Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Lim Kwon-taek's home.

"Mr. Lim, don't hesitate any longer, being the art director and chief director of DreamWorks Korea is good for you. All we need is your fame and status in the Korean film industry, and it won't delay your time. And we promise that DreamWorks will unreservedly provide financial support for your film creation, which is impossible for Korean studios. A young man in his early 30s was trying hard to persuade Lin Quanze.

This young man is named Lee Ye-hoon, a Korean-Chinese, who joined DreamWorks five years ago and is responsible for assisting the distribution department in liaising and coordinating distribution and publicity matters in the Korean market.

Five years have passed in a blink of an eye, and Li Yixun has become the head of the Korean region of Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company, and this time he was sent to South Korea by Kang Jianfei to set up a branch.

It has only been a year since South Korea allowed foreign funds to make films in South Korea, but South Korea's film creation environment is so bad that no one is willing to open a film company in South Korea for the time being. On the contrary, many international film distributors have come in, and they have been trying to sell films to the Korean market, which has just expanded the film quota, squeezing the already poor local Korean film companies and distributors to survive.

The main reason why Kang Jianfei decided to open a film company in South Korea is that South Korea is about to cancel the early review system of film scripts, which greatly relaxes the scope of film creation. Although there is still a disgusting movie cutting system, as long as you don't deliberately go against the South Korean government, the cutting system will make the South Korean censorship department cut two cuts at most.

What's more, although Kang Jianfei doesn't know much about the development of Hollywood, he knows a thing or two about the development of Korean films.

From the beginning of the new year, that is, 1988, which is about to come, the creation and market of Korean films are booming. In just a few years, the number of film companies in South Korea has grown tenfold, from a few dozen to more than 700.

Although Korean films really can't rise until the end of the 90s, that's talking about Korean local films, and Kang Jianfei is not going to do Korean local films.

How to say it. Instead of clamoring for cultural exports, Koreans today have a deep self-esteem about their own arts, such as film, literature, and music. Koreans only go to the cinema when they watch Hong Kong, Taiwan, and European and American films, and they don't think it's worth paying to watch Korean movies, and this situation lasted until the late 90s.

In 1999, South Korean director Kang Digui's "Life and Death Spy" killed the god film "Titanic". It became the box office champion of South Korea that year. The pride of Koreans seems to have been awakened all at once, and they have only since begun to go to the cinema to support their own films.

What Kang Jianfei wants to do now is to open an entertainment company in South Korea: Oriental Entertainment (Korea) Group Company. For the time being, the entertainment company has only two functions: one is responsible for distributing the works of Oriental Group companies to South Korea, including films, TV dramas, records, novels, comics and animations; The second is to use one or two Hong Kong stars as the foundation to make use of South Korea's cheap film resources. Filming of Hong Kong-Korean co-productions.

At this time, the price of goods in Seoul has begun to be inflated, but the remuneration of Korean artists (including directors, singers, and actors) is pitifully low. Kang Jianfei invited Koreans to shoot Korean movies in the name of Hong Kong films and Hong Kong stars, which can not only make Korean audiences who worship foreign audiences enter the cinema, but also make them feel familiar with the faces and scenes in the film. If these films sell well in overseas markets once or twice, then they can satisfy the vanity of Koreans.

In this way, the name of the Korean branch can be regarded as a start. The next step is to move into television and records.

What Kang Jianfei wants to do is to control at least one-third of South Korea's entertainment market by 2000.

With the so-called "patriotic" nature of Koreans, they must resist such a foreign-funded company, so this company must be localized in a certain way.

First of all, let Lee Ye-hoon, a Korean-Chinese, be the company's representative, and then invite South Korea's godfather-level director Lim Kwon-taek to be the company's art director, make a few more movies that make the Korean people proud, and then donate high-profile donations in the event of a disaster. This is enough for the ordinary people of South Korea to accept.

Of course, after the people are done, they have to deal with the government, and in this regard, they have to get through the "money" to get through the relationship, and after the company grows and grows, they will sell some equity to the big families in South Korea, and no one dares to move if they collude together.

If it continues according to Kang Jianfei's script, it will be after 2000. He is the real master of the Korean entertainment industry.

Hearing Li Yixun's request and the conditions given, Lin Quanze was really hesitant, and agreeing to Li Yixun's conditions meant that he had to leave his current company. Joined Oriental Entertainment (Korea) Group of Companies.

Lim Kwon-taek's status in the Korean film industry is now similar to Zhang Laomou's status in Chinese mainland in the 90s, this gentleman just went to Europe a few months ago and sent the heroine Jiang Shouyan to the throne of Venice actress.

You must know that even Hong Kong actresses have not yet been Venice actresses, and Lim Kwon-taek's feat has made him famous in the Korean film industry.

It's a pity that although the international actress Jiang Shouyan has received great attention after returning to South Korea, the award-winning movie "Seed Girl" has not been cared for, and there are only more than 40,000 viewers after its release.

"I don't create commercial films like Hong Kong films, I shoot things with my own thoughts, can you guarantee that I won't burn my creative ideas?" Lin Quanze asked.

"Of course, not only will we not interfere with your filmmaking, but we will also give you financial support as much as possible." Li Yixun said with a smile.

Lim Kwon-taek is the horse bone bought by the daughter, and there are many benefits to investing in his films, winning international awards will bring the company's reputation, and if he doesn't win awards, he can rely on him to attract other talents in the Korean film industry.

Moreover, Lin Quanze has his own accustomed film creation team, as long as he agrees to come, then as long as he spends a little money, the company can have a large number of Korean local film creative talents.

Lee Ye-hoon is still showing his eloquence there: "Mr. Lin, the reason why Mr. Kang Jianfei chose to come to South Korea to invest in films is because he sees the hope of the rise of Korean films. The relaxation of film control in the political field will inevitably make Korean films prosperous in the next few years, and we at Oriental Entertainment Group will also fund and support a group of young directors in South Korea to contribute to the rise of Korean films......"

Lee Ye-hoon's scene is pure nonsense, Oriental Entertainment (Korea) Group Company will indeed support the directors of the Korean New Film Movement, but that is also selective support with a financial ceiling. The most important thing is to distribute Hong Kong films to South Korea, and send a few Hong Kong film creators to guide Korean directors on advanced commercial film creation experience, and then what to do is to count banknotes to make money from Koreans.

Kang's biggest competitor in South Korea in the next few years is not Koreans or Americans, but Eastern Europeans. Korean film associations, with the support of the government, are buying large quantities of Eastern European films to fend off the onslaught of Hollywood and Hong Kong films — which are simply too cheap.

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What is there to invest in South Korea?

I'm afraid that few people in Hong Kong can understand Kang Jianfei's actions, in their opinion, South Korea is a wild place for movies, just sell Hong Kong films to make money, and go to South Korea to invest in movies is purely full of food and nothing to do.

Any emerging market is worth investing in, and in the 80s there were Japanese films investing in Chinese mainland. The door of the Chinese mainland film market has only opened a crack, but South Korea has completely opened its own door.

In Kang Jianfei's eyes, the Korean film market is like a virgin who has stripped naked and is lying in bed, and she is really sorry for herself.

"Boss, tomorrow morning at ten o'clock in the morning, will we meet at the airport then?" Li Zhi walked into the office and stood in front of Kang Jianfei and asked playfully.

"No, I'll send a car to pick you up then." Kang Jianfei smiled and beckoned to her, and said, "Don't be restrained, come and sit down." ”

Li Zhi happily walked over, sat across Kang Jianfei's desk, and then looked at each other with a smile, somehow, she was in a very happy mood every time she saw Kang Jianfei.

Kang Jianfei asked, "Are you familiar with all those materials?" ”

Lizhi nodded, "It's all in your head, Martin?" I remember Davis's origins, personality and hobbies very well. ”

"Very good, try hard in the future." Kang Jianfei walked behind Li Zhi, pressed his hands on her fragrant shoulders, and gently rubbed back and forth as he spoke.

Just when Li Zhi was shy and happy, Kang Jianfei's mind had actually flown to the United States, and he was looking forward to meeting Martin? Davis's meeting.

For Kang Jianfei, Gulf Western Industries is completely as huge as a mountain. This company is not only the owner of the Hollywood film giant Paramount, not only the American publishing giant Simon Schuster Publishing, but also the owner of Sega Co., Ltd., a rising star in the Japanese game industry (future game giant), Gulf Western Industries, which owns 80 percent of Sega.

Gulf West's former boss Charles? Breton hung up four years ago, and Paramount is rumored to earn less than 5% of his total income each year, and the guy even established a sugar kingdom in the United States, and openly kept black slaves on the estate.

The members of this kind of big consortium are all guys who are not bad for money, and Kang Jianfei's acquisition team encountered great difficulties, and it took two or three months to get 8% of Paramount's equity, and then it was impossible to move at all.

Although Paramount's performance has declined in the past three years, it is still profitable, and Kang Jianfei must really spend money if he wants to buy more equity.

However, due to the impact of the stock market crash, it was really difficult to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars from the bank during this time. Davis's meeting.

Kang Jianfei's hand slid all the way down from Lizhi's shoulder, and with a slight sweep of her collarbone to her arm, the teasing that made Lizhi's heart flutter.

"Why don't you stay with me tonight, and let's go to the airport tomorrow." Kang Jianfei grabbed Lizhi's little hand and held it.

Lizhi nodded with a fever on her face: "Well, I listen to the boss." ”

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