Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 619 Is everything you filmed in the movie real?

Da Tiantian usually helps Zhou Mo attend many negotiations on cooperation with Penguin.

She certainly knew how much Penguin wanted to take money out of the pockets of his potential users.

"From what you said, Penguin is also optimistic about this adaptation?"

"Yes, in Penguin's view, this project has a really strong selling point, and the most important thing is that the user target is very clear, so we can't wait to develop it."

Da Tiantian thought about it.

“What about the production cost?”

"That depends on the type, whether it includes war scenes or not. If there are no war scenes, but only court struggles and the struggle to regain power, such as Ying Zheng traveling back in time to be the emperor of the Song Dynasty, or the emperor of the late Ming Dynasty, the cost may be lower, after all, Ying Zheng himself has never been on the battlefield.

But if it is someone like Li Shimin, who was in his twenties and spent all day on the battlefield and was invincible, we must arrange war scenes for him, and not just one or two, because the cost would be high. "

As he spoke, Zhou Mo flipped through the information again.

“However, according to the survey results from Penguin, netizens like Li Shimin the most and hope that he can travel through history and fulfill all historical regrets.

Teacher Li is too busy. "

Da Tiantian was surprised: "Why Li Shimin? What about Liu Bang, Zhu Yuanzhang and others?"

"Li Shimin is awesome. He is the only top hexagonal emperor in history. He became emperor in his youth and remained wise until old age. Therefore, everyone has the highest expectations of him. After all, he should be able to adapt to any situation."

"But if it's Li Shimin, the cost will be higher."

"Yes, but it shouldn't matter if it's a little higher. Penguin told me that for the first attempt at this type of web series, it's entirely okay to spend more money. Even if it doesn't make any money in the end, or even loses some money, they can accept it. After all, it's about expanding the market."

Da Tiantian nodded.

Penguin is really generous when it comes to being an investor, even if it’s not mentioned in other situations.

They don't hesitate to spend money and generally won't try to seize power.

“When will the project be launched?”

"Early next year."

"Where's the candidate?"

"There are two ideas at present. One is to choose an actor who is very popular in the market and has certain acting skills and strength, such as Deng Chao, to play the leading role."

"But this kind of people will be very expensive." Da Tiantian pointed out the problem incisively.

"Yes, so there is a second category, which is to find actors who have lived and have screen memories, but are no longer popular."

"For example?"

"Dybala, Zhao Jingzhong, and the three people in Tianya Four Beauties except Lao Huo. The advantage is that they are cheap, but the disadvantage is that these people do have much less traffic." Zhou Mo gave Zhou Mo a few examples, and then added: "But I actually prefer the second category."

"What's the reason?"

“Because according to my understanding, the target customers of this type of web drama that we have currently decided on don’t really care much about the choice of celebrities.

What they care about most is the plot content, such as logic and excitement, followed by the characters and the actors’ acting skills, and finally the actors themselves.”

Regarding the selection of actors, Zhou Mo specially asked the company to conduct a survey.

The results of the survey are not exactly the same as the current mainstream perception in the market.

Penguin was hesitant about the result at first, but Zhou Mo quickly accepted the investigation results.

Isn’t this a typical content-oriented audience?

As for the actors and stuff, it’s fine as long as they are sufficient.

However, there must be no problems in terms of content or logic.

Zhou Mo said: "Currently, Penguin is planning to conduct another investigation, and I will let them do it, but we can already start contacting those actors."

"So confident."

"of course."

Zhou Mo smiled slightly. Having witnessed history, he was so confident.

After saying that, he sent a message to the company.

When Da Tiantian was speaking just now, she saw Zhou Mo kept his head down and was a little bit petty. But at this moment, looking at Zhou Mo's smiling face, she couldn't take her eyes away.

This guy always has a peculiar charm.

She licked her lips and spoke suddenly.

"Zhou Mo."

"Ok?"

"I feel a little uncomfortable."

"What's wrong."

Zhou Mo raised his eyebrows, put down his phone immediately, looked up at Da Tiantian, and found that her eyes were watery and shining.

Da Tiantian stared at Zhou Mo and spoke slowly.

"I feel a little uncomfortable and want to go back and rest early."

……

The next few days.

The box office performance of "Business Tycoon" surprised many people.

Even Zhou Mo was among them.

The reverse box office for a full seven days increased from 1.6 million at the beginning to 2.4 million on the fifth day of the National Day holiday.

Before the National Day holiday was over, the box office of "Business Tycoon" exceeded 1 billion and is heading towards the goal of 2 billion.

Many film and television companies held meetings overnight to analyze the reasons why "Business Tycoon" achieved this result.

The final results are as follows:

Zhou Mo and Da Tiantian, as well as other actors such as Shen Teng, Mary, and Fan Bingbing, have box office appeal.

The plot is cleverly designed, with details where necessary, such as the information exchange and misunderstandings between the male and female protagonists; and roughness where necessary, such as how a company operates and how a movie is shot.

Finally, and most importantly.

Authenticity.

Many professional industry insiders believe that only Zhou Mo and Da Tiantian can achieve such an effect with the script of "Business Tycoon".

If the same script was shot by someone else, even if they had more traffic than Zhou Mo, they would never achieve such results.

the reason is simple.

In other comedy movies, while everyone is having fun, they all assume that the plot is a dramatic interpretation, which is not possible in reality.

For example, in "Charlotte's Troubles", everyone knows that time travel is impossible.

Charlotte's experience is just a beautiful fantasy.

But if Zhou Mo and Da Tiantian were to star in "Business Tycoon", wouldn't their stories of making a fortune be similar to those in the movie?
The moment the sense of reality appears, the box office will naturally be boosted.

During the National Day holiday, during the "Business" roadshow, some audience members even asked Zhou Mo directly in the audience whether the story in the movie was true.
I wonder if Da Tiantian is really going back to inherit the family property, but unexpectedly she manages to expand the company step by step.

Neither Zhou Mo nor Da Tiantian would admit this answer.

However, their denial was taken as a sign of cover-up.

After that roadshow, a new round of discussion about the rise of Shanhe Company was sparked online.

Under this discussion.

End of October.

"Business Tycoon" ushered in the final box office of the movie.

22.3 million.

After half a year, it once again broke the box office record for domestic comedy films.

(End of this chapter)