Soon, the ratings for the first episode of "Signal" were counted.

"How much?"

Chi Jingyuan, who was leaning on the folding chair of the crew, paused when he heard this, put down his mobile phone and looked at the field staff who had just come over to announce the good news.

"6.5%", the familiar female field attendant, smiled happily, obviously very happy for this number.

"That's good......"

Hearing this number, Chi Jingyuan's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but sit up and look a lot better.

When guessing the ratings before, although he only guessed 5% because of modesty and other reasons, in fact, if he made a real estimate based on his experience, it was about the same as Zhao Zhenxiong's estimate of 5%, this number was actually very optimistic, but I didn't expect the ratings of the premiere to exceed 6.5, which was more than 1.5% more than the optimistic estimate.

You must know that for cable TV stations, one percent is already a very considerable number, and many TV dramas do not exceed one percent from the beginning to the end, such as the one that SM just invested in the street.

"How many times did "Please Answer 1988" premiere?" Chi Jingyuan suddenly remembered something and asked curiously.

"6.1 percent, just over a little bit." The female field manager replied immediately without thinking, obviously she had done her homework before, smiled and then said a few more words with a smile before leaving: "Jingyuan, you are busy first, I'll go and inform the others." ”

Saying goodbye to the field staff, Ji Jingyuan became in a good mood, and at the same time felt the atmosphere around the crew that was slowly heating up after getting the ratings.

"Please Answer 1988" was already very high at that time, with a rating of 6.1, which shocked many people, and it was also the foreshadowing of the first two dramas of the "Please Answer" series, and now the premiere rating of "Signal" of 6.5% can almost compete for the highest premiere ratings of tvN TV dramas, it can be seen that because of the cast, the audience is still looking forward to the drama "Signal", and the crew can be regarded as living up to tvN's vigorous promotion some time ago.

Of course, the influence of "Signal" and "Please Answer 1988" can't be compared, after all, the audience of this kind of more serious crime suspense drama is still far inferior to the family TV series like "1988", but it has made a good start, with successful premiere ratings and good word-of-mouth evaluation, at least in the next few days, Chi Jingyuan and the entire crew will not have so much pressure.

The second episode of "Signal" was broadcast the next day, and the suspense left at the end of the last episode of the previous episode, Park Hae-young and the murderer, Nurse Yoon, looked at each other, was also revealed in this episode.

The plot of this episode can be called ups and downs, when Nurse Yoon was caught and brought to the interrogation room, there were only 20 minutes left before the legal prosecution period, and at this time, although some evidence samples were collected, but the time was tight and there was no time to test, and without conclusive evidence, they could only rely on the coercive and seductive interrogation of Park Haeyoung and other police officers to pry open the other party's mouth.

According to the experience of all crime dramas in the past, no matter how tight the setting time is, the murderer will always be serious at the last second when the prosecution period comes, but "Signal" does not have this kind of slightly bloody plot, Nurse Yin does not see strange people who do not cry, although it seems that he is a little nervous to be interrogated at this time, but no matter how the police ask him, he insists that he is not guilty, and the intention of wanting to delay until the end of the prosecution period is obvious.

In the last minute when the time was approaching, Park Hae-young saw that the interrogation was fruitless, and even broke into the interrogation room directly, holding a stack of forged documents, falsely claiming that it was DNA evidence that had been detected, and at the last moment, he even did not hesitate to lie and blow up Hu to bluff the other party into admitting the crime.

This method is very effective, and Nurse Yin is obviously nervous, and it seems that she is about to be broken through the psychological defense.

However, as the last minute passed, in the last few seconds, in Park Hae-young's anxious and fiery gaze, under the expectation of all the police officers around him and the audience, Nurse Yoon raised her head, gently brushed her hair, looked at Park Hae-young, and the big red lips that had just finished applying lipstick trembled and laughed lightly, but said firmly: "I, I didn't kill anyone." ”

The countdown in front of the screen was zero, and the statute of limitations for the Kim Yoon-jin kidnapping case ended.

All the policemen around him lost their strength and spread out their chairs and sighed, and Park Hae-young, who was the closest to China, just lied about the strength and anger under the pressure of evidence, and the confidence that had been engraved in his bones disappeared at this moment.

He raised his head a little dazedly, and after taking one last look at Nurse Yin's victor's face, he involuntarily turned to the side, his lips trembled slightly, his eyes began to reddened at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his pupils were full of confusion, as if he couldn't accept the final defeat, and couldn't accept letting this murderer be the winner again.

But a tear that quickly crossed his cheek was telling everyone that he actually knew that this was the reality, but he couldn't accept it.

Under the close-up of the camera, it is in stark contrast to the previous righteous policeman who is confident in his ability, and his powerlessness, despair, guilt and confusion seem to be overflowing, even through the screen, all the audience can experience it vividly.

Under the ups and downs of the plot and the atmosphere, many viewers suddenly had a sense of empathy and sadness, and were infected by Chi Jingyuan's admirable performance in the camera.

When Nurse Yin defeated everyone and swaggered out of the interrogation room, it seemed that she was going to become the final victor, the plot reversed again, and the forensic personnel detected new evidence from the parking ticket 15 years ago, which is enough to prove that the skeleton found in the hospital, Xu Hengjun, who was mistaken by the police for the murderer, was also killed by Nurse Yin, and it can also prove that there is still one day left in the prosecution period of Xu Hengjun's murder case. Nurse Yin, who was still triumphant just now, collapsed to the ground in disbelief, trembling loudly, and was taken away by the police excitedly.

However, Park Hae-young is still a little dazed.

The murderer was caught, but not because of the case of Kim Yoon-jin, which he had in mind, but because of another person.

It's just a few minutes later, the statute of limitations for the kidnapping case of Kim Yunzhen has passed, and it is no longer possible to use this case to convict the murderer, although Nurse Yoon was arrested, but it was not because of Kim Yunzhen's case, that is, it means that the real murderer was not brought to justice until the end, so what was his previous efforts for, did he succeed or failed?

The murderer who kidnapped and killed his own daughter did not receive any punishment for killing his own daughter, even if he was caught by the police and went to prison for killing another person.

Kim Yoon-jin's mother, who has been standing at the door of the police station for fifteen years, can accept this final result?

He was a little confused, and he couldn't help but feel a little absurd.

However, this is the reality.

Seeing the contrast between the audience before and after the murderer in front of the screen, the joy of finally being arrested can't help but feel an indescribable sadness, and also feel the cruelty of reality, as well as some of the things expressed in the drama "Signal".

This show is really a little different.

In the second episode, the Jinyang Branch finally set up a long-term unsolved team for various reasons, and after Park Hae-young communicated with Lee Jae-han across time and space again, everyone began to track down the second serial murder case.

In the second episode, the ratings have risen sharply, jumping directly to 7.9%, and there are more and more discussions about "Signal", especially in this episode, Ji Jingyuan's performance in the interrogation room has become a hot topic.

"This scene is really shocking, I can deeply feel the powerlessness in his heart when I look at it, the despair of seeing the murderer in front of me but unable to catch him."

The change in his eyes, the contrast with the previous one, the progression of his expression, and the tear...... The acting is really good!! Oba's acting skills are completely hairy!! The ratings of "Signal" are also huge!! ”

"Ji Jingyuan should be the best acting actor among the current idols, last year's "Unborn" was nominated for the Emperor of Vision, and finally lost to Li Xingmin, this year's "Signal" has also made obvious progress, handsome and good acting skills, and young actors with super popularity and popularity are indeed too rare, no wonder Director Kim Won-seok is so optimistic about him, and as soon as the role setting came out, he decided to let him play it...... and those idols who are still trying to transform into actors, and play several unimpressive and even faintly disgusting roles with exaggerated acting skills in idol dramas, he is really at the next level. ”

"This is really a classic shot, and I was blown away when I watched it...... Other idols who make a film and pounce on a film, can't find the reason, and only know the strange script, they should really come to learn it. ”

"Is it really the three leading actors? What about Kim Hye-so and Cho Jin-woong? It's not a good show...... How can I see Park Hae-young, who now feels like Ji Kyung-won, is outstanding. ”

With the completion of the first two episodes, the plot of "Signal" gradually unfolded, and after the first case was successfully concluded, the popularity and related discussions on the Internet have also intensified, among which in addition to the discussion of the plot of the case and the amazement of the dialogue setting of time and space, the most is the amazement and praise for the role of Park Hae-young played by Ji Jingyuan.

Especially after the scenes of the interrogation room in the second episode came out, he was directly regarded as a classic by many people, and there are more and more praises on the Internet for his performance.

Anyway, the first two episodes of the show "Signal" have a good momentum, and then it will be up to us to see if the plot of the next surprise girl can make the audience more satisfied.

……

The day after the second episode was played, Ji Kyung-won said goodbye to the crew at 11 p.m., returned to SM after work, and started the recording of "Dream" with Bae Joo-hyun, who had been waiting here for a long time.

There's no way, after the TV series starts, the time is really close, and the task of filming every day is very heavy, so you can only spare a little time at night, which can be regarded as leaving work early.

The recording went very smoothly, the song "Dream" has been practiced many times before and has already mastered it, and because of personal experience, as well as the extraordinary relationship between men and women, the song is also very well expressed in terms of feelings, and after starting the recording, the progress is so fast that even the recording studio is a little surprised.

How does it feel a little bit like you're recording......

And after recording more than half of the record, during the break, Ji Jingyuan and Bae Joo-hyun took the opportunity to go to the bathroom and walked out of the recording studio together. After the two went out, they didn't choose to take the elevator without prior communication, but walked directly down the stairs with their front and back feet, and when they arrived at the passage between the stairs, they glanced at each other, and immediately hugged each other tacitly, leaning against the wall for a while.

The men and women who haven't seen each other for a few days just have infinite enthusiasm that they can't hold back at all, and when they met just now, Ji Jingyuan felt that Pei Zhuxun's eyes were full of water.

It's a pity, because it's still winter, and the temperature is relatively low these days, and the young lady is wearing a little thicker.

And after all, they were still at work, so they couldn't stay too long, and soon the two of them tidied up their clothes, and then left with their front and back feet.

As he was leaving, Chi Jingyuan glanced back at this place, and suddenly felt that this stairwell was a little familiar.

He vaguely remembered that a few years ago, when he and Zheng Xiujing seemed to be talking something here, they were bumped into by Bae Joo-hyun who came downstairs.

I don't know if I'm wrong......

……

When Chi Jingyuan was concentrating on filming, approaching the New Year, the popularity of "Please Answer 1988" was not dissipating, and "Signal" began to emerge strongly, the music industry also became lively.

Originally, there was no popular group among the Kpop artists who had recently returned, that is, the return of monster newcomer ikon at the beginning of the year was lively, and after that, it was a little calm.

However, with the return of Gfriend on the 25th with a mini-three series, it has become a little different.

Gfriend, a girl group that only debuted last year, has been accompanied by the controversy of 'falling to fame', the title song of this mini three album "Time Lapse" just landed second on the melon list as soon as it was released, and it didn't take long for it to rush directly to the first place, and then quickly swept the major music source charts, reaching the top in most of the music source lists, and even this new song released at the end of the month took less than 3 days to enter the monthly list of the month's melon list.

Because it was so popular, Chi Jingyuan specially went to listen to the sound source of this song, and then took a special look at the live stage of this song, and then he understood the origin of this popularity and music source results.

It is indeed a very wonderful song, the choreography and melody are great, whether it is the clock dance that has been canonized as a classic, or the passionate arrangement is impressive, especially when you hear the end, it will make people feel a sense of loss, and even a faint feeling of wanting to cry.

It's not a simple Kpop model dance song anymore.

Relying on the song "Time Lapse", Gfriend has shown a high degree of popularity since the song was released, almost covering most of the attention of the music industry in recent times.

Seeing such a high popularity of Gfriend, Chi Jingyuan couldn't help but sigh.

It's a pity that he and Bae Joo-hyun's upcoming "Dream" music source, as well as Kim Taeyeon's subway song "Rain", the quality of these two songs is actually very high, plus the singer's popularity, he originally estimated that even if they don't play, they can mix a few to have fun.

But looking at Gfriend's current posture, if nothing else, these two songs, who don't play songs and won't release physical albums, are probably going to be knocked off in the song show.

If you don't have one, you don't have one, the most important thing about the song is to be heard, as long as the music source score is good, it's OK.

However, the song "Time Goes By" is really good, and the pure power style Chi Jingyuan himself actually likes it.

This is a little naïve compared to the song "Cheer Up" that he feels he is about to produce for Twice.

Alas, there is another new generation of girl groups that have debuted in the past two years, and I don't know if TWICE, which has fallen behind more than one position, will be able to achieve half of the results of others by then......

Enough to choke.

……

The week passed by quickly to the end of January, less than a week before the Chinese New Year's Eve, and while "Signal" aired its third and fourth episodes, Ji Jingyuan was also preparing to go to JYP and start his work as a producer.