Chapter 282: The Birth of a Crazy Script (Part I)
The idea was direct and violent, but the reality was very strong, because in the days that followed, almost everyone told Kim Jong-myung that there was no such ...... that could blow up the Mapo Bridge Scripts exist, and you can't find anything like that in the screenplay libraries of any film production company. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
From CJ to CUBE, even showbox has been very face-saving to help check all the stock copyright scripts, and there is no such script that can blow up Mapo Bridge.
Why? Of course, Kim Jong-ming knows why.
There are several landmark buildings around Yeouido, Seoul, including the National Assembly Building, the headquarters of two of the three major TV stations, the 63 Building, the SK Headquarters, the Pure Evangelical Church, and the Stock Exchange...... Of course, there is the Mapo Bridge, what are these buildings? Which of them does not represent the highest authority of the country? Don't forget, even the Mapo Bridge was built by Samsung and the government in the first place!
So, who would blow up such a bridge in the script?
That's what he said, but Jin Zhongming is like a king eating scales, and he is determined to do such a thing, and there is no script in the major film production companies, so he actually started to try to make an appointment!
That's right, he began to semi-openly solicit scripts in the circle. In fact, this is not a problem, the script is the basis for a film project, and it is the first step...... If you don't have a script, how can you blow it up?!
Kim Jong Ming first simply sent a recruitment request to the Korean Film Writers Association, and then he thought about it for a while, and then sent a recruitment request to the Korean Directors Association, after all, this group of directors has goods in their stomachs, and it can even be said that most of the really good books are made by directors. Of course, choosing the book of the Directors Guild means that you have to give up the position of director......
However, in the first few days, this recruitment did not attract much attention, because there are too many people recruiting scripts in the recent period! In other words, in the summer of 2012, long before the release of "League of Thieves", everyone had a premonition, and after the release of this movie, almost everyone completely understood that Korean films are finally about to officially enter a new market boom period after experiencing plummets, troughs, and revivals.
As a result, directors and actors are gearing up to act, producers and production companies are jumping up and down, left and right, and a lot of money is pouring back into the market with the intention of making a quick buck.
One more thing to say here, the reason why the Directors Association couldn't hold on to it before was of course due to Kim Jong-ming's good means, but to a certain extent, not daring to go against the trend of the entire industry is also an important reason. Otherwise, the theater chain is in the hands of others, delaying everyone's money, it doesn't matter what kind of movie godfather or yeast are you? Get out of here!
In short, in this case, there are not too many people looking for scripts! Even in the eyes of the outside world, it is not normal for Kim Jong-ming, who has finished filming a TV series, not to recruit a decent movie script......
However, at this time, as "League of Thieves" officially crossed the 10 million moviegoers mark and continued to run wild with a record-breaking feeling, suddenly someone made a little conspiracy theory interpretation of Kim Jong-ming's script recruitment!
You must know that "League of Thieves" is a good Sino-Korean co-production, and the actors are also good together, Jun Ji-hyun and Kim so-hyun in it are all people in Kim Jong-ming's entrainment, and even director Choi Dong-wook has a bad relationship with Kim Jong-ming himself. But even so, it can't hide the fact that this movie, which is destined to leave a strong mark in the history of Korean moviegoing, is the hand of CJ Pictures' competitor showbox.
That's right, Jin Zhongming did do something at the same time, such as "Please Answer 1997" is about to break the TV drama ratings record of cable TV. So he boasted about Haikou before, saying that TVN would suppress the three major wireless TV stations on variety shows and TV dramas from the moment he took over, and now it is no longer a wild talk, it is called a fact.
However, in the eyes of arrogant Korean filmmakers, movies are movies, how can they be compared with TV dramas and variety shows? And even if those ratings are very good, then it has to be put on the heads of Lee Jae-bin and his sister Lee Mi-kyung, right? After all, TVN has always been in the control of MNET before it was spun off...... Lee Jae-bin, who has been at the helm of CJ Pictures for more than ten years, is not in a hurry?
So, considering the international hot situation in 2012 and looking at the strange request to blow up the Mapo Bridge, CJ Pictures has not yet made a lot of effort since it fell into the hands of Kim Jong-myung...... Well, all of a sudden, there were rumors in the entire movie circle that Kim Jong-ming wanted to make a big news, and was going to use a big production with an anti-terrorism theme to break his wrist with "League of Thieves"!
I don't know if you believe it or not, I believe it anyway!
So, what will be wrong is wrong, Kim Jong-ming's script recruitment suddenly became hot, because no screenwriter and director hates big investment, is it good......? All sorts of League of Thieves-style scripts are flocking in.
However, it must be emphasized that there will be no main theme, because no Korean filmmaker will make a main theme film except for war and sports.
In fact, it's not that no one has maliciously speculated, thinking that Kim Jong Ming may just want to make a main theme anti-terrorism film, because this can be exactly 13 years old as a gift to a newly enthroned aunt or something...... But there are no other Korean filmmakers, and there are still festivals against the government, so there is no script for filming the government's sycophants.
But even so, on the morning of the third day after the rumors broke out, the two associations also sent a large number of scripts according to the agreed time, which were stacked on Jin Zhongming's desk and became spectacular, attracting the attention of everyone in the company, and I really don't know when he will be able to finish reading it.
However, Jin Zhongming could bear it, he took out a few writers under the company, and really sat in his office and watched these mountain scripts.
"Remembered. Jin Zhongming said to the crowd who entered the office. "Don't have an international color, don't want the US military stationed in South Korea, don't want the military to dispatch, except for the Mapo Bridge, the more the more the bombing, the more exciting the priority...... Don't throw it away after picking it out, sort it out in duplicate, one for Representative Lee Jae-bin of CJ and one for Representative Jang Eun-hyuk, and see if you can find some good scripts to keep or buy!"
When the command was finished, everyone did not sit down, but you look at me and I look at you......
"What's wrong?" Kim Jong Ming didn't know.
"That oppa. In the end, Chu Long couldn't help but step forward and explain. "We naturally understand how much it is fried, but what is the excitement of frying?"
"There are a lot of buildings on the side of the Mapo Bridge, right?" Kim Jong-ming put down the script in his hand and sneered. "But the TV station, the church, the chaebol headquarters, the Capitol building...... Blowing up these things is certainly more exciting than blowing up any residential building!"
Everyone suddenly realized, but they inevitably muttered to themselves in their hearts...... His own boss was really stimulated by "League of Thieves", and he was so crazy that he wanted to take half of Yeouido!
Even Chu Long stared at his boyfriend with some worry, secretly hesitating in his heart, whether to persuade him to relax in private......
Of course Jin Zhongming is not crazy, he knows all the rumors outside, but he doesn't bother to pay attention to it, because it can bring him a script...... In a sense, he didn't want to bother with anything else until he blew up the bridge!
It is convenient to have manpower, and by the evening, such a large stack of scripts had already been sorted, and Jin Zhongming leaned on his chair to read the selected scripts one by one...... However, seeing the viewing window behind him change from bright to colorful, he didn't find what he was looking for!
"Is it all like this?" After putting down a script again, Jin Zhongming finally spoke, he was not angry, but the atmosphere in the office seemed a little frozen.
"What kind of delegate do you mean?" someone asked cautiously.
"After the struggle between the protagonist and the terrorists, this ...... that finally defused the bomb"
There was silence in the office, and even Chu Long didn't dare to speak.
"Didn't I say it, blow up the Mapo Bridge!" Kim Jong-ming frowned and emphasized. "It's to blow it up, not to blow up a railing, not to blow up a few cars, not to blow up half, it's to blow it up directly!"
Still no one spoke.
"Then add another request. Jin Zhongming took a deep breath. "Within ten minutes of the movie, the Mapo Bridge is blown up, preferably five or six minutes into the first regular climax! Now you answer me, after reading so many scripts, does it meet this requirement?"
"Nope. ”
"Not really. ”
"There isn't a single one like this. ”
The staff members who were pulled to read the script shook their heads.
"Then forget it!" Jin Zhongming was disappointed for a while, and then lowered his head helplessly.
"Then Zhong Ming, do you want to continue to receive scripts?" At this time, the bearded Jang Eun-hyuk, who was waiting outside the door, finally took the opportunity to push the door in, he came to receive the script, and happened to hear this conversation.
"If it's all like this, don't use it!" Jin Zhongming replied with a sudden look of his head.
"Your request is too strange......" Jang Eun-hyuk stepped forward and knocked on his desk with some helplessness. "Actually, a lot of the scripts are good!"
"But none of them met my strange requirements. ”
"Actually, it doesn't have to be such a strange assumption. Jang Eun-hyuk reluctantly persuaded. "Cui Minzhi's predecessors received a very good and very good script, the undercover theme of gangsters, "Infernal Affairs" authorization, several protagonists are very good, I brought the script, you can try to pick a ......"
"Then I'll have to write it myself. Jin Zhongming's answer was very neat and tough.
"Is there a synopsis of the story?" asked Jang Eun-hyuk tentatively. "It's not that I can't write anything, and a lot of great scripts come from a simple story idea......"
"There is only the idea of blowing up the bridge, and an intention to release all the complex emotions violently. Jin Zhongming replied frankly.
Jang Eun-hyuk was momentarily speechless.
In fact, in the eyes of this person who is an elder of Jin Zhongming, both in the movie and in life, although the kid in front of him is well-dressed, calm, speaks crisply, and moves neatly...... But on the inside, he's already gone mad.
An actor may still be a director, or he may have adapted a novel into a movie by himself, but that doesn't mean that the other person has the ability to write a complete script without any story ideas.
So, Jang Eun-hyuk put down the script he brought, and then took the rest of the scripts with other staff members, and only Chu Long and Kim Jong-ming were left in the office in an instant.
"Oppa?" Chu Long shouted worriedly. "Are you going to dinner?"
"Go on your own. Jin Zhongming, who was sitting there, raised his head and replied. "By the way, ask the cafeteria to bring me a bento...... I'm going to try to write a script. ”
Chu Long couldn't say it anymore, so he could only leave, and Jin Zhongming was soon left alone in the huge office.
However, it is precisely this feeling that after Chu Long carefully closed the door, Jin Zhongming seemed to return to the night a few days ago.
The confined space, the emotions that are about to come out, and at the same time there is a strange feeling of powerlessness and imminent eruption are suppressing you all around, on the one hand, trying to suppress those emotions in your body, and on the other hand, it seems to urge you to release everything to the fullest.
Turning the chair, the picture window behind you is transparent, and the bustling Gangnam area of Seoul and the view of the Han River outside are unobstructed, but a layer of glass locks everything in reality outside.
King Wen was detained and played Zhou Yi...... After thinking for nothing, Jin Zhongming remembered this sentence inexplicably. Then, he laughed self-deprecatingly, he just wanted to write a script for a commercial movie, so what qualifications did he have to compare this with the sages?!
In fact, not to mention the difference in the lonely philosophical spirit, what happened in the next two hours proves that Jin Zhongming is useless in literary creation - he didn't hold back a word!
Or to put it more simply, when Kim Young-seok knocked on the door and came in, the only thing Kim Jong-myung did was read the script left by Jang Eun-hyuk...... Don't say it, this "New World" story adapted from "Infernal Affairs" is very amazing, and it feels very good to read, if it weren't for Kim Jongming's single-minded desire to blow up the bridge, I guess I really want to make it up!
"What is the matter with Representative Kim Young-seok looking for me?" Kim Jong-ming suppressed the anxious emotions in his heart, and still seemed calm and calm on the surface.
"I ...... I just heard from Representative Jang Eun-hyuk that you were working on a script. Kim Young-seok got straight to the point. "I've also heard about your special request, so I have a little idea I would like to share with you......"
In other words, this is the difference between Jang Eun-hyuk and Kim Young-suk, the two Kim Jong-myung's right-hand men in filmmaking.
The former is the elder of his own boss in private, and he has the grace to lead the way, so until now he can still maintain his reserve and height in front of Jin Zhongming, and he can also say goodbye directly when he finds that Jin Zhongming's request is ridiculous and persistent.
And the latter, to put it mildly, Kim Young-seok has been able to climb to the present, completely relying on Kim Jong-ming's appreciation and promotion. Therefore, he can put down his body and help his boss solve the problem without any scruples, even if this problem is so strange that people can't start...... Then he can try to fiddle with his feet.
"You speak. Jin Zhongming didn't care about the other party's drill camp at this time, in fact, he was really desperate.
"Deputies. Kim Young-seok stepped forward and proposed with a slight groan. "You have two demands, first, blow up the bridge, and second, release complex emotions violently...... Isn't that so?"
"That's right. ”
The former is not mentioned for the time being. Kim Young-seok continued. "When I first heard the latter request from Representative Jang Eun-hyuk, it sounded familiar. I thought about it for a long time, and it was only just now that I remembered what was going on. It turned out that when I was working as a drama backstage on Daxue Road, I once heard an old actor use similar words to teach his juniors...... He said at the time that dramas, movies, and TV series, the further you go, the more emotions you need to brew, and the further you go, the more intense the process of releasing emotions......"
"Makes sense. Jin Zhongming immediately came to be interested. This is actually an alternative way of saying the strength of the performance, just as the performance of the movie actor is far more powerful than the TV drama actor, the drama actor is indeed stronger than the film actor. In my request, I will not talk about the bombing of the bridge or the complexity of the feelings, but just talk about the intensity of the release of the feelings, which is indeed a kind of chasing the strength of the performance. ”
"And have you ever wondered why this is the case?"
"Time and space. Of course, Jin Zhongming is not a fool, even if he goes crazy, it is just an obsession in his heart, and it does not delay his ability to think, so after a little thought, he came up with the correct answer. "The reason why movies are more powerful than TV series is because of the limited space, the same story, TV series has dozens of episodes to tell slowly, but the movie only leaves a very short time for the actors to elaborate, so a qualified film actor is naturally more emotional in the performance, and the release is more intense. As for drama, it goes a step further, because compared to film, it not only has the same short time requirements, but also has space constraints. Movies can use a lot of locations and props, but dramas only have a simple stage, which requires the actors to take on more things...... I see what you mean!"
At this point, Jin Zhongming suddenly got up: "What do you mean...... I need to design an enclosed performance space that resembles a drama stage?"
"'Old Boy'!" Kim Young-seok reminded with a smile. "Isn't Choi Min-sik's performance in 'Old Boy' the intense catharsis of the feelings you're pursuing? Why is this so? Because for a long time, he is confined to a closed space. ”
"I do feel that way. Kim began to walk around the desk. "It really takes a closed repression to squeeze this feeling, not only for the actor personally, but even for the subject of the film...... You're really a waking dreamer. ”
"But the problem is not that simple. Kim Young-suk, who was praised, was not in a hurry to take credit, but couldn't help but sigh. "I've only thought about this step, but further along, I'm stuck in your request...... Compressing an emotion with space will certainly make it intense, but how can we complicate it at the same time?"
"Dramatic and frequent plot twists are required. Jin Zhongming instinctively responded. "But in a small space, how can this drastic plot twist be reflected?"
"That's right. Kim Young-seok nodded. "And blowing up the bridge, blowing up the bridge itself also means a big pattern, a big scene...... So, how do you illustrate a large-scale scene in a small and enclosed space?"
Jin Zhongming was silent, he stopped walking in circles, and stared at the viewing glass helplessly.
Kim Young-seok completely reminded himself that these two contradictions are the real problem with his bizarre script requirements, and the real reason why so many scripts are not eye-catching...... The setting and time of the bombing of the bridge can be changed at will, and there are many scripts with frequent plot twists, but if you want to take care of both, you also have an explosion in that depressing environment...... That's just too hard!
"Actually, think about it now. Kim Young-seok said with a wry smile. "The reason why Deputy Jang Eun-hyuk retreated in the face of difficulties is probably because he vaguely saw through these two contradictions, right? Deputy, you are thinking here, and I have been thinking about it for a long time in the office, but I really can't do anything. So it's really not good, let's ...... too."
"But I still don't want to give up. Jin Zhongming, who was staring at the night scene outside the window with his hands behind his back in a daze, suddenly chuckled and interrupted the other party's persuasion, and then he took two steps forward, stretched out his right hand and two fingers lightly knocked on the hard viewing glass in front of him. "Because I had a great idea...... Representative Kim Young-suk, come over for a moment. ”
Kim Young-seok didn't know why, but he still came to the huge viewing window as he said.
"Bell!" Jin Zhongming smiled nervously, knocked the viewing window in front of him again, and then stretched out his hand to point to the glass in front of him. "Did you see that?"
"What?" Kim Young-seok still didn't know.
"Is this office an enclosed space?" Kim said, gesturing to his feet.
"Yes!"
"But from here, you can see the East Lake Bridge in my house......" Kim Jongming pointed to the glass window again.
"Yes......"
"Then you say, where can you see the Mapo Bridge?"
“……”
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