Section 40 Meetings in MBC
After getting the news of Li Xiuman, Lee Kyung-won called MBC, and after confirming the truth, he came to MBC TV again, this time he did not go to the department to manage variety shows, but directly came to the department that manages the production of TV dramas.
"Welcome, welcome, Li Jingyuan XI." He was greeted by a middle-aged man over 40 years old, and this person was Kim Dong-ryul, the supervisor in charge of reviewing TV scripts and an important figure in MBC's TV drama department.
"Hello, Director Kim." Li Jingyuan's attitude in front of outsiders was still very polite, and he bent down and bowed to say hello.
"Come on, come here, everyone is waiting for you." Although Kim Dong-yul is a character in the TV drama department, his relationship with Yoo Jae-seok is not bad, and after getting a lot of information about Lee Kyung-won from Yoo Jae-seok and Minister Li of the variety show department, he has a preliminary understanding of Lee Kyung-won's ability, so he does not regard him as an ordinary junior, but is as cautious as an ordinary screenwriter.
In the Korean TV circle, the identity of the screenwriter is very high, because the competition in TV dramas is very fierce, so a good script is even more important, in this way, the status of a good screenwriter has been greatly improved, it is no exaggeration to say that in a TV series, in addition to the director, the status of the screenwriter is the highest, which is what those big-name stars can not compare.
"Let me introduce to you, this is Mr. Li Jingyuan, the screenwriter of "Palace". After taking Li Jingyuan to the conference room and sitting down, Kim Dong-ryu introduced to the people in the room: "Maybe everyone thinks he is a little familiar, yes, he has a regular appearance in our TV station's new variety show "Infinite Challenge", which is our own person." ”
Although Kim Dong-yul used the title of Mr., which is very respected in South Korea, when introducing Lee Kyung-won, Lee Kyung-won himself will not be so arrogant that no one will look at him. He stood up and greeted the people around him modestly and without inferiority: "Hello everyone, my name is Li Jingyuan, everyone here is my senior, please don't treat me as a gentleman, or call me Jingyuan directly, if it is really not pleasant, it doesn't matter if you call me a brat, if you use honorifics, I am really a little uncomfortable." ”
Li Jingyuan's modest and humorous self-introduction made everyone in the conference room have a good first impression of him, and also laid a good foundation for the following conversation.
"Jing Yuan, since you said so, I'll call you that." Kim Dong-yul relied on his close relationship with Yoo Jae-seok, so he first changed his words: "We have already read the first two episodes of your script, and we think it is very suitable for making a TV series, so I called you here today to discuss this matter." ”
"As the screenwriter of this script, have you obtained the copyright of the original script?" Sure enough, Kim Dongyul's first question was what Lee so-man had already asked.
"Hehe, I didn't think of it that much at the time, so I changed it directly, so I didn't get the copyright." When Li Jingyuan said this, there were some whispered discussions in the conference room, but Li Jingyuan's words changed and continued: "Don't worry, in fact, I don't mean to exchange the copyright for money, as long as you leave me the name of the screenwriter when you shoot this film, as for the copyright, I don't want any money, in this case, you just need to talk to the comic author." I believe that it should not be difficult to rely on the name of MBC. ”
"That's it~~." Kim Dong-yul didn't expect Lee Kyung-won to pay a penny for screenwriting, which has never happened in their TV station.
"Hehe, Director Kim, you don't have to hesitate, I'm telling the truth, in fact, when I first wrote this script, it was for Sister Yoon Eun-hye. I think her image is quite suitable for the heroine in this script, and I didn't think about the copyright issue at the time, so this mistake is mine, and if there is a mistake, I have to bear it, and I don't want the screenwriter's fee to be my little care. Li Jingyuan explained that he also knew what Jin Dongyu was thinking, after all, the issue of copyright is still very sensitive.
"Yoon Eun-hye??" Hearing Lee Kyung-won's explanation, Kim Dong-ryul ignored the matter of copyright and thought of Yoon Eun-hye: "Do you have a good relationship with her?" ”
"Well, sort of, I think Sister Yin Eunhui is a good person, and she is quite suitable for this image." Li Jingyuan didn't care about other people's thoughts at all, and said it directly. Now that he is young, he can be regarded as having a little privilege that ordinary people can't have, and who is not a little rough among young people. The fact that Lee Kyung-won impulsively wrote a script for Yoon Eun-hye is not too outrageous, and if he is a little older, it will inevitably cause some misunderstandings. ,
Looking at the naturalness of Lee Kyung-won's face, Kim Dong-ryul didn't observe anything else, it seems that there are no unspoken rules between Lee Kyung-won and Yoon Eun-hye. He was relieved, but he was still a little crying and laughing at Li Jingyuan's frizziness.
"You, you're still too young, it's only been a few minutes, and you threw out two such big troubles, one is copyright, and the other is casting, I really convinced you." Kim Dong-yul pointed at Li Jingyuan and said with a smile.
"Hehe, I'm not inexperienced." Li Jingyuan also felt that he was not very stable, and touched his nose a little embarrassed.
"Okay, for the sake of your youth, we won't bother with you, we'll deal with the copyright thing, but the problem of this role~~~"
"I won't interfere, I just recommend Sister Enhui, the key is to depend on the choice of the director and you, I am not an acting major after all." Li Jingyuan also said on the road, but he is not worried that Yin Enhui will not be selected at all, you must know that the script of the first two episodes of Lu Dao has already been sent to Yin Enhui's hands, and he has a few months more preparation time than others, plus he knows the characters in the script, if he can't be selected, Li Jingyuan really has nothing to say.
Li Jingyuan's guarantee also reassured everyone present, if he was really allowed to command indiscriminately, these people really didn't dare to decide to shoot this TV series casually. But having said that, you can't completely ignore Lee Kyung-won's opinion, because in South Korea, when casting TV dramas, the meaning of the screenwriter is also very important, which is not only the reason for the first impression, but also a more important factor.
Because the production process of Korean TV dramas is relatively special, it belongs to the kind of situation where it is broadcast while being produced. Therefore, the relationship between the actor and the screenwriter is very important, if the actor and the screenwriter can have a good chemistry, the screenwriter can get more inspiration from the actor and create a script that is more in line with the actor, so that the quality of the script will be improved again, which is a good effect for the filming of the TV series.
"So do you have any advice for the rest of the show?" Kim Dongyu's question was also a procedural question, and he didn't expect a good answer from the young man Lee Kyung-won.
Li Jingyuan thought about it, but he still didn't say the few leading actors of this TV series in his previous life, which happened to coincide with Kim Dongyul's thoughts. However, he still gave a small suggestion for the director candidate: "I don't know what to say about the actors, but the director I don't think we need to find someone who is too famous, my script is changed from comics, and it belongs to idol dramas, plus it is a fusion of modern dramas and historical dramas, which is considered to have a lot of experimental nature, it is estimated that famous directors are not very good at accepting such scripts, so let's just find a director who dares to fight." ”
"There is also a road to what you said, famous directors are people who cherish feathers, and it is not their habit to take on films casually." Kim Dong-yul thought about it and found that what Li Jingyuan said was indeed right. In addition to those extreme guys, few directors will take the script of the type they are not familiar with, if this is smashed, it will be a smashing signboard, which will have a great impact on them to take the script again in the future.
"If I say it, it's better to find a small director who has cooperated with the TV station, as long as he has skills, it doesn't matter if he is not famous, anyway, we don't have to rely on the director's name to drive the ratings." Li Jingyuan did not advance the name of Huang Renlei, the original director of this drama, but gave a range, whether Huang Renlei can be selected depends on his own ability, anyway, Li Jingyuan doesn't know him, there is no need to take care of everyone.
"By the way, Director Jin, I've finished writing the script here, do you want to take it for review first?" Li Jingyuan suddenly remembered an important matter. In South Korea, it's rare to get all the scripts of a drama completed before filming even starts. Because when they are producing TV series, they often have to adjust the length of the TV series according to the ratings of the TV series, so it is impossible to decide the number of episodes of the TV series in advance.
"What? You've already written it all? "Kim Dong-ryu now fully understands Li Jingyuan's characteristics, and he, a guy who doesn't play according to the routine, always throws out one question after another that needs to be discussed.
"En, this is an adapted script, there are so many original comics, and I don't want to change much, so the script was written in advance." Li Jingyuan also thought of what he overlooked, but his quickness was still good, and he found a suitable excuse.
"In this case, then you can show us the rest of the script first, if it is appropriate, we will not change it." Jin Dongyu didn't have anything to do, so he had to say to Li Jingyuan that he was already a little helpless about this young kid in his heart, and if he hadn't read his script and wrote it well, he would have stopped serving it a long time ago.
"Here's what's left, plus the first two episodes, it's a total of 24 episodes. If you have two episodes a week, you can broadcast it for three months. Li Jingyuan quickly took out a stack of thick scripts from the backpack he was carrying and handed it to Kim Dongyu.
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