Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 816: Fighting with Netflix for the Kimchi Market
But in fact, this drama is not popular either in Korea or in China.

Especially in Korea, this drama is called "a drama for our dad's generation".

There are many reasons for this situation, which I will not elaborate on here.

In contrast, a later film, "Seoul Spring", performed quite well at the box office, earning a total box office of US$100 million in its home country of Korea.

This is enough to show that the audience does not dislike watching matters related to the "Blue House", but they want to watch those historical events with more obvious conflicts and more intense contradictions.

After Zhou Mo finished explaining, Lin Yuner thought about it for a long time and finally gave an answer that made Zhou Mo happier.

"If it's just about seizing power, then the interest will be much higher." While expressing her opinion, Lin Yuner also showed her historical background: "It's like when I learned about the history of the Tang Dynasty last year, the first thing I learned was the Xuanwu Gate Incident, and the second was the Shenlong Coup.

As for how Emperor Taizong of Tang governed the country and what he said to whom, I tried many times but failed. ”

At this point, Zhou Mo had actually made up his mind.

That is to go back and arrange people, divided into two groups. One group will collect information on the "Blue House Succession Law" and start to conceive the script; the other group will conduct investigations in Korea and China to see whether the gimmick of "Blue House Succession Law" is attractive.

Subsequently, as long as the investigation results are good, he will be willing to invest money.

By the way, maybe we can also call on Lee Boo-jin to share the risk.

When she came to her senses, Lin Yuna was still sharing her learning experience with Zhou Mo.

Zhou Mo smiled and asked her, "So you can continue watching Xuanwu Gate Incident?"

"Correct!"

Lin Yuner nodded immediately: "Because Li Shimin was only 28 years old at that time, the same age as I am now, but he was already an invincible general at that time."

When Zhou Mo heard this, he suddenly remembered what he and Tang Yan had talked about some time ago about "Li Shimin being shot blind in Kimchi", so he jokingly brought up this topic and asked Lin Yuna what she thought about it.

When Lin Yuner heard Zhou Mo's question, her face couldn't help but turn red.

"Director Zhou, this matter... Oops."

Seeing this, Zhou Mo stopped joking.

At the same time, he continued to think about the "Blue House Succession Law" in his mind.

……

Early the next morning.

When Zhou Mo arrived at the company, the first thing he did was to arrange people to carry out his plan from yesterday.

At the same time, Da Tiantian met Lin Yuner and learned from Lin Yuner about Zhou Mo's plan on the plane.

At noon, Zhou Mo had just opened his lunch box when Da Tiantian walked in.

"Tell me about the story of the Blue House. I'm quite interested."

Zhou Mo glanced at the steaming food in the lunch box, then looked at Da Tiantian whose eyes were shining, and it was worth closing the lunch box again.

"That's what happened..."

Thirty minutes later, Zhou Mo finally finished telling the story with a dry mouth.

Da Tiantian suddenly asked: "Then what's the reason? It should be more than just your simple idea."

What kind of person is Da Tiantian? She has known Zhou Mo for so many years. As soon as Zhou Mo pulls up his trousers, she knows which chair he is going to sit on.

This morning, when Da Tiantian heard Lin Yuner's exclusive plan for Zhou Mo for the first time, she knew that the "Blue House Succession Law" was not just a sudden idea of ​​Zhou Mo.

Zhou Mo must have a deeper idea behind this, as he has been working so hard to collect information and arrange for people to conduct research. "Are you going to use this topic to practice and prepare for making a few movies about the Tang Dynasty in the future?"

Da Tiantian was thinking about the Tang Dynasty plan that Zhou Mo had told her about, which included content about several classic coups d'état in the Tang Dynasty.

When Zhou Mo heard Da Tiantian's question, he was obviously stunned.

He did have deeper thoughts on this matter.

But the teacher said that it had nothing to do with the coups in the Tang Dynasty.

After thinking for two minutes, Zhou Mo explained to Da Tiantian:

"Tiantian, you know that we are currently competing with Netflix for the kimchi market."

Da Tiantian understood immediately and grasped Zhou Mo's meaning instantly.

"I see. You need works that are classic enough and have big enough topics to help our company win the competition."

"That's right. In terms of market competition, we don't have as much money as Netflix. If we want to gain an advantage in the competition, we can only think of ways to improve the content of our products. Historical topics always have a natural advantage in content creation."

Historical content is an inexhaustible treasure for any country's film and television market.

No country will miss out on historical education, and this education will naturally stimulate people's interest in history, and eventually part of this interest will be transferred to film and television dramas.

A typical example is "Myeongryang", a historical film released in 14. It was the box office champion of Korean films for five years before being surpassed by "Extreme Job".

Moreover, the difference between the two is only a few billion Korean currency in box office revenue, which is only more than 20 million RMB when converted into RMB.

In addition to the first time, Zhou Mo's "The Great Beauty Story Project" related to President America a few years ago also became popular in America last year.

Now, even the third season has started filming.

Combining all the above conditions, Zhou Mo decided to use the "Blue House Succession Law" as his assistant in competing with Netflix for the Korean market.

After listening to Zhou Mo's explanation, Da Tiantian finally understood Zhou Mo's intention.

She asked, "Are you going to shoot a TV series or a movie?"

Zhou Mo replied: "Personally, I prefer to make TV series. The production cycle of TV series is short and the requirements for actors are relatively low."

Da Tiantian asked: "Are you anxious?"

Zhou Mo shook his head: "No, it's just that it's not easy to find people. If you want to shoot this kind of drama, the requirements for the actors must be high.

There are many high-level actors in Korea, but it is difficult to adjust their schedules.”

Speaking of the difficulty of calling actors, Zhou Mo and Da Tiantian sighed at the same time.

Actor schedule conflicts have always been a major difficulty in filming efficiency.

The key is that there is no particularly good way.

Make bricks without straw.

No matter how great Zhou Mo is, how high his shooting level is, or how strong his organizational ability is, he still cannot shoot a work without actors.

Seeing this, Da Tiantian comforted her with a few words.

"It's better to go slower. After all, we are not the ones shooting in Kimchi, so the efficiency cannot be compared with our headquarters. Going slower ensures good quality and avoids a bad reputation.

(End of this chapter)