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

Chapter 652 Deeply Rooted Conglomerates, Ambitious Prosecutors
Yang Mi is very ambitious to win the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress.

They pestered Li Mingyang for over an hour. If Zeng Jia hadn't come over and urged them to go to the airport, who knows how much longer they would have continued.

After seeing Yang Mi out the door, Li Mingyang finally got some peace and quiet.

Pushing open the hidden black mirror door behind the sofa, you enter the walk-in closet. Directly opposite is a full-wall wardrobe, and next to it is a black leather sofa stool.

To the left is a bathroom with separate wet and dry areas, and it also has a double bathtub.

To the right is the lounge, which has a hotel-style feel with walnut wood walls that look simple yet luxurious, and the lighting is designed to be 'light without the lamp.'

Next to the TV in the lounge is a storage room with a hidden door that connects to the lounge next door.

The lounge next door is where Zhang Wei usually rests, and its layout is the same as Li Mingyang's lounge.

The entire interior design was hand-drawn by Li Mingyang. The president's office and the vice president's office were not connected; instead, the secretary's office was connected, along with an escape route for easy escape.

A meticulously designed plan.

The escape route was gone, and the secretary's office was moved to the opposite side of the corridor.

Zhang Wei's office moved to the one next to his, and they were connected.

If Li Mingyang hadn't known that Zhang Wei had a condition of vomiting due to her aversion to men, he would have thought she was going to take over the work of a secretary.

When Li Mingyang walked in, Zhong Xiaoyu was wearing a beige, thin, sheer shirt and denim shorts. She was sitting cross-legged on the sofa with her laptop on her lap, her fingers typing furiously.

Wow, that's fast hands!
Under the dim light of the spotlights, a halo of light enveloped the scene, and afterimages appeared.

Tentacle monster...

pat!

"Boss, I've finished writing. Please take a look." Zhong Xiaoyu placed the notebook on the coffee table, turned it over, and faced Li Mingyang with the screen.

Li Mingyang lowered the screen and bent over to press the directional keys to look at it.

The novel "Royal Goddess of War" by Zhong Xiaoyu is a lesbian romance novel.

"Boss, is Miss's script still not finished?" Zhong Xiaoyu asked while massaging Li Mingyang's legs.

"No."

Have the actors been cast yet?

"What? You want to act?"

When Zhong Xiaoyu was asked this question, she immediately shook her head.

She was just skirting the line; she didn't really want to take her clothes off.

"My older sister, Fan Binbin wants to play her. I went to a hot spring with her. She has a really good figure and good skin. Her skin is as smooth and white as jade, and her fine veins are like the blood vessels in jade."

"Her acting skills are too bad; she can't play the lead role."

"Her acting is alright... Haven't you seen Apple Daily and Shinjuku Incident?"

"That was when her acting was at its best, but it's not good now, her performance has declined drastically..."

“An actor’s skill level is related to the director. She is very obedient and listens to everything you say.”

Li Mingyang skimmed through Xiaoyu's lesbian romance novel, straightened up, and frowned, saying, "What kind of crap did you write? It has no lesbian feel at all; it's no different from a story about sexual intercourse between a man and a woman."

"That's how girls are...you've never seen it before?"

"Nonsense."

"Why don't you go to a lace nightclub and see for yourself? What I wrote is based on facts."

Zhong Xiaoyu was unconvinced and retorted.

Li Mingyang simply felt that Zhong Xiaoyu did not fit his expectations; whether the facts were true or not was not important.

Just like Japanese adult films, it's all about acting; it's all about whether the sounds are real or fake!

The audience doesn't care about whether it's true or false, they only care about whether their needs can be met.

The Miss project was planned even before the Seoul Spring Festival.

But Seoul Spring has been showing for over a month now.

The young lady's script is still being worked on.

More than fifty drafts still failed to satisfy him.

Female screenwriters cannot satisfy the needs of male viewers...

Lee Myung-yang's adaptation of Miss Sentiment is mainly based on Park Chan-wook's work.

His memory of the original film was vague, except for the scenes where the actress was fully nude.

To recreate the original "The Lady," Park Chan-wook is the only choice.

The young lady was shortlisted, but did not win the Palme d'Or.

To win the Palme d'Or, one must surpass the original actress; not to mention surpassing Park Chan-wook, one must at least match her.

Showing off skills and innovation...

Unless it's filmed in one continuous shot, there's not much to show off in Park Chan-wook's "The Lady".

The key to innovation is to take a real gamble!

It's either a milestone or a tragic one!
Modifying the original film from the perspective of someone who has been through it is like standing on the shoulders of giants to innovate.

It can help avoid many mistakes.

There are no castles in the air; I have a very clear plan!
Even if a mistake is made, the original film can still be used to salvage the situation.

You can fail countless times!
However... radical modifications are more suitable for commercial films.

Box office revenue represents the pinnacle of success!

Film critics' feedback and Douban reviews provided a wealth of market feedback and offered numerous insights.

Li Mingyang is quite experienced in modifying existing designs.

Family-friendly! Three words! More suitable for the Dongda Film Market.

Weathering With You is the most typical example.

He even modified the kernel!

But the art film was drastically altered without any original inspiration!

There are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand people.

It's all up to me!

It is my own understanding and sublimation of the art of film!

……

Half past six in the evening.

Cloud-based meeting room.

Directors and screenwriters involved in CJ's film project next year gathered together.

The Outlaws series is arguably the most profitable film series in South Korea.

Four films with over 4 million views!
Yi Sun-sin's trilogy, with The Admiral: Myeongnyang topping the box office, while the other two, Hansan: The Dawn of the Dragon and Noryang: The Sea of ​​Death, had disappointing box office results.

As a South Korean paparazzi, Song Do-won has a special understanding of chaebols, prosecutors, police officers, and gangs.

Just as the war with Lotte begins, he's been making preparations in Yanbian Street recently. Once the war is over, there's no need for any prior preparations; filming can start immediately.

The actors are all readily available; it's a real gang!
Li Mingyang is prepared to entrust this wildly popular crime drama to him.

As a crime action film, the most important element of The Outlaws is not the director, but Ma Dong-seok, the actor who played One-Punch Man.

The Outlaws series, four movies, three directors, but Ma Dong-seok remains the same!
Ma Dong-seok has grown so much in the last two years!
At Li Mingyang's recommendation, he filmed one movie after another, and his physique became increasingly robust.

He's almost like a crime-ridden city now, and he's gotten a bit bigger than when he was in Train to Busan.

Aside from crime-ridden cities.

Lee Myung-yang also prepared Train to Busan for Ma Dong-seok. It was this movie that made him famous, transforming him from a supporting actor into an action star and becoming a Chungmuro ​​action superstar.

Of the three movies he filmed this year, he mostly played minor supporting roles in "New World," and his appearances in "Goodbye" were brief. He wasn't in "Seoul Spring."

He's a contracted actor with Bouquet CJ after all; it's time to give him resources!
For Train to Busan, Lee Myung-yang plans to film it himself.

The director of Train to Busan is Yeon Sang-ho.

In 2006, he created the animated film "Seoul Station," which was the prototype for "Train to Busan."

Making this movie was originally quite troublesome.

However... Ah-Huo did the best thing ever in coming to Korea, which was to visit Studio DaDaShow, an animation company.

The owner of this company is Yan Shanghao.

He was the screenwriter for Train to Busan.

This saved Li Mingyang a lot of trouble.

The harmonious censorship structure of Dongda Film Academy makes it difficult for any director to get through.

Of course, Li Mingyang felt it was not easy.

For example, Lu Yang, although he snatched the Golden Rooster Award for his directorial debut that should have been given to him, never thought of making a film about Brotherhood of Blades.

The Koreans don't have this concern.

My own pleasure is the most important thing!

Train to Busan and Outlaw City are the two most important Korean film projects at next year's ChinaJoy.

In addition, there is The Witch 2 and more than twenty low-budget films.

Miss is a project of CJ and China Film Group.

Li Mingyang communicated with the group for more than three hours, mainly discussing issues related to the script, behind-the-scenes work, and the actors' schedules.

Every project has its share of problems, and the root of these problems mainly lies in the investment.

One type of director and screenwriter felt the investment was too small.

Li Mingyang was very strict about this, refusing to give more money and forbidding everyone from seeking new investment.

He's using a strategy of achieving big results with small investments.

He cited his own experience as an example, noting that his debut film was a low-budget but high-impact project.

Only those who achieve great success with limited resources are qualified to discuss large-scale productions.

He promised each director and screenwriter that if a low-budget film was successful, he would multiply the profit margin by 5 million won as an investment in their next film.

As for the actors' salaries, they have to negotiate them themselves; neither Flower Bouquet CJ nor CJ will help them negotiate.

The benefits were well-deserved, but it's impossible to please everyone. Each person's desires, ambitions, and dreams are different…

Whining and babbling is pointless.

Li Mingyang acted domineeringly and ended the meeting.

They kept Song Duyuan behind and asked him about gang matters.

The allied gang has withdrawn from the Spider Cave.

Song Do-won's strategy was to retreat in order to advance, allowing Lotte to reopen so he could directly seize women. Ultimately, the sex industry comes down to women; territory comes second.

He had spoken with the other major players in the Spider Cave, and they agreed to stand by and do nothing as long as it didn't affect their business.

"You're quite cunning," Li Mingyang said with a smile.

"We can't reason with the minors, but we have to follow the rules with everyone else. It'll be over in less than ten days," Song Duyuan said confidently.

Li Mingyang poured two glasses of wine and handed one to Song Duyuan, saying, "Then I'll be waiting to hear your good news."

Song Duyuan accepted the wine glass with both hands. "Director Li, just you wait and see!"

Li Mingyang nodded, and after Song Duyuan left, he called Kim Jaejoon to ask him about Lotte's movements.

Kim Jae-joon was unwilling to talk about it.

However, only after Li Mingyang promised him a large sum of money did he agree to introduce Li Mingyang to the prosecutor of Fengtiandong.

At 11:30 p.m., Li Mingyang met with the prosecutor from Fengtiandong and Jin Zaijun in a small bar in the alley downstairs from the company.

The two sides talked for about ten minutes, and then the other party left. Before leaving, he did not take the suitcase that Li Mingyang had prepared, which contained a service fee of 100 million yuan.

"Does this guy think he's not getting enough money?" Lee Myung-yang asked Kim Jae-joon.

Kim Jae-joon took a sip of his drink, lowered his head and thought for a while before saying, "It has nothing to do with money... He has probably been completely bought off by Lotte. If you want to gain a foothold in the Spider Cave, you have to replace all the prosecutors and police officials who are inclined to Lotte with your own people."

Li Mingyang frowned deeply. "It's just one piece of land, why is it so troublesome?"

"Making money in the sex industry is too easy."

"Approximately how much will it cost?"

"Several trillion won."

"Several trillion won? Did I hear that right? Where would I get so much money?!"

"If I can take it a step further, the problem will be much easier to solve."

Li Mingyang chuckled, and Kim Jae-jun finally revealed his ambition.

The rise of Kaka to power foreshadows a change in internal power dynamics.

There are multiple factions within the prosecutor's office, and they also place bets on each other.

They have no choice but to act; prosecutors have so much power and can mobilize resources no less than those of members of parliament.

During elections, they all have to bet on their own faction.

The winners naturally become the core of power, while the losers... might have to work on a sewing machine.

The purge of power is systemic.

Kim Jae-joon's superior is Samsung.

However, the opponent is old and in poor health, so even if he wins, he will have to withdraw.

I'm already looking for a partner.

Kim Jae-joon is one of them.

"I can help you and provide you with financial support."

"Besides money, I also need Li Meijin's support."

"If Kaka publicly humiliates her, and she helps you, won't it backfire?"

Lee Mi-jin has recently become a devoted follower of Ms. Park, spending money and effort on her and going to great lengths to support her. She, who rarely attends public events, has taken the initiative to stand up for Ms. Park.

CJ's media outlets and television stations are singing her praises. It turns out that those who mocked and ridiculed her on the show have all been fired by CJ.

Ms. Park enjoyed all the benefits CJ brought her, attending events and banquets, but she didn't give Lee Mi-jin any face at all.

Group photos always end up with scraps, often cut off or only half of the body is left.

Compared to Lee Mi-jin.

Attorney Moon has really treated Lee Jae-yong quite well...

"No matter what, Li Meijin is a chaebol, and chaebols are very difficult to bring down..."

Aside from being a little greedy, Kim Jae-joon has no bad habits and has been a great help to him.

The cooperation has been quite pleasant so far!
Li Mingyang thought for a moment and was about to call Li Meijin to arrange a meeting.

Boss Zhao called.

Li Mingyang assumed that her call was a gesture of concern during the holidays, since New Year's Day would be just over ten minutes away.

No.

She actually came to Korea?
……

Kaka, the leader of South Korea, wields immense power, enough to suppress chaebols.

Until Rikka used business tactics to govern the country, making the chaebols too fat...

During his time in power, the chaebols once controlled more than 80% of the national economy—it was unbelievable!

The hole they dug was too big; what are the other successors supposed to do now...?

Even Koreans know about the problem of South Korea's economy being entrenched by conglomerates.

Quan Xiaojiang did an excellent job. How good?

The crackdown on conglomerates did not destroy the economy; on the contrary, it boosted it!

Lu Baima was the weakest, but he managed to stabilize the situation, though he lacked the ruthless methods of a tyrant.

They were forced into this situation by the conglomerates!

Then Kim Jong-un came up.

This person cannot be mentioned. In order to deal with the chaebols, he opened up the domestic market and allowed foreign capital to enter without discrimination, which triggered a frenzy of foreign capital inflow.

Then came the 97 financial crisis, and the US swallowed up South Korea.

If a chaebol goes bankrupt, the entire South Korean economy collapses!

It's the same familiar taste, the same familiar recipe. Kaka wants to bring down the chaebol, but bringing down the chaebol will destabilize the national economy.

Then Da Zhong came up with very clear goals: first, to regain control of the financial sector; and second, to demand transparency from the chaebols.

This drastic measure not only revitalized the South Korean economy but also pulled the chaebols back from the brink of bankruptcy.

Furthermore, regaining control of the financial sector and making the conglomerates more transparent is a brilliant move.

But we can't get rid of the Americans!
The era of Chaebol 2.0 has arrived!

Just then, Lukaka came up!

He's awesome... truly awesome!
The first thing he did upon taking office was to finalize the "Special Law on Clarifying the Truth about Anti-National Acts Under Forced Occupation," in which Park Gak-ka of the Miracle on the Han River was singled out as the primary target.

Subsequently, the "Public Opinion Reform Law" was finalized.

The restrictions on news control and monopoly were aimed at completely separating the state's discourse power from the financial groups.

After doing these two things, Lukaka officially launched his "war" against the tycoons!
The first to pull out the sacrificial vessel was Samsung.

But no success.

The head of the Samsung Group was prosecuted for illegally transferring management rights and sentenced to three years in prison, but suspended for five years. In South Korea, a suspended sentence means exemption from punishment.

What followed was a series of games.

The most tragic thing in modern times!
But in the end, Lukaka still failed.

After he was taken away, he was purged. He himself didn't care, but he did it for the sake of his relatives and friends.

Finally, he jumped off a cliff to show his resolve, leaving behind the words: History will give me a fair evaluation!

He truly deserves the respect of the Koreans.

Next up is Li Kaka...

The former president of Hyundai Construction Group, during his tenure, constantly apologized to the people.

For Li Kaka, South Korea is like a company. And what's the most important thing for a company? Of course, it's making a profit!
And what price can be paid for making a profit? Of course, any price!
Before Li Kaka, there were others like Lukaka who had the ability to compete with conglomerates, although they lost.

After Li Kaka, there was no way to turn the tide against the unprecedentedly powerful conglomerate.

This year, Ms. Park arrived, at the beginning of her term.

She said: "I have no parents, no husband, and no children. The country is the only thing I want to serve."

His words moved countless South Koreans.

But she has a best friend!

Miss Park is also a person with great ambition and a passionate heart!

Faced with this mess, she had no choice but to focus on economic development.

Whoever comes to power must do business with the University of Tokyo and expand trade!
This is the will of the chaebol!
Li Mingyang didn't actually intend to get too involved, because he couldn't stay in South Korea for long.

But as a director from Dongda University, he also achieved extraordinary success in the Korean entertainment industry, becoming the highest-grossing director in Korean film history!

Choi Dong-hoon is the top South Korean director in film history for the first half of the year.

The director of The Thieves.

2800 million visits!
The second is Yin Jijun, whose concept is that form is emptiness.

Third is Kang Woo-seok, Silmido.

Time taken! One year!
This record is unbreakable.

Whether it's Hollywood or South Korea itself.

As his influence in the Korean entertainment industry grew, he inevitably became involved, even if he didn't want to.

People in the arena involuntarily.

Especially in South Korea, a country where conglomerates, politics, gangs, movies, and idols are all intertwined!

Oh, and kimchi too!

January 1, 2013, a little after 1 a.m.

Itaewon, a nightclub.

The private room is decorated in an American style.

On a small round table, three steaming cups of coffee sit on a brown solid wood round coffee table.

Li Mingyang and Li Meijin sat facing each other, with Boss Zhao, who had come from China, sitting between them.

Kim Jae-joon stood aside, speaking eloquently, seeking help from Lee Mi-jin.

Lee Mi-jin didn't make any promises to Kim Jae-joon, only asking him to go to CJ Group at 5 pm today, and she would give him five minutes.

As soon as Kim Jae-joon left, Boss Zhao asked, "Chairman Lee, what exactly is the grudge between you and Shin Kaka?"

"Different stances."

There were no outsiders in the private room. The usually composed Boss Zhao went straight to the point: "At this point, I need the truth from you. Who really calls the shots in CJ's entertainment business?"

(End of this chapter)