Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 611 Filming Begins, Filming Ends
Zhou Mo sometimes feels helpless about the mentality of these domestic filmmakers: "I don't make money even if there is money, I just play around!"

While saying that the development of the film industry has been affected, he called on everyone to go to the cinema to watch movies more often.

While serving the answers to the questions to the audience, if they didn't eat them, they would still complain.

This behavior, just one sentence.

In the past, we were treated too well. Not only did we make money, but we also had to be coaxed by the audience and treated like masters.

Later, the audience realized that those who paid money were the bosses, and they didn’t want to appease these people anymore, and they instantly felt uncomfortable.

My movie is so good, why don’t you watch it?

Zhou Mo had also talked about these things with some so-called industry insiders.

Industry insider: Director Zhou, now that you have achieved such great results, you should also share your experience and develop the circle together.

Zhou Mo: No problem, you can shoot whatever the audience likes, just like our company's "xx", which is quite good recently. You can do some research and write a script. If the money is not enough, our company can help with some equipment and funds if it is suitable after reading the script.

Industry insiders: How can that be possible? How can we follow the audience’s ideas? We, the artists, should have our own ideas and guide their thoughts. Balabala…

Zhou Mo: ...

Later, he was too lazy to say anything more to these people.

Since some people are too rich, the market is obviously unwilling to make so much money.

Then just let him make the money.

At the very least, he would not make money from the audience while scolding them for not knowing the value of their work.

Two hours later.

The meal is over.

Zhou Mo signed contracts with several people that night.

The rest do not want to sign, but Shanhe cannot provide so many projects for the time being, and it will be too late to sign by the time the projects are launched next year.

……

Five days later.

Early in the morning.

Zhou Mo woke up from the warm bed.

I touched my surroundings and found that they were already empty.

Get up, brush your teeth, wash your face.

As soon as I came out of the bathroom, I saw Liu Shishi coming back from outside, exhausted.

"Finally you woke up, lazy pig."

Liu Shishi brought a bag of breakfast, put it on the table, and asked Zhou Mo to eat it himself.

Zhou Mo was a little surprised.

"Hey, how did you get here by yourself?"

Liu Shishi was helpless.

"Are you sleeping like a fool? This is my home."

Zhou Mo slapped his head.

"I'm sorry, I've been working so hard these days that my mind is confused."

Liu Shishi snorted.

"I don't think you're confused because of work, but because you've been partying too much every night and your mind is not clear."

Zhou Mo thought about it and actually admitted it.

"It's true that we've been partying every night, but the problem is that I've been by your side for several days in a row."

Liu Shishi hesitated for a moment, then nonchalantly slapped away Zhou Mo's right hand that was reaching for breakfast.

"Go wash your hands. Are you going to have breakfast without washing your hands?"

"I've washed it."

Zhou Mo stretched out his hands and waved them in front of Liu Shishi.

"Oh, then eat it."

Liu Shishi took out a plate from the kitchen, rearranged the food, placed some of Zhou Mo's favorite dishes in front of him, and asked again.

"Are you going to the crew the day after tomorrow?"

Zhou Mo nodded.

"Why, you don't want me to leave?"

Liu Shishi admitted it very straightforwardly.

"Of course I don't want to leave. You've been getting busier and busier in recent years, either going abroad or spending a long time on the set. I finally waited for you to have some free time, so of course I want to stay a few more days."

Zhou Mo stopped chewing and thought about it.

"Then I'll go to the crew a few days later and stay here with you more during this time." Liu Shishi supported his chin.

"Really?"

"Ah."

Zhou Mo took out his cell phone and was about to make a call when his hand was stopped.

Looking up, Liu Shishi's eyes were curved.

"No need to ask for leave, just go there according to your normal schedule."

"No?"

"Well, no, I'm already satisfied." Liu Shishi shook her head, and then seemed to remember something and said, "By the way, Lao Hu and Lao Huo, please let me ask you about the assembly line movie you told Brother Honglei and the others about last week. Do they still have a chance? Even a supporting role is fine."

Zhou Mo felt a little strange.

"Yes, they did, but why didn't they ask me themselves?"

"Have you forgotten that you are so busy now that people generally won't call your personal number. And you've turned off your work number."

"Oh, then you can talk to them. When they go back to the company, see if there are any roles suitable for them and whether they are willing to play them."

"Okay, I'll ask them to treat you to a meal later."

"Well, we are all family, there is no need for that."

"Also, speaking of the dinner you had with Brother Honglei last week, there have been some bad things happening to you recently." Liu Shishi suddenly said angrily.

Zhou Mo was a little curious.

He expected that the rhythm Liu Shishi mentioned should not be very fast, otherwise the assistant would call him.

If there are no phone calls, it means the rhythm is controllable, or even very small.

"Bad sound? What do you mean?"

Liu Shishi took out his cell phone and showed the web page to Zhou Mo.

Zhou Mo took a quick look, his eyes somewhat disdainful.

The content on the webpage is basically an evaluation of Zhou Mo’s “assembly line movies”.

Soulless, shoddy, lacking in humanistic atmosphere, eating alone...

Liu Shishi bit the food in her mouth angrily.

"You asked them to make those movies, but they didn't want to. Now it's your turn to make them, and they think you're stealing their business."

When Liu Shishi saw Zhou Mo being criticized, she was even more unhappy than if she herself was being criticized.

Seeing this, Zhou Mo gently held her right hand.

"Okay, don't be angry, I have heard this kind of comments since I started filming "Chu and Han" a few years ago.

Why should we get angry over those people? They are just talking and it won't affect our work. There is no need to do that."

Liu Shishi thought about it and it made sense.

Over the years, the voices denying Zhou Mo have never stopped, especially the voices from some associations.

But Zhou Mo's status is getting higher and higher, and his performance is getting better and better.

As she was thinking about it, she suddenly felt herself floating in the air.

"Eh?"

When I looked down, I found that I had been held in mid-air without knowing when.

"What are you doing?" Liu Shishi subconsciously grabbed Zhou Mo's arm.

Zhou Mo smiled.

"Don't you think there are few opportunities to meet? We should seize the opportunity while there is still time."

When Liu Shishi heard this, he lowered his head.

"Then you're just talking..."

……

More than a month later.

The crew of "Name".

Six o'clock in the evening.

Zhou Mo said to a group of staff while standing on the set.

"This is a rare opportunity. We have only a few days left to shoot so why not have some fun? Tomorrow at noon, let's all start eating!"

"it is good!"

ps: I’m too lazy to write about the shooting, so I’ll just skip it!

(End of this chapter)