Chapter 611: Premiere
It's finally time for this day!
April is a month of great updates for Korean dramas.
On March 31st, an episode of "Boys Over Flowers" aired Zuihou, Goo Junbiao played by Lee Min Ho inherited the mythical group and carried it forward, and Kim Sicao played by Gu Hye-sun was finally admitted to the Medical University after three years of restudy, and the scene where Zuihou Goo Joon-pyo proposed to Kim Sicao drew a successful end to "Boys Over Flowers".
The high rating of 34.8% is a small miracle! Everyone didn't expect that relying on the clichéd story of Cinderella and the prince who were not too professional "beautiful men", they would be able to get such excellent results.
In short, "Boys Over Flowers" can be seen as a milestone for Korean dramas in 2009.
The successor to "Boys Over Flowers" is "Men's Story", which tells the grievances and hatreds between three kinds of men. However, this TV series, created by big-name screenwriter Song Ji-na and featuring big-name actors such as Park Yong-ha and Kim Kang-woo, was only ranked first from the bottom with a rating of 6.8% when it premiered on April 6.
It's staggering.
After that, on April 15, "Mr. Cinderella" starring Kwon Sang-woo and Yoona was broadcast, and the ratings of the first episode also did not break through double digits, only 9.3%, ranking last among the three major TV series in the same period.
Disappointed! I don't know how many viewers in front of the TV are disappointed, the big-name screenwriters have suffered Waterloo, and the combination of big-name actors and popular artists has also been defeated. Now, among the four anticipated TV dramas that have been hyped before, only "Splendid Heritage" produced by Kim Sung-won Company and "Cityhall" by Shin Kim Golden Partner have not yet been released.
Countless viewers are worried, will these two TV series be equally disappointing?
In the midst of this discussion, it finally ushered in April 25, and "Splendid Legacy" took over the ratings of the first weekend of "City of Glass".
Among these TV series that started airing in April, "Splendid Legacy" is the most controversial. First of all, one reason is naturally because it is the first TV series produced by Kim Sung-won's company; Secondly, most of the audience of the weekend drama are housewives, and young actors such as Lee Seung-gi, Han Hyo-joo, and Moon Chae-won lead the role, and it is full of doubts whether they can catch the attention of this part of the audience.
Especially the two leading actors, Lee Seung Gi only played the second male lead once in "Beethoven Virus". This is the first time to challenge the male lead, and most of the newcomers are considered to be newcomers. Han Hyo-joo's fame is also inconspicuous.
Director Chen He was only an assistant director of "The Painter of the Wind" before, and screenwriter Su Xianjing is not a first-line screenwriter. Comparatively. On the contrary, Jin Shengyuan, the producer, is more famous!
It's hard not to be suspicious of this seemingly "patchwork" structure, but it's just as exciting.
Finally, "Splendid Legacy" is officially launched!
Xian Yuhuan, 27 years old, is the grandson of the president of "Zhensheng Food" Zhang Shuzi, because his father passed away. His mother and grandmother doted on him in every way, and therefore developed his arrogant, unsightly, and never considerate character of others, and he had no feelings for money or the future.
Gao Yinxing, 24 years old, the daughter of a construction tycoon, her mother died when she was 11 years old, and later her father remarried and formed a new family with her new mother and Seungmei. There is a mentally handicapped but very haode piano playable brother.
Yoo Seung-mi. 24 years old, a dignified and calm woman, who had an unhappy childhood because of the death of her biological father. But she has always been a model student in school, with strong self-esteem, and she didn't like her at first sight when she saw Gao Yinxing of the same age, and vowed to become a strong woman. She has always longed for her father's love, and finally met Xian Yuhuan, a man with a warm and solid embrace like her father, and Xian Yuhuan is between a friend and a lover.
The story revolves around Xian Yuhuan and Gao Yinxing, who returned from the United States on the same plane, and took the wrong bag.
Not only the audience, Jin Shengyuan's fans, but also many people in the entertainment industry are also paying attention to this TV series. Yoona who took a temporary break from the theater of "Mr. Cinderella", Taeyeon at the event, and many actors with different thoughts, representatives of production companies, etc. …,
However, to the bewilderment of many viewers, as soon as "Splendid Legacy" was launched, the plot was directly unfolded, as if it was going downstream. There is hardly any suspense.
Gao Yinxing, who was originally a "princess", faced bankruptcy, his father's "death", and the fate of becoming Cinderella; Bad men are rarely stupid, stupid and hopelessly stupid, like a pig; Vicious, the stepmother who is specifically responsible for abusing the heroine......
Everything is so cliché.
……
After the first episode of "Splendid Legacy" ended, Kim Sung-won's mobile phone became busy.
"With a rating of 16.9 percent, it ranks third." Director Chen He notified Kim Sung-won of the statistical ratings as soon as possible.
"What's the rating?" Taeyeon, Seo Hyun, Jessica, and others.
"Shengyuan OPPA, what are the ratings?" Yuna called from the set.
……
Kim Sung-won patiently informed them of the ratings one by one.
Of course, he was only busy for a short time. The people who called him were just close friends and artists from the same company.
At the same time, there is also a lot of hustle and bustle on the Internet, and many netizens are discussing this TV series.
The ratings of 16.9% for the premiere are already very good, and the ratings for the premiere of "Boys Over Flowers" are only 14.3%. It can be said that the premiere of "Splendid Legacy" was very successful.
Everyone is talking about the various characters in this TV series and the development of the plot. Lee Seung-gi is not the kind of male number one who looks very eye-catching, but his appearance is very liked by older women, shy and well-behaved, excellent in character and learning, and harmless in appearance, although he challenged the male protagonist for the first time, and played a role opposite to his personality, but he didn't get too many bad words.
Han Hyo-joo, this is a woman as fresh as a wild chrysanthemum. Many male viewers fell in love with "Gao Yinxing" at the first sight, and many netizens sighed: "This girl looks so clean!" "The good thing about this look is that it's hard to hate even if you don't particularly like it.
Of course, Bae Xiubin, Wen Caiyuan and other characters are also discussed, but because the plot has just aired the first episode, everyone is talking about the actors themselves, and there is not too much discussion about the characters in the middle.
However, there are also many viewers who are worried and questioning, thinking that the first episode of "Splendid Legacy" can achieve such ratings. It's because of the previous vigorous publicity and discussion on the Internet that it has accumulated enough popularity! To know what the true future of the TV series is, it will take at least four episodes of the airing to determine the ratings.
There are not many such people, but there are quite a few. And their suspicions are not unreasonable, and even many media reporters did not forget to add a sentence when commenting, "This TV series has earned enough eyeballs in advance because of the off-screen role of Kim Sung-won".
However, Jin Shengyuan didn't care too much about these. All he needs to do now is to believe in screenwriter So Hyun-jung, director Jin Hyuk, Lee Seung-gi and Han Hyo-joo and other actors.
After finishing the trip that night, Kim Sung-won made a phone call to the crew. Knowing that they were still filming, I specially called to order a supper for them, and I didn't bother.
Back at the company, Kim Sung-won carefully re-watched the first episode. During the previous break, he had only watched one clip.
Lee Seung Gi's performance is not too good, perhaps because of the conflict with his own image, which makes familiar people feel a little awkward.
But. On the whole, his acting skills are still very good, especially his willingness to work hard, and he is constantly improving-Director Chen He's comment.
It's not that Kim Sung-won doesn't have "ideas" about Lee Seung-gi. Such an artist is a rare asset for any company. In today's entertainment industry, not to mention excellent character and learning, even real artists with good character are rare to see! Many artists performed very well in the show, and media reporters and TV drama staff praised them, but in real life, they bothered the company very much! …,
However, Lee Seung-gi politely declined several invitations to Kim Sung-won, so he had no choice but to give up.
Fortunately, Han Hyo-joo has taken the initiative to invest in the company.
Jin Shengyuan can already be directly determined. After "Splendid Heritage", Han Hyo-joo will inevitably become popular.
After watching the plot of the first episode in its entirety, Jin Shengyuan couldn't help but sigh: "Jiang is still old and spicy!" In the TV series, there is only one person who really amazes him with his acting skills, and that is the role of Baek Seung-hee, the stepmother played by Kim Mi-sook. Although she hasn't really played yet. But the image of this hypocritical woman has been portrayed very well.
Turning off the computer, Kim Sung-won prepared to take a shower.
However, as soon as he changed his clothes, his phone rang.
"Yuna?" Kim Sung-won answered the phone with some strange feelings.
"Shengyuan oppa, what are you doing?" Yuna's voice was brisk.
"Ready to take a shower, what's wrong?" Jin Shengyuan put on his coat and asked.
"It's nothing, it's just that I just left the set, it's okay on the way, I'll make a harassing call to you." Yuna said with a grin.
“…… I'll teach you, close your eyes, and start counting one sheep, two sheep......" Jin Shengyuan said after being speechless.
"Do you think I'm a three-year-old?" Yuna shouted dissatisfiedly.
"No," Jin Shengyuan said, gasping for breath, and added, "I'll treat you as a three-and-a-half-year-old child. ”
"......" Yuna laughed speechlessly, and suddenly wondered: "oppa!" You won't let me star in the TV series you made, and the ratings for the premiere are almost twice as high as ours......"
"You can't talk nonsense, do you hear that?" Jin Shengyuan directly interrupted Yun'er's words and said solemnly. Although he knows that Yun'a is just a joke, if someone else knows, there will be problems.
"I see, hee-hee......" Yuna smiled embarrassedly, and she was too relaxed to say such an outrageous joke.
"How long do you have to get back to your dorm?" Jin Shengyuan asked suddenly.
"What's wrong? Annoying me? Yuna shouted dissatisfied.
"I figured out if I would freeze into a popsicle when you got back to your dorm?" Jin Shengyuan said.
"Ahh It's a pity that my phone can't make video calls...... Hee-hee, I won't bother you, zaijian! Yuna said and hung up the phone. (To be continued)