Chapter 358 Changing the Character? On Purpose?

"I hope Director Li can shoot this drama according to my idea."

This is what Luo Junning said to Li Yingfu, very frankly.

At that time, Li Yingfu's face was not very good, but he still agreed. After all, the power of the director on the Korean set is indeed not as good as that of the screenwriter, not to mention that Luo Junning is not just a screenwriter.

The ability recognized by the outside world and the gap in status between the two are very different.

In the end, the reason why Li Yingfu convinced himself was that he wanted to "pursue his dream", which made Luo Junning a little funny.

The director was decided, and the only other people left were the actors.

The logistics staff were all the production team of Infinite Production. Infinite Production already has a fairly complete talent reserve. Unlike two years ago, Cui Hancheng had to dig some people from the three major TV stations to start a drama, otherwise the other works in the company would not be able to operate.

The news that Luo Junning was going to start a new drama quickly spread throughout the entertainment industry.

Even though it is now a critical moment for the year-end awards, there are still countless actors and even idols who have expressed their intentions.

Including the three major TV stations, they all asked Luo Junning about the theme of this drama and the expected broadcast time slot.

There is no need to ask more about the price. With the tacit understanding over the past few years, although Luo Junning's works are expensive, they are worth the price, and they are also recognized by the three major TV stations.

However, MBC has Yoon Hye-bin as the foundation, so this routine inquiry is really just routine.

After Lin Na-eun called to inquire, SBS also focused on routine inquiries.

Only KBS really talked with Infinite Production for a long time and finalized the initial intention, but there was some small dispute over the broadcast time slot. In the end, KBS couldn't compete with Luo Junning, and was unwilling to give up Luo Junning's new drama, so it agreed, but it already had a little opinion on the ratings of the new drama.

It's not that KBS no longer trusts Luo Junning.

In the past year, Luo Junning's "God of Study" and "Coffee House" have continued his golden body as a national TV drama producer and made this golden body even more dazzling.

It’s just that Luo Junning requested that the new drama be put on KBS’s Monday and Tuesday dramas at the beginning of 2011.

If that’s all,

it’s nothing.

Now KBS’s Monday and Tuesday scripts have not achieved outstanding results. After almost two months of broadcasting, the ratings have not increased by 15%. It’s not a big deal to let this drama end in two weeks to make way for Luo Junning’s new drama.

But the problem is that SBS just put a new drama on the Monday and Tuesday theater two days ago, called "Athena: Goddess of War".

The name sounds like a Greek mythology, and the content is naturally not really like that. Instead, it tells the story of dealing with national crises, mainly telling the story of Korean agents fighting against the mysterious terrorist organization "Athena" that threatens the security of the Korean Peninsula in order to maintain a new nuclear reactor.

Perhaps influenced by Luo Junning, now South Korea’s "popular" dramas are gradually coming out of the three-piece set of melodrama, such as this time's Athena.

Look at the actors in this drama: super popular singer BoA, popular SJ member Choi Siwon, and popular actors Cha Seung-won, Jung Woo-sung, Soo Ae...

Just the first two, even if they are not the main actors, especially BoA is only a guest star, but it is enough to attract a large number of fans to watch.

More importantly, this drama is the first masterpiece of SBS after New Century Investment Company invested in it.

The entire drama has an investment of more than 10 billion won, and it was filmed in six countries including Japan, Italy, New Zealand, the United States, Singapore, and Havana. In terms of publicity, it is even more expensive, and a helicopter was used to shoot promotional posters.

The first episode was broadcast and it got a 23% opening, and the word of mouth exploded.

There are still two weeks after this, who knows how popular this drama will be.

What about Luo Junning's work?

You can tell from the theme name that it is a campus TV series. Even if Luo Junning is not stingy and saves money and shoots a low-cost film, the cost will not be higher than "Athena".

And Luo Junning also said that the actors will still be selected from IDOL.

If Luo Junning had not been recognized as a "national TV drama producer" with such a lineup, KBS would probably still agree.

Maybe the people at KBS were also ready to see the joke.

Who doesn't know that the second largest shareholder of Infinite Group has also become the third largest shareholder of SBS, and "Athena" is a work produced after New Century Investment Company entered SBS?

Is this Luo Junning having a quarrel with Lin Naen, the representative of New Century Investment?

So, when this situation was confirmed, Lin Naen called Luo Junning directly and asked, "Old classmate, you are too much. Are you going to slap yourself in the face? I have no objection to you keeping the KBS network, but the problem is that you can't target me, I am helping you make money!"

Lin Naen was really anxious.

"Athena" was her decision, and it was also her first report card for fighting for the right to speak in SBS.

If she was targeted by others, she would just smile and fight back in a more sharp way, but the problem is that this time it was Luo Junning who targeted her, and she was working for Luo Junning.

"What do you mean?" Luo Junning looked confused. He glanced at the girl opposite him and motioned her to sit down first.

The girl nodded and stood aside obediently, but her ears stood up, with a hint of disgust in her eyes, but also full of curiosity.

"What do you mean? You don't know?"

Lin Na-eun was stunned for a moment, and did not doubt that Luo Junning was pretending to be ignorant, and directly explained the situation.

Luo Junning smiled bitterly and rubbed his eyebrows: "I know, I will go and talk to KBS again, and change it to weekend broadcast."

"Do you think KBS is your home, and you can change the time period just by saying it?" Lin Na-eun said with a smile.

Luo Junning smiled calmly: "KBS is certainly not my home, they can also refuse my request, but I can also not give the TV series to them. I haven't signed the contract yet."

The first episode of the product has not come out, and KBS will not completely trust Luo Junning rashly and give a high-priced contract. Otherwise, not to mention that Luo Junning will make shoddy products after getting the money, what if Luo Junning fails this time?

The golden body is not broken, which does not mean that it will never be broken in a lifetime.

KBS does not want to be a sucker, but now this verbal contract has become Luo Junning's reason.

"Aren't you being a big shot?" Lin Naen's smile faded, and she was a little worried.

Luo Junning laughed and said, "Can't I be a big shot?"

Lin Naen was choked. With Luo Junning's current strength and status, he is indeed qualified to be a big shot with the three major TV stations, but why does it feel like he is doing it on purpose?

"Isn't this inconsistent with your personality?"

"No, it should be said that my previous 'personality' is not suitable for me now."