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However, Kim Ho-sik likes Jun Ji-hyun very much. In his words, ever since he saw Jun Ji-hyun in Samsung's dance commercial, he can't forget it.

In order to show respect for him as the author of the original work, everyone embarked on the road of contacting Jun Zhixian.

Jeon Ji-hyun is not very popular at this time, but a newcomer strongly promoted by Sdus Company. He was born as a model. He has acted in two TV series "Happy Time" and "My Heart Ripples", but they are not the protagonists. He has acted in two movies, " White "Qingren" Festival" and "Unreachable Lovers".

At the same time, she also serves as the host of the SBS pop song list. In Korea, she is a relatively well-known newcomer.

Knowing that there is a national film company that is planning to choose a movie heroine in South Korea, Sdus company is very enthusiastic.The most famous entertainment programs in South Korea during this period are not movies or songs, but Korean dramas.Since CCTV broadcasted the Korean drama "What is Love" in 97, which caused a sensation, Korean dramas immediately became the main means of strategy for Korean film and television companies, and they all wanted to squeeze into the virgin entertainment market in China.

However, with so many companies in South Korea, not every company can enter the mainland market. Sdus company is a bitter force that failed to enter the Chinese market.

Now that Dandelion Films came, Sdus immediately saw an opportunity.

"Director Wan Xiaohu, welcome to visit Sdus Company. Our Sdus is a comprehensive entertainment company with a new concept. It has many branches and its fields span music, video and print advertisements. It is trying to establish an all-round three-dimensional operation in the recording industry. Model, to create a brand-new system. We have already started the production of movies and TV dramas, and I believe that Sdus will become the best entertainment company in Korea in the near future.”

Zheng Xuntuo, director of the first business department of Sdus Company, warmly introduced that he is the second in command of Sdus Company, responsible for the record business and brokerage business, and Jeon Ji-hyun is his signed artist.

With the help of officials from the Chinese embassy in Seoul, Wan Xiaohu easily contacted Sdus Company. After confirmation by the staff of the embassy, ​​Zheng Xuntuo also knew that Wan Xiaohu was a cutting-edge director in China. very.

"Our Dandelion Film Company is a small entertainment company in the Mainland. However, we have a deep background in the Mainland, and we have a contracted director like Director Wan Xiaohu who has unlimited potential. The growth is limitless." In order to increase his confidence, Li Xia casually boasted Blow.

It can't be considered bragging, Su Ya is the third generation of red, and Wan Xiaohu's potential is indeed unlimited.

"This time, we are mainly selecting the heroine for "My Sassy Girl", hoping to find a suitable candidate from your company. At the same time, we are also looking forward to "My Sassy Girl" being able to cooperate with a Korean company to promote the market. It is a movie adapted from a best-selling novel in Korea, and I believe it will do a lot in Korea.” Wan Xiaohu said with a smile.

"We very much hope to cooperate with a company with great growth potential, and we hope to co-produce "My Sassy Girlfriend" with Dandelion Company." Zheng Xuntuo nodded with a smile, "Our company's young female artists, Kim Sha Lang, Kim Hye Jin, Jung Joo-yeon and Cai Lin are both good, we can arrange an audition."

Wan Xiaohu nodded: "The original author of the movie, I really like your Jun Ji-hyun, I hope she can come to audition."

"Okay, I'll arrange it now."

South Korea has an artist trainee system. Many artists have not made their debut, and they are training in entertainment companies while going to school.Although Jun Ji-hyun made his debut, he has not given up his studies. He just entered Dongguk University this year, studying drama and video.

At the audition on the second day, Wan Xiaohu saw this Korean actress who became popular all over the country.

Jun Ji-hyun's popularity in the mainland is divided into two parts, the first time is the storm of Sassy Girlfriend, and the second time is eating beer and fried chicken with the professor, "You Who Came from the Star".

In the performance hall, actresses such as Jeon Ji Hyun, Kim Sha Rang, Kim Hye Jin, Jung Joo Yeon, and Cai Lin stood in a row to accept auditions.

Zheng Xuntuo said: "This is the director Wan Xiaohu from China. His new movie "My Sassy Girl" needs to choose one of you as the heroine. Please be sure to perform well."

The actresses immediately bowed to Wan Xiaohu: "Hi, director."

The eight young girls lined up neatly, all bowed ten degrees, this feeling made Wan Xiaohu extremely proud.Of course, this complacency was not revealed, Wan Xiaohu nodded majesticly.

Zheng Xuntuo said to Wan Xiaohu: "Wan Dao, can we start?"

Wan Xiaohu didn't understand Korean, nodded, and then said to Zhao, "Ask them, have you seen "My Sassy Girl?"

All the actresses nodded, expressing that they had seen it.

For those who haven’t watched it in time, I probably made up for it when I received the notification last night. The competition in the Korean entertainment industry is very fierce, and the artists are very serious about their homework.

"Since you have read this novel, you should understand how the heroine is going to play. As a person, I choose actors with a lot of feeling. When I feel it, I will directly confirm it, instead of competing for the best acting skills. You each prepare and then choose To perform a part of the story in the book, to perform the barbaric atmosphere that Song Mingxi's character should have, understand?"

"Understood, director."

The actresses got ready quickly and began to perform one by one.

After one morning, the candidate was confirmed.

Not surprisingly, Wan Xiaohu chose Jun Zhixian.

He had seen the original version, had a preconceived impression, and felt that no one was more suitable to play the heroine than her.

"Jeon Ji-hyun, after a decision, I formally invite you to be the heroine of "My Sassy Girl." In Zheng Xuntuo's office, Wan Xiaohu extended his hand to Jeon Ji-hyun.

Quan Zhixian pointed at himself in surprise, and with Zheng Xuntuo's confirmation, he held Wan Xiaohu's hand in surprise: "Thank you director, do I need to go to China to make a movie?"

"Of course, it may delay your studies."

"It's okay, our Sdus company will coordinate her study with Dongguk University. Jeon Ji-hyun, if you go abroad to shoot a movie, the company will send someone to take care of your daily life, don't worry." Zheng Xuntuo promised.

In this way, the first actor of the crew of "My Sassy Girl" is in place.

Zhao Cheng and others from Huayi Brothers were still promoting movies in South Korea, and Wan Xiaohu didn't stay long after completing a few tasks.Signed a contract with Jeon Ji Hyun, and made an appointment to let her come to China again after the crew started work.

Everyone set off to return.

0117【Old Times Rating】

After returning to China, Wan Xiaohu was immediately enveloped by a wave of news.

The box office of the second week of "Butterfly Effect" was released, 1400 million, a significant drop from the first week, but the total box office still exceeded 4100 million, becoming the box office champion of domestic commercial films.

Some media have already given Wan Xiaohu the title of "New Hope for Chinese Films", plus the noisy title of "Master of Domestic Science Fiction Films" when it was promoted, and even the highly praised "Bearer of the First Generation Director". "The Butterfly Effect" has the potential to be a god.

Domestic films have been hungry for a long time, and it is rare to produce a first-class commercial film.

Coupled with Huayi Brothers' hype and solid box office backing, the media has no scruples at all when it blows up.

Of course, in the face of these flattery, Wan Xiaohu still has some self-knowledge.If you count Hollywood, Hong Kong movies, theme movies, and "Shaolin Temple" back then, the achievement of "Butterfly Effect" is nothing at all.

A "Titanic" raked in 3.59 million yuan in the mainland, "True Lies", "Simple Mission", "Life and Death Choice", and "Shaolin Temple" all existed with more than [-] million yuan. "Who Am I" and "Saving Private Ryan" are close to [-] million.

"There has been a lot of publicity in the past two weeks, but the drop in the box office is also a bit large. In addition, many county-level movie theaters have obtained pirated copies. Even if we strictly investigate, we can't stop the piracy. In the future For a period of time, it's hard to say whether it can get 1000 million box office."

In the office of Huayi Brothers, Wang Zhonglei told Wan Xiaohu about the sales of the movie during this period: "However, the release in Hong Kong has already started, and the box office data is not yet known. However, according to the news from Huanyu, the release situation is OK. In Southeast Asia, many copies have also been sold, and Korea and Japan are still in contact. Overall, "Butterfly Effect" far exceeded our expectations, and the mainland alone has made a lot of money."

"To be honest, I can't believe that I can get such a high box office in the mainland." Wan Xiaohu said sincerely.

Although he knew that "Butterfly Effect" was a good movie, he also knew that the box office of "Butterfly Effect" did not seem to be too popular in the last track.In his mind, "Butterfly Effect" belongs to the kind of movie that has a good reputation but a small market.When I wanted to shoot "Butterfly Effect", I just wanted this classic to be born in my own hands, and I didn't have much luxury for making money.

Who would have thought that it would receive a lot of enthusiasm from the audience in the mainland.

Wang Zhonglei laughed: "Don't underestimate the domestic audience's interest in watching movies. Although pirated discs are serious now, and the real ones are really good, the audience is still willing to go to the cinema to watch movies. Moreover, it's not that ordinary people don't have money, they can only say that the market is not good. Well, that doesn’t mean there can’t be exceptions, two years ago a tertiary shipwreck film could earn more than [-] million yuan, and everyone can clearly see how big the market potential is.”

"The potential is great, but it's hard to develop. Without three to five years of struggle, the mainland market can't get up." Wan Xiaohu nodded.

"That's right, the market is too deformed now, piracy and concealment are prevalent, and there are people with pink eyes." Wang Zhonglei sneered, "You have been in Korea these days, and you don't know that if we didn't suppress the newspapers, These are all critics of The Butterfly Effect."

"What's going on?" Wan Xiaohu was startled.

"What else can it do, I have a red eye disease. At the beginning when the box office didn't come out, everyone was happy. Even if the Golden Rooster Awards didn't give much face, they gave three special prizes as consolation. For "Butterfly Effect", say good things There are a lot of them. Now when the box office comes out, you are popular and we make money, some people can't stand it anymore and start cursing."

"How did you scold?"

"Come and go, that's the thing, how I scolded Feng Xiaogang in the past, how I scold you now. It is said that "Butterfly Effect" is vulgar. It made such a rigorous subject matter of science fiction into a romance film. People don't care enough, and the theme is vulgar. And What to say, you and Feng Xiaogang are of the same school, they are both kitsch in the market, throwing away the artistic accomplishment of filmmakers, and a lot of long-winded. Fortunately, there are still people who understand, knowing that movies will ultimately depend on box office support, let’s press it again , and finally suppressed this voice. However, you have to be mentally prepared, the box office has already been squeezed out, and our publicity will soon be pulled, and this pull will not be suppressed."