Chapter 659 find the right way
After writing the script, Li Mo did not think that if it was sent directly to the film company, various high-level officials would come over and beg Li Mo to cooperate with them.
The circle of movies is more closed than the circle of TV series or singers.
Especially in Korea, the seniority ranking is even more serious. Moreover, there is a kind of tall, high-status veteran actors who are incomprehensible to people from other countries in making movies, and can even fight against high-ranking government officials. This is simply incomprehensible in China, just like South Korea divides movie actors, TV actors, singers, etc. into three, six and nine.
But Li Mo didn’t want to suffer from the bad temper of these people.
In his opinion, movie actors are the same as other entertainers, so why are you a movie actor so superior? Not all actors, as for the artist’s name, Li Mo can only say hehe.
After all, he hardly watches literary and artistic films, which are meant to be entertainment tools, so why would he watch things that expose the dark side, mess up, and make him unpleasant after watching them?
Even though “Train to Busan” is one of his most in-depth works of all time, it will only be a commercial film after all.
Therefore, Li Mo did not focus on those large and small film production companies, but on those film companies with distribution channels.
South Korea is a big place, and cinema chains are controlled by big companies. If you find a small company to cooperate, you will not know how much you will suffer from the release.
Under the introduction of Fang Dongmin, Li Mo first met with the CEO of one of the showbox companies that also operates a theater chain.
For the strange man Li Mo, the CEO of showbox was very polite. Without him, in addition to his role as a screenwriter, Li Mo is also a rich man with a lot of money.
I can’t talk about it very much, but I am very interested in the script written by Li Mo. However, whether to cooperate or not requires the relevant departments to review before giving an answer.
This is the right move. Li Mo left half a copy of the script and went home and waited for the news with peace of mind.
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“Brother Youshuo, this script is really good. Although I am very unhappy with Li Mo, this despicable villain, I have to admit that this guy is still very good at writing stories.” Huang Junyu kept persuading the man in front of him. , and on the table is the half of the “Train to Busan” script.
Seeing the man was very moved, Huang Junyu continued, “Li Mo is just playing tickets, if he gets the project. With brother Youshuo’s ability, he can definitely do better. But brother Youshuo may not know, this Li Mo style Very domineering, his works are absolutely not allowed to be changed. But he is a rookie in movies and has no experience at all. How can he know how to shoot a movie and what the audience likes to watch. So it is best to suppress Li Mo with showbox and force him to agree to give Brother Youshuo has the right to change the script.”
Kang Youshuo glanced at Huang Junyu, “Do you want to use my hand to teach Li Mo a lesson?”
Huang Junyu admitted it simply, “That’s right. This kid has made me lose face, and I don’t dare to seek revenge from him, so I can only use this small method to get my face back.”
The ratings of “Cape Tongyi”, which he wrote and directed, have now fallen below 1%, while “Signal” is on the rise and is preparing to break through the 10% mark. In contrast, he Huang Junyu was completely planted.
“That’s what you asked for. If you put down your face to fight with a junior, what will outsiders think of you?”
“I understand, so why don’t I just come back and join Brother Youshuo?”
Kang Wooseok shook his head, but the script of “Train to Busan” was really well written, and he was also tempted to take over this project from showbox.
But what Huang Junyu said is not without reason.
The big-name film directors in South Korea generally take over the work of screenwriters, directors and even producers. If Li Mo is not willing to let him revise the script, then there is no point in taking on this project.
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“He asked for the right to revise the script?” Li Mo, who received the feedback, frowned immediately, he actually forgot about it. Unlike the directors of TV dramas, Korean film directors are similar to domestic directors, and they all like to do everything. The role of the screenwriter is more to help polish or supplement some of these expertise and so on.
Li Mo, who is also very possessive, is reluctant to let others touch his work, even if the other party is the leading director in Korea.
Kang Youshuo, who was clearly rejected, also showed no worries, and Huang Junyu succeeded in sowing discord.
Immediately afterwards, showbox implicitly expressed its intention to refuse cooperation to Li Mo.
Although he realized that it might be because he rejected Kang Youshuo, Li Mo didn’t take it to heart. There is no place to keep people here, and if you miss it, it will be a loss for showbox.
But the results of Li Mo’s contact with CJ-M and Lotte Entertainment were not very good. In the eleventh episode of “Signal”, when the ratings successfully exceeded 10%, Li Mo received information that the two companies refused, and the reasons given were similar, and he was not optimistic about this type of work.
This puts Li Mo in a very awkward position.
Because these three companies control the theater market in South Korea, they all expressed that they were not optimistic and refused to cooperate with Li Mo, so it is unlikely that they would find other film companies. What if no one wants to release it? Is it possible that Li Mo can still spend billions of won to make a movie and take it home to watch?
Li Mo pondered, this script can make Kang Youshuo, a famous Korean director, like it, it should not be bad, why do you refuse to cooperate with him?
Wait, Kang Woo Suk?
Li Mocai remembered a reason that he had overlooked, because South Korea was mixed in the confrontation between big powers, and because of the inferiority of the small country and the widowhood, it became a sensitive and arrogant character, even Kang Youshuo could not escape this influence. Wasn’t it because he rejected him, this senior used his influence to wipe out Li Mo’s project?
Although Kang Youshuo is signed to showbox, he also runs a film production company, and his connections in the circle are much deeper than his. He opened his mouth, believing that there is no need for the showbox companies to offend Kang Youshuo for Li Mo’s unpredictable work. It is the right way to sell him a face and get a more box-office guaranteed work in the future.
After all, Li Mo has never proved himself in the movie.
“Damn, it’s all for nothing!”
Li Mo originally wanted to avoid such things as seniority ranking through upper-level channels, but he still couldn’t escape.
“What’s the matter, I heard you swearing when I came back?” Kim Taeyeon’s voice came from the entrance.
Li Mo pitifully said to Kim Taeyeon, “baby, I was bullied by your husband!”
“Who?” Kim Taeyeon said fiercely with akimbo, “A man who dares to bully me Kim Taeyeon is looking for death? Tell him his name, and I’ll find a hundred and dozens of people to teach him a lesson!”
“His name is Kang Youshuo!”
“Kang….Wait.” Kim Taeyeon came back to her senses and glared at Li Mo, “Bastard, why did you mess with such a big senior again?”