Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 817 It’s over
Seven days later.

The promotion of "The Blue House" in Korea has come to an end and has officially begun in China.

Yesterday afternoon, Lee Jung-jae and others arrived in China and stayed in a place that had been arranged early in the morning.

The next day, at Zhou Mo's instruction, the group started a live broadcast to show off their Chinese proficiency to the fans who came to hear the news.

With two people, plus Yoona, the live broadcast effect was unexpectedly good.

After the initial observation, the viewers in the live broadcast room gradually relaxed and posted all kinds of random comments.

"Lee Jung-jae and Jeon Do-yeon are both really good, and now I can also live broadcast with Yoona."

"As a senior, isn't it normal for Yuner to help the younger generation?"

In the live broadcast room, there is no doubt that Yoona Lin has far more fans than Li Quan and the other two.

Not long after the comments on the above content appeared, similar content immediately increased.

This time, Lin Yoona was live streaming with Li Quan. She was supposed to be the translator for the two of them. The Chinese level of these two people is purely oral Chinese. They don’t know the characters, but they can have simple conversations. As a result, Lin Yoona’s face turned red when she saw the content after the screen was flooded, and she was speechless.

Seeing this, the netizens showed no intention of stopping. Instead, they became more excited, just like the big bad wolf in the forest.

"Oh, you're blushing!"

"Yes? Why are you hesitating?"

At the same time, Zhou Mo and Da Tiantian were also watching the live broadcast.

Zhou Mo had anticipated this situation and just smiled faintly.

Da Tiantian was a little worried that the Chinese proficiency of the other two people in the live broadcast room except Yoona was not good enough and the atmosphere would become dull again.

In response, Zhou Mo said there was no need to worry at all.

"The phrases they use most often are basically not difficult. If you really encounter difficult sentences, let Yoona answer them, or just skip them."

Da Tiantian looked at Zhou Mo: "You are quite confident about these two."

Zhou Mo corrected him, "To be precise, I am confident in their desire to make money. Money is the original and most profound motivation."

Da Tiantian paused and spoke in a slightly teasing tone.

"Is it that straightforward?"

"There's nothing wrong with being straightforward. The rules apply to all walks of life. There's no reason why the entertainment industry should be any different." Zhou Mo said casually.

Although Shanhe Company has been trying to introduce "catfish" into the domestic entertainment industry in recent years, it does not call all of them "catfish".

Apart from some very basic red lines, what remains is ability and language.

Regarding the last two items, Shanhe Company has been stuck.

You are not required to reach a certain level of Mandarin proficiency, but at least you should not miss out on ordinary communication.

You can't just go on stage and fail to achieve basic communication and understanding, so bring a translator with you.

"And, to be honest, I don't think my requirements are that high. There are people in other industries, like basketball stars, who can speak Chinese very well. If they can do it, there is no reason why these stars can't do it." Zhou Mo felt that his requirements were not high at all.

Da Tiantian has always supported Zhou Mo's idea.

She knew very well that although Zhou Mo's requirements seemed strict, in the eyes of some people they were real good things, the kind that deserved praise.

"You're right. It's fine like this now. Keep going."

……

a few days later.

"Zongheng" was officially released in mainland China.

As Zhou Mo expected, the box office performance of "Zongheng" in China was not good.

The box office on the first day was only around 33 million, which was only slightly better than "Love Is Not Blind" that year.

But "Love Is Not Blind" was a movie released many years ago, there is no point in comparing it.

It can be predicted that the final box office of "Zongheng" will definitely not exceed 1 billion yuan.

"Zhou Mo, I remember that you haven't had a situation where the first-day box office did not exceed 100 million for many years." Da Tiantian said to Zhou Mo with a smile.

As he spoke, he looked at her face carefully, as if he wanted to see expressions such as dissatisfaction and disappointment on her face.

It’s a pity that Zhou Mo’s expression was always calm, without any negative emotions, and he even had a smile on his face.

"Then you can just post an update so that everyone can have some fun together."

Da Tiantian didn't get the answer she wanted and felt bored.

"How can you be so calm? Many people are calling you a failure online, saying that you have run out of ideas."

Zhou Mo didn't even raise his eyelids.

"If it's online, just listen to it. Who knows whether the people who posted these messages are netizens, anti-fans, or water army?"

Da Tiantian's eyes lit up and she immediately recalled something Zhou Mo once said.

"You told me at the beginning that it was precisely because those big directors did not take the opinions of netizens seriously and regarded all the opposing and denying opinions as black fans or water armies that they became increasingly out of touch with the times and were eventually abandoned by the audience."

Zhou Mo burst out laughing.

Okay.

Use my spear to attack my shield, right?

He looked at Da Tiantian with a slightly teasing look and did not choose to refute. Since Da Tiantian said this, there must be a backup plan waiting for her.

After thinking about it, he simply said, "Then when you post the update, also post the sentence you just repeated. That will be my explanation to the audience."

Now Da Tiantian was completely speechless.

She looked at Zhou Mo, blinking continuously.

"Young man, what's wrong with you? You seem to be much more low-key than before... Don't think about denying it. My feeling must be correct."

Zhou Mo raised his eyebrows, a little surprised at Da Tiantian's sharpness.

After hearing these few words, Da Tiantian discovered the situation.

In view of what Da Tiantian said, he did not change the subject, but nodded. "You need to be more low-key. I have been a little too loud recently. There is no harm in being more low-key."

When Da Tiantian heard this, many thoughts flashed through her mind in an instant.

It's a mess, there's everything.

"Have you been reminded?"

"No ah."

"What did you see that makes you afraid of being slaughtered?"

"No."

"Why is that?" Da Tiantian was puzzled.

If you want to keep a low profile, there must be a reason.

Zhou Mo explained: "It's not as complicated as you think. It's just that my current traffic has too much impact on the operations of the companies under my control. I don't think it's good. It won't hurt to reduce the traffic a little bit and separate me from the company."

It is very common in the country that personal image and company operations are strictly tied together.

This business model has advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that as long as the image of the person at the helm of the company is good enough and he is good at publicity, then this person is a natural publicity resource that cannot be replaced by any amount of money.

The disadvantage is that if something goes wrong with this person, the company's stock price will immediately suffer a severe impact.

Typical examples are Jack Ma and Dong Ge.

After the two of them got into trouble, the stock prices of the Cat and Dog companies plummeted.

This situation has actually happened quite frequently to Zhou Mo in the past few years.

But so far, his personal traffic has basically been a positive benefit to the company.

Take his Kimchi execution a few days ago for example. In less than ten days, he met with Lee Boo-jin twice, and the stock price of his company rose twice.

But stocks are not like age; they cannot keep rising forever.

Before the situation occurred, Jack Ma and Dong Ge brought a lot of profits to the company every time they appeared on a show or on camera.

Until the problem arose, the company's stock price plummeted.

It was Zhou Mo who took these circumstances into consideration and decided to keep a low profile.

Although it won’t be as bad as Xiao Ma Ge, it won’t matter if he appears on fewer hot searches and has fewer shots of himself.

After listening to Zhou Mo's explanation, Da Tiantian felt relieved.

As long as it's not those bad situations, everything else is fine.

……

It’s the third day of the domestic release of “The Blue House”.

The movie box office trend currently seems very stable, and the final box office forecast is estimated to be only 500 to 600 million yuan, no more.

In the afternoon, after finishing the day's promotional work, Zhou Mo went to the restaurant with the crew.

This time, it is naturally about the "Blue House Succession Law".

In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed since Zhou Mo first came up with the "Blue House Inheritance Law".

The company’s first batch of survey results on kimchi have been summarized.

Judging from the results, the audience's expectations for "Blue House Succession Law" are pretty high. If the cast is good, they will go to see it.

Of course, when conducting the investigation, the name "Blue House Succession Law" was naturally not used, because the Koreans did not know the "Hyunmu Gate Succession Law" and were definitely not familiar with this term.

However, even if the term "inheritance law" is not used, the new term is not much better.

"The Blue House Curse".

In Zhou Mo's mind, this word is actually not as good as "inheritance law".

After all, Li Er, the founder of the "Law of Inheritance", is at least a winner.

But the "curse" basically refers to those who have been defeated.

Full of tragedy.

As for the lineup, it is undoubtedly the most familiar Mesozoic names in the Korean film industry.

Yes.

Film world.

According to the survey, audiences prefer movies rather than TV series when it comes to presenting this content.

Zhou Mo didn't worry too much about it.

Movies are movies.

Although the production cost and production cycle of a movie are higher than those of a TV series, a movie is a movie after all, and its level of quality is enough to attract many well-known actors.

Seizing actors is also a way to seize the market.

At the dinner table, Zhou Mo explained the concept of the "Blue House Succession Law" to the people from "Zonghe Qingwatai".

As soon as he finished speaking, Lee Jung-jae raised his hand without hesitation.

"Director Zhou, I, I want to act."

Jeon Do-yeon was startled by Lee Jung-jae's intense movements, but she was not slow either and immediately expressed her desire to be filmed as well.

When she listened to Zhou Mo's introduction of his ideas, she was already keenly aware of the potential of this themed series of films.

Since there is potential, the serious matter is to seize it as soon as possible.

Seeing the two of them eager to do so, Zhou Mo nodded slightly.

Although the company's screenwriters haven't even decided on the first "Law of Inheritance" event yet, let alone the framework of the script, this does not affect him from deciding on the people first.

"Okay, then I'll count you two in."

(End of this chapter)