Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 64 Free
"New World" is only a day or two away from being released.

The company's head asked Zhou Mo if he needed to promote the product again.

"The box office revenue from the remaining few days combined won't be able to catch up with 'Earthquake,' let alone 'Bullet.' There's no need for that."

The phone hangs up.

Liu Shishi listened to the whole thing and said, "What a pity! If it had 20 million more, it would have caught up with "The Great Earthquake."

Zhou Mo smiled and said, "What's so regrettable about this? I'm already very satisfied with 600 million. The upper limit of police and gangster movies is basically this level. No director will be able to break this record in the short term, unless I do it myself."

"You are quite confident." Liu Shishi joked, "Aren't you afraid that a director who writes a better script than you might suddenly appear and break your box office record in one fell swoop?"

"impossible."

Zhou Mo is very confident: "Let's not talk about whether these people in the Hong Kong circle can make a movie with better content than "New World". Even if they can make it, it will be difficult to surpass "New World" at the box office."

"why?"

"At this stage, the box office at this level is no longer determined by the content of the film."

"Then what can decide it?" Liu Shishi asked curiously.

"The market can only break through this limit when the market continues to expand and the box office of all movies has a significant improvement."

After Zhou Mo's explanation, Liu Shishi no longer had any regrets.

It’s okay to stop doing promotional activities, it’s just right for me to have a few more days of rest.

In two days, she will return to the crew of "Scarlet Heart".

So, she cherishes this time especially.

After they got up, they had a simple breakfast.

During this period, Liu Shishi's agent called and asked her how long she planned to stay there, so that she wouldn't accidentally become addicted to beauty and forget about leaving.

Liu Shishi gave Zhou Mo a look, signaling him to cooperate.

"Don't worry, sister. I'll be back after I finish the final promotion of New World in the next two days, right Zhou Mo?"

Zhou Mo looked at Liu Shishi speechlessly as she tried to cover up her mistake, thinking to herself, how could your agent not know whether there is an event or not?

You are telling her here that there will be an event coming up, but I wonder who you are actually fooling?
As expected, as soon as Liu Shishi finished speaking, her agent's rather tired voice rang out: "Shishi, I'm not saying anything bad about you. If you really can't lie, it's fine, but your voice is trembling, it sounds too fake."

Liu Shishi's face flushed red and she glared at Zhou Mo fiercely.

Just as she was about to continue to argue, she heard her agent continue, "But if you want to take a two-day break, that's fine. I know you've been tired lately, so just treat it as a day off from Director Zhou's place to relax."

Liu Shishi was a little surprised: "Sister, you won't persuade me to go back?"

On the other end of the phone, the agent felt desperate when he heard this.

I would like to advise.

But I can persuade him.

Thinking back to the beginning, she had tried her best to prevent the big bad wolf from approaching the little white rabbit.

Judging from the process, there is no doubt that the anti-wolf campaign was successful.

But who could have thought that when success was almost achieved, the little white rabbit would give it away for free!

"How can I persuade you? You've already fallen into the tiger's mouth. How can I persuade you?"

Liu Shishi didn't say anything and tried to play ostrich to hide her embarrassment.

The agent also knows that some things cannot be stopped.

Instead of trying to stop it, it is better to go with the flow.

What's more, since she has a closer relationship with Zhou Mo, Liu Shishi is not at a disadvantage. Maybe she can make further progress in the future.

She warned:

"I just want to say one thing. I know Director Zhou has some special habits, but Shishi, remember, if you don't want to be like the xx scandal, then don't leak those photos, unless you want to be at the top of the hot search list on the website."

Hang up.

Liu Shishi put her hands on her hips and said, "You underestimate me. How could I let such an important thing leak out?"

On the side, Zhou Mo stopped what he was doing: "Don't worry, your agent is actually talking about me, go back and tell her don't worry, I can't do such a tasteless thing."

An hour and a half later.

After breakfast, Zhou Mo told Liu Shishi to wash up and go out for a while.

Liu Shishi gestured OK and said, "Wait for me for forty minutes."

Zhou Mo nodded.

understood.

Two hours.

While Liu Shishi was getting dressed, he opened his cell phone and casually looked through the messages that had accumulated over time.

Several groups are relatively quiet.

Only the group message about "Let the Bullets Fly" had hundreds of messages.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be an advance congratulations to Huang Silang and Chen Kun on the success of their new movie "Great Cause".

It's already June.

In less than half a month, "Great Cause" will be released. Many people in the industry have made predictions that once "Great Cause" is released, there will be one more movie in the 600 million box office in China.

The tone in the group is pretty much the same.

During the discussion, someone asked: "I don't know if the box office of "Great Cause" can surpass "Earthquake"."

This topic is not surprising.

When "Bullet" was first released, its biggest enemy was "Earthquake".

Therefore, a habit has been formed in the group that once a good movie is released, everyone will subconsciously compare it with "The Great Earthquake".

Just like the little BOSS in the Novice Village.

But Zhou Mo had no intention of achieving this goal.

I've said it over and over again. Even if he isn't annoyed, the readers should be.

So, he decisively sent a message in the chat group:

"If you ask me, don't treat Earthquake as your boss. If you want to fight, fight Bullet instead."

As soon as these words were spoken, the group instantly became excited.

Some are dreaming, some are making a fuss.

Some are making rational analyses, and some have just gotten off the plane.

Zhou Mo hadn't posted any messages in the "Bullet" group for a while. When his avatar appeared, a bunch of guys who had been lurking for years were shocked.

Seeing him pointing his sword at "Bullet", Jiang Wen jumped up first.

"If you have an ideal, I support you."

Mako: +1.

After the two heads of the family, Jiang Wen and Ma Ke, spoke, everyone relaxed and started to speculate that in a few years, a movie would appear that would surpass the box office of "Bullet".

“The success of Bullet cannot be replicated. It will take at least five years to surpass it.”

"I don't think so. Four years is enough."

"I'll give you a number. Three years."

As the debate became increasingly heated, even Shao Bing and Liao Fan joined the discussion.

"Two and a half years!"

"Two years!"

The group was becoming more and more lively, and it looked like a fight was about to break out.

Zhou Mo decisively exited the group chat.

This is called leaving when the work is done, hiding one's body and name.

Just as he was about to exit the software, someone suddenly contacted him.

Chen Kun.

"Director Zhou, I wonder if you have heard any news about "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" recently?"

"Well, isn't it going to be released in December?" Zhou Mo was a little curious: "What's the matter, Brother Kun?"

On the other side, Chen Kun continued typing.

"Yes, Director Xu mentioned the publicity a while ago and wanted to contact Director Zhou. Director Zhou and I happened to know each other, so he asked me to be the middleman."

"Propaganda is easy."

Zhou Mo agreed readily, since it was all about making money anyway.

The publicity was just a small episode, and the two chatted casually for a while. Chen Kun took the opportunity to express his hope for an opportunity for cooperation.

Zhou Mo has no objection.

I agreed on the spot.

Although he hasn't figured out what kind of movie he can let Chen Kun make at the moment.

But this did not stop him from promising Chen Kun a happy ending.

Because Chen Kun was also promising him something.

After exiting the chat software, Zhou Mo glanced at Liu Shishi and found that she might not have even completed one-third of the process.

Just when I was about to go back to my room for a nap, the phone suddenly rang.

connected.

It was Han Sanping, calling him over.

　I had something to do today, so I posted late. Sorry, I apologize to everyone.

　　Thanks for the reward, thank you.

　　Thanks to the book friends for their recommendations. I don’t have enough time, so I will write the names next time, but thank you all the same.

　　In addition, starting from tomorrow we will enter the third round of recommendations, and we are still asking for follow-up reading, monthly tickets, recommendations, collections, and comments.

　　Thank you everyone, the humble author expresses his gratitude online.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)