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Chapter 310 New Film Concept
8 month 14 day.

CGV Cinema in Jeonju.

Several girls gathered together.

He looked up at the new films recommended on the display board, his face full of confusion.

One of the girls suddenly remembered something and said:

"Yesterday morning, I saw a video of Jin Qixuan watching 'Werewolf'. He said it was quite good."

The rest of the girls immediately resonated:

"Yeah, I've seen that video too!"

"Ah, I really regret it. I wanted to go and see it on the 12th. Maybe I could run into Jin Qixuan."

"Since Jin Qixuan has recommended it, then 'Werewolf' should be worth watching, right?"

"..."

After some chattering discussion.

The girls looked at each other.

One of them asked curiously:

"You said, Jin Qixuan was working so hard on the movie roadshow last time, why is there no movement this time? I really hope to see him!"

"Yes, yes! When I saw him introducing 'The Wolf Man', I actually wanted to see him more."

Another girl agreed with a smile.

"Haha, I feel the same way, what should I do?"

At this point, a girl suddenly suggested:
"How about we watch My First Brother again?"

This proposal quickly received enthusiastic responses from other girls.

"Although Jin Qixuan worked really hard to promote "The Wolf Man", there are movies starring him, why should I read his recommendations? Hahaha..."

Afterwards, the girls happily bought four movie tickets for "My First Brother".

They lined up, chatting and laughing, waiting to enter.

……

Hear the results of these girls' discussion.

The theater staff looked at each other in bewilderment.

——"The Werewolf" is good, so how about watching "My First Brother"?

What kind of logic is this?!

……

August 15th.

"My First Brother" achieved gratifying results in three days of release.

Successfully exceeded one million moviegoers!
The score on Naver Film Review website remains stable at 9.49.

The score dropped slightly by 0.05 from the first day of release.

But it is still the highest-rated film on Naver Movie Network among the films released in 2018.

As for the film's rating, it is expected that it may decline slightly in the future.

Because, at the beginning of the film's release.

A large part of the audience is fans of the actors.

This group of people have a filter when watching movies, so their evaluation is inevitably somewhat subjective.

However, movies are not like TV series.

Everyone watched the entire film in one go.

This allows them to have a more intuitive and comprehensive judgment of the overall quality of the film.

Therefore, unless the reviews are made by water army, or there is a reputation breach incident involving the actors in the film.

Otherwise, there will be no such thing as a cliff-like collapse in reputation.

Jin Qixuan was quite satisfied with this result.

After all, this is his first movie in which he plays the leading role.

He paid for it out of his own pocket and put in a lot of effort and hard work.

Now we see the results of both good reputation and box office success.

Jin Qixuan was naturally very happy.

This made him in exceptionally good shape when filming today.

The filming process of "Parasite" is now nearing the end.

The crew returned to Jeonju some time ago to shoot one of the most important scenes of the film.

——A clip of a semi-underground residence being submerged by heavy rain and flooding.

There is also a famous scene where Park So-dam sits on the toilet lid with black water gushing out and smokes a cigarette.

As early as the end of July.

The birthday party murder scene has been filmed.

At that time, Lee Sun Kyun and others had already finished filming and left the group.

And after this scene was filmed.

The crew held a simple wrap-up ceremony for Park So-dam.

This marked the successful completion of the filming of her role in the drama.

Amidst laughter and hugs.

Park So-dam embarked on the journey of leaving the crew with full of memories and emotions.

On the way, she took out the wrap-up gift Jin Qixuan gave her.

A small and exquisite box.

She remembered that when Jin Qixuan handed it to her, he repeatedly told her to open it before leaving.

This caused Park So-dam to become curious about the gift in the box.

When she slowly opened the box, she saw a white envelope inside.

Open the envelope.

——Inside it was a movie ticket for "My First Brother"!
Park So-dam: “…”

“Ding Ding!”

at this time.

Jin Qixuan's cell phone suddenly rang.

Pick it up and take a look.

I saw that Park So-dam had just sent him an animated emoticon:
It was a small boat floating upside down on the water.

……

Ever since Park So-dam finished filming.

The crew filmed for another four days in Jeonju.

The scene then moved to a villa area near Seoul.

Shooting the last few scenes.

There are only two scenes about Jin Qixuan.

One scene shows Ki-woo standing on the top of a mountain.

Observe the Morse code sent by Keizer in the basement of the villa through a telescope.

Another scene depicts Ki-woo's fantasy of successfully joining the social elite.

I bought this villa in order to help my father get out of the dark basement.

The scene on the top of the mountain was shot using a green screen and then composited with special effects.

Because this villa area is a film and television base.

Many of the buildings, roads, etc. in the plot are fictional.

Not to mention any mountains.

Jin Qixuan looked at the empty green screen in front of him and slowly raised the telescope in his hand.

The camera slowly zooms in.

Focus on his face.

After a while.

Jin Qixuan's pupils shrank slightly.

His face was full of shock and excitement.

He kept muttering:

"Draw, dot, dot, dot, dot..."

"Cut!"

The director yelled stop.

Jin Qixuan immediately put down the telescope.

The Morse code he just chanted was not in the script.

Instead, he just made it up on a whim.

Jin Qixuan was just acting out his emotions of discovering the Morse code.

As for the specific content of the Morse code, it is better for the post-production staff to add it themselves when the special effects are synthesized.

After this scene.

There is nothing to do with Jin Qixuan for the time being.

Bong Joon-ho began to use Song Kang-ho as the narrative protagonist.

Filming Ki-taek's life after he killed President Park and hid in the basement.

Nothing to do.

Jin Qixuan went online to check the box office of "My First Brother".

Today is the eighth day of the film's release.

The box office has exceeded 200 million viewers, passing the break-even point.

Every additional moviegoer is pure profit.

The Naver film review website score also stabilized at 9.45.

Compared to when it was first released.

The score has dropped slightly, but overall it still remains at a high level.

This result is already quite good.

After all, competition is fierce in the summer movie market.

It is weighed down by two huge mountains: "Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds" and "Work".

"My First Brother" is able to maintain such reputation and box office.

It is already considered a great success. Besides, the two movies "Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds" and "Work" were taken off the screen in just over a week.

By then, in the next few movies that are about to be released.

It seems that none of them can pose much threat to "My First Brother".

Zhao In-sung's drama "Ansi City" was rescheduled by Next Company.

It was changed to be released at the end of September.

That's why Zhao In-sung attended the VIP preview of "My First Brother" to support Lee Kwang-soo.

At this moment, Jin Qixuan is fine.

Manager Sheng Bingxu walked over to sit next to him and asked:

"What are your ideas for the next play?"

"I haven't decided yet. I'll choose the script after the filming is finished."

"Well, Warner contacted me a few days ago and wanted to arrange a film with you. They said they would arrange a film for you based on the subject you wanted to shoot."

"what???"

Upon hearing the news, Jin Qixuan was stunned.

Warner Bros. is actually willing to offer such conditions?
This is simply incredible!
You know, the subject matter and type of a movie are often decided jointly by the producer and the director.

Actors are usually only able to choose based on existing scripts and roles.

Of course, that’s not to say this hasn’t happened before.

But very few.

After all, filmmaking is a huge team effort that involves the balancing of many factors.

Producers often need to consider multiple aspects such as market demand, return on investment and audience preferences.

Therefore, they usually don't tailor a movie specifically for a certain actor.

So, this is the condition offered to Warner.

There is hardly any actor who can refuse.

Jin Qixuan is no exception.

Then, he looked at Sheng Bingxu and asked with sparkling eyes:

"Brother, tell me, if I want to shoot a superhero movie with lots of CG effects, will it work?"

Which man doesn't have a superhero dream?
Hearing this, Sheng Bingxu said nothing.

He just gave Jin Qixuan a look.

Let him experience it for himself.

Seeing this, Jin Qixuan asked without giving up:

"is it not OK?"

"I think the current situation of the Warner branch is not optimistic. I guess they can't even make "The Witch 2". If you want to develop in Hollywood, I suggest you choose a more stable subject and make some money for the Warner branch. Otherwise, your acting career in the international market will be blocked."

A more stable topic...

Hearing this, Jin Qixuan, who was listening to the advice, fell into deep thought.

According to the box office data of Peninsula in recent years.

That kind of crime-themed action movie with a very satisfying sense of impact is definitely a box office hit.

It is easy to reach 500 million moviegoers.

But the thing is, action movies are coming out next year.

It’s hard to find a better feeling than “The Evil Dead”.

After all, Jin Qixuan stayed in the crew for more than two months.

Know what level this movie is.

Therefore, we have the masterpiece "The Evil Dead".

If Jin Qixuan were to make a movie of this kind, it would inevitably make people feel aesthetically fatigued.

Moreover, according to Jin Qixuan's current development path.

There is no need for him to make such a film.

It's hard for Jin Qixuan to win any major awards for a movie of this theme.

After all, Jin Qixuan has passed the rookie stage.

What we lack most now is awards.

……

Think about it.

Jin Qixuan finally thought of a suitable subject.

He looked at Sheng Bingxu and said:

"Brother, how about I make a biopic?"

"Biographical film? What biopic?"

Sheng Bingxu was stunned when he heard this.

Although he found the proposal somewhat unexpected, he did not think much about it.

After all, biopic is also a type of film.

If it is well-made, it will also be recognized by the audience and critics.

"It's just to film a biography of a relatively famous figure in the history of the peninsula."

"Have you decided who to shoot?"

Sheng Bingxu asked curiously.

"Yes, Commander Jin Dajung."

"Commander Kim Dae-jung!?"

Sheng Bingxu obviously didn't expect Jin Qixuan to come up with such an idea.

President Kim Dae-jung was the first democratically elected leader of the peninsula.

He is also the only president to win the Nobel Peace Prize during his term in office.

His life is full of legends.

From political struggle to democratization movement.

To become a national leader.

His story itself is fascinating.

But his life story and political background are rather complicated.

If it is made into a movie, the difficulty and risk will be relatively high.

"First of all, you don't look like him."

"Secondly, for biopics involving politically sensitive figures, it's not a question of censorship or not, it's that you are not allowed to make them at all."

"Someone has wanted to film a biography of Chun Doo-hwan for a long time, but it has been suppressed and not allowed to be filmed."

Hearing this, Jin Qixuan smiled and said:

"Brother, have you heard of the 'Kim Dae-jung Concept'?"

"Kim Dae-jung's concept?"

Sheng Bingxu was stunned.

He had indeed heard of this name.

But I don’t know much about it.

Seeing this, Jin Qixuan explained:
"The so-called 'Kim Dae-jung concept' refers to the 'sunshine policy' proposed by Kim Dae-jung during his tenure as leader."

“So, I want to make a fictional biopic based on this incident.”

After listening to Jin Qixuan's explanation.

Sheng Bingxu was silent for a moment.

Then he said slowly:

"The last movie with a theme of peaceful unification between the North and the South was 'The Wolf Man'."

Jin Qixuan: “…”

Yes, Bai said.

He thought for a while longer.

Jin Qixuan asked:
"What about the timeless Korean romance theme?"

“This is reliable.”

Hearing this, Sheng Bingxu nodded and continued:
"Park Bo-young's film 'Your Wedding' received high ratings. Although the box office performance was average, it is not a problem to make back the investment."

"Hey, speaking of Park Bo Young, how about you two work together on another romance movie?"

Park Bo-young is the ceiling for heroines in Peninsula love movies.

So far, no romantic film has surpassed "The Wolf Boy" in box office.

Moreover, the two have previously collaborated on "Strong Woman Do Bong Soon".

The success of this work not only made the two actors' acting skills recognized by the audience.

It also allowed them to create a pair of CP images on the screen that are deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Therefore, they have many loyal CP fans.

It's been a year and a half, and I'm still working on it.

If there is news that Kim Ki-hyun and Park Bo-young will work together again on a new movie.

It was definitely one of the most anticipated movies of the following year.

And there is absolutely no need to worry about sponsorship and investment in the film.

Jin Qixuan naturally understood, but...

"Brother, I want to take a photo with Jieun, is that ok?"

Hearing this, Sheng Bingxu fell silent again.

From the perspective of a broker.

He still hopes that Kim Ki-hyun and Park Bo-young will be paired together again.

Both of them are talented actors with excellent images and a strong sense of couple.

If the script is chosen well, it might be able to break the record of "The Wolf Boy".

It can allow both of them to be promoted to “million-dollar actors”.

But since Jin Qixuan proposed this idea.

He still has to respect Jin Qixuan's opinion.

“Are you sure? Jieun’s acting skills…”

Hearing this, Jin Qixuan grinned and said:
"No problem, bro, I'll teach her how to act mouth to mouth!"

Sheng Bingxu: ???

(End of this chapter)