This Star Wants To Retire

Chapter 523 Luo Mo: Then I should be more conservative?

Luo Mo's arrival made the atmosphere in the meeting room a bit weird.

Li Dongliang and Fang Jie looked at each other without saying anything.

Everyone seemed to be talking harmoniously as before, but their peripheral vision and attention always involuntarily focused on Luo Mo.

There is no way, this is a meeting led by the Audit Department, and the content of the meeting is about the [Ten Billion Box Office Project].

It's impossible to say that Luo Mo was pulled to listen, right?

Or did this young man come uninvited?

This is all impossible and unreasonable.

Although everyone was skeptical, the meeting was about to start. When the people from the audit department came in, they would have the answer.

At this time, footsteps came from the corridor outside the door.

Two men and a woman walked into the conference room.

The leader is a fair-skinned, good-looking woman who is quite attractive.

Her facial features are not exquisite, and she is not the type who can make people think she is beautiful at a glance, but I have to say that once a woman has good and fair skin and a good temperament, she will make people look more comfortable.

She is Zhong Lin, who has just been promoted from the position of deputy team leader to team leader this year.

Although the name is not big, the power is not small.

Every project that Luo Mo took to submit for review was personally checked by Zhong Lin, so the review efficiency was very high, and there was no need to go through layers of procedures.

She was made to cry by Luo Mo for countless times.

Now the team members in the audit department are very clear that as long as team leader Zhong comes to work with swollen eyes the next day, he is definitely not arguing with her husband, and it is probably because of Luo Mo!

These two people seem to have a deep relationship, but in fact it is the first time they meet.

"Everyone sit down." Zhong Lin said with a smile: "Let me introduce myself, my name is Zhong Lin, the bell of the clock, the dazzling Lin."

After finishing speaking, she sat down and said, "You don't need to introduce yourself one by one, I know all of them, and I have known you for a long time."

Her gaze swept over everyone one by one, and finally stayed on Luo Mo's body the longest.

"How did he lose so much weight?" She said in her heart.

Luo Mo is very different from before.

But among this group of directors, Luo Mo was still too conspicuous.

Looking around, this scene is: old man - old lady - bald man - fat man - eh? boy!

The meeting officially started.

The man sitting next to Zhong Lin started talking first to push the process forward.

What he said was not particularly important. The main thing was to talk about the current situation and form of the Chinese film market, and these big guys knew it well.

It is equivalent to telling everyone what the purpose of establishing the [Ten Billion Box Office Project] is.

For the rest of him, they were now thinking hard about another thing instead.

Since the meeting was held as usual, it means that Luo Mo is a member of the [Ten Billion Box Office Project].

But why didn't we know in advance that there were 11 people, and there was one more person?

Did not receive the notice!

Oh, that's right, when the audit department does something, where does it need to notify us?

But how did he get in?

The original plan was ten people, but it suddenly became eleven people, and it was expanded just for him!

What is this!

This treatment is a bit outrageous.

Or is he actually a backup member in the plan?

It's quite normal to have a substitute.

After all, who can guarantee that there will be no mistakes, and if something happens, someone will always be on top.

But, why is it Luo Mo?

And why can it be Luo Mo?

Yes, his box office of "The Return of the Great Sage" is against the sky, creating a miracle that everyone finds incredible.

However, whether it is Luo Mo Studio or Tong Guang Studio, they have stated many times that the production cycle of "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes into the World" will not be too short, and they will strive to meet you during the Spring Festival.

That would be too late.

If this movie was involved in this project, they would have nothing to say, even if it was an animated movie that everyone didn't like before, they wouldn't even dare to release a fart.

However, it was obvious that he joined in as a newcomer director of a live-action movie.

That's outrageous.

Tian Ou was quite happy in his heart, thinking: "I'm afraid this will arouse public outrage in the movie industry?"

Cats and dogs certainly don't matter, after all, they have nothing to do with the plan itself.

But some directors who were not selected but thought they were qualified, or at least more qualified than Luo Mo, what would they think?

Of course, no one dared to offend the audit department, and no one would publicly say that what the audit department did was wrong.

But we can't target Luo Mo in other matters?

You have to understand that sometimes you are targeted by some people for a certain matter for no reason. Maybe the problem does not lie in this matter at all. They just use it as an excuse to hide their original intentions.

The meeting lasted for half an hour, and after finishing what should be said and some beautiful words, Zhong Lin coughed lightly, and began to talk about which platforms will be available this time, to give everyone a certain degree of support.

In addition to the audit department and CCTV, there are also some official media and the like.

At the same time, Weibo, Xiaolanzhan, short video platforms, etc. will also receive certain instructions.

Zhong Lin even stated directly that among the eleven directors present, the eleven new films that will be released this year, as long as there are no serious problems during the release, they can all get the extension of the [key].

In other words, the release time can change from one month to two months!

Everyone listened to Zhong Lin's words, only Feng Ji was relatively calm.

As one of the four major directors, what big scenes haven't he seen?

He is a person who has experienced several stages of development of Chinese films, and a person who has received strong support many times.

Compared with the support that Huaxia Film received when it was still in its infancy many years ago, this [Ten Billion Box Office Project] is just a drizzle.

But times are different after all.

After saying this, Zhong Lin changed the subject and said, "The review department hopes that the eleven directors can tell us their box office expectations for the new film."

As soon as these words came out, the fiery heat in everyone's hearts cooled down a bit.

If this kind of question is asked by the media, everyone has long been used to it, and you can answer it as you want.

Some directors will directly brag to the sky. Cowhide doesn’t need money anyway, so if I can brag, I will brag more.

Almost every well-known director will be asked similar questions before a new film is released.

But if it was asked by the audit department, the nature would be completely different.

Especially when Zhong Lin said so many things about her support.

I have already supported you so much, let's count.

"This is a military order." Everyone said in their hearts.

The atmosphere in the meeting room changed again.

Zhong Lin looked at everyone, and many people were thinking about answering this with their heads down.

Only when his eyes met Luo Mo's, he smiled at her politely.

"Huh?" Zhong Lin was slightly taken aback.

She only thinks that Luo Mo is a new director, so she has a good attitude and less pressure.

After all, this kind of thing must be the leading directors, even if I don't do my best, it's justifiable, isn't it?

At that time, no one can blame me, right?

At this time, in the conference room, many people seemed to be bowing their heads in thought, but in fact they were secretly looking at Feng Ji from the corner of their eyes.

At the critical moment, he, the most famous director, must be the first to speak and take the lead.

With great power comes great responsibility.

The old god Feng Ji opened his thermos, and after blowing, he took a small sip.

Then, slowly turn the bottle cap on.

After putting down the cup, he said, "Well, let's all talk about the lowest box office expectations in our hearts."

This is what Feng Ji dared to say, the final grade he predicted directly from his heart became the lower limit in his heart...

Feng Ji glanced at Zhong Lin, and continued: "I know, this is Lao He asking us to issue a military order."

As soon as Zhong Lin heard Feng Ji mentioned He Pingan, she didn't express her opinion.

Feng Ji and He Ping'an are old acquaintances, she knows it well.

"In our business, no one can tell for sure before the movie is released, and everyone can only rely on their feelings. This military order is really difficult to issue." Feng Ji said.

"My new movie is a war movie with the main theme. The theme is not very popular in the mainstream market. The current box office record of this theme is only a few hundred million."

"Well, then I'll set five hundred million."

Feng Ji is tantamount to hinting to everyone that it is better to speak realistically, and don't talk too high, it is not necessary.

Just start from the perspectives of movie themes, market environment, etc.

You know, the plan is 10 billion, which is roughly 1 billion per person.

But this is not talking about the lower limit.

As a non-staff member of the four major directors, Li Dongliang must be the second to express his opinion.

He thought for a while and said, "I'll take 800 million."

This time, Li Dongliang is shooting a blockbuster costume film, and the production cost alone is more than 200 million yuan.

He can't say 500 million, 500 million box office is a loss.

The two famous directors all started, and the others also started to answer one after another.

During this process, Li Dongliang also added: "Everyone, don't be afraid to say it, just tell your own psychological numbers, and it's not about ranking."

The meaning is very clear, you can report higher numbers than me and Feng Ji, it's fine, and it won't hurt our face.

How warm these words are on weekdays, how annoying it is to listen to them now.

But everyone is not stupid. Most of the figures reported by their mouths are slightly higher than the figures that can return the film investment.

Wang Rong finally reported 800 million.

In the end, only Luo Mo was left sitting in the corner.

All eyes were on him.

Fang Jie glanced at Luo Mo's notebook and said, "Director Luo seems to have memorized a lot?"

In Luo Mo's notebook, he wrote down the numbers reported by each director just now.

Not only did he remember it, but many people present also remembered it.

Luo Mo smiled and said, "I just wrote down the numbers."

"How much does it add up?" Fang Jie asked curiously.

"7.2 billion." Luo Mo did a simple mental calculation.