Chapter 204: A Guest from China (Part I)

Kim Jong Ming didn't lie, as soon as he sent Sunny back to the house, he immediately explained the situation to his family, and clearly asked them not to take the initiative to come to him, and those fairy queens went crazy and were simply lawless.

And after this news was exposed, it caused an uproar, and the word fairy queen has become a non-negligible activity group in South Korea with the rise of TVXQ, there are too many of them, and they have always appeared in the regular media with some negative images.

Therefore, as soon as Jin Zhongming's words came out, it immediately caused repercussions from all sides, some people thought that Jin Zhongming was making a big fuss, he was deliberately sympathizing, and some people felt the same way, as for the reaction of the fairy queens and S.M company, they didn't know it, the fairy queens were making a mess, and S.M was naturally silent, anyway, it was a mess on the Internet.

However, at the end of October, Ahn Sung-ki, Choi Min-sik and others began to take the initiative to participate in some social activities to criticize fan culture, and the Chosun Ilbo, which had surrendered to the film industry once, was comforting to the film industry in the past six months. So the film industry and the traditional media collectively accused the music industry of indulging and instigating fan culture, and the S.M company and TVXQ at the forefront immediately couldn't stand it, and the next day they began to talk about the restraint on fans, and so on.

And what about Kim Jong-ming at the center of the storm at this time? He was actually bored.

This is because when a person has made up his mind about everything and is ready to move forward. The long wait is always frustrating. Kim Jong Ming is like that. Between late October and mid-November. For 20 days, Kim Jong-ming had neither variety shows nor movies and no songs, during which he only spent a day on his identity as an artist except for lighting a fire in the Korean Financial News. At the end of October, he went to Gwangju to participate in a half-day movie, yes, it was the "Gorgeous Vacation" that had been dragged on and forgotten by the whole of Korea.

"It will be released in the middle of next year!" these are the director's exact words.

However, Kim Jong Ming put his mind on music wholeheartedly. And counting the days of October, just waiting for November 10, the day of the release of his album, at noon on November 2, a thing about movies found his head.

"Zhong Ming, let me introduce to you, this is the famous Hong Kong director Mr. Chen Kexin. As soon as Jin Zhongming arrived at the appointed place, An Shengji stood up and pointed to a man with short shawl hair and black-rimmed glasses with a slight white color in his hair.

"Director Chen, I have admired my name for a long time!" Jin Zhongming was stunned for a few seconds, and then held the other party's hand in an extremely standard Mandarin.

"Mr. Jin speaks Chinese really well. Chen Kexin stretched out one hand to hold Jin Zhongming, and put one hand in his trouser pocket. It's his habit, and it's not meant to be rude. But after hearing Jin Zhongming's words, he couldn't help but stretch out his other hand.

"My Mandarin is much more standard than you, a Hong Konger, but I grew up in Los Angeles, so if you don't think Mandarin is convenient, let's use English. Jin Zhongming's eyes bent, causing the other party to laugh.

"Then I'll use English, English is convenient!" Chen Kexin's Mandarin is actually quite good, and the two of them must be good at chatting in Mandarin, but the problem is that there are several people from Hong Kong at the scene, as well as Kim Jong-ming's teacher An Shengji, agent Zhang Enhyuk, etc., so it is more convenient to speak English.

A dozen or so people from both sides sat down in the lobby of this café, doing so because the café had already been chartered, and at most, there were a few people gathered on the side of the glass wall outside because of An Shengji, but it didn't affect the discussion.

"I watched a few of Mr. Jin's movies before I came, and I was already very satisfied, and now that I hear Mr. Jin's Chinese, I am even more relieved, so I will get straight to the point. Mr. Kim, I have a big film that is going to be released throughout East Asia and Southeast Asia, and I would like you to play the lead role. Chen Kexin looked at Jin Zhongming with a look of hope and said.

Although he is not impressed by Korean movies, most of the time he chooses films based on his own feelings, but Chinese films are different, he heard Chen Kexin's name and the current time and thought about it slightly.

"Of course I'd love to work with director Chen Kexin, but I wanted to know a little bit about the film and why I was so interested in you. There are thousands of feelings in my heart, but Jin Zhongming didn't move at all on his face, and even the smile was on the same level as when he just entered the house, and he didn't show any emotions that should not be revealed because the other party was one of the top ten directors in Hong Kong.

"I'm not going to hide it from you, it wasn't you I chose at the beginning. Chen Kexin saw that Jin Zhongming was so young but mature to this extent, so he was much more relaxed when he talked, he knew that the script was secondary, and the first thing to answer was the second question, that is, why he came all the way to South Korea and chose Kim Zhongming.

Chen Kexin spoke, and Kim Jong-ming listened and translated to Ahn Sung-ki and Jang Eun-hyuk, and there was no problem in communicating with each other.

It turned out that Chen Kexin gradually felt the strength of the Chinese mainland market from 04 and decided to switch to Chinese mainland, and the title of Hong Kong's top ten directors and his achievements at the Berlin Film Festival in 04 won the favor of investors, in this case, a large-scale commercial film was successfully established.

At the beginning, the three leading actors, he chose Jet Li, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro, the reason for choosing Takeshi Kaneshiro is very simple, this actor with excellent acting skills is of mixed Chinese and Japanese descent, with him, then this movie can be culturally recognized in Japan while ensuring quality, which is quite important for a very ambitious commercial film. And Chen Kexin spent fifteen minutes to persuade Jet Li, and it took two days to make Andy Lau make up his mind, but something went wrong on Takeshi Kaneshiro's side. So far, it has taken him a month and a half to convince Takeshi Kaneshiro.

"Is there anything wrong with Mr. Takeshi Kaneshiro?" Jin Zhongming in his previous life didn't have the heart to understand the Tao here, but now he was full of interest.

"I haven't known Takeshi Kaneshiro for a day or two, but it's the first time I've known something. Chen Kexin sighed and explained. This drama is a major taboo for Takeshi Kaneshiro. First, don't take on scenes with other male leads, second, don't take ancient costumes, and third, don't take scenes filmed in too hard places. Especially the first one, first of all, Takeshi Kaneshiro is a person who has no quarrel with the world, in fact, this world is not really without quarrel with the world, but only on the surface. How can you not fight as an actor? So when there are many male protagonists and everyone is fighting, he will definitely suffer. ”

"I see. Jin Zhongming nodded, he remembered the documentary of Takeshi Kaneshiro's previous life who went to Antarctica, this person was indeed a young man with a literary and artistic style. "I don't shy away from these things in comparison, but I respect these three principles of Mr. Takeshi Kaneshiro, and the second and third principles are equally admirable, especially the second one that I admire very, very much. ”

"What does this mean?" Chen Kexin originally wanted to continue to say how he thought of you Jin Zhongming, but unexpectedly the other party had another unexpected idea, so he couldn't help but ask in Chinese.

"That's right. Kim Jong-ming also couldn't wait to share his thoughts with the other party, so he naturally used Chinese, which made Ahn Sung-gi and Jang Eun-hyuk next to him look at each other. "Mr. Takeshi Kaneshiro is of mixed Chinese and Japanese descent, and he is Taiwanese, for him, history is an extremely controversial thing, and he himself is more like a historical orphan who cannot find his own cultural identity, and in this case, not acting in costume dramas is more like an escape than because of technical problems. ”

"That's right!" Chen Kexin clapped his hands in admiration.

"The second is the third one, which is suspected of not being able to endure hardship, but many people understand that this is because Mr. Takeshi Kaneshiro, as a devout Buddhist, can't bear to see poverty, but I think it's more of an escapism. Of course, even so, this person's idea is awe-inspiring. Jin Zhongming sighed slightly.

"Yes, yes, that's why I changed my mind and came to you because of this, and I happened to hear from you again. ”

"Oh, what's going on?"

"Your teacher, Mr. An Shengji, and Andy are very sympathetic to each other in "Ink Attack", and Master Ling also seems to appreciate you very much, and has praised Andy more than once, from acting skills to Chinese proficiency. So after being rejected by Takeshi Kaneshiro again a few days ago, I found Andy to complain, and Andy recommended you to me. How's that? Interested?"

"Of course!" Jin Zhongming smiled slightly.

"It's refreshing!" Chen Kexin was overjoyed, he immediately watched the other party's movie carefully after hearing Andy Lau's recommendation two days ago, to be honest, he felt that the other party's acting skills could stand, and more importantly, the other party was Korean, although the Korean market was not as good as the Japanese market, but you have to say that the appeal of the mixed-race Takeshi Kaneshiro to the Japanese market may not be comparable to the appeal of Kim Jong Ming of South Korea to the Korean market. Therefore, on the first look, the acting skills are okay, the second is not bad, and the third is still a person recognized by the Korean film market, Chen Kexin immediately contacted An Shengji through Andy Lau, and then flew over from Hong Kong quickly.

"Director, did you bring the script?" Kim Jong-ming immediately changed his title.

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