Chapter 378 Hanging Out (Part 2)
In fact, when Kim Jong-ming's words "I don't know what kind of life others live and what kind of pressure they face, don't criticize others easily" appeared, Lee Soo-gen already understood in his heart, that is, the other party left room for him after all. So, everything that follows is not a test, but a cautious performance. Lee Soo-gen just tried hard not to anger the other party in the next conversation. As for the end, he couldn't wait to send Kim Jong-ming away, it was a kind of insurance measure after getting the promise.
Of course, Kim Jong-ming also understood this, but he was still soft-hearted after all... This is not to say that he was sympathizing with Lee Soo-gen's experience. After all, betting on such things, not to mention the amount or how many Korean male artists are involved. If you do such a thing, it will basically be a black spot for life. Of course, Kim Jong-ming has no personal opinion independent of traditional values, so while finishing this matter, he basically settled the position of Lee Soo-gen in his heart.
In fact, Kim Jong-ming's soft-heartedness before erasing the other party's existence was just a simple thought of old feelings. And, isn't there another sentence? The so-called thinking of old feelings is never about others, but about one's own past.
In short, facing Li Xiugen, Kim Jong-ming couldn't wait to say anything extra. He nodded slightly, glanced at the other party, and then stood up and left the backstage.
After walking out of the KBS building, I don’t know if it was an illusion. Kim Jong-ming always felt that the afternoon sun was particularly dazzling. Moreover, there was no wind in Yeouido today, and a feeling of depression came to him! To be honest, this did not make Kim Jong-ming feel bad. He wouldn’t be angry because of the weather, just like he wasn’t touched by Lee Soo-gen’s mistakes and cleverness… He was just a little dizzy, because from a physiological point of view, he didn’t know where to go next, standing in the parking lot in front of the KBS door!
"Why are you standing here for me? I just saw the photos posted by BTS and the others and were wondering if I would meet you..."
Just as Lee Soo-gen said, the newcomers nowadays really like to climb along the pole. They just raised their heads and baskated for a few seconds. An unknown artist came out of a nanny car next to them. Kim Jong-ming couldn't even tell whether the other person was an idol or an actor from the other person's dress, because the boundaries now seem to be becoming more and more blurred.
"I'm lost." Jin Zhongming narrowed his eyes and stared at the sky above his head, without even looking at anyone.
"Can a person as powerful as a senior get lost?" the visitor asked quickly and even anxiously.
"What does it have to do with getting lost?" Kim Jong-ming finally glanced at the other party with a normal expression. He should be a person about the same age as Krystal, but he was too lazy to ask the other party's name, but he just said the truth casually.
"Hailing, why are you so rude?" Another girl couldn't wait to get out of the nanny's car, as if she was putting on makeup in the car just now, and as soon as she got off the car, she squeezed away a little of her teammates. Now, Kim Jong-ming was sure that both of them should be idols of a certain group. "Senior should have not been to Yeouido for a long time, so she was a little dizzy... Where did she go, we happened to be very idle."
"The problem is that I don't know where to go." Kim Jong-ming looked around and there were already many people stopping to watch and take photos in the distance.
It seems that in a sense, the other party should be right. I have not been to this very familiar place in the past for a long time. I even thought about it carefully. It seems that the last time I was filming "Horror Live" a year ago. In comparison, Mudong and Shangyandong went to more of it this year. After all, the former has a building used by SBS TV to be responsible for variety shows, which is often used to open the show of "Runningman", while the latter not only has another main production building of SBS, but more importantly, TVN TV and M Entertainment websites are also there.
"Senior, are you in a bad mood?" The long-legged girl named Hailing suddenly became cautious, and the teammate later also looked a little nervous. "Has we disturbed you?"
It is certainly understandable to have such an idea. As an unknown idol, anyone who hears Kim Jong-ming's strange and indifferent reply should have similar thoughts and concerns, right?
"I'm not in a bad mood." Kim Jong-ming withdrew his gaze from a distance and then let out a slight sigh. "I actually had an arrangement before coming to Yeouido. I came to KBS to find someone, and then went to the SBS headquarters in Shangyandong to find someone to attend a TV drama seminar. In the evening, I was going to go back to MBC to watch a song program, and I was going to pick someone up for dinner at night... But I didn't know what happened, but suddenly I felt that it didn't matter whether these things were done or not. Then I stopped here in a daze."
"Senior should have had heatstroke!" The female idol named Hailing breathed a sigh of relief and gave a very reasonable judgment. "Minor heatstroke, so she suddenly became confused and dizzy! Losing the interest in continuing to move is also a normal physiological reaction after physical discomfort!"
"Yes, senior, you must have heatstroke. I'll take you to the KBS hall for a while first. I brought chrysanthemum tea and Hailing to get it!" Another female idol immediately regained her vitality.
"No need, I'm fine, you guys are busy with your own business." As he said that, Jin Zhongming, who had recovered from the Qingming Festival, looked at the agent standing behind the two of them with meaningful eyes, and then pulled straight toward the direction of his car in the distance.
By the way, after Kim Jong-ming's hand was injured, the driver who was temporarily dispatched from the security company had noticed the situation here, and had already walked out of the car and came over.
"Youzhi, you were a little reckless just now..."
Behind him, the agent's persuasion to one of the members was faintly heard, which made Kim Jong-ming look a little bored. He reached out and pressed his nose, and then found in a daze that his nose was sniffing habit that had been infected by acting recently had some signs of stopping... This should be a good thing, right? He finally came out of this movie!
However, does heatstroke actually have this effect?
"Representative, where are we going?" the driver came up and asked in a low voice.
"Go to the SBS Building in the Cave." In an instant, Kim Jong-ming regained his usual ability.
That's right, none of the words Kim Jong-ming said to the long-legged girl named Hailing were fake. He did plan to write a letter to Lee Soo-gen and immediately went to SBS to find someone and attended a TV drama seminar.
But don’t get me wrong. Kim Jong-ming doesn’t mean to participate in a TV series at the moment. In fact, except for TVN TV, it is impossible for any TV station’s screenwriter and director to include him on the actors’ preparatory list when forming a crew... That is really unimaginable!
Of course, it is not to say that there are no books for TV series sent to Kim Jong-ming now. On the contrary, there are many scripts for TV series sent to him, but basically they have to ask him to invest, and there is really nothing left to invite him to act!
But if that's the case, what's going on with Kim Jong-ming attending this TV drama plot seminar?
The answer is very simple. She participated in this TV series under the operation of the company, so her respected senior Kim Jong-ming decided to fulfill the duties of a senior, that is, to come and support her.
In this way, as soon as Kim Jong-ming stepped into the door of the conference room, he received a baptism of thunderous applause... Please don't get me wrong. The applause was not for him. In fact, most people in the conference room did not notice his arrival. The applause undoubtedly belonged to the beautiful actress who was standing there to introduce herself.
Of course, this person is not krystal. Zheng Ermao, who just returned to the entertainment industry, has no appeal at all. This person is Park Shin Hye. That's right, this actress is no longer a popular actress at this time. This is not to say how great she is. Compared with the endless new generation of male actors, Korean actresses are really natural and broken, so there are only a few young actresses today who can barely bear the appearance of the TV series.
Otherwise? Of course it would be better if you let Han Hyo-joo act, but now that Shi Tou is running for the actress’ queen. Why do you come to act in a TV series? Moon Geun-young’s words are not considered as the issue of her becoming more and more disabled as she grows, of course it’s okay, but she is just alone. What else do you want to do when she makes two TV series and one movie a year? In this case, the younger Park Shin-hye naturally has a rise in the Korean drama system.
However, when the actress, who was getting taller and taller, she was still a little dazed and incredible when she saw Kim Jong-ming pushing the door and walking into the conference room... No matter what, Kim Jong-ming is probably getting further and further away from the backbone of the entertainment industry.
"Give me the script." Jin Zhongming took advantage of the continued applause and quietly took a chair behind Krystal, then reached out and took over the script of his sister.
Krystal's expression was very subtle. She first raised her eyebrows in surprise, as if she was excited about her brother's arrival. Then she pouted slightly, as if she was unhappy about her script being snatched away... But on this occasion, she didn't say anything.
The TV series plot discussion is still going on. Although I haven't looked up, I can hear it just by listening to these people's introductions. This TV series called "The Heirs" is quite valued by SBS TV stations. Not to mention the long conference table, SBS senior executives are emerging one after another. According to the rules, every actor stands up and says hello to these senior executives in turn. Usually, these people have to greet more than ten names before they can get the turn of the official director.
In addition, compared with a Korean drama of youth idols, the quality of these actors is also very good. In fact, as one actor after another stands up one after another, in addition to Park Shin Hye, more high-quality young actors also reveal their true identities... In this, there is SBS's son, the popular Korean drama actor Lee Min Ho; Jung Yong-he, the little prince of Busan and the good neighbor of Seo Hyun; Kim Woo-bin, who was a professional male model and just made his mark in the TV series; Kim Ji-won, who just appeared in the TV series, debuted in an advertisement... Well, of course, there is also Jung Soo-jin, who sat behind him who didn't say a word and just looked down at the script.
In fact, as one actor after another stood up to introduce himself, many people had noticed the situation here of Kim Jong-ming, and those who didn't notice had long been informed of his existence by others. However, since entering the door, Kim Jong-ming has been watching the script seriously. His only action was to use his intact right hand to turn the page from time to time, without raising his head throughout the whole process, as if he had no intention of actively communicating.
Since that's the case, these people had to pretend that the other party no longer existed.
But I have to say that, as Krystal briefly introduced himself, this game that pretended that there was no Tyrannosaurus Rex in the conference room fell into a dead end. Because, the next step is to make the TV series production and explain the script and the various characters to the actors.
It seems to be meaningless at first glance, but this is actually an extremely sensitive part, because as the screenwriter and director explain a specific role, it is often the time for actors and their agency to make requests from the TV station.
Specifically, it is usually the rhythm:
Screenwriter, look, our actors are very healthy. Can we make this character less negative plots? Can we not have a kiss scene?
It’s OK to have fewer negative plots, but the kissing scene must be...it’s OK!
Director, let’s take a look. Our actors are obviously higher in status. Can we add some scenes to this role? Moreover, he will have several commercials to shoot next month. Can he take his scenes to shoot in a concentrated manner next month?
No? But our company invested money!
Then don’t take photos?! But our company invested money after all!
Oh, you are SBS TV? Then let's take a step back. If he doesn't make any mistakes in the schedule, just look at the one in our company, let him take the lead?
At this time, don’t say that so and who are not popular anymore. We have already taken a step back, and the TV station cannot ignore our company so much, right? After all, we invested money.
Basically, it is this sensitive and realistic, and it is also a necessary discussion.
So, after Krystal sat down, the TV station, the actors, idols, and their affiliated agencies were all in an inexplicable awkward atmosphere. On the one hand, they really did not dare to discuss this topic in front of Kim Jong-ming; but on the other hand, such topics inevitably need to be discussed seriously, otherwise the TV series would not be able to be filmed at all!
As a result, everyone in the conference room except the people in the company began to gradually become uneasy. Finally, after several boring empty words, everyone's attention gradually focused on Kim Eun-sook, the screenwriter of the TV series.
After all, the real soul of the Korean drama producer is the screenwriter, followed by the director. More importantly, Kim Eun-sook herself is indeed a famous screenwriter, "The Lovers of Paris", "The Lovers of Prague", "The Garden of Secret", and in terms of status, Lee Min Ho and Park Shin Hye are far inferior to hers.
So since that's the case, even though he was a little nervous, Kim Eun-sook could only speak with a thorn in the silent urging of everyone: "Representative Kim Jong-ming, do you think my script is OK?"
"It's quite interesting." Kim Jong-ming finally closed the script in his hand, and then smiled slightly. "Although I haven't finished reading it, I feel like I've already."
"Is that?" Kim Eun-sook immediately breathed a sigh of relief. "To be honest, I thought you would laugh at me. After all, I took it for granted by the lives of the rich, and the background design was also very naive. The design and gimmicks of the successors of this chaebol are also..."
"It's better to take it for granted." Kim Jong-ming looked at the other party with a smile and replied. "As for this background, since it's a plot discussion, there's no need to hide some of my words."
No matter what he was thinking, Kim Eun-sook and the others in the conference room immediately became serious. Everyone seemed to be humble and obedient. Even Krystal quickly followed the crowd and showed a dead face.
"Actually, not long after reading the script, I felt that the background of the chaebol here was very problematic. Not only did it seem a bit cumbersome, but it also felt a little self-contradictory." Kim Jong-ming didn't care about the 'concentration' of others, but just looked at Kim Eun-sook casually. "On the one hand, screenwriter Kim seemed to want to use the luxurious chaebol lifestyle to build a gorgeous show to attract young audiences, but this is inevitable that he is a bit of a suspicion of advocating materialism, which is very unpolitical. So on the other hand, screenwriter Kim had to constantly add seasonings in the middle, and deliberately or unintentionally discuss the harm of the hereditary system of the Korean chaebol to society..."
"This is really a bit schizophrenia." Kim Eun-sook smiled bitterly. "But there is really nothing we can do about it."
"I understand." Kim Jong-ming nodded slightly. "Korean film and television works naturally lack deep cultural connotations from multiple angles, so they can usually only start with real social problems. Isn't there a joke, saying that even the **** in Korean online comics have to criticize the darkness of society at every turn."
The people in the conference room immediately burst into laughter, while Kim Eun-sook shook her head and smiled bitterly... They all knew that the other party was right at all. Almost any literary and artistic works in Korea would curse the chaebol and the government. Even **** was painting those pictures while discussing the evil of chaebols, the shamelessness of politicians, and the incompetence of the government. In the so-called ntr theme comics, there must be husbands who were oppressed by the workplace and money; in the so-called infringement comics, there must be second generation of chaebols who were inaction in the backstage and there must be inaction police collecting black money; in the so-called entertainment background book, there must be a brokerage company boss who opened a party to entertain politicians and TV station executives... What's even more terrible is that you will find that these ****s have profound themes, depicting the ugliness of human nature to the fullest, and I don't know if there will be psychological shadows when Korean young people use this kind of comic for sexual enlightenment.
By the way, Kim Jong-ming thinks that doing this is a bit obsessed with it. If you are ridiculing the society, you are serious about it. It is a very satirical way! If you want to draw a notebook, you are serious about it, and it is so bloody! It is simply inexplicable to do this!
In fact, shortly after coming into contact with EBTOON, Kim Jong-ming took the initiative to give up this kind of work. No matter how well you draw, he couldn't stand it.
Then when I came back, the reason why most people in the conference room laughed was of course because the four words **** were very interesting to say from Kim Jong-ming, and the reason why Kim Eun-sook smiled bitterly was because of the helplessness of the screenwriter. She really couldn't write some old routines. Without those politically correct things, even a famous screenwriter would be rejected by her peers.
"Actually, this is not about life in a chaebol or discussing social issues. After all, it is a story about growth and love." After everyone finished laughing, Kim Jong-ming continued to comfort Kim Eun-sook. "And Korean dramas are exquisite and serious production, beautiful and clean figure and face, and arousing the heart of a girl are the king. I think you have already mastered these things. So, this TV series is definitely good...it will be popular!"
Kim Eun-sook was completely relieved... In fact, she was not worried about whether her TV series would become popular, her fame and level were placed here, the cast was placed here, and SBS's strong support was placed here, how could it fail? What she was worried about at the beginning was whether the role of Krystal's heir would make Kim Jong-ming feel a little uncomfortable, which aroused the other party's disgust. After all, the person in front of her was a real rich man, and Krystal also seemed to be a real heir. This kind of thing would appear particularly sensitive at an inappropriate time.
However, now it seems that although the other party also thinks that the script and gimmick are a bit subtle and ridiculous, they are still quite generous after all.
Of course, what Kim Eun-sook didn't know was that even if Kim Jong-ming was not generous, because just when he was discussing the background of a chaebol with the screenwriter, Krystal was always staring at him with a smile. It can be seen that the little girl has been away from the entertainment industry for so long and has indeed accumulated a lot of energy, so she obviously doesn't want to waste such an opportunity. If that's the case, how could Kim Jong-ming block her way?
"Does Kim have any opinions on the arrangement of the character?" Seeing the atmosphere calm down, a senior executive of SBS finally took the opportunity to throw out the most critical sentence.
That's right, as long as the other party just yells at this time and clearly expresses the intention of not interfering with sovereignty, then the crew will be able to fight and compromise, and the tension and ripples caused by the sudden entry of the Tyrannosaurus Rex will be able to pass.
"How can I, an outsider, easily argue about your sbs TV series?" Kim Jong-ming really looked very tactful and kind.
"Look at what you said?" The senior executive of SBS was relaxed and quickly praised him politely. "How can you be considered an outsider? The entire Korean entertainment industry is your insider, and we SBS is no exception!"
"This statement is quite interesting." Kim Jong-ming was also amused, and he told a joke with a hot topic. "I wonder if Chief Li Nanji will recognize this after returning to SBS. He is a small person for others at the Blue House. Will he continue to be a small person for me after returning to SBS in two days?" The crowd of people on the BS side quickly smiled awkwardly. Although this joke is indeed quite interesting, they really dare not laugh. Li Nanji is a stubborn person at the Blue House, but returning to SBS can make the entire TV station an stubborn person in minutes.
"But..." Just when the conference room was full of the so-called happy atmosphere, Kim Jong-ming suddenly put away his smile and began to ponder.
"But what?" Director Jiang Xiaoxin asked nervously.
"But from a private perspective, let Ronghe and Krystal play a couple," Kim Jong-ming responded with one hand touching the script. "I always feel a little weird. Are these two people not a match for age?"
The happy atmosphere came to an abrupt end. The SBS senior executives who were still very active just now kept silent. Park Shin Hye and Lee Min Ho also looked down at the script with expressionless expressions, looking like elementary school students who were afraid of being named. Newcomers such as Kim Woo-bin and Kim Ji-won have just felt a little bit like fighting.
Zheng Ronghe and the representative sent by FNC looked at each other, and then stood up without waiting for the TV station's people to express their opinions: "Brother is right. I have always been a little nervous about the role of the third male. I always feel that it doesn't match my personal image... Director, do you think you can change someone to act?"
Kim Jong-ming nodded with relief, and then made a direct arrangement: "Then let's change someone else, let the other members of you cnblue come and choose one from those younger ones."
"No problem." Jung Ronghe nodded simply, as if the person who threw away the character was not himself at all.
And because the others in the conference room were looking down at the script at this time, things ended simply.
Chapter completed!