Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 68 Determining the Candidate

Although Jiao Junyan was chosen as the heroine, Zhou Mo also knew that in terms of national popularity in 2011, let alone Jiao Junyan, even if Guo Jingfei, Jiao Junyan, and Sakai Masato were tied together, they could not beat Yui Aragaki.

Fortunately, he never thought of making a play a hit with just the actors.

The new version of "Victory is Justice" relies more on content to attract attention.

Especially the chapters related to the entertainment industry.

After all, people who like to have fun are always the most active group on the Internet.

If we satisfy the curiosity of these people, there is no need to worry about the ratings.

"The male and female protagonists are tentatively decided to be Guo Jingfei and Jiao Junyan"

After hearing the names of the male and female protagonists, Ren Zhonglun was quite delighted.

The film and television industry is also divided into circles.

Yenching has its own circle.

The Magic City also has its own circle.

Ren Zhonglun had already prepared for Zhou Mo to promote his own people, but he didn't expect that he would choose Guo Jingfei - although this person is from Yenching University, he studied at Shanghai Film Academy in college and is considered to be from the Shanghai circle.

But in fact, Zhou Mo didn’t think about this or that.

It was purely because Guo Jingfei had a friendship with him, and he had signed a contract with Zhou Mo, agreeing that he would star in the web drama of this website in the future, so Zhou Mo was just helping him raise his profile in advance.

But Ren Zhonglun doesn't think so.

He just felt that Zhou Mo was giving him face.

"Director Zhou, I understand. There's no need to say anything. When we sign the contract tonight, Shanghai Film Studio will make appropriate adjustments."

Although Zhou Mo didn't know why Ren Zhonglun said this, it didn't stop him from climbing the pole.

"Mr. Ren, you're too polite..."

After confirming the male and female protagonists, there is only one protagonist left -

The butler beside the male protagonist.

"Let's give this role to Mr. Ding Tom, he's more suitable."

Ren Zhonglun was stunned.

"Who?"

"Oh, Mr. Xu Wenguang, the one who played Yuan Shao in the new Three Kingdoms.

Zhou Mo coughed lightly. He subconsciously called out Ding Yizhen's name just now.

The actor he was talking about is actually a super awesome guy.

A national first-class actor, chairman of the National Theatre Film and Television Company, director of the Actor Center, and one of the producers of many blockbusters, such as the TV series "Three Kingdoms" and the movie "The Revolution of 1911".

Logically speaking, with this person's status, it should be difficult to invite him to play a supporting role.

But in fact, Xu Wenguang is very easy to invite.

Because this person really likes filming.

He can act in any type of roles, whether it be movies, TV series, entertainment, serious, or idol-related, and he performs each role in his own unique way.

When Zhou Mo was filming the optimized version of "Myth", he invited this man who played the fifth famous general of the Warring States Period -

Guo Kai.

Obviously, Ren Zhonglun also knew this person's name.

"Hello, Mr. Xu. With him here, I don't have to worry about the bottom line of this drama at all."

After deciding on the candidate, the two discussed some follow-up matters.

After the filming of the new drama is completed, it will be broadcast on Tomato Channel during prime time at the beginning of next year.

Tomato TV has not developed well in the past two years.

In addition to the unclear development path of its own channel, the rise of Mango TV and Blueberry TV has also caused the status of Tomato TV to decline again and again.

Ren Zhonglun was so eager to win "Victory is Justice" this time. He wanted to reverse the unfavorable situation of Dragon TV and pave the way for his own future development.

In two years, the leadership of Shanghai Film Group will be replaced. If he can produce a hit movie during this period, his future path will be much more stable.

After signing the contract, Ren Zhonglun said goodbye.

He still has a lot to do.

In the office, before Zhou Mo had time to drink a glass of water, he saw Da Tiantian push the door open and hand him an invitation letter.

"Whose premiere?"

"Snow Flower and the Secret Fan."

"Tsk... this is the nth time, why does it feel so haunting? I won't go. Please refuse it for me."

Da Tiantian felt a little strange when she saw Zhou Mo act without thinking.

"Zhou Mo, you seem to dislike this movie very much."

"I don't like not only this movie, but also its producer."

"Wendi Deng?" "Yes."

Da Tiantian was curious: "I rarely see you resisting someone's invitation so much, why, has she ever offended you?"

"No, the problem is that this person is a spokesperson who was pushed out. He likes to hype things up when he does things on a daily basis, and once he is involved, he can't get rid of it. I don't want to be hyped up."

Da Tiantian was happy.

"Zhou Mo, are you also afraid of hype?"

"I'm not afraid of hype, but the problem is that if it doesn't have any effect on me, why should I participate?" Zhou Mo warned, "Also, Tiantian, I suggest you don't attend this premiere. It's not necessary."

"What? Are you afraid that I will be influenced by her?" Da Tiantian said with a smile.

"I'm afraid that she'll treat you as a tool. With your brain, even if it's enlarged three times, you still can't be her match." Zhou Mo complained mercilessly.

Hearing this, Da Tiantian was unhappy.

"Zhou Mo, how dare you look down on my IQ?"

"Do you really need to look down on your IQ?" Zhou Mo smiled and said, "How about this, Tiantian, I'll ask you a question."

"Say!"

"In a running race, after you, Da Tiantian, surpassed the second place, what place were you in?"

Da Tiantian answered without hesitation: "Of course I am the first. Any questions?"

"No, of course not."

Zhou Mo touched Da Tiantian's head lovingly.

"Tiantian."

"Ok?"

"Listen to me, don't play tricks on others in the future. Just be a quiet, silly beauty."

……

The following days were relatively uneventful.

Throughout the entire month of June, Zhou Mo was running around, attending various premieres.

Before, he could use the excuse of doing roadshows for "New World" to get away with it, but in June, he could no longer escape it.

The crew of "John Wick" has already started preparations.

If all goes well, we can start shooting next month.

The filming location is still Xiangcheng.

When we were filming "The New World", there were still a lot of things that hadn't been used up, which came in handy when we were filming "John Wick".

After all, the background of "John Wick" is still set in Tao Province.

It’s a pity not to waste something that’s already there.

He is not a wealthy man who makes a movie and builds a city.

It's just a waste of money.

Mid June.

"The Founding of a Party" was released.

There were huge crowds of people on the day of the release, the situation was many times more exaggerated than when "Let the Bullets Fly" was released.

The box office on the first day exceeded 20 million.

The box office reached 28 million on the second day.

This box office record is much better than that of "Founding of a Republic".

Fortunately, Han Sanping calmed down a lot after communicating with Zhou Mo this time.

Unlike in my previous life, when I saw the box office figures of the previous two days, I started to say on the Internet: "Breaking 600 million is not a problem, maybe it has not even surpassed "Let the Bullets Fly"..."

He also knew that part of the success of "Great Cause" was due to the private screening.

Excluding this part of the results, the box office is not as strong as it appears.

As expected, it wasn’t until the sixth day that the total box office of "The Founding of a Party" barely broke 1.5 million yuan.

This data is not bad, but it would be difficult to break through 600 million.

Fortunately, Han Sanping is not in a hurry. After all, "Great Cause" has a long release time and it will have no problem surpassing the performance of "Founding of a Republic".

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