Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 704: A comedy film that won the box office championship in Korea

Lee Jung-jae took the script and saw four big words on it.

"Extreme Job".

"This is……"

"Watch it first, and then we'll talk."

"Ah."

Lee Jung-jae lowered his head and began to read the script obediently.

Zhou Mo's scripts always start with an overview of the plot, an introduction to the main character, and some selling points.

So it didn't take Lee Jung-jae long to understand the general content of "Extreme Job".

Overall, this is a hilarious movie.

The story is about a drug enforcement team that is facing the crisis of disbanding. In order to complete an undercover mission, the team leader uses his pension to buy a fried chicken restaurant to change his identity.

Originally, the fried chicken shop was just a cover for the mission.

However, in line with the principle of loving what you do, the five members of the team found their own position in the fried chicken shop and gradually made the business of the shop flourish.

From then on, the civil servant became a fried chicken vendor, and the undercover mission became running a fried chicken shop.

The conflict of identities and the pressure of the mission eventually led to a series of funny events.

Zhou Mo asked: "How do you feel?"

"The content is very funny." Lee Jung-jae replied immediately.

He put down the script in his hand and looked at Zhou Mo with some anticipation.

Say that sentence quickly...

Say that sentence quickly...

Zhou Mo noticed Li Zhengzai's intention and did not delay deliberately. He asked directly: "What do you think if I let you play this role?"

When he heard the words he was expecting, Lee Jung-jae spoke loudly.

"That's absolutely no problem, Director Zhou!"

"Okay, I'll ask my assistant to contact you later." Zhou Mo said with a smile.

Ever since he decided to invade the Korean Cinema, he has prepared a lot of scripts in advance.

"Extreme Job" is one of them.

The reason for choosing it is, of course, because the performance of this movie is good enough.

In its previous life, this movie, which had a low investment cost and a not-so-luxurious cast, quickly broke many records in the Korean film industry once it was released, and ultimately won the box office championship.

No one in the room has been talking since Zhou Mo took out the script.

Just by looking at Lee Jung-jae's reaction, one can roughly guess that the quality of this script must be very good.

It was not until the two of them had discussed the cooperation that Jeon Do-yeon asked with a little curiosity.

“What script are you so excited about, Jung Jae?”

Lee Jung-jae first glanced at Zhou Mo, and when he saw the latter waving his hand to indicate that he could read it at will, he handed the script to Jeon Do-yeon.

After hearing the conversation between Zhou Mo and Lee Jung Jae, Lin Yoona had an idea.

"Director Zhou, is it the one about opening a fried chicken shop?"

"Yes, you've seen it before."

"Well, Sister Tiantian took me with her when she read the script last time, and I happened to read some of it." Lin Yoona nodded.

Zhou Mo thought about it and asked, "Do you want to act? If you do, the female role in the movie is just for you."

Lin Yuna was stunned and pointed at herself.

"Can I have it?"

"Why not? If we have the resources, of course we should give priority to our own people. If you don't want to act, you can give it to others." Zhou Mo said with a smile.

The statement was very direct, but everyone in the room felt that something was wrong.

There are so few resources, so of course we should use them for our own family first.

Only a god like Zhou Mo can assign roles to people everywhere.

Of course, Zhou Mo made more money in the process. Lin Yuner was a little unconfident: "But my box office appeal in my home country is not very good now. Will it delay your plan, Director Zhou?"

This is indeed a problem.

One very interesting thing is that Yoona's current appeal in the film and television industry is not equal in Korea and China.

In China, her box office appeal is stronger than in Korea.

Thanks to the good performance of "The Mermaid" with a box office of 4 billion yuan, and the continuous allocation of resources from Shanhe Company, although Yoona Lin cannot be called a top star in China at present, it is completely possible to be called a first-line star.

In Korea, although Girls' Generation is popular, they are still idols.

In the film and television industry, Yoona's achievements are far less dazzling than those of girl groups.

Zhou Mo thought for a moment and smiled at Lin Yuner, "It doesn't matter. There are five people in the movie anyway, so just let the other four become more famous."

The law of averages is sometimes also applicable in the film and television industry.

"Of course, this might cause you some criticism. People might think you were forced into this, saying, 'You're paying the princess to star in a play.' I don't know if you can accept that."

Lin Yoona doesn't care.

Just some criticism.

It's far worse than when she was in a girl group.

You know, she had experienced the "dark lights" situation many years ago.

"I'm a relative of mine, so just say whatever you want." Lin Yoona stuck out her tongue.

"Okay, in that case, I'll add you in. As for the other three..." Zhou Mo suddenly turned his head and looked at Li Zhengzai: "Zhengzai, do you have any recommendations for the remaining ones?"

Lee Jung-jae was stunned, then a little surprised.

It was obvious that Director Zhou was giving him an opportunity to do a favor.

After thinking for a moment, he slowly said a name:
"Hwang Jung-min."

Zhou Mo was not surprised by this answer.

Hwang Jung Min has a great talent for comedy.

It is indeed very suitable for a movie like "Extreme Job".

only……

“Why not Jung Woo-sung?”

Lee Jung-jae said without hesitation: "Because Huang Zhengmin took a collection from me, I must take it back for him."

Zhou Mo nodded.

"Okay, then count Hwang Jung-min as an example. You can contact him later and ask him to thank you."

Only then did Jeon Do-yeon put down the script with an emotional look on her face.

"It's another movie with huge potential. To be honest, I regret agreeing to film John Wick 3 with Director Zhou so quickly."

Zhou Mo: "Don't regret it, there will be many opportunities in the future."

"Then I will take Director Zhou's good words and hope that we can work together more often in the future."

On the other side, two assistant directors were waiting eagerly for Jeon Do-yeon to finish reading the script so that they could read it too.

Who knew that the two of them would actually start chatting.

In desperation, the two of them had to speak out: "You two, can you let us see some script content that you both think is good?"

Jeon Do-yeon finally reacted and quickly handed over the script.

The two also read the introduction.

After reading it, the Sour Star Tool Man immediately looked up at Zhou Mo.

"This is a really good script. I wonder how Director Zhou plans to invest? If possible, our company hopes to provide some support for the filming of this movie, just like the previous cooperation."

The elephant tool man was a step slower and followed behind, saying "Us too".

Zhou Mo nodded.

"No problem. I'll contact you once the film is approved."

(End of this chapter)