After becoming the son of the boss [entertainment circle]

It's been a seemingly unremarkable new year.

Due to the special nature of work, many subsidiaries of SM have no annual leave. The S.MRE headquarters, which can go home for the New Year with peace of mind, is not in the new building. They have their own office space.

Therefore, when other companies, including S.MRE, released the new year holidays, and even announced the specific schedule of the New Year holidays in advance, the inside of the new SM building was still busy, and even the floor where the law firm was housed was working normally. Work, looks the same as usual.

If you have to say it, you may be busier than usual.

In fact, Li Xianyin thinks it’s okay not to have a holiday. SM will pay overtime pay according to the regulations. It’s mainly because the New Year’s holiday in Korea is very short. Xinzheng, that is, the New Year’s Day holiday is only one day, and the New Year’s holiday in February is only three days. It's just a few days, and the New Year is already one of the two longest holidays of the year.

Such a short two- or three-day holiday is at best enough for people to go outing in several nearby cities and visit some online celebrity shops. Many office workers may just stay at home and lie down.

Compared with such a short vacation, some people would rather earn overtime pay. Even if some people really want a vacation, they can also take a vacation after the fact, and combine it with the two days of the weekend to enjoy it all at once.

So far, the end-of-year performances of the three major channels have come to an end. In order to win the show, S.MBS’s end-of-year party was broadcast first. Can only rely on time to slowly make up.

After the stage ended at the end of the year, the director of the TV station came to Li Xianyin to report on the work plan for the new year.

After such a long period of active preparation, S.MBS already has a group of relatively fixed viewers. According to the audience analysis report, the main group who regularly watch S.MBS channels every day are between 35 and 50 years old, and absolutely Most are women.

This is related to the fact that S.MBS has cast and filmed a lot of super-long series of family ethics dramas in the past year. This kind of Japanese and Japanese dramas about parents’ family life are the favorites of housewives no matter which country they are in. Playing for several months in a row can achieve the purpose of making viewers develop a viewing habit. Even if the episode they are watching is over, they will call the S.MBS channel from time to time in the future.

The only downside to this strategy is that it attracts an older audience.

Middle-aged people play a big role in contributing to the ratings, but the things they like are often not popular with young people, and they are not used to sharing their lives and thoughts online all day long.

As a result, their favorite works are usually not very popular on the Internet. Except for some Japanese and Japanese dramas with particularly excellent scripts, it is basically difficult to arouse widespread discussion.

Some people may think that this is nothing, isn't it enough for TV stations to have ratings?

Ratings are of course very important, but other than that, other parts cannot be ignored. For TV stations like S.MBS with a fixed audience of older audiences, some brands that focus on youth will not choose to place advertisements on them. Undoubtedly a loss.

And now is the Internet age, a TV series that only has ratings but no discussion, and a drama series that has average ratings but can sweep the entire Internet, in fact, the latter is more profitable.

The consumption power of young people is amazing. As long as a film and television drama becomes popular among young people, a large part of them are willing to pay for their favorite characters.

This kind of payment includes spending real money to buy character doll stickers and various other peripherals, as well as a large amount of online popularity and offline support contributed in a short period of time without paying.

Once this kind of fiery atmosphere is formed, it will attract many merchants who want to catch the heat to come and ask for cooperation. This part is the most profitable part of a popular drama. Advertisements in high-rated TV dramas are even more lucrative.

In Li Xianyin's impression, after "You Who Came from the Star" became popular in his previous life, many game manufacturers bought the right to use Professor Du's character portraits, and made them into their popular games after slight modification. Either it is a rare card, or it is a VIP character, which induces players to recharge.

In fact, although the average ratings of "Star You" are also very high, they are only about 24%. Ratings like this are completely replicable, but the popularity of this drama is really amazing, and it is completely enough to make The degree of astonishment.

No TV station can watch such a series that can bring such huge benefits without being completely indifferent.

And the director of S.MBS, it is precisely because of similar things that he used the excuse of coming to report the new year's work plan to come to Li Xianyin for advice.

The matter started half a year ago, when the director surnamed Jin discovered a Japanese drama script that caught his eye, and judging from his professionalism, this script was very different from ordinary family ethics dramas. Different, the overall plot follows the principle of a revenge drama that suppresses first and then rises, and the later stage is full of excitement, let alone a housewife, even a big man like him is excited to watch it.

In other words: potential for a fire!

At that time, he wanted to discuss the issue of remuneration in a hurry, but just as he started, he was cut off by SBS.

It wasn't until this time that he clearly felt how attractive the three major channels are to screenwriters. Unless he is willing to pay a huge amount of money and promise to use the top production level to shoot this script, it will be difficult for people to abandon SBS. , give priority to S.MBS, which is not as famous and resourceful as the three major stations.

And this script is "The Temptation of Wife", which has continued to soar in ratings since its broadcast at the end of 08.

That's right, it's the original Korean version of "The Temptation of Going Home". This drama is an annual hit no matter in China or Korea.

Every time the ratings of "The Temptation of Wife" rises, Director Kim's heart hurts even more. If there is no SBS's intervention, this will be an S.MBS drama!

Such a hot drama!How did you lose it!

Director Jin was so regretful that he didn't think about food and tea, so when he caught another potential new project, he didn't even think about it, and went directly to Li Xianyin's office under the guise of reporting work.

Not for anything else, just for money!

He felt that the reason why he failed to compete with SBS at the beginning was largely due to insufficient money.

Most screenwriters hope that their works will receive greater investment, better production, and more serious treatment, and all of these require more money from TV stations or production companies, and at the same time, high For the manuscript fee, I believe that many screenwriters will definitely choose to devote themselves to TV stations other than the three major stations.

Those cable stations are a good example, as long as they can pay the money, there are many good screenwriters who provide them with scripts every year.

Director Kim hopes that the president can allocate an extra sum of money for himself to purchase scripts and well-produced episodes.

Everyone knows that the current S.MBS needs a transformation, but the transformation is not just lip service. The year-end party just past can be said to be one of the steps of the transformation, but that kind of thing can only temporarily attract young people. Eyes are a palliative, not a cure for the root cause. If you want to achieve your goal, you have to watch the variety shows and dramas that are usually broadcast.

In the past year, apart from Japanese and Japanese dramas, S.MBS's entertainment variety shows and various love Mizuki dramas featuring young actors performed very well. Artists under SM's banner also often appeared on the channel, but the effect was not good. Just like that, Director Jin felt more and more that excellent drama series and variety show planning are the backbone of the TV station.

He knew that it would not be so easy to persuade the president to allocate additional funds. After the TV station became regular, the advertising fee collected every month was a very large amount. There was absolutely no problem with the normal operation of the TV station with this money.

In addition, because the SM headquarters did not withdraw dividend funds from the TV station for two consecutive years, so they have at least 400 to [-] billion funds dedicated to the production of drama series every year. Those Japanese dramas are so fast, that's it They still have to find the president to allocate funds, and Director Jin himself is a little embarrassed.

To be honest, the tvN cable TV station established by CJ Group in 06 is not as rich as S.MBS in terms of funds.

After all, after a real battle with Samsung, CJ, especially CJE&M was seriously injured. The public TV station that had been prepared was cut off by Lee Hyun-yin. It spread, and I really failed to get up for a while.

Under the apprehension of Director Jin, Li Xianyin did not immediately reject his application for funding, but asked him with great interest which script he had set his eyes on again.

For a person like him who didn't care about Han Xing in his previous life, a work that he has heard of is indeed out of the circle to a certain extent. For example, "The Temptation of Going Home" was really popular for a whole summer, and Later, because of the "Hello. Sao ah" meme, it became popular for a while inexplicably. As long as you have the habit of surfing the Internet, it is a bit difficult to think about it.

Although he has never seen the original Korean version, Lee Hyun-yin does know that this drama is a remake, but he doesn't know the exact year it was aired.

When he heard that Director Jin actually had this kind of vision and was able to pick this magical drama from so many scripts, he admitted that he was curious, and really wanted to know what the other drama he was looking for looked like. ...

However, after briefly reading the script details page, Li Xianyin was a little surprised at first. He thought that Mr. Jin would hand over a Japanese drama script as before, but it turned out to be a script that was expected to be around 22-25 episodes Mizuki drama.

Then, looking at the outline of the story, Li Xianyin suddenly felt a little confused. If he remembered correctly... Isn't this the plot of "Meteor Garden"? !

Then Li Xianyin belatedly remembered that "Meteor Garden" also seemed to be a remake, which was a Japanese manga called "Boys Over Flowers". I still remember this part of the information clearly.

At this time, I went back to the information page and checked carefully, and I found the mark that was a remake of the manga, and then I looked at the outermost cover. The four characters "Boys Over Flowers" are there, which seems to be the final name of the TV series.

Li Xianyin tried very hard to recall the information about the Korean version of "Meteor Garden", but unfortunately, he did not pay attention to this drama in his previous life, and the only one who has an impression is probably the leading actor Lee Min Ho.

Lee Min Ho's curly hair style in the play is quite impressive, and he can remember it for a long time just by looking at the photos.

However, this drama should have been introduced to China, otherwise the photos of the male protagonist may not be seen by Li Xianyin, and judging from Lee Min Ho's future development, this drama may also have a big bonus for him, the ratings It will definitely not be a hit on the street, and the investment will not be too bad.

The most important thing is that when I think about the story of "Meteor Garden", I suddenly feel that this is a good drama where people can go through the back door to show their faces.

As a fantasy idol drama, F4 has four male characters who are handsome and bursting in character. It is not too convenient to use it to gain popularity for young actors. The male lead may not be suitable for replacement. Can you win the male second? Luck is also required, but the remaining two are absolutely replaceable.

Thinking of this, Li Xianyin quickly locked onto TVXQ.

It has been five years since Dongshin made his debut, and he has endured a lot of hard times. Now he is in an extremely hot state in Korea and Japan, and he can be regarded as successful and famous.

After people have achieved a certain amount of success, they will think about seeking new development. This is a very normal thought, and Li Xianyin does not think there is anything unforgivable about such a thought.

And everyone knows that idols eat young food, they have to think about what to do if they can’t dance anymore, or if they become unpopular, what should they do if they don’t want to retreat while they are still popular? Do you regret it any more?

So in the past six months, Dongshen's agent has received various ideas from the members, some want to act, some want to act in an opera, and some want to do business...

All in all, more than half of the members want to have more personal development in the new year, and Lee Hyun Yin knew this very early on. When signing the new contract, Yunho mentioned that some members wanted to make movies.

Originally, everyone should sit down and discuss this matter with the company's management, but it's just because Dongshen's schedule has been scheduled until the end of 08. In order to fulfill the contract they signed, they have to finish all the stages at the end of the year before they can be vacant. The time for the discussion has not been discussed in detail until now.

If it was in the past when they were being squeezed crazily, the members might have suspected that the company’s decision to let them finish the end-of-year stage first was a tactic to slow down.

But in the past year, people who have been taking vacations and training are actually far less busy than before. People are always more patient when they are not so tired.

Moreover, after the contract was upgraded, the benefits and benefits have been greatly improved, which somewhat gave them confidence in the company, or in the character of the president. In the end, they decided to finish the work at hand first, and the rest can be discussed after the New Year. .

But even though we haven't talked in detail, Lee Hyun-yin can more or less guess that Junsu is probably the one who wants to act in operas and dramas in Dongshin, and Yoochun is the one who wants to act the most.

This script is a very good opportunity for personal development. It is not impossible to add Xingyan to "Boys Over Flowers", but Li Xian recalled Lee Min Ho's appearance and a few stills in the play, and instantly felt that Youtian's appearance The temperament and temperament don't quite match this drama.

It’s not that you’re not handsome, in fact, Koreans like this look very much, but the original Korean F4 is almost full of sharp-edged handsome men, if you suddenly mix a pair of dog eyes in it, it’s pretty cool when you think about it. violating...

Compared to Yoochun, Jaejoong's appearance is more suitable.

If you don't consider acting skills and just look at the face, it perfectly fits the name of F4.

For things like acting, it shouldn't be a problem to ask the acting teacher to guide you suddenly... right?

Cui Zhenzhen, a little girl, can do it, and adults can do it too!

After forcing himself to comfort himself, according to Jaejoong's standards, Li Xianyin thought about the other members of Dongshen, and finally had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​stuffing another member in.

However, apart from Dongshen, Lu Minyu, who has finished filming "Shuanghuadian" at the moment, is quite qualified, but I don't know which role he wants. If he wants to be the second male lead, I'm afraid It's time to pass the director's test. It's not something the investor can plug if they want. It's easier to get three males and four males.

Korean screenwriters and directors do have more power.

But no matter what, Li Xianyin still signed the name of the appropriation in the hopeful eyes of Director Jin. Even if the idea of ​​supporting actors is not considered, the drama "Boys Over Flowers" is still more suitable for transformation, and it is indeed worthy of funding.