Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 675: Honoring the Family, A-Class Movie King

A few days later.

Zhou Mo went to the crew of "I Want to Be the Emperor".

I haven't seen you for a while, and there have been some changes in the crew.

The relationship between Huang Xiaoming and Wang Kai seems to be closer than before.

When Zhou Mo entered the room, the two were chatting about something.

When he saw Zhou Mo, he immediately waved and greeted him.

"Director Zhou, long time no see." ×2.

"Long time no see, what are you two talking about? Why are you so focused?"

Huang Xiaoming and Wang Kai looked at each other.

Wang Kai took a step back and gave the opportunity of introduction to Zhou Mo.

Huang Xiaoming was not polite and said immediately: "Director Zhou, "Entertainment Circle 2" is about to be released."

Zhou Mo suddenly realized.

He had heard Han Jianu report this matter some time ago, but later he was busy with the work of "Battlefield" and did not have time to learn more about it.

"Didn't Jia Nu say that this movie would be submitted to the Tokyo Film Festival?"

"Yes, I just came back the night before yesterday." Huang Xiaoming replied.

Zhou Mo looked at the specific date.

It really is.

The Tokyo Film Festival just ended two nights ago.

He patted his forehead, apologetically.

"I'm sorry, Brother Xiaoming, I was resting the past two days and forgot about this matter."

Two days ago, he was still in the state of proving whether he could do it or not, and all the information from the outside world basically went in one ear and out the other for him.

Remember nothing.

Huang Xiaoming waved his hands quickly: "I totally understand. Director Zhou, you did run around a lot for Battlefield last month. If it were me, I wouldn't want to move either."

Zhou Mo looked at Huang Xiaoming's mouth which had gradually begun to crooked, and his heart moved.

"Looking at your posture, Brother Xiaoming, you should have made some gains."

The smile on Huang Xiaoming's lips became more and more obvious.

"Best Actor."

"Wow! The best actor!"

Zhou Mo patted Huang Xiaoming on the shoulder and said, "Congratulations, Brother Xiaoming. From today on, you are considered one of the best performers in the country."

A very important criterion for judging actors' acting skills all over the world is awards.

Among the many awards, Class A film festivals have the highest value.

There are a total of fourteen Category A film festivals in the world.

The three European golds are among them, and they are the three with the highest gold content.

Compared with these three, the Tokyo Film Festival is slightly less valuable, but it is still far ahead of other random awards.

Let’s take a simple example, Sister Bayi.

Even though Sister Bayi has been following the route of black and red traffic in China, when it comes to entering the international market, she will always be promoted first as a double A actress.

One of the A-level film festivals where she won the Best Actress Award was the Tokyo Film Festival.

This is exactly what makes Huang Xiaoming happy.

From then on, he became an actor with outstanding achievements.

"What about Sister Qiaoqiao? How is she?" Zhou Mo asked about Sister Bayi again.

Huang Xiaoming shook his head slightly. "She was a little unlucky this time. There was no Best Supporting Actress award at the Tokyo Film Festival. As for the Best Actress award, her role was not good enough. Considering that she had already won awards before, it was a bit regrettable in the end."

"Then you must thank them properly when you get back." Zhou Mo said with a smile.

The actor's status and fame will help the film win awards.

Fan Qiaoqiao himself has won an award at the Tokyo Film Festival, which must have been a great help in helping "Showbiz 2" win the award.

Huang Xiaoming's winning of the award this time must have been due to a favor from Fan Qiaoqiao.

Huang Xiaoming sighed, "In fact, ever since I won the award the night before yesterday, Qiao Qiao has forced me to sign a humiliating agreement. I'll really pay back the favor in the future."

"In that case, why not ask the crew to lend you a favor? It would be a good idea to have an actor who just won an international A-class movie as the lead actor in a TV series."

Huang Xiaoming nodded repeatedly.

"of course can."

The crew helped him promote the Tokyo Film Festival Best Actor Award, which was a win-win situation for both parties. Although the Best Actor Award at an international A-level film festival is highly prestigious, other than the three major European festivals, or even Cannes, other film festivals do not attract much attention outside the entertainment industry.

The crew used Huang Xiaoming's award to promote himself, which also helped him increase his fame.

After reminiscing with Huang Xiaoming and Wang Kai, Zhou Mo officially took over the publicity work for the "Emperor" crew.

As expected, as the premiere date of "The Emperor" approaches, more and more comments and controversies about "The Emperor" have appeared on the Internet.

Among them, the most typical controversy is the same as the one Huang Xiaoming encountered when he was filming "The Legend of Yue Fei".

Is it possible that this plot could cause damage to some relationships?

In the crew, Zhou Mo was not only calm about this kind of talk, he even felt like laughing.

How many years has it been?

Why is it still the same tune?

To deal with this rhythm, Shanhe Company has its own set of relevant solutions.

As for the right to speak, as long as the money is in place, there will be great scholars to help you debate.

When it comes to quoting classics, Shanhe Company’s main focus is on providing complete historical materials.

As for the direction of public opinion, your fans won’t buy it.

In three days, the online debate about the pursuit of the dead in "The Emperor" went through a whole cycle from its appearance to its end.

After a public opinion war, the popularity of "The Emperor" has increased instead of decreased.

Wang Kai watched Zhou Mo's entire operation and was extremely shocked.

"It was solved so easily. I thought I would have to fight a difficult public opinion battle."

Tang Yan said at the side: "This is why Director Zhou is here. Without him, our crew would definitely encounter more public criticism, and it would not be as easy to resolve as it is now."

Zhou Mo waved his hand and said, "The Emperor is also one of my works. I promised to support this drama, and now of course I have to do what I said.

Now, the content of "Emperor" should not cause any big waves in the future, so I'd like to trouble you all to take care of the subsequent promotion."

"Don't worry, Director Zhou, it will be absolutely fine."

Early November.

"I Want to Be the Emperor" is officially on air.

Start time: 7:30 pm.

Broadcast channel: Mile Station paid channel.

After some consideration, "I Want to Be the Emperor" was finally chosen to be broadcast on the paid channel of the station.

The reason is not that the TV channel cannot broadcast it.

Instead, after investigation and analysis, Zhou Mo found that the expected revenue and word-of-mouth from broadcasting on paid channels were higher than those from broadcasting on ordinary channels.

The TV channel eventually died.

At present, among all the domestic channels, except for those that have always been the top-tier ones, the rest have embarked on the path of transformation.

Unfortunately, up to now, Zhou Mo has not heard of any channel that has successfully transformed.

At seven o'clock in the evening.

Zhou Mo was already waiting in front of the TV, waiting for "I Want to Be the Emperor" to start airing.

Beside him, Liu Shishi and Tang Yan were eating melon seeds.

"I don't know what the data of our play is?" Liu Shishi said casually.

"I don't know. As long as the popularity is not less than Nirvana in Fire, I'll be satisfied." Tang Yan was also thinking.

Zhou Mo turned his head and glanced at the two women.

"Can you two be more ambitious? After all, this is a drama produced by Shanhe Company, and you are all popular first-line stars now. There is no need to compete with Nirvana in Fire."

One very counterintuitive thing is that when "Nirvana in Fire" was broadcast, the ratings were actually not high, and were even a bit low.

His popularity gradually grew as the TV series' reputation continued to grow and other TV stations resumed broadcasting the show.

In the same year, the TV series that really became popular right after it was aired and topped the ratings report was Empress Sun’s “Legend of Miyue”.

The ratings were 2.77%, leading the entire show.

If we also include "The Empress of China" starring Sister Bayi at the end of the previous year, the ratings would soar to 2.95%, nearly 3%.

In comparison, the ratings of "Nirvana in Fire" barely reached 1%, which is indeed not good enough.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhou Mo chose to broadcast "I Want to Be the Emperor" on the pay channel.

"So what do you think the data of our drama is at?" Tang Yan looked at Zhou Mo.

Zhou Mo thought about it and gave an answer.

"If we look at the ratings, it's meaningless, as we are a pay channel. If we look at the revenue, I'll give you a number: 15 billion, no less."

(End of this chapter)