Chapter 314: Returning Home
After the Oscars, Lee Chung-hee, who won the Best Actor, was very busy, in addition to the schedule in the United States, it is necessary to return to his hometown, not only in South Korea, but also in Japan, China and other places There are many media invitations. {3.
I just got off the plane and came out of the VIP tunnel, and the outside was already surrounded by fans.
I'm afraid that there are tens of thousands of people, and unsurprisingly, the Japanese are no less than the Koreans, and this is the first real superstar in South Korea to be as popular as Japan.
Of course, in the eyes of Koreans, Lee Chung-hee belongs to the world, and he is a first-class male god in the world, he is a male god who won the Oscar at the age of twenty, so it can be imagined how much he is liked in South Korea now, and even to the point of admiration, he has become an iconic figure in the Korean entertainment industry and a big hero in South Korea.
I returned to South Korea on April 1st, and the filming of "Spider-Man 2" will start on April 10th, and it seems that the schedule is quite tight, after all, there are a mountain of interviews, various public welfare activities, advertisements to be filmed, etc.
However, Lee Chung-hee is relatively more leisurely, because he rarely accepts that kind of interview, and in ordinary interviews, he will ask the other party to ask questions, and then let the company's public relations and agents answer together, so that almost half of the time is saved.
It also gives him plenty of time to take a break and get together with his friends.
On the 5th and 6th, Lee Chung-hee appeared on Jeju Island, but he did not go to the small island that was not too far from Jeju Island and bought for Ha Ji Won, but on the east side of Jeju Island. Over here. It was a seaside manor he had just bought. The appearance of more than 20 acres of land.
Here, he has to be interviewed by Japanese and several Asian media, take some photos, and have a few commercials, and now he wants to ask him to shoot commercials, and the location basically has to be decided by him, no way, who called him wrist big. It's so popular that if you don't ask him to advertise, a lot of people will come up waving checks.
Of course, it is mainly because he is popular, and those manufacturers who asked him to advertise made a lot of money last year.
In addition to work, in the past two years, he has also invited some friends to come over to play, Ha Ji Won and Son Ye Jin are also there, and Kim Tae-hee is going to class, of course. Actually, she knew something, so she didn't follow.
Noon on Jeju Island in April. The sun was shining, and the weather was still warm, almost 20 degrees.
Lee Chung-hee and Son Ye-jin, Ha Ji-won, and a group of friends, Won Bin, Cha Tae-hyun, Jang Dong-jian, Song Yoon-a, Kim Ha-na, and others sat on the beach near the sea, holding a barbecue pie.
"I heard that you plan to let Pei Yongjun act in an American drama," about the fact that Pei Yongjun is about to go to the United States to star in a TV series invested by Imperial Pictures, there has been a lot of uproar, and it is said that filming will start in May.
Won Bin They are actors, they are not easy to ask, so as not to say that they have ideas, and lest Lee Chung-hee be embarrassed, Song Yuna is a woman, as we all know, Lee Chung-hee is a very gentleman to women, so it is more appropriate for her to ask.
"Yes, in February, I asked Pei Yongjun to go to the United States to audition, his temperament is particularly suitable for the role, and there is no problem with his acting skills,"
Lee Chung-hee smiled and nodded, he asked Bae Yongjun to star in "Wonderful Police Detective", that TV series that will be very popular in the future, Bae Yongjun will play the role of the thief, he himself is the kind of guy who is gentle and elegant, and looks like a noble son, undoubtedly, this is the most suitable for the role.
What he lacks is English, but Lee Chung-hee used the system to help him solve it, so the rest is not too big a problem, of course, without Lee Chung-hee's success in Hollywood, it is still difficult for Bae Yong-jun to be recognized by everyone.
But with Lee Chung-hee as the leader, everyone will love the house and Wu, coupled with the good plot of "Wonderful Police Detective", it is not difficult for Bae Yongjun to succeed, and the reason why Lee Jung-hee chose him is to see that he will not mess things up.
Of course, "Winter Love Song" snatched the male protagonist from Lee Chung-hee, and by the way, promoting this male god can be regarded as a kind of compensation.
Only when more and more Korean stars appear in Hollywood and do not mess up, will the Korean entertainment industry get more affirmation, and at the same time, Lee Chung-hee will also get more respect from the big names in the Korean entertainment industry, gain greater influence and power, and then, this is also a means to influence Hollywood and show up quickly.
"Oh, it turned out to be true," Song Yun'er pursed her lips and said with a look of dissatisfaction: "The last time I met Pei Yongjun and asked him, he said that he wasn't sure, it was March at that time,"
"March," Lee Chung-hee smiled, "I didn't decide on early March yet, and I only called him in mid-March,"
Others suddenly have envy, but there is no jealousy or hatred, because they are friends of Lee Chung-hee, and if he has the opportunity, he is a person who likes to use cronyism, so what is needed is to work harder on his own.
Last year, not to mention the achievements of Empire Pictures in North America in film and music, in terms of TV series, it was also very successful, "Two and a Half Heroes" has become CBS's trump card TV series on Thursday, with an average rating of more than 20 million people, and more than 15% in the 18-49 range, which is undoubtedly mouthwatering.
And the three TV series such as "The Line of Fire", "Exhibition Blocked" and "Naval Criminal Investigation Bureau", although not as crazy as "Two and a Half Heroes", are undoubtedly high-rated and popular dramas.
Therefore, just like in South Korea, now Americans also have a kind of evaluation that Lee Chung-hee and Imperial Pictures are produced, which must be high-quality products.
In this way, "Lost", which is about to start filming in a few years, has Huang Zhengmin starring, and "Wonderful Police Detective" starring Pei Yongjun, everyone will not think that things will be messed up in the end, but Huang Zhengmin is only a supporting role, and Pei Yongjun is the absolute protagonist, which makes everyone even more envious.
After chatting about this matter for a while, everyone took the initiative to divert the topic, anyway, there will definitely be a chance in the future.
Lee Chung-hee also stood up with a smile at this time and said, "Who wants to fish for octopus in the sea with me?"
"Ah," Cha Tae-hyun looked at Lee Chung-hee in surprise, although he said that it was about twenty degrees. But this point goes down to the sea words. It's still cold. And Won Bin looked at Li Zhengxi with the same curiosity, "What to fish, you won't say that you bought a boat to catch octopus, will that be a bit too wasteful?"
Everyone laughed, and Lee Chung-hee shrugged his shoulders and said to them, "It looks like you don't know the habits of octopuses."
said. It was explained that octopuses have a special hobby, that is, they are crazy about all kinds of utensils and want to hide in hollow vessels. The octopus not only loves to drill bottles and cans, but also all containers.
And the octopus catchers also use this method, using all kinds of hollow bottles and cans, and Lee Chung-hee also knows this, so, a few days earlier. After buying this one, it's in the shallow sea area in front. I lost a lot of empty bottles, clay pots, hollow bricks, etc., and there was a little mud and sand in them.
After saying that, seeing that they didn't believe it very much, Lee Chung-hee smiled and took off his coat and shirt, but he was wearing trousers, and then slowly walked into the sea, and said, "Wait a minute, let you see the miracle." ”
To be honest, before going down, he didn't have much confidence, after all, he only came with everyone today, and he didn't check whether there was anything inside, he just heard about such a method, and then asked Li Mingze and others to prepare it.
I was very excited, and when I reached the chest-high place, I jumped up, and then my head went down, and a fierce man got into the water.
He didn't wear a full diving mask, but he could open his eyes in the water, and the water here was extremely clean and blue.
No, after drilling into the bottom of the sea, it was a little cold at the depths, but it didn't hinder it, and then, almost instantly, I saw a lot of empty bottles, clay pots and hollow bricks.
Obviously, Li Mingze was afraid that they would let go too little, so they smashed some hard at the bottom of the sea, making him smile knowingly.
What made him even happier and more excited was that he had seen a bottle that seemed to be hiding an octopus that had been caught by hand, but it tasted more delicious and satisfying than the one he bought.
Twisting his waist like a fish, his body swinged, and he quickly drilled into the bottom of the sea in front of him, and then when he skimmed over the bottle, he quickly fished it.
Then he saw another brick, and there seemed to be an octopus in it, so he swam over and fished it up, and sure enough, he did not stay under the water again, not because he could not keep up with his breath, but because he had to show the results to others.
"Hey," as soon as he got out of the water, he excitedly yelled at Yuan Bin, who was eating barbecue meat in front of him, and waved the bottle in his hand.
Everyone was also excited, walked to the shore, and waited for Lee Chung-hee to swim over, Zhang Dongjian smiled and said, "You didn't hide the octopus in your pants pocket when you just went into the water, right?"
Everyone laughed, and Lee Chung-hee went ashore and put down the bottles and bricks, which had just been fished out of the sea, especially this way of fishing, everyone was also excited.
Cha Tae-hyun used a lot of strength to pull an octopus out of the brick and laughed, but the others had a hard time pulling the octopus out of the bottle because the bottle had a smaller mouth.
It's still the method that Li Zhengxi knows, get a little salt water into it, and the octopus will automatically crawl out, this, but the experience of old fishermen.
When the octopus was put in the basin, ink sprayed, and a group of guys who had never caught it themselves shouted happily, and Won Bin was the first to ask Lee Chung-hee, "How many bottles have you lost here?"
"I didn't know at first, I just let them throw some casually, I just looked at it, I'm afraid there are more than hundreds," Li Zhengxi smiled: "And there are really a lot of octopuses, I just went down and saw them." ”
"You're a wild octopus farm," Kim Ha Na said with a smile.
Lee Hyori said excitedly on the side, "I'm going to catch an octopus too, who's going with me,"
Won Bin just asked Lee Chung-hee how many bottles he had lost, and he just wanted to go, and the others were also interested.
Today's barbecue may be because Lee Chung-hee has been fishing for octopus for a long time, so there are beef, pork, chicken, mutton, and other fish, but there is no octopus.
The grilled octopus still tastes great, and besides, like Lee Chung-hee, he caught it himself, and it undoubtedly tastes more delicious.
Because the weather was not particularly warm, everyone wore diving suits and diving masks, and went to the shallow water in front of them to catch octopus, even Ha Ji Won and Son Ye Jin happily went down together.
As soon as more than a dozen people went, it immediately became lively, and then. Soon there was "I found it...... Yes. I have ...... here. Wow. I'm so big! Cheers like that.
The least one was caught, and three were caught, adding up to almost thirty, and then, since they started playing, everyone began to look for all kinds of shellfish, conchs, and played for more than two hours. I went to rest after eating.
Lee Chung-hee didn't have to rest, he still had to shoot commercials and give interviews.
"I watched the live broadcast of the Oscars, and now when you are on the scene, you are actually quite nervous, and when you won the Best Editing Award, you also said that it is actually difficult to be happy,"
The interviews with reporters from Japan and Singapore were followed by interviews with two reporters from Jade Channel in Hong Kong. He didn't have a schedule to go there, so basically the Asian media that he wanted to interview was here all at once.
It's almost six o'clock. Each reporter has an hour of interview time, and at seven o'clock, he will have an hour of rest, and then in the evening there will be interviews, photo shoots, etc.
"You yourself may think it's unlikely to win that award, and it is said that it was because the Oscars were born in a similar situation before, so when you got it later, in addition to excitement, did you have any special feelings?"
Li Zhengxi saw that the other party asked in stumbling Chinese, not in English or Cantonese, feeling more cordial, obviously put a lot of thought into it, and smiled, "Just like you just said, even if there are no three nominations, only one, the possibility itself is very small, there are three, at that time Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman They both said, finally gave you a comfort, you should be satisfied."
How to say, I am nominated for the first time, and I am very young, and there are very few works that I have actually starred in, and there are only three works in Hollywood, before "Pirates ......of the Caribbean", and even "Spider-Man", these are my disadvantages. ”
A female reporter named Liang Wenzhen smiled: "Perhaps, it should be added that "Pirates of the Caribbean" is a commercial film, its box office is too good, and there are close to one billion dollars ...... around the world. ”
Lee Chung-hee also smiled and nodded, "That's right, the judges of the Oscars really don't like films that are too good at the box office, especially commercial films." ”
"Pirates of the Caribbean" officially ended at the end of March, and won more than $950 million at the global box office, which was the best result last year, and it cost $30 million more than "The Lord of the Rings 2", which was at the top of last year's global box office list.
And "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is still in theaters, and now it has exceeded 600 million US dollars and is moving towards 700 million US dollars, although I don't know what the final result will be, but it is enough to let everyone know Lee Chung-hee's sharpness.
This sharpness is not only his influence and appeal, but also his screenwriting skills, his production and directing skills, etc.
Therefore, although Columbia Pictures saw that he was thriving, and "Spider-Man 2" had not yet started filming, it planned to sign "Spider-Man 3" with him, but directly quoted him a salary of 50 million US dollars, or no salary, and the request for a direct box office share of 20% was rejected.
The 20% share of the box office was not created by Lee Chung-hee, but proposed by Tom Cruise, a top Hollywood male god, in "Mission Impossible 2" two years ago. At that time, Paramount had to grit his teeth and accept it.
However, in the eyes of Columbia Pictures, this price is too high, not that Lee Chung-hee is not worth the price at all, but they feel that they can find someone else to play, so it may only be enough for 10 million.
Of course, this is also risky, because Lee Chung-hee's version has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, especially the second part will also star him, if the third part is suddenly replaced, will it make a box office Waterloo.
If that's the case, it will naturally outweigh the losses, so Columbia Pictures is a little hesitant,
As for Lee Chung-hee, he doesn't care at all, and even, he doesn't have any love for "Spider-Man" at all, or rather, he doesn't want to work for others at all, anyway, there is no system constraint now.
He casually made a good script by himself, and then it only took half the time to earn hundreds of millions, or even hundreds of millions of dollars, so why did he star in such a film.
Of course, what he hates most is that Laura has always been yin and yang, and Sony, the owner behind Columbia Pictures, is not his liking.
"So I was very unconfident at the time, especially as you can see, including Tom Hanks, they are deliberately teasing me, talking about that, making me depressed,"
Lee Chung-hee spread his hands. Make a very helpless look. Liang Wenzhen covered her mouth and chuckled. But I am envious in my heart, I can mingle with Tom Hanks and other Hollywood-level celebrities, that is, you, and others don't even dream of it.
But think about it, with his current status, it should be their honor to mingle with Tom Hanks.
Thinking like this, I couldn't help but glance at Lee Chung-hee. This guy who is still a boy is really dazzling, perhaps, only that Alice with a worldly posture is worthy of him.
"The first time I was nominated, it was still three, and then I took two, will I have no motivation in the future," Liang Wenzhen settled down and said with a smile: "Pirates of the Caribbean has already won the award, it is impossible to win it again,"
Lee Chung-hee smiled. "Motivation, in fact, the award is only a small part of it. I think my biggest motivation is that I like the industry, I like acting, I like the satisfaction of a movie or a song, the sense of accomplishment, the joy of sharing it with everyone...... ”
"Speaking of records, you have three movies to make today, it seems that there are novels to be published, and other scripts are also busy, in this case, the possibility of you releasing a record this year should be very small," Liang Wenzhen looked at him with a smile, "I think, everyone is looking forward to your performance in the music industry, and also, you said that after the Korean album, it will be released in English, so, will Chinese consider it in the future?" ”
"I don't know myself, maybe it will suddenly come out this year," Lee Chung-hee smiled, "As for the Chinese album, it will definitely be considered later, it may not be a whole album, but there will definitely be several, such as English, Korean, and Chinese mixed together." ”
At seven o'clock, Han Meizhu interrupted the interview on time, and the Jade Terrace was also completed, very smoothly, Lee Chung-hee asked people to invite them to dinner, he had no choice but to entertain his old friend.
As soon as he came out of the café where he was interviewed, Lee Myung-taek signaled to him, over there, Park Dong-chan was waiting outside, and with him was the former head of KBS's second TV system, and now he was promoted, and it was Song Yongzhen, the director of the TV system and the bureau of Zuò.
Lee Chung-hee frowned imperceptibly, then returned to normal, and then beckoned Park Dong-chan and Song Yong-jin to get into his car.
"What's the matter," Lee Chung-hee said very indifferently after they sat down, at this time, he was no longer the big star who was interviewed, smiling, elegant, but the boss who had no smile, although he didn't have a straight face, but he was very imposing.
Park Dongzan glanced at Lee Chung-hee first, then coughed lightly and said, "Director Song told me about this year's cooperation, and I said that there was no way, he wanted to see you for ......." ”
Lee Chung-hee indifferently "Oh! After a sentence, he looked at Song Yongzhen and said, "What is Director Song going to tell me?" ”
After a meal, without waiting for Song Yongzhen to speak, he said first: "I studied economics, and now the economy is improving, and the general environment is changing, including the salaries of company employees, actors' salaries, etc., even a bowl of ramen has also increased by 100 won, so I have made adjustments to this."
We didn't do it last year, that's just that we are in line with the vision of good cooperation and continue to work together to take more responsibility, not that we are stupid, so I hope KBS can also understand us and share the responsibility with us, of course, you can also choose not to cooperate with us ....... ”
As soon as he said this, Song Yong was really depressed, everything that should have been said was finished, and all the topics he wanted to talk about human feelings were blocked, so how could he continue.
I had to smile bitterly: "Of course I understand this, Dr. Li, but you also know the situation of KBS, ......." ”
"What's the situation," Lee Chung-hee interrupted him unceremoniously, "You don't have any money, or is it that the content we gave makes you lose money,"
"MBC and SBS have accepted it, why can't KBS accept it," Lee Chung-hee with a hint of mockery, "Director Song, it's not that I don't give you face, we have given KBS more sincerity, which has made MBC and SBS dissatisfied, so, this time, it is no longer possible for us to give you more preferential conditions, to be honest, if you don't agree, I am very happy, because I can get better conditions from MBC and SBS, and I will receive more praise, And not the greedy belly ...... like you. (To be continued!)
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