After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 434: The witch attacks in China and explodes overseas
8 month 10 day.

The filming of He Yi Sheng Xiao Mo has been completed.

The wrap party for the crew of Love Under the Moonlight was held at the hotel where they were staying, and hundreds of media reporters flocked to the scene.

They all came for Weathering With You.

If Weathering With You wants to be released this year, it has to start filming immediately, otherwise it will miss the release date.

However, to everyone's disappointment, Li Mingyang drove away halfway and had no intention of accepting the interview.

"It will be released in late December at the latest, which is only four and a half months away. Why does he seem to be in no hurry at all?"

"You're not just bragging..."

"Maybe he went to the International Convention and Exhibition Center. I heard that Huayi and Yinghuang were having a meeting there. He probably wants to fight for that piece of land again... That piece of land is really valuable!"

"You've heard about it, too. When I came here, I passed by there. The location is so good, even better than Youfeng Film and Television City. Whoever gets it will get rich!"

"This place is not far from the convention center. Should we go over there and block some traffic?"

"That makes sense, gogo!"

The media moved to the International Convention and Exhibition Center and waited for two hours but did not see Li Mingyang.

Instead, a large group of people from Yinghuang and Huayi came forward to be interviewed.

Jackie Chan was brought out for an interview. Facing the reporters, he announced in a resounding voice that the talks between the two parties went very smoothly and the contract was officially signed on August 8 at the Huanglong Hotel.

After saying that, he took out red envelopes from his pocket and gave them to every reporter present.

Soon, this incident made the front pages of major entertainment websites in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong.

Just when everyone thought the matter was settled and Huayi and Yinghuang became the big winners.

LeTV and Guangxian released a major announcement that LeTV, Guangxian and SMG will join hands to invest 8 billion yuan to build the first science fiction film and television city in Dongda University. The signing date is August 20th.

As more information is disclosed by LeTV bit by bit.

The industry suddenly realized that the land LeEco had acquired was actually the undeveloped farmland next to the Bouquet Hotel...

The place is a bit remote and very far from the city center, but it is close to Hongqiao Airport and Hongqiao Railway Station. After getting off the plane or the train, it only takes about 20 minutes to drive there.

Although the road feels like a rural area, it is definitely not the wilderness.

The development prospects are still very good.

Of course, that land is still to be developed.

The area surrounding Yinghuang has already been developed, and the difference between the two is huge.

However, the contract was signed on the same day, which shows a strong sense of tension!

Then Wang Changtian and Wang Dajun started arguing on Weibo...

Noisy from day till dark.

Just when the spectators were lamenting the powerful bosses of the two major film and television companies in the domestic entertainment industry.

Li Mingyang posted a Weibo post: "The Witch will be released in Korea on August 8."

The Witch is going to be released in Korea.

In the 20 days since The Witch was released in mainland China, the box office has been less than million.

Such low box office cannot attract Korean film producers to introduce the film.

But not only did The Witch do it, it will be released in Korea in three days.

It is not easy for domestic films to go overseas.

Every movie that goes overseas must be reviewed.

China Film Corporation has the sole control over the import rights of foreign films, although it does not have the sole control over the export rights.

But all the companies that can export movies are large companies.

There are no secrets in the circle. After a few phone calls, the news of how the witch went to sea immediately spread throughout the circle.

The film "Witch's Departure to the Sea" was produced with the help of Shanghai Film Studio.

The process, which was supposed to take 15 working days, was given the green light by Shanghai Film Group and completed in just 2 hours.

The film was also distributed at lightning speed in Korea, and the distributor was CJ Entertainment, the largest entertainment media company in Korea.

Your Name grossed $2300 million in South Korea, setting a new record for domestic films in Korea.

The Korean distributors made a lot of money.

Originally, the Korean distributors were quite looking forward to The Witch, but The Witch suffered a disastrous box office failure in mainland China, which made the distributors lose confidence.

China and South Korea are very similar culturally. If the movie can't even do well at the local box office, how is it possible to have good box office in South Korea?

The purpose of introducing movies is to make money, and scheduling them also consumes resources.

There aren't enough screenings for Harry and the Autobots and Sunshine, so how could there be a spot for Witch?

Transformers 3 is also a very terrifying existence in South Korea. It was released on June 6th and exceeded 29 million viewers in 12 days...breaking the record of Avatar.

He can still fight now, and he beat Harry so badly that he was at a loss.

The Witch was released in mainland China but did poorly at the box office. Wang Changtian personally went to Korea to negotiate several times, but the four major film producers were unwilling to introduce the film.

Huayi and Yinghuang originally wanted to use their connections to stop the witch from going to Bang, but seeing this situation they were too lazy to do so.

As for daily life, there is no pressure from China Film Group.

Even if domestic films are released in small days, it is difficult to get screening time.

Just when everyone thought that the story of Witch ended like this, half-dead, it was taken off the screen together with Transformers 3.

I didn’t expect the witch to set out to sea so quickly!

In the next two days, Li Mingyang promoted The Witch in Korea.

And transmitted it back to China via Weibo.

The photo with Girls' Generation made the teenage fans who like Korean Wave very excited, and the comment section exploded instantly. The teenage fans hoped that Lee Mingyang and Girls' Generation would collaborate on a movie.

In 2011, Girls' Generation was arguably the most popular girl group in Asia, bar none.

They were even invited to the Blue House by the first lady to thank them for their contribution to Korean culture. Afterwards, South Korea printed Girls' Generation on its tourism promotional pages, further confirming their status as a national business card.

This shows how popular it is.

Domestic audiences like to watch Girls' Generation, but in Korea, the status of a star is movie actor-TV actor-singer-idol.

Idols are at the bottom of the food chain in the Korean entertainment industry. Even if they are the top idols, they may still not be as good as an ordinary actor in the hearts of Koreans. This is the so-called "there is a gap between actors and idols."

In Korean culture, the hierarchy system is deeply engraved in their bones. In the Korean dramas we watch, no matter whether it is the chaebol aristocrats or ordinary families, we can see the plot of male dominance over women, the only difference is the degree.

Under the influence of this culture, women have become pleasing and pleasing. The emergence of Korean girl group idols has commercialized idols, and after being packaged, they are more "blatantly" pleasing to the audience.

Naturally, the agency doesn't have a good attitude towards the products. The idols are required by the agency to have plastic surgery, injections, and extreme dieting. They have to have ant waists, chopstick legs, and plump breasts, looking like Barbie dolls on an assembly line.

Even Lee Sun-kyu from Girls' Generation, Lee Soo-man's niece, is no exception.

Koreans are extremely passionate about movies, but they don’t like idol movies. Once they see idol movies, they think they are bad movies...

Not to mention normal audiences, even fans may not go to watch it.

Koreans recognize actors while watching movies.

Chungmuro ​​actors are the pyramid of Korean stars.

Chungmuro ​​is known as the Hollywood of Korea, and actors who are rated as "Chungmuro" can be regarded as widely recognized and accomplished actors.

On this road, there is another world.

An actor's overall strength determines his status in the industry and the level of his resources. There are even lists to rank each person.

It's very inward-looking.

This year, you can tell whether this actor is awesome or not by looking at the list.

Domestic netizens looked at the photo of Li Mingyang interacting with Girls' Generation.

In Korea, Li Mingyang asked Girls' Generation to warm up the scene and dance.

When it came to the actual press conference, Won Bin, Ma Dongseok and Hwang Jinmin were invited to support the Witch.

When filming Running Man, Li Mingyang specially brought in Won Bin, and the two had a good relationship.

Li Mingyang personally asked him for help, and he agreed without thinking.

2010 can be said to be the peak year for Won Bin. That year, "Uncle" was released and swept the local box office. It topped the Korean weekend box office chart for five consecutive weeks and defeated Nolan's Inception to become the annual box office champion.

Uncle can be said to be one of Li Mingyang’s favorite Korean movies. It is a top-notch action movie and is always full of emotions.

And that's what uncle is like.

You can see hints of many other movies in this one.

But after watching it, you will feel that it is the most special and unique!
Huang Zhenmin was brought in by Li Mingyang through Ma Dongxi. He is now also a member of Chungmuro ​​and has filmed many dramas, but he is not yet the future big boss of Chungmuro!

He has not yet received recognition from the three major film awards: the Blue Dragon Film Awards, the Grand Bell Film Awards, and the Baeksang Arts Awards!

Not winning the Best Actor award means that you don’t have that kind of status in the industry and aren’t even qualified to compete with others.

And the opportunity for Huang Zhenmin to embark on the road to becoming the big boss of Chungmuro ​​is the New World!

Although Lee Jung-jae is also very awesome...but the Best Actor that year was Ding Qing.

Lee Jung-jae, who was ranked first, withdrew from the competition, and gave the qualification of competing for Best Actor to Huang Zhenmin. In fact, he was just short of the Best Actor award.

And many years later.

The two collaborated again in Save Me from Evil, and Hwang Jung-min, who won the Best Actor award, gave the opportunity to compete for Best Actor to Lee Jung-jae.

Korea is not big, and the film industry is very small.

The selection of the three major film awards is actually very fair. There are not many people involved, and all aspects of the film, including the awards, are monopolized by the chaebols.

It would be meaningless if there were any shady dealings in the award judging process.

Only with competition can there be progress!

The Blue Dragon Award, in particular, can be said to be the most fair film award in Korea.

Therefore, the actors have a very competitive mentality because everyone has a chance.

Of course, there is always darkness behind any justice.

The Blue Dragon Award is undoubtedly the most fair in Korea.

But the resources for actors are not equal. The chaebols want you to win awards, so they will give you the best scripts, the best directors, and the best behind-the-scenes staff.

With S+ level resources, you can compete with others at A and B level, and your chances of winning are very high. Tang Wei's Blue Dragon Film Queen was made possible by CJ Li Meijing using her resources!

Seongbuk-dong, Seoul.

"Xiucheng, you did a good job this time. I'll credit you for this." Li Mingyang patted Li Xiucheng's shoulder vigorously.

Li Xiucheng played an indispensable role in the smooth connection with CJ this time.

Of course...it’s not that he is so awesome, but he just wanted to curry favor with Samsung. Finally, with the help of SM President Lee Soo-man, he met people from Samsung chaebol.

As a result, Samsung looked down on him and made fun of him. He stripped naked and walked out of the club without any dignity.

Then not long after, people from CJ Entertainment took the initiative to find him and gave him some resources.

It was this opportunity that allowed Li Mingyang to easily connect with CJ Entertainment.

I met President Choi, the head of CGV Cinemas.

After he said that his future films would feature a large number of Korean actors, President Choi went out to make a phone call, and when he came back, the release of The Witch in Korea had been agreed.

"Boss, you must do what you promised! Otherwise they won't let me go." Li Cheng was sweating profusely and holding a fan to fan Li Mingyang.

"I, Li Mingyang, travel the world with a single word: trust."

Li Chengman nodded, feeling relieved, and then suddenly remembered something, "Boss, Girls' Generation's manager is asking you to pay."

"What money?"

"Appearance fee!"

"Nonsense, Won Bin didn't even ask me for money, how dare they ask me for money."

"Boss, your business is all about trust. If you don't pay me, how can we cooperate in the future..."

"That's right... I'll just owe it to you first. The more I owe you, the less trouble there will be when we work together in the future. A bunch of idols at the bottom of the society actually made me wait for half an hour."

You didn’t give me money last time!

Last time, he played a trick on someone by stuffing a bunch of ten-dollar bills into a red envelope, making it look like 10,000 yuan, but in reality, it was only 1,000 yuan...

……

On August 8, The Witch premiered in Korea, showing on 13 screens, but the number of viewers reached a staggering 170.

The number of theaters showing Witch's premiere is not high, even low.

However, with 10 viewers on Saturday, it easily blew away all the local Korean movies!

CJ thought it was just the result of the promotion by Won Bin, Girls' Generation and Hwang Jin Min.

Won Bin's appeal among Korean moviegoers is unprecedented!
Hwang Jung-min is also a veteran actor.

Girls’ Generation’s influence is also very huge, so the publicity is definitely effective.

On August 8, the president of CGV Cinemas received calls from other cinemas wanting the film source of Witch.

The four major film companies dominate South Korea. When it comes to film sources, they support each other and will not deliberately block each other.

In the digital age, a movie copy is just a hard drive. You can make a phone call in the morning, and major theaters will start showing "Witches" in the afternoon.

370 screens, 21 people!
This ratio is quite good. For Korean local films, the ratio of screens to audiences is generally 30 to 1.

Only box office hits will reach a ratio of more than 10 to 1.

With only one promotion, the Witch's popularity exceeded 17 to 1.

It has the potential to be a big hit!

On August 8, The Witch was screened on 15 screens.

On Monday, 28 people!
The ratio did not fall below 20!

This is indeed a movie with the potential to be a big hit.

The president of CGV was overjoyed. The Witch was a full-length movie for only 200,000 US dollars!
Faced with the huge profits within reach, the four major cinema chains unanimously increased the screening schedule of "The Witch".

While ensuring the profits of Harry Potter and Transformers as much as possible, Witch was shown on the maximum number of screens possible, 610.

36 people!
This result directly broke Your Name's highest single-day record in Korea.

The news spread back home.

The entire Internet was in an uproar. The local box office plummeted, but the movie was sweeping the box office in South Korea.

Netizens don’t understand, and domestic filmmakers don’t understand either.

There isn't much publicity for Witch in Korea!
There was a bloodbath locally and a huge explosion overseas. There was no precedent at all!
"Damn, horror movies have such high box office, it doesn't make sense!"

"There's nothing unreasonable about it. The Koreans may be mentally perverted and just like to watch horror movies. Last year's The Man from Nowhere was too violent and bloody."

"The Man from Nowhere is not a horror movie. It's about a secret agent and a thief. They are both handsome and cute, and the fighting scenes are super fun to watch."

"I looked at the audience ratings of Naver in Korea, and Witch is as high as 7.59! Some people even compared this movie to Won Bin's Uncle!"

"real or fake?"

"I've seen both. The Witch is not as good as the Uncle... The story is different. The Witch is more like a superhero movie, lacking some humanity... And the twists and turns are so brain-burning that I was drowsy at the beginning. I watched it twice before I saw the end. My god, the fighting at the end was so exciting!"

"They are all amazing. Witches need to calm down and watch it. Don't just follow the crowd to watch horror movies. Go and watch it yourself."

"Anyway, there are pirated copies online. I'll go check it out."

"Let's go piracy!"

"Domestic movies are doomed! Piracy is on the way!"

"I need the resources. Can any big brother please help me? I want to watch the HD version without any porn!"

……

The witch, who has been silent for a long time, has once again become a hot topic on the Internet.

As more and more netizens have watched The Witch.

Liu Shishi's superb acting skills topped the hot search list!

The cute and evil witch and the stupid wife Yoel collaborated, and countless exquisite animated pictures spread wildly on the Internet.

The Witch finally attracted the spy's traffic, but the Witch's high-definition video source can be found by searching on the Internet.

Plus, it’s less than a week away from being released.

The domestic box office is doomed and there is no way to recover.

……

After listening to the secretary's report, Zuoshandiao nodded lightly.

Ask the secretary to apply for a key extension for the witch.

"The local box office failed, but it still managed to stand up in Korea..."

Zuo Shandiao doesn’t care about how The Witch performs at the overseas box office.

Because Transformers 3 is about to break million!
Despite a collective price cut, Transformers 3 still grossed 18.3 billion yuan.

This is an incredible achievement.

Zuoshandiao even thought at one point that someone was trying to harm him and deliberately inflate the box office.

However, based on the detailed box office data, it is not clear whether anyone harmed him.

But it is an indisputable fact that the Transformer 3 has entered the sinking market!

Li Mingyang's words came true, and small town youth became the new mainstream of movie watching...

In the past five days, the total box office of third-tier cities is actually higher than that of first-tier cities, and it is getting higher and higher!

"Today is only the 17th! There are still four days left before the movie is taken off the screen."

Zuoshan Diao was so worried that he smoked one cigarette after another. His head hurt, but he couldn't think of a good solution.

"That brat has a lot of tricks up his sleeve. Why don't you give him a call and ask..."

Zuoshandiao hesitated for a moment, but still didn't make the call. He didn't want to be laughed at.

In the past, Zuoshandiao wouldn't have to worry so much. The worst that could happen was that he could just fiddle with the accounts.

Anyway, China Film Corporation has been lying about the box office revenue of Hollywood movies over the years.

However, this year the third-party auditing company was suddenly changed... making it impossible for China Film to do its accounting.

Zuoshandiao looked at the film schedule and thought that there was only one way out, which was to move Cars 2 up!
Competing with Transformers 3 at the box office.

The next day, Zuoshandiao was in a meeting to discuss the release date of Cars 8, which was scheduled to be released on August 24, and Cars 2, which was scheduled to be released on August 8.

A bad news came.

At nine o'clock in the morning, a group of Internet trolls spread the news online that Transformers 21 would be withdrawn from theaters on the st.

The news that Transformers 3 will be taken off the screen soon has not only become a hot topic on Weibo, but has also been spread on Tieba, Tianya, QQ groups, Douban, and every other place on the Internet where it can be spread.

In just one morning, the whole network knew about it.

The intensity is so great! It is comparable to the scandals of popular stars!
It's obvious that someone did it on purpose.

Targeting! Naked targeting!
Those who wanted him to step down finally couldn't help but take action!
Zuoshan Diao's eyes turned red with anger, but he still had to make arrangements. He needed to arrange a new opponent for Transformation 3.

Stimulated by the upcoming withdrawal of Transformers 3, on August 8, the single-day box office of Transformers 18 returned to the 3 million mark!

At 19 o'clock in the morning on the 19th, the number exceeded billion!
Only one step away from breaking 20 billion!
In just three days of the weekend, we can break 2 billion with just 100 million!

This is a sure thing for the epic money-making behemoth Transformation III.

The media began to tout that the country’s first 2 billion box office movie was about to be born.

Paramount worked hard to reach this milestone of 3 billion. Paramount President Brad Grey came to Shanghai in person and announced in front of the media that Transformers 20's box office in mainland China had exceeded 3 billion, and all Transformers peripheral products would be discounted by %!

We will also customize the Bumblebee specifically for Chudong University!

Everyone wants to carry a gorgeous sedan chair, but who doesn't know how to kick someone when he's down?
Zuoshandiao has been in power for so many years and has been extremely domineering, offending too many people.

Even the people he had supported thought he was in the way and wanted him to leave as soon as possible!

Of course, the ones who want him to step down the most are the Internet capital!
Zuoshandiao panicked and tried to contact his backstage, but he couldn't get through to the other party on the phone.

Go to his house?

He couldn't be contacted and Zuoshandiao had no idea where he lived.

Zuoshandiao stood in front of the French window, took a puff of cigarette, and suddenly started coughing violently. He squatted on the ground and took a long time to recover.

"Damn it, I'm surrounded by enemies everywhere, and they all want me to commit suicide!"

(End of this chapter)