In Kwon Bo-gen's view, Ahn Jun-hyuk asked this question a little strangely, when the skin-headed movement broke out in 1999, he had already followed Lee so-man to fight in SM at that time, and he also went to Guanghwamen to see it, Lim Kwon-taek, Kang Di-gyu and other famous directors, bareheaded, holding their respective posthumous photos in their arms, standing in front of the crowd, behind them were black heads, banners and slogans held high.

He can't forget that scene now, and that scene is also the decisive factor that finally shocked the people and made them stand on the side of the filmmakers.

Even not just him, Park Young-joon has seen it with his own eyes.

"Junhyuk, why did you suddenly ask about this? Who doesn't know what victory the bald head movement has won, isn't it just that Jiang Digui and Lim Kwon-taek and those famous guides have come forward, and the social influence is too great, and the government can't withstand the pressure of public opinion, so they have to agree to restore the quota system in the end?"

Park Young-jun said nonchalantly, and Kwon Bo-geun also nodded: "The main thing is Lim Kwon-taek, he was the Minister of Culture and Tourism at the time, a high-ranking official of Kim Dae-jung's government, even he is against the quota system, and the government has no position to continue to be tough." ”

This is also the opinion of most people, and it is since then that Lim Kwon-taek is known as the godfather of Korean films.

Ahn Jun-hyuk just nodded at the answer of the two.

The hot tea was wafting steam, the geothermal heat in the lounge had just been turned on, the temperature was still cold, and the steam condensed a large group of people who did not disperse, and in the eyes of the two people sitting opposite, after the white mist, Ahn Junhyuk's expression was a little sneering.

After being silent for some time, he suddenly spoke: "Yes, most of them are like this. However, the development of history is more secretly promoted, and what you see on the surface is usually only the appearance!"

"Many people believe that the decisive factor in the victory of the skinhead movement was that Lim Kwon-taek abandoned the government after the last day and moved the South Koreans, but in my opinion, the government just used the largest protest to find a step down!"

As he spoke. Ahn Jun-hyuk subconsciously rubbed his fingers gently. There was a thoughtful look between his eyes: "In the past two days, in addition to the production of "Marriage", I have checked some newspapers at that time, and I have to say. In 1998, Kim Dae-jung's government proposed to cut quotas. I really chose the wrong time...... Do you remember the Asian financial crisis in '97?"

His mind was beating too fast. Kwon Bo-geun and Park Young-joon barely kept up, but subconsciously nodded to indicate that they remembered.

Who will forget?

The Asian financial crisis of 1997 followed the miracle of the Han River. Koreans shocked the world for the second time, when in order to save the won, the whole of South Korea took action, housewives took out the money to buy vegetables to buy domestic products, and the heads of the family, as well as those fanatical youths, donated gold, jewelry, etc., and went to the national disaster with the country.

But what does the financial turmoil have to do with quota cuts?

Ignoring the puzzled eyes of the two, Ahn Jun-hyuk paused, as if waiting for them to recall, and then continued: "That financial turmoil almost destroyed the entire South Korea, the Daewoo Group disintegrated, and later even declared bankruptcy. Samsung took its business back into the country, and LG was hit hard...... The richest part of the whole South Korea, in the face of the chaos of the entire Asian financial market and the Great Depression of the economy, can only shrink to this peninsula, holding the money in their hands but not knowing how to spend it, and later, the film classification system let them see the light of day......

“…… I found that after the implementation of the grading system, the first person in South Korean history to attract capital investment was Kang Di-gyu, who received an investment of 2.5 billion won from the Samsung consortium, and then made "Ginkgo Bed", which created a 30% return for the Samsung consortium after its release - investment is different from doing projects, such a rate of return is already very high. The Samsung consortium was very satisfied, so soon, Kang Digui wanted to shoot "Life and Death", and they took out another 6 billion won to support it. Samsung's actions could not be concealed from LG, SK and other consortia, but there was only one Kang Digui at that time, so they turned to other fields. ”

"The first to be occupied by capital was the videotape market. Have you seen "Meet Lenin Again"? The scene that impressed me the most was when East Germans poured into West Germany after the Berlin Wall was torn down, and instead of shouting for freedom and denouncing communism, they frantically ran into the video store and went to see erotic videos......" Ahn Junhyuk couldn't help but laugh as he spoke, but the smile then retracted and turned into a frowning brow.

“…… It's a comedy and it looks ridiculous, but you can imagine that when a taboo is lifted, what people crave most is to touch it. The film classification system has lifted the shackles of the clipping system, and Koreans no longer have to be arrested for watching things they shouldn't have seen as before, so the videotape market has suddenly exploded! The big conglomerates seized the opportunity to enter the market and soon developed the market from a small workshop model to a collective, and the same model soon spread to Chungmuro, and later, the entire film industry began to fall......

“…… The trend of commercialization of the entire industry is reflected in the industry standard, which is more formal and larger-scale, so the small and medium-sized business investment management committee, the film promotion committee, the video classification committee and other private organizations were established in those two years, and I checked the newspapers at the time, and roughly calculated that these institutions funded by large consortia alone cost nearly 100 million US dollars, not to mention the projects that were ready to be launched within each consortia, such as CJ Entertainment, Lotte, and Show.Box, which were ambitious at that time...... The total investment is probably more than 300 million!"

He looked at Kwon Bo-geun and Park Young-hand, his eyes were deep: "You say, what will happen if South Korea cancels the film quota system at that time, introduces the behemoth of Hollywood, and the big conglomerates invest more than 300 million US dollars?"

“…………”

Kwon Bo Geun was speechless, his face was pale and covered with cold sweat, and next to him, Park Young-jun also opened his mouth wide, not knowing what to say for a while.

What else?

99 years of Korean films, simply can not resist the Hollywood invasion, as long as the quota system is abolished, the local film market will collapse immediately, and the 300 million US dollars invested by the big conglomerates to set industry standards will be completely wasted!

From this point of view, the truth about the victory of the skinhead movement in 1999 is almost subversive!

Quan Baogen was stunned for a long time, and then asked expectantly, "President, what do you mean...... The victory of the skinhead movement was only succeeded by the pressure exerted by the big business groups on the government in order to recover their losses?"

"Huh...... What do you think? In those days, $300 million in losses was enough for them to break their bones. ”

Kwon was silent.

Park Young-hand, who had been unsure of how to speak, wiped his face and finally asked, "According to your opinion, this possible protest is doomed to failure?"

The special environment has passed, South Korea's economy is developing rapidly, the big conglomerates have long abandoned the film market, and the Hollywood invasion has nothing to do with them. Even if the factor of big conglomerates is removed, only within the filmmakers, I am afraid that opinions will not be unified...... It's not 1999 now, but in the past seven years, Korean films have gradually gained a foothold by copying the Hollywood model, and their influence has even spread to the whole of Asia.

Saying that, Ahn Jun-hyuk shook his head with a smile: "Otherwise, why did you cut the quota system this time, there was no rumor at all in advance? At the beginning, the main force of the bald movement, Lim Kwon-taek, Kang Di-gyu, and Lee Cang-dong, do you think that they have taken a back seat and have no ears within the government? They just think that this is not a crisis of the life and death of Korean films, and there is no need to go against the government again!"

"Without their leadership, the clowns who are currently active would not have the prestige to organize another skinhead movement, and the so-called protests would be just a farce in the end!"

In the quiet room, Ahn Jun-hyuk's voice is clear and clear, like a pool of clear water, with the smell of insight into everything.

"Wait! Wait for those beam-jumping clowns to appear on the stage and show the filmmaker's weakness in front of the public, Lotte is not sure, but Mega.Box will obediently come and renegotiate with us!"

He closed his eyes, ignored Kwon Bo-geun and Park Young-joon, and his mind sank into his mind, and in the darkness, he turned over the memory called Dream Land and flipped to 2007.

In that year, due to business difficulties, Mega.Box sold its multiplex theaters and franchise shares held by the cinema chain to KMIC (Korea General Investment Corporation......

No matter how ordinary a person is, as long as he has foreknowledge, he can master everything!

……

"Minister Hong, what should I do? There is no news of filmmakers activating yet!"

At the headquarters of Mega.Box, in the minister's office, an assistant reports to Minister Hong Sung-woo, who was originally in charge of negotiating with J.H and is now appointed by the chairman to follow the movements of filmmakers.

Listening to his report, Hong Chengyou's face twitched, his expression was cloudy and uncertain, he thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Keep inquiring!"

“…… Yes, Minister!"

The assistant left quickly, and when he left the office, Hong Chengyou's barely straightened back immediately slumped and sighed silently.

Since last year, the drawbacks of Mega.Box's aggressive expansion have gradually become apparent, and as the overall quality of movies has decreased throughout the last year, the box office has been sluggish, and Mega.Box's economic situation has become worse and worse. originally pinned on the summer and winter vacations, but there were few good films and a lot of bad movies during the two holidays, which made the company's finances worse and worse, until the 26th, the government's additional tax conditions to "appease" filmmakers issued a fatal blow!

If the government does not remove this condition, Mega.Box's current situation can only last for another year at most, and it will have to face a major choice - either bankruptcy and reorganization, or sell the theater chain!

But how can a Mega.Box influence government decision-making?

So the only hope at the moment is to pray that the filmmakers will explode and have another skinhead movement, as in 1999, to force the government to compromise......!