Chapter 15: Before Shooting
After a day of assault preparations, the next day, Park Byungyeol confidently took Jang Sung-won to the shooting site of Nongshim's Shin ramen advertisement. When they arrived, it was just after seven o'clock in the morning, and the staff on the scene were already very busy setting up the filming set, only a middle-aged man who looked like a director was sitting on a chair with his head bowed and meditating.
Park Byungyeol greeted people all the way, and was very polite and polite whether he recognized him or not, and Jang Sung-won followed behind. The two of them walked up to the pensive middle-aged man, not daring to make a noise, but just stood there quietly one after the other, waiting for the man to find out about the situation himself. After a while, the middle-aged man came back to his senses, and suddenly saw a pair of feet appear in his sight, and hurriedly looked up, only to see a very pleasing-looking middle-aged man looking at him with a smile, so he got up and asked, "May I ask who you are......?"
"Hello Director Park! I'm Park Byung-yeol, the representative of Logosfilm, and I'm Jang Sung-won, an artist from our company, and we were notified to come to the company for an interview. Thank you for your kind attention. Park Byungyeol first bowed and said hello, and then explained his intention.
Zhang Chengyuan bowed down and said: "The younger generation is Zhang Chengyuan, a new model who came to participate in the audition, and asked the director to give him more advice." ”
After Director Park returned the salute, he carefully looked at Zhang Chengyuan, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but praise: "Yes, yes, it fits the character image in our advertisement, it seems that I really chose the right person this time." Representative Park, congratulations, your artist doesn't need to audition anymore, I'll choose him. After all, it's just a small supporting role in the advertisement, it doesn't matter whether there is acting or not, Zhang Chengyuan's outstanding appearance alone is enough to attract attention.
Park Byungyeol was happy at first, but then said with some dissatisfaction: "Director, thank you for giving us this precious opportunity, we are very honored." It's just that I think I should let my artists show off their acting skills, so that the director can better understand the situation of the model, and you can make better arrangements for future shooting. The purpose of Park Byungyeol's words is to hope that the director, after realizing Jang Sung-won's good acting skills, can give Jang Sung-won a little more shots during subsequent filming or post-shooting editing.
Director Park thought about it for a while, felt that what Park Byungyeol said did have some truth, and thought to himself: "If this model's acting skills can reach a certain level, then the commercials shot can also add more color, and I don't hesitate to mention him more." If the acting skills are extremely poor, then change the script and let him simply be a vase, which will not affect the overall situation. So he nodded in agreement.
To be honest, Director Park's expectations for Jang Sung-won are not high, and in his experience, a fresh model with outstanding appearance like Jang Sung-won usually has average professional ability, even if there are a few who are slightly outstanding, it is not much better, after all, he is still young and lacks practical experience. So, Director Park just asked Jang Sung-won to make some common expressions and a few more handsome poses, and saw that Jang Sung-won was able to complete his requirements easily and comfortably every time, so he praised a few words, and then hurriedly ended the interview, but did not dig deeper into Jang Sung-won's ability.
Maybe he didn't want to hurt the self-confidence of young people, or maybe he felt that it was a pure waste of time, but Park Byungyeol was disappointed by the director's behavior, and sighed secretly, but he didn't dare to make any more bold requests. And Zhang Chengyuan shrugged his shoulders indispensably, he was self-aware, and he knew that he was just an ant-like little person at present, only obeying orders, and he didn't even have the qualifications to speak loudly, even if he was a little dissatisfied in his heart, he could only endure it. Fortunately, the life of many years of monasticism in his previous life gave Zhang Chengyuan a great advantage, that is, he could endure his temperament and loneliness.
After a brief audition, Park Byungyeol and Jang Sung-won said goodbye to Director Park and prepared to leave, but Director Park asked them to stay and wait for filming. It turned out that Director Park had already planned to let him devote himself to filming on the same day after selecting a suitable advertising model. After all, time is money in any industry, and the sooner the better, for a job like advertising shooting, which doesn't focus on excellence. Then, Director Park asked Jang Sung-won to go to the dressing room next to him to put on makeup, and he sat on the chair again.
After more than 20 minutes, it was almost eight o'clock, and another group of people came, and the pomp was much more than that of Zhang Chengyuan, and Zhang Chengyuan, who was idle and bored after putting on makeup, squinted at Park Byungyeol, and immediately recognized that the person was the hottest star Zhang Dongjian and his agent team. This time, Director Park, who was reminded by his assistant, had already come back to his senses, and greeted several creative staff members warmly, which made Zhang Chengyuan initially realize the reality of the entertainment industry.
As soon as he saw that the person who came was Zhang Dongjian, Zhang Chengyuan immediately realized that the protagonist of the advertisement must be this person. Park Byungyeol also immediately dismissed the plan to let Jang Sung-won strive for more scenes through his outstanding performance, because compared with Jang Sung-won and Jang Dong-jian, there is really a huge difference in strength, and he is not even qualified to compete. So he solemnly reminded Zhang Chengyuan: "Wait a minute, let's go over and say hello to him, you should behave politely, do you know the way?" ”
Zhang Chengyuan nodded calmly.
Zhang Dongjian was born in 1972, nearly eleven years older than Zhang Chengyuan, and can be regarded as Zhang Chengyuan's senior. He debuted in 1992, and after seven years of unremitting efforts, he has grown into one of the most watched and popular TV actors at the moment, especially in 97 when he performed in "Doctor Brothers" and "Flyover", which left a deep impression on Korean audiences.
Park Byungyeol speculated how Jang Dong-kyun could earn more than 100 million won in this Shin Ramen advertisement, and Jang Sung-won would not exceed 500,000 at most, which is not even half of the average monthly salary in South Korea.
It can be said that becoming a popular and wealthy successful person like Zhang Dongjian is the goal set by Park Byungyeol for Zhang Chengyuan, Park Byungyeol has mentioned Zhang Dongjian in front of Zhang Chengyuan more than once, and encouraged him to learn Zhang Dongjian's hardworking, introverted, humble and courteous, personable and other advantages, because with these, it is easier to gain a firm foothold in the entertainment industry.
However, Zhang Chengyuan is not keen on this. First of all, he is not familiar with Zhang Dongjian, he has not watched the TV series starring him, so naturally he does not have a deep understanding of Zhang Dongjian, so he is asked to learn from a stranger, how to do this? Secondly, he is cold by nature and extremely arrogant in his bones, even if he has to make some changes in order to make money, he can't make it a template for another person!
Regarding Zhang Chengyuan's mentality, Park Byungyeol naturally didn't know about it, because Zhang Chengyuan never told him these heartfelt words in order to avoid being nagged by him, and he responded casually, but he had other plans for the future in his heart. Of course, the current goals of the two are still the same, so they cooperate quite well, as for whether there will be disagreements or even disputes in the future, let's talk about it in the future! Jang Sung-won made this decision indifferently.
Director Park said some polite words after greeting Jang Dong-kun, and when he talked about today's advertisement, he suddenly remembered the existence of Park Byung-yeol and Jang Sung-won, so he waved his hand to let the two pass. Park Byungyeol hurriedly led Jang Sung-won up and greeted him respectfully.
Zhang Dongjian has always been regarded as a "Mr. Three Good" with good acting skills, good personality and good character in the entertainment industry, and he will not put on a stand at any time, seeing Park Byungyeol and Zhang Chengwon's respectful appearance, he hurriedly bowed and returned the salute, and when Director Park introduced that Zhang Chengyuan was the advertising model who cooperated with him this time, Zhang Dongjian's attitude was obviously more enthusiastic. Although because of his introverted personality, he can't show the enthusiasm of Park Byungyeol, but the more Jang Sung-won looks at him, the more pleasing he becomes, and he feels that the big star in front of him is really good.
Because they will cooperate later, in order to have a more tacit understanding in the shooting, Zhang Dongjian and Zhang Chengyuan immediately began to communicate. At first, Zhang Dongjian asked Zhang Chengyuan for basic information, and Zhang Chengyuan replied. After getting acquainted with each other, the two discussed the advertising script, and Zhang Chengyuan also took the opportunity to ask him how to interpret the character and connotation of the character, as well as how to improve his acting skills and other questions. Zhang Dongjian answered very enthusiastically and carefully, which benefited Zhang Chengyuan a lot and made him very grateful.