"What?"

At the end of December, the end of the year is approaching, and the surrounding areas of Mapo District are becoming more and more flavorful.

In Al Jazeera's president's office, Shen Zhengyuan looked at Jeon Tae-jun, the new head of the TV drama department who had just been promoted not long ago.

"You say it again?!"

Some time ago, Shen Zhengyuan carried out a reorganization of the TV station, and Jeon Tae-jun, who was originally in charge of "The Masked Singer", was transferred to the newly created TV drama department. Originally, according to the original plan, Jeon Tae-joon's first job to take over the department was to prepare for the filming of "Unborn" according to Shen Zhengyuan's arrangement.

Although the filming of "Unborn" is difficult, after all, he has the shooting experience of the previous "Producer", and there are many similarities between the two dramas, and Jeon Tae-joon can barely cope with it.

But people are not as good as heaven, and the crew of "Unborn" was only halfway through the preparations, and Shen Zhengyuan threw down a heavier burden.

At the moment when he saw the plot outline, Jeon Tae-joon was almost scared to death by the filming requirements of various big scenes in the script. Especially the depiction of war scenes, Jeon Tae-joon has no confidence at all to shoot them.

However, what can you do if you don't have confidence, the work assigned by the leader, even if you don't have confidence, you have to do it.

With a bitter face, Jeon Tae-joon could only nod his head and replied stubbornly: "That's right, according to the calculation of the shooting requirements you mentioned by the president, the filming of the entire "Descendants of the Sun" needs more than 10 billion yuan of investment to fully realize the requirements in the script. According to the requirements of the script, 80% of the scenes in the TV series need to be completed overseas, and the second two leading actors, especially Song Hye Kyo's salary, and the deployment of the props and crew of the war scenes are ......"

In fact, there is another important point that Jeon Tae-joon did not mention, that is, the filming form of the whole drama of "Descendants of the Sun", the shooting method of shooting first and then broadcasting, makes the TV station have to invest a lot of money in the filming of the TV series, and it is impossible to have the possibility of stopping losses in time like traditional South Korean TV dramas.

"More than 10 billion investment ......"

Although it was expected that the investment required for the drama "Descendants of the Sun" would not be low, the investment of more than 10 billion still made Shen Zhengyuan's heart beat a little irrepressibly. Even, he was a little skeptical that Jeon Tae-joon had miscalculated and looked at a single-digit zero.

After all, the drama "The Producer" filmed by the TV station before was only worth more than one billion investment, and Shen Zhengyuan had already decided to invest a little too much at that time, who would have thought that the investment in the second part of the good guy would directly exceed more than 10 billion.

Yes, I mentioned smashing pots and selling iron, but I didn't expect to fulfill my promise so quickly.

After a series of turbulent reactions in his heart, Shen Zhengyuan finally regained his sanity, and it was obvious that he was frightened by the tens of billions of investment in Jeon Taejun's mouth for a while, forgetting that the 10 billion filming funds did not need to be completed independently by Shen Zhengyuan's Al Jazeera.

As his thoughts stabilized, Shen Zhengyuan's brain began to spin rapidly, thinking about how to disperse the large investment of more than 10 billion yuan to avoid the situation that the TV station would bear it alone.

"First of all, call the writer Kim Eun-sook and ask her to make sure that she can convince the two male and female protagonists to star, especially Song Hye Kyo, no matter what method she uses. "Before the TV series is official, the strength of the starring lineup has become one of the main reasons for whether the TV station can attract advertisers.

Especially in the form of "Descendants of the Sun", which is filmed first and then broadcast, it cannot give advertisers too much reference in the broadcast of TV dramas, and the appeal of the actors themselves has become particularly important. Fortunately, "Descendants of the Sun" both have good appeal.

In particular, Song Hye Kyo has rarely appeared on the stage of TV dramas since 2005, and her latest work can be traced back to "That Winter, the Wind is Blowing" two years ago. The name Song Hye Kyo alone is already an investment guarantee in the eyes of advertisers.

"As for the rest, contact me with advertisers, as many as possible, from clothing and cosmetics to furniture, shoes, diamonds, as long as you can name advertisers, call me and notify them all, I hope to be able to bring at least ten more product placements before the TV series officially starts filming. ”

In order to be able to make up the investment costs required for the TV series as much as possible, Shen Zhengyuan can be said to have taken great pains, but obviously, Jeon Tae-jun is a little worried: "But the president, there are some advertisements and the plot involved in the script of "Descendants of the Sun", which obviously does not match. ”

"Jeon Tae-joon, no, Minister Jeon Tae-joon, you have to remember. In the face of Jeon Tae-jun's worries, Shen Zhengyuan replied without hesitation: "The filming of TV dramas has never been about charity, and how to ensure the income and interests of TV stations is the first consideration in filming TV dramas, so it doesn't matter if it is suitable or not, as long as there are advertisers who are willing to invest money to implant ads, the rest is what the directors and screenwriters of TV series have to think about." ”

Although advertising placement can share the shooting expenses of some TV dramas, Shen Zhengyuan also knows that it is almost impossible to erase the investment funds of more than 10 billion yuan by advertising costs alone. Especially under the premise that the TV series has not yet come out, even if advertisers plan to invest money, they will instinctively be cautious and dare not invest too much money at once.

"In terms of overseas copyright distribution of TV dramas, it also needs to be strengthened, especially the Huaxia online video, contact these Huaxia online video websites to see which one is interested in buying the copyright of the TV series. Not only in Huaxia, but also in any possibility of introducing copyright, can be discussed. ”

After explaining these, it does not mean that the problem of the TV series is solved so easily, on the contrary, there are many things that Shen Zhengyuan needs to worry about next, including the problem of the TV series director, Shen Zhengyuan is still very self-aware, and he knows that he may be able to catch ducks on the shelves for the filming of "The Producer", but "Descendants of the Sun" involves a big scene like this, or it should be said that a TV series with a big scene at every turn, it is obviously not suitable for him to take over the filming again.

Therefore, it was also a difficult problem to find someone who could shoot "Descendants of the Sun".

Fortunately, although Shen Zhengyuan does not have too many connections in the TV drama circle, Kim Eun-sook has written the screenplay, so there should be a way to solve the director's problem.