Chapter 19: The Movie Begins
Ji Mingzhe came to the editing room, Guo Zairong had already got the OST of the movie, and after listening carefully, he gave Ji Mingzhe a thumbs up.
"Mingzhe, the song didn't say, now basically the post-production of the movie is almost done, and when I edit the movie trailer, we can start promoting, have you decided which one to cooperate with in terms of distribution?" Guo Zairong scratched his messy hair, he hadn't taken care of himself much for a long time, in order to do his best to make the post-production of the movie good, the whole person forgot to sleep and eat.
"Let's talk to CJ first, after all, they have the strongest distribution capacity in South Korea, so let's take our time! Ji Mingzhe thought about it and said to Guo Zairong.
"Then do it, I'll do my best to finish editing the trailer. Guo Zairong ended the conversation decisively, he was in a hurry.
The release of the movie Chi Mingzhe was ready to be put at the end of the year, and now there are still 3 months to go, Ji Mingzhe sent someone to negotiate with CJ, of course, he was hanged from a tree, and he also contacted SHOWBOX and Lotte, and finally chose CJ to release the film, because they gave the highest in terms of sharing, and Skyline Film and Television and Skyline Media also participated in the distribution together, preparing for having their own distribution channels in the future.
Lin Chengwen of Skyline Media handed over the media promotion of the film to him, which reflected the benefits of the company's own publicity media, and its two newspapers, "Korean National News", "Jingxiang News" and Naver website, began to make efforts.
"If she hits you, you have to pretend it's hurting, and if it hurts really well, you have to pretend it's okay. ”
"She" has a beautiful appearance, and she is the ideal girlfriend that many men will fall in love with at a glance. But as soon as she opened her mouth, it was completely different from her appearance, savage and domineering. ”…… This is the content published by the two newspapers for the warm-up promotion of the movie, and Guo Zairong was also interviewed, and Guo Zairong also cooperated with Shu Shu:
"My Sassy Girlfriend" is based on a popular Korean web novel, the film changes the image of the heroine in Korean films in the past as gentle and virtuous, but the beautiful heroine is more rude and cruel than men, which is a great breakthrough for the social culture of conservative South Korea......"
On Naver and KBS, SBS, MBC, the three largest TV stations in South Korea, the trailer of the movie was released, with the rapid progress of the highlights of the film, incisive and funny lines, the beautiful and fresh Jun Ji-hyun and the honest and funny Cha Tae-hyun together The warm picture and the beautiful and poignant movie theme song "Thinking of You, Crying" attracted great attention from many TV viewers and netizens, "Thinking of You, Crying" The popularity of the singer of this song, Baek Ji-young, has also skyrocketed, and the song has been downloaded on the company's NaverMusic website, and the number of downloads soon exceeded 1.5 million, and the official website of Skyrim Entertainment also posted the information that Baek Ji-young has signed a company.
In addition to the movie theater in the Myeongche Museum, CGV theaters under CJ nationwide, a large number of movie posters have been posted at various bus stops and subway stations, and huge movie stills have been hung on the company's main building. The contract with CJ was only for South Korea, and for overseas film distribution, Ji Myung-cheol was handed over to Skyrim Film's newly established film distribution department, with a focus on Asian countries.
Ji Mingzhe finished all this work and then devoted himself to his own film, he has revised the script twice, and planned the storyboard, which was supposed to be done together with the director of photography, but now the director of photography has not yet arrived, so he has to complete it independently.
The actors are already in place, except for the heroine, the other female roles are decided by Son Ye-jin, Kim Tae-hee and their own lots, although there is some nonsense, but Ji Myung-cheol still indulges them, and beauties have privileges wherever they are. The final result: Ha Ji Won plays the protagonist Seo Ji Won, Kim Tae-hee plays the protagonist's friend Ha Ting, and Park Sung-woong, who is invited from outside, plays her husband Chang-hoon, Son Ye-jin plays Jung-hee, a high school student who has an affair with Chang-hoon, as for Kim Hyun-joo and Han Chae-young, they had bad luck and had to make a cameo in the movie, and there is also a little girl Young-joo's character Ji Myung-cheol who chose the company's prep trainee Bae so-ji, who is only 7 years old.
Ji Myung-cheol had a brief meeting with the actors in the conference room of Skyrim Film and Television, and at the same time he asked Kim Hyun-joo to choose a stage name so as not to be confused with another actor who was also named Kim Hyun-joo, and when Kim Hyun-joo was meditating, Ji Myung-cheol calmly told her that she should be called "Han Ga-jin"! Ha Ji-won said that this name is good, and it is very suitable for Kim Hyun-joo, who looks weak on the outside.
For the formation of the filming team, Chi Mingzhe made a careful selection. He picked up a document: Lee Yong-sik, graduated from the Department of Film and Imaging at Dongguk University, and his work experience was to work at KBS TV for 7 years. Then I looked at other people's information, and Ji Mingzhe attached great importance to the choice of director of photography, and finally picked up Lee Yong-sik's information again and called Lee Sung-young of Meiya Agency to learn more about his situation, after all, all the company's employee contracts were signed in Meiya Agency.
The 33-year-old Lee Yong-sik has worked at KBS TV for 8 years, and Lee Yong-sik, who has no backstage, only worked as a camera assistant in some programs at first, and then worked out his qualifications and finally worked as a director of photography (handheld) in several TV dramas, but the competition in the TV station is very fierce, and various interpersonal relationships are complicated. As a result, he became a scapegoat, and finally resigned in anger, after all, the clay man still has three points of anger. When Skyrim Film and Television recruited, he entered the company, this time Ji Mingzhe wanted to make a movie, and when he selected the director of photography within the company, he also signed up, looking at Li Yongzhi's information, Ji Mingzhe decided to give him a chance, and then after careful screening, the staff such as field affairs, lighting, props and makeup were in place one after another, and Ji Mingzhe arranged to start the official shooting of the film in early September.
The promotion of "My Sassy Girlfriend" is now in full swing, and the distribution of films in Asia is also going well, with China contacting Huayi, and in Hong Kong, Skyline Film and Television Distribution Co., Ltd. has cooperated with Anle Films Co., Ltd., and in Japan, it has signed a distribution agreement with AmusePictures Inc., one of the oldest large firms in the industry, and other film distribution companies in Asian countries such as KyeFilms in the Philippines.
Ji Mingzhe originally wanted to make "My Sassy Girlfriend" a simultaneous release in Asia, but it was quite difficult to implement, and he told the company's distribution department to establish long-term friendly cooperative relations with these companies, so as to lay a good foundation for the company's own independent film distribution in the future.
September 10th is the official launch day of "Ghost Bell". Ji Mingzhe held a start-up press conference, and from the moment he decided to start filming this movie, the news was only circulating within the company, and the outside world knew nothing. Now that filming is about to start, some news media were invited to participate, of course, the most reporters from their own media came, when they knew that the name of the movie was "Ghost Bell", there was a lot of discussion, and when all the actors appeared, the reporters on the scene were in a hustle and bustle, the flash did not stop for a moment, and the appearance of several actresses of Skyrim Film and Television was simply off the charts, and of course, there was our cute and somewhat shy little Xiuzhi.
"Ji Mingzhexi, these are the contracted actors of your film and television company with extraordinary temperament?" the Chosun Ilbo reporter was the first to ask.
"Yes, they are all actors under our Skyrim Film and Television, each of them is very good, when they joined the company, they were all actors who were signed after our strict inspection of hundreds of people, and finally signed after layer by layer screening, I believe that under the cultivation of our Skyrim Film and Television, they will shine brightly in the Korean film and television industry in the future. Ji Mingzhe was not ashamed.
And Ha Ji Won, Son Ye Jin and others held back a smile, "strict investigation"? "Layer by layer screening"? They all thought about how they entered the company in the first place, and the staff of Meiya Brokerage directly found them themselves, and took out the contract that they couldn't refuse, their family originally thought it was a scam company, and later visited the company's headquarters only to find out that there was really a pie in the sky, and this qiē was just Ji Mingzhe's "golden finger" at work.
"President Chi, I really didn't expect your company's actor Su Zì to be so tall, so what is the theme of this movie?
"There's no president here today, only Director Chi is here, huh...... This movie is a horror film, the investment budget of the film is 6 billion won, and the script is inspired by the ancient Korean legend, it is said that some wandering souls will attach themselves to some kind of object, turn it into a carrier, and then take revenge on those who have framed them, and some resentful spirits may hurt innocent good people. With the development of society and the rapid development of science and technology, mobile phones have become a must-have for everyone, and this film will use mobile phones as a carrier for revenge against ghosts, so that the sense of horror is closer to life, so whether it is the film's material, conception, or details, I believe that the movie "Ghost Bell" will become a masterpiece of the entire Korean horror movie. Please look forward to it!" Chi Mingzhe boasted and foamed.
The budget of this movie seems to be a big production nowadays, and after listening to Ji Mingzhe's unashamed words, the reporters buried their heads in the record, and he took the opportunity to introduce Park Shengxiong, an actor invited from outside, to the reporters and praised him. And Park Sungwoong is full of gratitude, he is now just a small actor who is not famous, although he has played a lot of cameos in some film and television dramas, but he has not even played a supporting role until now, and it is impossible to expect others to remember.
He can also feel Ji Mingzhe's appreciation for him, his current agency is just a small company with little strength, and the contract is about to expire, wondering if he should ask Ji Mingzhe if he can join Skyrim Film and Television at the right time, and Ji Mingzhe, who knows it, also secretly squinted at Park Shengxiong, thinking about when he will speak.
The reporters were not very interested in Park Seung-woong, and they all turned to the beauties on the stage after only asking a few questions, Ha Ji Won was asked the most questions as the protagonist, and she had a hearty and generous personality, and when asked why she became the heroine, she said that this was all the appreciation of President Ji Myung-cheol, and she would do her best to make a good movie to repay the appreciation of the president, and the reporters in the audience were ambiguous, who to lie! How can you be a heroine without anything, this kind of thing is too common in the Korean entertainment industry at this time, all kinds of unspoken rules are everywhere, and the same is true for the American entertainment industry, but the United States pays attention to both parties' voluntariness, and in many cases in South Korea it is forced.
If Ji Mingzhe knew what these reporters were thinking, he would definitely cry out for wrongdoing, we really don't have anything! Ji Mingzhe subconsciously glanced at Ha Jiwon, and her show eyes also glanced at him, and these reporters looked at them and confirmed their conjectures.
With the end of the press conference, "Ghost Bell" officially started filming.