Chapter Ninety-Seven: Early Release
Time flies quickly, and "If Love Has Providence", which was originally scheduled to be released early next year, was decided to start on October 1 after market research by the distribution company Rakuten.
Regarding the distribution of the movie, as Kim Tae-hyun said, when the production of "If Love Has Providence" was completed, G2K was immediately approached by a distribution company, and two of the three major Korean distribution companies except Cj found G2K, and finally after discussion, G2K decided to cooperate with Rakuten, which has more theaters and a wider range of overseas distribution channels.
In the end, the two parties agreed that Lotte would take 40% of the box office before taxes, and G2K would take 60% of the box office, but all taxes related to the box office would be paid by G2K, and G2K would be able to share less than 50% of the box office if they paid the taxes, so that the profit and loss point of "If Love Has Providence" reached 1 million.
The profit and loss point of a film is the boundary of profit and loss of a movie, above this limit is profit, below this limit is loss, compared to the investment of 4 billion won, the profit and loss point of 1 million people is a bit low, this is all due to the fact that "If Love Has Providence" is distributed by G2K itself, so the profit distribution to the distributor is exempted.
On October 1st, "If Love Has Providence" will premiere at the Lotte Cinema in Seoul, South Korea; On October 3, the film will be officially released in Asia, and on the same day, Kim Tae-hyun and Kwak Jae-yong will go to China for their Chinese premiere, and Son Ye-jin and Cho In-sung will go to Japan for their premiere.
"Taehyun, have you ever been to China?" Kwak Jae-yong asked Kim Tae-hyun, who was about to sleep with an eye patch on.
Kim Tae-hyun smiled with some sighs, "Of course I've been there!" After Kim Tae-hyun finished speaking, he put on the blindfold.
When Kim Tae-hyun put on the blindfold, he silently said in his heart, "I have not only been to China, I have also stayed in China for more than 20 years, and in my heart, compared to South Korea, China should be my hometown!" ”
This is after the premiere of "If Love Has Providence" in South Korea, Kim Tae-hyun and Kwak Jae-yong are flying from South Korea to Beijing, China to attend the Chinese mainland premiere of "If Love Has Providence" in Beijing.
This time, the company that G2K cooperated with the Chinese side is Huayi Brothers Film and Television Company.
Kim Tae-hyun didn't fall asleep after putting on the blindfold, in fact, he couldn't sleep either, after all, he was now going back to the place where he had lived for more than 20 years, although this time he was in the capital and not Kim Tae-hyun's hometown, and Kim Tae-hyun had been to Beijing only a handful of times in his previous life, but it did not prevent Kim Tae-hyun from being excited, and the excitement in Kim Tae-hyun's heart could be seen from Kim Tae-hyun's constantly trembling hands.
Kim Tae-hyun's trembling hands also caught the attention of the flight attendant, who came to Kim Tae-hyun's side and asked in Chinese, "Sir, do you need any help?" ”
When Kim Tae-hyun heard the voice next to him, he thought he wasn't calling himself, so he ignored it.
The flight attendant saw that Kim Tae-hyun was ignoring her, so she spoke again in Korean, which she was not very proficient in, "Sir, do you need any help?" ”
This time Kim Tae-hyun took off the blindfold, and after Kim Tae-hyun took off the blindfold, he saw the flight attendant standing next to him, and then followed the flight attendant's gaze to see his hands that were still a little shaky.
Kim Tae-hyun also understood why the flight attendant came over to ask herself, Kim Tae-hyun smiled at the flight attendant, and then said in Chinese, "Hello, I have nothing to do, I'm just a little too excited." ”
The flight attendant smiled and nodded to Kim Taehyun, "Okay, you may feel a little uncomfortable when you take a plane for the first time, we have a special motion sickness medicine for passengers, if you need it, call me." The flight attendant thought that Kim Tae-hyun was flying for the first time, so she was too nervous.
Kim Tae-hyun didn't explain anything, and smiled at the flight attendant, "Okay, thank you, I'll call you if I need to." ”
The flight attendant didn't say anything more, smiled at Kim Tae-hyun and nodded, and walked away.
Kim Tae-hyun felt much calmer after talking to the flight attendant like this, turned his head to look at Guo Jae-yong, who had been asleep for a while, and Kim Tae-hyun took out a book from his bag to read.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the plane is completely stable, please get off the plane through the boarding gate, thank you!
"In Brother Long, have the people from the Chinese side arrived to pick us up?" After Kim Tae-hyun got off the plane, he asked Lee Jae-ryong, who was walking next to him.
Kim Tae-hyun and Kwak Jae-yong came to China to attend the premiere, of course, not just Kim Tae-hyun and Kwak Jae-yong, accompanied by Kim Tae-hyun's agent team, and this time it was Lee Jae-ryong who was responsible for communicating with the Chinese side.
Lee Jae-ryong nodded, "Inside, the Chinese side has already arranged it before we get on the plane, and there should be a special person to pick us up after we go out." ”
After Lee Jae-ryong said this, Kim Tae-hyun nodded and didn't say anything.
Guo Zairong smiled, "Zailong, I'm sorry for you this time." ”
Lee Jae-long helped his sunglasses, and then said, "Minister Guo, this is what I should do, and the president has communicated with the Chinese side before, and I am only dealing with some emergencies." ”
Guo Jae-yong smiled and didn't speak again, Guo Jae-yong was appointed by President Kim as the head of the G2K film department before he came back, of course, this minister's title is an honorary title for Guo Jae-yong, not that President Kim put Kwok Jae-yong in the air or anything, but because Kwok Jae-yong now spends most of his time and energy on making movies by himself, so he doesn't have the time to let him manage the company's affairs or something.
After Kim Tae-hyun and his entourage came out, they saw someone holding a sign that said 'Welcome to the "If Love Has Providence" crew', and after Lee Jae-ryong stepped forward to communicate with the visitor to confirm that he was here to pick them up, Kim Tae-hyun and his party got into the car sent by the other party.
After getting in the car, Kim Tae-hyun has been looking at the buildings outside the car window, at this time there is no bird's nest, no water cube, no five pines in Beijing, but it is still full of historical and cultural atmosphere as always.
"Taehyun, Taehyun." Lee Jae-ryong shouted twice at Kim Tae-hyun.
Kim Tae-hyun turned his head and looked at Lee Jae-ryong with some confusion and said, "Brother Zai-long, what's the matter?" ”
Lee Jae-ryong gestured to a middle-aged man sitting in the front seat of the car to Kim Tae-hyun, and then said, "Tae-hyun, this is Liu Jie, the team leader sent by the Chinese side to be responsible for us. ”
Only then did Kim Tae-hyun react, stretched out his hand to Liu Jie, and then said in Chinese, "Hello Team Leader Liu, I was attracted by the scenery of Beijing just now, so I didn't hear your conversation, which is a bit rude." ”
Liu Jie shook Kim Tae-hyun's outstretched hand, and then said with a smile, "Hello Writer Kim, I have long admired Writer Kim, and when I knew that the company arranged for me to receive Writer Kim, I was happy for several days." ”
Kim Tae-hyun smiled, "Team Leader Liu has won the award, I am all a false name, and I will have to rely on your company more after coming to China." ”
Team Leader Liu smiled and shook his head, "Tsk, I dare not say it, I can only say that we are mutually beneficial, I knew before that Writer Jin can speak Chinese, but I didn't expect Writer Jin's Chinese to be so good, not only the pronunciation, but also the tone and grammar are no different from us." ”
Kim Tae-hyun didn't know whether to be proud or what, so he had to say, "I also love it, I used to yearn for China very much, I hope we can cooperate more in the future, so that the Chinese I learn can be put into practice." ”
Team Leader Liu nodded, "This is certain, wait a while, the senior management of our company has specially prepared a reception banquet for Writer Jin and his party, and I hope that Writer Jin and his party can go to the banquet." ”
Kim Tae-hyun smiled, "We will definitely go to the banquet, which shows that your company attaches great importance to cooperation with our company." ”
Although Guo Jae-yong and Lee Jae-ryong couldn't understand what Kim Tae-hyun and Liu Jie were saying, fortunately, there was a translator prepared by the Chinese side in the car, and Kwok Jae-yong and Lee Jae-ryong also interjected two sentences from time to time through the guò translator.
That night, because of the premiere held tomorrow, everyone didn't drink much and went back, because of the language barrier, basically Kim Tae-hyun was talking with the high-level of Huayi Company, and Lee Jae-ryong and Guo Jae-yong still interjected two sentences from time to time.
After Kim Tae-hyun came to the hotel where he stayed, because he spent the whole day on the plane and in the car, he finally got off the car and went to play with the old fritters in those shopping malls.