South Korea is a country that claims to be a democracy, so you have a lot of freedom to shoot movies here, you can shoot "So Won", you can shoot "The Melting Pot" or you can shoot "Horror Live", or "New World".

But Yoon never expected that South Korea would be so strict in terms of film censorship-

A few days later, a guest from the Korean cultural department came to visit, a young civilian secretary. Because of his identity, Yoon Tianyou still chose to talk in the company, and invited President Park Jin-young, Ha Jung-woo and others. This time they're going to talk about business, and it's not a shameless thing.

Although this young secretary is a civilian, he looks very bold, and he walks a little more upright than an ordinary secretary.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Yin Tianyou introduced them to them. This secretary's name is Kim Jong-dae, and it is a very Korean-style name.

Kim Jong took a sip of water and took a look at the new rising star in the Korean film industry: "We have considered the filming project you applied for, and we think it is not unfeasible!" ”

"Xu Sanguan Selling Blood" is an adapted movie, and the original novel is still Chinese, so there should be no problem with filing and shooting. However, the content of this story is too much and sensitive, and it is inevitably adapted into a Korean story, which inevitably has the meaning of reflecting the authorities, so the approval of the South Korean Ministry of Culture is very strict.

As a king-level figure in the Korean entertainment industry, Yoon Tianyou knows very well that movies and politics are always inextricably linked, and it is impossible to completely get rid of it. It's as if Hollywood is the big umbra that blackens itself. However, the relationship should be one of cooperation, or perhaps rather mutual use. It's like in the United States, movies use the military to provide weapons and information, and the military uses movies to promote the military.

South Korea is very democratic. However, this kind of democracy is not without restrictions, for example, during the filming of the drama "Su Yuan", it was under serious pressure from the judicial circles. Especially during the filming of "The Crucible", he was almost killed by the eunuchs. Especially after the release of this drama, it caused a huge sensation in South Korea and almost turned the whole of Korea upside down. For this reason, the South Korean government began to strictly control such sensitive films, so as not to cause further trouble.

Therefore, this time Yin Tianyou directed and filmed "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", which is very sensitive, although the story is Chinese. However, there have been cases of selling blood in South Korea, and it can be said that it is a Korean story. Every country's government wants to save face. The same goes for South Korea.

"Our Ministry of Culture approves the adaptation of the story of this play, but you still need to make appropriate changes in sensitive aspects." Jin Zhongda's face was really serious: "But you may not agree with the extent of this change." ”

Yin Tianyou was stunned for a moment, don't you revise the entire script, how can you say that this is an adaptation of a novel, if the modification is too big, what is the taste!

Jin Zhong Da finally showed a slight smile when he saw Yin Tianyou's expression: "Director Yin Tianyou, don't worry, we suggest that the extent of your modification will not touch your bottom line." Well, but you need to understand! ”

Speaking of this, Kim Jong-dae's expression became serious again: "And we have another condition, that is, this drama must be declared to be adapted from a novel and does not belong to Korea!" ”

Yin Tianyou chuckled in his heart. Then he smiled bitterly, and looked at Ha Zhengyu and them, all of them looked surprised.

Not part of South Korea?

Is Korea that pure?

Is there such a white lotus?

Is South Korea less smeared?

Besides. If the story is like this, what is the sense of substitution?

What else is the audience watching? In this moment. Yin Tianyou really wanted to give up everything, and he suddenly felt very tired. He put a lot of effort into fighting for all this. But he was still stuck where he was most afraid.

Can there be something that is not smeared? What is the definition of smearing? is like the plot in "The Crucible", because the first feeling of the film is sadness and despair, every detail in it is shocking, and more outrageous than this child sexual abuse incident - the people who should exercise justice and fairness are favoring the powerful behind them and carrying out dirty and corrupt transactions. The male protagonist, Jiang Renhao, who went to teach in a special school, from the beginning of the film, had a bad career, his daughter was sick, and he had to rely on his relationship to give money to get a position as an art teacher, and it was this man who looked docile and even cowardly, together with his peers, wrestled with evil and guided the child's soul to meet the light again.

The emotions expressed in the film hit people's hearts, but the process of expression is very rational, not pursuing deliberate sensationalism, it is more rational to show the whole trial process in front of and behind the scenes, from the prosecution to the prosecution, from the victims to their families, from the upper class to the media public, and all social levels of this social incident. It is precisely in this way that the audience can have a deeper understanding of the social background in which this tragedy occurred.

But what about the real society, until the release of this drama, still encountered strong resistance, the reason is that this drama smeared the Korean judicial circle, so much so that it was almost cut in halfway. After the final release, due to the sensation of the audience, the judicial community had to make a retrial resolution on this case, and it can be said that this smear made the entire Korean judiciary embarrassed.

Yin Tianyou really doesn't know now, although movies can achieve a propaganda role, but it is more of a public entertainment art. It would be an unwise decision for the government to take full control.

If it is really stuck here, then Yin Tianyou would rather automatically give up being the director of this drama, and if a drama is not allowed to shoot its soul, it is still a bullshit movie.

"It's hard for us to accept your conditions!" Yin Tianyou smiled bitterly for a moment, and finally said in as euphemistic a tone as possible: "Of course we won't focus on this in terms of the theme of the film. But there will certainly be no shortage of such episodes. For example, there are likely to be some uncomfortable episodes in the film, which are not unique to any country, and South Korea must also exist, so this is not a deliberate smear, but a fact. So as for what is a smear, I think you need to give me a good definition! ”

"Alas, that's it. As soon as it came, it was like censorship, and it stuck us again. At that time, we will not be able to film! Although Ha Zhengyu's temper is not very good, he still doesn't dare to be too presumptuous to the people in the Ministry of Culture.

Jin Zhongda frowned and glanced at Yin Tianyou. It is clear from the look that they are all opposed. Before he came, he had specially investigated these people, almost all of them were stars in the Korean entertainment industry, especially Yin Tianyou, who is now the most popular superstar, so as long as he convinces Yin Tianyou, it will be absolutely fine.

However, in view of the entanglement of South Korea's censorship, the Ministry of Culture has also talked to a higher level on this, and this time he has already considered all aspects before sending him to talk about this matter. So now Kim Jong Da is not speechless to answer: "We have referred to the beauty of rules and regulations, and we have also observed that your films in recent years basically do not have the kind of smear situation we pointed out!" ”

Having said that, Yin Tianyou's heart, which was gradually cooling, was activated again, and it seemed that the Ministry of Culture did not intend to block them at this point. Do you look at them with Ha Jung-woo? And they all showed it. He gave Yin Tianyou a knowing look.

Kim Jong glanced at the three of them, and said calmly and calmly: "The so-called smear is to attack the government of the Republic of Korea, of course, since your movie is an adaptation, then I hope you will make the adaptation clear when doing publicity, it is best to let the Korean audience come into contact with the original novel, and you should also take care of the scale when adapting, it is okay to sell blood for life, but don't deliberately pull it politically." That should be fine. ”

A smile gradually spread on Yin Tianyou's face, he never expected it to be so full of twists and turns, could it be just a dismount just now? Very quickly, Yoon immediately remembered the incident in which he had donated to the Blue House. It seems that the Ministry of Culture is controlled by the opposition party, and it is not embarrassing for them to donate money to the ruling party. Now it's understandable that people make stumbling blocks for themselves, but fortunately they still know how to accept when they see it.

Thinking of this, Yin Tianyou's mood was completely happy. If this is the case, then he can let go and shoot this drama.

In fact, the Ministry of Culture is really controlled by the opposition party. But Yoon Tianyou's fame is too great, and the opposition parties also understand how high the influence of a star like this is, if it is not handled well, it is easy to make a big mess, so it is better to beat him and let him know that there is not only one political party in South Korea.

And the story of "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood" does not have much impact on South Korea, and they are deliberately exaggerating the incident, just to let Yin Tianyou know how to "be in awe". And in addition to a number of reasons, there is also a rather important reason that Yin Tianyou and the others did not expect.

Speaking of this, Jin Zhongda hesitated, and the conditions he wanted to talk about below were definitely unacceptable to Yin Tianyou. Fortunately, the Ministry of Culture also gave him a bottom line for bargaining, otherwise he wouldn't know how to say it. After hesitating for a moment, he said embarrassedly: "The key to the dispute is the box office!" ”

Ha Jung-woo looked at Kim Jong-dae proudly, what does the box office have to do with them: "We will look at the box office, even if we lose money, we will start filming, so you don't have to worry about us!" ”

Park Jin-young: "Yes, as long as it's not too much of a request, we will be able to accept it." ”

Jin Zhongda smiled bitterly, this was the second time Yin Tianyou saw him laughing, and he was still smiling bitterly, and he immediately felt bad.

Kim Jong cleared his throat and said with a look of shame: "Our Ministry of Culture seems to be beautiful at the moment, but in fact it is a little stretched - well, last time Yin Tianyou XI donated tens of billions of dollars to the Blue House, we are very emotional, if you can also help this time, we will be very grateful, well, that's it." ”

"What?" Yin Tianyou couldn't restrain himself from standing up, and looked at Kim Jong-da with wide eyes and disbelief.

I've seen a lot of shameless ones, but I didn't expect them to be so shameless.

Is this the Ministry of Culture, or is it Robber Lodge?

Ha Jung-woo jumped up in shock and shouted: "What are you kidding, you want to share the box office when we film?!" ”

Park Jin-young couldn't hide his shocked expression and was completely stunned. Especially since he had sworn that he would accept it just now, and now he longed to go back in time and swallow his words back to that moment.

Kim Jong-dae was not a businessman in the first place, and he felt even more embarrassed under the expressions of the three of them. When he first heard about the task given to him by the Ministry of Culture, he was so shocked that his teeth were about to fall out. But when he understood that the box office of Yin Tianyou's last drama at home and abroad was as high as more than 100 billion won, he understood the hardships of the Ministry of Culture, this is not filming, it is simply a bank robbery. Since it's so profitable, then can't you get a piece of the pie? What's more, the Ministry of Culture has been short of funds for a long time, and if it is moistened by these rains and dew, everyone can survive.

Alas, to put it bluntly, whoever let the Ministry of Culture be controlled by the opposition party, and all kinds of money-making aspects are closely watched by the ruling party, and they can't steal food if they want to, so they have to become poorer and poorer.

Seeing Jin Zhongda's embarrassed expression, as if there was something unspeakable, Yin Tianyou immediately calmed down, his emotions only moved a few times, and his thoughts flew in his mind. Although this "request" is somewhat absurd, it is not non-negotiable. In particular, Yoon Cheon-woo is well aware that in a democratic country like South Korea, various political parties often take turns in power, and the ruling party may turn into an opposition party, and the opposition party is also very likely to turn into a ruling party. Now that I have a good relationship with the ruling party, if I talk to the opposition party again......

Just kidding, no one can say what the future holds, right?

It's worth the investment.

Thinking of this, Yin Tianyou smiled.

Only then did he come to Kim Jong Da and said slowly: "You know, what we are looking for in filming is the box office, of course, sometimes we will pursue some art, but you don't do anything, you want to share, isn't it a little unreasonable?" ”

Admiralty didn't move at all, so he sat firmly like Mount Tai and didn't shake it. After admiring these filmmakers, he reluctantly admitted: "It's true that as you said, we are a little unkind, so we won't take it for nothing, and do nothing-"

Yoon Tianwoo and Ha Jung-woo, Park Jin-young and all three of them took a breath of air,

The Ministry of Culture really killed them by opening their mouths like this, but fortunately there is still room for a counteroffer. For this, Yin Tianyou has already got the shooting budget report and the box office forecast report, according to the current situation, if the Ministry of Culture is willing to help, it will not be difficult to break another 100 billion.

However, Yin Tianyou will not say this kind of thought, he wants the Ministry of Culture to feel that he owes a favor, and this time he wants this rare connection.

Sure enough, Jin Zhongda couldn't see Yin Tianyou's hole cards, so he had to turn over his hole cards without reservation, and these hole cards made Yin Tianyou feel amazing for the first time, and secretly felt that the deal was worth it. (To be continued.) )