Chapter 23 Guo Zairong
By the time of the signing meeting the next day, the scene was not as cold and deserted as Kim Tae-hyun thought yesterday, on the contrary, the signing meeting was very hot, although the scene was hot, but everyone was still very orderly under the joint maintenance of the school and the organizer.
Originally, it was said that each school signed 300 copies this time, but because there were too many people on the scene, so in the end 200 copies were added, a total of 500 copies, even if 500 copies arrived at the back, there were still many students who could not buy them, and finally counted the number of people who came to the scene on the day of more than 2,000 people, which is still because the organizers require that you must have a Harvard University student ID to enter the result, if it is really open, I don't know how many people will come.
In the end, because there were too many people coming, Kim Tae-hyun looked at the time and looked like there were still three hours before 6 p.m., so Kim Tae-hyun extended the signing session to 6 p.m. after communicating with the organizers, and when the students waiting outside heard the news, there were bursts of cheers, and after hearing the sound outside, Kim Tae-hyun felt that he was tired and hard working but still very happy in his heart.
Soon the time came to six o'clock, and the signing session was over, this signing meeting moved Kim Tae-hyun very much, many readers spontaneously brought some small gifts to Kim Tae-hyun outside after hearing that Kim Tae-hyun extended the signing time, eating and drinking, the most surprising gift for Kim Tae-hyun was a male classmate wearing glasses who knew that Kim Tae-hyun liked the blue ball very much, and brought a Michael to Kim Tae-hyun. Jordan's signed jersey, although in the end Kim Tae-hyun felt that the gift was too expensive and resolutely refused to accept it, but the male classmate did not give Kim Tae-hyun a chance to refuse, put down the jersey and picked up the book and walked out.
Kim Tae-hyun came to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the same city as Harvard University after a day off, and the scene after coming to MIT was not as popular as Harvard University, but there were more than 1,000 students present that day, and Kim Tae-hyun also extended the signing time to 6 p.m. as he did at Harvard.
After the end of the two signing sessions, Kim Tae-hyun got on the plane back to South Korea, originally Kim Tae-hyun wanted to go to Busan International Airport, which is closer to home, but because of a phone call from his uncle, Kim Tae-hyun decided to go to Seoul first, so he went to Incheon International Airport, which just opened this year.
The reason why I want to go to Seoul first is because the uncle said on the phone that a South Korean director named Kwak Jae-yong has found a studio, hoping to buy the adaptation rights of "My Sassy Girlfriend" and adapt it into a script and make it into a movie.
After hearing the news, Kim Tae-hyun also changed his plan to go to Seoul first, Kim Tae-hyun still knows more about Kwak Jae-yong, the first thing Kim Tae-hyun knew was his movie, starting from "My Sassy Girlfriend", as long as it is a movie directed by Kwak Jae-yong, Kim Tae-hyun has seen it, whether it is "If Love Has Providence", or "Daisy" with Liu Weiqiang later, and his girlfriend trilogy, Kim Tae-hyun has seen all these films.
At first, Kim Tae-hyun didn't know about Guo Jae-yong, but later Kim Tae-hyun found out that the films he watched were all from one person, and that person was Kwak Jae-yong, which also made Kim Tae-hyun curious about what kind of person can shoot this kind of funny and positive effect in people's hearts in every film, so I really want to know Kwak Jae-yong, the real person, Kim Tae-hyun.
This is an opportunity to meet Guo Jae-yong, but what puzzles Kim Tae-hyun is that in his previous life, "My Sassy Girlfriend" was released in 2001, and now the time is about to come to 2002, even if he takes out the script and starts making movies immediately after he goes back, it is impossible for "My Sassy Girlfriend" to be released in 2001, what is the reason for the director Guo Jae-yong is only coming to him now, Kim Tae-hyun is also very curious. But there's no need to worry about this, and you'll know the reason when the two meet.
Soon the plane arrived at Incheon International Airport, and after coming to the outside of the airport, Kim Tae-hyun saw the uncle, because of the needs of development, now the studio in charge of Kim Tae-hyun moved to Seoul, and the uncle's family now wants to buy a house in Seoul because of Kim So-eun's reasons and the uncle's work.
After getting in the car, Kim Tae-hyun greeted his uncle and said, "Uncle, have you discussed with your aunt where to buy a house?" “
Hearing Kim Tae-hyun ask, the uncle said, "After discussing with your aunt, I am going to buy a house in Cheongdam-dong, mainly for So-eun, even if she really debuts in the future, Cheongdam-dong is close to the company, and it is convenient to go back and forth, and now she can live in a dormitory or go home." Now it's mainly the old people in the family, and your aunt and I don't feel at ease when no one is around! “
Hearing what the uncle said, Kim Tae-hyun also thought of his grandparents, originally his parents also wanted to move in with Kim Tae-hyun, but later thought that there were still grandparents at home and no one to take care of them, so he didn't worry about asking a nanny, so he didn't bring it up. In the end, Kim Tae-hyun's grandfather saw that Kim Tae-hyun was preparing to buy a house in Seoul, but Kim Tae-hyun's parents did not propose to take care of Kim Tae-hyun, and the old man also thought of the reason. After that, the grandfather proposed that he and his grandmother were going to travel around the world after Kim Tae-hyun's admission letter came down, and asked Kim Tae-hyun's parents to move in with Kim Tae-hyun to take care of Kim Tae-hyun, in Grandpa's words, if you can't walk now, you won't be able to walk and you won't be able to go in the future.
Kim Tae-hyun's parents didn't say anything after the head of the family spoke, Kim Tae-hyun would not refute the family's decision, and grandpa's dream when he was young was to travel all over the world, and he didn't have a chance when he was young, but now that the family has economic conditions, it is good to let the old man walk around while the old man can still move around.
After thinking about it, Kim Tae-hyun didn't have anything to do about this kind of thing in the uncle's family, and then said, "It doesn't matter, it's a big deal that after my family buys a house in Seoul, So-eun will come to live in my house, and it's all a family anyway." “
The uncle sighed and said, "The main thing is that your aunt wants Su Eun, and there is only one daughter in the family, Su Eun is filial piety on one side and a daughter on the other, and your aunt is also very difficult." Your uncle also said that let our family move to Seoul to take care of So-eun and leave them alone, but as children, how can we bear to let the two old people live on their own in Cheongju, I thought about it, and I bought a bigger house and the family moved to Seoul. “
Hearing what Uncle said, Kim Tae-hyun also felt that this was the best solution, and soon arrived at the studio after telling Uncle about the publication of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" and some problems with the studio.
After the studio moved from Cheongju, its current address is on the second floor of an office building in Apgujeong, and after parking the car in the parking lot, Kim Tae-hyun and his uncle came to the current studio, and after greeting some of the employees they met, they quickly came to the reception room.
After opening the door and entering the reception room, Kim Tae-hyun recognized at a glance that the person who had just gotten up from the sofa was Director Kwak Jae-yong.
After Guo Jae-yong heard the sound of the door opening, he subconsciously stood up, and soon saw Director Kim and a young man walking in, and like Kim Tae-hyun, Guo Jae-yong also recognized the young man who came in at first sight as Kim Tae-hyun.
Kwak Jae-yong first stretched out his hand to Kim Tae-hyun and said, "Hello writer Kim, I'm Kwak Jae-yong." ”
Kim Tae-hyun shook hands with Kwok Jae-yong and said, "Hello Director Kwok, I have long admired the name, you are one of my favorite directors, you are an elder and call me Tae-hyun, please take a seat first." “
Hearing Kim Tae-hyun say this, Guo Jae-yong didn't shirk either, after all, it was still very uncomfortable to use honorifics to a child who was so much younger than him.
After everyone sat down, Guo Zairong said, "Taehyun, I think you should have learned the purpose of my coming to you from Director Jin, and I won't say anything else, I just want to ask how much does the adaptation rights of "My Sassy Girlfriend" cost?" “
Kim Tae-hyun saw Kwak Jae-yong's painful look and finally knew why Kwok Jae-yong only came to find himself now, now that he thinks about it, his worth is too high, in South Korea, the average production cost of a movie is about 6 billion won, and the average manuscript fee for each part of Kim Tae-hyun's Harry Potter series is more than 40 billion won, although many of them are used to buy out advertising fees and DVD copyrights, But even if only a small part is the manuscript fee, for the Korean film industry, Kim Tae-hyun's worth is also unaffordable for them.
After thinking of this, Kim Tae-hyun said, "I don't sell the adaptation rights of "My Sassy Girlfriend", I wrote the script of "My Sassy Girlfriend" before, and the price is 2 billion won, you see, if you can, I will bring the script to you immediately." “
Hearing Kim Tae-hyun say this, although he had been prepared for a long time, Guo Jae-yong was still taken aback by the price offered by Kim Tae-hyun, but Kwok Jae-yong also knew that the price offered by Kim Tae-hyun could be regarded as a human price compared to his price in Hollywood.
After thinking about it, Guo Zairong was still ready to grit his teeth and agree, but when Guo Zairong was about to agree, Kim Tae-hyun saw Guo Jae-yong's tangled appearance and suddenly asked, "Director Guo, take the liberty of asking, how much investment have you pulled now?" “
Hearing Kim Tae-hyun's question, Guo Jae-yong didn't think much about it and said, "Now that it's about 2 billion, I'm going to sell the house first and make a joint venture to make a movie." Speaking of this, Guo Zairong sighed, although he is very confident in this movie, but selling the house is a big adventure for himself and his family.
Hearing Guo Jae-yong's answer, Kim Tae-hyun was taken aback, he didn't expect this director Guo to be so desperate.
After thinking about it, Kim Tae-hyun said, "I don't want the manuscript fee, I will invest 3 billion in this movie, and I will pay 20% of the dividends, so that you don't have to sell the house, of course, this 3 billion is just a preliminary investment, and I can add it at any time if I need it." “
After hearing Kim Tae-hyun's words, Guo Jae-yong was immediately moved, although he was very confident in this movie, but he had no bottom in his heart about what the final box office would be, even if he didn't think about himself, he had to think about his wife and children, if he lost, where would his wife and children live!
In the end, Kwak Jae-yong agreed to Kim Tae-hyun's conditions, and the two parties left the studio one after another after making an appointment to sign the contract.