As time passed, the reporters' questions about Moon Genying and Jang Sung-won gradually deepened and sensitized.

Reporter: "Miss Moon Geunying, it is said that in this drama, in addition to Mr. Jang Sung-won, you also have a homosexual relationship with Miss Moon Chae-won, may I ask, in reality, what kind of attitude do you have towards same-sex love, and do you resist?" ”

Wen Genying smiled: "This question seems to be a little sensitive, if I don't answer it well, I'm afraid I will become a topic of conversation tomorrow, right?" Well, I'll just answer that. After a moment of silence, she continued: "I didn't agree with this question before, but as I grew up and learned more, I changed my mind a little, well, now, I think that whether it is the difference in age, the opposite sex or the same sex, foreigners or Koreans, or any other obstacles, as long as I truly love each other, I don't feel any problems, and I don't have feelings of resistance or hatred." However, I myself chose to be in a heterosexual relationship. ”

Reporter: "Mr. Zhang Chengyuan, what do you think about same-sex love?" ”

Zhang Chengyuan was upset when he heard this question, but he couldn't help but answer, otherwise if the media said that he discriminated against same-sexual/sexual relations, he would inevitably cause some unnecessary trouble. But I don't go out of my way to oppose it, because I think everyone has the freedom to choose their own way of life and love and affection, as long as it doesn't hurt other people.

As for lesbian sex, I'm a little more tolerant, eh. I think there are quite a few women with same-sex tendencies. It is because of being unladylike and being hurt by a man in love. will become like this, so it can be said that it is excusable. Of course, it is best to love each other, after all, yin and yang attract, and the matching of men and women is the rule between heaven and earth, and it is also the code of human ethics and morality for thousands of years. ”

Reporter: "So, do you think homosexual love shouldn't be?" ”

Zhang Chengyuan shook his head and said: "I don't think so, I just said that it shouldn't be from the perspective of traditional morality, but from the perspective of modern freedom of thought and autonomy of behavior." Yes, yes, yes. Well, I hope some journalists don't take my screenshots out of context and put half of my screenshots in the media. ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became colder. Xu was inexplicably a little afraid of Zhang Chengyuan's invisible power, so the reporters stopped visiting this topic, and temporarily changed the object of questioning.

The reporter asked Wen Genying again: "Miss Genying, "The Painter of the Wind" is the first TV series you have filmed in the past five years, and it is also the first TV series you have starred in in the real sense, so do you feel burdened?" Are you worried about competing TV dramas that are not at the same time? ”

Wen Genying smiled: "If you say that there is no burden, it must be a lie." However, this TV series is very well made, and I am sure that the audience will watch it. You will definitely feel the enthusiasm and sincerity of all the staff of our crew. I also believe that this is a picturesque TV series that the audience will recall again after watching it, even after a long time. So I'm very confident in this show. Well, more importantly, we also have famous actors like Brother Cheng Yuan, who are known as 'ratings guarantee', so I believe that the ratings of our show will not be inferior to other TV series in the same period! ”

She has always been humble, and rarely speaks to the media in a confident and somewhat proud tone, but Zhang Chengyuan's existence makes her dare to speak like this, because in her heart, Zhang Chengyuan is a man who often creates miracles.

Not only did she think so, but perhaps even most of the reporters present. After all, Zhang Chengyuan has indeed done a lot of things in the entertainment industry that many other artists can't or are difficult to do all the way over the years.

Seeing that Wen Genying mentioned Zhang Chengyuan, the reporter took the opportunity to ask Zhang Chengyuan: "Mr. Zhang Chengyuan, every regular TV series you have starred in in the past few years has an average rating of more than 20%, and the highest rating of a single episode can exceed 30%, may I ask, do you think the ratings of this TV series after it is broadcast can also achieve such a height?" ”

Zhang Chengyuan smiled: "Of course, I hope to achieve such good results again." It's just that it may not be all there this time! In my opinion, "The Painter of the Wind" is a TV masterpiece with more depth and can help actors win awards, but because of this, in terms of ratings, it may not be able to reach too high heights, plus in the past two years, other cable TV stations have begun to get involved in TV drama production and produced a number of excellent TV series, so that a lot of ratings have been taken, and many young viewers prefer to watch TV on the Internet, so if you want to get more than 30% of the ratings of a single episode, I am afraid that it will be extremely difficult!

However, the average rating of 20% should be barely achieved if the audience cheers for it. ”

Although he had a premonition that this TV series would not reach too high ratings, he felt that with the appeal of him and Wen Genying, as well as the chemistry of the two together, he should still be able to achieve relatively good ratings, of course, compared with the average rating of about 25% in the past, there is still a big regression. However, as long as he can maintain an average rating of more than 20%, then he will not smash his "ratings guarantee" signboard, and thus will not cause too much damage to his reputation. And this is one of the reasons why he took over the filming of "The Painter of the Wind" before.

The reporter asked again: "Mr. Jang Sung-won, it is said that you and Mr. Park Shin-yang initially competed for the role of Kim Hong-do, the male number one in "The Painter of the Wind", but lost in his hands, is there such a thing?" ”

This kind of question seems to be suspected of slapping the face, but Zhang Chengyuan behaved indifferently and said with an unchanged face: "There is indeed such a thing." "A defeat is a defeat, and there is nothing to hide, he is not a person who does not dare to admit defeat. And, no matter what, it's him who is taking over the play now, not Park Shinyang, so he doesn't need to mind.

The reporter then asked: "Since the crew originally chose Mr. Park Shinyang, then why did you take over his role later?" ”

Zhang Chengyuan smiled and said: "He quits, I will take over, this doesn't seem to be strange, right?" He could hear something in the reporter's question. But I didn't bother to take this trick.

The reporter said a little unwillingly: "I heard that Mr. Park Shinyang originally had a brokerage dispute with the production company of "War of Money". Controversial. I was worried that it would affect the filming status and future ratings of this show, so I was forced to quit this TV series, and thus allowed you to take this role, isn't that so? ”

Recently, Park Shin-yang sued the production company of the drama "War of Money" in a lawsuit on the grounds that the production company owed him 341 million won in wages. So far, his astonishing salary of up to 620 million won for 4 episodes of "War of Money" has also been officially announced and confirmed. He has been criticized by industry insiders and the public, and it is said that the Korea Drama Producers Association is preparing to ban him. Therefore, Park Shinyang's case can be said to be one of the hot topics at the moment, and this reporter's question may be to involve this matter with Jang Sung-won in order to further hype up the matter.

Zhang Chengyuan said with a smile: "I don't know why Park Xinyang's predecessor will quit the crew of "The Painter of the Wind", you should ask him for verification, and ask me what this irrelevant person does?" I'll admit it, though. It was because of his withdrawal that I was able to take over the role of Kim Hong-do. ”

Journalist: "In this matter. What do you think? ”

"Thoughts? Well, I feel lucky. Zhang Chengyuan avoided the important and said lightly.

Reporter: "However, many people on the Internet said that the reason why Mr. Park Shinyang's economic dispute was exposed at the beginning of the year was because you want to get the role of Kim Hong-do?" What do you think? ”

Zhang Chengyuan's face changed slightly, and then he returned to normal, and said indifferently: "I'm afraid that the speculation on the Internet may not be taken seriously, right?" Moreover, with my popularity and status today, it shouldn't be difficult to take on a good script, right? ”

Although Park Shinyang's exposure is indeed indirectly related to him, how can he admit it? Besides, Park Shinyang's incident is a fact, and it was not fabricated by him and Lim Ji-so, so he doesn't need to feel guilty. Of course, slightly ashamed, there are still some. It's just that even if you are ashamed, it doesn't make much sense to do so.

Director Jang Tae-yoo hurriedly helped: "Mr. Park Xinyang's departure from the crew is his personal factor, and it has nothing to do with our crew and Mr. Zhang Chengyuan. And the reason why our crew invited Mr. Jang Sung-won is because his acting skills and popularity are in no way inferior to Mr. Park Shinyang, and he is qualified enough for the role of Kim Hong-do, and has nothing to do with other factors! ”

If at the end of last year or the beginning of this year, Jang Tae-yoo commented that Jang Sung-won's acting skills were no worse than Park Shin-yang, it would definitely be a promotion of Jang Sung-won, otherwise when he chose the actor, he would not have chosen Park Sung-yang and abandoned Jang Sung-won.

However, due to the popularity of "Quick Knife Hong Jitong" in South Korea and the global release of "The King of Kung Fu", the high evaluation of Zhang Chengyuan by the world's media, especially the North American media, has made Zhang Chengyuan's popularity rise a lot compared with the beginning of the year, and at the same time, Korean film and television people, media and people have also recognized Zhang Chengyuan's acting skills more and have regarded him as a "top actor" in South Korea.

Therefore, today, Zhang Chengyuan's popularity and status in South Korea are enough to compare with Park Xinyang, and abroad, especially in China, it is dozens of times higher than Park Xinyang. So at this time, Zhang Taiyun said this, and none of the people present felt that he was outrageous. At the same time, they also felt that Zhang Chengyuan's squeezing out of Park Xinyang by shady means should be nothing.

With this in mind, the reporters stopped delving into the matter, but they went on to ask a few questions related to Park Shinyang.

Reporter: "Director Jang Tae-yo, which one do you think is more suitable for the role of Kim Hong-do, Mr. Park Shin-yang or Mr. Jang Sung-won?" ”

Jang Tae-yo said sleekly: "In my opinion, whether it is Mr. Park Shin-yang or Mr. Jang Sung-won, they can perfectly interpret the role of Kim Hong-do." Park Shinyang has a good relationship with him, and Jang Sung-won is the current male lead in this drama, no matter which side he presides, there will inevitably be some drawbacks, so he will simply be impartial.

However, he thought so in his heart: "Although the acting skills of the two are almost indistinguishable, it is difficult to tell who is better, but if you look at it from the appearance alone, Jang Sung-won is obviously more in line with Kim Hong-do's original image, and it is also more able to attract the attention of female audiences." As for popularity, at present, Brother Xinyang is caught in a lawsuit, has been criticized, and his popularity has declined a lot, which cannot be compared with Zhang Chengyuan, who is in the middle of the day. Therefore, Zhang Chengyuan is more suitable for this role. ”

Thinking about it like this, he is even more glad that the starring role of this drama is Jang Sung-won, not Park Shin-yang, otherwise, the ratings of this drama may be much less than estimated in advance because of Park Shin-yang's economic disputes.

Reporter: "Miss Wen Genying, what do you think about this issue?" ”

Moon Geun Young said: "Personally, although Park Shinyang's predecessors are very, very good, I still prefer to partner with Brother Sung Yuan, because this is my long-standing wish." ”

She didn't comment on who was more suitable for the role, because she felt that she was not qualified for it, and if she did it, it would only cause controversy. However, she still clearly expressed her support for Zhang Chengyuan, after all, Zhang Chengyuan is her brother, and Park Xinyang, she is not familiar with her.

Reporter: "Mr. Jang Sung-won, what do you think of Park Shinyang's predecessors' high salaries during the filming of "War of Money"? Do you think actors should be paid such a high salary? ”

Jang Sung-won said: "First of all, I think it is natural for Park Shinyang's predecessor to recover the salary owed to him by the production company, because this is stipulated in the contract, and since the production company signed the contract willingly, it should be fulfilled. As for whether actors should get a high salary, I think it depends on the market value, if the production company can still get enough benefits after getting a high salary, then there is no problem with getting a high salary, just like Hollywood actors. However, if the production company loses money after the actor gets a high salary, it is a different story. ”

Reporter: "So how much do you get paid in this drama?" ”

Jang Sung-won glanced at Jang Tae-yo and saw that he didn't say anything, so he knew that Jang Tae-yoo didn't care if he didn't disclose this information, probably because his salary was not outrageous, so he said: "My current salary is 25 million won per episode, although it is not the top among first-line actors, it is not bad." And I feel that my performance in this TV series is enough to deserve the price! ”

Originally, he was paid 30 million per episode, but in recent months, the recession of the Korean economy has caused the production budget of many Korean films and TV series to plummet, in order to save this unfavorable situation and allow the film and television dramas to be filmed smoothly, many star actors have either voluntarily or forced to reduce their salaries. Although the production budget of "The Painter of the Wind" has basically not been affected, under this atmosphere, Zhang Chengyuan, Wen Genying and others have also taken the initiative to reduce some salaries.

"And what about Miss Wen Genying's salary?"

Jang Sung-won said: "Although Geun Young is a first-line actor like me, according to the habits of Korean film and television production, actresses' salaries are usually lower than those of male actors, and she took the initiative to reduce part of her salary some time ago, so it is now 20 million won per episode." ”

Zhang Taiyun nodded and said: "The salaries of the two of them are indeed like this, it can be said that compared with some other A-level actors, their salaries are quite reasonable, or even lower." In addition, our crew is very grateful to them for signing a contract with us at this price, which makes our production funds much more sufficient, and I believe that we will be able to shoot a better TV series this time. Well, on the evening of September 24th, "The Painter of the Wind" will be broadcast on SBS TV, so please be able to tune in. He coldly popped up an advertising slogan.

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After that, some small questions were asked, and this was the end of the press conference, and then there was a special interview with the director or a few actors by the news program teams of major TV stations. Her Chinese Genying has been interviewed several times under the arrangement of her agency, after all, she has been away from the film and television industry for a while and needs more exposure.

And Zhang Chengyuan only accepted an exclusive interview with SBS TV. This is so naturally because, with his high popularity, there is no need to receive too many such visits, which are hardly helpful to him. (To be continued......)