Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 862: The One Who Divorced Cao Cao

Zhou Mo drove to Jiang Wen's house.

Zhou Yun was cooking at noon and was very happy to see Zhou Mo: "Oh, what brought the great director here?"

Zhou Mo handed over the gift and skillfully took out the shoes from the shoe rack and put them on.

"Sister Yun, where's Lao Jiang?"

"He went out to collect folk songs."

"Collecting folk songs? Have you been out for a long time?"

"No, I won't go out until after breakfast."

"You're going out after breakfast? How can this be called collecting folk songs? It's clearly to help digestion, right?"

"I see it but I don't say it. Anyway, you are directors and you need inspiration to write. So if he wants to go out, let him go out. As long as he knows to come back for dinner, I don't care about anything else."

Zhou Yun put the gift box away, made a cup of tea for Zhou Mo, and the two sat on the sofa and chatted casually.

"Don't leave at noon today. I have cooked a lot of food, so you can taste my cooking skills again."

"That's great... Sister Yun, when will Lao Jiang come back?"

"According to his habit, he will probably be back in half an hour... What? Are you so impatient to ask him whether he can play the role of Cao Cao?" Zhou Yun knew exactly why Zhou Mo came.

Zhou Mo nodded and told Zhou Yun his plan.

"After Parasite is released in July, I will start filming Three Kingdoms. I will finalize the matter with Lao Jiang now while there is still time."

When Zhou Yun heard that the schedule was so tight, she stopped joking with Zhou Mo and told her what she had learned.

"As for the idea of ​​playing Cao Cao, Lao Jiang is definitely tempted. His only problem now is that he feels that you have given him too little room to express himself freely. You cannot let him express himself according to his own temperament. He feels too constrained."

It turned out to be this reason.

Zhou Mo instantly understood why Jiang Wen took so long to reply to him.

"That's easy. I'll try to persuade him when he comes back. Sister Yun, you have to help me then."

Zhou Yun smiled.

"I can help you, but how are you going to thank me, your sister?"

"That's easy, Sister Yun. If you can help me persuade Lao Jiang, I'll give you a chance to slap him openly during filming."

When Zhou Yun heard this, his eyes lit up and he was obviously interested.

"How to say?"

"Sister Yun, when Lao Jiang and Zhen Gongfu were filming Guan Yunchang, didn't you also read the script with Lao Jiang? You should know some historical events about Cao Cao, right?"

"Of course I know that. What do you want to talk about?"

"It was the battle in Wancheng. Cao Cao went after Zhang Ji's aunt Zou, and Zhang Ji rebelled. He killed Cao Cao's son Cao Ang and general Dian Wei, and almost killed Cao Cao himself."

Zhou Yun blurted out:

"Is it about Cao Cao killing three wise men with one shot?"

"Yeah? Sister Yun, you also know this classic description?"

"It's not like I don't use the Internet. If I don't use it more, I will be left behind by the times sooner or later." Zhou Yun felt that she had guessed the role Zhou Mo had assigned to her: "Then the role you assigned to me is Zou? The aunt of Zhang Ji?"

Zhou Mo waved his hands repeatedly.

"Of course not. Even if Zou wanted to find someone to play the role, it should be the county magistrate's wife. I want you to play Cao Cao's legal wife, Madam Ding, Cao Ang's mother (adoptive mother).

After Cao Ang was tricked to death by his father, Cao Cao, Mrs. Ding left in anger and finally divorced Cao Cao.

Zhou Yun suddenly realized something, and some information about Mrs. Ding popped up in her mind.

"She was the lady who said sorry to Cao Cao when he was dying, right?"

"Yes, yes, that's Mrs. Ding. Since you know her, I don't need to introduce her any further.

Just think about it, she was able to divorce Cao Cao, let Cao Cao stay away from her, and finally made Cao Cao miss her for decades, and still felt sorry for her before she died. What an amazing character this is.

Sister Yun, I think the role of Mrs. Ding is right for you. No one else can play that role well. "

Zhou Yun was deeply moved by what Zhou Mo said.

This role really suits her.

Before I could say anything, the sound of a lock being unlocked was heard outside the door.

Jiang Wen opened the door and walked in wearing sunglasses.

"What are you talking about? I can hear you two talking through the door."

Zhou Mo and Zhou Yun both turned their heads at the same time.

"We're discussing how to get Sister Yun to slap you."

Jiang Wen: ???
Whatever happened, he slapped me as soon as he entered the door.

He looked at his wife, who did not explain. Instead, she said, "I just sent you a message. Why did you take so long to get back?"

"Hey, isn't this giving the director some time to think about how to persuade me? So, have you come up with a good reason?"

"It's ready."

"What's the reason?"

Zhou Mo smiled again and said the same thing.

"Let Sister Yun slap you."

After saying that, Zhou Mo and Zhou Yun burst into laughter, leaving only Lao Jiang who was confused.

After the two of them finished laughing, he said helplessly, "You two came back with a look of mumbling, can't you speak more clearly?"

Zhou Yun complained: "Your fans also said so, but I didn't see you make it clear when you were filming the movie?"

Jiang Wen immediately became anxious and retorted, "How can that be the same? Movies should have substance, not just ordinary chats. You can't make your words so clear..."

Zhou Yun stopped talking and gave Zhou Mo a look.

Zhou Mo coughed lightly and explained to Jiang Wen: "I invited Sister Yun to play a role, Mrs. Ding, Cao Cao's wife."

Jiang Wen was startled, and blurted out some information about Mrs. Ding: "After the battle of Wancheng, she went back to her parents' home in anger, and later divorced Cao Cao?"

"Correct!"

Zhou Mo and Zhou Yun nodded together.

Zhou Yun sat on the sofa, slowly drinking the tea in the cup, looking very leisurely.

"Xiao Mo invited me to play Mrs. Ding. I think this role is pretty good. She is sensible and has a strong personality. Most importantly, she can shrug off Cao Cao, so I agreed to play this role."

Jiang Wen pointed at himself and said, "No, I haven't agreed to play Cao Cao yet."

Zhou Yun waved his hand with an indifferent expression.

"It doesn't matter. If you don't want to play the role, then don't play it. Anyway, I want to play Madam Ding. As for who plays Cao Cao, I don't care."

Jiang Wen was stunned for a moment.

At this moment, a sentence emerged in his mind:

Oh no, I’m the county magistrate.

……

An hour later, the living room was filled with the aroma of food.

In order to celebrate Zhou Mo's arrival, Zhou Yun specially prepared four dishes and a soup, and opened a bottle of wine so that Zhou Mo and Lao Jiang could eat and chat.

Although Jiang Wen had not made up his mind to film "Three Kingdoms" before, he still read the script many times and memorized many of the lines.

While Zhou Yun was cooking, Zhou Mo and Jiang Wen had a long discussion about the script, ranging from the plot, to the characters, to the conflicts, and to the music.

At the beginning, the discussion between the two was relatively calm, but as the discussion went on, conflicts arose.

"Cao Cao's life could be magnificent, heroic, or full of ups and downs. How can it be written as full of regrets? This doesn't fit his character."

At this time, Lao Jiang was trying to "correct" Zhou Mo's "wrong ideas".

He was quite satisfied with Zhou Mo's script, but he was not very satisfied with some of the plot arrangements.

What Jiang Wen wanted to film was Cao Cao setting up the five-colored stick; Cao Cao offering his sword to kill Dong Zhuo; Cao Cao composing poetry with his spear in hand; Cao Cao and Liu Bei drinking wine and discussing heroes.

Just like he was in "Guan Yunchang", very heroic and magnanimous, as well as passionate and romantic.

What Zhou Mo wanted to film was the transformation of Cao Cao's dream of becoming the General of the Western Expedition, the breakdown of his relationship with Chen Gong (in the novel), his divorce from his wife, and his parting ways with Xun Yu.

The two people's ideas are completely at two extremes.

Zhou Mo retorted without hesitation: "Why can't it be described as full of regrets? Look at how many regrets he has in his life. Dreams, family, colleagues, friends, so many things, none of them have a good result. Isn't this called regret?"

"Besides." Zhou Mo suddenly stared at Lao Jiang: "You are doing those romantic plots, are you sure you can beat Mr. Bao? It took him dozens of episodes to show the complexity of Cao Cao, and you only have two hours, and you want to show so many things, are you kidding?"

Speaking of Teacher Bao, Jiang Wen fell silent.

No matter how confident or arrogant he is, he has no confidence that he can defeat Teacher Bao's Cao Cao.

But she felt uncomfortable admitting it directly.

After taking several deep breaths, he muttered, "If I were to shoot it myself, maybe it would work?"

When Zhou Mo heard it, he immediately understood what the other party meant.

Okay.

In the final analysis, you are still upset that you were not invited to star in the movie, right?
Zhou Mo understood Lao Jiang's opinion and instantly felt calm.

Zhou Mo has no other skills except coaxing people.

"You have a problem because I didn't ask you to film Three Kingdoms?"

"No."

Jiang Wen denied this statement, but he did not stop drinking.

You're still saying no, but you're holding the wine glass tightly!

Zhou Mo laughed secretly in his heart, but said: "I thought this kind of thing didn't need to be explained. Aren't you very clear about the reason why I didn't look for you?

You have strong creative ability, but I only need a pure tool for this shoot. Your personal style is too obvious, and I don’t have the confidence to completely control your style, so I simply don’t hire you. ”

Jiang Wen glanced at Zhou Mo and snorted.

"Only you can talk."

Zhou Mo chuckled, "I'm just telling the truth. When have I ever lied to you? Of course, I don't deny that I chose Lao Mouzi and Xu Laoguai because I liked their camera skills. Another reason is that there is no pressure when writing the script."

Lao Jiang frowned.

"Do you feel stressed when you're with me?"

"Isn't this obvious?" Zhou Mo asked back, spreading his hands: "If I let you interfere in the filming of the movie, by the end of the filming, I guess you won't be able to tell whether it's your movie, Jiang Wen, or my movie, Zhou Mo."

There was some complaint in his words, but Jiang Wen felt a lot happier inside.

After a while, Jiang Wen hummed again.

"Okay, I'll play Cao Cao. The script will be as you said. I'll play it in a regretful way and show the changes in Cao Cao's life."

Zhou Mo curled the corners of his mouth. Jiang Wen was still the same Jiang Wen, and his ability to coax people had not diminished.

At this time, Zhou Yun came out from the kitchen carrying the last dish.

"How was your conversation going? Do I need to change the husband of Mrs. Ding?"

Zhou Mo stood up, took the plate and put it on the table.

"Since Sister Yun stepped in, Lao Jiang agreed immediately. I have to thank Sister Yun for her help today. Otherwise, I guess it would have taken a while to convince Lao Jiang."

"That's great, just agree to it... Also, Xiao Mo, if you want to thank me, please make sure to write my plot more decisively. If we have to separate, do it decisively."

"Okay, no problem." Zhou Mo nodded vigorously.

……

After dinner, Zhou Mo discussed the time with Lao Jiang again.

After listening to Zhou Mo's arrangements, Jiang Wen casually threw out six words.

"I'm always available."

Zhou Mo knew that he was idle every day, so he just sent him a copy of the plan and went straight back to the company.

After entering the office, I ran into Da Tiantian who was about to go out.

"Hey? Why have you been so red?" Seeing that Zhou Mo's face was flushed and he smelled of alcohol, Da Tiantian gave up her plan to go out and pulled him back to the office.

"I went to see Lao Jiang Yitang and discussed about deciding the role."

"Has it been discussed?"

"It's been discussed. He and Sister Yun, one is Cao Cao and the other is Madam Ding, just fill the hole of the Wancheng battle."

Da Tiantian let out a “Yoho”.

"Buy one get one free?"

Zhou Mo savored the words "buy one get one free" and nodded, "It really is buy one get one free. I bought Sister Yun's role and got Lao Jiang's role for free."

Da Tiantian raised her eyebrows, a little surprised.

"What do you mean?"

Zhou Mo explained to Da Tiantian the plot he had discussed with Zhou Yun.

After listening to this, Da Tiantian looked at Zhou Mo who seemed a little drunk and felt very emotional.

I have seen this kind of scene countless times, but every time I hear how this guy pulls people in, I am always amazed at his train of thought.

"So the filming of Three Kingdoms can actually be arranged now, right?"

"Yes, in half a month, when Parasite and Nezha are both released, we will start filming right away... By the way, what were you doing just now?"

"Promote Parasite. You're used to being a hands-off boss, so I have no choice but to take charge of the movie promotion."

Da Tiantian had already prepared the hangover medicine and placed it in front of Zhou Mo. She turned around, checked the time, and picked up her bag.

"Take the medicine quickly. If you have any problem, call me. I'll go finish my work first. Do you want me to bring you something to eat in the evening?"

Zhou Mo waved his hand, "I'll let the main force deliver it to me, you just focus on your own things, don't worry about me, I just need to rest for a while."

Datiantian nodded, without worrying too much about Zhou Mo's condition, and turned to leave the office.

Zhou Mo rested for a while, took some medicine, and felt better.

At this moment, the phone suddenly rang.

(End of this chapter)