Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 770

When "Life Search" reached its peak traffic, it was already the end of July.

The crew of "Lies" has taken the film off the screen, and the total box office has reached 1.2 billion yuan, which is a very good result.

Brother Kaizi can't wait to start his next movie.

I called Zhou Mo early.

The feeling of gradually returning to the peak intoxicated him, and his camera was already thirsty for it.

Zhou Mo has no objection.

"Director Chen, it will take some time for the company to set up the crew. As for Shanhe Cinema, if you need anything, just let me know and I'll have my staff arrange it as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'm going to hold a celebration party here. Director Zhou, do you have time recently?"

"Let me check the time. I can't guarantee it right now, but if there is time, I will definitely go over."

"Okay, the crew has decided on x date..."

Brother Kaizi reported the time, said a few more words and then hung up the phone.

Zhou Mo had just put away his phone when he saw Da Tiantian coming back from outside, and he started talking to her.

"Tiantian, Director Chen has invited us to a celebration party on x day. Do you have any plans for that time?"

Da Tiantian thought about it and was still unsure.

"At the moment, there should be nothing wrong, but we still have to wait and see the specific situation."

"Me too, we'll talk about it later."

"Why, Director Chen really wants you to go?"

"Well, it should be to discuss the next movie. He wants to start filming the next movie as soon as possible."

Da Tiantian was a little surprised.

"So anxious?"

"Of course he is anxious. His current filmmaking is different from previous years. In previous years, he was always criticized. In recent years, as long as he starts the machine, he will most likely gain fame and fortune. How can he have time to sit back and relax?"

"So the type of film you're planning to shoot this time has been decided, and is it the same as before?"

"Yes, it's the medicinal wine incident that was planned before."

Da Tiantian thought for a moment and asked, "I noticed that you don't seem to have any plans to work with Director Chen on other types of movies, such as commercial films."

“Because there is no need for that. People like Kaizi and Zhang Yimou are good at writing about a given topic. If you ask them to make commercial films, the audience will feel uncomfortable and think that these directors are behind the times, and they themselves think that the audience cannot understand them.

So, there is really no need for that. The current situation is good enough. We provide the script and the crew, and let them shoot. That’s it.”

Although these five generations of great directors are indeed unable to keep up with the ideas of the times in the new era.

But if you just say "If you can't keep up with the times, you should quit the circle", this is impossible and unrealistic.

Resource allocation is not something that can be completed in a day or two.

It is only 18, and although Zhou Mo has tried his best to support the new generation of directors, it will take some time for people like Guo Fan to step onto the stage and get close to the center position.

Therefore, we just assign writing assignments to these older generations. The directors can enjoy filming, the audience can see what they want to see, and everyone is happy.

"Commercialization should be left to directors who are truly willing to do it. If we let the older generation of directors do it, they won't be able to make it clearly, and the audience won't be happy with it, and in the end it will hinder the development of the market." Zhou Mo expressed his thoughts.

Da Tiantian glanced at him with a strange tone.

"Why do I feel like you said something nonsense... Let the directors who are willing to commercialize do it commercially. What's the difference between this and not saying anything?"

"But this is the essence of commercialization. The foundation of commercial films lies in being close to the audience and filming what the audience wants to see, rather than just expressing oneself. But it is this concept that many people cannot achieve. Not only can they not achieve it, but they also insist on going against it, adding their own style to it and forcing it on the audience. This is what we call teaching the audience to watch movies."

When it comes to commercialization, Zhou Mo sincerely believes that the most important thing is not the filmmaking technology, not the subject matter, not the stars, not the cast, but the director’s serious understanding that he makes movies for the audience to watch and for the audience to pay for them.

That's it.

But even with this sentence, not many people can really do it.

"Who do you think is a director who wants to commercialize?" Da Tiantian asked, and then added: "Except you, of course."

"Chen Sicheng." Zhou Mo said without hesitation.

Whether in terms of achievements, personal habits, or shooting concepts, Chen Sicheng is one of the commercial film directors he recognizes.

In his previous life, he had heard someone describe Chen Sicheng as the new generation of Wang Jing.

Focused on commercialization, assembly-line production, and occasionally supporting the art film market.

This description is actually not very accurate.

Because although Chen Sicheng's shooting speed is very fast, it is still not as fast as Fatty Wang's.

The latter can really make one movie a month.

Sometimes I can run back and forth between two or three studios on the same day.

Shoot a movie in the morning.

Shoot a movie in the afternoon.

Another movie tonight.

I can even find time to write a script during lunch.

Chen Sicheng couldn't do this one, but this guy's level is not low either. At least two movies directed by him are released every year.

This efficiency has surpassed more than 99% of directors on the market.

Commercialization requires directors who can produce works continuously.

Some directors have great achievements and can win many awards for one movie, such as Comrade Lao Jiang, but after decades, he has not even made ten movies.

This situation can promote the development of the film market, but it will definitely not promote major progress in the commercialization of films.

Because the efficiency is too low.

True commercialization requires high-frequency and continuous output.

This is also the reason why Zhou Mo always likes to ask Fatty Wang to make movies, and even directly assigns the filming of the Killer Universe to him.

This guy can really make at least two movies a year, and both of them maintain a score of over seven.

After listening to Zhou Mo's explanation, Da Tiantian nodded subconsciously.

“Is this why you keep creating at such a high frequency?”

"Yes, there are too few directors on the market who can maintain a high frequency of creation. Most of them can only make a movie every two or three years, and some even only make one every five or six years. This efficiency cannot support market demand. If market demand cannot be met, the survival space for low-quality movies will be larger. There is no way to deal with this, because the market must consume it."

Da Tiantian suddenly realized.

"No wonder you went to support Chen Sicheng's filming some time ago and even provided him with a lot of equipment and people."

"He's short of people, so we can support him. It's nothing. We can just consider it as a contribution to the market, and we can also make some money."

(End of this chapter)