"Yawn~"

In the office, Kim Young-sub looked at Shen Zhengyuan, who was yawning in front of him, and couldn't help but speak.

"President Shen, didn't you take a break yesterday?"

Shen Zhengyuan held up his spirits, raised his eyes to look at Kim Yingxie opposite, and said: "I stayed in the crew of "Dragon Bayi" until the early hours of the morning before going back, and I was planning to sleep well, but Minister Jin, your call came. ”

Hearing this, Kim Young-sub smiled a little embarrassedly: "That's really hard President Shen, but thanks to President Shen's personal participation in the filming, "Dragon Bayi" has gained such good ratings after only the first two episodes were broadcast." ”

20th.

"Dragon Bayi" finally aired the content of the second episode after a thousand calls from the audience.

At the same time, the ratings of 18.2% also made the TV series immediately reach the top and become one of the hottest TV dramas of SBS this year.

Shen Zhengyuan raised his head and looked at Kim Young-sub as if he were nothing.

This is obviously pretending to be confused, because of the other party's arrangement, he, the screenwriter, does not have much weight in the crew of "Dragon Bayi", and his rights are also very small. The reason why the TV series was able to achieve such gratifying ratings is not so much due to his credit, but rather the result of the joint cooperation of screenwriter Kim Eun-sook and director Shin Woo-chul.

Of course, for Kim Young-sub, it doesn't matter who is credited in the TV series, what he knows is the TV series given by Shen Zhengyuan, which has received extremely high ratings.

"Minister Jin, why did you call me here?"

Although he shoots a TV series on SBS, he is not actually affiliated with a TV station, so Shen Jung-won does not have any flinching appearance in the face of Kim Young-sub.

Seriously calculated, as the president of Al Jazeera, his own status in society is even higher than that of Kim Young-sub, the minister of TV dramas.

Of course, everything is not so simple, and there is still a gap between wireless stations and wired stations.

Kim Young-sub obviously also knows that Shen Zhengyuan is not his subordinate, and the other party, as the president of another station, and SBS filming "Dragon Bayi" is only a cooperative relationship, so he did not put on his own leadership stand, but said with a smile: "I called President Shen to invite you over this time, mainly to discuss with you, about the series of "Dragon Bayi"?"

"Number of episodes?"

Hearing Kim Young-sub on the other side raise the question of the number of TV episodes, Shen Zhengyuan's heart couldn't help but move, but he still made a quiet appearance on the surface.

"I don't know, how many episodes does President Shen plan to end the episode arrangement of "Dragon Bayi"?"

"The episodes are words, and I plan to follow the general TV series, sixteen episodes. ”

There are eighteen episodes of "Dragon Bayi" in Shen Zhengyuan's mind, but he deliberately said that he only planned to write sixteen episodes.

Because he obviously saw that Kim Young-sub seemed to have something to say about the drama series.

"Are you only going to write sixteen episodes?" Sure enough, hearing Shen Zhengyuan's answer, Kim Young-sub's face obviously showed a regretful expression.

muttered to himself, and began to persuade Shen Zhengyuan in front of him: "If you can, I hope that President Shen, you can try to write the episodes of "Dragon Bayi" as long as possible, and if you can extend it by four more episodes and write a plot of twenty episodes, it will be more suitable." ”

"Twenty episodes of the plot. ”

Shen Zhengyuan's face was embarrassed, showing that it was difficult for a strong man, and said with a bitter face: "Minister Jin, you should know that the script is not so easy to write, and deliberately prolonging the content of the plot will only make the plot fragmented and affect the quality of the later stage of the TV series." While spitting bitter water, Shen Zhengyuan observed the face of Kim Yingxie opposite, and saw that the heat was almost over, and immediately continued: "So, Minister Kim, if you want to prolong the plot, you must tell me the bottom and tell me why?"

If it is an ordinary screenwriter, although he has a lot of power in the crew, Kim Young-sub, as the head of the TV series, has absolutely no possibility of refusing the order.

Even a well-known screenwriter like Kim Eun-sook would have a hard time refusing the request of the TV director.

However, Shen Zhengyuan doesn't expect the TV station to live, although he is called Shen screenwriter in the crew, but don't forget that he is also the president of a TV station.

If Kim Young-sub wants to order Shim Jung-won to extend the number of episodes of the TV series in a tough way, it is simply impossible.

Kim Young-sub's face showed obvious hesitation, and after weighing the stakes in his heart, he spoke: "Okay, President Shen, as the screenwriter of "Dragon Bayi", you actually have the right to know about some TV dramas, in fact, you should know that although it is also operated by a TV station, there is still a big difference between our SBS as a wireless station and your Al Jazeera. ”

I know this without you saying it.

Hearing this, Shen Zhengyuan subconsciously pursed his lips.

"Of course, I'm not trying to say that your TV station is bad, I'm just objectively pointing out the differences between the two TV stations. Among them, the most obvious difference should be in the channel broadcast mode, SBS, as a wireless TV station, is different from President Shen's Al Jazeera charging model, the all-channel free broadcast mode brings huge popularity to the TV station, but at the same time, it is also an important problem that causes the financial burden of the TV station. ”

Therefore, generally speaking, TV dramas and variety shows have become an important source of channels for TV stations to earn funds, among which TV dramas with short investment cycles and large income results are the first targets of TV stations. ”

"The production of TV dramas is based on the production and ratings. However, before that, it is also necessary to ensure that there is sufficient production money during the filming of the TV series. Generally speaking, the production cost of a TV drama is about 5~600 million won. 60%~70% of them are borne by TV stations, and the rest, in addition to outsourcing to specialized TV drama production companies, the easiest way to raise TV drama production fees is PPL. ”

This is commonly known as ad placement. ”

Compared with the Broadcasting Commission's strict advertising censorship mechanism for TV programs, South Korea is obviously much more relaxed in the area of advertising placement in TV dramas, and even if it is a blatant advertising placement in TV dramas, there will be no other consequences except for triggering complaints from the audience.

and variety shows, which are simply two completely different worlds.

"What does Minister Kim mean?"

On the other side, Kim Young-sub talked a lot about the way the TV series was filmed, and Shen Zhengyuan didn't think that it was just for himself.

Sure enough, Kim Young-sub later explained the main reason why he wanted him to extend the TV drama episodes: "In fact, I hope that President Shen will extend the episodes of "Dragon Bayi" because of the advertisers. ”