The next afternoon, Jin Jingcheng and Shen Lan sat in a quiet box on the second floor of a coffee shop.

The two men came first, sat for about ten minutes, and waited for the person to wait.

This is a middle-aged man in his forties in a suit and leather shoes, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, and looks polite.

The man's name is Shin Man-hyuk, and he is the head of the drama department of South Korea's KBs TV station.

KBs Television is the earliest public television and radio station in South Korea, and is listed as one of the three major wireless television stations in South Korea along with mBc (Culture Broadcasting Co., Ltd.) and sBs (sBs Co., Ltd.).

This appointment was arranged by Li Shunhuan.

Kim Soon-sung asked Lee Soon-hwan to help him get through the TV drama department on KBs TV before, but Lee Soon-hwan did not disappoint Kim Soon-sung, and once again proved his ability and means, and directly put Kim Soon-sung and Shin Man-hyuk on the line.

Before coming, Shin Wan-hyuk had a detailed understanding of the situation, and had carefully read the script of "I'm Sorry, I Love You" written by Jin Jingcheng, and was ready to deal with Jin Jingcheng's mental plan.

After coming, Shen Wanhe immediately felt surprised, and felt that some of the plans he had made in his heart were afraid that they would not work, and the reason was not anything else, but that there was a Shen Lan sitting next to Jin Jingcheng.

Shen Wanhe knew Shen Lan a little, and was surprised why a woman like Shen Lan suddenly became the agent of such a young man as Jin Jingcheng, and immediately looked up to Jin Jingcheng.

After the three of them exchanged, Shin Wanhyuk asked curiously: "Do you really plan to invest in this TV series with full authority?"

In the early days, almost all Korean TV dramas were produced in an "integrated production and broadcasting" production model, that is, the production and broadcast of TV dramas were completed by TV stations, which were both producers and broadcast media.

With the deepening of the Korean drama industry, it is difficult to adapt to the needs of the market due to the various drawbacks of this system, and the production model of Korean dramas has changed to "separation of production and broadcasting", that is, the production business and broadcast business of TV dramas are completed by different entities.

In this way, independent TV drama production companies and entertainment companies to which actors and artists belong, as the main body of TV drama production and participation, have played a more important role in the production and broadcast mode of TV dramas.

A more flexible and market-oriented operation is also conducive to the revitalization of the development of the entire industry, but even so, TV stations that hold the right to broadcast and compile TV dramas are still in a dominant position in TV drama production.

So in the face of Shin Wanhyuk, Jin Jingcheng seemed quite polite and attention-oriented.

Jin Jingcheng smiled and nodded: "Yes." ”

Shen Wanhe couldn't wait for Jin Jingcheng to take the investment risk, but he was very curious about where Jin Jingcheng got the money, of course, this curiosity was put in his heart and he wouldn't ask casually.

Shin Wan-hyuk said: "I really deserve to be a doctoral student at New York University, and I deserve to be a teacher at Chung-Ang University, I read the TV drama script you wrote carefully, and I personally like it...... However, if the audience has a strong opinion when it is broadcast, please feel free to revise it. ”

The vast majority of Korean TV dramas adopt the production mode of filming and broadcasting, that is, while broadcasting, the screenwriter writes the script for the director to shoot.

Taking a TV series of about 20 episodes as an example, the screenwriter only needs to write a complete script of about 4 episodes and a plot synopsis of about 10 episodes before the start of filming, and after the broadcast, according to the original design and then synthesize the audience's feedback to continue to complete the subsequent script.

"Script tension" is a normal phenomenon, some screenwriters will also divide the script that needs to be filmed that day into several parts, and send it to the shooting site by email and other means, sometimes under the influence of poor ratings or other factors, they will change the screenwriter and reduce the number of episodes, and there are also screenwriters who stay up all night to write scripts and are too tired to be admitted to the emergency room.

Jin Jingcheng understands this, because he directly submitted a relatively complete script for the entire TV series this time, so Shin Wanhyuk's current proposal is completely reasonable in his opinion.

Jin Jingcheng nodded: "No problem." ”

After a pause, Shin Wan-hyuk said with some embarrassment: "Regarding the actors, is there no room for negotiation?"

This time, Jin actually said decisively: "I am confident in the three actors I selected, and the candidates for other actors can be decided by you." ”

"The three actors include the male and female number one and the male number two!" Shen Wanhe sighed silently in his heart, and said cautiously: "Do you really plan to take on the male number one yourself?" Please don't get me wrong, I don't doubt your ability, and your appearance and figure are also good, but forgive me for being honest, you yourself are really not famous now. ”

Kim Jingcheng didn't get angry but felt reasonable, Shin Wanhyuk didn't know that he was mrJin, and he didn't plan to expose it easily, so in this way, what he can say in South Korea is the creator of Kim Jong Kook's two songs, and it is really risky and even bizarre for such a person to play the leading role.

Jin Jingcheng said resolutely: "Please believe me. ”

This means that there will be no compromise on this point of gold.

Seeing this, Shen Wanhe sighed secretly in his heart, but nodded and agreed.

Not to mention that Kim Jingcheng has full authority to invest in this TV series and is willing to take the investment risk alone, even if he can write this kind of TV drama script and his identity as a teacher at Chung-Ang University in South Korea, Shin Wan-hyuk will be very willing to make friends with him, because such a person will be helpful to the TV drama department in all aspects such as scripts and actors in the future, not to mention Lee Soon-hwan's favor.

Under such a premise, Shin Wanhyuk will not strongly refute Kim Jingcheng's proposal.

Shin Man-hyuk prayed silently in his heart, hoping that Kim Jingcheng's starring role this time would really succeed, but fortunately, there is definitely no shortage of TV series in South Korea that have been played by unknown newcomers.

However, Shin Man-hyuk also has his own proposal: "I hope this drama can be directed by Lee Hyung-min PD." ”

The director of a Korean TV drama, also known as PD (producer &director), is a producer and a director, who is in the position of the soul in the production of the TV series, responsible for both artistic creation and the management and marketing of the entire TV series.

Lee Hyung-min is still a newcomer TV series PD, and only directed a modern urban romance drama "Shang Dao to School" starring Rain and Kong Xiao Allah last year, and both ratings and word of mouth are much worse than expected.

So now, Shin Wanhe took advantage of the opportunity that he had just compromised with Jin Jingcheng to raise this, hoping that Jin Jingcheng would agree.

Jin Jingcheng guessed that there must be something wrong with Li Hengmin and Shen Wanhe, and specially asked Shen Wanhe to help him.

Jin Jingcheng can even guess that most of it is because of the popular TV series "Full House of Romance" that Rain is performing, which makes Lee Hyungmin a little anxious, thinking that Rain starred in his own TV series last year and was not very popular, and this year's "Full House of Romance" is so popular, I am worried that it will affect my future, and I must prove myself quickly.

For this proposal, Zheng Alloy turned out to be the intention, because in his previous life, Li Hengmin was the PD of "I'm Sorry, I Love You".

"Okay, no problem. Jin Jingcheng said calmly.

Shin Man-hyuk smiled, satisfied that Kim Kyung-sung would respond to the matter so readily.

After thinking of something, Shin Wanhyuk became cautious again: "I heard Director Lee Soon-hwan say, do you want to release the theme song of the TV series first? And it's a cover song? Isn't this good?"

Regarding this question, Jin Jingcheng replied in the face of Li Shunhuan as follows: "Whether it is good or not is not the point, the point is whether it will work or not! As for other people's opinions, I don't care if I say something arrogant. ”

But to Shin Wanhyuk, Jin Jingcheng would not speak like this, but said calmly: "I have my own reasons for doing this, and it may cause extraordinary effects at that time." ”

Shen Wanhe paused before saying, "I hope your attempt will be successful." ”

Jin Jingcheng immediately asked: "I don't know when you have scheduled the release time?"

Shin Man-hyuk said: "This TV series will start broadcasting on November 8 this year. ”

Jin Jingcheng nodded, this time is very consistent with his impression of his previous life and his plans in this life.

Jin Jingcheng said: "In this way, filming will start in a month or two." ”

The TV series "I'm Sorry, I Love You" is currently tentatively scheduled for 16 episodes, and Kim Kyung-sung knows that most Korean dramas start filming 1 to 2 months before the broadcast, and the 16 to 20 episodes of TV dramas will prevail, and the amount of production completed before the start of the new drama is about 4 to 6 episodes, and then it is often filmed and broadcast that week.

In the process of broadcasting the TV series, the advertising sponsor decides whether to advertise or how much to advertise according to the audience's response and ratings survey.

If the TV series is not cleaned up well, the advertising sponsor will refuse to invest money, the TV station or production unit will suffer a loss-making transaction, and the income and reputation of the screenwriter and director will be greatly damaged, so the expected ratings are very important parameters for the TV station or production company.

"Filming is scheduled to start on October 1, after all, we have to go to Australia to shoot the footage. Shin Wan-hyuk said.

Jin Jingcheng nodded, the first and last episodes of "I'm Sorry, I Love You" are partly about stories that take place in Melbourne, Australia, and need to be filmed on location.

Shin Man-hyuk suddenly asked, "I don't know what you expect from the ratings of this TV series?"

In his previous life, "I'm Sorry, I Love You" caused a great sensation, but in this life, Jin actually became the number one male, and he didn't dare to guarantee it too firmly, so he smiled and said: "It should be very good, at least it should exceed your expectations." ”

Shin Wan-hyuk smiled, he had already learned about Kim Jingcheng from Li Shunhuan before, and after a conversation today, he also had some in-depth experience, in his mind, since Jin Jingcheng said so, the ratings would not be too bad at least.

Jin Jingcheng found an excuse to leave first, leaving Shen Lan and Shen Wanhe to discuss some specific cooperation details in detail, especially the allocation of funds and the coordination of the crew.

……

Walking out of the quiet and warm coffee shop, Jin Jingcheng walked into the lively street.

Alone on the crowded sidewalk, looking at the constant whizzing traffic in the middle of the street, Jin Jingcheng suddenly cherished this atmosphere, because he knew that it was likely that he would soon enjoy such a leisurely leisure.

Because he is not famous now, he can live more like an ordinary person.

Once he becomes famous and becomes a star, many places must be different from ordinary people.

This is an inevitability and a kind of helplessness.

What you gain often has to have a corresponding pay, and what you get is often inevitably a corresponding loss.

Jin actually understands this truth!

Jin Jingcheng, who was feeling while walking, suddenly heard a surprise call from behind him.

"Uncle!

Jin Jingcheng was stunned for a moment, feeling that the voice was very familiar.

Looking back, Jin Jingcheng subconsciously showed a happy smile on his face, and couldn't help but whisper in his heart: "Jessica, Yuna, Xiuying, Seo Hyun, Yuri...... Hello, future girls' generation!"