Although Jin Youze has not yet joined New Asia Films, he has already started to come up with ideas for the brand name of New Asia's cinema chain. He thought for a while, "How about HugeBox?"
Huge means huge, and Box also means a box in a theater. HugeBox literally means a large box, and can also be extended to mean a VIP seat. Korean theater companies have MegaBox and ShowBox, so it would be appropriate to add another HugeBox.
Jin Xiyuan thought for a moment and said, "Mega also means huge. Isn't the name HugeBox too similar to MegaBox? If you don't know, you might think they are the same company."
Song Yi knew that what Jin Xiyuan said was right. He thought for a few seconds and said, "Then change it to HugeDream, which means big dream in Chinese."
Jin Youze repeated several times, "HugeDream, this name is well chosen. When everyone enters the cinema, it is like entering a huge dream. The original beauty of the movie is based on the reality mapping of people's inner fantasies."
Kim Hee-won added, "The abbreviation of HugeDream is HD, which is also the abbreviation of High Definition, which means that we will provide moviegoers with higher-definition film and television works in the future."
"You are right. 3D movies and IMAX movies will be the mainstream in the future. When we invest in cinemas in the early stages, we must remember to leave enough space for future cinema upgrades. The floor height of the theater can be higher, and the fire emergency passages in the theater must be reserved. No safety hazards can be left." Song Yi emphasized.
After deciding on the brand name of the cinema chain, the next question is Kim Woo-taek's salary. Kim Woo-taek's salary is divided into three parts: basic salary + bonus + equity incentive. If the equity incentive is not counted, Kim Woo-taek's annual income is about 200 million won, about 1.1 million yuan, a full million yuan annual salary.
Kim Hee-won looked at Kim Woo-taek's equity incentive plan. It was not easy for Kim Woo-taek to get the shares rewarded to him by New Asia Pictures. For example, Kim Woo-taek's incentive goal in the first year was to open 20 Daming Cinemas in South Korea.
However, Song Yi will not let go of the Dream Cinema Line. Song Yi will take Jin Youze to visit the president of the Korea Land Corporation and Zhou Zhixuan, vice president of Hyundai Department Store. The Korea Land Corporation is a state-owned real estate developer in South Korea. They have hoarded a lot of land in major cities in South Korea.
It is not easy to build a cinema chain in South Korea. Large shopping malls in South Korea all belong to major chaebols. For example, Shinsegae Department Store used to be affiliated with Samsung Group.
If major shopping malls band together and refuse to rent to Daming Cinemas, it will be difficult for Daming Cinemas to find a good location to build a cinema.
Assuming that Dream Cinema Line buys all the single-family buildings in good locations to build its own cinemas, the investment cost is too high, and it is difficult to guarantee the flow of people to the cinemas. Then it would be much easier to cooperate with Hyundai Department Store and open Dream Cinema in the newly built shopping mall of Hyundai Department Store.
The Korea Land Corporation and Asan Company jointly developed the Kaesong Industrial Park and the Mount Kumgang International Tourism Special Zone. The Korea Land Corporation is also one of the largest real estate developers in the Kaesong Industrial Park. Zhou Mengxian has a good relationship with the president of the Korea Land Corporation. It seems that Zhou Mengxian must be rescued from the hands of the prosecutors as soon as possible.
However, a new emperor appoints new ministers. When Song Yuxi comes to power, the head of the Korea Land Commune will also be replaced. The position of the head of the Korea Land Commune is so lucrative that the current head, Bian Qingzhang, is probably reluctant to leave. Maybe he also wants to make friends with Song Yi, a popular figure around Song Yuxi, in advance.
"By the way, has the documentary "Hello, I'm Song Woo Seok" been produced?" Song Yi asked Kim Hee Won.
"The filming team has finished shooting all the materials and is now handing them over to director Min Bingtian for editing. It should be finished in the next two days," said Kim Hee-won.
Min Byung-cheon is the director of Kim Tae-hee's Samdasu commercial. He is good at shooting documentaries, so it is most appropriate to let him be responsible for editing.
"Director Min received threats a few days ago. Someone called him and asked him to give up editing the documentary "Hello, I'm Song Woo-seok". Someone also wrote red words on the outer wall of the house where he lives." Jin Xiyuan said to Song Yi.
Song Yi was originally planning to go to the 63 Building to discuss the restructuring plan of the New Asia Group with Zheng Enxuan. When he heard Jin Xiyuan say that Min Bingtian was threatened, he stopped in his tracks.
"Why didn't you report such an important matter to me?" Song Yi asked Jin Xiyuan.
Seeing Song Yi's serious expression, Jin Xiyuan answered carefully, "Director Min heard that you were in the mainland and asked me not to disturb your work. He said that he had received a threatening letter from pro-Japanese elements when he was filming Ghost Submarine before. Painting the wall with red paint is just a piece of cake, so he asked me not to take it seriously."
In 1999, Min Byung-cheon filmed the first nuclear submarine-related film in Korean history, "Ghost Submarine", which shows the hostility between South Korea and Japan and the tense confrontation between narrow-minded nationalists and kind humanitarians.
The film caused a sensation as soon as it was released. The film showed the filming technology and special effects of the underwater nuclear submarine scene, presenting the highest level of Korean science fiction films, a bit like the Korean version of "The Wandering Earth".
There are many pro-Japanese elements in South Korea. After watching the whole film, they were very dissatisfied with the image of Japanese people portrayed by director Min Bingtian. They thought he was deliberately smearing the Japanese and issued death threats to him. That is why Min Bingtian said that the red paint splashing he encountered a few days ago was just child's play.
According to Song Yi's request, the documentary "Hello, I am Song Woo-seok" needs to be played on Song Woo-seok's inschool homepage before the New Millennium Democratic Party's internal election. This documentary is likely to affect the voting results of inschool users.
The New Millennium Democratic Party has completed three party primaries in Gangwon Province, South Jeolla Province and Jeju Province. The results show that Song Woo-seok has defeated his opponents in three consecutive primaries. However, the vote rate is less than 50%. The most important thing now is the key primaries in the Seoul metropolitan area.
If Song Woo-seok can win the party primary in the Seoul metropolitan area, then Song Woo-seok's vote rate will definitely exceed 50%, and Song Woo-seok will be able to secure the party nomination of the Millennium Democratic Party and represent the Millennium Democratic Party to participate in the 2002 presidential election.
Gangwon Province is the base camp of the Hyundai family. Zhou Zhengyong himself was born in Gangwon Province, and his youngest son Zhou Mengri once served as the president of Gangwon Province Bank.
South Jeolla Province is Song Woo-seok's base, and the people who have experienced the Gwangju incident will vote for Song Woo-seok without hesitation as he served as the defense lawyer for the Bulim incident.
As for Jeju Province, the Jeju Development Corporation, the manufacturer of Samdasoo, is the largest state-owned enterprise in Jeju Province. With Kim Hak-jung supporting Song Woo-seok, Song Woo-seok still managed to win the Jeju Province party primary election.
Song Woo-seok's campaign team originally wanted Samdasu's spokesperson Kim Tae-hee to go to Jeju Province to campaign for Song Woo-seok's party election, but Song Woo-seok refused. Song Woo-seok believes that as a public figure, Kim Tae-hee is not suitable to support him so clearly. If Song Woo-seok loses the election, Kim Tae-hee may face retaliation from political opponents.
But Kim Hak-jung is different. The reason why he is willing to come forward to campaign for Song Woo-seok is because he is aiming for the position of governor of Jeju Province.
Although Jin Xuezheng did not believe that Song Yuxi could win the election, he believed in Song Yi's vision. Since both the Hyundai family and Song Yi had placed their bets on Song Yuxi, he had no reason not to take a chance. The governor of Jeju Province in South Korea was also a high-ranking official in South Korea.
Song Woo-seok's support rate in the Seoul metropolitan area is far lower than that in South Jeolla Province, but the slogan he shouted in Dongdaemun Market a few years ago, "Let young people live in their own houses," impressed many young people in the Seoul metropolitan area.
As for Song Woo-seok's opponents, they know that New Asia Films is helping Song Woo-seok produce a personal documentary "Hello, I am Song Woo-seok."
They have keenly noticed that the release of this documentary may affect the party primaries in the Seoul metropolitan area, so they tried every means to delay the release of the documentary. As long as Min Bingtian gave up editing, then Xinya Films, which could not find a suitable director for the time being, would not be able to broadcast this documentary online in early April.
If Song Woo-seok loses the crucial Seoul metropolitan area party primary, it will no longer matter whether the documentary can be released.
Of course, were the people who threw the red paint necessarily instigated by Song Woo-seok's opponent in the party election? Not necessarily. In addition to the bigwigs of the New Millennium Democratic Party, it is also possible that the Korean conservatives were behind the scenes.
When they saw Song Woo-seok's support rate in the Millennium Democratic Party rising steadily, the conservatives were also afraid that the progressive party representative would continue to serve as the president of South Korea. So it makes sense that they took action in advance and hoped to stop Song Woo-seok from the Millennium Democratic Party's party primary. Compared with Song Woo-seok, the conservatives would rather compete with other candidates.
Song Yi immediately went to Song Yuxi's house and told him about the incident in which Min Bingtian's house was splashed with red paint. Song Yuxi felt a little guilty and said, "Why don't I go to visit Director Min Bingtian at his home and express my support for him."
"Uncle Song, I think it's better for you not to visit Director Min now. If you go to Director Min's house, what he might have encountered might not be as simple as being splashed with red paint." Song Yi said.
Song Yuxi felt a little embarrassed when he heard Song Yi say this. He felt that Min Bingtian was implicated by him, and he would feel bad if he did nothing.
Song Yuxi's daughter Song Jingyan also happened to fly back to Seoul from Puhai City for vacation. The working hours of Sequoia Capital's investment managers are different from those of ordinary office workers. You may have to work overtime for two or three months in a row. After you have handled the investment case in hand, you can also take a half-month break until your boss assigns you new work tasks.
Song Jingyan used to work at the Korean Embassy in the UK, so she was not completely ignorant of politics. She knew that Song Yuxi's party election had reached a critical moment, so she wanted to return to Korea to help her father.
"Now that we can't identify the person who threw the red paint, isn't it inappropriate to directly throw dirty water on my father's political enemies?" Song Jingyan asked worriedly.
"Jingyan, actually you are wrong. Others have done this kind of thing too many times, and there is no substantial evidence at all. Even if I ask the Seoul District Prosecutor's Office to intervene, even if the murderer who threw red paint is caught, he will only insist that he has a personal conflict with Director Min Bingtian and there is no backing behind him. It is even possible that this perpetrator will be released on bail in a few days due to mental illness." Song Yi said.
"Since the perpetrator cannot reveal his mastermind, it would be meaningless for us to catch the murderer."
"Let's take a step back and say that even if the suspect said that a candidate of the New Millennium Democratic Party instructed him to throw red paint, such as Congressman Han Jinli, who instructed him to do so—"
Before Song Yi finished speaking, Song Yuxi stopped him. Song Yuxi shook his head and said, "Xiao Yi, don't say anything that will affect the unity of the party. I believe that Councillor Han is not such a person."
The two candidates with the highest support rate in the New Millennium Democratic Party are Song Woo-seok and Han Jin-ri. If the documentary "Hello, I am Song Woo-seok" cannot be released as scheduled, Han Jin-ri will undoubtedly be the biggest beneficiary.
"I understand, Uncle Song. I won't do it again." Song Yi answered obediently.
In 2002, Song Woo-seok was elected president as the candidate of the Millennium Democratic Party. The contradictions between the old and new mainstream factions of the Millennium Democratic Party over the issue of political reform continued to deepen. Some members of the Millennium Democratic Party announced their withdrawal from the party and established the Open National Assembly, with Han Jinli becoming the party representative.
Song Woo-seok then withdrew from the Millennium Democratic Party and became a non-partisan president. He was later impeached by the conservative Grand Kuomintang and the progressive Millennium Democratic Party and almost stepped down.
In 2004, the Open National Assembly became the largest party in the National Assembly. Song Woo-seok joined the Open National Assembly and the Open National Assembly became the ruling party. However, there were still many conflicts between the incumbent president Song Woo-seok and the leader of the ruling party, Han Jinli. Song Woo-seok had become a lame president in the later period of his administration, and his approval rating once dropped to 11%. Song Yi sighed that the reason why Song Woo-seok was unwilling to target Han Jinli was because Han Jinli was Zhong Xiaotong's confidant. As a member of the National Assembly, Song Woo-seok had not learned to betray, and he was indeed not a qualified politician. However, this was also the personal charm of Song Woo-seok, so after Song Woo-seok passed away, so many people sent him off.
"Uncle Song, although I don't think it's necessary to catch the perpetrators of the red paint, we can't just do nothing. If we don't give them a warning this time, they might target Brother Jianhao or Jingyan next time."
"Since their purpose of throwing red paint is to interfere with the results of the party's election in the capital metropolitan area, then we certainly can't let them get their way. In fact, we can also use their strength to our advantage. Let me tell you a plan. Uncle Song, do you think it's feasible?" Song Yi and Song Yuxi explained their ideas in detail. Song Jingyan, who was standing beside them, had bright eyes and nodded repeatedly.
On March 29, SM Entertainment announced that it will cooperate more with New Asia Media Group in film and television dramas, the Internet and the Chinese music market. At the same time, New Asia Media Group has acquired a total of 4.8% of SM Entertainment shares from the SM Entertainment management team.
On the same day, MBC TV news reporter Lee Hyun-jin visited the home of famous director Min Byung-cheon. She heard that the home of director Min Byung-cheon was splashed with red paint and a sentence in English was written on it: "To live or to die!"
When Lee Hyun-jin heard that Min Byung-cheon had received death threats because he took over the editing work of a personal documentary, Lee Hyun-jin was very angry. She bluntly denounced the Seoul police and prosecutors for inaction in an interview program.
Lee Hyun-jin's father Lee Sang-dae is the chief prosecutor of the Seoul District Prosecutor's Office. Lee Hyun-jin criticized the Seoul prosecutors for their inaction, and the prosecutors could only hold their noses and bear it. The spokesman of the Seoul District Prosecutor's Office said that they will intervene in Min Bingtian's red paint throwing case, and they will definitely investigate the case thoroughly and give an explanation to the Korean people and Min Bingtian.
When Korean people learned that Min Byung-cheon received death threats because he took over the editing work of a documentary, they were eager to know which personal documentary Min Byung-cheon participated in producing. Later, a small number of people in Seoul learned that the personal documentary Min Byung-cheon participated in producing was "Hello, I'm Song Woo-seok."
However, Min Bingtian ignored the death threats and resolutely finished editing the documentary. Korean people heard that the documentary would be launched on Song Yuxi's inschool homepage on April 1, 2002, and meet users across the country.
Inschool suddenly welcomed a peak in new user registrations in the last two or three days of March. Liu Yongjun, the head of the network operations team of Xinya Network, and his colleagues stayed in the Xinya Building to work overtime.
While the employees of Xinya Network were busy, Song Yi leisurely took his girlfriend to see her birthday present. Song Yi bought a piece of land in Yongsan District at the foot of Namsan Mountain in Seoul in the name of Kim Tae-hee.
"You bought me a piece of land?" Kim Tae-hee looked at the 7,000-square-meter vacant land under her feet and looked up at the blue sky speechlessly. She never thought that Song Yi would give her such an expensive gift.
"What? You don't like it? Didn't you say that after you stop being an actress, you hope to become the director of an art museum like Sister Suyoung? I'll buy it for you as soon as possible while the land price is not too high. We can use 4 to 5 years to turn this land into a first-class private art museum in Korea. I prefer to hear people call you Director Kim Tae-hee rather than the actress Kim Tae-hee." Song Yi said.
Song Yi remembers that the construction of Samsung Museum (The Leeum) began in 1996 and officially opened eight years later. The Leeum covers an area of about 8,000 square meters and is located in Hannam-dong, Yongsan District.
Samsung Museum of Art is divided into the Korean Traditional Art Museum (Hall 1), the Korean Contemporary Art Museum (Hall 2) and the Samsung Children's Education and Culture Center. Samsung Museum of Art houses 36 national treasures and works by Korean and foreign artists. Samsung Museum of Art has been operated by the Samsung Cultural Foundation since its opening.
After Xinya goes public, Song Yi also plans to set up a social welfare foundation similar to the Samsung Cultural Foundation. The Asan Social Welfare Foundation of the Hyundai family has been operating the Asan Hospital. As a member of the Hyundai family, Song Yi also donated money to the Asan Social Welfare Foundation last year.
All large Korean conglomerates have dedicated social welfare foundations, including Samsung, Hyundai, SK, LG and Lotte. Samsung Culture Foundation and Asan Social Welfare Foundation are the most standardized and professional in social welfare.
If the New Asia Group sets up a charitable foundation, then Kim Tae-hee will be the best person to manage the Korean Charity Foundation, and Kim Tae-hee's sister Kim Hee-won can also assist.
Since Song Yi has already bought the land, Kim Tae Hee will not be so hypocritical as to refuse this gift. "OPPA, if possible, I want to build an art gallery and a HugeDream Cinema on this land. We can use the projection equipment in the cinema to show the history of the collections in the future in detail. What do you think?" Kim Tae Hee expressed her idea.
Song Yi said lovingly, "Since this piece of land is given to you, you can plan it however you want. Even if you want to build a super luxury house or a private cinema, it's no problem."
"Thank you, OPPA. I will plan it well. By the way, can I ask my sister to give me some advice?" Kim Tae-hee inspected the surrounding area of the land with great interest.
"Of course, you can discuss it with Xiyuan, and I will help you hire the best architectural firm. This is also your future personal career, so you can't be careless." Song Yi reminded.
"Don't worry, I will treat it seriously. I plan to visit Sister Soyoung and ask her about the architectural layout of the art museum." Kim Tae-hee said.
On the other side of Seoul, an old man named Li admitted his failure. "I thought Song Yi would help Min Bingtian catch the murderer who threw red paint. Then we can say that Song Yuxi did whatever it took to win the election and deliberately slandered Congressman Han Jinli."
"If Song Woo-seok and Han Jin-ri continue to argue over the red paint case and the two of them fight each other, then the chances of our Grand National Party winning the presidential election at the end of the year will be much greater."
"Who knew that Song Yi didn't play by the rules at all, and directly threw dirty water on all of Song Yuxi's election opponents indiscriminately. Now young people in Seoul have a slogan: Whoever doesn't want Song Yuxi to win the election is the murderer behind the red paint case."
"Who wants me not to vote for Song Woo-seok? I will vote for Song Woo-seok. They say that people born in the 1970s should rectify the bad atmosphere in elections. Young people who didn't pay attention to Song Woo-seok before are also looking forward to the documentary "Hello, I am Song Woo-seok". Am I really old?" the old man surnamed Li sighed.
His assistant suggested, "Should we ask SK Communications to shut down the inschool server and prevent inschool users from logging into the website on April 1?"
The old man shook his head. "Forget it. If this kind of thing is exposed, my reputation will be completely ruined. Besides, Cui Anyuan is still in prison. I can't get him out now. How can I satisfy his appetite?"
See you tomorrow (end of this chapter)