Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 518: Great Directors Are Also Very Useful

May 28th.

Zhou Mo returns to China.

The first three days were filled with dinners, interviews, meetings, etc., and I was very busy.

Can't hide, can't avoid.

Fortunately, there is not much that Zhou Mo really needs to prepare himself. Most of the data assistants and companies will prepare it in advance. After he checks it himself and makes sure there are no problems, he just needs to read it out.

Apart from an interview arranged by the central bank, Zhou Mo needed to prepare seriously in advance and not relax, but this was the only one.

"I'm honored... All of this is based on... Keep up the good work... Cultural characteristics... It's just a try... It will definitely get better and better in the future..."

Facing the camera, Zhou Mo talked freely.

Although the level of the interview was very high, it was actually not very difficult.

The host will not mention the content that is truly related to professionalism, and Zhou Mo will not say it either. It is enough as long as the content of all the answers can be popular but not vulgar.

For Zhou Mo, many words come out easily.

After the interview, there was another dinner party in the evening.

There were really a lot of people coming, and basically all the important people in the circle were there.

Official, association, director, actor, etc.

Among the group of people, Lao Jiang was the happiest.

He is one of the few people who knows that Zhou Mo has achieved greater success but does not have any negative emotions at all.

Men of letters look down on each other, but as Zhou Mo's recognized leader in the circle, he can get a lot of praise for every achievement of Zhou Mo.

As for the others, those who flatter, fawn on, envy, and are unwilling...

There are all kinds of them.

Vicissitudes of life.

Brother Kaizi's expression was very complicated.

Having another Palme d'Or in the country is undoubtedly a good thing, as it can bring a lot of development resources to the industry. As a leader in the industry, he has always been the first to reap the fruits of the industry's development.

But in other words, from today on, he is no longer that unique kid.

In the past, the feeling of being at the top was lonely, but also very addictive.

But from then on, there was one more person beside me.

"Director Zhou, congratulations. You are truly a hero at a young age and have achieved great success at a young age." Brother Kaizi raised his glass.

"Director Chen, you're too polite. Compared to you, I took a lot of shortcuts to win the Palme d'Or." After clinking glasses, Zhou Mo drank the wine in one gulp.

He looked at Brother Kaizi, who also drank up the wine, with a hint of intention in his eyes.

Speaking of which, his "big director collection plan" has only gathered two people at the moment.

An old hand who specializes in making movies set in wartime and full of metaphors.

Zhang Yimou, on the other hand, took on the project of "Even if We Are Far Away", where he demonstrated his ability in large-scale scenes.

If I could find a Kaizi brother...

Apart from anything else, Brother Kaizi has an advantage that no other director can match.

High status and strong foundation.

Suitable for making movies that reflect real-life issues.

In other words:

Suitable for rushing tower.

Look at Kaizi Ge’s "Search", the only movie in all these years that can recover all the costs at the box office.

It even broke the box office record for art films at the time.

In the past, Zhou Mo often said that the great directors of the previous generation were already behind the times.

But it is undeniable that each of these great directors has his or her own area of ​​expertise.

The reason they can't make good films is not because of lack of ability.

But his status has been raised, and he no longer wants to serve the audience, but instead wants to instill his own ideas into the audience.

As long as you can restrict their habit of excessive freedom, it is really not difficult to make a good work.

Simply put, letting Brother Kaizi make a few more movies like "Search" would at least be better than him spending all day on "The Orphan of Zhao" and "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain".

As for whether it is possible to lure Brother Kaizi over here just like we lured Lao Jiang and Lao Mouzi?
This question is not difficult at all.

Brother Kaizi is not easy to deal with, but who can blame him for having a troublesome son?

As long as we can deal with Xiao Chen, wouldn’t it be a piece of cake to deal with Brother Kaizi?
……

Although Brother Kaizi had been included in the "collection plan", Zhou Mo did not mention it while drinking.

Brother Kaizi is different from those two people.

Those two guys make their own decisions when making movies.

The person in charge of Kaizi Ge’s external affairs is Chen Hong.

It will be more convenient to contact Chen Hong later than discussing it with Brother Kaizi now.

In addition, next month, which is early July, Kaizi Ge’s new movie "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" will be officially released.

The legendary scene where Kurosawa Chiling seduces Fan Wei is about to appear.

Zhou Mo also wanted to take this opportunity to experience the thrill of overthrowing the previous Palme d'Or winner.

If we reach a deal now, it will be difficult to start next month.

……

In the evening, the dinner ended.

The assistant had been waiting outside for a long time, and took Zhou Mo to the car as soon as he came out.

After a while, Da Tiantian also got on the car.

Looking at Zhou Mo, whose eyes were a little blurry, he fed him medicine and asked, "I saw you chatting with Director Chen for a long time tonight. You seemed quite excited."

Zhou Mo took the medicine, drank water, and tilted his head back. After the medicine went into his stomach, he wiped his mouth.

"Well, I talked to Brother Kaizi about some ideas for the movie."

"Brother Kaizi, what's your idea for a movie? An art film?"

"I think so. In terms of materials, it should be about the same." Zhou Mo nodded.

Da Tiantian raised her eyebrows, a little curious.

"What material? Realistic?"

"Ah."

"Then do I know?"

"I don't know, but you should know." Zhou Mo hesitated a little, glanced at his assistant who was driving, and then slowly leaned close to Da Tiantian's ear.

Da Tiantian also subconsciously moved her little head towards Zhou Mo.

"What kind of material is this? It's so mysterious."

Zhou Mo said in a low voice.

"Nothing much, just the double-eared female detective from Qiantang."

shock!
Da Tiantian's eyes suddenly widened, and her first reaction was to look at the assistant who was driving.

He turned around and stared at Zhou Mo: "Why did you bring this up... Never mind, it's not important anymore. Tell me the truth, are you going to make this movie?"

Zhou Mo felt warm all over when he saw her caring and cautious eyes.

"Don't worry, I won't get involved in this matter."

Da Tiantian breathed a sigh of relief and felt a lot more relaxed.

“It’s OK if you don’t plan to shoot. I thought you were going to start making trouble again after winning the Palme d’Or. Let me make it clear to you in advance. The matter of Shuang’er is different from that of Qu and her mother. I have heard about Shuang’er. Some things are already set in stone. Let’s stop here.

You should understand what I mean."

Zhou Mo licked his lips and nodded slowly under Da Tiantian's serious gaze.

"Don't worry, I know what you mean, so I definitely won't film this."

Da Tiantian let out a sigh of relief.

"That's fine..."

However, before he could finish his words, Zhou Mo said, "Of course, this kind of movie cannot be handed over to someone like me who has little influence. It has to be handed over to Brother Kaizi."

Da Tiantian: ...

So cruel.

She coughed several times before slowly saying, "Did you trick Director Chen into making this movie?"

Zhou Mo waved his hands repeatedly: "How could that be? Director Chen has lived half his life, how could he be fooled by me? If he wants to make a movie, it would only be because he wants to make it himself."

Da Tiantian rolled her eyes at Zhou Mo.

"There's no need to say such things in front of me... Your idea is fine, but will Director Chen agree to film these things? There's no way he can't see the difficulty of this matter."

"You're right. He can definitely see the difficulty of this matter. But what if this movie can once again win the Palme d'Or?" Zhou Mo asked.

Another shot at the Palme d'Or?
Da Tiantian originally wanted to say that this idea was a bit whimsical.

But on second thought, the detective's story could be said to have completely hit the sensitive points of the judges. Combined with the information she had learned, the outcome of those things would most likely be more realistic, and there was perhaps a good chance that he would be able to hit the Palme d'Or again.

Moreover, even if we can’t win the Palme d’Or, don’t we still have the Golden Lion and the Golden Bear?
Although the three European golds have different focuses, they have some things in common.

"You are really good at bewitching people." Da Tiantian said to Zhou Mo.

"You're wrong. I'm just expressing one's innermost thoughts for those who are too embarrassed to speak out. I'm thinking about others." Zhou Mo was very calm.

He is such a considerate and kind person.

He knew that Kaizi would be very disappointed to lose the unique position of Palme d'Or.

So he thoughtfully proposed a plan for Kaizi to win the Palme d'Or again.

Moreover, in order to prevent Kaizi Ge from losing his faith in Taoism, they also made special preparations to add fuel to his road to winning the two gold awards after blocking his retreat (making "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" a flop).

After hearing Zhou Mo's plan, Da Tiantian had a complicated look in her eyes.

This guy is simply a devil.

But I have to say, this plan is really exciting.

"The only plan now is whether the story of the two-eared detective can really be filmed."

"This is actually not important." Zhou Mo waved his hand.

"what?"

"Even if there is no Two-eared Detective, there is still the Donggong Milk incident. The explosion is even worse than the Detective incident and is also worthy of the gold medal."

Da Tiantian stopped talking.

At this moment, her little face was like a big mushroom, filled with the air she inhaled, and it took a long time before it was slowly exhaled.

Smacking his lips: "Zhou Mo..."

"Ok?"

"Tell me the truth, do you have a lot of similar materials?"

"Not many, only one or two of each type." Zhou Mo said.

When Da Tiantian heard the first half of the sentence, she thought it was okay, but after hearing the second half, her face puffed up again, and this time she didn't breathe out for a long time.

"One or two, um...like?"

"For example, there was a case involving Mr. Wang who was falsely accused several decades ago."

have to.

Another thing she knew.

Da Tiantian was surprised to find that she had never known that Zhou Mo had such plans.

Without special information collection, it is highly likely that Zhou Mo would not know the things mentioned above so well.

(End of this chapter)