Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 760 Coaxing the Child
Da Tiantian found that she was indeed lacking in some skills in plot writing.

So, she dragged Zhou Mo to study for several nights in a row and learned a lot of new knowledge. Only then did she feel very satisfied to conceive of her own new ideas.

Zhou Mo, on the other hand, took advantage of this period of free time and went back and forth between the company and home every day.

Either he was dealing with matters or he was conceiving the plot of "Eastern Han Dynasty".

"Eastern Han Dynasty" is the name of his next mythological historical film.

The story has been told many times.

Liu Xiu and Wang Mang.

According to the plan, the film will start shooting in October and try to be completed before this year.

As for the period between June and September.

He had another more important arrangement.

"The Blue House" has been completed.

This time, he wants to take advantage of the momentum of winning the Oscar for "Firefighter" to strive for another award.

Venice.

"Director Zhou, Journey to the Blue House has basically been edited. When will you have time to come and take a look?"

The company's editor sent a message to Zhou Mo.

Zhou Mo responded on the phone and went directly to the editor's studio.

As the company's business has expanded and become more professional in recent years, it is rare for Zhou Mo to edit all the films himself as he did in the past.

Most of the time, he tells the company's editor his ideas, then cuts out a rough framework, and then asks the editor to fill in the details. He will review it and send his opinions back after reviewing it. If it is OK, there is no problem. If not, he will continue.

Only rarely, when repeated communications still fail to produce the desired results, will Zhou Mo personally take charge of editing the film.

From the perspective of a single movie, this approach is definitely not as efficient as if Zhou Mo did it himself.

But from the perspective of the entire company, it can effectively free up Zhou Mo's time.

Anyway, no matter what, the final decision on the movie lies in Zhou Mo's hands.

So he doesn't have to worry about any problems with the company's film editing.

A few hours later.

Watch the finished film.

Zhou Mo immediately applauded the editor.

"Well done, this is the taste, exactly what I expected, very good."

"Director Zhou, thank you for your praise."

Zhou Mo watched the film on the screen for a while and said to the editor, "Also, there are a few shots that you should pay attention to. Darken the sheen on the protagonist's face a little bit. The rest will basically be fine."

"Of course, I'll contact Director Zhou after the film is out."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work. When the movie comes out, I'll give you a big red envelope."

"Thank you, Director Zhou."

When leaving work, Zhou Mo sent a message to Da Tiantian.

He thought that at this time in the morning, Da Tiantian should still be thinking about her movie ideas and would not reply to the message until very late.

Unexpectedly, just a moment later, Da Tiantian called me.

"Have you finished "The Blue House"? "

"Ah."

"It's time to send it to Venice."

"It has actually been sent out. What we are producing now is just the final version that will be released in the future." Zhou Mo smiled and said, "I told you about this matter. I'm afraid you have been too busy recently and forgot about it."

Da Tiantian paused and let out a breath.

"Okay, I did forget." "Why did you answer the phone so quickly this time? Weren't you writing the script?"

Da Tiantian explained, "Jia Nu called me just now and asked about the promotion of "Life Search". She said that she had advised Director Bi many times, but Director Bi would not listen and insisted on getting his friends to promote our movie. He also guaranteed that this movie is a stunning work that will definitely shock everyone!"

Zhou Mo: ...

He'd heard this before.
And I also heard it from Director Bi.

Moreover, the target of this sentence is the legendary "Pure Mind: Chasing Dreams in Show Business".

Thinking of this, Zhou Mo couldn't help but feel a headache.

This guy Director Bi, you say there is something wrong with him.

He is actually an arrogant guy who is immersed in his own world.

Even when arguing with others, he just insists that his work is good and others just don't understand it.

Everyone is drunk but I am sober.

But there's nothing wrong with this guy.

When this guy gets excited, he really gets excited.

However, Zhou Mo was mentally prepared for this. He had already foreseen today's situation when he was about to ask Director Bi to take the blame.

As the saying goes, "With great power comes risk."

Bi Dao is a double-edged sword.

It depends on how you use him.

"Forget it, I'll give Director Bi a call."

"Okay, then I'll call Jianv and tell her." Da Tiantian also breathed a sigh of relief.

Obviously, she also knew that this was not an easy task.

Otherwise, she and Jia Nu could only tell Zhou Mo about the problem as soon as possible.

'This is the person you chose, you deal with it!'

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Mo found Bi Dao's cell phone number, took a few deep breaths, and finally chose to dial it.

A few seconds later, the call was connected.

"Hey, Director Zhou!"

On the other end of the phone, Director Bi's voice sounded a little excited, as if he had taken a tonic pill.

"Director Bi, long time no see."

"Long time no see, long time no see... Director Zhou, after a year, "Life Search" is finally going to be released. I am very excited now. Director Zhou, do you know that I haven't slept well these past few days? When I think about the fact that I can make such a good movie, I feel that I am a lucky person..."

Perhaps it was because the filming took too long and there was not much communication, Director Bi seemed to have turned into a chatterbox at this moment.

After a long conversation, Director Bi finally felt a lot more relaxed.

He took a few deep breaths and said to Zhou Mo:
"I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Director Zhou. I'm a little excited... Director Zhou, is there anything you want to tell me?"

"It's about the promotion of "Life Search". I heard that Director Bi, you are planning to ask your friends to help with the promotion this time?"

"Yes, that's what I planned. There is strength in numbers. All these people coming together can bring a lot of heat to our film promotion... But Jia Nu doesn't quite agree with me doing this. She seems to think that this is not very reliable, so she has been rejecting me.

Director Zhou, we just happened to be on the phone today, I'll tell you, you tell Jia Nu, and ask my friends to come out and promote it together..."

"I told her that, I actually don't really want you, Director Bi, to call those people." Zhou Mo stated his meaning directly.

After hearing this, the rest of Bi Dao’s words got stuck in his throat.

After a long while, he spoke slowly.

"Why, Director Zhou, do you also think that my film is not good this time, so you don't want to promote it?"

"How could that be? If I think this movie is not good, I won't let it be released at all." Zhou Mo said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)