As one of the directors and investors of "The King's Man", "The King's Man" has not been particularly smooth since the beginning of filming, especially in the preparation stage of the crew, there are a lot of bad things, but fortunately, Li Junyi survived at this stage.

originally thought that the crew would start filming, and there would be fewer bad things, but what I didn't expect was that EaglePictures, one of the original investors, planned to withdraw halfway, and Li Junyi called EaglePictures, but naturally he couldn't get a satisfactory reply.

Compared with large-scale movies such as "Tai Chi Flag Flying", the total investment budget of "The King's Man", which was also adapted from the stage play "Er", is a bit shabby, and the film production cost is about 4.5 billion, plus publicity and other expenses, the total budget is 6 billion, which is considered a saving in comparison.

It's just that even so, EaglePictures suddenly withdrew funds, which made Li Junyi feel extremely puzzled. Not to mention the contract and breach of contract clauses signed by the two parties before, just since the start of filming of the movie, EaglePictures has invested 1 billion in it, how could they suddenly propose to withdraw at this time?

Li Junyi can't figure it out, and he's not ready to continue thinking about it, and now there is another problem waiting for him, that is, how to fill the remaining funding gap?

Anyway, his company, Cineworld, doesn't have much liquidity.

In 2003, because of a series of failures that left the company in debt and no money to hire a director, Lee Jun-ik took the helm again and filmed the costume historical drama "Huangshan Expedition", which attracted 2.9 million viewers after its release. Cause for concern.

It is with the sudden force of the movie "Huangshan Expedition" that Cineworld can be regarded as recovering, two years is not a long time, Li Junyi has invested in a few movies in the middle, as for the income can be profitable, one is not a big production, the other is not a big star, it is almost impossible to make a big profit.

This time, I finally found an investor and put the film on the big screen with myself, who would have thought that EaglePictures would drop the chain in the middle.

From yesterday afternoon until this morning. Li Junyi didn't close his eyes for a moment, the cigarette butts in the ashtray on the table were piled up into a hill, the windows in the room were not opened, and the office was already closed with a miasma, sitting on the chair, Li Junyi's face seemed to be hidden behind this sea of clouds, mountains and fog.

"President, cough, cough!"

As soon as Li Junyi's assistant sister opened the door, she coughed involuntarily, and her fair little face was stained with a layer of red because of coughing, and she looked so uncomfortable.

"Oh. It's beautiful! Seeing someone coming, Li Junyi extinguished the cigarette butt, stood up and opened the window to breathe, and then asked, "What's wrong?" Is there something wrong with you? ”

Coughing for a while, the assistant sister felt much better, and when she heard the boss ask herself, the sister hurriedly explained: "President." Someone is looking for you outside, and since there is no appointment, I will come in and ask you for instructions! ”

"Who is it?" Hear the words of the assistant. Li Junyi was stunned at first, and then asked.

"He said his name was Jung Hyuk-jae, and he said that if you give him his name, you will see him." The girl hurriedly replied.

"Jung Hyuk-jae?" Li Junyi is even more puzzled, shouldn't he be busy with the filming of the TV series "My Name is Kim Sanshun" now, how can he have the kung fu to meet him at this time?

In the past few days, the news about him has blown up the screen, who doesn't know that the number of viewers of a "Welcome to Dongmo Village" he invested in exceeded one million in two days, and the good results made many film production companies in the circle jump over the wall.

If Lee Jun-ik only thought that Jung Hyuk-jae was a good young man, a good screenwriter and TV series director, then now he needs to change his words, Jung Hyuk-jae is not only a good screenwriter and director, but also an investor with a vicious vision.

Who would decide to put half of their money into a script after seeing it? Someone who will even direct

If you don't fight for it, you will finalize Park Kwang-hyun? Who would put billions of dollars into a newcomer who has only a third of the directorial experience?

Lee Jun-yi asked himself, this is unlikely, if he recklessly breaks in without even inquiring about the market, then it will definitely not be a good result waiting for him, but Jung Hyuk-jae did it, and he did it more successfully than anyone else!

As soon as the box office of "Welcome to Dongmo Village" came out, in addition to the crazy praise and publicity of many media, many media dug up the inside story of the film in the preparation stage, such as Park Kwang-hyun was deflated by the script, dozens of film production companies were not optimistic, Jung Hyuk-jae took over the script without saying a word, and so on.

Compared with the boring figures in the report, these anecdotes obviously attract the attention of the audience more.

Although the report did not explicitly say which film production companies rejected Park Kwang-hyun's script, the report mentioned 'several well-known film production companies in China', you must know that there are few production companies that can be called famous, and what ShowBox, New and the like have been dug up by readers, and staged a live 'Today you ignore my love, tomorrow I will make you unattainable'!

"Go and invite him into the next room!" The smell of smoke in the office would definitely not dissipate for a while, so Lee Jun-yi asked his assistant to invite Jung Hyuk-jae to the conference room next door.

"Okay, I'll go over here!"

The assistant sister went out and didn't forget to close the door, Li Junyi came to the bathroom and washed his face, and his tired face looked much better, but his eyes still looked red, obviously the result of not sleeping all night last night

Zheng Hyuk-jae didn't sit in this conference room for a long time, and the door of the conference room was opened from the outside, and he looked at the person, and sure enough, it was Li Junyi, but this was much different from what he saw a few days ago, and it seemed that he was obviously affected by yesterday's emergency.

Seeing Lee Jun-ik, Jung Hyuk-jae got up and shook hands with him, and said with a smile of concern: "Director Lee." Although you know that this movie has cost you a lot of effort, you should also pay attention to your body, after all, the body is the capital of the revolution! ”

"Haha" Hearing Zheng Hyukzai's words, Li Junyi smiled heartily, and his laughter was loud, and he couldn't tell that he was almost half a hundred.

"Why did Jung Hyuk Jae Xi come over today?" Lee Jun Yi picked up the teacup, poured two glasses of water, and put them in front of Jung Hyuk Jae.

"Thank you!" Jung Hyuk-jae thanked him, and then explained: "How did Lee Jun-gi perform in the crew after the movie started?" ”

"This young man is very good, although there are still some small flaws in his acting skills, but as the filming of the movie progresses, his acting skills have actually been improving. Very good young man, able to endure hardships! ”

Speaking of Lee Jun-ki, one of the leading actors in the film, Lee Jun-ik couldn't help but sigh.

"If I can get such an evaluation from Li PD, then I will be relieved, and I hope that Li PD can take more care of it in the next shooting!"

Jung Hyuk Jae said sincerely, but it made Li Junyi stunned, what the hell is going on?

Seeing Lee Jun-yi looking at him with a puzzled look, Jung Hyuk-jae also opened his mouth to explain, "Lee PD." I may not have told you before, Lee Jun-ki's actor contract has been signed to me, so Lee PD needs to take more care of him! ”

After listening to Jung Hyuk-jae's explanation, Lee Jun-ik was completely convinced. I have to admit that I am old and can't keep up with the thinking of modern young people, think about what I was doing when I was twenty-six or seventeen years old, and then look at others. It's really more popular than people!

"Ah, there was an agency that used me to find Lee Jun-gi xi and say that he wanted to sign a contract with her. I didn't expect you to move so fast here, and you have already signed a contract with him! ”

Regarding Lee Jun-ik's words, Jung Hyuk-jae just smiled and didn't say much on this topic, after all, the purpose of his coming this time was not for this, this was just an opening statement.

"Didn't I never be able to make time after the crew started filming before, I was going to come to the crew to see it today, but who knew that I would find out when I inquired that the crew was suspended, what is going on?"

Sure enough, 'good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles', Li Junyi first sighed secretly, and then explained: "It's nothing, it's just that there are some problems with the funds." ”

"I heard that EaglePictures is ready to break the contract and withdraw the investment?" Jung Hyuk-jae whispered.

Hearing Jung Hyuk-jae say this, Lee Jun-ik was stunned at first, it had only been half a day, how could he know so clearly, you must know that the ordinary staff of the crew didn't know these inside stories, and thought that the crew was kind enough to take a day off.

However, this stunned for only a few seconds, Lee Jun-ik thought of what Jung Hyuk-jae had just said, how could Lee Jun-ki, as his artist, not know these inside information when he was in the crew?

"Yes, yesterday afternoon I went to EaglePictures' company in Seoul, but I didn't see the person in charge of the previous contract, and an executive of their company received me, but the explanation given was not satisfactory."

When he said this, Li Junyi's face obviously changed, and it was obvious that he was still a little unhappy about the sudden withdrawal of EaglePictures.

In fact, before coming, Zheng Hyuk-jae also inquired, and inquired about the investment ratio of EaglePictures in the movie "The King's Man", as one of the two investors of the film, EaglePictures invested a total of more than half of the total investment in the film, and the income after the release of the film is shared equally with Lee Jun-ik's company Cineworld, after all, Lee Jun-ik himself directed it can be regarded as saving a director fee.

However, recently, EaglePictures Film Production Company not only wants to do film production work, they also aim at film distribution, but it is not easy to break a bloody path from many distribution companies, so EaglePictures can't spare too much energy at present, and they also have some small problems in terms of funding, the main reason is that after the release of several movies, the box office has not been able to come back, and they are still grinding skin with theaters.

On the other hand, Li Junyi has always hoped that EaglePictures can invest more in the production cost of the movie, after all, a good movie needs better pictures and music to reflect its beauty, but EaglePictures can't even take care of itself, where can it take care of "The King's Man".

It should be said that EaglePictures' divestment is really helpless, but who knows Li Junyi's suffering? The funds are not in place, and the crew consumes not only time, but also money for every day of shutdown!

Although Li Junyi has relied on his many years of relationship in the film industry, he has found several film production companies that have a good relationship on weekdays, but those production companies either say that there are too many films and can't draw funds, or they shirk in every way, anyway, Li Junyi can see that these people are unreliable at the critical moment!

"Li PD, have you found the follow-up investor for the next film? The crew can't just stop going on like this, right? Jung Hyuk-jae said.

Li Junyi also nodded, but which of these companies is not shrewd now, seeing that you are down, I can't wait to step on you and pull you again, if there is no way, Li Junyi has no choice but to give up some of the benefits in his film in exchange for follow-up funds.

Thinking of this, Lee Jun-ik suddenly glanced at Jung Hyuk-jae in front of him, and it seemed that from the moment he entered the door, he had been concerned about the withdrawal of the crew. Thinking of the news of Jung Hyuk-jae's previous investment in "Welcome to Dongmo Village", Lee Jun-ik's eyes lit up, what other film production company are he looking for, isn't there a ready-made one in front of him?

"Jung Hyuk Jae, I don't know if you're interested in investing in this movie?" Li Junyi asked softly.

In fact, without waiting for Lee Jun-ik to speak, Jung Hyuk-jae will also divert the topic to this, but in this transaction, whoever speaks first will be in a passive position, Li Jun-ik is not unclear about this, but because of the relationship of time, he has to compromise with the first.

"Li PD, let's not talk darkly, in fact, the main purpose of my visit this time is also the movie "The King's Man", after all, the script was also written by me, just like my own child, if I can't see this movie on the screen, my heart is not comfortable!"

"That's nature!" Li Junyi echoed.

Hearing him say this, Zheng Hyukzai smiled slightly, at this moment, "The King's Man" is like meat on the chopping board, to be slaughtered! (To be continued......)

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