Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 369 All Passed
The reward for "Cold Wind" is another ability.

Anti-interference.

The effect is: from now on, his works don’t have to worry about being affected by external forces, forced modifications, or other negative situations.

Zhou Mo thought about it and felt that this thing was actually quite useful for entertainment products.

God knows how many works are sent back for redo every year due to external interference.

It has become what industry insiders call the "cold bench".

No matter how good a work is, once it is put on the sidelines, it becomes completely useless to the company, crew, director, actors, etc.

It is impossible to give up on a product that you have worked so hard to produce.

This isn't just for the sake of breathing.

But so much money has already been spent on filming, plus the costs of post-production, publicity and promotion, etc. Once we give up completely, it would be like all that money is gone.

But it is actually very painful to keep going.

The promotion of entertainment works is very expensive. Even the most powerful companies cannot afford to maintain high-intensity publicity because the expenses are too high.

In addition, we also need to consider whether continuously pushing content to the audience will cause boredom.

But if you don’t push it, it will be quickly forgotten.

So, it is completely “it’s useless to eat, but a pity to throw away”.

Before, he had never encountered any problems when filming movies, mainly because of Han Sanping's help in paving the way for him.

I originally thought that after Lao Han notified his retirement, he would spend more time with Ren Zhonglun and even Director Tong to cultivate their relationship.

But there is no need to panic now.

Now that he has this skill, Zhou Mo can communicate happily with his leaders with confidence.

"One is for anti-reporting, the other is for anti-interference, both are done at once." Zhou Mo grinned.

Preventing being reported can help him survive group harassment from his peers or black fans.

Anti-interference directly helps him avoid the troubles from above.

From now on, my mother will no longer have to worry that my works will suddenly disappear.

It was approaching evening.

Zhou Mo and Da Tiantian drove to the airport.

It's the same old situation.

A group of Galen's elites saw the two men from afar and started asking questions.

"Director Zhou, what are your plans next?"

Zhou Mo gestured to the reporter with a look at the sign in the airport that said "Please do not make loud noises."

Reporter: I understand!

After getting on the plane, they met several fans one after another. Zhou Mo and Da Tiantian took photos with them and received two blankets.

Zhou Mo went to sleep as soon as he got on the plane. He had stayed up too late the past two days, so this was a good opportunity to catch up on some sleep.

Da Tiantian took out the script and started reading. During the past period of time, Zhou Mo added some new content to the script of "The Great Wall".

These are all first-hand information, and they need to be printed and distributed when we return to the crew.

She should take a good look at it now, so that she won't end up learning slower than others, which would be very embarrassing.

Two hours later.

Zhou Mo woke up and saw Da Tiantian still reading the script.

It was already dark outside, and the soft light fell on Da Tiantian's slightly round face, adding a touch of tranquility to her.

The movement of straightening up attracted Da Tiantian's attention.

"woke up?"

"Yeah." Zhou Mo nodded: "It seems that you really listened to what I said and gained some weight."

Da Tiantian subconsciously touched her soft face and delicate neck.

"Is there? Is it obvious?"

"Don't touch it, it's not obvious. I can see it because you were too thin before, and I was with you every day, so I could notice it. Others can't do it."

Da Tiantian rolled her eyes at him.

"You're the only one who can talk. After all, it's you who asked me to eat it."

Zhou Mo smiled and said, "But I didn't expect you to actually gain weight. How much is it now? One hundred and ten pounds?"

"It's 109.35." Da Tiantian corrected, she had to correct the number to two decimal places: "It's actually very easy to gain weight, just eat carbohydrates and fats, but losing weight is really difficult. If you don't have surgery, it will be very slow."

Zhou Mo raised his eyebrows and suddenly remembered a certain movie.

"Hey, Tiantian, do you want to try to gain weight for real? And then lose the weight? Then I will film your weight loss process, supplemented by some difficult factors, such as the ridicule of others, the confusion of life, the indifference and hurt of family members, and the discrimination of society.

Then, after you have learned from your mistakes, you will be given a special opportunity, and eventually you will lose weight and your life will become better.

A movie like this will definitely do very well.”

Da Tiantian was stunned.

Isn’t this the classic structure of an inspirational film?
"The box office is good? How good can it be?"

Zhou Mo thought about it and said a number: "Three billion? It should be no problem."

Da Tiantian originally thought that Zhou Mo was really going to make an inspirational movie like "Rocky", but when the number 3 billion came out, she knew that Zhou Mo was joking.

"Three billion. The box office of your own movie Cold Wind hasn't even reached three billion yet, and you dare to say that making an inspirational movie will cost three billion. You are such a boaster."

Zhou Mo was helpless.

These days, no one believes the truth.

"I really didn't lie to you. If I said three billion, it must be three billion. If you can't reach it, I will let you do whatever you want."

When Da Tiantian heard this condition, she raised her eyebrows.

She admitted that she was indeed moved for a moment.

But I was only moved for a moment. Three billion, what a boast.

"Okay, stop talking. There's no way I'm going to make the movie you mentioned."

Zhou Mo spread his hands and said, if you don’t want to take the picture, then don’t take it.

He just thought so and he was not very interested in the movie.

But if we really want to shoot it, there are actually candidates. Yan Danchen, who played Chang'e in "The Lotus Lantern", is a good choice.

She is beautiful and although she is not very popular anymore, she is still popular with the audience thanks to her role as Chang'e.

The situation is even better than that of Emperor Yan Yang Xue in "The Legend of Jiang Yuyan".

And Yan Danchen really gained weight for the role——

When I was filming "Ugly Betty" that year, I gained more than 40 kilograms in one go.

Therefore, if you really want to make a movie, there is basically no difficulty.

Back to the present.

Da Tiantian had just finished reading the script of "The Great Wall" and looked at Zhou Mo.

"You didn't tell me that you would kill all the foreigners in the script."

Zhou Mo said calmly, "I didn't say that, but this is the fact. Champion Marquis Huo Qubing conquered the Wolf's Lair. You don't think he just wandered around there. He went there to destroy the Xiongnu's homeland. How could he not kill people?"

Da Tiantian thought for a moment and said, "But if we kill everyone in the movie, wouldn't it be a bit too murderous?"

Zhou Mo smiled and said, "War is not without its share of casualties, especially in ancient times. Besides, don't you think it's exciting to gallop across the battlefield and destroy the enemy's spawning point?"

Anyway, when Zhou Mo shoots "The Great Wall", he will definitely not make it into a propaganda film promoting love and peace like Cheng Long did in his previous life, "The Blade."

It will not be like "The Forbidden Kingdom", "The Twelve Hairpins of Nanjing", and the original "The Great Wall" directed by Zhang Yimou, which have a bunch of scenes about foreigners saving the Chinese.

Whenever I think of Zhou Mo, I feel like laughing.

Domestic directors always like to shoot scenes where foreigners save the Chinese, and they also want to get good box office results in China.

How is this possible?

The Chinese people are not masochists. Do they like to see a golden-haired, blue-eyed guy like you come and save China?
What a joke.

Especially Lao Mouzi.

"The Twelve Beauties of Jinling", foreigners save the Chinese.

The original "The Great Wall", ancient foreigners saved ancient Chinese.

That's enough.

Anyway, Zhou Mo will definitely not shoot it like this. At worst, he will shoot it about Chinese people saving foreigners.

What's more, he still prefers dry fighting.

There were so many dynasties in ancient times. For example, the Han and Tang dynasties were all very fierce in their foreign wars, so there is no need to say more.

Even in the pre-Qin period, people ate, slept and fought against foreign invaders.

When the Zhou Dynasty was first established, its territory was very small. How did it develop later?
It was all won through fighting with every sword and every gun.

The attitude towards foreigners is:

Are you obedient?

If you don’t listen, I’ll fuck you.

I'll fuck you even if you're obedient.

Moreover, even in the late Han Dynasty when people's livelihood was in decline, they were still able to make foreign tribes cry out in pain.

Gongsun Zan would call his little brothers every now and then, ride his white will-o'-the-wisp and go out to chop people, not even willing to accept those who were his dogs, just one word.

kill.

Not to mention the three states of Wei, Shu and Wu.

Even Sun Shiwan showed no mercy when fighting the Shanyue.

After fighting for decades, the country's strength has not decreased but increased.

There are obviously so many situations in ancient times that can be written about, but look at what Zhang Yimou did when he filmed "The Great Wall"?

Let two foreigners lead an elite force of brave and invincible warriors of the Song Dynasty to fight against the monsters outside the Great Wall.

Foreigner, Song Dynasty, brave, fearless and invincible warrior.

The combination of these elements does not feel strange.

But weird.

Zhou Mo did not say how much better his skills were than Zhang Yimou's, but at least the story was much stronger than Zhang Yimou's version.

And it is more popular with the audience.

After all, among so many outstanding generals in Chinese history, Huo Qubing is too dazzling.

When others are twenty-one years old, they are still at home asking their parents if they can drink milk from someone.

At the age of 21, Huo Qubing had already conquered the Wolf's Lair and went to the royal palace to dance.

This experience is so legendary.

It's easy to get excited when taking pictures.

Heroes and heroic deeds are always the ones that can resonate most with people.

Especially a legendary figure like Huo Qubing.

Many people may not be able to clearly describe several unified historical dynasties, but they clearly know about Huo Qubing.

The actor who played Huo Qubing in "The Great Wall" was Li Le, who also played Huo Qubing in "The Emperor Wu of Han".

There are really not many people in the domestic entertainment industry who can play a young hero like Huo Qubing.

Li Le is the most classic one.

The others are either of inappropriate age or inappropriate style.

(End of this chapter)