Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 602 The movie is over, and there is no need to end the verbal battle

Mid-July.

Zhou Mo returns to China.

The third day after returning home.

"The Students" is out of theaters.

The total box office is 34 million.

It once again broke the box office record for domestic films, pushing the highest box office segment to the range of 3 to 4 billion.

Looking at the box office trends of "The Students", there were three waves of huge high box office.

The first wave.

A wave of results will be released in late June.

When students start researching and applying for the exam, there is another wave.

The third wave appeared when students and parents found that the plot in the movie appeared in reality again when they applied for the exam.

Many students are completely in the dark when applying for the exam. They have no idea what to do or from which direction to learn about the content.

And even if I understand it, I still don’t know whether I am suitable for it.

Don't be surprised.

This is indeed what happens in many families.

In the movie, this part of the plot can be expressed in a jingle:
If you persuade people to study medicine, you will be struck by lightning; if you persuade people to study law, you will be cut into pieces.

Biochemical and environmental materials, the four major tiankengs; civil engineering and machinery, the four major protectors.

Originally, this jingle was just a gag in the movie.

When Gao Yin was discussing the future with her friends after the college entrance examination, two of her friends complained about some common majors.

But many college students were immediately defeated when they saw this.

They have been posting complaints about their profession on the Internet.

"What the movie said is right. I didn't know anything at the beginning, so I chose this major like an idiot. Now I'm about to graduate, and when I asked about the salary, it was 92 yuan. I'm in a first-tier city, and I'm a -year-old student, but I'm only worth this much."

"Don't even mention it. The students who took the most photos to get into the school now earn less than those who scored several dozen points lower than me in other majors."

"I should have studied computer science earlier, instead of making money with my major?"

"Don't worry, the people upstairs. Computers are also starting to roll in."

"I want to say something to all the juniors and seniors who want to choose xx major on the Internet: run away and don't come here!"

These remarks, like an echo of the movie, allowed the audience to once again witness the authenticity of "Students and Scholars".

It turns out that a line of only "32 words" in the movie actually has so many stories behind it?

So, in the last week before the movie was about to be released, there was another wave of “uncovering movie Easter eggs” in the market.

Groups of students flock to the cinema to watch movies for the second and third time.

Whenever I find a small detail related to my own learning experience, I will share it on the website to attract more viewers to watch the movie.

However, such a big commotion may not always be a good thing.

At the end of early July, a professor from a school stood up and said that the movie "The Student Who Sacrificed His Life" was shot at random. He believed that Zhou Mo had never studied those majors, so how could he be qualified to evaluate the development of these majors.

This professor holds a fairly high status and is considered a well-known figure in a certain industry.

So his bombardment was quite loud.

Many people looked expectant, hoping to see a fight between dragons and tigers.

However, before the spectators could get their stools, the battle was over.

Just the day after the professor blasted "Students", some netizens dug out the professor's information.

Although he or she may have a background in one of the “Thirty-Two Characters”, he or she later changed his or her path and frequently participated in activities in another field.

Then another of his former students revealed that this professor was very caring towards his students and wanted to arrange many years of work experience for each of them.

When this news came out, there was no suspense in this contest.

Such is the battle of public opinion.

One wrong move and the whole game is ruined.

And from beginning to end, Zhou Mo never even responded to this.

Because he didn't have time to respond.

There are so many people who hope Zhou Mo can share his experience, hold seminars, exchange skills, or even just say a few words.

Every day, there are piles of calls and messages.

no way.

The box office of 3.4 billion is so tempting.

However, Zhou Mo only symbolically attended two meetings that were high enough in level and could not be avoided, and then rejected all subsequent invitations.

Some of it will be really meaningless.

A problem that everyone understood, but after several hours of discussion, no one could get to the point.

Everyone is sharing their insights on the film market, approaching the issue from a variety of angles, except for the audience.

Zhou Mo also thought at the beginning that with his status, he might be able to get a group of people who control resources or can be in charge to change things a little and do something from the audience's perspective.

But it was obvious that everything he did was in vain.

So, Zhou Mo simply didn't go.

Get rid of the hair.

If you have that much time, you might as well create more works and earn some money.

When you make more money, people will naturally follow your direction.

To exaggerate a little, if one day, half of the box office revenue of the entire domestic film market is taken by Shanhe Company, then everyone else will have to improve the quality of their works even if they are unwilling.

Zhou Mo originally thought this idea was ridiculous.

He didn't believe it himself.

No matter how good a company is, it is impossible to cut off half of the market share. But then he thought about the outrageous operations of these people in China, who made a market sluggish, consumers kept leaving and refused to consume, and he thought it was very possible.

Late July.

Zhou Mo completed all the work on "Students".

Finally, I was able to put my experience on “The People’s Righteousness”.

Now that I've already started to get involved in the production of this play, I might as well do more.

Shanhe Company.

office.

Zhou Mo met the three core members of "In the Name" here.

The director is Li Lu, the producer is Xia Donghai, and the screenwriter is also Zhou Meisen, who is also the author of the original novel.

Zhou Mo greeted the three people, and their reactions were different.

Zhou Meisen was more relaxed. He was a senior in the writer and screenwriter circles. He and Zhou Mo had known each other for a long time and the two would discuss some plots from time to time.

Needless to say, Xia Donghai has already seen it.

The most excited person was Li Lu, who is also a veteran director but had not been particularly famous before.

In her previous life, what really made Li Lu famous was "In the Name".

Before, when Li Lu heard that Zhou Mo had started to take over the script and proposed revisions, he thought that Zhou Mo was preparing to return to the film industry.

Because of this, he was nervous for several nights.

Although Zhou Mo cannot compare with him in terms of qualifications.

But in terms of results, the ratings of the new version of "Myth" is still on the list.

If Zhou Mo really wants to be a director, no one can compete with him.

Fortunately, Zhou Mo later explained that he did not intend to be a director, but might just control the direction of the TV series.

Li Lu was relieved and expressed her opinion immediately.

"During the filming, everyone discussed it together..."

After a simple greeting, the four of them started talking about "In the Name".

The first thing to talk about is the script.

Zhou Meisen is undoubtedly a big shot in the industry. After listening to Zhou Mo's opinions, he only communicated with Zhou Mo once more and quickly understood Zhou Mo's intentions.

Then, it took a few more days to come up with a brand new script.

These included changes to character settings and dialogues, which basically met Zhou Mo's requirements.

"I have no problem with the script. Let's talk about other things, such as casting. How is the situation on your side?"

The three of them looked at each other, and Gao Yalin spoke.

He pulled out a list.

So far, we have considered these people.

Zhou Mo took it and read it roughly.

There is not much change in several major characters, such as Li Dakang, Qi Tongwei, the young cabinet minister... no, Secretary Gao.

None of this has changed.

Some supporting characters haven't changed either.

However, there is a vacancy in the list of candidates for Hou Liangping.

"Didn't Hou Liangping get elected?" Zhou Mo asked.

“Yes, it was already difficult to find someone to play the original Hou Liangping, and after Director Zhou adjusted the role of the Super Hou Liangping, we thought about it over and over again, but we still couldn’t find a suitable candidate.

First of all, you have to be young enough, and secondly, you have to be able to perform that kind of righteous feeling, and at the same time you have to be smart, there are really not many people like this."

This is true.

Zhou Mo also knew that such a person was not easy to find.

"Actually, there is still a choice." Li Lu suddenly said.

"Who?"

"Zhou Jie, but he can't play Hou Liangping." Li Lu said.

When Zhou Mo and the other two heard this, they understood instantly.

Erkang.

It's true, based on his acting skills and his passion for studying drama, he might be able to play the role of Hou Liangping well.

It’s a pity that Hou Liangping really couldn’t let him come.

Thinking of this, Zhou Mo and others felt helpless.

"It's a pity indeed."

To be honest, when the mainland film and television industry first began to develop, the first person to take off on this trend was not Huang Xiaoming, but Zhou Jie.

The gap between the two people is actually quite obvious, both in terms of performance and popularity.

Zhou Jie's reputation was completely established after the two dramas "Return of the Pearl" and "Shao Bao".

At that time, it was just the turn of the century.

As for Huang Xiaoming, he really became famous a year later with "The Emperor of Han Dynasty".

Although later Zhou Jie was made into emoticons by many netizens due to some specific scenes in "My Fair Princess".

But in fact, Zhou Jie's acting skills, especially in emotional outbursts, are quite good.

In addition, Zhou Jie's image in "Young Justice Bao" is actually somewhat similar to Hou Liangping.

For example, the confrontation between Bao Heitan and the Eight Wise Kings, and the communication afterwards.

Bao Heitan said: "I am just an ordinary citizen of Luzhou City. I don't understand or know anything about government affairs. For me, there is only one truth, and my goal is to find out the truth."

This is similar to the new version where Hou Liangping discovers that both his teacher and former senior brother have problems, so he no longer cares about their past friendship but insists on finding out the truth.

(End of this chapter)