Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 74 Shooting begins

"You want to snipe "Wu Xia"? Why?"

Da Tiantian was a little curious. In her impression, Zhou Mo rarely took the initiative to attack others.

"They didn't mess with you, did they?"

"Why not?" Zhou Mo said, "Didn't I tell you some time ago that when New World applied for the award nomination, someone came out and made a fuss."

Da Tiantian suddenly realized: "Chen Kexin?"

"No, it's his wife."

Zhou Mo was talking about Wu Junru.

This woman has looked down on the mainland for a long time. Two years ago, at the Academy Awards ceremony, she implied that mainland actresses were behaving inappropriately.

Singing the same tune as that stupid dog Du Wentie.

It's very conspicuous.

"It's fine that she came to the mainland to make money, but she also mocked this and looked down on that. The key is that she dared to point fingers at my movies. Now I have the chance, I have to let her know the power of public opinion."

Da Tiantian was a little worried: "But you've offended two directors at once, right? Will it be too stressful? Do you need me to tell my family?"

Zhou Mo waved his hands: "One is the same as two. It doesn't really make any difference to me. They can't pose a threat anyway. Besides, I don't need to confront Chen Kexin and his wife head-on."

"What do you mean?"

"I just need to reveal some things about The Warlords, and then netizens will go on stage to compete with Chen Kexin and his wife. There is no need for me to participate at all."

After a while, Zhou Mo explained the task to Li Zhan.

The next day, a video titled "A Few Things About The Warlords" became a hot topic on the website.

It contains detailed information about some gossip about the movie "The Warlords".

Among them was news that the purchase prices of some filming props were too high.

Once the video was released, Chen Kexin, who had gradually avoided the news, was pushed to the forefront again.

Many onlookers then realized what arrogance really meant.

"Martial Arts" The straw hat worth six thousand knives is nothing.

If you really want to spend money, you'd better watch "The Warlords".

Clothes costing thousands of dollars.

buy!
Weapons worth tens of thousands of yuan.

buy!
"Can you call this making a movie? This is clearly just taking money out of your pocket."

"Shooting a movie? That's more like doing an account once."

Faced with the renewed public opinion, Chen Kexin was still thinking of trying to escape it.

It’s a pity that this time, there is no “director war” to attract attention for them.

In an interview, when the couple was asked about the "straw hat" issue again, Wu Junru got angry on the spot: "I've asked you this several times. Aren't you tired of it? You're surprised by something new..."

In a word, the audience was completely offended.

The next day, the box office results for "Wuxia" were released.

That’s nearly three million less than the day before.

……

On the day the news came out, Da Tiantian held up the data and asked: "Are you satisfied now?"

Zhou Mo waved his hand: "Don't talk nonsense, this matter has nothing to do with me. I just announced some information. The rest is Wu Junru's own fault."

Da Tiantian didn't expect Wu Junru to be so smart: "Did she not think about it when she said that?"

"What's the big deal? It's just that once their status reaches a certain level, they no longer look down on ordinary audiences and just treat them as leeks."

Zhou Mo knew exactly what this group of people were thinking.

Now that you have money and can make money, especially when you can get a lot of money just by moving your fingers, how can you empathize with ordinary audiences?

I make movies for you to watch because I respect you.

This is what many people in the circle think.

Even if they don't say it on the surface.

"Tiantian, remember, as the times change, whether in the entertainment industry or not, the chances of those who looked down on the audience in the past falling out will become higher and higher. You must control yourself in the future."

When he said this, many figures appeared in Zhou Mo's mind.

Megatron, the little fairy, and a bunch of subsequent traffic... too many to count.

Seeing Zhou Mo's serious tone, Da Tiantian nodded to indicate that she remembered it.

Apart from anything else, this girl is really obedient when it comes to serious matters.

……

The crew of "John Wick" has been completely set up.

Zhou Mo also received a prompt from the system.

【New optimization goals have been established】

[Optimized work: John Wick: Chase]

[Optimization target: plot]

[Reward: A team that can adapt to most shooting situations]

He was very satisfied with the reward.

After filming two movies, Zhou Mo found that he increasingly needed a strong behind-the-scenes team.

Although most of the time, he can meet his requirements for the film shooting team through borrowing, hiring with high salaries, etc.

But what belongs to others is always theirs.

It would be more satisfying to have a team of your own.

Whether it is tacit understanding or confidentiality.

Three days later, the crew.

Zhou Mo and all the other actors arrived and had a script reading as usual.

The plot of the original "John Wick" is actually very simple——

The son of a gangster boss, in a fit of greed, killed the pet dog of a retired killer. Afterwards, the killer set out for revenge, and after several life-and-death battles, he eventually killed the entire gang.

The main story is concise and clear.

No changes are necessary.

The part that Zhou Mo actually optimized was the BUG that appeared in the first part of "John Wick: Chapter 11".

including but not limited to:

The whole world knows the name of the protagonist, except the gangster's son, a young gangster who has been hanging around among gangs for years, who doesn't know the protagonist's identity and even steals his car and kills his dog.

The villain was extremely terrified of the protagonist, but after finally catching him, he talked to him for a long time without saying anything.

The way he killed the protagonist was not by shooting, but by sending two of his men to use a plastic bag to try to suffocate the protagonist to death.

The result, of course, is that the protagonist is saved by his good friend.

I can only say that if this kind of BUG were placed in the plot of a domestic movie, the audience would be overwhelmed with saliva.

The villain died because he talked too much and didn't understand why.

What kind of gangster boss are you still?

The reason for this bug in the plot is that the two directors of the film, David and Chad, never thought that the movie would become so popular when they were filming the first "John Wick".

At first they just wanted to make an action-packed shooter movie with the theme of "revenge".

The core of the entire plot is two things: "headshot and the protagonist is awesome".

As for plot holes and the like, I never considered them at all.

The director himself said something like "This is a typical commercial film, it's mainly for fun, and everything else is fine as long as the filming can continue."

Therefore, there were so many bugs in the first part of "John Wick: Chapter 11".

Fortunately, although there were many bugs in the first part of the movie, the two directors quickly improved the setting of the movie after it became popular, so that the second and third parts of the series did not have such continuity loopholes.

What Zhou Mo has to do is to transplant part of the content of the second part into the plot of the first part.

To make the plot more coherent.

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