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Chapter 86 Extreme Occupation + Quan Zhixian [4 more subscriptions required]

Two hours later, it was the early morning of the 16th, and Li Wenyu announced that it was time to call it a day and take a break.

Lao Li returned to the hotel and spent three hours cooking Fat Ice before turning to make tea and write. So far, the writing progress of "The Martian" is still good.

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Three poles in the sun.

Li Wenyu was having breakfast in Ah Xin's guest room when he received news that a guy named Director Zheng from South Korea's IHQ Group was visiting with Jeon Ji-hyun.

Director Zheng wants to discuss some business cooperation with Li Wenyu.

Slightly surprised, he put down his phone and stroked Ah Xin's long, black hair. "Don't be so hard-mouthed yet. I'm going to meet someone. I'll treat him to lunch at noon. I'll turn on my phone in the afternoon and get back to work."

What does the South Korean company want from him? Bring Jeon Ji-hyun along.

Is he trying to ask for a project for Jeon Ji-hyun?
Li Wenyu hasn't finished writing The Martian yet, and has considered producing a 00s version of The Martian movie next year or the year after, but the outside world doesn't know about it yet.

Guests are welcome, just meet them.

Li Jiaxin was speechless and asked, "Who are you inviting to dinner?"

Lao Li explained the situation, and Ah Xin was surprised. "You're so powerful in the industry, yet you're so honest. You even refused Ah Zhi's advances. So you're attracted to Koreans?"

"When you guys are done, can I come meet you and take a picture?"

"After all, she was the third most beautiful woman in Asia in 2001. I took a photo with her and posted it on my personal Weibo update, so that mainland netizens can see for themselves that I am the photo killer. I can easily kill her, the mistress."

She has been a sister for so long, so this little request is not too much.

If it were Ah Xin before she had in-depth communication with Lao Li, she would not have the confidence to defeat Quan Zhixian in an instant.

Taking a photo together to kill each other, after all, due to age and vicissitudes of life, it is really impossible to kill each other face to face with a 21-year-old girl.

Now that she believes that life lies in exercise, self-discipline, and the clustered explanation that a good mood can maintain health, she is full of confidence.

She looks a little younger and more lively than when she was filming the Dark Horse Prince.

Ah Xin now has the confidence to kill anyone who stands in his way, even if it means killing a Buddha.

Li Wenyu, "..."

He didn't know how to complain, so he thought for a moment, lit a cigarette, and said, "Let's go to a restaurant together. At least even if we get photographed, there won't be any rumors."

Li Jiaxin was amused. "Ayu, you're still the best. You're worthy of being called an elephant. After the popularity of "My Sassy Girl," it wasn't like there weren't people in Hong Kong who wanted to use her popularity to scam people out of money."

"Emperor Entertainment's Feng Zai even followed suit and filmed My Savage Classmate, but this girl ignored all the contract offers from Hong Kong Island. Now she's actively coming to you to discuss something."

"You're probably craving some project? No, you have a new movie? I didn't even know about it."

After the Asian storm of "My Sassy Girl", the Hong Kong film and television industry was quick to follow suit.

My Sassy Girl was released in theaters just one month after My Sassy Girl premiered.

Li Wenyu was a little amused and said, "I don't have any new plans for now. You'll know when you go and meet him."

Only Pang Bing knew about his Martian rescue project. Pang Bing also thought that if she played the leading female role in a science fiction blockbuster, she would not brag about it.

However, he didn't mind Director Zheng bringing Quan Zhixian to visit and having a meal with him.

This Xiaoxian is extremely popular in South Korea and has some background.

His roommate Sha Diao Lao Wang's idol Song Huiqiao, no matter how good the overseas Chinese girl is, will also suffer from anal prolapse.

Jin Xishan is also that thing with Jackie Chan.

Jeon Ji-hyun is not only a T1 idol in South Korea, but also made her debut with the big screen hit "My Sassy Girl".

My Sassy Girl was preceded by the critically acclaimed and box-office hit film My Sassy Girl.

But for such a popular idol, she only stars in one film project every two years on average. It must be that Jeon Ji-hyun herself is too picky!

She is signed to a South Korean agency, what does that mean?
If you go out to hold a concert, the company may take 70% to 80% of the revenue.

Most of the top idols are just slaves of their agencies.

Those who commit suicide are really slaves. Not only can they not rest easily in the film, television and music industries, they cannot rest even when relatives come to visit or when they work in the shipping industry. Otherwise, who would commit suicide easily?

Jeon Ji-hyun's Unreachable Lover plus Sassy Girl is similar to Yan Zi's roles in Return of the Condor Heroes and Romance in the Rain, but the former are all movies and the latter are all TV series.

In the early 00s, the status of this area in Asia was completely different.

In the future, Li Bingbing hooked up with the wife of Murdoch, one of the global media tycoons, and filmed a terrible movie, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, in which Jeon Ji-hyun played the role of Snow Flower.

When she took a photo with Li Bingbing for publicity, she wanted to be so arrogant that she made Li Bingbing look like a maid.

This girl may be the only big star in South Korea who has never been sexually exploited.

There are rumors that it was her agent, Director Zheng, who discovered her. The two had been dating seriously for several years. Mr. Zheng is considered a small tycoon in the circle and has always protected her.

Later it was denied that there was no discussion.

It is Director Zheng who is now asking to see Li Wenyu. He is a director and minister of one of the largest brokerage companies in South Korea. His status in the South Korean entertainment industry is similar to that of the rising kings of Huayi.

There are also rumors that Jeon Ji-hyun herself is a fair, rich and beautiful woman, and is definitely far behind the Samsung Princess Lee, but her family is upper class.

In the future, she will marry into the wealthy Cui family. The man is Quan Zhixian's elementary school classmate. Just like the various aristocratic schools in the mainland in the future, those who go there to study are the future successors.

This also shows that Quan Zhixian is not from an ordinary family.

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After a while, I went to a private room in a big hotel in Shanghai.

Li Wenyu met Director Zheng, Quan Zhixian and their assistant and translator at the door. They greeted each other briefly and everyone chatted in English.

This needs no translation.

Jeon Ji-hyun's English is just okay, and her accent is strong with South Korean accent. When Andrew Lau went to film Daisy in 2005, he often complained about Jeon Ji-hyun's poor English.

Director Zheng, who is in his early 30s, speaks better English!

Both parties entered the private room, and the assistant translator remained outside. Director Zheng smiled and grabbed the red wine poured by Li Jiaxin, raised his glass in thanks, and said, "Director Li, you are the most popular director in the Chinese film and television industry."

"Xiaoxian and I made this unexpected visit hoping to have Xiaoxian play the female role in Director Li's next film project, so that we can achieve a strong collaboration."

"Given Director Li's track record with The Shallows and the sound engineer, even if they're now making their way into TV dramas, the quality of your next film will surely be no less."

"In return, Director Li's films won't be sold to distributors when they're screened in South Korea. We at IHQ will negotiate with the theater chains for you and get a share of the profits. Of course, IHQ will also get a share of the profits."

Li Wenyu and Li Jiaxin looked at each other, feeling both surprised and justified.

The movie "The Shallows" was eventually sold for HK$9700 million in South Korea, which was originally sold for HK$2800 million, a bargain price.

Film producers in East Asia and Southeast Asia make at least 300% more!

If we had negotiated with the South Korean cinema chain in the first place, let alone 40%, even 30% would have been more than HK$2500 million.

The total sales of maids from Korean stars, Malaysians, Thais, Indonesians and the Philippines are 2800 million, and if the profits are divided, it will be 2500 million per place!
The Tuner? The Tuner was eventually sold for HK$1.5 million in South Korea, and was one of the first to leave and then hold another event there.

If the profit is split, 30% can get to million Hong Kong dollars.

The difference between profit sharing and selling to film distributors is that if you don’t have good connections and the theater chain delays paying you for a year or two, and even cheats in an international lawsuit, you’ll be in even greater trouble.

Li Wenyu smiled and grabbed the wine glass. "I haven't thought about what my new film will be about yet. Director Zheng is quite straightforward."

Director Zheng clinked his glasses and drank. "Director Li must be a very smart person to have made it this far. I won't say any more nonsense. We at IHQ have a lot of celebrity artists."

"We have produced excellent films such as Life and Death Spy. In the future, I can help Director Li negotiate with TV stations on how to purchase the broadcasting rights for My Love from the Star."

"As long as Director Li shows his true strength, I'm looking forward to working with you. Xiaoxian already has an untouchable lover and a wild girlfriend. If he makes another blockbuster, he can become a top star in Asia."

Li Wenyu kept smiling and drank.

Li Jiaxin also showed her emotional intelligence and started chatting with Quan Zhixian.

When the guests are sincere during a meal, eating, drinking and communicating is still a very pleasant experience.

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After Li Wenyu, Director Zheng, and Quan Zhixian finished their meal, they went out and got into the car to go to the crew. Li Jiaxin, who got in the back of the car with him, quickly touched up her lip makeup.

As she reapplied her lipstick, her eyebrows danced with joy, "Quan Zhixian and this Old Zheng must be having an affair."

"My little magic! My Sassy Girl became a huge hit in Asia, but since last summer, Jeon Ji-hyun hasn't taken on any film or television projects."

"She was extremely popular in South Korea, China, and other island countries. After she became famous, she only made money by filming commercials. Her career ambition is a bit strange."

At the dinner table, Li Jiaxin also chatted a lot with Jeon Ji-hyun, who had a strong South Korean accent.

I learned that in addition to shooting advertising planning, she has been studying at a university in South Korea, and can be considered as Director Zheng's junior sister.

Since she was discovered by Director Zheng at the age of 17, Jeon Ji-hyun has been the one to choose all the projects, whether they are TV dramas or movies. This time, she has been looking for a script that she has not been satisfied with for a year or two.

That's why Director Zheng came to Li Wenyu to discuss cooperation. If you say that there's nothing wrong between the two of them, that's too un-South Korean and too un-entertainment-like.

Of course, in terms of making money, Jeon Ji-hyun still took on a lot of advertisements, which were very profitable, including endorsing Samsung.

Just like Pang Bing became a big hit, he received 2500 million yuan in pre-tax remuneration for five commercials!
Li Wenyu was also a little speechless, "Do you really have to be so gossipy?"

He also relied on his keen observation to discover that Lao Zheng and Quan Zhixian did have a lot of natural and familiar couple body language.

Director Zheng is nice to Jeon Ji-hyun, but Jeon Ji-hyun, despite appearing to be in love with him, has a hidden resistance and rejection towards him.

He remembered that before his rebirth, when Quan Zhixian was filming "My Sassy Girl", she and this Lao Zheng had announced their marriage, which made countless fans of "My Sassy Girl" want to quit.

However, both sides denied it.

Then in 2009, it was revealed that Lao Zheng was monitoring and eavesdropping on Quan Zhixian in all directions, and a lawsuit was filed. Then Quan Zhixian, who had been in IHQ for more than ten years, moved out on her own.

Open your own agency.

In 2012, Jeon Ji-hyun married the wealthy son of the Choi family.

This is most likely because Jeon Ji-hyun's family is pretty good, and she met a big boss who trained and protected her when she entered the industry.

But Lao Zheng, the boss, has too strong a desire for control.

No normal person would pay someone to monitor Quan Zhixian's every move, nor could a normal person stand being eavesdropped on 24 hours a day.

This "My Sassy Girl" not only had a box office explosion and skyrocketing popularity, but was also nominated for Best Actress at the South Korean Blue Dragon Film Festival and won the Best Actress trophy at the South Korean Daejong Film Awards.

Similar to the explosion of Fat Ice with The Shallows, the leading actress could not forget it and won the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress in mainland China.

After all, she is an upgraded version of Swallow, with the double bonus of "Return of the Condor Heroes" and "Deep Love in the Palace"!

Li Jiaxin wanted to transform herself into a beautiful woman eating melons, and asked while continuing to put on makeup, "Would you consider this kind of cooperation?"

"What Lao Zheng said before is a long-term cooperation, not just a movie to get box office revenue share in South Korea. If it's a long-term cooperation, many of our Time Media movies have split the box office revenue."

"It makes more money than selling movies!"

"If they could capture the island market like other film producers have done, the outbreak would be even more terrifying."

A movie in Taiwan can gross tens or even hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars. Sharing the profits? Even if you get 20%, you can take away million to million, or even more.

The island nation and South Korea were the strongest voting bases in Asia in the early 00s.

Li Wenyu lit a cigarette and sighed, "Looks like I have to change my plans for the film. This Lao Zheng came all of a sudden just to promote his girlfriend."

“But it’s a good opportunity for us.”

Let’s put aside the island nation’s voting base and not say more for now.

Even if Jeon Ji-hyun is the female lead in the next movie, the male lead will still be a Chinese actor, which means he will be playing a supporting role for a Chinese star actor.

Just like future co-productions between Hong Kong and the mainland, the films will feature top mainland actresses paired with Hong Kong and Taiwan male actors.

Jeon Ji-hyun's popularity and appeal have made her films a huge hit in South Korea, which has further made South Korean audiences become fans of Chinese male stars.

This is not just a little poetry master who spent hundreds of millions to create The Promise, and let Xie Tingfeng, Zhang Bozhi, Liu Ye and others play supporting roles for South Korea's Zhang Dongjian.

Wuji is praising Korean stars from the island to the sky, stepping on Azhi and others to get to the top, and bombarding the mainland market.

Now that Lao Zheng has come to visit, it has given him an opportunity as a Chinese male actor to step on Jeon Ji-hyun to enter the South Korean market and the island country market!

Jeon Ji-hyun is also very popular in the island country.

Filming for "Sister in Law" started in September 03. It only grossed 9 million yuan in the first week of its release in mainland China. This had a lot to do with the poor box office performance in mainland China in 300.

But "Savage Sister" grossed 1600 million RMB in the island country in just two days!

Your new film has Jeon Ji-hyun as the female lead, and the quality is good enough. The box office in the island country will easily reach more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars or RMB, and the box office in South Korea will not be too bad either.

These are all basic influences.

Li Wenyu's Time Weibo is even developing a branch in Hong Kong Island. Once the branch is ready to launch the overseas version, both Taiwan and South Korea will be markets that Weibo will bombard.

Jeon Ji-hyun's move in will bring in a large number of South Korean fans.

Just like when Pang Bing, Li Bingbing and others certified themselves on Weibo in mainland China and called on their fans, they attracted tens of millions of registered users in a short period of time.

This time, what Lao Zheng and Quan Zhixian brought was not just an opportunity to make a certain amount of money at the box office.

This is the time when the Time Series has completely penetrated the South Korean market, creating an opportunity for Chinese stars to be more noble than South Korean stars!

After Li Wenyu put out his cigarette, he complained, "Old Zheng treats Xiaoxian just fine."

My Sassy Girl was released in July 2001, but until April 7, Jeon Ji-hyun only produced two works, one of which was the sequel to My Sassy Girl, Popcorn.

It can only be said that it is one thing for Jeon Ji-hyun to choose the movies she wants to star in, but it is a greater confidence for her to have someone to protect her and let her choose freely.

Old Li thought about those who committed suicide in the South Korean entertainment industry, and was speechless to find that Director Zheng's desire for control was too strong, and no normal person could stand it.

But he didn't mean to wrong Quan Zhixian. The accusations made in the suicide notes were the most tragic.

Cooperation still needs to be discussed, and negotiation is no small matter. Time Films entered South Korea with a profit-sharing model, and Lao Zheng's IHQ also needs to share a share.

How much do you take? How much do I take? Old Zheng is asking for 15%, which is 15% of the total box office after tax. What a shameless deal.

Negotiations involve a process of asking for a high price and then bargaining with each other.

But you are asking for 15% just for helping to collect the debt. That is more than an exorbitant amount.

He even suspected that the other party came here to ask for a role for Jeon Ji-hyun.

It was only after he went to the beach and tuned the sound that he came to negotiate business with Shi Guang in order to get a 15% share of the total box office after tax, and to give Quan Zhixian a chance to be the heroine.

Li Wenyu's psychological expectation is that Shi Guang can get 30% of the total box office after tax from the theaters, and then talk about it slowly.

It's similar to the negotiations between mainland film and television companies and theaters. Starting from 90% in the 30s, it increased to more than 2011% in 40.

We have discussed about ten points over the past ten or twenty years.

This cooperation can only be discussed slowly.

What is more important is the great expansion of the overseas department of Time Weibo.

Only the mainland version of the South African newspaper quoted 10% of million US dollars. If the overseas version develops well, the quotation can easily double.

The share of South Korea's vote bank is far less dramatic than the surge in Weibo's valuation.

It’s not that Weibo is more important. When South Korean stars need to call on their fans, he will directly refuse when they ask for too much.

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After a while, the car arrived at the set.

Li Wenyu calmly directed the crew's operations. The bigger the negotiation, the more patient one needs to be.

He also didn't expect that after filming a series of scenes, Director Zheng and Jeon Ji-hyun from IHQ called him again, wanting to visit the set of My Love from the Star.

Li Wenyu asked Xiao Yang to take an English-speaking assistant to pick up the person.

After thinking about it now, the next movie cannot be "The Martian". The Martian pie is too big and it is intended to impact Europe and the United States.

Another drama? I think "Extreme Job" is a good choice.

Xtreme Profession was a South Korean film that remained at the box office in Korea until the 20s, far exceeding the records of Hollywood blockbusters such as Avengers and Avatar.

Similar to the achievements of Chinese-language films such as Wolf Warrior 2.

What's even funnier is that "Extreme Job" is a Sino-Korean co-production, with one script and two shoots. The mainland version, "The Lobster Cop", grossed 6800 million RMB at the mainland Chinese box office.

This was released in 2018, which was the most glorious period of the mainland film industry. In 2018, the total box office in the mainland was 609 billion yuan, and Detective Chinatown 2 alone had a record of 33.9 billion yuan.

I Am Not a God of Medicine 30.09 billion.

Therefore, the mainland version's performance of 6800 million is not just a matter of whether it is mediocre or not, it is a huge pit.

"Extreme Job" was released in South Korea in 2019, with a global box office of US$1.19 million, equivalent to HK$9.2 million. It has not yet been released in mainland China.

When Quan Zhixian and Lao Li's Time Department launched a multi-lane cooperation to help Weibo raise funds, there was no big problem in playing the role of a funny and powerful female police officer in Extreme Job.

She is the original heroine of "My Love from the Star". She often plays a funny role in the show. The funny goddess is also very easy to get along with the audience in private.

Even if this time My Love from the Star was snatched away by Li Jiaxin.

Waiting for the release of Extreme Job, it is said that Jeon Ji-hyun pays tribute to the funny character of the heroine in You Who Came From the Stars, which is great.

Her skills are not a big problem either, she fought well in the Thieves' League. No matter what, when it comes to professionalism, Quan Zhixian is far better than Pin La Beibi.

The issue of professionalism is really getting worse and worse, especially the flowers in the mainland are so miserable that there is nothing to complain about.

Needless to say, her image is very good. Jeon Ji-hyun is several levels stronger than the original heroine.

(End of this chapter)