Chapter 380: The Impact of "Going Out".
One month after the release of "Welcome to Dongmo Village", the number of moviegoers finally exceeded 8 million, which is an incredible number, and there are few Korean films that can reach this number of moviegoers.
The producer and distributor once again held a grand celebration banquet, not only inviting all the cast and crew in front of and behind the scenes, but also inviting several lucky audience members to attend. On such occasions, it is natural that media reporters are indispensable. They followed closely behind Zixi, and they all asked him with concern about his box office expectations for another new film [Outing] that was about to be released.
"Welcome to Dongmo Village" is the first public release work of Zixi's transformation, and it is undoubtedly a success. The people who used to question that Zixi would only make full use of his innate advantages to act, have disappeared. They all saw Zixi's excellent acting skills in the film, as well as her professional quality as an actor. In order to play a good role, he did not hesitate to destroy his image.
Now more people are looking forward to another love drama [Going Out], which is another breakthrough for Zixi, playing a married man. and will have an indecent love with the heroine Son Ye-jin, which is the topic that reporters are most enthusiastic about. Will handsome men and beautiful women spark during filming?
Zixi returned to South Korea without much rest, and once again started the promotion of the film, shooting a number of promotional pictorials with Son Ye-jin, and also went to several large communities in Seoul to sweep the floor and hold signature events in large shopping malls. For the first time, Zixi felt the feeling that the hand-signed sign-in was about to be broken, and he thought about signing and signing again in an hour and a half. Although I am constantly encouraged by gifts and food from fans, my hands are not machines, and I can't just give lubricant and keep them open.
After the autograph session, Zixi's right hand couldn't even hold chopsticks, and the meal was fed to him by Kim Tae-hee, which was the first experience, and it also made Zixi start to be afraid of unlimited signatures, and also proposed to Luo Xiuzhe that the autograph session in the future should not exceed an hour, otherwise he would not go.
The premiere of "Outing" was coincidental and was held the day after Zixi's birthday. There will be no more big feasts this year, Zixi is going to have a meal at the villa, and the family will have a meal. I also called Hong Kong and the United States respectively, so that my parents and aunts would not bother to give gifts and just have a heart.
Early in the morning on her birthday, Zixi's phone rang non-stop. First my parents and aunts, and then Liu Yifei in BJ, Kayla in the United States. Knightley, followed by Lim Yoon-a, Son Ye-jin, Choi Ji-woo, Yoon Eun-hye, Song Yoon-a, Yim Jung-hwa, Sung Yo-ri, Kim Jong-kook, Mythical Group, Jang Dong-kun, Jang Hyuk, Lee Byung-hun, Won Bin, Hyun Bin and Yoo Jae-seok, etc., all called congratulatory calls one by one, saying that the gifts had been sent and asked Zixi to pay attention to checking.
For the kindness of these brothers and sisters, Zixi certainly understands it. All the gifts he received were from Na Xiu-cheol, including gifts from fans from all over Asia. Among these gifts, the artist's friends will be sent home, the fans' will be selected, the commemorative ones will be collected, and the rest will all be donated to do good deeds.
However, Zixi inquired again and again, but Lee Hyo-ri's gift was missing. Not only does he have no gifts, but he doesn't even have a phone number, and he seems to really draw a line with Zixi, and he doesn't get along with each other for old age, and he is not even ready to give Zixi a chance.
Although he was a little depressed, seeing that it was rare for the villa to gather all his women, Zixi's mood improved again. Kim Tae-hee, Kim Hee-sun, Ha Ji Won, Han Ga-won and Kim Ha-na, Song Hye Kyo, who rushed back from the United States, just caught up, neat and harmonious. This is the first time that Kim Ha Na has participated in the sisters as a Zixi woman, and she knows that this is a signal that Zixi fully accepts her, in addition to excitement, more is expectation.
Feng Zirui's girl is uncertain, look at Kim Ha Na, and then look at Song Hye Kyo, ready to cheat what gifts in the hands of these two new sisters-in-law she saw for the first time. This girl has cheated a lot of things in Kim Tae-hee and Kim Hee-sun these days, not only causing the four sisters-in-law to bleed once, but also going to 'Huiya' to clean up the goods, and buying nearly 100 million won of clothes. He also cleaned the rooms of his four sisters-in-law and took some beautiful jewelry for himself. The four girls only collected the gifts given by Zixi, and let Zirui take the rest casually, so as not to make this sister-in-law unhappy and play a good show of running away from home again, then no one will have good fruit to eat.
Kim Ha Na and Song Hye Kyo are not like the four daughters, they own the shares of 'Hui Ya', and they can get a dividend every day even if they lie at home. Facing Zirui's unkind eyes, and constantly talking about where the clothes look good, and fancy the jewelry, how can Kim Ha Na and Song Hye Kyo not understand the meaning of her words? In the end, he could only endure the pain and prepare to bleed heavily to please this little monster.
At a simple birthday party, Zi-hee calls Kim Ha-na and Song Hye Kyo into the study alone. Both of them are women he loves, so naturally they won't let them suffer in front of Zirui. One supplementary card per person, the family's monthly pocket money in the future, as well as the pocket money and household money given by Zixi, will be remitted into this card, the same as the one given to Lin Yun'er. In addition, there is a share resale agreement for the 'Hui Ya' shopping mall, which is basically the same as Kim Tae-hee's content, and it can be regarded as a gift for them to officially integrate into the family.
Song Hye Kyo and Kim Ha Na officially have a room in the villa, but the two of them are the same as Kim Tae-hee, and the registered addresses are all far away from the villa, but they can enter the villa through the passage, but the villas of the girls are located in different areas.
Zi-hee has already paid a high amount of liquidated damages, bought back the brokerage contract between Kim Ha Na and Song Hye Kyo, and transferred it to Kim Hee-sun's office, which has been rated as a beauty firm by the media of good things. Not only because in addition to the major shareholder Kim Hee-sun, but also the artists under its umbrella include Han Jiaren and Ha Ji Won, who are also one of the shareholders of the firm. Now join Kim Ha Na and Song Hye Kyo, so that the name of the beauty agency is worthy of its name.
In fact, although many media and audiences are looking forward to the premiere of [Outing], it is not without tests. Because the Hollywood blockbuster [The Legend of Zorro] imported from the United States will also be released worldwide in the same period. This is indeed more attractive for love and love literary films, and Hollywood blockbusters are indeed more attractive. Now the producers can only hope that Zixi's influence can beat the Hollywood legend in South Korea.
However, some things are either expected or good, and a week after the movie was released, attendance began to decline. The audience generally thinks that although the film "Going Out" is okay and Zixi also acted well, it still can't get rid of the warm scene of love in literary films. pays too much attention to the inner world of the hero and heroine, but it is difficult to bring the audience into the atmosphere of the film.
"The biggest feature of this film, that is, the director's grasp and control of the rhythm, in the narration, I see how a pair of men and women who are on the verge of collapse in the midst of changes gradually come together and warm each other. But because of this, the audience does not agree with this kind of heterogeneous behavior of using cheating to deal with the partner's cheating. This can be regarded as director Xu Zhenhao's weakest directing ability so far. Although the performances of Zixi and Son Ye-jin in the film are remarkable, the audience does not sell it because the plot and script are not recognized. A week has passed, from 110,000 moviegoers in the first week to only 11,000 in one day yesterday. Success is not necessarily inevitable. --- Seoul Daily.
"Both actors have excellent performances in this film, Zixi really makes people see his strength, and the transformation can be said to be completely successful. He has put a lot of effort into grasping every detail, and Son Ye-jin, who has always had a good reputation, also changed the role of an innocent girl in the past in the film "Going Out", playing the image of a young woman with a complex inner world, which is really eye-catching. I don't know if the previous [Welcome to Dongmo Village] was too impressive, or Son Ye-jin's image of a girl was too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the two heroes and heroines got together, and the love and love films performed did not get the audience's youth, and the number of seats was bleak. I wonder how producers and distributors can change this dilemma? --- Chosun Ilbo.
Although the media did not speak too harshly, the producers still saw that something was wrong. After discussing with the publisher's 'Cheonchen Cinema Line', Zixi and Son Ye-jin officially began their Asian tour, with the first stop being Tokyo, Japan.
This time "Going Out" was premiered in all of Asia at the same time, and [Going Out] in South Korea was cold, but it was very popular in Japan. Because it was the first day of the release, there were more than 150,000 visitors in Japan, which is higher than the number of visitors in South Korea in a week. A week later, the Japanese side reported back the news, and the box office of [Outing] in Japan has approached 400 million yen. Moreover, the general Japanese people and the Japanese media have praised this film and praised the acting skills of Zixi and Son Ye-jin. Many Japanese audiences are looking forward to the release of Zixi's other film "Welcome to Dongmo Village" in Japan soon, and they really want to see Zixi's performance in front of the big screen again.
Because of the good news in Japan, the producer and the distributor had to let Zixi and Son Ye-jin enter the tour in advance. Since South Korea is not popular, why can't you get out of it? The money earned outside is also colorful bills.
Due to the advance of the tour, the publisher will add Hong Kong as the last stop in the later stage of the promotion. Tokyo and Nagoya in Japan, Taipei and Kaohsiung in Taiwan, BJ, SH and Guangzhou in China, Manila, Singapore and Bangkok remain unchanged for three weeks.
Propaganda activities are the most uncomfortable, and you can imagine the feeling of not being in one place, being asked the same questions by reporters, and you have to say the same answers. Fortunately, there is a Son Ye-jin by Zi-hee's side, which can make this depressed itinerary beautiful, so that Zi-hee will not feel too dull.
Zixi also took the opportunity to visit Feng Zixin, who was a student at Waseda University, when he went to Japan. Naturally, it is indispensable to go to BJ to meet Liu Yifei, this girl has just finished filming Master Jin Yong's work [Condor Heroes], and is preparing to start a nationwide publicity campaign, if Zixi comes a few days late, she doesn't know where she will be. went to Taipei to visit Lin Qingxia and Teresa Teng, who went home to visit relatives, and they rarely met their hometown once a year.
【Outing】Not only did it roll up a whirlwind in Japan, but even in Chinese mainland, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, the box office results exceeded South Korea many times. Especially in Taiwan, [Going Out] has defeated several local films and become a lone show, dominating the entire September film market, so that Taiwanese film companies have to praise the wide influence of the Korean Wave. But some media noticed that most of the audience who entered the audience actually wanted to see the Korean star Zixi. Because his first transformation movie [Welcome to Dongmo Village] has not been released in Taiwan for the time being, Zixi's fans naturally pay more attention to this "Outing", which is also released in all Asia.
The situation is similar in Chinese mainland, where the influence of the Korean Wave has deepened in recent years, and Zixi's popularity has gradually become recognized in China. All of them have an attitude of understanding this Hallyu star with many legendary stories, and enter the theater to watch the film. Handsome men and beauties are pleasing to the eye, and naturally the audience will stay in a deep impression, and the audience who enters the theater to watch the film thinks the film is very good, at least they don't feel dull and boring after watching the literary film, which shows that the film is successful.
The success of the film across Asia has seen Korean audiences as not knowing how to appreciate the film's connotations. As soon as the media reported it, the attendance rate of "Going Out" actually improved slightly, and more and more film critics, after watching film reviews from other parts of Asia, also changed their opinion of the film, and entered the theater again to have a deeper understanding of the director's true intentions and intentions.