The negotiations were suspended and the Chinese returned to the lounge.
Li Jianguo was still fine, but everyone else was shocked.
"What's going on? Isn't that what you said? Why did ten movies become five?"
Ten and five are not just a matter of numbers.
This also relates to the allocation of quotas among various film studios.
If there are ten parts, if everyone squeezes in, everyone will have a chance.
If it's five parts, it's really going to break your head.
China's film market has now allowed private companies to enter, and there will be more and more competitors in the future.
Although these state-owned film studios are dilapidated, they are very clear-headed and know that when it comes to competitiveness, they are no match for others.
Li Jianguo scratched his forehead, thinking sadly, and saw the quiet Xiao Qian.
"Do you know something?"
Xiao Qian nodded, although silently, it immediately attracted everyone's attention.
The rest time was only one hour, and Li Jianguo did not dare to delay.
"Then tell me why South Korea changed its mind?"
Xiao Qian shrugged his shoulders, quite helpless.
"Why else? I was frightened by the Opium War."
The Korean side initially proposed an exchange quota of ten films per year because it felt that Korean films had advantages over Chinese films and there was no need to worry about the Korean market being plundered too hard.
But after watching "The Opium War" yesterday, everyone in South Korea was dumbfounded.
Damn it, if all Chinese movies are of this quality, what the heck is that?
When quality is unmatched, reducing quotas is obviously the best way.
Korean films implement a quota system, but the production volume of Korean films today is not high. Cutting the quota by half will not have any impact on them.
"this……"
Hearing that it was the impact of the "Opium War", Li Jianguo couldn't help but cast a complaining look. He was clearly saying, can't you wait until the negotiations are over before showing it to the Koreans?
"We cannot agree to this condition, otherwise we will be at a huge disadvantage."
Han Siping was indignant and resolute.
But Xiao Qian was born to be against him.
"We can also accept five parts."
Han Siping suddenly sat upright and said angrily: "Mr. Xiao, how can you speak for outsiders? If there are only five films, many people in our film studio will not be able to get a chance."
Xiao Qian frowned coldly.
"Do you produce many movies? Is the quality good enough? Since the quality and quantity are not good enough, even if you are given export quotas, can you occupy the market?"
These unceremonious words suppressed the arrogance of the major film studios. Everyone looked ugly, but they couldn't say anything to refute.
The results are there, leaders can see them, and everyone can see them.
No one in China wants to watch the movies they produce. If they are exported to South Korea, the box office will be ugly and the country will lose face.
Of course, today is the time to unite and fight for interests, and Xiao Qian cannot keep dampening the enthusiasm of his own people.
He looked at Li Jianguo and came up with his long-planned plan.
"Since South Korea has proactively proposed such conditions, I think we can stop being polite."
Li Jianguo understood deeply and his eyes shone brightly.
"You mean..."
When Xiao Qian proposed that Korean movies should only be screened in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, Li Jianguo thought it was unreliable and Koreans would not agree to it anyway.
But now...
Negotiation means you do the first grade and I do the fifteenth grade.
You can't be the only one who puts forward conditions and I don't mention anything.
After understanding the reason why South Korea suddenly changed its tune and withdrew, China became less nervous.
Negotiations resume.
It seems that South Korea attaches great importance to this condition, and asked: "I wonder what China considers our conditions?"
Xiao Qian was used to acting, pretending to be unhappy.
"We feel that this proposal is meaningless. Both your country and China have increasingly hot markets. Based on our prediction, even ten films in a few years may not be able to meet the needs of audiences in both countries."
Everyone in Korea turned blue.
Damn it, we all feel a lot of pressure after ten movies.
Do you want to increase it?
"No, this condition is our bottom line. If you cannot agree, then there is no need to continue the negotiation."
Li Meijing originally wanted to say something, but the deputy chief preempted him.
But after hearing these words, Li Meijing felt dizzy.
If you say this at the negotiation table, doesn't it expose all your background?
Without a trump card, South Korea was passive.
But no matter how helpless she was, she knew that there was actually nothing she could do.
South Korea is an export-oriented economy, determined by the lack of local resources, and can only rely on exports to revitalize the domestic economy.
As long as it is an industry that can be exported, it is a good industry in Korea.
Although South Korea has just made plans to revive its film industry, it has already begun to have a sneak peek at exports. At this critical crossroads, China took the initiative to come to the door, which just triggered South Korea's g-point.
In fact, they want to reach an agreement more than China.
But now they have played all their cards, and it is finally China's turn.
"Your conditions will cause us to suffer losses. We need certain compensation, otherwise, this will not be a fair agreement."
Li Meijing was afraid that someone would make another mistake, so she quickly said: "I wonder what conditions China has?"
Xiao Qian finally took action.
"Actually, it's not a condition, but out of considerations of fairness and justice. We all know that the size of the film market is closely related to population. So in order to safeguard our interests, we believe that the principle of population parity should be followed
, there should be regional restrictions on the movies you introduce. Of course, in order to take care of your interests, our opinion is to use the most economically developed areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai as the special zones for this film exchange agreement."
Before Xiao Qian could finish speaking, Han Fang exploded.
"No, what conditions are these? We cannot accept such unfair terms."
"This is an equal exchange clause between countries. We open all markets to welcome Chinese films. Of course, China must also open all markets to achieve the principle of reciprocity."
There are friends under the negotiating table, but there are opponents at the negotiating table.
Xiao Qian stared at the opposite side and wrote every word accurately.
"What's the population of South Korea? What's the population of China? Is this comparison valid?"
Li Meijing refused to give in.
"According to the latest WTO statistics, South Korea's GDP output value is half of China's. According to this criterion, you should also open half of the market."
Xiao Qian sneered.
"Are movie ticket prices set according to GDP?"
Movie ticket prices in South Korea are fixed, with adult tickets costing about 50 yuan and student tickets 20 yuan.
Unlike China, it fluctuates depending on the region, economy and services.
"The Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions have the highest movie ticket prices in China. We have shown our sincerity by communicating with you on an equal footing with this region. Since your representative mentioned GDP, in terms of per capita GDP conversion, you are equivalent to China's
About ten times. Should we also take this into consideration?"
Dafa is good per capita, but we are always a developing country.
The two sides exchanged words and exchanges, arguing for at least more than an hour. In the end, the situation gradually began to shift towards the Chinese side.
The reason is simple.
South Korea attaches great importance to exports, but China does not necessarily.
In the eyes of the Chinese side, movies are tools for cultural and public opinion propaganda. It is good to be able to go abroad and promote China's situation to the outside world.
If it doesn't work, nothing is lost.
Only Li Jianguo and other well-educated people would be more active for the sake of political achievements.
However, South Korea regards the export of films as an important means to promote industrial development.
They know very well that the Korean market is too small. It doesn’t look very good now, but if the current trend continues, if Korean movies cannot go out in a few years, then Korean movies will be the next Hong Kong movies.
"We can accept the interoperability amount of five parts per year, but limiting the interoperability area is also our bottom line."
Li Jianguo gave the final word and put the final word on all negotiations.
The meaning is very clear.
These are the conditions. If South Korea accepts it, the two parties will sign the agreement. If South Korea does not accept it, then the film exchange plan will be terminated.
Although Li Jianguo attaches great importance to political achievements, he must first safeguard national interests.
Unlike ordinary Chinese officials, he has a time traveler like Xiao Qian beside him who can provide him with too much information and references.
The Chinese side is as stable as Mount Tai, but the Korean side is anxious.
After proposing a temporary adjournment of the meeting, the South Korean side hid aside and started urgent discussions.
Although they could not see the situation, fierce quarrels erupted from time to time in the Korean lounge, which proved that they were struggling to unify their opinions.
It took a full two hours for both parties to enter the venue again.
"After discussion, we unanimously...agree to your conditions."
Park Kang-hwan finally gave the answer that China was expecting, which also represented the official launch of the China-South Korea film exchange plan.
