for a moment and felt that she might have guessed what Zhou Mo was thinking.

"Are you helping Fan Qiaoqiao gain popularity because of "My Love from the Star"? "

Zhou Mo glanced at Da Tiantian and said, "Tiantian, you are getting smarter and smarter."

"That's right. Even if you haven't eaten pork, at least you've seen pigs run. Your actions have almost become muscle memory for me."

"Pig? Tiantian, you seem a little bit drifting lately, huh?"

"Then come and hit me, Lululu."

"Hmph, you are so sharp-tongued, witch. Look at my sword!"

……

After a while.

Da Tiantian suddenly asked, "By the way, didn't you say before that it would take time for domestic actors to disenchant the overseas market, especially Hollywood, so is this the time?"

“It’s still too early. As long as the older generation of directors still have the final say in the domestic film and television industry, and as long as the middle-aged directors have not yet emerged, then don’t even think about demystifying Hollywood.

Tiantian, even though Fan was tricked by "Iron Man 3" this time and felt like she lost face, now as long as the movie calls her again, she will definitely be willing to star in it, even if it is still a supporting role with very few lines.

There are two aspects that are needed for the domestic film industry to demystify Hollywood. On the one hand, the domestic film and television industry needs to develop, or at least the box office data needs to increase.

On the other hand, the quality of superhero movies has declined and their reputation has collapsed.

Only then will these people slowly realize that Hollywood is not perfect, on the contrary, there are all kinds of problems there.”

(End of this chapter)