Peninsula Entertainment started from Reply 1988

Chapter 209 Perfectionism
The first week of the Lunar New Year movie war has come to an end.

The box office champion in the first week was "The King", which led with nearly 150 million viewers.

Zhao In-sung's long legs have been all over the internet.

The second one is "Brave Citizens", which relied on "Goblin Tour" and "1988 Tour" to survive and did not fall behind in box office, reaching nearly 120 million viewers in the first week.

Kim Ki-hyun and Han Hyo-joo's mysterious "disinfectant CP" is also popular among netizens.

"The Help", which has been suppressed by the two movies, did not fall behind too much. Its box office began to rise sharply in the two days of the weekend, with a total of nearly 110 million viewers in the first week.

Dajun's screen debut received very good response, and netizens praised her for her beauty.

However, the first week’s box office results do not represent everything. The last two weeks of the Spring Festival holiday are the real battlefield.

Affected by the profit-sharing model, the box office of a film must reach at least three times the investment amount before the investors can recover their costs.

But according to the current trend, it is a foregone conclusion that "Brave Citizens" will recover its costs by reaching 200 million moviegoers. Now it depends on how much profit it can achieve.

In addition to the domestic box office, there is of course overseas copyright sales.

However, due to policy reasons, China, as the largest trading partner (and breadwinner) of the Peninsula, obviously did not buy it and righteously refused to introduce new films from the Peninsula.

Therefore, the movie "Brave Citizens" can only be released in China's treasure island.

But despite this, Jin Qixuan still volunteered to participate in the dubbing production of the Chinese version of the movie.

As we all know, modern standard Korean has no tones.

Therefore, the intonation of the Peninsular people when speaking is mainly determined by pitch and emotional fluctuations.

Tone and pitch are two concepts.

Tone, or pitch, is a physical quantity.

That is, the vibration frequency of the sound-making object. The higher the vibration frequency, the higher the pitch, and the lower the frequency, the lower the pitch.

Tone is not artificially determined, but is formed naturally due to different ways of pronunciation.

Tone refers to the relative pitch changes when humans pronounce words, which are artificially determined.

For example, our Mandarin has four tones, English has two tones, and Korean has no tones.

This also led to the fact that when Jin Qixuan was dubbing himself, he spoke fluent, emotional, and rhythmic Mandarin, which stunned the staff.

This is not just a matter of Jin Qixuan being good at it, he must be good at it at least.

Therefore, many staff members took out their mobile phones to record the moment when Jin Qixuan appeared in public.

At the critical moment, Sheng Bingxu promptly stopped them from posting the video online.

You can record it, but don’t post it.

Because it is a general election right now, Jin Qixuan's fluent Mandarin may be misinterpreted by netizens as support for a certain party leader.

Because during his campaign speech a few days ago, Leader Moon vowed to oppose the SD plan.

Being against SD is roughly equivalent to the core of his diplomatic policy being pro-Z if he takes office.

Therefore, his public support rate is still quite high.

At this time, the meaning of Jin Qixuan's Chinese-dubbed behind-the-scenes video may be misinterpreted by someone with ulterior motives.

But actually, there is nothing wrong in showing support.

But the key thing is that politicians’ words cannot be trusted. Once they become candidates, their words will definitely change.

Fortunately, Sheng Bingxu stopped it in time, saving himself and Jin Qixuan from a disaster.

Jin Qixuan, who was concentrating on dubbing, had no idea what was going on, because he was enjoying the output of the traditional Chinese culture at the moment.

After completing the Chinese dubbing content, Jin Qixuan's promotion and marketing work for "Brave Citizens" will soon come to an end.

After all, it has been promoted for a month and a half, and everyone has seen what they should see. There is no point in wasting manpower and resources.

If you have that kind of money, you might as well find some professional film review bloggers to give you some good reviews.

As for the subsequent box office performance, it depends on the elusive luck and the audience's choice.

The next day, Kim Ki-hyun came to JTBC TV station to participate in the script reading session of "Strong Woman Do Bong-soon".

Normally, a film crew would take at least three months from preparation to casting.

But the efficiency of JTBC TV station is incredibly high.

In just two days, all the supporting roles were signed.

We finished the script reading in the morning, and went to shoot the posters in the afternoon. We even started filming after the third day of the Chinese New Year...

This made Jin Qixuan a little panicked.

The script reading will start at 9 am.

As there was nothing else to do in the morning, Jin Qixuan arrived half an hour early.

Park Bo Gum was also persuaded by Kim Ki-hyun to star in the film.

However, he didn't have many scenes, and he had a business event to attend today, so he did not participate in the script reading session.

Originally, Jin Qixuan thought he should be the first actor to arrive, but when he entered the room, he found that Gao Gengpyo was already sitting in his seat.

This scene reminded Jin Qixuan of the time when he arrived half an hour early to attend the script reading in 1988.

When Gao Gengpyo saw Jin Qixuan arriving, he immediately stood up and bowed to Jin Qixuan.

"Thank you very much for your help."

Gao Gengxiu said this to show that he knew it was because of Jin Qixuan himself that he was chosen.

At the beginning of 17, Gao Gengxiu was in the best condition of his life in terms of appearance and figure.

"No, if it weren't for your image and acting skills, no matter how much I say, it will be useless. So don't thank me, just thank yourself."

Jin Qixuan waved his hands and dodged his bow.

Regardless of seniority or age, Gao Gengpyo cannot bear this kind of bullying. If someone sees him, they will think he is being bullied.

"I know my level. I am really grateful to you. Please stop hiding."

Helplessly, Jin Qixuan could only return the gift.

"Are you free tonight? I want to treat you to a meal, and Huiying is back."

"Oh? Sister Huiying is back?"

Speaking of Liu Huiying, Jin Qixuan has never seen her since the filming of 1988 was completed.

Jin Qixuan will remember this bad woman who took away his first kiss for the rest of his life.

"Yes, I'm back for the New Year."

"Well... I would like to meet her. But I don't have time tonight. Not only tonight, but I don't have time recently."

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and tonight Jin Qixuan will go to the Disabled Persons' Federation community to rehearse a stage play with Li Zhien.

When he thought about performing with a mentally handicapped person, Jin Qixuan suddenly felt overwhelmed.

Jin Qixuan is still a bit of a perfectionist.

For example, living in the most expensive house, wearing the most expensive clothes, and finding the cutest girlfriend.

The performance must naturally be perfect, even though it is just a stage play of Grimm's fairy tales.

"Ah...it's okay. I understand you're busy. Let's talk about it when you have time."

"Um, may I ask how much you are paid for the film?"

Because the contracts were all signed privately, Jin Qixuan didn't know how much the other actors were paid.

"1500 million per episode, it's not low, I'm already very satisfied."

1500 million was Kim Kye-hyun's pay for playing Yoo Deok-hwa, and Go Kyung-pyo's price was nearly four times lower than Kim Kye-hyun's.

"Well...come on, I look forward to your wonderful performance."

Gao Gengpyo patted his chest and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, I will try my best to play the role well and not hold you back. If you need me for anything in the future, just let me know."

"Ah...ok."

This brother, is he hugging me like a thigh? What the hell...

Jin Qixuan complained in his heart.

I have something to tell you...

It’s not that he looks down on him, but Jin Qixuan feels that if he really has something wrong, he won’t be able to help.

In fact, he was not a close friend, but Gao Gengxiu really wanted to make friends with Jin Qixuan.

He has really not met any noble people in all these years since his debut.

If Jin Qixuan could guide him a little, he would indeed be able to avoid many detours.

Even though Jin Qixuan has only been in the industry for a short time, he was able to easily pick the male lead role in his second year after his debut.

This is enough to prove that the resources and connections behind it are terrifyingly numerous.

Gao Gengxiu thought that if he could act in a few dramas with Jin Qixuan and accumulate some popularity, it would be only a matter of time before he would take off.

……

After a while, the actors came in one after another.

Park Bo-young arrived on time.

Seeing her wearing a hat, Jin Qixuan guessed that she had just woken up and had not had time to wash her hair.

Seeing Kim Ki-hyun greeting her, Park Bo-young smiled and waved back.

As soon as Park Bo-young sat down, the script reading session began without any small talk.

"Let's just say hello and start reading the script."

After listening to Director Lee Hyung Min's words, everyone responded and Park Bo Young began to introduce herself.

"Hello everyone, I am Park Bo Young who plays the super-strong girl Do Bong Soon."

"Hello everyone, I am Kim Ki-Hyun who plays the wealthy psychopath, Ahn Min-Hyuk."

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A total of four episodes were read at the reading session because the screenwriter only wrote four episodes.

In the script of the first episode, a small easter egg was added to the scene where the male and female protagonists first met.

The plot is that a construction site blocks the road, and the driver of a school bus gets into an argument with the gangsters on the construction site because he has to take his children to school, and is bullied.

At this time, the heroine appears.

But because the heroine was small and looked too cute, she had no intimidating power and was teased by the hooligans.

"Ah, you are such a brave little citizen. You dare to intervene in everything. Do you think you are Han Hyo Joo?"

The heroine was pointed at and beaten by the hooligans.

The results are self-evident.

After solving the problem, the heroine scratched her nose with her thumb and said proudly: "Han Hyo Joo? Humph~"

The names of popular artists often appear as guest stars in Korean dramas.

For example, Bae Suzy made a guest appearance in "Producer" for the entire drama.

For example, in "Goblin", when the heroine was naming the messenger of hell, the names of Park Bo Gum and Kim Woo Bin appeared as guest appearances.

This also proves the resurgence of Han Hyo Joo's popularity today.

The reading will continue until 1:00 p.m.

"Thank you for your hard work!"

"Clap clap clap..."

The whole reading process was quite joyful. After all, it was a romantic comedy, and many funny scenes made everyone laugh.

After the reading ended, all the actors took a group photo together.

Then, the main actors Kim Kye-hyun, Park Bo-young and Go Kyung-pyo accepted a series of interviews.

After taking a few group photos, the reporter asked: How did you feel about reading the script for the first time?

"Well, although it's a bit hard, the atmosphere is still very good. I feel that it will give birth to a very interesting TV series. I am looking forward to it, so I will prepare seriously!"

Normally, the script reading only reads two episodes, which was the case for 1988 and Goblin. But this crew read four episodes, which was really tiring.

After saying that, Kim Ki-hyeon handed the microphone to Park Bo-young who was in the center position.

"I am very happy to be able to work with so many outstanding predecessors. Qixuan and I have known each other for a long time. So we cooperated very well today and had a good understanding."

After saying that, Park Bo Young extended her hand to Gao Gengpyo and introduced him:

"Although today was the first time I met Gao Gengxiuxi, it didn't feel like the first time. We worked very well together and I'm looking forward to working with you in the future. This drama has a lot to offer, so please look forward to it."

After saying that, Park Bo Young handed the microphone to Go Kyung Pyo.

"Well... I'm very excited. I feel very honored to work with such great people. I will try my best not to cause trouble to the work and do it with my heart. Thank you."

Three people, three paragraphs, conveying three different mental states.

Kim Kye-hyun is calm and composed; Park Bo-young is at ease; Go Kyung-pyo is cautious and prudent.

After having lunch in the JTBC TV station cafeteria, the three followed the camera crew to the studio to shoot promotional posters.

After entering the venue, the three began to change clothes, put on makeup, and do their styling.

Compared to the second male lead, Ko Kyung-pyo, who only had two sets of costumes, Kim Kye-hyun had to change ten sets of costumes for filming...

This scene suddenly reminded Kim Ki-hyeon of Gong Yoo's costume show when shooting the poster for "Goblin".

The content of the shooting posters also mainly revolves around the theme of the TV series - Dali.

But Park Bo-young certainly doesn't have this kind of supernatural power, so when taking the photo of her carrying Kim Ki-hyun, a dummy model was used.

After all, Jin Qixuan's weight of 80 kilograms was enough to crush her to the point where she would cry for help.

But even though it was a mannequin, Park Bo-young still had some difficulty carrying it.

Because she doesn't exercise.

So when shooting the model, there will be staff on both sides to help.

Jin Qixuan shook his head when seeing this scene.

Too weak, not even as strong as Lee Ji-eun.

After Park Bo-young finished the filming, a sturdy staff member acted as Park Bo-young's stand-in and carried Kim Ki-hyeon in his arms like a princess to take photos.

To be honest, Jin Qixuan felt a little embarrassed to be carried like a princess by a man.

So in order to end this embarrassing moment as soon as possible, Jin Qixuan tried very hard to cooperate with the photographer's request.

The shooting of Page 1 of the pictorial has been completed, and Page 2 is a group photo of the three of them.

But Park Bo-young looked like an elementary school student who had not grown up when standing between the two 185cm tall guys.

Then, in order to create a harmonious picture, a wooden box was placed under Park Bo Young's feet.

Jin Qixuan has also stepped on this wooden box when he was taking photos with a group of 190cm tall male models for GQ magazine.

After taking this group photo, it becomes an individual photo.

After changing ten sets of clothes, Jin Qixuan found the feeling of shooting magazines.

Later, when Jin Qixuan was admiring the newly-released photos, the photographer came over and asked him how the photos were (compared to those in fashion magazines) and whether he was satisfied with the photos.

This thing is definitely incomparable.

If we judge by her level, she is just at the level of an internet celebrity photographer, but compared with the photographers of fashion magazines, there is still a big gap.

In order to prevent photographers hired by fashion magazines from going to competing companies to shoot, they all sign annual contracts.

Just like the angel couple who shot Kim Ki-hyun's magazine debut work, their annual salary at Vogue Korea is around 10 billion won.

So, of course Jin Qixuan praised her for taking great photos.

"Sister, the photos you took are all great. I like every one of them. I plan to hang them up at home and enjoy them."

The sister was very happy after hearing this, and took a few more photos with Jin Qixuan.

The photo shoot for the promotion took quite a long time, and didn’t end until around eight in the evening.

Originally, the crew wanted to organize a dinner together to build closer relationships.

This dinner is held by every crew after the script reading session.

But... Jin Qixuan refused reluctantly.

Because Lee Ji-eun’s nanny car was already waiting outside the building.

(End of this chapter)