Chapter 315: Selling the Company (1/5)
In the past two years, something has gone wrong in the Korean film market.
It's a bit like the Chinese film market in 14-16 years, their buyers are the most active in the world, and they are extremely good at raising prices, and they sold the copyright of "The Wind" for a million dollars, and other countries, such as Australia and Singapore, will offer $200,000...
Just a representative of people who are stupid and have a lot of money!
Why?
Because the market is here, but Korean local films have been sluggish in the past two years...
Both the yield and the quality are declining...
Look at the box office rankings yourself, "Three Guys", Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, and Jung Yu-sung starred in three top actors, and the number of moviegoers did not reach 7 million...
In the original time and space, it was a "Crucible" that broke the deadlock...
The appearance of "The Melting Pot" has given Korean filmmakers another line to attract the audience - to criticize reality, and to expose it as much as possible!
"The Client", "The Insider", "Improper Dealing" are fictional adaptations plus criticism of politics...
"The Crucible" and "Su Yuan" are adapted from real events, especially "The Crucible"...
After these two movies, there is no theme that South Korea dare not shoot!
When you open up the second pulse of Rendu, what greets you is a qualitative leap!
Don't say anything else, you let Shen Mengxi take a picture of Yu X Academy, does he dare?
Back to the topic, CJ Media doesn't really care about the development of local films, for it, making money is the first thing, Hollywood films are released in South Korea, and they also use CJG's theaters, and the account sharing is the same as local movies...
Isn't American Daddy's Money Money?
Therefore, capitalists are all connected, and capital has no borders!
The more money Dream Creek Studios makes from the films they invest, the more they make money, and of course, the capitalists are also greedy, they want more, such as buying studios.
The blockbuster they wanted to make was called Snowpiercer...
Adapted from the French sci-fi comic book of the same name at the Anglame International Comics Festival Awards.
And a "Day of Landing"...
They want to work with Shen Mengxi to create a co-production between China, the United States and South Korea...
"Snowpiercer", Shen Mengxi knows that the work directed by Bong Joon-ho should be profitable, the global box office seems to be more than 80 million US dollars, and the local box office in South Korea is as high as 59 million US dollars...
Shen Mengxi doesn't like this movie, political metaphor...
But it's too metaphorical, he's seen it even better - Soviet director Alexander Duvzhenko's "Arsenal", which is much more awesome than "Snowpiercer", directly shouting 'The proletariat knocks down the train!'
As for "The Day of Landing"...
It cost 30 billion won - about 176 million yuan, almost 26 million US dollars, and the final box office was very dismal, South Korea reported 13 million US dollars, Japanese benzene 2.6 million US dollars, Chinese mainland released two days directly down...
Why is Shen Mengxi so clear?
Because of Jiang Digui, the director of "The Day of Landing", after the failure of this play, he went to China to work and took over the film adaptation of "Breaking the Sky"...
Of course, there was no news later...
Shen Mengxi was not interested in these two movies, so he directly refused to cooperate.
He came to see Xijie Media, two things.
First, fool them into participating in the investment of "Divergent";
Second, let them take over Dream Creek Studios...
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"The Divergent, currently in contact with Kate Winslet, is interested in... Fox is ready to make the second "Moving Maze"..."
"Because of the invitation of big stars, the first production cost is relatively high, 80 million US dollars, which is considered an A-level production..."
"There are two Asian characters in it, and one of them I think is a good fit for Jun Ji-hyun..."
The translator chattered, and then they asked if it would be like "Moving Maze", if they made money, and the sequel would not be played with them...
“... I can't guarantee this, because the main control is Focus, and I just said that there is such a project..."
"Divergent" doesn't make money, so the first part makes a little money...
The first 80 million investment, the total box office seems to be less than 300 million US dollars...
The next two got worse and worse, and even terminated the project...
He muttered a few more words.
It is estimated that they are tempted to invest in the American Dad's project.
Absolutely!
After that, Fox and Sijay got into trouble...
Why did Shen Mengxi do this?
Yes, "Divergent" Dream Creek Studio has no investment, but he himself enjoys 20% dividends!
If the project is not developed, where can I get dividends?
Talking about Dream Creek Studio...
The person in charge of CJ Media immediately became enthusiastic.
It can be seen that they have indeed coveted Mengxi Studio for a long time - Sima Zhao's heart is known to passers-by!
I even suspect that the bottom of Dream Creek Studio is what they broke the news!
The purpose is to force Shen Mengxi to sell the company.
And their requirements: screenwriters No. 1 and No. 2 have to stay!
Whether it is "Very Anchor" or "Haeundae", the birth of the two dramas is due to their precise vision, especially "Haeundae", an investment of 15 billion won, and they will invest when they say they will invest...
And then the money is over!
Tens of millions of moviegoers, equivalent to 80 billion won...
Shen Mengxi doesn't care, it depends on people's personal wishes...
Maybe people won't want to think about it.
After Mengxi Studio was acquired by Xijie Media, it became a satellite company, that is, the works produced by Mengxi Studio were completely handed over to Xijie Media for distribution, and the profits were divided into four or six accounts...
It's good, Dream Creek Studio is completely self-sufficient...
In fact, this acquisition is the meaning of driving Shen Mengxi out of the company...
Shen Mengxi personally has nothing to do with the studio - the studio has changed its name to the new generation film production company.
Three years of busy work, nothing left but money...
All swallowed up by capital!
In the Korean market, the strategy is a failure...
He also put screenwriter No. 2 inside, and he decided to stay in the new company and preside over the project development...
The screenwriter No. 1 is called Chen Dong, and he followed Shen Mengxi to another company - specializing in the business of one book and two shots, as well as the comic adaptation business.
By the way, Dream Creek Studios sold for $180 million...
The main thing is that a lot of projects to be developed are worth money.
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Barbecue restaurant, Chen Dong, that is, screenwriter No. 1, is comforting Shen Mengxi:
“... There is no way, the Korean market is too strong compared to the Chinese market, and Xijie Media has taken this seriously, so they proposed to acquire..."
"And for political reasons, their president is an American faction... Chinese companies are not very welcome..."
Shen Mengxi waved his hand: "From the beginning, I asked you to come to South Korea, just to make money, 180 million US dollars plus the company's 60 million US dollars, we have already earned 240 million, enough!"
“... Boss, you're not sad at all?"
Shen Mengxi rolled his eyes: "It's sad, after three years of hard work, I finally made a little achievement, and I was eaten by a big fish, can I not be sad?"
"And now, are we going to start anew?"
“... How do you start to do another one, and then it is acquired by another capital?"
Chen Dong was anxious: "Then the current company is equivalent to an office?"
"Almost... And independent filmmaking!"