Dreams of the Fragrant River

Lin Quanze's home in Yongshan District, Seoul. watermark ad test watermark ad test

"Mr. Lim, don't hesitate any longer, being the art director and chief director of DreamWorks Korea will be beneficial to you and not harmful. All we need is your fame 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 a Korean film company." A young man in his early 30s , is trying to persuade Lin Quanze.

This young man is called Li Yixun, a Korean Chinese. He joined DreamWorks 5 years ago. His responsibility is to assist the distribution department to contact and coordinate the 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 the Korean region of the Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company. This time, Kang Jianfei was sent to South Korea to form a branch.

It has only been a year since South Korea allowed foreign funds to make films in South Korea, but the film creation environment in South Korea is so bad that no one is willing to open a film company in South Korea for the time being. On the contrary, many international film distributors have come to sell films to the Korean market, which has just expanded the film quota, crowding out the already bad local Korean film companies and distributors.

The main reason why Kang Jianfei decided to open a film company in South Korea is that South Korea will soon abolish the pre-censorship system for movie scripts, which greatly broadens the scope of film creation types. Although there is still a disgusting movie clipping system, as long as you don't deliberately go against the Korean government, the clipping system will at most make the Korean document inspection department cut twice.

What's more, although Kang Jianfei doesn't know much about the development of Hollywood, he knows a thing or two about the development of Korean films.

Beginning in the new year, that is, 1988, which is just around the corner, the creation and market of Korean films are booming rapidly. In just a few years, the number of film companies in South Korea has grown tenfold. From dozens to more than 700.

Although Korean movies really have to wait until the end of the 1990s to rise, but that is about Korean local films, Kang Jianfei is not doing Korean local films.

How should I put it, today's Koreans are not clamoring for cultural export. Instead, they are extremely inferior to their own arts such as film, literature and music. Koreans only watch Hong Kong and Taiwan movies and European and American movies. Only when they walk into the cinema, they don't think it's worth paying to watch local Korean movies. This situation continued until the late 1990s to change.

In 1999, South Korean director Kang Di-kyu's "Life and Death", which killed the movie "Titanic", became the box office champion in South Korea that year. Korean pride seems to be awakened all at once. They have only since then started going into cinemas to support their own films.

What Kang Jianfei wants to do now is to open an entertainment company in South Korea: Oriental Entertainment (Korea) Group Corporation. This entertainment company has only two functions for the time being. First, it is responsible for distributing the works of Dongfang Group companies to South Korea, including movies, TV series, records, novels, comics and animations. The film resources of the Hong Kong-Korean co-production.

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 goes by the name of Hong Kong Film and Hong Kong Star. Invite Koreans to shoot Korean movies, which not only allows Korean audiences who are foreigners and foreigners to enter the cinema, but also makes them feel familiar with the familiar faces and scenes in the film. If these films sell well in overseas markets once or twice, then it can satisfy the vanity of Koreans.

As such. Even if the name of the Korean branch was launched, the next step is to develop into the field of TV 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 must boycott such foreign companies, so this company must be localized to some extent.

First of all, let Lee Ye-hoon, a Korean Chinese, be the company representative, and then let the Korean godfather director Lim Kwon-taek be the company's art director, and then make a few movies that make the Korean people proud. Common people accept.

Of course, after the people are settled, the government has to be settled. In this aspect, the relationship must be established through "money and sex". After the company has grown and grown, it will sell some equity to the big local families in South Korea. No one dares to move.

According to Kang Jianfei's script, after 2000, he will be the real master of the Korean entertainment industry.

Hearing Li Yixun's request and conditions, Lin Quanze was really hesitant, agreeing to Li Yixun's conditions meant that he had to leave his current company and join the Oriental Entertainment (Korea) group company instead.

The status of Lin Quanze in the Korean film industry is similar to that of Zhang Laomou in mainland China in the 1990s. This gentleman just went to Europe a few months ago and sent the heroine Jiang Shouyan to the throne of Venice Actress.

You must know that even a Hong Kong actress has not yet been a Venice actress. This feat of Lin Quanze has made him famous in the Korean film circle.

It is a pity that although the international actress Jiang Shouyan received a lot of attention after returning to South Korea, the award-winning film "The Seed Girl" was ignored. After its release, only more than 40,000 people watched the movie.

"I don't create commercial films like Hong Kong movies. I shoot things with my own thoughts. 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 give you financial support as much as possible." Li Yixun said with a smile.

Lin Quanze is the horse bone that the daughter bought. There are many benefits to investing in his films. If he wins an international award, he will gain the company's reputation. If he doesn't win an award, he can also attract other talents in the Korean film industry.

Moreover, Lin Quanze has his own accustomed film creation team. As long as he agrees to come, the company can have a large number of local Korean film creation talents with a small amount of money.

Li Yixun still showed his eloquence there: "Mr. Lin, the reason why Mr. Kang Jianfei chose to come to Korea to invest in films is because he saw the hope of the rise of Korean films. The relaxation of film control in the political field will inevitably make Korea in the next few years. As movies prosper, our Oriental Entertainment Group will also support a group of young directors in South Korea and contribute to the rise of South Korean movies..."

Li Yixun's words are pure nonsense. The Oriental Entertainment (Korea) Group Corporation will indeed support the directors of the Korean New Film Movement, but that is also a selective support with a capital limit. The most important thing is to distribute Hong Kong films to South Korea, and to send a few powerful film creators from Hong Kong to guide Korean directors with advanced commercial film creation experience. The next thing to do is to count the banknotes to make Korean money.

Kang Jianfei's biggest competitor 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 Association has purchased a large number of Eastern European films to defend against the impact of Hollywood and Hong Kong films - the ticket prices for that stuff are too cheap.

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What are some good places to invest in South Korea?

I am afraid that very few people in Hong Kong can understand Kang Jianfei's actions. In their opinion, South Korea is a wild land for movies. It is enough to sell Hong Kong movies to make money. Going to South Korea to invest in movies is purely enough to eat and have nothing to do. .

Any emerging market is worth investing in and developing. In the 1980s, Japan invested in films in mainland China. While the door to the mainland Chinese film market has only opened a crack, South Korea has completely opened its door.

In Kang Jianfei's eyes, the Korean film market is like a naked virgin lying on the bed.

"Boss, for the ten o'clock air ticket tomorrow morning, will we meet at the airport?" Lizhi walked into the office and stood in front of Kang Jianfei and asked with a prettier look.

"No, I'll send a car to pick you up when the time comes." Kang Jianfei waved at her with a smile, and said, "Don't be restrained, come and sit down."

Lizhi walked over happily, sat opposite Kang Jianfei across the desk, then smiled and looked at each other. For some reason, every time she saw Kang Jianfei, she was in a very happy mood.

Kang Jianfei asked, "Are you familiar with those materials?"

Lizhi nodded and said, "It's all in my mind. I remember Martin Davis' origin, personality and hobbies clearly."

"Very good, work harder in the future." Kang Jianfei walked behind Lizhi, put his hands on her Xiang shoulders, and gently rubbed back and forth as he spoke.

Just when Lizhi was shy and happy, Kang Jianfei's mind had actually flown to the United States, and he was looking forward to meeting Martin Davis.

For Kang Jianfei, Gulf Western Industries is as huge as a mountain. This company is not only the owner of the Hollywood movie giant Paramount, not only the owner of the American publishing giant Simon & Schuster, but also the owner of the Japanese game industry rising star (future game giant) Sega Corporation - - Gulf Western Industries owns 80% of Sega.

The predecessor of Gulf Western, Charles Breton, died four years ago~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It is said that Paramount's annual income is less than 5% of his total income, and he even established a sugar kingdom in the United States. He also openly kept black slaves in the manor.

The members of this kind of big consortium are all good money guys. Kang Jianfei's acquisition team encountered great difficulties. It took two or three months of work to get 8% of Paramount's equity, and it couldn't go further. .

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 really difficult to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars from the bank during this period. Kang Jianfei could only hope for the meeting with Martin Davis.

Kang Jianfei's hand slid all the way down Lizhi's shoulder, and turned to her arm with a slight swipe of her collarbone.

"Why don't you stay with me tonight and go to the airport together tomorrow." Kang Jianfei grabbed Lizhi's little hand and played with it.

Lizhi nodded with fever on her face: "Well, I listen to the boss." ()