In South Korea, after a long period of development, the comic industry has formed a complete industrial chain, from the creation of comics to the operation of copyright IP, it can be said that the comic industry is a very mature industry, just like this year's Shuimu drama ratings champion "Palace" is adapted from Park So-hee's comic "My Savage Princess", and as more and more film and television production companies set their sights on this industry, the price of comic adaptation rights has also risen all the way. The price of manga, which is popular and has been widely adapted by fans, has always been even higher.

Very early, Jung Hyuk-jae set his sights on the big cake of the comic industry, taking advantage of the immaturity of the industrial chain and the recession of the comic market at that time, he bought the adaptation rights of a batch of comic films and TV series at a very low price, holding so many comic adaptation rights, even if there is no plan to make a new movie recently, it is also a guarantee of appreciation, and after seeing the ratings of the TV series "Palace", large and small film and television production companies have set their sights on this industry that has been ignored before.

"Teacher Xu, why are you here today?"

When someone knocked on the door of his office and saw someone, Zheng Hyuk-jae immediately stood up to greet the senior, thin and thin frame, although the figure was a little thin, but the mental state was very good, wearing a gray peaked cap on his head, the hair exposed outside the brim was already gray, a pair of small round-framed glasses were on his nose, his eyes were already bright, and when he saw Zheng Hyuk-jae, the old man's face showed a smile of relief, and his chin was raised high when he laughed.

Xu Yingwan walked into the office, looked at Zheng Hyukzai's actions, waved his hand, and said, "It's okay, don't help me!" As he spoke, he walked to Jung Hyuk-jae's side with steady steps, followed closely by his assistant.

Who is Xu Yingwan?

He is known as a national treasure cartoonist in Korea. The work is not only popular, but also highly artistic. His masterpiece "Eater" won the Korea Comics Award, the Bucheon International Comics Award, and the Korea Gobawoo Comics Award.

Heo Young-man's works are by no means only praised in the comic industry, but also the favorite of the majority of readers, as soon as his works are released, a new round of "Heo Young-wan whirlwind" will immediately blow in South Korea. His "Bridal Mask" has been hailed as "the Korean version of Zorro". "The Diner" and "The Rich Dictionary" all made "Korean paper expensive" as soon as they came out. "Phase", a picture book novel about physiognomy knowledge, has sold 1 million copies.

"I heard that you're going to make a movie with "Lao Qian"?" Xu Yingwan, who rushed to hear the news, urgently asked when he saw Jung Hyuk-jae's first sentence.

"Lao Qian" is a comic of the same name created by Xu Yingwan, as a crime comic, it won a lot of praise in the industry as soon as it was created, and it can be called a national comic.

For Xu Yingwan, every comic is equivalent to his child, although the film adaptation copyright of the comic has already been sold, but how is the film adaptation, how well the script is written, whether it has achieved its own expected effect, and whether the choice of actors is in line with his original comics. These are all the problems that the old man in front of him was worried about, so after hearing the news that Jung Hyuk-jae was planning to shoot a movie, the old man couldn't let go of his worries and rushed over directly with the help of his assistant.

Jung Hyuk-jae poured two glasses of water from the water dispenser and placed them in front of Heo Young-wan and his assistant, who smiled and thanked him when he saw Jung Hyuk-jae's actions.

"Yes, I plan to build the crew in the near future, and the following is the choice of the main actors." Jung Hyuk-jae sat across from Heo Young-wan, folded his hands and explained.

"How's the script going?" Soon Xu Yingwan threw out his first concern.

If the flesh and blood of movies and TV series are the finished films. Then the skeleton of the movie and TV series is definitely the script. If a movie wants to get a high box office, it attracts audiences to the cinema. The role of the script is indispensable, and the script is definitely the most important part of the quality of a movie.

Speaking of the script, Jung Hyuk-jae nodded, since he had been planning for his first film for a long time, the script must be prepared in advance. "Teacher Xu, wait a minute." With that, Jung Hyuk-jae got up and walked to the desk on the side, and then brought a script with a thick white cover, and the script was not too fancy. On the white cover, the word 'Lao Qian' is written in a pen only, and there is a line of small letters below it: 'Jung Hyuk-jae - Completed on July 12, 2005'.

Heo Young-wan took the script from Jung Hyuk-jae's hand, and when he saw the time on the line of small print on the cover, his eyes couldn't help but stay on Jung Hyuk-jae's body for a few more seconds, and he couldn't hide the question in his heart and asked, "The script was written last year?" ”

"Well, after I wrote it at the time, I felt that if I wanted to direct your work at that time, I still lacked something, so I didn't study while making a TV series, and I only planned to start filming this year?"

Jung Hyuk-jae explained, which attracted the sideways glances of Heo Young-wan's assistant on the side, and looked at Jung Hyuk-jae as if he were looking at a 'weirdo'.

On the contrary, Heo Young-wan showed a smile of relief and joy after hearing Jung Hyuk-jae's words, and there are really not many down-to-earth young people like Jung Hyuk-jae now.

"Look at the script and get into your old eyes." Jung Hyuk-jae said with a smile.

After hearing Jung Hyuk-jae's words, Heo Young-wan also opened the first page of the script with a smile, raised his glasses slightly, and looked intently.

The manga of "Lao Qian" is a good manga, and it is also a national manga in Korea, and it belongs to the kind that the audience is familiar with, and the manga "Lao Qian" has been serialized in "Sports Joseon" for four consecutive years since July 1997, and has gained great popularity. The four-part manga "Lao Qian" has been viewed an average of 1 million times on the homepage of Sports Korea.

The manga "Lao Qian" has brought a lot of changes to the Korean manga market, so it is natural that it has received a lot of attention, but in fact, its popularity is largely due to the story itself. Lao Qian's subject matter itself is very interesting and attractive, and it is a subject that people have long recognized. However, although the comics are good, the original comics are set in the 1960s, and the sixties are now the twenty-first century. The distance of time is a little too long.

If it is directly adapted and filmed according to the original comics, there is also a sense of alienation for the audience, after all, most of the people who choose to go to the cinema to consume are still young people, and the age span is not so friendly to the audience, so in the adaptation of the script, Jung Hyuk-jae chose to retain the main storyline of the original work. Then the background of the film was placed in the nineties of the last century, and a lot of content with a sense of the times was added, compared with the original work, the adapted film reduced the characters, diluted some of the plot, and the story background was transplanted from the 1960s to the 1990s.

Many viewers like to watch movies with the theme of Lao Qian, because the quiet psychology and dazzling skills of the gambling masters in the decisive battle give the audience a sense of tension and oppression. Gorgeous suffocation. Gambling films have never been the mainstream theme of Korean films, and most of the elements are copied from old Hong Kong gambling films. But sometimes, the more vulgar a movie is, the more attention it will attract people, but vulgar must also be vulgar enough.

Jung Hyuk-jae has never pursued something new. Because novelty is not so important to a film, novelty also means taking risks. And what the movie is most afraid of is the risk in the film, which is the biggest hidden danger for the future box office. Although there are many types of Hollywood movies, as long as you watch too much, you can also find some ways from Hollywood movies, although the plot content of various movies is different. But the structure and narrative are all the same, and it's not too common for little people to save the planet or something!

Can it be said that Hollywood is also not new?

When adapting the script, Jung Hyuk-jae focused the script on the desires of the protagonist of the play, Goni, revealing the true face of human nature, at the gambling table. Interests first, there is no money on the gambling table, there is no friendship, morality and friendship do not exist in the gambling world, only the vital interests are the first, even if you betray friends and even family, you will not hesitate, everywhere is full of human instincts and desires to gamble as the theme, to dissect people's desires is appropriate, although the story is not contemporary, but the human nature shown is advancing with the times. The film shows the deep darkness behind the beautiful scenery of the casino.

The small cards condense human desire, temptation, jealousy, betrayal, hatred, greed......

Xu Yingwan read the script in front of him very slowly, it took him almost two hours to finish the entire script, waiting to read the last page, Xu Yingwan raised his head, took off his glasses and wiped them, and rubbed his eyes a little dizzy, after all, when he is older and his attention is a little more concentrated, his eyes will always have double vision, not to mention the script that has been read for so long.

"Good! Very good! ”

As soon as Xu Yingwan opened his mouth, there were two extremely high evaluations, only to see him stretch out his finger and click on the script in front of him, and nodded very gratifyingly, "This is the best adapted script I have ever seen!" ”

Hearing the evaluation of the original author of the comic, Jung Hyuk-jae also showed a smile on his face, if the script can be approved by Heo Yingwan, then naturally the audience will also buy it, and then the movie only needs to be filmed, and there is definitely no need to worry about anything at the box office.

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"Jung Hyuk-jae is going to make a movie!"

This is a topic that has been discussed the most by netizens on the Internet recently, especially the viewers who have been paying attention to the TV series directed by Jung Hyuk-jae before, they have very special feelings for Jung Hyuk-jae, and they like a director because of the TV series, it's not so strange that such a thing happens in reality, right?

Although there are many fans on the Internet who are shouting something like 'let Jung Hyuk-jae return to the TV series', it seems that Jung Hyuk-jae is now planning to put the TV series aside, especially when the movie works he is about to shoot are exposed, not only on the Internet, but even the entertainment industry is shocked by his news!

He actually wants to shoot "Lao Qian"? I guess I heard it right, right?

Yes, this is the first reaction of artists of all sizes in the entertainment industry!

"Lao Qian" as a comic used to be a masterpiece in the minds of many people back then, and even when the comic came out at that time, it reached the point of 'Luoyang paper is expensive' in South Korea for a while, which shows how popular "Lao Qian" is among the audience. "Lao Qian" actually had the idea of making a TV series or a movie back then, and as the popularity of comics became higher and higher, the call for making a movie became higher and higher, but for some other reasons, these plans were all abandoned without exception, and then with the passage of time and the passage of time, this comic that once brought people wonderful and moving disappeared from the audience's sight.

"Lao Qian" is going to make a movie?

Many people are surprised, but the big and small artists in the entertainment industry feel that the opportunity has come!

The production of domestic films in South Korea every year is not small, but even if there are more films, can they surpass the artists in the entertainment industry? So there has always been a scene of more monks and less porridge in the film industry, many actors want to stick it on the movie, but they haven't found a suitable opportunity, because of the appearance of Jung Hyuk-jae, many small artists seem to have seen a glimmer of light, and the big production can't catch up with it, and the works of a newcomer director like Jung Hyuk-jae should always be able to be selected, right?

"What? Jung Hyuk-jae actually wants to direct "Lao Qian"? Did I hear me right? Is he going to destroy the work "Lao Qian" before it is finished! Netizens on the Internet are worried.

"That's it, now, everyone wants to make movies to make quick money, but where are the movies so easy to make, it doesn't matter if the box office is poor, I'm afraid that he will spoil the work "Lao Qian", just shoot the kind of TV series that girls like at a young age, and make any movies."

"I'm not optimistic about this movie......"

"+1 upstairs!"

With more and more news coming, there are more and more doubts about Jung Hyuk-jae on the Internet, who made the call for "Lao Qian" to shoot a movie already very high! Now that he wants to choose Jung Hyuk-jae, a young man, to direct and shoot, many people think that Heo Young-wan wants to sell for money and wants to go crazy.

These Jung Hyuk Jae on the Internet didn't have time to pay attention to it, because with the preparation and establishment of the crew, the casting work also began......

(To be continued.) )

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The film is set to be "Lao Qian", how many book friends have watched it? How many people guessed correctly?