Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 9 Shrimp and Pig Heart

When the first-day box office revenue of 33 million was released, the entire film industry took notice.

Remember, this was 2010.

At this time, the box office ceiling of the entire film industry in mainland China was basically over 400 million yuan, and the only film that broke through 500 million yuan in box office revenue was Wu Baige's "Red Cliff".

But "Red Cliff" is divided into two parts.

The first-day box office of "Love Is Not Blind" was 33 million, which means that unless there are any unexpected events, the box office of more than million is a sure thing.

In contrast, the first-day box office of "Ip Man 2" was announced to be million. Although the result is good, it is not enough compared with "Love Is Not Blind".

“The sky is dead, and the yellow sky must stand.

Tiantian, you know how to promote it next."

Zhou Mo had no awareness of leaving any room for others to compete. The competition was already on the table, and he had the advantage at the moment, so of course he shouldn't step on others.

"Don't worry, I've already told you."

Da Tiantian felt relieved. She had been thinking about the competition day and night some time ago and even lost two kilograms.

For slim female stars like her, losing weight should start with reducing the size of the pigeons.

She even felt that she had become smaller recently.

I'm so mad!

Now that the dust has settled, Da Tiantian decisively starts to dream: "Will the box office of our movie break the box office record?"

"Not really. Let alone 'Earthquake' and 'Let the Bullets Fly' in the second half of the year, we can't even surpass the 410 million box office of 'Founding of a Republic' alone."

Zhou Mo still has some understanding of himself.

In terms of film shooting level, he is confident that he is no worse than Teng Huatao. Moreover, with the topic of new and old directors, it will be no problem for "Love Broken" to exceed the original box office of 3.5 million yuan, but whether it can reach million yuan will still be difficult.

Compared with Wen Zhang, Lei Jiayin is still less well-known.

Da Tiantian is not as popular as Bai Shao, but her acting skills are not as good as his.

These will undoubtedly reduce the box office potential.

Fortunately, Zhou Mo's goal has been achieved ahead of schedule. Thanks to various preparations, the filming cost of "Love Broken" is much lower than that of the previous life, at around 7.5 million.

Even if the box office is only 53 million, the rate of return is 40 times, which is much higher than the original times, and can fully meet the system requirements.

The roadshow had already begun and after breakfast, people related to the film came to congratulate.

Among the group of people, Lei Datou was the most excited.

At the beginning of the year, he was still a little Karami who was ignored by everyone. After the filming of a movie, he suddenly became the leading actor of a 300 million movie.

Last night, some crews had already asked about his schedule.

Even advertisers were contacted.

This strong contrast made Lei Jiayin feel unreal.

"Brother, pinch me...hiss...stop, stop, stop, ouch, what are you doing, you really pinch me!"

Guo Jingfei looked at his fingers: "Big Head, I regret it, really."

Big Head is Lei Jiayin's nickname.

"What, what happened?"

Guo Jingfei covered his face and said, "At the beginning, Director Zhou asked me if I wanted to play the leading actor. I refused because Wang Xiaojian was a sissy. Who would have thought... 33 million, 33 million."

He held up three fingers, repeating the same thing over and over again.

At this moment, Guo Jingfei wished he could slap himself twice.

Lei Jiayin didn't dare to say anything. Whatever he said at this time would be wrong.

Fortunately, Guo Jingfei finally adjusted his mentality and apologized to Lei Jiayin, "Brother, from today on, you will soar to the sky. If you have the chance in the future, please think of me. Thank you."

Lei Jiayin nodded vigorously: "Brother, don't worry, I will give you food to eat in the future, and you will never go hungry."

On the other side, Zhou Mo looked at the two people's reactions and smiled slightly.

It is not uncommon for actors to rise directly to fame once the entertainment industry's box office explodes.

This is also the reason why the film industry is coveted by countless people.

The feeling of a towering building rising overnight is so addictive.

Compared to actors like Lei Jiayin who became rich overnight, older actors are much calmer and are more concerned about the benefits they get.

For example, red envelopes. Liao Fan also starred in "Love Is Not Blind". With the connections he had made in the "Let the Bullets Fly" crew, he asked, "Director Zhou, with such a good performance, do we have any red envelopes to take?"

Zhou Mo said straightforwardly: "Don't worry, everyone will get a big bonus. This is only the first day. When the box office exceeds 400 million, the crew will give everyone a big red envelope."

Tiantian also said: "Don't worry, I have some here too!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone cheered.

"Sweet Princess, so high and hard!"

Guo Jingfei stood aside, clutching her heart and said, "Director Zhou, can the box office really reach 400 million?"

“Basically, no problem.”

Guo Jingfei wanted to cry more and more, and her voice was twitching: "That's great."

"Brother Fei, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm happy... woooo." Guo Jingfei couldn't hold back her tears and after crying for a while, she found Zhou Mo and said, "Director Zhou, I want to ask you a favor."

"You said, there's no need to be so serious."

"Next time if you have a movie, please give me a chance to play the leading role. I don't want any pay, I'm always available."

Lei Jiayin's achievements are enviable. Not only Guo Jingfei, but all male actors of similar age in the circle are beating their chests and stamping their feet.

Why don't I get such a good opportunity?

Among them were Chen Kun and Deng Chao. Both of them had been approached by Zhou Mo, but they chose to refuse for various reasons.

Deng Chao went out to play with Xu Ke because he had an appointment.

Chen Kun simply didn't want to play a sissy, and he happened to have a concert, so he simply turned down Zhou Mo's invitation.

At this moment, they all regretted it.

However, no matter how much you regret, you can't turn back time.

A week later, the box office of "Love Is Not Blind" exceeded 33 million yuan.

At this time, the box office of "Ip Man 2" just exceeded million yuan, and it had completely lost the desire to compete with "Love Is Not Blind" and entered a state of lying down and taking the beating.

You can't spray him, and you can't hit him.

The only way to maintain this kind of life is to lie down.

Oriental Films.

The boss spit at the publicity and marketing people: "Why did you mess with him in the first place? 2.5 million in one week!"

The publicity and promotion is helpless.

"This has always been the rule. Who would have thought that a student who hasn't even graduated yet would have such good grades."

The boss continued to spit: "I told you a long time ago that the rules of the two places are different. Don't force the old rules to apply. There are many hidden talents in the mainland, and there might be a dark horse. Now look, their movie box office has surpassed ours. You have lost face."

Xuanfa thought to himself, when I proposed the suggestion, you agreed to it and smiled like an old chrysanthemum.

Now the blame is being passed on.

But he could only choose to be scolded: "So what should we do now?"

"What should I do? If you ask me, who should I ask? Just ignore it."

The boss calmed down a bit, "Young people become popular quickly and lose their temper quickly. Let him vent his anger for a while. Let's not say anything now. Don't worry about the online chatter. The crew can only make a few mockery of us at most. What else can they do?"

Xuan Fa whispered: "I'm afraid it's not that easy."

"What did you say?"

The publicity agent silently pulled out a document: "Love Broken" just released news this morning that director Zhou Mo is interested in collaborating with Zhen Gongfu on action direction."

The boss was confused. Are all young people so aggressive nowadays?

I just stepped on you a little bit, the key is that I didn't step on you completely.

Are you coming here to take away my actors?
He quickly asked, "What did the crew say?"

When he said this, he actually already had an expectation in his mind, but it was just a fluke that made him ask this question.

Publicity: "The crew didn't react, but I heard that Zhen Kung Fu called them."

"Shrimp and pork heart!" The boss slapped his thigh.

(End of this chapter)