Chapter 042 MBC Director
In the cafeteria, Kim Taeyeon sat together with Choi Sulli, Krystal Jung, and Hwang Miyoung.
"Crystal, why don't you go to your sister's place?" Huang Miying asked curiously as she looked at Zheng Xiujing who ran to sit next to her. You know, Zheng Xiuyan was also in the cafeteria over there.
Zheng Xiujing lowered her head and whispered: "Really? I didn't notice!"
"Uh! Okay!" Huang Miying was a little helpless. It seemed that the two sisters really had some problems.
At this time, Kim Taeyeon, who rarely took the initiative to communicate with colleagues with whom she had ordinary relationships, suddenly asked Zheng Xiujing: "Xiujing, can you tell me the phone number of Shouheng senior?"
Zheng Xiujing raised her head and looked at Jin Taeyeon in surprise. There was a little alert in her eyes, but after thinking about it, she pretended to be puzzled and asked: "Taeyeon, what's the matter?"
Kim Taeyeon said a little embarrassedly: "Although I didn't succeed in becoming your apprentice, I still want to try. Also, if you have a phone call, you can also ask Shouheng senior if you have any small questions when learning the piano. I think he is a good person and he won't refuse, right?"
Huang Miying's eyes widened. She was really curious at this moment. Taeyeon hadn't forgotten about that incident yet, and she even asked for his phone number. It wasn't that she felt there was anything special about it, but she was just curious about how good Zheng Shouheng was. How could Taeyeon not forget about him just because she heard him play the piano once?
Zheng Xiujing was also a little surprised. In fact, she wanted to refuse directly, but she thought about the purpose of Kim Taeyeon asking for her brother's phone number, and there was nothing special about it. Besides, she didn't want her brother to give up playing the piano. If her brother's mind changed a little because of Kim Taeyeon, it would be a good result.
After thinking for a while, Zheng Xiujing raised her head and said seriously: "I can give you my phone number, but..."
"What?" Kim Taeyeon asked with some confusion. Her purpose was very simple. After hearing what Zheng Xiujing said, she was wondering if the little girl wanted her to treat her to something delicious.
"But Ernie has to say that the phone number was given to you by Snowball!"
“Ahem!”
“Shuishui!”
"Snowball is choking to death, drink some water!"
Amidst the chaos, Choi Sulli looked at Krystal Jung with great resentment, while Krystal Jung gave her phone number to Kim Taeyeon with a smile. Kim Taeyeon also smiled awkwardly at Choi Sulli and said, "Ouni will buy you something delicious... so I'll take the blame."
As night falls, Seoul is in the midst of a fiery year-end frenzy. Various award ceremonies, concerts, and year-end performances, led by the entertainment industry, can be seen everywhere. This is the best time for Korean students and fan clubs.
The Colorful Club is a not very famous but very high-end club. The owner is from the entertainment industry and knows many celebrities. Of course, most of these people are no longer popular, but the club is operating normally. Although it does not only receive people from the entertainment industry, for celebrities, artists, and directors, the confidentiality here is still good.
Ahn Pan-seok is a well-known Korean TV drama director. Compared with the new directors of major TV stations, he is a senior figure. He achieved success in TV dramas as early as the 1990s. Although he has not produced any works in recent years, he has been working at MBC. These directors affiliated with TV stations also need to work even if they are not filming.
An Panshi, who has been silent for a long time, is preparing to be the director of MBC's first weekend drama of 2007. He has spent a lot of time preparing for this.
Forty-six-year-old An Panshi wears black-framed glasses, is short in stature, and looks very ordinary, just like an ordinary clerical worker, without any of the temperament of a director.
However, you can't judge a person by his appearance, and you can't measure the depth of the sea, which is also reflected in him. Not to mention his identity as a senior director, he has also done a lot of things to enrich himself with the power in his hands. No one doesn't like things that are delivered to the door. Of course, if the thing delivered to the door is a bomb, that's another situation.
Korean TV series were born in the 1960s. The mode of Korean TV series is to shoot and broadcast at the same time, and the main types are love, followed by campus, workplace, historical dramas, etc.
The production and broadcasting of Korean TV dramas are deeply influenced by the government. Due to historical reasons and current market conditions, the Korean government has adopted a strong intervention and support policy for the radio and television industry, which is mainly composed of TV dramas, and manages, protects and supports the television industry through legislative guarantees, policy guidance, and resource assistance.
From the perspective of market structure, the production and broadcasting of Korean TV dramas are mainly operated by the three wireless TV stations, Korea Broadcasting Corporation (KBS), Korea Cultural Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) and Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), and only a small part is completed by cable TV stations (TVN) and independent production organizations. The three major stations compete with each other and form a tacit understanding through various contracts to jointly maintain their leading position. Some of them not only have one episode a week, but even two episodes a week, and each episode is as long as 60 to 70 minutes. The production pace is quite fast.
After years of development, although the genres of Korean dramas are currently dominated by romance, after the peak period of melodrama and tragedy, the audience and the market have become a little tired of it, which has in turn accelerated the changes in the genres of Korean dramas.
Now, they are divided into long dramas, medium-length dramas, and mini-series according to the length; divided into Monday-Tuesday dramas, Wednesday-Thursday dramas, weekend dramas, and daily dramas according to the broadcast time; and divided into family dramas, costume dramas, idol dramas, etc. according to the subject matter and style. Different length types meet the requirements of different audience groups and improve the overall competitiveness of Korean dramas. Even melodramas will never be out of date. The housewives of the morning theater have always been the strongest supporters of melodramas.
MBC's weekend drama "White Tower" to be broadcast next month is adapted from the novel of the same name by Japanese writer Toyoko Yamazaki, which has been adapted into a TV series twice in Japan. The TV series will be set in the "2006 Korean medical world" and will show viewers the inside story of the hospital, the competition between doctors, and medical accidents that happened in the hospital.
The character structure is a standard Korean style of two men and two women. Regardless of the plot, generally speaking, the leading and second female characters in Korean dramas have a lot of room for performance. As long as the filming is good, they may not become famous overnight, but they will definitely have more opportunities to film. Therefore, the leading and second roles in Korean dramas are the most competitive.
This time, Kim Seung-hoon is going to play the second female lead in "White Tower". Of course, the first choice is definitely the first female lead, and he wants to keep the first and fight for the second. As long as Jang Ja-yeon is smart and serves her well, he thinks there is still a chance. After reading the script, he knows that most of the roles in this play are still male characters, so although the possibility of the first female lead is not great, it is still possible.
In the entertainment industry, there is actually nothing wrong with such transactions. Putting aside the moral aspect, the actresses give their bodies, and the directors, while giving them the roles, also have to bear the consequences of the actors' failed performances.
Just like Jang Ja-yeon, apart from a cameo appearance and a commercial, her figure, appearance and temperament are suitable for the role, but everything else is a question mark. If the role she plays fails and affects the TV series, it will be a headache for An Pan-seok.
In fact, under normal circumstances, there are opportunities for TV drama directors to use unspoken rules, but not too many. For general TV dramas, if there are roles that are predetermined, they are all through investors or MBC executives. If there is no special arrangement, it will be the crew's turn to audition. It is not only the director who holds the power of life and death, but also the screenwriter. In South Korea, the status of the screenwriter can be regarded as another director.
However, "White Tower" is an adapted script, and Ahn Pan-seok is a senior director at MBC, so he has the final say on everything this time. So when Kim Seung-hoon came to him, this old man also agreed to his words and said he would consider it.
He received a call last night. It was said that there were still two days before the filming of the TV series, and the roles had been basically confirmed. The female lead was out of the picture, and the remaining female lead was not completely decided. However, An Panshi was planning to contact him today, but he didn't expect the call to come yesterday. Jin Chengxun said vaguely that everything was OK, and hoped to invite Director An to meet to discuss the actors and roles.
Sitting in the VIP room on the second floor of the Colorful Club , Kim Seung-hoon was greeting the thin guy with a smile on his face, while signaling Jang Ja-yeon to continue toasting.
Today, Zhang Ziyan wore a pinstriped dress that outlined her waist, and flesh-colored velvet stockings, which showed her style rather than warmth, and she looked extremely sexy. In addition, she also wore a white coat with a fur collar, which made her look elegant and noble. This woman didn't show any sadness from yesterday, but her trembling right hand showed her mood, which was not as relaxed as she looked.
