After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 517 iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, land in Korea!

There are currently only five Korean movies that have grossed over 10 million yuan: Silmido, Taegukgi: The King and the Clown, The Host, and Haeundae.

Three of them were produced by CJ.

The title of the leader in Korean entertainment was earned through the box office of its movies.

However, the Thieves Alliance of Soubao will break CJ's leading myth.

Of course CJ couldn't sit idly by. With CJ's crazy investment, the Battle of Myeongryang soon broke out!
The idea of ​​this film is very good, fighting the Japanese invaders, although it has some shortcomings!
Made up.

But Koreans love to watch it.

After all, the movie is about Yi Sun-sin, a hero who appeared only once in thousands of years in Korea and is recognized by China, Japan and South Korea.

Li Mingyang brought Li Xiucheng back to the villa, sat on the sofa in the living room, and instructed Li Xiucheng to look up information about the thieves' alliance for him.

By the way, listen to his analysis. Although it is a bit off, Li Xiucheng is undoubtedly the best helper around him who knows Korean entertainment best.

Thieves Alliance has not announced its investment, but judging from the cast, filming locations, and shooting time, it is probably around 60 million.

Less investment than New World.

Although Li Mingyang shot quickly, he spent a lot of money.

The budget of 80 million was all spent in the end.

If he could save, he could save seven or eight million, but there was no need to. It was not his own money, and CJ was not short of that little bit of money.

When the filming was finally completed, Li Mingyang gave the six Rolex watches bought in the name of the crew to each of the five male leads and himself.

Two LV bags were given to the Empress and Aunt Jin.

The six Korean actors were reluctant to take it. Li Mingyang put on the Rolex first. Then the Empress picked up the bag and asked everyone if it looked good.

The others pretended to accept the gifts and laughed about it afterwards.

A Rolex worth more than 1600 million won is a very valuable gift for a Korean actor.

The pay of Korean actors is mostly shared by the agency and the actors.

像李政宰这样的A级演员，基本是和经纪公司按8：2分，广告、签名会等活动另算；B级演员是7：3分账；新人演员和经纪公司5：5分账，没有签约金、最低签约七年。

The ratio seems good, but in fact the TV station is the father of the agency...

The role of the agency is to get the artist to accept the TV station's offer.

In order to limit the exorbitant prices asked for by big-name artists, the Korean industry has also formulated an "appearance fee standard", which is divided into approximately 18 levels according to the artist's qualifications, status, and the weight of the performance. The appearance fee increases gradually, capping at level 18.

This restriction, jointly introduced by chaebols, TV stations and production companies, is almost unbreakable, so although the share of Korean actors seems high, they actually don't get much.

However, this limitation was quickly shattered after Netflix landed in South Korea.

Netflix is ​​even more ruthless than iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video. Disney, also a Hollywood giant, can only stare blankly at Netflix and cannot do anything about it, whether in North America or in South Korea.

Li Mingyang calculated the time, and when it was almost dark, he called Li Zhengzai, turned on the speaker, and asked Li Xiucheng to ask about the release date of Thieves on his behalf.

Lee Jung-jae said it was this summer vacation, July 7th.

"Damn it! That liar is so unprofessional that he arranged all the schedules together."

"Boss, what's wrong?" Li Xiucheng was confused.

Li Mingyang was too lazy to explain.

It’s too difficult to fight against the Thieves League who are about to become the number one in Korean film history!
And by then there will definitely be Hollywood blockbusters joining in.

South Korea does not have as big a film market as the mainland, and ticket prices are expensive. Basically, ordinary people only choose to watch two or three movies in one summer vacation.

Li Mingyang's expectation for New World is that with a cost of 8000 million, it will be considered a win if it does not lose money, and it will basically make its investment back if the number of visitors exceeds million.

19+ is a natural disadvantage!

Although the 19+ movie Uncle won the annual championship, the number of viewers was only over million.

It’s not Seoul Spring!
Seoul Spring is the only 19-banned movie that has broken the ceiling of tens of millions of viewers.

Filming Seoul Spring is naturally the best solution, but this film involves two future leaders, Ms. Park and Lawyer Wen!
All the young generals are still alive.

If this film is shot, the chaebol Lee Mi-jin will not be afraid of offending Ms. Park for the sake of money.

It will definitely be broadcast, but he can forget about staying in Korea in the future.

The premise for filming Seoul Spring is to find out what Ms. Park’s attitude is towards her sworn brother Jeon Young-jong?

"We have to change the schedule!" Li Mingyang sighed.

"It's impossible to change the schedule that we prayed for in that temple..." said Li Xiucheng.

"Why can't it be changed? This schedule is set by people. What a lousy master. He's obviously a liar."

"Boss, I also heard from others that Master Jin Zhi from Bongeun Temple is the mouthpiece of the four major companies. In fact, they have already discussed the schedule privately..."

Li Mingyang frowned slightly and paced back and forth in the living room with his head down.

"Anyway, I don't believe in fortune-telling. It's all nonsense. Those tycoons just want good luck and peace of mind. If they are kind-hearted and truly believe in cause and effect, how could they do such evil things..." Li Xiucheng said ramblingly.

Li Mingyang looked at Li Xiucheng in surprise. It was rare that this man could say such sensible things even when he was crazy.

If what Li Xiucheng said was true, then that liar was just a mouthpiece.

This fight was arranged by Li Meijin. She probably wanted to use herself to suppress her peers.

I think New World can win against Thieves Alliance.

Li Meijin had no idea how powerful the Thieves Alliance was.

Over the next two days, Li Mingyang went to CJ every day to attend meetings to discuss promotional matters.

The promotion and marketing of a movie revolves around one goal - attracting audiences to watch the movie.

Maybe it’s because of the lack of competition, the promotion in Korea is very traditional, including trailers, posters, theater promotions, newspaper ads and TV ads, meet-and-greet sessions, previews, and overseas awards...

It feels a bit like the domestic movie promotion in 2000, and the online promotion is very simple.

Unlike now in China, film promotion mainly relies on the Internet, such as Weibo, Douban, Maoyan...

Although its publicity cannot keep up with the times, CJ is really powerful in terms of distribution and has global distribution channels!
Although it is not as good as the Big Six Hollywood studios, it is not much inferior to the independent film company Lionsgate.

After all, it is the second largest shareholder of DreamWorks and also owns the distribution rights of DreamWorks films in all regions of Asia except for Little Days.

This was something she snatched from her uncle. At that time, Spielberg's first candidate was to cooperate with Samsung, the top Korean chaebol.

CJ’s publicity is old-fashioned and its distribution network is huge.

Li Mingyang’s publicity and promotion method in the country mainly relies on Maoyan and Heibao publicity and promotion.

I'm not used to the local climate in Korea, so I didn't express much opinion.

CJ held a two-day meeting and finalized all the publicity and promotion matters.

Li Mingyang went to KAKAO for a meeting and discussed FBTV's technical traffic support and development model with the person in charge of Kakao.

Streaming media platforms around the world are spending money to grab copyrights and markets. Not only have domestic TV drama production costs skyrocketed, but global TV drama production costs have also skyrocketed.

HBO's Game of Thrones began filming in 2010, and the production cost was as high as $600 million per episode.

The impact of TV series on streaming media is ridiculously huge. Netflix’s glory began with House of Cards.

FBTV was able to achieve profitability in South Korea within a month thanks to "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

The Korean drama My Love from the Star allowed iQiyi to overtake Youku and become the number one in the domestic streaming media market.

The European and American streaming media markets have been driven into chaos by streaming media led by Netflix.

If you are in the country, you can buy it.

But in Korea, there are only so many people. If they spend millions of dollars to buy the copyright of an American TV series, they will lose everything if they lose the bet.

Li Mingyang originally wanted to buy Game of Thrones.

But the copyright of the first season of Game of Thrones is in the hands of SBS, which bought it a long time ago. I don’t know why it has not been broadcast yet.

Maybe they are learning from Penguin and keeping their own dramas in the bottom of the box, letting them air first, and then bringing out this drama after they have made enough money and the window period is over.

Kakao thinks the Korean market is too small and wants to bring FBTV to the University of Tokyo.

Li Mingyang doesn’t care about this. He would love for Kakao to bring FBTV to the University of Tokyo.

What Li Mingyang didn’t expect was that before FBTV went to Dongda, iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video came first…

……

At 3 a.m. on March 13, Penguin Video rushed out like a beast from the shadows and suddenly went online in Korea.

What happened to the streaming restrictions? Why is Penguin here?!
"Representative Lin, what's going on? Why is Penguin Video launched in Korea? Don't you have a cooperation with Penguin? Why is there no news at all?" Li Xiucheng called Representative Lin of Kakao and asked loudly.

“Not only Penguin, Youku and iQiyi will also be launched here in the next two days. Oh… I don’t know the specific reason, but don’t worry, we will not admit defeat, Kakao will definitely stand firmly on the side of FBTV!”

Li Xiucheng translated it for Li Mingyang, who speechlessly took out a cigarette from Li Xiucheng's pocket and lit one.

"Huh... Ce, do they know that I'm making money? Are they coming here to grab the market?"

Things turned out just as Li Mingyang had guessed.

As a major shareholder of Kakao, Penguin naturally has the right to know about its operating conditions.

As soon as FBTV was launched in Korea, Penguin sent people to monitor it.

Originally, Penguin Video didn’t care much about the Korean market, but it saw that FBTV had established a firm foothold in Korea with the help of the TV series “Empresses in the Palace” and within a month it had entered the top five in market share, revenue and profit in Korea.

Penguin Video immediately launched an attack, but it did not cooperate with Kakao, but with Naver.

They want to compete and seize the domestic drama market opened up by FBTV.

Representative Lin from Youku and iQiyi came earlier than expected.

At 1:30 p.m. that day, Youku launched Youku.com through its acquired Korean subsidiary.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, iQiyi cooperated with SM Company and launched IQIYI.

Domestic entertainment platforms such as iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video all flooded into the Korean domestic market in one day.

The cooperation between iQiyi and SM surprised Li Mingyang.

As a top-level agency for Korean idols, SM has a very high traffic volume in the Korean entertainment industry. Girls' Generation alone is enough to overwhelm all the streaming media in Korea.

Li Mingyang really couldn't understand how iQiyi convinced SM to join forces.

Although iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video are coming in with great momentum, only those who can stand firm in South Korea are qualified to fight against them.

As for whether Kakao will betray him.

FBTV is so rich, Lao Jin would have to be an idiot to sell it.

What's more, Penguin never participates in the management of investment companies because it has neither the time nor the energy.

Things have their priorities, and the most urgent task is to work on the Korean version of the script for July and Ansheng.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the creative meeting of the July and Ansheng script ended on time. Li Mingyang asked Lao Wu to take CJ's screenwriter team to a nearby Chinese restaurant for dinner.

He stayed in the conference room and asked Li Xiucheng and two translators to help him organize the script.

Li Mingyang doesn't speak Korean and gets stuck easily during communication.

With the help of translation, we can achieve daily communication.

But communication in the script cannot be achieved through translation. Creation requires passion, and the collision of languages ​​generates inspiration!
There is no time to learn Korean, and the effect will not be better than translation.

Li Mingyang now relies entirely on the system to give him enlightenment.

He had a hunch that as long as he took the movie seriously, the system would definitely help him become proficient in Korean and solve his urgent problem!
The translated documents were placed on the table. Li Mingyang read them one by one, looking for inspiration in the text.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Li Mingyang finished sorting out the content of today's script, put the paper materials into a bag and took it home.

The Korean screenwriter's depiction of love is pure, romantic and restrained.

This is reflected in Korean dramas, which immerse the audience in a world of love that transcends reality through delicate emotional portrayal, beautiful pictures and gripping plots.

It is highly consistent with the sweet pet novels in China.

Even sweet pet stories are a variation of Korean dramas.

That’s why Korean dramas and sweet dramas can be shared between the two countries without any obstacles!

Different from the strong foreshadowing in Korean movies.

Korean dramas are filmed and broadcasted at the same time, and they focus on making a good first impression. They catch people's attention right from the start, with handsome men and beautiful women, strong conflicts, and then unfold with dramatic twists. There must be a kiss within eight episodes!

Li Mingyang didn't expect these screenwriters to come up with any amazing scripts.

He holds script meetings every day just to understand the level of Korean screenwriters.

I don’t feel how strong he is, but he loves to learn and is good at studying routines.

One set after another.

Back at the villa in Seongbuk-dong, Li Mingyang ate fried chicken made by the housekeeper and drank beer.

When he had almost finished eating, Li Mingyang took off his disposable gloves.

I opened the black door of the restaurant, went to the cinema suite, and took out the scripts that I had accumulated in the script club over the past few days from the cabinet.

Sitting on the sofa, I cut the script, taking the essence and discarding the dross.

The Korean version of "July and Ansheng" is "Goodbye, My Soul Mate".

Kim Da-mi's movie.

Li Mingyang went to see Jin Duomei.

Li Mingyang has read both editions.

The story of Goodbye is set in Jeju Island, and the whole style becomes fresh, bright, and clean, with a fairy tale feeling of paradise.

The film was shot in July in Zhenjiang, a small town in the south of the Yangtze River.

The small town is shabby, gray and yellow, and has a strong earthy feel.

A very contemporary feel.

But as a line in the movie goes, "Jia Ming likes it this way!"

The distorted fairy tale filter of the Korean version is a matter of personal opinion.

The plot of July and Goodbye is basically the same.

But "July and Ansheng" turned out to be a bloody love triangle story between two women and one man.

The overall feeling is very depressing.

The goodbye photo was very lacy and romantic.

There is nothing to do with men at all.

In terms of plot, Li Mingyang prefers the Korean version, which goes beyond friendship.

The companionship between girly girls and the memories of country lanes are wonderful!
But let's talk about acting.

The version with Little Yellow Duck and Fatty Ma is better, with better acting and more empathy.

The emotional outburst and degree of immersion are much stronger than the Korean version.

The acting skills of the Korean version of Kim Da-mi were not brought out to the fullest. Kim Da-mi is a rare combination of girlishness and boyishness. It might be the script or the director who failed to capture her unique temperament.

After recalling the Chinese and Korean versions of "Summer and Ansheng", Li Mingyang got into the state, took out a pair of scissors from the system space, and began to cut the script written by CJ for the second time.

As time went by, the script in Li Mingyang's hands was cut into pieces.

Li Mingyang had the context of the original film in his mind, and a vague rhythm of the movie.

You just need to piece together similar plots like a puzzle.

It doesn't need to be exactly the same, just a rough outline.

Once the outline is out, we can then make some modifications based on the original novel.

This is the advantage of adapting a novel. There is a reference basis, and the characters, plots, twists, and conflicts are all there.

Ding ding dong dong…

The alarm on my cell phone rang, it was seven in the morning.

Li Mingyang cut the script of hundreds of pages into only one third, which is in tatters.

There's no time to rest.

Li Mingyang went to the master bedroom on the second floor, took a shower, changed into a black sportswear, put on a hood and sunglasses, and went out.

After jogging for about an hour, Li Mingyang arrived at the script meeting room of Huashu Technology.

CJ's writers have all arrived.

In fact, there was enough material for the Korean version of July and Ansheng, but CJ's writing team lent him ten days.

Gotta make good use of it.

"The script for July and Ansheng has been completed. I have a new idea here, which is to make a sequel script based on my Witch."

After Li Mingyang finished speaking, the translator immediately translated it.

When the screenwriters heard that they were going to make a new script, there was immediately chaos. After a long while, an older male screenwriter stood up, bowed to him, and said that he wanted to ask the company's opinion.

Because when they came, they only had one job, which was to help complete the script of July and Ansheng.

Although the work was completed ahead of schedule, I still need to talk to the minister.

Li Mingyang asked the other party to communicate.

After a while, someone from CJ called him and asked him whether the script for July and Ansheng was ready.

Li Mingyang said it was done, and the other party said a lot of long-winded words, which roughly meant that the script had been completed and CJ's screenwriter team had to return to their posts and busy themselves with other work.

Of course, it is not impossible to make concessions, but it requires communication and discussion with the president and above.

In fact, it just means asking him to talk to Li Meijin.

This is the bad thing about Koreans: no one dares to take responsibility...for fear of being blamed.

Originally, making another script would be beneficial to everyone, but no one, from the screenwriter to the minister, dared to act on their own.

Even though he knew that the powerful chairman Li Mei Jin would agree, he didn't dare to do so.

"I won't be working on a new script for now. Thank you all for your help these days. I have prepared some small gifts for you." Li Mingyang asked Li Xiucheng to give out red envelopes.

These screenwriters employed by CJ are quite timid, but they are ruthless when it comes to taking red envelopes.

"Boss, now that everyone has left, what should we do next?" Li Xiucheng asked.

"Of course I will go home and work on the script, show the finalized script to Li Meijin, and then we can go through the process." Li Mingyang said with a yawn.

"Ah! What should we do with the company? President Zhang has returned to Dongda University and no one is in charge!" Li Xiucheng said in shock.

"Am I not human?"

"Boss, that's not what I meant... I just don't want you to work so hard..." Li Xiucheng said hesitantly.

Li Mingyang looked at Li Xiucheng's shifty look and knew what he was planning.

I want to sit in Zhang Wei’s seat.

"Xiu Cheng! You are a very good agent and very loyal, but..."

"Boss, I get it. I don't have that idea..." Li Xiucheng sighed silently in his heart, knowing that the boss looked down on him and gave up on his own initiative.

"Just to tell you one thing, you are always timid when facing the chaebols, but Zhang Wei can talk to Li Meijin calmly and without being servile or overbearing... I think you should take care of it first, and I will be the agent for your bouquet."

Eh... I also want to develop well, but the competition in Korea is too fierce. The flower agency has no cooperation with the TV station, and the artists I can choose are the ones left over by others!
The only one who has made it big is Brother Ma, and he is my high school classmate.

"Boss, the Rolls-Royce Phantom you ordered will arrive in China next week."

"It's pretty fast."

How could it not be fast? I spent an extra 5 million won to expedite it.

(End of this chapter)