"Anihassaiyo ......"

Walking into the box, Ji Jingyuan took a quick glance in the box, and then saluted Jin Yuanxi, the director of the "Unborn" crew, who was already seated.

When he returned to the peninsula, Ji Jingyuan expressed his interest in the invitation to the drama "Unborn" to the company, and at the same time hoped to meet and chat with the main creative team of the crew.

It's just that it seems that Jin Yuanxi's style is still a bit old-fashioned, he didn't make an appointment to meet in a café where things are more popular nowadays, and directly set up a barbecue restaurant, and the appointment time is still a meal, and he can directly meet and eat together.

If today is not the first time they have met, but they have known each other before, Chi Jingyuan estimates that after eating, the other party may take him to the next game for a dragon or something.

"Jing Yuan Xi is here, sit, sit."

Seeing Ji Jingyuan come in and salute, Jin Yuanxi also smiled and beckoned him to sit down, and at the same time, he was still sitting there enthusiastically and made a look of wanting to get up to greet him.

I didn't really stand up, but the attitude did show itself.

Ji Jingyuan smiled and saluted and sat opposite, although it was the first time they met, he was not too restrained, it was natural to sit there generously, and Jin Yuanxi, who had been looking at him, secretly made an evaluation in his heart.

After approaching and sitting down, Ji Jingyuan also looked at this director who may cooperate for a while in the future.

Jin Yuanxi was born in 77 and is almost 40 years old this year, slightly chubby, wearing black-framed glasses with an ordinary appearance but looking a little blessed, but the skin is not very good, and there are obvious potholes on both sides of the cheeks.

He will definitely not pay attention to maintenance as much as an artist.

His appearance should be quite stern when he has a straight face, but when he smiles at this time, a pair of eyes that are not big are half-narrowed, and it looks like there is a sense of peace and kindness.

Before coming, Ji Jingyuan had seen Jin Yuanxi's information, he has been in the industry for a long time, he has worked in many crews earlier, but he has not been officially engaged in directing PD for a few years, and he only began to direct his first drama in 2010, except for last year's "Monster", the ratings of the other two TV series filmed are okay, especially the "Sungkyunkwan Scandal" filmed in 10 years The results are very good.

Through reading the information and his own analysis, Ji Jingyuan found that Kim Won-seok's personal style as a director is relatively distinct, his shooting and production skills are mature, and he is good at rendering the atmosphere and paying attention to details, and he has a very good network in the circle, which can be regarded as a director who has been outstanding in the field of TV dramas in recent years and has a bright future.

"If you don't have an appointment at the café, will you be a little unaccustomed?" After Jin Yuanxi looked at Ji Jingyuan, he took the initiative to speak, and at the same time picked up a bottle of soju that had been opened next to him and poured it into a small glass: "I see that you should be an adult, right, drink a little?" ”

"Of course not, cafes and rotisserie have their own benefits......"

Chi Jingyuan took the initiative to reach out and take the wine bottle, and while pouring the wine, he replied with a smile: "It will feel more comfortable here, and I can eat a little more before going back...... As you know, the company is very strict with the management of our profession, and we usually don't have enough to eat, and thank you for giving me this opportunity today. ”

Jin Yuanxi heard some things about Ji Jingyuan from a friend, including some insider stories about the temporary replacement of the male protagonist in "The Inheritors", at this time, the other party's casual and natural but polite posture made him nod secretly, and at the same time, the other party's pun made him laugh, looking at Ji Jingyuan and shaking his head:

"Ah jinjia, I've heard my friends mention you many times before, and it's been rumored in the circle from time to time, and when I met today, I realized that the rumors were still a bit conservative, and sure enough, both the appearance and the inside are impeccable, it's completely this ......" said, Jin Yuanxi gave a thumbs up.

"Ani, it's too much, why should I be embarrassed to eat more later." Chi Jingyuan smiled, looking a little praised and a little ridiculous, revealing a young man's youthful appearance.

"Hahaha." laughed heartily twice, Jin Yuanxi recruited the waiter to let him serve the food, and at the same time chatted with Ji Jingyuan casually, and asked him about some interesting aspects of his idol career, as well as his personal opinions on acting.

After chatting a few words and getting familiar with each other, the charcoal stove and dishes were served, the two began to talk about business.

"Jing Yuan should have read the script already, right?"

"Yes, a great script." Chi Jingyuan praised with a smile, and his tone was very sincere.

"We have made a lot of adaptations on the comics of this drama, and we want to present a slightly cold and realistic story in the chessboard of the world or the company, and use the perspective of Zhang Kelai, a newcomer in the workplace, to show the faces of people in the workplace......"

Jin Yuanxi took two sips of wine and began to talk eloquently, and asked specifically: "By the way, Jingyuan, do you know how to play Go?" ”

"Yes, but not proficient." He nodded, and didn't boast.

He studied for a period of time when he was a child, but because he didn't have much interest, he didn't continue to contact, and on the whole he could only be regarded as understanding the rules and going down, but it was far from being good.

Even when he saw the title of "Unborn", he didn't know what it meant when he saw it, but he only found out when he checked it later.

Unborn on the Peninsula is a Go term that refers to the last move in the game of Go, but there is a chance to come back to life. It refers to a chess piece that cannot survive at the moment, but it is not a dead chess piece, it is a chess piece that still has room for survival.

"It doesn't have a big impact, but if it does, it's certainly better, and it helps to understand the characters." Jin Yuanxi also nodded, and then said: "The actor Zhang Kelai is a child who likes Go very much since he was a child, and dreams of becoming a professional Go player but fails because of the drag of his family......

Jin Yuanxi talked very much, and while starting to barbecue and drink, he and Ji Jingyuan talked at length about the role positioning of the male protagonist Zhang Kelai in the script and his own understanding, and analyzed the plot and the ingenious reasons why the script was so set from time to time.

Under Chi Jingyuan's just right support, he talked a lot with great interest, and finally took a sip of wine and sighed: "Do you know that "Unborn" made a short film last year? ”

"Inside, I've seen this short film, and it's a very good shot."

"Actually, we were looking for the lead actor of the short film, Ren Shiwan, to play it, he is also an idol actor like you, you should know each other......"

"That's right, I've met with Ren Shiwan a few times."

As he spoke, Kim Won-seok spread his hands: "It was originally planned like this, but after all, this is a special project for the eighth anniversary of TVN's opening, and the headquarters also attaches great importance to it. ”

"We all know very well that Zhang Kelai needs a lot of conditions for this role, such as the appearance is very good, he can't be old, but his acting skills must be excellent, and it is best for the actor to have high popularity and popularity."

"Because our drama is not the previous idol drama model, the male protagonist will encounter a lot of setbacks in the first few episodes, which may make some viewers disgusted, so before the later plot development and in-depth development, we need to have enough audience stickiness and enough discussion."

"In addition, the restrictions on acting skills are too great, although our drama highlights the male protagonist, it is also a bit biased towards group dramas, and several of the main supporting roles are selected by very experienced, senior actors with excellent acting skills, if Zhang Kelai's own aura and acting skills are not enough, it is easy to be suppressed, resulting in the charm of the role cannot be shown at all."

"Excellent appearance, excellent acting skills, high popularity, and youth, when we had a production meeting, these key points were drawn out, including me, many people directly thought of Jingyuan you......"

Jin Yuanxi smiled and lightly tapped his finger at Ji Jingyuan a few times, and sighed, "The Jin sigh you played last year is really amazing, and the feeling of coexistence of nature and entanglement seems to have been out of the category of idol dramas." ”

"Consanmida." Chi Jingyuan was a little embarrassed to hear such praise, and hurriedly thanked him.

"Anyway, Jingyuan, you are our first choice, and Shi Wan is still a lot worse than you in these aspects...... But if SM hasn't given an answer during this time, we're ready to let Ren Shiwan try it, after all, he was the original choice, and I heard that you haven't taken over a TV series for a long time. Almost at the end, Kim Won-seok also began to be straightforward.

After this personal meeting and dialogue, his first impression of Chi Jingyuan was indeed very good, and he felt that the praise rumors he had heard about the other party in the circle before were indeed true, and several directors and screenwriters who had worked with him praised him.

And on the whole, Chi Jingyuan is indeed one of the most suitable candidates for the leading role in this drama, and he is much stronger than Ren Shiwan who chose at the beginning.

This time, if the other party is next, this is also Ji Jingyuan's second filming after a year after the fire of "The Inheritors", coupled with his own popularity in Asia and the hot popularity of EXO, this drama can get a lot of attention and gimmicks out of thin air.

The actors in their drama are all powerful in acting, and they may lack popularity, and they need to make up for it through other aspects.

"Hmm......" Chi Jingyuan muttered: "When should the official filming start?" ”

"The formation of the crew has started before, and the casting is just around the corner, if you are sure that everything goes well, all the preparations will be completed within half a month, and a script workshop will be held in late August, and then filming will officially begin." Jin Yuanxi obviously made preparations, and without thinking about it, he made the time plan clear: "The broadcast schedule has been determined, and the Jin Tu drama will premiere on October 17." ”

"I know, I'll discuss it with the company as soon as possible."

Ji Jingyuan nodded, then saluted lightly and repeated the opening words: "I also want to thank the director for giving me this opportunity." ”

"Hahaha......" Jin Yuanxi looked at him and laughed as before, and this time he took the initiative to reach out and pat him on the shoulder.

……

Sending Kim Won-seok away, Ji Kyung-won got into Park Jae-hyun's nanny car from the parking lot.

Park Jae-hyun had been waiting in the parking lot when he was talking to Kim Won-seok before, and a phone call came over two minutes after it ended.

Sitting in the back seat of the nanny car, Chi Jingyuan took his mobile phone and checked some information about the drama "Unborn".

Just now, Kim Won-seok revealed a relatively secret news to him, for example, the drama "Unborn" has been in preparation for more than a year, and the original author of the comic, Yoon Tae-ho, has also participated, and the script has been revised and improved many times, and the actors are also carefully selected actors.

The show will also go to Jordan for filming when filming the first episode, and it is the first TV series ever filmed in Jordan on the peninsula.

For example, this drama has actually been coveted by several major wireless TV stations and CJEM since the beginning of preparations last year, and it can be regarded as a big fish in the TV drama market, but in the end, after many considerations and negotiations, it finally chose to broadcast on TVN.

Before coming, Ji Jingyuan was still considering between "Unborn" and "Pinocchio", and there was some hesitation about which one should be more suitable, but to be honest, he was more biased towards the former.

At this time, he hesitated slightly with his mobile phone, but Ji Jingyuan still did not call Park Shin Hye.

The heroine of "Pinocchio" has been set as Park Shin Hye, and he was originally going to call to ask about the general situation of this drama, but now he feels that he no longer needs it.

After some communication with Kim Won-seok and his own thinking, he has almost made a choice.

Compared with filming an idol drama type, he is still more interested in workplace dramas that he has never been exposed to and will have more demanding acting requirements.

After deciding to relax, Chi Jingyuan leaned on the back of the chair and felt a little bored after swiping a few pieces of news, and clicked on the page of the MV of "Happiness".

SM released the MV of the debut song "Happiness" of the new girl group Red Velvet today, and Ji Kyung-won had already watched it at lunchtime.

After reading it, he felt a little strange.

The song is not bad, the melody is cheerful and catchy, the title of the song and the meaning of the lyrics 'happiness' are great, and the toxicity is also a little bit, and you can basically sing along with the chorus part after listening to it.

After all, most of the lyrics of the chorus are 'lalalalala'.

But how to say it, he thinks that if you look at it through this MV, this song is more suitable as a welcome song at the gate of the wildlife park than the song that debuted as a KPOP girl group.

Or when some TV shopping programs are dedicated to BGM, there is no sense of disobedience.

The makeup of the four people in it is average and very similar, and some black fans' messages are not unreasonable, and people who are not familiar with it, or those who are slightly blind can really only recognize people by hair color.

Ji Jingyuan felt that this makeup not only did not show the charm of Bae Joo-hyun and the others, but also covered up a lot to a certain extent, which had the opposite effect.

Re-clicking on the page, Chi Jingyuan found that the number of clicks on the MV was quite good, but the comment area below was still full of miasma, which was better than the teaser video of the previous two days, and even because I felt that there was no possibility of becoming popular after listening to the whole song, many people spoke ugly, and the degree of yin and yang weirdness has been improved a lot.

The most staggering thing is the data of the like ratio, and the likes and likes ratio of the MV of the new girl group Red Velvet actually reached 1 to 1.

If there are 10,000 likes, there will be 10,000 likes.

Usually most of the MV below the idol combination will be a large lead in the number of likes, after all, ordinary passers-by will also look at the MV and listen to the song, and they will generally give a thumbs up, even if they feel that it is not good to listen to and are not satisfied, that is, skip the fork, there are not many people who will specifically click on it.

But at this time, the ratio of the two is 1 to 1, which means that the number of black fans is about the same as the number of passers-by who occupy the majority of the head, which is really surprising.

Chi Jingyuan took his phone back and looked at the street scene outside the window, not knowing what to say.

This was the case when Red Velvet first debuted, and he really didn't expect it before.

…………

After returning to the company, Ji Jingyuan directly found Lee Seung-hwan and told him his decision.

"Are you very optimistic about the drama "Unborn"?"

Hearing Ji Jingyuan's choice, Lee Seung-hwan was slightly stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise: "The script company of this drama has also watched it, although there are scenes and settings where the male and female protagonists love each other, but there are not many real emotional scenes in the whole process, most of the scenes revolve around the struggle in the workplace and the efforts and growth of the protagonist, and the protagonist has been frustrated at the beginning, this kind of plot is very rushed...... After watching it, our film and television department felt that this setting was very ordinary, and there was no possibility of explosion at all. ”

"The company is actually more optimistic about "Tomorrow Like a Song" and ......"

"Consanmida." Chi Jingyuan took the initiative to interrupt the other party's words, with a happy look on his face, and thanked him very sincerely: "Brother, in fact, I was still a little hesitant, thank you to the company for helping me make up my mind." ”

"Ah, you kid, don't look down on the opinions of the company's professionals so much!" When Li Chenghuan heard this, he couldn't help laughing and scolding, and raised his hand as if he wanted to repair him.

After making a joke, he nodded and got down to business: "But Jingyuan, of course I believe in your vision, I will immediately communicate with the above, let them and the crew start negotiations immediately, and enter the crew to shoot after signing the contract as soon as possible." ”

Saying that, Lee Seung-hwan touched his chin: "It's TVN's drama again, and so is the debut "Please Answer 1997", you and TVN are really fateful." ”

"Don't forget to coordinate the shooting time, and stagger it with our concert." Chi Jingyuan reminded.

"Don't worry, how can this kind of thing be forgotten, don't underestimate the company too much." Glancing at him angrily, Lee Seung-hwan felt that the SM he was proud of was flattened by Ji Jingyuan because of the film and television department, and he was a little dissatisfied.

However, he also knew the situation of the company's film and television department very well, and he couldn't say anything to defend and refute, so he could only pout and pretend that he hadn't heard it.

"That's right." Seeing that Ji Jingyuan was about to say goodbye and leave, Li Chenghuan remembered that he was also looking for Ji Jingyuan to have something to do: "Jingyuan, this year's SMTOWN family concert is about to start, and the children have begun to prepare, and the company has arranged two cooperation stages for you." ”

"Collaboration stage? No problem, with whom? Chi Jingyuan didn't feel strange.

In addition to the performances of many popular groups, SMTOWN will have a large number of collaborative stages is also one of the selling points, and each time the members of each group will prepare special collaborative stage performances for the family concert.

Some of them were proposed by the artists themselves, and some were arranged by the company.

"You have two collaborations, one is with Wendy, Luhats What Friends Are for."

"That's the way friends get along", Dion. Wowick and his friends, who won the Glemy Best Single, are a song in praise of friendship that is perfect for a concert.

Seeing Ji Jingyuan nodding, Lee Seung-hwan then explained: "There is also a separate cooperation stage with Wendy, and the publicity department thinks that you and her performing together will have a high degree of topicality, and it is a good publicity for Red Velvet, who has just debuted." ”

"Victory?" Ji Jingyuan blinked, he just said casually before, he didn't expect to have the opportunity to perform on the same stage so soon.

Just thinking of Sun Shengwan's height and standing with him, he pursed his lips and still didn't say much.

"Perform what?"

"The two choices, "Some" or "All for You", are the most popular duet songs between men and women in the past two years, which do you think is more suitable?"

"Forehead ......"

Chi Jingyuan thought about it for a moment and touched his cheek: ""All for You", compared to the former, this song can show her singing skills, and if she collaborates with me in "Some", she will definitely be attacked by my rice, what will my rice say I can already think of now...... Forget it, it's better not to add fuel to the fire in Red Velvet's situation now. ”

"You're really thinking about her......"

Li Chenghuan gave him a strange look, nodded and had no objection: "In fact, cooperating with "some" is the most popular practice...... Okay, I'll report it right away, these two cooperation stages are not much difficult, I will communicate with their agents, and just spend a few nights practicing together. ”

"Alaso." Ji Kyung-won gestured 'ok' and returned to the practice room separately from Lee Seung-hwan.

At the same time, in the conference room on the fifth floor of SM company, the responsible personnel of several departments of the company were holding a nervous meeting, and the company's president Kim Young-min attended as an observer.

"The return of Girls' Generation TTS's mini-second series has been confirmed on September 18th, and the relevant publicity plans should be launched in advance, and in order to warm up, the production meeting of the reality show "The Taetiseo" in collaboration with OnStyle has also been completed, and the official filming will begin soon......"

Taemin's solo is ready, and the album will be officially released on August 18 and the first stage will be recorded......

"The preliminary work of the Shinye Neon Third Tour is nearing completion, and the first performance will be held in Chiba on September 28......"

"The return of the sixth album and the sixth world tour are in full preparation......

"EXO team activities are temporarily on hold, and we are currently focusing on individual itineraries, and we will adjust the ...... in real time according to changes in external public opinion."

"Tao and Lay must pay attention, especially when they return to the Xia Kingdom for activities, they must be watched!" At this time, Kim Young-min interrupted the head of the planning department who was reporting back, and reminded him in a stern and firm tone.

"Yes, we've made the relevant arrangements." The head of the room nodded and said that there was no problem, but then added: "We have recently received requests from two members, Tao and Lay, who want to modify their contracts to obtain more personal resources, and at the same time prefer more activities in Xia Kingdom. ”

"Xiba's bitch, it's really hard wings......" Kim Young-min immediately became annoyed when he heard this, and a feeling of being seriously offended flooded into his mind, but after he scolded, he quickly controlled his emotions and calmed down.

At the same time, he also remembered the blow to the company and EXO after Luhan ran away, especially the crash-like stock price that made him blamed by shareholders, and the pressure has been great recently.

After thinking about it for a while, Jin Yingmin frowned and nodded at the table: "Put it aside for the time being, drag them." ”

"Got it."

After talking about the recent arrangements of the company's other artist groups, he talked about the girl group Red Velvet, which had just debuted.

In the past, the company's group debut was usually presided over by Li Xiuman, for example, several members of EXO were personally selected and arranged by him, and he participated in the selection of EXO's personnel, debut planning, and even the concept of the second middle school of the superpower.

He also participated in the production of the exo regular series as a producer, so it can be said that he really paid attention to it.

It's just that this year, especially after the second half of the year, Lee so-man doesn't have much energy to care about the company's affairs because of family reasons, so this time the leader of Red Velvet's debut is the president Kim Young-min, who actually attaches great importance to the girl group project he promotes.

After a brief introduction to Red Velvet's poor recent situation and the reaction on the first day of his debut, the following immediately became a little more lively, no longer listening to the report quietly as just now, and the personnel of several departments began to discuss.

"Recently, the publicity department has noticed that the comments on Red Velvet on the Internet have been rather bad, and not many people have focused on the music and the members themselves."

"Arranging for them to debut at this time will inevitably go through this, isn't this something that has been expected for a long time?"

"Some of the materials that were sprinkled before also played a role, and now Red Velvet is very much discussed on the Internet, but most of them are negative comments."

"But I don't think the heat is enough now, after all, the heat will slowly go down, and some other publicity needs to be done." A member of the propaganda department looked at the analysis of the situation on the Internet in front of him about Red Velvet in the past few days, and had a proposal of his own judgment.

"I also think so, although the popularity is good, but most of the people who pay attention to Red Velvet are actually fans of other groups in our company, and these fans are still paying attention to them in order to anti them, Red Velvet actually does not really attract the attention of the corresponding fan group and a large number of passers-by, and needs to increase some publicity." The other head nodded in agreement.

"How to advertise? Arrange a scandal as before? ”

"It's the simplest, most straightforward and very practical way to do it."

"According to the analysis of the propaganda department, arranging the scandal between the members of EXO and the members of Red Velvet is the best, and Seulgi and Baekhyun have broken the news on the Internet before, so we can add fuel to it."

"Breaking the news? Is this true or false? ”

"It doesn't matter, we just need to make it the most visible to Red Velvet...... Regardless of the evaluation, as long as there is attention, it is a success. ”

A room manager asked strangely, "If you want to maximize attention, why don't you just arrange the scandal between Seulgi and Yuan, this effect is the best, right?" ”

“………”

The personnel of the Propaganda Department were asked, and after a pause, he looked at the head of the room who asked the question with inexplicable eyes:

"You...... Is this trying to make her die? ”