Chapter 250: Someone Can't Hold On!
On the second day, Kim Jong-myung went to Busan, accompanied by a large number of TVN PDs, writers, screenwriters, finances, and scene notes...... In short, this is to officially form a crew in Busan. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
In this regard, almost every Korean media is very ordinary and briefly mentioned in a timely manner, from the three major newspaper to the game website, almost none of them are pulled.
Of course, it is understandable to be normal, after all, this "Please Answer 1997" has been tossed for half a month, and it is time to start filming, and of course it is no problem for the Busan background TV series to go to Busan.
Well, but why did so many media take the initiative to mention the subtle movements of this TV series? You know, this is just a crew move, it is neither a formal press conference, nor a casting meeting with a lot of artists before, not to mention that the TV series is still early before its premiere, and there are no ratings as a topic at all.
In fact, there is only one answer, that is, TVN TV has been too earth-shattering recently, to be precise, the god-like ratings of "Grandpa Over Flowers" are too earth-shattering.
Having said so much earth-shattering, let's report the specific data, the latest episode of "Grandpa Over Flowers", the national AGB rating is 5.3%, the highest rating is 7.4%, and in the capital area, which is most valued by advertisers, this variety show has won a magical result of 8.9%. As for network ratings, multiply by ten automatically!
This achievement...... How can I say that? It's really not like anything before!
In fact, this variety show is almost single-handedly refreshing the psychological endurance of the media and TV station peers, and it is also constantly refreshing the Korean people's knowledge and understanding of cable TV stations, and even changing the traditional Korean TV industry pattern in a visible way! Then, it is understandable that everyone uses a subtle attitude to face the TV series "Please Answer 1997", which has not yet started filming...... Everyone can't hold back their mentality, from peers to the media, everyone wants to know what TVN will go under the leadership of Kim Jong-ming!
Among them, "Chosun Ilbo" is the best, and directly believes that with this variety show alone, Kim Jong-myung's previous slogan of shaking TVB has become a reality!
And "JoongAng Daily", as the parent of JTBC TV, can only sigh helplessly, TVN, a variety show, is worth the sum of all the programs of all other cable TV stations!
Even, some online media did not forget to take the opportunity to ridicule TVB in their reports, saying that this variety show is already higher than Lin Yuner's "Love Rain"......
Well, why do you want to compare a cable TV variety show to a TVB TV series? It's also pitiful, because Yuna's "Love Rain" has recently become a well-known topic of conversation in the ratings - on May 15, the night of Sunny's birthday, the TV series once again broke its own ratings record.
The ratings of 4.2% are also snappy, and it's no wonder that Yuna didn't appear that night.
Anyway, it turns out that, as Sunny says, even if the world is in a box, it's an interesting world. In this regard, Kim Jong-ming, who was comfortably blowing the sea breeze in Busan, inexplicably agreed.
But some people are not so comfortable.
"Are you really gone?" In a ward in Seoul, sitting on a chair next to the bed, Li Cangdong, who heard the news, felt that his facial muscles seemed to be a little inexplicably uncontrollable.
"It's really gone. Sitting across the hospital bed was also a big man, Professor Lee Yong-kwan, chairman of the executive committee of the Busan Film Festival, who calmly repeated the message he had already said once. "I have to go back and forth between Busan and Seoul several times a week, and I happened to bring a lot of things with me today, so I chose to take the train, and then I happened to meet him again at Busan Station, so I couldn't help but talk a little more...... He told me that he wasn't going to go back to Seoul until the drama was filmed. He also said that in fact, there was an option for the main filming location of the TV series to be Seoul, but he made the decision and chose to shoot at the location in Busan, saying that it was to strive for refinement!"
"A TV series...... It takes at least two months to shoot, and Kim Jong-ming has to stay up in Busan for two months without going back to Seoul?" "Do you believe it?"
"I believe it. Li Yongguan still looked expressionless and sitting in a precarious position.
"I want to believe it. Li Cangdong sneered, and cocked Erlang's legs disdainfully. But I couldn't believe it. ”
"Why?" Li Yongguan frowned slightly.
"Because of the money. Li Cangdong replied calmly. "Professor Li, how about I calculate your account for you? ”
Li Yongguan immediately nodded.
"Kim Jong Ming is worth about $6 billion. Li Cangdong drew a six. "It may not be accurate because the stock price is fluctuating, but that's the general meaning. ”
Li Yongguan nodded again.
In order to be able to complete the previous acquisitions, he rushed to cash in and trade without waiting for the US to go public, and it is said that he lost a lot of money, and at least traded out three or four billion dollars worth of stocks. ”
Li Yongguan not only nodded this time, but also opened his mouth expressionlessly: "He told people about this matter, and what he said is actually very reasonable, a Korean...... Americans don't allow him to hold so much Facebook stock, and so much wealth doesn't allow him to take it so cheaply, in fact, for these transactions, I heard that he paid a lot of taxes...... It is said to have the appearance of a small billion dollars. ”
"Well said, rightly said. Li Cangdong nodded, and then withdrew the dangling palm. But back to the topic, three or four billion dollars is the limit of what can be obtained from Facebook, and there is no need to move the remaining stocks, so these three or four billion dollars are actually the upper limit of his seemingly huge capital flow, and then remove the small billion protection fees...... He brought the most money to South Korea......"
"Take the median, $2.5 billion. Li Yongguan took the initiative to open his mouth again.
"Okay, two and a half billion dollars. Li Cangdong shook his head. "Then Professor Li, do you know how much he spent on buying Meijia Cinemas?"
"Mega...... The Meijia he bought this time is not only from South Korea, but from the entire theater chain, including the Chinese side...... Anyway, it's indispensable. ”
"I'll tell you, $650 million. Li Cangdong gave an exact number. "And CGV, MNET, TVN, CJ Pictures, although it is said that there is a rhythm of the Li family's initiative to cut off the tail of the gecko, but such a large industry, the transaction costs a lot of money, and it is estimated that there will be a scale of nearly one billion US dollars......"
"Nothing more, no less. Li Yongguan's complexion, which had always been unwavering, finally showed a trace of dynamics. And considering that the Li family sister and brother still have some reservations in MNET and cj Pictures, the majority of the transaction is still CGV theaters...... I know what you mean. ”
"That's right. Li Cangdong put away Erlang's legs and smiled a little with a strange expression. "If you think about it, even in terms of Jin Zhongming's financial resources, he still did his best to make the big acquisition a while ago, and the act of trading stocks without waiting for the listing itself also shows that he attaches great importance to this acquisition. Let's leave nothing else aside for the time being, just talk about the film industry, this time, the various film industries he acquired have suddenly become the main pillars of his industry...... So, what reason does he have to leave his pillar industry unattended for two months?"
Li Yongguan frowned.
"At the very least, we should merge the two theater chains first, right? Then, in order to restrain Lee Jae-bin, we should immediately integrate the film production industry on CUBE's side with CJ Pictures, right?" asked Lee Cangdong with a smirk. "But it's been more than half a month, and he hasn't even changed the name of the theater, but he has to go to Busan to shoot a TV series with a big stall of industry here, and it will take two months...... Crazy?"
"You mean...... He must have a follow-up move?" Li Yongguan asked sensitively. "But ......"
"Professor Lee. Li Cangdong suddenly sighed a little weakly. "I know that many people have been saying that these people in our Directors Association are a little too sensitive, that our group of poor people can't see that people are young and promising, and that they can't see other people's industries thriving, and that we are blindly jealous and messing around, forcing people to dare not show their heads for half a month...... But is it really that we have a lot of trouble?" Without waiting for Li Yongguan to respond, Li Cangdong asked and answered himself. They don't want to think that even if it is just the simplest merger of two theater chains, it means that one person suddenly controls half of the theater chains in South Korea! It's like a landlord suddenly owns half of the land in the village, and he has to say that from today onwards, fifty percent of the rent is not enough, at least sixty percent...... What are we going to do?"
"Isn't it a bit like a villain to spend the belly of a gentleman?" Li Yongguan asked with a frown. "I have a very good impression of Zhong Ming......"
"Believe me, I have a much better impression of him than you!" Li Cangdong laughed dryly. "I see him as a 'comrade'!"
Li Yongguan did not answer this time, but maintained some kind of tough silence.
"Vulgarity. At this moment, on the hospital bed between the two film industry tycoons, a voice suddenly sounded...... It turned out that there was a person sitting there in the hospital bed listening to the conversation between the two. "I think what Cangdong said makes a lot of sense......"
"The film industry in Busan and even all the cultural people have a good impression of Kim Jong-myung. Compared with his insistence on Li Cangdong, Li Yongguan obviously has a much better attitude towards this person. "Before, we were able to get rid of Kim Dong-ho and control the Busan Film Festival, and we also had the help of Kim Jong-myung......"
"I know. The person on the hospital bed had a sallow face, but there was a lot of momentum in his words, and he unceremoniously interrupted Li Yongguan's words, and the other party was not dissatisfied. "But have you thought about it...... No matter what Cangdong said, there is no problem with that analogy, that Kim Jong-ming has a cinema in his hand, then he is the landlord in the village of Korean movies, and a landlord may be a small favor, or he may really be morally noble, but the landlord is the landlord, the tenant is the tenant, and he will not betray his class......"
The one sitting between Lee Chang-dong and Lee Yong-guan is a Korean cultural bigwig named Park Kwang-so who has been in seclusion for a long time. He is the initiator of Korean New Wave films, a famous director, a university professor, and one of the two main founders of the Busan Film Festival (the other is Kim Dongho, who represents the government), and is also the guide for Lee Chang-dong to enter the film industry, and he is also the predecessor of Lee Yong-kwan at the Busan Film Festival.
That's right, this Mr. Park Kwang-so is the former chairman of the Busan Film Industry who was ousted by Mr. Kim Donghu because he drank too much, and he is also a person who is absolutely difficult for Lee Yongguan to refuse.
In other words, this shabby place in South Korea can be described as a sentence that has been said a hundred times, and it is still 'Chi Qian Wang Baduo, and the temple is small and the demon is strong'! And why should this sentence be said a hundred times? Because it is too appropriate.
As the saying goes, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, but this is especially true in South Korea.
Take the film industry as an example, as the highest building on the cultural level, there are conservatives and cookers, left and right...... Naturally, there is no need to talk about this, after all, every country's cultural circles have this stratification.
But if only it were that...... There are also complex regional factions, for example, there is a group of people on the Chungmuro side of Seoul, and there is another group of people on the Busan side because of the Busan Film Festival. Moreover, Jeolla Province and Gyeongsang Province are naturally opposed to each other in this broken place in South Korea, and the ordinary people can't look at each other, so how can the film industry avoid vulgarity?
In addition, because this is a matter of the cultural world, a matter of cultural people, then don't forget, South Korea has not experienced any external () hanging, this country is a strange thing like a school valve...... Those who were born in Korea University are the same as those who are in Goryeo University, and those who were born in Sogang University are the same as those who are born in Sogang University...... In many cases, just because the two professors belong to different universities, they can scold their brains in the newspaper!
Don't forget that there is also religion! Buddhism is a group of people, Catholicism is a group of people, and Protestant Nyima is a group......
For example, the reason why Lee Chang-dong and Kim Ki-duk don't deal with each other in the director's world is because their attitudes towards Catholicism are diametrically opposed.
Here's an interesting little thing about this, why did Lee Cang-dong talk to Bong Joon-ho because the latter was extremely disgusted with a certain big-name actor, and this big-name actor was a very obsessed Catholic among the actors, and he also had a falling out with Lee Cang-dong in the later stage.
Well, this actor's name is Xue Jingqiu, and the brother-in-law of his first marriage was Bong Junhao's brother-in-law, who almost relied on Bong Junhao's connections to get to the top, and then kicked his wife after becoming a big name......
Ahem, in short, there is only one meaning after saying so much, that is, Koreans, probably because of the kind of inferior nature in their bones, and it is almost an instinct to form factional infighting. And the Korean film industry, as a place full of fame and fortune, and a collection of capital, scholars, celebrities and other figures, has never lacked all kinds of struggles.
However, on this day in 2012, these people suddenly discovered that there was a super crocodile far beyond their previous cognition in this quagmire! Moreover, this crocodile is not airborne, he has been living in this quagmire for seven or eight years, familiar with every inch of land in this quagmire, knows what is hidden under every stone, and even occupies the most advantageous predatory position, and Nima has his own crocodile gang brother!
But for the really intelligent kings in the quagmire, the most terrifying thing for them is that looking at all the stunned creatures in the quagmire, this crocodile actually just bubbled and hid its head deep underwater.
"What do you want me to do?" Li Yongguan asked abruptly, and then took the initiative to add without waiting for the other party to speak. "In any case, the Busan Film Festival should not be affected......"
"Professor Li thinks too much. Li Cangdong showed a wry smile. "We simply don't have room to take the initiative and can't wait for the Busan Film Festival...... It's ridiculous to say, but we just want to ask him the other way around, what the hell does he want to do?"
After a pause, Li Cangdong's face became even more embarrassed: "In just half a month, some people can't bear the pressure and want to escape...... We were also forced. ”
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