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Chapter 400 The wedding banquet is over
With Yoo Jae-suk and Park Kyung-lim as the hosts, Kim Jong-kook walked to the center of the stage holding the microphone.

The song that Lao Jin is going to sing is "Likeable".

The implication of choosing this song is that Jin Qixuan married a very lovely lady, not that this is just his popular song.

However, in terms of appearance, Xiao Li is not among the top ones.

But when it comes to cuteness, she is definitely in a class of her own.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been given the title of "National Sister" back then.

From this perspective, this song is appropriate...

Amid the applause, Kim Jong Kook slowly stood up from his seat holding the microphone.

After coming on stage, he first said a few words of blessing to the two newlyweds, and then began to sing.

As for why he wanted to sing a cappella first, it was simply to show off his skills.

Although the lyrics of the song "Likeable" have nothing to do with the wedding scene, it sounds exceptionally nice with the help of Kim Jong Kook's powerful singing skills.

Not to mention, even though Lao Jin is already 45 years old this year, he still feels perfectly at ease when singing this kind of sweet little song.

After a virtuosic chorus was sung a cappella, the cheerful accompaniment sounded and the atmosphere on the scene was ignited.

The young couple held hands and swayed in the air, and the guests below the stage either clapped the beat or sang along, creating an extremely lively scene.

“So cute from head to toe”

"..."

"Even the shadow and the back..."

When the song reached its climax, Lao Jin suddenly walked up to Jin Qixuan and handed him the microphone.

Seeing this, Jin Qixuan was stunned at first, then quickly said, "They are all so cute wow~".

"When I fall in love with waiting, even the air is sweet. I am like this..."

Then, Kim Jong Kook sang the first half again and then handed the microphone to Lee Ji-eun.

"Salanghey~"

Compared to Kim Ki-hyun who sang a few off-tune passages without any preparation, Lee Ji-eun was obviously well prepared. Her voice was sweet and pleasant, and she even winked at Kim Ki-hyun to tease him.

"Wow, even though I've heard it so many times, it still sounds like his vocal tract is being pinched by muscles..."

Hearing Liu Zaishi muttering, Park Jinglin next to him couldn't help laughing and said:

"I remember that Jong Kook also sang the song at your wedding, right?"

"More than that. He sang so many wedding songs."

"By the way, if he gets married, how would it be if Ji Eun sang?"

"Think about it."

"..."

While the two hosts were chatting, the song being sung in the center of the stage was coming to an end.

After finishing the performance, Kim Jong Kook hugged the two juniors separately, and was about to leave the stage when he was stopped by Yoo Jae Suk.

"Jong Kook, don't leave the stage yet. We still need to take a group photo."

After Liu Zaishi finished speaking, Park Jinglin continued:

"While our beautiful bride is still wearing her beautiful wedding dress, if you want to take photos, please go to the sides of the stage and get ready."

"The two newlyweds stand in the middle, the parents of both parties stand on both sides, and the best man and bridesmaid stand behind them..."

After changing positions, the on-site photographer began to take pictures.

"1.2.3!"

"Crack!"

"Okay, let's switch to the next group."

Under the direction of Yoo Jae-suk and Park Kyung-lim, as the guests walked onto the stage one by one, the stage that was empty just now became crowded.

Since there were so many guests, we definitely couldn’t just take photos in groups of three or two. Basically, we had to take photos with 10 to 20 people.

Some guests who were less famous, of lower seniority, or out of date consciously stood in the last row, giving up the positions with the highest exposure.

When taking the group photo, Lee Ji-eun naturally put her arm around Kim Ki-hyeon's arm and leaned slightly towards her husband.

The two hosts were also busy, holding the microphone and speaking the connecting words.

After forty minutes, the group photo was taken and the guests started chatting with their acquaintances.

Ambitious artists also seize this opportunity to expand their network.

Kim Ki-hyeon and Lee Ji-eun went to their hotel room to change their clothes and prepared to return to the banquet to toast.

In fact, after the group photo, there were many performances planned by the directors.

But after seeing that people were not very interested in these, the director changed the program into a band performance.

Accompanied by beautiful and soothing music, Kim Ki-hyeon and Lee Ji-eun went to toast with their best man and bridesmaid.

The first to come were naturally the parents at the main table.

Elderly people who cannot drink alcohol can drink tea or warm water instead.

Jin Qixuan directly predicted the topic these people wanted to ask, and said in advance: "We need to deal with the child as soon as possible!"

"Okay, okay~"

The old people smiled happily and handed over red envelopes containing cash.

After toasting all the relatives at each table, Jin Qixuan was almost exhausted, and the subsequent toasts had to be made by the best men.

Even if it's Park Bo Gum who's drinking, I still have to toast him a few times.

It’s just that the circles that these three people value are different.

For example, Li Donghui pays attention to the future development of senior actors and directors in the circle.

Park Bo Gum pays more attention to the fashion circle and the spiritual pursuits of professors.

Nam Joo Hyuk focuses on practical connections such as brand representatives and TV station executives.

As for the seats, they are not strictly divided according to class.

After all, there are many fierce competitors among colleagues in the industry, or there may be subtle disagreements, or they may be former boyfriends or girlfriends. It would be awkward if they were arranged at the same table.

For example, it would be strange if you let the representative sent by CJ sit at the same table with the representative sent by Kakao.

And the representatives of the investors are not averse to sitting together with the actors and idols.

For example, Choi Jae-won, the representative of the Peninsula branch of Warner Bros., is currently holding on to Hwang Jung-min, just like when he was "chasing" Kim Ki-hyun...

Choi Jae-won’s purpose of looking for Hwang Jung-min was actually very simple, he just wanted to ask him to make a movie.

Originally, Choi Jae-won wanted to continue working with the groom. Last year, he starred in "When a Man Falls in Love", which directly broke the box office record produced by the Warner branch.

Now that you have money, you naturally want to collect good books.

Some time ago, he went to China specifically to buy the remake rights of Andy Lau's "Saving Mr. Wu".

As a result, when I was excitedly preparing to work with Jin Qixuan for the second time with a new script, he told me that he would not be filming a movie this year because he had to accompany his wife...

At that time, Cui Zaiyuan's mentality almost collapsed. He felt like a dog licking his pants and ended up with nothing.

At that time, Kim Ki-hyeon had just finished filming "Light and Shadow" with Hwang Jung-min and others, and then he recommended him to Choi Jae-won.

The latter thought about it and also felt that Hwang Jung-min was suitable.

On the one hand, he is one of the only two multi-millionaire actors in the peninsula today who has never starred in a bad movie and has box office appeal.

On the other hand, Hwang Jung-min will take any role, whether it is a low-budget or large-scale production, as long as the script is suitable, and he has a very good reputation in the industry.

Moreover, he is also known as the box office guarantee of the "New Three Horsemen" together with Lee Byung-hun and Ha Jung-woo.

As for why Choi Jae-won didn't look for the other two...

Lee Byung-hun is now backed by Kakao M, a competitor of Warner Bros., and he has many film contracts, so he can't come. As for Ha Jung-woo, to be honest, as an investor, Choi Jae-won is not very optimistic about Ha Jung-woo's box office appeal.

Even though the movie "The Yellow Sea" starring him and Kim Yoon-seok won numerous awards, its box office performance was not ideal.

Choi Jae-won believes that the success of the hit movie "War on Crime: The Heyday of Bad Guys" was due to Choi Min-sik.

As for the "Along with the Gods" series, he felt that the special effects and the freshness of the subject matter made it a big hit, and the first one was completely Cha Tae-hyun's personal show...

If we only look at Ha Jung-woo's box office performance, "Berlin" and "Tunnel" can only be considered small profits. "Horror Live" is good and can be considered a classic success story of making big profits with a small budget.

But the key point is that Ha Jung-woo has starred in quite a few bad movies.

Even the movie "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", in which he directed and starred and bought the Chinese copyright, did not even break 100 million viewers.

To sum up, Ha Jung-woo is a very good actor, but his box office appeal depends on luck...

Therefore, if Warner wants to shoot the movie "Saving Mr. Oh" which is adapted from real events, in addition to Kim Ki-hyun, Hwang Jung-min will definitely be the first choice.

If Hwang Jung-min refuses, he has a backup plan.

Find Sol Kyung-gu, who starred in "The Voice of That Guy", which was also adapted from real events. He also starred in the crime film "The Untamed", and is qualified for the role of Mr. Wu.

If neither of them comes, Choi Jae-won decides to boldly use a female actress as the leading role.

As for why a male drama would consider changing the lead actress...

It’s because the market in the peninsula has changed a lot.

Those traditional action movies are no longer popular, but female-themed movies are very popular instead.

For example, "Hotel Del Luna" starring Lee Ji-eun, "Young Court" starring Kim Hye-soo, and "Anna" starring Bae Suzy are all female-led dramas.

The same goes for movies.

Such as "Witch", "Decision to Break Up", "Extreme Escape", etc.

However, if Hwang Jung-min and Sol Kyung-gu do not act, the script will have to be greatly changed, and the plot will also be biased towards a female perspective. He is afraid that the adaptation will be bad and ruin the good script in his hands.

After all, the Peninsula is not like China. The good screenwriters and directors here are integrated into one, and those full-time screenwriters are simply writers. The good scripts are adapted from novels, comics, real events, or they purchase copyrights from other countries for localized adaptations.

The only original script by Peninsula screenwriters that has become popular all over the world is "Parasite" in recent years...

But, in the final analysis, if Hwang Jung-min agrees to act, all the above alternatives are nonsense.

Choi Jae-won’s idea was simple: if Hwang Jung-min didn’t agree, he would become a “clingy man”.

Anyway, he is thick-skinned...

Just as Choi Jae-won was holding Hwang Jung-min and talking about something, Lee Ji-eun had already taken Kim Ki-hyeon's arm and came to the table with six groomsmen and bridesmaids to toast.

Seeing Jin Qixuan's arrival and interrupting his spell, Cui Zaiyuan suddenly had an idea and decided to make use of this "tool man".

"Qixuan, Zhien, happy wedding, may you live happily ever after."

"Thank you, Representative Choi-nim."

Jin Qixuan drank one with him.

Not to mention anything else, just the 200 million won red envelope he gave to the young couple at the celebration party of "When a Man Falls in Love", he must drink this glass of wine himself.

"What do you mean representative? Call me brother."

Cui Zaiyuan pretended to be angry.

"Uh, Jae Won..."

"That's right~"

This is exactly the effect Cui Zaiyuan wanted. Only when the relationship is close, will he be able to speak up.

"Help me persuade this guy."

As he spoke, Choi Jae-won raised his chin towards Hwang Jung-min, whose face was beaming.

Seeing this, Jin Qixuan walked to Huang Zhengmin with a glass of wine and said:
"Senior, this script is great. If time permits, I will definitely accept it. That's why I recommended you. If it's not overly adapted, you will definitely win an award. Go ahead, senior."

"Yes, Senior, the book is really good."

Li Zhien also gave some advice at this time.

Although she hadn't even read the script, but Jin Qixuan said it was good, then it must be good, the main theme is a husband singing and the wife following each other~
"Um……"

Huang Zhengmin hesitated for a moment and said, "Well, I'll go back and discuss it with my wife."

In fact, Hwang Jung-min read the script and thought it was good.

Just like Jin Qixuan said, as long as the adaptation is not excessive, winning an award is indeed not a difficult task.

But the problem is that there are too many scripts that fail to adapt to the local environment after purchasing the copyright.

Besides, remakes will definitely be compared with the originals.

For an actor like Hwang Jung-min who cherishes his reputation, he doesn't want to take the chance of a failure even if there is a one percent chance...

That's why he kept hesitating.

But now that Jin Qixuan came to persuade him personally, he was indeed a little shaken. However, he still had to go back and discuss with his wife whether to accept the offer or not.

If his wife agrees, he will take it!

Hwang Jung-min is considered a well-known henpecked husband in the entertainment industry.

Moreover, he is the best among those who are under the control of their wives...

Seeing Huang Zhengmin give in, Cui Zaiyuan was overjoyed and turned to his assistant and said:

"Go, get those two bottles of red wine in my trunk!"

"Yes!"

"..."

After toasting at this table, it’s time for the next table… the next table…

When it was Xue Jingqiu's turn, Jin Qixuan had no choice but to ask Li Donghui to help serve wine.

Xue Jingqiu didn't mind, because he knew that Jin Qixuan couldn't drink much.

In fact, toasting is really a physical job.

All the people attending the wedding today are important figures, so we cannot just toast one person at each table and then move on to the next table.

After half a lap, the eight people were really exhausted.

Lee Ji-eun was strong. She knew that today was her big day and she had to grit her teeth and toast to all the guests.

In this way, they toasted at one table after another until they arrived at the guest area invited by Lee Ji-eun, and only then did they feel relieved.

There aren't many discussions among peers, and the main thing is to do whatever you want.

The younger generation has no pressure...

However, it is not without its share of tough opponents.

A drunkard like Jung Eun-ji inexplicably punished herself with three cups of wine, saying "Happy wedding".

Jin Qixuan didn't know whether he was happy or not, he only knew that he would pass out if he drank two more glasses...

Fortunately, she was the only female alcoholic.

Girls like Kang Hanna, Kim Ji-won, Lee Sun Bin and idol juniors who are afraid of getting a swollen face after drinking just give it a try.

Finally, after a long round of toasts, the eight people were able to take a short break.

Then, the young couple came on stage and said some words to thank everyone for coming, and then saw the guests off.

When leaving, guests can pick up a small bag from the door.

It contained greeting cards made by Kim Ki-hyeon and Lee Ji-eun, as well as some candies and chocolates.

There isn’t much, but the thought is great.

(End of this chapter)