China Entertainment 2000.

Chapter 179 Jiang Liu, an ambitious man

In front of the monitor, Jiang Liu grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted at the top of his lungs in Chinese and Korean.

"A group of directors asked the extras to wave and raise the flags and slogans."

"The second team of directors made the police's actions more intense."

"Ning Hao, Bong Junhao, are all the camera crew in place? The gang members, prop masters and other unrelated persons have withdrawn from the camera. All units must move quickly, it's going to snow."

Ning Hao and Bong Joon-ho: "All photographers are in place and can take pictures."

两位执行导演的回应，让江流迫不及待的冲对讲机喊道：“5、4、3、2、1，action。”

For a moment, the entire "Monster" set was in complete commotion.

From Jiang Liu's perspective, a dark crowd waving various slogans and flags poured onto the streets, blocking the streets and alleys.

The sirens of police cars, fire trucks, ambulances, and private cars continued one after another.

This plot is about: Under the strong pressure of the American military, the South Korean government decided to use poison gas bombs to destroy the monster in the Han River, regardless of the health of the people. The South Korean people held a massive demonstration for this purpose.

In order to film this parade scene, the crew prepared for more than half a month.

Everyone on the "Monster" crew changed their clothes from short-sleeved shirts to autumn and winter clothes.

The picture on the monitor kept changing. After recording for about three or four minutes, Jiang Liu's tense expression relaxed slightly, he smiled, and shouted "ok, ok" repeatedly.

At least we finished recording this big scene before dark, otherwise lighting such a big scene would be another problem.

Feeling a little coolness on his forehead, Jiang Liu touched it with his tentacles. When he looked up, it was really snowing.

Jiang Liu tightened his down jacket tightly, watched the snowflakes falling bigger and bigger, and said to Jiang Wen, "Old Jiang, make an exception and work overtime tonight. We will finish the last scene in the middle of the night and pack up and go home."

Jiang Wen complained: "You have done this a long time ago. You have returned to China a long time ago. You have stayed in South Korea for seven months in a few days. It is not easy for you to earn a salary."

Jiang Liu made a mental calculation.

The group of them landed in South Korea in May, and "Monster" officially started filming in June. It is now December 5th. The filming lasted for half a year. They actually stayed in South Korea for seven months.

During this period, many staff members complained about the food, living environment and language environment.

But he persisted in the end, thanks to the fact that the members of the filming team had been with Jiang Liu for at least a year and had experienced the harsher living environment of the "Pirates" crew.

"Director Jiang, have you announced the completion of filming?"

Li Meijing walked in from outside the crowd, smiled and stretched out her hand to ask.

Jiang Liu nodded and smiled and shook hands with Li Meijing and Bong Joon-ho: "We can announce that the filming is finished. I will finish the last scene in the middle of the night."

"Take it up in the middle of the night?" Feng Junhao asked doubtfully.

"Well, it's snowing well this time. When the ground turns completely white, the male lead will wake up in the middle of the night in a fried goods shop by the Han River, and then look at the dark Han River with a gun in his hand in horror, and the ground is covered with A white layer of snow.”

"Does Director Bong Joon-ho look familiar? Does it look like the scene where Song Kang-ho stares at the camera in "Memories of Murder"?"

Bong Joon-ho, who felt like a painting had been stuffed into his head, felt ashamed and said: "The meaning of Director Jiang's ending scene is more thought-provoking and shocking than the scene at the end of "Memories of Murder". Director Jiang was probably Korean in his previous life." , has a thorough understanding of the current situation in South Korea.”

The Chinese title of "Monster" is "Monster".

The English title is "the host".

The title of the Korean film is "Monster of the Han River".

Bong Joon-ho has a different opinion. He personally believes that the Korean film should be titled "Miracle on the Han River". The monster in the film was born from the miracle on the Han River.

The Miracle on the Han River allowed South Korea's economy to take off, but it also allowed chaebols to take control of the nation's lifeline, leading South Korea to become polarized and extreme in national wealth.

"I have always been curious about why Director Jiang would make such a work. "Monster" may seem like a thriller or a monster movie, but the connotation is completely different."

"There is no mother character in the movie, does it imply that the Korean government cannot protect its citizens?"

The crew is about to be disbanded, and Bong Joon-ho asked about the doubts he had buried in his heart since joining the crew.

Jiang Liu dusted off the snowflakes on his body and said with a smile, "It's nothing strange. I just prefer to observe the world."

""Monster" may be a metaphor for some policies of the Korean government, but it is not my intention. After all, I am an outsider. I just shot some material that the audience may be interested in from the perspective of a director."

"In my next film, I may film a story about human reproduction."

"Is it about human reproduction?" Bong Joon-ho stretched out his hand again in surprise and said in admiration: "Director Jiang has a broad vision. It is a pleasure to work with Director Jiang. I hope we can work together again."

"Director Jiang Wen, Director Ning Hao, Director Yan Yan, it's a pleasure to work with them. It's a smooth trip back to China."

"Let's let the media take pictures together."

Li Meijing arranged the positions for several people, smiled and asked Jiang Liudao in ambiguous Chinese: "Director Jiang, when Chinese people describe good omens, is there a saying that auspicious snow heralds a good harvest?"

"Indeed."

"It's snowing right now, so "Monster on the Han River" must have exceeded 500 million moviegoers!"

Jiang Liu raised his eyebrows and complained in his mind: "Are you kidding me? "Monster on the Han River" has 500 million viewers at the Korean box office?"

That year's "Monster on the Han River" had more than 1300 million moviegoers, breaking Korea's previous box office record and staying at the top of the Korean box office for several years.

Even if he were to be the director, the movie would be released to the audience two years in advance. If "Monster" has a box office of less than 800 million in South Korea, it will be considered a failure.

Jiang Liu is also thinking about letting Korean audiences remember him for a few more years with "Monster of the Han River".

Only Korean audiences have been thinking about him.

Only in the next few years will each of his works have an audience in South Korea. Only in this way will Yixin be able to take advantage of the Korean box office and slowly rise.

The United States relied on its military garrison and aircraft carriers to force the Korean film market to bow to Hollywood blockbusters.

Jiang Liu and Yi Xin were unable to do this.

His method is to use the huge influence of his personal works in South Korea to open up the Korean film market.

One country and one person, both are ambitious people.

And it was Hollywood that prompted Jiang Liu to do all this.

After the reporter took the photos, everyone said hello and left.

At midnight, Jiang Liu led the photographer, lighting engineer and Jiang Wen to the Han River to complete the last shot.

"Monster" was completed on the night of December 12th.

The next day.

Actors Jiang Wen, Du Yuan and Lu Yi returned to China first.

Ning Hao, Yan Yan, and the staff packed the equipment for shipment. Jiang Liu left everyone behind and bought a large bag of ingredients and went to Qingtan Cave.

The real estate agent introduced several properties to Jiang Liu. He picked them up and settled on a single-family villa in Qingdamdong, Jiangnan District.

The villa has 2 floors above ground and 1 floor underground, plus a small garden, with a total area of ​​370 square meters.

After paying more than 110 million US dollars, Jiang Liu decorated the villa in a minimalist style at an extremely fast speed. He hurriedly and slowly made the villa ready for move-in before returning to China.

"Oppa!"

On the street at the entrance of Cheongdam-dong, Son Ye-jin was tightly wrapped in a knitted hat, glasses, and a mask.

"The disguise was so good that I didn't even recognize him."

Son Ye-jin whispered: "There are many brand stores, galleries, and celebrity companies in Cheongdam-dong. Many artists hang out and are easy to recognize. Why did Oppa ask me to come here?"

Jiang Liu gave Sun Yizhen an appreciative look.

Son Ye-jin is really famous because of "If Love Is God's Will" which was just released this year.

In this movie, the first impression Son Ye-jin left on Korean audiences was that of innocence and sweetness.

She had just gained some fame and showed herself to be pure, so Son Ye-jin was very worried that her relationship with Jiang Liu would be exposed.

The agency will not allow her to destroy the audience image she has finally built.

She even explained this to Jiang Liu modestly, but in fact Jiang Liu was more afraid of exposure.

Jiang Liu doesn't need to care about his image. He has always left more bad images than good ones for Chinese audiences.

But he has Li Xin, who is burdened with the moral shackles inherited by China for thousands of years, and is also unwilling to let this cross-border love affair come to light.

(End of this chapter)