The Shilla Hotel is no longer as lively as it used to be, with the number of visitors reduced by nearly half, and in the lavish presidential suite reception room, more than a dozen young Koreans are discussing and arguing in fluent and broken English, while Sun Ziming sits next to them, waiting for them to finish their discussions before commenting on their plans or answering their questions.

These young people are worthy of being able to get ahead in the highly competitive Korean film industry in the future, and each of them has their own unique opinions on "The Last Samurai", which Sun Ziming has revised several times. Listening to their discussions, even the 'original author' Sun Tzuming felt that he had benefited a lot.

This "The Last Samurai", which has been revised several times, is not for Westerners, as these young Koreans say, but for Asians whose economies are beginning to take off, or for Chinese. The Chinese are too well-versed and able to adapt to various environments, but they have lost too many of their own traditions. If this film is introduced into China, it can allow those young people who have the ability to think independently to reflect on it a little while watching the film, which will make Sun Ziming satisfied.

After several days of discussion, Kang Gyu-di and Kim Ji-yun disagreed from time to time: some focused on the rhythm and dramatic conflict of the film, while others focused on the connotation of the film and the exploration of culture, that is, the two sides were arguing about how to balance art and commerce and focus on the issue.

Fighting back and forth, they can't compete for a superiority, and these young people, who are still a little immature, invariably look at Sun Ziming. In their eyes, Mr. is a genius in this regard, "Shawshank", "Forrest Gump" and the previous Chinese films "Lame Hao" and "The Story of Ah Lang" can be described as a perfect combination of art and business.

What disappointed them was that Sun Ziming, who had always had to answer questions, shook his head and said frankly: "I can't explain this question to you, it is a very mysterious feeling and sense of proportion." Success depends on hard work, but also luck and talent. Several of the assistant directors I have worked with have not been able to grasp the combination of art and business, so they have to concentrate on commercial value.

Film is art, but it is also a commodity, and after you become famous, you will try to pursue the combination of art and business. ”

As a director, who doesn't want their work to have high artistic value and achieve a high box office? As Sun Ziming said, movies are essentially commodities, and if they can't make money, who will invest in them? No one invests, how can they, who have not yet become famous, turn the stories in their minds into films?

Everyone sighed secretly, there is really no shortcut to success, if you want to succeed, you still have to rely on yourself to explore and practice in the end, Mr. can only give some of his own experience and advice.

Sun Ziming has nothing to do about these things, his success is because of 'memory', not a complete expression of strength. is like the "Last Samurai" in front of you, after repeated adaptations, it may fail at the box office. For this reason, he also deliberately mocked himself in front of reporters that the box office of this film would not exceed 50 million US dollars, in order to lower the expectations of the audience.

"This is a very useful technique that I have taught you, the promotional video is not boastful, but to whet the audience's appetite and curiosity. In the future, you should pay attention and try not to use exaggerated methods to promote the film, but choose just the right way, and do not raise the audience's expectations too high. ”

After speaking, Sun Ziming took a sip of warm tea, looked around at these future Korean film backbones, and admonished in the tone of the teacher: "In the past few days, I am very happy to discuss my new movie with you. Your opinions and ideas are reasonable, but due to the national narrow-mindedness in your hearts, it is difficult to look at the film with an open eye, which is your common problem.

I don't know if you've seen a commercial I made? How big the heart is, how big the stage is! That's the advice I want to give you. ”

The young Korean looked at Sun Ziming embarrassedly, blushing and wanting to speak.

Sun Tzu knew what these young people wanted to argue, but he was forced to treat himself as a teacher and maintain teacher-student etiquette.

"I know what you're trying to say, but what I want to tell you is that this is an era of openness and integration. If you only look at South Korea and only want to export your works, and never want to import better works from overseas, maybe you will never be able to get out of this one-third of an acre, and Korea will never be able to give birth to a truly world-class film master. ”

It was hard to hear, and it was very heartbreaking, and everyone was silent.

Sun Ziming didn't expect these young people to give up their national pride in a few days, just to plant a seed in their hearts and wait for the right time to regenerate and sprout.

Just two minutes after speaking, there was a knock on the door, and the white and fat Park Han came excitedly with the plan he had made.

"Hello President Park", "Good President Park".

Pu Han said hello to the group of young people, raised the Wen Jiàn folder in his hand and signaled, Sun Ziming had to get up and go to the study with him.

"Guidi, call the restaurant, you guys eat here."

"Yes, sir"

Pu Han pointed to his watch again, and Sun Ziming remembered that at the dinner in the evening, Prince Li Zairong of the Samsung Group invited him, and he had to go to the appointment no matter what, so he quickly changed his words and said: "Emperor Gui, I won't eat with you anymore, I still have a party." ”

"Yes, sir."

The two of them got out of the hotel and got into the car, and Pu Han handed the Wen Jiàn folder in his hand to Sun Ziming, and whispered: "Boss, do you think this is okay?" ”

Sun Ziming, who was full of movies in his mind, opened the Wen Jiàn folder handed over by Pu Hanze, and felt a headache after a few glances.

"Han Ze, is it necessary to make so many offshore companies?"

"Boss, only by making the share structure more complicated, the more people will be confused, and they will think that Xingjuhui Cinema Line is Koreans' own, and we can avoid a lot of taxes by doing so."

Sun Ziming picked up the black Parker gold pen on the table, signed the theater equity plan and the theater budget plan casually, threw it back to the big fat man, and laughed at himself: "Come on, we can't hide it, even if we cover our ears and steal the bell." ”

Park Han laughed beside him, this is also a helpless thing, who makes Koreans too xenophobic?

"Ok, just go with your plan."

“Yes/sir”

Sun Ziming groaned slightly, and asked about Jin Ruzhen, if she could hear some of Samsung's movements, she might be able to guess some of Samsung's bottom lines.

Pu Han smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "Boss, she joined SM, how can there still be her place in the previous circle?" Maybe someone in her former circle of friends will hear something, but they will definitely not tell her that she is a friend who is already an outsider. ”

This is also true, I am still a little anxious, I knew this, I should have let her hold on for a while. Men have inferior roots, and it is always easier for beautiful women to take something out of their mouths.

"Boss, when I first came to South Korea, I found someone to specialize in that guy, and I once wanted to follow his path and go to Samsung PR to pull advertisements."

"Oh, by the way, you're still alumni!"

"Yes, I lost a full twenty pounds in order to study at Harvard, but people don't waste their efforts, the magic of money!"

Pu Han sighed with emotion, played with the sample mobile phone he just got from Sun Ziming, and said in a low voice: "That guy is still studying for a doctorate at Harvard, I only know that he has a gentle personality, and there is no way to inquire about the rest." Boss, I guess they want to work with us, and we've got a lot of them. Also, Samsung Electronics is their core industry, and now they are the only ones who ask for our share. ”

Well, it makes sense, the current Samsung is not the Big Mac ten years later, if you don't cut his flesh now, when will you wait? Park Han wasted all his efforts, and only acquired 2/3 of the sites suitable for building theaters, doesn't Samsung Group have a lot of real estate, just let them spit out.