"Mr. Lin, don't hesitate any longer. Being the artistic director and chief director of DreamWorks Korea will be of great benefit to you. All we need is your reputation and status in the Korean film industry, and
We will not waste your time. And we promise that DreamWorks will provide financial support for your film creation without reservation, which is impossible for Korean film companies." A young man in his early 30s
, was persuading Lin Quanze with earnest words.
This young man is called Li Yixun, a Korean-Chinese. He joined DreamWorks five years ago. His responsibility is to assist the distribution department in liaising and coordinating distribution and publicity matters in the Korean market.
Five years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Li Yixun has become the head of South Korea for Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company. This time, Kang Jianfei sent him to South Korea to set up a branch.
It has only been a year since South Korea allowed overseas funds to film films in South Korea. However, the film creation environment in South Korea is so bad that no one is willing to open a film company in South Korea yet. However, many international film distributors have come and are vigorously expanding their film production base.
The quota for selling films in the Korean market has squeezed the already poor local film companies and distributors in South Korea to the point where it is difficult to survive.
The main reason why Kang Jianfei decided to open a film company in South Korea is that South Korea is about to abolish the early review system of movie scripts, which will greatly relax the scope of film creation types. Although there is still a disgusting film editing system, but
As long as you don’t deliberately go against the Korean government, the clipping system will cost you at most two cuts from the Korean Cultural Inspection Department.
What's more, although Kang Jianfei doesn't know much about the development of Hollywood, he does know a thing or two about the development of Korean movies.
Starting from the new year, that is, 1988, which is about to come, the creation and market of Korean films have boomed rapidly. In just a few years, the number of film companies in South Korea has increased tenfold, jumping from dozens to more than 700.
Home.
Although it is said that Korean movies will not really take off until the late 1990s, they are talking about local Korean movies. What Kang Jianfei wants to do is not local Korean movies.
How should I put it? Today's Koreans are not clamoring for cultural export. Instead, they are extremely inferior to their own movies, literature, music and other arts. Koreans will only go to the cinema when watching Hong Kong and Taiwan movies and European and American movies. South Korea
They felt that local movies were not worth paying to watch, and this situation did not change until the late 1990s.
In 1999, South Korean director Kang Je-kyu's "The Spy" beat the masterpiece "Titanic" and became South Korea's box office champion that year. Koreans' pride seemed to be awakened all of a sudden, and they began to go to the cinema from then on.
Support local films.
What Kang Jianfei wants to do now is to open an entertainment company in South Korea: Oriental Entertainment (Korea) Group. This entertainment company currently only has two functions. One is to distribute the works of Oriental Group companies to South Korea, including movies and TV series.
, records, novels, comics and animations; the second is to use one or two Hong Kong stars as the basis and use South Korea's low-cost film resources to shoot Hong Kong and South Korea co-produced films.
At this time, prices in Seoul have begun to be inflated, but the remuneration of Korean artists (including directors, singers, and actors) is pitifully low. Kang Jianfei, using the name of a Hong Kong star in Hong Kong movies, invited Koreans to shoot Korean movies, which not only made him
When Korean audiences who adore foreigners and foreigners go into the cinema, the familiar faces and scenes in the films can make them feel friendly. If these films sell well in overseas markets once or twice, they can satisfy the vanity of Koreans.
In this way, the name of the Korean branch has been established, and the next step is to develop into the fields of television and records.
What Kang Jianfei wants to do is to control at least one-third of South Korea's entertainment market by 2000.
With the so-called "patriotic" nature of Koreans, they will definitely boycott such foreign-funded companies, so this company must be localized to a certain extent.
The first thing is to let Li Yixun, a Korean-Chinese, be the company representative, and then ask the Korean godfather Im Kwon Taek to be the company's artistic director. Then he will make a few movies that make the Korean people proud, and when a disaster occurs, he will make a high-profile donation. This is enough to make the Korean people
Accepted by ordinary people.
Of course, after you have managed the people, you must also deal with the government. In this regard, you have to use "money and sex" to open up relationships. After the company develops and grows, you can then sell some equity to the big families in South Korea. If the top and bottom collude together, no one will dare to touch it.
If Kang Jianfei continues to act according to his script, he will be the real controller of the Korean entertainment industry after 2000.
After hearing Li Yixun's request and the conditions given, Lin Quanze was really hesitant. Agreeing to Li Yixun's conditions meant that he had to leave his current company and join Oriental Entertainment (Korea) Group Company.
Im Kwon-taek's status in the Korean film industry today is like Zhang Laomou's status in mainland China in the 1990s. This gentleman just went to Europe a few months ago and gave the heroine Jiang Shou-yeon the throne of Venice Best Actress.
You must know that even Hong Kong actresses have not yet become Venice Best Actress. This feat of Lin Quanze has made his reputation in the Korean film industry skyrocketing.
Unfortunately, although international movie queen Kang Soo-yeon received great attention after returning to South Korea, no one paid attention to her award-winning movie "Seed Girl", with only more than 40,000 moviegoers after its release.
"I don't know how to create commercial films like Hong Kong films. I shoot things with my own ideas. Can you promise not to burn my creative ideas?" Lin Quanze asked.
"Of course. Not only will we not interfere with your film creation, but we will also provide you with financial support as much as possible." Li Yixun said with a smile.
Im Kwon Taek is the horse bone bought with thousands of dollars. There are many benefits to investing in his movies. Winning an international award will bring the company's reputation. Even if he doesn't win an award, he can also rely on him to attract other talents in the Korean film industry.
Moreover, Lim Kwon Taek has his own film creation team. As long as he agrees to come over, the company can have a large number of local Korean film creation talents for a small amount of money.
Li Yixun was still showing off his eloquence there: "Mr. Lin, the reason why Mr. Kang Jianfei chose to come to South Korea to invest in movies is because he saw the hope of the rise of Korean movies. The relaxation of film controls in the political field will inevitably make South Korea
When movies prosper, our Oriental Entertainment Group will also invest in supporting a group of young directors in South Korea and contribute to the rise of Korean movies..."
What Li Yexun said is pure nonsense. Oriental Entertainment (Korea) Group will indeed support directors of the Korean New Film Movement, but that support is also selective and has a financial limit. The most important thing is to distribute Hong Kong films to Korea and send
Several powerful film creative personnel from Hong Kong came over to teach Korean directors advanced commercial film creation experience, and the next thing they had to do was count the banknotes to make Korean money.
Kang Jianfei's biggest competitors in South Korea in the next few years will not be Koreans or Americans, but Eastern Europeans. With the support of the government, the Korean Film Chamber of Commerce has purchased a large number of Eastern European films to resist the impact of Hollywood and Hong Kong films - that
The ticket prices for these gadgets are too cheap.
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What are the good investments in South Korea?
I'm afraid there are not many people in Hong Kong who can understand Kang Jianfei's actions. In their view, South Korea is just a wild land of movies. They just sell Hong Kong movies there and make money. Going to South Korea to invest in movies is purely because they have enough to eat and have nothing to do.
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Any emerging market is worthy of investment and development. In the 1980s, Japan invested in films from mainland China. The door to mainland China's film market has only opened a crack, but South Korea has opened its door completely.
In Kang Jianfei's eyes, the Korean film market is like a virgin lying naked on the bed. If you don't get it, you're really sorry for yourself.
"Boss, if you have a flight ticket at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, can we meet at the airport then?" Lizhi walked into the office and stood in front of Kang Jianfei and asked playfully.
"No, I'll send a car to pick you up when the time comes." Kang Jianfei smiled and waved to her, saying, "Don't be restrained, come and sit down."
Lizhi happily walked over and sat across the desk from Kang Jianfei, then looked at him with a smile. For some reason, she felt very happy every time she saw Kang Jianfei.
Kang Jianfei asked: "Are you familiar with all that information?"
Lizhi nodded and said, "I have it all in my mind. I remember Martin Davis's origin, personality and hobbies clearly."
"Very good, work harder in the future." Kang Jianfei walked up behind Lizhi, put his hands on her shoulders, and gently rubbed them back and forth while talking.
Just when Lizhi was shy and happy, Kang Jianfei's thoughts had actually flown to the United States, and he was looking forward to meeting Martin Davis.
Gulf Western Industries is as huge as a mountain to Kang Jianfei. This company is not only the owner of the Hollywood film giant Paramount, but also the American publishing giant Simon
Gulf Western's former boss, Charles Brayton, died four years ago. It is said that Paramount's annual income is less than 5% of his total income. This guy even established a sugar kingdom in the United States and openly exposed it in the manor.
Raise black slaves.
The members of such a large consortium are all guys who are not short of money. Kang Jianfei's acquisition team encountered great difficulties. It took two or three months of hard work to acquire 8% of Paramount's equity. It was impossible to do anything further.
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Although Paramount's performance has declined in the past three years, it is still profitable. If Kang Jianfei wants to buy more equity, he must spend real money.
However, due to the impact of the stock market crash, it was difficult to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars from banks during this period. Kang Jianfei could only place his hope in meeting Martin Davis.
Kang Jianfei's hand slid all the way down from Lizhi's shoulder, flicked across her collarbone and then moved to her arm. The subtle teasing made Lizhi's heart tremble.
"Why don't you stay at my place tonight, and we'll go to the airport together tomorrow." Kang Jianfei grabbed Lizhi's little hand and held it to play with.
Lizhi nodded with a fever on her face: "Well, I listen to the boss." (To be continued...) u