"Boss, I actually understand," Chen Qing nodded and said, "However, just last year, Daenerys accounted for three of the top ten Korean movies. I think there is no need to activate the Korean market too early?"
"If the cultural nation-building plan I gave you is successfully implemented in South Korea next year, and the film censorship system changes to a classification system, oh, and there is also the 146-day quota last year, the Korean film market will be reactivated even without us. Therefore. , according to a Chinese idiom, this is our last chance to occupy the magpie's nest."
Speaking of the dove occupying the magpie's nest, Simon changed to Chinese. A certain little girl in his arms raised her face again and looked over, and then her forehead was tapped by Simon's chin again.
The girl smiled and retracted her head.
After Simon explained this, Chen Qing had no objection and just said: "But, boss, we are not very familiar with Korea. What type of blockbuster should we make? We can't make Korean costumed martial arts like "Hero". Bar?"
"of course not."
Simon remembered South Korea's 1999 box-office hit "The Spy of Life and Death". Recently, he flipped through the script sent by Chen Qing and saw a few familiar names. Unfortunately, Jiang Digui was not there, probably because of his big butterfly.
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In addition, it may also be the influence of language.
Just like Simon discovered two familiar Korean filmmakers, one is the famous Bong Joon-ho, and the other is Hong Sang-soo, a famous Korean artistic film director. The reason why he recognized them was not because of their names. The Korean translation into English was a genius. You can recognize who they are. Simon only identified the two of them because he saw the names of the two scripts.
Bong Joon-ho's "Kidnapping the Dog" and Hong Sang-soo's "The Day a Pig Fell into the Well" happened to be films that Simon had watched before, and they were both director's feature film debuts.
Simon was neither surprised nor surprised that these two projects were not dropped by Butterfly.
Different from Kang Di Kyu's standard Hollywood template "The Spy of Life and Death", the two small projects of Feng Hong and the two are obviously ideas that have been brewing for a long time.
For example, "Parasite", which later won Bong Joon Ho an Oscar, was an idea he came up with when he was a tutor in school decades ago. There is also Hong Sang-soo's "The Day a Pig Fell into the Well". Just looking at the name, it is the result of careful thinking. It must also have been brewing for many years. Hong Sang-soo became famous with this movie. Subsequent movies have no such strange and charming names. .
After thinking for a moment, Simon quickly continued and said to Chen Qing: "In Hollywood, Harrison Ford and Sean Connery once starred in a pursuit trilogy with the background of the struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union, "The Hunt for Red October", "The Hunt for Red October" and "The Hunt for Red October". "Patriot Game" and "Crimson Tide Storm", you can use this as a template, now, take a test, what come to mind?"
Chen Qing had an idea and immediately said: "The struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union for hegemony must be corresponding to a confrontation between South Korea and North Korea?"
"Smart," Simon patted the girl in his arms, and Xiao Nizi meowed in cooperation, and continued: "The Pursuit trilogy has done very well at the box office, because the Cold War has not ended long ago, whether in North America or Europe. The audience can easily resonate with it. This is the key. Choosing the confrontation between South Korea and North Korea as the background to produce a similar project can first gain resonance with the Korean audience, which can ensure the greatest success rate."
Chen Qing listened carefully, occasionally jotting down a few notes on the memo in front of her. After Simon finished speaking, she asked, "Boss, what about the specific plot? Can you give me an idea?"
"I have just said, similar to the pursuit trilogy, espionage themes, hunting and counter-hunting, and then refer to some real events that occurred in the history of the confrontation between South Korea and North Korea, such as the attack on the Blue House by North Korean special forces. In view of the relationship between South Korea and the United States, The difference between Su and Su is that one of the male and female protagonists is an agent of the South Korean security department and the other is a female spy of North Korea. The dramatic tension is immediately there, and some torture of human nature is added, as well as more important explosions, gun battles, Car chases, and so on, were finally integrated using Hollywood templates, and a blockbuster that can resonate with Koreans without lacking in big scenes was released.”
Simon has watched "The Spy". To put it bluntly, just like Kang Di-gyu's later "Taeguk Flag Flying" which was based on "Saving Private Ryan", they are all standard Hollywood templates, so he doesn't bother to go into too much detail.
However, with this simple sketch, Chen Qing has already grasped the key.
The male and female protagonists fall in love and kill each other, the Hollywood-style scenes, the resonant background of the confrontation between South Korea and North Korea... It is easy for such a project to attract phenomenal attention in South Korea as long as it is not too bad. After all, South Korea has not seen an influential big-budget movie for too many years.
After Simon finished speaking, Chen Qing once again showed a sincere expression of admiration: "Boss, you are so awesome."
"Well, I'm numb to the praise from you Earthlings."
Chen Qing laughed: "Boss, I will find someone to write the script according to your ideas as soon as possible. By the way, does the boss have any selected projects for those scripts?"
Simon nodded, skillfully selected from the computer, and sent an email to Chen Qing.
Chen Qing over there opened the email, browsed it roughly, and opened her mouth slightly in surprise: "Boss, seven parts, so many?"
"Including the bombshell we just discussed, it will be produced with a budget of US$10 million. In addition, you can add two more movies to make ten movies."
Chen Qing nodded, and in a blink of an eye she became a little pitiful: "Boss, you are not so generous in China."
Simon said: "China is just playing for fun, while South Korea is doing business and making money."
This is the truth.
Of course, there is still something left unsaid.
As we just talked about, as the environment changes, South Korea's local film industry will soon recover and explode. Therefore, this is the last chance for the Westeros system to occupy the magpie's nest. Moreover, compared to China, where Simon has to be as restrained as possible, South Korea does not need to have too many scruples at all.
You can let go and dry.
Again, for South Korea, Simon's role is that of a conqueror.
Simon didn't say much, but Chen Qing on the other side showed a clear expression and also didn't say much more.
Looking at Simon's email again, Chen Qing quickly said: "Boss, you really dote on Taixi. She has taken up four of the seven projects, "Kidnapping the Dog at the Door", "Pig Fell into the Well" "That Day", "Rose Flowers and Red Lotus", and "The Strange Story of a High School Girl". The last two are horror movies, and I think they are good. The first two... boss, actually I think they are average. Even if they take the route of competing for awards, they probably won't Is there a great result?"
Simon didn't explain much.
In fact, he himself was a little surprised, why among the projects sent by Cheng Taixi, there were these four scripts that he had an impression on in his memory.
The first two projects are worthy of investment just based on the subsequent achievements of the main creators. As for the box office, it doesn't matter. After all, the budget is only about 500,000 US dollars. The last two are famous, "Rose Flower Red Lotus", adapted from the Korean classic horror novel "Rose Flower Red Lotus", was once one of the top-grossing horror films in South Korea.
As for "The Strange Story of a High School Girl", it is a long-term series that has lasted for twenty years. This alone shows the potential of the project.
Simon did not pay attention to the specific situation, but it is not surprising that Cheng Taixi was able to choose these projects.
With the huge name of Daenerys Entertainment, the scripts or filmmakers that can be recommended to Cheng Taixi must have connections or potential, so they are not bad at all.
Moreover, Cheng Taixi was able to receive many more script submissions than other grass-stage teams. After screening them and sending them to Simon, Simon directly searched the scripts based on his memory and easily selected four scripts that he had an impression of.
Let’s talk about the other three of the seven scripts, one comedy, one costume, and one NC-17. This time they are no longer the films in memory.
Overall, the types are very homogeneous.
After all, even at the current stage, South Korea's film industry is already very liberal. If the censorship system is lifted next year, as long as the subject matter is not too shocking, it will basically be able to enter theaters. There will no longer be a situation where a large amount of investment will be burned and the result will be that it cannot be released and can only be sealed and left to ashes. status.
Therefore, various attempts must be made to achieve balanced development.
With this in mind, Simon continued to say to Chen Qing: "In addition, in the general direction, the Korean film company we support can imitate the layout of the three brands under Daenerys Entertainment, Daenerys, New World and High Gate, one To produce mainstream blockbusters, one focuses on mid- to low-cost genre films, and the other focuses on winning awards. Of course, we still need to support them. Those companies will let them develop on their own, and those who do well will be given more support."
Chen Qing wrote it down again. Seeing that things were almost done, she said, "Boss, when will you come to Seoul? It's very lively here recently. There are also trainee selections, many beautiful girls, and these movies. Do you want them, boss?" Are you going to choose the actress yourself?”
Simon nodded his chin again, and Miu Miu looked up again, obviously understanding what was going on. After causing the little girl to meow, she said with a smile: "It depends on the situation."
After chatting about some trivial matters, Simon hung up the line. Simon directly operated the computer to download and install the "Counter-Strike OL" that was just launched today from the Daenerys Game Store. He said to the girl in his arms: "Are you sleepy? How about we play game?"
"Okay, Dad," the girl suddenly became interested and complained: "Mom usually doesn't let me play games."
"How can this be done? I'll teach her a lesson later."
Miu Miu's face suddenly turned red again. The girl was no longer confused, and she probably knew what the lesson Simon said might be.
The game is installed quickly.
Simon casually logged in and entered the interface, but he didn't start directly. After creating a character at will, he looked around and quickly opened a list.
List.
There must be a list.
This is one thing Simon specifically asked during the development process.
It also includes a sign-in system, a military rank system and a mission system. Although the game is a direct buyout, players can still get some special props through these.
These are actually effective ways to increase user stickiness.
In the era of online games, popularity is fundamental regardless of the charging method. When there are more people playing, it is easy to produce the Matthew effect, resulting in more and more users.
I have to say that the development team did a great job executing Simon's will.
At this stage, there are only five maps of classic blast mode and team competition, but the team has made a total of 10 lists, which are divided into overall list, monthly list and weekly list.
Looking at the data, players are very enthusiastic. Among them, the simplest and most direct one is the kill list, which counts the total number of enemies killed in all gameplays. From the time the game was officially launched at 9 o'clock this morning to now, in 12 hours, someone has already completed 1,700 kills. , and the ranking of the 100 people on the first page is all above 1,000 kills, which shows how fierce the competition is.
Competition is good.
However, Simon quickly thought of the cheat, temporarily quit the game, and sent Nancy Brill an email to ask her to pay special attention to this issue.
Gaming experience is important.
Special attention must be paid to this point. Such an excellent start cannot be ruined by cheats.
Simon also naughtily told Nancy the suggestion of a special cheat server. Guys who run cheats should all be stuffed into one server, and they can practice immortality at will, as long as it does not affect the experience of the public players. Moreover, when the time is right, this operation can also be used as a publicity stunt.