"With the successive launch of provincial TV stations in Chinese mainland in recent years, the TV industry will enter a period of considerable vigorous development, which is the best opportunity for the rise of the Jinshu system. After all, the threshold of China's domestic TV field is far lower than that of movies, and the demand is far exceeded. However, other capital will certainly not let go of this opportunity. If you want to stand out from the crowd, you need to be competitive enough. In my opinion, the key is the specialization of film and television projects from incubation, production, marketing, distribution, and other links to form a whole mature industrial chain. ”

"You have to remember, this is business. ”

"If any business wants to be successful, the core is high-quality products, but in addition, while ensuring that the products are good enough, you also need to reduce costs as much as possible in the production process, make a name for yourself as much as possible in the marketing process, and ultimately aim to get more revenue. ”

"Maybe you're thinking, how do I do that, can I teach you more than these broad concepts?"

"Of course I know what to do because I'm working my way up from the bottom. Even though the film and television entertainment environment in the United States is very different from China, if you look at it separately, since it is a business, it will inevitably lead to the same end. However, I don't have time to teach you, I just want results. ”

"If you have the heart, with where you are now, with the resources available to the Westeros system, you can learn how to operate in any field of expertise. Again, I just look at the results. If you do a good job, I will give you enough returns, definitely more than you think, because of various laws and regulations in China, most of the enterprises in the Jinshu system, the Westeros system cannot hold too many shares, I hope that more of these shares will be taken by the people you do specifically. Of course, if you don't do it well, it's still nothing. I am a person who is a great admirer of giving in return. ”

In the study room in the mansion on the west side of the West Lake.

Simon didn't have time to contact feelings, so he basically communicated with several high-level executives of the Jinshu Department straight to the point, and many of them were still talking about Simon.

In this way, Simon once again flipped through a document that Lin Su had sent in earlier, and continued: "The last thing is about "Dragon Babu". This is one of my favorite works, in fact, most of Mr. Jin Yong's works, I like it very much. So, outside of business, I wanted to make this project a hobby and a real work of art. It just so happens that this project is a tripartite cooperation between Hong Kong TVB and CCTV in the mainland, so it cannot be regarded as a pure business, but has more special significance, so doing the best does not conflict with my hope. ”

"Since it is my personal hobby, not to mention how many resources CCTV and TVB can provide, I will personally give a budget of 15 million US dollars. ”

When Simon said this, Wu Shanlin and Luo Yan, who were sitting on the sofa opposite, were a little speechless.

15 million US dollars, which translates to 120 million yuan.

"Dragon Babu" is expected to be about 40 episodes, and "Water Margin", which CCTV has been producing in recent years, can be called a national-level drama, with a budget of less than 60 million yuan. Moreover, the $15 million that his boss just said was only the contribution of the Jinshu family, and the resources that CCTV and TVB could give were not counted.

After throwing money like this, it is obvious that his boss really does not intend to recover the cost.

After Simon finished speaking, he gave a few people some time to digest, handed the document in his hand to Wu Shanlin, and continued: "Therefore, there is no need to rush in terms of production, it is no problem to complete it in two to three years, just like CCTV produces the four famous novels, select the best actors and the best behind-the-scenes team." Finally, I personally donated an additional set of digital cameras and corresponding post-production equipment. The core is the latest digital video camera developed by Sony, 1920*1080 film-level resolution, heh, in fact, no, the vertical is only about 800 pixels, and the image quality needs to be made up by hardware such as lenses, but it is far beyond the current TV series shooting generally 640*420 image quality level. You should find the right team as soon as possible to practice mastering the equipment. ”

For the epics of various famous novels, and even the later CCTV Jin Yong series, Simon's biggest regret is the picture quality. All kinds of beautiful scenes, such as good mountains, rivers, beautiful women, and tough guys, are greatly discounted because of the rough picture quality.

Especially CCTV's Jin Yong series.

If Zhang Dabeard could shoot with movie-level picture quality back then, where would there be room for all kinds of 'beautiful women' to be demons later, and take out a hanging.

Therefore, Simon wants to do it in one step this time.

Using CCTV to mobilize the huge resources of the whole country, the mature professional production team in Hong Kong and the abundant funds of the Jinshu Department, to achieve the ultimate at one time, there has been no Jin Yong drama before, and there will be no Jin Yong drama since.

To achieve this, the first thing is the image quality.

The first 1080P cinematic digital video camera was born in 2000, mainly because Sony was specially developed for the filming of "Star Wars" at the request of George Lucas. This time, the success of Tinkobar's i-Cam series has stimulated the rapid development of digital camera technology in advance, and Sony has launched a 2-million-pixel 1080P professional digital video camera three years ahead of schedule with the increased investment of various electronics giants.

Of course, the current image quality of Sony's camera is still not far from film, and the actual pixels are less than 1080P, which needs to be processed through the following technology to get the corresponding effect. But this is an absolute leap for the current universal 420P TV shooting.

Although it is necessary to compress it when it is broadcast on TV in this era, shooting with 1080P picture quality, even after twenty or thirty years, will not be outdated, which is also the fundamental premise of Simon's desire to achieve 'one step'.

In order to achieve this purpose, Simon donated three sets of Sony's latest digital video cameras, together with various lenses and storage accessories, as well as the corresponding post-production equipment, with a total value of 1.8 million US dollars, equivalent to nearly 15 million yuan, enough to shoot two or three low-cost TV series in China at this time.

Letting a few people on the other side come over to check the list of equipment that will be shipped to China in the near future, Simon asked again: "By the way, CCTV, have you contacted Zhang, how did he reply?"

Here, of course, is a big beard.

Zhang Dabeard is still in the system at this time, and is currently serving as the chief producer of "Water Margin".

Fortunately, the filming of "Water Margin" has come to an end, and the most important thing on CCTV's side is the producer, inviting the other party to come over in advance, as long as Zhang Dabeard is not stupid, he knows that the meaning of this errand is no less than that of "Water Margin".

Simon still hopes that Zhang Dabeard can serve as the helmsman of "Dragon Babu" and even the follow-up Jin Yong series this time.

In the past, Simon has always been difficult to understand the outside world's criticism and even abuse of Zhang's bearded Jin Yong series, whether as an insider or an ordinary audience, Simon thought that Zhang's Jin Yong series was definitely the best version, and there was no one. As for the touting of the Hong Kong version of the 90s, it is not an aesthetic, just a feeling.

is like a wild historical allusion that Zhu Yuanzhang never forgot about the bowl of 'jade white jade soup' before his career, because of the lack of film and television content at that time, some of them will become classics.

Wu Shanlin heard Simon ask about Zhang's beard, and hurriedly said: "Zhang has agreed, boss, we have been meeting during this time, and he is very much looking forward to meeting with the boss, but unfortunately he was not invited this time." ”

"It's good to say yes, forget it this time, and have a chance in the future. In addition, if the other party is willing, you can pull him into Jinshu Media. ”

Wu Shanlin said: "Actually, Zhang already has this intention, boss, in this case, I will talk to the other party about this when I go back?"

"Yes. ”

So it wasn't until about ten o'clock in the morning that everyone who should have been seen had already been seen, and Simon officially left China. Lin Su stayed, and is expected to return to North America after spending the Lantern Festival with his family.

After the Boeing 767 lifted off, Simon began to learn something else in his office in the cabin.

Or the 'Westeros effect'.

It is also a coincidence that the day after Simon arrived in China, on February 4, Hanbao Steel Company, which ranks 14th in South Korea and is also the second largest steel giant in South Korea, suddenly declared bankruptcy, and the South Korean stock market immediately plummeted, and then transmitted to Japan, Singapore and other countries, causing the stock market in Southeast Asia to fluctuate and fall.

The main reason for the collapse of Han Bao Steel, and even Han Bao Chaebol, which controls more companies behind the scenes, is debt.

In order to expand its own rapid expansion, Hanbao Iron and Steel Company in recent years with only 2% of its own funds can be called crazy to promote the construction of 10 million tons of steel plants, and the other 98% of the funds are from various banks, insurance and other financial institutions at home and abroad, which how many violations are not to mention for the time being, after all, slightly more normal financial institutions, should not provide a company with 50 times the leverage level of loans, the result is that Hanbao Iron and Steel capital chain is broken, and then triggers the collapse of the entire Hanbao chaebol.

These days, South Korea is also celebrating the New Year, but the South Korean government is anxious.

In order to avoid a chain reaction caused by the collapse of the Han Po chaebol, which has a total debt of more than 5.5 trillion yuan (about 7 billion U.S. dollars), the South Korean government has to urgently provide 1 trillion won (about 1.2 billion U.S. dollars) in bailouts to help the Han Bo chaebol fill the financial loopholes and prevent systemic financial risks in the South Korean economy.

The wind rises and the green is green.

The economic boom that began in the eighties in Southeast Asia inevitably led to overinvestment in all walks of life, which not only drained the wealth generated by domestic economic growth, but also led investors to borrow aggressively from international markets, thereby draining the income generated by the seemingly booming export business.

All of this ultimately leads to a huge debt problem hidden in the entire Southeast Asian region.

Debts need to be repaid eventually.

After the bankruptcy of the enterprise, if the lack of remedy leads to the inability to repay the huge debt, it will cause problems in the capital chain of banks and other financial institutions, and even eventually bankruptcy.

If the real industry is the organ, the financial institution is the blood that connects the economy of a country. Problems with a single organ, as long as it is repaired in time, or even removed, are not necessarily life-threatening. However, once the bloodline completely collapses, it will definitely be difficult to survive again.

In this Hanbao Iron and Steel incident, the South Korean government limited the negative impact to financial institutions, that is, a country's bloodline, before the impact was met.

However, once the scale of debt is too large, even the government cannot save it, and the result is a large-scale bankruptcy of financial institutions, the impact is transmitted overseas, a large number of international debts cannot be repaid, and the rating agency will downgrade a country's credit rating, if someone cooperates with the sale of currency at this time, it will lead to a sharp depreciation of a country's currency, and the national wealth will directly evaporate and dissipate.

This is the economic crisis.

In fact, not only South Korea, but also Thailand, which was once the flashpoint of the Southeast Asian financial crisis, has also begun to default on its debt on a small scale in recent months, but it has not attracted too much attention because the scale is far less than that of Hanbao Steel.

During the more than ten hours of flight, Simon read a thick stack of analytical data on the economic situation in Southeast Asia, but did not do anything, and still watched coldly.

Three billion dollars of funds have been lost to Soros, and Cersei Capital also has its own layout, and when the general direction is correct, Simon is too lazy to delve into any details.

This time, Simon's main target was South Korea.

Actually, Japan is even more fascinating.

It's just that, on the one hand, Japan's size is too big to eat, and on the other hand, Japan's economy is actually far from being as open as the outside world thinks, and it is even quite closed, which is really difficult to bite.

South Korea is different.

In the wake of this impending crisis, South Korea's economy will be forced to open its doors to the world. Moreover, South Korea's current GDP of about $600 billion is basically within the appetite of the Westeros system.

The most important thing is that, compared to other countries in Southeast Asia, South Korea has many industrial fields that Simon is very interested in, including electronics and entertainment in advance, including two major goals, after the investigation and research in recent months, combined with the information in memory, there are two more specific ones, shipbuilding and construction.

Now South Korea has reached the world's top level in the field of shipbuilding and construction, and the key is that it has a considerable cost advantage, and the future return on investment in these two fields is considerable.

As for the field of electronics, this is a fairly broad concept.

Because Simon hopes to cut off the development of the whole industrial chain in the electronics field in South Korea through the manipulation of the Westeros system this time, and only serve as a component supplier of the Westeros system.

At this point, the apples of the past are simply raising tigers.

Simon certainly won't make that mistake again.

For example, Samsung, this time, semiconductors and LCD screens, can only choose one, even if it is a single semiconductor field, Samsung can only choose one of them, and will no longer allow its comprehensive development.

The final entertainment industry, of course, is completely suppressed, music, film and television, and games, none of which are spared.

After all, this is the area that Simon is most familiar with.

Moreover, Simon needs a bridgehead for the entertainment industry in Greater China, and it takes time for China to grow, Japan is still too closed, and South Korea is just right. Audiovisual entertainment is controlled, on the one hand, the pacifier, and on the other hand, public opinion. As for occasionally playing with thighs and the like, it's just by the way.