Chapter 44: The Battle Against Time
"KBs Moonfire New Drama 'Love at Harvard' Casting Has Begun"
"Zhang Dongjian said: 'I hope to challenge the role in the play', and is expected to join "Love at Harvard""
"KBs New Drama PD Lee Hyung-min: This is an Absolutely Refreshing Idol Drama"
"KBs are constantly moving, mBc, sBs are temporarily silent"
Approaching the fourth quarter of 2004, whether it is a merchant or a TV station, it seems that they have fallen into the frenzy of the festival, although the nearest festival is more than two months away, but this does not prevent the business from advertising in advance.
Looking at this year's TV series, there is more than enough production and not enough novelty. Up to now, a total of 28 TV dramas of various genres have been filmed, if "Weekend Reversal Drama" written and directed by Jung Hyuk-jae can still make many audiences shine, then other TV series can only be said to be 'new wine in old bottles', lacking the sincerity it should have, maybe it can be called high in ratings, but it has also been criticized by many audiences.
In terms of ratings, "Paris Lovers" leads the TV drama lineup with the highest rating of 57.6%, followed by "The Conditions of Love" with the highest rating of 45.5%, "Bali Story" and "Full House of Romance" run in third place, followed by "Weekend Reversal Drama", which can only be called a humorous short theater, followed with a maximum rating of 28.9%, which has made countless TV drama people ashamed.
If 20% is a hurdle, as long as the past 20% of this TV series is definitely with the potential of fire, 25% marks that the TV series has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, if it is 40%, or even 50% of the ratings, it can only be said that this TV series has definitely grasped the pulse of the market and the remote control of housewives, and has become the country in everyone's mouth. Folk drama.
Of course, ratings are not everything, there are also many factors that affect ratings, how popular a TV series is, in addition to subjective factors such as story arrangement, actors' acting skills, etc., there are also objective factors such as how competitors perform.
Three TV series broadcast on the same schedule, once a confrontation situation is formed, whether it is a two-way world or a three-legged stand, the result of the stalemate will be that the ratings will disappear and the other, none of them can win completely, and none of them will end up in a fiasco. Therefore, among these high-rated TV series, there are also some lucky ones who are "born in good times".
Similarly, ratings and word-of-mouth are not very related, for example, although a TV series has high ratings, it is not as good as another TV series in the same period, whether it is the amount of topics or the degree of attention. Although the ratings are higher than those of another TV series, the word-of-mouth is not necessarily better than that of the other party.
Those classic Korean dramas are not all amazingly high ratings, compared to these, they can only be said to be average.
The large conference room on the second floor of KBs TV station was rearranged early this morning, and the cleaning aunts were all scrubbed from the inside out, several staff members were assembling shelves on the stage, and several tables and chairs were arranged on the stage, KBs TV station was busy from top to bottom early in the morning.
Half an hour later, the stage was finally cleaned up, a huge poster 4 meters wide and 7 meters long hung at the back of the stage, half of the poster was covered, as if there was a secret underneath, but the other half was to point out the reason for KBs' move--- "Love at Harvard" production press conference!
At eight o'clock, there were already reporters entering, finding their place and sitting down, staring at the propaganda posters on the stage with curious eyes, looking closely, as if they could see through the secret that had been covered.
"It seems that KBs' actions this time are not small!" Several familiar reporters and friends were quietly communicating while the press conference had not yet started.
Another female reporter with a cap recalled the actions of KBs TV dramas this year, and said with emotion: "In the top ten of this year's TV drama ratings list, KBs occupy 4 places, and they are really strong in TV dramas!" ”
From "Conditions of Love" to "Full House of Romance" to "The Story of the Nine-Tailed Fox", it can be said that as a state-run TV station, KBs has occupied an important position in TV dramas.
"So far, sBs and mBc have not moved, and this year's Moon Fire Drama will not be filmed quietly, right?"
Hearing her friend's doubts, the female reporter was the first to retort, "This is absolutely impossible to happen, you must know that sBs TV still firmly occupies the first place in the highest ratings of TV dramas this year, and the 57.6% rating of "Paris Lovers" is the highest even if you add the ratings of TV dramas in previous years! ”
"There is also mBc TV's "Dae Jang Jin", although this drama was broadcast from September last year until March this year, but if you count the ratings, the average ratings can rank first this year!"
"You still forget sBs, but there is also a dark horse of "Weekend Reversal Drama", this year's sBs also has 3 TV series on the TV drama ratings list, I am sure that the next sBs TV station will definitely not be small, and it is more likely to collide directly with KBs and mBc!"
Thinking of the dark horse performance of "Weekend Reversal Drama" during this time, everyone seems to be full of confidence in the next scuffle of the three major TV stations.
In this way, while they were talking, they waited for the production press conference of KBs TV's "Love at Harvard" to begin, and at half past eight in the morning, a beautiful female host in a dress came up to the stage, holding the microphone in her hand and announced: "The production press conference of "Love at Harvard" starts now! ”
Immediately afterwards, Lee Hyungmin, the chief director of "Love at Harvard", walked up from the side of the stage, with slightly chubby cheeks, the suit on his body was slightly tight, and his hair was neatly covered on his forehead, after all, he was not young, and his hairline was a little back.
Li Hengmin stood on the stage and bowed slightly to the dozens of reporters present before saying: "Thank you for being able to attend the production press conference of "Love at Harvard" today! ”
After a few simple words, he left the opportunity to ask questions to the reporters and friends present, and his eyes swept around twice, Li Hengmin pointed to the female reporter in red in front of him, "The first question is you, ah yes, it's the one wearing red clothes on my right hand!" ”
Seeing this, the staff on the side walked to her side and handed over the microphone, seeing that she was talking about herself, she couldn't hide the excitement on her face, this was the first time she came out alone for an interview, and naturally the excitement in her heart was far more fierce than usual.
Li Min'er hurriedly got up and kneaded the corners of her clothes to hide the tension in her heart, "Excuse me, who are the male and female protagonists in the "Love in Harvard" TV series?" ”
As soon as the words fell, she came back to her senses, and couldn't help but want to slap herself in the mouth, what a stupid question she just asked! Even if you don't ask this question, the scene of today's press conference will definitely be announced, and you can hear the irrepressible laughter of colleagues around you without looking and listening.
Lee Hyung-min smiled, and with a wave of his hand, the curtain that was originally covering the poster was opened, revealing his true face inside.
In the picture, the comfortable and warm sunlight is obliquely shining down, and the male protagonist played by Kim Rae-won is leaning against the wall, gently holding the heroine Lee so-in played by Kim Tae-hee with one hand, smiling at the corner of his mouth, and the years are quiet.
Li Min'er didn't care about how beautiful the exposed stills were, she only knew that she had to hurry up and ask another question, otherwise she would definitely not be able to pay the difference when she went back.
"Lee, PD: Can I ask you one more question? Pls Lee PD"
"Miss, a question has already been asked!" The staff simply and rudely wanted to snatch away her microphone, but was stopped by Li Hengmin on the stage.
"Excuse me!"
Li Hengmin stretched out his hands and said very generously.
Taking advantage of this time, Li Min'er hurriedly looked at the questions she had prepared on a piece of paper, and her eyes immediately locked on one of the most concerned questions.
"Excuse me, will the ending of the TV series version of "Love at Harvard" and the novel version of "Love at Harvard" be different?"
On the side, they originally wanted to see this rookie reporter, and they nodded approvingly, and they also felt that she had asked a good question, and what the audience is most concerned about at present is the ending of the TV series version and the novel version.
"Let's leave this question to the future, and everyone will understand it when they see it in the future!"
Lee Hyung-min kept silent about this issue, and the hostess took the microphone at the right time and continued the next steps, "Next, please invite the male and female stars of "Love at Harvard" Kim Rae-won Xi and Kim Tae-hee xi! ”
The handsome men and beautiful women on the stage killed everyone present in seconds, murdering the film and video tapes of the cameras in their hands, and before the hostess could speak, everyone had already asked questions one by one.
"Kim Tae-hee, what do you think of the ending of "Love at Harvard"? Do you think there's anything about the heroine that appeals to you? ”
"Kim Lai-wonxi, what prompted you to take over this TV?"
"May I ask what the two of you think about the love affair with the play? Kim Tae-hee, do you have a boyfriend now? ”
"Kim Lai Wonxi, what is your ideal type?"
Everyone was noisy, and it was as if they had walked into a vegetable market in an instant.
Li Min'er was squeezed into the outskirts of the reporter, and she couldn't fight the five big and three thick men with her thin body, and she looked around a little helplessly.
"Jingle Bell Jingle Bell"
Her mobile phone rang, and she looked at the caller ID, so frightened that she hurriedly answered, "Hello editor-in-chief!" ”
A deep voice came out of the microphone, and Li Min'er reached out to cover the microphone to prevent interference from outside sounds.
"How's it going?"
"The press conference is almost over, I can rush back to the club in a moment, and I will definitely miss tomorrow's newspaper!" Li Min'er said with certainty.
"Don't come back yet, I received the news that the press conference of sBs TV station is also this morning, you will go over for a while and catch the news on both sides!"
Approaching October, the three major TV stations turned into a war without gunpowder!
(PS: Ask for recommendation, ask for collection!)
Ps2: There's a little bit of a problem with the data, in fact, there are a lot of high-rated TV series in 2004, and everyone ignores the bugs in the previous plot, and Tofu will make a unified modification when you take time! )