Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 69 Wang Jing, Get on the Plane
It was the end of June.

Zhou Mo attended the last premiere of this month.

"The God of Wealth Inn".

A comedy film invested by Bona, directed by Wang Jing, and starring Zha Zha Hui and Chef Xie.

The investment is not much, about 20 million.

With Wang Jing's level, as long as he doesn't make art films, the 20 million investment can be easily earned back.

Zhou Mo arrived at the scene with Tiantian, and was received by Huo Wenxi.

"Thank you both for coming and supporting us. We warmly welcome you."

"I should be the one thanking Mr. Huo. It was thanks to Mr. Huo's help with the company's advertising last time. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to remedy the situation now."

Da Tiantian thanks you sincerely.

Since the last advertising scandal, she has also realized that there are indeed many problems in the company's management.

So, I made up my mind to make some adjustments.

"It's just a small favor, not worth mentioning." Huo Wenxi said modestly: "Besides, even if I'm not here, your company has many talented people, and they will definitely be able to find the problem."

Zhou Mo said, "Mr. Huo, you are too polite. Tiantian will thank you for this favor. If you need any help in the future, just let me know."

Seeing that Zhou Mo was not joking, Huo Wenxi nodded: "So, I do have a request."

Zhou Mo had a hunch that Huo Wenxi's next words were probably to find opportunities for his own artists.

"Please speak, Mr. Huo."

"I don't have any other requests... I just hope that if Director Zhou makes a movie in the future, he can consider Tingfeng."

Sure enough, it was to give Xie Tingfeng an opportunity
Zhou Mo sighed in his heart.

Chef Xie is truly guilty of having such a dedicated agent.

"No problem. If there is a suitable role, I will contact Mr. Huo in advance."

Zhou Mo agreed without thinking.

He decided that if he had the chance in the future, he would definitely arrange a role as a cook for Xie Tingfeng, and then arrange for him to be shot.

After talking to Xie Tingfeng, Huo Wenxi took the two of them to find Wang Jing.

Zhou Mo finally met this "legendary" director of Hong Kong.

In the decades of development of Hong Kong's film industry, if we want to find the best director, everyone may have their own opinions.

But if we were to name the person who is most popular among investors, it would definitely be the Fatty Wang in front of us.

Wang Jing is short and fat, and always has a smile on his face.

Seeing Zhou Mo from afar, he immediately walked over and stretched out his hands.

"Director Zhou, welcome, welcome."

"Director Wang, you're too polite. I grew up watching your movies."

"That's a real honor."

Wang Jing smiled and said, "I have always wanted to meet Director Zhou. Director Zhou, please give me a favor this time. Let's have dinner together tonight. It's a good opportunity for us to exchange experiences."

Zhou Mo looked at the smiling fat man in front of him, and felt that Wang Jing was worthy of being a man with friends all over the world. With just a few words, he was able to quickly bring the two closer.

"Director Wang, you are too kind. It's time for me to learn from you."

"Just call me Brother Jing."

Zhou Mo had no objection: "Then I am offended."

Wang Jing was moved in his heart, thinking that he was indeed a famous young director, who was polite, well-mannered and knew how to handle things.

Much better than Stephen Chow. (1)
"Okay, let's stop being polite to each other. We can talk more at dinner tonight. Now, Director Zhou and Miss Jing, please move over. The movie is about to start."

Zhou Mo also knew that Wang Jing had other people to entertain, so he nodded and walked towards his seat with Tiantian.

On the way, Da Tiantian was a little curious: "Zhou Mo, you seem to think highly of Director Wang."

"Ah."

Zhou Mo nodded: "Director Wang is good, and he is a good person. The most important thing is that he has a lot of good works, so he is a good person to work with."

He was talking about works like "Chasing the Dragon" and "The Demon Cult Leader".

Apart from anything else, the fact that he was the leader of the Demonic Cult was enough for Zhou Mo and Wang Jing to become friends.

In his previous life, after Wang Jing made this movie in the 90s, the box office was not ideal, so it was shelved until decades later before a sequel was made.

It’s a pity that when the sequel was filmed in the previous life, the times had changed and the adaptations of Jin Yong’s series were almost synonymous with bad movies.

So it was no surprise that the sequel to The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber failed again.

But it is only 2011 now, and Zhou Mo can take advantage of the fact that the reputation of the martial arts remakes has not collapsed yet and make a version of the heroic Zhang Wuji.

On the other side, Da Tiantian felt a little strange after hearing what Zhou Mo said.

"But I remember Director Wang made a lot of bad movies, didn't he?"

"Tiantian, every bad movie is different. Some directors make bad movies because their abilities are limited, such as Director Bi; but some directors make bad movies mostly to make money, and Wang Jing is the latter." In his previous life, ever since Wang Jing finished filming the "Menao Fengyun" trilogy, many movie fans thought that his abilities could not keep up with the times and that he was completely useless.

But the movie "Chasing the Dragon" let movie fans know that Fatty Wang is still the same Fatty Wang.

In addition, in the later interview with "Round Table", Fatty Wang made a lot of witty remarks on the show, and his words left Dou Wentao speechless.

The audience then fully realized that this fat guy knew everything about the industry.

It’s not that he’s incapable of making bad movies.

He just wanted to make money.

For Wang Jing, since he can make a profitable movie without spending any special effort, why should he polish it carefully?

"This is too..." Tiantian was speechless.

"That's too bad, isn't it?" Zhou Mo said with a smile.

Da Tiantian nodded.

"Tiantian, that depends on what you think. For Director Wang, his main target is the investors, so even though his works have low scores, his movies rarely lose money."

"Director Wang really understands life."

Da Tiantian was a little emotional, and then a little confused: "By the way, who is the Bi Dao you just mentioned?"

"There's no need to ask too many questions about a deity."

"Oh……"

……

Three days later.

Zhou Mo and Da Tiantian got on the plane.

The script for "John Wick" was written long ago, but there is no rush to shoot the movie.

Before that, he still had to meet with several bosses.

The total investment of "John Wick" is about 90 million, and he wants to attract a few more investors.

In addition to sharing risks, reducing costs and increasing efficiency, the most important thing is to rely on the channels of the companies behind these people to allow "John Wick" to be better released overseas.

"New World" has already been released in Sakura Theater. Judging from the current box office trend, it will not be a problem for it to take in nearly 100 million RMB by the time it is released.

Although this result is not among the top in the overseas box office rankings of many Chinese-language films.

But for Zhou Mo, it means that there is a market for promoting this style of film overseas.

Fragrant city.

XX Hotel.

Zhou Mo met his old friends here, the two bosses of Huan Ya and Ying Huang.

The two bosses held a cocktail party to welcome Zhou Mo.

At the meeting, the two men still disliked each other as usual, but in order to welcome Zhou Mo, they chose to temporarily put aside their grudges.

On the second floor of the restaurant, Zhou Mo clinked glasses with the two bosses.

Boss Lin spoke first: "Director Zhou is really a hero at a young age. He made a huge investment of 90 million. I remember this is only Director Zhou's third movie."

Zhou Mo smiled and said, "Boss Lin, you are too kind. If we talk about the masterpiece, it has to be The Warlords. In my opinion, this movie is a very good historical work."

He wasn't being polite this time.

"The Warlords" does hold a high position in his heart, and the reason is not because of Chen Kexin's filming, but because Jet Li contributed acting skills that far surpass those of action movie actors around the world.

“But The Warlords is not considered profitable.”

Boss Lin waved his hands, looking very relaxed, "Let's not talk about the past again. Although The Warlords was not a box office success, I believe that John Wick will be a huge success in the hands of Director Zhou."

The beautiful prospect is over.

It was Boss Yang's turn to speak: "Speaking of which, I wonder what stage Director Zhou has reached in arranging the roles for John Wick?"

　ps1: Wang Jing often complained about Stephen Chow ten years ago. As for the reason, everyone knows it.

　　In addition, I found that there are very few novels about Anle and Boss Jiang in the entertainment novels on Qidian. Is there any reason for this? If there are special circumstances, I will not write about him.

　　In addition, thank you Qingfeng Zhiyayi for the monthly ticket.

　　Thanks to Wen Zhang for the monthly ticket.

　　Thanks to PanghuangXMiwang for the two monthly tickets.

　　thank you all.

　　Today is the final stage of PK, I hope everyone will give it a read.

　　I am still asking for collections, recommendations, monthly tickets, and comments.

　　thank you all.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)