After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 543: No One Dare to Write the Script for the Chaebol

"Is there a problem? That's impossible! I've contacted three law firms!"

"There's no problem with the contract. It's Girls' Generation's schedule that's the problem. Their work is scheduled until the middle of next year."

"Wait, where did you get this news? And they are so busy, how did Yoona and Seohyun have time to film a movie?" Li Mingyang asked puzzledly.

"The schedule was changed after you signed the contract. Girls' Generation's filming contract is for two months and expires at the end of the month. Girls' Generation's schedule is almost fully booked, leaving us no room to perform."

"on purpose?"

"Ah."

"Where did you get the news? Have you seen that schedule?" Li Mingyang asked again.

"What Boss Zhao said should be true."

"She...is having her period?" Li Mingyang frowned.

"She asked you to meet her at the Shilla Hotel in Jeju tomorrow." Zhang Wei said.

"Boss Zhao is quite powerful and has many tricks up her sleeve... Could it be that she deliberately set up this trap and pretended to be a good person?"

Zhang Wei opened the box, took out a stack of documents and placed them in front of Li Mingyang.

Li Mingyang opened it and looked at it for a while, and immediately gave up Boss Zhao's idea of ​​setting up a trap.

Huace is going to acquire a stake in FBTV and has already prepared a big gift, the exclusive Korean online copyright of the Korean version of Running Man.

The price is a bit expensive, it costs 100 million.

But exclusive...

Making money is secondary, traffic is the most important.

"How much does she want?"

"10%. Huace will pay for the million yuan in copyright fees."

"Are there any other benefits, such as the copyright of Korean dramas?"

"This is basically a dead end. Their attitude is very firm, and Li Meijin does not support it."

Zhang Wei paused, shook her head and said, "Kakao's momentum is too strong. Its usage rate in Korea has soared to 85%, and it is about to monopolize the domestic market... You have found an ally that is too reliable, and they are very worried. Because legislation can only kick out foreign companies like us, but it cannot solve the problem of local Kakao."

There are two social softwares in Korea, one is Kakao's Kakaotalk, and the other is NAVER's LINE.

Kakao dominates South Korea, NAVER occupies daily life, and together with WeChat, they are known as the three major social software in Asia.

"This seems to be good news?" Li Mingyang said with a smile.

"No, all the news is not good news..." Zhang Wei's cold face suddenly showed a bitter smile: "All along, we have overlooked one thing, that is, the law cannot restrain these chaebols. They don't abide by the rules. The contracts we signed are to restrain ourselves, not them."

"Um...something went wrong in Cheongdam-dong?"

Zhang Wei nodded and took out a thick stack of documents from the box, including a planning map of Cheongdam-dong.

The lower right corner of the plan is circled in red, and the upper left corner is also circled in red. This is where Huabu Technology is located.

While complaining, Zhang Wei also revealed the development plans of the chaebols.

It turns out that the chaebols have no intention of developing the neighborhood where Bouquet Technology is located.

What they want to develop is the slums on the edge of Cheongdam-dong.

The twenty-story apartment building that Lee Boo-jin promised to give him was not an apartment at all, but an office building.

The chaebols had already helped him name the building: Huashu Technology.

The goal of this group of tycoons from the beginning to the end was the slum covering an area of ​​more than 60 acres.

As long as the slum is developed, the surrounding land can be connected to form a commercial center.

"Going through so much trouble? Just to develop the slums? I don't think I'm needed for this..."

"That slum is a historical problem. Dongyang Construction once violently demolished it, resulting in two deaths and 15 injuries. Later, the government introduced the most stringent height restriction policy in the surrounding areas, causing the surrounding land prices to plummet."

Zhang Wei was speechless and said, "Without our consent, they changed our company's registered address to the slums, and demolished the slums in the name of joint development. If anything goes wrong, the responsibility will be all ours."

Li Mingyang came to his senses and finally understood why these tycoons had been begging him for benefits and using threats and inducements to co-develop the business.

This is using his company to cancel the surrounding height restrictions, develop slums, and then push the development responsibility onto him.

Giving away the building actually means transferring the registered place of his company...

"Is something wrong now?" Li Mingyang asked.

“Not yet, but we have been forced to stop working.”

Li Mingyang scratched his head and thought for a while, then looked at Zhang Wei, "What are you paying attention to?"

"Arrange a new home for them, similar to the resettlement housing in China. As long as we give them a new home, we will stand on the moral high ground and influence public opinion," said Zhang Wei.

"Those chaebols definitely won't agree."

"Um……"

"Anything else? I see there are some documents in your box..."

Whether it was Girls’ Generation’s financial problems or the chaebol pushing him into trouble and using him as a shield.

In fact, they are all minor problems in his opinion.

It's just a negotiation. You have enough money, so you can solve it by earning less.

And what happens next is the most difficult problem!
It was so tricky that Li Mingyang felt a headache!

Something went wrong with the straw boat project, and nearly half of the arrows could not be retrieved!

This little devil is troublesome!
The bosses of more than 20 production companies that received investment disappeared, and Li Xiucheng was looking for them all over the city.

More than 200 million yuan was not recovered.

There was little hope... Li Xiucheng found the whereabouts of six people, and without exception, they had all gone abroad.

How was the money transferred out?

Korea is not a country. There are many agency companies. The amount is not very huge, so it is easy to transfer to the United States, Japan, and Europe.

I’m not in the mood to make movies anymore.

Li Mingyang wants to get the money back!

……

The next day, Li Mingyang came to the 'Tianchi' restaurant of Jeju Shilla Hotel to meet with Boss Zhao.

The issue with Girls' Generation's management contract was intentional by SM.

The reason was the same as the last time they terminated their cooperation: Mango TV, Blue TV, and SBS were all worried that he would cause trouble.

So they used Girls' Generation's management contract to lock him in for a year.

Only if everything goes smoothly within a year can he truly share the management contract with Girls' Generation.

Back then, Li Mingyang organized the group and took the opportunity of Youku's listing to use Running Man to defeat the capital led by Baidu, turning Running Man into a joke. It is a classic business war case of Dongda University.

The three major TV stations do not have as much capital as Baidu, and they are all worried that Li Mingyang will retaliate.

The most terrifying thing about Li Mingyang is that he has no objection to filming TV dramas and variety shows. As long as the benefits are in place, he is willing to film anything.

"Director Li, some things cannot be accomplished overnight. Reckless actions will only cause unnecessary trouble." Boss Zhao poured a glass of wine for Li Mingyang and said with a smile, "Since I am willing to invest, I have the confidence to make the deal."

"How long will it take?" Li Mingyang asked.

Boss Zhao smiled calmly and said, "When the benefits are big enough... streaming media will be a dimensionality reduction attack on traditional media, and the first to bear the brunt will be TV stations."

"Streaming media is the general trend, but the revenue is a problem. Take Korea as an example. For the same copyright, if the streaming media earns one dollar, the TV station can earn at least fifty dollars."

"Just think about it, in this situation, how can TV stations allow streaming media to become so big?"

"Of course, this gap will narrow gradually with the natural development of streaming media and people's living habits. When it reaches a certain critical point of interest, if TV stations do not change, they will end up on the table and be eaten by streaming media."

As someone who has been through this, Li Mingyang knows that what Boss Zhao said is right.

The markets of South Korea's three major TV stations and three major limited television stations, TVN, JTBC, and OCN, were eventually taken over by overseas streaming media led by Netflix.

The two largest streaming media in South Korea, TVing and wavve, have been beaten badly and are losing more and more money.

TVing is backed by TVN and JTBC.

wavve is backed by the three major TV stations and SK Telecom. In essence, it is a consortium of the three major TV stations in Korea and a consortium of limited TV stations.

When competing with Netflix, everything was increasing except sales, and the company was losing more and more money. Not only did it not make any money... it also lost all the money it had earned before.

The only way out is to merge TVing and wavve.

Then they have been on the road to merger, but they have never been able to merge... It is impossible for the Americans to allow TVing and wavve to merge.

The Koreans can only watch as Netflix and Disney eat away at their market share bit by bit.

"Boss Zhao, how confident are you that you can reach an agreement on the copyright issue?" Li Mingyang asked.

Boss Zhao shook his head and said with a smile, "There is no rush for this. Global streaming media is at a disadvantage compared to TV stations. We need to take our time. I believe time is on our side."

"Wait, I don't mind. The problem now is that once I become big, they will suppress me. I invited them to invest, but they ignored me!" Li Mingyang said speechlessly.

"Business is like this. Everyone thinks they can do it, so they won't give up the benefits they have earned."

Boss Zhao picked up a piece of abalone for Li Mingyang, dipped it in the sauce, and put it on Li Mingyang's plate. He said, "Korea is not China. You are right not to fight. Those chaebols set the rules but don't follow them. You can't fight them at all... What you need to do is to make them feel your sincerity and bring them benefits."

“I do it all the time.”

"But it's not good enough. They don't feel your sincerity. CJ is the leader of Korean entertainment, but it's only the leader of Korean entertainment. South Korea is still controlled by the top ten chaebols. Don't think they dare not touch you. Streaming media is a business after all. It's normal for a business to have any accidents."

Li Mingyang frowned slightly. He had already heard that Boss Zhao was talking about the matter in Qingtan Cave.

From a business perspective, Huace's backer is Blue Channel, and Blue Channel is in a honeymoon period with SBS. Both parties have the resources that the other needs most.

Li Mingyang picked up the abalone from the plate and chewed it. "This abalone tastes okay. To be honest, I've been fighting for the past few years... How can I put it? Besides making a lot of money, I've offended almost everyone. What Sun Wukong? This is the biggest slander against me. I'm actually Shancai Tongzi, and all my friends are making a lot of money."

"That's the right way to think. Director Li has always been the Good Fortune Boy in my heart." Boss Zhao complimented while raising his glass and drinking it first as a sign of respect.

Li Mingyang and Zhang Wei stood up, picked up their wine glasses, and drank them all at the same time.

……

The chaebols’ lack of rules is based on their local privileges.

They may not follow the rules, but Li Mingyang must follow the rules.

After talking with Boss Zhao for an entire afternoon, Li Mingyang accepted the arrangement of the chaebol. He had no choice but to accept it. It was a big pie of 10 trillion won. If he said he didn't want to play now, he would offend all the chaebols.

What the hell are you doing!
However, during the negotiations, Li Mingyang wanted to lower the danger level, but these chaebols wanted to demolish the house by force and gave each person a subsidy of 100 million won. It was really MMP.

How can this not cause trouble?

While the rich wine and meat smell, the road with frozen bone.

As the situation became increasingly chaotic, more and more people joined the demonstrations.

He became the target of public criticism.

The chaebols pushed him out to take the blame, and used their own media to turn the tables, accusing the demonstrators of undermining diplomatic relations between the two countries, hindering the export of Korean culture, and having no national spirit.

The thief cries "stop thief", but his attempt to hide his crime only makes it more conspicuous!
And it really worked!
The tycoons packaged him as a friend of Korea and wrote extensively about his investments, contributions and achievements in Korea.

New World’s nomination for Cannes has become a heavy weight.

Under the deliberate manipulation and brainwashing of the chaebols, public opinion in South Korea gradually turned to the chaebols' side.

Although there are self-media and passionate journalists who stand on the side of the people in the slums and expose and report the chaebols, it is of no avail.

Exposure is too low.

Li Mingyang's "love" for Korea is a fact that no one can distort.

He is willing to break up with his own country and give up Hollywood in order to develop in Korea.

Li Mingyang's affirmation of the Koreans is a reverse sense of national pride.

To question Lee Myung-yang is to deny the Korean nation! To question that Hallyu is global!

The bottom line of the chaebols is really low, they can do anything for money.

Lee Myung-yang was swept up in the public opinion and appeared on TVN's talk show, promoting the upcoming New World with Lee Jung-jae, Hwang Jung-min, and Choi Min-sik.

During the promotional interview, he talked about his confidence and love for the Korean film market and his determination to be a good international friend.

Near the end of the recording, the host asked him to talk about his dreams and goals.

Li Mingyang suddenly got inspired and said: "I was very surprised that New World was shortlisted for Cannes. All my worries are gone. I have no problem with my understanding of movies. Being shortlisted for Cannes is just the beginning. I hope to win the Golden Lion, Golden Bear, and Palme d'Or in Korea..."

……

At 5 p.m. on May 12, South Korea’s three major TV stations and TVN broadcast an interview with Li Mingyang at the same time.

Li Mingyang, a 22-year-old Asian director from the University of Tokyo, has publicly announced that he will aim to become one of the top three European directors in his native country of Korea.

Even the chaebols wouldn’t dare to write a script with such ambitions.

But Li Mingyang said it in front of the TV camera and made it public.

Korean films have never won any of the three major European awards.

This has always been something difficult to talk about for Koreans who have strong self-esteem.

Li Mingyang's declaration, like a prairie fire, ignited the Korean people's strong desire for the European Big Three, and it was out of control.

Although Li Mingyang is not a Korean, he is determined to win the top three titles in Europe for Koreans.

Li Mingyang became a household name overnight.

The glorious image is deeply rooted in people's hearts!
Regardless of whether what Li Mingyang said was true or false, the chaebol used Li Mingyang's aura of correctness and abundant police force to drive the people in the Cheongdam-dong slums to a temporary resettlement site.

The chaebols don’t care about the lives of those people, but Li Mingyang has to.

The development project of Cheongdam-dong was done in his name. If anything goes wrong, it will be a stain on his life.

Li Mingyang’s approach was very straightforward.

He converted the Bouquet Technology Building, which was given to him by the top ten chaebols, into apartments and provided them to the homeless people free of charge as resettlement housing.

According to the architectural drawings, if we squeeze in and add more partitions, it will be able to accommodate two thousand people.

There just isn’t enough space for everyone.

Li Mingyang went to negotiate with the representatives of the chaebol again and spent 5000 million from his own pocket to expand and raise the height of the Huashu Technology Building in order to accommodate everyone.

The negotiations did not go smoothly at the beginning because the building was really given to him.

The chaebols took advantage of the entertainment agency's policy to build a building for Huabu Technology, which enabled them to develop the slums.

If Li Mingyang cannot get the building by then, their plan will be in trouble.

Will be held accountable.

The Korean government's accountability is quite strong, and it was able to send the Samsung prince to jail to appease public anger.

Although I was in prison, it was almost like being in a five-star hotel.

But after all, he is a suspect and cannot do whatever he wants. He certainly cannot inherit the family business.

Li Mingyang figured out the logic and came up with a new concept.

The Bouquet Technology Building will be used as an apartment for extras.

The scope of entertainment economy and the role of resettlement housing.

After communicating and discussing, the chaebol agents agreed to this operation.

Although I wasted a lot of money, I didn't get the house.

But there are not many opportunities to improve the favorability of the Korean people, so don’t miss them!
Go with the flow and gain both fame and fortune.

A crisis was cleverly resolved by Li Mingyang.

However, the real tricky problem is that the arrows borrowed from the straw boat cannot be taken back!
Couldn't find a solution.

Unless you find a chaebol...

The chaebol will definitely find a way to find the person and get the money back.

But asking the chaebol to solve the problem is like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth!

This bunch of newbies were able to borrow arrows by straw boat more easily and conveniently than him.

(End of this chapter)