Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 724 Listen to me and thank you!

After more than an hour, the auditions of several teachers were all over.

In the live broadcast room, viewers could see Zhou Mo holding a script and discussing something with Liu Heping.

Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun, Liu Huohua and Deng Chao seemed to be under a spell. They sat on the sofa in a daze, not saying a word and not making a single move.

Corresponding to the four of them were the five big guys who returned to the room from the lounge.

Five people gathered together, talking and laughing.

It's like discussing what to eat tonight.

Very relaxing.

The strong contrast between the two sides made the audience laugh so hard.

"Haha, I am dying of laughter. I feel like these four people have been hit hard."

"That's right, Director Zhou is really ruthless. He let each of them come into contact with the big guys at their peak. It would be strange if they didn't get shocked!"

"After all, it's because of lack of ability, otherwise it would become like this?"

"To be honest, I think the leader and the others are OK. Director Zhou really gave them such good roles that they were able to perform at their best."

Just now, after Zhou Mo sat down with the "take it all" plan, he immediately adjusted the original audition plan.

Originally, several people were going to audition for the roles of the two prime ministers.

But after changing his plan, he selected the roles that best matched the classic screen images of several bigwigs.

For example, Wu Gang is the Inspector General, a character with Li Dakang’s style.

Zhang Zhijian, on the other hand, plays a character with the style of a young cabinet minister.

Ni Dahong plays a frail old man who is connected to the retired emperor and can cause disturbances in the court.

As for the responsibilities of the left and right prime ministers, they were assigned to Liang Guanhua and Wang Zhifei.

A man who is good at strategizing and can move around the court with ease (Liang Guanhua's Di Renjie).

A man of upright character, responsible for reform affairs in the court (Wang Zhifei's Shang Yang).

Both of them are very familiar with this kind of role.

They easily showed the power and charm of this kind of character, and the two actors who acted opposite them were almost moved to tears.

As for the two people who acted opposite Wu Gang and Zhang Zhijian, they were also under tremendous pressure.

Especially Huang Xiaoming, because Zhou Mo changed the positioning of Ni Dahong, he invited Ni Dahong to play a new role again.

As a result, Huang Xiaoming needs to act opposite Ni Dahong again.

So, he rehearsed the scene three times in a row for more than an hour, which almost brought him to a breakdown.

So, after more than an hour, these four became like this.

At the moment, judging from the results, Zhou Mo’s choice was actually correct.

The idea of changing the roles could bring all five big guys into the crew.

Let each of them bring out their powerful acting skills.

But the problem is that if other characters were used, three of the teachers would have fewer roles.

Everyone came to audition for the role of Prime Minister, after all, they all wanted some more important roles.

This is human nature.

Now that they have the ability and the resources, who wouldn’t want the best?

Of course Zhou Mo could use favors to get a few teachers to come and play guest roles.

But not only does he not like doing this, it is also unfair to the teachers.

After much thought, it is better to continue adding more scenes.

So, Zhou Mo now came close to Liu Heping.

"Teacher Liu, please help me. The five teachers now have such excellent acting skills, can you bear to see them have so few roles on the screen?

Teacher Liu, you don’t have to answer. I know your answer is definitely no, because I think so too. This is called great minds think alike.

So, Teacher Liu, this matter still requires you, the top screenwriter in the industry, to step in and add some new plots for these teachers. It would be best if they can be on the same level as the role of the Prime Minister. A little less is fine, but not too much less.

How about it, Mr. Liu, this task is not too difficult for you, right?" After hearing Zhou Mo's request, Liu Heping almost sprayed a mouthful of salt soda on his face.

Do you have any shame?

Not only do you add characters right away, but you add three at once.

And he is a core role like the prime minister.

Why don't you go to heaven?

"Director Zhou, on top of the original complete plot, we added three plots with characters that are crucial to the main plot. Do you know how much work this is?"

Zhou Mo just laughed, not at all shy.

"Of course I know."

"Then you still let me come?"

"It's just that the workload is huge and the characters are difficult, so you have to come here at your old age. I wonder if anyone else in the industry has the ability to smoothly incorporate three important characters into the plot. Only you, screenwriter Liu Heping, can do it, so I'll leave this matter to you."

Liu Heping sneered.

"Don't flatter me. I'm the only one here. You, Zhou Mo, are also one of the top screenwriters in the country. Why don't you go up yourself?"

Zhou Mo sighed and said regretfully: "It's not that I don't want to, I actually want to join this job, but I'm too busy, Teacher Liu, otherwise I would definitely join in."

Liu Heping didn't buy it at all.

"Very busy. How busy can you be? Tell me about it."

Zhou Mo said bluntly: "In a few days, I will go to America to compete for the Oscars. Teacher Liu, do you think this reason is acceptable?"

Liu Heping: ...

He really couldn't refute this reason.

In terms of importance, winning an Oscar is more important than writing a script.

Zhou Mo continued, "Also, I can give you an extra bonus... Don't worry, I know you don't need money, but this money is just a token of my appreciation for your work for me. You must accept it, otherwise I won't be able to carry out my work."

Liu Heping pursed his lips and finally agreed.

"Let me make it clear first. This is not about money. I want you to feel at ease to compete for the Oscars. This is indeed very important and you cannot be absent."

Zhou Mo chuckled.

"Of course, thank you for your understanding."

Liu Heping hummed, and continued to ask: "Tell me about the time. When do you plan to ask for it?"

Zhou Mo thought about it and gave a number.

"Can we start filming after I come back?"

"When will you be back?"

"Mid-March."

Liu Heping thought about the time. It was already the end of February, and there was less than a month left until mid-March.

"You want me to overhaul the script in less than a month? Why don't you just go and rob it?"

Zhou Mo was also a little helpless.

He knew Liu Heping's speed.

This guy is really not a fast writer.