Compared to the Hong Kong translation of "Saving Korea in the Great Era", or the Taiwanese translation of "Minute and Second Coin Dispute", I prefer the Chinese title party translation of "The Day the Country Bankruptcy". The reflection on the financial crisis of '97 is very sharp, not only attributed to human nature, the government, and the IMF, but also hidden in the pathos and blood of the Qing officials!
The film beat "Bohemian Rhapsody" at the box office in 2018 and received 3.723 million viewers! Through the narrative of three clues: government officials, bankrupt civilians, and speculative profiteers, it reflects that the financial crisis not only affects the fate of countries and individuals, but also takes into account the understanding of macro and micro perspectives!
At the beginning, the scene before the bankruptcy of South Korea was first shown, the Seoul Olympics were held in 88, joined the OECD in 96, and the per capita income in 97 years was as high as 10,000 US dollars +, and 85% of South Koreans thought that they had entered the middle class, which seemed to be very prosperous!
Han Shixian, head of the bank's currency policy team, saw the clues of the bankruptcy of the country, and she ran around for the interests of the country, but she did not expect to be blocked by the vice minister of finance!
Han Shixian wanted to inform the people about the financial crisis, but the leaders thought it would cause panic. Kim Hye-so plays a wonderful performance, she seems to be shrewd and capable, tough and spicy, but in fact she is a bitter official who is difficult to sing.
Just as she insisted that citizens at least have the right to know the current situation of the country, at least to preserve healthy small and medium-sized enterprises. The treacherous undersecretary of finance denounced what she called power less important, and who would test the health of those companies? Speechless!
Why the financial crisis? The loans are too bad, for example, the first bank, which has only 870 billion yuan in assets, has issued a loan of 1.08 trillion yuan to Hanbao Steel. When Han Shixian traced Han Baosteel, the other party's first reaction was that his wife and children were in Canada, and the exchange rate rose how much he could earn.
After the outbreak of the financial crisis, Jia Xiu, the factory director who originally wanted to expand the scale of the factory and settled in a large department store, unfortunately signed a huge contract, obtained a bunch of useless bonds, and made his factory on the verge of bankruptcy and debt!
Yin Zhengxue, a financial adviser to the financial company, is a profiteer who foresaw that the country was facing bankruptcy and submitted his resignation before the crisis erupted.
Yin Zhengxue found some capital parties and launched short operations, using human greed to make money in the country. Liu Yaren played the details of this speculative profiteer's cunning, coldness, and strong insight!
Yin Zhengxue, played by Liu Yaren, popularized the financial crisis in front of investors, and he bombarded those who borrowed money from the state either incompetent or ignorant, relying on the help of senior government officials to assist in loans, resulting in unscrupulous bills of exchange going out to loan mess! At this point, the clip flashes back to the other two clues, which is wonderful!
Many investors have made a lot of money over the years, and no one wants to believe that the economic environment is wrong, and most have left the market. Only two customers secretly returned, ready to speculate with Yin Zhengxue!
One of the most chilling scenes, Yin Zhengxue and his party came to the luxurious house they had just bought, but they did not expect that the owner had hanged himself in the room. The subordinate wanted to call the police, but Yin Zhengxue directly stopped: "Why should I go out, here, now it is my house!" ”
When Yin Zhengxue and others exchanged a large amount of dollars in advance, and then waited for the stock price and house prices to plummet, they made a lot of money. Other uninformed South Korean people are not so lucky, the foreign exchange market instantly interrupted trading, major enterprises have gone bankrupt, securities have all become waste paper, they have all lost miserable!
Under the scheduling of director Cui Guoxi, the previous scene was the funeral of the boss who owed money to Jia Xiu, and the next scene was a speculator who made a lot of money toasting and celebrating, creating a sense of déjà vu of the spiritual hall singing K. Speculators are becoming more and more shameless, and ordinary people who do not understand finance are in dire straits!
In the face of the arrival of the financial crisis, the South Korean government actually chose to refute the rumor that this is a rumor, even if they go to the leader of the IMF and the International Monetary Fund, they do not tell the people in advance, there is no bottom line!
French actor Vincent Cassel guest starred as the chairman of MF, secretly entered South Korea for negotiations, seemingly the savior of the financial crisis, but in fact he came to rip off bamboo. Buddy first proposed a bunch of draconian bailout conditions to order South Korea to give up its economic independence.
The Managing Director of the IMF colluded with the US Secretary of the Treasury, and he also bombarded South Korea's credit rating of B-! He decided that if the three presidential candidates did not sign together, he would not even be eligible to sign the treaty of humiliation of the country!
Han Shixian was angry in the face of unreasonable demands, and she bombarded the IMF in public, which was a robbery. But the monetary policy team she led scolded her for being angry and ignorant of the big picture. One leader even said that the monetary policy group should not have emotional women!
After being disappointed with his superiors, Han Shixian and the group met with many reporters privately to announce the real situation of the country's bankruptcy, and wanted to use the power of the media to reverse the defeat, but no media dared to report. And the day the IMF signed the treaty with South Korea, it was also designated by local textbooks as "National Insult Day"!
Han Shixian is a high-ranking official with a conscience, who has failed to prevent the financial crisis, nor can he prevent the IMF from ripping off bamboo, and her black gauze hat seems to be unable to be saved, and she is already in trouble! Unexpectedly, Misaki in the second clue came to visit, he was actually Han Shixian's younger brother, and he came to find his sister to help get a loan...
Witnessing the bankruptcy of countless enterprises, and the debtors jumping into the river to commit suicide, Han Shixian failed to solve the financial crisis, could not prevent the IMF from ripping off the bamboo, even his brother came to find his own loan, once the strong woman collapsed, she hid in the car alone and cried, the South Korean economy also went to a downturn, a mess!
Twenty years later, the son of the former chaebol has become a boss, still colluding with high-ranking government officials to make a lot of money! And Yin Zhengxue successfully came to the top of business and was admired by everyone. When an admirer wanted to invite him to dinner, he simply handed the account number to the other party: "5 million for lunch, 10 million for dinner." ”
After 20 years, the good factory director, who used to be sympathetic to the workers, repeatedly stressed to his son on the phone: "Even if you are good to you, don't believe it, don't trust anyone, only believe in yourself!" After hanging up the phone, he immediately shouted to the Southeast Asian workers: "Don't grind, hurry up and work!" After the financial crisis, he resolutely became "evil"!
I thought it would be dark to the end, and it ended up in the financial audit center, but the dawn of the pen! The new vice minister of the Finance Bureau and the female official came to visit, and the other party pointed out that only the heroine's IMF report of the financial crisis was the only correct, but Han Shixian lazily responded to the old man who did not want to be the last row of troublemakers.
Han Shixian, who saw through the cold state of the world, had long lost his fighting spirit and retired to the rivers and lakes. However, Han Jimin, who once starred in "Miss Bai", suddenly shouted stubbornly: "Senior, the bomb is about to explode, but everyone does nothing", she used her blood pride to make the heroine seem to see her former self, her conscience was awakened, and she came out again!
It brings together big names such as Kim Hye-so, Yoo Ah-jin, Heo Jun-ho, Cho Woo-jin, and the cameos of French actors Vinsot Casso and Han Jimin are also super amazing! This financial and business war thriller is a game of politics and wisdom, revealing human nature under the financial crisis! Beautifully made, imposing, incisive and thought-provoking!
Every decision is related to the future of the country and the people, profiteers, chaebols, and officials are all enriching their own pockets, and at the time of the financial crisis in '97, only clean officials like Han Shixian are unable to return to heaven.
However, she is glad that after the 20s, there are still female officials who make a cameo appearance by Han Jimin petitioning for the people and fighting side by side! And it is precisely because there are too many doers in Korean movies that they can rise explosively and go to glory!
Kim Hye-so's concluding line at the end:
"Crises happen repeatedly, and in order to avoid suffering them, we should not forget to constantly doubt and think, not to take things for granted, and to always keep our eyes open to observe the world, because I don't want a second time!"