The time has moved to mid-November, and at this time, there is only more than a week left before the broadcast of the last two episodes of "The Painter of the Wind", and the crew is busy with the filming of the last episode.

With its biggest competitor, Beethoven Virus, ending its broadcast on the 12th of this month, the ratings of "The Painter of the Wind" have risen a bit, but not much, only about 1%, reaching 26.3%. This is because MBC TV launched a high-quality drama "General Hospital 2" starring Cha Tae-hyun and Kim Ting-eun after the end of "Beethoven Virus", and the ratings of the first episode broadcast on the 19th reached 14.6%, and the response from the audience and the media was quite good. This also predicts that "The Painter of the Wind" has no chance of breaking through the 30% ratings.

However, this was already expected by Zhang Chengyuan, so although he felt regretful, he was not very disappointed, he usually did what he should be, and he was not affected, how to say that the ratings of "The Painter of the Wind" were still the first in the same period. But on the night of the 20th, he ushered in a lost person in the crew - Li Duohai.

That night, after the filming ended, Zhang Chengyuan received Li Dahai alone in a private room of a nearby high-end restaurant, and he saw that Li Duohai seemed to have something to say to him alone, so he didn't call Wen Genying.

In the private room, when the waiter finished serving the food and exited, Li Duohai sat next to Zhang Chengyuan, leaned on him, and said in a low mood: "Brother Chengyuan, I'm tired!" ”

In recent months, although the TV series "East of Eden" in which she participated has good ratings and is firmly the champion of the moonfire drama ratings, the roles she plays are becoming fewer and fewer. is far from the role that the crew originally promised to give her the heroine. And the character's personality changes back and forth. She couldn't adapt to it, and she didn't know how to interpret it, so she was very tired.

Zhang Chengyuan put his arm around her shoulder, picked up a piece of beef and brought it to her mouth with the other, and said, "I can see that you are much thinner now than you were a few months ago." ”

Li Duohai opened his mouth to take the piece of meat, took a few bites, and swallowed his stomach. said: "I really regret taking over 'East of Eden' in the first place, I should have listened to your advice a long time ago." ”

Zhang Chengyuan said lightly: "Who would have thought that there would be today? If you want to blame the screenwriter, you can't tell the character you played, and you have reduced the proportion of your role so much. I don't know if it's because the crew of "East of Eden" has changed a screenwriter, which makes the character played by Li Duohai incompatible, and Li Duohai can't understand this role, so it is difficult to play it.

Li Duohai said: "Brother Cheng Yuan, what do you think I should do next?" ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "What do you want to do?" ”

Li Duohai sighed deeply, and said a little decadently: "I don't want to play anymore, I feel more and more painful." ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "Do you want to resign? ”

Li Duohai nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Zhang Chengyuan pondered for a while and asked, "You have this idea." Have you ever told your agency? ”

Li Duohai said: "No, I didn't say anything. Only told you. ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "If you resign, I'm afraid it will have a pretty bad impact on your reputation." Moreover, there will be a lot of losses financially, have you considered it? ”

Li Duohai said: "I've thought about it, but I'm too annoying, too tired, and too painful, so I'd rather suffer criticism and economic losses than go on, I think I can't hold it anymore, and if I continue like this, I may have a nervous breakdown." ”

Due to the influence of Zhang Chengyuan when filming "MyGirl", Li Dahai often gets too deep into the drama when acting, and the character and behavior she plays now are inconsistent, so that she either doesn't know how to act when filming, or she reluctantly plays her own thinking confusion and pain.

Zhang Chengyuan is also an actor, so he naturally knows this, if he encounters some plots or settings that he doesn't know or can't accept during filming, he usually argues with the screenwriter and "persuades" the screenwriter to accept his ideas, so as to make his own acting more smooth and smoother, but Li Duohai obviously doesn't have this status and ability, she can only wronged her to act according to the script, so that she makes herself more and more uncomfortable. But this is clearly not a good approach.

Zhang Chengyuan thought for a while and said: "You have signed a starring contract, you can't quit if you want to quit, but since you want to quit, then I will support you, leave this matter to me, and I will solve it for you." "Maybe this matter is a difficult thing for Li Duohai to do, but for Zhang Chengyuan, it is almost just a gesture.

Li Duohai glanced at him and said, "Brother, what do you want to do, you won't use any special envoy means to 'persuade' the crew, right?" ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "You want to quit the crew of "East of Eden", although it is excusable, but it is not very reasonable, so I don't want to use special means to solve this matter, I now want to try to see if I can solve this matter peacefully by paying liquidated damages, if the crew does not agree, I will use other means." However, since your role is not taken seriously, you should be able to resolve the matter peacefully. ”

Li Duohai hesitated: "If you pay liquidated damages, I'm afraid it will cost a lot!" ”

Zhang Chengyuan smiled: "It doesn't matter, I have made a lot of money during this time, and the liquidated damages of hundreds of millions or billions of won are not a big deal." Even if he didn't make any money during this time, he was willing to pay liquidated damages for Li Duohai, let alone now.

Li Dahae said: "Even after I finish filming this TV series, I can only get 5 or 600 million won, and if I lose more than 1 billion at once, it will be a big loss!" Brother Cheng Yuan, I think I should hold on for a while longer and play this TV series well, or I will discuss with the director and screenwriter and ask the screenwriter to write my role away, such as dying or going abroad, then maybe I don't have to pay liquidated damages, even if I have to pay, I shouldn't have to pay much. ”

Zhang Chengyuan thought for a while and said, "This is a good way, but can you hold it?" I'd rather pay the penalty for you than watch you suffer. ”

Li Duohai said: "Brother Cheng Yuan, don't worry, it should be no problem for me to hold on for another month, and with this month's turnaround, I think it will be able to achieve my goal, and let the crew arrange for the role I played to quit the drama more smoothly." ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "I hope it can be so!" It's just that I'm a little worried about your current agency. Do you think they will cooperate with your actions? After all, your contract expires in January next year, and you are not ready to renew it with them, but I am afraid that they will not want to contribute to this matter! ”

Most of the Korean brokerage companies are virtuous, they generally don't do things without profit, Li Dahae is about to leave the company, how can her agency offend the TV station and production company for her? It is even more impossible to pay liquidated damages for Li Duohai.

Li Duohai said: "It's okay, I can come forward myself, I'm not a newcomer now, I also have some face, and I have a good relationship with most of the members of the crew, and I will definitely be able to find someone to help me speak." ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "Okay, you can do it first, but if you have any difficulties, notify me as soon as possible, and I will let someone come forward to help you." ”

Li Duohai smiled and said, "I will." ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "Then this matter will be here for the time being, let's talk about your signing with my company next year." ”

Li Duohai pretended to be confused and said, "Sign? What kind of contract to sign? Brother Cheng Yuan, I don't seem to have promised to sign any contract with you? After coming up with a solution to the problem and getting Zhang Chengyuan's support, she immediately felt much better, and she had the heart to joke with Zhang Chengyuan.

Zhang Chengyuan squinted his eyes slightly and said, "You girl, don't you owe a beating?" What kind of contract, you don't know? He stared sideways at Li Duohai's buttocks slightly, as if he wanted to beat him up on the spot.

Li Duohai's face was slightly red, and he said shyly: "Brother Cheng Yuan, don't come nonsense, I promise to sign a contract with you." "How good the treatment of JSW's artists is, how can she not know that in fact, she wanted to sign a contract with Zhang Chengyuan after the expiration of the brokerage contract.

Zhang Chengyuan said: "It's good to agree, otherwise I will never let you go tonight!" Also, it's been three months since we agreed a year ago, so shouldn't you give me your body tonight? ”

Li Duohai smiled and said: "Brother Cheng Yuan, can you wait until I quit the crew of "East of Eden" to talk about this, I am not in the mood to do that kind of thing now, and we are not too close to each other, if I do it all at once, I will be a little unaccustomed to it psychologically." ”

Zhang Chengyuan thought for a moment and said, "Well, it seems to make some sense, so let's go a little deeper tonight, and let's sleep naked and hug first." "He has always been faceless and skinless, and when he said this, he didn't blush at all.

Li Duohai hesitated: "I have to go back to the crew tonight." ”

Zhang Chengyuan said categorically: "You don't have a choice, you can't go anywhere tonight, you can only be with me." Okay, now we're going to have a meal, and when we're done, you'll find a hotel and open a room, and I'll sneak in with you. ”

Li Duohai pursed his lips and muttered: "Domineering brother ......" Before he finished speaking, Zhang Chengyuan stuffed a piece of pork belly into his mouth, only to hear Zhang Chengyuan say: "Don't rub it off, eat it quickly!" If you upset me, I'll eat you tonight. ”

Li Duohai glared at Zhang Chengyuan with shame and anger, then sighed and ate quickly resignedly, but after a while, she returned to normal, shouting for Zhang Chengyuan to clip a few more pieces of meat for her to eat, eating with relish and a smile on her face.

After dinner, Zhang Chengyuan drove her to a nearby star-rated hotel, asked her to go in alone and opened a room, and then he turned the crew to explain to Wen Genying and accompanied her for a while. Subsequently, he quietly slipped out of the hotel and went to the hotel where Li Duohai was staying, avoiding the crowds and the surveillance camera and sneaking into Li Duohai's room...... (To be continued......)