Chapter 1712: Confidence
Although Hollywood is the mecca of world cinema, that is for movie actors. For the operators of the film industry, it is not very good.
Even film actors from other regions have to suffer setbacks and tempering when they go to Hollywood, and it is really unknown whether they can get ahead. Not to mention foreign film companies, the predicament encountered is not so simple.
In fact, South Korea's film capital entered Hollywood no later than Japan, and the first to take this step was the C.J Group.
It's just that compared to the huge Hollywood, South Korea's film capital is too small to rampage in it, so it has to choose a safe and low-key way of operation.
When Lee Jae-hyun first entered Hollywood, one of the wise moves he made was to avoid the eight most famous film companies and target the emerging Dream Works.
Because the eight major film companies all have strong capital, they also have the right to speak in the international market. With such a little capital of the C.J Group, it is simply wishful thinking to want to say something to them.
In contrast, the Dream Factory that Spielberg and others planned to create was much simpler. Because like C.J Group, Caochuang's Dream Factory is actually under siege by traditional forces, and its survival is in jeopardy.
In that case, if you can help a little more, you will have more hope for survival and even development and growth. Therefore, in the face of C.J Group's investment, the decision-makers of DreamWorks gladly chose to accept it.
At the same time, DreamWorks also chose to cooperate with entertainment and media giant Viacom Group, so as to gain a foothold in Hollywood.
Unlike the cautious and trembling of South Korea's film capital, Japan's booming economy has given the Japanese a super-confident mind.
They think that with the capital in their hands, they can stir up the situation in Hollywood, and then replace it, and eventually become the discursor of world cinema.
It's like a local tyrant full of treasures running into the wolves, but he didn't perceive the danger. I thought that I could kill all sides with my wealth.
It just so happened that Hollywood movies at that time had encountered the opportunity for transformation, and the huge transformation cost of breaking through the sky made these giants feel unbearable, so the arrival of the Japanese was equivalent to giving them the opportunity to pass on the cost.
Therefore, in the face of the cheques waved by the Japanese tyrants, the Americans were extremely happy and generous, and sold all the assets that had been famous for a long time and had no potential to dig up to Sony.
In this way, Sony has acquired many large film companies such as Columbia Samsung Pictures and MGM Pictures at a speed that is admired by the world, and has become the world's largest film production and distribution company.
Coupled with its original Sony classic films, AXN, Animax and other businesses, the field of operation is almost across the East and the West.
People who don't know see it. I would have thought that a film consortium that was dominant in the world was born.
In fact, it is the American film industry that has really benefited. With the huge amount of capital they received from Sony, they began to develop and promote new film technology, which became known and popular as 3Dmax film technology.
It wasn't until this technology began to become popular in Europe and the United States and swept the world that Sony suddenly discovered that what it bought was not an excellent asset, but on the contrary, it was still the burden of eating people without spitting out bones.
If you want to upgrade and adjust the 3D technology of these industries in your hands, the cost is even more than ten times that of starting over.
So, on the road to the development of future film technology. Sony is carrying a big burden and has been completely thrown off by the trend.
If you look at the production records of all Hollywood studios after 2007, you will find that the production volume of all the industries under Sony's umbrella is not even a fraction of the total amount.
And that's not all. The quality of these films is also average, and it is difficult to attract the box office at all.
I have to say that the Americans dug this big pit so well that it is simply a pit that kills people and does not pay for their lives.
Fortunately, the film industry in South Korea and China got off to a late start. Even the threshold of traditional film technology has just been touched.
As a result, when the film industry was upgraded in technology, they turned around and quickly followed the trend of the world. It has also surpassed Japan and has become synonymous with the most influential industry in Asia.
As for Japan, in addition to entertaining itself, there is only one huge and incomparably large box office market in the world.
In such a situation, Masaya Immediately seemed to be kindly trying to dump his film business group to C.J Group, and Cui Zhengyuan could only hehe. "Forget it, the film business is Sony's main project, how can we C.J Group win people's favor? However, the sale of EMI's copyright business has been of great help to our C.J Group. For the sake of the harmony between your and my two families for generations, if you can back down one or two, I am really grateful. ”
Seeing that Zhengya was spurting out a mouthful of old blood, he immediately swam across the strait to find Cui Zhengyuan desperately.
Grandma's, I've seen shamelessness, I've never seen such shamelessness.
Sony's main projects, three-year-olds know that electronics and finance, followed by various entertainment businesses. The film business group is such a big mess, and now he can't wait to get rid of it.
C.J Group, on the other hand, is a comprehensive company, but its main business is really in the field of film. Compared with the production of films, distribution, and the operation of movie theater chains, other fields such as music and television broadcasting are a little worse.
Obviously, Cui Zhengyuan also understands that Sony's film business groups are just burdensome.
Seeing that the temptation did not succeed, he knew that the other party did not want to have a good time at all. In this way, he also became tough. "Cui Jun, let's be honest, the copyright business of Baidai is bound to be won by Sony. No matter what the cost, we have to get it. It's your company's plan, hehe, you said that if we poke your company's friendship with China to the EU, do you think you still have a chance to get a hundred generations? ”
Cui Zhengyuan smiled, and for the first time found that he was running out of donkey skills.
And this discovery made him so happy, quite the pleasure of turning over a serf to sing, and waking up and changing his face.
"Do you think the EU doesn't know my position? Even if you know, who can't get along with money? 2.7 billion and they don't agree. I'll raise it to three billion. If I can't do 3 billion, I will be 3.5 billion, and I believe that there will always be a price code that can impress them. Besides, a new round of economic and trade negotiations between China and the EU is about to begin, and there will be countless huge deals to be reached. Do you say that the EU will offend its big customers for the sake of billions of dollars? ”
Cui Zhengyuan's words are a little untrue, with a little element of deception.
Like South Korea, the Chinese government is about to face a general election. In such a situation, the ultimate priority is to stabilize the internal situation, and other business negotiations and the like must be postponed.
But postponement doesn't mean you don't continue. So as for the Sino-EU trade talks, in fact, China and the EU have been planning and preparing for it.
Today's Europe has really suffered to a certain extent for the economy, and almost all countries except Germany have experienced economic regression.
Under such circumstances, China, which can provide them with tens of billions, hundreds of billions, trillions of dollars, is of course a customer that has to be handled carefully.
And under Choi Jung-won's construction and instigation, this time the Sino-European trade talks, South Korean companies will be stored as part of the supplement. The total will account for 3.1 percent of the share, which is small, but necessary.
As a result, South Korean companies' trade with Europe will be part of the EU-China trade agreement. A lot of political, economic and other interference is avoided.
In exchange, South Korean electronics manufacturers will build joint ventures with Chinese companies to build LED, transistor and circuit board production lines in Chinese mainland to drive the development of Chinese related companies.
And that's not all. The Korea Research Institute and Samsung Research Institute have also joined forces with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other relevant departments to achieve data sharing and work together to develop the next generation of smart chips.
As a technology product, chips are definitely a major play in the field of electronic technology today. in many important industry sectors. It's all indispensable.
It's a pity that both South Korea and China are concerned. All without the ability to manufacture and produce chips on a large scale.
In this regard, the United States has always been in the highest monopoly position, and more than 90 percent of the chips supplied to the world are provided by the United States.
From this production, the United States makes a lot of profits every year.
At the same time, the monopoly of such products can easily threaten national security. After all, no country is happy to see its electronic information and command systems paralyzed in the event of a conflict.
Therefore, the research and development of its own chips is not only for economic interests, but also involves national security.
According to the information obtained by Cui Zhengyuan, China is absolutely capable of producing qualified chips. But one of the challenges they face is that they can't reduce the cost of chip production.
In other words, China has the ability to make chips comparable to Intel, AMD, IBM and HP, but because of the cost, it does not have a competitive advantage at all.
Therefore, most of the chips made by China itself are used in the military and secret fields, so as not to be controlled by others.
However, in the vast domestic market and global market, in the absence of a way to reduce costs, Chinese chips really do not have the competitive strength.
In addition, in the basic process, the purification of monocrystalline silicon and other materials cannot be realized in large quantities, and qualified chips cannot be manufactured.
In terms of semiconductor manufacturing, it is considered a strong point of South Korea. In addition, in terms of large-scale production of the industry, South Korea also has many advantages that can be used for reference.
Such joint R&D is equivalent to combining the advantages of both parties and working together to create chips with independent intellectual property rights that can be widely produced and free from US restrictions.
The main reason why China has agreed to cooperate in such a sensitive area is that it is interested in South Korea's ability to reduce costs.
In the past life, Chinese often complained about South Korea in all aspects, feeling that South Korea was not good for this and that, and they had to brag about it in various ways.
But at least in some ways, you have to admit that South Korea has its strengths. For example, Koreans sell things.
Take Samsung mobile phones as an example, in fact, the technical advantages of Samsung Group are not so obvious. Even compared with China's Huawei, Lenovo, and Xiaomi, Samsung is still in a backward position.
But when smartphones were just starting to become popular, the only one that could keep up with Apple's mobile phone was Samsung.
The reason for this is because Koreans sell things.
Obviously, his stuff isn't very good, but it just makes you believe that his stuff is good, and then you buy it big.
In addition to the sales strategy of Koreans, the low price is also an aspect. And to be able to achieve a low price, how to control the cost is a technical job.
Therefore, in terms of large-scale chip manufacturing, China hopes to learn from the experience of South Koreans and find ways to control the cost of its own chips. (To be continued......)