Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 833 You actually rejected them? ? ? (5k8)

Da Tiantian originally thought that the post she saw last night would be difficult to find, but the fact was that she didn't have to look for this post at all, it was the first one below the entry.

The number of comments exceeded ten thousand and the number of views exceeded one million.

The heat explodes.

Click in and take a look. In addition to the content posted by the poster himself, the comment section below is also very talented:

"At first I thought the poster was a joke, then I realized I was the joke, but two days later I thought Zhou Xingxing was the joke."

"No, if I told you to lose, you would really lose?!"

"Everyone was joking, but Xinxi seemed to take it seriously."

There were dozens of comments, some were teasing, some were complaining, some were extremely disappointed, some were cursing, but there was not a single one that was encouraging or supporting.

A few words popped up in Da Tiantian's mind:
“When a wall falls, everyone pushes it.”

She could clearly sense the dissatisfaction of netizens from the comments. These people were most likely viewers who had just watched "The New King of Comedy". They went to see the movie with great expectations, but the strong sense of disappointment after watching it made them vent their dissatisfaction on the Internet, which eventually turned into a series of extremely distinctive negative reviews of the movie.

Suddenly, Da Tiantian's finger that was sliding on the screen suddenly stopped.

She saw a comment:
“When I was young, I didn’t know that those discs were pirated and Stephen Chow himself couldn’t get paid. So when I had money, I would buy two tickets every time I watched Stephen Chow’s movies, just to comfort myself and make up for the movie tickets I owed him.

Until I finished watching The New King of Comedy this time, I suddenly felt that it was good to stop here, my youth was over, and I no longer owed Stephen Chow a movie ticket. "

The text is plain, but the emotions contained within are quite rich.

In addition, there are several pictures containing CDs and movie tickets of Stephen Chow-related movies.

The image on the disc is a bit blurry, and it's obviously an old item.

There are indeed two movie tickets.

There are many similar replies under this comment, all of which, like this netizen, express nostalgia for the past and disappointment with "The New King of Comedy" and Stephen Chow.

"Tsk... Even this super old fan has quit, Zhou Xingxing really suffered a heavy loss this time."

"what happened?"

Zhou Mo came over to take a look and also shook his head.

Old fans, or core fans, crystal fans...etc., have always been one of the important indicators for judging the commercial value of an artist.

The reason is very simple. These people are willing to spend money on artists, and their desire to spend money is very persistent and will not stop because of one or two small setbacks.

Core fans are basically accumulated through years of works, publicity, and operations.

Once core fans begin to leave on a large scale, it basically means that the artist's commercial value has dropped and is likely to be irreversible.

Da Tiantian said slowly: "As for the current situation of "New Joy", do you think Zhou Xingxing will become the kind of person who can only hear many fans like it but cannot see the fans actually consume it after this rhythm ends?"

"Basically, yes." Zhou Mo hummed.

Da Tiantian's words are more euphemistic, and the translation is just one sentence:

Stephen Chow’s box office appeal is completely gone.

This can be seen from the fact that after his previous life "New Joy", Zhou Xingxing has been making short dramas in his name ("Golden Pig and Jade Leaves", co-operating with Jiaoshou), and recreating classic movie short dramas ("A Chinese Odyssey" short drama), but he has never touched filming.

The market no longer trusts the King of Comedy.

In the next few days, the market was indeed similar to what Da Tiantian expected.

On the third and fourth days of the Spring Festival, the box office data of "Boonie Bears" remained quite good, with the daily box office still able to maintain at the level of 70 million.

However, on the third day, the single-day box office of "The New King of Comedy" dropped to 60 million, and on the fourth day it fell to more than 30 million.

As the box office gap between the two movies grew larger, the post "Keep losing" became more and more popular. On the fourth day, it even made it directly to the hot search list of the website and stayed on the hot search list for most of the day.

In addition, the comment "I don't owe Stephen Chow movie tickets anymore" also briefly became a hot search.

Although from what Zhou Mo heard, both Huayi and the crew of "Xinxi" have been constantly doing public relations, trying to stop the momentum of negative reviews.

Yes, their goal is to stop the negative reviews of "The New King of Comedy" rather than reverse its reputation and refresh netizens' evaluations.

But even such a "small" goal still failed.

Netizens’ opinions are too strong, and they are expressed on every platform, so they cannot be suppressed at all.

Douban finally managed to raise its ratings, but Little Blue Book was met with criticism;
Maoyan finally adjusted the data to look better, but the entertainment site is full of videos criticizing it.

In addition, there are platforms such as Zhikuai that have higher communication efficiency and more users, which have already spread the relevant information everywhere.

On the fifth night of the Spring Festival, I received a call from Lizhan Entertainment.

"Director Zhou, the PR from Huayi called and said that as long as we remove the trending search, the price is negotiable."

"Just follow the old rules."

"receive."

The so-called old rule is to let the hot search continue.

Da Tiantian listened in on Zhou Mo's phone call, and after he hung up, she said with a slight smile, "Are you determined to sound the death knell for Huayi?"

Zhou Mo didn't acknowledge this statement at all: "I just didn't suppress the trending searches, how can that count as ringing the bell? The one who really rang the death knell is obviously Wang Changtian, okay."

"New Happiness" has been released for five days. From the second day, the controversy over the plummeting movie box office has already begun to affect Huayi's stock price. As of today, Huayi's stock price has been falling for four consecutive days, and there seems to be no sign of stopping.

This is also the reason why Huayi keeps contacting major platforms. It really can’t drop any further. If it does, both the big and small Wangs will cry.

But if the big and small Wangs cry, other bosses in the industry will laugh.

The business world is like a battlefield, and there are many people who want to see Huayi get into trouble.

This is the case with Wang Changtian.

As far as Zhou Mo knows, Wang Changtian has made a significant contribution to the negative reviews of "Xinxi" and Huayi in the past two days.

As one of the investors of "Crazy Alien", the worse "Xinxi" performs, the more the box office of "Alien" will benefit.

Of course, from Da Tiantian's perspective, Wang Changtian was more protecting himself than attacking.

"Crazy Alien" hasn't been doing very well these past few days.

In four days, the box office of "Alien" dropped from 3.6 million on the first day to only about 1.7 million on the fourth day, which was also a halving.

Audiences who have watched "Alien" also tend to have a negative view of the film, and different audiences have different negative views.

Audiences who came because of the "Crazy" series felt that this movie lacked the black humor of the past "Crazy" movies.

The audience who came towards Ning Hao's triangle found that only Huang Bo was talking there, and Xu Zheng did not show up at all. When they asked, they found out that it was the alien.

Finally, the audience who came for the science fiction film all had very similar reactions after watching the film: there is science fiction, but it is not enough.

All of the above constitute the current mainstream evaluation of "Alien".

Not satisfactory.

Lower than expected.

Of course, the current reviews for "Crazy Alien" are actually thanks to "The New King of Comedy". Without the latter, the reviews for "Alien" might be even worse.

And "Alien" also expressed its gratitude to "Xinxi":
"Buy some more notices for The New King of Comedy. The one about 'I don't owe Stephen Chow a movie ticket anymore' would be great!"

In the crew of "Crazy Alien", Ning Hao is discussing the next publicity strategy with the employees.

The box office and film reviews of "Alien" were both below expectations. Ning Hao, Huang Bo and others took about three days to fully accept this fact, and then quickly adjusted the direction of film promotion and public relations.

From promoting itself in the beginning and squeezing out all the box office potential as much as possible, to promoting others now and trying to slow down the decline of the single-day box office of "Alien" as much as possible.

The two different promotional ideas mean that Ning Hao has now given up the competition in this year's Spring Festival, especially the competition with "The Wandering Earth".

There's no way, the little ball is too powerful.

Starting from the second day, for five consecutive days, the daily box office was no less than 4.3 million yuan, and it was getting higher and higher every day. Yesterday it exceeded 4.6 million yuan, and today it is estimated to exceed million yuan, catching up with the million yuan box office of "Eastern Han" on the first day.

Who could believe that this was a work made by a director who had never made a science fiction film before and was a newcomer?
Outrageous!

Now, Ning Hao has also finished watching the entire film "The Wandering Earth".

From a personal perspective, he does not think that the quality of his "Crazy Alien" is much worse than "The Wandering Earth". The two films have different styles, and the evaluation criteria are naturally different.

However, he acknowledged the achievements of "The Wandering Earth", saying that "The Wandering Earth" grasps the audience's interests better than "Alien".

In other words, this movie captures more of what the audience wants to see.

It was not until ten o'clock in the evening that Ning Hao finally finished making the last call.

He barely slept in the past two days.
Adjusting the film promotion ideas may seem like a simple sentence, but it actually requires a lot of communication and contact.

After taking a sip of water, I saw Huang Bo who had just returned from the toilet.

"By the way, have you seen the box office forecast for Alien today?"

Today is Saturday, the first weekend of the Spring Festival period, and the box office will definitely achieve a certain degree of reversal.

Huang Bo immediately said: "Today's forecast is 1.48 million."

"That's good."

Ning Hao breathed a sigh of relief.

He was hoping that today's box office could maintain the 1.5 million level, so that the movie box office would not drop into eight figures in the first seven days. According to calculations, as long as the movie can maintain a level of around 1 million on the last day of the first week of its release, the movie box office will at least not be less than billion.

Two billion was the minimum goal he had set for himself for the box office of this movie.

As for the guaranteed total amount of 2.8 billion signed with Bao Bao, he actually already has a hunch that it cannot be achieved, it's just a matter of how much.

At this time, Xu Zheng also came in from outside.

"According to yesterday's data, Eastern Han Dynasty has been surpassed by The Wandering Earth."

"How much is the Eastern Han Dynasty?"

"3.7 million, a difference of more than million from 'Wandering' in an instant."

Huang Bo raised his eyebrows and said with some emotion: "The box office of "Eastern Han Dynasty" has finally been reduced to 400 million. In the first three days, the box office was more than 400 million every day. Who can bear this..."

Ning Hao smiled and glanced at him, "I thought you were going to say that the Spring Festival schedule is almost ready for his family."

Huang Bo was silent for a few seconds.

"To be honest, I really thought so. I estimated that the total box office for the Spring Festival this month would not exceed 150 billion. Who would have thought that "Eastern Han" and "The Wandering Earth" alone would account for more than %, and Shanhe Company took more than half of it."

Xu Zheng beside him also sighed.

"That can't be helped. They are talented. They can make profitable movies themselves, and they can also discover talents to make more profitable movies."

However, Xu Zheng’s sigh obviously did not resonate with Huang Bo, but instead attracted his complaints.

"That's enough. You starred in seven movies last year. If we really talk about making money, you are a big earner."

Xu Zheng smacked his lips, and after a while he managed to utter, "It's not much actually. I just desperately wanted money."

Having said that, one can tell from Xu Zheng's tone that these words are definitely false.

He did star in quite a few movies last year, and some of them performed quite well, including "Dying to Survive", "Time Travel", and "Crazy Alien" which is still in theaters.

Although he did not star in several of these films.

However, relying on his status as a producer and even an investor, he can still make a fortune.

A typical example is "Time Raiders".

Xu Zheng didn't even play a supporting role here, let alone the leading role. He just made a cameo appearance as a pulled noodle chef in a certain restaurant.

However, the movie "Time Raiders" was originally invested by Zhenledao Company behind Xu Zheng, who also served as the producer. He also got a box office guarantee agreement from Guangxian, which meant that he didn't even have to worry about the box office.

Under the triple halo, on the surface Xu Zheng seemed to have only shown off his noodle-pulling skills on the screen, but in fact he had at least earned a small goal.

Huang Bo continued, "You already earn so much, why are you still envious of Director Zhou? You earn as much as he does, right?"

Xu Zheng did not deny Huang Bo's statement that he earned a lot, but he did not agree with Huang Bo's statement that he could make as much money as Zhou Mo.

"Don't forget that Director Zhou said a few days ago that if the cost of shooting three parts of Three Kingdoms is 100 times that of shooting three parts, the final box office will not be less than billion yuan?"

Ning Hao and Huang Bo stopped talking.

With such a high box office, even if it’s just a goal, it would be a lie to say I’m not envious.

At least people dare to think about it.

Ten billion, they didn’t even dare to think about it.

The highest-grossing movie among the three of them is still Xu Zheng's "Dying to Survive". The box office of 3 billion is not low, but it also requires an element of luck to come across it. It is something that can only be encountered by chance.

Zhou Mo, on the other hand, is an industrial assembly-line-style 40 billion+ manufacturing machine.

The fundamental destruction of the Dharma.

Fortunately, the three of them were veterans who had experienced many storms and their own abilities were not bad, so they quickly adjusted their mood.

Ning Hao was hungry, so he ordered some midnight snacks. The three of them ate while casually discussing their plans for the coming year.

Huang Bo was halfway through his meal when he suddenly brought up something:

"Oh, by the way, when the project of My Motherland and I was launched last year, I clearly remember the crew saying that Director Zhou was on the director team. Do you two remember that?"

When Ning Hao and Xu Zheng heard this, they looked at each other and said nothing.

Huang Bo noticed what the two were doing and raised his eyebrows.

"I told you two that you know the situation, tell me now."

When talking about the filming of "Motherland", Huang Bo felt both strange and regretful.

When accepting the role, Huang Bo was very sure that he heard from the crew's Producer Huang (Huang Jianxin, the director of "Da Ye" and "Wei Ye", and the producer of "Mekong River") that Zhou Mo had been invited to participate in the filming.

Huang Bo had always wanted to work with Zhou Mo, and since she would not refuse the drama "Motherland", she signed the contract readily.

Who knew that when the shooting time came, he found that there was no trace of Zhou Mo in the crew at all.

When I asked the crew members, they also looked like they didn't know.

Huang Bo knew that there must be something he didn't know, but the staff didn't tell him, so he could only ask the two people from the director team in front of him.

"My memory should be correct, but the staff said that this is not the case, so I can only seek answers from you two. Is there any secret situation?"

In response to Huang Bo's question, Ning Hao hesitated for a moment before nodding and saying, "The crew did invite Director Zhou to make the film, and he was the chief director. Director Zhou had no objection, but there were disagreements during the discussion between the two parties, and they were basically irreconcilable, so Director Zhou withdrew in the end."

When Huang Bo heard this, his eyes widened immediately.

The crew, actually producer Huang, and director Zhou had a disagreement that could not be reconciled.

This is really big news!

At this moment, Huang Bo's curiosity immediately burned, and he immediately asked Ning Hao about the follow-up matters.

"What's the disagreement? Tell me in detail."

Ning Hao organized his words: "Actually, it's about the selection of people. You know Director Zhou's experience over the years. He is very strict about identity and history in some matters and does not allow even the slightest problem.

So before Director Zhou agreed to the chief director's request, he expressed his wish to re-screen the director and actor teams.

Producer Huang also agreed, but Director Zhou's subsequent actions were quite drastic, and he eliminated several heavyweights right away. Producer Huang found that the intensity of the screening was beyond his imagination, so he didn't quite agree. In the end, the two were unable to come up with a list that both approved of.

So, in the end, Director Zhou chose to withdraw voluntarily, and because the screening list he proposed was too straightforward, no one said anything. "

When Ning Hao mentioned "identity and history", Huang Bo already understood the hidden meaning in Ning Hao's words.

Especially when Ning Hao said the word "screening", three words instantly popped up in his mind.

Zhang Yibai.

With Zhou Mo's temper, this guy will be kicked out of the team no matter what.

In addition, there are some people whose identities are not recognized by Director Zhou and they will probably be screened out.

After realizing this, Huang Bo's eyes were filled with emotion.

"You are worthy of being Director Zhou, you are just so tough."

……

"You were so stubborn at the beginning, saying you were incompetent and quitting. Now, without you, they have managed to make Motherland, haven't they?"

Shanhe Company, office, Han Sanping said to Zhou Mo.

His words seemed to be criticism, but in fact they were more of regret.

It’s a pity that he recommended Zhou Mo to Huang Jianxin in the beginning, and the two sides had a good discussion at the beginning, so why did they suddenly stop discussing in the end?

Zhou Mo felt relieved when he heard Han Sanping's slightly regretful tone.

"Alas, this kind of thing cannot be forced."

Han Sanping looked at Zhou Mo in surprise and said, "Huh? The sun is rising from the west. I thought that with your temper, you would say to me, 'You just can't kneel down because your legs are not in good condition.'"

Zhou Mo immediately changed his words: "If you want to hear it, I can tell you."

"Then you'd better shut up."

Zhou Mo chuckled, "Don't worry. You would never come here if you had nothing to do. Every time you come here, it makes my little place shine... You came here in person so early this morning. Do you have something to tell me? A movie, or a mission?"

"You react pretty quickly."

Han Sanping was not surprised that Zhou Mo could guess his purpose.

"Of course not. Otherwise, how could we have President Han come here in person to assign tasks?"

Han Sanping continued, "Then why don't you guess again, what is the mission I'm going to give you this time about?"

Zhou Mo looked at Han Sanping with a confident expression: "Let me think about it. The first thing you said when you came here was not anything else, but the matter of "Motherland". So I guess this mission should also be related to the anniversary? Which movie is it?"

After hearing this, Han Sanping was really surprised.

Zhou Mo spread his hands and said in a very relaxed tone: "Don't look at me in surprise. This year is the integer anniversary. Everyone knows about this. You don't care about other things now, so you will only be sent out for tasks in this area. From this point of view, the result is out, right?"

Han Sanping then smiled.

"Nothing can be hidden from you... I'll tell you the result. It's the movie 'The Bugle'."

(End of this chapter)