Chapter 653 Ishihara Satomi and Aragaki Yui

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

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

"Hanzawa Naoki, 5 to 9, Unnatural Death, and Escape is Shameful but Useful have all been completed and broadcast."

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

"Especially in Southeast Asia, Japanese dramas still have a great influence and have a large number of fans."

"The playback volume in China is also good. 5 to 9 has also triggered a wave of popularity in China."

"It's just that 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 TV series, they mostly watch American and Hollywood works. Apart from that, they are very resistant to other foreign works."

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

When will Koreans really accept the output of Japanese and Chinese TV series in large quantities? That would be really strange.

Compared with China, Japan is much better. At least Japan's animation culture output is still very strong, even South Korea can't resist it. Anime such as "Dragon Ball", "One Piece", "Naruto", and "Detective Conan" are also very influential in South Korea.

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

After a long time, Wu Yuan also wanted to give up on the Korean market.

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

Even movies, he now has an indifferent attitude.

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

At that time, CJ Entertainment took the initiative to find Guangying Times to cooperate. At that time, they were very ambitious. This movie was aimed at the entire Asian market and was co-produced with Hong Kong Island.

After Wu Yuan agreed to the cooperation, both parties contributed their own money. The film was soon approved for shooting. Ren Dahua still participated in the film, but there were some changes in the other actors on the Huaxia team.

Julie, the female member of the Hong Kong Island Thieves Team, was replaced by Yang Mi from an unknown Hong Kong Island actor.

This was also one of the resources promised to her by the company after she joined the company at that time, an important role in the film.

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

Then the film became a big hit, with a total of 12,983,341 viewers, breaking the box office record in South Korea and becoming the box office champion in South Korean film history in 2013!

Moreover, it broke the record of the fastest number of viewers to exceed 1 million in 3 days, and then it continued to soar, constantly breaking the record of "the fastest number of viewers to break X", until it became the fastest movie to exceed the record of 12 million viewers, leaving the rest far behind.

Later, the film was released in other Asian countries. Although the box office performance was average, it was also influential, especially in Hong Kong Island.

In the end, "Thieves" earned a total of 87,129,910 US dollars in the world, nearly 90 million.

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

However, the cost of this film was less than 100 million yuan, which is a big profit anyway.

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

Movies like "Thieves" are similar to series like 007. They can continue to shoot by changing the location and treasure.

Or in other words, just like the theatrical version of "Detective Conan", it is no problem to make one every year. Anyway, the world is so big, there are plenty of places for these thieves to play.

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

In fact, there are very few IP movies that can be made into series in Korea. Korean filmmakers have been envious of Hollywood's various series for more than a year or two.

"The Thieves" is an attempt, and a very bold one.

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

Fortunately, the final result is still good.

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

"Director Wu, you will attend the welcome party tonight, right?" Wei He looked at Wu Yuan nervously, fearing that he would say something like "I'm tired, forget it, don't do it."

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

"Thank you."

In the evening, in a banquet hall of the hotel where Wu Yuan stayed, a banquet held because of Wu Yuan's arrival was in progress.

Wu Yuan's arrival was a good excuse.

Wei He, who usually has no reason, invited all the influential producers and capital agents in the circle who have cooperated with Guangying Kuaibo Japan Branch, those who want to cooperate, and all the influential producers and capital agents in the circle.

The apparent reason was to welcome Wu Yuan, but in fact, he wanted to use this occasion to discuss some cooperation, communicate more, and promote relations.

Like China, South Korea has a drinking culture and is used to talking about business during social gatherings.

So, when Wu Yuan arrived at the banquet, he saw a group of urban elites in suits holding champagne in their hands, gathering in groups of three or two to talk enthusiastically.

But he, the protagonist, was not so conspicuous.

After all, Wu Yuan's main job is still a director, and if he really wants to discuss cooperation with the company, it is Wei He who is responsible.

And now Wei He is very busy, with a bunch of people around him, all asking about Wu Yuan's affairs, asking whether Wu Yuan came to Japan this time to cooperate with the local film and television industry in Japan with any high-quality projects.

It's outrageous that such things were not asked to Wu Yuan, the main person, but to Wei He.

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

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

Ishihara Satomi and Aragaki Yui!

They are both actresses who have cooperated 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 most outstanding TV actors in Japan.

Thinking of this, Wu Yuan, the director, was inevitably a little excited. He took Liu Yifei's arm and walked forward, and took the initiative to greet in English: "Hello, two beautiful actors."

"I have seen the TV series you acted in, and you acted very well!" (End of this chapter)