Chapter 160: A Little Gamble
After waking up the next day, they rushed to shoot the remaining few daytime scenes, and then the film crew immediately packed up and went back to Seoul.
At dusk, the film crew returned to Seoul and joined up with another film crew, and then, with little rest, immediately began filming, which made many people secretly complain, but on the surface, they had to pull themselves together and work hard, so as not to make the director feel that he was very disrespectful and incompetent, so as not to affect his job.
Jang Sung-won naturally has no worries, he is very energetic, but in order not to stimulate Li Dahae, who is already quite tired and sleepy, and become her "thorn in the eye", he had to pretend to be "I'm also tired" in front of Li Dahae, but as soon as she didn't pay attention, he talked and laughed with Lee Joon-gi, Park Shi-yeon and other actors.
In the continuous and busy filming days, more than ten days passed quickly, and on December 14, the day of the premiere of "MyGirl", the whole crew was nervous and eager to wait for the next day's TV ratings report.
That night, during a certain shooting, Lee Dahae asked Jang Sung-won and Lee Joon-gi, "Two oppa, are you nervous?" ”
Lee Joon-gi said: "I am a little nervous, and I hope to hear good news tomorrow." ”
Zhang Chengyuan said calmly: "Don't worry, with our three handsome men and beautiful women, plus the multi-faceted publicity of SBS TV, the ratings will definitely not be bad." Let's guess tomorrow's ratings, whoever says the biggest difference from the actual situation will invite the other two to have a good meal. ”
Lee Joon-gi raised his eyebrows and immediately said, "Okay! I guess it's 15%! ”
Zhang Chengyuan said: "I guess 16%!" ”
Li Duohai rolled his eyes and said, "Then I guess 15.5% is good." As soon as she finished speaking, a smile appeared on her face.
Zhang Chengyuan reacted immediately and said with a smile: "You are the most cunning, no matter what the result is, you will not lose." ”
Li Duohai said: "I'm a woman, and I'm the youngest, you have to take care of me as an elder brother!" ”
Lee Joon-gi said: "Forget it, it'll be cheaper for you." I wish I had a treat tomorrow. If his hope comes true, the ratings will be at least 15.5%, which is already good for the premiere of the new show.
Zhang Chengyuan said: "I believe it will be as you wish!" ”
Zhang Chengyuan is full of confidence, the ratings of his recent TV series are very good, and his popularity is high, which is called "the guarantee of ratings", and Li Duohai's popularity is also quite strong among newcomer actresses, and he doesn't believe that the ratings of the premiere will not exceed "Haojie Chunxiang" at the beginning of the year, when he first filmed "Haojie Chunxiang", his popularity was far from being compared with now, although Han Caiying was in full swing at this time, but at that time it was just average, more than the current Li Duohai, at least Li Duohai also won a few newcomer awards.
Even so, the national premiere ratings of "Haojie Chunxiang" are also 14.5%, and now the male and female protagonists of "MyGirl" are more popular, the quality of the script is almost the same, and there is no strong opponent to block it, if the ratings of "MyGirl" cannot be one percentage point more than "Haojie Chunxiang", Zhang Chengyuan will definitely be so depressed that he wants to jump off the building.
The next morning, last night's ratings came out, and the premiere rating of "MyGirl" reached 18.1%, slightly lower than the 18.5% of "Golden Apple" broadcast on KBS2 at the same time, and the ratings of "Youngjae's Heyday" of MBC, another drama in the same period, dropped directly to 9.5% from about 13% in the previous episode, apparently due to the impact of "MyGirl".
"MyGirl" achieved such a good rating at the beginning, which made all the members of the crew happy, and the major entertainment media also paid great attention, although its ratings are not as good as "Golden Apple" for the time being, but the discerning person knows at a glance that the plot of "MyGirl" is more fresh and interesting, and the appeal of Jang Sung-won, Lee Dahae, and Lee Joon-gi is still above the starring Kim Ji-hoon, Ji Hyun-woo and others of "Golden Apple", so the ratings of "MyGirl" will definitely exceed that of its competitor "Golden Apple". If it weren't for the earlier premiere of "Golden Apple", which has now aired to its ninth episode, it would not have been possible to beat "MyGirl" last night. However, this may also be the only time it beats MyGirl.
When Jang Sung-won, Lee Dahae, and Lee Joon-gi each heard the good news from the other members of the crew, they got together to celebrate and discuss.
Lee Joon-gi said to Jang Sung-won: "Congratulations! Congratulations on your victory. Although he lost the bet, he was still beaming.
Li Duohai smiled and said: "And me, I also won, don't you congratulate me?" Oppa, you have to remember to treat! He stretched out his index finger slightly and pointed at Lee Joon-gi, looking so cute.
Zhang Chengyuan laughed and said: "Yesterday, I knew that you had won, what is there to congratulate?" "At every opportunity, he wants to tease Li Dahai.
Li Duohai said: "It doesn't matter if you don't congratulate, anyway, I won, as long as there is something delicious, Zhun Ji oppa, I want to eat Korean beef!" ”
"You're picking expensive food! What a glutton! Zhang Chengyuan glared at Li Duohai and said, "Get you some pork belly to eat, it's very worthy of you." At this time, Lee Joon-gi was only slightly famous, his worth was still very low, and he didn't have much money to spare, so he asked him to eat Korean beef, and Jang Sung-won felt that it was a burden on Lee Joon-gi.
Li Duohai was glared at by Zhang Chengyuan, and immediately came to his senses, and changed his words: "Well, pork belly is easier to digest, so let's eat pork belly." ”
Lee Joon-gi said without changing his face: "Hanniu is Hanniu, you can't eat me." "His personality is much more manly than his looks, and he is quite bold towards real friends.
That night, after the filming ended, Jang Sung-won, Lee Joon-gi, and Lee Do-hae went to a barbecue restaurant to eat Korean beef barbecue.
Li Duohai has a good appetite, eats quite neatly, and has a bit of Zhu Yuling's gobbling up momentum, perhaps because Zhu Yuling, who has been acting for more than a month, often gets too deep into the play, so that her usual personality and living habits are gradually influenced by Zhu Yuling, and she has become much more lively and refreshing.
And Lee Joon-gi and Jang Sung-won ate a lot of food, chewing carefully, swallowing slowly, and chatting at the same time.
Zhang Chengyuan asked: "The side face promotional photo of "The King's Man" that can be seen everywhere in the city now, is it really you?" ”
Lee Joon-gi smiled slightly: "Doesn't it look like it?" ”
"That promotional photo of yours looks so much like a woman, I can't believe it!" Zhang Chengyuan explained.
Li Duohai said vaguely: "More like a woman than me, if I hadn't looked at him every day, knowing that he was a man, just looking at that charming propaganda photo, I really thought that the quasi-base oppa was a woman." As she spoke, she tried to bite the flesh in her mouth.
Zhang Chengyuan looked at her gobbling up, and couldn't help but scold: "Hey, are you Zhu Yuling or Li Duohai?" Can you eat more modestly? ”
Li Duohai gave him a blank look and said, "You take care of me!" Zhu Yuling is Li Duohai, Li Duohai is Zhu Yuling, no different. Besides, I didn't even eat much lunch for this meal, and now I'm so hungry that I can swallow a cow. ”
Jang Sung-won smiled, ignored her anymore, looked at Lee Joon-gi and asked, "I'm a little curious, how do you feel after seeing this promotional photo?" He couldn't understand why a man would go to a woman dressed as a man to act in this kind of movie, if it weren't for the fact that Lee Joon-gi is usually a real pure man and his friend, he would probably be too lazy to pay attention to Lee Joon-gi.
Lee Joon-gi shook his head and said, "When I saw it myself, I also thought it was ridiculous, I didn't think that I still had such a feminine side, in fact, I hated this." However, for the sake of ......" he was silent.
In order to become famous, you always have to pay a certain price, or do something you are not willing to do.
Zhang Chengyuan, the reincarnation of the once extremely high-minded Taoist, in this life, in order to be able to stand out in the entertainment industry, had to bow his head and bow in greetings when facing some people he looked down on, but whose identity, status or seniority was higher than him.
However, saluting and greeting is already the bottom limit of Zhang Chengyuan, and it will be impossible to make him more compromised. After all, he has tough capital, the conditions for success, and extraordinary skills, and if someone dares to oppress him, he doesn't mind silently making those who offend him idiots.
Compared with Jang Sung-won, how can Lee Joon-gi have that kind of confidence, he was born from the grassroots, has no backers, and does not have magical powers like Jang Sung-won, if he wants to realize his dream of becoming an excellent actor, he will have to work extremely hard, before he becomes famous, he can't choose the role he is interested in like Jang Sung-won, as long as there is a chance to act, there is a chance to become famous, he will work hard to pursue it with proper means. It can be said that as a big man, if there is a better opportunity, who really wants to play a role that is almost no different from a woman?
Jang Sung-won's mind was racing, and he immediately understood Lee Joon-gi's unfulfilled meaning, and comforted: "After the release of "The King's Man", maybe you will become an instant hit, and you will have the right to choose the script in the future, and you can decide what kind of role you want to play." ”
Lee Joon-gi said: "I became an instant hit with a movie, and I am not the No. 1 star, it feels a little whimsical, but I think that with "MyGirl", it will be easier for me to become famous, because with you, the ratings will be very high, and I may have to borrow your light." ”
Zhang Chengyuan shook his head slightly and said: "The world is unpredictable, some things may make people feel incredible, let's wait and see!" He had a hunch that "The King's Man" would be very popular, and Lee Joon-gi would also take advantage of it to soar into the sky.
Lee Joon-gi said: "Let's not talk about this, let's guess the ratings of the second episode of "MyGirl" and see who will win this time." ”
Zhang Chengyuan pointed at Li Duohai, who was still eating barbecue, and said, "Let this girl guess first, otherwise she will take advantage of her again." ”
Li Duohai glared at Zhang Chengyuan and said, "It's really stingy!" I'll guess first, I'm afraid of you? 20%, I guess. ”
Lee Joon-gi was about to continue, but Jang Sung-won stopped: "The person who said the most will definitely take advantage, let's shout one, two, three, and say it at the same time!" ”
"Good!" Lee Joon-gi nodded.
"One, two, three, 20.5!" Lee Joon-gi shouted.
“21!” Jang Sung-won's words were a little slower, and he only shouted out after judging the number that Lee Joon-gi was going to shout. And he did this because he didn't want Lee Joon-gi, who is currently in a poor brokerage situation, to break the bank again.
Lee Joon-gi smiled: "It seems that I have won this time." ”
While eating, Li Duohai stared at Zhang Chengyuan with open eyes and said, "oppa." I won't lose to you either. There seemed to be a murderous acupass in his eyes.
Zhang Chengyuan was speechless, and after a while, he shook his head and said: "I said Zhu Yuling, even if you break your eyes, you may not be able to win me, let's talk first, what are you going to eat this time?" ”
Li Duohai said fiercely: "French dinner, anyway, you earn the most among the three of us, so you will contribute a little to invite us to eat a more expensive one." ”
Zhang Chengyuan nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Okay, no problem!" However, if you lose, don't feel sorry for you! ”
Li Duohai said confidently: "Anyway, I definitely won't lose!" ”
Indeed, the ratings jumped from 18.1% to more than 20.5% in one day, which was a bit difficult, and Zhang Chengyuan never thought about winning, for him, a French meal was nothing at all, he just wanted to tease Li Duohai.
Early the next morning, Li Duohai anxiously waited for the announcement of the ratings of the second episode of "MyGirl", not that she wanted to eat French dinner, she wanted to defeat Zhang Chengyuan, the "big devil", in order to earn a breath back, all along, every time she verbally confronted Zhang Chengyuan, raised the bar, bet, acted in a duel, etc., she was defeated by Zhang Chengyuan in almost all aspects, so that she really couldn't swallow this depressed breath, if she could win this bet, she would be able to laugh at Zhang Chengyuan, You can also enjoy a hearty meal.
Looking at Li Duohae's longing look, Zhang Chengyuan and Lee Joon-gi looked at each other helplessly and smiled, they actually didn't care about this gamble, it was just a concoction after hard work, they didn't expect Li Duohai to attach so much importance to it this time.
After filming a few scenes, about two hours later, the staff in charge of inquiring about the ratings came over to inform the crew about the ratings of "MyGirl" last night, which made Li Duohai complain in his heart: "Don't come early!" In fact, she blamed this staff member by mistake, he came to inform everyone as soon as he got the news, but the ratings on the TV station were a little late, so that the crew was notified a little later. But it's just a little late.
And the reason why Li Duohai feels that she has waited too long is because she is in a hurry.
Last night, the ratings of "MyGirl" were good, and they rose a lot, reaching 20.5%, and surpassed "Golden Apple" to become the first in the same period.
"Ahh 20.5%, how can it be so coincidental? Li Dahae, Jang Sung-won, and Lee Joon-gi were all a little dumbfounded.
Li Duohai: "Brother Cheng Yuan, how is this calculated, whether you lost or I lost, I knew that Lu Dao was like this, I would have said 0.1 more." ”
Zhang Chengyuan said indifferently: "It's a draw, let's just treat it together." ”
Li Duohai said: "That's not good, I'm going to call the TV station and ask for more accurate numbers, see who loses and who wins, I must win you once." She seems to want to win, Zhang Chengyuan is about to go crazy.
Lee Joon-gi whispered in Zhang Chengyuan's ear: "This kid is usually bullied by you enough, and the resentment is so heavy, or you will let her get it once." ”
Zhang Chengyuan nodded slightly, then took two steps forward and tapped on Li Duohai's head: "There's no need to be so troublesome, isn't there already a winner, it's up to him to decide who wins and who loses." ”
Li Duohai was surprised: "Which winner?" Oh! It's a quasi-brother! She almost forgot about Lee Joon-gi.
She immediately continued: "Well, Brother Zhun Ji is much fairer than you, he has the final say." Bypassing Jang Sung-won, he walked in front of Lee Joon-gi, grabbed his hand and shook it gently, looking at him with blinking eyes, his eyes full of hope.
Zhang Chengyuan stretched out his hand and turned her around, and said: "Don't use Zhu Yuling's set, it's not in filming now, you're not Zhu Yuling, and he's not Xu Zhengyu, so your set won't work." ”
Li Duohai looked at Zhang Chengyuan and said dissatisfiedly: "There is no rule that you can't do this, you don't have to find a reason to criticize me, anyway, if you lose, Brother Zhun Ji will definitely not be on your side." ”
Lee Joon-gi said: "Duohai still knows me better, and I announce that this bet is won by Duohai!" ”
Li Duohai immediately clapped his hands and smiled: "I'm right, right?" You're not as popular as I am. ”
Zhang Chengyuan pretended to be very annoyed and said: "Even if I lose, I would have invited Zhun Ji to eat a few more meals if I knew that Lu Dao would have eaten more." ”
Li Duohai said proudly: "You are not attractive enough, please ask for more, and Brother Zhun Ji will still be on my side." ”
Neither Jang Sung-won nor Lee Joon-gi refuted her Dese, but just smiled knowingly.