Chapter two hundred and eighty second trip to Korea
When Cheng Yu'an went to the United States, the young lady was very relieved and would not follow him. He knew that his man was not interested in Ocean Horse.
But when going to South Korea, Liu Yifei must accompany her.
Liu Yifei packed Cheng Yuan's luggage, and Cheng Yuan said: "I will stay there for three to five days, why are you picking up so many things for me? Hey, hey, why do you still have yours?"
Cheng Yuan saw his girlfriend stuffing her underwear and pajamas into his suitcase.
"I can't go either."
"I'm going to check out, why are you following me?"
"I'm going to look at my thighs."
Cheng Yuan smiled and said nothing. How could he not know what she was thinking?
The two packed up and got on the plane.
As soon as Cheng Yuan got on the plane, he read the reports previously sent by the Korean studio.
After all, he is an outsider. The Korean studio has not achieved much in the past two years, and he has no major investments.
"The Temptation of Going Home" was bought out by KBS. Although it split a lot of money, most of the money went to the TV station.
"Running Man!" is still being filmed, and "Running Man!" is still a draft.
Apart from these three projects, the rest is just to drink some soup behind the four major Korean TV stations and advertising companies, plus some domestic remote blood transfusions from time to time, and let the studio do a joint distribution and joint production. Now I can be proud of it.
Profit and loss.
Cheng Yu'an didn't want to make the Korean studio big. It would be enough to produce one or two works a year. After three to five years, he would sell it, cash out and leave.
The flight from Beijing to South Korea is not long, only 2 hours.
Someone from the studio will pick you up.
"Let's go to the scene of "The Lonely Agent" first." Cheng Yu'an said as soon as he got in the car.
"Why don't you go to the hotel and rest first?"
"It's only a two-hour flight. Let's go to the scene first." "The Lonely Agent" is the first film produced by a Korean studio, and it hired a big name like Yuan Bin. Of course Cheng Yu'an had to go and see it.
One thing about filming in South Korea is different from that in China. The screenwriter and director are equals and have a lot of power in the crew.
As for the drama "The Lonely Agent", the screenwriter and director are both Li Zhenfan, and the Producers Studio and CJ each sent a representative.
The two arrived at the set. Li Zhenfan was directing a play when he saw the producer bringing someone to visit the studio - he didn't see Cheng Yu'an and shouted stop.
Our own producer introduced to Li Zhenfan and Yuan Bin: "This is director Cheng Yu'an, the investor of "The Lonely Agent" and the owner of the studio. This is Miss Liu Yifei."
"Hello, Director Cheng, I really like your movies. I watched "The Martian" three times when it was released in Korea. I would like to ask you about special effects in the future." Li Zhenfan shook hands with Cheng Yu'an.
"Communicate with each other." Cheng Yu'an was very polite. Cheng Yu'an had mastered Korean in the past few years, so basic communication was no longer a problem.
Yuan Bin put his head on the labor correction plate and bowed slightly to Cheng Yu'an: "Hello, Director Cheng. I am Yuan Bin. Hello, Miss Liu Yifei."
Cheng Yu'an was okay, he was not very familiar with Yuan Bin, but Liu Yifei was very excited: "The movie you shot "Blue Life and Death" was really beautiful." But she didn't know Korean, so she urged Cheng Yu'an to translate it for her quickly.
After hearing this, Yuan Bin smiled and said, "I also like Miss Liu Yifei's Little Dragon Girl and Zhao Ling'er."
Won Bin is really not just blowing it with his eyes closed. "The Condor" and "Legend of Sword" have been broadcast in South Korea. "The King of Kung Fu" has a box office of 1.22 million people in South Korea. The young lady is also very popular here. There is also an official website for Korean fans.
Woolen cloth.
Cheng Yuan greeted them and asked: "How is the filming progress?"
Li Zhenfan began to accompany Cheng Yuan to visit the crew and introduce the shooting situation. Overall, the progress was good, and if there were any problems, Cheng Yuan, the boss, did not need to worry about it.
Cheng Yu'an was still visiting the crew and communicating with Li Zhenfan and Yuan Bin about some shooting details. Liu Yifei didn't know when she got to play with the heroine "Zheng Xiaomi" of "The Lonely Agent". One of them couldn't understand Korean, and the other
Although they couldn't understand Chinese, the two of them were able to chat through a translator.
The young lady is now leading the little girl around.
"I arranged two endings." Li Zhenfan introduced his creative ideas. He knew that Cheng Yuan's company in the United States was very supportive of new directors. "The Lonely Agent" was his second feature film after four years. Newcomers like him needed Cheng Yuan.
Such a wealthy Bole helps, "One is an open ending with Tai Zhi missing his whereabouts, and the other is a happy ending with Tai Zhi and Zheng Xiaomi. Which ending does Director Cheng think is better?"
Cheng Yu'an thought for a while and said, "Let's film both endings. We'll see when the time comes. I like the first one better."
"Okay." Li Zhenfan said.
After looking around the crew again, Cheng Yu'an said, "I won't delay your filming anymore. I'll leave first. Sissi, let's go."
Cheng Yu'an shouted to Liu Yifei, who was holding a prop gun not far away and practicing the gun under the guidance of the teacher.
"Oh, here we come." Liu Yifei put down her gun, flicked her wrist, and followed Cheng Yu'an back to the hotel.
In the evening, CJ Entertainment hosted a banquet for the two of them.
""The Martian" did well at the box office in South Korea, mobilizing 1.7 million people to watch the movie."
Cheng Yu'an is very satisfied with this result. 1.7 million people visited, which is 50 yuan a ticket. Although it does not exceed 100 million, it is already good for a domestic film to earn more than 80 million in the Korean market.
Including copyright income from DVDs and streaming TV stations, Long-range can almost make a profit of about 50 million yuan - the box office share is not much, mainly the copyright income.
Producing Zhennima didn't make any money, and most of the money was taken by Korean local distributors and theaters.
Cheng Yu'an came here this time, firstly to check the studio's accounts, and secondly to urge XJ and the others to settle their share of "The Martian" as soon as possible. If you don't urge them, they really dare to wait half a year to settle the accounts with you. By then
There's no telling how much you can get.
Cheng Yu'an was their high-quality partner. CJ verbally agreed to Cheng Yu'an's request for early settlement and promised to pay the box office share of "The Martian" to Yuan Yuan within a month.
A dinner party was considered a feast for both the guest and the host, and CJ finally thanked Cheng Yu'an for allowing them to participate in the investment in "Tron: Legacy".
Although it is expensive, being able to participate in Hollywood, especially Disney's sequel sci-fi blockbusters, is worth everything.
Cheng Yu'an also pretended to say that he was very optimistic about "Tron: Legacy" and would not have distributed the investment if the funds in hand were not in circulation at the time.
Whether Xijie believes it or not is another matter.
"Director Cheng has always been our most valued partner at CJ. Director Cheng can always speak up if he needs anything in the future. In the Korean film and television industry, CJ can still speak."
"Of course," Cheng Yu'an said politely, "XJ is also Yuan Yuan's largest partner in the Korean market. There will definitely be trouble for CJ in the future."
"It's getting late, so I won't disturb you two from resting. Let's take our leave first."
After seeing off Xijie's people, the young lady asked him: "Why did you think of doing the Korean market?"
"It was just a casual thing that Wenjun pulled the strings at the beginning. Now that the Korean wave is so popular, I just follow the soup. I don't expect to make much money in Korea. The main thing is to occupy the market."
Chapter completed!