Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 671: Quitting drinking is not enough, and the plan of "Zhulou"
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Mo's expression became a little gloomy.

He looked at his hands, unable to believe the results of last night.

He was defeated again.

Tang Yan used her powerful suppressive ability to tell Zhou Mo a fact.

If you are not good enough, don’t blame the uneven road.

"Get up, lazy bum. The sun is almost setting on your butt."

Outside the room, Tang Yan pushed the door open with breakfast and saw Zhou Mo staring at his own hands. She thought he was recalling the details of last night and her cheeks felt slightly hot.

It is said that there are four great joys in life, and the first one is rain after a long drought.

She did get a little excited last night.

She waved the breakfast in front of Zhou Mo and said, "Eat breakfast, don't get rich."

Zhou Mo shook his head and subconsciously shrank into the quilt.

"I'm not hungry, leave me alone."

"That won't do. Don't you have to go to the crew soon?"

Zhou Mo shook his head: "I have already asked for leave."

"Really?"

Tang Yan's eyes lit up.

Zhou Mo's heart trembled. What's your reaction?
Just at that moment, the light in Tang Yan's eyes made him feel uneasy.

Tang Yan continued to ask: "Why do you want to take leave? What's wrong with you?"

Zhou Mo coughed lightly: "I just feel a little uncomfortable, nothing serious."

"Then I'll take care of you in the room today." Tang Yan made up his mind immediately.

"No, don't you have something to do today? Go ahead and do it. I just have a small problem. I just need to rest for a while."

Tang Yan said with a smile.

"Don't worry, those are just small things. I will take care of you in the room today."

Then she picked up the phone and dialed.

"Hey, Sister Ji, please postpone today's work for me. I'm going to take a day off today...

Hmm? You ask what happened? It's just that a friend of mine is sick and I'm taking care of him."

After hanging up the phone, Tang Yan put away breakfast with a smile.

"Okay, now there's nothing to do."

Zhou Mo moved his throat subconsciously and suddenly felt that it was a wrong choice for him to ask for leave today.

Half an hour later.

After Zhou Mo finished washing up, he started to eat breakfast.

Tang Yan had already eaten, so she just watched.

Chat with Zhou Mo about things in the entertainment industry from time to time.

They had already discussed "The Emperor" last night. Tang Yan thought about it and asked Zhou Mo about the TV series plans after "The Emperor".

"Can you share some of the follow-up plot of the drama you mentioned?"

Zhou Mo nodded.

"Of course, I've already finished the script. Once I finish 'The Blue House', the TV series can start filming."

"So fast?"

"Well, there's nothing else to do anyway, so let's just shoot it."

"Have you decided on the name of the play?"

"Yes, 'Red Tower'."

Red building?

Tang Yan felt that this word was somewhat familiar: "It seems to be a word that appeared in ancient Chinese?"

"Well, in the Qing Dynasty's Peach Blossom Fan, there's a line: I watched him build a red building, I watched him entertain guests, and I watched his building collapse.

In addition, this sentence has also been used to describe some scenes in A Dream of Red Mansions. So I thought of using this name. "Zhou Mo explained.

By the way, some of the settings in "Zhu Lou" were deliberately borrowed from some plots in "Dream of Red Mansions".

In the past, Dream of the Red Chamber was not only a literary masterpiece, but also an enduring research topic. Research based on Dream of the Red Chamber can be divided into several schools.

Some study the authors, some study the era, some study the metaphors, and some study the images.

Variety.

What Zhou Mo meant by "reference" was actually the reference to the hexagram related to the "hidden main line" in the major research topics related to "Dream of Red Mansions".

The topics of this hexagram include but are not limited to Qin Keqing's identity, Wang Ziteng's promotion, Jia Yuanchun's fight for the throne, the Tiewangshan Incident, etc.

Regardless of the authenticity of the "Hidden Main Line of "Dream of Red Mansions"", its related content does expand on "Dream of Red Mansions", a work with the inner courtyard of the Jia family as the main line.

Especially in the court line, there has been a considerable expansion around the plots such as "Four Kings and Eight Dukes, new and old forces, and the Emperor's reforms".

The script of "Zhu Lou" is also based on this plot, combined with the plot conjectures given by some related online novels that Zhou Mo had read in his previous life, to write a court drama that spanned more than ten years, with constant fighting and intrigue.

Multiple lines are advancing in parallel, the rivers and lakes are intertwined and influence each other.

“For example, the fight for the throne involved three generations.

The top generation is the emperor emeritus.

The emperor was injured in the rebellion of the crown prince and his health was getting weaker and weaker, so he gave up the throne to the current emperor and became the emperor. Despite this, the emperor did not completely hand over power, but held on to the military power tightly and was unwilling to let go.

In the middle is the emperor.

The emperor took the throne after the prince's rebellion. After taking the throne, he worked day and night and devoted himself to his work.

However, due to the existence of the emperor emeritus, many policies could not be implemented. Faced with the internal and external troubles of the country, every possible means were tried.

At the bottom are several princes.

The emperor's several children, as well as the orphans of the former crown prince, are all eyeing the throne of the current emperor, hoping to inherit the throne one day.

This was just the fight for the throne. In addition, there was the White Lotus Rebellion, the external invasion of tribal forces, the system that continued to reform, and the struggle between civil and military officials...

All of this will be shown in the TV series."

As Tang Yan listened to Zhou Mo's story, her eyes became brighter.

Just by hearing Zhou Mo's storyline, she could already imagine how exciting this drama was.

It would be so beautiful if we really wait until it is filmed.

The only problem is.

"Can a TV series with a character as huge as Gu Qingliang be filmed in dozens of episodes?"

"It should be fine, as long as the plot is tight enough. But it will indeed have to have a few more episodes than normal." Zhou Mo is still confident in his level.

Tang Yan continued, "To be honest, I originally thought that the play you mentioned would be somewhat similar to the Nirvana in Fire that Lao Hu filmed two years ago, but after listening to you, I think the play in Zhulou is much more complicated than Nirvana in Fire."

Zhou Mo waved his hand.

“The Red Mansion and Nirvana in Fire are two completely different stories.

The central theme of "Nirvana in Fire" is not actually power struggle, but to fight for one's dignity and make the emperor admit his mistakes.

There is nothing wrong with this plot direction, but the overlap between the target audience of "Nirvana in Fire" and the target audience of "Zhu Lou" should be very low.

So there is no comparison at all.”

Tang Yan suddenly became interested: "If you were asked to write "Nirvana in Fire", how would you write it?"

Zhou Mo thought about it for a while and gave an answer.

"Or, weaken Mei Changsu's character and make him really start out as a talented scholar who went through all kinds of hardships before disrupting the court.

Or, according to the original novel's configuration of Mei Changsu, in the second episode he would kill Emperor Liang directly, support his younger brother to become the emperor, carry out internal reforms, and expand externally. "

After hearing this, Tang Yan was stunned.

“That’s really different.”

"It's normal. Different audiences have different preferences, and the direction of related works is completely different."

"Then I'll wait for your next work. I'll take a good look at how big the gap is between the two works." Tang Yan said with a smile.

……

Five days later.

Zhou Mo received the box office data of "Battlefield".

"Director Zhou, please don't be nervous about what I'm going to say next."

(End of this chapter)