Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 880: The Three Kingdoms is released, and the Han Dynasty loses its power
"Are those animals in the promotional video the five Hu tribes that developed during the Western Jin Dynasty in history?"

On the second day after the third promotional video was released, Da Tiantian sought answers from Zhou Mo.

Zhou Mo nodded.

"Yes, you found it out yourself?"

"Of course not. I don't know the situation in the Western Jin Dynasty, and I don't even know where to check. It's just speculation from netizens." Da Tiantian took out her phone and showed Zhou Mo the discussion of netizens -

"Five kinds of animals correspond to five alien races. Director Zhou really managed to capture this."

"It has to be Director Zhou. The content is always hidden in the details."

"I have a question. Zhao Shan is so powerful, why didn't he kill all these five alien immortals?"

"No, these immortals are not stupid roe deer that will stand there for you to kill. Even if they can't beat you, they can't run away, right?"

"The 'Immortals' movie series said a long time ago that no matter whether they are immortals or alien races, they are just like human greed, which can never be completely killed and will always exist.

Throughout history, the only way to resist or suppress foreign races is to make yourself strong.

Even if you really kill these five aliens now, there will be other aliens. Dahan and Zhao Shan have suppressed the aliens for three or four hundred years, and they have done their best. "

Judging from the audience’s discussions, they still approve of the plot direction in the promotional video.

The Han Dynasty was indeed powerful. Even at the end of the dynasty, the emperor was trapped in the deep palace and could not get out. He became a complete tool and the country had basically no chance of revival.

But as long as the name of the Han Dynasty still exists, these ministers with the title of Han ministers can still beat the surrounding foreign races to the point of screaming in agony.

Among the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, each had a pretty good record in fighting against other races.

Wei State, as mentioned before, in the Battle of Bailang Mountain, Zhang Babai defeated the enemy army.

In the Kingdom of Shu, Zhuge Liang led his troops to the south and defeated the foreign tribes in the Nanzhong region (the prototype event of the Seven Capture of Meng Huo).

As for the State of Wu, even though Sun Quan sent Zhang Liao to the Temple of Martial Arts in the Battle of Hefei, they were very fierce in fighting the Shanyue, and they would do so every once in a while.

But this situation changed during the Jin Dynasty.

The Rebellion of the Eight Kings, followed by the migration of foreign tribes to the south.

This is also one of the fundamental reasons why the Jin Dynasty was criticized.
It is understandable that there are people rebelling within one's own ranks.

There have been cases of civil unrest in every dynasty.

Ying Zheng had only been on the throne for a few years when his younger brother rebelled, and later his mother's lover also rebelled.

The Han Dynasty was founded less than a hundred years ago, and there were rebellions by kings of different surnames, the Rebellion of the Lü clan, and the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms.

But when they encountered civil unrest, they resolved it and it did not affect the country's development or foreign wars.

The Rebellion of the Eight Kings in the Jin Dynasty not only caused severe damage to the country, but was also the direct reason why the subsequent migration of foreign tribes to the south could not be resisted.

Most of the time, Chinese audiences are still quite simple when evaluating historical figures.

It is normal for an emperor to encounter problems. As long as you solve the problems and your achievements are high enough, you will be highly evaluated in history.

Li Shimin killed his two brothers with his own hands, and then knocked his own father down.

Is it a big problem?

Of course big.

During the Tang Dynasty, there were so many palace coups and the bloody smell on the throne could not be washed away. In fact, it had a lot to do with Li Shimin's actions.

But Li Shimin's level was so high after he became emperor, so in the eyes of the audience, the events at Xuanwu Gate were not a big deal.

On the other hand, the Sima family's actions, whether it was swearing on the Luo River or killing the emperor in the street, were indeed quite problematic.

But in the final analysis, the Sima family has been criticized for more than a thousand years because the performance of subsequent heirs was not very good. The country was too chaotic and too weak, so the actions of Sima father and son have been mentioned endlessly.

If we don’t mention the oath on Luo River, what else can we mention?
The bloodiness of the Rebellion of the Eight Kings?
The viciousness of Queen Nanfeng?
The destruction caused by foreign races moving south?
……

a few days later.

New Year's Eve.

Zhou Mo and Da Tiantian went to the cinema to watch a movie.

On the way, Da Tiantian and Zhou Mo kept complaining about the Spring Festival Gala.

"The Spring Festival Gala is really getting worse and worse. How could it be so boring this year?"

Zhou Mo glanced at her.

"Isn't it a well-known fact that the Spring Festival Gala is getting worse every year? And you said this last year."

"Did I say that?" Da Tiantian was stunned.

Zhou Mo nodded repeatedly.

"I have said that, and you said it again. It seems that you are just..."

Before he could say the last word, Da Tiantian covered Zhou Mo's mouth and quickly changed the subject.

"By the way, have you seen the skit "Dumpling Love"?"

"…Jia Bing's?"

"Yeah, what do you think?"

"Not very good. Jia Bing will probably be ridiculed for many years because of this skit."

Da Tiantian was a little surprised.

"Not that much."

"Do you think his acting is okay?"

"No, I also think that Bing Ge's acting was awkward, and it was very different from his usual state, but it shouldn't be so bad that he would be ridiculed for years...right?"

Da Tiantian felt that Jia Bing’s scene had not reached that level.

“That’s what acting with a rope is like. He really tried his best but he couldn’t act to the audience’s liking.

As for being ridiculed, he was just a trigger. The bottom line is that the audience no longer likes the current model operas. "

Da Tiantian suddenly looked at Zhou Mo; "What if I let you arrange the Spring Festival Gala? I remember that the Spring Festival Gala production team approached you in the first half of last year?"

"Yes, they did come to me, but I can't answer this question for you because I won't be participating in the Spring Festival Gala."

Zhou Mo’s attitude towards the issue of “serving as the director of the Spring Festival Gala” is very clear.

"Don't listen, don't want, don't guide."

He has studied the current situation of the Spring Festival Gala, and to be honest, the degree of freedom cannot even be compared with that of "The Great Battle" which he is about to shoot.

In such a situation, not to mention the actors, even the director himself can't perform well.

Then what are you directing?
Better to have a good meal at home.

As the two were talking, they had already arrived at the cinema.

It was past midnight and the cinema was bustling with people.

After the two found a seat, it wasn't long before the seats were basically full.

Da Tiantian was just about to drink a sip of water when she suddenly heard the voices of a few young people behind her.

"Come to think of it, this is my first time watching a movie from the 'Xianfan' series in a theater in person."

"Hmm? Haven't you watched every movie in the 'Xianfan' series many times?"

"I didn't have any pocket money before, so I found all the resources on the Internet."

"No, you usually spend hundreds of dollars on a piece of clothing and thousands of dollars on a pair of shoes. You tell me you don't have money?"

"Don't mention it. My parents are the kind of people who will definitely let me enjoy the best in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, but they will never let me have a penny in my pocket."

"Then why did he give you money this time?"

"My dad likes Jiang Wen, so I told him that Jiang Wen played Cao Cao in this movie. He asked me to come and watch it, and asked me to go back and tell him how Jiang Wen performed. If the performance was good, he would watch it too."

"Oh, then I came here for Zhou Mo. I never missed any of his movies."

"I'm here for Zhou Mo, too, but I want to see him play Zhang Jiao."

Da Tiantian had been listening to the discussion of the people behind her. After hearing the name "Zhou Mo" several times, she gently nodded at Zhou Mo. "Mr. Zhou, whose name I don't know, you are very popular, right?"

"There's nothing I can do about it. This is the result of having such a high reputation in the martial arts world." Zhou Mo laughed twice.

At this time, the movie officially begins.

The noisy sound in the theater quickly disappeared.

The plot unfolds quickly.

The movie begins with Zhang Jue giving talismanic water to a crying child.

After drinking half a bowl of the magic water, the child soon stopped crying and his complexion looked better.

Seeing this, the child's mother immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Zhang Jue.

Zhang Jue did not accept it, but just helped the man up and left.

Behind Zhang Jue, his two brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were communicating with each other:

"Brother's cultivation has become more and more advanced. Only half a piece of talisman paper can cure the child's illness."

"Yes, my brother's current cultivation level is much higher than mine. I couldn't even tell what the child's illness was at first glance."

Zhang Liang, who was walking in front, suddenly spoke.

"The child is not ill."

Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao were stunned when they heard this.

"That is……"

"He just hasn't eaten in a long time."

After these words were spoken, the two brothers behind him suddenly stopped talking.

The three of them happened to be standing on a high platform at this time, so they stopped.

Looking down, the audience was filled with hungry people wearing tattered clothes. Their faces had different expressions, some were confused, some were angry, some were full of hope, and some were filled with hatred.

This is a very long shot.

Starting from the people in the camp, they went to a county, then to a county, and finally to Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Along the way, there are common people who can't survive, soldiers who fight hard, nobles who enjoy themselves, and ambitious heroes.

Everything proves this one thing:
The Han Dynasty, a dynasty that lasted for four hundred years, has now really reached an era where contradictions have completely erupted.

"The special effects at the beginning are great. Is this the part of the film that Director Zhang shot?"

"No, it's the material of Old Monster Xu."

"Ah? Did you use Director Xu's filming results in the end?"

"Only children make choices. Adults will of course choose to take them all. I used all the materials from the three of them." Zhou Mo said in a low voice, with a hint of pride in his tone.

The 15-minute clip took him nearly a month to shoot, and he felt like he would be letting himself down if he didn't learn from others.

Da Tiantian was not surprised by Zhou Mo's actions. This was definitely something this guy could do.

"It's just that the styles of these three people should be different. Didn't you encounter any problems when you were a tailor?"

"Of course I did." Zhou Mo told the truth.

“But the problem is actually not that big, Lao Jiang’s camera work has been influenced by Lao Mouzi, so the difference between the two is not that big.

Xu Laoguai’s style is quite different from these two, but he mainly photographs noble families and immortals, so the difference is not that obvious.”

Having said that, Zhou Mo paused for a moment, then pointed at himself and said:

"The most important thing is that no matter who among the three of them shoots the film, I will play the protagonist Zhang Jiao. The three of them have different styles, but I remain the same. My own style has not changed, so the differences among the three are within the controllable range."

"So, you are quite confident about yourself in these ten minutes?"

"Of course, you'll see what happens next."

Da Tiantian looked at the screen with anticipation.

The fact is indeed as Zhou Mo said. She could not see any change in style from beginning to end in the Yellow Turban War in the first ten minutes of "Three Kingdoms: Wei".

The content shown in the feature film is indeed different from what she first saw on the set.

Zhou Mo's editing and adjustments have connected the films shot by three directors with different styles very well.

From the Yellow Turban Rebellion, to overthrowing the world, and then to slashing the sky with a sword.

The fifteen-minute plot was extremely smooth and flowed very smoothly.

"Well, I said it's okay."

"That's fine, but can you tell me a few clips in between? I haven't seen them before. Is it a reshoot?"

Zhou Mo's smile froze instantly.

"Did you notice?"

"Nonsense, of course I found it. I was wondering how you were so confident that you could blend the styles of the three people. It turns out you didn't shoot clips to connect them."

"Hiss... I thought you couldn't find it."

"We finally filmed a scene together. I've seen all your clips. I know what some of the new content is." Da Tiantian said, with a smile on her face. "You were so confident just now. I thought you had finished your homework a long time ago. I didn't expect that you, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would secretly make up for your homework the night before the summer vacation."

"Well... I'm a cultured person, so I wanted to emulate the good. I couldn't help but shoot a few shots."

"Yeah, I can understand that."

Da Tiantian smiled, looked away and concentrated on watching the movie.

In the battle between Zhang Jue and Cang Tian, ​​despite the guidance of Zhao Shan and the help of the Chixiao Sword, the Han Dynasty's four hundred years of luck was still too strong, so he did not succeed in killing Cang Tian. In the end, he and Cang Tian ended up with both sides suffering losses.

All of Zhang Jue's cultivation collapsed, he was seriously injured and difficult to treat, and eventually died between autumn and winter.

However, the Han Dynasty itself was not having an easy time. Zhang Jue's battle caused the already shaky imperial rule to collapse. In order to suppress the endless bandits and roving gangs in various places, the imperial court decentralized military and political power, which further led to the emergence of warlord separatism.

The last shot of Zhang Jue is him dragging his sick body, looking at the current map of the Han Dynasty with a half-smile on his face.

In addition to the most basic terrain, this map also has markings of local aristocratic families and the imperial court's military forces.

Many people think that he lost this battle with heaven.

Because he failed to achieve his goal.

But he himself doesn't think so.

His original target, the aristocratic families, suffered a severe impact in this battle.

In the past few months, he has killed countless immortals behind the powerful families.

His second goal was to let the whole world see the fighting power and destructiveness of the common people.

Mortals are not lambs to be slaughtered. The power they bring together is enough to make the whole world tremble.

He was defeated, but that didn't mean the Yellow Turbans were over.

As for the last purpose.

This corrupt Han Dynasty.

There is a sentence recorded in "Records of the Grand Historian":

Qin lost his deer, and the world chased it.

At present, warlords in various places are rising and expanding.

This situation also occurred in the Han Dynasty.

When the Han lost its power, the whole world joined in the pursuit.

Now, Zhang Jiao has released the "deer" of the Han Dynasty.

The rest depends on their own circumstances.

"It is still unknown who will win."

(End of this chapter)