Chapter 63: A new drama begins
Time flies quickly, more than a month has passed in a blink of an eye, and the crew's scenes in Bali have finally been filmed. After the scene in Bali ended, the crew went to Tahiti (also known as Tahiti), a beautiful island in the South Pacific known as "the closest place to paradise", to continue filming. This time, the crew streamlined the government, and the main actors who went to Tahiti were only Cha Tae-hyun, Sung Yo-ri, and Jang Sung-won, while the other actors returned to South Korea.
There weren't many scenes to shoot in Tahiti, so it didn't take a few days for the filming mission here to end successfully, which also meant that all the location scenes of the show were completed. After that, the group rushed back to Seoul by plane with almost no rest, because it was not a few days before the premiere of the show, and they had to rush back to carry out the publicity work before the broadcast of the new drama.
This trip abroad lasted for more than a month, and no matter how beautiful the scenery was, it was like that for a long time, and there was no such intimate and comfortable feeling as in my hometown. Therefore, every crew member is sincerely happy to be able to return to Seoul, and Jang Sung-won may be the happiest among them, but his happiness is very different from others.
During this period of time, he was close to Cheng Youli every day, but because of everyone's eyes, he didn't dare to do too intimate actions at all, especially when he couldn't hold Cheng Youli to sleep at night, which made him extremely unaccustomed to it. When he was in the army at that time, he also missed his four sisters like this.
On the night he returned to Seoul, Jang Sung-won wanted to take the opportunity of a long-term absence of lovesickness to eat tofu for Lee Hyo-ri and other women to relieve the pain of lovesickness. However, somehow, on this night, after having dinner together, the four daughters left one after another, and no matter how Zhang Chengyuan stayed, it was useless. Sung You-ri was away from home for too long to reunite with his family, and Lee Hyo-ri, Ok Joo-hyun, and Lee Jin also excused themselves and left, which made Jang Sung-won both disappointed and confused. I don't know if it's because they're really too busy, or if they see through the urgency in his eyes?
No matter what, this night, Zhang Chengyuan could only be alone again, and he couldn't sleep alone. And this situation is not a day or two, but has continued for a long time, making him feel like a year every night.
Five days later, on June 23, "The Crown Prince's First Love" finally began to be broadcast on MBC TV, this new drama that was popular before it was broadcast and created a strong topic attracted strong attention as soon as it was launched, and the ratings of the first broadcast exceeded 20%, which caused the ratings of TV dramas on other TV stations to plummet at the same time.
The second episode that aired after that also lived up to expectations, and once again increased the ratings, reaching 25.3%, which makes people feel that it has a very strong momentum, rather than relying on a flash in the pan to create topics.
The biggest credit for the success of the premiere of the new drama is that the crew and the TV station have done a very good job in the previous publicity work, and Cha Tae-hyun and Sung You-ri have also contributed to the huge appeal of the younger generation. And Zhang Chengyuan's role is only insignificant at present.
After the broadcast of the first and second episodes, because Zhang Chengyuan's role still accounts for a small amount, except for his incomparable appearance and cold and wise white-collar elite temperament, which left an indelible impression on the audience, the audience did not pay much attention to him and discuss the topic.
Because the audience prefers to talk about Sung You-ri's versatile appearance and obviously improved acting skills in the play, as well as Cha Tae-hyun's perennial intimate image and very friendly and comedic performance.
Some viewers left a message on the Internet: "It's really a feast for our eyes to be able to see Cha Tae-hyun OPPA return to the TV series again." ”
"Every move he made me very happy and excited."
"Princess Yuri is getting more and more beautiful, and everything in the play is very fashionable, and I can't help but want to emulate it, especially the boots worn at the Sapporo Resort in Hokkaido, Japan, which are the most attractive to me. Sister Yori, my fan team and I will always support you. ”
"Princess Youli, you have always been a popular diva in our eyes."
"Remarkable! Fighting! ”
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A large number of remarks praising and supporting Taehyun and Sung Yoo-ri continue to emerge on the Internet, and large and small media have also begun to sing praises, which has stimulated more and more viewers to start watching "The Crown Prince's First Love", after the third or fourth episodes were broadcast, the TV series that the streets and schools are most concerned about is only this TV series except for "Paris Lovers" starring Park Shinyang, Kim Ting-eun, and Lee Dong-kun.
Of course, "The Crown Prince's First Love" can't be compared with "Paris Lovers", which has always occupied the first place in the ratings of all TV programs, but the two are not broadcast at the same time, so "Paris Lovers" will not hit the ratings of "The Crown Prince's First Love", at most, Park Shinyang and Kim Ting-eun's perfect acting skills make people feel that the acting skills of young actors such as Sung Youli are still a little immature. However, the flaws are not hidden, and before there are no strong competitors, this small flaw cannot prevent this TV series from successfully winning the ratings championship in the same period.
What is somewhat surprising is that among the young actors who have been criticized by some critical experts and audiences for their poor acting skills, there is no name of Jang Sung-won. His sophistication and excellent acting skills made the audience not realize that Zhang Chengyuan is only 22 years old this year, about 7 years younger than Cha Taehyun, but he plays a 30-year-old successful white-collar worker in the play. His suit and arrogant aura in the play also make people feel that he is older than Cha Tae-hyun and more like a mature adult. Of course, this does not mean that he is not old and decrepit, but the illusion created by the makeup artist's makeup skills and Zhang Chengyuan's acting skills has added a mature charm to him.
It can be said that it is quite rare for a young actor like Zhang Chengyuan to play the role of a man with mature charm.
So as he spent more and more time in the show, more and more TV critics recognized this, and they became more and more interested in him, wanting to find more surprises in him. By doing so, they may be able to increase the sales of their newspaper or the viewership of their TV shows. After all, if you keep hyping Cha Tae-hyun and Sung You-ri without changing your taste, the audience will get tired of their columns or programs sooner or later.
Influenced by critics, the audience also turned their attention from Cha Tae-hyun to Jang Sung-won, in contrast, they found that Jang Sung-won's charm and acting skills would indeed not lose to Cha Tae-hyun, who had already achieved fame, and even made them a little unbelievable and unacceptable What seemed to be Jang Sung-won was better. It's unbelievable that a young actor is more powerful than a powerful actor who has been certified by the public for a long time!
For a while, many people were looking for the root of Zhang Chengyuan, wanting to find out Zhang Chengyuan's shortcomings to comfort their wavering beliefs. It's just that the more I know about Zhang Chengyuan, the more I feel that Zhang Chengyuan is indeed a genius-type character, with a natural appearance without plastic surgery, excellent results in both culture and sports when he was a student, the first place in the college entrance examination in Seoul, an outstanding student of the Department of Business Administration of Seoul National University, the title of a special soldier of the Korean Army, one of the most valuable models in the modeling industry, and the winner of the 2001 KBS Newcomer Award...... I don't know how many honors there are, and it seems that I can't count them in a day.
Such an amazing character will be ignored and forgotten, and I don't know if the public's vision is too high, or is it blinded by other seemingly prosperous affairs?
It seemed to come naturally, but after a week, Jang Sung-won's popularity skyrocketed, not only did the official website have several times his followers, but some unofficial fan clubs have also sprung up, and they are growing stronger and stronger. In addition, his rising popularity has also greatly increased the ratings of episodes 5 and 6 of "The Crown Prince's First Love", jumping from 27.3% to 31.4% in the fourth episode, which has made those experts who think that the plot of "The Crown Prince's First Love" is a bit old-fashioned and that there is no room for growth in ratings.
Taking advantage of this shareholder trend, Zhang Chengyuan's photo album in Bali took the opportunity to launch, and sold more than 100,000 sets without much publicity, which not only made a small profit, but also deepened the fans' impression of him, thereby consolidating his popularity and popularity.