Chapter 589 - Production Expansion of GH Mobile and Dyeon Korea (2) – Part 2
Gun-Ho was talking with Jae-Sik’s wife at the book café on GH Building’s rooftop.
Gun-Ho said, “Antang City is a small provincial city, but they have a very good hospital that was built by a Hong Kong company. The hospital is providing medical services primarily to foreigners. The hospital seemed to be very well equipped. I am sure that they will take good care of you when it’s time for you to give birth to your child.”
“Thank you. Oh, I talked with my husband the day before yesterday on the phone; he said that your wife is also pregnant. Congratulations.”
“Thank you.”
“Well, I guess I will have to get back to work.”
“Right, I’m heading to my office too. Have a nice day.”
Gun-Ho was having tea in his office when his secretary—Ms. Yeon-Soo Oh—entered the office to inform him that someone was there to see him.
Gun-Ho asked, “Who is it?”
“He said he is Director Woon-Hak Sim.”
“Oh, sure. Please let him in.”
Director Woon-Hak Sim entered Gun-Ho’s office. He was wearing white pants with a weird hat. Director Sim took off his hat as he entered the office. He had a mustache, and Gun-Ho also noticed that he was wearing a necklace as well.
“Please have a seat.”
Gun-Ho asked the secretary to bring a cup of tea for the guest. While she was in the office, Ms. Yeon-Soo Oh kept glancing at Director Sim, maybe because his outfit looked peculiar to her eyes.
Director Sim said, “I was told that you would be here except Monday and Thursday. I was in the neighborhood, so I decided to stop by your office today to meet you, sir. I was wondering if there is any update on your investment plan in the soap opera production industry in China. Also, I was curious about your building too, sir.”
“I haven’t heard anything from them yet, and I have been busy for the past week. I went on a business trip to Antang City, China for a joint venture matter last week. But I’m thinking about visiting Shanghai City next week.”
“Are you planning to meet with the Director Li person?”
As he changed his posture, Gun-Ho said, “I’m not saying that I will definitely get into the soap opera production industry, but I am willing to closely review the possibility by visiting Shanghai and discussing further about the business and reviewing their synopsis. As you can see, I’ve been only in the manufacturing industry for years, and I don’t know much about the entertainment industry.”
“The entertainment field is very interesting, and it could be extremely lucrative as well.”
“I now have a rough idea of the cost of producing a soap opera. What about a movie? How much production cost should I expect in producing a movie?”
“The cost really varies depending on its genre, contents, etc. For example, one Korean movie—Assassination—cost 18 billion won. And, the production cost for another Korean movie, ‘The Battleship Island’ was 33 billion won while ‘Snowpiercer’ cost 43.7 billion won.”
“Hmm, so it roughly costs around 20 to 30 billion won.”
“That’s right. Movie production is usually done by well-known film production companies. An individual can’t even think of it unless he could find investors. Other than that, it’s almost impossible.”
“Hmm, I see.”
Gun-Ho nodded his head.