Didn't you say that we would lose money after filming?

Chapter 22: Beef Joy Must Be Served with Pickled Cabbage (5)

In fact, it is true.

Perhaps at today's premiere, he, Zhang Zelin, is the well-deserved protagonist, the center of attention, carrying infinite brilliance and praise, and being sought after by all kinds of people.

Everyone is discussing the success of "Tai Xuan" and his glory.

It’s as if this film has actually been a success, and the box office definitely cannot be bad. And as he has made such a high-grossing film, Zhang Zelin has made a great contribution and should be very happy.

After all, if you put yourself in their shoes, who would be unhappy?
But the reality was that Zhang Zelin was not happy and he was in a bad mood while taking the photos.

The reason is very simple, because he has a clear idea of ​​what he has filmed.

To call it a lump is a bit of an exaggeration.

"It's ruined! A bunch of ignorant things, it's ruined!" Zhang Zelin thought of something and became more and more annoyed the more he thought about it. He immediately slammed the table and roared.

The assistant at the side said tremblingly: "Director Zhang, calm down. How did we fail? There are so many guests here today. The results cannot be bad. You are still the big director that everyone is paying attention to."

"Really?" Zhang Zelin turned around, looked at his assistant, and asked, "Can a temporary achievement represent anything? Those people outside, are they here for the movie? No, they are here for the names of the leading actors, for Cai Zhiyin, Xu Yiran, and the others! And, they are here for me."

"But isn't this a good idea?" the assistant asked.

"So I said you don't understand, and you can't be a director." Zhang Zelin shook his head: "Can a temporary heyday explain anything? Movies are art, but at the same time they are also entertainment, a kind of adjustment, do you understand?
In addition to providing us filmmakers with an opportunity to express our ideas and show our talents, its greater role is actually to bring emotional value to the audience, which is its greatest function.

But if the movie itself is not well made, it is a piece of shit, and it is a piece of shit that doesn’t taste good. Today, on the first day, the audience will swallow it down because of my name and the names of those leading actors, and reluctantly take a bite. On the second day, they will give some face and take another bite. But on the third day, will they still eat it?
Xiao Wang, no one is a fool, and no one likes to eat shit. "

Seeing that Zhang Zelin was belittling his own work in such a way, the assistant didn't dare to speak for a moment.

In fact, this is also a reflection of Zhang Zelin’s true mood now.

As a director who has produced many stunning works, how could he not be able to tell what is a good work from what is a bad work?
But why, even though he knew this, he still made such a work in the end?

In fact, it has no significant connection or relationship with him.

At first, he thought that "Tai Xuan" was a very good work with an excellent script. It told a grand story with an epic feel.

But because of the company he signed with, July is not a small company, it is a giant in the industry.

So even if he is a big shot in the Beijing circle, he may not necessarily have the biggest say in the crew.

After all, the film and television industry is all about human relationships and social skills, and he didn't write the script, so this is not his game.

People paid a high price to hire him to direct and preside over the overall situation.

So, July started to frantically place people into the crew.

First, a bunch of producers and supervisors were placed in charge, and even an assistant director was placed in charge. Although July's boss personally approached him and asked him to take on more responsibilities, his attitude was very polite, even pleading.

Zhang Zelin could also understand it. After all, it was normal to place one's own people to gild their reputation. There were always many second-generation movie stars and rich people in this circle.

When cooperating with these big companies and big capital, there will be no shortage of such problems.

He was also happy to train new people, so he didn't say anything.

But when he thought about it, he couldn't understand why some people would pretend to be knowledgeable and make comments willfully in areas they don't know or understand.

But he had to pretend that he was very smart and make practical decisions. Especially an assistant director, who, as far as he knew, was the son of a director in July.

After being installed, he began to exercise the rights of assistant director and first made a lot of changes to the script.

Zhang Zelin went to question him and gave him a scolding.

But the other party’s attitude is, if you criticize me, I will actively admit my mistakes, but I don’t think I have done anything wrong. If I shoot it this way, the story will definitely have depth.

He was so angry that he even wanted to kick people out of the crew.

Finally, in July, the senior executives from that place came to mediate. They said a lot of nice things, added a lot of money, and used their connections to persuade him to stay.

But at that time, Zhang Zelin also said: "If you want to shoot it this way, it's up to you. I won't interfere anymore. But I also hope you can remember that you are not the only investor of this movie. This is 16 billion. I tell you clearly, if you do this, you will lose all your money!"

It is difficult to persuade a damned ghost with kind words. From that day on, he would not continue to persuade him.

At the same time, he does not have the habit of quitting halfway through filming, because in his opinion, this is the basic professional ethics of a director.

But from that day on, he gave up and no longer cared about these things. If they wanted to make a fuss, then let them do it. If his assistant director wanted to direct, then let him do it.

At most, after this time, if it affects him, he will directly block July and there will be no chance of cooperation in the future.

After all, to bring a stain to a director's career is already a feud.

However, in the face of Zhang Zelin's advice of "losing all the money", the senior executives in July obviously did not take it to heart and did not take it seriously.

Maybe in their eyes, the audience are all fools, a bunch of leeks who will buy into their stuff even if it is rotten to the core.

At today’s premiere, everyone was laughing and celebrating the success of “Tai Xuan” on the first day.

Only he, Zhang Zelin, saw the fatal crisis hidden behind this.

It seemed that he was about to build a red building.

The building is about to collapse, and they don’t even realize it.

On the other side, in the theater, there was already laughter.

When watching movies, today's audiences have become a group of people who attach great importance to their own quality.

Basically, there won't be much loud noise in the theater, and most people will try to keep their voices down even when they laugh.

There is only one exception, and that is when you come across a movie that is really funny.

At this moment, An Zhong was already slapping his thigh, laughing uncontrollably: "Oh, this is so funny, people came to him to do product placement, but he actually put the sponsor on the villain's side in the movie, and the protagonist has to expose the sponsor's conspiracy. This kind of producer is simply too much, who would dare to hire him? Hahahaha!"

He had completely forgotten that just a moment ago, he was not optimistic about the movie.

In fact, it is indeed unexpected that the quality of the movies he has seen so far is not bad. In fact, how should I put it? To be honest, there may be no harm without comparison.

If you watch it alone, it might just be a comedy, but after eating that big chunk of "Tai Xuan", An Zhong felt something.

What the hell is this? What kind of movie is this?
Isn’t this better than the howling in Taixuan?
(End of this chapter)