Film "The King's Warden" (hereafter The King's Warden) director Jang Hang-jun said "I did not set a running guarantee."
On the afternoon of the 23rd, the eighth episode of the channel "Bibo TV" titled "The secret of low-budget independent films, Im Hyeong-jun's acting castle" was opened.
Director Jang Hang-jun, who rose to become a 10-million-audience director with "The King's Warden", held a celebratory gathering with actor Kim Eui-sung, Im Hyeong-jun and others, and at that meeting also introduced his new next low-budget independent film "International Lawyer" (working title).
Currently, "The King's Warden" has a cumulative audience of 14.75 million and box office receipts at theaters alone amount to 142.5 billion won. Usually, for a mega-hit of this magnitude, there are quite a few cases where running guarantees (performance bonuses per audience member) are paid in addition to actors' appearance fees and the director's directing fee. As a result, interest has grown in how much will be paid to director Jang Hang-jun. Some media outlets have speculated that Jang Hang-jun's incentive could be at least 3.5 billion won to as much as 7 billion won, including various ancillary revenues.
On that day, Jang Hang-jun said, "Even if it reached 10 million, I felt we should not lose our initial devotion to film," and said, "I planned a low-budget independent film with a carefully written, real script. I will produce and direct it myself and return to my original devotion and work. The idea was to produce it myself."
Kim Eui-sung asked, "You made a lot of money with 'The King's Warden', so are you going in this direction?" Im Hyeong-jun asked, "Didn't he make a lot just from running guarantees?", and Kim Eui-sung, full of expectation, asked, "How much is it if it hits 10 million?"
But taking a sigh, director Jang Hang-jun confessed, "Everyone thinks so. But I didn't set a running guarantee." A surprised Im Hyeong-jun asked, "Isn't that naturally set?", and Kim Eui-sung said, "What director doesn't set running?" Director Jang Hang-jun said, "Actually, I suggested setting a running guarantee. Let's get 5 to 6 million won more (for the director's fee).." and could not finish his sentence. Im Hyeong-jun said, "It's such a regrettable situation," and Jang Hang-jun revealed his plan, "So let's go low-budget. Can't I get investment now? I mean I'll produce it myself."
Director Jang Hang-jun recently also revealed, "I put very little equity into The King's Warden." When he was connected by phone to "Bibo TV" last month, he said, "I didn't know it would turn out like this and I put in very little equity. I put in so little that just thinking about it is so regretful. I could have built a large building in front of the Bibo headquarters, it's so regrettable," he lamented, drawing laughter.
"Acting castle" is a fake documentary genre planned, directed and written by Im Hyeong-jun, and it is content that crosses the boundary between acting and reality based on actual conversations of actors. It contains mostly fictional content.<
[Photo] OSEN DB, "Bibo TV - Acting castle" screen capture
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