Jung Hyuk-jae said directly: "Bong Joon-ho, how much does this movie cost to make?" ”

"What?"

Hearing Jung Hyuk-jae's question, Bong Jun-ho was a little stunned on the spot, and he didn't react for a while.

When he reacted, his face showed a hint of joy, and he opened his mouth to tell the total production cost of his movie, "12 billion!" ”

When Jung Hyuk-jae on the side heard him say this, he couldn't help but nod slightly, it is worthy of being the number one movie in Korean monster movies, with a production cost of tens of billions, which can also be regarded as a large-cost production in South Korea.

For the movie "Monster of the Han River", Jung Hyuk Jae admires it from the bottom of his heart, this movie of the monster genre is the first time in the Korean film industry, and the future and money are unknown.

Although these are very easy for Zheng Hyuk-jae, after all, he has experienced the time when Korean movie coupons were blown up by this "Han River Monster", and it was really difficult to find a ticket at that time, many movie theaters saw such a hot sales Qin Guang, and hurriedly gave the movies of the same schedule first, and tried to free up more screens for "Han River Monster", even so, the audience is in short supply of movie tickets, and it is in this atmosphere that many people who are thinking about it have the idea of scalping tickets.

"Monster of the Han River" will definitely be popular, there is no doubt about this, but there is one thing that Jung Hyuk-jae has always been worried about, that is, whether his appearance will have some negative impact on the movie, such as the box office, the number of moviegoers or something.

The production cost of "Hanjiang Monster" is already a rare big production in recent years, such a large amount of production costs, for the current Zheng Hyuk Jae, is still a little difficult, after all, "Welcome to Dongmo Village" still has a part of the box office share has not arrived, and the manuscript fee for publishing the book is also in the near future to give himself the manuscript fee for publication and republication this year, "Welcome to Dongmo Village" was just released in Japan a few days ago. The share ratio is a bit low, but this is also a matter of no choice, who has to go through the agency of the Japanese side, this is the head snake!

Coupled with the villa he just bought with the full amount of 3 billion, the investment in "The King's Man" has only been seen and not recovered, at present, the company's books and Zheng Hyukzai's liquidity is not much, and it is about 6 billion when it is full, and if you want to make up 12 billion, you must wait until these funds arrive to make it up, which is also to make up, and he must also leave a part of the company's liquidity. Thinking of this, Jung Hyuk-jae's face couldn't help but show a trace of sadness.

Bong Joon-ho looked at Jung Hyuk-jae on the side and nodded thoughtfully, and then a trace of sadness appeared on Jung Hyuk-jae's face, and he understood more or less in his heart, this should have been 'frightened' by his own production costs.

To tell the truth, he is definitely not the first, nor the last of the heads of film production companies who are scared like Jung Hyuk-jae, and even more so when he hears the '12 billion' in his mouth. Their expressions and attitudes are much more exciting than Jung Hyuk Jae's.

12 billion is not a small amount, and even a reborn person like Jung Hyuk-jae must be careful, after all, the slightest mistake may fall short.

"'Monster of the Han River' will definitely be an unusual monster movie, and its filming will hell complete a gap in the genre of our film industry."

Bong Joon-ho on the side was still 'flickering' hard. Jung Hyuk-jae had already put down the coffee cup in his hand, looked at Bong Joon-ho in front of him with a serious face, and then asked, "Are there any other investors in this movie?" ”

Hearing Jung Hyuk-jae ask like this, I don't know why a hint of joy flashed in Bong Joon-ho's heart. It seems that he has fooled Jung Hyuk-jae in front of him into a thief ship, but after listening to what Jung Hyuk-jae said, Bong Joon-ho shook his head. "Not yet."

In fact, it's no wonder that Jung Hyuk-jae asks like this, investment in movies is not just talking, why there are so many investors in a movie many times, since it is to reduce the risk he takes, after all, one more person has more hope of success, even if it is not successful in the end, it will not lose all his money.

In addition, there is a more important point that the film channel of multi-party investment will not be a big problem, after all, all parties have investment, and no one wants their investment to be wasted, so they will naturally be more attentive in the later publicity and screening.

Speaking of which, these are the benefits of multi-party investment, there are natural advantages and disadvantages, and the most concerned point is that multi-party investment will naturally share the profits after the final movie is released, which should be the point that everyone is most concerned about.

Investing alone and investing in multiple parties is just the opposite, and 'high interest and high risk' are the characteristics of independent investment.

It is really impossible to say that one of these two investment options is better than the other, after all, each has its own advantages.

If before this, Jung Hyuk-jae still agreed with the idea of independent investment, then after experiencing some things, multi-party investment in films is the mainstream of the current film industry. This is not to say that Jung Hyuk-jae will never invest alone in the future, but that he will choose to invest alone only if conditions permit, but like Bong Joon-ho's mouth today about this "Monster of the Han River", Jung Hyuk-jae is still worried about the future of this movie, which is one of the reasons why Jung Hyuk-jae just asked so much.

"At the moment, no film production company has replied to me!" Bong Joon-ho said truthfully, after listening to Bong Joon-ho's words, Jung Hyuk-jae nodded involuntarily, this is fine, there is no trouble from other companies.

Immediately after, Jung Hyuk-jae just sat in the café and chatted with Bong Joon-ho, and no one discussed the matter again, after all, there are some things to keep in mind, and the café is not a good place to talk about cooperation

Coming out of the café, Bong Joon-ho found his assistant after greeting Jung Hyuk-jae and drove him back, before going back, Jung Hyuk-jae finally talked about film investment again, at this time Jung Hyuk-jae did not evade, but said bluntly again: "I'll go back and think about the cooperation, and I'll give you an answer in the next two days!" ”

Hearing Jung Hyuk-jae say this, a big stone in Bong Joon-ho's heart finally fell a little. Listening to Jung Hyuk-jae's tone, there is a great possibility that he will agree to cooperate with him next, thinking of this, when Bong Joon-ho finally left, even his walking steps were much brisker.

Jung Hyuk-jae came out of the café and stood outside the café to feel the feeling of the cold breeze blowing on his face, and the alcohol that had already disappeared was completely sober at this time, but even so, the car definitely couldn't drive, so he had to call someone over. Or take a taxi back by yourself, and as for the car, you might as well throw it here first.

On the way out of the café to the gate of Yonsei University, along this road where students and pedestrians shuttle endlessly, Jung Hyuk-jae came to the parking lot outside the gate of Yonsei University, and the car was still parked in the parking space steadily, and nothing unusual happened.

It's just that many times the script of life is exactly what you think in your mind, just like just now I just boasted that my car was parked in the parking space steadily, and immediately a female driver drove her red car to the parking lot. It's finally time to park in the garage, but looking at her parking posture gives people a feeling of 'not afraid of heaven and earth'.

Passing by Jung Hyuk-jae's car dangerously, it scared Jung Hyuk-jae out of the heart attack. Jung Hyuk-jae came to her car door and gently tapped on the window glass of the driver's seat. The dark reflective film was attached to the window glass and could not be seen through directly, until the female driver in the car rolled down her window glass and the two looked face to face. I couldn't help but look at each other and smile, the world is really still small, this is not my acquaintance (classmate)!

"Hejae Oppa. How did you remember to come to school today? Seeing Jung Hyuk-jae standing in front of his car, the two who hadn't seen each other for a long time after graduation finally met.

"Jing'en, why are you back today?" Looking at Luo Jingen in front of him, Jung Hyuk Jae couldn't help but feel a little strange, she went back to school today to promote Bong Joon-ho's movie activities, what did she come back for?

"I'm going back to school for a little bit!" It seemed a little embarrassed to say, Luo Jingen stood in front of Jung Hyuk Jae and said shyly.

Luo Jingen, born in 81, should be Jung Hyuk-jae's junior sister in school, but because Jung Hyuk-jae joined the army for two years when he was a freshman, when he returned to school, he was transferred to Luo Jingen's class, which can also be regarded as a classmate!

This is also where he himself is different from his previous life, originally the class he transferred to after demobilization should be another class, but by accident he transferred to Luo Jingen's class, 1 The two people who did not have any intersecting threads in their lives also coincided because of the weaving of fate.

This Luo Jingen is the wife of Yoo Jae-seok in the previous life, in fact, sometimes Jung Hyuk-jae imagines that if he does it himself, no one introduces Luo Jingen to others, what will the result be? But that's just his thoughts, he hasn't really had a bad taste to that point.

As a classmate of Yonsei University, friends and the sameness of their careers, they met again, and the two talked about a lot of topics.

At the beginning of graduation, Jung Hyuk-jae received an interview notice from SBS and MBC TV, and under the two options, Jung Hyuk-jae chose SBS, while on the other hand, Luo Jing-eun received an admission letter from MBC TV. Because they don't belong to the same TV station, and their respective jobs are extremely busy at the beginning of their work, there is no contact between the two.

Later, Jung Hyuk-jae ran away from SBS TV and transferred to MBC TV, thinking that there would be more time for the two to meet, but because of the particularity of Jung Hyuk-jae's directorial profession, coupled with the fact that the filming of general TV dramas is held in the annex of MBC TV, and the program hosted by Luo Jingen of the News and Broadcasting Department is in the main hall of MBC TV, there are not many opportunities for the two to meet.

"Hejae Oppa, is there something going on with your meeting today?" Luo Jingen, who was sitting on the side, was stirring the coffee in the cup with a small spoon, and seemed to feel a little strange about Jung Hyuk Jae's appearance here.

"A few days ago, Bong Joon-ho's seniors told me that he held a college student film festival at the school and made a sensation, so I asked me to go over and give it a try today, and then I came over today, which is to build momentum for Bong Joon-ho's seniors' activities."

"Ah, I see!"

After listening to Jung Hyuk Jae's explanation, Luo Jingen nodded in agreement, although she didn't pay attention to these activities in the school since she left the school, but she still knew the 'Bong Jun Ho' in Jung Hyuk Jae's mouth.

Jung Hyuk-jae, Na Jeong-eun, and Bong Joon-ho all graduated from the sociology department of Yonsei University, and among them, Bong Joon-ho in particular can almost be regarded as a school sign, so it's no wonder that Na Jung-eun remembers his appearance.

Drinking coffee here, Jung Hyuk-jae and Luo Jing-eun were chatting quietly on the other side, but they didn't know what to talk about, so they were trying to kill time.

"Hejae Oppa, have you been on TV lately? I've been to see you a few times, but I haven't seen you on set! Luo Jingen suddenly asked, only to see that after Zheng Hyuk-jae heard it, he first nodded, and then shook his head.

"The place here is a little small, so I never used it again after it was built, but chose to shoot in the annex, and you were the anchor who soaked in the museum all day long, so naturally I couldn't find it!"

"Where did the TV series "Palace" go?" As an insider of MBC TV, one of the benefits is that when you are idle, you can visit the class and meet the stars.

"Because the TV series is still being filmed, the time is too tight, so I can only grieve the main actors in the play, and they have worked hard these days, and they may be even more nervous in the future!" Hearing Jung Hyuk-jae say this, people who don't know think that someone sent a rocket!

The two were talking about the mobile phone that Jung Hyuk Jae kept in his hand and suddenly rang a happy mobile phone ringtone, and looked at the caller ID on the mobile phone screen, the corners of Zheng Hyuk Jae's mouth couldn't help but show a smile, this was really deliberately coming to the door.

This must be let him come to visit, thinking of this, Jung Hyuk-jae shouted into the phone, "Brother Shi, where are you now?" Do you have time to come over? ”

"What?" Yoo Jae-seok on the other end of the phone was a little puzzled when he heard Jung Hyuk-jae's words. (To be continued.) )