Chapter 85: Yun'er Senior
"It's coming, it's coming!"
Early in the morning of the 19th, when Chi Jingyuan and his agent just came to Seoul Plaza, they were blocked by squatting fans, and when they saw Chi Jingyuan and a group of people who were about to go to work, they suddenly burst into shouts, adding a lot of noise and hustle to the entrance of the mall early in the morning.
Yesterday, after completing the family concert in the magic capital, because he wanted to return to the crew in a hurry, Ji Jingyuan rushed back to the peninsula overnight with his assistant and agent, and returned to the crew this morning.
The rest of EXO will be on the plane at noon today.
"Oba, your role as Zhang Kelai is really handsome."
"It's really good, my mother has been praising you......
The diners who were surrounding the side spoke one after another, and your words and my words made it very lively.
Ji Jingyuan nodded with a smile, and glanced casually, and found that in addition to the younger fans, there were also a few more fresh-faced women, who obviously didn't look like high school students anymore, whether they were dressed or dressed, they looked like they were from the second half of the twenties.
An office worker of this age came here so early to squat him...... Chi Jingyuan felt a little strange.
It can't be because of "Unborn" that was broadcast two days ago, so it's just two episodes......
"Have you all seen it?" Chi Jingyuan waved his hand to say hello and asked with a smile.
"Inside!" A large group of people responded loudly, although the number of people was large, but the voice was very neat.
"What do you think?" He then asked.
"Beautiful!"
"Oba is super handsome!"
"The acting is amazing!"
The answer of "......" immediately became messy, and everyone had different opinions and likes about the show, but all of them praised it without exception.
Ji Jingyuan smiled and didn't pay too much attention to it, those who could squat him so early must be his fans, no matter how bad the shooting is, they will still say that it looks good, so the rainbow fart of fans can't be used as a reference.
However, it is quite happy to get the optimism and support of so many fans, and it also shows that the first week of "Unborn" is indeed good.
After signing a few names, Ji Jingyuan said goodbye to the fans and walked into Seoul Plaza, all the way up the elevator to the 15th floor.
Ji Jingyuan, who returned to the crew, was warmly welcomed, although he basically doesn't take the initiative to socialize with people, but as the leading actor, he is the center of the crew no matter what, and Ji Jingyuan usually behaves more kind and polite, so many people have a good impression of him.
After saying hello and chatting with several leading actors and directors, Kim Won-seok smiled and told Ji Kyung-won about the ratings figures for the second episode he had just received.
「2.7?。」
Ji Jingyuan repeated this number, feeling a little surprised in his heart.
I was relatively modest when I communicated with the members before, saying that I wanted to see whether the second episode would rise or fall, but in fact, when Chi Jingyuan saw the unanimous praise for "Weisheng" on the Internet, he actually had a bottom in his heart.
It's just that I didn't expect the increase to be so obvious.
The first broadcast was 1.9%, and the second episode rose to 2.7%, which is really big enough, and this is still done when the plot of the first two episodes has not been rolled out and the overall pace is very slow, which can't help but make people happy.
At least it shows that the congenitally limited repertoire genre of workplace dramas has not had a great impact on "Unborn", even if there is no precedent for the success of workplace dramas before them.
And this category sounds far less attractive than the traditional idol dramas of the Peninsula, the story of chaebol and Cinderella falling in love, but as long as the shooting is good, the plot is real enough, and the acting skills are brilliant enough, you will definitely be able to show your own style under the congenital disadvantage.
Because the pace is very slow and the plot has not been developed in depth, in the past two days, Chi Jingyuan has seen most of the praise on the Internet mainly focusing on two points, first of all, the plot is closer to reality, and secondly, the most praised is the actor's acting skills, and as the actor, Chi Jingyuan is the one who has been named and praised the most.
In addition to his very mature and natural performances in the first two episodes, the most admirable thing is that he contributed several close-up facial close-ups, including the mood and maturity of the opening, the sadness and helplessness of having his self-esteem hit, the disappointment and regret of thinking that he made a mistake, the frustration and darkness of being abandoned by others, and even the mixed laughter and tears at the end of the second episode.
Each picture shows different feelings, but the same thing is that all of them leave a very deep impression, whether it is in the eyes, or the delicate little expressions will be Zhang Kelai's rich inner expression to the fullest, even across the screen, the audience can also experience his turbulent and surging heart, and countless viewers can't help but have an empathetic sense of identity with the actor.
"Ji Jingyuan's progress is too great, isn't this really a state where he hasn't acted for a year? It feels like it's completely surpassing the acting skills he did when he played Jin Si last year."
"Really, the front of this drama is actually a bit boring, and I can keep chasing it because in addition to the actor's appearance, the most important thing is that Ji Jingyuan's performance is really good, and when I don't watch TV now, I often see several close-ups of him in the play in front of me, which is too impressive."
"I also think that last year, I looked down on him a little because he was an idol, but his performance in "The Inheritors" was actually very good, and although "Unborn" only aired two episodes this time, I don't think anyone should question Ji Jingyuan's acting skills anymore, he is really a natural actor."
"The front row Amway, who played the male protagonist Zhang Kelai in "Unborn", is the most powerful young idol and young actor Chi Jingyuan on the peninsula today, born in 1994, the popular group EXO, in the group is the lead singer, rap and busy, many times to the group to write songs and create "Roaring Filial Piety" and other popular songs, has starred as the actor in the popular drama "Please Answer 1997" and "Inheritors"......... Outstanding temperament, invincible appearance, sunny smile, contrasting personality, and now it is definitely not a loss to buy shares!
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has only aired two episodes, and I feel that the praise for Ji Jingyuan's acting skills is about to surpass last year's "Inheritors".
Of course, it's just a compliment on acting, but it's still a lot worse in terms of popularity.
In addition to the blessing of scripts and TV series types, Chi Jingyuan has really improved a lot compared to before.
"Jingyuan, ah......"
Chatting and chatting, Kim Won-seok suddenly remembered something, quickly beckoned to the assistant next to him, and took a small notebook, he asked while flipping through it: "The day before the premiere, several leading actors in the crew had already made a ratings convention, you were not in the crew just now, and you came back today and quickly made up for one of our official accounts from the crew."
"How much is the convention of ratings?" Chi Jingyuan chuckled and nodded to indicate that there was no problem, and asked curiously while thinking.
The ratings pact is a very common promotional method for the Peninsula crew, where several of the main actors of the crew agree on a ratings number with the audience and fans and promise one thing, and if the ratings reach that number, they will do what they promised to do well.
I won't do anything too much, most of them are learning the dance of the most popular men's or women's group and then performing, or singing in public, buying snacks for fans and other small things, which can be regarded as promoting ratings at the same time, it is also a way for the audience and fans to show closeness and give some feedback.
"3 percent." Speaking of this number, not only Kim Won-seok, but several actors who were listening on the side laughed together.
Ji Jingyuan was the same, and when he heard it, he half-squinted his eyes and smiled happily: "This is too small, right...... That's not going to happen next week in episode 3 or 4."
According to the increase of "Unborn", the next level of breaking 3 should be a certainty that there is no problem.
"Alas, you can't say that, who can say for sure what the future holds?" Jin Yuanxi hurriedly waved his hand to tell him not to talk nonsense, but the smile on his face couldn't be hidden.
The ratings of 3% are already very high in today's N's golden soil dramas, and I was a little worried that this number would not be able to reach the shame, but who would have thought that an urban workplace drama that was not favored would be so popular as soon as it was launched.
"What are the other seniors going to do?"
"Kang So-ra will choose a company and buy some food for everyone, Kang Ha will sing to everyone in the hall, Bian Yaohan will invite the staff on the way to work to drink coffee for free, Kim Damyung is ......
The assistant standing next to him looked at the notepad in his hand and quickly read it out.
"......" Ji Jingyuan pondered for a moment, and didn't think about it for too long, and said directly, "Then I'll give a hundred audience fans highfive on the way to work, and then send some fried chicken and other snacks."
"Fried chicken for 100 people? Then you're going to have to break the bank." Jin Yuanxi glanced at him and laughed and scolded, and didn't care too much about it, and directly asked the assistant to record it, and at the same time explained: "Wait a minute, I will use "Weisheng" and Zhang Kelai's Twitter account to send it out."
"Got it."
chatted for a while, and soon the crew arrived to continue filming.
"A normal episode of Jintu drama is 60 minutes, but the first episode of our "Unborn" is a 90-minute opening special, and the second episode returns to its normal duration of 60 minutes."
"However, since the premiere, we have received an enthusiastic response and a lot of praise from the Internet and the audience, in order to repay and thank the audience for their support and love, we decided after a meeting with the TV station that the length of each episode will be extended to 70 minutes from the fourth episode to the 19th episode before the finale."
Before the start of filming, Kim Won-seok stood in the center and began to explain the decision made by the crew under the gaze of everyone. "The work tasks have increased a lot, everyone cheers up and wants to maintain the previous state."
"Inside!"
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In the next few days, the crew of "Unborn" began to shoot intensively while the iron was hot, because of the praise from the outside world and the obvious increase in ratings, the atmosphere of the entire crew was very good, whether it was actors, directors, writers, or ordinary field work, they were all full of energy.
And as time slowly passes, the influence of "Unborn" on the Internet is gradually spreading, and many ordinary viewers who have not had the slightest interest in workplace dramas have seen such a good response, and they can't help but watch the replay of the first two episodes with curiosity, and many of them have joined the ranks of watching the drama after watching it, and the popularity has been increasing.
EXO-K has been invited by the organizers of this year's C-Festival, a performing arts festival that will be held in Seoul in May next year, to be held for the first time.
However, because Ji Jingyuan was filming in the crew, he didn't even participate in the appointment ceremony of the publicity ambassador, and the appointment ceremony and the follow-up press conference K team went to a total of four people, Ji Jingyuan and Du Junxiu didn't go because of their personal trips, and I don't know if the organizers are dissatisfied.
Soon a week passed, and the third and fourth episodes of "Unborn" aired on the 24th and 25th.
These two episodes tell the story of Zhang Kelai's final choice of intern Han Xilu as his partner, and a lot of awkwardness and contradictions occurred in the preparation process for the intern briefing, and Zhang Kelai also continued to grow in these frictions and collisions, with new changes every day, and tried his best to adapt and integrate into the complex but wonderful working life of this large company in the world.
At the same time, because the members of the third sales group may be severely punished if they get into trouble at work, the section chief Wu Sang-sik gave up his self-esteem and ran to the special manager to bow his head and plead, which made the staff who saw it very moved.
Finally, in the stage of intern assessment, Zhang Kelai had a flash of inspiration in the final link, showing an admirable side with his wisdom in Go, and was successfully admitted to the third sales group.
On the surface, section chief Wu Shangzhi was very dissatisfied with this intern rookie coming to his group again, but he enthusiastically encouraged Zhang Kelai to continue to work hard to face his life.
Overall, the pace of these two episodes is consistent with the previous ones, and they are not much faster, but the plot has unfolded a little, and at the same time, everyone's mission character has been portrayed more and more profoundly.
As expected by Chi Jingyuan, the third episode does not have any intention of diving, and it is completely undertaken
The previous increase in ratings was 3.5%, which has fully reached the previous ratings convention between the crew and the audience.
And the fourth episode jumped directly to 4.1%, breaking the 4% mark, which made the crew jubilant.
This is only the fourth episode, and in the second week of broadcasting, the ratings can reach 4 percent, which is already a very powerful thing for a cable TV station.
Even if the subsequent increase is not as weak as it is now, as long as the ratings do not dive much, the final average rating must be at least 4 to 5 points, and N sometimes can't produce a TV series with an average rating of 5% in a year.
And with the end of the second week of broadcasting, "Unborn" is no longer as petty on the Internet as before.
From the beginning to the present, through various publicity, it has attracted a lot of attention from the audience, the largest number of which is the white-collar class in the workplace of the peninsula.
Through excellent production, close to the realistic plot, and commendable acting skills, many Peninsula white-collar workers have become loyal fans of "Weisheng", they can think of their past or present selves in this drama, and they can feel the dislocation and fusion of reality and dreams from this drama, every contradiction and conflict between the three business groups, every time the employees work together to solve the troubles and problems encountered, and Zhang Kelai's every profound confession makes them want to stop.
Relying on the vast majority of praise on the Internet and word-of-mouth, "Weisheng" has gradually formed a momentum since this week, in addition to being firmly recognized by many people as a good drama and popular drama, and its yield and popularity are rising, its influence has also begun to break through the wall in the film and television industry and slowly spread to other places.
And Ji Jingyuan, who didn't participate in any group activities and filmed a week in the crew, took his agent to the filming site of "Rooate" on the second day of the fourth episode, that is, on October 26, he took his agent to the filming site of "Rooate".
"rooate" is a unit program of SBS's "Sunday is Good" variety show, which is a reality show that records the life of celebrities in their dormitories.
Ji Jingyuan is really familiar with this variety show, teammate Park Chanyeol is a regular guest in the first season, he was very interested in the first two months of filming, and often mentioned this show when chatting with him in the dormitory, said a lot of interesting things during filming, and showed off Nana's contact information a few times.
It's just that with the gradual decline in the ratings of the first season, the guests and the production team did not pay as much attention and attention to the filming as they did at the beginning, and Park Chanyeol later did not bother to mention this increasingly failed variety show.
The first season has completely ended, and the production team has started a new one, reorganized the place and selected guests to shoot the second season of "Rooate", which will be officially broadcast from September 21.
Not to mention, after the reincarnation of the filthy earth, the show is getting better and better, although the ratings have not increased much, but the discussion on the Internet and the reversal of fans are visible to the naked eye and continue to climb, which is much better than the previous first season of reversing all the way.
The production team has not changed, but the change of guests has had a good effect, and I don't know how the guests in the first season are feeling.
Therefore, variety shows are not something that everyone can do well.
Ji Jingyuan came this time because Sunny, one of the regular guests of the second season, called him and took the initiative to invite him to participate in the filming of this episode as a friend.
To be honest, Chi Jingyuan has been really busy these days, and the rising ratings have filled the entire "Unborn" crew with the atmosphere of hot work, plus because of the increase in the length of each episode, they have added a lot of workload, starting from the morning to the end of the evening every day.
Ji Jingyuan didn't even participate in several EXO or K-team promotional activities.
It's just that when he answered the phone and hesitated to refuse, he keenly sensed that the other party's tone didn't sound very good, and it seemed that something was causing Sunny to be in a bad mood.
After asking about the shooting schedule and the specific time needed, Ji Jingyuan thought about it for a while and agreed.
In total, he appeared in less than 20 minutes and less than half an hour, shooting
If you shoot it, it is estimated that it will only take a few hours, and it will not take anything to delay the filming of the crew, it is nothing more than that Chi Jingyuan himself may be a little tired.
Today is the scheduled filming time, and Chi Jingyuan rushed over non-stop after asking for leave from the crew.
It is said that when Park Chanyeol was filming the first season, he invited Ji Jingyuan to be a guest, but he was too busy to have time at the time, and Ji Jingyuan felt that he was indeed a little bored and not interested in watching their variety show.
I don't know if Park Chanyeol will be a little upset if he knows that he directly agrees to Sunny's invitation.
"Rooate" was filmed in a large apartment rented by the crew, and when Ji Jingyuan arrived, the previous filming had come to an end, and the guests were resting.
As one of the most popular and discussed idols on the Peninsula at present, and the actor of the TV series "Misheng", which is currently being broadcast and has become widely discussed, Ji Jingyuan has received widespread attention and popularity since then.
There are such things as praising high and stepping on low, and it can be seen everywhere in the entertainment industry, with Chi Jingyuan's current popularity, participating in this issue will play a high role in promoting ratings and topics, and it is understandable that the production team saw him laughing so enthusiastically and happily.
When Sunny saw that Ji Jingyuan was coming, he quickly stood up to greet him, and took the initiative to introduce him to a round of guests with a smile.
Sunny, who called a trending artist like Ji Jingyuan, smiled brightly and still looked like that, but I knew that she was actually quite proud in her heart, and her squinting eyes and slightly pouting lips were proving this.
Except for a few top performers in the entertainment industry, the others have a low status in the peninsula entertainment industry, and they earn the least, and they usually don't have much opportunity to get in touch with those really powerful top artists.
And Chi Jingyuan, a real ballad idol who is the most popular in the idol industry, and the film and television industry is also a well-recognized artist, is really not known to anyone, let alone contact information.
He has basically seen more than ten regular guests, although he is not very familiar with them, but at least they are called by name.
Among them, ja is also a member of the got7 group, once before their debut, Ji Jingyuan also watched their performance in JYP and commented, and after their debut, they also met many times backstage, which can be regarded as a very close relationship
He looked very happy and enthusiastic after seeing Chi Jingyuan, and came to the side to talk for a long time, and finally saw that Sunny and Chi Jingyuan had something to do before he reluctantly left.
After greeting the guests and the program team, while waiting for the other guests to come, Sunny and Ji Jingyuan walked to the side a little more aside.
As soon as Sunny opened her mouth, the smell made Ji Jingyuan instantly know why she called herself to participate in this issue of "rooate" as a friend: "Hey, this is not the best brother of Uli Taeyeon, Yuanxi of XO."
"What's the matter, you TY siblings are done?"
The TY siblings are an abbreviation for Taeyeon and Ji Kyung-won by Taeyeon's fans on the Internet, because the initials of these two stage names are T, the other is Y, and Taeyeon's name also happens to start with TY.
However, Taeyeon fans prefer to shout, and Ellie never shouts, especially after the initial momentum has passed, and now she is starting to hate Taeyeon who is a little close to Ji Kyung-won.
Hearing Sunny's weird voice and expression, Ji Kyung-won knew the reason, probably because the relationship between Taeyeon and Ji Kyung-won was revealed not long ago, which caused a lot of discussion, which made Sunny feel a little unhappy.
But after knowing it, he was a little speechless, hasn't this sister always been very determined, although she knows it in her heart, she doesn't bother to fight for anything, how can this make her become a little sour.
He blinked and was about to say something, but the other party didn't give him a chance, and Sunny waved his hand casually, "Okay, you can come."
I'm so happy."
It seems that he doesn't care much, but his true thoughts are exposed, and he can't help but slander again: "Do you think I'm such a stingy person like Kim Taeyeon?"
「……」
Ji Jingyuan opened his mouth and didn't know what to say.
Should he say "yes" or "no".
"Haha......" Sunny couldn't help but laugh when he saw Ji Jingyuan's appearance, and puffed out his fists to give him a back, Ji Jingyuan also sighed helplessly, shook his head and laughed.
Then the two friends chatted casually on the side.
Just when the two of them were chatting about the topic of "Unborn", which has been very popular recently, another guest rushed to the scene.
Chi Jingyuan saw the figure who walked in and waved to them with a smile, his eyes were a little stunned, and after two seconds, he hurriedly squeezed out a sincere smile, and said hello in a somewhat strange tone:
"Anihassaiyo...... Yuna Senpai."
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