Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 82 Qin Shi Huang touches the electric wire
After signing the contract, Wu Jing was visibly relieved.

Although I had received assurance from Zhou Mo before, it was only verbal after all.

There is always a risk if it is not written down in black and white.

Now that the contract has been signed, the situation is much more stable.

He looked at the numbers on the contract and felt a little emotional.

Director Zhou is such a kind person.

Just now,

In order to ensure the possibility of long-term cooperation with Zhou Mo, Wu Jing took the big pie of "Cold Wind" and directly gave an extremely low salary requirement -

Three and a half million.

Make three movies.

This figure is even lower than the salary of Zhang Jin, who is currently starring in "John Wick".

I have to say that Wu Jing is indeed a tough guy who can sell houses and make movies.

He is indeed a gambling man.

However, Zhou Mo did not agree to this request.

Although he likes to save money, he is not so crazy as to do so.

If they really wanted to sign Wu Jing for 3.5 million, it would not only be a failure, but also a landmine for future cooperation.

That's not how you make a movie.

In the entertainment industry, directors and companies can use contracts to ask actors to appear in movies at extremely low prices after the actors become famous.

But the results of doing so are often not very good.

You see, there was a period of time in the entertainment industry when Zhou Xingxing was like a rat crossing the street, and countless friends and colleagues who had worked with him stood up to criticize him.

They said he was too harsh and exploited the company's artists too much.

A large part of the reason lies in the contract signed between Zhou Xingxing’s company and others.

Even these people agreed to the contract at the beginning.

But people change.

When an actor is not famous, there is no problem for both parties to follow the contract.

Now that the actor has become famous, it would be too cruel for both parties to still stick to the old contract.

Experienced companies know that once an actor becomes famous, the contract content should be adjusted in a timely manner.

After all, the film and television industry is not a cotton plantation far across the ocean.

The relationship between the company, director and actor is one of mutual selection.

Appropriate adjustment of contractual relations is conducive to common development.

Faced with a promising young talent like Wu Jing who can direct and act in his own films, Zhou Mo's habit is to continuously exhaust all resources.

So, this is what he told Wu Jing.

"Brother Jing, there's no need to lower your price like this. Let's just sign a contract within a reasonable price range. In my heart, you have always been a very good actor. Three and a half million is too little for you. It's an insult to you and my vision."

Zhou Mo directly increased his pay.

Seven million.

Although it is still not much, it is actually doubled compared to the price Wu Jing originally proposed.

As expected, Wu Jing's eyes instantly turned red after hearing Zhou Mo's words.

It had been a long time since anyone had said that to him.

Zhou Mo saw that Wu Jing was deeply moved, and thought that after all, this was a modern society, and it was no longer suitable to adopt the "don't give up if you are fair" approach.

Otherwise, based on those two sentences just now, Wu Jing could easily make him swear a blood oath.

In this way, even after Wu Jing finishes filming "Wolf Warrior 2", Zhou Mo will still be able to ask him to make a movie at a lower price.

In fact, Zhou Mo also had a feeling of unreality at this moment.

Seven million.

Signed Wu Jing as the protagonist of a series of movies.

Before today, Zhou Mo would not even dare to think about this.

You know, any series of movies must be aimed at a trilogy.

With only 7 million, he could sign a future military film star, or at least three films.

He made a lot of money, okay?

At this moment, Zhou Mo felt that the corners of his mouth were harder to suppress than an AK47.

After a while, Wu Jing calmed down and suddenly said, "Director Zhou, I have something I've wanted to ask you for advice for a long time."

"what?"

"I actually wrote a script before, but I never made up my mind to shoot it, so I wanted to ask Director Zhou to help me see if there is anything I can improve."

Zhou Mo raised his eyebrows and had a guess in his mind.

He also doesn't mind showing the script to others. According to the system's judgment, he can benefit from any work that has been optimized by him as long as it is finally filmed and achieves success.

"Did you bring the script?"

"Of course I did. I'll give it to Director Zhou now."

Wu Jing went back to the room and when he came out, he had a script in his hand.

I glanced at the homepage.

It was indeed the movie in his memory.

"Wolf Warrior 1".

After a while, Zhou Mo finished reading the script roughly.

The plot was almost the same as he remembered.

The protagonist of the "Wolf Warrior" series is named Leng Feng, a special forces soldier. During an operation, he made enemies with a foreign drug lord. Later, the drug lord sent mercenaries to the border to attack the team where the protagonist Leng Feng was, causing huge casualties.

In the end, Leng Feng defeated the leader of the mercenaries with his amazing willpower and fighting skills, and then successfully captured the drug lord at the national border.

After reading the script, Zhou Mo fell into deep thought.

To be fair, the script is actually okay.

Both the fighting scenes and the battle settings have reached the level of commercial films.

In terms of characterization, although the protagonist Leng Feng is sometimes out of tune, he is patriotic, cares for his teammates, and has excellent abilities. In addition, the villain is very capable, extremely arrogant, and his words are full of insults to the Chinese army.

In terms of plot, the protagonist Leng Feng explodes at the moment of life and death and kills the powerful enemy, and there is no behavior that pranks the audience.

But the script could definitely be improved.

Wu Jing saw Zhou Mo close the script and asked, "Director Zhou, how is it?"

Zhou Mo joked: "Brother Jing, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

"Of course it's the truth. Director Zhou, just tell me. I, Old Wu, can bear anything you say." Wu Jing patted his chest, appearing very magnanimous.

Seeing that there was indeed no strange expression on Wu Jing's face, Zhou Mo felt relieved and spoke.

"Brother Jing, after reading the script, I know that you want to highlight the strength of the protagonist through the tragic environment, but the problem is that you shouldn't let the protagonist Leng Feng's teammates serve as a cushion."

Wu Jing was a little surprised: "But in some foreign movies, isn't it always the case that the team is attacked, and the protagonist stands up at the critical moment..."

Zhou Mo shook his head: "This is the problem.

Brother Jing, some experiences from European and American movies cannot be applied to our movies blindly. The Eagle Sauce's army is different from our army. The Eagle Sauce emphasizes individual heroism, and the relationship between the army and the people is not that close. Therefore, there are often plots in movies where all the teammates are injured, but the protagonist is the only one who rushes around unscathed.

We here value the close relationship between fish and water, and the relationship between family and friends. Now, in the script, you set up that our troops were ambushed in their own country and suffered heavy casualties. Do you think the audience will like this kind of storyline?"

Zhou Mo knew too well how fanatical the domestic people were about territorial security.

This fanaticism can be traced back to more than 2,000 years ago, when Chen Tang of the Han Dynasty said: "Whoever openly offends the mighty Han will be punished, although he is far away."

However, "Wolf Warrior 1" sets the plot in China and also makes the country's own army suffer an ambush. Obviously, this kind of plot is unlikely to be favored by the audience.

"I see!"

Wu Jing suddenly realized.

He actually felt something was wrong a long time ago, but he never found out what the problem was.

With Zhou Mo's explanation, everything became much clearer instantly.

ps: I found that no one wants to watch "The Blade of the Assassin". In this case, let the protagonist's company write an optimized version of the script and let others shoot it. The protagonist's company will invest and control the direction, and the protagonist can go and shoot "Chu and Han".

　Thanks to the book friends who provided me with monthly tickets yesterday.

　　I am still asking for recommendations, monthly tickets, collections, follow-up reading, and comments every day.

　　thank you all.

　　
　
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