[Entertainment] Otome's game
Chapter 321
A good distribution company for a film is often more important than a good production company.
To use a simple metaphor, the production company is responsible for producing products, and the distribution company is responsible for selling them.
As South Korea's leading media empire, CJ has distribution resources, and Jin Roujia finally saw in South Korea the strength of the so-called pillar industries of a country, as well as truly knowledgeable partners.
CJ is in charge of the project leader of "Buried Alive" is a young brother named Choi Sang-woo, with a square face, a strong body, a typical Korean appearance, but a good temperament.When I met Jin Roujia in a suit and leather shoes, if he had not introduced himself as 29 years old, Jin Roujia would have thought he was 35, and he was dressed too maturely.
But at the age of 29, in terms of seniority in this line of work, he is very young.
Because Cui Shangyu is young, Bong Junhao, who is the middleman, is afraid that Jin Roujia will misunderstand that young people can't do things, so he specially educates her about it. This person has a lot of background.
The locals who returned from studying abroad went to the New York Film Academy (one of the top ten film schools in the world) from China with a CJ scholarship. After graduation, they went to Columbia Pictures for two years and returned to CJ for less than a year. three projects.They are all literary films, all of which have passed the profit and loss point, and they have some tricks.
Feng Junhao said, this guy is very good at using small things to make big gains, especially good at creating momentum, he is a rookie in the circle.After Feng Pangpang finished speaking, he patted Jin Roujia on the shoulder, saying that the movie will be released, and she will also be a popular rookie in the circle.
When rookies and rookies met each other for the first time, they were not familiar with each other, and they had to face Boss Pei first, with a business-like attitude, and signed the contract first.
The second meeting between rookie and rookie was not very enthusiastic. It was the day when the three parties signed a contract. Jin Roujia felt that the little brother seemed a little tame, but the bargaining price was not as fierce as Boss Pei.The other party felt that the director was a little bored, she didn't speak from the beginning to the end, a little worried that this is a type with great artistic talent but not very good at getting along with people.
It must be said that there are a lot of directors in the industry who are good at making movies but not good at interpersonal communication, especially for newcomers.After mixing for a long time and becoming an old fritter, the social skills that should be available will come online.
The third meeting of the rookies was at the CJ headquarters.It is still a three-party meeting, the employer is also there, the director is also there, and of course the distributor is there.
Everyone got together to talk about the publisher's initial plan, what channel, what method, and what promotion points to use to promote the film.
In the first half of this meeting, Jin Roujia was in a daze with her eyes open for most of the first half.To be honest, she doesn't know much about distribution, but she understands the general direction, but she still has to rely on professionals for more details.
Director Jin gave himself the reason that, as an ordinary little genius, her talent is in storytelling, and it is reasonable for her not to understand how it works.She is not a god, how could she know everything!
Director Jin, who couldn't possibly know everything, tried his best to keep himself from falling asleep, until the halftime of the meeting, half of the people in the room went out to smoke, and the other half were discussing the content of the meeting.The core decision-making people are greeting each other, such as Boss Bae, S/M representative, and Choi Sang-woo.
Originally, there should be Jin Roujia in the greeting team, but she couldn't take it anymore, she was so bored that she almost fell asleep, and then she was nagging a bunch of old men that she could really fall asleep, so she used urine to escape them.
The fleeing Jin Roujia had nowhere to go, let's go to the reception room, those who knew why she came would either ask her what she wanted to drink or what she wanted.When I went to other places, people who didn't know her saw that she didn't have a work badge, so they kindly asked her who she was looking for and if she needed help.
She didn't want to go to the smoking place, and the office was full of people, so she couldn't go anywhere, so she had to go to the stairwell where no one was there.
There was a closed window on the outer wall of the stairwell, and the early spring sunshine poured from the window onto the steps. Jin Roujia felt that the place was warm, so she sat there leaning against the wall to bask in the sun.This exposure brought Cui Shangyu to the exposure, she fell asleep in the exposure, and waited for a long time for the meeting, the director was gone.
Jin Roujia was not woken up by someone, and Cui Shangyu didn't call her, not only didn't call her, but also contributed his shoulders, which meant to sleep with her forever.
After waking up in a daze, Jin Roujia first saw the tablet on the lap of the brother next door, and there were large paragraphs of English in the tablet.
Jin Roujia, whose head was still on someone's shoulder, blinked, dazed for a while, and heard the phrase 'Are you awake? Only then did I come back to my senses and get up from his shoulders.
Director Jin was so embarrassing, he fell asleep in the stairwell during the meeting, wouldn't it be embarrassing!Cui Shangyu is not embarrassed, not only not embarrassed, but also uses this very normal attitude to help her relieve the embarrassment, telling her that the meeting will continue, if she wants to go back, she can go back, and it doesn't matter if she doesn't want to go back.
The management has already left, and the rest are the people below who are in touch. It doesn't matter if she goes or not.
Jin Roujia really didn't want to go, but it seemed impolite not to go, the management could leave, she, the director, should be there.I don't know if it was her attitude of not wanting to go that was discovered by the brother next door, or if the other party is really a genius, anyway, Cui Shangyu said.
"The meeting was too detailed. You don't need to know such details. Let me briefly tell you about the core of the project. If I don't make it clear, you can interrupt me at any time to ask, can you?"
What else is there to say, it must be possible!
Afterwards, Jin Roujia realized that something was wrong. The younger brother seemed to think she was a fool, which was wrong. It should be said that she was Xiaobai.The other party seemed to be very afraid that she would not understand what he said, and was even more afraid that she would misunderstand, so he talked about a lot of popular science for a long paragraph, and then got to the point in a roundabout way.
As a commercial project, there are routines for film promotion, and the most direct routine is to find a project that matches the target.
This is the same as saying that entrepreneurial projects go to fool investors. Our project is benchmarking against such projects, such as Taobao/Baobao’s benchmarking against Amazon.Knowing this, it is easy to understand Cui Shangyu's plan. He wants to find a director who can match the target for Jin Roujia.
The chosen director was Hong Sang-soo, not because the two sides had the same creative style, but simply because the other side was easy to bully.You can use the heat of the other party to rub, and if you rub it, you won't have any trouble to understand.
As a director, Jin Roujia is an unknown person, no matter whether it is inside or outside the circle, there is no such person.The male protagonist of the film is also the only actor Zhu Zhixun who showed up, and he can't carry out large-scale publicity. From the perspective of "people", "Buried Alive" has no publicity points, and it is necessary to avoid the audience's interest in "people" as much as possible.
I won’t talk about the reasons why I can’t be interested in Zhu Zhixun. The reason why I can’t be interested in Jin Roujia is that she is too beautiful. It’s okay for a beautiful director to do publicity stunts, but that’s the way to promote a commercial film. As long as it can attract attention, the distributor can do anything.But "Buried Alive" is not the path of a commercial film, and Cui Shangyu doesn't want to take that path, it's too low.
People can't promote, so they can only promote the work itself, but how to promote the work itself is also a problem.
It just so happened that Hong Sang-soo had a self-written and directed film to be released this year. It was also a literary film, and the other party was also planning to export to domestic sales. Cui Sang-yu was going to take advantage of his popularity.
The biggest publicity point of that movie was Hong Sang-soo, [-]% of the audience went to the theater because of Hong Sang-soo's name.Then they can do the same, as long as "Buried Alive" is related to that work, go to the same film festival, and then use the point of going abroad as a debut/female work to attract audiences, then the project will be interesting.
If the box office results are not good, Choi Sang-woo is going to talk about the end of Korean movies, alarmist talk about the death of art, and trick the audience into buying tickets.If the box office results are okay, then their plan is to step on Hong Sang-soo to rise to the top, the rise of newcomers, what a good topic.
Cui Shangyu, who has said a long list in this way, seems to be very worried that Jin Roujia will misunderstand. This is a routine publicity routine, not for anyone, and the other party can use their projects to play tricks. It's hot together.This is definitely not a fight with director Hong Sang-soo, isn't it a coincidence.
While listening to the entire paragraph, Jin Roujia's only thought was, "Don't you think this project has a small profit point?"There is no problem with the tricks, but there is a strong taste of not having enough money and only playing tricks.
Cui Shangyu was taken aback for a moment, he was not Xiaobai if he could ask such a question, did he still know something, and said in another way, "I have another project in hand, and the resources that can be allocated to this project are limited. Our company's You should be clear about the situation, in terms of training newcomers, we generally only connect with the teams we cultivated."
Jin Roujia understood right away that it was true that Feng Junhao had found someone to help him, but the person who helped him didn't plan to push her with all his strength, and the amount of money he could make from pushing such a small project was limited.The other party's family has a big business, and there are plenty of resources, but they don't have to be used by her. She is not her own, she is just pushed by favors, and it is not easy to shirk.
Jin Roujia, who understood, sighed secretly, and muttered while holding her chin, "The announced budget is as high as [-] million, so it's not bad."
Cui Shangyu, who pursed his lips and smiled, thought the little girl was very interesting. He thought she would mind the fact that the project had to compete with Hong Sangsu, but he did not expect that she could see the essence through the phenomenon, and the publicity with insufficient budget could only play tricks.
Since the little girl was interesting, Cui Shangyu told her the truth, "I think your project can be a big one, but unfortunately it's not our company's project." But only part of the money can be divided, so why bother.
Film distribution does not take money from the production company, but divides the account after the film is released.It stands to reason that if everyone divides the money, the issuer can earn back the money invested.The criterion for evaluating whether a movie can make money is not whether watching the movie itself is a good movie, that is just one of the criteria, and more depends on the acceptance of the market.
"Buried Alive" is at a disadvantage. The director is a newcomer, the actor is a bad actor, and the theme is a thriller that usually cannot be sold at a price.The combination of the three, plus the fact that the film was not invested by his own company, made Cui Shangyu take a conservative approach.
The commercial market is not gambling, it is to accurately play the way to make money as much as possible according to the cards in hand.No one can guarantee that a certain movie will definitely make money, so you must be prepared to lose a lot if it doesn't make money.
At this point, the two rookies have gotten to know each other, and both feel that the other is interesting.Jin Roujia's impression of her little brother is that his professional ability is fine.Cui Shangyu's impression of the girl is that it is easier to communicate than imagined.
Let’s not talk about how certain directors make their films, it’s true that self-confidence must go to heaven.All day long, he thought that his talents were underappreciated, and he didn't think about why the issuer was throwing money at him, and he complained about the injustice of God. The businessman only wanted to make money, and he didn't have any vision at all!
It's funny, businessmen don't want to make money, what about playing art?
Cui Shangyu looks down on the kind of director whose heart is higher than the sky and whose fate is thinner than paper. It's rare to meet a talented man who doesn't play the trick of hating the rich, so the impression is very good.
When the impression is good, the communication will be smooth, and the relationship will be close when the communication is smooth, and the relationship will be easy to say anything.
At the end of spring and early summer, Jin Roujia perfected the new script and was waiting for the money to come in to start a new project. During this time, she invited her to dinner from time to time, which made her think that the other party fell in love with her beautiful guy, and threw an olive branch to recruit her. Enter CJ.
I fucking thought you were picking on me, but you fell in love with my talent?
The eyesight is very good, the thought is too beautiful!
Recently, Jin Roujia, who had bottomed out her wallet, pointed to a group of men who helped her. He Zhengyu was one of them. This brother invited her to eat meat from time to time, so he could be called a parent.Li Cangdong is also one. He is very interested in her script and most likely wants to be her producer.The other one is Cui Shangyu, she really thought that the other party was interested in her.
When the work comes out, the project needs to be promoted in the mainstream market. Jin Roujia dare not go outside to pick up odd jobs, that will become her dark history.She can't do anything, but can only consume her savings. She doesn't have much money, and she is getting poorer, so she can only rely on handouts.
The contact between the distribution and the director is more or less, but their projects don’t have much contact with them. It’s still the same problem, the investment is small.The project is so small, why bother.The distributor who has nothing to worry about often asks her out for dinner, of course she will think wrong.
It was another day when Jin Roujia was going to eat instant noodles at home for dinner, and Cui Shangyu called to make an appointment for dinner. Director Jin had already thought about it before going, and made it clear to others after the meal that I am not interested in you.
Who would have thought that it was wrong to chat about Jin Roujia at the dinner table, the other party kept talking to her about CJ's director training plan, thinking about it carefully, this buddy seemed to have said this more than once, this is not right!
Jin Roujia, who was holding the lettuce and putting beef jelly on the vegetable leaves, looked suspiciously at the talkative guy, "Are you trying to trick me into signing with CJ?"
"Why are you talking about fooling around? Is our company not good?"
"Fuck!"
"There's no need to be so annoying."
Jin Roujia, who rolled her eyes, scolded herself for being self-indulgent. Isn't she becoming a beauty? If there are too many people chasing after her, there will be misunderstandings.She stuffed the vegetable-wrapped meat into her mouth first, then chewed to digest the embarrassment, and waited until the meat was swallowed before entering the topic.
"I don't sign a company, so there's nothing to talk about."
"why?"
Because there are too many pits to step on!
Jin Roujia, who couldn't explain the reason, gave the reason, "I have a book in my hand that I am preparing to make. Teacher Li Cangdong is very interested. Compared with CJ, I am more inclined to the teacher."
Cui Shangyu, who was holding a wine glass and was about to drink, put down the wine glass when he heard this, "You have a book to make, have you ever thought about me?" He gestured to the meat on the plate with his eyes, "Brother treats you badly?"
Jin Roujia smiled, "CJ and Li Cangdong, you let me choose CJ?"
"Definitely choose us." Cui Shangyu didn't think there was a problem with this, "We are the largest producer in China, and the distribution is also the largest. Mr. Li Cangdong is very good, but you two directors still need to distribute the work after filming. You release it yourself. It’s better to provide one-stop service, starting from the production.”
Wow~ It sounds nice.
"Okay, I'm looking for you, how much can you budget?" Jin Roujia stopped back with one sentence, "Ten billion, can I give?"
Cui Shangyu, who toasted her modestly, told her not to make trouble, "Are you going to follow the process, and give as much as you should."
"That's why I can't believe what you filmmakers say. It sounds good. You want to get involved in any film. You really started to make it. This is not the case." Jin Roujia asked him to step aside, "I want to sign the contract." You guys, the first thing to consider is the market, my book has to write stories according to the market research you gave me, so what kind of movie should I make, just make a TV series."
Film producers are a group of hungry dogs, never full, and always looking forward to the meal.Whenever he met a passable director, he would fool around first, pointing at this group of people to be fooled, and when the contract was signed, the smell of blood would emerge.Want to run again then?Pay the liquidated damages first.
Of course, it is impossible for Cui Shangyu to admit this, but instead said that the little girl thinks too much, "If you are at the level of Teacher Li Cangdong, I will fool you and I will admit it, but now you..." Give her a look to let her experience it, and then Then he said, "I want to invest in you at this time, and that is definitely optimistic about your future."
"Don't worry about it, I'm not very good now, but my future is fine even if you don't need to be optimistic about it." Jin Roujia held the meat in her mouth to make her eyesight look good, but the guy who dreams so beautifully should be sober, "Tell me something practical Well, when will our movie be released, if not, I won’t be able to eat instant noodles.”
This made Cui Shangyu laugh, and after laughing, he told her, "I really like you."
Jin Roujia was slightly taken aback. What she said meant, "I entered the competition?"
Cui Shangyu, who raised his eyebrows and smiled, put a piece of meat in front of her as a gift, and said to the children, "Congratulations, your debut/female film has entered the 66th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland. It is the only one in the circle."
Jin Roujia, who slapped the table with a slap, snatched away the meat from the tip of his chopsticks in one gulp, her back molars worked hard, and her eyes lit up, "I've finally waited for it!"
If it continues, she will starve to death!
Since the name Kim Yoo-ja was born in South Korea, she has been deeply tied to Hong Sang-soo.
Hong Sang-soo went to Switzerland, and she also went to Switzerland.
Before boarding the plane, in the VIP waiting room, the seniors of the juniors pointed at her and laughed, and Jin Roujia was also smiling.Everyone is in the same circle, Cui Shangyu is not using any novel tricks, who doesn't know who.
Hong Sang-soo was not angry, there is nothing to be angry about, they are not celebrities, there is no such thing as saying that if you rub my popularity, you will share my traffic, and there is no big interest entanglement.On the contrary, the seniors are very happy because the juniors can enter the competition unit. It is one thing in the country, and everyone is a Chinese when they go abroad, that is a natural alliance.
As an ally and also as a senior, Hong Sang-soo greeted Jin Roujia to sit with her on the plane and helped her analyze similar competing movies. She has a high probability of winning, depending on the taste of the judges.Jin Roujia is also analyzing with her seniors, and he has a high probability of winning the award.
The chat between the two was flourishing, and they said they wanted to win the film festival in one fell swoop. The two producers who were watching couldn't laugh or cry.
Calculated according to their physical ages, the two directors who had reached the year-end dating setting chatted from getting on the plane to getting off the plane. Hong Sang-soo, who was having a good chat, waved his hand to take Jin Roujia to his hotel.Don't get me wrong, it's not a room, it's him swiping the card to make the new couple live better.
The management of the newcomers is very picky, so picky that the team can only live in a small family-style hotel.The seniors were not very happy and wanted to throw money away.Faced with the "support" proposed by the local tyrant, the girl dragged her luggage and abandoned the team without hesitation. There were not many people in their team.There are only six other actors here, and there are not six of them in total.
Jin Roujia, who happily left with her seniors, spent the happiest two weeks after "Rebirth" for a year and a half. She likes film festivals, and she likes any film festival.
The atmosphere of the film festival is sweet, so beautiful that Jin Roujia can tell him with a smile even when facing an actor who doesn't think he is qualified to win an award at all, and who has been mourning all day long.It's not you who won the award, it's me who won the award, and it has nothing to do with you.
The male actor had nothing to say, and the female director happily wandered around every day. By the way, she went to a wave of interview groups from South Korea to promote the film with Hong Sang-soo.
Until the closing ceremony of the awards, the South Korean reporters mainly interviewed Hong Sang-soo, and the new director was just incidental.No one expected Jin Roujia to win an award, everyone knew that it was her debut/female work, and it would be great to be nominated.
What the reporters were thinking was that after returning to China, the project would participate in some domestic film awards. On the contrary, the probability of Jin Roujia winning the award would be higher because of overseas nominations.Only then is the time to interview new directors, and only then will Jin Roujia be newsworthy.
Unexpectedly, Jin Roujia won the award.
The reporters squatting are all stupid, won the award? ? ?
Awarded.
Jin Roujia, who won the award, did not wear a dress, but stood on the podium in a casual suit, thanking no one but herself.The acceptance speech lasted only 30 seconds, and I thanked myself throughout the whole process, thanked myself for my persistence, thanked my creation, thanked my efforts, and thanked myself all.
As for her acceptance speech, the people in the venue laughed so hard.
Hong Sang-soo told the producer next to him, "If I were 20 years younger, I would definitely chase after this girl!"
The producer who has worked with him for almost ten years squinted at him, "You can catch up with me and eat shit on my head."
Such poisonous words made Hong Sangxiu speechless, "Am I that bad?"
"You should think about it first. If you don't get the award, let's go back and promote it like this."
As for the award, Hong Sang-soo won the award. The best director who won the award and the best debut/female director who won the award were sent back to South Korea by the reporters as the same big news.
Cui Shangyu, who is based in the country, quickly spread the news, ensuring that all places with Hong Sangxiu must have Jin Roujia’s name, and at the same time went to Li Cangdong, wanting to win the production rights of Jin Roujia’s new works first, or the distribution rights.He sincerely believes that this girl's future is worth investing in.
On September 2013, 9, "Buried Alive" premiered ahead of "Our Sun Hee" (Hong Sang-soo's movie), in order to grab the audience's focus.
The news that the first domestic debut/female film won the trophy at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland was uploaded everywhere on social media, and two-thirds of the 5 million publicity expenses were spent on it.It's a pity that the market for art films is still small, so small that the box office on the day of the premiere was only [-] people.
The people who gathered together to wait for the box office statistics on the first day had nothing to say about the pitiful figures. Jin Roujia was a pain in the ass, but it was useless.It was Hong Shangxiu who called her and told her that the number is very good. Isn’t it just the first day? Your investment is small, so don’t worry too much about the profit and loss point.
Many people called Jin Roujia to comfort her. For example, Li Cangdong, who had almost agreed to be the producer of her new work, used himself as an example, saying that the box office belongs to metaphysics, and the audience is basically blind. Don't pay too much attention, like He didn't care much.He also said that if you won the award, the Film Promotion Committee will pay for the film. Even if the box office fails to pass the profit and loss point, they will pay for the copyright separately, so don't worry about not being able to get back the money.
For example, Feng Junhao said that her film is not a commercial film and does not judge success or failure by box office. She is holding the Locarno trophy, which is the first among the newcomers.Domestic newcomers did not win the newcomer award overseas, they were all domestic awards, and she was already famous in the circle.
For example, He Zhengyu said at the beginning that your box office is definitely not as good as mine, but now he is saying, should I promote it for you?
Jin Roujia doesn't believe this evil, art films are not easy to sell, but art films should not only have this audience, what's the matter with 5 people!Cui Shangyu told her that 5 people is a lot. This is a market with only 5000 million people in the whole country. "Buried Alive" is a niche theme, and 5 people is a good start.
"A good start means that you have another move in the future?"
"Yes, I have."
On the second day after the premiere of "Buried Alive", domestic film portals gave recommendations, and the one who endorsed it was Li Cangdong. Hong Sang-soo's upcoming "We Sun Hee."
This recommendation made the film earn more than 3 more at the box office. Jin Roujia was very surprised by Li Cangdong's box office appeal, not because it was too much, but because it was too little. This number is pitiful~
The box office numbers are so pitiful that the box office of "Buried Alive" in the first week can barely exceed the profit and loss point. If you say that the results are bad, it doesn't count. There are very few commercial films that can make profit and loss points so quickly, but the results are good. 19 people, what's the matter?
Jin Roujia has become a Buddha, so she doesn't struggle anymore.
She didn't struggle because Choi Sang-woo made a curve to save the country and pushed the film overseas. With the help of the Film Promotion Committee, she has already won a copyright contract of more than 150 billion, which is only a week's figure.According to this progress, without accident, she can get at least [-] million shares, which is fine, and she can't be too greedy.
What Jin Roujia didn't expect was that on the day the box office passed the profit and loss point, the group of people who called to comfort her before formed a group to call to congratulate her.Jin Roujia really doesn't think there is anything to congratulate, but it seems that the whole world thinks that art films should be congratulated if they exceed the profit and loss point, and it is not bad if they can keep their capital.
"Our Sun Hee", which was regarded as a benchmarking project by Cui Shangyu, was launched on September 9th. The number of premieres was really miserable, 12 people!Six thousand!
Jin Roujia, who went to the premiere and waited with the team for the box office of the premiere, was so shocked by this legendary figure that her jaw dropped.As for Hong Sang-soo, he still said, it’s okay.
What's the matter?Do you Korean filmmakers have such low requirements for the market?
There's nothing you can do if you're not low, what can you do with only so few people?
Choi Sang-woo has a trick. He found a well-known film critic and published a manuscript that art is dead, emphasizing that the Korean film market is hopeless, and this group of audiences is also hopeless.Can get the best director and best debut/female work in Locarno, one of the four major film festivals in Europe!Can't sell at the box office!Can this country be saved? !
I don't know if the country will be saved, and it's true that the audience doesn't buy it very much.
In the third week of "Buried Alive"'s release, the box office finally exceeded 20, and it was able to make some money.
"Our Sun Hee" was released in the first week, and the box office did not reach 2 people. It was miserable~
When other people's movies are released at the same time, they are enemies, fighting each other, endlessly.Kim Yoo-ja and Hong Sang-soo's movies were also released at the same time, and they didn't mean to quarrel at all, they had a very good relationship, and Hong Sang-soo even asked Kim Yoo-ja to climb a mountain.
Before Jin Roujia went, she thought they were a group of the weak and cried bitterly, but when they arrived, they found out that it was an elderly mountaineering team, and a group of young and middle-aged people were in charge of carrying bags.The uncles with bags on the red carpet are all movie kings, and the uncles who are dressed like old people's tour group are all well-known directors.
As one of the few not-so-well-known Jin Roujia, she joined the group alone without tools to carry a bag.For this, Hong Shangxiu was very surprised, where is Zhu Zhixun?
"Zhu Zhixun has nothing to do with me." Jin Roujia was very confused.
Hong Sangsu murmured that the young man had no rules, "You are his director."
Jin Roujia, who wanted to say that the film was completed 800 years ago, was a little slow to realize what the senior meant.The project is not over, as long as the project is not over, Zhu Zhixun should be a person on call.
Anyway, Jin Roujia didn’t have anyone to carry bags, Feng Junhao, who didn’t want to be forced to exercise, rubbed up next to her, dragged her and said that they took the cable car together, and left a group of middle-aged and elderly people from the mountain climbing team to enjoy The way young people travel.
The cable car only reaches halfway up the mountain, and there are shops selling various Chinese local specialties and restaurants around.
Feng Junhao and Jin Roujia, who took the first step, went into the restaurant and waited for others. Jin Roujia was listening to Feng Pangpang's complaints all the time, and the gang of old men had nothing to do, and lied to him to talk about the development of the Film Association next year. Climbing, crazy!
Feng Junhao, who was deeply affected by it, told Jin Roujia with the attitude of someone who has been there, "Next time, you must ask why you came here. If you find something wrong, call me first, and then we will run together."
Jin Roujia couldn't understand, "Can't you escape by yourself?"
This brings us to the disadvantages of a small circle. South Korea is just that big, and the director standing at the top of the pyramid can be counted in two slaps. Anyone can get in touch with anyone.Coupled with the small size of the country, it takes only a few hours from Busan to Seoul, so it is too easy to make an appointment with each other.
"When I have a project, I refuse it, and I refuse it. When I don't have a project, how can I refuse? It's my brother, how rude." Feng Junhao looked at the newly joined maknae, "You have the gender advantage, you know, the long Well, why don’t you say it, little girl, we can’t talk about it, I can’t say it, do you think I can make it down the mountain alive?”
It seems to be such a reason, just as Jin Roujia wanted to comfort him, the phone rang.
Cui Shangyu called, saying that a religious leader criticized "Buried Alive" during their own religious gathering. He got the video and asked Jin Roujia if he had the courage to take a gamble.
Jin Roujia, who had no idea about this thing, didn't understand, "What's the bet?"
"Betting that if someone opposes, someone will support. Extreme religious people will attack us, and correspondingly, other people will support us." Cui Shangyu explained to her, "There are conflicts between sects and sects, and there are also conflicts between religious believers and non-religious people. , that's our chance."
Jin Roujia, who probably understood, asked him, "Do I have to pay anything?"
"Extremists will attack you."
"Hit someone?"
"Maybe, but it's more scolding, and there will be curses if it is serious."
"bet!"
Jin Roujia, who believes in nothing but herself, has never been afraid of any curses, "Come on! Don't be cowardly!"
As soon as the director's words came out, Cui Shangyu did a big thing, directly sending the video that claimed "Buried Alive" as a work that slandered God to the trending search, and the topic was the work that slandered God.
The works of slandering God have attracted a series of attention, and also made the middle-aged and elderly mountaineering tour group applaud Jin Roujia's boldness. There are a lot of people in this group who are anti-government, and they are still religious~
No, there are still a lot of people who believe in religion, but the gods they believe in are not the same as the gods that the religious leader believes in.
South Korea, a country with various religions, has a lot of so-called religious leaders.It is not wise to offend religion, no religion whatsoever.The weirder the sect, the less normal its teachings would be, and where could the believers of that religion be normal.
But the little girl was extremely fearless of death, and the bosses encouraged her one after another, saying that if something goes wrong, remember to call for help.
During the day, Jin Roujia didn't quite understand what these people were talking about, and wondered if they were exaggerating.When I got home at night, I saw that the door was splashed, red, and full of stench. I didn't know what it was, so I faintly felt that her bet seemed a bit too big.
Jin Roujia, who gambled heavily, called the police. When the police arrived, they only offered verbal comfort and suggested her to move.The director called the person who proposed the gamble, and Cui Shangyu rushed to open a hotel for her, and at the same time put the time of this attack on the hot searches, ready-made hot spots.
The ready-made hot spot made "Buried Alive" record a box office of over 23 for the first time [-] days after its release.
Jin Roujia received a series of greeting calls, all of which were to confirm whether she was well. The director couldn’t be better, but the announcement was okay. Cui Sangyu is so awesome, can he still play like this?
The powerful Choi Sang-woo increased the output of hot spots and completely pushed "Buried Alive" to an anti-religious position, and the story itself can be manipulated like that.
It is true that the male protagonist was attracted by the high salary to drive for the missionaries, but he was buried alive because he was also arrested for driving for the missionaries.His captors threatened to demand a ransom, so he called the missionary, and the missionary comforted him that the Lord would save him, but it was true that he did not save him!
The god did not save his believers, nor did the missionary save his 'brothers'. It is agreed that as long as they believe in religion, everyone is brothers and sisters?
The male protagonist is finally cold!
"Buried Alive", which the male protagonist is cold, was released on No.20 for four days, with a box office of 41 on that day.
No.20 five days, morning.
Jin Roujia was openly interviewed by the media to confront the so-called religious leader, and only asked him one question, if the same situation happened to the religious leader, how would he save the hero?
That afternoon, the religious leaders responded on SNS that the Lord can save everything, but the male protagonist just returned to the embrace of the Lord.
Jin Roujia used the certified SNS account that Cui Shangyu got her to forward the message, and you just said that you couldn't save her.
The two sides fought, and there were countless people eating melons, and the movie was once again on the hot search list.
The box office settlement on the day was 69 people.
No. 20 six days, the religious leader showed his strength, made Jin Roujia's information public, and claimed that Miss Jin, whose family died, was the child of the devil, and made extremely bad remarks that everything was retribution.
This time, Jin Roujia didn't respond with any comments, and directly posted a lawyer's letter, you investigate me!What qualifications do you have to investigate me!The Republic of Korea is a democracy!You invade my privacy!
When the hot search went up, netizens began to stand in line, saying that there was indeed retribution, but more of them hated the practices of religious leaders, which was a bit of a bottom line.It's already very tragic that someone's parents had an accident. It's just a work. Is it necessary to attack like this?
The box office settlement on the day was 88 people.
No. 20. For seven days, the religious leader stopped talking, and Jin Roujia didn’t say anything, but the hot search continued to dominate the list. The point of discussion was whether the religious leader, as the spokesperson of the Lord, obeyed the teachings.
The box office settlement on the day was 1 million person-times.
No. 20, eight days later, Cui Shangyu called Jin Roujia and tried to trick her into another big game, directly suing the religious leader to court.As long as the court is held, he can make international news and never die!
Jin Roujia wanted to agree very much, but Li Cangdong came to her and asked her to truce.
There is no way, Jin Roujia is waiting to die.
Choi Sang-woo with CJ backing him is of course not afraid to fight against a small sect, their family has a big business,
To use a simple metaphor, the production company is responsible for producing products, and the distribution company is responsible for selling them.
As South Korea's leading media empire, CJ has distribution resources, and Jin Roujia finally saw in South Korea the strength of the so-called pillar industries of a country, as well as truly knowledgeable partners.
CJ is in charge of the project leader of "Buried Alive" is a young brother named Choi Sang-woo, with a square face, a strong body, a typical Korean appearance, but a good temperament.When I met Jin Roujia in a suit and leather shoes, if he had not introduced himself as 29 years old, Jin Roujia would have thought he was 35, and he was dressed too maturely.
But at the age of 29, in terms of seniority in this line of work, he is very young.
Because Cui Shangyu is young, Bong Junhao, who is the middleman, is afraid that Jin Roujia will misunderstand that young people can't do things, so he specially educates her about it. This person has a lot of background.
The locals who returned from studying abroad went to the New York Film Academy (one of the top ten film schools in the world) from China with a CJ scholarship. After graduation, they went to Columbia Pictures for two years and returned to CJ for less than a year. three projects.They are all literary films, all of which have passed the profit and loss point, and they have some tricks.
Feng Junhao said, this guy is very good at using small things to make big gains, especially good at creating momentum, he is a rookie in the circle.After Feng Pangpang finished speaking, he patted Jin Roujia on the shoulder, saying that the movie will be released, and she will also be a popular rookie in the circle.
When rookies and rookies met each other for the first time, they were not familiar with each other, and they had to face Boss Pei first, with a business-like attitude, and signed the contract first.
The second meeting between rookie and rookie was not very enthusiastic. It was the day when the three parties signed a contract. Jin Roujia felt that the little brother seemed a little tame, but the bargaining price was not as fierce as Boss Pei.The other party felt that the director was a little bored, she didn't speak from the beginning to the end, a little worried that this is a type with great artistic talent but not very good at getting along with people.
It must be said that there are a lot of directors in the industry who are good at making movies but not good at interpersonal communication, especially for newcomers.After mixing for a long time and becoming an old fritter, the social skills that should be available will come online.
The third meeting of the rookies was at the CJ headquarters.It is still a three-party meeting, the employer is also there, the director is also there, and of course the distributor is there.
Everyone got together to talk about the publisher's initial plan, what channel, what method, and what promotion points to use to promote the film.
In the first half of this meeting, Jin Roujia was in a daze with her eyes open for most of the first half.To be honest, she doesn't know much about distribution, but she understands the general direction, but she still has to rely on professionals for more details.
Director Jin gave himself the reason that, as an ordinary little genius, her talent is in storytelling, and it is reasonable for her not to understand how it works.She is not a god, how could she know everything!
Director Jin, who couldn't possibly know everything, tried his best to keep himself from falling asleep, until the halftime of the meeting, half of the people in the room went out to smoke, and the other half were discussing the content of the meeting.The core decision-making people are greeting each other, such as Boss Bae, S/M representative, and Choi Sang-woo.
Originally, there should be Jin Roujia in the greeting team, but she couldn't take it anymore, she was so bored that she almost fell asleep, and then she was nagging a bunch of old men that she could really fall asleep, so she used urine to escape them.
The fleeing Jin Roujia had nowhere to go, let's go to the reception room, those who knew why she came would either ask her what she wanted to drink or what she wanted.When I went to other places, people who didn't know her saw that she didn't have a work badge, so they kindly asked her who she was looking for and if she needed help.
She didn't want to go to the smoking place, and the office was full of people, so she couldn't go anywhere, so she had to go to the stairwell where no one was there.
There was a closed window on the outer wall of the stairwell, and the early spring sunshine poured from the window onto the steps. Jin Roujia felt that the place was warm, so she sat there leaning against the wall to bask in the sun.This exposure brought Cui Shangyu to the exposure, she fell asleep in the exposure, and waited for a long time for the meeting, the director was gone.
Jin Roujia was not woken up by someone, and Cui Shangyu didn't call her, not only didn't call her, but also contributed his shoulders, which meant to sleep with her forever.
After waking up in a daze, Jin Roujia first saw the tablet on the lap of the brother next door, and there were large paragraphs of English in the tablet.
Jin Roujia, whose head was still on someone's shoulder, blinked, dazed for a while, and heard the phrase 'Are you awake? Only then did I come back to my senses and get up from his shoulders.
Director Jin was so embarrassing, he fell asleep in the stairwell during the meeting, wouldn't it be embarrassing!Cui Shangyu is not embarrassed, not only not embarrassed, but also uses this very normal attitude to help her relieve the embarrassment, telling her that the meeting will continue, if she wants to go back, she can go back, and it doesn't matter if she doesn't want to go back.
The management has already left, and the rest are the people below who are in touch. It doesn't matter if she goes or not.
Jin Roujia really didn't want to go, but it seemed impolite not to go, the management could leave, she, the director, should be there.I don't know if it was her attitude of not wanting to go that was discovered by the brother next door, or if the other party is really a genius, anyway, Cui Shangyu said.
"The meeting was too detailed. You don't need to know such details. Let me briefly tell you about the core of the project. If I don't make it clear, you can interrupt me at any time to ask, can you?"
What else is there to say, it must be possible!
Afterwards, Jin Roujia realized that something was wrong. The younger brother seemed to think she was a fool, which was wrong. It should be said that she was Xiaobai.The other party seemed to be very afraid that she would not understand what he said, and was even more afraid that she would misunderstand, so he talked about a lot of popular science for a long paragraph, and then got to the point in a roundabout way.
As a commercial project, there are routines for film promotion, and the most direct routine is to find a project that matches the target.
This is the same as saying that entrepreneurial projects go to fool investors. Our project is benchmarking against such projects, such as Taobao/Baobao’s benchmarking against Amazon.Knowing this, it is easy to understand Cui Shangyu's plan. He wants to find a director who can match the target for Jin Roujia.
The chosen director was Hong Sang-soo, not because the two sides had the same creative style, but simply because the other side was easy to bully.You can use the heat of the other party to rub, and if you rub it, you won't have any trouble to understand.
As a director, Jin Roujia is an unknown person, no matter whether it is inside or outside the circle, there is no such person.The male protagonist of the film is also the only actor Zhu Zhixun who showed up, and he can't carry out large-scale publicity. From the perspective of "people", "Buried Alive" has no publicity points, and it is necessary to avoid the audience's interest in "people" as much as possible.
I won’t talk about the reasons why I can’t be interested in Zhu Zhixun. The reason why I can’t be interested in Jin Roujia is that she is too beautiful. It’s okay for a beautiful director to do publicity stunts, but that’s the way to promote a commercial film. As long as it can attract attention, the distributor can do anything.But "Buried Alive" is not the path of a commercial film, and Cui Shangyu doesn't want to take that path, it's too low.
People can't promote, so they can only promote the work itself, but how to promote the work itself is also a problem.
It just so happened that Hong Sang-soo had a self-written and directed film to be released this year. It was also a literary film, and the other party was also planning to export to domestic sales. Cui Sang-yu was going to take advantage of his popularity.
The biggest publicity point of that movie was Hong Sang-soo, [-]% of the audience went to the theater because of Hong Sang-soo's name.Then they can do the same, as long as "Buried Alive" is related to that work, go to the same film festival, and then use the point of going abroad as a debut/female work to attract audiences, then the project will be interesting.
If the box office results are not good, Choi Sang-woo is going to talk about the end of Korean movies, alarmist talk about the death of art, and trick the audience into buying tickets.If the box office results are okay, then their plan is to step on Hong Sang-soo to rise to the top, the rise of newcomers, what a good topic.
Cui Shangyu, who has said a long list in this way, seems to be very worried that Jin Roujia will misunderstand. This is a routine publicity routine, not for anyone, and the other party can use their projects to play tricks. It's hot together.This is definitely not a fight with director Hong Sang-soo, isn't it a coincidence.
While listening to the entire paragraph, Jin Roujia's only thought was, "Don't you think this project has a small profit point?"There is no problem with the tricks, but there is a strong taste of not having enough money and only playing tricks.
Cui Shangyu was taken aback for a moment, he was not Xiaobai if he could ask such a question, did he still know something, and said in another way, "I have another project in hand, and the resources that can be allocated to this project are limited. Our company's You should be clear about the situation, in terms of training newcomers, we generally only connect with the teams we cultivated."
Jin Roujia understood right away that it was true that Feng Junhao had found someone to help him, but the person who helped him didn't plan to push her with all his strength, and the amount of money he could make from pushing such a small project was limited.The other party's family has a big business, and there are plenty of resources, but they don't have to be used by her. She is not her own, she is just pushed by favors, and it is not easy to shirk.
Jin Roujia, who understood, sighed secretly, and muttered while holding her chin, "The announced budget is as high as [-] million, so it's not bad."
Cui Shangyu, who pursed his lips and smiled, thought the little girl was very interesting. He thought she would mind the fact that the project had to compete with Hong Sangsu, but he did not expect that she could see the essence through the phenomenon, and the publicity with insufficient budget could only play tricks.
Since the little girl was interesting, Cui Shangyu told her the truth, "I think your project can be a big one, but unfortunately it's not our company's project." But only part of the money can be divided, so why bother.
Film distribution does not take money from the production company, but divides the account after the film is released.It stands to reason that if everyone divides the money, the issuer can earn back the money invested.The criterion for evaluating whether a movie can make money is not whether watching the movie itself is a good movie, that is just one of the criteria, and more depends on the acceptance of the market.
"Buried Alive" is at a disadvantage. The director is a newcomer, the actor is a bad actor, and the theme is a thriller that usually cannot be sold at a price.The combination of the three, plus the fact that the film was not invested by his own company, made Cui Shangyu take a conservative approach.
The commercial market is not gambling, it is to accurately play the way to make money as much as possible according to the cards in hand.No one can guarantee that a certain movie will definitely make money, so you must be prepared to lose a lot if it doesn't make money.
At this point, the two rookies have gotten to know each other, and both feel that the other is interesting.Jin Roujia's impression of her little brother is that his professional ability is fine.Cui Shangyu's impression of the girl is that it is easier to communicate than imagined.
Let’s not talk about how certain directors make their films, it’s true that self-confidence must go to heaven.All day long, he thought that his talents were underappreciated, and he didn't think about why the issuer was throwing money at him, and he complained about the injustice of God. The businessman only wanted to make money, and he didn't have any vision at all!
It's funny, businessmen don't want to make money, what about playing art?
Cui Shangyu looks down on the kind of director whose heart is higher than the sky and whose fate is thinner than paper. It's rare to meet a talented man who doesn't play the trick of hating the rich, so the impression is very good.
When the impression is good, the communication will be smooth, and the relationship will be close when the communication is smooth, and the relationship will be easy to say anything.
At the end of spring and early summer, Jin Roujia perfected the new script and was waiting for the money to come in to start a new project. During this time, she invited her to dinner from time to time, which made her think that the other party fell in love with her beautiful guy, and threw an olive branch to recruit her. Enter CJ.
I fucking thought you were picking on me, but you fell in love with my talent?
The eyesight is very good, the thought is too beautiful!
Recently, Jin Roujia, who had bottomed out her wallet, pointed to a group of men who helped her. He Zhengyu was one of them. This brother invited her to eat meat from time to time, so he could be called a parent.Li Cangdong is also one. He is very interested in her script and most likely wants to be her producer.The other one is Cui Shangyu, she really thought that the other party was interested in her.
When the work comes out, the project needs to be promoted in the mainstream market. Jin Roujia dare not go outside to pick up odd jobs, that will become her dark history.She can't do anything, but can only consume her savings. She doesn't have much money, and she is getting poorer, so she can only rely on handouts.
The contact between the distribution and the director is more or less, but their projects don’t have much contact with them. It’s still the same problem, the investment is small.The project is so small, why bother.The distributor who has nothing to worry about often asks her out for dinner, of course she will think wrong.
It was another day when Jin Roujia was going to eat instant noodles at home for dinner, and Cui Shangyu called to make an appointment for dinner. Director Jin had already thought about it before going, and made it clear to others after the meal that I am not interested in you.
Who would have thought that it was wrong to chat about Jin Roujia at the dinner table, the other party kept talking to her about CJ's director training plan, thinking about it carefully, this buddy seemed to have said this more than once, this is not right!
Jin Roujia, who was holding the lettuce and putting beef jelly on the vegetable leaves, looked suspiciously at the talkative guy, "Are you trying to trick me into signing with CJ?"
"Why are you talking about fooling around? Is our company not good?"
"Fuck!"
"There's no need to be so annoying."
Jin Roujia, who rolled her eyes, scolded herself for being self-indulgent. Isn't she becoming a beauty? If there are too many people chasing after her, there will be misunderstandings.She stuffed the vegetable-wrapped meat into her mouth first, then chewed to digest the embarrassment, and waited until the meat was swallowed before entering the topic.
"I don't sign a company, so there's nothing to talk about."
"why?"
Because there are too many pits to step on!
Jin Roujia, who couldn't explain the reason, gave the reason, "I have a book in my hand that I am preparing to make. Teacher Li Cangdong is very interested. Compared with CJ, I am more inclined to the teacher."
Cui Shangyu, who was holding a wine glass and was about to drink, put down the wine glass when he heard this, "You have a book to make, have you ever thought about me?" He gestured to the meat on the plate with his eyes, "Brother treats you badly?"
Jin Roujia smiled, "CJ and Li Cangdong, you let me choose CJ?"
"Definitely choose us." Cui Shangyu didn't think there was a problem with this, "We are the largest producer in China, and the distribution is also the largest. Mr. Li Cangdong is very good, but you two directors still need to distribute the work after filming. You release it yourself. It’s better to provide one-stop service, starting from the production.”
Wow~ It sounds nice.
"Okay, I'm looking for you, how much can you budget?" Jin Roujia stopped back with one sentence, "Ten billion, can I give?"
Cui Shangyu, who toasted her modestly, told her not to make trouble, "Are you going to follow the process, and give as much as you should."
"That's why I can't believe what you filmmakers say. It sounds good. You want to get involved in any film. You really started to make it. This is not the case." Jin Roujia asked him to step aside, "I want to sign the contract." You guys, the first thing to consider is the market, my book has to write stories according to the market research you gave me, so what kind of movie should I make, just make a TV series."
Film producers are a group of hungry dogs, never full, and always looking forward to the meal.Whenever he met a passable director, he would fool around first, pointing at this group of people to be fooled, and when the contract was signed, the smell of blood would emerge.Want to run again then?Pay the liquidated damages first.
Of course, it is impossible for Cui Shangyu to admit this, but instead said that the little girl thinks too much, "If you are at the level of Teacher Li Cangdong, I will fool you and I will admit it, but now you..." Give her a look to let her experience it, and then Then he said, "I want to invest in you at this time, and that is definitely optimistic about your future."
"Don't worry about it, I'm not very good now, but my future is fine even if you don't need to be optimistic about it." Jin Roujia held the meat in her mouth to make her eyesight look good, but the guy who dreams so beautifully should be sober, "Tell me something practical Well, when will our movie be released, if not, I won’t be able to eat instant noodles.”
This made Cui Shangyu laugh, and after laughing, he told her, "I really like you."
Jin Roujia was slightly taken aback. What she said meant, "I entered the competition?"
Cui Shangyu, who raised his eyebrows and smiled, put a piece of meat in front of her as a gift, and said to the children, "Congratulations, your debut/female film has entered the 66th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland. It is the only one in the circle."
Jin Roujia, who slapped the table with a slap, snatched away the meat from the tip of his chopsticks in one gulp, her back molars worked hard, and her eyes lit up, "I've finally waited for it!"
If it continues, she will starve to death!
Since the name Kim Yoo-ja was born in South Korea, she has been deeply tied to Hong Sang-soo.
Hong Sang-soo went to Switzerland, and she also went to Switzerland.
Before boarding the plane, in the VIP waiting room, the seniors of the juniors pointed at her and laughed, and Jin Roujia was also smiling.Everyone is in the same circle, Cui Shangyu is not using any novel tricks, who doesn't know who.
Hong Sang-soo was not angry, there is nothing to be angry about, they are not celebrities, there is no such thing as saying that if you rub my popularity, you will share my traffic, and there is no big interest entanglement.On the contrary, the seniors are very happy because the juniors can enter the competition unit. It is one thing in the country, and everyone is a Chinese when they go abroad, that is a natural alliance.
As an ally and also as a senior, Hong Sang-soo greeted Jin Roujia to sit with her on the plane and helped her analyze similar competing movies. She has a high probability of winning, depending on the taste of the judges.Jin Roujia is also analyzing with her seniors, and he has a high probability of winning the award.
The chat between the two was flourishing, and they said they wanted to win the film festival in one fell swoop. The two producers who were watching couldn't laugh or cry.
Calculated according to their physical ages, the two directors who had reached the year-end dating setting chatted from getting on the plane to getting off the plane. Hong Sang-soo, who was having a good chat, waved his hand to take Jin Roujia to his hotel.Don't get me wrong, it's not a room, it's him swiping the card to make the new couple live better.
The management of the newcomers is very picky, so picky that the team can only live in a small family-style hotel.The seniors were not very happy and wanted to throw money away.Faced with the "support" proposed by the local tyrant, the girl dragged her luggage and abandoned the team without hesitation. There were not many people in their team.There are only six other actors here, and there are not six of them in total.
Jin Roujia, who happily left with her seniors, spent the happiest two weeks after "Rebirth" for a year and a half. She likes film festivals, and she likes any film festival.
The atmosphere of the film festival is sweet, so beautiful that Jin Roujia can tell him with a smile even when facing an actor who doesn't think he is qualified to win an award at all, and who has been mourning all day long.It's not you who won the award, it's me who won the award, and it has nothing to do with you.
The male actor had nothing to say, and the female director happily wandered around every day. By the way, she went to a wave of interview groups from South Korea to promote the film with Hong Sang-soo.
Until the closing ceremony of the awards, the South Korean reporters mainly interviewed Hong Sang-soo, and the new director was just incidental.No one expected Jin Roujia to win an award, everyone knew that it was her debut/female work, and it would be great to be nominated.
What the reporters were thinking was that after returning to China, the project would participate in some domestic film awards. On the contrary, the probability of Jin Roujia winning the award would be higher because of overseas nominations.Only then is the time to interview new directors, and only then will Jin Roujia be newsworthy.
Unexpectedly, Jin Roujia won the award.
The reporters squatting are all stupid, won the award? ? ?
Awarded.
Jin Roujia, who won the award, did not wear a dress, but stood on the podium in a casual suit, thanking no one but herself.The acceptance speech lasted only 30 seconds, and I thanked myself throughout the whole process, thanked myself for my persistence, thanked my creation, thanked my efforts, and thanked myself all.
As for her acceptance speech, the people in the venue laughed so hard.
Hong Sang-soo told the producer next to him, "If I were 20 years younger, I would definitely chase after this girl!"
The producer who has worked with him for almost ten years squinted at him, "You can catch up with me and eat shit on my head."
Such poisonous words made Hong Sangxiu speechless, "Am I that bad?"
"You should think about it first. If you don't get the award, let's go back and promote it like this."
As for the award, Hong Sang-soo won the award. The best director who won the award and the best debut/female director who won the award were sent back to South Korea by the reporters as the same big news.
Cui Shangyu, who is based in the country, quickly spread the news, ensuring that all places with Hong Sangxiu must have Jin Roujia’s name, and at the same time went to Li Cangdong, wanting to win the production rights of Jin Roujia’s new works first, or the distribution rights.He sincerely believes that this girl's future is worth investing in.
On September 2013, 9, "Buried Alive" premiered ahead of "Our Sun Hee" (Hong Sang-soo's movie), in order to grab the audience's focus.
The news that the first domestic debut/female film won the trophy at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland was uploaded everywhere on social media, and two-thirds of the 5 million publicity expenses were spent on it.It's a pity that the market for art films is still small, so small that the box office on the day of the premiere was only [-] people.
The people who gathered together to wait for the box office statistics on the first day had nothing to say about the pitiful figures. Jin Roujia was a pain in the ass, but it was useless.It was Hong Shangxiu who called her and told her that the number is very good. Isn’t it just the first day? Your investment is small, so don’t worry too much about the profit and loss point.
Many people called Jin Roujia to comfort her. For example, Li Cangdong, who had almost agreed to be the producer of her new work, used himself as an example, saying that the box office belongs to metaphysics, and the audience is basically blind. Don't pay too much attention, like He didn't care much.He also said that if you won the award, the Film Promotion Committee will pay for the film. Even if the box office fails to pass the profit and loss point, they will pay for the copyright separately, so don't worry about not being able to get back the money.
For example, Feng Junhao said that her film is not a commercial film and does not judge success or failure by box office. She is holding the Locarno trophy, which is the first among the newcomers.Domestic newcomers did not win the newcomer award overseas, they were all domestic awards, and she was already famous in the circle.
For example, He Zhengyu said at the beginning that your box office is definitely not as good as mine, but now he is saying, should I promote it for you?
Jin Roujia doesn't believe this evil, art films are not easy to sell, but art films should not only have this audience, what's the matter with 5 people!Cui Shangyu told her that 5 people is a lot. This is a market with only 5000 million people in the whole country. "Buried Alive" is a niche theme, and 5 people is a good start.
"A good start means that you have another move in the future?"
"Yes, I have."
On the second day after the premiere of "Buried Alive", domestic film portals gave recommendations, and the one who endorsed it was Li Cangdong. Hong Sang-soo's upcoming "We Sun Hee."
This recommendation made the film earn more than 3 more at the box office. Jin Roujia was very surprised by Li Cangdong's box office appeal, not because it was too much, but because it was too little. This number is pitiful~
The box office numbers are so pitiful that the box office of "Buried Alive" in the first week can barely exceed the profit and loss point. If you say that the results are bad, it doesn't count. There are very few commercial films that can make profit and loss points so quickly, but the results are good. 19 people, what's the matter?
Jin Roujia has become a Buddha, so she doesn't struggle anymore.
She didn't struggle because Choi Sang-woo made a curve to save the country and pushed the film overseas. With the help of the Film Promotion Committee, she has already won a copyright contract of more than 150 billion, which is only a week's figure.According to this progress, without accident, she can get at least [-] million shares, which is fine, and she can't be too greedy.
What Jin Roujia didn't expect was that on the day the box office passed the profit and loss point, the group of people who called to comfort her before formed a group to call to congratulate her.Jin Roujia really doesn't think there is anything to congratulate, but it seems that the whole world thinks that art films should be congratulated if they exceed the profit and loss point, and it is not bad if they can keep their capital.
"Our Sun Hee", which was regarded as a benchmarking project by Cui Shangyu, was launched on September 9th. The number of premieres was really miserable, 12 people!Six thousand!
Jin Roujia, who went to the premiere and waited with the team for the box office of the premiere, was so shocked by this legendary figure that her jaw dropped.As for Hong Sang-soo, he still said, it’s okay.
What's the matter?Do you Korean filmmakers have such low requirements for the market?
There's nothing you can do if you're not low, what can you do with only so few people?
Choi Sang-woo has a trick. He found a well-known film critic and published a manuscript that art is dead, emphasizing that the Korean film market is hopeless, and this group of audiences is also hopeless.Can get the best director and best debut/female work in Locarno, one of the four major film festivals in Europe!Can't sell at the box office!Can this country be saved? !
I don't know if the country will be saved, and it's true that the audience doesn't buy it very much.
In the third week of "Buried Alive"'s release, the box office finally exceeded 20, and it was able to make some money.
"Our Sun Hee" was released in the first week, and the box office did not reach 2 people. It was miserable~
When other people's movies are released at the same time, they are enemies, fighting each other, endlessly.Kim Yoo-ja and Hong Sang-soo's movies were also released at the same time, and they didn't mean to quarrel at all, they had a very good relationship, and Hong Sang-soo even asked Kim Yoo-ja to climb a mountain.
Before Jin Roujia went, she thought they were a group of the weak and cried bitterly, but when they arrived, they found out that it was an elderly mountaineering team, and a group of young and middle-aged people were in charge of carrying bags.The uncles with bags on the red carpet are all movie kings, and the uncles who are dressed like old people's tour group are all well-known directors.
As one of the few not-so-well-known Jin Roujia, she joined the group alone without tools to carry a bag.For this, Hong Shangxiu was very surprised, where is Zhu Zhixun?
"Zhu Zhixun has nothing to do with me." Jin Roujia was very confused.
Hong Sangsu murmured that the young man had no rules, "You are his director."
Jin Roujia, who wanted to say that the film was completed 800 years ago, was a little slow to realize what the senior meant.The project is not over, as long as the project is not over, Zhu Zhixun should be a person on call.
Anyway, Jin Roujia didn’t have anyone to carry bags, Feng Junhao, who didn’t want to be forced to exercise, rubbed up next to her, dragged her and said that they took the cable car together, and left a group of middle-aged and elderly people from the mountain climbing team to enjoy The way young people travel.
The cable car only reaches halfway up the mountain, and there are shops selling various Chinese local specialties and restaurants around.
Feng Junhao and Jin Roujia, who took the first step, went into the restaurant and waited for others. Jin Roujia was listening to Feng Pangpang's complaints all the time, and the gang of old men had nothing to do, and lied to him to talk about the development of the Film Association next year. Climbing, crazy!
Feng Junhao, who was deeply affected by it, told Jin Roujia with the attitude of someone who has been there, "Next time, you must ask why you came here. If you find something wrong, call me first, and then we will run together."
Jin Roujia couldn't understand, "Can't you escape by yourself?"
This brings us to the disadvantages of a small circle. South Korea is just that big, and the director standing at the top of the pyramid can be counted in two slaps. Anyone can get in touch with anyone.Coupled with the small size of the country, it takes only a few hours from Busan to Seoul, so it is too easy to make an appointment with each other.
"When I have a project, I refuse it, and I refuse it. When I don't have a project, how can I refuse? It's my brother, how rude." Feng Junhao looked at the newly joined maknae, "You have the gender advantage, you know, the long Well, why don’t you say it, little girl, we can’t talk about it, I can’t say it, do you think I can make it down the mountain alive?”
It seems to be such a reason, just as Jin Roujia wanted to comfort him, the phone rang.
Cui Shangyu called, saying that a religious leader criticized "Buried Alive" during their own religious gathering. He got the video and asked Jin Roujia if he had the courage to take a gamble.
Jin Roujia, who had no idea about this thing, didn't understand, "What's the bet?"
"Betting that if someone opposes, someone will support. Extreme religious people will attack us, and correspondingly, other people will support us." Cui Shangyu explained to her, "There are conflicts between sects and sects, and there are also conflicts between religious believers and non-religious people. , that's our chance."
Jin Roujia, who probably understood, asked him, "Do I have to pay anything?"
"Extremists will attack you."
"Hit someone?"
"Maybe, but it's more scolding, and there will be curses if it is serious."
"bet!"
Jin Roujia, who believes in nothing but herself, has never been afraid of any curses, "Come on! Don't be cowardly!"
As soon as the director's words came out, Cui Shangyu did a big thing, directly sending the video that claimed "Buried Alive" as a work that slandered God to the trending search, and the topic was the work that slandered God.
The works of slandering God have attracted a series of attention, and also made the middle-aged and elderly mountaineering tour group applaud Jin Roujia's boldness. There are a lot of people in this group who are anti-government, and they are still religious~
No, there are still a lot of people who believe in religion, but the gods they believe in are not the same as the gods that the religious leader believes in.
South Korea, a country with various religions, has a lot of so-called religious leaders.It is not wise to offend religion, no religion whatsoever.The weirder the sect, the less normal its teachings would be, and where could the believers of that religion be normal.
But the little girl was extremely fearless of death, and the bosses encouraged her one after another, saying that if something goes wrong, remember to call for help.
During the day, Jin Roujia didn't quite understand what these people were talking about, and wondered if they were exaggerating.When I got home at night, I saw that the door was splashed, red, and full of stench. I didn't know what it was, so I faintly felt that her bet seemed a bit too big.
Jin Roujia, who gambled heavily, called the police. When the police arrived, they only offered verbal comfort and suggested her to move.The director called the person who proposed the gamble, and Cui Shangyu rushed to open a hotel for her, and at the same time put the time of this attack on the hot searches, ready-made hot spots.
The ready-made hot spot made "Buried Alive" record a box office of over 23 for the first time [-] days after its release.
Jin Roujia received a series of greeting calls, all of which were to confirm whether she was well. The director couldn’t be better, but the announcement was okay. Cui Sangyu is so awesome, can he still play like this?
The powerful Choi Sang-woo increased the output of hot spots and completely pushed "Buried Alive" to an anti-religious position, and the story itself can be manipulated like that.
It is true that the male protagonist was attracted by the high salary to drive for the missionaries, but he was buried alive because he was also arrested for driving for the missionaries.His captors threatened to demand a ransom, so he called the missionary, and the missionary comforted him that the Lord would save him, but it was true that he did not save him!
The god did not save his believers, nor did the missionary save his 'brothers'. It is agreed that as long as they believe in religion, everyone is brothers and sisters?
The male protagonist is finally cold!
"Buried Alive", which the male protagonist is cold, was released on No.20 for four days, with a box office of 41 on that day.
No.20 five days, morning.
Jin Roujia was openly interviewed by the media to confront the so-called religious leader, and only asked him one question, if the same situation happened to the religious leader, how would he save the hero?
That afternoon, the religious leaders responded on SNS that the Lord can save everything, but the male protagonist just returned to the embrace of the Lord.
Jin Roujia used the certified SNS account that Cui Shangyu got her to forward the message, and you just said that you couldn't save her.
The two sides fought, and there were countless people eating melons, and the movie was once again on the hot search list.
The box office settlement on the day was 69 people.
No. 20 six days, the religious leader showed his strength, made Jin Roujia's information public, and claimed that Miss Jin, whose family died, was the child of the devil, and made extremely bad remarks that everything was retribution.
This time, Jin Roujia didn't respond with any comments, and directly posted a lawyer's letter, you investigate me!What qualifications do you have to investigate me!The Republic of Korea is a democracy!You invade my privacy!
When the hot search went up, netizens began to stand in line, saying that there was indeed retribution, but more of them hated the practices of religious leaders, which was a bit of a bottom line.It's already very tragic that someone's parents had an accident. It's just a work. Is it necessary to attack like this?
The box office settlement on the day was 88 people.
No. 20. For seven days, the religious leader stopped talking, and Jin Roujia didn’t say anything, but the hot search continued to dominate the list. The point of discussion was whether the religious leader, as the spokesperson of the Lord, obeyed the teachings.
The box office settlement on the day was 1 million person-times.
No. 20, eight days later, Cui Shangyu called Jin Roujia and tried to trick her into another big game, directly suing the religious leader to court.As long as the court is held, he can make international news and never die!
Jin Roujia wanted to agree very much, but Li Cangdong came to her and asked her to truce.
There is no way, Jin Roujia is waiting to die.
Choi Sang-woo with CJ backing him is of course not afraid to fight against a small sect, their family has a big business,
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