867: Korea: The Year of the Phantom
The next day, Hawke, an electronic surveillance worker at the Bank of America building, reviewed the surveillance video as usual. Everything was as quiet as before, without any abnormalities. Even if you were fast forwarding for review, you would still make you sleep.
Suddenly his eyes blurred, as if a black shadow flew past the surveillance camera. He rubbed it hard for a few times, then hurriedly turned back and watched again.
"I'm sure, what is that, is it a new aircraft? But what do you want to do when flying near the bank building?"
Hawke was scared and sweated coldly, so he quickly picked up the phone and reported to the superior. The security supervisor was also startled and quickly contacted various departments. No one entered the bank vault. All the security staff were alarmed and carefully checked the safety facilities of the building to see if there was any damage. Notify the customers in the building to check if there were any missing things...
There are several banks in this building, and they cannot make any mistakes.
This careful inspection really made them find a lot of things.
Several surveillance cameras had figures floating past, and it can be ruled out that the camera was trapped in bugs. But strangely, there was no movement inside the building. The pictures of these black shadows flying outside, outside the 313-meter-high building... It was puzzling to think about it. But they still didn't dare to be careless, suspected that a theft gang came to check in advance. After rechecking the security facilities of the entire building, they also called the police.
The TV station knew about this news and bought the video and played it in the news that night.
"The night sky was flying in Los Angeles. It was suspected that the thieves were scouting the site in advance. Currently the bank building!"
Li Donglai happened to see the news and was shocked and sweated coldly. It seems that he should be more cautious in the future. There will be surveillance cameras everywhere in the city. There are satellites and patrol planes in the sky, and there is a danger of being caught if he is accidentally caught. Fortunately, in this scientific society, even if he is really photographed, at least he will not confirm that he can fly.
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At the same time, two Asian Phantom branches have finally entered the explosion stage.
As November begins, the Phantom of the Korean film market takes the lead.
In early October, the Phantom's new work "The Final Weapon: The Bow" surpassed everyone's expectations, and even killed "Sunshine Sisters Tao", winning a super high movie viewing record of 7.47 million, exceeding 7.37 million visitors, exceeding 100,000 visitors, and winning the Korean annual movie box office championship so far this year.
Unfortunately, this result failed to surpass "Transformers 3". "Transformers 3" landed in South Korea in June this year, setting a record of 7.79,434 viewers. It became the first film in the history of Korean films to have a series of works that exceeded 7 million views.
"The Furnace", which was scheduled to be released in October, is a movie that took over "The Final Weapon: The Bow". "The Furnace" gave the box office a little hot temperature like its name. Before the film was released, it became popular with the novel of the same name and sold hundreds of thousands of copies in South Korea. It is a completely explosive topic work, and the Phantom once again became the focus of the entire Korean movie with "The Furnace".
When the movie was released, the Phantom was almost the dominant player in South Korea, with a market share of 48.9, accounting for half of the market. This work, which has no big stars, no big directors, and no beautiful directors, was released in South Korea for six consecutive weeks. At the same time, under the impact of the Hollywood blockbuster "Iron Fist", it also won the box office championship for three consecutive weeks. Before the release of the next film "Fighting Boy Wande", the total box office exceeded 4.6 million.
Become the top five of the year in Korea.
The Korean media's praise for this movie is not only reflected in the box office.
This film, based on the real sexual assault incident in the deaf and dumb school, was adapted from a best-selling novel, aroused public outrage as soon as it was released. As the box office rose, the public's anger became increasingly fierce. It directly pushed the police to restart the investigation and close schools, and also promoted the political circle's legislation on the possible sexual violence that people with disabilities may encounter.
This series of subsequent social effects made people re-recognize the real power of films different from other media. The Chosun Ilbo even gave this culture the "melting pot effect" of promoting the government's legislation.
Many media have given high praise and even listed this film as the best movie of the year.
The summer season is an explosive growth of "Sunshine Sisters Tao". September is the box office of "The Bow" surpassed "Sunshine Sisters Tao" and won the annual box office championship in South Korea. In October, it was the turn of "The Furnace" to be released, and with its strong public opinion reputation as a force, it set off a movie-watching craze throughout South Korea.
Not to mention these, it is the end of October.
The first topical work directed by Son Ye-jin, the Korean local low-cost film "Fighting Boy Wande", has finally unveiled its mystery.
Also produced by the Phantom, with Kim Tae-hee's domineering performance in "Sunny Sisters" before, Son Ye-jin's subsequent franchise seemed so deliberate and sophisticated. But all this cannot deny the excellence of "Fighting Boy Wanda"!
After hyping for more than half a year, it finally came to release. Son Ye-jin was under tremendous pressure.
Fortunately, the performance of the film since its release has not made their hard work waste. It was only during the preview stage that it showed a good reputation.
"Fighting Boy Wande" film lacking big-name actors has achieved impressive box office results in the first week with the good reputation that Phantom has set in South Korea this year, and has also given people many unexpected surprises.
On the day of the release of "Fighting Boy Wande", Phantom arranged a grand premiere at the Phantom Cinema in Seoul. Given the strong reputation and film strength that Phantom has shown this year, many large companies have finally stopped watching it and have put down their airs to support it.
Except for the boss Lee Donglai who had not arrived, almost all the celebrities in South Korea who were involved in the Phantom were present, earning Son Ye-jin a lot of face. It should be noted that Kim Tae-hee's "Sunshine Sisters" was released at that time, and none of them had such momentum.
The box office of the film is just like this premiere. On the day of its release, it defeated many opponents and became the box office champion of the day, showing its kingly style. On the first weekend, the film even achieved a box office record of more than 460,000 viewers, and finally brought Phantom's own "Iron Fist" off the weekend championship.
The pure love film "Only You" released at the same time, starring So Ji-sup and Han Hyo-joo, was less than 270,000 people watching the movies on the weekend. However, as a romance film in the traditional sense, such achievements are already impressive.
Many Korean media exclaimed, "The Phantom has released another tigress. According to this momentum, "The Fighting Boy Wande" is another masterpiece of reputation and box office. If there is no dark horse to appear in the year, the Phantom can completely monopolize the top five of the annual box office list. This year's Korean movie has become the year of the Phantom!"
The Phantom is also neat, and does not let the last bit of suspense become a fact.
"Fighting Boy Wan De" once again stood at the championship position in the Korean film list the next week. The number of viewers did not drop but increased, with nearly one-third increase compared with the previous week, reaching nearly 600,000 people, and the market share also further increased to 38.8.
The Hollywood blockbuster "Iron Armored Steel Fist" and the new film "Only You" co-starred by So Ji-sub and Han Hyo-joo were all sluggish. The opening film of "Only You" of the Busan Film Festival was very exciting before it was released. The sad atmosphere from the trailer also aroused people's appetite. The film attracted 260,000 viewers to watch the film on its first weekend of release, and the report card was quite beautiful. By last weekend, this number dropped by nearly 100,000, leaving only 170,000 people. The cumulative number of viewers in this film is only 730,000. If the first week of the release of the biggest movies, there will be 600,000 viewers. "Only You" is obviously a box office failure.
The entire Korean movie, except for the Phantom, is in dismay this week. This bleak scene actually includes Song Hye Kyo's new film "Today". Only 27,000 people bought it on the first weekend of release, which made people doubt their eyes. Although the number of screens released by the film was only 220, about one-third of the 611 "Wande", the number of viewers in the latter is as high as twenty times the former, and the result of the comparison is still very surprising.
For a time, the trend of beautiful directors in South Korea once again emerged.
The Phantom successfully launched a newcomer. After Kim Tae-hee staged a show of perfect beauty and wisdom, Son Ye-jin also showed the same style, not inferior to her predecessors at all.
The name of the two Phantoms is confirmed.
During the same period, countless beautiful celebrities and artists in Korea were no more popular than them.
In November, the schedule of "Kung Fu Panda 2" in South Korea was postponed, and he made a special trip to "Fighting Boy Wande".
On the first weekend of November, the Korean film market once again entered the annual "hibernation period" on time. Few topical blockbusters were released, only competition for small-cost films remained. Most of them were staged with the drama "you just finished singing and I came on stage", and few works that could gain a foothold.
But from a positive perspective, the box office hibernation period is also a special period when dark horses often emerge, especially in small-cost films, there are many exquisite works. Without the suppression of blockbusters, small films are likely to show their light. Therefore, there will always be one or two films being talked about by the audience every year during the film depression.
The high hat of "leading the depression" was crowned on the head of the Phantom's low-cost film "Fighting Boy Wande" which was the second shot of the beautiful director.
The Phantom once again proves the slogan of "The Phantom is definitely a fine product".
Not only is it full of hype, but it also shows amazing endurance in its persistence. It has not been a flash in the pan, but has occupied the top spot in the box office list of Korean movies for several consecutive weeks. It is a domineering and exposed work.
"Fighting Boy Wan De" once again won the box office championship in the first week of this month, and the number of viewers was almost the same as last weekend, reaching 570,000, with strong stability. The cumulative number of viewers of the film was 2.46 million. This performance seems to have made the report of the Chosun Ilbo one step closer to becoming a fact.
It was not until the mid-November that it was out of the championship. "Kung Fu Panda 2" was strongly promoted. Although it was not Hollywood, it still fought in Korea head-on with "Shocking God of War" and successfully defended the throne of the king. Not only did Panda defeat the God of War, but even "Wande" occupied the runner-up position. The total box office has accumulated 3.5 million people, successfully surpassing the results of "Steel Armored Iron Fist" and entering the top ten of the year.
And it eventually won a record of 5 million, achieving a movie-watching record of 5.316,444 in October of the off-season in South Korea.
Chapter completed!