Chapter 27: Premiere (I)

"Bet on what?" Ahn Joon-hyuk glanced at her.

Xu Zhiying said: "Betting on ratings, I heard from seniors I know that the entertainment industry has always had this tradition, the number of gamblers on movie premieres, and the ratings on TV series premieres, everyone said that it was a good luck, how about it, do you want us to open a plate?"

Before Ahn Jun-hyuk could answer, Jang Keun-seok next to him had already shouted: "Okay, okay, I'll bet 10%!"

If he really found a note, Xu Zhiying, who was really ready to open, wrote Jang Keun Suk's name with disdain: "So unambitious, only 10%, it's a shame to say it!"

"Hehe, leave some room for the seniors behind to play, 10% is not bad, it's good to enter the ranks of popular dramas!"

Jang Geun Suk grinned, he was not wrong, generally speaking, if a drama can reach 10% in its premiere, it can be classified as a popular drama. There is this, if the plot is not too bad, it is not a problem for the average ratings to exceed 20% in the future, and once this line is crossed, according to the excitement of the plot itself, there may be ups and downs in the future, but it can basically lay the foundation for a big hit.

So his color is not bad, Xu Zhiying pursed his lips and reluctantly agreed with his reason, and then asked Ahn Junhyuk: "Junhyuk, what about you?"

"You didn't even ask Genshuo to collect money...... Gambling on it, right? Ahn Joon-hyuk shook his head.

"Of course you can't take the money, do you want me to be arrested? Guess it, just take it out of the sulking on the Internet. She said coquettishly.

The so-called sulking on the Internet is naturally that before, as the premiere day approached, a group of people who attacked the crew of "I'm Sorry, I Love You" and Ahn Junhyuk jumped out on the Internet, basically all of them were so-called senior actors who were not very famous, and they seized Ahn Junhyuk's qualifications to continue to fry cold rice, saying that director Lee Hyung-min and KBS TV would pay the price for the rashness of casting, and some people joked that the ratings of this drama may not even reach 5%, and it will completely hit the street.

Ahn Jun-hyuk never took those people's clamor to heart, but it was Seo Ji-young, who was always obsessed, and occasionally put on a vest on the Internet when he was free, playing Ahn Jun-hyuk's supporters and scolding people.

"Yes, brother, guess it!" Jang Keun Suk also said beside him.

Ahn Jun-hyuk, who was so noisy that he couldn't read the script anymore, had to raise his head helplessly, thought about it, and then smiled: "Then ...... 15%?”

Xu Zhiying smiled and hurriedly recorded it, "It's 5% more, Junhyuk, your ambition is not small?" Maybe there is really such a tradition of betting on ratings in the entertainment industry, but most people don't refuse, laughing in Seo Ji-young's inquiry, he said the number he guessed, and even Lee Hyung-min and Lee Kyung-hee participated, the former was the same as Ahn Jun-hyuk, guessing 15%, and Lee Kyung-hee jokingly guessed 20%.

After a while, Seo Ji-young, who had turned around, came back, and the book was already densely filled with names, Ahn Jun-hyuk glanced at it casually, and didn't look at it anymore, letting her excitedly talk to Jang Keun-seok about whose guess was closest to the result.

After a short break, the crew restarted filming, and the time passed quickly in a smooth shot, and at half past nine, as if an appointment had been made, the busy atmosphere of the entire crew suddenly began to slacken, whether it was the cameraman, the scene reporter and other staff, or the actors involved in the shooting, suddenly all became absent-minded and frequently made mistakes.

Li Hengmin, who knew what they were thinking, worked hard for a while and found that it was completely ineffective, so he had to reluctantly suspend his work and shouted, "Forget it, take a break." You, you, and you, go grab a TV and come over, and we'll watch the premiere too!"

The atmosphere around the original silence, with his words, suddenly became noisy, everyone cheered "Long live the director", put down the work at hand with great interest, and began to find a place to sit, the three named staff members also ran out of the city excitedly, and after a while ran back to a TV set, followed by some TV station employees who joined in the fun, plus the entire crew of more than 100 people, gathered in this spacious studio, the atmosphere was extremely lively, just like watching an open-air movie many years ago. …,

When the clock hand pointed to 9:55, as the last part of the advertisement was broadcast, in front of everyone, in the room of the set, the TV began to play "Snow Flower" sung by Ahn Joon-hyuk.

The gentle and delicate singing is only a short paragraph, and then an editing room appears in the camera, and a similar interview is played on the screen, which is a Korean outcast abroad, complaining about the resentment and accusation of their biological parents who gave birth to them but abandoned them, until chewing gum and tying out a big unkempt head with a headband, the street gangster "Cha Moo-hyuk" appears in front of the camera.

The optimism and hope, which are completely opposite to the resentment of the previous two, filled his words, and then when the program production team wanted to cut out this paragraph of Wu He's words to his mother, a faint sadness spread, and the plot, in such sadness, slowly unfolded a sad picture.

The drama "I'm Sorry, I Love You", from the very beginning, whether it was Lee Kyung-hee who wrote its script, Lee Hyung-min who filmed it, or KBS TV that produced it, he never thought of making a pure commercial drama, since it was a gift for the 50th International Adoption Year, it was natural to focus on the hardships and pains of children abandoned by their biological parents.

Sitting in the front row, watching the role he played active on the screen, Ahn Junhyuk felt a strange feeling in his heart, indescribable, as if he was peeking through a window at another world, his fate was completely different, some weird, some ridiculous, but more of the memory of shooting these shots gradually floated in his mind.

The familiar streets of Melbourne, the familiar lines that can be memorized backwards, and the mental journeys of familiar characters, but all of this seems very strange from the perspective of a bystander.

He squinted slowly, and this ...... Is that my TV series?

I was a little confused for a while.

At this time, a cold little hand suddenly shook over, and he turned his head to see that it was Lin Xiujing sitting next to him, at this time she was staring wide-eyed, nervously looking at the screen, she played Encai, like a lost deer, wandering blankly on the chaotic streets.

That nervousness, of course, is not for the fate of "Encai", maybe it is the same as him, it is caused by the strangeness of watching suddenly!

He smiled slightly, squeezed her hand hard, the temperature of the palm quickly dispelled the coldness in her hand, she was alarmed, turned her head slightly to look at him, and then looked at the hands held by the two, his eyes blinked a few times in a little panic, and he was a little embarrassed to withdraw it, and whispered: "...... Sorry, a little nervous......"

"It's okay!" Ahn Jun-hyuk, who continued to hold her hand with a slight force, smiled: "Don't worry, you performed very well." ”

Lin Xiujing lowered her head, pursed her lips and laughed, her nervous mood really dissipated after this word of encouragement. Feeling the warmth transmitted by his palm, such a hot body temperature, it seems that even his blood and his strength were transmitted at the same time, bringing her great strength.

At this time, Ahn Jun-hyuk has refocused his attention on TV.

The first episode doesn't have much of a story, just a soothing rhythm that slowly shows people a few main characters. Cha Moo-hyuk, who escaped from his adoptive family since he was a child, grew up on the streets, and survived by being abducted and deceited; Choi Yoon, who was born in a celebrity family and is always surrounded by pampering, is a little childish; Song Eun-chae, who is a childhood sweetheart with Choi Yoon, takes care of him like an older sister and also has a crush on him; Kang Min-joo, who was born well-off and plays with love as an interstellar war game because of his parents' divorce.

As if fateful, their fates have a staggered trajectory in Melbourne, Australia.

In the whole sixty minutes, there are not too many climactic ups and downs, and the occasional small passages with a sense of joy are fleeting, but the atmosphere that has been sad and depressed has grabbed the hearts of the audience, making people devote themselves to it, and fluctuate slightly for the sadness and joy of the characters, until the end, Cha Moo-hyuk left Ji-young, who he married someone else, to block a shot, the abruptly paused soundtrack, Wu Hyuk's eyes gradually lost his mind, and Eun-chae in the waiting hall looked into the distance as if telepathically...... With such a series of renderings, the sadness that has been accumulating suddenly exploded. …,

Ahn Jun-hyuk, who has excellent hearing, has already vaguely heard that there is a more sensual woman behind him, sobbing softly, and occasionally when he turns his head to look back, he can also see that many staff members have red circles under their eyes.

As the ending song slowly sounded, an hour of broadcasting passed quickly, and at the end of the first episode, after the entire studio was quiet for a few breaths, everyone began to applaud in unison, and the applause of more than 100 people shook the eardrums as if it was about to collapse the roof.

Lee Hyung-min, who was sitting with Ahn Jun-hyuk, had always had a tense face, relaxed slightly in this applause, showed a smile, and clapped his hands, and then hugged Ahn Jun-hyuk who clapped and smiled at him like a hug, although I don't know what the ratings of Ludao are, and the people watching here are all crew members, and the viewing position is inevitably biased, but such warm applause is enough to encourage him.

"Jun Hyuk, the acting is great, very infectious!" Lee Hyung-min said in Ahn Jun Hyuk's ear with a trembling tone when he hugged him.

Ahn Jun-hyuk smiled and patted him on the back hard, "You also did a great job!"

Lee Hyung-min laughed, then let go of him, turned around and shook hands with the other actors and crew on the other side one by one, his face was full of red light, while Ahn Jun-hyuk opened his arms to Lin Xiujing and said with a smile: "Hehe, don't you hug it?"

In the applause around her, Lin Xiujing, whose face flushed slightly and looked a little helpless, was stunned for a moment, before she woke up, with a shy smile on the corner of her mouth, and then rushed into his arms.

"Wow, so much effort. Laughing casually, Ahn Junhyuk gently patted her shoulder, "Aren't you nervous when you hear such warm applause?"

"Hmm......" Lin Xiujing, whose little face was buried in his chest, nodded vigorously, then paused, and said in a muffled voice: "...... I don't know what the ratings are. ”

"Don't worry, it's going to be good. ”

He is so assured and convinced that although there is no ratings data in the dream, and this show is no longer all the original cast, there are many more unexpected factors, but he believes that it is still a classic!

It's his confidence in himself.