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

Chapter 598: Fierce Monster
Returning to China can indeed solve all his problems. As the largest capital of domestic entertainment, BAT is the domestic entertainment market itself, and others are just chess players or chess pieces.

BAT doesn’t care about money, they care about the market and monopolizing the domestic entertainment market.

Drive up the value of the market! Only by magnifying the value of film and television copyrights can you make more money!
The value of entertainment is like that of antiques. This drama, this novel, this movie can be worthless or worth a fortune!
Everyone in the domestic entertainment industry is part of the BAT entertainment industry! They are all workers!
The value created with all the hard work and effort is just to contribute to BAT.

In the future, BAT and domestic entertainment will be deeply integrated.

BAT is no longer in the game, and domestic entertainment is doomed!

High production costs, 208 yuan in pay, copyright barriers... the entry threshold is so high that no company except BAT can withstand it.

ByteDance, as the Internet giant with the highest net profit in China, cannot even enter the gaming market, so entering the long video market would be simply seeking death.

Later, I created a tomato, and then a red fruit video and short dramas.

There are mountain high mountain.

BAT is very malignant. It was not until ByteDance appeared that Li Mingyang discovered that there are even more malignant Internet companies.

Going back to China will earn more, and the Koreans will lose more.

One is the immediate interests, the other is the future market.

Li Mingyang naturally chose the latter, but having no money was a big problem!

Streaming is too expensive...

He wasn't even burning up yet and he was already stretched to the limit.

This is still the case when FBTV requires charging for viewing in order to generate revenue.

Li Mingyang sealed the contract, took a puff of his cigar, and grinned, "I'll think about it."

Zhang Zhao, Yu Dong and Wang Changtian looked at each other and couldn't help but sigh.

Li Mingyang's question is very difficult to solve!

They are all top bosses in the domestic film industry. Even without the ability to see through others’ eyes, they can predict that BAT will dominate the film industry in the future.

BAT is anxious to bring Li Mingyang back, there must be something fishy going on.

If you don't obey, the consequences will be serious!

The three of them didn't know what choice Li Mingyang should make to best suit their own interests.

Because whether in China or in Korea, Li Mingyang can create unique value.

……

Bangzi, Dongyang Building.

Because the Goodbye nightclub in Cheongdam-dong was burned down, the warehouse of Bouquet Technology was burned down.

After the weekly meeting, Zhang Wei moved the company to Dongyang Building.

Dongyang Building covers an area of ​​about 20 acres, with a construction area of ​​about 20 square meters, 3 floors above ground and floors below ground.

It turned out to be the office building of the Toyo Group. Li Meijin took advantage of the Toyo Group's asset sale before its bankruptcy and bought it at a low price.

The decoration of Toyo Building is average, but the advantage is that you can move in right away and only need to do a simple cleaning.

Not long after Huabu Technology moved to Dongyang Building, Zhang Wei took the initiative to move Pangu Special Effects to Dongyang Building as well.

This was something Li Mingyang and Zhang Wei had decided on long ago.

But I never bought the building.

The two have one thing in common, which is their passion for vertically integrated building management.

Pangu Special Effects is very large in scale. Each department is an independent company with a large number of employees, nearly a thousand, which makes the transfer very troublesome.

Zhang Wei transferred the comics department first, and then handed the rest of the transfer over to Ah Huo.

In addition to bouquet technology and Pangu special effects.

Li Mingyang's other industries in Korea will also be transferred to Dongyang Building.

For example, bouquet CJ, nightclubs, live broadcasts, third-party service companies, girl groups, medical beauty, service trade, tourism, etc.

There is a problem of capital outflow and the country is caught in a war of attrition.

Korean industries can no longer be split up and listed.

Huahua CJ is going to acquire Pangu Special Effects + Huahua Technology and go public together!
The largest scale listing has the lowest risk.

Zhang Wei took out the A3 listing plan, revised it for an entire afternoon, and after coming up with the A4 plan, she went to CJ Entertainment to contact the senior management of CJ Entertainment.

The plan was negotiated smoothly, but as for the shareholding ratio and the arrangement of senior personnel in each department, no one present had the right to negotiate.

They can only discuss the details after Li Mingyang and Li Meijin finalize the subject of the cooperation.

The plan was agreed upon, and Zhang Wei took the opportunity to borrow people from CJ Entertainment to go to Dongda.

I thought it was a sure thing, but unexpectedly the top management of CJ Entertainment unanimously rejected it.

Huazhu has to solve this problem on her own, as CJ Entertainment doesn't have any extra people to borrow from.

CJ Entertainment does not lend people, and Huahua Technology does not have enough internal staff.

Zhang Wei racked her brains to figure out why people in the Korean entertainment industry were unwilling to go to China since their wages were not deducted and they were even given extra pay.

Many people would rather quit their jobs than go...

In the evening, Zhang Wei came to a small restaurant and met Song Duyuan.

The nightclub business in Korea was in trouble, leading to fights and gang quarrels.

Zhang Wei was not in Korea at the time and was very curious about why the situation had turned out like this, so she asked Song Duyuan, an experienced paparazzi, to investigate.

After Zhang Wei finished reading the accident report made by Song Duyuan, her gloomy face was covered with frost and she remained silent.

It’s a war of attrition, and it’s not easy for Li Mingyang, and it’s even harder for the Hong Kong circle.

Because Li Mingyang paid for the fight himself, they were all targeting each other.

The Hong Kong circle is a group of people who just want to get together. If they fight for too long, there will be problems within the group. No one's money comes from the wind.

Both sides just drag it out until whoever drags it out explodes first.

The cause of this incident was very simple. Shirahama came prepared. He teamed up with representatives from several regions in Hong Kong to get others to betray him... and send people to the IS nightclub.

If the customer needs it, they will be sent to the red light district.

Delivered to the store of the representative in charge of the Hong Kong circle.

What is being snatched away is not only the nightclub business, but also the glass house love house business.

Shirahama is a fence-sitter, and his ability to incite rebellion is truly amazing...

"How much of this is true?"

"At least 90%!" Song Duyuan said confidently.

"You are investigating too quickly." Zhang Wei said lightly.

"Director Li Mingyang is the person I admire most, and President Zhang is so generous to me, how dare I not do my best." Song Duyuan said sincerely, "If President Zhang doesn't believe it, you can wait until the truth comes to light before paying."

Zhang Wei picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and took out two envelopes from her bag, one containing 5 million won. "Let's be honest, this is your reward."

Song Dowon stood up, bowed in thanks, and put the envelope into his bag.

Song Duyuan usually took the money and left, but today he didn't leave right away. Instead, he raised his glass and toasted Zhang Wei, "President Zhang, I see you don't look too good. Actually, you don't have to worry too much. Those bastards were only aggressive at the beginning, but later on they just worked without putting in any effort. They fought with tacit understanding and won't start a fight again."

Song Duyuan thought Zhang Wei was worried about being set on fire, so he advised her to relax.

Zhang Wei hummed, looked up at Song Duyuan, and asked, "I've encountered a troubling thing recently."

"President Zhang, please speak."

"I now need to transfer 200 knowledgeable film and television creators from Korea to Dongda. After trying many methods, only more than 100 people are willing to go to Dongda," said Zhang Wei.

"Are you going to Dongda for creation or exchange?" Song Duyuan asked after a pause.

"All."

“Did you get a pay raise?”

"Add 20%."

"Uh... none of this works!"

Song Duyuan scratched his chin and started to use some dirty tricks. Since bribery didn't work, he would let the gang use threats.

Zhang Wei said that more than half of the more than 100 manpower were the result of threats.

Song Duyuan was puzzled. There were so many Koreans who went to Dongda to make money.

Logically, I wouldn't be so resistant.

Driven by curiosity, I asked in detail and found out that this was a personnel exchange between China and South Korea. They were going to Huabao Entertainment and would be away for two years.

Song Duyuan finally understood where the problem lay. Isn't Hengdian's Huahua Entertainment a concentration camp for producing low-quality dramas?

Not only will you not be able to gild yourself by going there, but it will also lower your reputation!

The best people from Huahua Entertainment all followed Li Mingyang to Korea.

All those who have some ability in Hengdian's Huahua Entertainment have fled... It's just a large recycling station used to defraud people of money.

Song Duyuan told Zhang Wei his thoughts very tactfully.

Zhang Wei frowned and asked, "Does Huahua Entertainment have such a bad reputation in Korea?"

"Someone I know thinks so. It seems that someone from your company spread it themselves. They said it was a recycling station..."

"..."

"It's actually very easy to solve. Just open a new company, change its appearance, and transfer people from Korea."

It is not easy to change one's appearance.

Without overseas subsidies, the losses would be even greater.

Song Duyuan's words were well-reasoned and very believable. Zhang Wei thought about it and decided to let Song Duyuan solve the problem. The exchange date was getting closer and closer. If such a "simple" thing was not done well, it would be embarrassing for everyone.

"I am still short of about 100 people. If you can gather the number before the end of the month, I will give you a head fee of 500,000 won per person. I won't accept any unqualified people."

Song Duyuan was very happy to hear about the per capita fee, but when he heard that it would not be accepted for those who were just filling in the numbers, the smile on his face immediately disappeared.

"President Zhang, it's not that I don't want to help, it's just that... people in the Korean circle are very concerned about their reputation..."

"You're a sucker for money, and you still have the face to beat someone up and cheat?"

"What you said is not a problem at all in Korea... People want to move up... In fact, to put it bluntly, it's self-esteem and they don't want to be looked down upon..." Song Duyuan said with a wry smile.

This sentence hits the point again.

The social and regional structures have caused Koreans to have particularly strong self-esteem, being arrogant and yet also feeling inferior.

"Without changing your appearance, how do you think you can achieve my requirements?" Zhang Wei continued to refine her questions through conversation.

Song Duyuan was under great pressure. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and felt that this problem was a dead end.

But...if it can be done well, the benefits will be huge.

"Let me think about it..." Song Duyuan scratched his chin, drank wine, made a phone call, and took out a small notebook from his bag to write and draw.

It took him more than an hour to think of all the possible solutions.

Whenever he thought it would work, Zhang Wei would tell him that she had tried it and it didn't work.

The exchange of bouquets between China and South Korea is essentially communication.

If you are too ignorant and know nothing about anything, you will lose both the bouquet and the stick.

"President Zhang, I really have no other choice. Please ask someone else to do this!" Song Duyuan waved his hands repeatedly, no longer having any hope for this job.

"Are you interested in representing Huahua Entertainment and South Korea and participating in the China-Korea Huahua exchange?" Zhang Wei suddenly said.

Song Duyuan was stunned. "I...I can't do that! I'm just a reporter."

"Most Korean paparazzi don't have a good ending... I remember you said you wanted to be a director when you were young. Do you still have the dream of being a director now? I can support you."

Song Duyuan was stunned. He didn't expect that a casual remark he made would be remembered by the other party for so long.

And he succeeded at once. His dream of becoming a director never faded, but became more and more intense as he grew older.

He worked so hard for Zhang Wei just because he hoped to have the opportunity to fulfill his dream one day.

The opportunity came unexpectedly...

"Thank you, President Zhang... I will definitely live up to your expectations!"

……

Anantei Hotel, Busan.

After socializing at the restaurant, Li Meijin returned to her executive suite, sat at her desk, put on her glasses, and began to handle official business and review documents.

After signing the documents, Li Mei Jin opened yesterday's movie box office statistics as usual.

New World ranked 8th in single-day box office, attracting 53450 viewers.

Li Meijin's eyes were very complicated.

On August 8, the number of moviegoers for New World exceeded 20 million.

It became the seventh movie to exceed 10 million viewers, following "Silmido," "Taegukgi: The King and the Clown," "The Host," "Haeundae," and "The Thieves."

The Thieves is indeed very powerful. After its release, it broke the record of the New World and exceeded 22 million viewers in just days.

It still ranks among the top three in terms of moviegoers.

But one is a commercial action film that everyone can watch.

One is a banned movie.

Breaking a record means something different.

New World is the first banned film in Korean history to have a box office of over 10 million.

Not only did it break the record of The Man from Nowhere, it also broke the record of the movie Friends, which was based on the Seven Star Gang, and topped the list of the history of Korean banned films.

This is a milestone at the box office.

It broke the curse that 19+ movies cannot have more than 10 million viewers!

It broke through the ceiling of banned movies!

This has more market significance than the Treasure Hunt Alliance.

The most amazing thing is that New World has been released for more than a month and the daily box office is still around 1100, which is on its way to million viewers!

A fierce monster!

As the most powerful figure in the Korean entertainment industry, Lee Mi Jin is very familiar with the Korean local film market.

Li Mei Jin had high hopes for New World and even planned to keep the film in the theaters for more than three months to pile up the box office. If the film still didn't reach 10 million viewers, she would secretly change the data and make sure to push New World to 10 million viewers.

I didn’t expect that New World could do it on its own.

The box office curve of New World is very consistent with the rules of the Korean market. It did not show the mid-term boom and counter-trend surge like Li Mingyang’s other films.

However, there are always some differences in Li Mingyang's films. There is no gorgeous rising dragon line against the trend, but the downward trend is surprisingly smooth.

Six weeks after its release, the film still attracts 50,000 viewers per day, which is rare even among movies aimed at the general public.

Li Meijin opened the box office summary list for the summer season.

This year's summer season is the highest-grossing and busiest summer season in Korean history.

Not only did several Hollywood blockbusters sell well, but local films were even more popular, with two movies that attracted tens of millions of viewers, The Thieves' Alliance and The New World.

There are also two movies that have been seen by over four million people, and The Iron Fist Invasion has been seen by over 450 million people.

Gone with the Wind was released on August 8 and has already grossed over 8 million viewers.

This is the biggest dark horse of the year. Before its release, Li Meijin even doubted whether this costume comedy could reach one million viewers.

I didn't expect that the fight with Batman would be so intense and it would also break the box office record for costume comedies.

"The movie market is extremely hot this year!" Li Meijin sighed and flipped through Dongda's movie box office reports in recent years.

Thanks to ticket subsidies, Dongda’s total box office has increased very rapidly in the past three years.

However, ticket subsidies are not suitable for Koreans.

The Korean market is not big, all channels are open, and there is a vertical monopoly. The audience is very willing to support movies on their own, and there is no need to lower prices to attract viewers.

If the price is really reduced, I will have to pay for it all...

But for Todai, ticket subsidies are really a timely relief. Not only does it look good on paper, it also helps to cultivate a movie-watching community.

Li Meijin was very curious. Since Li Mingyang didn't accept her kindness, how could the number of moviegoers exceed 20 million?
Rated 19+, the movie has been viewed over 20 million times.

Miracle of miracles.

It is basically impossible without changing the data.

"Where does this kid get his confidence from... New World took advantage of Cannes... Seoul Spring will be released at the end of the year, so it's too late to make it to the top three in Europe..."

As Li Meijin was thinking, she suddenly took off her glasses, feeling a little upset.

The time has come for Li Mingyang to make a choice.

She revealed the news in advance that Li Mingyang would become an external director of CJ Entertainment.

In the future, FBTV will merge with TVing to become the largest long-form video platform in Korea!
Once the merger is completed, the three major TV stations will definitely enter the long video platform immediately.

By then, Penguin and iQiyi, which have heavy stakes in the three major TV stations, will be sold by the three major TV stations...

BAT responded quickly, bringing Li Mingyang back to China and forcing him to sell FBTV.

FBTV can be successful in Korea because of Li Mingyang.

If he leaves, FBTV will have only one option, which is to sell it for a good price.

Samsung and Lotte have already been completely eliminated, Park's approval rating has risen very quickly, and Lee Mi-jin feels that she has little chance of winning.

Li Mingyang is determined not to make the choice she wants.

There was no need for her to praise him.

She wants to hand over the story of Chun Doo-hwan, such a precious subject, to her own people.

"Toyo Building is my greatest sincerity to you, please don't let me down..."

……

Yanbei, a residential area.

Mother Liu prepared nourishing chicken soup for her daughter and went to knock on her daughter's door.

"Shishi, mom made chicken soup for you. Do you want to drink it in the living room or in your room?"

Mother Liu didn't hear her daughter's response. When she was about to reach out to open the door, she found it was locked.

Shishi, did you fall asleep?
Mother Liu thought this in her mind and knocked on the door twice more. If her daughter didn't answer, she would ask her daughter to drink chicken soup later.

Mother Liu had no idea that her daughter was naked and her mouth was blocked in the quilt, so she couldn't respond.

After a while, I was sure that my mother was gone.

Master Liu came out from under the quilt, poked her head out, took a look, then slid back into the quilt and said softly:
"Okay, you came to my house, not to meet my parents..."

Li Mingyang hugged Shishi and squeezed in. "We'll have to see each other sooner or later. I'll get used to it first... Your room is so... plain!"

Liu Shishi’s boudoir was not what Li Mingyang had imagined. It was just a simple bedroom with not many clothes in the closet.

"I seldom come back... Can you please stop? My mom will be here again soon."

(End of this chapter)