Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 772 Is this thing considered a cultural relic?

"Yes, after testing, this thing is no different from the genuine Dao Le in the hands of ordinary people. Only in the hands of people with extremely high skills, such as bank staff, and with professional machines, can this thing be detected."

Da Tiantian breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that the machine could detect whether the banknotes were real or fake.

"Fortunately, you can't make banknotes that can fool the machine, otherwise I would really have to consider whether to buy insurance for you in advance."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Mo shook his head.

"No, in fact, we have also produced banknotes that cannot be detected by machines. Of course, the precision of the equipment is limited, and it cannot be too advanced. In addition, the cost of producing this kind of coin is too high, and it is indeed a bit painful, so we gave up."

Da Tiantian: ...

She always felt that what Zhou Mo said was becoming more and more outrageous.

A country's paper currency.

How can it be produced just like that?

"Logically speaking, shouldn't this be difficult to make? Didn't the script mention it all? Acid-free paper, color-changing ink, and the painting skills required?"

Zhou Mo waved his hand.

“Well, that was actually written that way on purpose in the script, so as not to explain things too clearly.

For example, acid-free paper is not precious at all. The paper-based file boxes we usually use are made of this material, and many merchants have it.

In addition, there is color-changing ink, and the ratio just needs to be adjusted little by little. As long as the cost is high enough, the ratio can always be found.

As for the ability to draw, that's even simpler. Although Li Wen's drawing skills are set to be amazing in the script, there are actually many painters who can do this in real life. In the field of painting, there are some schools that claim to be more precise than a camera."

"So that's it..."

Da Tiantian murmured, and she asked one last question: "Isn't there something called a dragon ring on the coin? How do you solve this problem?"

She didn't know much about paper money, but she had learned some information in her daily life, such as the high production cost of Baga coins, and the fact that there was a ring on the currency to prevent copying.

Zhou Mo said nonchalantly, "You are talking about the Omron Ring, right? That kind of thing is indeed difficult to make, but as long as we find the relevant source, such as the machine that invented this company, it is not impossible to make it, but there is no need for it."

Zhou Mo didn't say more details.

There is a plot in "Wushuang" where Li Wen's team bought a half-scrapped machine from a company to make coins.

This plot is actually quite real.

When Zhou Mo commissioned a professional team to make props, the team mentioned this idea to Zhou Mo and said that they actually even had related ways and could indeed make some retired equipment, but the versions might be older.

As for why it can be done.

All I can say is that money makes the world go round.

Zhou Mo was shocked that there were so many masters among the people, and politely declined these people's actions.

He is not a collector, nor does he have any collecting hobby, so there is no need for him to create such a thing.

However, he later bought a machine for making coins.

And the version of the coin is indeed older.

Yuan Datou.

Yes.

Zhou Mo's team provided Zhou Mo with a bank machine from the early 20th century, during the reign of Yuan Shikai.

A serious coin-making tool.

Zhou Mo followed the instruction manual provided by the team, and after some attempts, he actually made several Yuan Datou coins. The only difference was that the coins were relatively new and did not have the signs of aging that old artifacts have.

But this thing is indeed authentic.

Zhou Mo has always had a question in his mind: whether these Yuan Datou coins he made can be considered historical relics.

Back to the present.

Zhou Mo and Da Tiantian reviewed the promotional materials three times and confirmed that there were no problems. Then they posted the promotional video on the account that afternoon. It was Zhou Mo's own account.

His account has more followers than Shanhe Company and is more active.

Three hours after the video was released.

The number of views has exceeded one million.

"Director Zhou is not making movies this time. He's starting to make counterfeit money, right?"

"Is it the kind of counterfeit money that costs 120 and sells for 100?"

“A director who doesn’t want to be a criminal is not a screenwriter.”

Zhou Mo was very satisfied with the audience's reaction.

In its previous life, judging from the box office, the performance of "Wushuang" was not outstanding.

The total amount is only 1.2 billion.

But this drama has many classic lines and scenes.

"I'll get the acid-free paper."

"I'll take care of the color-changing ink."

"I'll go to jail."

Moreover, a few years after its release, "Wushuang" was remade in other countries.

This is enough to prove the appeal of this movie.

Therefore, after Zhou Mo released some related plots, "Wushuang" naturally received a lot of attention.

That evening, the trailer for "Wushuang" became a hot search on multiple platforms.

Multiple related topics were pushed up.

“Can banknotes really be made?”

“Does this level of drawing skills really exist?”

“Can you buy the machine just by buying it?”

Seeing this, Zhou Mo immediately began to arrange people to carry out publicity around these topics.

At the same time, Huang Xiaoming and other leading actors also cooperated and began to respond to netizens' questions under their accounts.

Huang Xiaoming: "There are indeed people whose skills can reach this level, because I learned painting skills from that teacher for a period of time, so that I can cope with the requirements of film painting."

Wang Zhifei: "The process in the movie is simplified. The real process of making banknotes is definitely more complicated than in the movie, but some key nodes are indeed captured in the movie."

Yuan Quan: "Students, please don't learn from the movie. There are more secrets in banknotes than you think, and the movie certainly didn't show all of them."

The request that Huang Xiaoming and his team received was to convey to the audience during the promotion process that this technology might be interesting or boring, but it is definitely very dangerous and good children should never learn it.

But for contemporary netizens, the main focus is rebellion.

The more you are not allowed to learn, the more you want to study it thoroughly.

Soon, a lot of deliberately weird comments appeared in the comment section of people like Huang Xiaoming.

"Master, I have been studying sketching for 23 years and have won a national award. Am I eligible to join the club?"

"Boss Wang, Boss Wang, do you know what the kneeling cat in the red soft sister currency is?"

The impact and traffic brought by this promotional video were far greater than Zhou Mo had imagined.

When it came to the next morning, Zhou Mo learned that netizens had been questioning the leading actors and directors all night, and he immediately had an idea.

(End of this chapter)