Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 6 Big head, big head, don’t worry about rain

"Love Is Not Blind".

A dark horse movie that cost less than 900 million yuan but grossed 3.5 million yuan, directly won the box office championship in the first half of the year it was broadcast.

With a return rate of nearly 40 times, it ranks among the best in the world film industry in the 21st century.

In the previous life, the director of this movie was Teng Huatao.

His works include "Dwelling Narrowness" and "Naked Marriage".

It was only 11 years when Teng Huatao filmed "Lost in Love". At that time, the domestic entertainment box office had not yet expanded. The box office of 3.5 million directly allowed Teng Huatao to ascend from a TV drama director to a movie director.

Then, Director Teng made the masterpiece that was said to close the door to Chinese entertainment science fiction movies——

"The Fortress of the Demon City".

In this life, when Zhou Mo discovered the script of "Love Is Not Blind" from the system, he decisively exchanged it, which can be regarded as a contribution to the industry.

As for Director Teng, he should just focus on making TV series.

Back to Zhou Mo, the moment Da Tiantian agreed to his conditions, a system voice rang in his ears.

【New optimization goals have been established】

[Optimized work: Love Is Not Blind]

[Optimization goal: rate of return]

[Reward: The right to purchase an entertainment work, content of the work: to be determined]

Before Zhou Mo could carefully look at the content of the task, Da Tiantian pestered Zhou Mo to explain the play to him.

“The main plot of this drama is that the heroine is arrogant and strong, and after being betrayed by her boyfriend and best friend, she gradually discovers many things in her life that she didn’t notice, such as her sissy colleague, within 33 days, and finally finds love.

What do you think?

Jing Tian thought for a moment and said, "This is an urban movie drama."

Zhou Mo took a deep breath.

Yes, it’s no use asking.

Fortunately, after four years of being together, he has become accustomed to Tiantian's head.

This girl is indeed not very sensitive to entertainment works.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be ranked at the top of the bad movie engine rankings.

Zhou Mo considered this as the price he had to pay for kneeling down to the rich woman.

After all, if Da Tiantian knew everything, he would have no chance of getting promoted.

“Tiantian, this drama actually has many aspects that are close to real life, such as long-term relationships, cheating, best friends, and sissy colleagues. These are all closely related to daily life and will make the audience feel involved.

So as long as the script is good, this play can achieve good results even if the cost is very low.”

This time, Da Tiantian understood.

"You mean this play won't cost much?" Da Tiantian waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, Zhou Mo. We have plenty of money. Just follow the highest standards."

Zhou Mo: ...

Such a disgusting face, bah!
"How about this, I'll send you the script first, you read it first, let the company start the process, and we can start early."

Tiantian takes her first movie very seriously.

I called someone that night.

Soon, the project of "Love Is Not Blind" was officially launched.

When it comes to investment, Da Tiantian is very generous. When she heard that she was the heroine, she consciously prepared to cover all the expenses of the play.

Zhou Mo disagreed and paid for a 40% share.

No one can have too much money.

If you know a movie can make money, you’d be a fool not to invest in it.

During this period, Zhou Mo also returned to school.

I met with the teacher and expressed my intention to make a movie to the department, hoping to get some guidance.

When the leader heard that his students were going to make a movie, he naturally gave his full support.

I can't help with funds, and Zhou Mo doesn't need it.

Manpower, equipment, whatever you want will be provided.

Even the venue can be arranged.

The level of support was so strong that some teachers had opinions. They all have their own students, and they are all the school’s children. Why should your family have everything you want?
As a result, the opinion was rejected by the leader as soon as it was raised.

"The kid came back to school to ask the teacher for help. If you don't help him, are you planning to push him to the Central Academy of Drama?"

Obviously, these words were referring to Jiang Wen again.

Eliminating Jiang Wen is a problem that Beijing Film Academy cannot get over.

Zhou Mo's trip to Beijing Film Academy went smoothly. In addition to equipment, he also brought back a list of names of younger classmates from other departments, all of whom were recommended by teachers overtly or covertly, hoping to get them a supporting role or something.

A group of people who have received professional training have some skills, but there are too many of them.

Zhou Mo couldn't refuse, so he just packed up and took it away.

If it really doesn't work, just pretend to be a passerby. This will save some money and also give an explanation to the department.

Since the task is return rate, Zhou Mo tries his best to save every penny.

The crew is ready, and the next step is to recruit actors.

He is well-informed about the news in the circle. Since the day the project of "Broken Love" was launched, Zhou Mo's phone has never stopped ringing.

Everyone knows that the heroine is Da Tiantian, and no one is fighting for it.

Everyone is vying for the leading male role.

Wen Zhang, Zhu Yawen, Wu Xiubo...the latter two recommended themselves, while the former found someone to act as an intermediary in advance after hearing that Zhou Mo had rejected many people.

When Zhou Mo saw Li Lianjie's call, he was shocked.

This man is really close to his godson.

After the two had a harmonious chat, Zhou Mo decisively rejected the Kung Fu Emperor's suggestion.

There are too many thunders and I can’t afford them.

"Zhou Mo, who are you going to choose?"

Even Da Tiantian asked about it, she was very concerned about the actor's acting skills.

"Lei Jiayin."

"Who?" Da Tiantian was stunned. She tried hard to search the person in her mind, but found that she had no impression of this person at all.

But it’s not her fault.

Lei Jiayin's first rise to fame was not until the year after that with "The Golden Robbery".

The little Dongbei in the movie allowed people in the industry to see the superb acting skills of this big boy from Northeast China.

But in 2010, Lei Jiayin was still a complete unknown. People in the circle seemed to know this person when his name was mentioned, but they couldn't match his face with his name.

So, when Lei Jiayin met Zhou Mo for the first time, he was even a little nervous.

"Director Zhou, thank you for giving me this opportunity."

"Guo Jingfei recommended you to me."

Guo Jingfei, the ex-boyfriend of the heroine in the previous life of "Love Is Not Blind", cheated on the heroine's best friend.

In this life, Zhou Mo continued to be the candidate.

The male and female protagonists have all been replaced, and the others will not be replaced if possible.

At that time, Guo Jingfei was also an unknown actor. He and Lei Jiayin were fellow apprentices. Both of them graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy and had experience in drama. They were serious acting talents.

What’s more interesting is that both of them are the type who achieve success late in life.

Lei Jiayin became famous for his role as the ex-husband in "My First Half of Life", and Guo Jingfei became famous for his role as the second brother Su Mingcheng in "All Is Well".

There is also Li Guangjie who became popular again, and the three of them are collectively known as "TF Old BOYS".

Lei Jiayin had been observing Zhou Mo quietly. After finding that he was not arrogant, he relaxed a little: "Then I will treat my senior brother to a good meal later."

"I've seen you in College Entrance Examination 1977. Your acting is great." Zhou Mo asked, "You've read the script. You're going to play a sissy this time. Is that a problem?"

Lei Jiayin nodded: "Of course no problem."

Zhou Mo then noticed that this guy's head was indeed very big, and it looked completely out of proportion to his body size.

"If you have any other questions, you can ask them in advance."

"Director Zhou, when is our movie scheduled to be released?"

"It's the May Day schedule, so we'll start shooting right after the New Year. I think we'll have time."

All I can say is that Lei Jiayin is really free. I didn't even ask about the shooting time, because he can cooperate at almost any time throughout the year.

Therefore, he cherishes this opportunity very much.

"Hurry up and memorize your lines." Zhou Mo reminded.

"Director Zhou, don't worry. I will definitely give it my all and guarantee to use 120% of my acting skills."

Zhou Mo hesitated: "Actually... you don't have to be so unreserved. As the male lead, you still need to cooperate with others' acting skills."

Lei Jiayin: ...

Zhou Mo was talking about Da Tiantian.

The original female lead in "Love Is Not Blind" was Yizhichan, but in this life she was replaced by Datiantian by Zhou Mo.

The acting skills between the two are at least as bad as Wang Luodan.

If Zhou Mo had not obtained the skill of [Eye of Cupid], he would not have dared to let Da Tiantian play the leading female role.

I can’t teach it.

The protagonist's acting is so poor that it will affect the expression of the entire movie.

Haven’t you seen that the heroines of the two "Asian Blade" parts, Liu Shishi and Yang Mi, seem to be out of tune with the whole play in the movie, and completely become cushions for other female characters.

Zhou Mo's words were quite direct, and even Da Tiantian understood them.

After signing the contract and Lei Jiayin left, Da Tiantian went straight into the room and grabbed Zhou Mo by the collar: "Mr. Zhou, what do you mean!"

Zhou Mo blinked: "You know."

"I understand, I don't understand a thing!" Da Tiantian was angry: "You just don't think highly of my acting skills."

"Tiantian, let's not talk about things that don't exist."

Da Tiantian said stubbornly: “(ˉ^￣～)~Tsk.

It's as if I'm really bad. There are so many people in the crew, I can't be the only one whose acting is bad."

Zhou Mo silently read out the list of crew members, "Lei Jiayin, Guo Jingfei, Encore Wang, Zhang Jiayi, the actresses are Zhang Zixuan, Jiao Junyan, and Hai Qing, and you are among the group of people. Don't you think this painting looks familiar?"

He opened his phone and pulled out a picture.

In the middle of a group of wolves stood a husky.

"Tiantian, do you think it's very vivid?"

Da Tiantian: ...

What should I do if I suddenly feel a little panicked?
She struggled and said, "I filmed "My Lucky Star" before, and the response was pretty good."

"Your work is an idol TV series, this is a movie, is there any difference? Don't you know the difference?"

(End of this chapter)