Zheng Xiyi didn't bother to care what Li Junyi thought, he may not be impressed by other Korean movies, but he only knows all kinds of behind-the-scenes footage of this movie, because he had to read a lot of relevant information at that time, so that he could discuss with his former wife who was still a girlfriend at the time.

"I paid attention to the scenes required in the script, in fact, I don't need to rent a place like Gyeongbokgung Palace, the Buan Film and Television Base in Jeolla Province can be used, not only can solve the problem of the palace, but even the folk street and the yamen don't have to build it yourself, there are all there, although the place is a little farther away, but the extras are much cheaper than hiring them in Seoul. There is also a lot of money may be the costumes and props that the actors will use, I listened to Peking Opera when I was in Yanjing, and I have seen the actors wear paper costumes, except that they cannot be wet, the others are very in line with the requirements of the director IM, I suggest you send someone to investigate, slightly change it to make it conform to the style of the Joseon Dynasty period, it should be fine......"

Zheng Xiyi talked about a lot of ways to cut expenses, and Li Junyi's eyes were dizzy when he heard it, how did Zheng Xiyi come up with these strange methods? There is actually such a trick as paper clothes, which is really strange.

In fact, this is the filming method told by the behind-the-scenes footage of "The King's Man" in the previous life, the reason why it is so embarrassing is because Li Junyi did not make up the 8 billion budget he said, and only raised it to 4.5 billion, in order to save money, the crew tried all kinds of methods, including paper costumes or something, Zheng Xiyi is just repeating it now.

Even if Zheng Xiyi plans to make up for the budget of less than 8 billion, he is not a fool who has too much money to spend, so he naturally has to control costs. In his opinion, although it is a good publicity point to become the first movie in history to be shot in Gyeongbokgung Palace, "The King's Man", a movie with taboo content, should not be hyped like an ordinary movie, otherwise it is very likely that the movie will be banned by the people on the grounds of bad morals before it is released......

Korean movies are actually not conservative, the so-called ** movies are very popular, like "Empty House" starring Zheng Xiyi can only be regarded as literary films, and it is not enough to label yourself as a ** movie, but South Korea is still the largest Christian country in Asia, nearly one-third of the country's population is Christian, and the opposition to same-sex love is the highest in Asia, so "The King's Man" is still low-key before it is released.

The two sides talked for nearly an hour, and finally reached an agreement in all aspects, but Zheng Xiyi restrained his smile and said to Li Junyi: "Now, I only have one last request left, if Director Li NIM agrees to this request, then the first installment of this investment will arrive within a week, if Director Li NIM can't agree, then I will no longer invest in this movie." ”

Li Junyi looked at Zheng Xiyi dumbfounded, didn't the two of us talk about the most critical issue in the first hour?

Although he wanted to walk away, the situation was stronger than people, so he could only try to suppress the anger that surged up in his heart, and said to Zheng Xiyi in a deep voice: "Zheng Xiyi XI will speak out first, if I can accept it, I will naturally not refuse." ”

Zheng Xiyi could hear his subtext, and if he couldn't accept it, of course he would break up.

He smiled slightly, took out a photo from his pocket and handed it to Li Junyi, "Crisp Song Mita, I don't mean to force you to agree to any unequal conditions, but I think that if you don't use the actor I recommend to play Kong Ji, then this movie is only afraid that it will be difficult to succeed, and I believe that no one will invest in a movie that will not succeed." ”

Li Junyi's heart suddenly became angry, is Zheng Xiyi going to coerce him with investment which actor he must use? Although this is also an unspoken rule in the industry, it is really the first time he has encountered such a blatant attribution of the success of the movie to the actor he recommended.

However, after such a big ups and downs in his life, Li Junyi has already been quite deep, so he still forced his anger and reached out to take the photo, and his eyes swept away, it was a half-length photo of a young man wearing a red and white hanbok.

He took a closer look, and was stunned for a moment, his eyes bursting with amazing light, "Eh, who is this actor? Zheng Xiyi, is he you recommending?"

Jung Hee-yi nodded, pointed to the photo and said, "This is S.MC&C's rookie actor Lee Joon-gi XI, who just signed this morning." ”

"This morning?" Li Junyi raised his head and glanced at Zheng Xiyi, then turned his gaze back to the photo, "Rookie actor?"

The corners of Zheng Xiyi's mouth curled, knowing that this matter had already become more than half of it.

ALTHOUGH HE CLEARLY KNEW THAT "THE KING'S MAN" WAS STARRING LEE JOON-GI, WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF LEE HYORI AND STELLA, JUNG HEE-YI STILL DECIDED TO PERSONALLY SEND LEE JOON-GI'S PHOTO TO LEE JUN-YI'S HANDS, AND FORCED HIM TO USE LEE JOON-GI TO PLAY KONG JI IN ORDER TO REST ASSURED. The Korean entertainment industry in the world has been a little turbulent by him as a traveler in the past two years, and many accidents are happening, he doesn't want any accidents to cause Lee Joon-gi to fail to act in "The King's Man", so his move to sign Lee Joon-gi is not a unique praise, but a waste of company resources.

Li Junyi watched it for more than ten seconds, and finally raised his head and asked, "That, Zheng Xiyi XI, this Lee Joon-gi XI, how are your acting skills?"

Jung Hee-yi pointed to the photo and said: "I have written his information on the back of the photo, and I will briefly introduce it to the director IUM, this Lee Joon-gi XI is now a student in the film department of Seoul National University of the Arts, debuted as a graphic model, made some MVs, and made guest appearances in several TV dramas and movies." In terms of acting skills, it is definitely not as good as Lee Byung-hun XI and Jang Dong-jian XI, but he loves acting, has a strong learning ability, and has a tough personality. ”

Li Junyi glanced at the photo again, and then forced himself to raise his head and look at Zheng Xiyi, "Although Zheng Xiyi XI has your recommendation, he still needs to pass the audition, Zheng Xiyi XI has no opinion on this, right?

Zheng Xiyi and Li Junyi looked at each other for a moment, he could see the firm will in the other party's eyes, and after thinking for two seconds, he decided to take a step back, "Okay, if his acting skills are really bad enough to be recognized by the crew members, then I will not refuse to invest because of this, however, under the same conditions, I hope that director Lee Jun-ik NIM will give priority to Lee Joon-gi XI." ”

Interfering too much in the casting process of the director and writer may greatly reduce the director's impression of Lee Joon-gi, not to mention that this movie is Lee Jun-yi's own project, and Jung Hee-yi cannot change the director in the name of an investor, so he finally chose to believe that Lee Joon-gi's strength can impress Lee Jun-yi, after all, in his previous life, Lee Joon-gi won this role in the competition of more than 1,000 actors who participated in public auditions。

Judging from Lee Jun-yi's reaction when he looked at the photo, at least Lee Joon-gi must have passed the test in appearance, just to see if his acting skills can support this movie, and auditioning is also the proper meaning of the question. Although Zheng Xiyi can continue to put pressure in the name of investors, this movie is not a small production that is considered a success with a million-dollar box office, but a commercial miracle that will break the Korean movie-watching record, and Zheng Xiyi does not want to stiffen the relationship with Lee Jun-yi before filming starts.

Li Junyi let out a sigh of relief when he heard Zheng Xiyi's words, he was also in a dilemma. Zheng Xiyi's investment is a relief for him, and if he refuses, it means that he will have to spend an unknown amount of time looking for investors again. To put it mildly, he has found all the investors he can find in South Korea, and he almost went to borrow loan sharks, Zheng Xiyi is almost his last straw, and he doesn't want to refuse Zheng Xiyi until the final bottom line.

"Of course, I still believe in Zheng Xiyi's recommendation, but after all, the writer's opinion is more important in casting, so I don't dare to agree to your request now, I believe you can understand. ”

Zheng Xiyi nodded, and as soon as Li Junyi said this, even if he apologized for his insistence just now, everyone took a step back, and the atmosphere became harmonious.

After talking for a few more words, Li Chengman glanced at Zheng Xiyi, Zheng Xiyi nodded slightly, stood up and saluted goodbye to Li Junyi, "I'm very sorry, Director Li NIM, because I have to rush back to the crew in the afternoon, so I can only go here today." Because of the itinerary, my agent Li Chengman XI will contact you in the future, and I ask for your care. ”

Li Chengman saluted Li Junyi and held the business card with both hands, Li Junyi turned his attention to this agent, but he didn't expect Zheng Xiyi's investment affairs to be taken care of by his own agent, it seems that the legend that S.MC&C is actually said by Zheng Xiyi is not groundless.

After Li Junyi and Li Chengman exchanged contact information, Zheng Xiyi turned around and wanted to leave, but in the end he couldn't help but turn around and ask: "Please forgive me for taking the liberty of having a question in my throat, I don't know if I should ask it or not." ”

Li Junyi nodded and said, "Zheng Xiyi XI has any questions, just ask directly, I know everything." ”

Is &nb interested in joining S.MC&C?"

Li Junyi's face changed instantly, and he rubbed his hands awkwardly and said, "This...... Miane, I still prefer the way it is now, a little bit more free. ”

Zheng Xiyi sighed regretfully, didn't say anything more, just saluted goodbye again.

After getting out of the coffee shop and getting into the nanny car, Li Chengman asked Zheng Xiyi suspiciously: "Xiyi, are you so optimistic about this movie?" Not only did he sign a newcomer to be the starring actor with great fanfare, but even the director also wanted to join the company. ”

Zheng Xiyi did not predict the future of the film to Li Chengman, so Li Chengman is still a little worried about the success or failure of the film, in his opinion, a film so sensitive is more likely to fail than to succeed.

Zheng Xiyi shook his head and said, "I knew for a long time that he couldn't join C&C, but in the end, I couldn't help but want to try it, and it can be regarded as a complete death to myself." Although this director of Li Junyi, NIM, has been a failure, a man has reached the top and experienced the trough, and he can get up again and climb again, there is value in investment. ”

Li Chengman nodded thoughtfully, and the nanny car sped away towards the crew in silence.

Li Junyi in the coffee shop was still leaning on the sofa at this time, closing his eyes and silently recalling every conversation with Zheng Xiyi just now. He always felt that something was not right in today's conversation, but he couldn't find a reason for it for a while, the investment had been done, the biggest obstacle to the movie had disappeared, and he also had the leisure to sit here and steal half a day.

"Smack!"

After a while, Li Junyi slapped his thigh and opened his eyes, his eyes were full of surprise, "No wonder Zheng Xiyi finally asked me if I was willing to join S.MC&C, it turned out that he only said the last sentence today in the name of S.MC&C!"

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