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Chapter 169 "Pirates" unexpectedly becomes popular in South Korea

Pork and beef BBQ restaurant.

With the arrival of Jin Minshu, the English that Jiang Liu and Li Xi practiced together finally came in handy.

I learned that Kim Min-sook came from a brokerage company called MS and that she was the boss.

The reason for following him is to sign him into the company and help him develop his career as an actor.

Or it wouldn’t be a problem to introduce me to SM and other companies as a trainee.

Jiang Liu's lungs were about to burst with anger. One bad thing had caused the top of his head to feel swollen and painful. It was so painful to lie down and sleep tonight.

Not only that, but he was also mentally attacked. How about becoming an SM trainee? He's not a pretty boy.

As for Son Ye-jin.

After Sun Yezhen's distorted facial features slowly recovered, Jiang Liu recognized it, but his anger did not diminish at all.

"If you don't become a good actor, how can you pretend to be a talent scout?"

While Jiang Liu was slandering, he glanced at the other party with a sullen face. Sun Yizhen felt something, covered her forehead and glared at Jiang Liu.

"You speak English very well. Are you really a Korean-American immigrant who went to the United States when you were a child?"

"No, I'm Chinese."

Jin Minshu looked regretful: "Axi. It's a pity. I think you will definitely become a good actor. How is your language talent? Are you willing to stay in South Korea for development? My company is not big, but compared to big companies in all aspects Very loose.”

"Actors are not forced to do anything they don't want to do."

Jiang Liu turned over the pieces of meat that were almost burnt and looked disdainful: "What do you think I do?"

"Not a tourist?"

"I'm the writer-director."

Jin Minshu looked at Guo Jiangliu's features up and down, and said with a smile: "It seems that you are really not interested in debuting, and you even made up such a ridiculous reason."

"Yeah, you kid is full of lies. Sister, let's go."

"Ah, Son Ye-jin, if I were Korean, I would first teach you what the culture of the elders is."

"Senior? I'll smoke you to death."

Son Yejin raised her right foot at lightning speed and kicked Jiang Liu in the face. She immediately pulled it back halfway and pulled Jin Minshu up to put on her shoes: "Sister Minshu, let's go."

The moment the door closed, even though Sun Yezhen covered her head, she still rolled her eyes at Jiang Liu.

Jiang Liu threw away his chopsticks angrily. This time he went out shopping, not only did he not relieve his stress, but he also got injured and his emotions got worse.

He touched his head lightly, and the severe pain caused Jiang Liu to lose interest in eating barbecue. He put on his online shoes and returned to the Galaxy Hotel.

A few days passed in confusion.

Li Meijing, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, showed up at the hotel with a cheerful face.

"Director Jiang, you don't seem to be in good spirits. Our current main work is "Monster". Don't spend too much time on "Pirates"."

"'Pirates' has been very successful at the box office in China. South Korea only belongs to the Waifu market and has little relationship with Director Jiang. After all, the copyright was sold to Colombia."

Jiang Liu was a little confused and frowned: "President Li, what do you want to say?"

"What I mean is that the Korean premiere of "Pirates" did not do well at the box office. Director Jiang, don't worry about it and rest more." Li Meijing pointed to Jiang Liu's dark circles under her eyes.

Jiang Liu doesn't care about the Korean box office.

He was depressed because the pillow had been placed under his neck for several nights, and his head had been hanging in the air for several days, resulting in poor sleep quality. But since there is box office news at his fingertips, as the director of "Pirates", he has to be more concerned: "How much will the box office be at the premiere?"

Lee Meijing said sternly: "There were 5.3 moviegoers in Seoul over the weekend, while the number of moviegoers nationwide was only 25."

After all, Jiang Liu was a partner, and she still had to steal from others. Even if she was delighted with the box office performance of "Memories of Murder," she couldn't be too superficial.

"The box office in the first three days of the weekend was so small, which is equivalent to more than 8 people a day. It is really not good. It is not as good as "Hero" released in South Korea in January."

"It's worse than "Hero". The final box office of "Hero" was 191 million people. Looking at the box office curve of "Pirates" in the first week, it can also have 100 million more people in the end, which is already good. After all, there is no Li Lianjie in "Pirates" Well."

In this era, the importance of Li Lianlian and Fang Long to the movie box office is self-evident.

But Jiang Liu was still a little depressed.

Although "Pirates" has undergone major changes by him, the plot is different from the Korean version of "Pirates".

But it’s not just that few people will watch it. After all, the plot also involves some Korean history.

"President Li, what is the share of Korean films in the local film market every year?"

"Well, after the government liberalized Hollywood movies, the split between local and foreign films was basically 48.3:51.7. Last year, Korean films were even slightly lower, only [-]%, and foreign language films [-]%. The total audience for the whole year was [-] million. .”

"The movie with the highest viewership last year was the Hollywood movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," which had about 510 million viewers, surpassing "My Sassy Girl" in 02, which had about 480 million viewers."

"Foreign language films have such a high market share, which means that Korean audiences will not be affected by foreign languages. The box office of "Pirates" should not be so low."

Jiang Liu pondered for a while and asked curiously: "How was the box office of "Memories of Murder" directed by Bong Joon Ho?"

Lee Meijing smiled again: "Bong Joon-ho did not disappoint me. The number of viewers of "Memories of Murder" is about to exceed 100 million."

Jiang Liu had an idea in his mind.

"Memories of Murder" has attracted so many people to the cinema in just a few days. On the one hand, the quality of the movie is indeed high.

On the other hand, it must be because "Memories of Murder" has the inherent advantage of a local film and stars famous actors such as Song Kanghao.

If the number of viewers of "Pirates" is to improve, at least we have to wait until the first wave of "Memories of Murder" has passed.

Jiang Liu thought so, and the box office trend of "Pirates" was indeed as Jiang Liu expected. On Monday of the second week, it showed an upward trend against the wind.

Meanwhile, South Korea’s Baidu-like Naver platform has a “Pirates” rating.

More than 500 viewers gave "Pirates: Bandits to the Sea" a high score of 8.1.

The media score is 5.6.

After adding up the various ratings, the overall score is 7.5, and the reputation is above average.

The 7.5-point rating is quite different from the 8.6-point rating of "Memories of Murder".

But it is enough to attract more viewers to go to the cinema and watch a marine adventure comedy movie from China.

The box office curve of "Pirates" has obviously increased. Samsung Entertainment, the distributor, changed its attitude of directly failing at the box office of "Pirates" on the day when the premiere of "Pirates" was released. It mobilized resources and launched intensive promotion in Seoul.

Under this circumstance, "Pirates" actually attracted nearly 80 people into the theater in three days: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

At this moment, "Pirates" has actually been released in South Korea for two weeks.

The movie's attendance rate, which was released for two weeks, was as high as 77.8%, which surprised Korean filmmakers and South Korea's Korea Development Council, which is similar to the China General Administration.

The local Korean film "Memories of Murder" received a huge reputation, and the box office reached 12 million in 300 days, crushing "Pirates" in all aspects.

But seeing the domineering and arrogant momentum shown in the second week of "Pirates", many Korean viewers who support domestic movies couldn't help but take a breath.

(End of this chapter)