Ahn Sung-ki didn't complain about anything more, he was just helping Kim Jong-ming by re-establishing this committee at the beginning, and with his current reputation, even if he was disgraced, it was just a disgrace.

Therefore, after a few small chats between the teacher and the student, the topic gradually and inevitably shifted to the movie.

"The box office response of the film was very good. An Shengji thought for a moment and asked. "Since Song Kanghao is willing to give up face for four days, how much do you estimate your company can make this time?"

"Five billion?" replied after thinking for a moment. "For example, if there are 3 million moviegoers, each ticket price is 8,000 won, which is 24 billion won. Then the cinema takes half of it, taxes 5%, and the reward share of the seven main actors is another 5%, and then subtracts the cost of 3 billion, which is more than 600 million. But a few core assistant directors in the crew, as well as a few business backbones who took the opportunity to be pulled by our company, plus a few outstanding company members, I am ready to give them a little more. ”

"Very good!" An Shengji nodded with emotion. "In the final analysis, filmmakers need their works to speak, although you are a new director and a new company, but in this year's market environment, no one can be convinced by this achievement!"

As a filmmaker, he really felt the arrival of this year's film winter, and the market return rate of the entire film market actually became -44%! In other words, if an average of 100 yuan is invested, then only 66 yuan can be recovered, which is the lowest point in the history of Korean films. Of course, this is due to the fact that Lee Myung-bak, a fool, relied on the US economy to the whole line, which led to the subprime mortgage crisis and directly caused damage to South Korea, but the performance of the market itself could never have been caused by one reason.

But then again, when many media analyzed the reasons why "I Love You" was able to perform well against the trend. Kim Jong-myung's choice of the theme of warm films has also become an important reason. The reason is that under the financial crisis, this kind of film is easier to give people comfort. Otherwise, this twilight love movie would not have been able to hit the box office of three million!

But that's an afterthought, and while it makes sense, it's just a matter of listening. Let's go back to the chat between Ahn Sung-ki and Kim Jong-ming that day, and one of their conversations directly determined the explosion of JK-CUBE in the second year!

"What do you think with so much money in hand?" An Shengji asked casually at the time. "Are you going to make two low-budget films or do you want to bet on them all? I remember you said you were going to do a self-directed and self-acted work, when will it be launched?"

"It's hard to say. Jin Zhongming sighed. "This movie is actually a bit of a duck on the shelves, but fortunately, the subject matter is special, I can play to my strengths and avoid my weaknesses, and if I come to another one, I estimate that it is more likely to be planted. So I'm really ready to slow down, as for the question of the movie, let's watch "Mother" in the second half of the year, even if it is the second male lead, I will not be worse than Yuan Bin. ”

"The tone is really big, it seems that being a director is different. An Shengji leaned against the table and laughed playfully. "But did we have a pact? Within a year, if you don't have more than two awards for your short film, directorial debut, or self-directed and self-acted film, you will shut down the company yourself. That's what you said, right?"

"Yes!" Jin Zhongming nodded with a smile. "But haven't I already done it? "I Love You" is destined to win a best new director for me, and it is probably Qinglong. As for the short films, you may not know that I just asked a friend from Busan to sponsor this year's Busan Film Festival. ”

An Shengji was immediately amused, indeed. All he needed was for Kim to prove the company's capabilities, and now he had actually done it. As for whether the short film wins the award or not, it is actually useless, but with the stubbornness of his students, he will definitely follow the literal agreement, and the sponsorship will be sponsored, and no one will say anything if "Old Boy" wins the best short film.

After laughing like this, the two of them also put the previous conversation in March to the back of their minds, and reopened the topic.

"After the Blue Dragon Award at the end of this year, you will officially become a partner of the cube company, and your name will not only be a announcement, but also a boost to the company. Jin Zhongming indifferently proposed, with the outstanding performance of "I Love You", An Shengji's official joining the company is a foregone conclusion.

"Whatever!" An Shengji nodded disappreciatively, but then he remembered the topic just now. "You haven't said how you're going to spend your five billion, a newly established film company can't put the earnings in the account and raise interest, right?"

"I'm ready to invest out. Jin Zhongming replied helplessly. "Invest in other people's films. It is natural for a movie to share the risk with multiple investors, and it is also a way for major companies to recognize each other, but now that the market environment is so bad, I am also a little hesitant, teacher, if you know some good movies that lack money, you must tell me, I will investigate. ”

"I know two now!" An Shengji gave a direct answer with a spread of his hand. "Actually, that's why I asked you about the income in the first place, but at first I didn't think you were really going to invest it. ”

"Teacher, are you prepared?" Jin Zhongming immediately became interested. You say. ”

"The first one is a sci-fi film that I mentioned to you before, director Kim Ji-hoon pulled me in, called "The Seventh Mining Area", this film is still in the project stage, starring me, Ha Ji-won, and Wu Zhi-ho. This time, director Kim has great ambitions, and this film should be the first IMAX3D film in Korea, so the investment demand is also very large. Even if Director Jin took the title of "Gorgeous Vacation" before, he still hasn't invested enough. An Shengji said lightly, seeing that he was a little uneasy about this film.

"If it's a film of this level, where is its profit and loss point?" Kim Jong Ming asked with a frown, the profit and loss point is a term unique to Korean films, this is because the Korean ticket price is unified, so after the investment in a movie is placed there, the cost can be recovered when the number of moviegoers reaches a fixed number, and this number is the profit and loss point. By the way, Kim Jong-ming's "I Love You" has a profit and loss point of less than 900,000 viewers, and this is after he added a large amount of publicity budget.

"At least 4 million!" An Shengji, as the leading actor, naturally knew something, and he directly stretched out four fingers without thinking about it. "And if you want to ask about the creative cycle of it, I estimate that it will take 11 years to get out. ”

"What about the script? In your experience, what is the plot of the script? The most taboo thing about this kind of science fiction film is that the plot is not rich and complete enough. Jin Zhongming frowned and continued to ask.

"It's not very rich!" An Shengji sighed. "It's just a mutated undersea monster that emerges from a closed area, and then kills the monster, and finally some people die and some live. ”

"I'm not interested!" Jin Zhongming immediately shook his head like a rattle, what a joke, money is not smashed like this. "What's the second movie you're talking about?"

"The second film is actually about to start shooting, but there have been some problems with funding. An Shengji replied hesitantly. "It's also a science fiction film, and it also requires a lot of money to do CG, and the director is still a person who has only made comedies, his last decent movie was actually 02's "Color is Empty", which is not comparable to director Kim Ji-hoon. ”

Jin Zhongming also lost interest all of a sudden, but because it was his teacher who spoke, he could be casual in language, but he couldn't be rude in this kind of thing, so he reluctantly sat here and waited for the other party to finish.

"But the starring role is also Ha Ji Won. Ahn Sung-ki explained with his arms in his arms, and it seemed that he didn't have any thoughts about the movie either. "You also know that I have partnered with Ha Ji Won in more than one drama over the years, although I only accepted you as a student, but the whole of Korea knows that the child can barely be regarded as brought out by me, plus I will work together soon, so she found me. ”

Jin Zhongming nodded in understanding.

"And the male number one and male number two in the movie are also related to me. Speaking of this, An Shengji sighed a little helplessly, the entertainment industry is like this, even if he is the highest point, he is inevitably favored. "The male number one is Xue Jingqiu, I won't say much about this. The second male number is Park Chongxun, and he and I have been friends for decades, in fact, when the script of "Radio Star" was delivered to me, my first reaction was not you, but him. All three of them have been actively soliciting investment for movies recently, and they have all asked me directly or implicitly. So, if you can, you can help with that!"

"Okay! I'll go contact Ha Ji Won senior right now and ask her out for dinner in the evening. Jin Zhongming nodded, turned around and was about to leave, seeing that this meant that he was going to agree. In fact, Kim Jong Ming is also helpless, just like Ha Ji Won couldn't refuse, after Ha Ji Won found An Shengji, Ahn Shengji said such a thing to himself, plus he turned down the investment in the previous movie, so he couldn't refuse this, there was no way, and he would be lost.

"Hard work!" An Shengji is not hypocritical, what is the teacher's hypocrisy towards students? This is South Korea, not China, if An Shengji is really unhappy, he will have to slap Jin Zhongming next to him, but the reason why An Shengji is An Shengji is that he will not do this.

"Wait a minute. Jin Zhongming had already walked to the door and took out his mobile phone, but he suddenly realized something keenly from An Shengji's words. "You just said that Xue Kyung-gu, Park Joong-hoon, and Ha Ji-won are actually taking the initiative to attract investment for this movie?"

"That's right. An Shengji nodded in response. "The three of them are more or less campaigning for this film, and it seems that there is indeed a problem with funding. ”

"But it also shows that these three are optimistic about this movie at the same time!" Kim Jongming speculated with his head tilted. "At least the script is very valued by these three people, and there are not many scripts that can be valued by Xue Wan and Ha Zhiyuan's predecessors! What is the name of this movie?

"Haeundae!" Ahn Sung-ki spread his hands. "I heard it was a disaster movie, but I didn't pay much attention to the script or anything. ”

Compared with An Shengji's casualness, Jin Zhongming was immediately stunned on the spot.

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