Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 57 May Day Schedule
As we all know, Jiang Wen is very domineering when making movies.

There are usually only two situations when people work with him.

Or become his shape, like Liao Fan.

Either endure it during filming, or never work with Jiang Wen again, like Lu Tailang.

In the crew of "Guan Yunchang", Comrade Lao Jiang used the same trick again.

Trying to transform the crew.

Unfortunately, it was not successful this time.

He met Zhen Kung Fu.

As the successor of action movies introduced by Hong Kong, Zhen Kung Fu has always been overbearing. How could he tolerate another bandit who used to be a county magistrate to appear above him?

Faced with the two options given by Jiang Wen, he didn't want either one.

Therefore, during the half year of filming "Guan Yunchang", the two had many conflicts.

Later on, they hardly spoke except when acting.

Zhuang Wenqiang looked at the three people in front of him and recalled Zhou Mo's proposal.

"Is it true that the release date of Guan Yunchang can no longer be adjusted? I wrote the script for New World, it's really good, we may not be able to compete with it."

He sincerely hopes that "Guan Yunchang" can achieve good results.

After all, it was the first time I directed such a large production.

But the proposal was immediately refuted.

Mai Zhaohong answered from the perspective of an investor: "Our play has been delayed for too long, and the investors can't wait any longer."

Zhen Kung Fu is more direct.

"No, there's also 'Wu Xia' in July. If my two movies collide, it will create unnecessary competition."

Jiang Wen's answer was very casual: "I don't care, we can release it anytime."

Anyway, he had a great time playing Cao Cao in the filming of "Guan Yunchang".

As for the box office, there is no way "The Gate" can surpass "The Bullet".

It's all right with him.

Zhuang Wenqiang looked at the three people in front of him, recalled the various difficulties he had encountered during the previous filming, and felt ruthless.

How can we make a good movie with guys like you!

I don’t want to do this anymore.

“Then let’s release it as normal.”

Zhuang Wenqiang said this and no longer had the desire to fight for it.

He needs to think about how to promote "New World".

Zhou Mo promised him that if the box office of "New World" exceeded 1 million, the crew would support him to compete for the Best Screenplay Award at the Academy Awards. ()

Five days later, the promotion of "New World" officially began.

In order to boost the box office this time, Zhou Mo did not save money like he did before. Instead, he went at full speed and conquered cities everywhere.

For a time, news about "New World" was everywhere on the Internet.

"Qiu Cixuan, the actress who plays Lin Pinru in "Temptation to Go Home", recognized some of the storylines and realistic imagination in "New World."

"Andy Lau said that New World reminded him of a movie he had starred in before."

The latter piece of news was released by Li Zhan.

On the day the interview was released, the tag directly became the most popular in the film and television section of Mile Station.

Countless fans are eagerly waiting and leaving comments expressing their hope to see "The New World".

Of course, there are also a small number of people who sing a different tune.

Some people think that Zhou Mo is just trying to create hype by linking his defense to "Infernal Affairs". There must be a limit to how much he can do to attract attention.

There is really no limit to the young directors nowadays.

Unfortunately, Zhou Mo soon slapped them in the face.

He released an interview:
"The screenwriter of Infernal Affairs, winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay, Chong Wen-keung, sees New World as a darker version of Infernal Affairs, saying that the content is absolutely explosive!"

Zhuang Wenqiang's reputation is still guaranteed.

As the screenwriter of "Infernal Affairs", his certification is even more useful than Andy Lau's.

For a time, information about "New World" was everywhere on the Internet.

Many companies were surprised by Zhou Mo's bold move.

"How come he is so good at cooking?"

"It's impenetrable and impossible to defend against."

Some crews that also want to release movies during the May Day holiday have already started considering adjusting their release dates.

The scene of Zhou Mo rushing around with a low-budget movie "Love Is Not Blind" last year is still vivid in our minds. There is no need to confront him at this time.

Of course, some people are scared, while others are excited.

The core members of the "Guan Yunchang" crew gathered together.

"It will be released on April 4th. With an investment of over 27 million yuan, I don't believe we can't beat a low-budget production of million yuan."

Zhen Kung Fu made a decision.

His recent conflict with Jiang Wen is almost public. He doesn't want to stay with Jiang Wen for even a minute. The sooner the film is released, the sooner they can separate.

Of course, Zhen Kung Fu was still rational. He knew that Zhou Mo was not easy to mess with, so he specifically instructed the publicity department not to drag down the "New World" crew.

It’s a pity that although he wanted to keep a low profile this time, the audience didn’t so easily let go of the opportunity to watch the show.

At the premiere of "Guan Yunchang".

An audience member asked Zhen Kung Fu whether he had the confidence to defeat Zhou Mo in another competition.

Zhen Kung Fu: ...

He couldn't just say in public that he couldn't win.

That would be too demoralizing.

But we can't say that we can definitely beat them. It would be a slap in our face to talk about this kind of window paper that can be broken with just a poke.

In desperation, he could only choose to change the subject.

"Director Zhou is a very talented director. I hope to work with him."

Faced with such a lackluster answer, many people would subconsciously think that Zhen Kung Fu was not confident in the film.

Audiences vote with their feet. I heard that even the leading actor in your movie doesn't have confidence in himself, so I might as well go watch another movie.

The New World looks great.

Invisibly.

Zhen Kung Fu once again advertised "New World".

The next day, the first day box office of "Guan Yunchang" came out.

The data, which was highly anticipated by countless people and cheered by countless media, shocked countless people once it was released.

Not too high, but too low.

"How many?"

"More than 1200 million..."

When Liu Shishi heard this number, he couldn't help but frown.

"Why is it so little? The first day box office was 1200 million. It must be hard to make money."

"Forget making money. I think it will be hard to even recoup the money."

Zhou Mo couldn't help laughing.

In the previous life, when "Guan Yunchang" was released, it still had around 1500 million.

Under his influence in this life, the box office on the first day directly lost two million.

"Didn't their crew announce a box office target of 600 million a while ago? This is far from enough."

Liu Shishi was looking through the film reviews on the website.

Both hands didn't stop.

"Hey, Zhou Mo, you should take a look at the reviews of this movie. They are very interesting."

Zhou Mo was too lazy to look at his phone and went straight to Liu Shishi.

What caught my eye was a complaint.

"Second Master: Is it that you, Cao Mengde, are too coquettish, or that I, Guan Yu, can't lift my sword... Hey, where is my sword?"

Zhou Mo burst out laughing on the spot, because he knew that this comment was complaining about the scene in the movie where the Green Dragon Crescent Blade was broken by a soldier.

In addition, there are many similar film reviews.

"Qinglong Yanyue has no sword."

"A man with a beautiful beard is not called a man with a beautiful beard, but a man without a beard."

"A 1.7-meter-tall man with a beautiful beard, right? He looks even shorter than Cao Cao, which is ridiculous."

"Stop talking, or the 1.7-meter-tall Martial Saint will jump up and hit you on the knee."

Zhou Mo glanced through the film reviews of "Guan Yunchang" and laughed so hard that he covered his stomach.

What a stupid netizen.

The comments section is much better than the movie.

That's right.

He still went to watch "Guan Yunchang" again.

After all, it is a big production directed by Alan Mak and Chuang Man-keung.

Read it all over again.

As expected.

Director Xiang Cheng's historical films never disappoint.

Guan Yu, who puts righteousness first, flirted with his sister-in-law and fought with an unknown soldier for three hundred rounds.

Most of the few highlights in the whole play were provided by Jiang Wen——

A brand new, domineering and unrestrained Cao Cao.

Although most of the audiences who have watched the movie do not like Guan Yu played by Zhen Gongfu, they generally approve of Jiang Wen's Cao Cao.

Occasionally there were sporadic voices of objection, some people thought that Jiang Wen portrayed Cao Cao as a bandit and that he lacked all of Cao Cao's charm, but they were quickly drowned out by the saliva.

Soon after, the box office figures for the second and third days were also released.

1400W.

1400W.

Although the box office has increased, it is more like a flash in the pan.

The crew of "Guan Yunchang" started reverse marketing.

Bad publicity for the movie.

Many viewers were attracted by this reverse marketing and went to the cinema to see how bad the movie could be.

After watching it and finding it really bad, I started to curse it.

Curse the crew, curse the director, curse the screenwriter, curse Zhen Kung Fu...

Among them, Zhen Kung Fu was the one who was criticized the most harshly.

Seeing that the reputation of the action movie successor that they had worked so hard to bring up was about to be destroyed, many Hong Kong media outlets could no longer sit still and began to hype the issue.

It's just that something is wrong with their direction.

They actually chose to hype up the conflicts between the two leading actors in the crew, seemingly trying to bring the war to Jiang Wen.

Amidst the noise.

The premiere of "New World" has arrived.

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(End of this chapter)