Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 44 Am I So Famous?

Chapter 44 Am I So Famous?
Zhou Mo was stunned: "I, that won't work, I'm the director."

"Who says directors can't make movies? Didn't Director Jiang direct and act in the movie himself? And didn't Brother Long and Zhou Xingxing do the same?" Da Tiantian advised: "Besides, didn't you just say that to play Li Zicheng, you only need two conditions: acting skills and popularity.

Your acting skills are not bad, otherwise the teachers at the National Theatre wouldn’t praise you every day.”

This is true.

When Zhou Mo was filming "The Myth", he followed a group of national theatre masters every day. With the skill of [Quick Imitation], his acting skills improved rapidly.

After being influenced by many big names in the crew of "Bullet" and "Myth", Zhou Mo's acting skills can be said to be no less than any of the four young actors.

"But I'm not famous enough." Zhou Mo shook his head.

"Who said you're not famous enough? Have you forgotten how popular you are in the film and television industry recently?"

“But that’s just the popularity within the industry. To carry the box office, you need the popularity of the entire film industry and the recognition of the audience,” Zhou Mo corrected.

"I'm talking about the heat in the whole circle."

"Impossible. I'm a director, not an actor. How can I be so popular in the film industry?"

Seeing that Zhou Mo didn't believe her, Da Tiantian casually opened a few popularity lists.

The screenshots are displayed one by one.

"This is a post about you on Baidu Tieba, this is Congcong.com, this is Penguin Video, this is Hupu... In summary, your popularity on the Internet right now is actually only slightly lower than that of the four young actors, and these people are either discussing other things or discussing your acting skills."

Zhou Mo looked at it carefully and found that it was true.

Whether in terms of popularity or the number of related posts, his popularity is at the same level as the four young actors.

The key point is that most of the content of these posts are not just spam, but are really discussing his related technologies.

Zhou Mo was a little curious: "Why are they discussing my acting skills?"

Logically speaking, although he is a famous director, his reputation should be more well-known within the industry. People outside the film and television industry only know his name as a director, and what they should discuss is his directing skills.

Rather than acting.

Da Tiantian: "At this point, I have to start with a comment."

She turned out a picture with two lines of classic text on it.

Zhou Mo: What you love is your life.

User: NMSMSHS
“Ever since you released ‘Killing Horses’ on Lizhan, your popularity has skyrocketed, and this subsequent picture has gone viral all over the internet, making you famous.

Later, after "The Myth" was broadcast, Yawen and Hu Ge mentioned you frequently in the show, saying that your acting skills are amazing.

In addition, Director Jiang and Brother Ma have mentioned your acting skills and contributions more than once. Director Jiang Wen even said in an interview, "Your acting skills, Zhou Mo, are no worse than his. Every time you do well, the movie will be well."

In addition, Lei Jiayin and Guo Jingfei also said that your acting skills are very good, even better than theirs, and that they received your guidance during the filming process.

With so many factors coming together, people inside and outside the circle are now saying that you are a natural actor and that becoming a director is a sheer waste of your talent.

The audience also wants to see how good the acting skills that are praised by so many people are.”

Zhou Mo was confused: "I don't know."

Da Tiantian complained: "You spend every day either editing videos or taking photos with your sister, so of course I don't know."

Zhou Mo: ...

"So, I really meet the requirements to photograph Li Zicheng?"

"OK!"

Zhou Mo thought about it and it seemed like it might be possible to direct and act in the film himself.

In the past, many directors achieved their ascension by directing and acting in their own films. The older generation includes Jiang Wen, and the new generation includes Xu Zheng, Wu Jing, Chen Sicheng...

Zhou Mo had never thought about directing and acting in the film himself before, because he had no shortage of actors and there was no need to do so.

There are a lot of unknown good actors in the entertainment industry. He can easily find this group of people and let them contribute their superb acting skills by paying them very little pay.

It takes too much energy to direct and act by myself.

There are so many actors who direct and act in their own films, but except for Jiang Wen, no one else can act out his Jiang flavor.

As for the other self-directed resources, most of them were because they had no more movies to shoot and had no choice but to direct themselves.

Chen Sicheng is also an exception.

This guy is trying to pick up girls.

Right now, it’s not that Zhou Mo has no movies to shoot, it’s that he can’t find actors.

At the same time, Da Tiantian also began to tempt him: "Look, now you can't find the actor you want, and the remaining ones are too expensive. Why don't you act it yourself? This way you can even save the money for the leading role."

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Mo immediately became energetic.

"It seems I can give it a try."

"Right." Da Tiantian nodded repeatedly.

Zhou Mo pondered and said, "But I always feel something is wrong, Tiantian, you urge me to make a movie so much, are you waiting to see me make a fool of myself on the set one day?"

"how come!"

Da Tiantian slapped her thigh and walked straight out of the house: "Okay, it's settled. I'll be in charge of the film project establishment and preparation, and you can talk to Director Zhuang about filming opportunities."

boom.

The door closed loudly.

Zhou Mo rubbed his thigh and hissed.

This woman has been getting stronger and stronger lately. Zhuang Wenqiang watched the whole conversation between the two and suddenly understood why Director Zhou, a promising director, would cooperate with a lady like Da Tiantian.

Who wouldn't want to have such a good relationship with a rich woman?

"Director Zhou has a really good relationship with Miss Jing." Zhuang Wenqiang's tone unconsciously revealed a hint of envy.

He also wants someone to stand behind him.

"low profile."

Zhou Mo laughed and said, "From now on, Hua Zai will be in charge of the situation, Director Zhuang."

When Zhuang Wenqiang saw Zhou Mo and Da Tiantian complaining to each other, he made up his mind to make friends with Zhou Mo.

Hearing the order, he patted his chest.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything."

……

Five days later.

Fragrant city.

XX Hotel, second floor.

Three days ago, Zhou Mo came to Xiangcheng to discuss the investment in "New World".

Since it has been decided that "New World" will hype up the popularity of "Infernal Affairs", it naturally cannot avoid the distribution company of "Infernal Affairs": the host, Huanya Entertainment.

The boss of Huan Yalin, who had received the news in advance over the phone, held a cocktail party to welcome Zhou Mo after he arrived.

Just during the negotiation, Mr. Lin from Huan Ya proposed the idea of investing in movies.

Hearing this, Zhou Mo was secretly delighted.

He had never intended to cover all the costs of the film himself.

The investment cost of "New World" is high and the content is also relatively large-scale, so there will definitely be difficulties during the release process. It is not impossible for him and the company to fight alone, but it is not necessary.

Making money together can save a lot of trouble.

Zhou Mo deeply agreed.

The two parties hit it off immediately, and Zhou Mo gave up a 10 million investment share considering that the movie would also be released in Hong Kong in the future.

Boss Lin was also very happy.

He immediately said: "All subsequent matters of "New World" in Hong Kong will be handled by Huanya."

For a moment, both the host and the guests were happy.

After the reception.

I declined the ball games arranged by Boss Lin.

Back to the hotel.

Zhou Mo said to Zhuang Wenqiang with some emotion: "The bosses are a little too polite."

Zhuang Wenqiang laughed and said, "It's because Director Zhou is so generous. He invested tens of millions of yuan at once. The production cost of New World was 60 million yuan. There are very few such large investments in the Hong Kong film industry in recent years."

Zhou Mo shook his head: "Infernal Affairs still has more face. Boss Lin seems to be paying for his feelings."

His mind was still clear.

Huan Ya spent 300 million yuan on the cost of filming "The Warlords" that year, and the pay of the leading actors alone exceeded 100 million yuan.

This does not include the subsequent publicity.

Although a movie with an investment of 60 million is not small in the entire film industry, it does not need Boss Lin to pay so much attention to it compared to Huan Ya.

The only reason that could make Boss Lin run around so much and even arrange ball games is "Infernal Affairs".

Zhuang Wenqiang shook his head: "Director Zhou is too self-deprecating. Even if it was for Infernal Affairs, it was still you who came up with this idea.

Infernal Affairs was so successful back then, that no one wanted to remake or imitate it after all these years, so when Director Zhou approached me, I was really surprised.”

Zhou Mo thought to himself, if I didn’t have an optimization system, I wouldn’t have thought of optimizing “New World”.

Not to mention the scale of the incident, it can also easily lead to disputes.

The two chatted about the script for a while, and then Zhuang Wenqiang said goodbye and left.

Zhou Mo took a shower and slept until noon the next day.

get up.

Just as I was about to go downstairs to have a meal, I heard a knock on the door.

He originally thought that Zhuang Wenqiang wanted to see him for something.

Open the door.

But I found that there were two unexpected people standing outside the door.

"Boss Yang?"

　"The Warlords" should be the peak of Li's salary.

　　It was also the highest pay in China before the era of traffic.