Chapter 542 There is a problem
After the topic of "Crime City" ended.

Zhou Mo said goodbye to Wang Jing and returned to the backstage, where he saw Tian Xiaopeng, whose mouth was almost grinning from ear to ear.

"Hey, pay attention to your image. You're drooling." Zhou Mo bumped him with his shoulder.

Tian Xiaopeng came back to his senses and touched the corner of his mouth.

"Director Zhou, I'm so happy."

"It's nice to be the center of attention, isn't it?"

Tian Xiaopeng nodded repeatedly.

After so many years in the circle, this was the first time he experienced being surrounded by everyone and hearing praises and admiration.

When he thought that some of them, who he normally didn't even have the qualifications to sit at the same table with, now came to shake hands with him, communicate with him, and congratulate him, the sense of accomplishment was so overwhelming.

However, besides being excited, Tian Xiaopeng was also a little panicked.

"Director Zhou, do you think our movie is really that good?"

Zhou Mo teased: "Why, you, as a director, don't you know it yourself?"

"I knew it originally, but after being praised by so many people just now, I don't really know it anymore." Tian Xiaopeng's tone was a little weak.

As soon as the excitement of being surrounded by people passed, the feeling of anxiety and loss arose.

Seeing this, Zhou Mo nodded instead.

"It's OK. I didn't feel that my worth was rising after just a few compliments. I can't see the situation clearly."

Tian Xiaopeng immediately expressed his opinion: "How can that be possible, Director Zhou? You're overthinking that kind of situation. I've seen a lot of people get cocky when they're praised a little bit. Their endings are basically not good. I definitely won't do that."

Zhou Mo smiled but didn't respond.

You are so decisive when you say this now, but the future is really uncertain.

Otherwise, how did "Deep Sea" come about?

Everyone knows that it’s easy to get lost after success.

However, after achieving certain results, there are still very few people who can remain true to themselves.

Once a person stays in an environment where he is pampered for a long time, where there are people who cater to him no matter what he does and lick his boots no matter what he does, it is indeed easy for him to lose sight of the situation.

"Okay, since you understand it clearly, I won't say much. I hope you can help promote the movie. If you have any questions, just call me." Zhou Mo said casually.

Tian Xiaopeng nodded.

"Don't worry, Director Zhou. I dare not do anything else this month. I will only be busy with the promotion of "The Return of the Great Sage."

……

The next night.

Zhou Mo got the 24-hour box office data of "The Return of the Great Sage" at the company.

Fifty-two million.

An outrageous number.

This is twice the first-day box office of "Snow Ridge Bear Wind" at the beginning of the year.

It is three times the first-day box office of the previous film "The Return of the Great Sage".

With the promotion on multiple entertainment platforms such as Lizhan, Duoyin, and Little Blue Book, the movie showed an extremely strong momentum from the beginning.

Tian Xiaopeng called that evening.

The first thing he did was to express his gratitude to Zhou Mo for fulfilling his dream of becoming a director, and he reiterated that he would definitely ensure that the performance of this movie would remain the same in the future.

"Come on, stop saying nice things. I guess you haven't had any rest since yesterday. Go get some sleep. The first few days of the roadshow are the most tiring."

Zhou Mo explained a few words, which could be regarded as sharing his experience.

"But I can't sleep, Director Zhou. With over 50 million in sales, the amount of money I make in one day is more than what I've made in the past few decades. I'm so excited that I can't even keep my eyes open."

On the phone, Tian Xiaopeng's voice was so lively that it seemed as if he was about to jump up.

After hearing this, Zhou Mo stopped trying to persuade him.

Who doesn’t eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year?

Just be excited.

Just don't delay anything.

Thinking of this, I reminded myself again.

"By the way, the company has already summarized the initial reviews of The Return of the Great Sage on the Internet and sent it to you. Don't hang up the phone in a hurry. Take a look first."

Tian Xiaopeng responded and turned on the computer.

While he was watching, Zhou Mo also flipped through the movie reviews for a while.

Suddenly, he saw one of the comments, which was quite interesting.

The general content of this review is a summary of the current comments on "The Return of the Great Sage" on the Internet.

Mainly divided into the following categories:
Shocking type: Ah, is this the level of domestic animated films?

Question: Can domestic animated films have this technology? It must be fake.

Negative: Domestic animated films definitely don’t have this technology, it’s obviously outsourced.

Explanation: "The Return of the Great Sage" was not outsourced. It was directed by a domestic director, produced by a domestic company, and used domestic technology.

Celebration category: I declare that "The Return of the Great Sage" is the village college student!
In addition, there are also cold water categories: Don't be too happy too soon, "The Return of the Great Sage" is of good quality, but it is only compared with domestic films, and there is still a big gap compared with foreign films;

Fish in troubled waters: Tian Xiaopeng has never been famous in the past, so how come he suddenly produced such a work? There must be something fishy.

Etc., etc.

Under this comment, there were actually people who used software to turn these categories into pictures based on their characteristics.

At this time, Tian Xiaopeng said, "Director Zhou, I remember you said that you wanted to use the success of "The Return of the Great Sage" to promote the company's special effects water technology, right?"

"Well, I see that there are a lot of people discussing the special effects of The Return of the Great Sage online. The station will release another interview in a couple of days, and the company will let the technical staff be interviewed with you."

"Then I have no problem, Director Zhou."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Mo looked at the date.

Today is August 6th.

I sent a message to my assistant and then booked a flight for the 10th. Three days from now.

The box office performance of "The Return of the Great Sage" remains stable.

Not only is there no sign of decline, but it is rising steadily.

In the first two days, the daily box office increased by about 10 million each day. It was not until the third day that the increase was slightly reduced, only increasing by 5 million to 80 million.

So far, "The Return of the Great Sage" has been rising for four days, and the total box office has exceeded 250 million.

It has surpassed the total score of "Snow Ridge Bear Wind".

As for Zhou Mo, as soon as he woke up every morning and turned on his cell phone, he would immediately receive all kinds of calls.

Some hoped for cooperation, some hoped for investment, and some came up to Zhou Mo just to ask for donations.

Zhou Mo is no longer surprised by this.

There are too many humans, and there are all kinds of messes.

Fortunately, it was already the 10th, so I simply turned off my work phone and took off directly to the crew of "Even if He Is Far Away, He Will Be Punished".

That afternoon, Zhou Mo arrived at his destination.

However, he did not go directly to the crew, but called Da Tiantian first, and then went to the hotel.

At night, there was a knock on the door.

When I opened the door, Da Tiantian was standing at the door with smiling eyes.

When he saw Zhou Mo, he pounced on him immediately.

"I miss you so much, you stinky baby!"

Zhou Mo: ???
Where did this iron-headed kid learn these abstract terms?
"Did you take the wrong medicine?"

"You took the wrong medicine!"

Da Tiantian stood up from Zhou Mo, took off her coat, hat, and mask, and let her hair down, revealing her little face full of collagen.

After doing all this, she realized that Zhou Mo had been looking at her with a smile.

"What are you looking at?"

"Look at beautiful women? What's wrong? Is it not okay?" Zhou Mo Fanwen.

"What a sweet little mouth." Da Tiantian smiled.

He threw the baby to Zhou Mo and walked into the bathroom.

"I'll give you a chance to help me remove my makeup."

When Zhou Mo heard this, he skillfully rummaged through his bag, took out a bunch of miscellaneous small things such as makeup remover cotton and makeup remover water, and followed her into the bathroom.

In the room, Da Tiantian said while washing her face.

"Oh, it was such a hassle to come out. You didn't even know that there were a bunch of reporters outside the crew, just waiting to take pictures. Luckily, I was one step ahead and came out quietly."

"Thank you for your hard work." Zhou Mo stood by and took the opportunity to pass her the makeup remover.

"It's a good thing you didn't go to the crew today, otherwise you might not have seen us at all. We happened to have another outdoor scene today, which was quite troublesome." Da Tiantian talked about the things in the crew intermittently.

At the same time, she kept removing makeup with her hands, multitasking while even slapping Zhou Mo's restless hands away from time to time.

"Then will it delay things if you come over tonight?"

"I finished filming this part yesterday. I went there today just to review the footage with Director Zhang to see if there were any mistakes."

Zhou Mo was stunned.

"You mean, Lao Mouzi asked you to watch the camera together?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

Da Tiantian focused her attention on the mirror in front of her, and didn't look at Zhou Mo, as if she was talking about something very ordinary.

Zhou Mo was truly surprised now.

"Lao Mouzi actually asked you to watch the camera together. The sun is rising from the west, huh?!"

As a director, I think he is very strict about the machine in front of him.

Especially someone like Zhang Yimou, who comes from a photography background and attaches great importance to the camera.

Call Da Tiantian to look at the camera together.

It really exceeded Zhou Mo's imagination.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Zhou Mo asked directly: "Why, Tiantian, at some time I didn't know, you saved Lao Mouzi, and now the truth is out, did he repay you?"

Da Tiantian then turned around and glared at Zhou Mo in reproach.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Could it be that Director Zhang suddenly discovered that I have outstanding talent, and Director Zhang is not young anymore, and the filming tasks are heavy and he is too busy, so he asked me to help him share the burden of filming?"

Zhou Mo complained: "That old man is really old, even his eyes don't work well anymore."

Da Tiantian: "Humph, a man who doesn't understand romance..."

Zhou Mo was not self-conscious at all: "I really don't understand romance, but I can untie my windbreaker."

Big Sweetie: ． ． ． ． ． ．
"Forget it, I won't tell you anymore. Director Zhang did this to show his goodwill to me. I just mentioned to him that I wanted to try making a movie, so he enthusiastically invited me to watch the scenes with him, saying that it would help me gain experience."

This is right.

Unexpected things always have their causes.

However, Zhou Mo felt that it was not enough.

"Is that all? Is there no deeper reason?" Zhou Mo continued to ask.

It’s a good thing that Zhang Yimou is willing to give guidance to Da Tiantian, but Da Tiantian’s participation in the filming and even direct involvement is no longer just a favor under normal circumstances.

It's like an intern goes to a large company for internship, and because of the intern's family connections, the boss takes very good care of her. This is possible.

But one day, the boss heard that the intern wanted to try managing the company, so he gave the intern the task of managing the company. This was definitely a big anomaly.

When Da Tiantian heard this, she also turned around.

"Indeed, there is a problem with Director Zhang's company."

(End of this chapter)