Chapter 374 [The eraser in my brain]
The TV series that Korean company invited Liang Kun to shoot is "Full House".
Liang Kun once said in an interview program that the Korean actress he wanted to partner most was Song Hye Kyo, and Song Hye Kyo was the heroine who had been decided long ago. This film has not started filming. One is that the script has been changed and the other is that other actors have not been confirmed.
This drama was originally intended to be a joint film between China and South Korea, but it was finally turned into Zheng Zhixun as the starring role. The first episode was filmed in the Magic City in China.
After watching Liang Kun's wonderful performance in "Sorry, I Love You", the producer decided to invite him to be the protagonist without audition. The popularity of young domestic stars is incomparable to him, and if Zheng Zhixun wants to compete with him, he will have to go to the whole story first.
The movie is a romantic film that I collaborated with Son Ye-jin, called "The Eraser in My Brain".
The reason why the film crew invited Liang Kun was not only because he had good acting skills, but also because he and Son Ye-jin had an affair. The photos they took during traveling had a strong CP feeling, and fans said that they looked so compatible and suitable for flash marriages. Their relationship was also very good, and they almost praised each other in interviews.
His shortcomings in filming are obvious. His pay is not as high as those in filming TV series. The director is an unknown guy. The plot is also a bit cliché. It is adapted from the Japanese TV series "Pure Soul". It mainly tells the touching story of the heroine who has been guarding her husband after she suffered from Alzheimer's disease and suffered from amnesia.
The company's people didn't give Liang Kun the advice and asked him to choose. He had never made a movie before, but he received an invitation from South Korea. This is really weird. If you take it, it would be a good gimmick.
If you are an ordinary new actor, you will take on foreign movies in the second drama, and it will be difficult to succeed if you take a big step. However, Liang Kun has never failed and his acting skills are obvious to all. Some common sense is not suitable for him.
Liang Kun made a decision without thinking much. "I choose a movie."
Liu Dehua asked with a smile: "Don't you want to work with Song Hye Kyo?"
Liang Kun smiled and said, "I was just talking casually at the time. Moreover, the period of filming Korean dramas is relatively long. I have to live in South Korea for two months, and the promotion time will be longer. The movie will definitely be faster. I will just follow it to promote it when it is released."
Liu Dehua nodded. "If you want to go to Hollywood in the future, you must make movies. Let's try it first. Will your Korean language pass?"
"The words I wrote were a little short, and there was no problem with communication." Liang Kun actually wrote it well, and when he contacted Son Ye-jin online, he used Korean.
Liang Kun asked Gong Wei to negotiate with the Korean people, and the pay should be improved as much as possible. The shooting time must be arranged better and should not affect his final exam. The time he took leave this year was similar to last year, so he basically did not go to class anymore.
Liang Kun did not immediately refuse "Full House". Some people competed to raise prices better, and he had already PASS the TV series in his heart.
The person in charge of "Full House" saw that Liang Kun's attitude was lukewarm and hoped that Song Hye Kyo could invite Liang Kun, or publicly comment on Liang Kun and say a few good things.
However, Song Hye Kyo has been in a bad mood recently, and he has focused on his personal feelings and has not considered filming TV series at all. This disappointed the person in charge, and he felt that there was little hope of inviting Liang Kun to film.
Since Lee Byung-hun and Song Hye Kyo began dating, they have been called South Korea's number one lover by movie fans and audiences, and their relationship is also considered "Love of the Century". However, this "Love of the Century" almost ended without lasting for a year.
This is also an important reason why Liang Kun is unwilling to take on "Full House". The time is wrong. The parallel world film was filmed in July this year. If it was filmed in the original time, it would have conflicts with the Athens Olympics.
If Liang Kun joins the crew and starts filming in advance, Song Hye Kyo has not broken up completely with Lee Byung-hun, and the quarrels are not very pleasant. It is said that she has insomnia and dark circles, so whether she can act well is also a question.
In addition, Liang Kun wanted to act in this drama back then because he knew that "Full House" became popular in Asia. Now he has a TV series "Sorry I Love You" that is popular in Asia. Filming "Full House" will only consolidate his popularity.
So what if he proves that he is the king of TV series ratings? He is still a newcomer when he switches to the big screen.
"Full House" is an idol drama. The male protagonist Lee Young-jae is cute and showing off his figure. Liang Kun thinks this is not challenging and meaningless to him. He has to stay in South Korea for two months.
Liang Kun did not agree immediately, and the director of the movie, Li Zaihan, ran to Yanjing in person and asked to meet him, intending to lobby him personally.
Lee Jaehan believes that if he can't seize this opportunity, there will be no hope and he must succeed. His last movie was "Deep Wounds" filmed in 1999. After the movie failed, he didn't get the opportunity to direct the movie again until this year. He has only filmed MVs in recent years.
The meeting place between the two parties was in the reception room of Yingyi Entertainment Company. As soon as Liang Kun and Li Zaihan met, they saw the red mission on his head and the orange mission.
Red Mission: "Li Zaihan wants to make a love film that has won wide praise and is popular all over Asia, and achieve box office success and prove his strength. He participated in the filming of this love film that was not favored when he was launched, and became famous all over Asia to complete the task."
Orange Mission: "Li Zaihan believes that it is easier for China-Korea co-production to get high box office and increase the attention of the movie. He agreed to his request and joined the crew of "The Eraser in My Brain" as the male lead to complete the task."
The contents of the two tasks are related. The red task must be achieved to complete it. Orange is simpler. Liang Kun only needs to be willing to play the male lead. It doesn’t matter if he makes a bad movie.
Lee Jae-han and Liang Kun chatted for a while and were very surprised. Liang Kun said it very well in Korean, and his voice was full of magnetic, and there was no need for post-dubbing. If he joined, he could attract many people by relying on his voice alone. His temperament is special, and his acting is very natural, and he will not give people the feeling of pretending to be B.
Some actors have good voices, but they are too deep and like to speak with their throats, which will make people feel very pretending. There are many such actors in Korean dramas, which are particularly fake.
Song Seung-heon is such an actor. His acting skills are still at the level of "Blue Life and Death Love" for many years, and he has not made any progress. He is only suitable for playing characters who need appearance. He relies on posing to attract traffic, and he always gets out of the show, and he is a little too hard. He frowned and recites lines with tears in his eyes. For him, he is considered to be a performer.
The film crew had thought about asking Song Seung-heon to play this role before, but fortunately because he had just partnered with Son Ye-jin, it was easy for the audience to get out of the show, so he gave up this idea.
If Song Seung-heon played the male lead... Lee Jae-han even starved to death and jumped from the 63 Building, he would not have worked with such an actor. Although he was "very good" when he filmed "The Third Category of Love", he really thinks so now.
Their chat mainly revolves around the plot of the drama and the pay issue. The company has given a limit. Liang Kun wants to go to South Korea to film, and as a newcomer, it is impossible to surpass the first-line actors in South Korea. The pay is too low, Liang Kun will definitely not look down on it, which is not easy to get a discount.
Although he is very famous, he has never made a movie before. Lee Jae-han is really afraid that he would give up the opportunity to film in South Korea because he is dissatisfied with his salary. It is indeed easier for the Chinese entertainment industry to make money.
Fortunately, the heroine is Son Ye-jin, who can play friendship cards and also talk about the quality of this movie.
"It will definitely become popular when making this movie, and it will definitely take your career to a higher level."
"This movie is for art."
Li Zaihan himself didn't believe these reasons. He lacked confidence. The movie investment is expected to exceed 5 billion won, so it would be great if he could recover the cost and not lose money. Only when Liang Kun joined can he have the confidence to make money.
Liang Kun joins, and the film markets in China and Japan can have some box office.
Son Ye-jin's current fame is at most supported by fans in Korea. Her previous TV series "Summer Scent" has not had high ratings. Son Ye-jin won the 39th Korea Baeksang Art Awards and the 40th Korean Film Dazhong Awards for "If Love Is the Will", but she is just a newcomer.
Gong Wei and Li Zaihan chatted for a while and asked him to quote the highest price given by the company.
The highest pay is 350 million won, which sounds quite intimidating, but in fact it only costs more than 2 million yuan to convert it into RMB. Chou Jielun, who has no acting skills, pays as much as HK$4 million for starring in "Initial D", which is too low for Liang Kun.
Liang Kun didn't feel that he was insulted. This is the market for the Korean entertainment industry. He chatted with Son Ye-jin, Lee Jung-hyun and others while traveling on Palawan Island. He knew that he had only been in the industry for two years and his net worth was a big hit.
Why are they all willing to develop in China and open up the Chinese market? It is because it is too difficult to make money in the Korean entertainment industry. The salary for being an actor is not high, and part of it is even divided into economic companies.
By 2019, Son Ye-jin was already the number one sister. The salary for each episode of "Crash Landing of Love" was 100 million won. The salary for 16 episodes was converted into less than 10 million yuan, which was not as good as a group of young and handsome actors in China.
Jang Nara said on a variety show that China is easy to make money, which is really a big truth. Korean actors are too difficult. Qiu Ja-hyun married to China and settled here and was reluctant to go back. Liang Kun suspected that if Liu Zhen could become famous here and would not want to return to South Korea to develop, the treatment would be much different.
Lee Jaehan explained the situation in South Korea a little awkwardly.
After hearing the introduction, Liang Kun smiled and said, "I agree, sign the contract."
"Ah? You agreed...thank you! Thank you so much!"
As long as Liang Kun is willing to take on this drama, Li Zaihan is willing to kneel down and hug him. Although he is 11 years older than Liang Kun, Brother Kun is simply a father.
"Although I really don't have money to make, I want to work with Son Ye-jin, so I am willing to accept this kind of friendship price. As long as we work together, this movie will definitely become popular."
The key is that Liang Kun can complete a red mission when taking on this drama.
In parallel worlds, movies are not only a big box office hit in South Korea, but also have a box office of 3 billion yen in Japan, creating a box office record of Korean movies in Japan.
Chapter completed!