This was a very interesting movie. Even though Tang Jinyan was furious, he had to admit that these people really dared to make this movie.
The inside story of the presidential election, the presidential candidate, the financial contributions of the chaebol, and the underworld forces formed a sensational political conspiracy.
The chaebol provided hundreds of billions of illegal funds to support the presidential election. This chaebol was called "Future Motors." It was blatantly telling the public that this was the modern Zheng family. Or rather, the candidate was Jeong Mengzhun.
It wasn't even an innuendo or metaphor. It was a blatant statement and extremely cruel.
Political dark money was not enough for the presidential election. They also needed to hire underworld thugs to do things that were inconvenient.
Tang Jinyan felt that this was very good and very realistic. For example, this was what he did.
But this didn't mean that they could directly say that this person was him!
What's the meaning of the "9" in the name of the main character?
What's with the fact that he started an entertainment company under his name?
Besides, am I such a loser?
I actually got caught and had my hand chopped off … This piece of trash, it's useless even if he's the male lead!
Do you think that Lee Bingxian is handsome?
He's not as handsome as me.
The prosecutor of justice is a young man from Pusan who doesn't have Seoul's Zongpu and has no backing … Tsk tsk, this is really bitter. I don't know how much emotion they put into the adaptation of the script.
If that was all, Tang Jinyan probably wouldn't be that angry.
After all, he had magically changed "The Defender" and criticized Moon Jaiyin, and they had returned the favor. An eye for an eye, everyone could afford to play.
But the problem was that the main character had brought his female idol group to a drinking party. There were six female members in the group … and the main character's girlfriend was also a female artist under his company.
Wasn't this too much?
Did they need to use such an extreme method to let the audience know who this was a metaphor for?
I didn't criticize your wife back then, right?
Where's the iron law of not harming family members?
Without this scene of drinking party, perhaps Tang Jinyan could still laugh it off and think of other ways to counterattack.
But with this scene, even Buddha couldn't tolerate it.
Lee Yoon-rim grabbed his arm worriedly. She could clearly feel that his muscles were tense and as hard as iron.
"It's not strange for Pusan to film such a film. What's strange is that it passed the screening without us receiving any news. It's obvious that the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Tourism has put in a lot of effort.
Furthermore … there are people who are eagerly helping them with the distribution. "
"The distribution company is Showbox. That's great. Not only did they have to compete with CJ, but they even swept me into the attack team."
Coming out of the cinema, Tang Jinyan looked up at the showbox logo with a smile on his face, but there was no trace of a smile in his tone. "They probably think that since CJ couldn't do anything to them for so many years, I, Tang Jiu, can't do anything either?"
Lee Yoon-rim also revealed a hint of coldness. "This group of actors has guts."
Tang Jinyan smiled. "For a long time, they've been filming some borderline and innuendo. Others don't take them seriously, or if they do, someone will protect them. They really take it as nothing and take pride in filming 'realism' and exposing 'the dark side of society'."
Lee Yoon-rim smiled. "Didn't we also protect a few of them?"
"It's a pity that the people they met this time don't talk to them about Korean principles."
Tang Jinyan pondered for a moment. "How about this? Go back to the company and ask the people in the gang if there's any dirt on Li Bingxian. Compile a copy for me."
"Only targeting Li Bingxian?"
"The others are only that famous. Just give the order and let them do it.
Only Li Bingxian is worthy of us personally playing with. "
Lee Yoon-rim smiled sweetly. "Okay." After a pause, she asked, "What about the movie itself?
I think the number of people watching this movie is not low. It will soon be affected.
At this time, it's meaningless to put pressure on Showbox. It's useless even if we slaughter them from top to bottom. "
Tang Jinyan knew that Lee Yoon-rim was worried that he would act rashly, so he reminded her that killing people would not solve the problem now.
He looked up and thought for a moment, then said lightly, "Don't worry, I'll take care of it."
*****
In fact, Korea had not experienced the experience of the mafia standing in public for decades. Even if Tang Jinyan stirred up a storm last time, it was limited to the Pusan industry. Most people did not know much about it.
Until today, there were countless people who could not understand the extent of the mafia's power. They always felt that it was impossible to be as domineering as the US, Japan, and Italy. After all, Korea was still a chaebol.
Therefore, from the showbox to the actors, no one thought that Tang Jinyan would be able to make much of a splash.
But only one night had passed, and Tang Jinyan made a move.
Showbox's president, Liu Zhengxun, received a report from the cinemas in Seoul. "The mafia stopped the audience from entering the cinema. They even injured people."
Liu Zhengxun laughed. "I've been waiting for him to do something desperate.
The more he doesn't let people watch it, the more the audience will want to watch it.
And if the media expose it, it will push him to the edge of the storm and confirm the background of the movie. What a fool. "
His subordinate stammered, "But president, he didn't stop the screening of 'The Insider'."
"Huh?
Then what is it? "
"It's' Battle of Mingliang '."
"…"
Liu Zhengxun was stunned for a moment. He hung up the phone and was still pacing back and forth in his office, thinking about what Tang Jinyan meant. A few minutes later, a new report came in. "President, the power of some cinemas has been cut off. The audience is demanding a refund."
"Is it the set of 'The Insider'?"
"No, other than 'The Insider', all the other films are there."
After a while, the previous report came in. "President, the mafia are all speaking in Pusan accents. They're forcing the audience to watch 'The Insider'."
"…" Liu Zhengxun was stunned for a moment and almost vomited blood. "Quick, contact the media and release a statement saying that Tang Jinyan is using this kind of unfair competition …"
Before he could finish his sentence, there was a knock on the office door. His assistant rushed in. "Dispatch and New Village Media are both saying that the underworld forces are deliberately forcing people to watch 'The Insider' with sinister intentions. The content of this movie is definitely up for debate. It seems that some underworld forces are deliberately trying to ruin other people's image by smearing them."
"The audience who booked tickets for 'The Insider' has started to refund their tickets. They said that they won't accept this kind of forced viewing and are going to complain."
"The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Tourism has sent a letter asking why our cinemas are forcing people to watch 'The Insider'."
Liu Zhengxun sucked in a breath of cold air.
Tang Jinyan's method was really unexpected. He couldn't think of a way to break the situation in a short time. He could only say hurriedly, "Contact our media and fight the war of public opinion.
Their methods are crude and obvious. It's impossible for people with discerning eyes not to see it! "
The assistant took the order and left. Liu Zhengxun sat on the sofa and rubbed his swollen head.
It turned out that the mafia could play like this … What happened to being violent and brainless?
This time, even if the battle of public opinion got out, the future of this movie was still worrying. Most of the people were prejudiced by their first impressions. With D Society and New Village Media talking about it and even including the interview of the audience member who was beaten up, the credibility on the surface was too high. With the evidence of the audience leaving the theater after the power cut, it seemed that forcing people to watch "The Insider" was already a done deal.
Since there were mafia forces who wanted to force people to watch this movie, it was obvious that this movie was maliciously defamed. It was very logical.
Only the people with discerning eyes who weren't involved in this matter could see that there was a problem here. Unfortunately, the number of discerning people in the world was much smaller than the number of people who blindly followed.
Seoul's Mayor, Park Wonchun, was also cursing in his office at this moment. Because of the mafia's rampant injury to the audience, the complaints were on his shoulders again. "As the mayor of Seoul, are you still capable?" These kinds of words were openly questioned by angry netizens in the mayor's mailbox.
"F * ck, can't this Tang Jinyan do things according to common sense once or twice?" Park Wonchun angrily smashed a cup.
"It's time for common sense to take the stage."
Tang Jinyan was on the phone with Lee Jae-hyun in his office. "The person behind the showbox is my good friend?
I say, you transferred out some unknown funds in the past, but my good friend didn't?
Hmm, okay, I believe the president will be very interested. "