Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 555 Actor attacks director
After Batman was finished.

Zhou Mo did not leave immediately.

The filming of the movie was completed a few days earlier than he planned.

If he went back now, "Business Tycoon" would not be able to start filming on time, so Zhou Mo simply stayed in "America" ​​for a few more days.

During this period, he visited the "JW" crew.

In September, "JW" officially started filming.

The reason for choosing this time point is that since Achuan signed the contract with Zhou Mo, he immediately started to transform a Sichuan-style hotel under his company into the style of an InterContinental Hotel.

The renovation was officially completed in July this year.

Luc Besson actually prepared the script a long time ago, but considering the cost issue, he simply waited until the InterContinental Hotel was built.

Now, after two months of filming, I feel more and more that my original plan was forward-looking.

Renting someone else's venue feels really different from using your own venue.

By the time Zhou Mo arrived at the crew, the filming of the movie was almost coming to an end.

Obviously, Luc Besson is also a decisive person.

Otherwise there wouldn’t be one movie a year.

Zhou Mo's arrival made Luc Besson temporarily put his work on hold.

"Hey, Zhou, long time no see. Congratulations on winning the Palme d'Or."

Still handshake + hug.

Zhou Mo patted Luc Besson on the shoulder.

"Thank you, my friend. Thanks to you, I was able to communicate and cooperate with the companies behind the organizers."

Luc Besson winks.

"It's nothing, because we are good friends."

Zhou Mo smiled and nodded.

“Yes, we are the closest partners.”

The premise is that you don’t flip over.

Luc Besson continued: "Also, if you need it in the future, you can continue to contact me, the price and everything else are negotiable."

Zhou Mo smiled and responded: "Don't worry, if I need anything, I will definitely find you first, but I really don't have the idea of ​​rushing to Cannes again recently.

Winning the award two years in a row is outrageous.

If we do it another year, I don’t think even the organizers will agree to it.

Obviously, Luc Besson also understood what Zhou Mo meant.

But he was not discouraged. Instead, he said, "It doesn't matter. If I don't want to compete at the Cannes, I can still compete at other awards. The Palme d'Or is not the only award in Europe. The other two are also possible."

Zhou Mo raised his eyebrows.

"Why, are you related to the other two?"

"You underestimate me, don't you? Don't forget that my Europa Films is a company that caters to the whole of Europe, not just France."

That's true, the name of Europa is Europe, not Frank.

"Okay, I'll contact you if there's a chance in the future."

"Just come to me, I will never let you down. Compared to those people like Weinstein, my price will definitely satisfy you more." Luc Besson patted his chest.

Zhou Mo was stunned.

Good guy.

Can this also be commercially competitive?
You guys really have these movie awards figured out.

Zhou Mo suddenly became a little curious about Luc Besson's business scope.

He thought for a moment and asked, "If I want to win a prize in Venice or Berlin, to what extent can you help me?"

When Luc Besson heard that Zhou Mo was really interested, he immediately became more serious.

"If we still go by the previous price, I think we'll have no problem getting the Silver Lion Award from the jury."

Zhou Mo was more and more surprised.

The Silver Lion of the Jury mentioned by Luc Besson is at the same level as the Grand Prix of the Jury in Cannes, and both are the best awards below the Golden Lion (Palme d'Or).

And every year in Venice, there is only one Golden Lion, which is for the Best Film.

Others, such as the Grand Jury Prize and Best Director, are all Silver Lions.

Zhou Mo asked, "What kind of works can be published?"

"Of course not." Luc Besson thought for a moment and gave an answer: "If you can make another movie of the same level as 'My Song', it should be about the same."

Zhou Mo smacked his lips.

"Damn, doesn't it still require me to finish the work?"

Luc Besson was almost choked to death by Zhou Mo's shamelessness.

"That's enough, this is the Silver Lion Award. Is it too much to ask you to have a good movie? Others may not be qualified even if they want it!"

Zhou Mo coughed lightly.

"Don't worry about the details... I will consider your words."

After the greetings, Zhou Mo stated his purpose: "I'm here mainly to learn about the film."

Luc Besson immediately understood what Zhou Mo meant.

"Don't worry, the cooperation with Trump is going smoothly. To be honest, Trump's acting skills are better than I thought. I always thought this guy was not very reliable...

Especially De Niro has said many times in front of me how weird Trump is...but I didn't expect that filming with him would go surprisingly smoothly."

Zhou Mo nodded. He was not surprised by Luc Besson's evaluation.

If he had not witnessed history and only knew Achuan from current online media and social platforms, his impression of Achuan would probably be similar to that of Luc Besson.

After all, the nickname "Te Meipu" will be quite famous in the future.

After talking about Achuan, Luc Besson turned the topic back to the movie itself.

"Zhou, since you are here, please help me share some of the work, especially some of the action scenes." Basically all directors who have worked with Zhou Mo would habitually take advantage of him when they meet Zhou Mo.

Not only is it free, it’s also extremely efficient.

Who doesn't like such a director?

Zhou Mo did not refuse, as he also wanted to take the opportunity to learn about the filming of "JW".

After staying in the crew for four days and learning all the information he needed to know, Zhou Mo found that there was indeed no problem, so he planned to leave the crew.

Before leaving, Luc Besson talked to Zhou Mo again about winning the award.

"Zhou, remember, we are the closest partners. If you need anything, you must come to me!"

Zhou Mo didn't argue with him any further.

As soon as I got in the car, I received a call from Wang Jing.

"Brother, the final data of 'Crime City' is out, the total box office is 15 billion. I, Lao Wang, have officially entered the 15 billion box office club this year."

Zhou Mo was a little surprised.

1.5 billion.

This is much higher than initially expected.

"Brother Jing, this number is okay, right?"

Wang Jing laughed and said, "How could that be? Brother, I know your rules and you will definitely not resort to those underhand methods.

Besides, Master Cui was very successful in the circle some time ago, and even Boss Jiang was affected a lot. Now even if I want to do it, no one will cooperate with me.

Speaking of which, the 15 billion box office is still your responsibility. "

"Oh?"

"Brother, you forgot that you just reached a cooperation with the eldest princess of Samsung last month. After the eldest princess returned, she arranged for their company to publicize this matter.

After Samsung announced the news, CITIC followed suit. This two-pronged approach directly brought a huge wave of popularity and traffic to the movie.

That day, the single-day box office of "Crime City" returned to 15 million, and with the subsequent box office, it finally exceeded billion."

"That's fine."

Zhou Mo congratulated Wang Jing in the movie: "So congratulations, Brother Jing. From today on, I guess no one will ever say that you can't make a blockbuster movie again."

Wang Jing laughed out loud. In the Hong Kong film era, many people did say that he was petty, made bad films, and had no major works.

But from now on, this title will no longer exist.

"Brother, I heard from Tiantian that you will be back soon. We have agreed before that I will hold a party as soon as you come back. You must come then."

"No problem, Brother Jing, don't worry." Zhou Mo agreed.

It just so happened that during this period he was still thinking about who to arrange to shoot the second part of "Criminal Metropolis" and "John Wick: Chapter 3".

Didn’t Wang Jing appear now?
Anyway, this fat guy likes to make money, and he will definitely not refuse if there is a movie to be made.

Two days later.

Zhou Mo returned to China.

Just got off the plane.

Before I had time to tell the company and Da Tiantian, the phone rang again.

This time, the person who called was Han Jianu.

"Hello, senior brother."

"Jia Nu, what's wrong?"

On the other end of the phone, Han Jianu's voice sounded somewhat helpless.

"Brother, have you forgotten that the film "Love Together" will be released at the end of next month."

Zhou Mo suddenly realized and looked at the date.

It is now early November.

There are still more than forty days until the end of the year.

Don't panic.

He coughed lightly and said, "How could I forget? But there are still more than 40 days left in this film. I thought I'd call you in two days."

Han Jianu didn't dwell on Zhou Mo's lame excuse. She called just to remind him so that her busy senior brother wouldn't forget about their project.

"A Loving Family" can be said to be the film that embodies all the expectations of these four "Poets of the Tang Dynasty".

During this period, her cell phone never stopped ringing.

They were all calls from the Great Poet of the Tang Dynasty.

No matter what the topic starts with, it can basically be transferred to movies in the end.

What made Han Jianu even more unbearable was that if it was just a phone call, it would be fine, but these people wanted to live with her just to watch her edit a movie.

The main point is, although I don’t quite understand this, but I can accompany you.

Now, Han Jianu knew Zhou Mo was back, and the first thing she did was to call Zhou Mo.

"Great Sage, please find a way to take these monsters away."

After listening to Han Jianu's complaints, Zhou Mo also coughed continuously.

Accompanying the director in editing the movie, these few people really opened up their minds.

I never thought of this.

Fortunately, Jia Nu is a female director. If it were a male director, there would not even be any need for movie promotion. They could just post it online and be done with it.

#《A Loving Family》, reality perfectly reproduces the content of the movie#
#The four main actors take turns living in the director's house, and the movie reflects reality#
He couldn't even imagine how much of a stir it would cause if these contents were really posted on the hot searches.

However, the most urgent task at the moment is to deal with Han Jianuo's predicament.

Zhou Mo thought for a moment and said to Han Jianu.

"By the way, Jia Nu, I once told you that I wanted to do a variety show that would attract a lot of attention. Do you remember?"

(End of this chapter)