Daenerys Entertainment’s Korean branch is also located in the Hannandong area where foreign companies gather, a complete six-story office building near the Han River.

South Korea began to allow overseas film and television companies to directly distribute movies in South Korea in 1983, and no longer needed to go through agency channels like China Film. Therefore, in recent years, the Korean distribution of films produced by Daenerys Entertainment was done by itself. In addition, the Korean distribution business of Daenerys Entertainment's TV, music and games is also under the responsibility of this branch.

The performance in recent years has been excellent.

These are the results of the hard work of Mark Belford, vice president of global operations at Daenerys Entertainment.

Compared with Europe or nearby China or Japan, before this financial crisis, Daenerys Entertainment's Korean branch was not involved in the production business.

When news began to spread recently, Korean film and television circles almost flocked.

Simon's plan is to support local companies, just like China, Daenerys Entertainment is behind the scenes. Therefore, although the news of direct investment in South Korea in the name of Daenerys Entertainment will be released, in the future, it will basically be produced in the name of other shell companies.

Although the corresponding shell companies are related to Daenerys Entertainment, they are basically fighting each other.

Sung Tae-hee is quite special. She is the only one who can own an office at the headquarters of Daenerys Entertainment's Korean branch to contact some filmmakers she likes. Other shell company teams are actually choosing projects, but they don't have this treatment.

On the third floor of the Korean branch headquarters, there is an office with a good view near the street.

It's Thursday, November 20th.

It was two o'clock in the afternoon.

After lunch, Sung Tae-hee, who had already looked through a thick stack of project information, welcomed her first guest.

This is a young man in his twenties wearing glasses, wearing a meticulous black suit, not tall. His biggest feature is that his hair is obviously taken care of but still has a little fluffy like a bird's nest.

As soon as he was led into the door by his secretary, the young man bowed to Sung Tae-hee very humbly: "Senior, hello, I am Bong Joon-ho, thank you very much for taking the time to see me."

Sung Tae-hee has become accustomed to the respectful titles of "seniors" and "lady" in these days, even if some people who are much older than her are, they are just as proud as "maids" and "lady". In terms of seniority, if your rank is lower than others, you must be honest and low-key.

He nodded to the young man named Bong Joon-ho and signaled him to sit down in the reception area. Sung Tae-hee patiently finished reading the information about one of the projects in her hand, then picked out a folder on the desk and got up to the reception area. Bong Joon-ho quickly got up and gave in a humble manner.

The secretary gave him coffee at this time and waited for the other party to leave. Cheng Tae-hee opened the documents in her hand and was not too polite. She was very busy. From two o'clock to five o'clock, she arranged six meetings in three hours.

As for Bong Joon-ho in front of him, he really only got an appointment from Sung Tae-hee after passing through the back door.

Simply put, Bong Joon-ho is recommended by Lee Chang-ho, a senior in the Korean film industry.

Lee Chang-ho, like another famous Korean filmmaker, Lin Kwon-ze, can be said to be the only local director who can stand out in the slump of Korean movies in the 1970s and 1980s. Bong Joon-ho, 28 years old this year, has been working in Lee Chang-ho's film studio since graduating from university. In recent years, while assisting Lee Chang-ho in filming movies, he has produced several of his own short films.

Like Hollywood, or, the Korean film circle that is more demanding than Hollywood, is very difficult for a filmmaker who has not even been 30 years old to make his own feature films.

The main reason is limited resources and seniority.

Those famous directors have no films to shoot. It is conceivable that a young man wants to pick up the director alone. Although the Korean film cooperation system last year brought a turning point in the Korean domestic films, and all parties began to increase their investment in the film industry, the first "new generation" directors who emerged were basically over 30 years old.

Let’s talk about Bong Joon-ho and Sung Tae-hee have seen the script called "Kidnap the Dog at the Door" sent by the other party. This is a black comedy about two small characters in the bottom of the city and three dogs.

After all, Cheng Tae-hee has just entered the industry and doesn't know anything. She has been exploring and pondering day and night these days, allowing her to summarize her own film selection strategy.

The cost should not be too high, it should have box office potential.

In addition, I saw the box office miracles of "Ghost Record" and "Soul Conjuring 3" in the United States some time ago. Although Sung Tae-hee did not restrict the genre when choosing the script, she preferred horror movies in her heart.

Therefore, she only read the script of "Kidnap the Dog at the Door" once and then eliminated it directly.

Because she really can't tell where it's good.

Then, Lee Chang-ho called her personally, obviously looking very respectful to Bong Joon-ho, hoping that she could take the time to meet her.

After Sung Tae-hee got this job from Chen Qing, she soon visited some seniors in South Korea, including Lin Kwon-ze, Lee Chang-ho and others, and expressed her intention to cooperate very sincerely and hoped that the other party would help recommend it.

Since Lee Chang-ho called, Sung Tae-hee could not refuse to give her face.

The reception area of ​​the office.

After browsing the project summary again, recalling the content of the script, Cheng Tae-hee said, "Mr. Bong..."

"Junho, senior, if you don't mind, you can call me Junho."

Sung Tae-hee didn't agree: "Let me tell you the source of inspiration for creating this story?"

Bong Joon-ho sat upright and was obviously prepared for this question, saying: "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 dogs raised by my neighbors and couldn't sleep. I often had the urge to kill all the dogs. Of course, senior, I didn't really do this. Later, coupled with various other life experiences over the years, I finally got this script."

Sung Tae-hee still ignored it and continued: "I have watched several short films you have made before. Everyone said it is very good. Senior Lee Chang-ho also specifically recommended you to me. The problem is, I can't see how this story will attract the audience. Can you tell me?"

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Bong Junhao nodded quickly, took out a stack of plot shots from his bag, and respectfully handed them to Sung Tae-hee: "Senior, these are some of my ideas for specific shooting that I have drawn recently, you can take a look first."

Sung Tae-hee took it and started to look through it page by page.

The first picture is in a tube building apartment, a figure is running on one of the corridors, as if chasing something, and the picture exudes a strange sense of joy.

Sung Tae-hee recalled a little, and roughly remembered that this was the detail of the male protagonist chasing the first dog in the script.

Yuanjoon chases a lion dog, running all the way through the long corridor.

The second picture is the same tube building apartment. This time, the male and female protagonists chase each other, with a hero and a thousand men behind.

Sung Tae-hee also remembers that this is the most crazy detail when the apartment administrator Qian Nan discovered that the male protagonist threw a dog off the roof.

The two pictures and two shots echo each other, and it does exude a sense of absurdity.

Then, the third one is a street, the protagonist holds a dog and a beautiful rollover, disappearing into the street bushes like some details in comics.

It's also very interesting scenes.

Sung Tae-hee also remembers that this is the scene of Yuanjoon kidnapping the old lady's puppy.

Next, continue to turn down, accompanied by the notes on the plot of the storyboard, Cheng Tae-hee gradually understood a comedy style that the young man in front of him probably wanted to show.

Absurdity, black, and all kinds of wonderful coincidences.

Bong Joon-ho waited patiently for Cheng Tae-hee to finish the drawings in her hand and looked at herself again, then continued: "Senior, these drawings are actually the style of "Kidnapping Dogs at the Door" that I want to show, a ridiculous and coincidence that makes people laugh. This is what the film attracts audiences. Although it is not common, I believe that many people should recognize it when it is produced. In analogy, about ten years ago, there was a comedy called "A Fish Named Wanda" in the West. It has the same similar style. It uses a fish as the lead to a ridiculous robbery story. It is a movie starring Sandra Bullock who became famous with "Rola Run". It has a very low cost of $7.5 million, and has won the box office of more than $60 million in the United States and was nominated for Best Director of the Oscar that year. I believe "Kidnapping Dogs at the Door" will also have similar potential."

While listening, Sung Tae-hee looked through some information about this project again. After Bong Joon-ho finished speaking, he looked up and said, "The cost of $7.5 million in Hollywood is indeed not very high, but your movie requires 1 billion won. According to the current exchange rate, it is equivalent to $500,000. In South Korea, is it a bit high?"

Bong Joon-ho felt the looseness in Sung Tae-hee's tone, suppressed his excitement, and said patiently: "Senior, 1 billion won is really not high. The current average ticket price in South Korea is 3,500 won and 1 billion won. It only takes about 500,000 viewers to recover the cost. Moreover, I think this is a very suitable project to be sent to the West to participate in the film festival, Sundance in the United States, and Toronto Film Festival in Canada. As long as you can get good reviews, even if you can't win the award, you can sell some overseas copyrights slightly and $500,000, it can be easily recovered. If, I mean, if you can win the award, you will be easier to make a profit."

As Bong Joon-ho said, he also signaled to the surroundings with obvious signs.

This is the Korean headquarters of Daenerys Entertainment.

In fact, as long as he can shoot a good film, Daenerys Entertainment should be happy to help with the operation.

Due to the decline of local movies, some Korean filmmakers have also been silently operating overseas over the years. Although they have not won many awards, because of the exchange rate, as long as they can sell the copyright, they will basically gain good results.

Tae-hee also knew this.

After asking about some details again, the half-hour meeting time ended soon, Sung Tae-hee finally said: "I will submit your project forward, but Mr. Bong, there is another thing I need to explain in advance. If you want to cooperate with us, you need to sign three film contracts at one time, that is, we have priority for your next two movies."

"Of course, I understand."

"So," Sung Tae-hee stood up and finally reached out to Bong Joon-ho: "I hope we can reach a cooperation."

Bong Junhao quickly stood up and still respectfully held Cheng Tae-hee with respect, understanding that the other party was seeing off the guests, so he stood up to say goodbye.

Seeing Bong Joon-ho go, Sung Tae-hee sorted out the various thoughts she had when she just met, and signaled to the secretary to call the next candidate to come in.

However, just now the two of them greeted each other, and a noise suddenly broke out outside the building, and there was a trend of increasing movement.

Sung Tae-hee frowned and signaled to wait for a while for the filmmaker named Hong Shangxiu in front of her, calling out the secretary and asked, "What happened?"

The secretary said: "It was someone protesting the IMF agreement in the morning."

Sung Tae-hee has been working all these days and has not paid much attention to the negotiations between the South Korean government and the IMF. She just vaguely remembers having dinner with her brother and sister-in-law yesterday. They said that the negotiations between the IMF and the authorities will end this morning.

The noise outside the window was still going on, and there was no way to talk about things, so Cheng Tae-hee could only come to the window.

I saw dense crowds outside the window, obviously gathering from the south bank of the Han River, thinking of the Blue House to the north.

The team lasted for more than ten minutes and finally passed completely.

Through the various signs raised by the crowd, Sung Tae-hee roughly understood the various contents of the IMF reaching an agreement with the South Korean authorities.

However, these are not things she cares about.

I am just a little woman and can’t change anything. It’s better to do my own things seriously.

Thinking so numb, and when the crowd gradually faded away, Cheng Tae-hee signaled the guests to come to the reception area to sit down.

The middle-aged man in his thirties named Hong Sang-soo obviously didn't care much about politics, so he didn't comment. He just smiled and discussed his project with Sung Tae-hee.

This is also a script with a very interesting name, called "The Day When the Pig Fells in the Well".

In fact, like Bong Joon-ho, this middle-aged man named Hong Shangxiu was also introduced by his connections in the circle. There is no way, the Korean circle culture involves all aspects and cannot be avoided.

When Sung Tae-hee and Hong Sang-soo discussed the script, the whole of Seoul was in full bloom.

At 10 o'clock this morning, the South Korean government officially reached and signed a bailout agreement with the IMF. The final amount involved was higher than many media expected, with an amount of up to US$60 billion, of which the IMF invested 20 billion and the other 40 billion, and other IMF member states and the World Bank raised it together.

Similarly, there is no free lunch in this world.

The $60 billion agreement means a series of harsh agreements.

It's just that some of the terms, even if you don't understand them at all, you will understand them when you see them.

1. Increase interest rates by at least 25% (even if South Korean banks and enterprises were already in high debt at that time);

2. Foreigners were allowed to open banks and securities firms in South Korea before mid-1998;

3. Allow foreign companies to acquire Korean companies, including malicious acquisitions;

4. Open up trade, abolish import licensing system and export subsidies
Chapter completed!