Chapter 446: The TV series fails
After the morning news of South Korea's YTN TV, they began to comment on the three TV dramas that started broadcasting yesterday.
At the same time, they were all premieres, so it's no wonder that they were compared.
YTN said that women are afraid of marrying the wrong man, and men are afraid of entering the wrong industry, and actors should also pay attention to the fit of the role, and Cai Wulong played by Hee Sung is obviously a failure, on the other hand, Zhu Zhixun, who debuted as a newcomer, has a very reasonable role positioning.
And Jang Hyuk is amazing, after being discharged from the army in November last year, he made a comeback this year in the MBC drama "Thank You". Zhang He, who has not taken over a TV series for five years, fully demonstrated his mature charm and superb acting skills in the play.
Comparatively speaking, Xicheng is far from the grasp of the role and his acting skills.
The well-known online news media Ohmynews has published a lot of similar news, some of which are very representative and have been recognized by websites and tourists, for example, there is an article "Zhang He's Successful Comeback, Xicheng's Failed Transformation", the title is simple, but the words are extremely old-fashioned.
The article pointed out that after Zhang He's fraudulent evasion of military service was exposed, many film and television investment companies that had agreements with him before tore up the agreements and found someone to replace them.
After being discharged from the army, Zhang He did not publicize it everywhere, and he almost really fell silent.
Although Song Chengxian, who retired from the army at the same time, often appears in China, Japan and South Korea, his comeback work has not come out for a long time, and it is rumored that his carefully selected "comeback" TV series "God's City" has long been stillborn.
Jang Hyuk became a blockbuster after being silent for several months, but Min Ki-seo's arrogance was full of warmth, which impressed the Korean audience.
The report said that "Jang Hyuk has become Min Ki-rui, and the two have become one."
For Xicheng, the evaluation was very polite, first questioning his acting skills, and more importantly, thinking that he chose the wrong role.
"Jingxiang Shimbun" commented on the topic of transformation.
Zhang He first appeared in the 1999 KTV youth drama "School", and everyone was wondering if Yusheng had a younger brother. Unruly eyes. Disdainful but sad lips, knotted character under school uniform
Zhang He in "The Success of a Bright Girl" has both masculinity, as well as the innocence and cuteness of a big boy, with single eyelids and bright eyes, and a slightly ruffian provocative expression that is particularly fascinating.
Now, after the experience of military service, he can't see the greasy taste of today's cream on his face, and he has become a rough but talented doctor in "Thank You".
is also a transformation, and Xicheng's transformation has to make people feel regretful.
The character of Cai Wulong in "Witch Youxi", with an average background, was admitted to medical school but found that he was not suitable for being a doctor, learned a cooking skill from his father, but was not affirmed by the chef, and was repeatedly kicked out of the restaurant.
Arguably. He was a complete failure, a man who was embarrassed from beginning to end.
And Hee Sung, although he doesn't know his specific family background, there is no doubt that he has a good background, and he can't hide that temperament in his gestures, just in the first episode, the audience has seen him and this character many times in a blunt place.
As an artist who has just debuted for two years, there is no need for him to be in such a hurry to transform.
Not to mention. His age also restricts his room for transformation.
At the age of eighteen, he can only play some handsome prince-type roles.
Networks, newspapers and magazines such as nate.com, daum, entertainment news network, Pressian, Asian Economy, and Seoul Star all commented on the TV series that started yesterday.
Overall, "The Demon King" is relatively bland. Because it is a newcomer, the media is not too harsh, and this result is already very good.
The main ones are "Witch Youxi" and "Thank You", which are predictable. They are bound to be the focus of competition for the next two months.
And Hee Sung and Jang He, as the leading actors of the two TV series, were also compared together.
Public opinion is showing a one-sided trend. It is generally believed that Hee Sung's acting skills are not as good as Zhang He, and the role is an extremely unsuccessful choice.
And among his fans, there are also many people who are extremely dissatisfied with the character this time, and there are even some anti-him, and the reaction of the fan group Prince Castle is particularly intense.
Many began to protest fiercely on message boards, and even said that they might leave the group.
This fan group started because of "Palace", and what I like is Prince Xin, so I naturally don't like Cai Wulong's turtle image.
On March 23, the ratings for the second episode were announced.
Zhang He's "Thank You" increased slightly, reaching 17 percent, while Xi Cheng's "Palace" did not rise but fell, falling to 18.5 percent, although it is still ahead, but it rises and falls, and it is difficult to say how the next episode will win or lose.
KBS2's "Demon King" itself is slightly inferior, not to mention that there are two strong competitors, and the second episode dropped sharply, only 11%.
Jeon Ki-sang sighed all day long, Hee-sung didn't have a good time in his heart, and he didn't pay attention to the album anymore, and his attention was all on acting.
On Monday, March 25, Hee Sung's new album was released, and in addition to South Korea, other countries and regions were also released simultaneously through Guò Warner's sales network.
On March 26, taking off from Gimpo Airport, Hee-sung rushed to Busan to hold a book signing.
On March 28th and 29th, the third and fourth episodes of "Witch Youxi" were broadcast, and by the time the ratings were counted on the 30th, the craze that had slowly subsided a few days ago was once again a monstrous wave.
Because "Witch Youxi" was defeated.
In the third episode, the ratings of "Witch Youxi" were slightly ahead of "Thank You" by 18.5%, but in the fourth episode, it lost the championship with 18.8%, and the ratings of "Thank You" broke through to 19.1%.
The undefeated myth of Hee Sung, from "My Name is Kim Sam Soon" to "Palace", as long as it is a TV series he starred in, it is definitely the first in the ratings of the same period.
Unexpectedly, the myth ended here, and the combination of him and Han Jiaren was defeated by Zhang He and Kong Xiaozhen, and they were defeated so miserably.
At present, it is only a 0.3% gap, but no one can guarantee whether this gap will continue to widen next week.
Naturally, the media will not let go of this kind of thing that attracts the public's attention.
Xicheng, who has always been not very popular with the media, was embattled for a while, and the wall fell down and everyone pushed it!
Open the relevant website, and it is full of comments that belittle his acting skills.
In fact, his acting skills are not as bad as people imagine, compared with the last TV series, his progress is enough to make most actors tremble.
And eighteen percent is a high rating.
The most feared thing is comparison, once compared, Hee Cheng becomes a miserable loser.
Yuna may know Hee-sung's current situation, and she has spent a lot of time with him and learned a lot.
Other friends also expressed condolences and encouragement to him in various forms.
Hee-sung did hesitate for a while, it was the first time he had suffered such a defeat, because his own strength was questioned.
From March 27 to April 1, before the popular ballad CB stage on the afternoon, Hee Sung has been working on TV dramas, in addition to his own part to be filmed on time, there are also the previous ones, as long as they have not been broadcast, they will carefully check for flaws.
If it can be improved, it will be resolutely improved.
He first had a meal with investor Human Rights Zhenghao and communicated some investment issues.
contacted a high-end restaurant and regularly provided high-quality boxed lunches for the crew, and the crew re-filmed a lot of shots he had taken before, but because of the boxed lunches, the eaters had short mouths, and no one had any opinions.
This failure made him realize once again that he was not omnipotent.
But that's about it.
Faced with the brief failure of the TV series, he did not lose heart.
As he said on a radio show, he tried, and it didn't matter if he failed.
Everyone's growth has a process of experimentation.
On April 1, Hee-sung appeared on the popular song CB stage of SBS TV, announcing the official start of the third series.
From the release of the album on the 25th to the present, this new album, named "The King of Music", has exceeded 110,000 copies in South Korea, making it the first album in Korea to sell more than 100,000 copies this year.
This is not a big deal, aside from South Korea, the rest of Asia has also sold 70,000 copies.
The most dazzling is the North American sales, Xicheng's album is mainly English songs, and each one is a boutique, once it was on the shelves in the North American market, it was immediately swept away, and the first batch of 80,000 albums was sold out in four and a half days.
If it weren't for the failure to replenish in time, the North American market alone, the album would probably have achieved about 120,000 results.
Even so, on the weekly list of Billboard sales, Hee Sung ranked seventh, and the first place was Britney's "BLACKOUT", and the result of 290,000 was not much more than that of Hee Sung.
The sun rises in the east and rains in the west, and the total sales of the new album have exceeded 260,000 copies, which has established the hegemony of Hee as the album sales champion of the year.
Under the shroud of this kind of achievement, there are finally fewer voices questioning how long he can be popular.
In terms of music sales, the album swept the top 8 music source websites in Korea, including Mnet, OllehMusic, NaverMusic, and DaumMusic, and the total sales volume topped the charts.
The four Korean songs "Death Can't Let Go of You", "Death Like Pain", "Only Pain Remains", and "No Heart" all entered the top 10 of the Melon singles chart, ranking first, fourth, fifth, and ninth respectively.
His and Kim Jun-so's "Death Won't Let You Go" reached 2 million hits within six hours of its release, making it the "top of the Melon Chart of the Day" and twice as many downloads as of April 1.
PS: Today's first update~~ (to be continued......)