Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 71 Provocation
Online?

Zhou Mo turned on his phone and saw the message sent to him by Da Tiantian.

The first sentence that catches my eye.

"Director Du Qifeng declares war on Zhou Mo"

Du Qifeng?
Declare war on me in a high-profile manner?

Zhou Mo was completely confused and a little bit surprised.

It seems like he has never had anything to do with this guy since his debut?

After a moment, Zhou Mo figured out what was going on.

The root of the incident was that after the two bosses Lin and Yang hosted a welcoming party for Zhou Mo yesterday, the Hong Kong media reported the incident that afternoon.

Compared with mainland media, Hong Kong media is much more exaggerated in speed and scale.

"Hong Kong films are not dead, they are reborn from the ashes."

“A leader among the new generation of Hong Kong film directors.”

The headlines of several media outlets were more exaggerated than the last, and some even said that Zhou Mo was the "future of Hong Kong films".

Zhou Mo felt helpless when he saw these titles.

These media outlets really dare to say it.

He just shot a movie in Hong Kong, was preparing to shoot another one, and also asked two companies in Hong Kong to invest some money.

Let's talk about the future of Hong Kong films...

Didn’t you see that even the judges of the Academy Awards were reluctant to recognize him and didn’t want “New World” to be nominated?

Besides, he himself has never thought of becoming the future of Hong Kong films.

A ship that is gradually falling apart.

What’s the use of becoming a captain?

His background and foundation have determined that his future will only be based on the mainland film industry.

As for Hong Kong movies and the like, we just harvest them every now and then and that’s it.

However, Zhou Mo could also guess that some of these news were instructed by the two bosses in order to increase the popularity of "John Wick: Chapter 8".

Especially Boss Lin, who accepted another interview after leaving the cocktail party yesterday.

To the effect:
Director Zhou’s movies are amazing. I also worked very hard to get the investment. I believe that "John Wick" will be a huge success at the box office.

In essence, these remarks are still intended to build momentum for "John Wick: Chapter 11".

However, all the above publicity angered Du Qifeng.

At five o'clock yesterday afternoon, during a pre-sale interview for the movie "Retribution", Du Qifeng was asked by reporters what he thought about director Zhou Mo's title of "the future of Hong Kong films".

Du Qifeng mocked on the spot: "What future or no future? It's just a hype of sentiment. Liu Weiqiang is willing to let him hype...

A young man who has not made a movie for two or three years dares to talk about the future of Hong Kong movies. How shameless...

Movies must be about art, and their value cannot be determined by box office alone...

Action-style gunfights? You must be kidding..."

These words not only targeted Zhou Mo, but also secretly stepped on Liu Weiqiang——

The dispute between "Black Society" and "Infernal Affairs" has a long history.

As soon as I finished reading the content, Da Tiantian called.

"finish watching?"

"Ah."

"What do you think?"

"What else can you feel? It's just a dog barking." Zhou Mo sneered.

On the other side, Da Tiantian was so shocked by Zhou Mo's comments that she coughed several times before she recovered.

"Your statement is too direct."

Zhou Mo: "That's right, an old man who only knows how to reminisce about the past, how dare he judge me? Does he deserve it? How can he deserve it?"

He has never been one to repay evil with kindness.

When he waited a long time before starting to shoot his first movie, wasn't it just to have a smooth journey? If someone provoked him, would he be slapped in the face immediately?
Now is the time.

Obviously, Da Tiantian also understood what Zhou Mo meant.

At times like this, she always stood firmly with Zhou Mo.

"Do you want me to help you contact the media?"

"No need. The Hong Kong media will probably be at the hotel soon." At any time, the media's speed is comparable to that of the Flash. When encountering such a large-scale quarrel scene, it is impossible for them not to react.

When Da Tiantian heard that Zhou Mo had his mind set on what he was doing, she stopped interfering.

But she still felt a little unhappy.

"Du Qifeng, this is too outrageous. Doesn't he think before he speaks?"

"He's always been like this." Zhou Mo replied.

Du Qifeng's reputation as a loud speaker has been around for a long time.

He may do even more outrageous things in the future.

Then there is no more then.

"Speaking of which, why is he targeting you? Could it be that he is really upset because you have been eyeing the reputation of Hong Kong Film Rebirth?"

Zhou Mo was also a little strange.

Logically speaking, he has no grudges against this guy, and there are no movies to compete for in the short term, so there shouldn't be any conflict.

Why is this guy biting himself like a mad dog?
……

at the same time.

Huanya.

Office of the Chairman.

Boss Lin was also asking Zhuang Cheng: "What's wrong with Du Qifeng? Who is he provoking?"

He was really angry about what Du Qifeng said yesterday.

On the surface, Du Qifeng was targeting Zhou Mo and secretly stepping on Liu Weiqiang.

But who doesn’t know that Zhou Mo’s next movie “John Wick” is invested by Lin Jianyue?

Du Qifeng said this.

Rather than talking about "John Wick", it's better to say that you are slapping Lin Jianyue in the face!
Zhuang Cheng also secretly cursed Du Qifeng in his heart for being a bad son and for going crazy for no reason.

But the two of them are partners after all, and they are also working on a movie together at the moment, so he has to clean up Du Qifeng's mess.

"Lao Du just doesn't agree with this title..."

Seeing Zhuang Cheng's explanation, Lin Jianyue said helplessly, "Old Zhuang, don't tell me this reason. You used too many tricks when you lied."

Zhuang Cheng had no choice but to explain the facts.

"Didn't Du Qifeng say before that there wasn't enough money to make 'Overheard' and hoped that we would make additional investments? Didn't we refuse? But what you said last night, Mr. Lin, was that it took a lot of effort to get the investment for 'John Wick', so he..."

Hearing this, Lin Jianyue was so angry that he laughed: "Du Qifeng still has the nerve to say this. I gave him so many chances, but he made money for me. Damn, he lost money on so many movies, and he still blames me for not giving him money? He still has the nerve to mock Zhou Mo. Just with the movie "New World", Director Zhou made me earn 100 million."

Zhuang Cheng advised: "Calm down, the most important thing right now is Director Zhou's situation..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Jianyue's cell phone rang.

Lin Jianyue glanced at the screen and said, "Speak of the devil, here comes the real culprit."

He glanced at Zhuang Cheng, who turned his head to look out the window, sighing that the weather was really nice.

connected.

"Hello, Director Zhou, good morning. Have you had breakfast?"

On the other end of the phone, Zhou Mo listened to Lin Jianyue's jokes and interrupted, "Boss Lin, I won't say any more polite words. I'm sure you've heard about Du Qifeng's interview. I just have one question. Does this matter have anything to do with Huan Ya?"

His suspicion was not entirely without reason.

In the entertainment industry, there are some companies that play tricks on internal competition, letting two teams openly fight, and then relying on such fights to draw attention and drive traffic to their works.

In addition, the two teams can also form risk hedging.

When Lin Jianyue heard such straightforward words, he felt that he was indeed a young man with great drive.

He immediately said seriously, "Don't worry, Director Zhou. I am not such a fool. Du Qifeng's remarks this time have nothing to do with the company."

Zhou Mo nodded: "In this case, my relationship will start to fight back. I hope Mr. Lin doesn't mind."

"Don't worry, I will never interfere in this matter. Director Zhou, please do as you please."

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