Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 836 It is said that their experience is legendary (5k)

"They think you are irresponsible. You don't want a movie with a box office of billions, but sell the IP for just over 100 million yuan. You are too petty and don't love movies."

The assistant whispered to Zhou Mo what netizens had said about him.

After hearing this, Zhou Mo almost couldn't hold it in.

More than 100 million.

A small amount of money.

"I... never mind. Netizens just want to vent their emotions. They'll calm down in a few days."

Zhou Mo adjusted his mindset quickly. After all, the money was already in his hands, and he knew that this deal would be a huge profit for Shanhe Company.

The assistant was a little surprised: "Ah, no need for PR? I see some fans in the fan group are quite concerned about this matter. At least we should let them know that this transaction is not a bargain sale, right?"

Zhou Mo thought for a moment and said, "Just explain to the fans that we are not selling at a low price. As for a more detailed explanation, it is not necessary and the fans will not be interested in reading it."

He is very clear about one thing: the vast majority of netizens actually don't know much about the operation and management of movies.

Those who are familiar with the industry may know the classic ratio of “cost-box office 3:1”.

As for more details -

These include private profit-sharing with theaters, pay models for leading actors, publicity expenses, built-in advertisements in the movies, gambling agreements, and other messy contracts. These factors may have a great impact on the final profit of the movie. They are all industry secrets and cannot be leaked at all.

Zhou Mo thought about his assistant's suggestion for a moment, thinking that even he himself was unwilling to watch some popular science and explanation videos, let alone the audience.

……

Once Valentine's Day is over, the Spring Festival movie season is basically over.

At this stage, most of the movies on the market have basically entered the late stage, with the total box office slowly climbing and the single-day box office declining at a steady rate every day.

Only two movies, "Eastern Han Dynasty" and "The Wandering Earth", still have a lot of room for decline.

The former's single-day box office finally reached over 100 million after Valentine's Day, while the latter remained at over 200 million.

At this point, the single-day box office of "Nomadland" finally surpassed that of "Eastern Han Dynasty".

As soon as the news came out, fans of both movies cheered.

Fans of "The Wandering Earth" celebrated that their movie had a peak start and actually defeated the big boss of the Spring Festival period. It is cause for celebration, really cause for celebration.

Fans of "Eastern Han Dynasty" cheered that Director Zhou was awesome, as he had predicted today's situation so early on, and his ability as a fortune teller is still as great as ever.

Such a harmonious scene is rare in the Spring Festival period.

In the past few years, the Spring Festival period has been bloody and the competition has been fierce, hasn't it?
Movies compete for box office, crews compete for exposure, actors compete for traffic, and fans compete for idols.

Who is like the crews of "Eastern Han" and "Wandering", whose public accounts @ each other from time to time, the actors can have dinner together from time to time, and even fans can say hello to each other when they meet online.

"Congratulations! You're the first college student in the village majoring in science fiction!"

"Congratulations, Xianfan World View has made four or five movies. The box office of each movie has not decreased, but has continued to increase. I hope you will do better and better."

This situation makes some paid internet trolls who try to lead the trend feel helpless.

No.

There is such a harmonious relationship between your two films, whether it is the actors or the fans, that it is difficult for us to get the first performance of the New Year.

The public relations team of Shanhe Company is equally helpless.

They also didn't expect that the navy had been quiet during this period.

The New Year is clearly over now, and the Lantern Festival is almost here. No matter how long you take off, you should return to work. Why can't you get back into the rhythm?
How can we do public relations if we don’t keep the rhythm? How can we get bonuses if we don’t do public relations?
While the internet trolls and the public relations team were "confronting each other", "Eastern Han Dynasty" and "The Wandering Earth" jointly held celebration banquets for their own films.

Some media got the news in advance, and before the banquet even started, they gave it a very resounding name:

"Billion-dollar celebration banquet".

The meaning is very simple. The total box office of the two movies "Eastern Han Dynasty" and "The Wandering Earth" will exceed 10 billion when they are released.

When this name first came out, many people thought it was a bit exaggerated.

However, when they saw the box office revenue of the two movies "Eastern Han Dynasty" and "The Wandering Earth" so far, they suddenly realized that the name was not exaggerated at all, and was even a little cautious.

At present, the two movies have been released for less than half a month, and "Eastern Han Dynasty" and "The Wandering Earth" have jointly achieved a box office performance of over 30 billion, and the total box office is close to billion.

In the next half month, even if the two movies can only get a small half of the total box office of the first eleven or twelve days, the data of breaking 10 billion can be said to be a foregone conclusion.

After communicating this, many people immediately tried to contact Shanhe Company, or Zhou Mo, Da Tiantian, Wu Jing, Guo Fan and others, hoping to participate in the celebration banquet of the two films.

The title of “10 Billion Banquet” is a proof of identity as long as one can participate in it.

As a result, the contact information of several people was bombarded again.

On the night of the banquet, Xie Nan jokingly complained to Zhou Mo: "Director Zhou, your idea of ​​holding a banquet this time really bothered me. I haven't stopped using my phone at all in the past two days."

Zhou Mo heard this and smiled helplessly.

He also didn't expect that this banquet, which he had arranged on a whim, would end up causing such a big commotion.

To be honest, he didn't really want to be associated with the title of "10 billion banquet".

Too ostentatious.

Not only does it not fit with his low-key and profound personality, but to be honest, it's a bit far-fetched.

He would prefer to be able to make a serious domestic film with a box office of over 10 billion yuan one day in the future, rather than adding up the box office of two films and counting it at the company's expense.

However, just when he was about to arrange for people to lower the popularity of this title, he got a call from the bureau, saying that this title was quite good, represented a further step forward for the domestic film market, and was a good idea that could increase the sense of honor of people in the industry.

It was for this reason that Zhou Mo gave up his plan to reduce the heat.

At this moment, Xie Nan's words seemed to open a conversation box, and many people followed suit to say that their phones had been ringing off the hook in the past few days. Many friends who had only met them once in the past had been contacting them constantly during this period, wanting to come to the banquet to visit.

"My cell phone number and my assistant sister's cell phone number are both flooded with text messages." Zhao Jinmai, the youngest, was a little distressed.

Da Tiantian smiled and said to her: "Don't take it to heart, just treat it as advance training. You will have many more experiences like this in the future."

She liked the girl Zhao Jinmai very much. The two of them often got together during this period and had a very good relationship.

Zhao Jinmai also nodded. "My mother also told me about this situation, but I didn't expect it to be so serious. I didn't even dare to turn on my phone for two days."

Wu Jing suddenly came over with a sly smile on her face: "It's okay, Mai Mai. If you really feel annoyed, just make a list of the people who have been texting and calling you these days and send it to Director Zhou, and let Director Zhou deal with them for you..."

Before she could finish her words, Wu Jing was taken away by Xie Nan on the grounds of corrupting children.

Zhao Jinmai's face was very calm, and there was no fluctuation in his expression from beginning to end.

When Da Tiantian saw her reaction, she immediately guessed a possibility.

"Mai Mai, does Jing Ge often do this on the set?"

Zhao Jinmai sighed helplessly and nodded.

If it weren't for the inappropriate identities, she would have said that Wu Jing didn't act like an elder in the crew most of the time except when filming. He was more... well, cheerful than young people like them.

Da Tiantian coughed lightly and changed the subject, "By the way, Mai Mai, with the current success of Wandering, you must have received a lot of invitations recently. Do you have any projects that you value?"

Zhao Jinmai shook his head: "Not yet... I have received many invitations, but the company feels that none of them are suitable for me."

Da Tiantian smiled slightly, "In that case, I have a role that should be more suitable for you. Would you like to learn more about it?"

Zhao Jinmai's eyes lit up, and she immediately said seriously, "Sister Tiantian, I'll take this role."

"Don't need to see it?"

“Of course I don’t need to watch it. Everyone in the circle knows that the roles given to me by Director Zhou and Sister Tiantian must be excellent. If I’m late, I’m afraid that someone else will get there first, and then I’ll probably regret it to death.” Big Tiantian smiled. After all, she was a child star, and her words were much nicer than when she was young.

After so many years in the entertainment industry, Da Tiantian has long known how sinful some of the things she said in the past were. The reason she is not hated by others is purely because of her powerful background.

"Okay, then we'll sign the contract right after the banquet is over."

Zhao Jinmai immediately took out his cell phone: "Okay, then I'll contact my agent now."

When it comes to signing a contract, you must contact your agent first.

Da Tiantian nodded slightly, as if she had thought of something, with a smile on her face.

Zhao Jinmai went out with his cell phone and came back a moment later with a look of surprise on his face.

"Have you contacted your agent?" Da Tiantian asked.

"Well... I told my agent about the situation and said I needed to sign the contract, but she told me to go directly to you, Sister Tiantian, and she wouldn't come." Zhao Jinmai's tone was somewhat incredulous.

"Why, are you weird?"

"Yes, a little bit." Zhao Jinmai explained: "In the past, every time I signed a contract, no matter who I was working with, my agent would personally read it over and over again, and only let me sign after confirming that there were no problems."

Da Tiantian smiled and revealed the answer: "I told her not to come. Since the boss has spoken, she will naturally not come."

Zhao Jinmai exclaimed, "Ah!", his eyes filled with a mixture of shock and confusion.

"Ah? Miss Tiantian, are you my boss?"

She felt her memory was a little confused.

Although she is a child star, she is not a resourceful one. Her parents are just ordinary teachers. Her most famous role before was Ling Meiqi in "Balala the Fairies: The Test of the Fairies". This is why many fans like to say that her backstage is the Magic Fairy Castle.

Last September, she signed a contract with a new company soon after her contract with her previous company expired. This company was also small, but its resources and staffing were completely different from the previous small workshop-style company and were much more professional.

The company has a small number of employees, but they are all very professional.

The economic heat is very strict, but it can help her keep out all the malice.

Including endorsements, on the seventh day after "The Wandering Earth" was released, she was quickly helped to negotiate a good contract.

The situation of the new company made Zhao Jinmai, who had never had any good resources before, very satisfied and even a little grateful.

As for the boss of the company, she had met him several times. He was a middle-aged man who looked very kind...

Da Tiantian explained: "The current controller of your company used to work at Shanhe Company..."

Zhao Jinmai quickly understood what Datiantian meant.

Some things that seemed confusing to her in the past, such as why a company approached her immediately after her last contract ended, now had answers.

After figuring out all this, Zhao Jinmai thanked Da Tiantian: "Thank you, Sister Tiantian. I thought I was just lucky before, but I didn't expect it was you who signed me up."

Da Tiantian shook her head and used Zhou Mo's catchphrase.

"No, this is the result of your own efforts."

This may sound like a polite remark, but it actually works fine when applied to Zhao Jinmai.

Judging from her acting experience, she debuted at a very young age, but has never had any chance to become famous. It was only in the past two years that she finally got a few second-lead roles, and it was not until "The Wandering Earth" that she finally got a prominent role.

Being a supporting manager for such a long time, isn’t that just hard work?
Da Tiantian thought of this and laughed at Zhao Jinmai: "Since you know I'm the boss, behave well in the future, and the boss will take you to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks."

When Zhao Jinmai heard this, the shock she had felt at Da Tiantian suddenly becoming her boss disappeared, and she nodded immediately: "Then, Sister Tiantian, can you tell me about the role you just mentioned?"

Da Tiantian nodded slightly, "Character, OK... Your character's name is Xin Xianying, a talented woman in the late Three Kingdoms period. Her father is Xin Pi, a counselor of Yuan Shao during the Three Kingdoms period, who later surrendered to Cao Cao. Her nephew is Yang Hu, who, together with Du Yu, was the main force in destroying the Eastern Wu."

After the brief introduction, Da Tiantian looked at Zhao Jinmai, who was blinking his big eyes with a little confusion on his face.

"How is it, do you know?"

Zhao Jinmai came back to his senses and said with a little embarrassment: "I don't know."

Da Tiantian waved her hand to indicate that it was okay.

Compared with those figures from the Three Kingdoms period who have been passed down for thousands of years, the name Xin Xianying is indeed not very famous.

I'm afraid that many people who know her have learned about her from games such as "Three Kingdoms Kill" and "Dynasty Warriors".

"It doesn't matter if you don't know, because Xin Xianying is a character from the late Three Kingdoms period, and there are indeed few well-known figures in the late Three Kingdoms period... In addition, it doesn't matter if you don't know the historical experience of this character. You only need to remember one thing, that is, Xin Xianying is Zhao Shan's disciple, and Zhao Shan arranged a very important thing for her. That's enough."

When Zhao Jinmai heard that he could play Zhao Shan’s disciple, his eyes immediately widened.

Who is Zhao Shan?

The only permanent character in the immortal world, the patron saint of the human world, the eldest princess of the Qin Dynasty, the slayer of immortals, the immortal, the true owner of the Afang Palace, the founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty...

Being able to become Zhao Shan’s disciple shows how important this role is.

At this moment, she couldn't wait to know what "important thing" this role was assigned.

"Sister Tiantian, can you tell me in advance what the plot of Xin Xianying is?"

Da Tiantian curled her lips: "Of course... no!"

Zhao Jinmai: ???

Da Tiantian: "Xin Xianying's plot involves further arrangements, and I can't explain it to you in one or two sentences. We don't have enough time today, and I guess a lot of people will come over soon, so let's do it next time.

When the script is out, I will explain Xin Xianying's plot to you. This is a good time for you to get to know this character."

When Zhao Jinmai heard this, his curiosity was indeed reduced a little.

Nodding, “Then I will look for information about Xin Xianying tomorrow and try to learn as much as possible before the filming starts.”

Da Tiantian breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, I managed to make up my mind.

In fact, she didn't know the story of Xin Xianying. It was Zhou Mo who told her about Zhao Shan having a disciple, but Zhou Mo didn't tell her the details.

So now when Zhao Jinmai asked, Da Tiantian really didn’t know.

Da Tiantian thought about it and reminded him, "It's okay to prepare in advance, but don't neglect your academic knowledge. You should be a sophomore this year. Study hard and try to improve your academic performance. Then I will give you a red envelope as an employee benefit."

Zhao Jinmai refreshed his cognition again.

"Does Shanhe Company still have this benefit?"

“There wasn’t such a thing in the past, because those who could join the company were all adults who had passed the college entrance examination. But just because there wasn’t such a thing in the past doesn’t mean there won’t be such a thing in the future.” Da Tiantian said that employee benefits and the like are not a problem.

She is a sweet princess and has nothing else but maximum employee benefits and plenty of red envelopes.

Looking at the time, the two had been chatting for more than 20 minutes. Da Tiantian estimated that Zhou Mo should have started speaking by now, so she invited Zhao Jinmai to go to the hall together.

"Would you like to eat something here first, or come with me to see Zhou Mo's big news?"

"Big news?"

Da Tiantian nodded: "Today's celebration banquet has so many people, such a large scale, and such a loud name. Zhou Mo must make some big news, otherwise it is not in line with his character."

When Zhao Jinmai heard this, he knew that Sister Tiantian actually didn't know what Director Zhou would say, but because she knew Director Zhou too well, she was very sure of the latter's actions.

She suddenly became curious about the meeting between Sister Tiantian and Director Zhou. According to rumors, their first meeting was quite legendary. Sister Tiantian saw at first glance that Director Zhou was gifted and would be famous in the future, while Director Zhou saw Sister Tiantian's qualifications at first sight and knew that she would become a top star.

The two communicated for several hours when they first met and finally confirmed their guess. From then on, they started the most legendary process in the entertainment industry today.

(End of this chapter)