For busy people, time always flies.

In the blink of an eye, a week has passed.

August 3 is the day when Li Zheng's "Night Heart" was broadcast.

On this day, Li Zheng suddenly received a call from Su Xianjing, a screenwriter, asking him if he had time in the afternoon, and if he had time, her screenwriter friend was also free in the afternoon, and the two could be arranged to meet in the afternoon.

At the finale banquet, screenwriter Su Xianjing once mentioned to Li Zheng that she has a screenwriter friend who recently created a new script, and the resume of the male protagonist in the script is somewhat similar to Li Zheng, so the screenwriter friend wanted to ask Li Zheng to meet and talk about the role of the script.

Li Zheng naturally couldn't refuse the kindness of screenwriter Su Xianjing, and he happened to have time in the afternoon, so he agreed with screenwriter Su Xianjing on the specific time and place of meeting in the afternoon.

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Three o'clock in the afternoon, in a café.

In the corner of the hall away from the entrance of the café, Li Zheng sat opposite a middle-aged lady.

The middle-aged lady looked at Li Zheng and said with a smile: "I don't think I need to introduce myself anymore." ”

Li Zheng shook his head and said, "Of course not." Written by Hung Meilan. ”

Looking at the middle-aged lady opposite, Li Zheng's mind flashed the other party's information.

Hong Meilan, the younger sister of Hong's writer sisters, has created many TV series with her sister Hong Jingen, among which the well-known and well-rated TV series include "Haojie Chunxiang", "My Girl" and "Quick Knife Hong Jitong".

Among the Korean drama writers, there are two pairs of writer sisters with the surname Hong.

In addition to Hong Jingen and Hong Meilan sisters, another pair of Hong sisters are Hong Zhener and Hong Zilan sisters.

They are also Hong's sister writers, but their creative styles are very different. The secret of the success of the Hong Jingen and Hong Meilan sisters is actually very simple, that is, to grasp sensationalism with one hand and funny with the other, so that the audience just laughed with tears, and immediately burst into laughter, and the emotions were completely affected by their wonderful pen, and naturally became their loyal embrace.

Of course, the above information was all found on the Internet before Li Zhenglai came.

"Speaking of which, although we have only met for the first time, I have been following you for a long time. ”

Hong Meilan said with a smile: "I'm a big fan of yours. When your song "River Flows In You" was first released online, I was one of the first members to download it. Later, because of that piano song, I began to pay attention to other things about you, and then I learned that you were a trainee at S.M, and starred in the MV of Yu Yongjin's predecessors and S.E.S., and your singing and creative skills attracted the attention of many companies at a very young age, and you gained a lot of popularity in Cheongdam-dong when you were a trainee. ”

After a slight pause, Hong Meilan looked at Li Zheng and laughed softly: "And this is why I want to invite you to star in my new drama." You have been professionally trained in singing and dancing since you were a child, and your creative strength is strong, and you are also very skilled in piano playing. ”

Of course, Li Zheng's current popularity is also one of the reasons, but these two sides know it well, and there is no need to say more.

Seeing that Hong Meilan told herself the reason why she invited herself, Li Zheng bowed slightly, thanked Hong Meilan, and then said: "Hong Meilan screenwriter, can you please tell me more about the role?"

Hong Meilan nodded, and said with a warm smile: "Actually, part of the inspiration for my creation of this character came from you. ”

Many times, when a playwright creates a character, he does not create something out of nothing, but has a specific reference or reference object in reality in his mind. Just like a TV drama writer, in fact, the screenwriter has already pre-imagined the actors he wants to invite when he writes the script.

"From me?" asked Li Zheng cooperatively.

"Yes. ”

Hong Meilan said: "My drama mainly tells the story of a simple girl who accidentally replaced her brother and became a member of the idol group, and then entered the entertainment industry by chance, revolving around the Korean music industry. The content of the story mainly shows the growth process and emotional experience of the idol group, as well as their confusion and troubles. ”

After a general introduction to the idea of script creation, Hong Meilan continued: "And the actor of this drama, I temporarily set his name as Huang Taijing. Tae-kyung is a member of Korea's best popular group, A.N. JELL. With genius composition and piano performance ability, he has a handsome appearance and super popularity. His appearance is perfect, but underneath his perfect appearance lies a wounded heart......"

Li Zheng stared at Hong Meilan with both eyes, and his face looked like he was listening seriously.

However, in fact, when Hong Meilan said that she wanted to write a story about the entertainment industry, Li Zheng had already decided in her heart that she would not take the role, and when Hong Meilan gave a complete introduction to the background of the role, this decision was very certain.

Since the suicide of Zhang Ziyan in March this year, the discussion of the dark inside story of the Korean entertainment industry has been very loud, and at the end of last month, that is, on July 31, the three members of the S.M company boy group TVXQ, Kim Jae-joong, Kim Jun-so, and Park Youtian filed a lawsuit with the court, asking for a judgment that the agreement between the three and S.M Company is invalid.

In this lawsuit, the exposure of S.M's slave contract once again focused the public's attention on the dark side of the entertainment industry.

In this kind of situation where public opinion is generally optimistic about the industry norms of the entertainment industry, he created such a "great, bright, and positive" TV series, and made behaviors that are contrary to public opinion, Li Zheng is really not optimistic about the ratings prospects of this TV series. And Hong Meilan later said that this is a musical idol drama, telling the story of the group's growth, and the group members in the play will invite some popular group members to appear in the play in order to better perform the stage effect.

Just like Li Zheng once said to Li Yunxi, whether a TV series can succeed or not, although the screenwriter, director, and production team account for a large part of the factors, the choice of the main creative actor is also equally important.

Although Li Zheng is only a rookie actor who has just debuted, and his acting skills are not very superb and mature, in the selection of co-actors, in order to improve the success rate of his participation in dramas, Li Zheng will still set a set of strict and even harsh selection criteria for himself.

Obviously, in this set of standards, the acting skills of the members of the idol group are not above the standard line set by Li Zheng himself.

Of course, in addition to worrying about the content of the script and the actors in the play, Li Zheng also has some reasons why he doesn't want to participate in the setting of the role, but these are not things that can be said.

"That's the background of the specific characters in the script. ”

For more than half an hour, Li Zheng and Hong Meilan asked and answered, and Hong Meilan roughly introduced her creative concept and character background.

Generally speaking, Korean screenwriters have a lot of authority in the production of TV dramas, and even if they introduce character information to actors, they rarely go so detailed.

The reason why Hong Meilan is like this is also because she has a good impression of Li Zheng. Li Zheng's own appearance and temperament are the type that is easy to make girls have a good impression, and his polite and decent words and deeds in conversation make Hong Meilan's good impression of him even more.

After listening to Hong Meilan's introduction, although Li Zheng had already decided to refuse, in order to make both sides look good, he would not say it directly in person, he pretended to think, bowed his head slightly and muttered for a moment.

"Screenwriter Hong Meilan, I need to communicate with the company about the role, I'm afraid it's difficult to give you an exact answer for the time being. ”