Chinawood vs. Hollywood
This is CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. Act 1 of
Act 2 is a rags-to-riches 가난뱅이에서 부자가 된, 출세한 story that any Hollywood director would die for 몹시 탐내는. Sho Win Wang was a poor farmer who founded 설립하다 a company that makes everything from electronics 전자기기 to pharmaceuticals <조제>약. He became a rich man.
But he wanted something that would benefit his hometown. And in 10 years, his millions turned this once backward 뒤떨어진, 퇴보하여 village into the filmmaking capital of the East. And his dream doesn’t stop there. He expects this to become the movie capital of the world. Definitely 확실히 even bigger than Hollywood, he told us.
Actually, millions of Americans who saw the movie “Hero” saw scenes filmed here. And the Canadian-American miniseries “Marco Polo” just wrapped <영화, 프로그램의> 촬영을 마치다 production. And how does he attract moviemakers here? Ah, that’s the plot twist <갑자기 이야기가 예상과 다르게 전개되는 것>, 반전. They can use the studio for free, says Mr. Sho. Free because the studio makes millions from tourists. They pay admission to visit the film lots for a chance to see how it’s all done. And the profits mean movie makers can use the sets for no charge 비용, 요금.
And for local people, movie magic means making money. Jung Sho Ay tended 손질하다, 재배하다 rice paddies 논 until his fields were filled in with buildings. Now, he’s a $3 a day extra. A much better living for him and hundreds of others. Now, what’s more fun? To be a rice farmer or to be in the movies? Acting is better, he says. You get free food and clothes and it’s effortless 힘들지 않는, 쉬운.
Time for the final act: What to call the place? Well, maybe those moviemakers on the other side of the world have the right idea with a big picture-perfect 완전무결한 ending. Barry Petersen, CBS News,