More than an hour later, in the reception area in front of Jin Zhongming's office, a group of people sat in a circle around a coffee table. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info carefully look at the people who came to the scene at this time are not only those people who Kim Jong-ming had verbally invited before, because halfway through he added the chairman of the Film Promotion Committee, that is, Zheng Jin-joo, the nominal organizer of the Daejong Award this time, as well as Kim Hye-so, another heroine of "League of Thieves", and Kim Yoon-seok, the male protagonist, and invited Ahn Sung-ki as an intermediary......

In short, the parties who can be invited to this matter have basically come, and those who are not parties have basically come.

"That's it. I don't know if it's an illusion, Li Zaibin's face at this time has lost his previous anxiety and uneasiness, and he seems to have a little more confidence in speaking, and after repeating what his side did according to Jin Zhongming's request, he actually emphasized it again. "In short, there was nothing out of the ordinary on our side, and the most direct thing was to ask Mr. Lee Byung-hun and Miss Han Hyo-joo to organize a media breakfast meeting while the movie was announced, and only invited about a dozen people...... I don't think the problem is ours!"

The scene fell silent for a while, and Li Zaibin's righteousness made most of the other party feel a little annoyed.

In other words, the group of people in "League of Thieves" originally thought that this time they came over because the other party realized that they had gone too far under the pressure of the outside world, so they wanted to be soft in private and let their side cooperate with the outside public relations. And these people don't want to let the media fan the flames, and when the time comes, they won't be able to fall into other people's knives, not to mention that they will be hated by the group opposite that is a monopoly theater chain and a film and television production giant, which is called trouble. That's why it's worth coming.

didn't think that as soon as he sat down, he heard Li Zaibin's domineering statement of 'it's not my fault'...... It's not you, it's still us?

Our record-breaking League of Thieves won only one best actress?

However, after glancing at Jin Zhongming, who was sitting on the side with a normal complexion, a few of the people in this group were angry, but they didn't know how to speak, because they were inevitably afraid that they would say something unpleasant.

"I'll say the same thing. Zheng Jinzhou has also been anxious recently, he took over the hosting of the Big Bell Award for the first time, and he changed the time and this and that, but he didn't want to encounter this kind of thing, and the media are almost annoying him to death these days. "Ladies and gentlemen, everyone outside is now saying that I am privately taught...... But what is the actual situation, you as insiders should understand, at least in the procedure I can't do this, to put it mildly, those judges listen to me?"

These two sentences made a little wave in the reception room, because although Zheng Jinzhou's intention to shirk in his words was obvious, he was telling the truth...... As this guy said, all of you here are insiders, and everyone knows how the process of the Big Bell Award is.

According to the rules, each award is voted in groups, which is independent of each other, and it is generally voted on the night before the ceremony, and the envelope will be handed over to Zheng Jinzhou on the afternoon of the opening day of the ceremony...... But if that's the case, how can so many people in the Filmmakers' Guild not notice it?

In fact, everyone figured out at the beginning that this result is indeed in line with the approximate voting results, and the problem can only be before the judges vote...... But in that case, if it wasn't for Li Zaibin's black hand, how could there be such a strange result?

"Speaking of which, this result is certainly not normal. As the director of "League of Thieves", Choi Dongxun finally couldn't help but speak. "So something must have gone wrong...... If everyone is not responsible, then it is called self-deception. ”

"yes. Zheng Jinzhou quickly echoed after taking himself out. "Now that the noise is getting bigger and bigger outside, yesterday's 'Central Daily' and 'Dong-A Daily', the two masters who don't think it's a big deal, had to pull this on the general election, and they almost pointed their noses and scolded our Film Promotion Committee and Zhong Ming for engaging in 'private teaching and receiving within the conservative camp'! If you really put a political label on your body, it will not benefit anyone. So taking advantage of the college entrance examination, public opinion will definitely slow down, let's try to figure things out......"

As soon as these words came out, others didn't care, but Kim Hye-so nodded slowly and seriously. Because as one of the most famous supporters of the dish cooking faction in the circle, her political position is very stable, so if this matter is really to be politically labeled, it must start from herself, Kim Jong-myung and the Film Promotion Committee opposite.

If that's the case, it's better to be yourself, because you can't hide from it...... However, what will these film colleagues around me think? Just make a movie and you will be pulled into troubled waters, who will dare to cooperate with you in the future?

"Zhong Ming. An Shengji shouted, obviously asking his students to speak out.

"I thought about it a moment just now. The teacher has a life, and Jin Zhongming, who has been ignoring his eyes and not speaking, finally opened his mouth. "First of all, the problem still needs to be solved, not to give an explanation to this newspaper or that newspaper, the most important thing is to give an explanation to yourself......"

Now, whether it's pretending to be real or real, everyone is serious.

"Secondly, I think about it, such an extreme result has occurred under the system of the Great Bell Award, which shows that most of the links must have gone wrong, and then many inevitable factors are superimposed by chance. At this point, Jin Zhongming looked around at the people in the reception room. "Let's open the skylight and say something, there are too many people on the jury, I'm afraid I can't find anyone's head, but none of you here today can hide from it...... It's really not good, let's analyze one award at a time!"

Cui Dongxun is obviously still a little angry: "That's not it, your public relations efforts are stronger this time, and we are also convinced if you want to give you some awards......."

"Then which awards are the most outrageous?" Jin Zhongming asked dryly. "Director Cui said it directly......"

"Best Director is the most outrageous!" spoke to An Shengji, who had a relatively clean position. "That's the truth, isn't it?"

"Definitely. Jin Zhongming thought about it for a while but frowned slightly, saying that, he finally understood why Cui Dongxu was the most angry, you know, Liu Zhenxun, the president of the showbox, has never spoken. "So let's get back to keeping up, President Lee Jae-bin, how much effort did you put into this award during your public relations?"

"Although it is mainly a large-scale net, this award is the most strenuous one. Li Zaibin replied calmly.

Cui Dongxu immediately took a long breath, and it could be seen that he was still very aggrieved about the loss of this best director.

However, Lee Jae-bin is not afraid, and even has a heartfelt word: "From the perspective of our producers, of course, we must do our best for our films, "The Two-Faced King" is actually very strong in all aspects, but it is the weakest in the position of director, whether it is director Choi Dong-wook or director Kim Ki-duk, it is a very obvious disadvantage, and even as early as a month ago, the media defined this award as the extreme competition between commercial films and art films! But sitting in my position, do you want to watch Director Qiu Changmin, who has worked hard for several months, go to follow these two people to accompany them?"

Choi Dong-hoon wanted to speak and stopped.

"Don't be angry. Jin Zhongming raised his eyebrows slightly. "With that in mind, I kind of understand how the Best Director award came about......"

Everyone was stunned.

"Actually, it's a very simple truth, but you all thought about it with emotions before, and you were encouraged by the media, so you didn't notice the truth of the matter. Jin Zhongming replied a little helplessly. Although it is very unfair to director Choo Changmin to say this, it is obvious that this is the director association in a dilemma between Kim Ki-duk and Director Choi, and finally let director Choo Changmin pick up a bargain. ”

Choi Dongxun's face changed, but he immediately laughed self-deprecatingly...... Without him, as soon as Jin Zhongming reminded him, he immediately recognized this statement in his heart.

In other words, this wave of Choi Dong-hoon used the power of the viewing record to compete for the best director of the Daejong Awards, but he was not optimistic at first, but of course this is not because of Choo Changmin, but because he also has an unusually strong competitor Kim Ki-duk...... The latter has a Venetian golden lion in his hand, and he is in the town house there!

However, although Kim Ki-duk's gang has always been calling for wind and rain in Europe, they are basically hated by everyone on the acre of land in South Korea...... From the official to the non-governmental, from the distributor to the producer, no one likes him! However, it is the Korean directors who hate and reject him the most!

Why? The contradiction at the beginning is too far away, so I won't say more, just talk about the vicious circle of these years: Generally speaking, this guy is ostracized by the entire Korean film industry in South Korea, he can't find money before making a movie, he can't find an actor when he makes a movie, and he can't find a movie theater after making a movie, and finally he is often forced to spend his wallet on a movie theater for a symbolic while, which can be regarded as a release...... However, when he turned his head to Europe, he immediately became the pearl of his European film peers, not to mention the awards, but the most hateful thing about this guy is that he is still condescending after winning the award in Europe...... While telling people how he was persecuted by the entire Korean film counterparts in South Korea, he didn't forget to open the map cannon to ridicule, but Koreans still recognize those awards in Europe, so at this time, most of the Korean counterparts had to pinch their noses and endure it, and then wait for him to come back and 'isolate' him even more!

Again and again, coupled with the stinky problems between the literati, the enmity between the two sides has ended up anyway, and it is becoming more and more irreconcilable...... In this state, it would be strange if the Directors Guild could willingly give him this best director!

And this is the root of Choi Dongxun's confidence before.

However, if you really empathize, you will find that Kim Ki-duk's meeting has created a big problem for the group of people on the jury - if you give Kim Ki-duk this award, it is tantamount to slapping yourself in the mouth, no one is so cheap! But if you ignore him and choose to have an obvious image of the opposite image of Kim Ki-duk, the commercial director Choi Dong-hoon, it seems too targeted!

After all, Kim Ki-duk's winning of the Golden Lion Award this time is the best result of an Asian film in five years (five years ago it was Ang Lee's lust ring), and no one is comfortable with the charge of 'persecuting' the other party.

And at this time, Li Zaibin went to give public relations to Qiu Changmin, who everyone had never thought about before.

"I have nothing to say!" Choi Dongxun waved his hand, tilted his head and collapsed on the sofa in the reception room, although he was still ten thousand unhappy in his heart, he was already having a seizure...... If he is still angry, it is also for Kim Ki-duk, the public enemy of Korean films.

What's the matter, your Kim Ki-duk's film is an art film, so you have to deny me a commercial film?!

"Well, apart from the best director, what else is the most controversial?" Kim Jong-ming continued to ask slowly.

"The rest of the awards...... To be honest, although "The Two-Faced King" won fifteen awards this time, except for one Best Director, it seems that any of the other awards are still not black when they are taken out alone. Zheng Jinzhou raised his legs and analyzed seriously. But the doubts of the outside world are here, although they didn't say anything, but it is really too much for everyone to belong to this movie...... Especially for technical awards, none of the ten technical awards will be pulled, and I was watching the crew get up again and again in the audience and felt that something was going to happen, because the discussion came out at that time!"

"This is it. Lee Byung-hun also interjected. "When it came to the next few awards, there was no applause, the audience began to laugh, and in the end, the two awards simply booed......"

"Definitely. Jin Zhongming replied worriedly with his chin in his hands. "This is what I can't figure out, ten technical awards, although it is basically a competition between two films, but one side is all-inclusive, and I can't say the word coincidence. But President Lee Jae-bin has repeatedly assured me that he has no black PR, what is going on? Is it really like what Lee Byung-hun's predecessor said before, Korean filmmakers now have to look at me, so when they see that it is CJ's movie, they want to sell it to me?

"Speaking of this matter, I'm afraid it really has something to do with Representative Jin. Liu Zhenxun, the president of SHOWBOX, who was silent as soon as he came in, finally opened his mouth with a strange face under the reflection of Kim Jong-ming's black-framed glasses.

"President Liu, don't talk nonsense. Jin Zhongming shook his head again and again. "Even if they have the intention to sell well, they won't come to this job, unless I find people from several major associations to coerce and lure them one by one...... Do you think I'm going to do that?"

"Representative Kim definitely won't. Liu Zhenxun smiled bitterly. "I didn't say you'd do that, I mean...... Let's see if there is such a possibility, for example, our showbox considered that we would have to cooperate more with Representative Kim's theater chain in the future, so this meeting took the initiative to give up public relations?"

The house was silent.

"I won't hide it from you. Liu Zhenxun continued to smile bitterly. "In fact, as soon as the matter came out, I had already roughly guessed the mistakes behind this turmoil, but I was in my position, and I was really embarrassed to speak...... "League of Thieves" broke the box office record, on the one hand, it was the nervousness of President Lee Jae-bin, and on the other hand, the complacency of our showbox, there was a big gap in this attitude. Then at this time, both sides have to consider the new position of Mr. Kim Jong-ming. For President Lee Jae-bin, he needs to prove himself to Kim Jong-myung as soon as possible, so the public relations efforts are inevitably stronger, and for us showbox, it is one thing to compete with CJ Pictures, but it is another thing to cooperate with Kim Jong-myung's cinema chain...... Ladies and gentlemen, for a long time, the main distribution channel of our showbox has been Mega Cinemas, and until now, Holiyou Group is still the second shareholder of Mega and showbox, and we don't want to embarrass Mr. Kim Jong-myung, after all, this is his first battle after acquiring CJ Pictures!"

"You're all thinking too much!" Jin Zhongming glared at him speechlessly.

"Yes!" Liu Zhenxun earnestly accepted this evaluation. "Now it seems that we and President Lee Jae-bin have been thinking too much, and in the end, we have caused you unnecessary trouble......"

"But if that's the case, it seems to make sense, right?" As the oldest and highest-ranking actor in "League of Thieves", the introverted Kim Yoon-seok finally said something. "The trade-off, coupled with the fact that costume dramas can indeed better reflect the level of the film industry...... Something like this happened, although it still gave people the feeling that it was too accidental, but at least it made sense. ”

"Definitely. ”

"That's right. ”

Kim Hye-so and Jun Ji-hyun also quickly echoed the two sentences.

"Then let's continue!" Seeing that Ahn Sung-ki and Choi Dong-hoon also nodded reluctantly, Kim Jong-ming continued the topic. "What's the deal with actor awards?"

"Actor awards are no problem, right?" Zheng Jinzhou was thrilled and immediately retorted.

"It's really okay for Bingxian to win the actor, right?" Kim Yun-seok also smiled awkwardly, obviously a little uneasy. "One person plays two roles, I am very convinced. ”

"That's what I said. Jin Zhongming frowned slightly. "But have you ever thought about it, compared to every other award that is dominated by the corresponding film associations, the actor award is dominated by the media and the audience, among them, the former will instinctively strike a balance, and the latter will do whatever he wants...... So why are all the awards for the actor in "The Two-Faced King"? Not to mention between Kim Yoon-seok's predecessors and Lee Byung-hun's predecessors, it's not a matter of what the best popularity is, I'll just say that the best actor ...... how brilliant Lee Jung-jae's predecessors are in "League of Thieves", and Yoo Seung-ryong's predecessors are so tigers? I just finished making up these two movies, but I don't feel this way...... Why are you all looking like this?"

At this moment, another person who had been silent all morning suddenly got up, and then bowed respectfully to Kim Jong-ming, who looked up and found that it was Lee Jung-jae.

"I'm really sorry, Zhong Ming, you were filming those days, so it's normal to not know some things. Lee Jung-jae smiled reluctantly. "Anyway, I'm bothering you, I still have a play to catch up in the afternoon, go first!"

After saying this, Lee Jung-jae left in a hurry.

At this moment, Jin Zhongming became even more puzzled: "What's the matter?"

"Lee Jung-jae has a new girlfriend. Seeing that the other party got on the elevator, Li Bingxian coughed dryly, which was an explanation to Jin Zhongming. "The surname is Lin...... Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong's ex-wife, the media and Chairman Chung are understandably worried. ”

Jin Zhongming glanced at the ceiling above his head, but he didn't react for a while.

"Now that the truth of the matter is roughly clear, let's go first. Liu Zhenxun suddenly stood up, and the others quickly took the opportunity to get up. "After we go back, we will try our best to cooperate, after all, it will not be beneficial for anyone to continue to hype up this kind of topic......"

"Thank you very much. Lee Jae-bin and Lee Byung-hun also hurriedly stood up and said a few words...... It seems that things are coming to an end.

However, after sending the group to the elevator and pulling back, Li Zaibin bumped into Jin Zhongming's cold gaze: "You did it on purpose?"