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Chapter 170 "Pirates" Korea is in full bloom

Chapter 170 "Pirates" Korea is in full bloom

CGV cinema.

CGV Cinema is located in Myeongdong, one of the most prosperous areas in South Korea, and is very popular among tourists.

Therefore, although the cinema is small, the ticket purchase and viewing service is considerate, convenient and fast, and movie tickets are often sold out in advance.

"Yijin, Yizhen"

"President Kim."

Kim Min-sook and Son Ye-jin turned their heads together and saw that it was Guo Jae-yong. They couldn't help but stepped forward and greeted: "Director Guo, are you also coming to watch "The Thief Running to the Sea"?"

Kwak Jae-yong is known as South Korea's best film director. His "My Sassy Girl" became popular throughout Asia, awakening women's consciousness and making Jun Ji-hyun famous.

"If Love Is God's Will", released in January this year, once again received a huge reputation and made Son Ye-jin famous.

"Yes, I just came back from France. French film critics commented that the movie "Pirates" is very entertaining and most in line with the public's taste. I went into the cinema as soon as I came back. When did you come and see Director Park Chan-wook?"

Kim Min-sook was surprised and said, "Even director Park Chan-wook is here?"

It was understandable that she and Son Ye-jin came to watch "Pirates" because they were enjoying a comedy movie from the perspective of an audience.

Kwak Jae-yong made sense after watching "Pirates".

His movie style tends towards comedy and love themes, and I heard that "Pirates" also has a lot of comedy elements.

Park Chan-wook is different. "Joint Security Area" and "I Want Revenge" established his status as a genre film director.

The director of a genre film went to the cinema specifically to watch a foreign comedy-themed film, which shows how much "The Bandit Heading to the Sea" is loved by Korean audiences.

How much attention has it received from Korean filmmakers?

"Yes, we made an appointment on the phone. You go in first and I'll wait for him."

Son Ye-jin would not abandon Bole Guo Jae-yong no matter what, so she said: "Sister Minshu, you go in first, I will accompany Director Guo to wait for Director Park."

"Let's chat and wait together."

All three of them make a living from movies, and the topic can never leave movies.

Kim Min-sook is curious that "The Bandit Heading to the Sea" has aroused heated discussions in France?

""Pirates" was indeed well-received by the audience after being screened at the 56th Cannes Film Festival, and local films failed again."

After Guo Zaiyong finished speaking, he and Jin Minshu fell silent.

The global film market can be divided into three axes, and Hollywood, which is occupied by the United States, is one of them. If a movie does well at the box office in North America, it will not be bad at the box office around the world.

Next time, if the film wins in Cannes, the European box office will be guaranteed.

Once again, wait until the film has achieved results at the Tokyo Film Festival, and the Asian box office will tell.

Korean films have so far been excluded from Hollywood and Cannes. Fortunately, in the past two years, films combined with the Korean Wave have achieved some results in Tokyo.

When the two were worrying about leaving the country for Korean movies, Son Ye-jin stood up and said, "Director Park Chan-wook is here."

"The editor forgot the time and came late."

"It's not too late, it hasn't started yet."

"A bunch of Korean filmmakers are vying to watch a foreign film. It's not a good feeling in my heart. Let's go in." Park Chan said gloomily.

He is a member of the Korea Development Council.

In 1999, he actively responded to the skinhead movement of Korean filmmakers who protested against South Korea's entry into the WTO and the opening of quotas for foreign films.

The so-called Baldhead Action is when filmmakers across the country shaved their hair and marched in Gwanghwamun, the holy land of Korean movies, to sit-in and protest.

The Bald Head Movement prompted the South Korean government to stipulate that each theater must screen domestic films for 146 days a year.

This policy, in conjunction with the film classification system implemented in South Korea in 1998, allowed Korean films to fully develop after 2000, and in the next 20 years, films of various themes flourished.

Compared with Korean filmmakers’ spontaneous resistance to the invasion of Hollywood movies.

China has adopted policies to protect domestic films by limiting the number of foreign films introduced to 34 per year and low box office share.

In order to develop domestic films and promote the prosperity of the local film market, the General Administration has also introduced a co-production policy in an attempt to use the Hollywood film industry to drive the development of domestic films.

Forget about the grading system.

And if you expect a bunch of young prostitutes in China to shave off their colorful hair, you will probably lose your life.

Park Chan-wook's love for local movies is undoubted, and his emotions also infected the other three people. The four of them entered the cinema without saying a word.

Not long after we sat down, the big screen lit up, and after a few minutes of commercials, the movie officially started.

Jin Minshu covered her mouth and asked Sun Yezhen, "Yanzhen, have you seen Jiang Liu's name somewhere?"

Sun Yezhen frowned, and after a while, she said "Ah", covered her mouth and said, "The same name as that kid from the other day."

Jin Minshu was shocked and said: "No way."

Son Yejin immediately shook her head and said: "Definitely not, that kid is only two years older than me."

"Hey, Sister Minshu, this stupid bandit made me laugh."

"I think the movie is just average, not as good as "If Love Has God's Will" directed by Kwak Jae-yong. Your performance in "Love Has God's Will" is also better than the female pirate in the "Pirates" movie."

"Really? But it would be nice to try playing a role like a female pirate."

Kim Min-sook and Son Ye-jin lowered their heads from time to time to discuss the comedy part of the movie, and the two directors, Kwak Jae-yong and Park Chan-wook, were sitting together.

"What do you think?" "It's a purely entertainment-oriented movie. The narrative rhythm is as good as ours. It's better than Korean movies in terms of entertainment." Guo Zairong whispered.

Park Chan-wook said: "The important thing is that it is extremely difficult to shoot this movie. As far as I know, the production cost of the movie does not exceed 100 billion won. I don't think the special effects are like the naval battle scene. How did he shoot it?"

"Real shot?"

"The sea is not land, and it would be too dangerous to take real photos."

Guo Zairong spread his hands: "Then I really don't know."

"Let me find time to go to Han River Park and ask."

"Han River Park in South Korea?"

"Well, CJ and Huaxia jointly made a movie. Bong Joon-ho is the executive director. The crew is filming in Han River Park."

"Bong Joon-ho becomes the executive director? Are you kidding me? As long as CJ increases its distribution efforts, Bong Joon-ho's "Memories of Murder" may gross over 500 million at the box office. Will he become the executive director?"

"Remember not to talk outside."

Park Chan-wook drew closer to Kwak Jae-yong, covered his mouth and said: "They are filming a monster movie. President CJ Lee asked him to learn Jiang Liu's big-scene shooting techniques. You see, there are several directors in China who can handle such naval battle scenes." If you know how to take pictures, do you dare to take pictures?"

Guo Zairong sighed: "That's right, I was criticized for the war scenes in "If Love Is Provident"."

After more than an hour, the movie ended, and the four of them, Son Ye-jin, parted ways with different emotions.

Son Ye-jin is happy.

She told Kim Min-sook at least seven or eight times in more than an hour, "I'm so happy."

Kim Min-sook felt that the movie was ordinary. The comedy scene in the movie of a shark dragging a boat across the sea made all the audience in the screening room burst into laughter, but it could not make her, a woman in her 30s, happy.

In her opinion, this kind of plot is extremely senseless.

Directors Park Chan-wook and Kwak Jae-yong were less happy and more analytical and lamented.

Even if they were directors, they couldn't analyze how every shot of "Pirates" was shot in just over an hour, especially the several-minute naval battle scene.

On Monday, May 5, "The Bandit to the Sea" once again mobilized 26 people to flock to the cinema.

South Korea's KBS TV station, which targets young people, broadcast a report on "Bandits Heading to the Sea":

Since its release, the external film "The Bandit of the Sea" has been suppressed by the phenomenal film "Memories of Murder". It has missed a series of box office championships such as premiere, first week, second week, and single-day box office.

However, relying on the movie's good reputation, "The Bandit of the Sea" successfully exceeded 200 million moviegoers, reaching 215 million.

It has now surpassed the more than 190 million viewers of "Hero," another Chinese costume blockbuster that landed in South Korea in January.

Ranked second in South Korea's 2003 movie box office rankings.

On the Internet, nearly a thousand netizens in South Korea commented that "The Bandits Running to the Sea" is the most entertaining and most in line with the taste of the Korean public among the historical-themed films ever released in South Korea.

In order to make it easier for more young people to watch "The Bandit of the Sea", KBS TV station has specially contributed a plot summary poster for the people.

1: The imperial seal was swallowed by a whale and was unable to communicate, so the criminal officer led his troops to hunt the whale.

2: The guilty officer cooperates with the old pirate. The female pirate and the whale are old friends. They can't bear to do it and they can't do things well.

3: The old horse returns and brings a more powerful navy from the Ming Dynasty.

4: Bandits team up with pirates and return to the sea to deal with Lao Ma and the criminal.

"Finally, ah, the Kingdom of Korea has lost its jade seal, damn the bandits."

"We have asked Lee Yoon-hwa, the most authoritative and representative historian of the Republic of Korea, to tell us about the history of the Joseon Kingdom's loss of its jade seal. Fellow citizens, the jade seal swallowed by the whale in the movie is real. Yes, it is the most precious treasure of our Republic of Korea."

Profit and: "Dear citizens, the Kingdom of Korea did lose its national seal in the ten years around 1403. As for whether the jade seal was swallowed by a whale in the sea, I think it was just a little joke made by the director."

Compared to the chaos and chaos of KBS TV station.

South Korea's SBS TV station appears to be a little more formal in order to capture the traffic of "Bandits Heading to the Sea".

With the mediation of Samsung, the film distributor, SBS Channel [-] claimed to have invited Jiang Liu, the director of "The Bandit to the Sea" who was actually filming in South Korea.

At this time, "The Bandit Running to the Sea" had been screened in South Korea for a month, and the number of moviegoers was approaching 300 million.

So many young people went to the cinema for this movie. As soon as the trailer of SBS's half-armed Pipa and half-faced interview with the mysterious figure of "Bandits" came out, many families locked on SBS Channel 6 at 5 o'clock that night, thinking about it. Watch the true face of the Chinese director who shocked the Korean film industry.

"Director Jiang Liu made his debut directing "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger" at the age of 20."

"At the age of 21, he was named the most popular Chinese director by Chinese audiences for his comedy film "Cell Phone"."

"The third movie he directed at the age of 22, "The Bandit of the Sea," had a box office of 1 million in China. Ah, it is indeed a big country. The total number of citizens in the Republic of Korea is only 3000 million."

"Yes, so we'd better hire director Jiang Liu as soon as possible. I can't wait to hear about the behind-the-scenes production of "Pirates"."

"Yes, welcome Chinese director Jiang Liu to the stage."

"The bragging was so awesome that I was praised as the domestic audience's favorite director. How can I remember being scolded every day?"

Backstage at SBS Channel [-], Jiang Liu complained to Xing Aina, Sha Yi, and Qin Lan, who came especially because "Pirates" was such a hit in Korea.

"Whatever, just brag if you want. The domestic audience doesn't know about it anyway, and no one will laugh at it."

"That's right, I'll go on stage first."

Son Ye-jin, who was originally sitting cross-legged on the sofa, throwing popcorn into her mouth from time to time, rubbed her eyes, then rushed to the TV with bare feet and stared at the screen for a long time.

"Ah, what a lying brat."

(End of this chapter)

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