"Actually, I know that I'm completely unhappy for myself, but I just can't help it." Just like Luo Hongzhen himself said, the new movie shooting plan he formulated is too expensive.

Take, for example, his previous film, The Chaser. The Pursuer movie cost a total of 5,974.5 million won from the beginning of preparation to its release, although a large part of the film is due to the fact that the entire film from the staff to the producer was all brought by Kang Dikyu Film Company, which saved a lot of money. But even if it is calculated according to the normal film shooting channel, it will not exceed 7 billion won in the end. This figure is also the production cost of most Korean films.

And Luo Hongzhen's new movie, which is tentatively named "The Yellow Sea", needless to say, take a chase and overturning scene in the entire script, if it is filmed according to Luo Hongzhen's ideas, the cost of this scene alone will be as high as 20 billion, plus it will be filmed in Yanbian, Shenyang and other places in China, plus a lot of shooting costs that need to be occupied in urban streets, the initial budget alone has exceeded 10 billion, and it went straight to 15 billion.

Such a number is completely astronomical for a violent and bloody 19-banned niche movie. But anyone who knows something about the film industry will not agree to such an investment.

"Actually, Hongzhen is also unlucky. If it follows the usual trend and there is a movie like "Chaser" that has the results in the front, even if this plan is more money-burning, there will be some film investment companies interested. After all, at the level of "Chaser" filmed by Hongzhen before. Even if the box office of this work is not as exaggerated as the previous one. It won't lose money, and no matter how bad it is, you can earn a reputation or something. After Luo Hongzhen explained his general direction for film investment, Kim Yun-seok said slowly.

"But now it is catching up with the economic crisis, although South Korea has not been involved in all aspects, but those who know a little bit of the industry have begun to endanger themselves, so the financiers behind the film investment companies in the past have nothing to invest in films. Right. Following Kim Yoon-seok's words, Lee Jun-hyuk helped finish his words.

"That's it, so, these things are clear to Hongzhen, but he still can't help but keep thinking about trying them, and he doesn't listen to any persuasion. Junhyuk, you said he wasn't looking for unhappiness for himself. Hearing this, Lee Jun-hyuk finally understood why Kim Yoon-seok had always been in a leisurely state of staying out of things.

What is this leisurely, this is completely a manifestation of dissatisfaction with Luo Hongzhen's disobedience to persuasion and always insisting on going his own way.

"Yes, yes, it was all self-inflicted. I deserve it. Luo Hongzhen also understood that Jin Yunshi's appearance was completely made by himself, and he was not annoyed.

"What about Director Jiang Digui. "The Chaser" should have made a lot of money, and he will understand the ambition of your work, why doesn't he invest in you? ”

"Teacher, he is very supportive of my work, but almost all of the money that the company can move now is invested in the project of "IRIS", and there is no money left to invest in me, but the teacher told me that if you really can't find an investment, then wait, and when this period passes, after "IRIS" is broadcast, the company's funds will be returned, and he will invest in me."

"Isn't this the end of it? It's really not good, just wait, anyway, it's a year at most. ”

"How could I wait so long, not to mention anything else, just Junhe's salary, now it has been several times higher than before, if I wait another year, then your salary alone will be more than a billion, what should I do? Besides, who can say what will happen in a year now, maybe if the teacher encounters a better case at that time, what should I do, I can't let the company give up for my side. I really can't afford to wait a year. ”

"Brother, you just said this to me in front of me, is it really good, aren't you afraid that I will go back and tell Sister Zhengxian and let her restart the salary negotiation?" Hearing Luo Hongzhen's words, Li Junhe laughed dumbly.

"What's so bad about that, as long as you kid doesn't leave the film industry, at least at the level of Li Bingxian in the future, while you are young now and the salary is not high, I don't need to have enough money to lose." After eating Li Junhyuk's character, Luo Hongzhen didn't care about Li Junhyuk's threat.

"Well, what Hongzhen said makes sense, if I am the director, I will have to use it well while Junhyuk is not paying well." Kim Yun-seok quietly mended the knife on the side.

"Forget it, I won't mess with you, you can bring the budget details and the main script of the movie, show me first. I can't drink with you anyway, so I'll see if your movie is worth the investment. Seeing that the two of them had a tendency to join forces and start dealing with themselves, Lee Jun-hyuk wisely changed the subject.

"What, if you're optimistic, you will invest in me?" Hearing Li Junhyuk's words, Luo Hongzhen asked with a smile, he never thought that Li Junhe would invest in him. But when I got it, I honestly handed over what I brought.

"Here, I didn't bring the main script, but the footage is here, anyway, you kid also learned a lot from the teacher at the beginning, so you can understand it. Here you go. ”

After taking over the script, Lee Jun-hyuk didn't care about the two people who started to fight, first took a brief look at the budget details, and then took the sub-shot drawn by Luo Hongzhen and began to read it seriously.

"Brother, you really want to make niche movies as blockbusters." Two hours later, when Kim Yoon-seok and the others began to get slightly drunk, Lee Jun-hyuk finally finished watching all the sub-shots and said with a sigh.

"In this era, what is not small, let me tell you, Jun Hyuk, as a director, if you limit yourself to a circle before creating, then you will never be able to make really good works, you look at those really powerful directors, which one will limit these so-called themes."

"That's what I said, anyway, after watching your storyboards, I can understand your insistence, this movie, 15 billion, is worth it!"

"Yes, that's right, but Junhyuk you say it's worthwhile, it's useless, you have to say it's worth it when those investors say it's useful." Maybe it's because I can't find investment and I'm really depressed, although I haven't drunk too much, but Luo Hongzhen is really a little drunk, or if he doesn't behave in the world, even if he has a very good relationship with Li Junhe, he won't say such a thing.

"Hey, Hongzhen is really depressed, we talked many times when he was creating this work, I know how much effort he put into this script, but the investment is not something we can say, the expectation of the work is so big, but it was stuck in terms of funds. Junhyuk you should know better than me, Hongjin is a complete perfectionist in movies, and if he lowers the quality of filming for the sake of money, it is better to kill him directly. Now, hey, it's hard. In fact, Jin Yunshi was quite depressed when he looked at Luo Hongzhen.

But it's useless for him to be depressed, as he said before, he is an actor, although in the eyes of most people, actors are enviable high-paying professions, but only after entering the circle of actors do they know that the so-called high salary of actors only looks higher, after all, compared to ordinary people, actors need too much money in too many places, and the cash they can come up with for a while should be almost enough to shoot an MV or something, if it is used to make movies, it is a drop in the bucket.

"Well, who made the current environment like this. But there's always a way. "Seeing that both of them looked emotional. Lee Jun Hyuk comforted.

"But Brother Hongzhen, there is one thing I am more curious about, is this so-called investment just take the money, what procedures does it need, taxes and other things?" Immediately after, Lee Jun Hyuk asked as if chatting. (To be continued......)