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

Chapter 644 Running Man, the Korean film champion of the year!
Li Mingyang didn't know why he was crying, but he was very satisfied with his attitude. He asked him on the spot when he would join the crew and mentioned that Won Bin would be the male lead.

Silence! The whole place suddenly went silent!
Even the staff behind the scenes were shocked by the news!
"Wow!"

"Wow!"

"Jae-seok, are my ears broken? Is Won Bin going to be in a movie?"

Song Joong-ki never expected that his cheap big brother would give him such a heavyweight movie right away. He smiled and bowed, determined to perform well.

Seeing this, IU quickly tried to get a chance for herself, "Mingyang Oppa, when does the audition start? Can you give me a chance to audition?"

Song Ji Hyo also quickly fought for an audition opportunity for herself, and Kwang Soo was not willing to be left behind and also wanted to act.

When Yoo Jae-suk saw the chaotic scene, he joined in the fun and then changed the topic to today's theme, 'Law of the Jungle'.

The red and blue teams battled each other. Everyone was first divided into two groups and randomly drew animal cards.

Each set has seven animal cards: elephant, lion, tiger, leopard, wolf, fox, rabbit.

Similar to Beast Battle Chess, but without the rat, the elephant is invincible...

After each round of the game, the winning team can check the identities of the two players and designate two members of the losing team to exchange cards.

There are three rounds of mini-games in total.

The relay game tests tacit understanding, the horizontal bar game tests physical strength, and the psychological game tests acting skills.

And everyone really has three lives...

Before the official recording of the variety show, when everyone was discussing the script, the PD said that he had no idea about the level of name tag tearing of the guests in this episode, so each person would have three lives.

Otherwise you will not tear it too quickly and run out of material.

The captains of the red and blue teams are IU and Song Ji Hyo respectively.

When we were discussing the script, we had already been divided into teams, but during the actual shooting.

Song Ji Hyo did not choose Tiger Kim Jong Kook, but chose Lee Ming Yang instead.

After choosing, Song Ji Hyo asked the PD innocently, "Is this ok?"
The PD didn't stop it, so it just happened.

IU had no choice but to choose Kim Jong Kook.

As a team of two people with the strongest combat power, tearing off the name tags is basically a foregone conclusion.

The relay game is a gymnastic exercise, and the horizontal bar game is the horizontal bar.

In both games, Li Mingyang had no pressure. However, his teammates were not strong enough, and Gorillas and Kwang Soo focused on being funny, so they lost two games in a row.

The mind game is eating spicy food.

Li Mingyang put on a perfect mask and deceived everyone perfectly.

Finally won a round.

Check and you will find that Kim Jong Kook is really a tiger, and then check and you will find that IU is a rabbit.

"Hahaha! Kim Jong Kook turns into a rabbit, quickly turn him into a rabbit." Lee Kwang Soo pointed at Kim Jong Kook and his face was crooked with laughter.

"It would be boring to turn into a rabbit..." Kim Jong Kook resisted weakly.

"If I want to tear Kim Jong Kook apart, don't fight with me!" Park Xingxing shook his hands, jumped up, and warmed up.

"Oppa... Oppa..." Lee Ji-eun called her Oppa pitifully, hoping that Li Mingyang would show mercy.

However, the captain is Song Ji Hyo, so just change her.

The members of Running Man were bullied a lot by Kim Jong Kook. It's a rare opportunity to find such a good opportunity.

The PD didn't do anything and just let these people do whatever they wanted.

In the final name tag tearing stage, everyone's identity was revealed. Li Mingyang was a leopard who could tear apart wolves, foxes, and rabbits.

The place to tear off the name tags is in Sanqing Park.

It was not big to begin with, and the steep hillside was sealed off and no one was allowed to enter, making the battle site even smaller.

Li Mingyang originally thought it would be over in an hour or two...

He is fast!
When actually filming, Li Mingyang found that he had underestimated the amount of exercise that Running Man would do!

There weren't enough cover in the park and there were so many people, so we could see the enemy team's conspicuous clothing from a distance and started running from a distance.

Li Mingyang chases people, and often ends up chasing after a male guest and ends up chasing after a female guest.

In variety shows, male guests don’t tear apart female guests unless they are really weak...

Li Mingyang had no choice but to leave. His teammates were being chased and he had to go to support them.

Li Mingyang can run and has good physical strength, so he doesn't worry about being torn apart.

Others are not as carefree as him and prefer to take shortcuts and go through the woods.

Each one is better at hiding and escaping than the other.

In the first half of the time, Li Mingyang hadn't seen Kim Jong Kook.

The Koreans have figured out the art of tearing off name tags.

He is very good at sneak attacks.

IU relied on herself as a tiger and he couldn't tear her, so she sneak attacked him more than ten times in one night, but failed to tear her once and fell more than ten times instead. Fortunately, it was winter and he was wearing thick pants.

What wrestling eucharist...

Throughout the night, Li Mingyang ran the most, but he didn't tear many pieces.

The main thing was that the others didn’t fight with him, they either ran away, shouted, or knelt down, picking on their opponents.

Lee Kwang Soo had the most fun in this episode. He was an elephant and tore a lot of people apart.

But he still couldn't escape the fate of being an unlucky guy.

Kim Jong Kook completed the task, the rabbit turned into a mouse, one life exchanged for another, he tore him twice, but still could not change his fate of being the first to be eliminated.

He'll be in jail for life!
Slept for more than two hours in prison.

I arrived at eight in the morning and recorded for more than ten hours. By ten in the evening, I couldn't take it anymore.

They started to fight each other head-on.

The man's tearing is not good looking...

To be fair, Li Mingyang couldn't help and had to watch from the side to prevent anyone from getting hurt.

The woman's tearing is really beautiful.

IU and captain Song Ji Hyo PK, they fought five rounds in a row, tore three sets of clothes, and screamed while tearing them. The high-frequency female voice was really shocking.

The collars of the two women were the worst hit. They basically rolled on the ground and had their collars torn. That means they were wearing black protective clothing underneath. If they hadn't been wearing that, they would have been able to see the fleeting moments and the gathering of mountains and hills.

Song Ji Hyo doesn't care, she has sacrificed for art.

IU and Lee Mingyang really want to watch it.

By the way, there is Kim Tae-ri at home.

"I Meet You at the End of My Life" starring national sister IU was extremely popular, and audiences all over the Internet cried their eyes out.

As a result, at the Baeksang Arts Awards, the Best Actress trophy was actually won by Kim Tae-ri, making her the first Best Actress to break the "two-time winner curse" in nearly a decade.

The director also did a great job, when presenting the awards, the camera was kept on IU's face the entire time!

IU concealed it well, but her defense was visibly broken.

However, what is even more amazing is that no one among netizens later called out the conspiracy behind this incident, and the comments section was filled with the same response: "It's not unfair that she lost to Kim Tae-ri."

It must be fun to see the two little enemies tearing off their name tags!

It must be more exciting to wear JK costume and tear the black and white silk in a vacuum!
I don't know if IU is willing to play a lady. If she is willing...

Whoever wins will get the chance to compete for the Palme d'Or. What kind of fight is this going to be?!

The national sister was notorious at this time, but she turned her fate around and swept all the newcomer awards. How cool is that!

Li Mingyang had evil thoughts in his mind and was going to discuss it with IU after work, but Song Ji Hyo called her boyfriend Baek Chang Soo over, along with Choi Min Sik and Lee Jung Jae from the same company.

Li Mingyang couldn't help but sigh that Korean entertainment is really small.

When the two movie kings arrived, all the crew members, no matter what they were busy with, would run over, bow and greet them.

The MCs also lined up according to their seniority and came forward to greet them.

IU is so miserable, she is the last one...

But this is the most normal thing. Korean idols are at the bottom, not as good as variety show stars.

Chungmuro ​​is the pinnacle of Korean entertainment.

The hierarchy and order of seniority in Korean entertainment are suddenly embodied!
"Hello, Director Li!" After greeting everyone else, Choi Min-sik came over with a smile and stretched out his hands to shake hands.

"You've worked hard too. It's almost dawn and you haven't rested yet."

"There's nothing we can do. We have to live in the world." Choi Min-sik glanced at Song Ji-hyo and laughed.

"Director Lee, why didn't you call me when you came to record Running Man?" Lee Jung-jae came over and shook hands, jokingly.

"I just came here to have fun."

At this moment, Li Mingyang suddenly discovered...

In fact, he was at the pinnacle of Korean entertainment from the very beginning!
Look up!

Above him, there are only the chaebols who look down on and control Korean entertainment!

……

For the next period of time, Li Mingyang was so busy that he didn't even have time to go home.

On Tuesday, I practiced painting and fighting during the day, dance in the afternoon, performed at the SBS MTTV THE SHOW, and socialized at nightclubs at night.

On Wednesday, I practice painting and martial arts during the day, rehearse in the afternoon, perform on the MBC Music Show Champion, and socialize at nightclubs.

On Thursday, I practiced painting and fighting during the day, socialized at Shilla Hotel in the afternoon, promoted songs on Mnet CountDow, and socialized at nightclubs at night.

On Friday, I practice painting and martial arts during the day, hold a press conference and promote my song on KBS Music Bank in the afternoon, and socialize in a nightclub at night.

On Saturday, I practice painting and martial arts during the day, have a company meeting in the afternoon, perform on the MBC show at Music Center, and socialize at nightclubs at night.

Korean entertainment is really awesome!

In fact, Li Mingyang has skipped a lot of preparation and waiting steps, and he always jumps in line when promoting his songs.

It was fresh at first, but after two days I felt very tired.

On the other hand, Park Xingxing is quite motivated. He is well prepared every day, strictly controls his diet and carbohydrates, and doubles his fitness time.

After a year of holding back, I’m back to make a comeback, so why not show it off?

The single sales were very hot, exceeding 70,000 copies in one week, which is comparable to the popular Girls' Generation... but it didn't make much money...

A single album ranges from 13700 won to 17800 won, depending on the version and whether it is a vinyl record, and there are some large and small cards.

Park Xingxing complained that the earnings from this single were not as much as what Xiao Yang earned from three performances.

The largest market for Hallyu now is Japan, followed by Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

It’s not easy to enter the mainland market where gold is everywhere...it’s very difficult.

Tara was able to develop in the mainland when it was still a popular group, and was also connected with a mainland company.

After one year of development in the mainland, its popularity has skyrocketed!
Upon seeing this, Young Master Wang spent a fortune to snatch Tara away!
In 2015 and 2016 after signing the contract, the group actively carried out performing activities in mainland China. Then the restriction on Korean culture came, and it was GG!

Li Mingyang was able to bring FX to China because Guangxian started out by organizing official events and had sufficient event resources.

As for Xiao Yang, he is a student of Dongda University and there is no such restriction.

SM and iQiyi are colluding and want to export their artists to Tokyo University. This has been suppressed for almost a year and Gong Yu is too lazy to care about it.

Because the resistance is too great.

On the one hand, SM’s groups are too popular, which has had a huge impact on the domestic entertainment industry.

On the other hand, SM’s cooperation terms are too dark. After five rounds of negotiations, they are getting darker and darker!

SM is now going to Mango again, making Mango the scapegoat.

As for why you didn't come to find me.

The two parties also signed a management contract for a short period of time.

SM dares to cheat all domestic companies, but it dares not cheat him.

Lee Soo Man wanted to terminate Girls' Generation's management contract and asked for 50 billion won in liquidated damages as a gift to give him money to spend.

This operation is quite Cao.

Park Xingxing was quite understanding and complained that Lee Soo Man was trying to come up with new excuses to enrich himself.

As the founder and president of SM, Lee Soo-man has often used his position to extract money from the company.

Li Mingyang also knew this.

Lee Soo Man is the biggest and fattest hamster in SM, and the chaebol has no choice but to let him eat.

Park Xingxing knew more, both public and private, and he counted on his fingers as he told Li Mingyang the story of Lee Soo-man's rise to wealth.

SM planned to go public in 1999, with the listing requirement being a registered capital of more than 10 billion won.

But at that time, SM's capital was only 5000 million won.

To this end, Lee Soo-man used company funds, withdrew 9 million won from SM Entertainment's "passbook", and withdrew 2.5 million won from SM Enterprise, totaling 11.5 billion won for false payment of shares.

SM’s starting point was Lee Soo Man’s corruption.

In April 2000, SM went public at a public offering price of 4 won. Two months later, the stock price soared to 1.2 won, with a total market value of approximately 6.09 billion won.

The 11.5 billion won that Lee Soo-man embezzled was equivalent to about 1 billion won earned in one year.

In January 2003, the truth was revealed and Lee Soo-man was included in Interpol's wanted list.

In May 2003, Lee Soo-man returned to China on his own initiative and accepted investigation by the procuratorate. He was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for three years.

This sentence is the funniest. It doesn’t feel like a sentence at all, but more like a relief.

I have been convicted of embezzlement and false stock market manipulation.

The same crime cannot be punished a second time.

This is similar to the case of Xu Guangtou and Zhang Ting.

The same crime cannot be sentenced twice. With irrefutable evidence, they actually won the case...

李秀满挪用了11亿5000万韩元，仅在2005年6月就拿到了159亿韩元。

There is also an additional 43.87% of the shares.

Li Mingyang had a hard time listening to Lee Soo Man's methods of selling and buying stocks, mainly because they were too detailed.

The date is accurate to the day, the number of shares held is accurate to ten thousand, and the shareholding ratio is accurate to two decimal places.

Fortunately, Park Xingxing was able to remember it.

李秀满于2005年6月20日售出31万股，7月8日实施每股100%无偿增资，股票数量增加到438万股。

He is very good at allocating paid capital to shareholders.

Sell ​​stocks at a high price, make paid capital increase, and buy them again at a low price.

SM became his treasure trove.

The more I sold, the more stocks I had, but the stock amount did not decrease, but increased instead.

Anyway, no one is stopping him... He can easily make tens of billions every year with this operation.

And this is just one of his excellent 'gluttonous' operations.

Lee Soo Man's other two great projects are Like Planning and E Management.

In April 2000, Lee Soo-man listed SM Entertainment on the stock market.

SM enterprise and Like Planning were placed in affiliated companies.

Enterprise is responsible for the management company business of its singers, and (SM) will pay 20% of the record sales as a handling fee.

Like Planning is responsible for the music consultation and production of its singers and will pay 15% of the record sales as a handling fee.

Because E Agency was too complicated, Park Xingxing estimated that it had embezzled hundreds of billions of won.

And the Like plan is included in the financial report.

After SM went public in 2000, it provided production labor fees to Like Planning.

Lee Soo Man is a registered director of SM and also the main producer, so he receives salary from SM.

In addition to the salary, Like also charges a service fee of 15% of the total record sales.

Not 15% of operating profit, but 15% of sales.

What's the matter with this labor fee... Lee Soo Man didn't consider it at first, since he was the president anyway.

After being criticized by the media for a long time, a new term was invented: cultural technology.

Simply put, it is the cost of using Lee Soo-man's experience.

Because of this thing, SM's revenue and profit are completely disproportionate, and its stock price is like a super roller coaster.

In 2005, SM's operating profit turned from loss to profit.

In March 2005, the stock price, which had been around 3 won, soared to 2000 won.

Then it took another setback, with operating losses for three consecutive years in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

In particular, in 2008, SM's operating profit was -16 billion won.

On the other hand, the labor fee taken by Like Planning was 20 billion won.

If Lee Soo-man's labor fees had not been leaked, the surplus would have been 3 million won, converted into a profit.

There would not have been the epic crash that followed.

In October 2008, SM's stock price fell to 10 won.

From 17000 won to 833 won,

SM is actually the biggest leeks machine in Korean entertainment...

Lee Soo-man's actions have been reported by Korean media for many years, but to no avail.

The company's top executives are all accomplices.

There are also many overseas funds that do not appear in company financial reports.

For example, the remuneration for performing in nightclubs is all in cash, and only the person in charge knows about it.

There are also cash and resource transactions such as drinking and sleeping together.

Behind the Korean Entertainment Company is Korea’s largest gray industry chain, which is like a giant net that penetrates every corner of Seoul’s underground.

The entertainment industry and nightclubs are all my brothers.

The mainstream, the national, and the ones that go overseas are the most profitable!
After a week of extensive exposure, the PL combination of Li Mingyang and Park Xingxing made it into the top five in the latest celebrity lists.

The name is made from the first letters of their surnames, which just happens to be a beautiful combination. Park Xingxing likes this name very much.

Best Single, Best Star, Popular Song, and No. 1 in the Most Impactful Person Star category of the Weekly Current Affairs...

There are so many media and online selections in Korea, which indirectly increases exposure.

With the high-density continuous exposure during this week, the number of moviegoers for Seoul Spring exceeded 1300 million, reaching 1360!

It became the Korean local film of the year.

This week, the number of new moviegoers exceeded 10...

This result is actually not low.

But Li Mingyang was not satisfied.

Li Mingyang adopted a new idol song promotion approach to attract fans with his peach blossom eyes and idol halo, and encouraged them to buy tickets to watch the movie.

But this new approach surprised Li Mingyang. He really didn't expect that Korean fans would have such low motivation to watch movies.

Lower than in China.

There are only about 10,000 to 20,000 new people every day.

Compared with the entire daily movie-watching population, it only accounts for about 5%.

The majority of moviegoers for Seoul Spring are fans who watch the movie multiple times!
"Among Park Xingxing and I's fans, 63% are female, and most of them are in their 20s, not like Girls' Generation's 10s. They cheer so loudly at the concerts, but they don't even support my movie. What kind of fans are they..."

Li Mingyang looked at the data analysis chart sent by CJ and scratched his head speechlessly. It is really difficult to follow the idol route in Korea!
Goodbye My Soulmate, starring Im Yoona and Seohyun, has been released for 48 days and has accumulated 315 million viewers and a total box office of 241 billion won.

Seeing this result again, Li Mingyang felt that the fan groups of the two girls could not be said to have no contribution, but the contribution was relatively small...

It mainly depends on his box office appeal...

Li Mingyang started to look through the other information sent by CJ.

Although Li Mei Jin said she would not help, she still sent him all the data and information about the movie so that he would not be completely in the dark and act blindly!
Although the idol route fell far short of expectations, it also played a role in attracting new customers. The Korean film market is a long-term battle!

After reading the information for more than two hours, Li Mingyang put it aside, moved the mouse, entered the movie section of the NAVER forum, and checked Jeon Doo-gwang's post about Seoul Spring.

(End of this chapter)