Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 883 I’ll give you a number: 80!

The audience's requirements for character settings are actually not very high.

Many times, they don't require every character to be as wise as Zhuge Liang, nor do they require every character to be as strategically unparalleled as Han Xin.

However, at the very least, your character cannot collapse and there cannot be any logical bugs in the character.

In other words, the level of coolness must be maintained.

Zhao Shan’s character is invincible, powerful, and decisive, which is in line with the image of "decisiveness in killing" in current online literature.

The advantage of having this kind of character is that it’s very cool.

It is neat and crisp, without any drag, and the rhythm is very smooth.

The disadvantage is that it is difficult to arrange the communication and connection between Zhao Shan and other characters, and thus it is difficult to arrange the plot of emotional outbursts.

However, since the release of "The Great Wall", Zhou Mo has not arranged any emotional outbursts for Zhao Shan.

Leave the emotional outbursts to real historical figures.

For example, Liu Che regretted killing his children, Liu Bingyi was distraught after his wife died, and Liu Xiu was ecstatic when he married Yin Lihua...

With so many people filling the movie's emotions, there is naturally no need to mobilize the audience's emotions through Zhao Shan.

"So that means Zhao Shan's main task in the future is to stage a big battle in the movie and give the audience a good visual indulgence?"

After listening to Zhou Mo's analysis, Da Tiantian came to a conclusion.

Zhou Mo glanced at her and asked:
"Why, you think it's not enough?"

"Hehe... It's not that it's not enough, I just feel that the character of Zhao Shan could be enriched a little more." Da Tiantian said in a low voice.

"In The Great Wall, Zhao Shan remembers the Qin Dynasty and cries beside the Great Wall, doesn't he?"

“It’s been many years.”

Da Tiantian gently pulled Zhou Mo's arm and blinked her eyes deliberately: "Is it okay, good man~"

Zhou Mo shuddered. He couldn't find a familiar way to deal with Da Tiantian's reaction.

"Calm down first... There will definitely be a story about Zhao Shan releasing his emotions in the future, but it's not suitable for the current situation at the end of the Han Dynasty. When the time comes in the Tang Dynasty, we will arrange a corresponding plot for you."

Da Tiantian's eyes lit up.

I was just acting coquettishly, but I didn't expect that there would be a pleasant surprise?

"What's the plot? Can you tell me?"

Zhou Mo reminded: "It's related to Zhao Shan's last weapon."

The last weapon?
Da Tiantian fell into deep thought.

Judging from Zhao Shan’s current situation, her weapons include the Great Wall, the Blue Sky (already broken), the Imperial Seal (a piece of gold and jade inlaid was broken), and the Luo River (which will be sealed by Sima Yi later).

Zhou Mo was definitely not talking about these weapons.

But as for new weapons...

An answer popped into Da Tiantian's mind.

"Terracotta Warriors?"

"The enemy."

Zhou Mo nodded. When filming "The Great Wall" that year, the company spent a lot of effort to make the model of the Terracotta Warriors.

How could it be thrown away after spending so much money on it after using it once?

If he doesn't use it again, it would be a shame for Zhou Mo to spend so much energy on it.

On the other hand, Da Tiantian was still guessing what Zhou Mo would use the Terracotta Warriors for.

However, she doesn’t even know the starting time of the third part of the Great Tang Dynasty, let alone guessing more specific situations.

She thought about it, wondering whether she should use the same trick again and call him a good man.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Mo seemed to have anticipated her reaction and opened the car door and returned to the room early in the morning.

Da Tiantian hurriedly chased after him, but was locked outside the window by him just one step away from entering the door.

"Zhou Mo, open the door, open the door, I know you are not sleepy, open the door quickly!"

……

The next evening.

Zhou Mo walked out of the cinema with a look of deep fatigue on his face.

This exhaustion does not come from today's work, but from the fatigue caused by having to stay focused all the time in order to answer fans' questions.

During the two promotional events today, his fans didn’t know what was going on and took the opportunity to ask questions to Zhou Mo about their speculations about the subsequent plot.

The most important thing is that these people's guesses are well-founded and have a lot in common with the real script. This situation scared Zhou Mo and he thought the script had been leaked.

But later someone explained to him that recently one or two fans who had done in-depth research on Zhou Mo appeared on the Internet. Through the information Zhou Mo answered in daily interviews and his own habits, they analyzed the subsequent direction of the "immortal and mortal" worldview.

In this regard, Zhou Mo can only say, never underestimate the fighting power of fans.

Who knows when a great person will emerge from this group of people.

"These days, it's becoming increasingly difficult to respond to fans." Zhou Mo sighed, recalling all the messages he had recently sent to see if there were any that revealed any subsequent plot content.

Da Tiantian followed him and smiled when she heard this: "Why, are you afraid that the audience will guess your final plot in advance?"

"Yes."

Zhou Mo nodded bluntly. All the plots of the "immortal and mortal" worldview were originally based on real history, and there was not much room for free play.

If netizens were to guess the subsequent plot development, the movie would probably be less appealing.

Da Tiantian asked again: "If the subsequent plot is really guessed, will you change it?"

"should……"

Zhou Mo hesitated for a moment, and finally answered: "No."

The current plot arrangement is a natural progression based on the foundation laid by the previous films.

If it is changed, it will easily cause contradictions.

Zhou Mo vaguely remembered that Oda, the creator of the comic "One Piece", was the kind of author who would change the plot. If a fan guessed the plot, he would adjust the subsequent plot appropriately.

But Zhou Mo wouldn't do that.

The comics are published once a week, with each issue having more than ten pages, so it is not that difficult to adjust.

But a movie costs hundreds of millions, and the loss and expense of adjusting it would be too great, so it is better to take precautions in advance as much as possible so that the audience doesn't have to guess.

Thinking of this, Zhou Mo picked up his phone and called the main force.

"Let a few editors in our company come up with some reasonable plot speculations based on the current plot, and spread them online as smoke bombs."

"no problem."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Mo saw Da Tiantian giving him a thumbs up.

"That's great, young man. You figured out a solution so quickly, huh?"

"It's just basic operation. In the information age, covering your mouth is unrealistic. The more you cover your mouth to command, the more it will spread. The correct approach should be to instill information. As long as you throw out enough information to divert attention, no one will pay attention to the old information."

The two chatted for a while, and seeing that it was almost time, they took a car to the hotel.

When we entered the box, we found that the crew had been waiting for a long time.

Peng Yuchang, who played the role of Cao Ang in The Oath, specially helped Zhou Mo and Da Tiantian to pull out the stools, with a very servile smile on his face.

"You two, please take a seat."

After Zhou Mo sat down, he smiled and asked him, "Tell me, what made you so solemn?"

Peng Yuchang smiled awkwardly, coughed several times and couldn't utter a complete sentence.

Zhou Yun chimed in: "He just wanted to ask what the expected box office of our movie is and whether there is a chance to break the record."

With Zhou Yun's help, Peng Yuchang nodded repeatedly.

"Just... a little curious."

"I see you're not curious. You're thinking that if the box office is high enough, you'll have a chance to go out for a walk in the future, right?" Jiang Wu suddenly teased as he sang beside Peng Yu.

Peng Yu sang: "Ah this..."

Zhou Mo patted his shoulder. "Okay, Brother Wu, I was just joking with you, don't take it seriously. It's normal to want to know how the box office is. In fact, even I am curious about how far "Three Kingdoms: Wei" will go this year."

"what?"

Peng Yuchang was stunned: "Director Zhou, didn't you expect this time?"

"It's not that there are no expectations, but that there are no accurate expectations," Zhou Mo explained.

This year's schedule is a little special.

Perhaps it was because "Eastern Han Dynasty" and "The Wandering Earth" were too powerful during last Spring Festival, causing all other movies to lose a lot of box office revenue.

During this year's Spring Festival, when some crews discovered that there were two more films produced by Shanhe Company, they chose to withdraw their schedules and avoid competing with these two films.

The two films are "Three Kingdoms: Wei" and "Detective Chinatown 2", which was delayed for two full years before it was successfully released.

Under such circumstances, Zhou Mo really couldn't guess how far "Three Kingdoms" would go during this year's Spring Festival.

It could be high, or very high.

Anyway, there is no low possibility.

Jiang Wen coughed lightly at this time, attracting everyone's attention.

"To be honest, we don't have any particular competitors during this period. According to past practice, it is not impossible for the entire Spring Festival period to exceed 150 billion.

The competition during the Spring Festival this year is not as fierce, and there may be fewer people watching movies, but there is hope of reaching 120 billion.

In this case, my number of 70 billion should not be an exaggeration.”

Jiang Wen actually likes to brag about the box office on a daily basis. He always says that this movie will hit 20 billion and that movie will hit 30 billion.

Every time he stated his goal, many people would believe it and be shocked.

No matter what, he was the one who won the box office championship that year.

20 or 30 billion may not be impossible to achieve.

Who knows if this guy can make another work of the level of "Let the Bullets Fly".

But this time, when he stated the goal of "70 billion", the people around him did not react much.

Especially Jiang Wu, he has a more confident view on the box office of "Three Kingdoms".

“I think 70 billion may be more than that…

First of all, our film is shot in three parts in a row, which is a big gimmick in itself. Moreover, the cost of each film is very high and the visual effects are sufficient.

Secondly, the previous animated version of "Three Kingdoms" did a lot of publicity for our movie, which is another part of the audience.

Finally, the cast of our movie can be said to be quite luxurious, and it can attract many fans to watch the movie.

So, let me give you a number: 80 billion in total box office.”

After the 80 billion comb came out, the expressions of the people in the room gradually changed.

One billion.

At other times, the total box office of dozens of movies during the entire period may not reach this number.

Now, is it actually possible to achieve it?
Some people subconsciously don't believe that this number would be the box office of a movie, but after thinking rationally, they feel that there doesn't seem to be a big problem.

At this time, Da Tiantian poked Zhou Mo.

"80 billion, do you think there's a chance?"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked at Zhou Mo.

At this time, we still have to see what Zhou Mo thinks. He is the one who knows this movie best and can best grasp the market.

Zhou Mo thought for a while and nodded slowly.

"80 billion, there is indeed an opportunity."

Da Tiantian blinked several times and muttered to herself, "Doesn't that mean that the first-day box office of Three Kingdoms is estimated to be around 6-7 million?"

"Almost. From the current perspective, this number should be relatively stable. After all, our screening rate and seat occupancy rate are here." Zhou Mo took out his mobile phone and shook it twice.

Although the movie had not been released for 24 hours yet, so the first-day box office figures were unknown, we could still deduce a rough figure by calculating other data.

During this year's Spring Festival, the screening rate of "Three Kingdoms: Wei" was 43% on the first day, and so far, the attendance rate of all theaters has reached 68%.

These two numbers are simply unattainable for any movie in recent years.

Correspondingly, a movie with this number will inevitably have a very good start.

It was already past eleven when we finished this meal.

Zhou Mo and Da Tiantian didn't drive, but walked slowly all the way to their residence.

Da Tiantian drank a few more glasses of wine in excitement because of the expectation of "80 billion". Now the alcohol is taking effect and her mood is not stable, and even her speech is a little lisp.

"Zhou Mo! Do you think we can reach a box office of 80%?!"

"Okay, keep your voice down. If you don't know, people might think we're going to break down the wall."

Da Tiantian chuckled twice: "I am so happy. If I can really get 80 billion, I will have achieved billion."

Twenty billion?

Zhou Mo was stunned, and he quickly calculated in his mind, from the very beginning "Love Is Not Blind", to "The Great Wall", and then to "Eastern Han Dynasty", it seemed that it had indeed exceeded 120 billion.

"Indeed, it seems I should prepare a banquet for you in advance, so that I won't be unable to celebrate immediately after calculating the total data."

Da Tiantian was quite happy at first, but when she heard the word "banquet", she immediately stood up straight.

"No, not yet!"

"Ok?"

"Don't worry, wait until the total box office comes out." Da Tiantian waved her arms randomly: "Don't think about preparing in advance. I don't want any surprises either. Everything will be decided after the final results come out."

Seeing this, Zhou Mo smiled and shook his head.

Fine.

Even when drunk, he still thinks about "FLAG".

"Okay, I'll do as you say.

"Uh-huh……"

After saying this, Da Tiantian leaned on Zhou Mo again, her eyes hazy.

Zhou Mo supported her and walked forward step by step.

I didn't notice it on normal days, why is he so energetic today?

The two of them walked all the way back to their residence. As soon as they entered the house, Zhou Mo was about to change his clothes when he heard a click in his ears.

Turning around, I saw Da Tiantian standing at the door. Her eyes were extremely bright, and she didn't look dazed at all.

She looked at Zhou Mo, and the corners of her mouth slowly curled up.

"Didn't you lock the door last night? Did you keep it locked today? Why didn't you lock it?"

Ok? ? ?
Zhou Mo looked at Da Tiantian in astonishment: "No, you were just pretending when you were drunk just now?"

"That's not the case." Da Tiantian said as she stepped closer: "But no matter how confused I am, it's been almost an hour. I've been walking for half a day, so I'm basically awake now."

Zhou Mo hissed, it was really hard to guard against.

At this time, Da Tiantian had already walked in front of Zhou Mo.

"You can't run away this time."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Mo's cell phone rang.

"I'm from the company... Wait, don't be anxious... Hey, what's wrong?"

"Director Zhou, the first day box office data is out."

"Um...how much?"

"Two billion."

"Wait, how many?"

(End of this chapter)