Chapter 785: Deadly Poison Wrapped in Honey (Part I)
政zhì is the art of compromise, and the political zhì characters have a balance in their hearts, and they can put all kinds of possibilities on it at any time to weigh it, so that they can choose the most important result. The political characters are also very pessimistic, always thinking about the problem strictly, so that things do not go in the worst direction.
In short, in democracies, politicians who compete for power have the characteristics of compromise, trade-offs, and pessimism. Because of democracy, it is necessary to pay attention to the interests of all parties, and it will also stifle the emergence of heroic politicians, unless it is a bad era of turmoil in the international society.
South Korea has already moved towards democracy, and even the presidential Blue House has been opened to the people, and President Kim Dae-jung wants to follow the path of a cultural state, so it is natural for him to communicate and exchange ideas with people in the cultural circles in order to formulate appropriate policies. Having the president's staff convene face-to-face communication is the most direct way, and it is also one of the ways to break the monopoly of the Hanjiang group.
Isn't the so-called democracy the subordination of the minority to the majority? As long as the film and television industry of the Republic of Korea attacks the Hangang Group, the government has enough reasons to restrict it!
As expected, publishing, media, drama and dance performances, sports, image design, cultural tourism and other industries are okay, everyone worked together to propose the construction of the presidential palace, and the film and television industry became a pot of porridge when it was their turn.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Park Han and Li Xiuman hurriedly shut up and sat in their seats in silence. No matter how others criticize and denounce the Hanjiang Group's monopoly on distribution channels, even if the heads of some small companies insinuate that they are traitors, Park Han will continue to smoke, drink tea, look out the window at the lawn in front of the Blue House, and treat the people in the conference room as air. Several times Li Xiuman blushed and wanted to refute, but Park Han stopped with his eyes, and just wrote on the conference table with his hand: Can the tiger hear what the ants say?
Park Hanze's uncooperative attitude gave Chief of Staff Lee a headache, and in the end, he saw that the quarrel was too bad to look at, so he signaled the staff to turn off all the microphones, and when he was stunned for a moment in the conference room, he said: "President Park, the Hanjiang Group you manage is a leading enterprise in the film and television industry of the Republic of Korea, what are your views on the strategy of building a cultural country?" Can you come to the front and tell you how you created the myth of light and shadow in Hollywood in the first place? ”
Although he is a banana man, Park Han still has the ability to speak human words when he sees people, so he quickly got up and went to the front to bow slightly to Chief of Staff Lee, and said in an authentic Seoul accent: "Chief of Staff Li is polite, and I very much agree with the strategy of 'building a country through culture'." The Republic of Korea has a narrow territory, poor resources, and a small population base, and we must vigorously develop industries that are less dependent on resources......"
A lot of kind words and praise, which were reasonable and responsible, also made Chief of Staff Li frown slightly, and when he finished speaking, he asked again: "Thank you President Park for your support, the president and we are very curious, Mr. Sun is just a director, even if he has a director genius, but how can he create a myth of light and shadow in a few years?" President Park is the veteran of the American Light and Shadow Group, and has witnessed the birth of the myth of light and shadow, and I hope you will give me your advice. ”
The stones of other mountains can attack jade, and these Koreans also know it!
The people in the conference room, including the person who pointed at Sang and scolded Huai just now, all looked at Park Hanze eagerly, although the major media have excavated the miracle of light and shadow in detail, but how can anyone who has experienced it know the mystery? It is a myth that a Chinese American can lay a foundation in Hollywood and create a film and television giant enterprise with his bare hands. If it weren't for the fact that the Hanjiang Group was too powerful, perhaps these people would have regarded Sun Ziming as an idol.
The instinct of acting is not unique to actors, political figures and businessmen also have this instinct, and Park Han is no exception, pretending to be embarrassed to look at the chief of staff and everyone present, before politely saying: "Chief of Staff Li is polite, if you seniors are interested, I can talk about it." However, perhaps it will take a long time, and many of our practices and experiences of light and shadow cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences. ”
Park Han-jae is good-looking, tall and fat, and has a very honest smile, with an authentic Seoul accent, it is easy to ignore that he is Korean-American, and was born and raised in the United States.
The old and spicy chief of staff was anxious to know the real experience of light and shadow, and it was easy for this white and chubby young man to be deceived, so he quickly moved his chair to the side, asked the staff to add a seat to the round conference table close to him, and moved the microphone in front of him.
"President Park, please take a seat, you can tell us about your experience, how can there be any reason to stand and speak."
"Thank you, Chief of Staff Lee", Park Han bowed slightly again, as if he was a little flattered and sat down, but his ass was sitting firmly.
Li Xiuman, who was still sitting in the corner, saw this, and couldn't help but sigh that Master Pu could suppress himself, there was a reason for it! In Mr. Sun's words, Park is a pig-faced and bright heart, and he quietly approached the relationship with the chief of staff, and also put the Hanjiang Group above all film and television companies.
"Seniors, you may not believe it, but the old employees of the light and shadow company are almost all the worst mixed people in the major Hollywood film companies. For example, after graduating from Harvard, I joined the distribution department of Columbia, with the lowest position, the lowest salary, and the most tiring work. I worked for Columbia for five years, until one day my senior, the former general manager of the company and now a member of the U.S. Congress, Mr. Jiang Peng, came to me and said, 'Xiao Pu, would you rather be a third-class citizen and wait for death to eat and die, or go gamble with me?' ’”
Self-made is always legendary, and Park Han is a good storyteller, telling the miracle of the light and shadow company, and the people in the conference room listen attentively.
"You see that I am very fat and white now, but I am black and thin in the light and shadow, and I am 1.83 meters tall, but I only weigh 61 kilograms. At that time, I only slept six hours a day, carried four copies of movies around, and gave the smiling ...... to the school theater owners.
Later, we succeeded, and the fourteen of us opened the door to the mainstream cinema chain through the Guò school cinema chain. But this is not enough, our colleagues in the distribution department still maintain close contact with those independent cinema chains and school cinema chains. I'd rather make less money and let their theaters show our company's films at the same time as the theater chain. Of course, in addition to thanking them for their help to us at the beginning, it is more important to make the three major theaters dare not make trouble, treat our company's films fairly, and will not give us the worst schedule. ”
Speaking of the hard work at the beginning, Pu Han couldn't help but sigh: "Seniors, you may not believe it, those of us who are subordinates are tired, and Mr. Sun is even more tired." He makes two movies a year and only sleeps four hours a day, and he has been like this for more than ten years. When I went to the United States to attend the annual meeting last year, Mr. Sun toasted our old employees, saying that the Light and Shadow Group is his, but it is ours, and in the final analysis, it is everyone's! ”
The people in the conference room are silent, and the people who can sit here are all successful people who have gone through self-struggle. Park Han has experienced it, and they feel the same way, because they have also experienced it.
Park Han in front of him saw that everyone was no longer hostile, so he turned the topic to what he wanted to say, "Seniors, the reason why Light and Shadow is called the most humanistic company in Hollywood is not only that the boss of our company will share the benefits with everyone, but more importantly, our company treats everyone with respect and spares no effort to help every talented person." The people who have served as assistant directors for Mr. Sun are now all big Hollywood directors, even if it is his full-time assistant director Douglas, Mr. Sun has also taught him to be a director and screenwriter, but he really doesn't have that talent, so he has to be an assistant director all the time.
Last year, Mr. Sun did not make a film, so he came to Seoul to discuss work with Mr. Ivan of the Far Eastern Group, and also promoted several talented young people. If it weren't for the language barrier between the two sides, perhaps one of them would have been brought into Hollywood by Mr. Sun and cultivated in the same way that Mr. Liu Weiqiang was cultivated. ”
'Hum', the people in the conference room immediately stopped calming, could it be that the talented Chinese director still wants to promote the young Korean director? Liu Weiqiang, two-time Golden Globe Award and Oscar Award for Best Cinematography, directed his Hollywood debut "Raid", which broke the box office record of NC-17 films set by Mr. Sun, and is now recognized as a Hollywood action movie director!
Pu Han smiled with satisfaction, or the boss is right, you have to use advantage to deal with these people, and then you know your feelings.
"Seniors, this is not my guess. Mr. Sun often said that in order to enter a certain market, the first thing is to integrate into the local society. Our artists of Hanjiang Group are developing very well in the Greater China region, and we receive a large number of film appointments from Hong Kong every year, not only because Hong Kong Light and Shadow Group is the same boss as us, but also because our artists can speak Chinese. For example, Miss Lee Young-ae can speak fluent Mandarin and Cantonese in addition to English. The convenience of language communication between the two sides, coupled with her own efforts and talents, can become an international star who is popular all over China and South Korea.
I don't know if you have noticed it, but the works released by our Hanjiang Film and Television Company, in addition to the Korean version, will be specially translated and dubbed into Chinese, Cantonese, Malay and even Indonesian. Everyone accuses Hangang of monopolizing the overseas distribution channels of Korean film and television products, but if there is no translation from us, would those viewers still have to read subtitles when they watch your works? ”
The people in the conference room unconsciously began to follow Park Hanze's train of thought. This is indeed the truth, if you go to direct a movie yourself, you have to translate with the actors, unless the other party is a foreign star with considerable box office appeal, it will not be used at all.
Chief of Staff Lee, who was sitting next to Park Han-jae, also thoughtfully, noticed a small problem that they had overlooked—the translation and dubbing of language and works. The artists of Hanjiang Group are all trained in the training bases of Beiping and Hong Kong, and in addition to their talents, they also take into account the language, so their artists can meet the needs of the two markets.
There is also the issue of translation and dubbing of film and television works.
Don't think that the translation and dubbing of movie dialogues is a simple matter, it requires recruiting talents who are proficient in various languages in order to translate the dialogue in another language in its original form, so that the audience can fully immerse themselves in the artistic charm of the work, rather than watching the actors' performances and reading subtitles at the same time. To recruit these talents, the company's strength must be strong enough, and at present, only Hanjiang Group in South Korea can rely on Hong Kong Light and Shadow Group to do it, and other local companies do not have this strength at all.
Seeing that he was completely in control of everyone's train of thought, Park Han smiled and threw a dose of deadly poison wrapped in honey to the Korean film and television industry. Whether this medicine is useful or not, whether the other party will take it or not, Park Han does not know. He only knew that the South Korean government must be dissatisfied with the overseas distribution channels controlled by the Hanjiang Group, and was trying to find a way to deal with his own group, so he had to find a way to hold back the government's pace and wait for his boss to come and deal with it.