If "The King's Man" attracted the incumbent President Roh Moo-hyun to watch the movie because of political needs, then on the evening of January 17, the representative (party leader) of the Grand National Party, the largest opposition party in South Korea, and presidential candidate Park Geun. On the afternoon of the 17th, after the end of the party work, Hye Yu and more than 10 parliamentarians went to a theater in Seoul to watch "The King's Man", which represented another trend.

Immediately following Park Geun. Former President Kim Dae-jung also watched the film with his secretaries in the ordinary audience on the 9th, and commented that "the film is very compact and interesting, not only recording the people's criticism of absolute power, but also truly reflecting the people's life and customs." In addition, on January 16, it was reported in the news that 100 Korean ambassadors (200 couples) working in various countries around the world will return to Japan due to the upcoming meeting of foreign ambassadors, and they are scheduled to watch "The King's Man" at the Korean Theater on February 19.

Now it seems that "The King's Man" is not just an ordinary movie, there are more things behind it, but these things Jung Hyuk-jae did not delve into, because some things are better not to touch now.

In addition to the political aspect, in the cultural and economic aspects, the contribution of "The King's Man" can also be significant.

Due to the popularity of movies, the traditional Korean art of rope walking has also begun to attract great attention. At the invitation of audiences across the country, the Boyd Art Troupe began to perform on tour. In particular, the large-scale performance to be held at Gyeongbokgung Palace on March 4~5 has attracted a lot of attention because it was the first time since 1865 (the 2nd year of Gojong Gojong) that it has been reproduced at Gyeongbokgung Palace, and the Korea Cultural Heritage Agency plans to recognize the contribution of "The King's Man" to the promotion of national culture.

On the economic front, the contribution of The King's Man is even more prominent, according to the latest statistics from the Statistics Office. Due to the popularity of "The King's Man", South Korea's service industry revenue hit a 38-month high in January, and the film industry hit a 40-month high, all because of a movie, if it weren't for the madness of the audience seen with their own eyes, no one would have dared to imagine such a result.

Until noon on the 18th. "The King's Man" has exceeded 10,686,208 viewers nationwide, and is expected to surpass "Shibi Island" (11.08 million people) on the 20th to become the second best-grossing film in South Korea, and has surpassed the original third place "Welcome to Dongmo Village", which can be said to be moving forward with steady steps, and the first place "Tai Chi Flag Flying" (11.74 million people) is only 1.02 million people.

According to statistics on February 19, as of the evening of the 18th, "The King's Man" has exceeded 10,847,156 viewers nationwide, and will surpass "Shiwei Island" within 2 days, and there is only 900,000 people behind the first "Taiji Flag Flying" (11.74 million people). In addition, because of the popularity of domestic movies. The overseas sales and release of "The King's Man" will be sold in overseas film markets, such as Japan and Singapore, and some scenes that have been eliminated will be added and re-edited for participation in various film festivals, and an international version with an extension of 20 minutes will be released, which will be included in the DVD that will be sold at a later date.

Jung Hyuk-jae has participated in this series of big moves, after all, as such a film that attracts tens of millions of viewers, it will be a bit of a loss if it is not sold overseas. In particular, Japan is a country across the sea. Although the two countries have had a deep and painful relationship in history, in terms of modern cultural exchanges, Japan and South Korea are still quite diligent in their exchanges, especially in the film market, and the two sides have in-depth exchanges and learning.

Statistics on February 20, as of the 19th. "The King's Man" exceeded 10,999,000 viewers nationwide. On the weekends of 17, 18 and 19, it attracted a total of 390,000 spectators across the country. Also in the 8th week of release, the national audience of "Tai Chi Flag Flying" on the weekend 3 days of that year was 149,000, which shows the strong momentum of "The King's Man". It is expected that in about 2 weeks, "The King's Man" will likely step into the "high ground" of 12 million people that no one has stepped into before.

Early in the morning of the 21st, Jung Hyuk-jae came to his company's office. Not long after entering the office, Jiang Zaijing knocked on the door and walked in.

"In Kyoto? What's the matter? Seeing Kang Jae-kyung walking in, Jung Hyuk-jae couldn't help but feel a little strange.

As the head of the artist department, Jiang Zaijing has done a good job, which has a lot to do with his previous work experience and experience, although there are not many artists under it, but Jiang Zaijing's management measures are very proper, whether it is the artist's life or work, Jiang has done the best that a person in charge of an agency can do in Kyoto, so Zheng Hyukjae is also very fond of him, after all, in today's society, artists are easy to find, but management talents like him are very rare.

"President, this is an invitation from the Baeksang Art Awards."

Jung Hyuk-jae took it from his hand, opened it and looked at it, "Invitation? ”

After Kang Jae-kyung's reminder, Jung Hyuk-jae finally remembered that it was the annual cake season again...... Oh no, it's awards season!

As the only comprehensive art award with the longest history in South Korea, known as the "Korean Golden Globe Awards", the Baeksang Arts Awards is one of the most influential and authoritative TV and film awards ceremonies in South Korea, and the highest award in the Korean television industry.

Why become an artist? In addition to money, most people also dream of one thing, that is, fame, no matter what kind of 'name' it is.

The water in the entertainment industry is too mixed, and the pyramid-like structure often blocks the way for many low-level artists to reach the top, many people can make any kind of sacrifice for fame and profit, what is it for? Isn't it just that one day you can stand in front of the audience and usher in the applause of the audience?

Looking at the invitation in his hand, Jung Hyuk Jae nodded, "Okay, I know!" This is a nod of agreement, I will definitely go on the day of the award.

After saying this, Kang Jae-kyung was about to leave, but he didn't expect Jung Hyuk-jae to suddenly stop him, "By the way, did Lee Jun-gi receive an invitation?" ”

"Yes!" Jiang Jaejing stopped and said with a smile, "And he has a great hope of winning the Rookie Acting Award this time!" ”

Heard Jiang Zaijing say this. Zheng Hyukzai was relieved in his heart, and he had been worried that there would be some additional adaptations to the historical line of this world because of his arrival, because his butterfly had stirred up his wings a little, but it seemed that the wheel of history was still moving forward along its original traces, and his little accident did not bring too many changes, which is also a good thing.

In fact, this is also what Jung Hyuk Jae thinks a lot. After all, this is the Baeksang Art Awards, which is not the same as the playful TV drama awards held by SBS TV itself, although it is also a cake, but after so many years, the cake of the Baeksang Art Awards is very high-quality, and I have never heard of the news that the Baeksang Art Awards have shady or something, in short, the previous such a 'cake sharing' award is to make all parties very satisfied, the cake is evenly divided, and naturally there are not so many doubts.

Again. In terms of this year's movies, although newcomers are frequent, it is not particularly possible for movies to have a movie that reaches the tens of millions of people in "The King's Man", after all, tens of millions of movies have never been encounterable but not sought.

"Okay. It's up to you to run this aspect of the awards season, whether it's the Baeksang Art Awards this year. is still the Dazhong Award, or the Blue Dragon Film Award, "The King's Man" must be the biggest winner, like the actor or something, we don't dare to ask for extravagance, Li Junji's age and qualifications can't be reached, but it is in line with his rookie acting award or something. If you can get it, you will try to get it all in your hands, and in addition, you must also operate well in terms of endorsement, and the price and vision should be higher, and a large part of our company's resources will be tilted towards Li Junji in the future. ”

Jung Hyuk-jae holds a pen in his hand, and the tip of the pen points to the table. Then commanded.

"Yes, I see!" Jiang Zaijing replied, said goodbye, and then turned around and opened the door and left here.

After Kang Jae-kyung left, Jung Hyuk-jae didn't stay idle, pressed the phone on the office desk, called his secretary, and asked, "Is yesterday's movie viewer statistics table out?" ”

"It's already out, please take a look." As he spoke, the secretary took out what Jung Hyuk-jae wanted from the folder he was holding in his arms.

With the longer the movie is released, the growth of the box office and the number of moviegoers has gradually slowed down, after all, the audience has a lot of other movies to choose from in addition to the movie "The King's Man", but even so, the box office growth rate of "The King's Man" is indeed a little unscientific, not only in the growth of the number of people, but also on its particularly stable growth line, if the daily number of viewers of "The King's Man" is made into a table, it will be more intuitive, and the downward curve is particularly slow. It's almost a straight line and it's particularly stable, and the number of moviegoers from Monday to Thursday may be smaller, after all, it's a weekday, but as long as it's Friday and weekend, the number of moviegoers begins to rise up, which is particularly unscientific.

According to the statistics of the film department, during the three days of the weekend of February 17, 18 and 19, the film "The King's Man" attracted a total of 390,000 viewers across the country. Also in the 8th week of release, the national audience of "Tai Chi Flag Flying" on the weekend 3 was 149,000, and the gap between them was as much as 250,000 people, which shows the strong momentum of "The King's Man", and many media have begun to predict that it will only take about 2 weeks, and "The King's Man" will likely step into the "high ground" of 12 million people that no one has stepped into before.

Taking the form handed by the secretary, Jung Hyuk-jae showed that he looked at the total number of moviegoers as of yesterday, 11,118,167? Eleven million?

As of the 20th, "The King's Man" broke through 11,118,167 viewers nationwide, not only successfully defeated the second place on the original movie audience list - 11.08 million "Shibi Island", becoming the second highest-grossing film in Korean film history, and more exciting is that "The King's Man" broke another record, that is, it became the fastest movie in Korean history to break through 11 million audiences, in only 54 days, and you must know that the movie "Taiji Flag Flying", which is currently the first in the number of viewers It took 56 days.

Originally, in the history of Korean cinema, there has never been a historical drama film among the top ten grossing films at the box office, because the appearance of "The King's Man" changed this embarrassing scene, and after rewriting the history of the top ten grossing films in Korean film history, there is no historical drama film, and now the film is challenging to set the highest record.

It is expected to break the record of 11.74 million viewers of "Taiji Flag Flying" around the 27th this weekend or early next week, and will usher in a new era of 12 million viewers for the first time in the history of Korean cinema.

Seeing this, Zheng Hyukzai's face showed a clear smile, and after gently waving his hand to signal the secretary to leave, he stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the scene of the rising sun outside the window, he couldn't help but feel a lot more comfortable, and sure enough, he responded to the old saying 'people are in good spirits when they are happy'!

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Time gradually came to the end of February, as of the 26th of statistics, "The King's Man" broke through 11.445412 viewers in the country, only 300,000 people short of the 11.74 million record of "Taiji Flag Flying", and at present, "The King's Man" still maintains the number of 48 screening theaters in Seoul and 217 across the country. Random Scholars", you can know that the major theaters are still full of confidence in "The King's Man".

"Kink. "Random Scholars" is the work of director Kim Daewoo, although there are no restrictive scenes in the film, Kim Min-jung only shows a back in it. There is not even a KISS in the whole film, but due to the sensitive subject matter of the film and the taboo topic of sex, the film was finally released at the 18-year-old restriction level.

Don't watch "Kink. "Ranned Scholar" is the latest film, but it didn't have many screens in the early days of the movie's release, and there are only 35 movie theaters in Seoul, and only 190 in the country.

After all, it is the latest movie to be released, occupying the advantage of time, and the taboo topic of 'sex', coupled with the publicity of the film's distributor is relatively in place, the film won the box office championship of the movie week in the first week of release, and then the number of theaters screened began to increase further.

However, the number of theaters of "The King's Man" has not decreased because of this, and the compression is naturally the living space of other movies that have not done well, although they haven't paid much attention to it, but other filmmakers must hate "The King's Man" in their hearts.

(To be continued.) )

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