Chapter 411 Make!
This is the best thing in the era of dataization. Not only can you buy movie tickets in advance, but you can also calculate the general trend at once based on the data curve. And if there are no major variables, it is quite accurate.
Of course, there are 10 million viewers in two weeks. So unless you throw a nuclear bomb to Seoul tomorrow, it will be difficult to come up with any mistakes. So at the end of January, when the movie was painted in one month as Kim Jong-ming promised, the total number of viewers of "The Veteran" came to 14.67 million without any surprises, and the actual box office also exceeded 100 billion won historically.
Well, putting aside Kim Jong-ming's zero pay and not very clear comic adaptation costs, the outside world can find out the cost of this movie, which is actually more than 5 billion won. In this way, the revenue of a movie is twenty times higher, and it is no wonder the media will say that this movie is a model of commercial movies... Just kidding, this is not a model, what is a model?
However, I don’t know if it’s human nature. Only men value things that have not been successful. In fact, it’s like that when they really get it. So, by this time, the more excited the outside world is, the more Kim Jong-ming can see it. And as everything has settled, he naturally becomes more casual.
"Brand Promotion Conference?" On the balcony, Kim Jong-ming, who was sitting at a small table enjoying the sun, kicking Baker while listening to the phone, signaling the latter to lie down and putting his feet. "What is this?"
"It is to show their brand philosophy to the entrepreneurial team and partners, hoping that they can actively cooperate and finally promote the brand establishment..." Xika was obviously reading something ready-made.
"Have you discussed with your company?" Jin Zhongming interrupted the other party speechlessly.
"It's just a promotion meeting, mainly for everyone's opinions, and it's still far from formally establishing a brand."
"So I haven't discussed it with the company?" Jin Zhongming sneered and interrupted the other party's narrative again.
"If there is a substantial action, I will definitely say hello to the company in advance." Xika quickly explained. "Now it is just a preparation... preparation."
"Then do you know your teammates?" Kim Jong-ming shook his head, then continued to ask disapprovingly. "Sunny, Yoona, Taeyeon, Hyoyeon..."
"I know, I know." Xika became a little impatient. "Taeyon, Yoona and the others know, Sooyoung came to help, she has experience with this."
"What then?" Jin Zhongming took a deep breath. "Since you arranged it properly, why do you call me?"
"Then, I want to ask Wood, can you come here at noon today? Just help me!" I wonder if it was an illusion. Since becoming a foot washer, Sika at least knew the temporary soft tone when she spoke to Kim Jong-ming. "The managers I have found said that if you can come, the team's cohesion will definitely be higher, and the partners will have more confidence."
"No." After understanding what happened, Kim Jong-ming simply shook his head. "I still have to bask in the sun, walk the dog, eat, sleep... I don't have time to do that kind of boring thing anyway."
"I really can't come?" Hearing his tone, Sika on the other end of the phone seemed to be a little angry again.
"I really won't go." Jin Zhongming's reply was decisive.
"Then don't come, who cares?!" As he said that, Xika directly quit the phone.
On this side, Kim Jong-ming, who was hung up, couldn't help but shake his head, put down his phone directly, then turned on his tablet and continued to read the serial comics on webtoon. However, just when he was about to take off his shoes and put his legs on Baker's back, he still felt relieved.
So, after a long sigh, Kim Jong-ming picked up his phone again, but called Han from S.m company again, and then he felt relieved and continued to look at his webtoon.
In fact, life is roughly like this. In addition to work and rest, it is mainly a process of discovering and solving problems. For example, now, as the Spring Festival approaches, Sika has done something inexplicably. Then, as a brother, for Kim Jong-ming, the problem that may be triggered by this matter can only be said to be a small problem, so he naturally has to apply a patch to the Mao girl.
This kind of behavior can also be called daily life in a sense.
However, if the problems in life are all small problems that can be solved by just one phone call, wouldn’t human society have long entered the sea of stars? Why have they been spinning on the earth for thousands of years?
There is nothing else, that's because there will always be someone who will inexplicably get involved in the big problem that needs to be paid!
Speaking of which, after February, the Spring Festival in the film market has actually arrived. Although the Spring Festival in South Korea is not as powerful as that in China next door, it is ultimately a major festival market with winter vacation. In addition, Kim Jong-ming watched the movie with Aunt Park at the Blue House early, and felt that this movie was definitely excellent... The aunt's eyes were red, and a group of Blue House assistants even shed tears. How could they not be excellent?
So in short, Kim Jong-ming really doesn't think the movie "International Market" will go wrong. Even in his opinion, it is possible that movies with millions of viewers in the Korean film market will be born in two consecutive months.
But...if things really went so smoothly!
"Representative Kim Jong-ming... The President would like to ask you to have an interview. It's about the movie." This was the third morning after the release of "International Market", Secretary Xiao Jin Qichun called from the Blue House. In just one sentence, he was quick and straightforward.
However, Aunt Park and Jung Damei are definitely not people of the same level. The latter can ignore Kim Jong-ming if he says 10,000 words, while the former is asking you to have an interview with him. So Kim Jong-ming went there in a daze and went straight to the president's office.
As the security personnel helped to open the door, the dull atmosphere coming to the house made it difficult for Kim Jong-ming, who had been living a particularly comfortable life these days, not to mention that when he turned his head, he saw a person who made him extremely worried - Secretary Jin Qichun, who became a vegetable man and shot him back with his son, is now the head of the secretary's office of the Blue House, and the second person in the Presidential Palace.
"Zhong Ming is here." Fortunately, the aunt knew the embarrassment between Jin Zhongming and her secretary-general, so she took the initiative to greet her.
"Hey, President." Kim Jong-ming responded expressionlessly, and then went straight to the point. "I heard from Secretary Xiao Jin say on the phone that something was wrong with the movie?"
"That's right." As the secretary, Zheng Hu-sung, who was standing by, naturally wanted to replace the president to communicate with Kim Jong-ming directly with some bad things that were inconvenient to speak directly. "It's like this..."
"How could such a good movie have problems?" Since he met Zheng Husung, Kim Jong-ming could naturally let go, so he simply put on an open questioning and was ruling the blame in advance.
"The problem is that it's a little better." Zheng Hucheng replied awkwardly.
"As the emperor of Korean movies, doesn't Kim Jong-ming know yet? Or do you knowingly ask and want to see a joke about our Presidential Palace?" Old Jin Qichun suddenly interrupted with expressionless expression. "Can the abnormal fluctuations in box offices in theaters really hide you?"
"I have so many industries, how could I be eyeing a small theater chain?!" Of course, Kim Jong-ming would not give in at this time. "I personally took charge of almost all the investment in this "International Market", and then found the best actors, called the best industrial production team, arranged the best schedule and filming plan, and even watched the sample film with you in advance at the Blue House to determine the quality of the film... What else will happen after I finish these? Don't I let this go and spend a good New Year? According to the words of my predecessor, would I have to keep an eye on the box office curve all the time in the next month?!"
"Okay." The aunt spoke again. "This matter was caught off guard, and it's normal for Zhong Ming not to know. Zhong Ming, you should respect Secretary-General Jin. No matter how you say it is, you are your direct senior from Seoul."
Jin Zhongming laughed dryly, turned his head to look at Zheng Hucheng, which gave the aunt a face.
"This is how it is." Zheng Hucheng was able to speak again in embarrassment. "Actually, I'm also blamed for this matter..."
In this way, Zheng Hucheng said in detail, and the rest of the people were silent, while Jin Zhongming listened with his ears, and then he figured out the matter out.
It turned out that the cause of this incident was actually in "The Veteran".
By the way, "International Market" is a typical main theme movie that praises the two presidents of the Aunt and her father. For the main theme movie, there are only two requirements. One is to have absolute political correctness (of course, relative to the Aunt and the people around him), and the other is to have sufficient influence. There is no problem with political correctness, because it was said before that the Aunt personally took her confidants and her father's old ministers to inspect the goods at the Blue House, but about enough influence... Well, the specific performance characteristics are naturally the box office of the movie. Before and after "The Veterans" came out, these laymen actually had completely different understandings.
Before this, Zheng Hucheng and the chief economic secretary An Zhongfan of the fashion industry had some discussions with Kim Zhongming. The box office expectations they thought were acceptable at the time were undoubtedly about 10 million viewers, and if they exceeded 10 million, they should be worthy of the conscience of the world.
However, the emergence of "The Veteran" refreshed the perception of the box office of these laymen. What's even more terrifying is that when a group of people fall into political fanaticism, or when these political elites fall into an indescribable and subtle competitive atmosphere around the power center, sometimes their minds are not enough... So, these people start to put satellites at the aunt!
In this way, this movie has a sincere relationship and can definitely reach 10 million viewers at the box office!
That's about it immediately, it's more than 10 million. Considering the people's gratitude for the ruling power of the aunt and their nostalgia for President Xian Park, 12 million is also easy to get!
Of course, the third person jumped out immediately and said, are you all blind? This movie has both commercial and artistic characteristics, and is the second generation of the police fighting chaebol movie played by Kim Jong-ming... So, if we can exert our subjective initiative and mobilize the hidden influence of government agencies, we might be able to refresh the Korean movie box office list again! If not, I will pay for it privately!
This flattery, the aunt was naturally very happy. By the way, she handed over the glorious task of exerting her subjective initiative and implicit influence to these Blue House secretaries who are very powerful in playing...
Then, these secretaries didn't know if they really believed in their evil spirits, but they really started to work hard. A few days before the movie was released, they had been moving around to mobilize conservative political party members from all over the country to watch the movies, and called on the people of Zhongqingdao, who had the deepest foundation, and said that the people of Zhongqingdao owed two people a movie ticket...
Well, don't say that things have been done so much. After the movie was released, it really made "International Market" a good start! The box office on the first day actually surpassed "Veter" and directly broke the first-day movie record with a sensational figure of 800,000.
Now, the aunt was naturally very happy. Without Zheng Hucheng's words, Kim Jong-ming could imagine how harmonious and fanatical the atmosphere in the Blue House was at that time.
But, in a country with a population of only 50 million, how difficult is it to break the already limiting movie box office record? Those hundreds of thousands of political die-hards have a bad use in front of tens of millions of viewers?
So, without the description of Zheng Husung adding fuel to the fire, Kim Jong-ming could close his eyes and imagine the next movie box office development situation:
It is very likely that the next day, yesterday, the market showed a little abnormal fatigue. Although it was still very high, the box office curve must have been a bit downward. What is even more terrifying is that in the next week, which is the most important Spring Festival holiday week, the pre-order number that determines the box office trend of this movie should return to normal completely... It is even likely that due to the excessive force before, some of the irons that were originally part of the movie ticket store were removed, causing subsequent weakness.
To put it bluntly, "International Market" is an excellent movie after all, and it can even be said to be a phenomenal masterpiece in the main theme movie. However, it is still not a business masterpiece. The people of the Blue House are always just messing around.
"But...why...this is the harm?" Kim Jong-ming spread his hands in confusion after hearing this. "It's better to return to normal. After returning to normal box office, "International Market" is still a masterpiece."
"Cough." Jung Ho-sung coughed again in embarrassment. "Representative Kim, the problem is that President Park and the father and daughter of the first president have opposition in South Korea... They may seize the first day box office and the next box office pre-sale in the next Golden Week, and then make a big fuss, even attacking the reputation of the president and the first president."
Jin Zhongming was slightly stunned and had already reacted a little.
"I don't need to hide some things." At this moment, Lao Jin Qichun also spoke again. "In fact, after the box office of the movie on the first day, as the president's chief assistant staff, and with special respect for President Xian Park, I actually mobilized the right-wing cultural figures who support the government to actively demonstrate their strength... The original intention was to warn those ignorant left-wing cultural figures that the Korean government could not tolerate sand in the eyes of the Korean government..."
"Why didn't Secretary-General Jin stuff sand into his mind?" Hearing this, Kim Jong-ming suddenly realized and then cursed directly. "I also said that your mind is full of sand? Why did you fools do this well in your mind?! You said yourself, are you confused?!"
"You..." Old Jin Qichun's face turned red, and she couldn't even speak for a moment, as if she was so angry that she was overwhelmed by such a rare confrontation.
"Okay." Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, the aunt finally spoke again. "In fact, now, it's meaningless to hold the responsibility and other things accountable. Zhong Ming, I came to you because you are an expert in this field and have enough influence in the film and cultural circles."
Jin Zhongming was stunned again, and a bad premonition rose from the bottom of his heart.
"I don't care about anything else, and even my image doesn't matter," said the aunt sitting on the throne staring at the young man in front of her. "Only my father's reputation is more important than anything else. In other words, I don't want to see a great opportunity that should have allowed the Korean people to understand and respect my father. Instead, it has become an opportunity for the opposition to slander my father's reputation! Think about it, if it weren't for this factor, why would I care so much about a movie?!"
Now, Kim Jong-ming completely understood the relationship... After Aunt Park and her group of officials were working hard, they forced a great situation into a bad thing that gave people a handle, but they still depended on her after she was not doing anything?!
However, before joining the army, I really couldn't leave directly, right?
Could this be the legendary teammate? As soon as he thought of this, Jin Zhongming couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioning.
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