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Danielis Entertainment's South Korea branch is also located in the hannandong area where foreign enterprises gather, a whole six story office building near the Hanjiang River.
In 1983, South Korea began to allow overseas film and television companies to distribute films directly in South Korea, without the need to go through agency channels like China film. Therefore, in recent years, the Korean distribution of danielis entertainment films has been done by herself. In addition, the Korean distribution business of TV, music and games of Denise entertainment is also in the charge of the branch here.
The performance in recent years has been excellent.
Mark Belford, vice president of global operations of danielis entertainment, has worked hard to weave these.
Compared with Europe or neighboring China and Japan, the South Korean branch of daenerys entertainment did not set foot in the production business before the financial crisis.
When the news began to spread recently, South Korean film and television circles almost flocked.
Simon's plan is still to nurture local companies, just like China, where Denise entertainment stands behind the scenes. Therefore, although the news of direct investment in Korean films is released in the name of danielis entertainment, it will basically be produced in the name of other shell companies.
The corresponding shell companies, though related to danielis entertainment, are basically independent.
Among them, Cheng Taixi is quite special. She is the only one who can have an office in the headquarters of daenerys entertainment South Korea branch, specializing in contacting with some of the movie people she likes. Other shell company teams are also selecting projects, but they don't have this treatment.
South Korea branch headquarters on the third floor of an office close to the street, a good view.
This is November 20, Thursday.
Two o'clock in the afternoon.
After lunch, Cheng Taixi, who has read a thick pile of project materials, welcomed his first guest.
This is a young man with glasses in his twenties. He wears a meticulous black suit and is not tall. The biggest feature is that although he has taken care of it, he still has some fluffy hair like a bird's nest.
As soon as he was led in by his secretary, the young man bowed politely to Cheng Taixi: "Hello, sir, I'm Feng Junhao. Thank you very much for taking the time to see me."
Cheng Taixi has been used to these days. Even some people who are much older than her are still honorifics like "senior" and "Lady". This is the case in South Korea. In terms of seniority, if your rank is lower than others, you should be honest and humble.
He nodded to the young man named Feng Junhao and motioned to the other party to sit down in the reception area. Cheng Taixi continued to read the information of a project in his hand, then picked out a folder on his desk and got up to the reception area.
Feng Junhao got up again in a hurry.
At this time, the Secretary delivered coffee and waited for the other party to leave. Cheng Taixi didn't talk too much. She directly opened the documents in her hand. Her time was very tight. From two o'clock to five o'clock, she arranged six meetings in three hours.
As for Feng Junhao in front of him, he had to go through the back door to get Cheng Taixi's appointment.
In short, Feng Junhao was recommended by Lee Chang Ho, a senior in the Korean film circle.
Like another famous Korean filmmaker, Lin Quanze, Lee Chang ho can be said to be the only local director who can win in the 1970s and 1980s.
Feng Junhao, 28 years old, has been working in Li Changhao's film studio since he graduated from university. In recent years, he has been helping Li Changhao shoot films and making some short films of his own.
Like Hollywood, or even harsher than Hollywood, it is very difficult for Korean filmmakers who are not even 30 years old to make their own feature films on their own.
The main problems are limited resources and seniority.
A large number of older directors have no film to shoot. It's unimaginable that a little boy wants to pick up the guide tube by himself. Although last year's film quota system in South Korea ushered in a turnaround for domestic films in South Korea, and capital from all sides began to increase investment in the film industry, the first batch of "new generation" directors who emerged were basically over 30 years old.
Besides Feng Junhao, Cheng Taixi has seen the script "kidnap the dog at the gate" sent by the other party. It is a black comedy about the entanglement between two little people and three dogs at the bottom of the well.
After all, Cheng Taixi has just entered the industry and doesn't know anything. Just these days, she has been exploring day and night, so that she has summed up her own film selection strategy.
The cost should not be too high, and there should be box office potential.
In addition, some time ago in the United States, he witnessed the box office miracles of "ghost record" and "evocation 3". When Cheng Taixi chose the script, although he did not limit the type, he preferred horror films in his heart.
Therefore, she only read the script of kidnapping the dog at the door once and then eliminated it directly.
The main reason is that Cheng Taixi really can't see what's good.
Then, Li Changhao called her in person. He obviously respected Feng Junhao, hoping that she could find time to meet him.
Cheng Taixi got the job from Chen Qing and soon visited some of his predecessors in South Korea, such as Lin Quanze and Li Changhao. He sincerely expressed his cooperation intention and hoped that the other party would help to recommend him.Since Li Changhao called, Cheng Taixi had to give him face.
The reception area of the office.
After another quick glance at the outline of the project and recalling the content of the script, Cheng Taixi said, "Mr. Feng..."
"Junhao, master, if you don't mind, you can call me Junhao."
Cheng Taixi is noncommittal: "tell me the source of inspiration for your creation of this story first?"
Feng Junhao is sitting in a critical position. He is obviously prepared for this problem. He said: "the story comes from a life experience when I was a child. At that time, my family and I lived in a very crowded collective apartment. I was often disturbed by the neighbor's dogs and couldn't sleep. Occasionally, I had the impulse to kill all those dogs. Of course, senior, I didn't really do that. Later, along with all kinds of other life experiences over the years, we finally got the script
Cheng Taixi was still noncommittal, and then said, "I've seen several short films you made before, and everyone said they were very good. Senior Li Changhao also specially recommended you to me. The problem is, I can't see how this story will attract audiences. Can you tell me?"
Feng Junhao quickly nodded, took out a stack of sub lens paintings from his satchel, and respectfully handed them to Cheng Taixi: "senior, these are some of the ideas about specific shooting that I have drawn recently. You can have a look first."
Cheng Taixi took over and began to turn the pages.
In the first picture, a figure is running along one of the corridors in an apartment building. It seems to be chasing something. There is a strange feeling of joy in the picture.
Cheng Taixi slightly recalled that this is the details of the hero chasing the first dog in the script.
Yuan Jun chases a poodle and runs all the way through the long corridor.
The second one, the same apartment in the tube tower, is replaced by the mutual pursuit of the male and female protagonists, Yuan Jun in the front and Qian Nan in the back.
Cheng Taixi also remembers that this is the details of apartment administrator Qian Nan's finding that the hero left a dog from the roof of the building and pursued the murderer crazily.
The two pictures, the two shots, echo each other, really showing a sense of absurd joy.
Then, in the third picture, a street, the hero holding a dog, a beautiful rollover, like some funny cartoon scenes, disappeared in the street shrubs.
It's also a very interesting picture.
Cheng Taixi still remembers that this is the plot of Yuan Jun kidnapping the old lady's deer dog.
Next, continue to turn down, along with the sub lens notes on the painting, Cheng Taixi gradually understand the young people in front of the performance of a comedy style.
Absurdity, black, and all sorts of wonderful coincidences.
Feng Junhao patiently waited for Cheng Taixi to finish turning over his paintings and look at himself again before he continued: "master, these paintings are actually the style of kidnapping the dog at the door that I want to show. It's a kind of absurdity and coincidence that makes people laugh. This is what attracts the audience. Although it is not mainstream, I believe that many people will approve of it. By analogy, about 10 years ago, there was a comedy called a fish named Wanda in the West. It used a fish as the lead of an absurd robbery story, or a movie starring Sandra Bullock, who became famous by virtue of "Lola Run", with a very low cost of 7.5 million US dollars. It got more than 60 million US dollars at the box office in the United States, and also won the pawn Oscar nomination for best director. I believe kidnap the gate dog has similar potential. "
As he listened, Cheng looked through some information about the project again. When Feng Junhao finished, he looked up and said, "7.5 million US dollars is really not a high cost in Hollywood, but your movie, which requires 1 billion won, is equivalent to 500000 US dollars at the current exchange rate. In South Korea, it's a little high?"
Feng Junhao felt the looseness of Cheng Taixi's tone and suppressed his excitement. He patiently said: "elder, one billion won is really not high. The average ticket price in South Korea is 3500 won and one billion won. It only takes about 500000 viewers to recover the cost. Moreover, I think it's a very suitable project to send to the West for film festivals, such as the Sundance Film Festival in the United States and the Toronto Film Festival in Canada. As long as you can get a good evaluation, even if you can't win the prize and sell the overseas copyright a little, you can easily get back $500000. If, I mean, if you can win a prize, it's easier to make a profit. "
Feng Junhao said, but also clearly if there is a sign to the surrounding.
This is Denise Entertainment's South Korea headquarters.
That is to say, as long as he can make a good film, daenerys entertainment will be happy to help operate.
Due to the decline of local films, some Korean filmmakers have also been operating overseas in silence these years. Although they have not won many awards, they will basically have a good harvest as long as they can sell their copyrights because of the exchange rate.
This is as clear as that of Taixi.
After asking for some details again, the half-hour meeting soon ended, and Cheng Taixi finally said, "I will submit your project. However, Mr. Feng, there is another point I need to explain in advance. If you want to cooperate with us, you need to sign a three film contract at one time. That is to say, we have the priority to choose your next two films.""Of course, I understand."
"Well," Cheng Taixi stood up and held out his hand to Feng Junhao, "I hope we can achieve cooperation."
Feng Junhao immediately gets up, still slightly bows down and gently shakes Cheng Taixi's hand. Knowing that the other party is seeing off the guests, he leaves immediately.
Seeing off Feng Junhao, Cheng Taixi sorts out his ideas at the meeting and signals his secretary to call the next guest in.
However, this time, just as the two people said hello, there was a lot of noise outside the building, and there was a growing trend.
Cheng Taixi frowned and motioned to the filmmaker named Hong Shangxiu to wait. He called his secretary and asked, "what happened?"
"It was a protest against the IMF agreement signed in the morning," the Secretary said
These days, Cheng Taixi is totally involved in his own work. He doesn't pay much attention to the talks between the South Korean government and the IMF. He just remembers having dinner with his brother and sister-in-law yesterday. They say that the talks between the IMF and the authorities will end this morning.
The noise outside the window is still going on, unable to talk about things, Cheng Taixi can only come to the window.
The crowd outside the window obviously converged from the South Bank of the Hanjiang River to the north of Qingwa terrace.
The team lasted more than ten minutes and finally passed completely.
Through the various signs held up by the crowd, Cheng understood the contents of the agreement between the IMF and the South Korean authorities.
But these are not her concerns.
I'm just a little woman. I can't change anything. It's better to do my own thing seriously.
So self paralyzed thinking, wait for the crowd gradually away, Cheng Taixi again signaled the guests to come to the reception area to sit down.
Hong Shangxiu, a middle-aged man in his thirties, obviously didn't care much about politics. He didn't comment either. He just laughed and discussed his project with Cheng Taixi.
This is also an interesting play called the day the pig fell into the well.
In fact, like Feng Junhao, this 37 year old middle-aged man named Hong Shangxiu is also introduced by his contacts in the circle. There's no way. Like seniority, Korean circle culture involves all aspects and can't be avoided.
When Cheng Taixi and Hong Shangxiu discussed the script, Seoul was boiling.
At 10 o'clock this morning, the South Korean government formally reached and signed a rescue agreement with the IMF. The final amount involved was even higher than expected by many media, reaching a total of US $60 billion, of which 20 billion was funded by the IMF and the other 40 billion was raised by the United States, Japan and other IMF members and the world bank.
There is no free lunch in the world.
The huge $60 billion bailout naturally means a series of harsh collateral agreements. Some of the core terms, even those who do not understand the economy at all, will understand what South Korea will lose because of this agreement.
It is only a few hours since the signing of the agreement. Many South Korean media have compared the date of November 20, 1997 with the date of national humiliation when South Korea was completely colonized by Japan on August 29, 1910.
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Danielis Entertainment's South Korea branch is also located in the hannandong area where foreign enterprises gather, a whole six story office building near the Hanjiang River.
In 1983, South Korea began to allow overseas film and television companies to distribute films directly in South Korea, without the need to go through agency channels like China film. Therefore, in recent years, the Korean distribution of danielis entertainment films has been done by herself. In addition, the Korean distribution business of TV, music and games of Denise entertainment is also in the charge of the branch here.
The performance in recent years has been excellent.
Mark Belford, vice president of global operations of danielis entertainment, has worked hard to weave these.
Compared with Europe or neighboring China and Japan, the South Korean branch of daenerys entertainment did not set foot in the production business before the financial crisis.
When the news began to spread recently, South Korean film and television circles almost flocked.
Simon's plan is still to nurture local companies, just like China, where Denise entertainment stands behind the scenes. Therefore, although the news of direct investment in Korean films is released in the name of danielis entertainment, it will basically be produced in the name of other shell companies.
The corresponding shell companies, though related to danielis entertainment, are basically independent.
Among them, Cheng Taixi is quite special. She is the only one who can have an office in the headquarters of daenerys entertainment South Korea branch, specializing in contacting with some of the movie people she likes. Other shell company teams are also selecting projects, but they don't have this treatment.
South Korea branch headquarters on the third floor of an office close to the street, a good view.
This is November 20, Thursday.
Two o'clock in the afternoon.
After lunch, Cheng Taixi, who has read a thick pile of project materials, welcomed his first guest.
This is a young man with glasses in his twenties. He wears a meticulous black suit and is not tall. The biggest feature is that although he has taken care of it, he still has some fluffy hair like a bird's nest.
As soon as he was led in by his secretary, the young man bowed politely to Cheng Taixi: "Hello, sir, I'm Feng Junhao. Thank you very much for taking the time to see me."
Cheng Taixi has been used to these days. Even some people who are much older than her are still honorifics like "senior" and "Lady". This is the case in South Korea. In terms of seniority, if your rank is lower than others, you should be honest and humble.
He nodded to the young man named Feng Junhao and motioned to the other party to sit down in the reception area. Cheng Taixi continued to read the information of a project in his hand, then picked out a folder on his desk and got up to the reception area.
Feng Junhao got up again in a hurry.
At this time, the Secretary delivered coffee and waited for the other party to leave. Cheng Taixi didn't talk too much. She directly opened the documents in her hand. Her time was very tight. From two o'clock to five o'clock, she arranged six meetings in three hours.
As for Feng Junhao in front of him, he had to go through the back door to get Cheng Taixi's appointment.
In short, Feng Junhao was recommended by Lee Chang Ho, a senior in the Korean film circle.
Like another famous Korean filmmaker, Lin Quanze, Lee Chang ho can be said to be the only local director who can win in the 1970s and 1980s.
Feng Junhao, 28 years old, has been working in Li Changhao's film studio since he graduated from university. In recent years, he has been helping Li Changhao shoot films and making some short films of his own.
Like Hollywood, or even harsher than Hollywood, it is very difficult for Korean filmmakers who are not even 30 years old to make their own feature films on their own.
The main problems are limited resources and seniority.
A large number of older directors have no film to shoot. It's unimaginable that a little boy wants to pick up the guide tube by himself. Although last year's film quota system in South Korea ushered in a turnaround for domestic films in South Korea, and capital from all sides began to increase investment in the film industry, the first batch of "new generation" directors who emerged were basically over 30 years old.
Besides Feng Junhao, Cheng Taixi has seen the script "kidnap the dog at the gate" sent by the other party. It is a black comedy about the entanglement between two little people and three dogs at the bottom of the well.
After all, Cheng Taixi has just entered the industry and doesn't know anything. Just these days, she has been exploring day and night, so that she has summed up her own film selection strategy.
The cost should not be too high, and there should be box office potential.
In addition, some time ago in the United States, he witnessed the box office miracles of "ghost record" and "evocation 3". When Cheng Taixi chose the script, although he did not limit the type, he preferred horror films in his heart.
Therefore, she only read the script of kidnapping the dog at the door once and then eliminated it directly.
The main reason is that Cheng Taixi really can't see what's good.
Then, Li Changhao called her in person. He obviously respected Feng Junhao, hoping that she could find time to meet him.
Cheng Taixi got the job from Chen Qing and soon visited some of his predecessors in South Korea, such as Lin Quanze and Li Changhao. He sincerely expressed his cooperation intention and hoped that the other party would help to recommend him.Since Li Changhao called, Cheng Taixi had to give him face.
The reception area of the office.
After another quick glance at the outline of the project and recalling the content of the script, Cheng Taixi said, "Mr. Feng..."
"Junhao, master, if you don't mind, you can call me Junhao."
Cheng Taixi is noncommittal: "tell me the source of inspiration for your creation of this story first?"
Feng Junhao is sitting in a critical position. He is obviously prepared for this problem. He said: "the story comes from a life experience when I was a child. At that time, my family and I lived in a very crowded collective apartment. I was often disturbed by the neighbor's dogs and couldn't sleep. Occasionally, I had the impulse to kill all those dogs. Of course, senior, I didn't really do that. Later, along with all kinds of other life experiences over the years, we finally got the script
Cheng Taixi was still noncommittal, and then said, "I've seen several short films you made before, and everyone said they were very good. Senior Li Changhao also specially recommended you to me. The problem is, I can't see how this story will attract audiences. Can you tell me?"
Feng Junhao quickly nodded, took out a stack of sub lens paintings from his satchel, and respectfully handed them to Cheng Taixi: "senior, these are some of the ideas about specific shooting that I have drawn recently. You can have a look first."
Cheng Taixi took over and began to turn the pages.
In the first picture, a figure is running along one of the corridors in an apartment building. It seems to be chasing something. There is a strange feeling of joy in the picture.
Cheng Taixi slightly recalled that this is the details of the hero chasing the first dog in the script.
Yuan Jun chases a poodle and runs all the way through the long corridor.
The second one, the same apartment in the tube tower, is replaced by the mutual pursuit of the male and female protagonists, Yuan Jun in the front and Qian Nan in the back.
Cheng Taixi also remembers that this is the details of apartment administrator Qian Nan's finding that the hero left a dog from the roof of the building and pursued the murderer crazily.
The two pictures, the two shots, echo each other, really showing a sense of absurd joy.
Then, in the third picture, a street, the hero holding a dog, a beautiful rollover, like some funny cartoon scenes, disappeared in the street shrubs.
It's also a very interesting picture.
Cheng Taixi still remembers that this is the plot of Yuan Jun kidnapping the old lady's deer dog.
Next, continue to turn down, along with the sub lens notes on the painting, Cheng Taixi gradually understand the young people in front of the performance of a comedy style.
Absurdity, black, and all sorts of wonderful coincidences.
Feng Junhao patiently waited for Cheng Taixi to finish turning over his paintings and look at himself again before he continued: "master, these paintings are actually the style of kidnapping the dog at the door that I want to show. It's a kind of absurdity and coincidence that makes people laugh. This is what attracts the audience. Although it is not mainstream, I believe that many people will approve of it. By analogy, about 10 years ago, there was a comedy called a fish named Wanda in the West. It used a fish as the lead of an absurd robbery story, or a movie starring Sandra Bullock, who became famous by virtue of "Lola Run", with a very low cost of 7.5 million US dollars. It got more than 60 million US dollars at the box office in the United States, and also won the pawn Oscar nomination for best director. I believe kidnap the gate dog has similar potential. "
As he listened, Cheng looked through some information about the project again. When Feng Junhao finished, he looked up and said, "7.5 million US dollars is really not a high cost in Hollywood, but your movie, which requires 1 billion won, is equivalent to 500000 US dollars at the current exchange rate. In South Korea, it's a little high?"
Feng Junhao felt the looseness of Cheng Taixi's tone and suppressed his excitement. He patiently said: "elder, one billion won is really not high. The average ticket price in South Korea is 3500 won and one billion won. It only takes about 500000 viewers to recover the cost. Moreover, I think it's a very suitable project to send to the West for film festivals, such as the Sundance Film Festival in the United States and the Toronto Film Festival in Canada. As long as you can get a good evaluation, even if you can't win the prize and sell the overseas copyright a little, you can easily get back $500000. If, I mean, if you can win a prize, it's easier to make a profit. "
Feng Junhao said, but also clearly if there is a sign to the surrounding.
This is Denise Entertainment's South Korea headquarters.
That is to say, as long as he can make a good film, daenerys entertainment will be happy to help operate.
Due to the decline of local films, some Korean filmmakers have also been operating overseas in silence these years. Although they have not won many awards, they will basically have a good harvest as long as they can sell their copyrights because of the exchange rate.
This is as clear as that of Taixi.
After asking for some details again, the half-hour meeting soon ended, and Cheng Taixi finally said, "I will submit your project. However, Mr. Feng, there is another point I need to explain in advance. If you want to cooperate with us, you need to sign a three film contract at one time. That is to say, we have the priority to choose your next two films.""Of course, I understand."
"Well," Cheng Taixi stood up and held out his hand to Feng Junhao, "I hope we can achieve cooperation."
Feng Junhao immediately gets up, still slightly bows down and gently shakes Cheng Taixi's hand. Knowing that the other party is seeing off the guests, he leaves immediately.
Seeing off Feng Junhao, Cheng Taixi sorts out his ideas at the meeting and signals his secretary to call the next guest in.
However, this time, just as the two people said hello, there was a lot of noise outside the building, and there was a growing trend.
Cheng Taixi frowned and motioned to the filmmaker named Hong Shangxiu to wait. He called his secretary and asked, "what happened?"
"It was a protest against the IMF agreement signed in the morning," the Secretary said
These days, Cheng Taixi is totally involved in his own work. He doesn't pay much attention to the talks between the South Korean government and the IMF. He just remembers having dinner with his brother and sister-in-law yesterday. They say that the talks between the IMF and the authorities will end this morning.
The noise outside the window is still going on, unable to talk about things, Cheng Taixi can only come to the window.
The crowd outside the window obviously converged from the South Bank of the Hanjiang River to the north of Qingwa terrace.
The team lasted more than ten minutes and finally passed completely.
Through the various signs held up by the crowd, Cheng understood the contents of the agreement between the IMF and the South Korean authorities.
But these are not her concerns.
I'm just a little woman. I can't change anything. It's better to do my own thing seriously.
So self paralyzed thinking, wait for the crowd gradually away, Cheng Taixi again signaled the guests to come to the reception area to sit down.
Hong Shangxiu, a middle-aged man in his thirties, obviously didn't care much about politics. He didn't comment either. He just laughed and discussed his project with Cheng Taixi.
This is also an interesting play called the day the pig fell into the well.
In fact, like Feng Junhao, this 37 year old middle-aged man named Hong Shangxiu is also introduced by his contacts in the circle. There's no way. Like seniority, Korean circle culture involves all aspects and can't be avoided.
When Cheng Taixi and Hong Shangxiu discussed the script, Seoul was boiling.
At 10 o'clock this morning, the South Korean government formally reached and signed a rescue agreement with the IMF. The final amount involved was even higher than expected by many media, reaching a total of US $60 billion, of which 20 billion was funded by the IMF and the other 40 billion was raised by the United States, Japan and other IMF members and the world bank.
There is no free lunch in the world.
The huge $60 billion bailout naturally means a series of harsh collateral agreements. Some of the core terms, even those who do not understand the economy at all, will understand what South Korea will lose because of this agreement.
It is only a few hours since the signing of the agreement. Many South Korean media have compared the date of November 20, 1997 with the date of national humiliation when South Korea was completely colonized by Japan on August 29, 1910.
Danielis Entertainment's South Korea branch is also located in the hannandong area where foreign enterprises gather, a whole six story office building near the Hanjiang River. In 1983, South Korea began to allow overseas film and television companies to distribute films directly in South Korea, without the need to go through agency channels like China film. Therefore, in recent years, the Korean distribution of danielis entertainment films has been done by herself. In addition, the Korean distribution business of TV, music and games of Denise entertainment is also in the charge of the branch here. The performance in recent years has been excellent. Mark Belford, vice president of global operations of danielis entertainment, has worked hard to weave these. Compared with Europe or neighboring China and Japan, the South Korean branch of daenerys entertainment did not set foot in the production business before the financial crisis. When the news began to spread recently, South Korean film and television circles almost flocked. Simon's plan is still to nurture local companies, just like China, where Denise entertainment stands behind the scenes. Therefore, although the news of direct investment in Korean films is released in the name of danielis entertainment, it will basically be produced in the name of other shell companies. The corresponding shell companies, though related to danielis entertainment, are basically independent. Among them, Cheng Taixi is quite special. She is the only one who can have an office in the headquarters of daenerys entertainment South Korea branch, specializing in contacting with some of the movie people she likes. Other shell company teams are also selecting projects, but they don't have this treatment. South Korea branch headquarters on the third floor of an office close to the street, a good view. This is November 20, Thursday. Two o'clock in the afternoon. After lunch, Cheng Taixi, who has read a thick pile of project materials, welcomed his first guest. This is a young man with glasses in his twenties. He wears a meticulous black suit and is not tall. The biggest feature is that although he has taken care of it, he still has some fluffy hair like a bird's nest. As soon as he was led in by his secretary, the young man bowed politely to Cheng Taixi: "Hello, sir, I'm Feng Junhao. Thank you very much for taking the time to see me." Cheng Taixi has been used to these days. Even some people who are much older than her are still honorifics like "senior" and "Lady". This is the case in South Korea. In terms of seniority, if your rank is lower than others, you should be honest and humble. He nodded to the young man named Feng Junhao and motioned to the other party to sit down in the reception area. Cheng Taixi continued to read the information of a project in his hand, then picked out a folder on his desk and got up to the reception area. Feng Junhao got up again in a hurry. At this time, the Secretary delivered coffee and waited for the other party to leave. Cheng Taixi didn't talk too much. She directly opened the documents in her hand. Her time was very tight. From two o'clock to five o'clock, she arranged six meetings in three hours. As for Feng Junhao in front of him, he had to go through the back door to get Cheng Taixi's appointment. In short, Feng Junhao was recommended by Lee Chang Ho, a senior in the Korean film circle. Like another famous Korean filmmaker, Lin Quanze, Lee Chang ho can be said to be the only local director who can win in the 1970s and 1980s. Feng Junhao, 28 years old, has been working in Li Changhao's film studio since he graduated from university. In recent years, he has been helping Li Changhao shoot films and making some short films of his own. Like Hollywood, or even harsher than Hollywood, it is very difficult for Korean filmmakers who are not even 30 years old to make their own feature films on their own. The main problems are limited resources and seniority. A large number of older directors have no film to shoot. It's unimaginable that a little boy wants to pick up the guide tube by himself. Although last year's film quota system in South Korea ushered in a turnaround for domestic films in South Korea, and capital from all sides began to increase investment in the film industry, the first batch of "new generation" directors who emerged were basically over 30 years old. Besides Feng Junhao, Cheng Taixi has seen the script "kidnap the dog at the gate" sent by the other party. It is a black comedy about the entanglement between two little people and three dogs at the bottom of the well. After all, Cheng Taixi has just entered the industry and doesn't know anything. Just these days, she has been exploring day and night, so that she has summed up her own film selection strategy. The cost should not be too high, and there should be box office potential. In addition, some time ago in the United States, he witnessed the box office miracles of "ghost record" and "evocation 3". When Cheng Taixi chose the script, although he did not limit the type, he preferred horror films in his heart. Therefore, she only read the script of kidnapping the dog at the door once and then eliminated it directly. The main reason is that Cheng Taixi really can't see what's good. Then, Li Changhao called her in person. He obviously respected Feng Junhao, hoping that she could find time to meet him. Cheng Taixi got the job from Chen Qing and soon visited some of his predecessors in South Korea, such as Lin Quanze and Li Changhao. He sincerely expressed his cooperation intention and hoped that the other party would help to recommend him.Since Li Changhao called, Cheng Taixi had to give him face. The reception area of the office. After another quick glance at the outline of the project and recalling the content of the script, Cheng Taixi said, "Mr. Feng..." "Junhao, master, if you don't mind, you can call me Junhao." Cheng Taixi is noncommittal: "tell me the source of inspiration for your creation of this story first?" Feng Junhao is sitting in a critical position. He is obviously prepared for this problem. He said: "the story comes from a life experience when I was a child. At that time, my family and I lived in a very crowded collective apartment. I was often disturbed by the neighbor's dogs and couldn't sleep. Occasionally, I had the impulse to kill all those dogs. Of course, senior, I didn't really do that. Later, along with all kinds of other life experiences over the years, we finally got the script Cheng Taixi was still noncommittal, and then said, "I've seen several short films you made before, and everyone said they were very good. Senior Li Changhao also specially recommended you to me. The problem is, I can't see how this story will attract audiences. Can you tell me?" Feng Junhao quickly nodded, took out a stack of sub lens paintings from his satchel, and respectfully handed them to Cheng Taixi: "senior, these are some of the ideas about specific shooting that I have drawn recently. You can have a look first." Cheng Taixi took over and began to turn the pages. In the first picture, a figure is running along one of the corridors in an apartment building. It seems to be chasing something. There is a strange feeling of joy in the picture. Cheng Taixi slightly recalled that this is the details of the hero chasing the first dog in the script. Yuan Jun chases a poodle and runs all the way through the long corridor. The second one, the same apartment in the tube tower, is replaced by the mutual pursuit of the male and female protagonists, Yuan Jun in the front and Qian Nan in the back. Cheng Taixi also remembers that this is the details of apartment administrator Qian Nan's finding that the hero left a dog from the roof of the building and pursued the murderer crazily. The two pictures, the two shots, echo each other, really showing a sense of absurd joy. Then, in the third picture, a street, the hero holding a dog, a beautiful rollover, like some funny cartoon scenes, disappeared in the street shrubs. It's also a very interesting picture. Cheng Taixi still remembers that this is the plot of Yuan Jun kidnapping the old lady's deer dog. Next, continue to turn down, along with the sub lens notes on the painting, Cheng Taixi gradually understand the young people in front of the performance of a comedy style. Absurdity, black, and all sorts of wonderful coincidences. Feng Junhao patiently waited for Cheng Taixi to finish turning over his paintings and look at himself again before he continued: "master, these paintings are actually the style of kidnapping the dog at the door that I want to show. It's a kind of absurdity and coincidence that makes people laugh. This is what attracts the audience. Although it is not mainstream, I believe that many people will approve of it. By analogy, about 10 years ago, there was a comedy called a fish named Wanda in the West. It used a fish as the lead of an absurd robbery story, or a movie starring Sandra Bullock, who became famous by virtue of "Lola Run", with a very low cost of 7.5 million US dollars. It got more than 60 million US dollars at the box office in the United States, and also won the pawn Oscar nomination for best director. I believe kidnap the gate dog has similar potential. " As he listened, Cheng looked through some information about the project again. When Feng Junhao finished, he looked up and said, "7.5 million US dollars is really not a high cost in Hollywood, but your movie, which requires 1 billion won, is equivalent to 500000 US dollars at the current exchange rate. In South Korea, it's a little high?" Feng Junhao felt the looseness of Cheng Taixi's tone and suppressed his excitement. He patiently said: "elder, one billion won is really not high. The average ticket price in South Korea is 3500 won and one billion won. It only takes about 500000 viewers to recover the cost. Moreover, I think it's a very suitable project to send to the West for film festivals, such as the Sundance Film Festival in the United States and the Toronto Film Festival in Canada. As long as you can get a good evaluation, even if you can't win the prize and sell the overseas copyright a little, you can easily get back $500000. If, I mean, if you can win a prize, it's easier to make a profit. " Feng Junhao said, but also clearly if there is a sign to the surrounding. This is Denise Entertainment's South Korea headquarters. That is to say, as long as he can make a good film, daenerys entertainment will be happy to help operate. Due to the decline of local films, some Korean filmmakers have also been operating overseas in silence these years. Although they have not won many awards, they will basically have a good harvest as long as they can sell their copyrights because of the exchange rate. This is as clear as that of Taixi. After asking for some details again, the half-hour meeting soon ended, and Cheng Taixi finally said, "I will submit your project. However, Mr. Feng, there is another point I need to explain in advance. If you want to cooperate with us, you need to sign a three film contract at one time. That is to say, we have the priority to choose your next two films.""Of course, I understand." "Well," Cheng Taixi stood up and held out his hand to Feng Junhao, "I hope we can achieve cooperation." Feng Junhao immediately gets up, still slightly bows down and gently shakes Cheng Taixi's hand. Knowing that the other party is seeing off the guests, he leaves immediately. Seeing off Feng Junhao, Cheng Taixi sorts out his ideas at the meeting and signals his secretary to call the next guest in. However, this time, just as the two people said hello, there was a lot of noise outside the building, and there was a growing trend. Cheng Taixi frowned and motioned to the filmmaker named Hong Shangxiu to wait. He called his secretary and asked, "what happened?" "It was a protest against the IMF agreement signed in the morning," the Secretary said These days, Cheng Taixi is totally involved in his own work. He doesn't pay much attention to the talks between the South Korean government and the IMF. He just remembers having dinner with his brother and sister-in-law yesterday. They say that the talks between the IMF and the authorities will end this morning. The noise outside the window is still going on, unable to talk about things, Cheng Taixi can only come to the window. The crowd outside the window obviously converged from the South Bank of the Hanjiang River to the north of Qingwa terrace. The team lasted more than ten minutes and finally passed completely. Through the various signs held up by the crowd, Cheng understood the contents of the agreement between the IMF and the South Korean authorities. But these are not her concerns. I'm just a little woman. I can't change anything. It's better to do my own thing seriously. So self paralyzed thinking, wait for the crowd gradually away, Cheng Taixi again signaled the guests to come to the reception area to sit down. Hong Shangxiu, a middle-aged man in his thirties, obviously didn't care much about politics. He didn't comment either. He just laughed and discussed his project with Cheng Taixi. This is also an interesting play called the day the pig fell into the well. In fact, like Feng Junhao, this 37 year old middle-aged man named Hong Shangxiu is also introduced by his contacts in the circle. There's no way. Like seniority, Korean circle culture involves all aspects and can't be avoided. When Cheng Taixi and Hong Shangxiu discussed the script, Seoul was boiling. At 10 o'clock this morning, the South Korean government formally reached and signed a rescue agreement with the IMF. The final amount involved was even higher than expected by many media, reaching a total of US $60 billion, of which 20 billion was funded by the IMF and the other 40 billion was raised by the United States, Japan and other IMF members and the world bank. There is no free lunch in the world. The huge $60 billion bailout naturally means a series of harsh collateral agreements. Some of the core terms, even those who do not understand the economy at all, will understand what South Korea will lose because of this agreement. It is only a few hours since the signing of the agreement. Many South Korean media have compared the date of November 20, 1997 with the date of national humiliation when South Korea was completely colonized by Japan on August 29, 1910.
