Jeju Island.
"Bloody hell … How did Jeju Island become like this …" Tang Jinyan looked around in bewilderment, "This plane must have flown to the wrong place …"
Su Shan looked at him with arms akimbo, "Don't tell me you've never been to Jeju Island apart from Pusan."
"That, hahaha …" Tang Jinyan was extremely embarrassed, "Actually, I came here with a few brothers about seven or eight years ago …"
"…" Su Shan couldn't be bothered with him.
As an investor interested in investing in Jeju Island, Su Shan felt that he might know more about Jeju Island than Tang Jinyan.
Daehan had only begun to develop Jeju Island in 2006, and it had only been six years since then. What was it like when you came here seven or eight years ago?
But then again, Su Shan felt that the scenery seven or eight years ago might have been much more interesting than it was now … whether it was the scenery or the people on the island.
But it didn't matter whether Tang Jinyan was familiar with the island or not. When they arrived at Jeju Island, the person leading the way was no longer Tang Jinyan.
The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Tourism and the Jeju Island government formed a delegation of about twenty people and formally met with Su Shan. The tour route was not the usual tourist attractions, but the Jeju Island mythological and historical theme park project site.
Su Shan's own team of about forty people also crowded around. Su Shan walked in front of the team and talked with the Daehan officials. He was no longer the grandfather-grandson duo from yesterday.
Tang Jinyan sighed. He knew why Su Shan wanted to leave the team yesterday. When the official meeting started, there was already a sea of people. What was the point of having fun?
The young lady was left in the hotel today, and there was someone to accompany her. She was not allowed to follow around blindly.
He listened to the chatter between the officials and Su Shan while walking beside them leisurely. It could be said that he had gained some knowledge.
People who heard of Jeju Island for the first time would often be misled by the word "island". They would always think that it was some kind of isolated island that would take less than half a day to explore.
In fact, Jeju Island was still very big. It covered an area of more than 1,800 square kilometers. Its territory was slightly larger than Xiamen and slightly smaller than Shenzhen. In short, it was the size of a large city. That was why it had not been fully developed even after so many years.
The China and Korea Cultural Theme Park that they were collaborating with China this time was one of the most important mythological and historical theme park projects in Jeju Island. The planning of this project was based on myths and legends and extended to history and culture. There were Eastern countries and even Western cultural themes. For the relationship between China and Korea, the Chinese theme was obviously the most important one.
The entire Mythology Historical Park was planned to take up close to three million square meters. It was a large-scale project that combined parks, resorts, high-star hotels, and educational facilities.
In fact, investors from all over the world were very interested in this project. China's investors were especially interested in it because of the large-scale real estate and villa projects. Well, everyone knows …
Tang Jinyan also knew … He knew that his elder brother, Li Zhiguo, had a real estate company. There was also a real estate project that was under construction here. However, the scale should not be big and the quality should not be high.
He also knew that if Su Shan was purely looking at it from a businessman's point of view, he would definitely be more interested in real estate than the historical and cultural theme. After all, everyone knew which one could make money. No matter how good the cultural theme was, it would not be as good as selling real estate to make money … However, since this was a government collaboration, this was a different matter. At least they would not just focus on selling real estate.
To him personally, he was rather interested in the high-star hotels. If he were to choose a collaboration project himself, he would probably take on a high-star hotel and a subsidiary casino contract. After all, he had always been in the hotel industry. Although it was very stupid, he was still considered an industry insider. As for the casino, hehehe …
However, after he heard the conversation between Su Shan's team and the Ministry of Culture, his thoughts changed a little.
"After some investigation, we feel that your proposal is still a little biased."
A person who looked like Su Shan's assistant beside him spoke with assurance. "If the main direction is only the theme of park construction, there will be almost no return on our investment.
"The resort and hotel projects can also bring long-term benefits to you."
The Jeju Island official cautiously said, "As for the million square meters of land that you requested … it is really not suitable."
The matter of the two sides wrangling was actually very simple. Of course, the investors hoped for a return. It was fine for the two countries to collaborate on a historical theme, but they also wanted to see the returns. They were not here to throw money at them for fun.
As for the tourism profits, resorts, and so on, although there were long-term benefits, they were too far away. The return of funds was too slow, and it was difficult to be proportional to the investment.
The Korean side said that they wanted to build a cultural park, not to sell land, okay?
The Chinese side said that although they were here for the cultural theme of cooperation, no one's money came from the sky. They could not treat them as fools and only invest money to help the Koreans with their construction, right?
Both sides' positions were actually reasonable. There was nothing wrong with it. Negotiations and wrangling were very normal here.
After wrangling over the direction of cooperation, they still had to talk about the size of the investment. After that, they still had to continue to talk about the cooperation and the proportion of the profits. In business, this kind of thing could take months to wrangle over.
Su Shan kept smiling as he watched his team wrangling with the other side. He did not say a word.
His gaze inadvertently swept over Tang Jinyan. Seeing that he was also smiling, he could not help but ask, "What does President Tang think?"
Both sides were stunned and could not help but stop talking. They turned to look at Tang Jinyan.
Tang Jinyan smiled and waved his hand. "What can I think?
This kind of project involves hundreds of millions of US dollars. Why should I interfere?
When you're done, I'll see if there's anything I can cooperate with. I'll just wait for my share of the profits. "
Su Shan smiled and said, "Don't be modest. President Tang is a very thoughtful person. Maybe he has some wonderful ideas. Let's talk about it."
Tang Jinyan continued to wave his hand. "It's not suitable, it's not suitable."
A Jeju Island official smiled and said, "It's not suitable. It means that you really have some ideas. Why don't you tell us?
Minister Kim asked President Tang to represent the cooperation, not to let President Tang watch the show. "
"Minister Kim's representative?"
As soon as he said that, there were whispers in the room. This was not a small matter. Logically speaking, President Tang would be the Korean candidate to be in charge of the management of this project in the future. He might even be the designated candidate.
To put it formally, he would be one of the future directors or CEO of the Sino-Korean cultural theme park.
It would be very easy for such a person to insert himself into the project. However, he kept smiling and standing at the side without saying a word. Those who did not know better would think that he was just a follower …
Then an official from the Ministry of Culture said, "President Tang represents Minister Kim. It's only right for him to give his opinion."
"Then I'll say it."
Tang Jinyan stretched out his hand and pointed into the distance. He pointed in a big circle. "It's such a large piece of land. Why do you only have amusement parks, resorts, and hotels as part of the cultural theme park project? Why is your head full of real estate and nothing else?"
Everyone did not understand what he meant and said, "There's also education, shopping, catering, and everything else …"
"Perhaps my brain is wired differently from yours. If I'm wrong, please don't laugh at me."
Tang Jinyan said very seriously, "When I first heard about the mythology and history theme park, my first reaction was that it was something like a film studio. It was only after listening to you all for a long time that I realized it was actually an amusement park."
Film studio …
Su Shan and the Jeju Island official were deep in thought. The eyes of the people from the Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Tourism suddenly lit up.
It wasn't that they hadn't thought about it, but that the mythology and history theme park was originally planned with Disney in mind. The project naturally leaned towards an amusement park and not a film studio.
Su Shan asked, "Does Jeju Island already have a film studio?"
The Jeju Island official replied, "Jeju Island itself is a film studio. There are many film crews shooting scenes here every day.
However … there are only a few film studios set up specifically for film. There are currently only a few small and scattered ones. There isn't a single large-scale location that is centralized. "
The Ministry of Culture official said, "It's not just Jeju Island. There aren't many large-scale film studios in all of Korea. MBC's Daegam Film Studio is the best, but it's still lacking compared to your country's Hengdian Studios."
Su Shan muttered, "I think … we can redo the plan.
The park can still be built, but we can consider other things as well … "
A seemingly leading official from the Ministry of Culture extended his right hand to Tang Jinyan, "President Tang's words have given everyone great inspiration."
Tang Jinyan shook his hand politely, "Hello, Vice Minister Kwon.
Truth be told, I just feel that Director Tang isn't as impressive as City Lord Tang. "