After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 507 19 banned movie "New World"

Zhang Wei wants more rights, but she herself has no confidence.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have made so many different plans for him to see.

After talking for a whole night, Li Mingyang gave Zhang Wei another 100 million yuan and also gave her the greatest freedom.

Although I am not optimistic about Zhang Wei, the hegemony of streaming media is achieved by spending money.

It won’t burn anyone no matter who you give it to!

Then, Li Mingyang had no freedom for the whole day.

I went to SM company in the morning. Li Mingyang was just there to watch while Zhang Wei and Lee Soo-man talked for more than two hours.

By sharing the brokerage contract, I purchased the management rights of the function from SM for free.

Free is the most expensive.

Zhang Wei had never suffered such a loss before. Li Mingyang had just delegated his power, so she didn’t know what to say. She just agreed and signed the document.

After obtaining the management rights of the function, Li Mingyang was dragged by Zhang Wei to an old street in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul.

Zhang Wei wants to buy a single-family house along the street, including the land.

There are eleven houses, each one looks different, and they are very much like the old and dilapidated houses in domestic county towns.

The Koreans have spared no effort to curb the impulse for high-density real estate development and have forcibly enacted legislation to restrict high-rise buildings.

Moreover, due to private land ownership, there are many single-family houses and many alleys.

Li Mingyang wanted to buy a building in Jiangnan District, but Zhang Wei insisted on buying a single-family house along the street.

These single-family buildings all belong to the Hyundai Group. Because they are a bit remote and not included in the development plan, they have been sold for two or three years but no one has bought them.

Li Mingyang didn't agree with it in his heart, but Zhang Wei insisted on buying it.

Buildings in Korea are in short supply and difficult to buy, with a very high premium.

Building a building, let alone the time issue, involves height restrictions, unless the government introduces policies to relax the height restrictions, under normal circumstances, a maximum of five floors can be built...

As for buying a house... Li Mingyang has always been supportive, because the compensation won't be much.

Li Mingyang tried to persuade her for a few words, but Zhang Wei insisted, so he stopped interfering.

He took over the management rights of the function, bought more than a dozen buildings for renovation, set up a management company, and acquired three film and television companies and a brokerage company...

Zhang Wei cut the Gordian knot and finished all the things that would have taken at least a week to consider in just one day.

"I don't think any of the deals you're doing are worthwhile. Forget it, you can do it yourself. I'm going to Jeju Island. See you in a month."

Li Mingyang shook his head, walked to the roadside, opened the back door of the Hyundai car, got in the car, and headed for Jeju Island.

At around eight o'clock in the evening, Li Mingyang took a ferry to Jeju Island, and then took a business car to the hotel where the crew was staying.

A very ordinary hotel.

After having a short meeting with Old Wu, Li Mingyang went to his room to rest.

At five o'clock in the morning, Old Wu woke up Li Mingyang.

After washing and changing his clothes, Li Mingyang went downstairs and, under the arrangement of the crew, took a bus to the filming location - Chengshan Sunrise Peak.

When Li Mingyang arrived, Li Meijin had already arrived and the start-up site had been set up.

With the help of the translator, the two chatted casually.

When the sea surface turns pale, the opening ceremony officially begins.

The opening ceremony in Korea is similar to the process in China, except that the burning of incense is a little different.

Not only are there Taoist priests, but you also have to kneel...

Li Mingyang didn't want to kneel, but since Li Meijin had already knelt, he had no choice but to follow the local customs and kneel facing the sea.

Li Meijin was quite slow. She muttered to herself for a long time before signaling Li Mingyang to go and burn incense.

Li Mingyang didn't want to kneel anymore, but he didn't refuse.
He casually lit the first incense stick, followed by Li Meijin.

Li Meijin lit incense and bowed again and again... reluctant to leave.

The person who lit the third incense stick was not the male lead or the second male lead, but the third male lead Choi Min-sik, one of the three pillars of Chungmuro, a veteran actor and a senior.

Following them are the male lead Lee Jung-jae and the second male lead Hwang Jung-min.

The fourth male is Ma Dongxi.

Male fifth: Park Sung-woong.

The male actors finished burning incense one by one, and then the three female actors burned incense together.

Sun Li, Li Bingbing, and Jin Hae-sook.

Kim Hae-sook, Eun-hee's biological mother in Autumn in My Sunshine, is a veteran actress, the kind of person you wouldn't know who she is just by hearing her name.

As soon as I saw her in person, oh, it turned out to be her!
After the opening ceremony, Li Meijin left.

The crew members went back home to the hotel for a meeting.

The entire crew has more than 200 people, which is considered a large crew in Korea.

There are more than 160 people behind the scenes, half of whom are Li Mingyang's people, and the other half are CJ's integrated production team.

A production team with experience in co-production.

Li Mingyang did not learn Korean because he wanted to unlock skills through the system. Everyone else was forced to learn Korean by Li Mingyang.

I can't say I'm very proficient in it, but at least I can understand what others are saying.

There is only half of the script of the new world, and Li Mingyang did not take out the other half.

An old habit.

After lunch, Li Mingyang called together the main actors for a script reading session.

Li Mingyang did not take out the remaining half immediately, but first listened to the actors talk about their understanding of the script.

Give actors room to shine...

The director and screenwriter of New World is Lao Pu, who is also the director and screenwriter of Witch.

The two movies are very different. The writing and rhythm of New World are so good that they can be called masterpieces.

The literary drama in "The Witch" was too dragged out, and it was only thanks to Kim Da-mi's acting skills that made up for it, coupled with the violent aesthetics that was extremely impactful, that the success of "The Witch" was achieved.

The literary drama in "Witch 2" is not only dragged out, but also low in intelligence. Without Kim Da-mi, the explosive special effects are useless.

The box office was a disaster, and there is no sign of a third film.

Li Mingyang didn't believe that Lao Pu could suddenly evolve, and most likely it depended on the actors.

The top actors in Korea like to revise the script. What is different from the situation in China is that they revise the script at script reading sessions instead of on the set.

Li Mingyang was mentally prepared.

By the time the meeting was halfway through, everyone had expressed their understanding.

Li Mingyang finally saw how perverted the three movie kings were and how much preparation they had done.

It's only half a script, but the rest of the plot is pushed to the side.

A good cook cannot cook without rice!
Excellent directors and excellent actors complement each other.

Lee Jung-jae, Hwang Jung-min, and Choi Min-sik did not let him down. These three are really capable.

So Li Mingyang decided to shoot it first and then take out the other half of the script when needed.

In fact, the other half of the script doesn’t have much content.

After Ding Qing's death, Lee Jung-jae had almost no lines, and relied entirely on his acting skills to portray his dark journey to perfection!
What a pervert!
Even with such abnormal acting skills, Hwang Jung-min was still able to steal the show and bring Ding Qing to life.

Lao Huang is indeed the future big boss of Chungmuro!

Choi Min-sik’s acting is also extremely abnormal…good guys and bad guys are all determined by his thoughts.

But he doesn't have many roles in the new world.

The script reading session lasted for more than six hours, until dark.

These people can really endure... and they don't even mention eating.

"Okay, we've talked enough, let's take a break and have some food, we'll start shooting at 2am."

The translator conveyed Li Mingyang's meaning.

Suddenly, everyone who had been waiting any longer called their friends to go eat.

Li Mingyang thinks Korean actors can endure.

The Korean actors thought that Li Mingyang was really patient. He listened the whole time and didn't show any impatience, which made them feel embarrassed to mention eating.

Wait until most of the Korean actors have left.

Sun Li supported her waist and stood up. She had been sitting for too long. "You guys are really good at chatting. The script will be open for such a long time... I only ate one egg today."

"You've had such a good year, your face has become round from eating too much." Li Mingyang tapped the table with his pen, "Go hungry for a few days before you shoot again."

Sun Li touched her face, then her stomach, and sighed silently.

"Sister Li, please get ready tonight. We may film your scenes."

"Okay, Director Li, where are you going to eat? I know a very good restaurant here." Li Bingbing said with a flattering smile.

Li Mingyang knew very well what Li Bingbing was planning.

If he had not gone to Hollywood, many companies would have suffered losses, such as Light Media, whose market value plummeted, and Bona, which is listed on the U.S. stock market, China Film, 20th Century Fox, and Universal Pictures.

There are also a lot of actors who want to go to Hollywood.

Deng Wendi was very shocked by his choice and called him several times.

Li Bingbing is indeed very familiar with Jeju Island and knows all the surrounding attractions.

The nice restaurant she was talking about was a Western restaurant.

Sun Liyou came along.

The two women were very puzzled as to why he came to Korea and advised him to go to Hollywood.

Li Mingyang just listened without replying and ate in silence.

Sun Li and Li Bingbing were helpless, but they had to persuade.

Li Bingbing was entrusted by Wendi Deng. Li Mingyang's decision not to go to Hollywood disrupted Fox's entire two-year plan. As the executor of the plan, Wendi Deng's credibility suffered a great blow.

Sun Li was entrusted by Wang Changtian, but there was no strict requirement. She just wanted to persuade him, and if that didn't work, then forget it.

"Director Li, this side of Korea is too small. You can't display your talents here at all." Sun Li said earnestly.

"That's right! CJ is just a bully in small places, but it's been suppressed by Wanda in China, and its cinema chain is almost gone." Li Bingbing said with a distressed look on her face. "Director Li, you might as well choose Xiaozi instead of Korea. At least there is Sony there, and the local market is many times bigger than Korea."

"Director Li, what do you think? If you are not satisfied with the share, they are willing to increase it... How should I put it, money is not a problem at all. The budget of New World is only 80 million, while Fox and Universal have a budget of 200 million US dollars! This is not the same scale of production at all!"

"When you make a Hollywood blockbuster, whether it fails or loses money, it won't affect you at all. They are prepared to lose money."

"Yes! Ms. Deng said that this is essentially a cultural exchange between China and the United States. Which big director has not lost money? Zhang Yimou, the national director, has lost money on so many films."

The two women changed their strategy and acted in unison. I don't know if they had rehearsed it before, but they coordinated very well.

Li Mingyang was a little annoyed by the quarrel between the two women, and said, "China Film has signed two co-production contracts. Where is the script? Get the script out first, then talk to me. Also, instead of wasting time here, why don't you go back and read the script carefully!"

"Director Li, please come with me to Hollywood for two days." Li Bingbing grabbed Li Mingyang's arm and begged bitterly, "If you don't go, Deng Wendi will not let me go."

"If I don't go, you will have the capital to control Wendi Deng. If even you are gone, what bargaining chips does she have?" Li Mingyang shook his head and refused to go.

"Director Li, Director Li, I have told you everything about Huayi's movements. I haven't concealed anything. No matter what you ask me, I will give you my all and help you to the end. You can't turn your back on me!" Li Bingbing was anxious and ignored Sun Li, saying aggrievedly.

You're going to brag about it, but why are you saying that in front of me? I don't want to know!

"That's why you can be here, filming my movie. Don't complain that this shop is small. I don't mind it, so why would you complain? If you want to eat, stay. If not, get out!"

Li Mingyang turned hostile.

Li Bingbing covered her eyes with her hands and sighed continuously.

Sun Li held the cup of water, drank the hot water, and said no more. She had tried her best and Li Mingyang was determined.

……

At 11:30 pm, the New World crew blocked two streets and officially started filming!
The filming schedule for the crew was arranged by CJ, and the deadline was three months.

Li Mingyang felt redundant.

A group of top actors, shooting a gangster crime film in three months? Who are they looking down on!

Infernal Affairs was completed in less than a month!

And then…the crew didn’t leave Jeju Island during the five-day shoot!
Everyone in the crew, from the best actor to the actors, to the extras, and to everyone behind the scenes, felt that it was normal.

Only Li Mingyang and Lao Wu felt something was wrong.

too slow!
Li Mingyang has imagined countless situations: actors not obeying, communication problems, equipment too old, bad weather...

I never expected that the so-called elites in Korea are so shabby behind the scenes.

The set-up is so slow, it can be said that slow work produces fine results.

Track design, movement design, lighting design, lens design...all depends on personal experience.

That is to say, each scene requires a lot of repeated design and shooting to meet the requirements.

The light outdoors is changeable. Sometimes you adjust the settings but the light changes. What should you do? Just continue shooting at the same time tomorrow!
What to do with the rest of the time? Discuss the script...

Shooting like this can indeed produce good results, but some things are obviously redundant.

For example, if the lighting is adjusted, ask him to confirm.

It won’t work if Old Wu goes alone, he must go.

The track movement test was completed and he was satisfied. The person behind the scenes in charge of the track gave him a form and asked him to sign it.

Everything needs his approval, everything needs his review.
During the official filming, Li Mingyang felt it was acceptable, but the actors felt it was not perfect enough and wanted to reshoot it.

If you don't allow it, you still beg. Bowing is commonplace, and some even kneel down...

Sometimes I have to shoot more than ten times for one shot...

After these five days, Li Mingyang discovered that the Korean film industry is afraid of taking the blame... everyone strives to be the best.

Then listen especially to the director.

If the movie fails, the director will be fully responsible.

The main reason is that Korean movies are basically invested by the four major film companies. If they are fired or removed from the list, then they are really finished...

If you are lucky, you can film TV series and music videos. If you are unlucky, you can't film anything and will be eliminated from the entire industry.

For example, the director of the day of landing, who had won the annual championship in Korea, was directly removed from the list...

Li Mingyang originally had an attitude of learning, but the Koreans behind the scenes left Li Mingyang speechless.

Since it is full responsibility!
Li Mingyang called Li Meijin directly and asked to kick out all the people behind CJ and use his own people.

Li Meijin was more than happy about this; she had long wanted to meet Li Mingyang's top Asian film industrialization team.

But Li Mingyang let his people slack off and let CJ do things behind the scenes, which made her happy for nothing every day.

Li Mingyang wanted to replace CJ's behind the scenes, and Li Meijin agreed, but CJ's behind the scenes did not leave. Instead, he changed into gray clothes and did logistics for the crew.

In fact, he just wanted to steal the skills.

Li Mingyang has done this many times and is very familiar with it.

You can only make money if you make the plate bigger!
It was by absorbing countless investments from Hollywood that Korean films later became Asia's top film industry.

"From now on, don't waste time on me. I want efficiency. Everyone, get your spirits up!"

Li Mingyang picked up the loudspeaker and shouted something, then took off his sunglasses and flipped through the shooting plan, deciding to make major changes to the interior shooting.

Focus on shooting!

……

The filming was very dull and very tedious.

Especially industrial photography!

In industrial photography, the most important thing is not imagination, but restraining imagination.

Let everyone operate within a framework, knowing what to do and what not to do, and each doing their own job.

Of course, this is for other people.

As a director of New World, Li Mingyang must have imagination.

After all, there is no original film in my mind, only some vague memories.

Although the cast is the same, during the filming, Li Mingyang always has flashes of inspiration and recalls the famous scenes from the original film.

But these fragmented memories are not enough to complete a movie.

He wants to use his imagination to string these fragments together to form a new world in his style!

People in China like to compare New World to the Korean version of Infernal Affairs.

In fact, the two movies have nothing to do with each other except that they both have undercover agents and policemen...

In fact, a commercial film does not necessarily have to know too much about the dark side of a country.

Even local people may not understand it. You are making it too complicated and they won’t feel involved.

Extracting materials from the news and major events makes the content both immersive and meaningful.

For example, a furnace.

The darkness and cruelty of Korean dramas are as famous as the sweet pet dramas and daily life comic adaptations of Chinese ancient costume dramas.

The dark, deep and cruel style is not only very popular in Korea, but also very popular all over the world.

This path has taken a sharp turn since 2010.

Around 2010, Korean films developed normally, and Haeundae was the summary of this period. After that, Korean films turned to dark and deep, and influenced the East Asian market.

Now is the best time to create something dark, cruel and profound. If we push it back in time, well, there will be too many dark, profound and profound movies. Even if the new world is a masterpiece, the box office will not be too high if the audience loses its sense of novelty.

New World is a very special gangster movie. Korean movies have a rating system with five levels.

The New World is actually not as violent and bloody as Witch, but Witch is in the third tier.

And the New World is banned for 19+!
Among all the 19+ movies in Korea, New World is as clean as a beautiful romance film.

There is no exposing breasts, eating salt balls, sawing hands, roasting people, putting severed limbs in the dining car, etc.

Why is New World listed as R19+?

Tsk tsk, this movie is a gangster movie! It's a metaphor for a cannibalistic jungle society!

It combines power struggle, zz, gangs and undercover agents in one!
It is dark, bloody, and filled with a sense of danger. From beginning to end, every rhythm is filled with an omnipresent sense of oppression.

Each character seems to be in the arena, treading carefully and stabbing viciously.

On the one hand, he held his breath and was on guard against the wild beasts lurking in the darkness and lurking around him; on the other hand, he sharpened his sharp claws and teeth so that he could bite the throat of his prey hard.

In this interconnected food chain, everyone is both a predator and food.

A dark jungle society.

In such an environment, it is too difficult for anyone to break through with their own strength, so they cooperate with each other through interests, coercion or trust to achieve both offense and defense and seize the initiative of the overall situation.

The power of each person could have been used to check each other, and the Golden Gate was in a dangerous balance. When they began to cooperate, they devoured their opponents one by one.

The main plot of the New World is very simple. It is about Li Zicheng, a chess piece, who gradually becomes evil and eventually opens up another dark new world and becomes the big boss.

There are so many famous scenes in the New World.

The skinny old man, Yanbian F4, the elevator god of war, the end-credits video room two vs dozens, the silent Li Zicheng, the mud truck crashing into the car...

Li Mingyang was well prepared for explanations before filming began, but he didn't expect that all of this... was just improvisation by the movie stars.

Improvisation can't do that.

Li Mingyang pointed out that as long as they were given time, they would be able to figure it out themselves.

The actors are awesome, and the people behind the scenes are even better.

Although the new world does not have fancy CG special effects, Li Mingyang still adopted the "one center and multiple points blooming" shooting method.

Use storyboards to build scenes, purchase props, arrange time, design camera movements, build tracks, and position actors...

A stable and efficient behind the scenes, professional and obedient actors, and a director with pictures in his mind.

The crew quickly got on the right track, and then it was out of control and went on a wild ride!

The shooting of all exterior scenes and most interior scenes was completed in less than half a month.

The actors in the crew and the senior management of CJ were shocked.

At the CJ Cinema, after watching the rough cut of New World, Li Mei Jin was silent for a long time before she spoke: "How did he shoot it so quickly and so well... did you figure it out?"

The vice president said carefully, "President, I've figured it out. It's actually similar to the production method of Weathering With You. We use storyboards to communicate. Our people are watching closely, and all operations are carried out with no secrets at all."

"I heard his storyboards were in color?"

"Yeah! It seems like they are trying to find the same thing, and if they can't find it, they just spray paint it themselves."

(End of this chapter)