Lin Quanze’s home in Longshan District, Seoul.

"Mr. Lin, don't hesitate anymore. Being the artistic director and chief director of DreamWorks Korea will benefit you without any harm. All we need is your fame and status in the Korean film industry, and it will not waste your time. And we promise that DreamWorks will provide financial support for your film creation without reservation, which is something that Korean film companies cannot do." A young man in his early 30s was persuading Lin Quanze with great sincerity.

This young man is named Lee Ye-hoon, a Korean Chinese. He joined DreamWorks 5 years ago. His responsibilities are to assist the issuance department in contacting and coordinating the issuance and publicity of the Korean market.

Five years passed by, and Lee Ye-hoon has become the Korean regional head of Oriental Entertainment Distribution Company, and this time he was sent to Korea to establish a branch.

South Korea has only been allowing overseas funds to shoot movies in South Korea for a year, but the film creation environment in South Korea is too bad, and no one is willing to open a film company in South Korea yet. However, many international film distributors have come and are struggling to sell films to the Korean market where the film limit has just expanded, which has squeezed the already bad local Korean film companies and distributors to survive.

The main reason why Kang Jianfei decided to open a film company in South Korea was that South Korea was about to cancel the pre-censorship system for film scripts, which greatly relaxed the scope of film creation. Although there was still a disgusting movie reading system, as long as you don’t deliberately fight against the Korean government, the reading system will be cut by the Korean literary and artistic prosecutor’s department at most.

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

Starting from the new year, that is, in 1988, the creation and market of Korean films have prospered rapidly. In just a few years, the number of Korean film companies has increased tenfold, from dozens to more than 700.

Although Korean movies will not rise until the late 1990s, they are talking about local Korean movies, and what Kang Jianfei wants to do is not local Korean movies.

How to say it? Today's Koreans do not clamor for cultural output, but are extremely inferior to their own films, literature, music and other arts. Koreans only go to the cinema when watching Hong Kong, Taiwan and European and American movies. They think that it is not worth paying for Korean local movies. This situation lasted until the late 1990s.

In 1999, Korean director Kang Di-gyu killed the magical film "Titanic" and became the box office champion in South Korea that year. The pride of Koreans seemed to be awakened all of a sudden, and they only began to enter the cinema to support their own movies.

What Kang Jianfei has to do now is to open an entertainment company in South Korea: Oriental Entertainment (Korea) Group Company. This entertainment company has only two functions at the moment. One is to distribute works by Oriental Group's companies to South Korea, including movies, TV series, records, novels, comics and animations; the other is to use one or two Hong Kong stars as the basis and use South Korea's low-cost film resources to shoot Hong Kong and South Korea-made movies.

The prices in Seoul have begun to inflate at this time, but the rewards of Korean artists (including directors, singers, and actors) are pitifully low. Kang Jianfei, who is known as Hong Kong stars, invites Koreans to shoot Korean movies, which can not only allow Korean audiences who are popular with foreigners to enter the cinema, but also make them feel friendly. If these videos are sold once or twice in overseas markets, then they can also satisfy the vanity of Koreans.

In this way, the name of the Korean branch has become popular. The next step is to develop into the fields of TV and record.

What Kang Jianfei wants to do is to control at least one-third of the entertainment market in South Korea by 2000.

With the so-called "patriotic" nature of Koreans, they must resist such foreign-funded companies, so this company must be localized to a certain extent.

First, let Lee Ye-hoon, a Korean Chinese, be the company representative, and then ask the Korean godfather director Lin Kwon-ze to serve as the company's artistic director, and make a few movies that make the Korean people proud, and donate in a high-profile manner when disasters occur. This is enough to allow ordinary Korean people to accept it.

Of course, if the people are dealt with, they have to deal with the government. In this regard, they have to build relationships through "money and sex". After the company grows, they will sell some equity to the large Korean family. No one dares to move when they collude with each other.

If Kang Jianfei continues to perform according to the script, he will be the real controller of the Korean entertainment industry after 2000.

When Lin Quanze heard the demands and conditions given by Lee Ye-hoon, he was really hesitant. Promising Lee Ye-hoon's conditions meant that he had to leave his current company and instead joined the Oriental Entertainment (South Korea) Group Company.

Lin Quanze's current status in the Korean film industry is just like Zhang Laomou's position in mainland China in the 1990s. This gentleman just went to Europe a few months ago and sent the heroine Jiang Shouyan to the throne of the Venetian Film Queen.

You should know that even Hong Kong actresses have never been the Venetian actress. This feat of Lin Quanze has made him famous in the Korean film industry at its peak.

Unfortunately, although international film queen Kang Shouyan received great attention after returning to South Korea, the award-winning movie "The Girl of the Plant" was ignored, and only more than 40,000 viewers have been viewed after it was released.

"I don't know how to create commercial films like Hong Kong movies. I shoot things with my own thoughts. Can you guarantee that I won't burn my creative ideas?" Lin Quanze asked.

"Of course, we will not only not interfere with your film creation, but will also provide you with financial support as much as possible." Li Yixun said with a smile.

Lin Quanze is the horse bone bought by a rich man. Investing in his movies has many benefits. If he wins an international award, he will gain a reputation as a company. If he cannot win an award, he can rely on him to attract other talents in the Korean film industry.

Moreover, Lin Quanze has a film creation team that he is used to. As long as he agrees, the company can have a large number of local Korean film creators just by spending a little money.

Lee Ye-hoon was still showing his eloquence there: "Mr. Lin, Mr. Kang Jianfei chose to invest in movies in Korea because he saw the hope of the rise of Korean movies. The relaxation of film control in the political field will inevitably make Korean movies prosper in the next few years. Our Oriental Entertainment Group will also invest to support a group of young directors in South Korea and contribute to the rise of Korean movies..."

Lee Ye-hoon's scenes are pure nonsense. Oriental Entertainment (Korea) Group will indeed support the directors of the Korean new film movement, but that is also selective and funding support. The most important thing is to release Hong Kong films to South Korea and send a few Hong Kong film creators to guide advanced commercial film creation experience to Korean directors. What you have to do is count money to earn money from Koreans.

Kang Jianfei's biggest competitor in South Korea in the next few years will be neither Korean nor American, but Eastern Europeans. With the support of the government, the Korean Film Chamber of Commerce has purchased a large number of Eastern European films to resist the impact of Hollywood and Hong Kong films - the ticket price of that thing is too cheap.

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What investments are there in South Korea?

I'm afraid that few people in Hong Kong can understand Kang Jianfei's actions. In their opinion, South Korea is a wilderness of movies. It's just to sell Hong Kong movies to make money. Going to Korea to invest in movies is purely a full meal and nothing to do.

Any emerging market is worth investing in and developing. In the 1980s, there were Japanese films investing in mainland China. The door to the mainland Chinese film market was only opened by a crack, but South Korea completely opened its door.

In Kang Jianfei's eyes, the Korean film market is like a virgin who has taken off all his clothes and lying on the bed. I'm really sorry for myself if I don't.

"Boss, the air ticket will be 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Will we meet at the airport then?" Lizhi walked into the office and stood in front of Kang Jianfei and asked pretty.

"No, I'll send a car to pick you up then." Kang Jianfei smiled and waved at her, saying, "Don't be restrained, come and sit down."

Lizhi walked over happily, sat opposite Kang Jianfei across the desk, and then looked at the other party with a smile. Somehow, she was very happy every time she saw Kang Jianfei.

Kang Jianfei asked, "Are you familiar with all the information?"

Lizhi nodded and said, "I remember everything in my mind. I remember Martin Davis's background, personality and hobbies clearly."

"Very good, work harder in the future." Kang Jianfei walked behind Lizhi, pressed his hands on her shoulders, and gently rubbed them back and forth while talking.

Just when Li Zhi was shy and happy, Kang Jianfei's thoughts had actually flown to the United States. He was looking forward to a meeting with Martin Davis.

For Kang Jianfei, Gulf Western Industrial Co., Ltd. is completely a huge mountain. This company is not only the owner of Hollywood film giant Paramount, but also the owner of American publishing giant Simon & Schuster Publishing Company, but also the owner of the Japanese gaming industry star (future game giant) Sega Co., Ltd. - Gulf Western Industrial Co., Ltd., which owns 80% of Sega's equity.

The former boss of Bay West, Charles Breton, died four years ago. It is said that Paramount's annual income is less than 5% of his total income. This guy even established a sugar kingdom in the United States and openly raised black slaves in the manor.

The members of this kind of large consortium are all guys who are not short of money. Kang Jianfei's acquisition team encountered great difficulties. He worked hard for two or three months to acquire 8% of Paramount's equity, and he couldn't do it any further.

Although Paramount's performance has declined in the past three years, it is still profitable. If Kang Jianfei wants to buy more equity, he must make a real money.

However, due to the impact of the stock market crash, it was really difficult to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars from banks during this period, so Kang Jianfei could only hope to meet with Martin Davis.

Kang Jianfei's hand slid down from Lizhi's shoulders, and gently swept her collarbone and turned to her arm. The faint teasing made Lizhi feel swayed.

"How about staying in my place tonight and go to the airport together tomorrow." Kang Jianfei grabbed Lizhi's little hand and held it and played with it.
Chapter completed!