Entertainment 1998

Chapter 669 Chapter 668: The handsome guy targeted by the female tycoon
10 moviegoers, 20 moviegoers, 40 moviegoers…

Since "The Departed" was released in South Korea, Son Ye-jin basically goes online every night to check the performance of the movie in South Korea.

It's a bit strange. Unlike other countries, South Korea can provide box office data directly. What is recorded in South Korea is the number of moviegoers.

The biggest reason why the number of audience members is used to calculate the box office rankings is that all major cinemas in South Korea have implemented a unified movie ticket price.

除了极个别的优惠之外，每家影院平日里的票价为8000元韩币(约5美金)、周末是9000元韩币(约5.6美金)。因此，观众人数乘上平均电影票价(一般以8000韩币计算)就会很快计算出影片的票房收入。

Previously, the highest-grossing movie in South Korea was the spy action film "The Cop," directed by Kang Je-kyu and starring Han Suk-kyu, Choi Min-sik, Song Kang-ho, and Kim Yoon-jin. The 1999 "The Cop," with 660 million viewers, broke the 1997 "Titanic" South Korean record of 417 million viewers.

At the beginning, I still remember that the Daehan Ilbo boasted that the historic record of 660 million moviegoers set by "The Spy" would not be broken within 10 years!

But it is only 2002. "The Departed", written and directed by Jiang Feng and starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Leonardo Dicaprio and Charlize Theron, has attracted over 54 million viewers 1000 days after its release. This is also the first movie in Korean film history to have over million viewers.

You should know that South Korea's land area is about 10 square kilometers and its total population is about 5000 million. 1000 million moviegoers means that one out of every five Koreans has gone to the cinema to watch this movie.

Ok…

I have to say, Jiang Feng, who had met me twice in the United States, was really awesome!

As Sun Yi was thinking with a smile on his face, a slender hand appeared in front of him, and then this slender hand waved vigorously in front of his eyes.

"Thinking of what?

Did you hear that Jiang Feng was coming to Korea, so you planned to pick him up at the airport? "

"No, no way!"

Hearing her good friend Song Yoon-ah's teasing, Son Ye-jin's face turned red instantly. She twisted her body twice, picked up the wine glass in front of her, tilted her head back, and drank the whole glass of wine.

"what…"

“Haha…” Seeing her friend not being very natural, Song Yuner accompanied her to drink a glass and said, “Why are you shy? At your age, it’s normal to like men.

Just like me, everyone says that Sol Kyung-gu is not good-looking, ugly, and not very talented, but I just like him.

Well, not only do I like him, but I will also pursue him, because I believe that one day I will win him. "

Speaking of this, Song Yuner clenched her fists tightly.

Seeing her senior being so brave to meet her best friend Song Yoon-ah, Son Ye-jin immediately looked at her infatuatedly, thinking, "I wish I could be as brave as her."

Just as she was thinking about it, suddenly, Son Ye-jin heard a small commotion outside the barbecue restaurant.

"Let's eat at this barbecue restaurant, shall we?"

"Mr. Li, what do you think?"

"I don't care. It's my first time in Korea, and I don't know which place has the best barbecue. Brother Huang, you decide."

"Okay, let's go to this store."

It was obvious that there were about four or five people outside the barbecue restaurant, and these four or five people were from two or three different countries.

The reason I say this is because the people outside the barbecue restaurant spoke Chinese, Korean and English.

Who is this?

Son Ye-jin frowned and turned to look at the door because someone's voice seemed familiar.

It didn't matter that she looked at it, the chopsticks in her hand fell on the table with a plop.

Jiang Feng!

Jiang Feng is here!

Jiang Feng, who we were talking about just now, actually appeared at the door of the barbecue restaurant. A beautiful woman was standing next to him. The beautiful woman was wearing blue jeans, a white shirt, and a black leather jacket. She looked very beautiful.

Son Ye-jin didn’t quite recognize the man next to the beauty, but he looked like a Korean. On the other side of the Korean stood a girl wearing glasses. This girl seemed to be a translator, because not every Korean knew that Jiang Feng spoke Korean fluently.

Seeing these four people appear at the door of the store, Son Ye-jin could no longer sit still. She got up from the kang, put on her shoes and ran over to say hello. But just as she lowered her head and saw her shoes, she heard Song Yoon-ah's sweet voice.

"Brother Zhengmin, you are here."

Brother Jungmin... When Son Ye-jin heard Song Yoon-ah call out this name, she immediately knew who the Korean man was, Hwang Jung-min, Sol Kyung-gu's best friend.

"Oh, Yoona?"

"Come here, Yuner, let me introduce you. This is Jiang Feng, a film director from China. The film "The Departed" that we discussed a few days ago was his work."

"Hello, Director Jiang Feng."

After getting off the kang, Song Yuner shook hands with Jiang Feng in a graceful and generous manner.

"I'm Song Yoon-ah!"

"Hello Miss Song Yuner, I am Jiang Feng."

Jiang Feng shook hands with the beautiful Song Yuner, then turned to look at the Sun Fairy Sun Yezhen behind her.

"Ms. Sun Ye-jin, we meet again."

"That's right, Director Jiang, we meet again!"

Some time ago, at the Lionsgate Entertainment headquarters in the United States, Son Ye-jin felt that she had performed very well. Even when facing an international big-name director like Jiang Feng, she was still able to remain neither humble nor arrogant.

But now, as soon as her hand touched Jiang Feng's hand, she couldn't help but tremble, and there was a wave of heat surging from her lower abdomen... Well, she seemed very shy.

Maybe it's because Jiang Feng is so masculine? !

"Brother Zhengmin, Director Jiang Feng, are you here for dinner?" Compared to Son Ye-jin, Song Yoon-ah, who is a few years older, performed much better.

"Why don't we sit together? I'll treat you today. First, I want to meet Director Jiang Feng, and second, Brother Zhengmin and I haven't seen each other for a long time. I want to meet and reminisce about the past."

"Okay!"

After hearing this proposal, Jiang Feng saw that everyone was looking at him, especially Son Ye-jin, with pleading eyes, so Jiang Feng nodded and agreed.

Isn’t it just a meal?
It is lively when many people sit together to eat.

...

What was originally a small gathering of two people has now become a dinner for six people. Therefore, the kang table that Song Yoon-ah and Son Ye-jin were using just now is no longer suitable.

With a wave of her hand, Song Yuner asked the shop owner to help find a big table, and then began to arrange the wine and barbecue again.

"Ms. Sun, Ms. Song, I forgot to introduce you. This is my agent and producer, Li Xing. The reason I was able to film in Korea is mainly due to her."

"Hello, Mr. Li!"

"Mr. Li, I think we met last time, right in front of the Lionsgate headquarters in the United States." "Yes, yes, I remember now.

At that time, Director Jiang Feng also said that although I feel that I am beautiful, I am still far behind you, Miss Sun, especially your smile, which is quite contagious. "

Someone once said that one woman is equivalent to 500 ducks, and three women are equivalent to 1500 ducks. Before, Jiang Feng didn't have much understanding of this sentence, but now, sitting at the table eating barbecue, he understood it.

Even though Son Ye-jin, Song Yoon-ah and Lee Hyung do not speak the same language, they can still have a lively conversation through a female translator or by speaking English.

They talked about movies, male stars, Korean trainees, cars, bags, and finally they even talked about who should take over in the North?

On the other hand, Jiang Feng and Huang Zhengmin were much quieter. They looked at each other, then sat together to eat barbecue and clink glasses with sake.

Finally, Huang Zhengmin couldn't help it anymore, so he drank a glass of wine, put down the glass, and said, "Director Jiang, can I ask you a question?"

"Of course!"

"Why did you choose me to play the role of a lawyer in The Yellow Sea?"

"I think you are suitable." Jiang Feng smiled, picked up the bottle and filled Huang Zhengmin's glass with wine.

“Have you seen my work before?”

"Seen!"

"Which one?"

"Waikiki Brothers!"

"But I'm not the protagonist in it." Huang Zhengmin was surprised.

"I found that you have the potential to be a leading role. Well, it's mainly because of your good acting skills."

"My acting skills are good... Well, Director Jiang Feng, I feel like you are mocking me when you say this, because I have submitted no less than 100 resumes to film and television crews in Korea, but no director has ever said that my acting skills are outstanding." Having said this, Huang Zhengmin smiled bitterly, picked up the wine glass in front of him, and drank it in one gulp.

"Well, Director Jiang Feng, how about this? I recommend my good brother Xue Jingqiu to you. He has won the Best Actor Award and was the absolute number one actor in our Korean film industry 10 years ago.

Why don't you let him play the role of the lawyer?" At this point, Huang Zhengmin suddenly paused and said:
"And this is also the reason why I came to see you, to meet my idol, have a drink with him, and then recommend my good brother to him."

"Ha ha…"

As soon as Huang Zhengmin finished speaking, Jiang Feng burst into laughter.

"Director Jiang Feng, where are you laughing?"

At this time, not only Hwang Jung Min was asking, but Lee Hyung, Song Yoon Ah, and Son Ye Jin were also looking at him with curiosity.

What Huang Zhengmin said just now was very good. I have no fame and no acting skills. If I insist on starring in your movie, I will probably drag down the progress of the crew. But if the person who plays the lawyer is replaced by Sol Kyung-gu, it will be different. Your "The Yellow Sea" will immediately become the most watched film in South Korea.

"Haha..., Hwang Jung Min, I wanted to give you an audition before the filming of the movie, a special audition, but seeing you like this now.

No need to audition!
If you want to play the role of a lawyer in The Yellow Sea, just sign a contract with us. If you don’t want to, I won’t force you.”

After saying this, Jiang Feng raised his wine glass with a smile.

At this time, Huang Zhengmin immediately stood up, bowed and said: "Well, OK, I accept the role of the lawyer, thank you director!"

...

A small gathering at a barbecue restaurant, five or six people had a very happy meal.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Feng, Huang Zhengmin, Son Ye-jin, Song Yoon-ah, Lee Hyung and others came out of the store and waved goodbye in the parking lot in front of the store.

Cheongdam-dong BBQ restaurant is located in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul. Cheongdam-dong is a famous wealthy area and also a famous commercial center in Seoul. It is home to countless wealthy people, businessmen and movie stars from the upper class, symbolizing wealth and power.

At the same time, there are many fashionable shopping malls, bars, and cafes. In South Korea, many celebrities have properties near Cheongdam-dong.

Therefore, Jiang Feng did not plan to take a car to the Park Hyatt Seoul Hotel which is also located in Cheongdam-dong. Instead, he chose to walk to see the commercial center here, take in the scenery of South Korea's most prosperous urban area, and of course, more importantly, digest the food.

I just ate too much barbecue. If I take a car directly back to the hotel, I will easily get indigestion.

I originally thought about asking Li Xing to go shopping with me. This is Korea. With a baseball cap and black-framed glasses on, I believe few people will recognize me on the street.

If he couldn't recognize himself, there wouldn't be any scandal that Li Xing was most worried about, which was that the two of them were together.

But there was no way. Li Xing was a workaholic. Since Jiang Feng had already decided that Huang Zhengmin would play the role of the lawyer, she immediately followed Huang Zhengmin to his agency to sign the performance contract.

After all, the filming of "The Yellow Sea" will start after the National Day, and we can't be careless now.

While walking on the sidewalk and admiring the skyscrapers in South Korea's Gangnam district, Jiang Feng's cell phone suddenly vibrated.

[Brother Feng, you originally wanted to shoot a movie called "Buried" to test Hwang Jung-min's acting skills, but after you talked to him, you immediately canceled the plan.

Can you explain it to me? 】

The text message was sent by Li Xing. It seemed that this beautiful lady didn't want to understand, so it was difficult for her to continue working.

〔Well, it's very simple.

The lawyer is a two-faced person. On one hand, he is righteous and willing to help the weak; on the other hand, he kills and burns people to death.

[And Huang Zhengmin, who is sitting in front of us today, is also a two-faced person. He puts himself down very much, saying that I am not famous enough and my acting skills are not good enough. Yet he recommends his good buddy in front of his good buddy's girlfriend.

But the fact is, he was determined to act in my movie.

Therefore, I think that the current Hwang Jung Min is very suitable for the character's personality, so there is no need for an audition. 〕

【Oh, I didn't see that. 】

[Oh, I see, Brother Feng, what you mean is that if Huang Zhengmin really wanted to recommend his good friend Xue Jingqiu, then when he went to the airport to pick you up today, he would definitely bring his good friend with him instead of just sitting in the barbecue restaurant and talking nonsense.]

[Well, that means I can lower the salary for Hwang Jung Min’s film appropriately.]

〔Haha..., clever!〕

Jiang Feng felt that he was now somewhat dependent on Li Xing. This beautiful lady had a strong learning ability. She had never been a film producer before, but after the actual practice of several films such as "Paranormal Activity", "Seeing the Ghost", and "Nobody", her professional ability was getting stronger and stronger.

After sighing for a few words and putting his phone in his pocket, Jiang Feng was ready to find a cold drink shop on the street to get some drinks. However, before he found a good place, he saw a young man in waiter's clothes running towards him hurriedly from a distance.

"Hello, sir!

There is a lady who wants to meet you. Would you like to go over and meet her?"

As the young man spoke, he pointed to a high-end-looking cafe nearby.

Following the direction of the waiter's hand, Jiang Feng immediately saw a woman in a floral dress and sunglasses, waving at him elegantly through the glass window.

(End of this chapter)