"The Secret That Can't Be Said" is a romance film, and the best release date is naturally Valentine's Day, and Lee Seung-woo also plans to release it on February 14 next year, so there is plenty of time to prepare this time, and Lee Seung-woo is not in a hurry to shoot.

After the script was completed, Lee Seung-woo gave it to Lee so-man and Kim Tae-min respectively.

Although the film promised to cooperate with the company, Lee Seung-woo did not plan to bring in only Lee so-man as a partner, and at the same time brought CJ Entertainment in.

After all, the company is very powerful in the field of music, but it has average channels in the field of film and television.

CJ Entertainment not only has strong publicity and distribution capabilities, but also has its own independent theater chain, which is conducive to scheduling films when the filming is completed, so Lee Seung-woo is also interested in deepening his cooperation with CJ.

After sending out the invitation, Kim Tae-min, who was in charge of contacting Lee Seung-woo on CJ's side, quickly replied in the affirmative after receiving the script.

With Lee Seung-woo's current fame and strength, as well as the addition of the drama "I Want to See You", especially the production cost of the movie "The Secret I Don't Want to Say" is also not high, almost predictable, this will be another movie that will make sure you don't lose money.

CJ received the script almost without hesitation, and replied to Lee Seung-woo on the same day that he would participate in the investment.

The partners are decided, and the next thing is the actors.

Lin Yuna doesn't need to mention it, Park Baojian learned that Lee Seung-woo invited him to star in the movie again, and he was still the leading actor, and the original agency won the leading role of a new drama for Park Baojian, but after receiving Lee Seung-woo's invitation, he immediately pushed down the TV series and agreed without hesitation.

After all, movies are different from TV series, and having the opportunity to enter the film industry as the leading actor is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Park Baojian, who has just debuted for more than a year.

Not to mention that Lee Seung-woo is both a well-known director and Park Baojian's Bole, Park Baojian's current popularity also depends on Lee Seung-woo's support, no matter from which point of view, since Lee Seung-woo spoke, Park Baojian has no reason to refuse.

Not only could he not refuse, but he also made concessions in terms of salary, and let Lee Seung-woo decide without the slightest bargaining.

But that's normal.

After the broadcast of "I Want to See You", Park Baojian's popularity skyrocketed, and his worth naturally increased several times.

But at the end of the day.

No matter how popular Park Baojian is, he is only a newcomer who has just debuted, and he is even more new in the film industry.

Not only Park Baojian is like this, but so is Lin Yuna.

No matter how popular they are, as newcomers in the film industry, the two actually don't have much box office appeal, and they are already extremely lucky to be the heroes and heroines of well-known directors in the first movie.

And the supporting actress in the movie, Lee Seung-woo handed over to the artist under his company, and he is also the only artist who has signed a contract at present, Yu Seung-yeon. - By the way, now the stage name has been changed to Kong Shengyan.

And because of this.

The salaries of the actors in "The Secret That Can't Be Said" are not high, accounting for less than 10% of the film's production costs.

And the movie doesn't need many complicated scenes, and the production cost itself is not high.

Once the partners and main actors were identified, the film began to prepare for it.

At this moment, Lee Seung-woo suddenly received a call from Seo-hyun, saying that he hadn't seen each other for a while and wanted to invite Lee Seung-woo to dinner.

As soon as Lee Seung-woo thought about it, he probably guessed Seo Hyun's purpose.

But after thinking about it, Lee Seung-woo did not refuse.

At night.

A high-end western restaurant.

"How is Xu Xianxi doing? I heard that your girls' generation has started a new round of concerts, so it should be a busy time, right? ”

Xu Xian nodded: "It's really busy, and I've had a lot of trips recently." ”

Next, the two chatted a few words.

Xu Xian's voice changed, and he suddenly asked, "I heard that the seniors have started to prepare for a new drama again?" ”

Lee Seung-woo: "......"

This is a bit redundant.

Xu Xian is not only an artist under the company, but also in the same group as Lin Yuna, although the news of Lee Seung-woo's preparation for a new drama has not been reported by the outside world, but Xu Xian must know about this situation.

The reason why he asked this was just as he guessed when he received Xu Xian's call, Xu Xian probably had some ideas.

Lee Seung-woo nodded in affirmation.

Xu Xiandao: "I saw the script in Yun'er Oni's hand two days ago, and the new drama of the predecessor seems to be related to music or about the piano? ”

Lee Seung-woo smiled dumbly and nodded again.

But this time, without waiting for Xu Xian to speak again, Li Chengyou smiled and said, "Xu Xianxi asked me to meet this time, I can probably guess something." We've known each other for so long, and the reason why my first movie was made and released, to tell you the truth, Xu Xianxi helped me a lot, and I am also grateful, especially thanks. From this point of view, whether it is Xu Xianxi's help to me before, or the relationship between the two of us for such a long time, I should repay the favor, and I have indeed always had this plan.

This is also the reason why I probably guessed Xu Xianxi's thoughts this time and still came to the appointment.

I've always been grateful to Seo Hyun Xi, and I've always wanted to give something back.

But ......"

Smiling, Li Chengyou shook his head: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Xu Xianxi this time." This movie is indeed related to music, and I also know that Seo Hyun-xi plays the piano very well, and it is also very suitable for starring in the movie. But with all due respect, if Seo Hyun-xi is not an artist of the company and a member of Girls' Generation, since Seo Hyun-xi has spoken, I will definitely agree.

But this movie has decided in advance that Lin Yuna Xi will be the heroine......"

Seeing that Xu Xian seemed to be about to open his mouth to defend himself, Li Chengyou shook his head and said: "I know that Xu Xianxi doesn't want to fight for the opportunity of the heroine, but takes a fancy to the role of the second female lead." But as I said just now, if Seo Hyun-xi is not a member of Girls' Generation, and she doesn't have such a close relationship with Lin Yun'erxi, I can still promise Seo Hyun-xi. But both of you come from the company and are members of Girls' Generation, so if you both star at the same time, it will send a misleading message to the outside world.

will give the outside world the feeling that this is a big Girls' Generation movie.

Frankly, this misleading information is likely to be counterproductive to the promotion of the film, and even if I think about it, I have to worry about it.

As a director, I am responsible for my own films, I am also responsible for investors, and I am also responsible for the actors who participate in them, and I have to try to avoid some of the factors that can cause the film to fail, even if it is small, if it can be avoided.

So.

I also hope that Xu Xianxi can understand.

In the future, if there is a role suitable for Xu Xianxi in my script, I will definitely take the initiative to invite Xu Xianxi to play, but this time, I can only say sorry to Xu Xianxi.

I hope you can understand. ”

Xu Xian: "......"

He opened his mouth, speechless.

Before she could say anything, she was blocked by Li Chengyou.

At this moment, Xu Xian inevitably felt a trace of jealousy towards Lin Yun'er.