The snow of 2004 did not come too late. The first snow had already fallen over Seoul at the end of October, making this city near the 38th parallel no different from the other side and the three eastern provinces north of the Yalu River. This was the case for winter in Seoul. At this time, it should be at least next year before the official name change. Although most of the media and people already knew that this shameful capital name was about to become history, they were going to start a new history, a new capital, Seoul!
However, all of this had nothing to do with foreigners. It didn't matter if it was Seoul or not. They only knew that this was South Korea. Cough, cough, the capital of Han. Tian Xingjian was standing in front of a cinema in the center of Seoul, leaning against the wall not far from the ticket office. Even though he was indoors, he still wore a big leather hat, and the earmuffs on both sides were down. If he was in the three northeastern provinces at this time, he would be no different from others. He was wearing a thick down jacket and a leather earcap with northeastern characteristics. Even though he was wearing leather gloves, his hands were still in his pockets. His legs were shaking non-stop. People who didn't know better would think that this kid couldn't find the toilet because he needed to pee. They didn't know if his feet were really cold or he really needed to pee.
He didn't care about the strange gazes of the couples who kept walking past him. He was still quietly looking at the pairs of legs wrapped in trousers. Women, no matter how cold the weather was, would not forget to dress themselves up. Tian Xingjian swore on his life that most of these women were wearing a pair of trousers, even those who were out of shape.
"Hey! What are you looking at, brat?" With a loud shout and a heavy blow to the back of his head, Tian Xingjian helplessly rolled his eyes and slowly turned around to look at the girl behind him. Every now and then, the men who passed by would snicker while the girls would look at her excitedly.
At this moment, ten thousand alpacas ran through Tian Xingjian's heart. He hated Guo Zairong. That's right, this bastard was the culprit who started the world of women's rights in Han. He hated Jeon Jihyun, the forerunner of women's rights. He also hated Cha Taehyun, what kind of playboy was this cowardly man? My Savage Girlfriend had caused the entire Han country to boil over in the summer. The celebrity effect was completely reflected in Han country, and all the girls began to imitate it. Only then did they feel that girls should live like this.
"Why are you so late? I've been waiting for more than half an hour!”Tian Xingjian only thought about it in his heart. Who asked him to be an admirer? Women, after all, would be coaxed before they laid hands on him. When they laid hands on him, it would still be the Han country's tradition. Women should be honest and follow their husbands.
"None of your business. Where are the tickets?" The girl raised her chin and said proudly. Sorry for being late. This concept did not exist in her mind at all. This was what she should do, okay?
"Yes!" Tian Xingjian didn't bother with these arguments. He rummaged through his pockets for a long time and handed two movie tickets to the girl in front of him.
"Didn't you buy popcorn and drinks?" The girl took the movie tickets and put them in her pocket without looking at them. As she spoke, she took advantage of the opportunity to hold Tian Xingjian's arm, just like any other couple.
"I'm just afraid that the drink will get cold. Go buy it now. What do you want to drink?”Tian Xingjian shrunk his neck and said. He really couldn't stand this kind of weather. Even though he had lived in Seoul for three years, this kind of cold weather was far less comfortable than California, and it was not as refreshing and pleasant as Singapore.
Sitting in the cinema, Tian Xingjian and Jin Yunxi sat together and watched the movie. However, Jin Yunxi was the one talking and Tian Xingjian was the one listening. Most of the comments were criticism of the movie, without any positive comments. It was as if the movie was as bad as it could be, especially the appearance of the characters. It did not highlight it at all. This was a movie, okay? If the actors did not have acting skills, then they should highlight their personality through their appearance.
"Is this the movie you filmed? It's so bad!”Kim Yoonhee pursed her lips and said to Tian Xingjian, who was focused on eating the popcorn at the bottom of the bucket.
"I'm a writer, okay? I want to film it. See if those old guys are willing to move their asses and let me take over.”Tian Xingjian calmly muttered. In the film industry, the status of screenwriters was very low. Even in Han and Japan, where screenwriters had a higher status, they were not valued much.
The screenwriters in Japan were different from those in Han. The main reason for this was because of the anime industry, which raised the status of the screenwriter, or the original creator. Most movies were adapted from comics. However, in Han, due to some abnormal understanding, screenwriters were called writers here. Writers were generally regarded as highly educated people in Han. People with knowledge would be respected, so writers and screenwriters had a relatively high status in Han.
"Alright, this movie is actually quite good. Will you win an award this year?”Kim Yoonhee also felt that it was inappropriate to attack her boyfriend like this, so she was ready to encourage him.
"What does winning the award have to do with me? I just hope that this movie will have a breakthrough in the box office.”Tian Xingjian was also depressed. He didn't know if this movie would be able to make up for his losses. If he could get that website as soon as he arrived in Han, he wouldn't even think about bringing out this year's hottest movie, My Savage Girlfriend, first. Perhaps he could shoot it a year or two earlier.
"Useless!" Kim Yoonhee pouted as she grabbed the popcorn from Tian Xingjian's hand and started eating. Although she said that, she still felt that her boyfriend was very powerful. She heard that this guy came to Han in 2001 and stayed here for three years. This year, two of his works were made into movies. Of course, this was only the evaluation of the industry. No one paid attention to the comments about Tian Xingjian.
"Let's go. I'll treat you to supper!" Tian Xingjian quietly looked at his watch and said to Jin Yunxi.
"Forget it, I'm not eating. It's too late. Send me home!”Kim Yoonhee stood at the entrance of the cinema and looked at her watch. She noticed that it was almost 2 am and shook her head.
"Uh, alright!" Tian Xingjian's mouth twitched as he cursed the women of Han Country in his heart. If this was in America, they would have agreed to it after flirting for a month. Perhaps they would have gone straight to a hotel after their first meal.
Although he didn't succeed this time, Tian Xingjian wasn't an ungentlemanly man. He followed Jin Yunxi into a taxi and rushed to the West Gate District of Jiangbei, where Jin Yunxi's house was located.
"Be careful on the road!" Tian Xingjian's mouth twitched slightly when he heard Jin Yunxi's farewell after she got off the car, but he still smiled as he watched the woman walk into her house.
" Master, let's go to Xinmin Cave in Dongdaemun District." Tian Xingjian took out his phone speechlessly and looked at it. If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have pretended. He would have just found a cinema in Jiangbei and finished watching it. He had to go to Jiangnan to watch a lousy movie. The fare back made Tian Xingjian's heart ache.
" Haha, you're not bad, young man. Don't be discouraged. Girls nowadays are already generous enough to watch a movie with you so late at night. In our era…"
Tian Xingjian could only laugh when he heard the driver's words. He didn't respond much. It was just a girl. This failure didn't mean that he would fail again. Besides, he wouldn't hang himself on this girl's crooked neck tree. He could just find another one later. With his status in the industry, it would be easy to find a few girls.
Three months passed in a flash. It was already after the Spring Festival of 2005. Tian Xingjian once again came out of the Han airport with his luggage. He didn't celebrate the Spring Festival in Singapore. On the contrary, it was a little noisy. All the aunts gathered together. Chinese families were like this. Of course, it was a little exaggerated. In fact, there was only one uncle's family at home. Including his family, there were two families. However, the American uncle's family had more members. Tian Xingjian had a lot of brothers and sisters, and even Tian Xingjian was an uncle.
Although Tian Xingjian had returned to Seoul, no, it was now called Seoul. In January of this year, Han had officially renamed the capital to Seoul. Tian Xingjian didn't have any friends to pick him up. He quietly followed the crowd out of the airport and waited in a daze for the bus to return to his residence.
However, before that, he had to report to CJ Entertainment. There was no need for him to return to Mirovision because he had been successfully poached by CJ Entertainment this year. Of course, this was what Tian Xingjian said. He was just going with the entire team. As one of the members, he was just a passing member. His salary was increased by 2 million won, but his position was still the on-the-job scriptwriter and assistant director.
"Damn it, I've lost so much!" After returning home from his new company, Tian Xingjian looked at the bank card in his hand and said angrily while staring at the image on his laptop. The two movies,'Hitchhiker' and 'Pursuit of the Hidden Voice', cost him 200,000 USD, but now he only made a pitiful 5,000,000 Korean won. What kind of concept was this? It was 5000 USD, 30,000 RMB, and the script he bought from the website cost him 200,000 USD.
" Didn't you say you'd get a score of 6.3? Savage Girlfriend only got a f * cking 6!'Tian Xingjian wished he could smash the laptop in front of him into pieces. Who gave this rating? In fact, these two movies were the few movies that didn't lose money last year. Although the investment was small and the profit was small, it wasn't unusual that they didn't lose money. In 2004, there were only a few dozen movies that didn't lose money after being released in Han. Although the two movies written by Tian Xingjian didn't lose money, they weren't among them. For no other reason, they weren't famous enough to be ranked in the media's eyes, but they were very important in the industry. This was also an important reason why Tian Xingjian's film team could be poached by CJ.
"Are you buying or not?" Tian Xingjian was a little hesitant when he clicked on the website again. The 200,000 USD was the pocket money he had saved up over the years. His family wasn't very rich, but they were still considered wealthy. The 200,000 USD was a deal between him and his family. In order to support his movie journey, his family decided to sponsor him with 150,000 USD. The rest was naturally Tian Xingjian's old capital.
Tian Xingjian was now very hesitant. This website appeared very strange. In his words, it was fortunate that there was no infinitely terrifying dialog box that popped up. Otherwise, he really wouldn't have dared to click on it. After clicking on it, Tian Xingjian was sure that this website was definitely a golden finger given by God to him to come to this parallel world. It was just that downloading movies from this movie website was a little expensive. If the rating was below 6.5 and above 6, it would cost 100,000 US dollars. It also came with a script. If you wanted to add other things, such as soundtracks, editing, and theme songs, you would have to pay extra.
Although these two movies had the 'unique attribute' after they were downloaded, which made Tian Xingjian very happy, it was still a loss. He didn't earn any money, nor did he earn any popularity. He wanted to use this opportunity to climb to the position of director, but he didn't succeed.
"Damn it, it's fine if you say American scripts are expensive, but why are Chinese scripts so expensive? Could it be because of those fifth-generation directors? The Chinese movie scripts were almost as good as Hollywood's.”Tian Xingjian muttered gloomily as he browsed through the web and searched for all kinds of future movies.
"Even if I have to be f * cking reborn, I will be reborn to my original world, okay? What's with this parallel world of yours? I can't even buy a football!”Tian Xingjian angrily closed his laptop and lay on the floor, thinking about how to achieve the initial primitive accumulation.
When he was 15 years old, he realized that the world was playing with him. Bagio did not miss the penalty kick in the United States that year. Instead, he became a god and led Italy to win the World Cup. Last year, yes, it was last year. There was no Greek myth that won the European Championship. Those Portugal bastards actually won the European Championship in their own country. Tian Xingjian no longer thought about what football would be like in the future. He could only curse in his heart that the football was f * cking round.
Did he really have to climb up step by step? Ten years as a script supervisor, eight years as a lighting technician, five years as a cameraman, and three years as an assistant director to be able to sit in the most dazzling position in that production team?
Tian Xingjian didn't want to take such a path as a director. He had the world's largest bugged website, but he still followed the default rules of the industry and slowly walked down this path? By the time he really took the director's position, it would be too late. Would his work still be useful? How was he going to sleep with those female celebrities? At that age, he probably wouldn't have any more tricks up his sleeve.
Tian Xingjian, who was thinking about how to make his first pot of gold, suddenly heard the ringing of the phone. He got up again and took the phone from the table. It turned out to be his head calling him.”
"Xingjian, do you know English and Chinese?”Shen Lie's voice sounded from the phone.
"Yes, is there a problem?" After all, Tian Xingjian had lived in Han Country for three years. Although he was not very fluent in honorifics and common language, he still had no problem communicating.
"Then hurry over to the company now. We've accepted a case in Hong Kong. It's up to you whether we can take it down this time!”Shen Lie's anxious voice came from the phone.
"Okay, Brother Shen Lie, I'll rush over now.”Although Tian Xingjian didn't understand what was going on at the company, he still hurriedly put on his coat after hanging up the phone. Becoming a director was something in the future. The most important thing now was to work for the company to fill his stomach.
Tian Xingjian, who had been in Han for three years, knew how stingy Han men were. Although the phone call was urgent, he did not take a taxi directly. Instead, he chose the subway. Shen Lie was famous for being stingy. He did not expect that old man to reimburse his fare, even if it was considered overtime.
Tian Xingjian leisurely smoked a cigarette at the entrance of the company. Then he hurriedly rushed through the company's parking lot and into the building. He stood in the elevator with a lot of sweat rolling down his face. As for whether it was the mineral water bottle he had just thrown away or real sweat, no one would notice it in the dark.
When Tian Xingjian rushed into their office with a sweaty forehead, he found that he was the last one to arrive. The others had already arrived. It seemed that they had really received a big case this time. After greeting Shen Lie, he grabbed the cup and started to drink.”
"The company has just sent a document to dozens of our teams, saying that there's a big collaboration with Hong Kong. This time, it doesn't depend on qualifications but ability. Whoever can get it will be able to film with the other party as a Korean.”Shen Lie said as he handed Tian Xingjian a document in English.
Tian Xingjian grew up in Singapore and later went to school in the United States. English was not a problem for him at all. It was the greatest achievement of his life. He took the document and read it quickly. However, the more he read, the stranger he felt. The document had nothing to do with movies. It was just some requirements or restrictions.
This was strange. CJ was a big company in Han. Not to mention the financial resources behind it, it was also famous in the world. Even the film company had made great achievements in the past few years. It was the same in Asia. What kind of big company would dare to ask CJ to do this?
"Kim Hee-Seon is from CJ?" Tian Xingjian finally understood what the movie was about. It was a Chinese and Korean collaboration, and it was a historical drama. When Tian Xingjian saw the Hong Kong Emperor Company, he already understood what the movie was about.
" Yes, she just signed it last year. This year, the company gave her a big contract." Shen Lie was too lazy to care about Tian Xingjian's disrespectful address of Jin Xishan.
"What do we need to do now? These are just some of the restrictions of the production team. In short, we have to cooperate with the Hong Kong side in all aspects. We only have the right to make suggestions and not the right to make decisions. To put it bluntly, Brother Shen Lie, we're just going to tour the mountains and rivers. Later, we'll just add a China-Korea cooperation. An assistant director here is useless.”After reading this internal document, Tian Xingjian naturally understood what was going on. Whether it was the Hong Kong side opening up the Han market, or the Han side preparing for future cooperation with the Hong Kong side, the Korean filming team was here to accompany the prince to study.
Well, to put it nicely, he was going to study!
"That's not important. What's important is that we have to get this seemingly useless mission. It's invaluable to us, do you understand?”Shen Lie winked at Tian Xingjian.
Tian Xingjian immediately understood that he was not here to translate this case. Shen Lie had already understood the meaning behind it." Brother Shen Lie, with Director Quan's temper, it's probably hard to say!”
After saying this, Tian Xingjian also felt a little guilty. After all, there was no such thing as a system in Han. It was taboo to comment on seniors. However, this was only for Shen Lie. Shen Lie was the head of their entire team. In the words of the industry, Shen Lie was similar to a producer. If he was in front of Director Quan Chengwu, he would never say this. With his high standards but low capabilities, it would be strange if he did not give him a big slap.
" Don't worry about that. Chengwu knows what's important. If he doesn't do his best when I've decided to promote him, there are plenty of directors. You're not bad. You're a graduate," Shen Lie said with a smile and patted Tian Xingjian's shoulder.
" I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare. I'm still a newcomer, but thank you, Brother Shen Lie. I'll go and prepare now." Tian Xingjian was not a scriptwriter in the team at first. He applied for the position as a graduate of the Southern California Film Academy. Being a scriptwriter was just a cameo. Of course, he had no outstanding achievements. If graduation films were counted, then he only had that kind of achievement.
"Go and do your work. Finish the planning. Our primary goal is to get the Korean filming mission first.”After Shen Lie finished speaking, he let Tian Xingjian go and settle his own matters.
Although Tian Xingjian was a little reluctant to work overtime tonight, he was absolutely excited to be able to join this big filming. If he couldn't make a name for himself in Han, it would be great if he could make a name for himself in Hong Kong. Although he didn't have a complete script, he could make it with the various movies in his mind. It would depend on whether he was given a chance.
" A myth? If only he could check the information!'Tian Xingjian, who was sitting in front of his desk, knew what kind of movie he was going to shoot after watching some actors. Naturally, it was an ancient drama co-produced by Chen Long and Jin Xishan. However, he did not dare to click on that bugged website now. After all, in the eyes of others, his website was an adult website. This was something he had tested. Moreover, Tian Xingjian even asked others to try to enter the website. When others operated it, it was a foreign adult website. He also watched it. Only when he entered the website address would it become that magical movie website.
As for purchasing the movie, Tian Xingjian had figured it out. He only needed to transfer the money to a few designated charity organizations in this world, and then he could download the movie and the accompanying script.
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