Chapter 30: "Producer" premieres
As time flies by, the mountains and hills become more and more distant.
A month passed in a flash.
The crew of "The Producers" has finished editing the first four episodes.
After continuous discussions among KBS executives, the premiere time is set at 9:15 pm on May 15th.
Competing for ratings during this time period are three variety shows from SBS, MBC, and TVN, as well as JTBC cable TV's Friday-Saturday drama "Dear Eun-dong."
On May 10, the crew of "Producers" released a poster featuring Cha Tae-hyun, Kim Soo-hyun, Kong Hyo-jin, and Lee Ji-eun.
Then she posted some stills and marked it as a new work by screenwriter Park Ji-eun in the most prominent place.
Finally, a strong guest appearance lineup was released, such as Girls' Generation TTS, Park Jin-young, Park Sandara, Lee Seung-gi, Bae Suzy (guest name), etc.
After this series of news was released, it instantly caused heated discussions online.
"This is Park's new work. I'm looking forward to it!"
"The 48th Baeksang Best Actor and Best Actress (Kim Soo Hyun & Kong Hyo Jin) are collaborating, what a great deal!"
"Su Hyun oppa finally released a new work!!"
"Professor Do, it's been two years and I still can't forget you!!"
"IU!!!wuli IU!!!"
"This is a divine lineup, OMG!"
"Suzy also made a cameo?! It doesn't seem to be on her schedule?"
"I have a car and I am here, I will post this as proof, I will definitely be the best actor."
"Am I seeing this correctly? Kim Jong Kook is also on the cast list???"
"Hahahaha... Just for Kim Jong Kook, I must watch this drama!"
Basically, as soon as the cast lists came out, all audience groups, from old to young, were attracted, and the anticipation on the Internet was immediately high.
On May 13, the director, screenwriter and four leading actors of "The Producers" held a promotional meeting.
"Our show is relatively new. It is the first time that a variety show and a TV series are co-produced. It is shot like a reality show and follows the route of a 'variety show drama'. The camera is often pointed at the protagonists, and they will speak to the camera alone."
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May 15th is the day when "Producers" premieres.
Nine o'clock in the evening, Golden Bell National.
Jin Qixuan's grandmother brought the washed fruits and placed them on the coffee table, and the family sat on the sofa waiting for the program to be broadcast.
"Our eldest (Kim Jong Kook) and youngest (Kim Ki Hyun) will appear at the same time in a little while."
Kim Jong Kook nodded: "It should be."
Jin Qixuan's grandfather took out his reading glasses and put them on. He tapped on his phone for a long time, then turned around and handed the phone to Jin Qixuan: "Qixuan, please help me post it in the group so that they can watch TV."
"Grandpa, my cousin has already finished speaking in the group chat. Everyone should be watching TV now."
"Oh."
Soon, as the advertisement ended, the TV series began at 9:15 sharp.
At the beginning of the scene, Baek Sung-chan, played by Kim Soo-hyun, parks his imported Mercedes-Benz.
In order to avoid being late on the first day, he ran towards the TV station in a hurry as soon as he got off the car.
Not long after he left, Zhuo Yizhen (played by Kong Xiaozhen), who was on the phone in the car, accidentally scratched Bai Chengcan's luxury car when she opened the car door.
After complaining a few words, just as she was about to slip away, she found that her actions were filmed by the crew who were recording the new employees' joining.
Fortunately, Zhuo Yizhen reacted in time and resolved the embarrassment with one sentence: "Where is the car owner's phone number..."
The camera switched to show the director of the Variety Department leading a group of newcomers on a tour of the company, and then assigned old employees to guide the newcomers.
As the saying goes, enemies often meet on a narrow road. The PD assigned to train the newcomers happened to be Zhuo Yizhen.
At this time, Zhuo Yizhen was sending a text message to the car owner, and attached a pitiful emoticon at the end.
At this time, Bai Chengcan's cell phone rang.
Zhuo Yizhen, who was feeling aggrieved, immediately took out her anger on Bai Chengcan:
"Hey, you pot-head, don't you know it's common sense to mute your cell phone?"
Bai Chengcan hurriedly apologized, but Zhuo Yizhen was dissatisfied and said: "Ah, we as PDs can't give in easily. Don't say you are very sorry casually."
Now Bai Chengcan was at a loss and didn’t know what to say for a moment.
Then, having not received a reply from the car owner, Zhuo Yizhen thought about making a phone call to inquire.
As a result, Bai Chengcan's phone next to him rang at the same time.
Facing Zhuo Yizhen's death stare, Bai Chengcan had no choice but to turn off his phone.
The first half of the episode ended at this point and commercials started to play on TV.
Before the old couple could say anything, four people’s phones buzzed simultaneously, and questions began to be asked in the family group.
After taking a look, everyone was asking why Kim Ki-hyun and Kim Jong-kook hadn't shown up yet.
"Just be patient, I should be on stage soon."
After a while, the advertisement ended and the show continued.
Finally, ten minutes into the second half of the episode, Jin Qixuan made his grand appearance.
It started from the leather shoes, moved upwards little by little, and finally stopped on Jin Qixuan's face.
"Ai Yi Gu!"
As soon as they saw Jin Qixuan show up, the old couple smiled happily.
Maybe it was the effect of the coffee at the time, the director gave Jin Qixuan a sense of déjà vu as the male protagonist's appearance when editing.
Later, when Kim Ki-hyun and Lee Ji-eun appeared in the same frame, there was an inexplicable feeling of a warm-hearted agent + a tsundere female star as a pair of happy enemies.
As the plot progresses, Zhuo Yizhen leads five newcomers into the scene and scolds Cindy for wearing revealing see-through clothes.
Originally, an independent shot plus the frame with Lee Ji-eun was enough to show Kim Ki-hyun's perfect face.
As a result, when he was in the same frame with five newcomers, Jin Qixuan defeated them instantly.
This also led to the director deliberately avoiding Kim Ki-hyun and Kim Soo-hyun from appearing in the same frame in the subsequent shots, and even downplaying Kim Ki-hyun's presence, to prevent him from being too prominent and causing the priorities to be reversed.
Later, Cindy took off her jacket during the live performance of "Twenty Three", which made Zhuo Yizhen lose face in front of her subordinates and she was slapped in the face.
After get off work, he found out that the owner of the car was the new guy with the pot-cut hair whom he had scolded.
When I got home at night, I had nowhere to go because the owner was selling the house.
Because the first episode was mainly filmed by Kong Hyo-jin, most viewers subconsciously put themselves in the shoes of Joo Ye-jin when watching the show.
It's really unlucky...
Soon, the episode came to an end.
When Bai Chengcan returned home, the whole family asked about his well-being and how his first day at work went; Zhuo Yizhen suddenly had an idea and found her childhood sweetheart Luo Junmo to drink with him and try to stay at his house temporarily; Cindy ate the beef and seaweed rice rolls bought by Luo Junmo in the nanny car.
At the very end, Jin Qixuan’s little easter egg appeared.
The camera first edited and replayed the short clips of Cindy's rudeness to her agent during the day.
Then, Jin Qixuan's handsome face appeared in front of the camera: "Don't be fooled by her appearance. In fact, Cindy is very gentle. She usually goes to the community to volunteer..."
FD: "Is that true? Our show is mainly about telling the truth."
"She is so kind that she would gently remind me that I was deafening her because of my loud breathing..."
FD: “Are you crying?”
"Ani, I was just thinking about my carefree childhood."
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