Peninsula Asteroid

On the morning of the 14th, after finishing their last local trip in Busan, EXO returned to Seoul by car. Ji Kyung-won left the group and after a little preparation, he came to Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu. 'suol' cafe.

I had made an appointment with writer Kim Eun-sook to meet here later and talk about the TV series "Goblin".

Originally, he had not made up his mind about whether to participate in this TV series. He suddenly made the decision. Firstly, the crew was pressing him very urgently. If they didn't reply, they would probably consider replacing him. Secondly, it was because of Baeksang's comments some time ago. The awards were a bit of a setback.

Although Chi Jingyuan doesn't feel disappointed because of the award, it doesn't hurt to try for it if you have the opportunity. Films have to be filmed anyway... and among the scripts he has now, this "Ghost" is excellent The most promising one is the re-collaboration between "Descendants of the Sun" creator Kim Eun-sook and PD Lee Eung-bok, which is already much higher than other TV series.

As a junior, out of courtesy, Chi Jingyuan arrived twenty minutes earlier than the agreed time. At this time, he was sitting at a square table in the back of the cafe, scrolling through his mobile phone and waiting for someone.

There are quite a lot of customers in this coffee shop. Because it is located next to tvN, many industry staff and even artists will meet here to discuss things. Just now, Chi Jingyuan met several tvN PDs and artist managers that he has met. As a person or even an actor, it is not out of place for him to sit here, it is very natural.

The surrounding environment and atmosphere are very good, but the commotion may be because there are more people talking, which makes it a little livelier than ordinary coffee shops.

At this time, Chi Jingyuan was reading the comments and comments on the new issue of "Running Man". This issue was the one he recorded at the end of last month and was officially broadcast on the night of the 13th yesterday.

Because the guest lineup was announced before, this episode has been anticipated by many viewers and fans for a long time, so the discussion after the broadcast was very hot:

"This episode is quite interesting. The tearing off of name tags at the end is really exciting. Both groups of guests performed very well. I know Chi Jingyuan. Who is the girl group at the end? That rabbit tooth is really cute. She was still 'shyshyhsy' when she was torn apart, it really made me cute in an instant, and she still refused to admit defeat and kept trying to sneak attack kkkk. It was so interesting, I felt like I was going to fall in love with her."

"Good sisters, the guest of the girl group is Twice, who is currently trending. That rabbit is Lin Nayuan, a member of Twice. The eldest sister in the team is actually the maknae. She has a cute appearance, a lively personality, full of energy, and full of stage charm. She is definitely in the trap now...

"The most ugly girl in the history of Kpop girl groups, Lin Nayeon! She has a low character, weird appearance, and an ugly side face. Whoever is a fan is an idiot, absolutely mong chong i~"

"I was so angry when I saw it. We were going to win obviously, and there was information. Tzuyu was like an idiot and tried to tear Chi Jingyuan apart. As a result, the whole team lost directly. Doesn't she understand Korean? This is for Is it a scene-stealing performance? It’s so disgusting.”

"It's just that after tearing it apart, it was so pretentious that it looked like he was about to cry, and the road turned dark!"

"Every time this Mingjing Nan smiles, she looks a little charming. The way you look at her looks like she can talk. Why do I feel like she has been seducing Oppa?"

"EXO fans, can you please stop being too sensitive and watch the show carefully? This episode of tearing off famous brands is so exciting, why is the comment area so noisy and chaotic..."

"That's right, after watching this episode, my sense of Chi Jingyuan has improved a lot. I was actually indifferent to this kind of too delicate idol before, but after watching the scenes of him catching chickens and milking cows, although I watched I had little experience before I came out, but I can feel that he is really studying and doing it with great concentration. The originally boring plot became interesting due to his focus, seriousness, and mistakes.

And he is actually the one who does everything best among the three of them... But I must say, this guy is really ridiculously good-looking, and even a guy like me thinks he is really eye-catching. "

After reaching its peak in 2012 and 2013, the ratings of "Running Man" began to decline seriously in 2016. In the past six months, it has maintained a long-term ratings of 6 to 8% during weekend prime time, with continuous ratings of 100%. It is difficult to surpass the tenth, which can be called the lowest point since the launch.

This episode is a bit of a rebound, because the popularity and gimmicks of the guests have attracted a lot of attention. The ratings calculated after the broadcast yesterday actually exceeded the 10% mark, reaching nearly 10%. Thirteen, more than doubling this year’s average ratings.

Although it is still not enough to watch compared to the peak, but in today's situation, it can be said to have skyrocketed, and the program team can already have a part to celebrate

However, the ratings were very high, and the controversy was huge, mainly focusing on the last part of tearing off Chi Jingyuan's name brand. Zhou Ziyu was attacked by many people, not only because she knew some information but also tore up Chi Jingyuan's name brand. Not a single thought left the team.

Some people thought she did it deliberately to win the camera, and they scolded her a lot.

In fact, in the final analysis, the audience really likes to watch it. In the end, they all participated in it themselves. They were very dissatisfied when they saw Zhou Ziyu accidentally tearing the bomb and causing the team to lose... There are still a small number of viewers who can watch calmly, especially when it is also mixed with Mixed with most of Ellie's skewed stance.

But just criticize, you have to leave something behind when you participate in a show. If you don't get praise, it's okay to be scolded a few times. At least the purpose of participating in the show is achieved... It's better than going to record hard for a long time, and then After watching the broadcast, the audience had no impression of you at all, and they didn't know that you were much better now.

But according to Chi Jingyuan's understanding, Zhou Ziyu is quite concerned about online comments. After seeing these messages attacking her, she will probably be upset for a few more days, and may even secretly wipe her tears...

It happened that yesterday was her birthday, and the Pholar photo preview released that day was quite beautiful, but suddenly she was about to lose her little pearl. When I think about it, the little girl felt very pitiful...

He looked up at the time and saw that there were still ten minutes until the agreed time. Chi Jingyuan scrolled through it again and saw the latest news about Jessica Jessica.

Today, the 14th, is the fifth game of the NBA Finals between the Cavaliers and the Warriors. In the previous four games, the Warriors led 3:1 and are sure of victory. They are about to win the championship with a record-breaking 73 wins in the regular season and achieve a legendary achievement.

Jessica, who had a slight victory over her former teammate in the solo head-to-head competition and wanted to ensure her lead and expand her advantage, received an invitation from Penguin Sports today to watch the game and serve as commentator, and also to promote it. His solo album "With Love, J".

The NBA Finals is a really big occasion. The Warriors are very likely to win the championship, and the attention is very high. Sister Ka is really good at finding this opportunity.

But the most interesting thing is that after she finished promoting her album and announced that she was a Warriors fan and that the Warriors would win the championship, the Warriors suddenly seemed to be demoted, with a huge 3:1 lead. The championship team was defeated by the Cavaliers, who they easily swept in the regular season. They were actually beaten by the Cavaliers and came back...

This makes the enthusiastic card sister a little embarrassed.

"The Great Rout!" Former Girls' Generation member Jessica Jessica's support caused the Warriors to lose! ! 》

Someone else left a message below, "It's so bad. Can you say that you are a fan of the Cavaliers and a fan of Thunder Tyrannosaurus?"

Chi Jingyuan almost died laughing when he saw the news title and message.

He looked at the news post, showing the depressed photos of the Warriors' Curry after losing, and suddenly a strange thought came to his mind.

Could it be that the Warriors lost this year's championship because of Ms. Ka's on-site commentary and support?

World line changes?

Just when he was speculating with some malice in his heart, the sound of footsteps approaching from far away brought Chi Jingyuan back to his senses. He looked up, quickly put down his phone, and then stood up to greet him.

Kim Eun Sook is here.

"We've known each other for so long, why are you still so polite?"

Jin Enshu narrowed her eyes with a smile and wore round glasses. While looking at Chi Jingyuan, she waved her hands and sat down.

"Although I'm very familiar with him, I'm still a little nervous when I see Noona." Chi Jingyuan also sat down with a squinted smile: "And today always feels like an interview, a test or something."

"Ha ha……"

The sister laughed all of a sudden, and she could feel that she was in a good mood after seeing Chi Jingyuan.

Kim Eun-sook looks unchanged. She still has the relatively ordinary appearance of Peninsula women, but her temperament is more prominent. With her seemingly casual but actually big-name clothes, as well as the radiant expression and makeup on her face, she feels like she is... Seems a bit richer.

It’s not the kind of wealth that comes from gaining weight, but the kind of wealth that comes from having a successful career and money, accompanied by self-confidence and high spirits.

"Have you been waiting for a long time?"

"No, I just came here a while ago."

"any drinks?"

"Chocolate bar..."

"It's a little too sweet. Can idols drink something with such high calories?"

"Idols also have to be lazy sometimes..."

Although we haven't seen each other for a while, we have not lost contact. Ji Kyung-won feels that Kim Eun-sook has always been a "star-chasing" mother fan. She used to like Lee Min Ho and wanted to collaborate with him in all her works. Later, she became like this My appreciation turned to Chi Jingyuan again, and I wanted to collaborate with him in all my works...

If you look at it together with her extremely successful career as a writer, she is really an interesting person.

The two of them ordered a cup of coffee each, and then began to chat about their recent situation and exchange pleasantries:

"How are you doing lately? I think you XO seem to be very popular in the past two days? 'You can call me monster?'"

"Hahaha." Chi Jingyuan couldn't help laughing. This sister actually watched their comeback title song. He nodded: "This comeback is indeed okay, but I have too many schedules recently, and I often It will be very tiring.”

"Young people, it doesn't matter if you are tired for your career. But Jingyuan, what you said is for hobbies and not for making money. I admire you most for this... Well, when I wrote the script of "Descendants of the Sun", there were actually many The settings are all based on your image, Jingyuan, including the appearance, if not for... we would have collaborated last year."

Speaking of this, Jin Eun Shu shook her head, looking a little regretful.

She told the truth completely. She had contacted Chi Kyung-won when she was writing the script, and the image of Yoo Shi-jin's character in her mind was completely based on Chi Kyung-won.

However, Chi Kyung-won smiled and didn't seem to feel any regret for missing a popular drama: "There's nothing I can do about it... But if I play the role of Yoo Si-jin, I guess Song Hye-kyo won't be able to do it either." Such a good match, and if it were me, wouldn't there be no such popular couple between Song Dynasty and Song Dynasty? I don't think it's good to break up this model couple who is so happy in the industry."

"Haha, yes, these two people..." Jin Eunshu also laughed when she heard this. She saw with her own eyes how the two songs came together in the crew. The crew even knew how helpful this kind of CP was for publicity at the time. There are also many meanings of adding fuel to the flames...

After the coffee was served, the two finally got down to business.

"Jingyuan, you should have read the script of "Goblin", right?" After taking a sip of iced coffee, Jin Eunshu adjusted her glasses and her expression slowly became serious.

"Well, I've read it many times."

"What do you think of the script?"

"..." Chi Jingyuan was already prepared. He pondered for a second, and then said seriously and with some memories: "The protagonist's image and personality, as well as the roles of ghosts, ghost brides, messengers from the underworld, etc. The settings give people a refreshing feeling, and the subject matter is very novel.

Taking the culture of Eastern gods and ghosts as a reference, the reincarnation of the main character and the fateful encounter with the protagonist have a sense of destiny and sacredness. When I read the script, I had a lot of resonance. The theme is novel, the plot is creative, and the rhythm of the plot is stable. , a very excellent script. "

He talked for a while, paused at the end, glanced at Jin Eunshu, and then added:

"But in my understanding, although this "Goblin" has a layer of fantasy and masks of ghosts and gods, the core of it is still love. The focus is still on the entanglement and feelings between the ghost and the ghost bride, the male lead and the female lead. develop……"

This is Chi Jingyuan’s real feeling. Although the script of "Ghost" starts with a general who was framed hundreds of years ago, lived for hundreds of years and became a ghost, with mana, endless money, and various dead ghosts. Haunted, all the messengers from the underworld came out, looking like an oriental fantasy, very powerful.

But after reading the script, he discovered that this seemingly powerful script was actually the core of an idol's romance.

It's a bit similar to "Descendants of the Sun". That one was wearing the mask of a military drama, and the focus was also on falling in love.

I'm a little disappointed, but understandable.

Because most of Peninsula’s TV series are about falling in love. From top to bottom of Peninsula, students, staff, even idols, and artists all like to fall in love. The atmosphere of love is very strong. The audience just likes to watch this, and this is the mainstream.

Even suspense crime dramas like "Signal" will have some emotional elements, which is why workplace dramas like "Misheng" without any love are so special and caused such a big sensation at the time.

Of course, that doesn’t mean that it’s not good to talk about love. Love is one of the most sacred emotions of human beings. It is always correct to conform to the mainstream aesthetics, and the audience will naturally be larger... Mainly because this kind of idol love drama is too If there are too many, the audience will already be tired of their aesthetic appreciation. It is very difficult to introduce something new, make the performance interesting and refresh the audience.

The standard negative example is Yoona sunbae's "Love Rain", and if there are no surprises, Bae Suzy's "Wandering Attachment" which has not been released is also a drama that has been a few years old, and the whole script still has a tenacious air. The taste of "Blue Life and Death" a few years ago made people feel a little nauseous after watching it.

This "Goblin" is very good. The characters, plot, and sense of fate are all very novel while the core remains unchanged. The script and setting alone seem to be significantly higher than those ordinary romance dramas, which also makes Chi The important reason why Jingyuan decided to choose it.

"You understand correctly, it is indeed like this..."

Hearing Chi Jingyuan's words, Kim Eun-sook did not deny it, nodded and replied: "Only if the core is love, it will attract more viewers. This is the mainstream... And under this theme and core, the male and female protagonists Character setting and choice are particularly important, especially the male protagonist. In the drama "Goblin", the character Jin Qian is responsible for most of the setting and plot development."

"You should have read two versions of the script..." After seeing Chi Jingyuan nodding, Jin Eunshu continued:

"In the beginning, the appearance of the male protagonist was set. Although Jin Yu was set to be a ghost who has lived for hundreds of years, it doesn't matter whether he is bigger or smaller. But in order to make the love plot interesting and attractive, I gave him the appearance. Set at 35 years old.

At first, the ideal actor candidate was Gong Yoo-xi. Later, you became a candidate for the leading role, and I changed some settings of the male lead and main characters based on you. "

"For example, the appearance of the male protagonist has been changed from 35 to 25, and the heroine's setting has also been changed... The original idea was to have Gong Yoo-xi play the role, because it would be difficult to find someone who is the same age as him and who is more popular. The right actress, after we discussed it, we simply set the heroine’s age to be relatively young, a high school student, and we planned to set the love relationship between the male and female protagonists as an uncle and a loli..."

As she said that, Jin Eun-sook laughed to herself, as if she thought this setting was easy to associate with: "But if you are Jingyuan as the male lead, you don't need to use the settings of lolita and uncle. Your age It didn't fit either, so I changed the heroine's identity from a high school student to a college student. It would be much easier to find an actress of this age and appearance.

If you cooperate to form a super good-looking protagonist CP, in terms of attractiveness and fun, it will not be inferior to the combination of loli and uncle... In fact, the combination of loli and uncle may cause some controversy, and there are still different opinions within the crew. . "

"...The same goes for the second female lead. In order to match your appearance, the second female lead will be changed from the male protagonist's younger sister to the older sister, and many other things..."

Kim Eun-sook discussed the script of the drama "Goblin" and the setting of the male protagonist Jin Dong in detail with Chi Kyung-yuan, and Chi Kyung-yuan also interjected from time to time to ask some questions. The two discussed very seriously, even As she spoke, Jin Eun-sook took out the script from her bag and found some passages to explain to him on the spot.

"...Actually, the script of "Goblin" was not only given to you, but also to Gong Yooxi very early... The male protagonist I was more interested in at the beginning was actually him."

After talking eloquently for a long time, the sister became a little tired. She took a sip of coffee, then sighed and told some secrets that Chi Jingyuan didn't know:

"But he is focusing on making movies now. He hasn't made a TV series for a long time, and he has never accepted it. And there has been no reply from Jingyuan...

The crew is actually a little anxious. After all, you two are my favorite candidates. I was planning to have a chat with you and Gong Yooxi in person two days ago... But now that you have decided, It also saves me from having to think about who to choose. "

"If it's Senior Kong Yoo, then it's really hard for me to compete." Hearing the name, Chi Jingyuan also nodded, seeming to respect Kong Yoo quite a bit.

Let’s not talk about acting. Gong Yoo’s national popularity is very high, and his reputation and impression in the hearts of the people are also very good. Although there have not been any popular movies or TV series before, most of them are dramas, but Gong Yoo acted in "The Melting Pot" Such a very influential and profound film has a higher status in the hearts of directors in the industry than Chi Jingyuan.

And I heard that the zombie movie "Train to Busan" starring him and will be released next month was very good after being screened at the Cannes International Film Festival last month. The industry's commercial expectations for this drama are quite good.

Chi Jingyuan actually has a good sense of him, and there are rumors in the circle that he is also a person with a good personality.

"You can't say that." Jin Enshu waved her hands and gave him a dissatisfied look. She seemed to be more confident than Chi Jingyuan himself: "You also have your own advantages, and there are many people who support you among the main creators."

Seeing Chi Jingyuan laugh out of embarrassment, Jin Enshu glanced at it appreciatively and reminded:

"However, although you have expressed your intention to star in the role, it has not been officially confirmed yet. You still need to go through several rounds of auditions and talk to the producers at the same time. However, with your ability and your connections, , I believe these are not problems..."

Jin Eun-sook is relatively familiar with some of Chi Jingyuan's background and relationships. Maybe this is one of the reasons why she appreciates and values ​​him so much.

"I will meet with Director Li Yingfu the day after tomorrow, and then we will arrange the audition immediately and confirm it as soon as possible."

"OK."

Chi Jingyuan nodded and said that there was no problem on his side. He was thinking that he would also communicate with Park Jae-hyun after returning to see what connections and relationships the "Goblin" distribution company and production company needed to clear up. Just as he was thinking, Then I heard Jin Eun Shu suddenly say:

"If Jingyuan has decided on your side, then we have to start choosing the role of the heroine... At first we thought that Kim Go-eun would be a good match for Gong Yoo-xi, but now you two don't match up well in terms of appearance. And there’s no need for a ‘loli’ persona. If you come, you will naturally choose the heroine based on your image.”

"What do you recommend?"