On this day, when Jang Sung-won was reading a college textbook at home, Park Byung-yeol called and said, "Sung-won, there is a director who wants to invite you to meet and talk to you." ”

Zhang Chengyuan said unhappily: "If it's a general entertainment, brother, you can push it for me, I hate this kind of entertainment the most!" ”

Park Byungyeol said: "Wouldn't I know what to do, it's not a social, but I want to invite you to be the male lead in a new drama she just prepared to shoot." ”

Zhang Chengyuan felt very strange and said: "This is strange, I have been filming for so long, it has always been just me going to audition, and there has never been a director of a TV series who has personally invited me?" ”

"This means that your status has been greatly improved compared to before, after all, you just won the Newcomer Award and the Popularity Award at the Baeksang Art Awards last month?"

Zhang Chengyuan scoffed: "No matter how you improve, you are only a young actor, how can you cross the difference between the status of the director and the actor?" He knows very well that in the Korean entertainment industry, except for a few actors, the status of most actors is far inferior to that of directors.

Park Byungyeol explained: "You don't know about Lu Dao, this director has no achievements for the time being, and he is still a female director, do you know that female directors are not very easy to mix in the film and television industry!" "The directors in the entire film and television industry are basically men, and there are very few female directors.

Zhang Chengyuan pondered for a moment and said: "If it is a female director, it is possible to deign to invite me personally!" Then I'll give it a trip! ”

The next day, Park Byung-yeol drove Jang Sung-won to a café in Seocho-gu to meet the female director who had invited Jang Sung-won, and when Jang Sung-won arrived, the female director was already waiting there.

The two sides greeted each other, Park Byungyeol temporarily retreated to a table next to him, ordered a cup of coffee, and sat there to taste, as for whether Zhang Chengyuan wanted to accept this job offer, it was up to Zhang Chengyuan to decide for himself, he would not interfere.

After Zhang Chengyuan ordered a cup of coffee at random, the female director said: "Let me introduce myself first, I am Li Yunzhen, and I am not famous for the time being!" "This female director has an ordinary appearance, is in her thirties, and is a little unkempt, but her expression is generous and sincere, which makes people feel disgusted.

Zhang Chengyuan replied: "It's my honor to meet you!" Although the female director in front of him is just a nobody, she is also a director, and she is much older than him, so Zhang Chengyuan naturally will not put on a show that I am a big star.

Lee Yunzhen said: "I am also very happy to meet Mr. Jang Sung-won! I invited you this time to invite you to be the male lead actor of my new drama "Taeling Players' Village", which is about to start filming. ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "Tailing Player Village? Is it to film the story of the national sports representative? Director Lee Yoon-jeong, can you let me read the script first, I wonder if you brought it? "Reading the script first, and then deciding whether to take on film and television dramas, is already the habit of most famous stars. Although Zhang Chengyuan has not yet developed this habit, he is also ready to do it, because he feels that the script is the key to the popularity of movies and TV series.

Taereung Athletes' Village is currently the largest sports training base in South Korea and is the "cradle" of training sports elites, and most of Korea's medalists who have won international competitions are from here, so it has the reputation of "gold medal processing factory". In addition, it is a closed training base that is forbidden to unrelated people, and although it is located in densely populated Seoul, it is almost isolated from the rest of the world, which seems very mysterious, so the Korean people are also extremely curious about this athlete village that gathers some of the best athletes in South Korea, and if it is made into a TV series, it will surely attract a lot of attention. Out of this consideration, Jang Sung-won couldn't help but have the idea of taking a closer look at the script.

Li Yunzhen said: "I take the script with me!" He took out a script from the briefcase next to him, put it on the table, and gently pushed it in front of Zhang Chengyuan.

Li Yunzhen continued: "I hope Mr. Zhang can read the script within three days, and then give me an answer!" I won't delay Mr. Zhang today! ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "If you have time, give me an hour, and after an hour, I will give you an answer!" After speaking, he opened the script and studied it carefully. Of course, his so-called "careful study" seems to others to be almost ten lines at a glance, and he can read ten or twenty pages a minute.

At this time, after Park Byungyeol saw this situation, he immediately moved to Zhang Chengyuan's table, and said apologetically: "Director Lee, Chengyuan is like this, he is very selfless when he works, which makes people have a headache." ”

Lee Yoon-jung said with a smile: "I also learned something about this from some seniors, it is said that Mr. Jang Sung-won is very involved in acting, and is known as 'drama maniac' and 'NG-free actor'." ”

"'Drama Maniac' is true, 'No NG' is too exaggerated, but there are very few NG, and once set a record of no NG in fifteen days!" Speaking of Jang Sung-won, Park Byung-yeol is also proud of it!

Li Yunzhen said: "This is really amazing, but when he reads the script, he is also very unique, I wonder if Lu Dao can see it clearly?" She was afraid that Zhang Chengyuan would swallow dates and would not be able to comprehend the excitement of this script.

Park Byungyeol said: "Don't worry about this, Cheng Yuan has excellent talent and a very high IQ, and he can read a book once or twice, and he can remember it clearly in his mind, and he can understand it very deeply, don't look at him reading books very quickly, in fact, for him, he really reads very carefully." If he hadn't had this ability, he wouldn't have been able to learn acting skills while filming, filming commercials, and at the same time, he would have been admitted to Seoul National University with the first place in Seoul. ”

Li Yunzhen nodded and said, "Well, it's a pity, I don't know why he doesn't concentrate on his studies and wants to be an actor?" "The status of a professor is much higher than that of an actor, and the income is extremely expensive, it is normal for Lee Yunzhen to have this question!

Park Byungyeol said: "I don't know about this, maybe he thinks it's too boring to focus on studying, and it's not as interesting as being an actor, and even if he is an actor, he is still very talented, and over time, he may not be able to become one of the best actors in South Korea!" ”

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The two chatted intently, passing the time, waiting for Zhang Chengyuan to finish reading the script. After more than half an hour, Zhang Chengyuan closed the script and said: "Director Lee Yunzhen, this script is very interesting, I think I already have the initial idea of participating in this drama, but I don't understand a little, with the length of this script, it can only shoot four or five episodes, maybe there are other scripts that have not been written?" ”

Lee Yoon-jung said: "That's all for the script, I forgot to tell you that this TV series is a short drama, each episode is about half an hour, and eight episodes are planned to be filmed, which will be broadcast at the MBC Best Theater at the end of October." ”

As soon as she said this, Park Byungyeol and Jang Sung-won immediately had the idea of retreating, the script is short or second, the key is that MBC's best theater is not the prime time to broadcast serials, and the ratings are average when they are good, and this kind of drama is obviously not very well invested, so the salary that Jang Sung-won can get is definitely much less than before.

Zhang Chengyuan's concerns, Li Yunzhen knows that this kind of drama is generally extremely difficult to invite popular top stars to join, she came to invite Zhang Chengyuan with the idea of giving it a try, and she didn't think that she would have to succeed, but if she is lucky and really invites Zhang Chengyuan, then she will make a lot of money, at least the attention that her drama can attract will definitely rise a lot. In order to improve the success rate of inviting Zhang Chengyuan, and to show her sincerity, she personally invited Zhang Chengyuan.

Zhang Chengyuan thought about it for a while and asked, "I don't know what you, director, want to invite me to play this TV series and this role?" ”

Lee Yoon-jung explained, "I once watched your dance performance in 'X-MAN', and the scene where you put Yoon Eun-hye on your shoulder and danced for a spin left me impressed, and when I received this drama, I immediately thought of you, and I thought that with your size and strength, it would be very suitable and convincing for the audience." Of course, your super popularity is also an important factor in my choice of you. I think that although this drama can't bring you much honor, and the remuneration will not be very high, it can help you broaden your drama career and deepen the audience's impression of you. ”

In this way, it also makes some sense, most of the roles played by Zhang Chengyuan in the past were urban youths, and the role of this country's representative athlete is a novel attempt, and if he plays well, it can also prove that he can play more roles.

Lee Yoon-jung continued: "Another reason is that, as far as I know, Mr. Jang Sung-won is not an actor who should take on a TV series based on his salary, and he has a great right to choose the script freely, so he does not have to obey the decisions made by the agency out of interest considerations. It was out of these thoughts that I had the courage to invite a top popular star like Mr. Jang Sung-won to star in my small TV series, which I didn't have much investment. In fact, Zhang Chengyuan is still a little far from the top popular star, and she just compliments Zhang Chengyuan when she says this. But her compliment is not excessive, so Zhang Chengyuan is not disgusted by it.

In addition, many times, actors want to take over a good script after seeing it, but they are often forced to give up because the agency and the producer cannot negotiate the price, but Jang Sung-won does not have this trouble, because his brokerage contract has clearly stipulated that he can choose the script without restrictions.

Seeing that Lee Yoon-jeong's words were quite sincere and frank, Zhang Chengyuan was even more moved, thinking that he was not too busy now anyway, and it wouldn't take too much time to shoot this TV short series, so it wouldn't hurt to give it a try, but the conditions that should be talked about still have to be said, otherwise only his own side will make sacrifices, and the producer will sit back and enjoy the success, wouldn't it seem that he is too easy to fool?

So, Zhang Chengyuan said: "Director Li, now I usually spend one to two days a week filming SBS's reversal drama, I wonder if it will affect the filming of this drama?" ”

Lee Yunzhen said: "This will definitely not, we will adjust the shooting time for you." This little convenience, Li Yunzhen naturally agreed.

Zhang Chengyuan said again: "Also, the role of the female archer in this drama, well, that is, the female number one, I want to recommend an actress to give it a try, I don't know the director, can you meet her and talk to her?" Although it is a bit conditional, Zhang Chengyuan tried to be tactful, so as not to make the female director feel that he was taking the opportunity to blackmail.

Li Yunzhen didn't rush to agree, thought about it, and asked calmly, "May I ask who you want to recommend?" ”

Jang Sung-won said: "It's Lee Jin, one of the members of the original singer group Fin.k.l, who is now filming an SBS reversal drama with me, she is my sister who is very good with me, and I think she is very suitable for this role." Although he made a decision for her without asking Li Zhen, Zhang Chengyuan knew that his sister Zhen'er would not be angry, and should like this female archer role.

Li Yunzhen smiled: "It turned out to be her, I know her, and I have also watched her reverse dramas, her popularity and acting skills are not bad." Since it's her, I don't have anything to excuse, if she wants, contact me, and we'll have a good talk! However, you haven't informed her yet, so how do you know if she will agree? "Anyway, this role has not yet been selected, and there can be a very popular Li Zhen to play it, how can she not agree? Of course, the premise is that Li Zhen can be suitable for this role.

Zhang Chengyuan was overjoyed: "I will tell her, I think when she reads this script, she will definitely agree, she is an actor who likes to challenge various roles very much!" Director Lee Yoon-jeong, then we're done! ”

Seeing that the matter had been negotiated, Li Yunzhen stretched out her hand, shook hands, and said at the same time: "Mr. Zhang Chengyuan, welcome to join the crew of "Taeling Player Village"! ”

Zhang Chengyuan stretched out his hand to shake her, and then bowed to say goodbye. Before leaving, he took the script with him so that he could show it to Li Zhen, and as for himself, he didn't need it, because every sentence and word in the script had already entered his mind.