As soon as he stepped into the screening room on the thirteenth floor of the CUBE company building, Jin Zhongming instinctively frowned, but immediately regained his composure...... Without him, he actually saw Song Kanghao in the sample screening room of "Ming Liang", and he was sitting side by side with Choi Min-sik.

Of course, Song Kang-ho has 10,000 reasons to appear here, and each of them is reasonable.

The simplest and most direct one, this Uncle Cake has a lot to do with Cui Dacang - the two were both born as drama actors, became famous at the same time, and their private lives were also low-key, so they cherished each other very early, and then although Cui Dacang was not a pioneer of the cooking faction, he was also guilty of returning the medal Lee Myung-bak.

In other words, these two people can really talk, and when the movie of a good friend comes out, what's wrong with people running over to take a look?

And besides, no matter what, Uncle Flatbread is still a signed artist of CUBE now, why can't he come? Maybe people are here to check in and sign in!

However, regardless of whether others believe it or not, Jin Zhongming doesn't believe it anyway...... After all, it would be strange if you didn't get tired of running over at this point in time. It's just that if people don't speak first, you have to pretend that you don't know.

In this way, a group of people greeted each other slightly, and then sat down to watch the movie together, after all, this is today's 'business'.

The first impression is very long, and then if you taste it carefully, it can probably be said that it is well-made, and the acting skills of Song Kang-ho, Yoo Seung-ryong and others are basically overflowing, which can be said to barely represent the highest level of Korean films.

And if you count the unprecedented naval battle scene on this premise, the nationalist bonus of the anti-Japanese drama, I think there should be a phenomenal box office performance.

Of course, for Kim Jong-ming, who is used to watching movie routines, this movie is not without faults, such as some places are too sensational, such as some characters are too facial, and for example, the large-scale special effects that look amazing can only be dominated in Korean movies......

But then again, first of all, probably the film is not expected to be in a foreign country, and considering that the current popular popularity is so depressed, maybe this somewhat sensational and nationalist film can really have a result beyond imagination. And if you think about it this way, maybe this movie is really promising, and it can even be used as a ......

"Representative Kim, what do you think?" As a matter of responsibility, the director Kim Hanmin on the side naturally had to ask for his opinions one by one, and the first of them was naturally Kim Jong-ming, the actual investor.

"Oh, that's good!" Kim Jong Ming snapped back to his senses. "Very good, the movie is very good, there are no problems. ”

"The schedule and the ...... schedule"

"Has it been submitted for trial?" asked Jin Zhongming seriously.

"Not yet. Kim Hanmin replied frankly. "Today is just a cut version of me as a director. ”

"Submit it for review first. Jin Zhongming earnestly instructed. "Come to me when the review is complete and the release version is confirmed. The movie is so good that I'll watch it myself and try to arrange the best schedule and the best filming plan by myself...... In short, don't rush, take your time!"

"I understand!" Kim Hanmin, of course, was in a happy mood and put his mind at ease. "I'll have a serious discussion with the Film Promotion Committee, and I won't let anything go wrong. ”

"That's good. Jin Zhongming smiled slightly, raised his voice a little, and made an end to today's business. "If everyone has no problems, this movie will come like this, director Kim Han-min will keep in touch with me, step by step......"

While speaking, Jin Zhongming turned his head and swept his eyes over Cui Dacang and Song Dabi, these two people really didn't say anything, but they didn't get up either, as if they really wanted to do something. To tell the truth, in an instant, Jin Zhongming was ready to take advantage of the situation to get up and leave, but doing so was a bit of a child's play, if people really had something to do with you, how could they use this little trick to dodge? And if you can hide today, you can hide tomorrow?

"Do the two seniors have any opinions?" As soon as he thought of this, Jin Zhongming finally asked pretendically. "If there is any deficiency in this movie, you can tell director Kim Han-min directly, especially Choi Min-sik's predecessor, you are the leading actor and have the absolute right to speak. ”

"Nothing. Cui Dacang finally opened his mouth. "This movie is very well edited, just as you want it to be. ”

"Of course I don't have a problem either. Song Kanghao also rarely piled up a little smile.

"But Zhong Ming, Kang Hao recently told me something, I think it's the right way, if you have time, it's better to stay and listen......" Cui Cannon continued without scruples.

Can I not listen? Jin Zhongming secretly complained in his heart, but a warm smile appeared on his face: "The two seniors have something to say, do you want to change places?"

"Well......" Song Kanghao looked at many people from the "Mingliang" crew around him, and stopped talking.

"Don't you need it?" Cui Dacang didn't think there was anything. "Something that is above board and righteous. ”

"That's good. Jin Zhongming smiled slightly, turned sideways to the two of them, and put on a posture of listening carefully.

At this moment, Kim Hanmin and the others reacted one after another, and then quickly got up and said goodbye...... At that speed, he ran faster than Western reporters, and even forgot to take the samples.

Song Kanghao looked at the people who fled, and a flash of realization flashed in his heart, that is, the representative of Jin Zhongming in front of him actually knew what he was going to say for a long time, at least he knew that the nature of the matter was not so friendly to him, so he cleared the scene at the beginning.

"That's right. Choi Min-sik is not a fool, and he is also aware of Kim Jong-ming's nonchalant attitude, but his personality is relatively straight, or rather hard, so he still said things very calmly. "I have a journalist friend who is going to make a documentary......"

It turned out that, as Kim Jong-ming thought, and what he saw, the Sewol incident seemed to be a strong stimulus for all Koreans, and considering the inexplicable enthusiasm of Koreans, almost everyone who was a little idle had such a sense of mission and wanted to do something about this accident.

Among them, the media is rightfully at the forefront.

And since it has been almost half a month since the Sewol accident, and the rescue operation has been stopped at the substantive level, most of the media are now following the accountability action...... But obviously, the most basic and primitive material must be found in the rescue activities on the day of the incident and in the following days.

Among them, there is such a TV station called JTBC, and then JTBC TV has a host named Sun Shixi...... That's right, it's the Sun Shixi who Jin Zhongming inexplicably felt that people hated when they first met. Then the anchor Sun Shixi sent a reporter named Li Shanghao at that time, and reporter Li Shanghao had been following and interviewing a civilian rescuer during the original rescue.

In the end, this folk rescuer is called Lee Chung-in, he is a well-known folk diver in South Korea, he has a diving bell (which can be considered a kind of shallow sea one-man submarine) that he invented and manufactured, and in those days of rescue, the two experienced a lot of things together, and also left a lot of precious first-hand pictures......

"And edited into a documentary film, and then?" Kim Jong-myung abruptly interrupted Choi's sensational description. "What exactly do you want to express?"

"I want to ......"

"We'd like to ask you to take a look at this documentary, which hasn't actually been edited yet. Without waiting for Choi Min-sik to finish speaking, Song Kang-ho snatched the dominance of the words. "The dailies are downstairs, and we'll talk about them after watching them. ”

"That reporter Li Shanghao and Mr. Li Zhongren are downstairs?" Jin Zhongming put his hand on his forehead, and he vaguely felt that he was going to make a big mistake today.

"Not really. Song Kanghao said frankly. As the rescue activities continued, Mr. Li Zhongren was still at the scene, and reporter Li Shanghao was still following...... It's anchor Sun Shixi waiting downstairs with a sample!"

"Hurry up and invite someone to come up!" Jin Zhongming sneered when he heard this. "The three major in South Korea can't be messed with, Hornet's Nest, Sun Shixi, Liu Zaishi, I am off Liu Zaishi's show now, how dare I still hang Sun Shixi again? If people really let people know that I threw Sun Da anchor downstairs and ignored it, maybe I will be forced to jump off the building tomorrow to prove my innocence. ”

The hint of ridicule in these words should not be too obvious, which made Uncle Flatbread frown, but in the end he still maintained his demeanor, and then raised his hand to make a call. So, after watching the movie for more than an hour, when the lights were turned on again, Jin Zhongming's eyes began to be bloodshot.

After watching the documentary, there was silence in the screening room.

And after a long time, this time it was Sun Shixi's turn to speak: "What does Representative Jin Zhongming think of this documentary?"

Kim Jong-ming lay on his seat with his eyes closed, and gave the answer without even opening his eyes: "The picture is rough, the structure is scattered, and more importantly, the position is biased, and there is no neutrality at all on which the documentary depends...... What do you think of my evaluation? Is there a word wrong?"

"Professionally, it does. Cui Minzhi frowned slightly, it seemed that he hadn't seen the sample film before, so he was also a little surprised at this time. "But Zhong Ming, regardless of the picture and structure, just talking about the biased position, we actually have to take into account the problem of shooting angle, this documentary is shot from the perspective of Mr. Li Zhongren and his private rescue activities after all, the perspective is naturally limited, which should not have too much luxury. ”

"And. Song Kanghao also opened his mouth. "The so-called biased position is nothing more than a blaming of the government's rescue activities throughout the article, without any positive description. So Zhong Ming, have you ever wondered what caused this result? If it is said that reporter Li Shanghao deliberately deleted some scenes with resentment, it is fine, but is it possible that they did not encounter any valuable behavior on the part of the government in those days? ”

Jin Zhongming still didn't open his eyes: "What the two seniors said is right, but I want to ask, do you think the bias of this documentary film is aimed at the government's rescue work, or is it aimed at the current president and the ruling party?"

"Does this make any difference?" Sun Shixi suddenly interjected softly.

"Anchor Sun. Kim Jong-ming finally opened his eyes. "Let's not talk about the documentary, do you know that I hate it...... Or to be more precise, I'm wary of you as a person?"

The atmosphere was instantly stagnant.

"The first time we met, it was when it was raining, right? I did sense that Representative Kim Jong-ming seemed to have something to me. Sun Shixi lowered his head and smiled, still with an excellent demeanor. "But I really didn't expect to be wary of a big man like you...... Is there any value in me being wary?"

"Of course. Jin Zhongming replied calmly. "I used to be mainly in the entertainment industry, so the person I was most afraid of at that time was Liu Zaishi, and now I know Anchor Sun, as Liu Zaishi in the press, you are also unconditionally respected by Koreans, so of course I will be vigilant! But if you have only met Sun Shixi a few times, with your prestige and the people's trust in you, if you are targeted, won't you suffer reputational damage for no reason?"

"So, did I make Mr. Kim Jong-ming have a bad impression of this documentary?" Sun Shixi rarely smiled bitterly. "In fact, as long as Mr. Jin Zhongming has a clear heart, why should we care about those of us who like to be more serious?"

"To be honest, that's what I hate most about you. Jin Zhongming shook his head helplessly. "If you want to torture others to be guilty, you have to prove that you are worthy first, right?"

"What does Jin mean?" Sun Shixi's face changed slightly.

"Zhong Ming, it's just the four of us here, it's okay for us to be honest. Choi Min-sik interjected on the side. "Do you know something?"

"No, no, no. Jin Zhongming shook his head again and again. "Don't get me wrong, Anchor Sun has offended so many powerful people before and after, and even went to prison for this in his early years, if he had any tricks, he would have been picked up and beaten up a long time ago, where is my turn to talk nonsense here? My meaning is actually very simple, Anchor Sun, although you have acted fairly so far, you have not passed the test of time enough......

As soon as these words came out, Sun Shixi was silent, and Song Kanghao on the side moved slightly, but Choi Min-sik was speechless for a moment: "What nonsense? Sun Shixi, the anchor, has been engaged in journalism for decades, and you said it yourself, he was imprisoned a long time ago for reporting on the government's misconduct, and this is still called not having enough time test?"

"Mr. Cui, you misunderstood. Sun Shixi himself remained calm. "Representative Kim Jong-myung means that although I became famous when I was young, I really made a name for myself in the press from the early days of the Lee Myung-bak administration. In other words, what I have done over the years may be directed against social injustice and the incompetence of the government, but it may also be manipulated by certain political forces and purely aimed at the current conservative ruling party...... Therefore, what is worried about Representative Kim is that I am just a political tool that pretends to represent impartiality and is used to lure him in. ”

Choi Min-sik instinctively looked back at Song Kang-ho, which made the latter inevitably a little embarrassed.

"Actually, if you really take a firm stand like Song Kanghao's predecessors, everyone knows it. Jin Zhongming couldn't help but look at Uncle Flatbread. "I'm afraid to cover up, I'm fair on the surface, but biased in private...... Wouldn't it be a loss if I were dragged into the water because of this confusion?"

Sun Shixi still didn't move, he smiled slightly, as if he was ready to explain again.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I know exactly what you mean. Jin Zhongming directly raised his hand to stop the other party from speaking, and simply expressed his position directly. "This kind of so-called documentary with rough production and topicality far greater than artistry and commerciality, if you want to break through the government's obstruction and cause social impact, you must have the support of the cinema chain from the perspective of film scheduling. And on the other hand, not to mention that LeT has such a close relationship with the president, let's just say that the "JoongAng Ilbo" behind your JTBC, the pro-Japanese background and Rakuten's advertising expenses are also there, and you can't open a gap from them at all...... So, you can only look for me. ”

Sun Shixi's expression darkened in a rare way.

"But," Jin Zhongming also sighed at this point. "I also have a big family, not to mention the movie, Busan and Incheon, how many people rely on me for food, if I am involved in political attacks because of this thing, I will affect myself and so many people...... How can you bear it in your hearts?"

This is a very clear refusal, the three people who came with the documentary were speechless and got up one after another, but Jin Zhongming still sat in place, this attitude seemed to be determined to push out this hot documentary.

"Zhong Ming. Cui Minzhi got up and walked a few steps to the door, but couldn't help but stop and say a few more words. "Actually, for me, the reason why I took the initiative to introduce this documentary to you is not because I admire this diving bell and the significance of his rescue, nor because I want to encourage you to participate in any political attack, but because as the last paragraph of the documentary shows, Mr. Li Zhongren has now been slandered by some semi-official media as a person who obstructs the rescue...... Let's touch our conscience, no matter what, this Mr. Li Zhongren is always a good person with the intention of saving people, right? When it comes to a biased position, isn't it biased that those people smear a good person like this in order to cover up their incompetence?"

Jin Zhongming turned his head to look at the other party, stopped talking, and finally closed his eyes again expressionlessly.

Choi Min-sik had no choice but to turn around and leave with the other two, and Kim Jong-ming was the only one left in the huge screening room for a while, holding his forehead and closing his eyes, as if he had fallen asleep.

It was silent, silent, and I don't know how long it took before someone suddenly knocked on the door of the screening room carefully.

It's Jia Chao.

"Deputy?" Jia Chao shouted cautiously at the figure that seemed to be asleep. "You're looking for me?"

"What time is it?" Jin Zhongming opened his eyes, but was stimulated by the light above his head and blinked several times. "I forgot to look at the time when I called you just now...... Help me turn off the lights. ”

"It was past nine o'clock in the evening. Jia Chao hurriedly replied, and then immediately turned off the lights as instructed.

"I came in the morning, in other words, I spent more than nine hours in the screening room?" In the dark, Jin Zhongming frowned slightly, and then moved his body a little uneasily. "I called you here with an idea......

You say. ”

"First of all, you're going to have to help me find someone. Jin Zhongming commanded. "You personally drive to his house to look for him, don't call, find him, and if he wants to, secretly ask him to go to a random and hidden place...... You can decide the place yourself, and then contact me, do you know what I mean?"

"Understood. Jia Chao immediately agreed. "Promise no one will find out, then...... Who are you looking for?"

"Find our President Park's most loyal confidant, Secretary Chung Ho-sung of the Blue House. Jin Zhongming replied calmly. "I'm going to talk to him about something. ”

Jia Chao nodded, exited the screening room, and did not forget to close the door intimately for his representative before leaving.

And in the dark, Jin Zhongming also closed his eyes again and narrowed.

In this way, the time came to eleven o'clock in the evening in a blink of an eye, and in the rice noodle shop diagonally opposite the CUBE building, three people sat facing each other, and it was the three who went to Jin Zhongming for help but returned without a feather.

"The friends of the small cinema chain are also reluctant to help. Song Kanghao looked at the steaming shredded pork rice noodles in front of him with some frustration, although he was tired all day, he had no desire to move chopsticks at all. "Everyone said that their family had a small business and didn't dare to toss...... You say that Kim Jong-ming is a big family and he doesn't dare to toss, and they are a small family and a small business and he doesn't dare to toss, so is it because the big family is worried about the big business, or is it because the family is small and the business is small? Or is it that as long as the one in the Blue House is still there, then no matter who is worried?

"I think that when I talk about this documentary alone, the representative Kim Jong-ming may not be afraid of the Blue House. Sun Shixi smiled slightly, but still maintained his demeanor. "The reason for his rejection of us may not be exhaustive, there must be something hidden, but there is no reason for people to explain it to us. ”

"Maybe?" Song Kang-ho sighed again. "Maybe there are some big projects under construction that need government guarantees! The regulations on mobile banking? The warehousing area of Taobao Logistics? The development of the Chinese market? I can name a lot of reasonable possibilities with my eyes closed...... This is the natural fit between big business and power. ”

"Actually, with what I know about Zhong Ming. Choi Min-sik couldn't help but interject. "He is not a cold-faced person, and the Sewol incident must have touched him, but he is very practical, and this documentary is mainly exposing the government's ineffective rescue, which is meaningless to the rescue itself. ”

"But the rescue is over, is there anything meaningful besides accountability?" retorted Uncle Flatbread with a dark face. "Actually, I also know that he is a good person, and it can even be said that it is difficult to find such a good guy in the whole of Korea. But to put it bluntly, people have to be chaebols after all, and no matter how good they think in their hearts, no matter how good they are with us, they will eventually come together with those conservatives in the Blue House in action. ”

Cui Minzhi didn't speak, and the scene was quite embarrassing for a while.

"Actually, it doesn't matter. Sun Shixi interjected at the right time. "The question now is, from cinema giants like Kim Jong-ming to the small cinemas below, everyone is really worried, so should this documentary be done or not? The reason why I suggest that reporter Lee Sang-ho edit it into a documentary is because the road on the TV station has been blocked by the government, and it can't be broadcast at all! And if the road on the movie side is also blocked now, is it such a big South Korea that can't even broadcast real images shot by himself for dozens of minutes?"

Choi Min-sik and Song Kang-ho frowned together...... In fact, the reason why they are willing to run for such a documentary with low value in all aspects is that the tragedy of the Sewol accident itself and the so-called truth of the matter, and even their personal political stance are of course very strong reasons, but the weight of Sun Shixi's problem and the sense of responsibility brought by the industry are not weak at all.

Regardless of the documentary itself, if it can't even find a way to be released, then where is the foundation for Korean filmmakers to boast of their own status?

From this point of view, Kim Jong-ming, who rejected the documentary, undoubtedly made a big mistake of principle.

"Korean cinema will not reject any film work for political reasons. Thinking of this, Choi Min-sik replied very firmly. "This is a principle that has been established since the anti-Japanese movement, and Korean films have had this gene since the day they were born, and then the skinhead movement, the anti-quota movement, and the formation of a joint executive committee of filmmakers, everyone has come step by step, and this insistence has infiltrated the whole circle as a whole, and it will not change because of the attitude of a powerful person. ”

"I have an idea, too," Song Kang-ho nodded as well. "There are many ways to go in the film industry, and the road of direct release is blocked, and we can try to take another path, but it will take some time......"

As soon as he was halfway through the conversation, Sun Shixi's mobile phone rang inappropriately, and when Liu Zaishi, the Korean press, was about to press the phone and listen carefully to Song Kanghao's thoughts, he was stunned by the caller ID, and then chose to answer the phone at this critical moment.

"What's wrong?" As soon as the phone was hung up, Song Kanghao took the initiative to inquire, because he noticed that the other party's mood was obviously fluctuating after listening to the phone.

"What just happened. Sun Shixi put away his mobile phone, although his tone was calm, the elegance on his face had completely disappeared. "The Blue House suddenly gave us an ultimatum to JTBC TV by revoking its press license...... The TV station said that they had no choice but to do it, so they fired reporter Li Shanghao directly. ”

After saying this, Sun Shixi and Song Kanghao almost instinctively looked at the cube company building diagonally opposite the rice noodle shop...... As it approached midnight, most of the floors and rooms of the building were already darkened, and only a few rooms were still shining to the outside, standing there like a monster that people could not fathom or see, as if they were about to pounce on it in the next second.

As for Choi Min-sik, he suddenly began to eat rice noodles with an expressionless face, nothing more.