"Now for the news. At 19 o'clock on the night of March 1, 2006, Seoul time, the three major satellite stations in the country were all interrupted, and a news broadcast was connected, and the host of the broadcast showed irrepressible excitement without exception: "At 18:20 this afternoon, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun appeared at the Good Morning Shopping Mall in Dongdaemun, Seoul, accompanied by relevant staff of the Blue House, and enjoyed the historical drama "The King's Man" with the public...... This is the first time that President Roh Moo-hyun has entered a regular theater to watch a movie since he became the owner of the Blue House, and it is also the first time in the history of South Korea that a president has appeared in front of the public in order to watch a movie and shared a screening hall with the people......

Press the remote control, change the channel, and the report is still similar!

“…… This is a moment worthy of historical memory, at least the history of entertainment development in the Republic of Korea, and it is the first time in the 40 years that Korean cinema has been officially established and developed. President Roh Moo-hyun visited the Mega.Box Dongdaemun Cinema at 6 p.m. today and enjoyed a 120-minute movie with the people...... This film that attracted the president's interest is the historical drama "The King's Man", which has recently caused heated discussions...... "The King's Man" is a historical drama that depicts the hardships and pain of the people at the bottom of the Yanshan Jun era and the treacherous and sinister tyranny of the tyrant's court, full of political satire and humanistic care, the drama has become a box office bomb at the beginning of 2006 with its profound screen language and spicy and superb performances, and before President Roh Moo-hyun arrived in theaters to watch, the drama production company J.H. studio has just released new box office information. Congratulations to "The King's Man" for successfully exceeding 5 million viewers......"

Changing the channel again, this time it was the on-site interview footage, in some shaky pictures, the hurriedly turned on lights spread out, and the place where they illuminated was full of black pressure and crowded crowds, and in the middle of the crowd, a group of staff and the security guards urgently transferred from the theater were trying to open up a passage to facilitate their protection of the core. That smile waved out of the theater. A middle-aged man who looks in good spirits!

“…… Ladies and gentlemen, it's 8:41 p.m., and President Roh Moo-hyun visited the theater more than two hours ago and watched a 120-minute movie with the people......" The live anchor's introduction was not finished. Appears to have received a signal from the cameraman. Turning his head, he found that the president, who was about to leave, had approached this side. The petite and cute female anchor who looked at the camera exerted a terrifying motivation and desperately squeezed to the edge of the crowd. He vigorously handed over the microphone and asked President Roh Moo-hyun, who had discovered the camera, "Mr. President, why did you come here to watch "The King's Man"?"

She may not have thought that her questions could be answered, everything is just a forced habit of the profession of an anchor, but unexpectedly, President Roh Moo-hyun actually stopped and replied: "I heard the staff around me introduce that this movie is very innovative, so today I took advantage of the leisure time after work, come and watch it!"

The cute face of the young female anchor was almost red at this moment, and anyone could see her excitement and ecstasy at this moment, but those emotions obviously could not interfere with her self-motivation, so as soon as Roh Moo-hyun finished answering, she asked a second question: "Mr. President, what do you think of this movie?

"Very good film!" Roh Moo-hyun, who was still smiling gently, nodded, "The meaning is profound and far-reaching, it has strong educational value, and it is full of humanistic atmosphere, I like it very much!"

Being able to answer two questions is obviously the limit, and when the words fell, President Roh Moo-hyun left quickly under the protection of several staff members around him, and only their backs gradually disappeared in the surging crowd in the shaking camera, and the female anchor was so excited that they even tried to ask a little bit, and the crowd was chaotic and noisy!

Then the TV screen was dark, the light turned from dark to strong, this is a large conference room, a spacious oval conference table, only a few people sat sparsely in the upper half, and the first person who turned off the TV was an old man with silver hair, a well-tailored suit, and bright eyes.

He casually threw away the remote control in his hand, looked at the few well-dressed men and women who were young or middle-aged, and asked in a low voice, "What do you think?"

His Korean pronunciation is a little strange, but a few people here have obviously been used to it for a long time, and they didn't show anything unusual, Luo Xizhen is also among these people, but the position is the last.

She was a woman who, after years of struggle, was qualified to attend the meeting, but she didn't really have much to say, so she just fell silent and looked at the other colleagues.

There was silence in the conference room for a long time, and the first to speak was the young man who was the first to start with the old man: "There's nothing to say, President Roh Moo-hyun said it himself, he listened to the recommendation of the staff around him, probably just a coincidence, and was accidentally discovered when he came to watch the movie......"

The young man was about thirty years old, his hair was meticulously combed back of his head, and his facial contours were somewhat similar to the old man's, but he did not have the calm of the old man.

"Idiot!"

Luo Xizhen secretly sneered, the young man's name is Chongguang Zangzhi, Korean-Japanese, is the youngest son of the old man above, and that old man is the president of Lotte Cinema, Shigemitsu Mazuo, of course, he also has a Korean name, called Singh Hata.

Singh Hatake is a distant relative of Takeo Shigemitsu (Singhao), the founder and chairman of the Lotte Group, which is considered a generation, but much younger than the old chairman, and when he was young, he was just in time for Singh Hao to start a business in Japan, when Korea was still an occupation country of Japan, and life was difficult, so he went to the ocean with many of his fellow clans to work under Singh Hao.

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea in 1965, the Xin family, which has grown in Japan, has never wanted to return to its homeland, and the same is true for Singahata, and he is quite capable and has a sensitivity to the entertainment industry beyond ordinary people, so after the establishment of Lotte Entertainment, Singhao transferred him to South Korea. He is in charge of the entertainment industry of the Lotte Group, and he is still firmly in the position of chairman until now.

However, compared to his ability, his son Shigemitsu Zangzhi is much inferior, although he is said to be a highly talented student of Kyoto University (Kyoto University), but his emotional intelligence is obviously inversely proportional to his IQ, and his personality is not likable, not only is he irritable and self-serving, but he also has a special dislike for his Korean identity, and even feels that he never uses his Korean name.

Of course, the reason why there is so much dissatisfaction with Chongguang Zangzhi. Mainly because: She is in charge of the sales department with her.

Listening to Chongguang Zangzhi's somewhat absurd analysis conclusions, a trace of contempt flashed in Luo Xizhen's eyes, but she didn't speak, she knew it. Naturally, there will be people who contradict him.

Really. Chongguang Zangzhi's words are not over yet. The first middle-aged man under Singhah's right hand lifted his glasses and said with a smile: "Minister Shigemon's analysis is just a possibility, and his attitude is relatively optimistic. But it's best to look at it from a pessimistic perspective when making decisions. Personally, I prefer that this is a political signal than a coincidence, and President Roh Moo-hyun appeared in the theater to watch "The King's Man", thinking that the purpose was not simple......"

"Don't get everything involved in politics!" said Shigemitsu Zangzhi dissatisfiedly, "He's the president, can't he watch the movie? Are you being bluffed by that J.H.'s tricks, or are you jealous of the box office of that broken film, and trying to make us turn our backs on our allies?"

The middle-aged man was not angry at all when he asked him such a rather unceremonious question, and replied with a smile: "Minister Chongguang said that he was laughing, if Roh Moo-hyun wants to watch a movie, the private theater of the Blue House, the Korean Theater, and the Seoul Theater are more suitable for him to watch movies privately...... He is the president, and he must be cautious every time he appears in public, because he is a political bellwether in his own right!"

"I ......" Chongguang Zangzhi seemed to want to refute, but before the words could be spoken, he was glanced at by his father: "Shut up!"

The conference room closed his mouth with Chongguang Zangzhi and fell silent again, Singh thought for a moment, looked at the middle-aged man, and asked, "Do you think Roh Moo-hyun's watching "The King's Man" is a political signal, relying only on this basis?"

"Of course not, that's just an assumption. The middle-aged man said with a soft expression, "The basis is actually very obvious, the recent hit of "The King's Man" inevitably covers up another thing - the demonstration and protest of the filmmakers! From the previous performance of the government, we can basically determine that in order to promote the FTA negotiations, the government will no longer compromise with the filmmakers on the reduction of film quotas this time, but it is not enough to be blindly tough, the current silence of the filmmakers is only temporary, and they are also frightened by "The King's Man" just like us. But one day they will react again, and maybe they will use the influence of "The King's Man" to cause more trouble for the government, so the government must appease them while insisting on reducing the film quota......"

“…… The government's financial recovery of 400 billion won to support film shooting, and the establishment of a 5% surtax on theaters to set up a filmmaker support fund are all means of appeasement, but these are not enough, the government also needs to send a signal to let filmmakers, at least let most filmmakers know that the government still supports domestic films, so what is a clearer signal than the president watching a domestic film himself?"

The analysis of these words was quite thorough, and all of the people present nodded secretly, except for Chongguang Zangzhi and Singh Hata who could not see joy and anger.

No, someone still asked: "After the movie quota cut came out, it wasn't just "The King's Man" that performed well, why didn't you appease it at that time?"

The middle-aged man knew which one the other party was talking about, and he smiled: "Because "Head Master 2" has gangster elements and cannot be used as a political carrier, and it also has a tendency to insult China, expressing support for it will mislead the government in its international position, therefore, not to mention its weak performance in the later period, even if it is strong at the box office, when "The King's Man" appears, it will actually sound its death knell...... When a matter is involved in politics, then the matter is no longer simple, and politicians can be ruthless in destroying anything that stands in their way in order to achieve a political goal......"

As he spoke, he looked at Singh Hata meaningfully: "President, I can be sure that from tomorrow onwards, most of the political groups in the country will probably follow suit, and the development of "The King's Man" is no longer something that anyone can stop, or even ...... We also have to give some indications!"

Singh was silent, the old man who had presided over the Lotte entertainment industry for 20 years, and all the wrinkles on his forehead were carved out at this moment, showing that his mind was not as calm as it seemed.

As a Japanese-funded company, Lotte has been able to develop into one of the top 10 in Korea and one of the top 500 companies in the world, all thanks to a standard set by Chairman Xin Gehao - not to get involved in politics and to maintain political correctness!

This is a seemingly contradictory but identical concept, and it is by adhering to this standard that Lotte Group has been able to slowly grow into a giant in the Korean economy under the competition of many local enterprises with government support!

He understood what the middle-aged man meant by the last sentence, which was urging him to make a decision that he didn't want to make.

After thinking silently for a long time, at a certain moment, he remembered the standard of "not getting involved in politics and maintaining political correctness" again, Singh's originally shining eyes dimmed for a moment, and when it lit up again, he looked at Luo Xizhen, who was sitting at the end: "Ms. Luo......"

Luo Xizhen hurriedly got up: "President!"

"Tomorrow...... On behalf of Lotte Cinema, let's talk to J.H about cooperation!"

"Uh...... Yes, President!"

At the same time in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul, Ahn Jun-hyuk went from the dark living room after turning off the TV to the balcony where the moonlight and the neon of the city were sprinkled all over the sky, dozens of meters in the air, Seoul was like a huge, glowing roulette wheel, running under the night and the bright moonlight, running the mystery and complexity covered by various colors.

He gently stretched out his hand and grabbed at the void in front of him, and the outline of the entire city in his vision was taken into his palm, and all the light dimmed and extinguished under his palm.

"The King's Man" finally embarked on the road of being pushed to the top, there is no obstacle in front of him, the long-term plan has finally been realized, and there is naturally a sense of comfort in my heart like breaking free from shackles, and a faint sense of achievement.

Although he had never shown it, he had been taking advantage of all kinds of opportunities, using all kinds of advantages of his foreknowledge, to force them together and turn them into a huge force, and slammed it into the stubborn boulder of the film industry, knocking it out a gap, allowing him to peek behind the boulder, so that he could reach for the place.

But while relaxing, he didn't have too many happy emotions in his heart, because he understood that he had done all this by taking advantage of the situation, no matter how powerful it seemed, the essence was a small fight for big vain after all.

That boulder only opened a gap, in fact, the fate of himself and J.H still can't be controlled by himself, that gap just allows him to enter and play games!

Ahn Jun Hyuk of dreams, Ahn Jun Hyuk in the past, Ahn Jun Hyuk in the present, has never been satisfied with the goodness of being a gamer, he prefers to stand on a high place, look down and watch others follow his rules of the game......!