The investment of 14 billion won is definitely a big production for Korean films, and if you don't consider the overseas market, the domestic market of South Korea alone may not even be able to recover the cost unless the movie is popular.

The market decided to invest, and due to the small size of the Korean market, Korean films rarely have large-budget productions.

The reason why Zhao Yuanxi is interested is precisely because of the investment of 14 billion yuan, if it is an investment of 3 or 4 billion yuan, he is too lazy to take care of it, and he can't look down on it at all.

14 billion won, in the eyes of Zhao Yuanxi, is a drizzle, even if it loses money, it doesn't matter to the currently well-funded S.M company. It's just that he doesn't look good on his face.

At the beginning of S.MCC's creation, it really needed a beautiful start, after all, high risk means high reward.

Zhao Yuanxi is very curious about who the director who has the courage to ask for such an investment is sacred.

"In Director Park's opinion, how is this director Yoon Jijun?"

Park Bong-sik pondered for a moment and replied with a frown: "Although director Yoon Ji-kyun has not directed a big-budget movie, judging from his past achievements, whether it is the box office, word of mouth or directing experience, it is remarkable. ”

"Then please arrange it for Director Park, I need to have an interview with this director Yoon Jijun."

"The president plans to invest in this film?" Although Park Bong-sik is inclined to invest, as vice president, it is still necessary for him to remind Cho Won-hee to be cautious.

Zhao Yuanxi shook his head and said: "Everything needs to be discussed before we can make a decision, and whether we invest or not depends on whether this director Yin Jijun is worthy of our investment." ”

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away." Park Bong-sik responded excitedly.

Yoon Jijun has been depressed lately. The script he worked so hard to write was in a dilemma due to the investor's withdrawal, especially when he and his team were confidently preparing to do a big job when they were told by the investor to withdraw the investment, citing his constant budget increase. This is like a thunderbolt from the blue.

Yin Jijun sought investment in many ways and contacted a number of film investors, but when the other party heard the scale of the funds, they all shook their heads and refused.

Holding on to the last glimmer of hope, Yoon Ji-gyun contacted the new S.MCC film and television subsidiary of S.M Music Entertainment Company, and successfully moved the vice president Park Bong-sik, but Park Bong-sik couldn't make a decision, after all, 14 billion is not a small number. He has no authority.

Received a call from Park Bong-sik. Yin Jijun was overjoyed, and the company's president Zhao Yuanxi agreed to an interview, as long as he could convince the young and promising President Zhao, his hard work for many years would not be in vain.

Holding the phone, he shook his fist fiercely to vent his inner excitement. Yin Jijun thought for a while and dialed a number. "Hailin (Ha Ji Won's original name). President Zhao of S.MCC has asked me to meet tomorrow, and I hope you will be able to attend with me. ”

"It's good." Ha Ji Won agreed without hesitation.

In Yoon's mind, it seemed more advantageous to have a woman present to reach an agreement. What's more, it is such a beautiful woman as Ha Ji Won, who is well known to the public. Yoon Ji-gyun sent an invitation to Ha Ji Won at the preparation of the film, and Ha Ji Won and director Yoon Ji Gyun have collaborated many times and gladly accepted the invitation to play the heroine of his new film.

Now that the new film is in financial trouble, Ha Ji Won can't sit idly by, even if it is for the role of her heroine, she must help director Yoon Ji-gyun get funds.

At 10:10 a.m. the next day, Yoon Ji-kyun and Ha Ji-won arrived at the "OneThing" café not far from S.M. Company, where Cho Won-hee used to discuss business, not only because of the proximity, but also because of his habits.

Yoon Ji-kyun and Ha Ji Won arrived ten minutes earlier than the scheduled time, and the two of them each ordered coffee and waited with peace of mind. Without waiting long, Cho Won-hee, dressed in a white and black diagonal striped shirt, and Park Bong-sik, dressed in a formal suit, appeared in the hallway on the third floor of the café.

"Director Yoon Ji-kyun, Ms. Ha Ji-won," Park Bong-sik greeted the two and officially introduced, "This is Mr. Cho Won-hee, the president of our S.MCC." ”

"President Zhao, hello." Yin Jijun hurriedly got up to greet him, Zhao Yuanxi is far more well-known as a singer than he is as the president, but the real person is far younger and stronger than the image on the screen.

With bright eyes and a calm and introverted temperament, even Yin Jijun had to secretly praise Zhao Yuanxi for being a natural actor.

"President Zhao Yuanxi." Ha Ji Won then saluted.

Yoon Jijun's standard for looking at Zhao Yuanxi is for the director to look at the actor, while Ha Jiwon looks at Zhao Yuanxi as a woman looking at a man, handsome and straight, plump and handsome, and the casual diagonal striped shirt shows more and more concise and capable, chic and debauched unique temperament.

It's better to be famous than to meet, just in terms of appearance and bearing, Perfect Yuanxi lives up to its name.

A royal blue knee-length skirt exuding an elegant and confident temperament, Ha Ji Won is not a beauty at first sight, Zhao Yuanxi glanced at it and did not pay special attention to it, nodded slightly, and said hello.

Ha Ji Won deliberately put on makeup, and when he saw Zhao Yuanxi's gaze passing over him without the slightest stop, he felt slightly disappointed in his heart, and then thought about it, Zhao Yuanxi, as the executive director of S.M, did not know how many beauties he had seen, so he naturally would not be easily moved by beauties.

Thinking like this, Ha Ji Won felt a little relieved in his heart, and his confident smile returned again.

The two sides sat down and exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then the waiter served the meal.

Ha Ji Won said with a smile: "Perfect Wonxi is really worthy of the name, Wonxi XI is far more attractive than in front of the camera." ”

"Miss Ha Ji Won has won the award, Perfect Yuan Xi Yunyun is just shouted by fans, it can't be taken seriously."

It turned out that it was a completely wise move for Yoon Ji-gyun to come with Ha Ji Won, and with the presence of Ha Ji Won, the atmosphere was just right to ease the atmosphere, and the atmosphere of the negotiation would not be heavy.

Ha Ji Won complimented, Cho Won-hee changed his words, and said to Yoon Ji-kyun: "Director Park mentioned to me that Director Yoon is planning to shoot a big-budget movie, and I personally appreciate Director Yoon's courage very much, but I need to know more about this movie." ”

"Yes," Yin Jijun nodded, leaned forward slightly, and said: "The movie I conceived is "Haeundae", the script is inspired by the 2004 Indonesian tsunami, what if the same powerful tsunami happened in Haeundae, a tourist attraction in my country? ”

"Disaster movie?" Zhao Yuanxi asked as he tapped lightly on the table.

"Yes," Yoon Jijun nodded again and added, "But it's not a disaster movie in the ordinary sense, I visited a number of Korean VFX teams, and found that the current Korean technology can't compare with the grandeur of Hollywood disaster movies, so I made up my mind to hire an American VFX team for post-production, and at the same time highlight the emotional thread, focus on the true love between people, and resonate with the audience with deeper emotion." ”

Zhao Yuanxi nodded in agreement with Yoon Jijun's point of view, no matter how much money you make to play stunts with Hollywood, you can't burn enough, so you can only rely on creativity to show shots and details that have not appeared in other disaster movies.

"Let me interrupt," Park Bong-sik suddenly interjected, "May I ask Director Yoon Ji-kyun, what is the approximate proportion of your budget that needs to be used for special effects, or how much money will you spend on special effects?" ”

Yoon Ji-gyun was obviously confident, and handed over the information that had been prepared in advance, and said: "The initial budget is about 15 billion, and the special effects fund accounts for about half, about 8 billion won. ”

Zhao Yuanxi took a sip of latte and said with a relaxed expression: "Yesterday Director Park told me that the total investment was 14 billion, and today Yin Jijun said that it was 15 billion, so will it be required to be added to 16 billion or 17 billion after filming?" ”

Yin Jijun's face turned red, he was originally a low-budget film producer, neither he nor his team had experience in large-scale production, and the total investment amount was only a rough estimate. He knew that S.M Entertainment Company had obtained more than 400 billion yuan in financing from the financial market and commercial banks, and seeing that Zhao Yuanxi seemed to be intended, he boldly added one billion more to the original budget in order to have sufficient funds in the future.

Seeing Yin Jijun's embarrassed expression, this is when the beauty comes in handy.

Ha Ji Won said with a smile: "I have worked with director Yoon Ji-kyun for many years, director Yoon Ji-kyun is a very strict and self-denying person, I think when we made a movie, we had to live in a small hotel because we were afraid of exceeding the budget, the room was full of ants, and we were miserable." Now director Yoon Ji-kyun just hopes to get a little more funds to provide a better working environment for the staff, and hopes that President Cho can understand director Yoon Ji-kyun's painstaking efforts. ”

Ha Ji Won played the sad card, and the original additional capital budget was stunned by her as the benevolence of director Yoon Jijun, and this rhetoric and acting skills are really at the level of a movie queen.

Zhao Yuanxi stroked his palm and smiled, "Miss Ha Zhiyuan said this, it seems that Zhao is not close to people." ”

Ha Ji Won smiled, "President Zhao has his own position, and Director Yin also has his own difficulties, I hope President Zhao can be more considerate." ”

Zhao Yuanxi restrained his smile, tapped his index and middle fingers on the table, and said in a deep voice: "You all know that I was a fund manager before I came to South Korea, so I am very sensitive to numbers. I need a well-thought-out budget. ”

"No problem, I'll start preparing immediately," Yin Jijun was overjoyed, the negotiation was far smoother than expected, and he hesitated for a moment and asked, "I wonder how much President Zhao decided to invest?" ”

Zhao Yuanxi waved his arm vigorously, "Since we S.MCC have decided to invest, of course we don't want others to point fingers, this "Haeundae" is fully invested by us. ”

Yin Jijun was overjoyed, as if he had taken a strong reassuring pill, and finally found a big benefactor, and there was no need to seek funds one by one.

Ha Zhiyuan was also shocked by Zhao Yuanxi's bold words, and in one sentence he decided the investment of tens of billions of yuan, hundreds of billions of yuan, which is really extraordinary. (To be continued......)