Chapter 31: Temptation to Profit
Kim Tae-ho frowned because he felt that Jang Keun Suk was not suitable for variety shows. Especially in the variety show of the 'hardship' type of "Three Hours and Three Meals", the producers of variety shows all have this kind of sympathy, that is, they especially don't like to invite 'prince' or 'princess' type people to participate in the show, these people are too squeamish. And most of the time in variety shows, hardship is commonplace. Squeamish people can cause a lot of trouble for the whole team. There is also the fact that the characters of these princes and princesses are very burdensome, and the audience loves to watch their usual appearances, in order to maintain their image, these people have a very low degree of cooperation, which will bring a lot of unpredictable troubles to the shooting. For the sake of a performer, delaying the progress or even changing the expected plan is absolutely unacceptable to Kim Tae-ho. He believed that Luo Yingshi didn't understand this truth, so he just sneered and didn't say anything else, and the few reasons that he could think of, no matter which one they were, were all disdainful to him.
And Ah Jiu frowned, it was completely a matter of private emotion. Jang Geun Suk once collaborated with IU in "Pretty Man", and there are really a lot of intimate scenes between the two in the play. Ah Jiu looked at these cuts, how could he be waiting to see this product. Although the cooperation between the two was before Ah Jiu and IU met, he had no reason to be angry, and in order to maintain a man's face, he didn't want to use this as a reason, but it is certain that he will not be seen, women will become stupid when they are in love, and men will be paranoid when they are in love, which is a shackle that the gods can't escape.
Luo Yingshi frowned when he saw the two of them, and said helplessly: "Hey, hey, don't they all have such ......expressions, right? Well, I admit that he is paid into the group. β
"I knew it. Kim Tae-ho snorted disdainfully, and continued to target the steak in front of him without raising his head, Luo Yingshi was a little embarrassed, and argued: "How can people in the system understand the hardships of people outside the system? Why don't you also come out and try two variety shows? No one gives you money, you don't get the money yourself, and your subordinates drink the northwest wind with you? Don't stand and talk without backache!"
Kim Tae-ho raised his head and looked at Luo Yingshi: "The surname is Luo, you say in good conscience, are you my opponent in terms of sponsorship?"
"Me!" Luo Yingshi wanted to say 'yes', but he knew that he was not an opponent, and at their level, who didn't know whom, if he had to say it, it would be really naΓ―ve. Luo Yingshi snorted heavily, picked up the Wen JiΓ n clip and stuffed it into the bag, grabbed the knife and began to eat.
Ah Jiu filled the wine glasses for the two of them, and said, "You don't have to worry about the money in the future, it's on me." β
Luo Yingshi raised his head when he heard this, swallowed the meat in his mouth, and said, "You want to take the money out?"
"Of course it's not me," Ah Jiu said with a smile: "Where did I get the money, even if I have money, the risk is uncertain, I won't do it." β
"What's the ...... then," Luo Yingshi muttered and continued to cut the steak. Ah Jiu didn't think it was a pestle, and said: "Later, Liu Haozhen's PD will come and talk together, so I don't have to say it again." β
"You can sell it," Luo Yingshi raised his hand and asked for another pasta, he knew that Sun Restaurant was Ah Jiu's property, so when he ate here, he was never polite.
After a while, all the people who had eaten together last time came one after another. Or Liu Haozhen and Cha Tae-hyun together, and then Li Ruizhen.
When everyone arrived, Ah Jiu stopped selling Guan Zi and said his thoughts. The others also knew that Ah Jiu would not gather people for no reason, and when they saw him speak, they all listened carefully.
"From the time I was a rookie PD under Brother Yingshi, I heard him say that he was short of money. At first I thought he was joking, but then I got familiar with the line and realized that it was indeed the case. Many times, in order to save the production fee, the unsatisfactory effect of the director's program often happens. Another pain point is that people in this industry don't make money, and as far as I know, there is no money to be made from either the production team or the actors. Many actors can only get the carriage fee, and they don't have 100,000 won. β
"Why is this happening?"
After Ah Jiu threw out the question, he replied: "Everyone must have heard of the introduction of "Runningman" compared to China. Let's not talk about the copyright fee, let's talk about the production fee. As far as I know, the appearance fee of the Chinese version of "RunningMan" MC, the least, is five times that of Yoo Jae-seok. The cost of a single episode is more than 10 times that of the Korean version of the 'special'. Why is there such a big gap?"
"Isn't it famous? I don't think so, if it weren't for the fame, RunningMan wouldn't have been introduced, let alone the sky-high royalties, why is that?"
"There is only one reason, the Korean market is too small. It's not that the program is bad, it's not that the market is bad, it's that there are too few people and too few people served. β
"South Korea has a population of 50 million, China has a population of 1.5 billion, a difference of 30 times. According to this ratio, in fact, the investment and income of the Korean version are not low, after all, even from the perspective of the MC's income, there is not a gap as much as thirty times. What I said is not to belittle South Korea's admiration for China, I mean that the future of Korean variety shows, and even the future of Hallyu, is in China. β
As soon as the words fell, Luo Yingshi, Kim Tae-ho, Liu Hao-jin, the three people who did PD, all frowned in unison, and the remaining Cha Tae-hyun and Li Ruizhen also had unhappy expressions, the national character of Koreans was vividly expressed at this time, although they also agreed with this, but being pointed out by a Chinese, they still felt a little faceless.
Ah Jiu ignored their expressions and continued: "China's market is large and capital is also concentrated, so Chinese TV stations or entertainment companies, they don't need to develop a program or train trainees like South Korea. They just need to find the best program model, and the artists who have been trained will pay directly. Don't doubt their strength, the current Chinese market has the strength to be smashed with money. Most of the things in the world are clearly priced, and there are things that cannot be priced, but a show or an artist is definitely not among them. "RunnningMan" is an example, as long as the price is paid, there is no reason why the TV station should not sell the rights, and this is also a kind of K-pop culture export, and the government is happy to see it. β
"This is the general trend, if you want to make money, you can get the fastest from here. β
Kim Tae-ho was the first to listen, he very much agreed with what Ah Jiu said, but he couldn't guess what he was referring to. How does the money come quickly? What are the ways and channels? How to protect the interests of all parties? )