Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 649 Brother Kaizi is back
Zhou Mo returned to the "Anti-Japanese War" crew the next day and started working immediately.

Zhang Hanyu's leg hasn't fully recovered yet, but it doesn't affect the filming. She can just spread out the work and extend the working hours a bit.

In the next few days, box office news came from "Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Regiment".

Three consecutive days of box office increases brought the box office to around 3 million yuan, and then began to decline.

Marco called Zhou Mo almost every day to tell him about his good mood.

Jiang Wen also called from time to time.

Although this man's tone always seemed calm every time he made a phone call, his slightly excited voice and uncontrollable breathing could reveal his excitement.

"Okay, okay, there will be a celebration party in June. If I finish filming, I will definitely go." Zhou Mo promised on the phone.

Hang up.

Wu Jing and Zhang Hanyu sighed: "Director Jiang is really happy this time. He is in such a hurry to hold a banquet."

They were also invited just now.

“If you don’t return home when you are rich and powerful, it’s like wearing fine clothes and walking at night. People finally get to enjoy themselves once, so just be excited.” Zhou Mo said indifferently.

He wasn't sure whether the film could be completed by June.

According to the current situation, basically it is possible.

But no one knows what might happen during the process.

"Director Zhou, after we finish filming our movie, when will it be released?" Wu Jing asked.

"I'm afraid it will take until next year to complete such a huge task." Zhang Hanyu guessed.

"No, if it is finished before June, it can be released during the National Day holiday. The company has recently upgraded its technology and the efficiency is much higher."

"So fast?" Zhang Hanyu was shocked.

Wu Jing laughed loudly on the side.

"It's unexpected, Lao Zhang. Your past experience is not applicable to the efficiency of Director Zhou's company. The fighting power of the Shanhe Company team is too strong.

That configuration made me drool.”

Zhang Hanyu smacked his lips and said, "I've actually heard about the efficiency of Director Zhou's company, but I also thought that since our film has a lot of war scenes, the special effects in the later stage will definitely take some time."

"You're right, but Director Zhou's special effects company is more efficient." Wu Jing said silently.

As someone who has used Shanhe Company's supporting facilities, he has witnessed with his own eyes how terrifyingly efficient Shanhe Company is in operation.

It's really like having whatever you want.

Zhang Hanyu stopped talking.

He recalled the Hong Kong film industry of the previous era.

However, although Hong Kong's film industry is producing fast, it does not have the capability to produce blockbuster films.

So, Hollywood would be more appropriate.

The filming there is also very fast. A production as large as a superhero movie is usually completed in less than a year.

“It’s impossible for a small workshop to outperform an industrial production line. Maybe some geniuses can achieve it quickly and well, but the overall level is still far behind.” Zhou Mo said softly.

Currently, the vast majority of film shooting modes in China are still small workshops.

Even if their workflow, equipment, and crew structure look somewhat formal.

……

The time came to the end of May.

The results of this year's Cannes are out.

Kaizi won the Best Director Award at this year's Cannes Film Festival with his film "Young People's Journey", beating "The Beguiled" directed by Sofia.

Zhou Mo knew this movie "Under the Peony Flower", a movie of extremely mediocre quality.

The story is about a girl from a church school who rescued a Northern soldier and brought him back to school during the Civil War.

In the school, the soldier's presence is like a stone thrown into the lake, which brings ripples to the hearts of many women in the school. So, around this soldier, the three women started a different kind of battle.

This subject matter is not new, as this story was already filmed in 1971.

The content is even less interesting.

The advantages are not obvious enough, but the disadvantages, such as the design of the "palace fighting" plot, are quite rough.

It's not even half as exciting as "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

And "The Journey of Youth", with Kaizige controlling his desire to express himself (which was actually cut out by Zhou Mo), beautifully describes the process of a teenager receiving treatment in a "school" and slowly changing.

In addition to what the protagonist sees and hears "at school", Brother Kaizi also added some very wonderful content during the filming process.

Arrogant cats, greedy wolves, foxes that speak human language, and so on.

These existences can be said to be the result of the protagonist’s inner changes and fantasies during the process of receiving “treatment”;

It can also be said to be a reflection of some things in "school".

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It all depends on how the audience understands it.

Every understanding can find a corresponding explanation.

As the protagonist enters the school, he changes from being rebellious, excited, and active at the beginning to becoming calmer and more and more indifferent.

But the world in the protagonist's eyes has changed from being dull, boring, and even a little scary at the beginning to gradually becoming vivid, full of vitality, and even lively and lovely.

This contrast almost indicates the change of the protagonist.

At the end, the protagonist completed the "treatment" and left the "school".

The moment he stepped out of the "school", his face regained its lively expression.

Behind him, a shadow like him stayed in the room whose door was about to be closed, watching him slowly leave.

This type of symmetry is not uncommon and is even quite common.

But frequent use does not mean excellence. How well it can be achieved depends on the director’s own level.

From Zhou Mo's perspective, the filming of this movie by Brother Kaizi was undoubtedly a success.

After all, he is the one who can break the record with "Search".

Both the rhythm and the shots are of a very high level.

And the performance on site was also good.

According to a phone call from Chen Ershao, many viewers shed tears when "Young People's Journey" was played at the Cannes site.

On the night that Cannes ended, Brother Kaizi called me.

"Congratulations, Director Chen, for returning from Cannes with great success again." Zhou Mo sincerely wished Brother Kaizi a happy harvest.

Brother Kaizi felt a little regretful.

"It's OK. It's a pity that I didn't win the jury's award. I just didn't have enough time. If I had more time, I would definitely be able to optimize some of the content."

Zhou Mo smacked his lips when he heard this.

Lack of time is the reason why you won the award.

If you were really asked to shoot for two years at a time, let alone win the Best Director Award at Cannes, you would probably have trouble even winning the three major awards in China.

The Kaizi brother who has a short shooting time is the good Kaizi brother.

After a few polite words.

Brother Kaizi asked about Zhou Mo's situation.

"Director Zhou, when I finish my work here, I'll go back and hold a celebration party. You must come then."

"Don't worry, Director Chen, I will definitely be there when the time comes."

(End of this chapter)