"The two presidents have not yet handed over, and the political battle has already begun. The recent Roh Tae-woo pardon case, boss, you know, this is an operation to win over the Choi family of SK. The Choi family and Roh Tae-woo are married. On Monday, Kim Young-sam officially signed the amnesty case, boss, guess what the Blue House press release said?"
"Um?"
"It's funny when I think about it. The Blue House's announcement was a strategy that was originally discussed to unite the Republic of Korea and overcome the difficulties together. What a good reason. As a result, the Blue House said in the press release that it was at the request of President-elect Kim Dae-jung. Kim Dae-jung Yong Sam granted an amnesty to Roh Tae Woo. Haha, Kim Dae Jung was so angry that he was tricked before he officially came on stage. He even called me to complain about this. What can I do?"
Daenerys Studios.
The time is January 7, Wednesday afternoon.
In the office, Simon felt speechless and funny when he heard Chen Qing say this on the other side of the video call, but he could understand it.
There is never any tenderness in political struggle.
The origins of the current ruling party in South Korea can be traced back to the Rhee Syngman period. The 1997 presidential election can be said to be the first time since the founding of South Korea that the ruling party, which has been in power for half a century, lost to the opposition party in an election and officially lost its position. control of state power.
In order to regain power after five years, it is now time to seize every opportunity to undermine the prestige of President-elect Kim Dae-jung and the opposition party group behind him.
After thinking about it for a while, Simon said: "The political dispute in South Korea is good for us. As long as there is an opportunity, you should take the initiative to push them to fight against each other. Don't really screw them together. This is not a good thing for us."
"I know, boss," Chen Qing nodded, and did not continue the topic of Korea immediately. Instead, she said: "Over there, boss, "Huan Zhuge Ge" has finished its finale. I just got the data. Four major TV stations , among which the ratings of the last episode in Beijing reached 73%, and the lowest rating of Guangdong Satellite TV was 63%. Amazing, right? By the way, the average ratings of 26 episodes were 56%, which is simply a miracle. Boss, you have really good vision, and A talent has been cultivated. And the theme songs given by the boss are the finishing touch."
Simon sensed the somewhat sour tone in the girl across the way and asked with a smile: "I saw that they are planning to cooperate with CCTV for a New Year broadcast?"
"Yes, it starts broadcasting tonight, which happens to be on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, the day before New Year's Eve. CCTV specially conducted an advertising investment, and a Lunar New Year broadcast sold 63 million. However, Ren Jingxi is so useless, we only got 25% share, 15.75 million.”
Simon said: "25% is already very good. When cooperating with CCTV, don't think about making money, just don't pay any compensation."
Seeing that the instigation and complaint were ineffective, Chen Qing stuck out her tongue and continued: "Also, the broadcast rights after the Lunar New Year broadcast were also sold. This time, eight sets of Zhejiang Satellite TV and CCTV were added, as well as the original The four satellite TV stations sold off the broadcasting rights for five years at one time and received 43 million. However, the exclusivity period of the six TV stations is only two years. After two years, we can sell the broadcasting rights to second- and third-tier TV stations at the city and county level. This part It’s still uncertain how much the income will be. When all is calculated, the total pre-tax income exceeds 60 million, so the boss has good vision.”
When Simon saw Nizi across from him adding a flattery at the end and deliberately taking credit for him, he just smiled and did not reveal that the story idea of "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" was a little secret provided by him as well as the theme song. And he said: "The results are so good, are you considering a sequel?"
"There will definitely be a sequel. However, now that several of the leading actors have new dramas, the sequel will definitely not be available this year and will have to wait until next year at the earliest."
"There's no rush. This year just happens to be a good time for the drama to gain popularity, as well as overseas. I saw "Kangxi Private Interview" won the ratings championship in Hong Kong, and "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" can also follow up. There’s Korea.”
"We are all doing it," Chen Qing nodded, then laughed again and said: "Regarding "Kangxi", boss, have you noticed that the one in Hong Kong is broadcast by Asia Television, not the one that cooperated with us in "Dragon" TVB?”
"what happened?"
"TVB is so stingy, even more stingy than Ren Jingxi. The boss told us at the beginning that we would never sell our drama rights at a low price, so we didn't negotiate. Later, ATV offered us a very impressive price, so we gave it to them. Then TVB lost its annual ratings crown."
Simon didn't care too much and explained again: "When cooperating with overseas, Jinshu can do business in business. It's not CCTV over there."
"Um."
After saying this, Simon asked again: "How is "Love Call Transfer" going?"
It's Wednesday afternoon here in North America, and it's Thursday morning on January 8th in Asia. "Love Call Transfer" was released on January 1st, exactly one week ago.
Seeing Simon ask about it, Chen Qing gave it a try: "Guess how much, boss?"
Simon said: "There should be 30 million. The Chinese side has already fully connected to the Internet. This time hundreds of people were sent to escort the copies to prevent piracy. If it is less than 30 million, it will be a failure."
"The boss's requirements are so low," Chen Qing said, holding up five fingers and shaking them. Then she raised her other hand with a smile and added two more: "71 million in seven days, which shows China's box office potential. It's really big. Of course, it can't be compared with Hollywood's "Titanic", but it's already very powerful. Officials see the benefits of theater reform and piracy prevention, and will definitely increase relevant policies in the future. Also There are two theme songs, "Watch Me 1997" and "Love Transfer", which are now being played in the streets and alleys in China. By the way, it will be announced over the next weekend that Hollywood has bought the remake rights. I'm sure It will stimulate another wave of market. According to Jinshu’s analysis, in the month of the end of the year, because there are no other competitors, the box office of this movie may reach 200 million.”
"Isn't 200 million a bit exaggerated?"
"China has a population of 1.2 billion, and it's still a Chinese New Year stall. What's more, the creativity given by the boss is so great, and a box office of 200 million is normal."
Simon thought about it, nodded slightly, and returned to the topic: "Let's continue talking about South Korea."
Chen Qing did not immediately return to South Korea, but then asked: "Boss, can you come to China again during the Spring Festival this year?"
Simon said: "We are also going to Hangzhou."
Chen Qing didn't mind at all: "As long as I can come, I'll go to Hangzhou to work as a maid for the boss. By the way, A Su said that little puppy Dan can call him mommy. Boss, come over and teach him how to call daddy."
Simon smiled and said: "I have already learned it."
Lin Su's child is the last one born this year among several little ones. He is only four months old now, but he can already simply call out words such as "mom and dad", which is obviously earlier than ordinary children. This once again proves that the little ones of the Westeros family are very young. Guys are very smart and precocious.
Chen Qing's eyes widened immediately, she understood, and her expression was resentful, as if she was accusing her man of stealing food behind her back: "Boss, I also want to have a baby."
"After giving birth, can you calm down and raise me like Asu?"
"cannot."
"Then let's get down to business."
Chen Qing pouted, lowered her head and operated the computer: "Boss, give you a website address."
Simon was confused and held the mouse to open the URL in the text dialog box.
When the browser opens, a page full of photos of beauties appears, and you can tell at a glance that they are all Korean beauties.
Chen Qing, who shrank the video frame to the corner of the screen, said again: "Boss, these are the girls who have recently signed contracts in Korea. You can take a look at them when you have time. By the way, SK Entertainment has also cooperated with Elite to open a model agency department. Recently, we will Conducting a selection process, does the boss have any requirements?"
Simon shook his head: "No, just take your pick."
Chen Qing was confused for a moment, then smiled again: "Boss, are you not interested in women anymore?"
"It's a bit like this. You have to be careful."
"Haha, I don't need to. I am the boss's right-hand man, and the second most important is a woman."
"Well, my self-awareness is very clear."
"That's right," Chen Qing agreed proudly. Seeing that Simon really didn't have much interest, she stopped talking nonsense and turned to talk about South Korea: "As for launching a donation campaign in South Korea, we have already Get ready. Next week, Hyundai, Samsung and SK will first call on employees, and then Kim Dae-jung will follow up. However, boss, I still feel that this matter has pros and cons and can divert the attention of Koreans. , This is indeed one aspect, but on the other hand, it will definitely increase the cohesion of Koreans. Boss, you just said that Koreans should not be too united."
"What I just said is that South Korea's political circles cannot be too united."
"Is it different?"
"Of course it's different," Simon said. "The main purpose of launching this donation campaign is to give Koreans a sense of spiritual satisfaction and prevent them from focusing too much on the economy that continues to decline. I talked to you before As I said, we took away the material things from the Koreans and left them with enough spiritual satisfaction."
Of course, Chen Qing remembered Simon's previous arguments. She thought about it for a while and did not raise any objections: "Then I will do what the boss said. In addition... well, Daewoo Group bought two decommissioned aircraft carriers from Ukraine in 1995. In 1996, He also announced his own aircraft carrier plan. However, due to the economic crisis, the South Korean authorities have recently decided to cut down on this plan and dispose of both aircraft carriers as scrap metal. Then, news came from the country that they hope to take over."
Simon waited for Chen Qing to finish and then shook his head: "I said, we will not participate in or stop this kind of thing."
"That's it," Chen Qing lowered her head and marked it on her memo, then added: "Also, about Samsung Motors. The boss introduced a group of British capital last time. For the cooperation in the electronics and communications business of the three companies, Of the US$2 billion in British capital, US$1 billion was injected into a sub-fund of Apollo Management Company, leaving US$1 billion. Recently, they suddenly contacted me, to the effect that they wanted to get rid of us and go on their own. Cooperate with Samsung Motors. Moreover, Li Jianxi has recently negotiated with two capitals in France and Singapore, with the obvious purpose of reducing our participation share as much as possible. Boss, what should we do?"
"Then get less involved, you know how I feel about the auto industry."
"The problem is, when Li Jianxi introduced cooperation, he still used our name. Is this taking advantage?"
"We have got what we want, we can't let others take advantage of it," Simon said: "Lee Jianxi can do whatever he wants with regard to Samsung Motors. We just need to cooperate to ensure that Samsung takes over Kia and has the initiative. Don’t fight at all.”
Chen Qing hesitated a little and added: "Boss, if the country in China, I mean Suzhou, wants to introduce Samsung Motors to invest in building a factory, why don't we intervene? Boss, you also said that you are very optimistic about China's traditional automobile industry?"
"Are there any car brands in Suzhou?"
"No," Chen Qing said: "So I think Samsung should not be allowed to enter. This is a blue ocean. How good is it for us to develop it ourselves?"
"As for domestic cars in China, I am more optimistic about Zhejiang. Since Suzhou has no foundation, if Samsung wants to enter, let it enter."
Seeing Simon's decision, Chen Qing could only write it down again, and then started the next topic: "About movies, the boss wants to achieve the effect of occupying the market through dumping by producing 30 movies a year, but I think movies are a This is a very special industry. It is not like other physical goods that once it occupies the market, it is easy to maintain long-term advantages. On the contrary, even if we achieve short-term advantages through dumping, as long as other film companies produce high-quality films, the audience will still turn to , so it is difficult to achieve the purpose of monopolizing the market."
"Not just movies, but also theaters and TVs, including video tape and DVD retail networks. These platforms are also our focus in the next step. Once we master the platform, even if we cannot achieve 100% monopoly, we will be 70 to 80% sure It’s no problem.”
"This is the problem," Chen Qing said: "Boss, I think the strategy of monopolizing the platform is right. Just like the American film industry structure before Hollywood's 1948 Paramount Act, monopolizing all channels, then, no matter it is Whether the movie is good or bad, we can sell it, and the audience can only accept it. So, we only need to focus on the monopoly platform. There is no need to produce so many movies at once, right?"
"Platform and content are complementary to each other, and one cannot exist without the other. Just like in Hollywood, Daenerys has an absolutely strong position in content, so she will not be constrained by any platform. In South Korea, if you ignore the content, you can Are you going to make sure that no Korean Daenerys Entertainment appears and threatens the platform with content?”
"There is no Paramount Act in South Korea. All we need is a complete monopoly on the platform?"
Simon said: "Of course, we have to ensure that the Paramount Act will not appear in South Korea. In addition, the next class solidification in South Korea will be very rapid, and by extension, it will be industrial solidification. Once the pattern of related industries is fixed, it will be difficult to change. I Let South Korea make 30 movies a year, which is to fix the pattern of the content industry. Of course, with our two-pronged approach, the pattern of the platform industry will also be fixed, without giving anyone any chance. In short, you do as I say. Just do it.”
Chen Qing said: "But, with 30 movies, it's difficult to guarantee the quality?"
"Many people in South Korea will lose their jobs in the future, very many, which means that Korean film and television practitioners will attach great importance to their jobs. Therefore, the question is very simple, tell them, whether it is a matter of ability or attitude, I will do If it’s not good, then you’ll lose your job.”