Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 859 Best Supporting Actress, Goal Achieved

Zhou Mo and Tang Yan went out for dinner together, and when they returned home, it was already past ten o'clock.

"Do you want to continue working?"

"No, I haven't finished reading "The Doctor" yet. I'll take a break these few days and finish reading the rest."

After Zhou Mo and Tang Yan washed up, they sat in front of the TV and started watching "The Doctor".

While the TV series' opening theme was playing, Tang Yan said to Zhou Mo, "If it weren't for your "Zhu Lou" this year, I feel that "The Doctor" would definitely become the most popular drama this year."

Zhou Mo nodded, this was indeed true.

"The Doctor" was first broadcast in April this year. As the subject matter of the drama is closely related to the lives of the audience, and Shanhe Company spared no effort in promoting it, the TV series immediately gained a large number of loyal audiences as soon as it was released.

Under the parallel broadcasting mode of paid and paid broadcasting, the ratings of "The Doctor" once reached 1.6, and this figure is indeed very likely to become the highest of the year.

It is worth mentioning that because "The Doctor" presents the medical system comprehensively enough, almost every different audience group likes different episodes and chapters.

Medical students prefer to read the early chapters, because the early chapters are more about the plight of young people in the medical system, including trainees:
It's tiring and poor. At the age of 30, your career hasn't even started. A PhD is the basic education required in this industry. Not only do you not make any money every day, but you also get criticized by different people. Some say you are ignorant, while others say you are impolite.

People who have worked in the hospital for a certain number of years prefer the mid-term chapters.

In the mid-term chapter, the main focus is on Dr. Xiao Tang and his group of pillars in the department.

There is endless work to do every day and endless reports. Not only do I have to be cheated by the people with connections who manage logistics, but I also have to engage in intrigue with the patients.

The doctor's instructions have been told to you a hundred times, but you just don't listen. Not only does he not listen, but he secretly goes against you. As a result, when something happens, he even makes trouble for you at the hospital gate, accusing you of killing someone.

As for the audience outside the medical system, young people prefer to watch the drama's description of the gray areas in the medical system. Some support it, some condemn it. After watching it, they have set off wave after wave of comparisons between the Chinese and foreign medical systems, and have continued to discuss the pros and cons of the medical systems in different countries.

Middle-aged and elderly people are more likely to resonate with the real-life issues described in the drama.

It is difficult and expensive to see a doctor. Medical insurance is increasing year by year, but many drugs are not included in the insurance. In the past, many very useful drugs were not prescribed. If they were to be prescribed, they had to go through various approvals. The times are progressing rapidly, but these slow-moving people have not caught up. They don’t know how to use the new medical system. Some elderly people don’t even know what to click in front of the registration machine...

In addition, there are also problems including medical treatment in rural areas, insurance transfer between different cities, blood use issues...

It can be said that almost every audience can find the episode that matches their impression in the drama, which makes them like the drama more and more. They all become tap water, promoting the excellence of "The Doctor" on different platforms and networks, and attracting more audiences to watch the drama.

The episode Zhou Mo is currently watching is the one with the highest ratings and purchase volume of the entire series.

The theme of this episode is a difficult triangular problem related to the medical system.

The triangles are: "increase in doctor's income", "reduction in medical treatment costs" and "surplus of medical insurance funds". The difficulty is that in most cases, the medical system can only achieve two of them, and it is completely unrealistic to achieve all three.

To give a simple example, the total amount of insurance premiums is fixed every year, and if patients want to see a doctor cheaper, they can either pay the doctor less or overdraw their medical insurance.

Since this triangle involves medical staff, patients, and officials, each party has its own difficulties, and if they cannot be met, corresponding social problems will arise.

Therefore, on the day this episode was broadcast, almost all viewers found their own position in this episode, and then left their own thoughts and comments on the TV series.

"Doctors earn little? Then why are all the doctors I've seen so rich? They either drive a BMW or a Mercedes."

"Don't go to see those successful old doctors all day long. Look at us, the new doctors in our thirties. If we were in other professions, we would have already started families and careers, but we have just officially started working. In this case, do you call us rich?"

"In the final analysis, the people in the bureau are the most comfortable. The insurance premiums are rising every year, and those people do nothing but issue some messed-up rules every year. Now they can't even cure the disease."

"People in my bureau also think that the increase in premiums is too large, but I want to explain that many of the weird regulations were issued because the abuse of drugs and medical care cannot be stopped at all. There are always countermeasures for every policy, and they can always find ways to get the money out. And they dare not intervene, because if they do, there will be a tsunami."

Seeing Zhou Mo read the comments several times, Tang Yan couldn't help but say, "When this episode was broadcast, many people said that the show "The Doctor" should be removed from the air."

Zhou Mo frowned slightly. He seemed to have the impression that there was indeed such a rhythm, and it was quite a big fuss.

“I remember the company later fixed this rhythm.”

"Correct."

“What’s the reason for reporting the removal?”

"There are all kinds of opinions. Some people say that our drama is too realistic and too explicit, while others say that our drama is fabricated and smears the medical system."

"Damn, let's just let these two groups fight."

"The crew and the company thought the same thing at the time, so they slightly guided public opinion and turned the complaints against The Doctor into whether the content of The Doctor was true or fabricated, and then the two groups of people started arguing completely."

Tang Yan sat on the sofa and suddenly laughed out loud. She recalled the scene of two groups of people arguing with each other that she had seen on the Internet before. It was quite grand, like the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, each showing their magical powers.

List data, give examples, reveal identities, and expose each other's backgrounds.

"Then who won in the end?"

“The group that recognized that The Doctor was adapted from a real case… well, that’s not quite right, because the quarrel started with these two groups, but soon expanded to more groups.

Many people who have real medical experience and frontline doctors came out to support our drama, defeating those netizens who thought our drama was made up."

"That's fine." Zhou Mo nodded slightly.

When he was writing the script for "The Doctor", he deliberately collected so many opinions and invited many frontline doctors to provide guidance. Wasn't it for the purpose of showing as many real situations as possible?
Looking back now, it was definitely worth it.

At this moment, Tang Yan saw another comment out of the corner of her eye.

"I work in the medical system. This drama throws out a problem in almost every episode. After watching it from beginning to end, I found that basically all the typical problems I have encountered were written out. It seems that the screenwriters are either from this industry or have visited many front-line employees on the spot."

This comment was agreed by many people, and many medical students and medical staff appeared under the comment to support the content of this comment.

Tang Yan stopped the TV show, pointed at the screen and said to Zhou Mo: "Look, there are many comments saying that your drama is very comprehensive."

Zhou Mo shook his head: "It's not comprehensive, there are still many things that haven't been filmed. Some things that involve deeper levels were written into the script, but they were deleted in the end."

"Are you saying that the current content of "The Doctor" is not deep enough?"

Tang Yan was a little surprised.

In her opinion, the scale of "The Doctor" has reached a level that she had never imagined before.

She doesn't know enough about many things in the medical industry, so she won't comment.

However, she knows more about the medical beauty industry than the average person, and some dramas make her feel frightened when she watches them.

Take cosmetics for example, false advertising and malicious competition are all old news. In "The Doctor", even things like "labeling, excessive heavy metals, and toxic cosmetics" were filmed.

That’s it, isn’t that something deeper?
To this, Zhou Mo's answer was just two words:

Doesn't count.

Tang Yan was very curious about Zhou Mo's attitude and kept pestering him for the original script.

Zhou Mo persisted for a few rounds, but was defeated. He took out some information from the computer and gave it to Tang Yan to look at.

Tang Yan had just looked at it for a while when she looked quite shocked.

The first story she saw was an example about medical equipment.

As we all know, whenever there is equipment, there are problems.

If the problem is minor, the vehicle can be put back into service after repair. If the problem is major, the vehicle must be scrapped.

There is a lot of room for maneuver between small problems and big problems.

After reading it, she opened her mouth slightly and stared at Zhou Mo blankly:

"Is all this true?"

"Of course it's true. When the company just started the medical project and was preparing to purchase a batch of medical equipment from overseas, someone came to us and said they would sell it at half the price. We couldn't lose out and we couldn't be cheated."

"Don't these devices usually have unique numbers? How could they be put back on the market?"

"Then don't worry about it. They have their own way."

Tang Yan looked at Zhou Mo at this time. Before she could speak, Zhou Mo spoke first: "Don't even think about it. I won't buy that kind of equipment. I'm not short of money, and my technology is advanced enough. There's no need to leave myself such hidden dangers. It's too much of a loss."

Tang Yan blinked, "Then can I assume that you mean there are still people in the industry who do this."

"Hey, I didn't say that. This is what you thought." Zhou Mo lay back with a very comfortable expression.

Tang Yan looked at the head on his legs, a gleam of light in his eyes.

"In that case, don't blame me for being rude."

……

Time quickly came to mid-June.

"Magnolia" is about to start.

The day before the award ceremony, after the nomination reception, Zhou Mo met the members of the jury.

"Director Gao, long time no see."

The chairman of this year's Magnolia Awards is an old acquaintance, Gao Xixi. The first time he met Zhou Mo, he shook Zhou Mo's hand.

"Director Zhou, I want to thank you."

Zhou Mo was confused by Gao Xixi's reaction.

"Director Gao, what happened?"

"You helped me solve a big problem." Gao Xixi grabbed Zhou Mo's hand and was unwilling to let go.

Zhou Mo suddenly had an idea and had a guess in his mind.

"Director Gao, are you talking about... The Final Battle?"

Gao Xixi nodded heavily, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from her whole body, and her eyes actually revealed a hint of gratitude and relief.

Seeing Zhou Mo seemed to be confused, he explained: "You know, the higher-ups planned to let me shoot "The Final Battle". I was quite happy at first, but later I found out that it was not that simple.

There are countless opinions and instructions, all of which require you to consider, and there are some plots that I can't even intervene in..."

From Gao Xixi, Zhou Mo saw the filming problems of "The Decisive Battle" from another perspective.

He would not fully agree with Gao Xixi's words, because even if no one guided him, he would probably not be able to make a particularly good "The Final Battle".

However, it is true that when you shoot this kind of work, a lot of people will know about it.

The reason why Zhou Mo didn't have to worry too much about these things was that the leader he met that day had already helped him stop these things.

"Director Gao, you are too polite. The Final Battle is also a daunting challenge for me, and I have been preparing for it."

"Then I wish Director Zhou good luck." Gao Xixi finally let go of Zhou Mo's hand and talked about tomorrow's awards ceremony.

Perhaps Gao Xixi felt much more relaxed after letting go of "The Final Battle", so he explained the matter of competing for the award directly to Zhou Mo.

"The script of 'The Doctor' is very good, the filming is even better, and the audience response is also very good. The judges will definitely approve of such a TV series. Director Zhou can rest assured about the rest."

"Thank you very much, Director Gao. It's too late tonight so I won't disturb you. Let's get together after the award ceremony tomorrow."

A moment later, Zhou Mo drove back to his residence alone.

Tang Yan was pulled into work by her agent three days ago. As one of the candidates for the award, she has a lot of things to do these days.

After returning to the residence, Zhou Mo turned on his mobile phone and saw a text message from Tang Yan.

"Don't call me, don't text me, just don't tell me the result."

“I quite like the suspense.”

Zhou Mo smiled and gave up the plan of notifying Tang Yan.

It’s okay not to know the outcome.

This will prevent you from losing your expectations and then not feeling the excitement and thrill of winning the grand prize.

The next day.

Magnolia Awards Ceremony.

Zhou Mo and Tang Yan sat side by side, and Tang Yan gently stepped on Zhou Mo with her high heels.

"It's all your fault. I was so anxious last night that I didn't sleep well at all. I even had dark circles under my eyes this morning. It took me a long time to cover them up with makeup."

Zhou Mo said innocently: "Ms. Tang, didn't you tell me not to tell you the result?"

Tang Yan said confidently: "If I don't let you tell me, then you won't share the good news with me?"

Zhou Mo asked back: "What if it's not good news?"

Tang Yan said nonchalantly: "If there is no, then there is no. It can only be said that it was a matter of one move."

Having said that, her clenched fingers revealed her true emotions.

Seeing this, Zhou Mo patted her arm gently.

"Well, you have to have confidence in yourself. 'The Doctor' is a great success and has received high praise from all sides. You acted very well, and the judges and the audience also recognized you very much."

Tang Yan felt the touch on her arm, didn't say anything, just nodded heavily.

At this time, all the awards for fine arts and photography on the podium had been presented.

Next up is the role award.

As the host slowly opened the list of winners in his hand, Zhou Mo felt that Tang Yan's breathing beside him slowed down a lot.

"The winner of the Best Supporting Actress Award is Tang Yan from "The Doctor."

(End of this chapter)