The company was founded, like all small companies, and it didn't cause any waves in the entertainment industry at all, no media attention, no flashing lights and interviews with reporters, no fans attending, none of this. "樂" Wen "Xiao" said|

In Seoul, almost every day, companies are established or die, and seemingly random strokes like Jung Hyuk-jae are not paid attention to by media reporters at all.

However, Jung Hyuk Jae is also idle, he does not have to be tired of being interviewed by various media, and he can focus his attention and energy on his own shooting and work.

The company has just been established, and naturally there are a lot of things that need to be done, from decoration to employee recruitment, Zheng Hyuk-jae is doing it himself, but fortunately, the company is also small, and without delaying the filming progress, Zheng Hyuk-jae has plenty of time, but as the company grows larger and larger, he naturally doesn't need to worry about small things like this.

'Everything is difficult at the beginning', as long as you get through this hurdle and the next things of the company are on the right track, everything will be much better.

At present, although it is only a brokerage company with only one artist who has not yet debuted, Jung Hyuk-jae's goal is not only to focus on these actors, but in his vision, from actors to production to distribution, it is a complete ecological chain, and actors are only the first step.

Jung Hyuk-jae recruited several students who graduated from the film academy's choreography and directing department, and asked them in detail about the works or novels they had created, and this group of students will be the backbone of the company's script layer in the future.

All Jung Hyuk-jae needs to do is to tell them some of the ideas and memories in his mind, let them improve and supplement, and finally form a script and take it to the Screenwriters Association for the record, and as early as half a year ago. Jung Hyuk-jae joined the association as a writer for SBS TV, and the scripts or outlines created will be taken to the Screenwriters Association for the record, so as to avoid disputes due to copyright issues in the future.

As for why these young college students were recruited. Jung Hyuk-jae also has his own plans, and this is not just to save money. The main reason is that there are too few good writers, many screenwriters and writers are monopolized in the hands of the three major TV stations or robbed by other film production companies, and it is very, very difficult to recruit famous screenwriters, let alone such a 'small company'.

In addition, Jung Hyuk-jae's main job is to equip Lee Joon-gi with agents and assistants, which is easy to say.

As Seoul, where the entertainment economy is extremely developed, people like dry agents can be said to be a lot of them. Except for a few gold medal agents and the like, it is also simple to recruit agents and assistants, and when the recruitment advertisement is out, no less than 20 people call in a day to ask about related matters.

The job of the interview was conducted by Jung Hyuk-jae himself, in addition to his resume and relevant work experience, quality and personality are also the focus of his investigation, Jung Hyuk-jae does not want the relationship between the artist and the agent to be so stiff, and the one who can get along is the best.

After the interview, the one who stayed was an uncle in his thirties named Jiang Jae-kyung.

A big face chubby. When he laughed, his eyes narrowed together, and he looked inconspicuous, but he only knew after reading his resume. turned out to be a high-achieving student, joining the agent industry, once out of interest in the profession of broker, but now the agent seems to have become a part of his body, and has long been deeply integrated into the blood.

After asking in detail, Jung Hyuk-jae learned that the uncle in front of him had actually worked in SM company, and had also been an agent of the combination 'Myth' for a period of time, but later he didn't know why he left SM company and joined a small company.

As for what the reason is. Kang Jae-kyung didn't plan to say it, and Jung Hyuk-jae didn't plan to ask. Skipped this question.

As an assistant, Jung Hyuk-jae chose a girl who was serious and hard-working from dozens of interviewers. Helping Lee Joon-gi and Kang Jae-kyung run errands or something, the staffing is like this for the time being, and if it's really too busy, I'll talk about it later.

After the personnel were confirmed, Jung Hyuk-jae arranged the work for the next period of time, and accompanied Lee Joon-gi to participate in the physical and acting training before the filming of "The King's Man", not only the actor Lee Joon-gi, but also actors of all sizes need to participate.

What Kang Jae-kyung needs to do is to have a good relationship with the director, and if Lee Joon-gi has any problems at work or in life, he can tell Jung Hyuk-jae directly.

Coming out of Zheng Hyuk Jae's office, the newly recruited assistant girl followed closely behind Jiang Zaijing, with a look of surprise and confusion, and turned to Jiang Zaijing next to him and asked: "Uncle, is that our future boss just now?"

"yes, wasn't he the one during the interview?" Jiang Zaijing smiled, and then nodded, "He will be our boss in the future!" ”

"So young!" Thinking of the words of encouragement that *oss said to herself just now, the assistant girl couldn't help but smirk, looking like a 'nymphomaniac'.

Jiang Zaijing is not surprised, in the entertainment industry, large and small entertainment companies, many company bosses are younger than their own bosses, have you ever seen a teenage child lying on the boss's chair listening to the report of his subordinates?

He's met even more outrageous things! It's just that the life span of the entertainment company founded by those people is only one or two years, and it is more similar to the nature of playing tickets, which is fresh. But his boss doesn't look like the kind of person who plays tickets, although he is young, but his temperament and demeanor are very stable, not at all like a twenty-five-year-old young man, if he doesn't look at his face when he talks just now, he thinks it's his peers.

What surprised Kang Jae-kyung was Jung Hyuk-jae's identity, as an old man who has been immersed in the entertainment industry for more than ten years, when he knew that Jung Hyuk-jae was the director of last year's "I'm Sorry, I Love You", the worries in his heart instantly relieved a lot.

With this incident, Kang Jae-kyung's attention was not on the age of his boss, but on the only artist under him - Lee Joon-gi. This twenty-three-year-old rookie actor in the entertainment industry is all the current artists in the company, and he is also the only artist under him, although he has not yet debuted.

This made Jiang Zaijing a little puzzled. Although the company has just been created, there are only artists under it. And it's still a newcomer in the entertainment industry who hasn't debuted yet, which can't be said at all, okay?

Even if you cooperate with other entertainment companies to recruit a few trainees, it is better than the current situation, but Kang Jae-kyung didn't dare to come forward to ask, and Jung Hyuk-jae wouldn't say.

A piece of good news is that Lee Joon-gi will join the crew of the movie "The King's Man" next, and the first step in his debut is a big-screen work, and he is also the protagonist, which makes him feel a lot more relieved.

Take advantage of the lunch break to finish the company's affairs. In the afternoon, Jung Hyuk-jae returned to the indoor set of MBC TV to continue the next filming task of "New Employee".

Unknowingly, "New Staff" has been broadcast on TV for twelve episodes, and the audience's praise and ratings are rising, from the first episode of the premiere breaking 20% of the ratings to the instantaneous highest rating of the twelfth episode last week breaking 30%, it can be said that "New Staff" has succeeded, and the 30% rating has left the TV series of the same schedule of other TV stations far behind.

Because of "New Employee", Kim Jae-yeol of the TV Drama Production Bureau has a lot more smiles on his face these days.

Thinking of the meeting held at the front desk for more than a month, many people took advantage of the failure of "Sad Love Song" to criticize their inaction in TV drama work, and then took over "Sad Love Song" to broadcast "New Staff", which can be described as a 'snap' slap in the face.

"New Employee", which broke 20% of the ratings in the first broadcast, has also become the highest-rated TV series premiered by MBC TV in the past two years.

At present, the broadcast of "New Staff" has passed the halfway point. Although there are still about eight episodes left, based on the current increase in ratings, it is not impossible for the final ratings to break 35% after the TV series is broadcast.

The higher the ratings. Kim Jae-yeol is naturally happier, although he doesn't dare to expect 40%, 50% or something, but 35% is always okay, right?

According to the scheduled filming plan, in the next week, there are still about one and a half episodes of the remaining nineteen and twenty episodes, and the filming of this and a half episodes will be completed, and the theme filming of "New Staff" will officially end.

When he came to the set, Jung Hyuk-jae saw Kim Jae-yeol who was standing in front of the props room on the set to inspect the work. Seeing someone walk in, especially after seeing who it is. A smile instantly appeared on Kim Jae-yeol's face, and he reached out to shake Jung Hyuk-jae's hand as he spoke.

"Why does Director Jin have time to come over today?"

"How. Not welcome? ”

Kim Jae-yeol replied with a smile, facing Kim Jae-yeol's words, where did Jung Hyuk-jae dare to say the word 'no', raised his hands high, and shouted in his mouth: "Welcome, welcome!" Warmly welcome Mr. Kim's inspection work! ”

After speaking, Jung Hyuk-jae led the way in front and led Director Kim and others to visit the set of "New Staff".

From the conference room to the office to Jiang Hu's home, most of the interior shots shown on TV were actually shot in the studio, just like there was such a scene in the first episode, Jiang Hu returned home after failing the interview, because he was chased by his mother with a feather duster and ran out of the house, in fact, this shot was divided into two parts to shoot.

One shot is the living room of Jiang Hu's house built in the studio, where the family sits cross-legged and eats; Another shot was selected in a community near the TV station, and the camera was placed on the side of one of the unit buildings, filming the shot of Jiang Hu's mother chasing Jiang Hu and throwing it, and finally editing and producing the two shots after the shooting was completed.

While visiting, Kim Jae-yeol turned his head from time to time to say a few words to Jung Hyuk-jae.

"Shooting has been going well lately, isn't it?" Kim Jae-yeol stood in front of a window and asked Jung Hyuk-jae a question.

"It's okay, the state and attitude of the actors are not bad, and the filming has been going smoothly, otherwise it would not have been possible to end the filming so long in advance according to the scheduled shooting plan."

Kim Jae-yeol, who was walking in front, couldn't help but nod when he heard Jung Hyuk-jae say this, and he trusted Jung Hyuk-jae's organizational ability and filming ability more and more.

Unexpectedly, at that time, he chose Jung Hyuk Jae to direct with the mentality of 'dead horse as a live horse doctor', and the final result was so unexpected to him.

Thinking of this, Kim Jae-yeol already regretted it a little, he shouldn't have signed a filming job with him just for one TV series, there should be at least two and no three, anyway, he should be firmly nailed to the TV station and let him create a steady stream of benefits for the TV station.

Although the idea is good, it turns out that Jung Hyuk-jae's identity is not only a screenwriter and director, but also a partner of MBC TV.

"The proceeds of the pre-advertising have come out, and the money you should have received has been transferred to your bank card." Kim Jae-yeol whispered in his ear.

"Really?"

"That's 630 million." Kim Jae-yeol continued.

Hearing this figure, Jung Hyuk-jae silently calculated in his heart, that is to say, the total revenue of "New Staff" in domestic advertising alone should reach about 1.4 billion, and this alone, Jung Hyuk-jae's total investment has returned to almost half.

After talking about the domestic advertising revenue, Kim Jae-yeol continued to talk about the overseas revenue: "Although the TV series has not been broadcast yet. However, several countries are already considering introducing it. ”

"Really?" Jung Hyuk-jae was a little surprised, he really didn't expect that a foreign manufacturer would come to the door so early this time and want to buy the copyright of the TV series.

"Indeed, I think it is better to slow down in terms of foreign copyright, and it is better to wait until the broadcast is completed on our side before doing so, so that high-rated TV series can naturally get better returns."

Hearing Jung Hyuk-jae say this, Kim Jae-yeol also felt quite reasonable, "I think so too." ”

Kim Jae-yeol came and went quickly, and after hurriedly sweeping a few sets of sets, he left in a hurry, and finally told before leaving: "Be sure to shoot the next plot well, and strive for the highest rating to break 35%!" (To be continued)