Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 838 Gold-rimmed glasses and Hunan accent, who do you want to play it? (4k)

As an ordinary person who has lived a poor life, Zhou Mo knows too well how divided the group of college students is.

Some rich men and women who live a carefree life can sometimes spend over six figures in one night.

There are also some students whose family conditions are average or even not well-off. They have to take three pictures and write thirty words before ordering takeout.

And the latter is the mainstream group among college students.

For this group, the first consideration when deciding whether a movie is worth watching is not the content but the ticket price.

And the ticket price is often linked to takeout.

If the ticket price is lower than the cost of a takeaway meal, or is on par with that of a takeaway meal, then this movie is well worth watching.

If the movie ticket costs more than a takeout meal, just say goodbye in two months.

"So, if you want to sell the movie, you have to lower the price, and you can't lower it less."

In the room, Zhou Mo told Da Tiantian about his plan.

Da Tiantian didn't expect that Zhou Mo could actually link the ticket price with the takeaway price, but after thinking about it carefully, she found it quite appropriate.

According to the data she obtained, the daily income of the vast majority of college students depends on money from their families, and the money given by their families does not exceed 1,500 yuan in most cases.

There are thirty days in a month, and fifteen hundred yuan averages out to only fifty yuan a day.

If the price of a movie ticket exceeds this share, it will be too high for students who live on living expenses.

Not to mention the forums of major universities, which are full of hidden talents and can provide you with all kinds of links and seeds.

"So what was the original ticket price for The Bugle?"

"It should be between forty and fifty."

"So how low are you going to lower it?"

"in turn."

On the other hand, it would be the 14th or 15th year?

"So low?"

"It's because student tickets are so low. Regular tickets are probably in the early twenties." Zhou Mo explained.

"That's quite low, have you told Director Chen and the others about the price you reserved?"

"Not yet, but they will probably agree."

"Okay, since you've already made your plans, I'll go with you to the "Military Bugle" crew. When you come back for the dinner, I'll be with you."

Da Tiantian also adjusted her plan slightly.

The roadshow of "Eastern Han Dynasty" has not yet ended. As the leading actress, she must stay in the crew.

After the two finished talking about "Military Bugle", they turned to talk about their plans for "The Great Battle".

According to Da Tiantian's expectations, no matter how brilliant Zhou Mo's past achievements were, when he was filming "The Decisive Battle" in the future, he would definitely not be able to be as free and easy as when he was filming his own movie.

More stringent audits, stricter requirements, more complicated suggestions...

However, the above are all within Zhou Mo's acceptable range. For a drama of the level of "The Final Battle", it is indeed necessary to have higher standards if you want to make it well.

However, if there were more restrictions, Zhou Mo would have greater autonomy.

"Well... first of all, the actors. Filming "The Final Battle" definitely requires special actors from the previous generation, such as Teacher Tang. These people have a lot of experience and great achievements. When filming in other crews, they will put on airs and act in a stereotyped way, but if you are the director, it shouldn't be like that."

Da Tiantian is an actor herself, so the first thing she considers is the actor’s matters.

Since we are going to shoot "The Final Battle", there is no doubt that we will use a lot of special actors.

Special actors are a very special group among the actors. They are often looked for when they are young. After finding them, they are trained according to the role prototypes, and finally they present their own role prototypes on the screen through their own understanding.

This was the case with Teacher Gu and Teacher Tang back then.

Mr. Gu started playing the role of a teacher in 81 and continued to play the role until 04, for more than twenty years in total, from when the teacher was young to when he was old.

There are many advantages to using special actors, the first of which is appearance. The topic of "likeness or dislike" can be evaluated based on many criteria, such as language, expression, personal experience, etc., but appearance is always one of the most direct evaluation criteria.

Of course, this does not mean that there are no problems at all when using special actors.

At present, there is actually only one problem in front of Zhou Mo:
The age of the special actor.

"Teacher Tang is almost seventy years old this year. During the decisive battle, the teacher should be only in his fifties. It seems that we will have to do more special effects by then... However, appearance can be solved with makeup and special effects, but what about the body and physical strength?" Da Tiantian thought about the possible problems in her mind.

In terms of physical condition, there may not be much difference in physical fitness between a 40-year-old and a 20-year-old if they exercise regularly, but the difference in physical condition between a 70-year-old and a 50-year-old is obvious no matter what.

Zhou Mo saw her tilting her head, mumbling something to herself with her eyes slightly narrowed, and he had a bad guess in his mind.

"Tiantian, you're not thinking of doing anything rude, are you?"

When Da Tiantian heard this, she suddenly had an idea.

"How could that be? Of course not."

"Really?"

Zhou Mo still looked at her.

Da Tiantian was a little flustered by Zhou Mo's gaze and turned her head to the side: "Actually, it's nothing. I was just wondering whether I should let Teacher Tang practice in advance or something..."

Zhou Mo: ...

"You really dare to think that, Tiantian. Why didn't I realize that you have such a smart brain?"

Da Tiantian also knew that she had just had a brain seizure. She turned her face further to the side and felt that her neck was about to be twisted into a stiff neck.

"I really don't mean anything else. I'm just worried that Teacher Tang won't have the energy to keep up!"

Zhou Mo waved his hands: "That won't work either. After all, he is still Teacher Tang. We'll see how the situation develops. If it doesn't work, we can use a stand-in to shoot the back view."

Da Tiantian nodded slightly.

"That's all it can do."

The issue of actors is over, and the next issue is the location and extras.

When the movie version of "The Final Battle" was made, actual soldiers were invited to act as extras, so that kind of magnificent and extremely realistic feeling could be created.

Moreover, since the movie used soldiers as extras and our soldiers were of very high quality, some viewers were dissatisfied with the scene in which the Guo army was victorious in the Liaoshen Campaign and fled everywhere. They felt that the Guo army retreated too orderly in the movie, which was not the case at all in real history. They were clearly fleeing in panic.

Da Tiantian was a little disappointed about the configuration of the extras: "Now we definitely can't do it like the movie version of "The Final Battle", calling in military personnel to cooperate with the filming of the movie, or at most we can't call in so many people, but if we use ordinary people, the effect will probably be much worse."

Shanhe Company is actually not very afraid of content such as artillery fire and battlefields. They can all be produced. It’s just a matter of cost.

But the gap between people, props and real people is actually very large. Even the prop dummies made at high cost are still very different from real people. Zhou Mo waved his hand, signaling Da Tiantian not to regret.

“It doesn’t matter, we can use special effects to fill the gap. If that doesn’t work, we can just make some clips from the movie version of ‘The Final Battle’ high-definition and put them directly on the screen.

In addition, our company has shot so many mainstream films in the past that we have accumulated a lot of professionals that can be used, so the difficulty should not be as great as you think. "

"Well... the last one is the script issue. I have already helped you contact Director Wei, the only remaining director of the three chapters in the movie version of "The Final Battle".

When they heard that you might be filming "The Final Battle", they were very happy and said that they would prepare all the materials they had prepared for you in advance. When you come back from the crew of "Military Bugle", we can go over there together."

Zhou Mo's eyes lit up.

"Sure, sweetie, that's a great help."

He had previously thought about contacting several directors of the film version of "The Final Battle" to see if he could get some guidance and help, but he was really busy with various things during this period, so he had not been able to find the time to do this.

Da Tiantian chuckled and said, "I knew you wouldn't have time to contact them. Why don't you thank me right away?"

Zhou Mo immediately flicked his sleeves and saluted Da Tiantian.

"Thank you Princess Tian for your help. I have no way to repay you. I can only serve you like a slave..."

……

The next morning, Zhou Mo saw news online about the "10 billion celebration banquet" held last night for "Eastern Han Dynasty" and "The Wandering Earth".

As expected, many media outlets reported what Zhou Mo said at the banquet.

"Shanhe Company fully supports the development of the domestic science fiction film industry."

“Open up special effects company technology to the entire entertainment industry.”

“There is a lot to look forward to in the future when it comes to predictions for science fiction movies.”

Every headline and report was full of praise for Zhou Mo's remarks and Shanhe Company.

"How about it? It feels good to be praised like this, right?"

Da Tiantian suddenly appeared behind Zhou Mo and brought him breakfast.

Zhou Mo thanked him and said as he ate, "It doesn't really matter. As long as I can get the job done, it's done."

During the period when "The Wandering Earth" was released, the people who came to look for Zhou Mo were of course not just those who wanted to make movies, but also some people in the bureau, who conveyed to Zhou Mo the message that "as a member of the entertainment industry, and a very outstanding member, it is natural for you to contribute to the development of the industry."

And this information was also one of the reasons why Zhou Mo said those words at the celebration banquet.

Da Tiantian suddenly said, "By the way, Alibaba has contacted our company again, saying that they want to reach a deeper level of cooperation. They want to support the development of domestic science fiction films, but their previous mistakes in the entertainment field have made them no longer want to control the management. They only want to invest. Let me know what you think."

Hearing this, Zhou Mo immediately shook his head.

"No, just decline. Our current situation is pretty good. There's no need for another partner, especially one from Alibaba..."

Da Tiantian was a little curious, "You seem to have never been optimistic about Alibaba. Even between Penguin and Alibaba, you would subconsciously choose Penguin. What's the reason? Is Alibaba the only one that likes short positions?"

Zhou Mo casually replied, "Maybe it's because Xiao Ma Ge dances better, and Ma Jie Ke is not so good at making movies, so I don't like him very much."

Da Tiantian: Old man in subway.jpg
"What? You said Xiao Ma Ge can dance?"

"That's right, and she dances quite well. Do you want to see it?" Zhou Mo asked.

"Can you still watch?"

"Yes, I saw it online a long time ago, so I saved the video."

Da Tiantian was immediately shocked, and then immediately urged Zhou Mo: "Hurry up and find it out, let me see it."

Zhou Mo searched through his phone, found a video from a folder, and clicked play.

"Here."

Da Tiantian took the phone. The light was dim, she had a well-proportioned figure and a familiar hairstyle.

"It's really Brother Xiao Ma."

"OK."

“And she dances well.”

"OK."

At this moment, the video had finished playing, and the scene of the dancing figure appeared in Da Tiantian's mind again, so she clicked on the replay and watched it again.

Zhou Mo was beside her, watching her watch the video over and over again for several times. He originally thought that she was just shocked by Xiao Ma Ge's dancing skills. He also wanted to wait until she put down her phone and then play her a video of Xiao Ma Ge and his company team singing at Penguin's annual meeting.

Unexpectedly, after a while, Da Tiantian put down her phone, looked at Zhou Mo, and said something that surprised Zhou Mo.

"What do you think about letting Xiao Ma play Liao Yaoxiang?"

Zhou Mo was stunned, feeling like there was something wrong with his ears. He didn't hear clearly what Da Tiantian said just now.

He picked his ears and asked again: "Who did you just say?"

"Liao Yaoxiang."

Da Tiantian repeated, "That's the legendary Liao Yaoxiang, the one with gold-rimmed glasses, Hunan accent, and unimpeded voice. He's the one in "Bright Sword" who was wiped out by Ding Wei's division... It should be him."

Da Tiantian felt a little unconfident at the end.

She has recently made a lot of preparations in advance for the filming of "The Decisive Battle" and has a deep impression of Liao Yaoxiang. There is also a lot of information about this person in the Miles Station and the Little Blue Book.

Zhou Mo didn't know what to say at this moment.

He knew that Da Tiantian sometimes had very wild imaginations.

For example, she was thinking about asking Teacher Tang and the others to exercise last night.

But at least it was still within his acceptable range. In the past, Da Tiantian had come up with more abstract ideas than this situation.

However, this time his imagination was beyond his imagination.

"Why do you want Brother Xiao Ma to play Liao Yaoxiang?" Zhou Mo asked.

He didn't even mention the possibility of this happening because it was simply impossible.

But it’s not wrong to discuss the reasons.

Da Tiantian paused for a few seconds and explained: "Because of his eyes, his glasses are a very classic symbol. When I watched the movie version of "The Final Battle", Liao Yaoxiang's glasses were also a very typical symbol."

Zhou Mo: ...

It's really a big brain hole.

(End of this chapter)