Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 890: A new record achieved!
As Han Sanping said, given Zhou Mo's numerous awards and achievements, anyone who has an idea will seriously consider it.

After I finished telling Han Sanping my thoughts, Han Sanping called me again just an hour later.

"It's all done. This time, there won't be any delays for 'Three Kingdoms: Wei.' I look forward to your next series being even better. Also, please take 'The Great Battle' seriously. Just let me know if you have any requests..."

"No problem, thank you, Mr. Han."

After hanging up the phone, Da Tian Tian had already come in with dinner.

"Is President Han also talking about 'The Great Battle'?"

"Ah."

Zhou Mo nodded. Within a week, Father Ma, Director Tong, and President Han had all reminded him about "The Great Battle" over the phone, which showed that everything was indeed fully prepared.

What we're missing now is a director like him.

"Once 'Three Kingdoms' is out of theaters, I'll go filming it. Do you want to come with me then? Or should I rest at home for a while?" Zhou Mo asked Da Tiantian.

After thinking for a moment, Da Tiantian said, "I'll go with you then. I estimate that you won't have an easy time in the early stages, and there will definitely be many actors who don't meet the requirements. If I go with you, it should be easier for you."

Zhou Mo agreed with Da Tiantian's guess and sighed helplessly.

"The Great Battle" is his most expensive, most staff-intensive, and most demanding work in all his years of filming, bar none.

Such works undoubtedly place high demands on the actors.

However, judging from the memory of the previous life's "The Great Battle", the current backbone of the domestic entertainment industry has a rather worrying level of understanding of the war years.

Therefore, it is foreseeable that the process of teaching actors will be quite time-consuming.

……

time flies.

February arrived in the blink of an eye.

When "Three Kingdoms: Wei" reached its end of its run, its box office successfully surpassed 70 billion yuan, exceeding the company's initial target.

The first person to learn the specific data was not Zhou Mo, but an employee in the company's data department.

The employees' first reaction upon seeing the data was disbelief. After confirming it several times, celebration and shouting followed.

At that time, Zhou Mo was still in his office studying materials for "The Great Battle".

The sudden cheers startled him.

"What happened?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a passionate knocking sounded on the door.

"Open the door, Director Zhou! Open the door quickly! I know you're in there. At your age, why are you sleeping? Good news is coming!"

Zhou Mo naturally guessed the reason from the employees' reaction.

He calmed himself down a bit, got up and opened the door, and what came into view was a dozen hands of different sizes.

"Boss, give me a red envelope!"

"Director Zhou, congratulations on your fortune, give me your bonus."

Seeing the joy on everyone's faces, Zhou Mo smiled and said, "Alright, alright, we have them all, but at least tell me the specific box office figures first."

Upon hearing this, the employees immediately withdrew their hands and, in turn, spoke according to their positions:

"Eight!"

"ten!"

"six!"

"point!"

"Four!"

"100 million!"

"what!"

You even rehearsed beforehand, right?!
Zhou Mo looked at the last person to speak; it was his assistant.

"No, you're not from their department, and you don't have any numbers to report. Are you just here to create a buzz?"

The assistant chuckled: "Isn't this just a coincidence? We bumped into each other on the way, so I came over to join in the celebration."

Zhou Mo smiled and shook his head, then returned to his desk to give them red envelopes.

While he was filling the container with money, he took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.

The box office reached 86.4 billion yuan, which was almost 1 billion yuan higher than his initial expectations.

This is truly beyond my expectations.

Yes, Zhou Mo's initial expectation was not actually to reach 80 billion yuan, as he believed that the domestic box office had not yet been fully realized.

The high box office of "Ne Zha 2" is partly due to the two-year slump in the film market before the film's release.

Audiences are in dire need of a high-quality film to satisfy their demands.

The release of "Ne Zha 2" effectively filled this gap in demand.

However, the release of "Three Kingdoms: Wei" did not have this prerequisite.

Therefore, in terms of box office revenue, although Jiang Wu and others repeatedly mentioned the target of 80 billion yuan during their conversations, Zhou Mo maintained a conservative attitude.

In retrospect, he underestimated the spending power of the audience.

In addition, winning the Oscar for Best Picture also brought huge traffic to the box office.

While I was thinking, the red envelope was already wrapped.

Zhou Mo distributed red envelopes to the people who had come to relay the message.

As the assistant accepted the red envelope, he asked, "Director Zhou, now that we have the data, shouldn't we prepare for the celebration banquet?"

A celebration party?

Zhou Mo nodded slightly. Indeed, they should celebrate before heading to the "Great Battle" film set, otherwise who knows when the next celebration would be.

"Yes, we will definitely do it, but I'm thinking about how big to do it this time."

"Of course we'll do it on the largest scale! With such great results and breaking the domestic box office record again, we definitely have to celebrate properly," an employee immediately said. When not on set, Zhou Mo was always very easygoing, so the employees would say whatever they wanted.

"How about we book the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse this time? The venue and location are perfect, and it can accommodate a large number of people."

"State guesthouse? Isn't that too high-end?"

"Actually, it's not bad. They are now responsible for their own profits and losses. Except for a few special buildings, they can take over the rest as long as it is compliant, and the price is not too expensive."

"Wouldn't that be a bit too high-profile?"

"How can we highlight our achievements if we don't make a big splash?"

"It still feels a bit too ostentatious. The Yanjing Hotel and the Guomao area would also be fine..."

The discussion about the location of the celebration banquet, which started as a joke, gradually turned into a discussion about the location, the number of people, the scale, and the accessibility. It took a long time to come up with a result that satisfied everyone.

Zhou Mo never interrupted their argument. Instead, he took out a few bottles of drinks from the refrigerator and handed them to everyone so they could moisten their throats before continuing.

Debate is good. For things like holding a celebration banquet, the process is basically determined through debate.

Zhou Mo has never really liked getting involved in these kinds of things. Apart from the first few celebration banquets, Da Tian Tian has always been in charge of organizing them. All he has to do is follow along and cheer.

By the way, where did Da Tian Tian go?
Zhou Mo suddenly remembered that Da Tian Tian didn't seem to have anything to do today, and should be in the office by now.

Why is everyone still standing in front of the door for so long, and there's still no movement from her office?

Said that Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived.

Just as Zhou Mo was thinking about Da Tian Tian, ​​she walked in through the door like a whirlwind, carrying a large bag of snacks, her excitement undisguised.

"The results for 'Three Kingdoms' are out, over 86 billion! Really? Let me see the data." Zhou Mo nodded to her and took the snack bag from her hand.

The bag suddenly sank into my hand.

Wow, there's quite a lot of stuff.

On the other hand, after confirming the box office results, Jing Tian was so excited that she couldn't control herself, and she didn't even intend to.

"86 billion! This is truly a miracle! I'm going to throw a banquet! I'm going to give out bonuses!"

"We were just discussing this. If you want to do it, how about in the next few days? Where would you like to do it?"

Zhou Mo did some mental calculations. It was late February, and he would have ten days to finish the "Three Kingdoms" project by early March, after which he could relax and start filming "The Great Battle".

Da Tiantian looked at the employees: "Where is the place you discussed before?"

"State Guesthouse".

"China World Trade Center".

"Or we can rent the venue ourselves, hire our own team, chefs and such."

After listening to everyone's opinions, Da Tiantian immediately ruled out her plan to hire a team.

Different decisions have different benefits.

Overall, high efficiency should still be the primary requirement.

Holding a banquet is for celebration and to have fun. Hiring a chef and a team yourself is too troublesome and a waste of time.

"Let's find a suitable place, and the whole company can go together." Da Tiantian turned to look at Zhou Mo: "What's your opinion?"

"I'm fine with anything," Zhou Mo said, effectively becoming a hands-off manager.

He gave the room to Da Tian Tian and the employees, while he took his phone and went to another office.

Just now, the three young men who had done the wood carving sent him a message saying that the large wood carving of "Zhang Jiao" was finished.

"I'm sorry, Director Zhou. The wood carving should have been finished a long time ago, but we had a lot of rain here recently. Drying the wood, protecting it, and applying oil took a lot of time. It was only finished the day before yesterday. When would you like to send it over?"

Zhou Mo made the call directly.

"Thank you for your help. It's taken so long. 'Three Kingdoms' is almost out of theaters, and the company is organizing a celebration party. Would you like to come?"

The one who was in the lead among the three readily agreed.

"Of course, Director Zhou, it's our honor... Um, Director Zhou, may I ask how much our movie grossed?"

Zhou Mo smiled, not keeping the question a secret.

"According to our current statistics, it should exceed 85 billion."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a series of exclamations came from the other end of the phone.

"Holy crap, how much?"

"It seems to be 85..."

"No, it really is 85 billion. I thought I misheard."

A moment later, the discussion ended, and the voices came again.

"Congratulations, Director Zhou! We've witnessed history. Please reserve tickets for the three of us at the celebration banquet. We'll definitely be there."

"OK, no problem."

Zhou Mo spoke a few more words with the three people about the transportation details of the wood carvings before hanging up the phone.

At this time, Da Tiantian had also finished discussing the location and time of the celebration banquet with her employees.

Seeing Zhou Mo put away his phone, she said, "The time and place have been set, March 1st, which is a Sunday, so everyone will have time to call people."

"No problem, I'll do whatever you say."

"The total box office figures are out now, but I suggest we wait another day and officially announce them tomorrow," the assistant added.

"Yes, it's perfect timing to finish the last version of the poster today."

……

The next day.

at noon.

Shanhe Company promptly announced the final box office figures for "Three Kingdoms: Wei," which totaled 86.4 billion yuan, igniting excitement throughout the entertainment industry.

More than eight billion.

A movie.

Surprise, shock, disbelief, excitement.

All kinds of emotions.

As soon as Zhou Mo finished lunch, he posted a thank-you video to all his viewers and fans on his account. The accompanying text also mentioned the celebration banquet for the game "Three Kingdoms."
"To thank the audience and fans for their support of the film, we are tentatively going to draw 200 lucky viewers from the audience of this 'Three Kingdoms' screening..."

Fans were in an uproar after seeing the news.

"What? Two hundred crickets isn't enough? If outsiders see this, they'll wonder if we can't afford it. Invite them all! As many as they can come!"

"Director Zhou, I'd like to ask if it's okay if I live in Yanjing and am a long-time fan, and the production team doesn't need to pay for my transportation? Can I just come over and have a meal there myself?"

"Even if the crew didn't have to pay for the transportation, I would still go."

There were many spectators who wanted to attend the celebration banquet, and they sent Zhou Mo private messages. The dense red dots surprised Zhou Mo.

Zhou Mo called his assistant directly.

"How many seats do we have left at our celebration banquet for the audience and fans?"

He knew, of course, that he couldn't satisfy all the wishes of the audience and fans, but if he could, he would still like to release as many spots as possible for the audience.

The assistant replied quickly: "Director Zhou, there aren't many left. The two hundred audience spots were already squeezed out. If there are more people, we won't be able to accommodate them all."

"That's it..."

Zhou Mo hesitated for a moment. He invited fans to the banquet, of course, to take care of each fan's feelings as much as possible. If it were like some fan meetings, where only the number of people is important and the quality is not, and the only goal is to make money, then it would go against the original purpose.

"If we can't add it, then forget it. But the company should have a lot of related merchandise in stock."

"Yes, there are quite a few left over from before."

"Let's give them all away in the lucky draw, give them all away."

"it is good."

An hour later, Shanhe Company's official account posted a message:

"As a token of our gratitude... we will be giving away 100000 pieces of merchandise this time..."

Once the news came out, many fans stopped worrying about attending the celebration banquet.

The celebration banquet is nice, but there are only a few spots available. Even if there were a few more spots, the chances of them being selected would be very slim.

But the situation is different in the surrounding area. There are a total of 100,000 tickets available. Even if there are millions of people competing, they still have a one percent chance of winning.

As a result, in less than half an hour, the number of participants in the surrounding lottery exceeded two million, and it soared at an extremely absurd speed.

Zhou Mo originally just wanted to see how satisfied the audience was with the merchandise, and took a quick look at the company's post.

As a result, the number "100,000" surprised him quite a bit.

"Does our company warehouse have so many of these peripheral products?"

"Actually...it's more than that."

Da Tian Tian, ​​who was standing to the side, spoke up.

(End of this chapter)