Rebirth of the Director in Korea

In South Korea, the comic industry has experienced long-term development and has become a complete industrial chain. From comic creation to copyright IP operation, it can be said that the comic industry It’s a fairly mature industry, just like this year’s Water-Wood Drama’s ratings champion “Princess Hours” is adapted from Park So-hee’s comic “Princess Hours”, and as more and more film and television production companies turn their attention to this In the industry, the price of comic adaptation rights has also been rising. The price of until now is even higher for popular comics adapted by fans.

Early, Jung Hyuk-jae set his sights on the big cake of the comics industry. Taking advantage of the immaturity of the industry chain and the downturn of the comics market, he bought it at a very low price. The right to adapt a batch of comics, movies and TV series, holding so many comic adaptation rights, even if there is no plan to make a new movie recently, it is a guarantee of appreciation, and large and small film and television production companies are seeing the TV series “Princess” After the ratings of “Hours”, they have turned their attention to this industry that has been neglected before.

“Xu Teacher, why did you come here today?”

When someone knocked on the door of his office and saw someone coming, Jung Hyuk-jae immediately stood up to greet him Sunbae, thin and thin frame, although a little thin, but in good spirits, wearing a gray peaked cap on his head, the hair exposed outside the brim of the hat is already gray, and a small pair of nose is placed on the nose. With round-frame glasses, his eyes are already piercing. When he saw Jung Hyuk-jae, the old man’s face showed a smile of relief, and his chin was raised high.

Hoo Youngwan walked into the office, watched Jung Hyuk-jae’s behavior, waved his hand and said, “It’s okay, don’t help me!” He said while taking steady steps Walking to Jung Hyuk-jae’s side, his assistant was closely behind him.

Who is Xu Yingwan?

He is hailed as a South Korea national treasure cartoonist. His works are not only popular, but also highly artistic. His masterpiece “Diner” won the South Korea Comic Award, Bucheon International Comic Award, and South Korea Koba Wu Comic Award.

Xu Yingwan’s work is by no means only acclaimed in the comics industry, it is also a favorite of readers. As soon as his work is released, it will immediately start a new round of “Xu” in South Korea. Yingwan whirlwind”. His “Bridal Mask” is known as “South Korea version of “Zorro”. “The Diner” and “The Rich Man’s Story” all made “South Korea paper expensive” as soon as the book was published. “Phase”, a set of graphic novels about physiognomy knowledge, has set a stunning sales of 1 million copies.

“I heard that you are going to make a movie with “Lao Qian”?” Xu Yingwan, who had arrived at the news, immediately asked when he saw Jung Hyuk-jae’s first sentence.

“Lao Qian” is a comic of the same name created by Xu Yingwan. As a criminal comic, it won a lot of praise in the industry as soon as it was created. It can be called a national comic.

For Xu Yingwan, every comic is equivalent to his child. Although the film adaptation copyright of the comic has already been sold, how is the film adaptation and the script written? Has the desired effect been achieved? Is the choice of actors in line with the original comics? These all are the concerns of the old man, so after hearing the news that Jung Hyuk-jae is planning to shoot a movie, the old man couldn’t let go of it. With the help of his assistant, he rushed over directly.

Jung Hyuk-jae poured two glasses of water from the water dispenser and placed them in front of Xu Yingwan and his assistant. The assistant hurriedly smiled and thanked him when he saw Jung Hyuk-jae’s actions.

“Yes, I plan to set up Production Crew soon. The following is the selection of the main actors.” Jung Hyuk-jae sat opposite Xu Yingwan, folded his hands and explained.

“How is the script written?” Xu Yingwan soon raised his first concern.

If it is said that the flesh and blood of movies and TV shows is the finished film, then the skeleton of movies and TV shows is definitely the script. If a movie wants to get a high box office and attract audiences to the cinema, the role of the script is indispensable. The quality of a movie is definitely the most important part of the script.

Speaking of the script, Jung Hyuk-jae nodded, since he started planning for his first film very early, the script must be prepared in advance, “Teacher, please wait a minute Just a moment.” After speaking, Jung Hyuk-jae got up and walked to the side of the desk, and then brought a script with a thick white cover. The script was not too fancy. The white cover was only written with a stylus.’ The word “Laoqian” is followed by a line of small characters “Jung Hyuk-jae-completed on July 12, 2005”.

Hoo Youngwan took the script from Jung Hyuk-jae. When he saw the time on the line of small letters on the cover, he couldn’t help but stay on Jung Hyuk-jae for a few more seconds. , I couldn’t hide the doubts in my heart and asked aloud, “The script was written last year?”

“Well, after I wrote it at that time, I felt that if I wanted to direct your work at the time, or I’m lacking something, don’t you learn while filming a TV series, do you plan to start filming this year?”

Jung Hyuk-jae explained, attracting a side of Assistant Xu Yingwan’s side, looking towards Jung Hyuk-jae’s gaze is like looking at a “weird”.

On the contrary, Xu Youngwan showed a smile of relief after hearing Jung Hyuk-jae’s words. Nowadays, there are not many down-to-earth youngsters like Jung Hyuk-jae.

“Look at the script and immerse yourself in your old eyes.” Jung Hyuk-jae said with a smile.

After hearing Jung Hyuk-jae’s words, Xu Yingwan smiled and turned to the first page of the script, lifted his glasses a little and looked attentively.

The manga of “Lao Qian” is a good manga, and it is also a national manga in South Korea. It belongs to the kind that audiences are familiar with. The manga “Lao Qian” has been 4 consecutive since July 1997. It was serialized in “Sports Joseon” and gained a high popularity. A total of 4 comics “Lao Qian” has been viewed on the homepage of “Sports Joseon” for an average of 1 million times.

The manga “Lao Qian” has brought great changes to the comic market in South Korea, so it is as it should be by rights that has attracted a lot of attention. In fact, its popularity is to a large extent Also because of the story itself. Lao Qian’s subject matter itself is very interesting, very attractive, and is a subject that people have long recognized. However, although the comics are very good, the background of the original comics was set in 1960. The sixties are too long for the 21st century now.

If it is directly adapted and filmed according to the original comics, there is also a sense of alienation for the audience. After all, most of the people who choose to enter the cinema now are youngsters. The time span is too long for the audience. It’s not so friendly, so in the adaptation of the script, Jung Hyuk-jae chose to retain the main storyline of the original, and then set the background of the film in the 1990s, while also adding a lot of contemporary features. The content, compared with the original, the adapted film reduces the number of characters in the scene and plays down part of the plot. The background of the story is also transplanted from the 1960s to the 1990s. The modernity is integrated and strengthened, and the film will be more visible in the future. .

Many audiences like to watch movies with thousands of themes, because the gambling expert’s calm psychology in the decisive battle and the dazzling skills in the hands give the audience a sense of tension and oppression, gorgeous suffocation . Gambling movies have not always been the mainstream theme of South Korea movies, and most of the elements are copied from old Hongkong gambling movies. The work “Lao Qian” is not exempt from vulgarity. The story is based on people who are used to watching Hongkong movies. Nothing new. But sometimes, the more vulgar a movie is, the more people will pay attention to it, but it must be vulgar enough.

Jung Hyuk-jae has never pursued new ideas, because new ideas are not so important to a movie. New ideas also mean taking risks. What a movie fears most is the risk in the film. It is the biggest hidden danger for the future box office. Although there are many types and types of Hollywood movies, as long as you watch a lot, you can find some ways from Hollywood movies. Although the plot content of various movies is different, the structure and narration are the same. A nobody saves Earth or something should not be too common!

Can it be said that there is nothing new in Hollywood?

When changing the Screenwriter script, Jung Hyuk-jae put the focus of the script on the protagonist Gone’s desire in the play, revealing the true face of human nature. At the gaming table, interests come first. If there is no money at the gambling table, there is no friendship. Morality and friendship do not exist in the gambling world. Here, only the vital interests are the first. Even if you betray friends or even family, you will not hesitate. Everywhere is full of human instincts to gamble. As the subject matter, the desire of the people who came to Dissection could not be more appropriate. Although the story is not contemporary, the humanity displayed is advancing with the times. The film shows the deep darkness behind the beautiful scenery of the casino.

On a small card, people’s desire, temptation, jealousy, betrayal, hatred, greed are condensed…

Xu Yingwan read the script in front of him very slowly, It took him almost two hours to read the entire script and waited for the last page to be turned. Xu Yingwan then lifts the head, took off his glasses, wiped it, and rubbed it. Some faint eyes, after all, are older, and if you concentrate a little bit, your eyes will always have ghosting, not to mention the script that has been read for so long.

“Okay! Very good!”

Xu Yingwan spoke with two extremely high evaluations, and saw that he stretched out his finger and clicked on the script in front of him. I am very pleased that nodded, “This is the best Screenwriter I have ever seen!”

Hearing the comment from the original author of the comic, Jung Hyuk-jae also showed a smile on his face, and the script can be obtained. Xu Yingwan’s approval, then naturally the audience will buy it too. When the time comes, the movie only needs to be shot, and the box office definitely doesn’t need to worry about anything.

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“Jung Hyuk-jae is going to make a movie!”

This is a topic most discussed by netizens recently, especially the TV series directed by Jung Hyuk-jae. Audiences, they have very special feelings for Jung Hyuk-jae. They like a director because of the TV series. It’s not that strange that things happen in reality, right?

Although many fans on the Internet are chanting something like “Let Jung Hyuk-jae come back to the TV series”, but now it seems that Jung Hyuk-jae intends to throw the TV series aside , Especially when the movie he was about to shoot was exposed, not only on the Internet, but even the entertainment industry was shocked by his news!

He actually wanted to make “Lao Qian”? I heard it right?

Yes, this is the first reaction of big and small entertainers in the entertainment industry!

As a comic, “Lao Qian” was once a masterpiece in the minds of many people. Even when the comics came out at that time, South Korea reached the point of’Luoyang paper expensive’ for a while, and it was enough to watch. How popular is “Lao Qian” among the audience. The work “Lao Qian” actually had the idea of ​​making a TV series or a movie back then. With the increasing popularity of comics, the desire to make it into a movie has also become more and more popular. However, because of some other reasons, All these plans were abandoned without exception, and then with the ebbing of time and passing, this cartoon that once brought people wonderful and moving disappeared from the audience’s sight.

Is “Lao Qian” going to make a movie?

Many people are surprised, but the big and small entertainers in the entertainment circle feel that an opportunity has come!

The output of domestically produced movies in South Korea is not small every year, but even if there are more movies, can there be more artists in the entertainment industry? Therefore, until now movie circles have always been scenes where there are too many monks and porridge. Many actors want to post on the film by themselves, but they have not found the right opportunity. Because of the appearance of Jung Hyuk-jae, many young artists seem to see a glimmer of light. The big production can’t keep up with it. The work of a new director like Jung Hyuk-jae should always be selected, right?

“What? Jung Hyuk-jae is going to direct “Lao Qian”? I heard it right? Is he going to destroy “Lao Qian” before it is finished!” Netizens on the Internet are not without worry.

“Yes, now who wants to make a movie to make quick money, but where is the movie so good, the box office difference does not matter, I am afraid that he will ruin the work of “Lao Qian” , Just take a picture of the kind of TV series that girls like at a young age. It’s okay to make a movie.”

“I don’t like this movie…”

“lou Go +1!”

With more and more news coming, there are more and more doubts about Jung Hyuk-jae on the Internet. Who made the voice of “Lao Qian” filming the movie? It’s already very tall! Nowadays, I have to choose Jung Hyuk-jae as a young man to direct the filming. Many people think that Xu Yingwan is crazy to sell money.

These Jung Hyuk-jae on the Internet Xiran didn’t have time to pay attention to it, because with the establishment of Production crew, the work of casting has also started……