Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 852 The money for the lawsuit was paid by my current boyfriend (4k)

After the filming of "Warcraft 2" was completed, a wrap party was held that evening.

While drinking, Henry Cavill complained to Zhou Mo about the two years of waiting.

"Zhou, you told me a long time ago that you would arrange Warcraft and Superman as soon as possible. I have been waiting for too long."

Zhou Mo felt a little embarrassed when he heard this.

But he is a Henry who has made plans, but plans cannot keep up with changes. The filming plans of "Warcraft" and "Superman" have been postponed for a long time.

But the pie that should be painted still needs to be painted.

"Don't worry Henry, DC has already finished filming Aquaman and is also filming Wonder Woman. Once Wonder Woman is finished, Superman can start filming.

As for World of Warcraft 2, it will be released next year, and Warcraft 3 will definitely be completed within two years.”

Henry Cavill was not too reassured by Zhou Mo's assurances.

He knows the character of these directors too well.

Making a promise is as simple as eating and drinking. If the promise is not fulfilled, it is like running away halfway through the meal.

However, he couldn't find many reasons to persuade Zhou Mo, so he could only talk about his own situation.

"Zhou, I'm already 36 years old this year. I don't know how many more years I can shoot action scenes. Please don't make me wait too long."

When Zhou Mo heard this, he looked at Henry Cavill's not-too-old appearance, coupled with Cavill's muscular body.

You are a European or American, and your anti-aging level is almost the same as that of Asians. How dare you say that you can't do action scenes?

"Don't worry, don't worry. I can't bear to see a handsome guy like you miss out on filming. I'll say two years, and I guarantee there won't be any problems."

Henry laughed, picked up another glass of beer and raised it towards Zhou Mo.

"Zhou, you are just as handsome. It is a loss to audiences all over the world that you can't appear on the screen more often with your looks."

The two people's voices attracted the attention of the people around them.

Let me see, it's those two shameless people flattering each other here.

Looking together, it turns out to be Cavill and the director, so everything is fine.

Appearance, when it reaches a certain level, can transcend cultural differences.

Zhou Mo and Cavill both have this level of looks.

At this time, Amber approached Zhou Mo and Henry with a glass of wine, with a hint of flattery in her eyes.

"Director, thank you for your time..."

Zhou Mo turned and looked at Amber, nodded slightly, but his smile faded a little.

Speaking of which, the postponement of the filming of "Warcraft 2" has a lot to do with the person in front of him, in addition to Zhou Mo's own affairs.

In the past few years, Amber first fought a lawsuit with her ex-husband, and then showed her love with her current boyfriend.

The noise was enormous.

Such a huge momentum has greatly increased Amber's popularity, and she is gradually becoming a network opinion leader.

Now that her status has risen, Amber is no longer satisfied with some of her past contracts and wants to make new demands.

But Zhou Mo never tolerates this kind of bad habit.

So what if your current boyfriend is Ma Yilong?

I am still the man behind Ma Yilong.

As a result, the contract between the two parties came to a stalemate.

Since the contract could not be negotiated, the filming of the movie was naturally delayed.

But for Zhou Mo, he doesn’t care too much whether "World of Warcraft 2" will be postponed.

Anyway, he has a lot of projects on hand. If he can't shoot "Warcraft 2", he can just switch to something else.

But for Amber, the most important movie in recent years is "World of Warcraft 2", followed by "Aquaman".

The postponement of the filming of the two films may only cause a little loss to Zhou Mo.

But for her, it was something that could interrupt her entire career.

Amber is not a talented actress. Her development in the entertainment industry depends solely on the face given by God. The time she can truly develop is only a few years.

Without sufficient support from substantial works, she will soon be replaced by young female stars.

However, Amber, who was involved in a lawsuit at the time, did not have this sense of crisis.

She was having a hot affair with her current boyfriend at the time. Her current boyfriend was a domineering boss who was even willing to pay for her lawsuit against her ex-husband. She didn't need to worry about her career prospects at all.

Until last year, Amber broke up with Ma Yilong first, and then made some moves in the lawsuit with Depp, completely losing her advantage and causing a sharp reversal in the public opinion field.

Amber then realized something was wrong and tried to save the situation quickly, but with her brain, the more she tried to save the situation, the more mistakes she made.

In the end, Amber contacted Shanhe Company again and expressed her willingness to continue cooperation under the original contract.

The person in charge of Shanhe Company in America would never agree to such a thing. Your popularity is almost ruined, how could you be worth the original contract price? Just throw out a new contract and say if you are willing to cooperate then cooperate, if not, forget it.

In the end, Amber had to swallow her pride and reprise the role of Gianna for a lower price.

Zhou Mo is not afraid that Amber's reputation will affect the movie.

Jaina's nickname "Yamaidi" symbolizes the views of some fans on this character.

There is an inexplicable fit for Amber to play this kind of role.

At this time, Amber drank several glasses of wine in a row before she formally stated her purpose.

"Zhou, I want to ask about the cooperation on the third part of "World of Warcraft"..."

Previously, the person in charge of Sanhe America signed a new contract with Amber, which only included the second part, not the third part.

The reason for doing this is simple.

In the second and third installments of the Warcraft series, the character of Jaina plays a different role in the plot.

In "Warcraft 2", Jaina facilitated the cooperation between humans, orcs, and elves, successfully defeated Archimonde, and protected Azeroth. Her position is very important, but her role is not too large.

In the plot of "Warcraft 3", Jaina led her soldiers and comrades of other races to defeat the Lich King Arthas. It can be said that she was very important in both status and role.

In order to prevent Amber from "relapsing" after filming the second movie, the head of the Shanhe Amei branch simply signed a one-movie contract with her, meaning that if her performance during the filming of the second movie was fine, they would consider the third movie.

In response to Amber's question, Zhou Mo said bluntly: "You were in very good shape when filming Warcraft 2. Logically, you could have signed the contract directly."

When Amber heard this, there was no joy in her eyes.

During the few times she worked with Zhou Mo, she also discovered some of Zhou Mo's speaking habits. Generally, in this situation, the word "but" would appear at the end.

"But!" Zhou Mo spoke again.

As expected, it came! Amber's heart tightened, and she had a bad feeling.

Zhou Mo's voice remained calm. "I don't plan to sign the contract for the third film now. Blizzard's letters have become more and more outrageous in recent years. I'm not sure how much commercial value the Warcraft series still has. So the signing of the contract for the third film depends on the final performance of the second film."

After these words were spoken, the disappointment on Amber's face was visible to the naked eye.

Fortunately, Zhou Mo explained the situation to her, which showed that Zhou Mo still had the willingness to cooperate with her, rather than simply thinking that she was not worthy of cooperation.

Then there is still a chance.

After Amber left, Zhou Mo chatted with other people one after another, and learned about what had happened during this period, the actors' schedules, etc.

After one round, the wrap-up banquet was basically coming to an end.

Zhou Mo rested in the hotel for one night and flew back to Yanjing early the next morning.

In the afternoon, as soon as I arrived at the company, the assistant came into the office carrying a large stack of documents.

"Director Zhou, these are some of the contracts and data during this period."

Zhou Mo looked at the folder on the table that was as tall as his arm, his face blank.

"Why are there so many? Isn't Tiantian in the company during this period?"

Assistant Diani nodded: "Sister Tiantian is here, so she has more cases, and they are all the more anxious ones. The rest are not urgent and can be dealt with slowly."

Zhou Mo sighed, "Okay, go ahead and do your work. I'll take a look at these things slowly."

After the assistant left, Zhou Mo opened the first document.

The content is the current data of "Zhu Lou", or the final result.

"Zhu Lou" had already put all the content on the shelves a month and a half ago. Now, more than forty days have passed, and the purchase volume of the series will basically not change much.

In terms of purchase volume, the total purchase volume of "Zhu Lou" exceeded 30 billion, surpassing many large-scale works such as "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace", making it the undisputed number one domestic product.

Among them, there are several episodes involving the death of the retired emperor, the dethronement of the crown prince, the confinement of the third prince, the death of the prince, etc., and the purchase volume of each episode exceeded 100 million.

After Zhou Mo read a few numbers, he was stunned on the spot.

Three billion.

How come there are so many?

He was so immersed in the filming of "Warcraft 2" this month that he had no time to pay attention to the developments of "Zhu Lou". However, judging from the trend a month ago, the final total purchase volume of "Zhu Lou" should not exceed 24 billion.

Where did the remaining 600 million purchases come from?

Zhou Mo called his assistant to inquire about the situation.

The assistant who had just left not long ago seemed to have anticipated Zhou Mo's mood and entered the room with zero or one piece of information.

"Director Zhou, I just wanted to ask about the total number of purchases of "Red Tower"."

Zhou Mo nodded slightly and asked the question that concerned him most.

"For this purchase amount, we didn't swipe the tickets ourselves."

"Of course not." The assistant first assured Zhou Mo, and then explained: "The situation is like this. Some time ago, you raised the issue of elderly people watching TV. Later, the Douyin side developed a special function that can directly start watching TV series through special channels such as voice.

Therefore, the purchase volume of "Red Mansion" has grown significantly in the past month, and many old men and women like our play very much."

Zhou Mo suddenly realized. He never expected that a joke he made before would actually bring such a huge profit to "Zhu Lou".

But he didn't completely relax, instead he asked one more question.

“Does there exist such situations as inducing consumption?”

In the era of live streaming, the five words that many people who do live streaming are most afraid of hearing are:
Underage consumption.

In fact, these five words "consumption for the elderly" are also terrifying.

Minors may be playing around or being deceived, and end up making purchases.

As for the elderly, it is more likely that they know nothing about mobile phones and cannot even use the basic functions. They don’t know where to click, but they still spend a lot of money by swiping their mobile phones.

Although Zhou Mo wanted to get as many copies of "Zhu Lou" as possible, after all, it was to create a record, so of course the more the better.

But forget about making money from old men and women through "deceptive" consumption.

The assistant paused for a few seconds and explained, "Director Zhou, I can only tell you this: there is no direct fraud or trigger-based consumption inducement, but there are some tricks to attract audiences to consume, such as free ten minutes."

Zhou Mo felt relieved when he heard this.

As long as it is not a deceptive consumption, it is fine. As for the rest, it is mainly consumption out of one's heart. Spending money can only prove that his movies are good.

Seeing Zhou Mo nod, the assistant asked, "Director Zhou, many people from the Zhulou crew have asked when we will hold a celebration party. Everyone has been waiting for a long time."

A celebration party?

There really should be one.

It's hard to create a record, and it's the kind that's going to be hard to break in the short term. So we should hold a celebration party and just treat it as a record.

Zhou Mo looked at the time. There were still a few days left before Cannes, so he could find time to hold a celebration banquet and then go to Cannes happily to receive the award.

"Then let's do it the day after tomorrow. The day after tomorrow is fine too. Please ask for the time for me. Anyone who wants to come can come then. Even fans can come."

The assistant was stunned.

"fan?"

"Yes, since "Zhu Lou" has made such a huge profit, it is inseparable from the support of fans. It is better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone. Fans who are willing to come can draw some money. Then our company will cover the accommodation and travel expenses, and it will be considered as a reward to the fans."

The first assistant reacted and nodded immediately.

He was also one of the fans of Zhou Mo and Da Tiantian at the beginning, but at that time Shanhe Company was just starting out and was far from its current popularity.

From a fan's perspective, if there had been such a banquet back then, he would definitely remember it for the rest of his life.

The assistant said with a smile on his face:
"Okay, I'll go notify you right away."

After the assistant left, Zhou Mo opened the second document.

This document contains news about "Parasite".

Half a month ago, the news that "Parasite" was aiming for the Palme d'Or was reported by the media and was discussed crazily throughout the entertainment industry.

After so many years, Zhang Yimou finally got another chance to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes, which of course attracted a lot of people's attention.

The achievements of "the first domestic director to win three European gold medals" and "the third domestic director to win the Cannes Gold Award" are enough to shock everyone who pays attention to the entertainment industry.

The only regret is that Zhang Yimou went to Cannes half a month ago, so I couldn’t interview him even if I wanted to.

Only the people from Shanhe Company could not escape, so they became the subject of interviews from multiple media outlets.

(End of this chapter)