Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 824 Her products are whiter than snow! (5k)
January 14th.

Zhou Mo's vacation is completely over.

The first thing I did after returning to the company was to attend the dinner party hosted by Wang Baobao.

It was noon, Zhou Mo arrived at the restaurant on time and went to the private room under the guidance of the waiter.

"Good afternoon, sorry for the wait."

Wang Baobao was the only one in the room. When he saw Zhou Mo come in, his first reaction was to shout "Director Zhou!" The loudness of his voice scared Zhou Mo.

Then, Wang Baobao quickly walked up to Zhou Mo, grabbed Zhou Mo's arm, and bent down.

Zhou Mo immediately supported his shoulders and helped him stand up straight.

"Hey, today is not a holiday, so this is not allowed."

When Wang Baobao heard this, he said to Zhou Mo very seriously: "Director Zhou, I don't mean anything else, I just want to express my gratitude to you, you deserve this gratitude.

Without you, I don’t think I would have been able to handle it today… Those two people, more likely, my future would have been ruined. You have done me a great favor.”

Zhou Mo stopped joking and just held Wang Baobao's shoulders without letting go.

It’s true, Wang Baobao is worthy of being a lay disciple of Shaolin Temple, his little body is very strong.

Zhou Mo wrestled with him for a minute and actually felt a little tired.

"I know you want to thank me, but you also know what kind of person I am. There's no need to be so formal. If you really want to thank me, go back and sit down now. Let's have a proper meal together. We can contact each other if we have anything in the future."

Having said this, Wang Baobao finally gave up insisting, but he did not return to his seat immediately. Instead, he ran to the main seat and pulled out a chair for Zhou Mo, then looked at Zhou Mo with a smile on his face.

Seeing this, Zhou Mo didn't bother about it anymore.

After the two sat down, Wang Baobao took the initiative to introduce Zhou Mo to the situation of the past two years.

It is said to be two years, but in fact it is just a lawsuit.

Zhou Mo had previously only helped the company's legal team with the lawsuit, but the specific circumstances were unclear.

After listening to Wang Baobao's description, Zhou Mo could understand why Wang Baobao was so excited.

All I can say is that after the lawsuit, the team of Shanhe Company helped Wang Baobao eliminate most of the possible points of being cheated in the future, and helped him preserve his assets worth several small goals.

It not only helped Wang Baobao solve his worries, but also reduced his losses.

Indeed, I cannot thank you enough.

After talking about the lawsuit, Wang Baobao let out a long sigh, and his facial expression gradually changed from fatigue at the beginning to relaxation.

Wang Baobao took a sip of wine and said, "Director Zhou, I have been working very hard these past few years and I dare not stop at all. To be honest, if I stop, I will immediately suffer from insomnia. So I can only numb myself through work and stop myself from thinking about those messy things."

It can be seen that life in recent years has indeed brought him a lot of pressure.

Zhou Mo filled Wang Baobao's glass with wine.

"It's okay. I'll have a good sleep and prepare for the next challenge. I remember that Detective Chinatown 2 will be released this year."

"Detective Chinatown 2", which was originally scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival last year, had its release date postponed for more than a year due to the flapping of Zhou Mo's butterfly wings.

Wang Baobao nodded: "Old Chen originally planned to hit the Spring Festival this year, but later found that the competition during the Spring Festival was too fierce, so he temporarily decided to release it in May and during the summer vacation."

Zhou Mo looked at Wang Baobao and told him about his previous discovery.

"So it seems that among the four great movies during the Spring Festival, only our two companies are left to compete."

When Wang Baobao, whose eyes were already blurry, heard this, he shuddered suddenly and his eyes immediately became clear again.

He looked at Zhou Mo, as if he wanted to say something, but after a long while, he pursed his lips and shook his head.

"Three movies, to be exact."

Oh?
Zhou Mo raised his eyebrows and looked at Wang Baobao with curiosity.

Looking at his expression, you can tell that he is not satisfied with one of his works.

Which one is it?

The next second, Wang Baobao took the initiative to inform the situation.

"Director Zhou, to be honest, I really admire your foresight. I know that only Stephen Chow can perform the feeling of a movie directed by him.

You had to let director Zhou Xingxing play the role in "The Mermaid". This was the right decision."

That is "The New King of Comedy"?

Zhou Mo picked up his tea and took a sip: "What's the matter? Did you encounter difficulties during the filming of "The New King of Comedy"? Is it not going well?"

Wang Baobao thought for a moment and said, "It can't be said that it was not smooth, it's just very awkward."

He pointed at himself:

"I know very well that I can never learn Zhou Xingxing's acting style. Zhou Xingxing's style is formed by the combination of his life experience and his own talent. It is unique and there is no other.

When I accepted the role in "The New King of Comedy", I combined his guidance with my real thoughts and performed in my own style.

But the facts proved that I was wrong. Only his style can fully perform in Stephen Chow's movies.

So when I was filming "The New King of Comedy", the biggest feeling I had was awkwardness.

I know very well that filming The New King of Comedy requires the kind of performance that Stephen Chow himself would have, but I also know that I can’t do it the way that Stephen Chow does.”

Zhou Mo listened to what Wang Baobao said and understood his thoughts very well.

To describe it in one sentence:

Stephen Chow played Yin Tianchou in "The King of Comedy";

Wang Baobao starred in "The New King of Comedy" and played the role of Stephen Chow.

How could this be acted well?

In the entertainment industry, remakes have always been very difficult.

Not everyone is Max (Uncle Hopkins), who can match the ability of the first-generation Hannibal (Anthony Hopkins) and perform his own second-generation Hannibal.

"It's really hard to remake a movie, especially a classic." Wang Baobao sighed.

There was actually something he hadn't told Zhou Mo. He had thought about something while filming.

If Stephen Chow were to film "The King of Comedy" now, would he be able to perform at the level he did back then?

Wang Baobao actually has an answer to this question:

impossible.

Life experience and changes in mentality will fundamentally change a person.

He is now completely different from when he filmed "Xu Sanduo".

The current Stephen Chow is completely different from when he played Yin Tianchou.

Zhou Mo nodded in approval of Wang Baobao's sigh.

"That's right, except it's not a remake, but a completely different story using a borrowed name."

Wang Baobao suddenly had an idea. He heard something unusual from this story.

He hesitated for just a second, then said bluntly: "Director Zhou, I feel like you are hinting at something."

Zhou Mo's mouth curled up and he reacted quickly. It seemed that he didn't need any hints.

"I do have something to say..."

He took out his cell phone and found a photo. It was a promotional poster for "The New King of Comedy". In the poster, Wang Baobao was wearing a gorgeous princess dress, a light yellow long skirt, and fluffy hair. He looked extremely charming.

“This is your photo in The New King of Comedy.”

Wang Baobao still didn't understand what was going on and just nodded.

"Yes."

"Who is he?" Zhou Mo pointed at the person in the photo.

"Mark."

"No, I'm asking who the person in the clothes is."

"Snow White." Wang Baobao said subconsciously, then his eyes suddenly widened, pointing at himself in the photo, and even his words became stuttering: "Director Zhou, you...you want to remake "Snow White"." Zhou Mo nodded slightly, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more charming.

Talking to smart people is simple.

After two or three sentences, he got to the point.

"To be precise, it's 'Sugar Princess'... well, maybe you can also call her 'White Face Princess'."

???

Wang Baobao was confused and for a moment he didn't understand what Zhou Mo meant.

Seeing this, Zhou Mo took out the materials he had prepared in advance from the backpack he brought today, turned to the designated page, looked at the text on it, and slowly spoke:
"Princess Sugar was born into a wealthy family. Her father was a well-known food processor and candy king. He had a lot of assets and connections. People in the surrounding area called him King, and his daughter naturally became a princess.

When Princess Baitang was born, her father held her in his arms and pointed to his "kingdom" and said to her: "My child, when you were born, every corner of the Ami region was calling your name. One day, my life will come to an end, and you will be crowned king."

Later, as Princess White Sugar grew up, she indeed showed amazing talent in her father's career just as her father expected. People in the world said that her icing was whiter than the snow in winter, her methods were darker than ebony, and every penny she earned was stained with red glow.

But one day, Princess White Sugar’s husband passed away, and her father, the “king” of the food processing factory, married a new wife. After the new wife entered the food processing factory, she gradually began to interfere in the factory’s business and started to bring goods to her own store…”

As Zhou Mo's voice rose and fell, Wang Baobao was shocked at first, then began to fidget, his expression became strange, and finally he was dumbfounded.

More than ten minutes later, when Zhou Mo finished speaking, he was already in a state of complete convulsion, with an expression that said, "I have a lot to say, but I don't know where to start."

“What a colorful story.”

Wang Baobao racked his brains and finally came up with this evaluation.

He really wants to find a more suitable adjective.

A fairy tale that combines suspense, family love, fighting, police and gangsters, and reversal...

Well, it should be considered a fairy tale.

Zhou Mo asked: "If this story allows you to play a role, would you be willing?"

Wang Baobao:?

"Is it so direct?"

"Of course it's so direct. It's not like the ancient times where you have to refuse and give in three times. I just had this script in my hand, and I happened to see you wearing a princess dress, and your acting skills are absolutely reliable, so I found you."

Wang Baobao chuckled. Being commented by Director Zhou as having "reliable acting skills" was something that many people could not buy with money.

"Since Director Zhou has said so, I must make this movie. If I don't, I will be betraying Director Zhou's trust... When are we going to start filming this movie?"

"Maybe in the first half of next year. My schedule for this year is already fully booked. You can arrange your schedule in advance."

"No problem." Wang Baobao rubbed his hands together, feeling quite good.

During today's meal with Zhou Mo, he originally thought that he would get drunk and vent his frustration.

I didn’t expect to get such an exciting script.

Through Zhou Mo's narration just now, he already knew the role that suits him.

The subsequent plot of "Sugar Princess" is as follows;

As the volume of business at Princess White Sugar's stepmother, the queen of the food processing factory, increased, she gradually became jealous of Princess White Sugar.

She envied the White Sugar Princess’s sophisticated craftsmanship, which enabled her to make such snow-white frosting that countless consumers were immersed in it;
She was jealous of Princess Sugar's good reputation throughout the regional food industry.

In countless streets and countless areas, all food distributors, whether they are fixed-location or mobile merchants, are proud to know Princess Sugar and have communicated with her.

These dealers always praise Princess White Sugar's good abilities and always praise Princess White Sugar's good products.

Whenever someone asks:

Tell me, friends, which store has the best frosting in this area?
The dealers would all say in unison: "Of course it's the Sugar Princess!"

If it was just the voices among dealers, the queen could still accept it. After all, Princess White Sugar was the daughter of the "king", and it was reasonable for the dealers to praise Princess White Sugar.

However, what the queen couldn't stand the most was that she had an AI named Mirror, which had a strong search ability. Whenever the queen asked the mirror "Mirro, Mirro on the wall, who has the best goods here", the AI ​​always answered without hesitation:
"Princess Sugar, of course!"

Even her own AI tools were more supportive of Princess White Sugar. The queen could no longer tolerate this situation. She eliminated Princess White Sugar's production line on a large scale through informing and bribing, and sent a cadre from the food processing factory to assassinate Princess White Sugar.

However, this cadre had once received help from Princess Baitang's biological mother, so instead of killing Princess Baitang, he had his son dress up in Princess Baitang's clothes and a wig, then pretended to kill her, and finally gave the video to the queen.

The son of this cadre will play the role of Wang Baobao.

Since then, the queen never heard anyone praising Princess Sugar again. She became increasingly proud, and the quality of the goods she provided to the dealers also declined. The dealers dared not say anything and missed and longed for Princess Sugar all day long.

On the other side, Princess Baitang went to the south with the cadre's son.

There, they met seven brothers who were very talented in making food. Princess White Sugar cooperated with them and opened a food processing shop together.

Relying on Princess Sugar's unique craftsmanship, they quickly grew bigger and stronger, created brilliance, and tried to sell the goods back to their own market.

Princess White Sugar had met with every distributor in person, so she certainly knew how to meet with distributors and which sales channels to use to buy the goods most conveniently and quickly.

The dealers had been suffering from the Queen for many days. When they heard the name of Princess White Sugar, they happily gave up their cooperation with the Queen and turned to cooperate with Princess White Sugar.

As for the cadres' sons, they become the best bridge of communication between the two places.

Not long after, the queen suddenly found that the transaction amount of her business was actually decreasing. She asked the dealer, but he said that the market was not good. She asked the mirror AI again, and the AI's answer was:

Princess Sugar, the super genius that only appears once in a century in the food processing factory, is coming back.

Only then did the queen realize that the old cadre had deceived her.

But there is no point in worrying about these things at this time.

Princess Sugar was far away, and it was impossible to deal with her using the old method. After thinking it over again and again, the queen decided to lead the team personally to the food processing factory where Princess Sugar was currently located and completely eliminate her to prevent future troubles.

After some discussion, the queen named the plan the "Poison Apple" plan.

Soon, the queen set off with a group of people, but what she didn't know was that her actions had already been revealed to Princess Sugar by the employees in the food processing factory.

The reason why the employees leaked the information is also very simple.

After the queen came to power, she vigorously placed her own people in the factory and suppressed the old employees of the original factory, making them miserable and resentful.

Now, they heard that Princess Baitang was not dead and had made some achievements outside, so of course these old people would "welcome the royal teacher"...ah, no, welcome their real master!
Soon after, a battle broke out at the sugar processing plant.

At the beginning, the queen easily broke the defense of the processing plant with her powerful equipment, but soon she fell into the trap of Princess Sugar and was seriously injured. When her companions saw that their leader was defeated, they lost their will to fight and soon surrendered.

At this point, Princess Sugar won a great victory.

From that day on, every street and countless areas in the entire region once again heard the long-standing question:

"Which food processing factory in this area has the best products?"

"Princess Sugar, of course!"

……

After recalling the plot, a question suddenly popped up in Wang Baobao's mind.

"Director Zhou, I found that our... fairy tale script seems to be missing a classic character."

"Yes, who is it?"

"Prince?"

Zhou Mo glanced at him and asked, "Why, do you want to act?"

Wang Baobao shook his head: "I don't mean that. I'm just a little curious. In the past, didn't fairy tales usually have a prince?"

Zhou Mo explained, "Yes, brother, there is, but it's just a coincidence that the prince who was supposed to appear in "Sugar Princess" went to investigate another business tycoon in the Amei region, Cinderella, when Snow White encountered trouble."

survey.

Business tycoon.

Cinderella.

The same confusion reappeared in Wang Baobao's eyes as when he first listened to Zhou Mo's story half an hour ago.

But soon, he reacted.

Oh my god, there is another one in the next village? !
Wang Baobao asked tentatively: "Director Zhou, have you even prepared the story line for the second movie?

(End of this chapter)