Chapter 132: The Sound of Cowbells
AWM Pictures and TV Drama Department has a planning and investment department, known as Angel Film Investment Fund, as the name suggests, it is to invest in some unsustainable movies or TV series, of course, provided that it can bring income to AWM, after all, investment is not charity.
You must know that there are at least more than 100 films in South Korea every year, but in the end, only a few can be filmed, and even if you release it, you may not be able to return to the cost, which in a sense also shows the hardships of the film industry.
A director, if he can have a good book in his hand, he may not be able to get investment, even if he gets investment, he may exceed the budget and need additional investment, even if the movie is discharged, it may not be able to pass the review, and even if it passes the review, it may not be welcomed by the general public, and it may not be able to recover the box office...... It's embarrassing that not all companies are like AWM, with plenty of money, a great team, and a discerning leader.
With such a favorable time and place, the rise of AWM can be called a "miracle" existence, so the wild directors and screenwriters are also eager to apply for investment in AWM.
Now the list in Ahn Yuxi's hand is the list of movies that need follow-up investment recently, and a big reason why AWM Pictures can sit big is the success of "The King's Man".
At the beginning, An Yuxi had a unique vision, adding a fire to the broken "The King's Man", and then the fire of "The King's Man" made AWM from a penniless to a famous, and An Yuxi's project is still talked about so far, so that many investment companies have followed suit, but it has fulfilled the dreams of many directors, but unfortunately the results are not very good, this can't be helped, the Korean film market is depressed.
Since then, An Yuxi decided to let the company pay attention to domestic movies and TV series, mainly based on movies, you don't see so many movies started shooting every year, but there are very few that can be released in the end, An Yuxi's purpose is to use his foresight to find some movies that are more familiar to later generations, and to make a fortune, who would be afraid of more money? In a company that also enriches the company's film library, further expands its influence, and makes the AWM film and television brand deeply rooted in people's hearts.
An Yuxi looked at a few pages and found that there was no particularly brilliant introduction, and there was no very special theme...... The stills are not particularly attractive, well, there is also the theme of the nineteen bans in it, An Yuxi looked at it with relish, all of them are some ancient costumes or urban romances, of course, from the short introduction, it is not obvious that he wants to use the nineteen bans as a selling point to raise the theme, and he wants to make up something with depth, An Yuxi has also seen many nineteen banned movies, but he didn't see anything from the movie, he only saw the sensuality of Huo Guoguo between men and women......
All in all, AWM will not invest in and will not make 19 banned films, An Yuxi drew an "X" on the title of the movie, and made up his mind that he would not accept applications for this kind of movies in the future, and he didn't even put a single stills of the 19 bans on the application form! Of course, I wouldn't say that I would not accept the application for the 19 banned movies because there were no stills from the 19 bans! Of course...... No...... The protagonist is not this kind of person!
It's actually easy to get tired when you look at these things, but fortunately, there is a synopsis of the story and pictures in it, otherwise you really can't stand it.
Turning through the pages seriously, keeping his eyes open, trying to recall those famous films, constantly checking the contents, and making sure that he would not let go of a single fish that slipped through the net, AWM has such success today, which is inseparable from the films he chose.
Gently took a sip of the tea at hand, and the mouth was full of fragrance, which suddenly shocked An Yuxi's spirit, well, good tea is like this.
When I turned to the last few photos, I finally saw a movie with a different theme.
AWM has only been established for a short time, and it is still not as good as those established companies, such as CJ, Rakuten, and Showbox, both in terms of the number of films and the subject matter of the films, so this is where AWM needs to catch up.
But An Yuxi knows that AMW is not comparable in this regard, so An Yuxi set his sights on "high-quality" movies and made movies with depth, connotation, emotion and influence.
Produced by AWM, it must be a high-quality product!
That's AWM's slogan, obviously, the idea is good, who doesn't want to make a good movie?
"Tai Chi Flag Flying" is a movie released by Showbox, but "Shiwei Island" is Madman Entertainment, and AWM occupies half of the four phenomenal films at this time.
Although Company A ranks at the end of the four major film industries, it is the most profitable company, and the total profit of Korean films last year was not as much as that of Company A, and the two movies that broke the record of 10 million viewers are not a joke.
At this time, Ahn Woo-seo saw a movie called "The Sound of Cowbells", which was a documentary, and the director was called Lee Chung-yeol, male, Korean, and graduated from Korea University. After graduating, he participated in the production of several anime works, and in 1993 he became interested in video production and tried his hand at making a television documentary, which was his debut.
The film tells the story of an old ox and an old couple, an octogenarian farmer who has been with the old cow for more than 30 years, and the farmer who suffers from foot disease cannot work like a normal man in the village, and the old cow has helped him a lot over the years (isn't this nonsense). And the latter gradually because of his age, can no longer do the normal farm work as before, but the old man still treats him as his own family, the old man's ears are not good, this special friend can often help him in times of difficulty or danger, suddenly one day, the old man learned that the life of the cow is only one year...... That's where the story begins (yes, that's).
The material says that Li Zhonglie had the idea of shooting this movie after learning the news, and during the filming, director Li Zhonglie never expected that the old cow, which was originally estimated by the veterinarian to have only one year of life, actually survived for a year, and is still alive.
But this cow has not died yet, which is really beyond everyone's expectations, and it is impossible to kill the cow before it dies...... But if you continue to shoot, it will make the filming cost of "The Sound of Cowbell" explode instantly, so that Li Zhonglie almost can't shoot, not only scared investors to quit, but even the photographer simply ran away, but Li Zhonglie is not ready to give up, and in the end, only Li Zhonglie is left with the three positions of recording and photography, after spending his little savings and borrowed money, the cow is not dead, Li Zhonglie finally has no choice, the dead horse is a live horse doctor, and in desperation, he sent an application to AWM.
This is really exhausted, it seems that Li Zhonglie's situation can be seen from the material, he is really a strong cow, if it is in China, we will affectionately call it Niu Qiang, An Yuxi couldn't help but laugh dumbly.
Such a documentary is the shortcoming of A Society, and An Yuxi became interested in this movie.
If you use current words, this is a sentimental movie, because of the theme of the documentary, boring, ordinary rural life, there is no plot at all, this is a movie that even An Yuxi himself can't be interested in watching, he has been a man who grew up in the countryside since he was a child, how can he never be interested in the countryside of South Korea, mainly because he seems to have heard of this movie somewhere.
So he shouted, "Nana xi!"
"It's coming!" Secretary Jin Nana pushed the door and came in from the outside, wearing a black OL skirt, black silk legs, black high heels, long hair with a shawl, plus the female secretary's super good figure fully showed the intellectual beauty of the female secretary from head to toe, it was a full score of charm, An Yuxi couldn't help but look at it a few more times, and suddenly felt how correct Kim Zhengming was to choose a beautiful secretary, which can completely improve the enthusiasm of employees, and there is something to do the secretary ...... Stop!
"Inform President Lee Chen-so and ask him to contact the director of "The Sound of Cowbells"!" Ahn Woo-xi coughed lightly, retracted his gaze, and handed the information of "The Sound of Cowbells" to Kim Nana.
"Okay!" Seeing that the boss looked at herself a few more times, proving that she was still attractive, Jin Nana felt a little proud in her heart, but her face did not show it, she stretched out her hands to take the information, she did not leave immediately, but flipped through the information for a while and asked, "Is there anything special about this movie?"
"The subject matter is good, it is very meaningful, it is a warm movie, and the director's experience itself is a good story, there are gimmicks, and it is a documentary! Our company has only been established for two years, and the congenital deficiency can only be accumulated with money and time. An Yuxi touched his chin, wondering if he wanted to grow a mustache.
"No one should be able to watch such a movie!" After looking at the information seriously, of course, Miss Kim Nana is not just a vase, she still has the ability to do things as a secretary, not to mention that Kim Nana is also a graduate of Seoul National University. She doesn't think there's anything brilliant about this movie, this kind of documentary story just doesn't have a story...... A movie that records an old couple and a cow, this kind of humanistic feelings, anyway, she thinks she won't spend money to watch it, Jin Nana glanced at An Yuxi carefully before frowning and said.
"That's why I'm the boss, hahaha!" An Yuxi smiled strickenly, seeing that the pretty secretary didn't say anything, his eyebrows couldn't help twitching, this secretary is really, he won't cater to the boss at all! Originally wanted to make a joke, An Yuxi was a little embarrassed, and explained: "Even if we can't make money, we have to take over, so let's sell at a loss! Let President Li discuss with the director, and send me a 5-minute edited film by the way!" The President Lee he was talking about was Lee Chen-so, who is now the president of AWM Pictures.
"Na!" Hearing An Yuxi's explanation, Jin Nana had no objection, she was just a secretary after all.
"Just call a few heads of the film and television department over for a short meeting!" An Yuxi added.
"Okay!" the pretty secretary bowed slightly to the elder before pushing open the door and going out.