Millennium director

"Director Wu, we have invited some Japanese actors who work with the company and organized a welcome party for you in the evening."

Wei He smiled and introduced Wu Yuan: "The company's Japanese branch has cooperated with Japanese TV stations on several TV series."

"'Naoki Hansawa', 'Five to Nine', 'Unnatural Death' and 'Escape Is Shameful But Useful' have all been produced and broadcast."

"Not just in Japan, these four TV series have received very high views after being launched on other Asian sites of Guangying Kuaibo."

"Especially in Southeast Asia, Japanese dramas are still very influential and have a large number of fans."

"The domestic broadcast volume is also good, and "Five to Nine" has also triggered a wave of craze in the country."

"Our Japanese dramas have very limited influence in the Korean market. Koreans are more willing to watch their own Korean dramas. If they want to watch foreign film and television dramas, they mostly watch American and Hollywood works. In addition, they are more interested in watching their own Korean dramas." Other foreign works are very exclusive.”

"It's normal. South Korea has always been so xenophobic." Wu Yuan was not surprised.

When Koreans can really accept a large number of Japanese and Chinese film and television drama exports, then they will really see a ghost.

Compared with China, Japan is much better. At least Japan's animation cultural export is still very strong. Even South Korea cannot resist it. Anime such as "Dragon Ball", "One Piece", "Naruto" and "Detective Conan" also have the same influence in South Korea. Very high.

But in China, whether it is animation, TV series, or movies, it is difficult to export them in China. Even Wu Yuan and Zhang Guorong only have one or two movies that have received millions of viewers in South Korea.

As time went by, Wu Yuan also wanted to give up on the difficult nut to crack in the Korean market.

In addition to cooperating with production companies to produce some Korean dramas in South Korea, Wu Yuan has long stopped simply exporting Japanese dramas and Chinese dramas.

Even in movies, he now has an indifferent attitude.

Speaking of which, the collaboration on "Thieves" was quite good.

At that time, CJ Entertainment took the initiative and wanted to cooperate with Light and Shadow Times. At that time, their ambitions were very high. The film was aimed at the entire Asian market and was also co-produced with Hong Kong Island.

After Wu Yuan agreed to this cooperation, both parties contributed their own funds, and the film was soon approved for filming. Simon Yam still participated, but there were some changes in several other actors on the Huaxia team.

Julie, a female member of the Hong Kong Island thieves team, was changed from an unknown Hong Kong Island actress to Yang Mi.

This was also one of the resources the company promised her after she joined the company, an important role in the movie.

After "Thieves" was successfully completed, it was first released in South Korea in December 2012, half a year later than the original track.

Then the movie became a big hit, with a total of 12.983341 viewers, breaking the Korean box office record and becoming the box office champion in Korean film history for 13 years!

And it broke the record for the fastest movie to surpass 1 million viewers in 3 days, and then continued to break the record of "the fastest to reach X movie viewers" until it became the fastest movie to surpass 12 million viewers. dust.

Subsequently, the film was also released in other Asian countries. Although the box office results were average, it was still relatively influential, especially on Hong Kong Island.

In the end, "Thieves" earned a total box office of 87,129,910 US dollars worldwide, nearly 90 million.

Of course, this "global" is mainly the Asian market, and can even be narrowed down to the East Asian market.

However, the cost of this movie was less than 100 million yuan, so it was a huge profit no matter how you calculate it.

CJ is also very satisfied and is planning the second part.

A movie like "A League of Thieves" is similar to a series like 007. You can continue filming by changing the location and the treasure.

Or in other words, just like the theatrical version of "Detective Conan", it's okay to make one every year. Anyway, the world is so big, there is plenty of room for these thieves teams to play.

As long as it can sell at the box office and the audience can buy it, "Thieves" can definitely become a golden IP in CJ's hands.

Speaking of which, in South Korea, there are really very few IP movies that can be turned into series. It is not a year or two for Korean filmmakers to covet various series in Hollywood.

"Thieves Alliance" is an attempt, and it is a very bold attempt.

The production cost is 100 million yuan, which is really an ultra-high-cost blockbuster for a "small country" like South Korea. In order to incubate the IP, CJ spared no effort.

Fortunately, the final result is still good.

"That." Wei He's voice interrupted Wu Yuan's random thoughts.

"Director Wu, you will attend the welcome party tonight, right?" Wei He looked at Wu Yuan anxiously, fearing that he would say something like "I'm tired, forget it, let's stop doing it."

The subordinates were so enthusiastic, and Wu Yuan was really embarrassed to refuse. He just smiled and nodded and said: "I will participate."

"Thank you very much."

In the evening, in a banquet hall of the hotel where Wu Yuan was staying, a banquet held for Wu Yuan's arrival was going on.

Wu Yuan's arrival is a good reason.

Wei He, who usually had no excuses, invited all those who had cooperation with the Japanese branch of Light and Shadow Express, those who wanted to cooperate, as well as influential producers and capital agents in the industry.

The superficial reason is to welcome Wu Yuan, but actually I want to use this occasion to talk about some cooperation, so that we can communicate more and promote our relationship.

Like China, South Korea has a culture of drinking and drinking, and is accustomed to talking about business between social events.

Therefore, when Wu Yuan arrived at the banquet, what he saw was a group of urban elites in suits and ties, holding champagne in their hands, gathering in twos and threes and chatting enthusiastically.

But he, the protagonist, is not so conspicuous.

After all, Wu Yuan's main job is still the director. If he really wants to discuss cooperation with the company, Wei He will be in charge.

Now Wei He is very busy, surrounded by a bunch of people, all asking about Wu Yuan and whether Wu Yuan came to Japan this time with any high-quality projects to cooperate with the Japanese local film and television industry.

It's outrageous. Instead of asking Wu Yuan, the rightful owner, about this kind of thing, he had to ask Wei He instead.

But this is the unspoken rule of the workplace, and Wu Yuan is happy to be free.

Holding Liu Yifei's hand, he nodded to several guests who took the initiative to greet him, and at a glance he saw two girls who were also relatively leisurely on this occasion.

Satomi Ishihara and Yui Aragaki!

They are both actresses who collaborated with Guangying Kuaibo. They each starred in two of the four TV series produced by Guangying Kuaibo in Japan. They can be said to be the best partners.

And they are also one of the best TV drama actors in Japan.

Thinking of this, the director Wu Yuan could not help but feel a little happy. He put his arms around Liu Yifei and walked up to her. He took the initiative to say hello in English: "Hello, two beautiful actors."

"I have watched the TV series you acted in, and it was very good!" (End of Chapter)