Chapter 64: The Turning Situation
Just when many people thought that the ratings of "The Crown Prince's First Love" were about to reach another peak, it ushered in its strongest competitor - "Full House of Romance" starring Song Hye Kyo and RAIN broadcast by KBS TV.
Song Hye Kyo, the most popular and popular actress in South Korea at present, and the new generation of actresses who are popular all over Asia because of her role as Eun-hee in "The Fairy Tale of the Autumn of Blue Life and Death". If you only compare the current popularity in South Korea, Sung Youli may not necessarily lose to Song Hye Kyo, and even if she loses, she can't lose much, because Sung Youli has too many fans; But if you only talk about the impression in the hearts of TV audiences, especially in the hearts of Obasan, the main force of TV ratings, Sung Youli is definitely one or two grades worse than Song Hye Kyo, after all, the role played by Song Hye Kyo is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and too pitiful, and Sung Youli is just an acting newcomer who has just transformed a few years ago.
Compared with beauty, the two Chunlan Qiuju are more distinctive, and it is difficult to distinguish between them, although Cheng Youli is more picky, but there are many men who like petite women like Song Hye Kyo. Compared with acting skills, Cheng Youli, a newcomer in acting, can definitely not be compared with Song Hye Kyo, an old-timer who has been in the film and television industry since 96. If you have to say that Cheng Youli has an absolute advantage in any aspect, it is only singing, and Cheng Youli, a professional singer, is of course better in this regard, but unfortunately the singing strength has nothing to do with the ratings of the TV series.
Therefore, on the whole, in the eyes of TV audiences, Sung Youli cannot be compared with Song Hye Kyo at all, and the identity of an actor transformed from a singer has been widely questioned by many colored people.
Let's compare the male protagonists of the two TV series. RAIN, THE ACTOR OF "FULL HOUSE OF ROMANCE", IS ALSO THE HOTTEST SINGER AT THE MOMENT, AND HIS LIMELIGHT IS NOT INFERIOR TO CHA TAE-HYUN. ALTHOUGH RAIN'S ACTING SKILLS ARE MUCH INFERIOR, HE PLAYS A STAR IN THE PLAY, WHICH CAN BE SAID TO BE HIS TRUE COLORS, AND HE DOESN'T NEED TO PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO HIS ACTING SKILLS AT ALL. In addition, RAIN's tall and handsome appearance and fashionable dress also threw off Cha Tae-hyun, a grassroots type of star, a few streets, which obviously made the girls scream and obsessed.
Among the actors of "The Crown Prince's First Love", the only one who can absolutely beat his opponent is the male number two Zhang Chengyuan. Although Kim Sung-so, the second male lead in "Full House of Romance", is also very good and not young, he just debuted last year, and he obviously can't compare with Jang Sung-won, who has skyrocketed in popularity recently, and Jang Sung-won is also more dominant in terms of appearance and acting skills, which can be said to have defeated Kim Sung-so in all aspects. Of course, in the eyes of a small number of people, the gentle gentleman played by Kim Sung-so is more suitable to be a boyfriend or husband than the cold man played by Jang Sung-won. But this is clearly irrelevant.
The competition of actors is still secondary, and the reason why the momentum of "Full House Romance" will overtake "The Crown Prince's First Love" is that the plot of the former is much more novel and interesting than the latter. In addition to the funds, directors, and actors, the script is the most important thing for the success of a TV series. In this regard, it is obvious that "The Crown Prince's First Love" was a big loss.
The plot of "The Crown Prince's First Love" is the old-fashioned plot of Cinderella and the prince, which is not new for a long time, although in some places the work of replacing old bottles with new ones, but nothing new has changed.
The story of "Full House of Romance", which takes place in the entertainment industry that makes the public feel mysterious, is a fresh love story between a big star and a small screenwriter, without too much suffering, more about slapstick, happy love, which can be said to be an anti-mainstream model of Korean dramas in the past, which makes the audience refreshed and fresh, which arouses the curiosity of watching. This is also an important reason why this drama has achieved a good rating of 21% as soon as it was launched.
If there is no "Full House of Romance", maybe the audience will still be indulging in the traditional mode of Korean dramas as before, because they don't know that the love story of Lu Dao can still be filmed in such a funny and hilarious way, then "The Crown Prince's First Love" will not be sniped strongly, and the ratings will not plummet from about 31% last week to 24.5%, if it weren't for the unexpected explosion of Jang Sung-won's popularity in the first two weeks, which increased the ratings, then the current ratings will definitely be below 20%. But it can be predicted that with the further popularity of "Full House of Romance", if some rescue work is not done, then "The Crown Prince's First Love" will sooner or later collapse and end miserably.
Director Lee Kwan Hee, screenwriter Jung Jin-young, and the director of the MBC Television Broadcasting Bureau were also anxious in their eyes, and after urgent consultations, they felt that the script should be revised. But at this time, the filming scene has already passed halfway, and nearly three-quarters of the funds have been used. Moreover, even if it is reluctantly modified, it may not be able to win the favor of the audience and save the declining ratings.
But if you don't change it, you can't do it, if you don't change it, you'll only have a dead end, but the skeleton of the script has been decided, and if you want to change it, you can only fix the details, and maybe the final ending can also be changed slightly. But will that save the day? Neither the director nor the screenwriter had much confidence.
In order to get a better solution, the director and screenwriter brought together the main members of the crew and several main actors to brainstorm ideas, but in the end they still didn't come up with any good ideas.
Maybe it's not that I can't think of a solution, but I don't dare to say it, because if the solution I come up with can't work, then not everyone can afford the consequences. So everyone either didn't speak, or they said some polite words that didn't matter, and in the end the meeting had to be stopped.
Zhang Chengyuan thought of a way that was not a solution, that is, to increase his role, and with his current sudden popularity, he might be able to barely maintain the ratings at the current level. But how could he say this kind of proposal himself? If you say it, it will only offend people plainly, and it will leave a bad impression of wanting to be in the limelight. He would rather have the number of episodes or even be cut off by the TV station after the show was the worst, rather than do such a stupid thing that destroys his own image, and he will never let Cheng Youli say such things for him.
In fact, he didn't need to say it, in the next filming, he found that he seemed to have a lot more scenes, which was almost the same as the male No. 1 Che Taixian, and even easier to be brilliant in some aspects. Jang Sung-won was a little happy in his heart, but he was more worried that it would affect the harmony between the crew, especially his relationship with Cha Tae-hyun. He was worried that Cha Tae-hyun would misunderstand what shady methods he had used, which made his role increase so much.
At first, Zhang Chengyuan also thought that he might be too worried, but later even Cheng Youli asked him privately: "Did your agent Park Byungyeol do something behind his back?" This made him think even more that his worries were not unfounded.
Zhang Chengyuan hurriedly found Cha Tae-hyun to explain to him, Cha Tae-hyun smiled and said, "Boy, you don't have any burden, in fact, I took the initiative to ask the screenwriter to do this." I think if increasing your role can stop the ratings from declining, then I am still willing to pay this small sacrifice. Because if this TV series loses to the opponent at the end of the game, or even ends early, then I may have to suffer endless accusations from the media and the audience, in which case I will definitely get sick. ”
After a pause, he continued: "I also do this in the hope that you can help me and share the pressure for me." I hope you don't blame me for making it my own way! ”
Zhang Chengyuan hurriedly said: "Brother Taixian, you are laughing, Xie Lu thanks you for your promotion, I will work harder." "Anyway, it's good for him to have more scenes.