Hong Kong Stubborn - Chapter 150

On Christmas Eve, Luo Junyan sat on the sofa in the office of the president on the top floor of the Silver Snow Throne, staring blankly at Jin Zhehe in front of him.

Jin Zhehe stood well, keeping his bowing posture, lowering his head deeply.

Luo Junyan’s tone remained unchanged and said, “Lao Jin, are you planning to leave the Silver Snow Throne?”

Jin Zhehe fell on his knees and said, “Chairman, I created the Silver Snow Throne. Even if I die, I never thought of leaving. Please give me another chance. I can return the shares for free. company.”

Luo Junyan stood up, walked over to help him, and said, “Remember, you can admit if you are wrong, but you must never kneel.”

The strong man Jin Zhehe choked and nodded, tears dripping down his cheeks to the ground.

Luo Junyan patted him on the shoulder and said, “We haven’t had a drink together for a long time. Let me have a couple of drinks tonight. I just have something to say. I also want to talk to you and listen to your opinions.”

That night, at the request of Luo Junyan, the two went to drink at the most common street stall in Korea.

After drinking for a few rounds, Luo Junyan said: “Lao Jin, I knew that the day I never met you, you are a person with ideas, and I promised you that one day you will be able to dominate the Korean entertainment industry. Today I am After reflecting on it, it may really be because of my personal reasons, but it restricts your development.”

Jin Zhehe filled Luo Junyan with wine and said, “Chairman, there would be no me today without you. I will fully support your decision. But there is one thing I must say. I always think this is an intervention in South Korea. The best time for the entertainment industry, the Silver Snow Throne has idled a lot of resources, and I am really not reconciled.”

Luo Junyan had a toast with Jin Zhehe, and then nodded, and said, “Lao Jin, I know. Not only do you have ideas in your heart, but Hu Xin, Huo Wenxi, Lu Huaxue, and even Brother Cong, will know how I have an idea. I will not hide it from you. The situation of fighting separately has exposed a lot of hidden dangers and is too dependent on the prosperity of the single market. We have a hard-working field on the left and right, and people may open the gates. If we release the water, we will lose everything. You can see the momentum of Hollywood movies.”

Jin Zhehe thought for a while, raised his head and said, “President, please forgive me for being rude. In the face of this situation, shouldn’t we respond more positively?”

Luo Junyan held up his glass and was silent for a while, before saying, “That’s why I want to enter the North American market. However, I made things simpler. I spent 20 years relying on luck, and finally I became accustomed to relying on luck. . Let’s not talk about it for now, I also need to think about it carefully.”

Luo Junyan waited for Jin Zhehe to fill him up, and then said: “Lao Jin, “The Spies of Life and Death” has set a Korean box office record. It can indeed prove the potential of local production in South Korea, but the success of a film is far It’s far from enough. Hong Kong’s local movie started from Long Ge’s “Senior Brother” breaking through 10 million box office, and it took ten years of accumulation to enter the golden period of box office dividends, so we can’t bet on local production in South Korea. , Do you agree with this first?”

Jin Zhehe considered it for a while, and replied affirmatively: “I agree with this point very much.”

Luo Junyan said: “Okay, then we still have the foundation to go on together. Next, I will devote all my energy to the production of the film. If I am lucky, I can stand in Hollywood. Then everything is easy to say. If I can’t be in If Hollywood is fighting for a place, then you have to face the impact. The mainland market is also very large, but unfortunately we can’t invest. Even the production of Hong Kong’s main town is considered as an outside film. This market can basically be abandoned.”

Jin Zhehe asked: “President, what do you need me to do? I will strictly follow your instructions in the future.”

Luo Junyan shook his head and said: “I asked you to be ahead of you, this time I will be ahead of you. This time I have gained a lot of experience in Hollywood. We need a set of our own. Many major CG productions must be in The best results can be achieved in a dedicated studio. I thought about it and decided to build this studio in South Korea. You have to go to the United States for a field trip. Lao Jin, all I can provide is money, and I will ask you for the rest. is you.”

In the end, Luo Junyan chose to continue to believe in Jin Zhehe and let management go to hell. If you are right or wrong, follow your heart. If you let Lao Jin leave, Luo Junyan’s thoughts will not be clear. There is no unwilling tycoon in the world.

The Gemini Digital Special Effects Company’s business is booming, the team size is constantly expanding, and the technical equipment is frequently updated, but the amount of funds in the account is always tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

Luo Junyan inspected the company and talked with the newly recruited department heads one by one. It was enough to be familiar with the core characters of the middle and high-level team.

He had a lot of resentment against Old Joe in his heart. This guy was too good at harming money, and he created a ranch for rendering. The work hall on the third floor of Gemini was almost turned into a computer warehouse. In addition, Apple Computer is really just like what Old Qiao said. It is determined not to pay dividends. Luo Junyan is completely convinced. The 11 million shares of stock can only be reserved for the two daughters as a dowry. He is not a major shareholder.

Luo Junyan also met with Qian Shouyi alone, and the secret investigation of the shooting incident has not been relaxed. Because all the clues are broken, it is very difficult to follow the vine to find the master behind the scenes, but another way of thinking is that whoever benefits the most in this incident will have the most obvious motivation for planning the shooting.

Most of the land that Sister Army planned to show up was included in the Korean MAX Group. This is a coincidence. Park Daxun, the chairman of MAX Group, has a very background. He started his business from scrap metal acquisitions, and later became a fortune with private lending.

Although Park Daxun is not a chaebol in South Korea, he is already the most famous rich man in the business world. And this guy is very cunning. With the help of this Asian financial crisis, he plans to quickly complete the transformation from black to white.

What is even more coincidental is that after the MAX Group acquired these lands, it also planned to build a comprehensive movie theater, thus entering the movie circle in one fell swoop.

Luo Junyan agreed with Qian Shouyi’s view that there was a ghost in the team temporarily formed by sister army. The planning and design company of the movie theater had to check, and all the people in the team had to check one by one. Luo Junyan has the patience to wait for the results of the investigation. If it is really the black hand behind the MAX Group, then Park Daxun will be listed on the blacklist of people who must be eliminated.

Luo Junyan stayed in South Korea to wait for the final box office statistics of “The Spies of Life and Death”. The matter has come to an end. He needs to show platform support for Jin Zhehe this time. And Silver Snow Throne Entertainment is one of the producers, invested 4 billion won, and the agreement accounted for 55% of the investment ratio. Jiang Di Kyu Film Company invested 2 billion won in addition to the production, and the investment accounted for 45%. Luo Junyan also wanted to see this What is the benefit of the second.

Hu Xin personally rushed to South Korea to confirm the final box office. The grievance she expressed on the phone did not show a trace of the reception. The bosses are indeed highly efficient. The result is just after Christmas. The final box office of “Life and Death” is 43 billion won. This is a local production that can be recorded in the annals of Korean film history.

According to the box office share ratio, the theaters account for 55%, so don’t worry about this. Snow Knight’s distribution company accounted for 5%, with a box office revenue of 2.15 billion won. The share of issuance revenue in the box office has been continuously reduced. Now 6% is in the past.

The producer accounted for 40% of the production and would eventually get 17.2 billion won in box office share, and Silver Snow Throne Entertainment’s pre-tax revenue was 9.46 billion won, nearly 8 million U.S. dollars.

As soon as the box office results came out, Silver Snow Throne Entertainment immediately held a grand celebration banquet, which was arranged in Luo Junyan’s Xuandao Manor Villa area. This is the first time that Xuandao Garden Villa District has been opened to the public. Luo Junyan will hand over the management of Xuandao to Jinzhe River in the future as a private place for the company’s high-end reception.

The people behind the scenes who participated in the production of “Life and Death” were invited to the celebration banquet one by one. As one of the most well-known directors in South Korea, Jiang Di Kyu brought all the leading and supporting actors in the film to the scene. To say that the Buddha relies on gold is right, the hanging island garden villa area shocked all the guests present. This is like a paradise in a fairy tale world, but it is still in the golden area of ​​Gangnam District, South Korea.

When interacting with professionals in the circle, Luo Junyan will not be able to put on airs at all, but the respect of him by his Korean colleagues is obvious. Not to mention that Luo Junyan is a popular movie star in Asia, and has a huge influence in the Korean film market. It is only said that this product has paid out real money to support the heroic character of the rise of South Korea’s local production, which is enough to make him in The Korean film industry has achieved a very high status.

Luo Junyan first chatted and laughed with directors Jiang Digui and Bian Yunhe, and then talked about the future with the actors who participated in the film one by one. Han Shikyu, Song Kanghao, Cui Minzhi, Kim Yunjin, Huang Zhengmin, Zhang Hyuncheng and other artists, Luo Junyan is not indifferent, and the school career and professional experience of each artist are like many treasures, but he has a headache for memorizing materials in the past two days.

At the celebration banquet, Luo Junyan explained in public the reasons for suspending the operation of the Ruixue Asian Partners Support Fund. The core point of his statement is that the Ruixue Fund is reflecting on and adjusting the support policy, and will use limited resources in the near future. Concentrate in the hands of those who need it more, those who have more dreams, and those who want to create miracles.

In fact, Luo Junyan wanted to stop the loss temporarily, and he wanted to withdraw as much of the support fund this year as possible. But with such a gossip, the guests present were so excited that all the guests were chattering in their hearts. Mr. Luo was preparing for a bigger handwriting. Isn’t it me that the kind of person he encourages outside of his words?

After the celebration banquet, Luo Junyan’s famous saying quickly spread throughout the Korean entertainment industry and quickly spread to the Asian entertainment industry. This was also when Luo Junyan was drinking a bit high at the time. When a colleague next to him asked him politely how to become a good actor, he smoothly said what Cheng brother Hu Kan said when he said, “There is no pilgrimage in the entertainment industry. Instead of treating others as gods to worship, it is better to worship yourself with confidence.”

After waking up from the wine the next day, Luo Junyan had forgotten about it a long time ago.

He didn’t even have time to worship himself, so he had to return to Xiangjiang quickly to choose films. The plan to make money in the North American market was urgent. But this sentence he uttered is widely defined as the “Motto of Hanging Island in Seoul”. Many artists who are still running around and waiting for box lunches regard this sentence as their motto on the path of performing arts, and their core values ​​are : I’m arrogant, I’m proud, life and death are indifferent, just do it if I don’t accept it.

Two days before New Year’s Day in 2000, Luo Junyan and Hu Xincai returned to Xiangjiang together.

On the return flight, Luo Junyan only confessed to Hu Xin one thing, which made Hu Xin happy. He asked Hu Xin to prepare for the establishment of the theater chain, and later integrate the distribution and theater chain to operate. Snow Country Entertainment Investment Company is likely to acquire Snow Knight Distribution Company.

After arriving at Xiangjiang, Luo Junyan first confirmed the situation of the funds received by the Ruixue Asian Partners Support Fund. Although he personally fudged, IQ Online, people who only value reality still accounted for the majority, and only recovered 116 million Hong Kong dollars in total.

This is really no way. The aftermath of the financial crisis is still there, the market environment is sluggish, and the projects of local entertainment companies in Asian countries generally lose money in 1999.

Bian Sicong has selected Xiangjiang’s special genre of movies, no more than gambling movies, ghost movies, zombie movies, and oriental fairy movies. Brother Cong’s personal opinion is that zombie films may be more suitable. American audiences who can accept Egyptian mummies may not be unable to accept Eastern zombies.

Luo Junyan was noncommittal, and he didn’t know what to do, because there were a lot of Dao skills in the zombie movie.

American viewers may ask, why are zombies afraid of Nuomi and Red String? Why use a wooden sword instead of a laser sword? Easterners may not know where the power of the peach wood sword comes from, but this question does not need to be explained at all, but every Chinese knows that peach wood ward off evil spirits, just like the bells held by Western exorcists, it is a convention.

To make a gambling movie, you have to popularize the knowledge of mahjong, to make a ghost movie, you have to clarify the netherworld, and to make a zombie movie, you have to sort out the Taoist heritage, and it is impossible to make a movie of Oriental Xianxia without explaining the concept of immortality.

And will American audiences who are accustomed to watching vampires wait to see zombies? Would you think that werewolves are quicker than zombies and enjoy watching them?