Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 506 Heading to Cannes
"Don't worry about changing the script, I'll take care of everything."

Zhou Mo's attitude is very confident.

During the period of cooperation with Warner, as the communication between the two sides deepened, Zhou Mo got to know Warner better and better.

To be honest, there is a rumor online that Warner doesn't make good movies and just likes to ruin IPs. It's a joke.

But it is true that Warner likes to interfere in the filming of movies.

But this kind of intervention does not happen 100%.

Instead, it is closely related to the progress of film shooting, the opinions of the creative team, the script, etc.

The smoother and more fluid the ongoing filming is, the less likely it is that Warner will intervene.

That's what Nolan did.

Before officially cooperating with Warner, Nolan was not very famous in Hollywood.

The production costs of the films he has taken over are all in the millions to tens of millions, which is far from Warner's investment of hundreds of millions.

But Warner let Nolan finish the movie smoothly.

Including the two subsequent films, "Wonder Woman" and "Aquaman", which also went well.

As I said, the commercial performance of a movie actually has an estimate made by industry insiders after it is finished.

During the two months of filming, Zhou Mo's outrageous efficiency not only made the actors exclaim in surprise, but also made Warner Bros. feel the same way.

Nowadays, the impression Zhou Mo left on them can be roughly summed up in two words:

Reliable.

Since they are all reliable, it’s okay to give them some more preferential treatment…

"Zhou, you're even going to get involved in Suicide Squad?"

In the room, the person in charge from Warner had a difficult look on his face.

"Correction, it's not Suicide Squad, it's Assault on Arkham."

The person in charge sighed, feeling helpless about Zhou Mo's nitpicking.

"Okay, it's Assault on Arkham, but that's not really important. The problem is that you just finished filming Arkham, and now you're getting involved in a new series. I can't say anything about the company."

Zhou Moshen held his finger deep in his hand and shook it back and forth: "Both The Raid and The Knight are based on the Arkham world view, how can they be considered a new series?"

Person in charge: “But…”

Zhou Mo interrupted directly: "Don't tell me so much, haven't I already told you about the script and the idea? Don't you think it's not good?"

The person in charge was in a dilemma: "The Raid is very good, but the company has already arranged the script for Suicide Squad, and has been preparing for a long time."

Zhou Mo sneered.

"A long time? Six weeks, right? I don't believe you haven't read the script of Suicide Squad. Tell the truth, can it be compared with The Raid? With that messy plot structure, it's not even worthy of Arkham.

A mere character introduction took up more than 15% of the entire movie, almost 20 minutes, and I finished watching a short movie."

Zhou Mo vaguely remembered that in his previous life, someone compared "Suicide Squad" with "Jade Dynasty" after watching it.

The one named Guo Xiaosi.

Although "Suicide Squad" is not guilty of this, it is obvious that it brings a bad viewing experience to people. In addition to the mediocre character creation, the script is simply terrible.

The person in charge was speechless and had no choice but to give a French military salute.

“Well, you’re right, Zhou, the script for Suicide Squad is really bad, far worse than yours.

But I still say that the company is not owned by my family, and I can’t just do it if I want to. If I were the chairman, I would definitely support you at the first opportunity.”

Zhou Mo glanced at him. "You are indeed not the chairman, but you can be an investor."

The person in charge glared, then reacted instantly and asked tentatively: "Zhou, what do you mean..."

"The old rules, we'll split it according to the proportion. If you solve this problem, I'll give you a share after it's done." Zhou Mo gestured a number with his fingers.

Now the person in charge is no longer worried.

He grabbed Zhou Mo's hand and said without hesitation: "Don't worry, Zhou, when I go back this time, I will definitely get the contract back from you. This movie is yours, and no one can take it away."

Zhou Mo nodded, not worried at all that the person in charge would not be able to get this done.

Who can have trouble with money?
Isn't that a brain cannon?
By the time the person in charge went back to finish the talks, he would have almost three movies in his hands.

By the time the results of the three films are released, Warner’s plans related to superhero movies will probably take on his shape.

Just like when Nolan finished filming the third part of "The Dark Knight", Warner Bros. asked many times, hoping that Nolan could continue to be a director.

It’s a pity that Nolan wanted to shoot something new and didn’t agree.

Instead, he recommended Zack Snyder to Warner.

From then on, the two sides embarked on a ten-year journey of love and hate.

……

It is mid-May.

Things on the Arkham side have come to an end.

"Love Family" is still in the process of filming and it is estimated that it will be finished at the end of June, so I will not be able to participate in this year's Cannes.

Hu Ge, on the other hand, rushed to shoot his part of the film and returned to China three days ago to participate in the promotion of "The Disguiser".

His development in the past two years has been a little bit bumpy. He doesn't have as much momentum as before, and he hasn't been able to get very good resources. The help Tangren gives him has become less and less, and it has even gradually become a burden to him, so he attaches great importance to the opportunity of "The Pretender".

On the plane, Zhou Mo was looking at the itinerary for the next period of time.

Da Tiantian woke up from her dream and saw Zhou Mo beside her. She stretched, rubbed her eyes, and moved her body, revealing a large white area under her neck.

"Are you awake?" Zhou Mo handed over a glass of water.

Da Tiantian took it and then kept going on and on.

Put down the cup and take a long breath.

"I feel good. I'm finally revived. How come you're in such good spirits? I was drowsy and exhausted the whole day at Family Together."

Zhou Mo looked at her and said, "That's because you were too active in "A Family". I heard from Jia Nu that you were more active than her director there. You followed several directors and assistant directors around all day long, and quietly asked the directors what skills they needed.

Why do you want to be a director? "

It was just a joke. After hearing it, Da Tiantian was silent for a while and did not respond immediately.

Zhou Mo was also somewhat surprised when he saw this reaction.

“You really want to be a director.”

Da Tiantian thought for a moment and explained: "To be precise, I don't want to be a director. I still want to be an actor, but I am just curious about directing and want to see how the process works."

Zhou Mo became interested and put down the book in his hand.

Asked: "What's the reason?"

ps: I'm sorry everyone. Someone in my family had gallstones yesterday and I was busy all day before I finished the update. The updates may not be stable in the next one or two days. I'm sorry again.

(End of this chapter)