I want to be a chaebol

Song Yi finalized the promotion plan for "My Naughty Girlfriend", and the rest of the work was left to the employees of New Asia Pictures to implement. Jin Xiyuan was also busy during this time, sparing no effort to promote the movie.

Jun Ji-hyun's agency SidusHQ has also begun to exert its efforts. Jun Ji-hyun became the cover character of the Korean version of "ELLE" in June. In an exclusive interview, Jun Ji-hyun focused on the charm of Song Myung-hee. She believes that the movie "My Naughty Girlfriend" represents The social status of Korean women has been greatly improved.

Coincidentally, Song Hye Kyo also appeared in this issue of the magazine, and the two actresses, both born in 1981, were naturally compared. "ELLE" magazine commented that Song Hye Kyo has proven her popularity in China and South Korea in the field of TV dramas. Now it is time to see whether Jun Ji Hyun can become an actor in Chungmuro ​​with the help of "My Naughty Girlfriend".

As a long-established fashion magazine, "ELLE" has great influence on Korean women, and most of the female stars in the industry are its readers.

Song Hye Kyo was very unhappy when she saw this report, and complained to Song Yi next to her, "You are so bragging, but you are not afraid of getting out of hand. Is it so easy for a Chungmulu actor to become famous?"

Song Yizheng commented, "Jun Ji-hyun's performance in this movie is quite outstanding. She is expected to win a three-award-winning actress. There is no problem in saying that she is a Chungmuro ​​actor."

Song Hye Kyo's "Love Hotel" has been completed, and she plans to take some time off. As a conscientious boss, Song Yi went to Song Hye Kyo's home to express condolences to her.

Song Hye Kyo peeled a lychee for Song Yi and handed it to Song Yi's mouth, like a well-behaved maid.

Song Hye Kyo was a little unconvinced, "You think so highly of her? OPPA, I am an artist from Xinya. There is no reason for you not to praise me but to praise female artists from other companies, right?"

Song Yi thought for a while. If actresses of the same age group, Ha Ji Won, Jun Ji Hyun, Son Ye Jin and Song Hye Kyo, were to rank their film scores, Ha Ji Won \u003e Jun Ji Hyun \u003e Son Ye Jin \u003e Song Hye Kyo.

Ha Ji-won is a Grand Slam winner at three major film festivals in South Korea, Jun Ji-hyun has won the Grand Bell Award and the Blue Dragon Award, Son Ye-jin has a masterpiece, and Song Hye-kyo has neither an award nor a masterpiece.

Song Hye Kyo is the well-deserved queen in Korean dramas, firmly holding her head above Jun Ji Hyun, and can be found in various types of TV series, but in terms of movies, she is more than one position behind Jun Ji Hyun. After all, Jun Ji-hyun has a movie face, while Song Hye-kyo only has a TV face.

This is also the case in domestic entertainment. Sun Li and Zhao Liying are invincible in TV series, but when it comes to movies, you still have to watch Zhou Xun and Zhang Ziyi.

TV drama actresses generally have mainstream aesthetics, with a girlish look, three-dimensional facial features, fair skin, etc. Most of them have small heads and small faces in movie faces. They may not necessarily have standard beauty, but they all have personal characteristics and are very recognizable.

Song Hye Kyo has filmed three Korean movies, "My Girlfriend", "Hwang Jin Yi" and "Today", but did not make any waves. Instead, she became famous in the film industry after cooperating with Wong Kar Wai in "The Grandmaster".

Hwang Jin Yi was a famous prostitute in the Joseon Dynasty. Ha Ji Won starred in the TV series of the same name. As a result, Korean viewers who watched the TV series said that Ha Ji Won played the role better than Song Hye Kyo. Song Hye Kyo's face was almost swollen. Both of them have had scandals with Hyun Bin, so the relationship between the two is not harmonious. However, Song Hye Kyo seems to have a normal relationship with female stars in the industry. Who gave her the nickname of the male god harvester?

"You haven't acted in a movie either. You should focus on TV series in the past two years. If you have a suitable script, I will definitely give you priority." Song Yi comforted Song Hye Kyo. Song Hye Kyo was obedient in front of him. He couldn't pull up his pants. Don't admit it.

Song Hye Kyo looked at Song Yi hesitantly, "The three best actress awards are not just for outstanding performance. The film company and the agency need to lobby the judges at the same time. If you are so interested, don't you have thoughts about Jun Ji Hyun? That's right. Her straight and long legs must make men want to conquer her."

Song Yi felt guilty, "What nonsense are you talking about? Jun Ji-hyun has a boyfriend."

Song Hye Kyo didn't care, "What's the point? A wife is worse than a concubine, and a concubine is worse than a thief. OPPA doesn't plan to marry her, so it's nothing to play with."

Song Yi smiled, "Okay, I will fight for the agency rights for an online game in the mainland during this period. If I get it, I will ask you to be the spokesperson to compensate for your temporary inability to make movies."

Song Hye Kyo's smile was as bright as a flower, "Thank you OPPA, OPPA is the best to me." She wiped the corners of her mouth happily. But Song Yi didn't expect that the agency rights of "Legend" would also have twists and turns.

The online game represented by Shanda Network is actually "Legend 2". "Legend 1" is an online game developed by Actoz Soft in 1998. By the beginning of 2000, Actoz Soft developed "Legend 2" on the basis of "Legend", which is also "Legend". of Mir2》.

However, the Korean online game market at this time was the era of "Paradise". As of the end of 2000, "Paradise" developed by NcSoft had more than 100,000 online users in South Korea. It was the well-deserved number one online game. Therefore, "Legend 2" was in the Korean domestic market. Poor performance.

For Actoz Soft, "Legend 2" has a high degree of overlap with "Lineage" in terms of gameplay. It is a failed online game, so it is preparing to gradually withdraw related operating resources.

This is why Chen Tianqiao was able to win the mainland agency rights of "Legend 2" for US$300,000. For Actoz Soft, this money is like picking up for free.

Actoz Soft's withdrawal of operating resources made Park Guan-ho, the game producer of "Legend 2", very dissatisfied. The year 2000 was also the beginning of the golden age of Korean online games. Many well-known game producers left to start their own businesses.

For example, Nexon's Lee Seung-chan had a conflict with the company's founder Kim Jung-joo over the operating model of the guessing game "QuizQuiz" last year, so he founded Wizet and developed the online game "MapleStory". However, "MapleStory" was still operated by Nexon. .

Kim Jong-joo became a game tycoon in South Korea with "MapleStory", and Nexon also became South Korea's top game company. However, Kim Jong-joo later suffered from depression and died at the age of 54. This is what Uncle Benshan said when the person died and the money was not spent.

Park Guanhao also left Actoz at the same time and founded Wemade. The split of Actoz posed hidden dangers for the copyright dispute of "Legend" from the beginning.

Because "Legend 2" is a marginalized project in Actoz, there is no threshold for Park Kwan-ho's team to leave collectively. Choi Xiong, the representative director of Actoz, directly decided to hand over the subsequent development of "Legend 2" to Wemade, because Park Kwan-ho's team If you leave, the game will not be updated, and the subsequent operation of "Legend 2" will inevitably be paralyzed.

Instead of letting "Legend 2" rot in its hands, Actoz might as well hand it over to Wemade. In exchange, Wemade gave 40% of the company's equity to parent company Actoz, and Actoz also has the co-author rights of "Legend 2". This is Very fair price. In other words, Actoz and Wemade jointly own the game copyright of "Legend 2".

This is a common MBO model among game companies. Actoz has spun off the marginal project "Legend 2" without investing in operating costs. It doesn't matter if it doesn't do well. If it does well, it can still share 40% of the stock dividends.

Actoz Soft is preparing to be listed on the Korean Stock Exchange. Increasing revenue, reducing operating costs, and improving the company's profit margin can make the company's financial statements look better. This is the premise for Cui Xiong to agree to Park Guanhao's team leaving to start a business. If Cui Xiong still holds "Legend 2" in his hands, it will be useless.

So for Song Yi, he can get the agency rights for "Legend 2" either through the parent company Actoz or through the subsidiary Wemade. Park Guanhao still has a good investment vision, and Wemade later became an important shareholder of South Korean Internet giant Kakao.

Song Yi feels that the success of Chen Tianqiao's acting as "Legend 2" requires the right time, location, and harmony, all of which are indispensable. "Chen Tianqiao" represents "Legend 2" because he can only spend 300,000 US dollars. Song Yi, who has strong financial resources, does not necessarily have to go all the way on the road of "Legend 2". For example, he can also represent "Paradise".

However, the agency rights for "Legend 2" still need to be obtained. Even if they cannot replicate Chen Tianqiao's success, they must kill the rise of Shanda Network in advance. Since Song Yi's Xinya Network intends to copy Shanda's success, it cannot allow another Shanda to appear.

In early June, Song Yi and Jiang Xiuna visited Actoz Soft Company, which is located on the 9th to 11th floors of the Trinity Building in Guansteel-dong, Jongno District, Seoul.

In July last year, Actoz completed financing. Korea Communications, Samsung C\u0026T, National Venture Capital and Milestone Venture Capital completed the investment. Samsung C\u0026T also became a shareholder of Actoz. Actoz moved to Trinity Building when it had money.

Cui Xiong, the representative director of Actoz, attaches great importance to Song Yi's visit. Regardless of the company's popularity, revenue or size, Actoz Soft is actually not as good as New Asia Entertainment. It is reasonable for Cui Xiong to come forward to receive Song Yi and his party.

Cui Xiong took Song Yi to visit Actoz. The ninth floor is the company's business headquarters and support headquarters. The games currently being operated by Actoz include "Legend", "The Last Kingdom" and "Millennium". The company's aisles are full of various There are posters of the game and a lot of figurines placed on employees’ workstations.

Cui Xiong gushed over to Song Yi, focusing on "The Last Kingdom", "Millennium" and Actoz's current focus on developing the game "A3". "A3" is South Korea's first adult MMORPG online game. The female characters in the game are coolly dressed and have hot figures. hot.

Song Yi praised, "Actoz's R\u0026D capabilities are indeed outstanding and it can develop multiple online games simultaneously within a year."

Cui Xiong was very helpful, "Where is it? I heard that New Asia Entertainment has also started to get involved in the Internet. Are you planning to enter the game market?"

Of course, it is impossible for Song Yi to let go of lucrative online games, but Xinya Network is still taking it step by step. It cannot eat the fat in one bite, and independently developing games is the next choice.

"I have the idea of ​​​​becoming an agent for games, so I plan to examine several more companies. In addition to Actoz, I also plan to examine Nexon and Ncsoft. I haven't decided which game to agent yet." Song Yi will not reveal his thoughts directly.

Cui Xiong highly recommends "The Last Kingdom" and "Millennium". "The Last Kingdom" has just been launched in Taiwan, China, and has received good response. The latter is a martial arts online game. Chinese people all have a martial arts dream, and "Millennium" will definitely be a big hit in China.

Song Yi sneered, what does South Korea know about martial arts? Koreans are only half-baked at Chinese culture, and the martial arts online games they create are neither fish nor fowl, and the depiction of a tiger cannot be compared to a dog. This is the root of the tepid popularity of the "Millennium" online game in the mainland. For domestic martial arts online games, you have to watch "Jianwang 3" by Xishanju.

Cui Xiong thought that Song Yi was not interested in the games developed by Actoz and was a little frustrated. These two months were the critical two months before Actoz was launched. Can he get a high-value agency contract from Xinya and directly It is related to the stock price of Actoz’s listing.

Song Yi said at this time: "I will consider Representative Cui's suggestion. Xinya has no experience in operating online games. I want to practice with a game first, so that even if I lose money, I won't feel too distressed. "The Last Kingdom" The agency fee for Millennium is a bit high, so we won’t consider it for now.”

"I heard that Actoz can now sell "Legend 2" as an agent. I want to try this game first. The agency contract can be signed for two years first. After the two years are over, we can negotiate for renewal. If possible, please Cui The representative will quote a price for "Legend 2", and if the price is right, the contract can be signed this month." Song Yi said his plan.

But Cui Xiong was very cunning and started to promote "Legend 2" again, saying how popular this online game is in Europe. He just signed an agency contract with Digital Bros SpA in March this year.

Song Yi was wary. When "Legend 2" exploded in the mainland, it was the European agent of "Legend 2" who leaked the source code, which led to the proliferation of private servers of "Legend" in the mainland, seriously damaging Shanda Network's interests.

For this matter, Shanda Network had many conflicts with Actoz and Wemade. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Actoz and Wemade feel that Shanda Network’s agency fee is too low and the share fee is too small. They are jealous of Shanda Network’s increasing profits, which is why European game agents happened to reveal the source code of "Legend 2".

In order to solve the copyright issue of "Legend", Shanda Network acquired 29% of Actoz's equity in 2004 and expanded it to 51% in 2007. However, Actoz and Wemade fought a protracted legal battle over the copyright of "Legend".

"Representative Choi, I sincerely want to cooperate with Actoz. Let's do this. How about you discuss it with Representative Park Guanhao of Wemade."

"The mainland online game market is in the ascendant. It is a good thing for us, New Asia Network, to be a pioneer and help you explore the road. It can also reduce your fault tolerance costs? What do you think?" Song Yi said.

Cui Xiong was moved by Song Yi's words. Song Yi finally proposed an agency fee of US$1 million over two years, and US$1 million won the exclusive agency rights of "Legend 2" in the mainland market.

Cui Xiong was very satisfied with Song Yi's quotation, but Wemade's Park Guanhao was not satisfied. He felt that the two-year quotation of US$1 million was a bit low and the agency period was too long.

Park Guanhao and Cui Xiong discussed, "Can we change the game agency period to one year and adjust the fee to US$600,000? If the feedback is good, we will renew the contract."

Cui Xiong didn't understand, "Guan Hao, if you pay 1 million US dollars in two years, we can get 1 million US dollars. If it's 600,000 US dollars a year, if the game doesn't operate well, we can only get 600,000 US dollars."

However, Park Guanhao has inexplicable confidence in "Legend 2", "Representative Cui, after listening to your introduction, I don't think Song Yi just picked any online game to practice his skills. He may have come here for "Legend 2"."

"So I suggest changing the agency contract period to one year. The agency price of US$600,000 is also higher than US$1 million. I want to test Song Yi's bottom line."

"If Song Yi agrees to the quotation of US$600,000 per year, it means that he is actually very optimistic about the online game "Legend 2". Then in addition to the agency fee, we can also strive for a share of the fee. In this way, we can make extra money One stroke." Pu Guanhao said maturely.

After Cui Xiong listened to Pu Guanhao's analysis, he felt that it made sense, so he sent the quotation to Song Yi.

Cui Xiong pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Representative Song, I'm very sorry. I personally tend to agree with Xinya Network's quotation. However, Wemade's representative Park Guanhao felt that Xinya Network's quotation was a bit low, so he wanted to change the contract to 600,000. dollars a year.”

"Okay, I understand, I will consider it." Song Yi did not immediately agree to Cui Xiong's offer.

Chen Tianqiao obviously got the agency rights of "Legend" for US$300,000. Song Yi thought that his offer of US$1 million over two years was very sincere. Unexpectedly, he was rejected by Cui Xiong. Could it be that his memory was biased? ? Song Yi was a little confused. He thought there must be changes in this matter.

Chen Zaiyong has been paying attention to Song Yi's activities. New Asia Entertainment has been very active recently. It already has five subsidiaries: New Asia Pictures, New Asia Music, New Asia Advertising, New Asia Investment, and New Asia Network. It has vaguely became the climate.

Not only that, Chen Zaiyong heard that Chen Zaican also intended to merge Xinhan Media and New Asia Entertainment, and he looked down on Chen Zaican's cousin.

The third-generation descendant of the dignified Samsung family used to be Song Yi's boss, but now he is actually willing to flatter Song Yi and become Song Yi's follower.

I heard that Song Yi has a close relationship with Chen Zaican and his wife. Song Yi often goes to Chen Zaican's house for dinner. When Xinhan Media was on the verge of bankruptcy, it was Song Yi who planned the Sanduoshui advertisement to save Xinhan Media.

After Song Yi won the Korea Advertising Awards, First Project, Innocean and LG Ad all wanted to poach him, but Song Yi remained unmoved. Chen Zaiyong thought to himself that Chen Zaican must have spent a lot of money to win over Song Yi. His cousin Cui Shanji was also a beauty. Could it be that the couple worked hard together to keep Song Yi?

Thinking of this, Chen Zaiyong was a little unhappy. He originally planned to acquire Shinhan Media after Shinhan Media went bankrupt, and let Chen Zaican and his wife be grateful to him. However, Song Yi disrupted the situation. No wonder he was under Zhou Zhengyong's control. The first time I saw Song Yi at the funeral, I was very unhappy.

New Asia Pictures' "My Naughty Girlfriend" is preparing to be released. CJ Entertainment is the boss in the entertainment industry, and Song Yi has a good relationship with Chen Zaixian. Chen Zaixian and Chen Jianxi's family had a bad relationship, and Chen Zaiyong could not do anything to stumbling Song Yi. Moreover, Song Yi is now the boss, and the film promotion and distribution affairs are directly handed over to Jin Xiyuan.

Song Yi's girlfriend Kim Tae Hee is currently rehearsing the musical "Empress Myeongseong" and she and Song Yi are also very close. Although Chen Zaiyong knew that Song Yi and Song Hye Kyo had an ambiguous relationship, he did not obtain substantive evidence, otherwise he could expose Song Yi's hidden secrets about Song Hye Kyo.

When Chen Zaiyong learned that Song Yi visited Actoz Soft and was interested in obtaining the game agency rights for "Legend 2", he finally found an opportunity to deal with Song Yi.

At this time, Chen Tianqiao also rushed to South Korea and asked to represent Actoz's online game "Legend 2". However, Chen Tianqiao's quotation was US$300,000 per year.

Cui Tianxiong clearly told Chen Tianqiao, "The price of US$300,000 is impossible. A Chinese company has already offered US$1 million for two years, but our company still refused."

Chen Tianqiao now only has 300,000 US dollars, and "Legend 2" is his last life-saving straw. Of course, he refuses to give up. He feels that Cui Xiong may just want to raise the negotiation price, so he asked Cui Xiong without giving up, "Excuse me, what about that Chinese company?" What’s your name?”

Cui Xiong is eager for two companies to compete, and he is not afraid of leaking secrets. "This company is also just established. It's called Xinya Network."

Upon hearing this, Chen Tianqiao knew that Cui Xiong had not deceived him on purpose. He told Cui Xiong his understanding of "Legend 2" and emphasized that he had experience in the Internet industry and was confident in operating the "Legend 2" online game. Shanda The network can cooperate with Actoz in the form of agency + sharing.

Cui Xiong didn't believe that "Legend 2" could become popular in the mainland. He still introduced "The Last Kingdom" and "Millennium" to Chen Tianqiao, and persuaded Chen Tianqiao to represent other online games. However, the agency fees for "The Last Kingdom" and "Millennium" will be higher.

Chen Tianqiao didn't expect that his arrival in South Korea would have such a bad start, so he decided to discuss it with his wife to see if they could raise some more funds. It really doesn't work. If New Asia Network can get the exclusive rights to "Legend 2", Shanda Network can become a game distributor. He must first ensure that Shanda Network can survive.

Chen Zaiyong also contacted Cui Xiong. When Cui Xiong learned that the Samsung Prince called him, his expression was respectful, as if he wanted Chen Zaiyong on the other end of the phone to see him bending down to report.

Chen Zaiyong asked inadvertently: "Representative Cui, I heard that Song Yi from New Asia Entertainment wants to get the game agency rights of "Legend 2" in the mainland?"

Cui Xiong quickly replied, "Gui."

"We at Samsung C\u0026T are also shareholders of Actoz. Actoz wants to be listed, and we at Samsung C\u0026T also hope that our investment will be returned. Representative Choi and I have the same interests."

"Representative Cui probably doesn't know Song Yi very well. He basically doesn't do anything he's not sure about. He's from China and is very popular in the Mainland. It's because of him that "Blue Life and Death" can be released in the Mainland." of."

"I don't know why Song Yi wants to represent the game "Legend 2", but it is more in the interests of Actoz and Samsung to sell this game at a higher agency price, isn't it?" Chen Zaiyong kindly reminded.

"You are right. However, if our quotation is too high, I am worried that Representative Song may give up representing "Legend 2" and choose to represent games from other online game companies, such as Ncsoft's "Lineage"." Cui Xiong explained.

Chen Zaiyong tapped his fingers on the table. He heard Cui Xiong's hint that the online game "Legend 2" may not be easy to sell, and Song Yi may not only have "Legend 2" as an option.

"Then besides New Asia Network, is there no other company willing to represent "Legend 2"?" Chen Zaiyong asked.

At this time, Cui Xiong remembered Chen Tianqiao who had not yet left South Korea, and said hesitantly: "There is indeed another Chinese company that wants to represent "Legend 2", but their offer is lower, only US$300,000 a year."

Chen Zaiyong thought for a while, "The reason why he quoted 300,000 US dollars may be because he can only spend 300,000 US dollars. It is very courageous to be able to put all the funds into an online game. By the way, Do you have his contact information? I want to take the time to meet him and give him some advice. After all, many friends lead to many paths, right?"

Song Yi planned to change his mind and prepare to directly contact Park Guanhao from Wemade to see if he could convince Park Guanhao. Song Yi remembered that Chen Tianqiao came into contact with Actoz in the past two months. Although Song Yi had stronger funds, he did not want to capsize in the gutter.

What Song Yi didn't expect was that when he was gearing up to snipe at Shanda, Chen Zaiyong had already contacted Chen Tianqiao and was preparing to take a cold shot at Song Yi.

Now let’s get into the chapters of “Legend”. Have you ever played Shanda’s Legend of Blood?