Chapter 2 in Korea (part 2 of 5)
After Tang Ren went public, Shen Mengxi was interviewed and said something very optimistic about the market:
"The Chinese film market is an excellent market, and it maintains a very stable growth rate every year!"
"Hollywood has said that the Chinese film market is a gold mine, the market resources are five or six times that of the United States, nearly ten times that of Japan, and dozens of times that of South Korea, and the market output value of the saturation level should be around 100 billion, and the related market can achieve a scale of two trillion!"
"In the next ten years, the Chinese film market may reach 35 billion yuan per year, but this market does not necessarily belong to our Chinese film industry, and the European market is also very large, but their market belongs to the American film industry, so we must make films that meet the tastes of Chinese audiences..."
"The market is becoming more and more open, and in the future, local films, Hollywood films, Japanese and Korean films, Indian films, and European films will all be released in China, and we will make large-scale commercial films!"
"Learn from the big Hollywood studios and guarantee the supply of more than ten films to the market every year, including two or three big productions..."
Flag stand up first!
And then he flew to the United States ...
The post-editing of "The Hunt", he had to keep an eye on.
By the way, I negotiated with Xiao Lizi about the cooperation of "Untouchable" and "Meet You in New York Again"...
"Untouchable", Shen Mengxi bought the adaptation rights the year before last, he is not ready to direct it himself, this film is simple, adapted from real people and real events, Xiao Lizi likes it very much, and invited Ron Howard to be the director, and S Studio participated in the investment.
"Meet You in New York Again", this movie is very unpopular, but it is really good!
Another translation: "Songs Change Lives".
It's a very cliché story, which is the story of a tsundere girl and a down-and-out uncle who meet in New York and embark on a romantic and passionate journey together...
It's the script delivery received by Studio S, David and Nancy like it very much, it's very good to search for a project, if they can both like it at the same time, then take it down, and invite Leonardo to play the uncle - he's happy to...
Shen Mengxi's idea, Leonardo starring, can at least ensure that he does not lose money.
ended the work in the United States, did not stop at all, and flew directly to South Korea ...
Coordinated the release of the Korean version of "Twenty Years Old" again.
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In the past few years, most of the movies made by Shen Mengxi have been released in South Korea.
There are big hits, such as "Painted Skin", "Those Years", "My Girlhood" - the benchmark for big sales is that the number of moviegoers exceeds 300,000...
Don't underestimate the 300,000 moviegoers, 300,000 moviegoers means a box office of 12.6 million yuan, which is worth the box office results of a province and city in the central part of the mainland!
Of course, more did not sell well, but it did not make the distributor lose money, and the number of theaters with films like "Heart Labyrinth" and "Old Boy" was less than 10...
Meet the ideas of some Korean viewers who have a curious mentality.
Since the beginning of the year, Mengxi's partner in South Korea has been changed to SHOWBOX...
South Korea has four film companies that are relatively awesome in terms of movies: CJ Entertainment, Lotte Entertainment, SHOWBOX, and NEW...
It's a little unpleasant to get along with Xijie, then change it, SHOWBOX is also a good choice, and people also have a cinema brand: Megabox Cinema, ranked second in South Korea...
"Twenty Years Old Again", "Big Man", "Sunshine Sisters", and "Blind Certificate" are all project projects, and they must be released 14 years ago!
"Twenty Years Old" is the opening work, and of course there are high hopes!
The director chose Kang Hyung-chul - his "Sunshine Sisters" was postponed, and the starring actor found Moon Geun-young...
Invested 4.5 billion won!
Don't underestimate 4.5 billion won, it's very high, almost half of the production cost in the mainland!
Set for December 24, Christmas file!
This year, Korean movies are still not very prosperous, so far, only "Avatar" has exceeded 10 million viewers...
"Inception", which ranked second, had less than 6 million viewers;
In December this year, the Korean film industry seemed to focus on Shen Mengxi, and the three blockbusters "The Stateless", "Yellow Sea" and "Tian Yuzhi" were released...
Siege "Return to Twenty"!
"The Stateless", the Korean version of "The True Color of Heroes", starring Zhu Jinmo, Song Seung-heon, Cho Han-sun, Kim Kang-woo;
You don't know the others, Song Chengxian always knows!
"Yellow Sea", the director's new work of "The Chaser", continues the old team, directed and written by Luo Hongzhen, starring Kim Yun-seok and Ha Jung-woo;
"Tian Yuzhi", adapted from the Korean classic "The Biography of Tian Yuzhi", directed by Choi Dongxun, starring Kang Dong-won and Kim Yun-seok;
By the way, there is also Yuan Bin's "Lone Agent"...
In the original time and space, Yuan Bin relied on "During Agent" to kill in this period that can be called death, and established his superstar status in one fell swoop!
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"Propaganda says that China bought the adaptation rights..."
"Koreans like to hear praise, so you just blow Moon Geun-young cute..."
Screenwriter No. 2, that is, Chen Dong interrupted Shen Mengxi's words: "Why is it cute?"
Shen Mengxi turned his head in surprise: "Isn't it beautiful and sexy to blow Wengen Yingbi Liu? Korean audiences are not blind!"
Also, blowing Wen Genying's appearance and beating Liu Tianxian is indeed a bit too much...
"By the way, remember to publicize that Studio S in the United States bought the film and television adaptation rights of "Twenty Years Old Again", and the American version will be launched next year..."
"S Studio?" Chen Dong was stunned for a moment: "Isn't this our company?"
"If you don't say it, how will the Koreans know?"
This is the benefit of the trumpet!
Chen Dong thought for a while and asked: "Our "Twenty Years Old Again" was selected as a cultural work of Sino-Korean friendly exchanges... Do you want to publicize this?"
"There's no need, let's make movies and don't have anything to do with politics!"
This sentence is actually nonsense, Shen Mengxi just knows that there is no benefit in promoting it like this...
"The Hangover 2" and "Thai Embarrassment" were all filmed in Thailand, and they were also hyped, what about the box office?
The Thai box office of "The Hangover 2" is not as good as the first one!
"Okay, then I'll just advertise it then... Is that enough?"
Shen Mengxi hesitated: "... I don't know exactly what to do for movie promotion here in South Korea, so look at this arrangement!"
Chen Dong sighed: "In the past, No. 1 was in charge of these..."
"Let's try it, Korean movies pay more attention to word-of-mouth marketing, and the focus is on the movie itself... By the way, how is Number 1 doing now?"
"'The Stateless' is the project he assembled..."
"Okay. ”
It's really in Cao Ying's heart in Han!
- "The Stateless" is a super bad movie!
The plot is a complete remake of "The True Colors of Heroes", the story is still relatively exciting and impressive, and the innovation of the film lies in the introduction of inter-Korean relations and the deepening of the theme.
However, because of the different eras, regions and other aspects in which the two are located, the complete copying makes the film very far-fetched and contrived, and lacks logic and authenticity in many places, and cannot withstand scrutiny.
No. 1 is really a good person, he actually used such a film to snipe "Twenty Years Old Again"!
Shen Mengxi got up: "Let's go, let's go to the banquet!"
Chen Dong stood up and thought of something: "Do you want to make an appointment with a few actresses?"
Shen Mengxi looked disgusted: "... How did you get this disgusting? It's disgusting!"
"No, I..."
Chen Dong wanted to explain that he hadn't forgotten his original intention...
Not knocked down by the decay of capitalism, just following the local customs!
"People SM. invite me, don't they understand the rules, people will bring their own drinks, who can you invite?