"South Korea! Japan! The two major markets have been taken over by them!"
"We must change our strategy. We will focus on the Western market again. All 4 billion people in Asia have been robbed by Hugelive. We must enter East Asia as soon as possible!"
"But our promotion in South America and Europe has not been completed yet?"
"Haven't you noticed yet? Asia is the biggest growth point. Hugelive has long been eyeing North America and Asia. One is confronting it head-on, and the other is outflanking it from behind."
"Okay, since most people agree, the plan is passed!"
Originally, due to THAAD and China's restrictions on South Korea next year, South Korea lost its largest overseas market, and Netflix took advantage of the situation. Now, with Hugelive heavily involved in the situation, Netflix had to change its strategy and decided to enter Asia.
One year earlier than in history.
Poor Koreans don't know yet that their country will become a battlefield.
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Seoul.
Hugelive Korea Headquarters.
Jin Minyong was sitting in the office having a good time, feeling relieved. Because of this position, he was often ridiculed and scorned by his peers, and was regarded as a lackey of foreign capital.
As a result, "Train to Busan" became a hit, and it became a hit in Asia. It may also become a hit all over the world in the future.
And he holds the weight of 200 million US dollars, and has the power to decide the life and death of local projects, which makes many people come to him sneakily, hoping to get an investment.
"President Kim!"
"President Kim!"
"Who's yelling?"
Jin Minyong frowned and walked to the door, but the screenwriter Qian Chengri was stopped by the security guard. When he saw him coming out, he was even more excited: "It's me. We had dinner not long ago, Korean beef!"
"What are you here for?"
"What we talked about before, I apologize to you for my attitude that day. It was because I didn't think well. I didn't realize the charm of the comic book drama. I am willing to write the script!"
"Oh, no, please come back!"
"Have you found someone else?"
"No, but I think you are not suitable, please come back!"
"President Kim! President Kim! I won the Baeksang Arts Awards, the Baeksang Arts Awards..."
Jin Minyong didn't bother to pay attention to him and returned to the office.
All fools know that the zombie wave has already started in Asia, and various zombie movies will continue to emerge. There is a trend in the investment world, and there is also a trend in the film and television industry. Otherwise, why is there a word called "following the trend"?
Hong Kong is a good example of following trends.
Kim Min-yong can find a lot of screenwriters, directors, and stars to create that comic-book drama, but Qian Chengri has already been scrapped.
"Train to Busan" brought 3 million Korean members, but it can be expected that, just like in the United States, many people will not renew their subscriptions next month.
And this month is enough, enough for Yao Yuan and others to increase their market value.
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Hongkong.
Tsui Hark Studio.
His company is very small, especially his office, which is more like an otaku happy house than an office. It is full of Japanese comics and figurines, including Ultraman, Doraemon, and Astro Boy.
A bookcase.
Tsui Hark is a standard Japanese comic fan.
Many of his works unconsciously reveal such a flavor, such as "The Invincibles of the East", which directly transformed Brigitte Lin into a Japanese general.
There is also "The Legend of Shushan", a fairy-tale style with swords and swords, but there is one thing that is particularly inconsistent: Louis Koo's hat and wings are too science fiction!
The wings are actually made up of pieces of metal-like blades, with a full sense of technology. This "wings of steel" style of painting is obviously influenced by Japanese comics.
Last year's "Taking the Tiger Mountain" did well at the box office, but recently it has been scrapped in Hong Kong. Stars big and small are doing things with their tails between their legs. Tsui Hark has also become very low-key and doesn't do much.
Today, Chen Kexin came to visit, and the two talked about their old conversations again.
"Have you watched "Train to Busan"?"
"seen it already!"
"How about it?"
"It's OK. Korean movies have been very good in recent years."
"We can be better..."
Chen Kexin smiled and asked: "You must know about the Japanese comic "Gambling Apocalypse", right?"
"What's the meaning?"
"How about we film it?"
Tsui Hark's expression changed and he said: "Is this your intention or Boss Yu's?"
"I wanted to make something exciting, so Boss Yu took out a three-foot-thick copyright certificate and asked me to choose. I think "Gambling Apocalypse" is fine."
The author of this comic is Nobuyuki Fukumoto, and he started serializing it in the 1990s. He is quite old.
The male protagonist kindly acted as a guarantee for someone, but ended up with millions in debt. In order to repay the debt, he boarded a ferry and participated in a mysterious gambling game.
After going up, I found that most of the participants were failed young people like myself. After several rounds of competition, you will get money if you win, and you will die if you lose!
The masterminds behind the scenes are actually a group of bored rich people who enjoy trampling on the lives and dignity of the poor.
There are many works of this type, and the most successful one is "Squidward" produced by Netflix, which became a global hit and brought Netflix US$900 million in revenue.
The Mainland has also adapted "Gambling Revelations", called "Animal World".
The director is Han Yan, Li Yifeng, starring Zhou Dongyu, Michael Douglas, the quality is okay...
"We turned the protagonist into a Hong Konger, added Koreans, Japanese, and Americans, and added realistic elements, the class differentiation between the rich and the poor, and the cruel divisions of Hong Kong society."
"You will be the director and I will be the producer!"
"Mr. Yu said that when it comes to making an American TV series, the first season has 8 episodes, and the budget can be 30 million US dollars!"
"Such a great opportunity and such an amazing story, will you do it?"
Peter Chan's barrage of shots hit Tsui Hark's little heart, as if the old monster Xu who was at the peak of his creative energy in his youth was back.
He shook his head and sighed: "What you said is so beautiful. If I don't agree, I will be guilty."
"Okay, I wish us a happy cooperation!"
Chen Kexin paused and said something from the bottom of his heart: "The more the mainland market grows, the less it is our destination. We will always be outsiders. It is rare that there is another way out, so we must seize it!"
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Along with the craze of "Train to Busan", Yao Yuan and Yu Jiajia started their road show tour.
Hugelive is valued at US$50 billion and plans to raise US$3 billion through its IPO. It is a fairly large company owned by Yao Yuan. However, his and Yu Jiajia’s shares do not amount to much. Their total shares are only 19.6%, and their voting rights exceed 50%.
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He personally conducted two road shows, one for Maiwo Network and one for this.
The familiar process followed again, various meetings, dinners, meeting investors, and then waiting until we arrived at the Nasdaq building. He was a regular visitor and had been here many times.
So far, Hugelive has been successfully listed.
In the eyes of outsiders, this is a new starting point, but in Yao Yuan's view, Hugelive's mission has been half accomplished, and the rest is just to keep filming dramas.
As for the other half...
He wants to hatch short video tiktok under Hugelive!