Peninsula: The Great Producer

It's really shocking.

After Ki Yoo-gu left TVN Broadcasting Station's Drama Production Center, the directors, screenwriters and Director Kim Jae-in who attended the meeting were still wondering why Ki Yoo-gu chose a newcomer whom he was not very familiar with to play the leading role in the adapted drama "The Sun Embracing the Moon", and instead paired him with Han Ga-in.

Not to mention the acting skills and basic conditions of this newcomer, will Han Ga-in agree to star in the role as a complete newcomer?

After all, there are some requirements for actors to act together, such as the status of the male and female actors. The agency will attach great importance to this, because they are worried that the wrong choice of their own actors will affect their personal popularity and reputation.

The one who has the most headache is Director Jin Zairen.

Do you believe in Qi Yaojiu’s choice?
The key point is who is this newcomer named Kim Soo Hyun? Ki Yo-gu did not participate in the early shooting and post-production of the TV series. Can other directors make good use of this new actor?
Don’t believe Qi Yaojiu’s choice?

But so far, all the newcomers used by Ki Yo-gu have become popular, including Lee Seung-gi in TV dramas, Lee Ji-eun, Goo Hara, Park Ji-yeon, Choi Sulli and the cast of Invincible Youth in variety shows.

Director Kim Jae-in also heard that M Broadcasting Station’s new year’s self-produced drama "Secret Garden" will also use newcomers to play the main roles.

Depressed and confused.

Who exactly is this Kim Soo Hyun?

On the way to the K Broadcasting Station headquarters in Yeouido, Ji Yaojiu originally wanted to search for information about Kim Soo Hyun on the Internet. He was so tired holding the 2G flip phone that he really forgot to change his phone.

In order to rush to K Broadcasting Station to attend a script reading session, Qi Yaojiu had to give up the idea of buying a new phone for the time being.

However, Kim Soo Hyun's role in "The Sun Embracing the Moon" was strongly recommended by Ki Yo-gu. Everyone started as a rookie, and Kim Soo Hyun's image has not changed much.

For him, this is an opportunity to change his destiny.

For Qi Yaojiu, it was just a matter of recreating the TV series in his memory.

It was because of this idea that Qi Yaojiu established his absolute position in the broadcasting station in the future.

Around 11 a.m., Ki Yo-gu arrived at the K Broadcasting Station headquarters.

As I jogged along, I saw that Qi Yaojiu's employees were all wondering what could have made Qi Yaojiu so nervous.

On the fifth floor, the production conference room of the TV drama production center "Secret Garden" is located.

Screenwriter Kim Eun-sook sat in the first seat on the left side of the conference table. The main seat in the middle was empty. All the actors were present, including the male lead Hyun Bin and the female lead Ha Ji-won.

The first script reading session had been going on for about an hour, and they were currently reviewing the content for the fifth episode.

On the right side of the conference table, Lee Ji-eun, who was sitting near the door, kept her head down.

Her role is the male protagonist's sister, but she doesn't have many lines and spends most of her time listening to other actors' lines.

Lee Ji-eun, who had never experienced a script reading session, was actually very nervous and excited. When she came to the broadcasting station, she thought that the atmosphere would be very lively with Ki Yo-gu there, but in the end she didn't see Ki Yo-gu.

The overly serious atmosphere made IU feel burdened. She kept her head down and stared at the script in her hand for fear of missing her lines.

In a similar situation to IU is actress Yoo In-na, who is sitting next to IU.

When the two met for the first time in the morning, they wanted to talk to each other more but couldn't find a common topic. Liu Inna's situation was similar to that of Li Zhien. She didn't know what to talk about with other actors. She kept staring at the script in her hands in a tense and depressing atmosphere.

In fact, all the actors felt similarly, and it was screenwriter Kim Eun-sook who created this atmosphere.

The actors are all aware of her representative works. The fact that such a well-known screenwriter joined the production team and was responsible for today's script study session was a huge "surprise" for the actors.

Not to mention Director Kim Hye-joo who was sitting at the door of the conference room.

From the beginning until now, Director Kim Hye-joo has never had a smile on her face.

I don’t know what screenwriter Kim Eun-sook said to her, but people who were close by vaguely heard Director Kim Hye-joo muttering Qi Yaojiu’s name.

At the door of the production conference room, Qi Yaojiu adjusted the collar of his shirt and smoothed his hair.

He raised his hand and knocked on the door.

"crunch"

The door opened almost as soon as I knocked.

The sound of someone rehearsing their lines could be heard, but after three seconds the entire production conference room fell silent. A smile spread across Ki Yo-gu's face.

Right before his eyes, Director Kim Hye-joo opened the door of the production conference room, emitting a strong murderous intent.

"Sorry everyone, I was delayed this morning by some personal matters."

Director Jin Huizhu slowly stood up from her chair.

Private matter?

Taking Subject One?

Even if Kim Eun-sook said this, Kim Hye-joo would not believe it.

There was a production meeting at TVN Broadcasting Station today, and it was obvious that Ki Yo-jiu went to the TVN Broadcasting Station first.

What made Kim Hye-joo depressed was not Ki Yo-gu's white lie, but the fact that Lee Myung-han had greater appeal than her.

Li Minghan could only call Qi Yaojiu to ask him to come over. Jin Huizhu didn't believe that Jin Jaein had such appeal.

Director Kim Hye-joo didn't say anything. After Ki Yo-gu arrived, she left the production meeting room directly.

As soon as Director Jin Huizhu left, the feeling of oppression in the production meeting room suddenly disappeared by half.

Qi Yaojiu strode towards the empty main seat, pressed his hand to signal the actors to continue studying the script, and after sitting down, he quickly flipped through the script to the plot page of the fifth episode.

The plot study continued, and the actors' voices when speaking their lines became a little higher than before.

The plot has also advanced to the most critical stage, with the male and female protagonists, male and female supporting characters having concentrated roles, especially when the male and female protagonists went to a strange little house together, and the proprietress gave the male and female protagonists wine.

The night was long, with lightning and thunder. The hero and heroine both drank wine brought back from a strange place, and the soul exchange began.

After studying this position, Kim Eun-sook stopped.

He glanced at the actors present, then his gaze passed over Hyun Bin and Ha Ji-won and locked onto Ki Yo-gu, saying, "PD Ki, how are you going to film the scene where the hero and heroine swap souls? Will it be supplemented with CG in post-production?"

Ki Yo-gu is the producer, executive director and screenwriter of the TV series. Although Kim Eun-sook has also joined the screenwriter team, it is indeed not that easy to realize the scenes in the script.

The H-country production team does not use much CG, and most of their works focus on highlighting the content.

Qi Yaojiu also knows this. In fact, it doesn’t need to be that complicated. During post-production, he will definitely find a professional CG production team to be responsible for the design and production. The desired effect is just a simple dream effect.

Qi Yaojiu looked at Hyun Bin and Ha Ji Won and said, "The most crucial thing is the acting of Hyun Bin and Ha Ji Won. The confusion of the soul swap, the shock, the curiosity about why the soul swapped, and then the way to restore the original state, these can only be achieved through the acting of the two."

Hyun Bin and Ha Ji Won seemed to have something to say, and Ki Yoo Gu added: "Of course, the reason for choosing the two as the male and female protagonists is because only the two of them can play these two roles vividly and realistically."

This praise...

Except for Lee Ji-eun who had worked with Ki Yo-gu on a variety show, none of the other actors present had worked with Ki Yo-gu before.

Is his working style based on praise?

Otherwise, why would Qi Yaojiu continue to tell the other actors: "It is also inseparable from the wonderful acting of each actor. Only when the whole team does their best can our drama be the best."

comfortable.

At least the listeners feel better.

After a few words of praise, the depression and gloom just now completely disappeared.

Qi Yaojiu looked at the conference room filled with paper cups and said, "I'm late today, so I'll treat everyone to a cup of coffee. And how about I treat everyone to Korean beef for dinner tonight?"

Aren’t we talking about the plot? Why are we having a dinner party again?

Kim Eun-sook can hardly keep up with the jumping pace of her thoughts, but the actors can.

Especially Qi Yaojiu's words: "For the next two or three months, we will be a team. The first dinner and drinks together are very important. Only when the relationship is in place will the filming be relaxed. Only when the filming atmosphere is relaxed can good pictures be produced. Everyone can take some hangover medicine tonight. Anyway, you won't go home until you are drunk." (End of this chapter)