Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 77 InterContinental Hotel
Yuan Heping left happily.

From his point of view, being valued by a new-age director like Zhou Mo, who is known as the "magician", means that his team has not been abandoned by the times.

He had already discussed with Zhou Mo that signing a long-term cooperative relationship would become a selling point in the film's publicity and promotion, used to promote the action professionalism of the "Fast and Furious" series of films.

Zhou Mo was also very happy.

Because he can save a lot of publicity expenses——

Yuan Heping also has a company, and in Xiangcheng, his company's status is quite high, and he is a very good tool.

After a while, Da Tiantian came over.

"Has the contract been signed?"

"of course."

Da Tiantian stared at Zhou Mo back and forth.

Zhou Mo was surprised. He skillfully took out a small mirror from Da Tiantian's bag and looked at his face many times: "What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

"It's not your face, it's your person."

"Me? What's wrong with me?"

"You rarely sign such a big contract. This doesn't fit in with your past life motto of 'saving money.'" Da Tiantian was curious.

Through Zhou Mo's "teaching by words and deeds" in the past two years, she has gradually discovered the pleasure of "saving money".

Especially after she started learning how to check accounts and watched the funds flowing out of the company's bills.

I understand this feeling more and more——

A product that was originally very expensive can be reduced in price through some methods...

That is a different kind of happiness from "throwing money around".

“That’s because I can earn more.”

Zhou Mo explained his plan to Da Tiantian.

Da Tiantian listened to it in a daze. Although she didn't quite understand it at first, she still keenly grasped the key information.

"You mean, the John Wick movie will make a lot of money? How much?"

"Five hundred million should be no problem."

"So many?!" Da Tiantian was surprised.

She still has some understanding of the market.

In her estimation, John Wick would make at most 400 million yuan, and it would probably be good to make more than 300 million yuan.

At present, with the domestic action movies gradually declining, all directors or actors who make action movies dare not guarantee that their movies can earn more than 400 million yuan.

Didn’t you see that even Chenglong doesn’t make traditional kung fu comedies anymore?
Even with such a huge fanfare, "Ip Man 2" only grossed over million yuan at the box office.

If "John Wick" can have a box office of 500 million, it will be even more exaggerated than the 600 million box office of "New World".

After all, "John Wick" doesn't have another "Infernal Affairs" to stir up nostalgia.

"I'm not doubting the quality of the movie 'John Wick'. The question is, are you sure 'John Wick' can have such a big box office?"

"Of course."

Zhou Mo gave a positive explanation: "Tiantian, the decline of the domestic action film market does not mean that there are no domestic audiences who want to watch action movies. There will always be audiences for thrilling viewing experiences. It's just that the current domestic directors can't make them, or don't want to make them."

In his impression, next January, an action movie will sweep the domestic film market——

"Mission Impossible 4".

This is one of the films that successfully broke the curse of "no more than 3 series of films" in the film and television industry and successfully took in nearly million yuan at the box office in the domestic market.

Zhou Mo never thought that his first action movie would have the box office potential that "Mission Impossible 4" had accumulated over more than ten years.

Even if it’s just the domestic box office.

But after the optimization, the box office target of more than 500 million yuan for "John Wick" is not out of reach.

Da Tiantian cannot predict market changes, but she always believes in Zhou Mo's vision.

Seeing Zhou Mo was so sure, she immediately called the company and explained the company's next promotional direction.

The head of the company was woken up, got up and started working.

There was no resentment at all. After all, Princess Sweet was always generous when it came to salaries.

……

The crew of "John Wick" was immersed in the filming.

In terms of plot.

After many years, Zhang Zhi came to the InterContinental Hotel again.

Although the "King of Hell" had been in seclusion for some time, the moment he appeared, he still caused countless people in the hotel to whisper.

"Long time no see, Mr. 'Yan Wang'."

At the front desk, when Wan Zong, the hotelier played by Wu Yue, saw Zhang Zhi, a flash of surprise appeared in his eyes, and then he regained his composure.

"Yeah, long time no see." Zhang Zhi's tone was full of emotion.

A few years ago, when he sealed the equipment that symbolized his past under the floor of his home with cement, he thought he would never return to this place again.

who knows.
The world is impermanent.

Zhang Zhi handed over a gold coin, indicating that he wanted a room.

Gold coins are the common currency of InterContinental Hotels. They do not have the purchasing power of money in the secular sense, but symbolize "a request".

One coin can be exchanged for a piece of information, a corpse, or even a weapon.

"It's still Room 404, Mr. Yama, please keep your room key."

Wanzong took the gold coins and put them in a specific storage cabinet with ease.

At the moment the cabinet was opened.

Countless gold coins appeared in the camera, reflecting dazzling golden light under the light.

……

"Okay, let's pass this one!"

Zhou Mo waved to everyone, indicating that the scene was over.

The part where Zhang Zhi is at the InterContinental Hotel is not particularly closely related to the main plot of "revenge". It is mainly to show the characteristics of the InterContinental Hotel to the audience.

From the bar intelligence center on the underground floor, to the carefully designed armory, to the suit-version "bulletproof vests" carefully designed for each customer.

All the parts are ultimately connected by one thread.

gold.

Zhou Mo casually peeled off the shell of the gold coin and threw the chocolate inside into his mouth.

Feeling the silky feeling in my mouth, the fatigue in my mind was relieved a lot.

He spent a lot of time and effort on decorating the InterContinental Hotel.

In the original drama of "John Wick", the filming location of the InterContinental Hotel is located in the Flatiron Building in New York, which is a typical filming location in Hollywood. Many movies use it as one of the iconic buildings that symbolizes "wealth and power".

There is no similar building in Hong Kong, but fortunately it was once glorious, and there are many commercial buildings that can be modified and used.

In order to shoot this segment well, Zhou Mo set up several cameras at once.

This is done only to make the hotel look more perfect so that it can form a unique impression in the minds of the audience in the future, which is conducive to cultivating potential voting base.

On the side, Da Tiantian looked at Zhou Mo's tired appearance and advised: "You should rest more. I think you are going to drive yourself crazy."

Zhou Mo was quite helpless: "The main reason is that Xiangcheng is still a little small. Many buildings look good on the surface, but in fact, many of the configurations inside are not good. If I really want to renovate them, I might as well build a new framework!

It's funny that I mocked Brother Kaizi some time ago for building a city every time he made a movie. Who knew that this time I failed to show off and got slapped in the face. After all, every time he builds a city, the things he has are his own. It can even be turned into a tourist attraction and open to the public.

I’m far from that.”

When Da Tiantian heard this, she frowned slightly, not knowing what she was thinking.

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