As early as a few months ago, Bong Joon-ho approached Kim Kyung-sung and hoped that Kim Kyung-sung would invest in his film "Monster of the Han River".

Even if Bong Joon-ho is already a famous Korean director, the investment in the movie "Monster of the Han River" is really large, but the Korean film market is not large, this kind of monster movie that requires a lot of special effects is the first time in South Korea, and several film companies that Bong Joon-ho found did not dare to invest in it.

"Disaster movies are mostly produced in Hollywood, no one in South Korea has ever made such a movie, and there doesn't seem to be such a big market to accommodate such a movie for the time being, and your movie uses a monster as the protagonist, this kind of plot has been flooded in Hollywood, can CG be made? Even if the final effect is good, it is really difficult to recover the cost!"

These words are the reason why those film companies politely rejected Bong Joon-ho.

This is a reasonable reason and cannot be considered an excuse.

At this moment, Shin Lan reported the news to Kim Kyung-sung, who seized the opportunity and immediately made an appointment with Bong Joon-ho to start discussing cooperation with him in "Monster of the Han River".

Bong Joon-ho told Kim Kyung-sung that he had really seen an unknown creature in the Han River 18 years ago, and was very shocked, since when did he think that if he became a director in the future, he must bring this experience to the big screen, and now 18 years have passed, and he finally can't help but realize this dream.

Bong Joon-ho also told Kim Kyung-sung frankly that even though he already has a wealth of experience and skills in film directing, "Monster of the Han River" still has a great challenge for him.

But Bong Joon-ho said that in order to create a believable monster, he spent a long time on a series of ideas about the "monster", including imagining how the monster survives, how it acts, how it eats, and how it defecates......

As an important filming location of the film, the Han River, Bong Joon-ho also put a lot of effort into research. He has been observing the Han River for a long time, and has a full understanding of the hydrological and weather conditions of the Han River, and he already has a more accurate plan in his heart about how to choose the angle and how to use the lens when shooting.

After listening to Bong Joon-ho's explanation and explanation, Kim Kyung-sung finally said: "Encountering monsters in the Han River and making such a movie." For the Korean film market, it is indeed a very new attempt, once the production is completed, it will definitely be a very fresh movie-watching experience that the audience has not expected, you have your dreams, I have my guts, so I am willing to invest. ”

Jin Jingcheng is not only willing to invest, but also fully invested.

This surprised Bong Joon-ho, but he didn't expect Kim to have such great courage. I didn't expect to have such a big capital.

And today, Bong Joon-ho brought a group of crew members and special effects personnel to JJC Entertainment Studio for a meeting, mainly to report the situation, in addition, the monster model of the film has been made, waiting for Kim Jingcheng's final confirmation.

Once Kim Kyung-sung approves it, the investment funds will be allocated in place, and "Monster of the Han River" will start filming immediately.

According to the plan. If nothing else, "Monster of the Han River" will be set for next year's summer file. It will probably be released at the end of July and the beginning of August, that is to say, it is only a year from now, and one year is a little insufficient for such a big-budget movie.

And yet now. Because of the movie's sub-scenes and even sub-shots, Bong Joon-ho has been carefully planned, and the monster model has also been made, under this premise, one year is enough.

"President Kim. Are you happy with the effects, and are there any changes that need to be made?"

When several foreigners finished playing and explaining the monster model and other special effects, Bong Joon-ho looked at Kim Kyung-sung and asked with some nervousness.

Although Kim Kyung-sung has promised to invest and has allocated a sum of money in advance to make monster models, Bong Joon-ho is still a little nervous before the matter is settled.

Jin Jingcheng smiled and said, "It's basically the same." ”

Bong Joon-ho's heart twitched, basically the same? In other words, there are still areas that need to be improved.

Jin Jingcheng saw Bong Joon-ho's nervousness, and said with a smile: "Director Bong Joon-ho, I promised you a $6 million investment before, and I thought about it seriously afterwards......"

Bong Joon-ho became more and more nervous, thinking to himself, is the other party going to regret it? Or is there a problem with the funds?

Unexpectedly, Jin Jingcheng's next words made Bong Joon-ho overjoyed all of a sudden.

Jin Jingcheng said: "$6 million, although it is already a very large investment in South Korea, but it is still insufficient for such a special effects movie as yours, so after careful consideration, I decided to give you an additional investment of $2 million, that is, I am willing to invest $8 million in this movie." ”

Bong Joon-ho's face suddenly became excited.

Han Jiaren gasped, because she was really a little surprised, although she didn't know much about the Korean film market, but she still knew the general investment situation of Korean films now, 8 million US dollars to invest in a movie, this is really a very big number, in her mind, it is estimated that it is unprecedented.

Han Jiaren is even more surprised that generally this kind of large-investment movie must require several or even a dozen film companies to cooperate in investment, and Jin Jingcheng is willing and able to invest independently, which is not only a manifestation of courage and not afraid of risks, but also shows that Jin Jingcheng has strong financial resources.

Han Jiaren quietly glanced at Jin Jingcheng beside him, and felt that the image of this man seemed to be a little taller at this moment.

At this time, Jin Jingcheng's expression calmed down, and he said solemnly to Bong Joon-ho: "The investment of $8 million is indeed a lot of money, I think, director Bong Joon-ho should understand what I mean, that is, I hope that when I shoot and produce this movie, I can strive for excellence, the special effects will be more perfect, and the monsters will be more realistic." ”

8 million US dollars, which is also a lot of money for the current Jin Jingcheng, is really because Jin Jingcheng attaches great importance to this movie, and he also knows that according to the historical trajectory of his previous life, this movie can definitely make a lot of money.

But Jin Jingcheng is not satisfied with this, he can now use his ability to make this movie more exciting than in his previous life, and the results can be better, so he will make an additional investment of 2 million US dollars.

Bong Joon-ho hurriedly nodded: "Yes, I know." ”

At this moment, Bong Joon-ho felt that Kim Kyung-sung did not look like a 22-year-old youth at all, but like a boss in a high position.

In fact, after some previous discussions and contacts with Jin Jingcheng, Bong Junhao has subconsciously regarded Jin Jingcheng as a boss, and even has some awe of Jin Jingcheng in his heart.

This will be the case, not only because Kim Kyung-sung has the courage and capital to invest in "Monster of the Han River", but also because Kim Kyung-sung has shown other abilities that surprise Bong Joon-ho, for example, this time to find Hollywood special effects production elites, part of which Kim Kyung-sung used his personal connections to find.

Jin Jingcheng will have this ability, Bong Junhao thinks it is incredible, but it is reasonable, after all, Jin Jingcheng invested in "Ghost Shadow" as a screenwriter in the United States, and also wrote "Brokeback Mountain". (To be continued.) )