Chapter 687 Losing!

After finishing the last trip in Busan on the morning of the 14th, EXO returned to Seoul by car, and Ji Jingyuan left the group and came to a cafe called 'suol' next to tvN TV station in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu after a little preparation.

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

He had not made up his mind about whether to participate in this TV series, but suddenly made a decision. One reason was that the crew was urging him very urgently. If he didn't reply, they would probably consider changing the cast. The other reason was that he was a little frustrated at the Baeksang Awards some time ago.

Although Ji Jingyuan didn't feel disappointed because of the award, it didn't hurt to fight for it if there was a chance. Anyway, the drama had to be filmed... and among the scripts he had in his hands, this "Goblin" was the best and had the best chance. The cooperation between writer Kim Eun-sook and PD Lee Eung-bok, the main creators of "Descendants of the Sun", was much better than other TV series.

As a junior, Chi Jingyuan arrived 20 minutes earlier than the agreed time out of courtesy. He was sitting at a square table in the cafe, browsing his phone while waiting for someone.

This cafe has quite a lot of customers. Because it is located behind tvN, many industry staff and even artists will meet here to talk about things. Just now, Chi Jingyuan also met several tvN PDs, artist agents and even actors he had met before. He was not abrupt sitting here, and it was very natural.

The surrounding environment and atmosphere are very good, but the noise may be because there are more people talking about things, which makes it seem a little more lively than ordinary cafes.

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

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 heated:

"This episode is pretty good. The last name tag tearing is really exciting. Both groups of guests performed very well. I know Ji Jingyuan. Who is the girl group at the end? That rabbit tooth is so cute. When it was torn, it was still 'shyshyhsy'. It really touched me instantly. And she didn't admit defeat and kept trying to sneak attack kkkk It's so interesting. I feel like I want to be her fan."

"Good sister, the girl group guest is the recent popular Twice. The rabbit tooth is Twice member Lin Nayeon. The eldest sister in the team is actually the youngest. She looks cute, has a lively personality, is full of energy, and has full stage charm. It's definitely a good time to get into it now...

"Lin Nayeon, the ugliest girl in Kpop girl group history! Poor character, weird looks, and a very sad side profile. Anyone who follows her is an idiot. She is definitely mong chong i~”

“I was so angry watching this. They were about to win, and there was intelligence, but this Tzuyu was like an idiot and tried to tear up Chi Jingyuan, which resulted in the entire team losing. Doesn’t she understand Korean? Is this to show off and grab the spotlight? It’s so disgusting.”

“That’s right, she was still so pretentious after the fight, and looked like she was about to cry. It’s a dark turn!”

“This Mingjing Nan always smiles a little coquettishly. Look at her eyes, it’s like she can talk. Why do I feel like she’s been seducing Oppa? ”

“EXO fans, can you please stop being so sensitive and just watch the show? The name tag tearing was so exciting this episode, but why is there so much bickering in the comment section, and it’s so chaotic…”

“Yes, after watching this episode, I have a much better impression of Chi Jingyuan. I used to have no feelings for such a delicate idol, but after watching him catch chickens and milk cows, although I can see that he has no experience before, I can feel that he is really learning and doing it very hard. The originally boring plot has become interesting under his concentration and seriousness, as well as his mistakes.

And he is actually the best in everything among the three people… But I have to say, this guy is really ridiculously good-looking, and I, a man, think it’s really pleasing to the eye. ”

《Running After the peak in 2012 and 2013, the ratings of "Man" began to decline seriously in 2016. In the past six months, the ratings of prime time on weekends have been maintained at 6% to 8% for a long time, and it is difficult to surpass 10%, which can be said to be the lowest point since its launch.

This episode has a sense of bottoming out, because the popularity and gimmicks of the guests attracted a lot of attention. The ratings calculated after the broadcast yesterday actually broke the 10% mark and reached nearly 13%, surpassing this year's average ratings by double.

Although it is still not good enough compared to the peak, it can be said to be soaring in the current situation. The show The group can have a part to celebrate

However, the ratings were high, but there was a lot of controversy, mainly focused on the final name tag tearing segment. Zhou Ziyu, who tore off Chi Jingyuan's name tag, was attacked by many people. Not only did they say that she tore off Chi Jingyuan's name tag even though she knew some information, she had no brains and was not separated from the team.

Some people also thought that she did it on purpose to get the camera, and there were many scoldings.

In fact, in the final analysis, the audience liked to watch it very much, and in the end they all put themselves in the picture. When they saw Zhou Ziyu tear off the bomb by mistake and caused the team to lose, they were very dissatisfied... There were still a few viewers who could watch it calmly, especially among them, most of the Ailis who had a biased stance were mixed.

But let her be scolded. You have to leave something behind when you participate in a program. If you don't get any praise, it's okay to be scolded. At least the purpose of participating in the program has been achieved... It's much better than working hard to record for a long time, and then the audience has no impression of you after watching the broadcast, and they don't even know you are here.

But according to Chi Jingyuan's understanding, Zhou Ziyu is still very concerned about the comments on the Internet. Seeing these comments attacking her, she will probably be angry for a few days, and maybe even secretly wipe tears...

Yesterday was her birthday. The Pholar photo preview released that day was quite beautiful. Suddenly, she is about to lose her pearls. Thinking of this, the little girl is quite pitiful...

Looking up at the time, there are still ten minutes before the agreed time. Chi Jingyuan swiped it again and saw the latest news about Jessica Jung Soo-yeon.

Today, on 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 were sure to win. They were about to win the championship with a record-breaking regular season record of 73 wins and achieve a legendary achievement.

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

The NBA Finals is a really big occasion. The Warriors are likely to win the championship in this game, and the attention is very high. Sister Ka found this opportunity really well.

But the most interesting thing is that after she promoted her album and announced that she was a Warriors fan and that the Warriors would win the championship, the Warriors suddenly seemed to be cursed. With a huge lead of 3:1, they were defeated by the Cavaliers, who easily swept them in the regular season. They were actually beaten by the Cavaliers in a wave and turned the tables...

This made the enthusiastic sister Ka a little embarrassed.

"Big Defeat! Jessica Jung, former member of Girls' Generation, cheered for the Warriors and caused them to lose the game! ! 》

Someone left a comment below, "What a bad luck! Can you say you are a fan of the Cavaliers or a fan of Ray Baron?"

Chi Jingyuan almost died of laughter when he saw the news title and comments.

He looked at the picture of Curry and several other players of the Warriors team who were depressed after losing the game in the news sticker, and suddenly had a strange idea in his mind.

Will the Warriors lose this year's championship because of the live commentary and cheering of Sister Ka?

World line changes?

Just when he was speculating with some malicious intent in his heart, a sound of footsteps approaching from afar brought Chi Jingyuan back to his senses. He looked up, quickly put down his phone, and then took the initiative to stand up to greet him.

Kim Eun-sook is here.

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

Kim Eun-sook smiled with her eyes narrowed together, wearing round-framed glasses. While looking at Chi Jingyuan, she waved her hand and sat down.

"Although we are familiar with each other, I am still a little nervous when I see Nuna." Chi Jingyuan also sat down with his eyes narrowed and smiled: "And I always feel like today is an interview, a test or something."

"Haha..."

This sister laughed all of a sudden, and it can be felt that she was in a good mood after seeing Chi Jingyuan.

Jin Enshu didn't look much different, still with the ordinary looks of a Peninsula woman, but her temperament was a little more prominent. With the seemingly casual but actually big-name clothes on her body, and the radiant expression and makeup on her face, she seemed to be a little plump.

It's not the kind of plumpness that comes from being fat, but the kind of plumpness that comes from being confident and energetic with a successful career and money.

"Have you been waiting for a long time?"

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

"What would you like to drink?"

"Chocolate..."

"It's a bit too sweet, can idols drink something with such high calories?"

"Idols need to be lazy sometimes..."

Although they haven't met for a while, they have not lost contact. Ji Jingyuan feels that Kim Eun-sook has always been a "star-chasing" mother fan. She liked Lee Min-ho very much before and hoped to cooperate with him in all works. Later, this appreciation turned to Ji Jingyuan, and she hoped to cooperate with him in all works...

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

The two of them ordered a cup of coffee each, and then started chatting about their recent situation and exchanged pleasantries:

"How are you doing recently? I see that you XO seems to be very active these days? 'You can call me monster? "

"Hahaha." Chi Jingyuan couldn't help laughing. This sister actually watched their comeback theme song. He nodded: "This comeback is indeed okay, but there are too many schedules recently, and I am often very tired."

"Young people, it's okay to be a little tired for your career, but Jingyuan, you are doing it for your hobby instead of making money, which I admire most about you... Alas, when I wrote the script for "Descendants of the Sun", many settings were actually written according to your image, including your appearance. If not... we would have worked together last year."

Speaking of this, Jin Enshu shook her head and looked a little regretful.

She was telling the truth. She had contacted Chi Jingyuan when she was writing the script, and the image of Yoo Shizhen's character in her mind was completely based on Chi Jingyuan.

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 in the Song Dynasty? I don’t think it would be good to break up such a happy model couple in other people’s circles.”

"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 the essence 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" is about a general who was framed hundreds of years ago and lived for hundreds of years to become a ghost, possessing 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 appreciation. It is very difficult to innovate and make the performance interesting and refreshing to the audience.

The standard negative example is Yoona sunbae's "Love Rain", and if there are no surprises, Bae Suzy's "Wandering Attachment" that 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 romantic 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 design 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 Qian was set as 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 were Jingyuan as the male lead, there would be no 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, the combination of loli and uncle will not be inferior to the combination of loli and uncle in terms of attractiveness and fun... 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 was 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 skills. 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 and 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 film "Train to Busan" starring him and will be released next month was quite 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 communicate with Park Jae-hyun after returning home to see what contacts and relationships the "Goblin" distribution company and production company needed to clear up. Just as he was thinking about it, Then I heard Jin Eun Shu suddenly say:

"If Jingyuan is determined, 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 is no need for a 'loli' character. If you come, you will naturally choose the heroine based on your image. "

"What do you recommend?"