Rebirth of the Director in Korea

Kang Ho Dong, male, born in 1970, native of JZ City, Gyeongsangnam-do, variety show host, comedian, wrestler.

The process of Kang Ho Dong from wrestler to host can’t be called how vigorous, but also quite legendary. As a wrestler who has won the’World Warrior’ five times and the’White-headed Warrior’ seven times, his career in variety shows seems to have burst into his second spring.

From the “Super Sunday TV Fun” hosted in 1998 to “Natural Fate” in 2002, and then to “X-man”, “Ya Shim Man Man” and “Entertainment Player Village” in 2003 , Kang Ho East can be said to occupy all the time periods of the audience’s TV.

Kang Ho East 678 BBQ Restaurant Myeongdong No. 2 shop, Jung Hyuk-jae and Kang Ho East sat face to face in the private room, Kang Ho East from time to time copied out a few pieces of meat from the plate and cut it with scissors Form into strips and place on the barbecue grill.

“Yah!! You are not just for a meal today!” Kang Ho Dong glanced at Jung Hyuk-jae who was eating oily mouth, how many days did this child have not After eating meat, I couldn’t help but didn’t know whether to cry or laugh.

Jung Hyuk-jae heard what he said and pulled out a paper towel to wipe the oil stains on the corners of his mouth. This revealed his purpose of coming this time, “Brother, I came here this time but I have a good I’m telling you the news!”

Kang Ho Dong shrugged disapprovingly, and while smearing sauce on the barbecue, he asked: “Let’s talk about it, what is the good news?”

Jung Hyuk-jae looked at this brother helplessly. Could it be that what he said is so unreliable?

“Brother, is the good news important or the barbecue important?”

Kang Ho Dong lifts the head and glanced at Jung Hyuk-jae when he heard this, “Yah !! Of course, barbecue is more important. Listen to the sound of Ziz on the barbecue, don’t you think this is the most beautiful music in the world?”

Jung Hyuk-jae is speechless,” This good news has something to do with you. If you don’t want to listen, I will go to Jae-seok-hyeong!”

“Huh?”

……. ………………………..

An hour later, Kang Ho Dong put down his thick design The plan and the plan fell into contemplation. Jung Hyuk-jae is not anxious, each minding their own business dipped in the sauce, eating the barbecue seems very leisurely.

“Hyuk-jae~ah, I’ll go out and make a call, and I’ll be back soon!” Kang Ho came back to his senses and explained, picking up the phone on the table and going out.

Seeing him walking out, Jung Hyuk-jae reluctantly mowed his smooth chin, and thought to himself: Should I grow a beard? Sure enough, everyone thinks it’s not a good thing to do things without hair?

While thinking like this, Jung Hyuk-jae stretched out his hand to organize the plan book on the table and put it aside to prevent the splashing oil from the barbecue grill from staining it. “Love Letter” on the homepage The words appear to be particularly eye-catching.

This is the good news he brought to Kang Ho Dong this time, a special variety program-“Love Letter”!

When talking about “Love Letter”, perhaps the first thing most people think of is the short story “Love Letter” written by Shunji Iwai of Japan, or the film adaptation he directed.

If Japan’s “Love Letter” is about reminiscence and sentimental love, then South Korea’s “Love Letter” is accompanied by cheers and laughter, which are completely different.

In the history of variety shows in South Korea, “Love Letter” has its own unique position. Although it has only been three years from the start of the broadcast to the stop of the broadcast, it has “South Korea’s popular manufacturing machine” , It is called “Dae Jang Geum” in the variety show.

There are two main aspects to the popularity of Korean Wave, one is TV series, such as “Autumn in My Heart”; the other is variety shows, among which “X-man” and “Love Letter” lead the charge.

“Love Letter” belongs to a star speed dating program. Under the direction of MC, male guests show their charm to female guests, and through dancing, games and other links, they finally win the heart of the heroine. The content of “Love Letter” is positive and healthy. It does not talk about gossip lace, nor does it play pornography. It uses game competition to let the guests participating in the program truly participate in it, to show its humorous side.

The success of the previous life “Love Letter” is inseparable from the participation of the’Shinhwa’ group. You must know that even the’Shinhwa’ group that debuted for 17 years in 2015 has indeed become a Shinhwa , Not only broke the five-year curse, military service curse, and long-term must-divide curse that broke the combination, but also left many magical legends. Fans still have an incomparably strong cohesion.

In the previous life in 2004, because of the 7 comeback of Shinhwa’s combination, and for the promotion of the 7th album, SBS tailored the variety program “Love Letter” for it.

The first season of “Love Letter” can also be called the “Shinhwa season”. Shinhwa members participated in 7 programs in total. It is these 7 programs full of highlights and laughs. In the following two years, “Letter” became South Korea’s ace entertainment program and laid a solid foundation.

In the setting of the program, Eric’s romance, Shin Hye-sung’s gentleman, Kim Dong-wan’s humor, Lee Min-woo’s dance, JUNJIN’s performance, Andy’s cuteness, six people The six-color personalities are all perfectly interpreted in the program. It can be said that the cooperation between “Love Letter” and Shinhwa is a win-win cooperation.

For Shinhwa, in such a program that emphasizes individual charm, it is also a good stage to show oneself in various ways. Not only did it attract many new fans that year, but also with the ” The introduction and broadcasting of “Love Letter” from abroad has further drove the popularity of Shinhwa, which has greatly increased their reputation overseas.

A few days ago, Jung Hyuk-jae made a call to Good Entertainment Company. Because Shinhwa is about to release its 7th comeback song world, Good Entertainment attaches great importance to this cooperation with SBSTV Station. The president of the company even called Jung Hyuk-jae to have a meal with Jung Hyuk-jae.

As early as May 1, 2003, as ** and Shinhwa, whose contract expired, could not reach a fair agreement acceptable to both parties, Shinhwa refused to renew the contract with **, and the contract expired on the 8th. After the period, the 5-year contract with ** was completely terminated. In June of the same year, Shinhwa switched to GOODENTERTAINMENT to start a new acting career.

In addition to the collective job-hopping of 6 people, they also successfully took over the right to use the name Shinhwa, the right to use the name “Shinhwa”, the right to use the stage name of member, and the fan organization “Shinhwa Creation (**Company) The official Shinhwa fan organization started)” and the right to use the song.

Speaking of which 2003 South Korea’s major earthquake in the entertainment industry,’Shinhwa’ will definitely be on the list for a new owner. The first one is the only one who successfully breaks away from the ** and can remain intact. The example of the idol group was just a collective exodus, which shocked the entire South Korea entertainment circle that year.

The new owner, GoodEntertainment, was founded by a former SM director who ran away. As the new owner of “Shinhwa”, I naturally want to try my best to keep the cash cow of “Shinhwa” and create more wealth for him. .

Almost ten minutes after coming here, Kang Ho Dong put away the phone and walked in, his face was relaxed, he even waved his hand when he saw Jung Hyuk-jae looked towards.

Returning to the seat and sitting down, Kang Ho-dong stared at Jung Hyuk-jae in front of him with emotion, tsk tsk said: “Hyuk-jae~ah, I thought you were just talking about Just kidding, didn’t expect to give my brother such a big surprise so soon!”

Just after going out, Kang Ho-dong called his manager and talked about the new variety show he saw. Program project, the manager on the phone is clicking one’s tongue in wonder, even saying that this is definitely a new variety show with high ratings. When asked about the program’s PD, 24-year-old Jung Hyuk-jae was even more shocked, especially when he heard that he was also the director and screenwriter of “Weekend Reverse Theatre”. The manager made it clear that Kang Ho Dong would take over this new file. Variety show.

Jung Hyuk-jae stopped the chopsticks in his hand and put it aside, “So brother is going to go next?”

Kang Ho Dongnodded shook his head again, looking at the youthful vigor in front of him Jung Hyuk-jae of Jung Hyuk-jae said with emotion: “If you don’t know it, anyone on the street will think that you are an artist. Where can there be a program director as young as you!”

“Now Isn’t this there?” Jung Hyuk-jae smiled.

Talking about the new variety show “Love Letter”, it is not Jung Hyuk-jae’s whim, but made it under the threat of the Bureau of Comprehensive Arts and Entertainment Choi Ji-hye. You must know that he was just preparing to take over the Moon-Fire Drama of SBSTV Station in November. It is reasonable to say that he has no time to prepare a new variety show, and he is running on both sides, both serving as the chief PD.

Fortunately, the variety program is not like a TV series while filming and broadcasting. In addition to the long preparation time, Jung Hyuk-jae may even take a long time to prepare. Can finish the recording of three programs in one day.

The two of them were talking about the detailed plan of “Love Letter” while eating, and the time passed quickly. Twenty minutes later, the manager of Kang Ho Dong arrived here. Under the recommendation of Kang Ho Dong, Jung Hyuk-jae had a preliminary acquaintance with him.

“Hyuk-jae~ah, this is my manager full scholar!”

The youngster is in his twenties. The exact age can’t be seen. It’s not bad, the soft hair is docile on the eyebrows, slightly delicate and pretty, but compared to his own, it is still a little lacking, Jung Hyuk-jae feels a little stinky in his heart.

“Hello!”

“Hello, Jung Hyuk-jae-ssi!”

Because of the intermediary Kang Ho Dong, the two sides talked about It doesn’t seem embarrassing to speak, after all, these are all business matters.

“Jung Hyuk-jae -ssi, what is your expected audience rating for the new variety show “Love Letter”?”

“25% or more!” Following the question from the scholar, Jung Hyuk-jae replied without the slightest hesitation.

Hearing his answer, the scholar couldn’t help but sucked in a breath of cold air. Isn’t this too big of a talk? Although I listened to the introduction of the new variety show on the phone by Kang Ho, I had a general impression in his mind. The audience rating of more than 25% was not what he dared to imagine.

For a while, the three of them fell into silence. For a while, Quan Shusheng lifts the head and said, “We took the variety program!”

(PS: Thank you’ The struggling scholar “Happy Fortune” and the reward of “AresANDdream” dyw8367304″ some time ago.

In addition, it turns out that today is maknae Seohyun’s birthday. I feel like it’s passing so fast. Maknae has grown up again. Years old!

By the way, I ask for recommendations and collections. Those who don’t have recommendations say so poorly!)