Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 87 I Really Can’t Stand It

Five days of high-intensity work made Zhuang Wenqiang exhausted.

He collapsed onto the sofa.

"Director Zhou, I really can't do it anymore. I can't do it for even one more minute. Please let me go back and get some sleep."

Zhou Mo was angry at him for not fighting back: "Director Zhuang, how can you spend your best years sleeping? Why do you need to sleep for a long time when you are alive? You will sleep forever after you die."

He has been working very hard recently.

Zhou Mo has benefited greatly from the cooperation with Wu Jing during this period.

Although Wu Jing is not a professional director or editor, it is precisely because of this that he sometimes has many creative ideas, which benefit Zhou Mo a lot.

"As expected, he is someone who can create a box office miracle in the future. He is really talented." Zhou Mo sighed in his heart.

He admired his idea of calling Wu Jing to work with him.

I'm such a genius.

Put your hands on your hips for a moment.

On the other side, Zhuang Wenqiang couldn't stand it anymore when he saw that Zhou Mo still wanted to pull him to continue working, and a mask of pain appeared on his face.

"Director Zhou, I'm already over 40 this year. I'm not a young and strong guy like you. My physical fitness really can't keep up. Please let me go."

Weekend shook his head and said, "Director Zhuang, I don't like what you said. What's wrong with being over 40? Look at Lao Mouzi, he's already 61 this year, and he's still working on the front line every day, producing at least one film a year. He's more courageous than a young man like me."

"Director Zhang is a gifted man, and he is well-known in the industry for being a hard worker. I have never thought of competing with Director Zhang."

Zhuang Wenqiang waved his hands.

Like Wang Jing and Zhang Yimou, he never thought that he could be like this group of people, devoting themselves to movies all day and night and working without regard for their lives.

If the former is suspected of being a money-making operation, after all, many of the films they made are "Jing"-style movies, which are familiar to them.

Just follow the steps.

But the latter, at this stage, is still actually breaking through itself.

Every movie has something new.

Compared with this group of people?
joke.

If I really had this ability, could I, Zhuang Wenqiang, always be your assistant, a young man like Zhou Mo?

I was already breakdancing at the Best Director Award ceremony at the Academy Awards!

Zhou Mo continued to persuade him, "Okay, don't compare yourself with them. Director Zhuang, just compare yourself with when you were young. You were able to produce a work every now and then. Why can't you do that now?"

Zhuang Wenqiang complained: "How can it be the same? I used to be a screenwriter. If a screenwriter gets inspiration, as long as no one disturbs him, he can sit for a whole day with a pen, a pack of cigarettes and a cup of tea.

But editing a movie requires constant communication with others, unless Director Zhou, you can stop bothering me and let me do it on my own.”

Zhou Mo shook his head.

"That won't do. I will definitely watch the movie after it's edited, Director Zhuang. It's not that I don't trust your editing skills, but after all, our work is not done by one person. If there is no one to check it, it will easily cause a conflict of style."

"I don't care anyway. I just want to rest."

Zhuang Wenqiang simply started acting like a rogue on the sofa.

Seeing this, Zhou Mo thought about it and decided not to force him.

It's okay to take a break.

After all, Zhuang Wenqiang is not a robot and knows what tiredness and exhaustion feel like.

Even robots need maintenance every now and then.

What about people?

You should relax when it's time to relax.

Zhou Mo called Wu Jing and asked her to go out for a meal.

The three of them cleaned up.

While changing clothes, Zhuang Wenqiang looked at the muscle lines of Wu Jing and Zhou Mo under their autumn clothes with envy, and said with emotion: "It's good to be young."

Back then, he was also a young and strong guy.

It’s a pity that time flies and years pass like songs.

Zhou Mo laughed: "Director Zhuang, I don't think you envy us for being young, but you are lamenting your own poor health."

After a year of cooperation, these kinds of small talk are no longer a big deal and do not affect their relationship much.

Zhuang Wenqiang coughed lightly: "I was lamenting my age at that time. Director Zhou, you are still young now. I don’t know that once people are over 30, they feel different in an instant, and their body functions age rapidly..."

"But Brother Jing is already 37 this year, almost 38."

Zhuang Wenqiang: ...

There's no way to chat today!
I randomly found a restaurant and ordered some food.

While waiting for the food to be served, Wu Jing went to the bathroom. Zhuang Wenqiang took the opportunity to ask, "Director Zhou, I noticed that you seem to think highly of Director Wu."

The sedan chair was carried by everyone.

Although Wu Jing only filmed one movie, "Wolf Tooth", Zhuang Wenqiang still always called him Director Wu.

"Of course I do. Brother Jing is a very good collaborator."

Zhuang Wenqiang was stunned: "Director Zhou is talking about "Cold Wind"? "

"Not only that, in fact, I am more interested in Brother Jing's future talent in directing and acting."

Direct and act on your own?

Zhuang Wenqiang suddenly had an idea: "Director Zhou, are you talking about... Wolf Warrior?"

Before in Xiangcheng, when Wu Jing and Zhou Mo were discussing the Wolf Warrior script, he was standing next to them and listened to their entire conversation.

Zhuang Wenqiang reacted, but was still a little unsure.

"Director Zhou means that the Wolf Warrior series will perform well in the future?"

"Yes, very good."

"How good is it?"

"Very good." Zhou Mo thought about it and gave a specific number: "It will be better than any movie we have now."

In the past life, not to mention the box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" of more than billion yuan, that was a combination of the right time, the right place and the right people, and success cannot be replicated.

Let’s just talk about “Wolf Warrior 1”.

Despite having very few resources and almost no means of promotion, Wu Jing still managed to earn over 500 million yuan at the box office.

In this life, the script of "Wolf Warrior 1" has been adapted by Zhou Mo, and in the future filming, Shanhe Company will also provide full support throughout the process.

With several layers of support, it should be no problem for "Wolf Warrior 1" to gross over billion yuan at the box office.

Of course, the premise is that the movie is released 12 years later.

At that time, the international situation gradually turned from peace to tension, which was a good time for the rise of red movies such as Wolf Warrior.

The foundation of movie box office lies in the times.

This is something all directors must realize.

There are so many movies that have broken the box office ceiling, isn’t it because their level is really better than many good movies in the past? For example, is "Lost in Thailand" really better than "If You Are the One 2"?
For example, the box office of "Detective Chinatown 3" exceeding billion yuan, does it necessarily prove that Chen Sicheng's directing ability exceeds that of Stephen Chow when he filmed "Kung Fu"?
In addition, there are some even more outrageous examples.

Zhou Mo didn't dare to say anything for fear of being reported.

All changes, in the final analysis, are due to the changing times.

Zhuang Wenqiang felt a little doubtful when he saw Zhou Mo was so sure about what he said.

In fact, during this period of time, he had been observing Wu Jing and found that apart from the occasional fantastic ideas, he did not pay much attention to anything particularly magical about Wu Jing.

But since Zhou Mo made his debut, he has never made any mistakes in his predictions.

The title of "God of Calculation" is not just for nothing.

Zhuang Wenqiang made a decision in his heart.

He had already thought about running away.

It’s really tiring to work with Zhou Mo.

But now he changed his mind.

'It seems that I still need to contact Director Zhou more in the future, so that I can get access to more resources.'

Zhou Mo looked at him with his head down in thought and smiled slightly in his heart.

You little bastard, you still want to run?

Just work with me honestly.

A moment later, Wu Jing came back and the dishes were served.

After the three of them finished their meal, Zhou Mo gave the other two a day off so that they could have a good rest.