Son Ye-jin and Zhao In-sung also participated in SBS's ace variety show "X-Man" together. Son Ye-jin and Lee Hyo-ri played a confrontation between colleagues in the show. Son Ye-jin KOed Lee Hyo-ri cleanly in the cockfighting competition.

This made the captain Jiang Hudong couldn't help but complain, "This is not the invincible Lee Hyori! Even if she is letting the game go, it doesn't have to be so obvious!"

Lee Hyori couldn't help but laugh at herself, "Son Ye-jin is the first love of Korean men. If I bump into her and ruin her makeup, I probably won't be able to leave the neighborhood tomorrow, right?"

Son Ye-jin couldn't help but cover her face, "Hyo Lee, don't say that!"

Yoo Jae-seok did not forget to tease Son Ye-jin, "In the play, two handsome guys, Cho Seung-woo and Jo In-sung, both like you silently. Doesn't this prove Ye-jin's charm?"

Kang Ho Dong asked Jo In Sung, "In Sung, you played Sang Min who secretly loves Song Joo Hee in the movie. Which do you think is happier, loving or being loved?"

Zhao Yincheng glanced at Son Yezhen and said, "Of course love makes you happier. When you love her and see her happy, it will also make you feel happy."

The audience in front of the TV noticed the look in Zhao Yincheng's eyes and couldn't help but ship the couple, "Did Zhao Yincheng fall in love with Son Yezhen in the play? His eyes are so affectionate and gentle!"

Sung Yuri felt that Zhao In-sung was really asking for trouble. Everyone knew that Son Ye-jin was Song Yi's new love, but you even dared to secretly express your affection for Son Ye-jin in "X-Man".

"Yejin, do you agree with Inseong's point of view?" Sung Yuri said.

Son Ye-jin said, "Love needs to be two-way to be meaningful. If it is only one-way love, then this kind of love will disappear with time and energy. For example, if Hodong confesses his love to Inseong, will Inseong feel happy?"

As soon as Son Ye-jin said this, the guests of "X-Man" burst into laughter. The Shinhwa group and Kim Jong-kook were laughing so hard that they fell down, and Lee Hyori, Yoon Eun-hye and Lee Ji-hyun were laughing even more.

Kang Ho-dong said "Ah!" and then confessed to Jo In-seong in a funny way, "In-seong, Salaheyo!"

Zhao Yincheng finally couldn't hold back, "Hodong's love really makes me feel burdened!"

Yoo Jae-seok did not forget to add, "It not only makes people feel burdened, but also a heavy love!"

Zhao Yincheng and Liu Zaishi made the other guests even more excited. When Son Yezhen smiled, she looked like a moon goddess, with a pair of big eyes shining and a sweet smile that melted the hearts of thousands of fans. The director also turned the camera to Son Yezhen at the right time, and the ratings of "X-Man" instantly reached the highest level of the period.

Yoo Jae-suk and Sung Yu-ri also breathed a sigh of relief, and Son Ye-jin cleverly responded to Zhao In-sung's love confession. She made it clear that one-sided affection is meaningless, and only two-way feelings can have results, and she politely rejected Zhao In-sung.

Yoo Jae-suk quite admires Zhao In-sung, who comes from a grassroots family, is dedicated to his work and is polite. He doesn't want Zhao In-sung's star journey to come to an abrupt end with "X-Man".

After all, the market value of ShinAsia Media Properties has surpassed CJ Entertainment, becoming the No. 1 entertainment media company in Korea, and Song Yi is the third richest man in Korea. Chen Jianxi and Gu Bonsheng, who ranked ahead of him, are 30 years older than Song Yi! Song Yi didn't watch this episode. A good employee of ShinAsia Agency cut out the clips of Zhao Yincheng and Son Yezhen in "X-Man" and sent them to Jin Xiyuan's email.

After watching the video, Jin Xiyuan said to Song Yi, "I found that some people just want to make the world chaotic. They seem to be expecting you to teach Zhao Yincheng a lesson and let him know that the actresses managed by Xinya are not the ones that male artists from other companies can dream of."

Song Yi didn't take this seriously. If a male artist in the Korean entertainment industry expressed affection for a female artist represented by Xinya, Song Yi would take action to ban him. That would be too cheap for him as the richest man in the entertainment industry.

As long as they don't harass the actresses in the same crew like Lee Byung-hun did, he won't interfere with normal filming cooperation. However, Lee Byung-hun probably won't have the chance to work with the actresses managed by Shin-Ah in his life.

Song Yi said to Jin Xiyuan, "'Dae Jang Geum' has already started filming. This is the company's major drama for next year, and it's Tae Hee's first time on the set. I have to pay attention to the presidential election during this period, so please help me keep an eye on the crew and don't cause any trouble."

The director of this version of "Dae Jang Geum" did not choose the original director Lee Byung-hoon, but the director of the movie "The Tale of Chunhyang" Im Kwon-taek. Im Kwon-taek is good at commercial movies such as costumes, wars, and martial arts.

Song Yi chose director Lim Kwon-taek because of Cho Seung-woo's recommendation. Cho Seung-woo had heard that New Asia Pictures would produce a costume drama.

Director Im Kwon-taek won the Best Director Award at the Cannes International Film Festival this year for his film "Painter of the Ancient Sword". After filming "Painter of the Ancient Sword", Im Kwon-taek rested at home. Cho Seung-woo recommended Im Kwon-taek to Song Yi because he knew Im Kwon-taek's profound skills in filming period commercial films.

New Asia Pictures will produce this TV series according to the specifications of movie production. For this purpose, New Asia Pictures spent nine months building an ancient city of Kaesong in Fuyang City, restoring the Kaesong Palace of the Joseon Dynasty one by one.

The capital of the Joseon Dynasty was originally located in Kaesong, the ancient capital of the Goryeo Dynasty, which is now Kaesong City in North Korea. The Kaesong Industrial Park project of Eshan Group is located in Kaesong City, next to the border demarcation line between North Korea and South Korea.

In 1394, Joseon Dynasty established its capital in Hanyang, which was renamed Hancheng the following year. In 1399, it was moved back to Kaesong, and then moved again to Hancheng in 1405. In the following 600 years, Hancheng grew from a population of 100,000 to the current international metropolis with a population of 10 million.

Song Yi initially considered building a film and television city in Kaesong, but considering the unpredictable diplomatic relations between North Korea and South Korea, he finally decided to build the Kaesong Ancient City Film and Television City in Fuyang City.

Shin Asia Pictures' predecessor was Shin Cine Communications, whose address is in Fuyang City. As a satellite city of Seoul, Fuyang City has many small and medium-sized film companies located there.

When Song Yi watched Korean costume TV dramas and historical movies in the past, he always felt that they were petty and far inferior to the CCTV versions of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin" and "Dream of Red Mansions".

Later, Song Yi noticed that Korean historical film and television dramas lacked a good shooting environment. For example, Hengdian Film and Television City has hundreds of Class A (movie-level) and Class B (TV series) studios, with more than 2,000 ancient, period, modern and contemporary film and television shooting scenes. Hengdian alone can outnumber all Korean film and television bases.

The main scenes of "Dae Jang Geum" are all set in the royal palace, so the first phase of the Kaesong Ancient City Film and Television City project first restored the appearance of the royal palace in the Korean capital.

The second phase of the project will restore the customs and culture of the entire royal capital of Kaifeng at that time, and the third phase of the project will build Asia’s largest water studio, covering an area of ​​more than 80,000 square meters.

The second phase of the project was for the filming of the historical film "The King and the Clown", and the third phase of the project was for the filming of "The Battle of Myeongryang".

In fact, "Dae Jang Geum" and "The King and the Clown" have similar historical backgrounds. "The King and the Clown" shows the court life under the rule of Yeonsangun, a tyrannical and capricious emperor in Korean history, through the ups and downs of the two artists in the palace.

In "Dae Jang Geum", the Gapzi War occurred in 1504. Yeonsangun ordered the arrest of all those who participated in the murder of her mother that year, and little Jang Geum was forced to separate from her parents.

A good movie director can make a good TV series, but an excellent TV director may not make a good movie. For example, the TV series "Dwelling Narrowness" directed by Teng Huatao is a classic. Although his values ​​are a bit distorted, the villain Song Siming is still very charming. However, "Puhai Fortress", directed by Teng Huatao later, was just a bomb.

Lee Joon-gi's "The King and the Clown" had over 12.3 million viewers, breaking the record for Korean moviegoers. The film also won the highest award at the 42nd Baeksang Arts Awards and seven awards at the 43rd Grand Bell Awards for Best Film.

It was precisely because Song Yi considered that director Lee Byung-hoon might not be able to make a good film for "The King and the Clown" that he chose director Im Kwon-taek to direct "Dae Jang Geum".

In 2003, New Asia Films planned to produce four films, namely "The Thieves", "Savy Sisters", "Kung Fu Panda" and "The King and the Clown".

It is worth mentioning that Jun Ji-hyun will star in three movies, "The Thieves", "Sasha Sisters" and "Kung Fu Panda". After a year of silence, Jun Ji-hyun will usher in a big explosion in her personal career.

"Wild Sister" will continue to be directed by Guo Zairong, starring Jun Ji-hyun and Cha Tae-hyun. SidusHQ wanted to use Jun Ji-hyun's fame to promote their company's artist Zhang He, but was rejected by Song Yi.

The reason why Jun Ji-hyun and Jang Hyuk worked together in the original version was because they were both signed artists of sidusHQ. Now that Jun Ji-hyun is managed by Shinya, how could she support an artist from another company, even if Jang Hyuk has a good relationship with Cha Tae-hyun and Kim Jong-kook?

New Asia Media Properties is now a listed company, and the box office performance of every movie produced by New Asia Pictures will affect the company's stock price.

Although the script of "My Sassy Girl" is not as interesting as "My Naughty Girlfriend", the three names of Kwak Jae-yong, Jun Ji-hyun and Cha Tae-hyun can bring at least 2 million viewers to the box office of this movie, so a small profit will definitely not be a problem.

Compared to "Savy Sister", Song Yi must care more about the box office of "The Thieves".

In 2006, Choi Dong-hoon filmed the crime movie "Tazza", which was based on his previous experience. Choi Dong-hoon was able to write and direct "The Thieves" in 2012.

Choi Dong-hoon has no experience in independent directing now, so Song Yi naturally would not let Choi Dong-hoon to shoot "The Thieves", so he turned his attention to another young Korean director Ryu Seung-wan.

Although Liu Chengwan is younger than Choi Dongxun, his resume is much better than Choi Dongxun. He can do the work of director, screenwriter and producer all by himself.

His directorial career started at a high level. He served as the assistant director of the comedy film "Trio" at the age of 24. In 1998, at the age of 25, Liu Chengwan directed his first short film "Fighting for Justice". In 2000, he wrote and directed the drama film "No Good Death". In 2002, he directed the action comedy film "No Blood, No Tears" which was released in South Korea.

In 2010, Ryu Seung-wan directed the action crime film "Unfair Deal", which was co-starred by Hwang Jung-min and Ryu Seung-bum. The film won the Best Film Award at the 32nd Blue Dragon Awards, and Ryu Seung-wan won the Best Director Award.

In 2015, Ryoo Seung-wan won the 36th Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Director and the 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Film for his action film "Veteran".

Ryu Seung-wan has loved Hong Kong action movies since he was a child. He started shooting short films in middle school and met Park Chan-wook when he graduated from high school. Park Chan-wook has a good relationship with Bong Joon-ho, so Ryu Seung-wan and Bong Joon-ho also know each other.

When Bong Joon-ho learned that New Asia Pictures was preparing to shoot the action crime film "The Thieves", although Bong Joon-ho was very interested in the script of "The Thieves", he still recommended Ryu Seung-wan to Song Yi, as he felt that Ryu Seung-wan was more suitable than him.

When Ryu Seung-wan learned that "The Thieves" would be filmed in Hong Kong Island and would work with Hong Kong movie actors, he immediately agreed. The Korean actors who have been confirmed are Song Kang-ho, Lee Jung-jae, Kim Hye-soo, Jun Ji-hyun, and Lee Joon-gi.

Song Kang-ho replaced Kim Yoon-seok, the leader of the thieves gang, and Lee Joon-gi replaced Kim Soo-hyun, who hadn't made his debut yet. Jun Ji-hyun and Kim Soo-hyun had a kissing scene in the original version of "The Thieves".

There are many reasons why Bong Joon-ho gave up filming "The Thieves". First, Bong Joon-ho planned to take a break and polish the script. His next movie was going to be a science fiction film. Song Yi knew that this movie was "The Host" that Bong Joon-ho had been thinking about.

Second, Song Yi will be the producer and screenwriter of the film "The Thieves", and Bong Joon-ho does not want to conflict with Song Yi on the set. After all, he still counts on Song Yi to support him in filming the big-budget "The Host".

Third, Bong Joon-ho knew Ryu Seung-wan's directing ability and felt that Ryu Seung-wan needed this directing opportunity more than he did, so he was willing to support his friend. Korean film directors are relatively united.

During her presidency, Chung Jin-hui created a blacklist in the arts community to suppress dissidents, and issued a request to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to blacklist as many as 9,473 artists, requiring the department not to approve funding or filming applications from those banned. Among them were Bong Joon-ho, Park Chan-wook, Ryu Seung-wan, etc. Chung Jin-hui felt that these directors were too "leftist".

Chen Meijing, who supported these directors, had to flee to the United States to avoid Zheng Jinhui's power. In the end, Zheng Jinhui was impeached and stepped down due to the crony scandal. Chen Meijing and Bong Joon-ho made a comeback through the movie "Parasite". "If You Were Me" has also been scheduled for release on December 24, 2002. The crew's slogan is "Watch the best love movie of the year with your loved ones on Christmas Eve!"

The inschool website also began to promote this romance film. Song Yi praised the film as the best romance film in Korea and even in Asia. Cho Seung-woo, Jo In-sung and Son Ye-jin all contributed phenomenal performances.

In addition to the domestic Korean market, "A Moment to Remember" will also be released in the mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan Province and Japan markets in the first half of 2003.

The campus website has also started warming up for this movie early on. The official "A Moment to Be Destined" has already released an advance trailer on the campus website. The crew invited mainland male singer Li Jian to compose the Chinese theme song of the same name "A Moment to Be Destined" for the movie.

Li Jian just left the Shuimu Nianhua group this year and started to pursue his solo career. He confirmed the news in an interview with a reporter, saying that he has been watching this romantic movie repeatedly these days to find inspiration for his creations.

The commercial street in Wangjing Center has been officially named Liubaiben Commercial Street, and will be officially put into operation during the Spring Festival next year.

The investment promotion work of Liubaiben Commercial Street has been almost completed, and more than 50% of the shops in the commercial street have been rented out. Liubaiben Commercial Street will also open the first HugeDream cinema in the mainland.

HugeDream Cinema Wangjing Branch is a large cinema with 10 theaters and 1,600 seats. The first stop for the promotion of "A Moment to Be" in the mainland next year will be this cinema. Guo Zairong, Son Yezhen, Cho Seungwoo and Jo In-sung were all present.

Son Ye-jin has started to seize the time to learn Chinese, and for this purpose she even hired a Chinese teacher from Seoul University of the Arts.

Song Yi hopes that Sun Yezhen can have some friendly language interaction with the Chinese audience during the roadshow. If possible, he hopes that Sun Yezhen can try to learn the song "If Love Has Destiny" composed by Li Jian.

Mainland audiences are easily satisfied. They can feel that those Korean artists just want to come to the mainland to make money, and those artists treat their fans sincerely.

When IU came to the mainland for activities, she prepared "Zebra Zebra", "Three Inch Heaven" and "Young", and sang "Girl with Wings", "Invitation Street" and "Like You" in Hong Kong, China, including Cantonese songs. She proved her sincerity with practical actions.

It's a pity that IU is only nine years old now, otherwise Song Yi would have wanted to sign her in advance. IU wanted to be a singer very early. Since middle school, she has participated in 20 auditions, including the trainee audition held by JYP Entertainment, but was rejected every time.

In October 2007, IU passed the audition of LOEN Entertainment and started her 10-month trainee career. She finally debuted as a singer in 2008.

Although New Asia Media Properties has been listed, Song Yi has not given up the idea of ​​acquiring SM Entertainment. If Song Yi can replace Lee Soo Man as the largest shareholder of SM Entertainment next year, then when IU musters up the courage to participate in SM Entertainment's selection, SM Entertainment can sign IU immediately. IU is the number one female solo singer in Korea, and her ability to attract money far exceeds that of Girls' Generation's lead singer Kim Taeyeon.

In 2000, mainland audiences got to know Song Hye Kyo through "Autumn in My Heart", and in 2001, they got to know Jun Ji Hyun through "My Naughty Girlfriend". In 2003, mainland audiences fell in love with Son Ye Jin through the movie "If You Were Me".

Song Yi believes that as long as Song Hye Kyo, Jun Ji Hyun and Son Ye Jin become well-known in the mainland, there will be no chance for Jang Nara and Park Si Yeon.

In the original time and space, Jang Nara was appointed as the publicity ambassador of China. In the same year, her work focus began to shift to China. She then starred in many Chinese TV series including "My Sassy Girl" and released four full-Chinese albums.

Not only that, Jang Nara served as the China-Korea Cultural Exchange Ambassador in 2007, and served as a torchbearer for the Seoul Station of the Yanjing Olympic Games.

Jang Nara is a typical double-faced person among Korean artists. She makes money in China while scolding China. She was originally developing very well in the domestic entertainment industry, but she said the truth in a Korean variety show, "I have no money, so I went to perform in China." She thought that the money in the domestic entertainment industry was easy to make, and she treated the audience as fools, and was finally banned.

Finally, Jang Nara's career in South Korea hit a low point, and she wanted to return to the Chinese entertainment industry. However, the audience didn't buy it and told her to get out.

Because of Song Yi's identity, artists under New Asia never dare to make mistakes in Sino-Korean relations. In fact, Jun Ji-hyun can also play the role of Jang Nara in "My Sassy Girl". Jun Ji-hyun is more suitable to be the Sino-Korean exchange ambassador and the torchbearer of the Yanjing Olympic Games in Seoul than Jang Nara.

Because "The Thieves" will be filmed in Hong Kong Island, Song Yi plans to invite Ning Hao to be the deputy director of "The Thieves" and let him connect with the mainland and Hong Kong artists in "The Thieves".

Although the film "Incense" sponsored by Song Yi and shot by Ning Hao could not be released in mainland theaters, the film won the gold medal in the "Asian Digital Competition" of the Tokyo Filmex International Film Festival and the Asian DV Competition Unit of the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Although Incense cannot be shown in mainland China, Song Yi has sold the copyright of Incense to MK2, the largest art theater chain in France, which can be regarded as a recovery of the cost. Incense was also shown in HugeDream theaters in South Korea for two weeks. Although most audiences said they could not understand it, knowledgeable film critics thought it was a good movie.

The mainland artists in "The Thieves" have taken a fancy to Chen Kun. Starting next year, Hong Kong filmmakers will enter the mainland market in a big way, and Song Yi is also preparing for the future.

Hong Kong filmmakers like to stick together, and they like to hire Hong Kong people from all walks of life, from producers, directors, screenwriters, actors, to photographers, art designers, and lighting. They use the money of mainland investors to promote Hong Kong actors.

For example, when Chen Jiashang filmed Painted Skin in 2008, he chose Chen Kun and Zhou Xun as the male and female protagonists, and let Zhen Zidan play a supporting role, which aroused the dissatisfaction of people in the Hong Kong circle. They thought that Chen Jiashang broke the rules, how could he let Hong Kong actors play supporting roles for mainland actors? For example, director Wu Yusen, who has been working with Xiao Ma Pentium, thought so, and it is no wonder that the box office of The Crossing he filmed was a failure.

In the film market after 2000, Shen Teng, Xu Zheng, Huang Bo and Wu Jing, who are currently able to attract box office stars, have not yet emerged. As a popular young actor in mainland China, it is just right to choose Chen Kun to star in "The Thieves".

Ning Hao serves as the deputy director of "The Thieves" and Chen Kun stars in "The Thieves", which means that mainland filmmakers and Korean filmmakers have good communication.

He hopes that the bigwigs of Chinese film industry will understand that they don't need to blindly believe in the Hong Kong film industry. Mainland actors also have international box office appeal. In addition to Hong Kong film industry, New Asia Films is also a very good partner. 　Adjust the update time and update at 7pm in the future.

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