"South Korea has the most mature industrial chain in Asia and countless outstanding talents. We are willing to use South Korea as the core position to promote our works to Asia and even the world.
To this end, Hugelive will invest US$300 million to create the first batch of Korean film and television works..."
Assy!
The expressions of the two ministers were subtle. 300 million U.S. dollars is close to half of South Korea's annual box office. People just take it as they say. How can you reason?
They have no emotions about Hugelive coming in. Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube have already come in. It’s just one more company.
South Korea's Internet environment is very relaxed, which is manifested in, well, cyber violence.
The power of cyber violence is second to none in the world. You may think those things in China are like dogs. But if you go to South Korea and see again, they are not even as good as dogs...
"Thank you for your sincerity, I think we have reached an agreement!"
“Hope for a happy outcome!”
After the conversation, under the witness of the camera, both parties signed and shook hands. Yao Yuan turned slightly sideways, faced the camera, took a photo, and with a click, the picture was frozen.
He really felt like opening a summit.
At this point, Hugelive can theoretically open a website in South Korea. After these are completed, it will be the turn of directors and stars to appear and hold another exchange meeting.
A group of people also took a promotional photo.
In the evening, in the hotel, Yu Jiajia met with representatives from the Korean Film Association, the Korean Film Promotion Committee, and major TV stations.
Every time Hugelive conquers a territory, it is a combination of self-made and purchased copyrights, otherwise the number of film libraries will be too small.
Yu Jiajia wanted to buy movies and TV series, and the Korean Wave was in good times. She kept asking for the conditions, and they went back and forth, and finally reached an agreement: the TV series can be released on the online platform one month after it is broadcast; the movie can be released online one month after it is released.
The third day.
Everyone went to visit the TV station and the studio, and also took a look at Hugelive's office space.
In Gyeongung-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, I rented 2 floors of an office building. It was not as gorgeous as Hong Kong or Singapore, and it was just a branch office.
The trip lasts three days and we will get up early and return early tomorrow.
The night before.
With the help of a translator, Yao Yuan read the news about Hugelive on the Internet. Almost all comments focused on US$300 million.
"About 400 billion won, Axiba! Are the Chinese going to invade the Republic of Korea? Will the Korean War happen again?"
"I heard that the United States is the major shareholder and can be regarded as the American streaming media. Forget it, we have accepted Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube anyway."
"Honestly, I'm looking forward to "Train to Busan" and "Kingdom." There are too few zombie-themed works in Asia. I like zombies the most. "Kingdom" is actually set in ancient times. Oh my God, I can't wait."
"Now our practitioners can have a good life. At least we can have a wider budget and shoot some real blockbusters!"
"Does Hugelive have a message board? I would like to recommend our sister Han Hyo-joo. My sister is great and can handle any role!"
"..."
Yao Yuan watched for a while and said with a smile: "This is their mentality. The audience doesn't care, they just want to watch exciting things. Korean movies are large in scale and have rich themes. Korean dramas are limited to broadcasting platforms. Most of them are about love and love, and the parents are short-lived."
Our focus should be on the drama series and filming more things they don’t usually see.
As for the copyright, we left it up to them first, but we gradually penetrated and found cooperation with TV stations. We provided more than 50% of the funds to shorten one month to one hour, and the TV stations would go online immediately after the broadcast.
If we keep doing this, Korea will become our foundry sooner or later!"
"This place is really good, I must take it down..."
Yu Jiajia, who has tried the taste of female idols, strongly agrees.
…………
In another room.
Tsui Hark and Peter Chan were also chatting.
"At that time, I made "The Sails" and it failed at the box office. My company was going to be sold to Golden Harvest. Mr. Zou Wenhuai asked me to make "Golden Branches and Jade Leaves 2". I said yes, but can you invest in another small film of mine? The money is not much.
.
Mr. Zou voted for it, so "Sweet Honey" was born.
I didn’t expect that the photo would be so popular. More than ten years later, Koreans will still remember it. You can see that they are more familiar with it than I am.”
"It's a small scene. Didn't you see that when Leslie Cheung and Joey Wong came to Korea, the streets were empty?"
"Yes, I was at my creative peak at that time."
The two of them were quite emotional, but their feelings for old Hong Kong films were not that deep, especially Peter Chan, who even hated the era of old Hong Kong films.
"When I make movies, my first priority is to make money. Only by making money can I live and continue to have bosses to invest in me. But what I hope is always to break through myself and shoot something new. Regardless of success or failure, it must not be repetitive.
The market in mainland China has been very good in recent years. I have tried out a few films, but several scripts have been rejected. Generally speaking, the scope is too narrow, and there is nothing I can shoot now.
So I wanted to go to Hugelive to try the waters and shoot something exciting."
"How exciting is it?" Tsui Hark laughed.
"It's easy to do whatever you want on the Internet. You can take pictures of whatever you want."
Peter Chan also advised Tsui Hark, saying: "I have watched your films "Butterfly", "No Way to Hell" and "Danger of the First Type" countless times, and then you won't have films like that anymore. You have to make money to make a film, otherwise
The boss will beat people.
I think that instead of being trapped in the mainland’s business market, it’s better to try Hugelive. It’s like an old man’s second spring, and maybe he can regain his youth.”
"I haven't thought about it, think about it."
Tsui Hark was actually a little moved. He made his debut in cult films and had to integrate into the commercial wave of Hong Kong films, but he still tried his best to be new in every film.
Nowadays, with platforms like Hugelive, any enterprising director will be tempted.
…
at the same time.
Ning Hao and Guo Fan were having dinner at a small restaurant near the hotel.
Beef offal soup with rice, literally, a portion is 80 RMB, if you add beef, it is 100 RMB, and it comes with a few pieces of spicy cabbage and pickled radish.
The two of them ordered one each and took two bottles of soju.
"You can fade away like a bird!"
Ning Hao took a sip of wine and muttered: "When you go back, my brother will treat you to Buddha Jumping Over the Wall. There is a restaurant over there at the Railway Building. It's really authentic, but it's a bit more expensive. A small cup costs 200 yuan."
"Thanks then..."
Guo Fan said absentmindedly and asked: "What do you think the two bosses want to do when they enter South Korea?"
“You don’t have to think about the example of Hong Kong before your eyes!”
"ah?"
"Ah, what? Do you think they want to help South Korea develop its film and television industry? I can see it. Boss Yao is smiling all day long. In fact, the national sentiment is strong. Damn, Hong Kong will do whatever it wants. We dare not say anything, but you don't know
How cool it is for us guys!”
Ning Hao chewed kimchi and said: "This Hugelive created by Boss Yao is for external expansion. We should be lucky that it cannot enter the mainland."
"But we also have to fight for some energy. We can't always be protected like children."
"Huh? Why do you say that?" Ning Hao was surprised.
"Nothing, just some thoughts on what I have seen and heard in the past two days..."
The five people sent out, Han Yan's "Get Out! Tumor King", Ning Hao's "Heart Blossom Road", Guo Fan's "The Master of Hypnosis" have all been released, and this year there are also Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior" and Wu Ershan's "Looking for the Dragon"
"Secrets".
"Butterfly Love" has the highest box office, reaching 1.3 billion. Ning Hao deserves to be the first among the new generation. The reason why he has not become a "big director" is because he lacks awards.
But Guo Fan seemed to have other ideas. He hesitated and hesitated, and finally said: "Do you still remember that Boss Yu said that he wanted to make a science fiction film?"