When I Opened My Eyes I Was a Superstar - Chapter 73
# 73
Reply, Past (3)
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“Hmm, it’s not a drama.”
When Do-wook and Manager Oh Baek-ho arrived at the fan-marketing team conference room, not only team leader Joanie but also teacher Kang-yeon Lee were in the conference room.
After exchanging greetings, Director Oh Baek-ho got straight to the point.
When Oh Baek-ho asked Do-wook if he had been offered a drama, team leader Joanie answered that it was not a drama.
“It’s a sitcom. “Here is the plan.”
Team leader Joanie placed a tentative copy of the plan on the table.
‘The’ drama Do-wook had been waiting for was right.
It was a drama that would rewrite not only the history of broadcasting company TBN’s dramas, but also the history of cable network dramas.
Team leader Joanie explained further.
“You know PD Shin Yun-ho, who worked with KK Broadcasting, right? “They say it’s a sitcom prepared by PD Shin.”
“A sitcom?”
Director Oh Baek-ho’s face, which had been frighteningly serious, became a little lighter when he heard the word “sitcom.” Dramas and sitcoms. There was definitely a difference in weight between the two.
At one time, the sitcom genre was chosen by viewers regardless of whether it was a weekday evening or a weekend night.
However, at some point sitcoms disappeared from broadcasting channels. As highly anticipated sitcoms failed at the box office one after another, reality entertainment took their place.
“I heard that three or four new PDs and broadcast writers got together to write it.”
Moreover, broadcast writers and drama writers were completely different professions. Sitcoms were not a genre worthy of proper acting.
Director Oh Baek-ho, who was looking over the plan, asked while rubbing his chin.
“What is Do-wook’s role?”
“I play the role of Kim Min-ki, the male lead.”
“Hmm… He’s the main character, but in this day and age, he’s doing a sitcom… I’m not sure.”
In response to Oh Baek-ho’s skeptical response, Team Leader Joanie took a quick look at Do-wook and nodded. Dowook was carefully examining each and every page of the plan.
[Program type: Weekly sitcom
Broadcast time: 60 minutes (30 minutes x 2 times)
Planning intention:
The era of reminiscing about the 80s is over. Now we’re back to the 90’s!
The youth were excited ahead of Seoul’s millennium in 1999, when Seoul overcame the IMF crisis.
And it was brilliant.
Now, we are 3 years old and have become ordinary office workers.
Right now, I’m tired of the world and it’s a mess. It was different in 1999.
Get ready! A moment to relive the eventful life of 1999!]
Only the form was different, but if you look at the planning intention, PD Shin Yun-ho’s ‘Get Ready 1999’, which Do-wook also enjoyed, was the right choice.
‘The original plan was a sitcom…’
Do-wook thought as he scanned the following content. Perhaps because it was a planned plan, there were quite a few parts that were different from what I originally knew.
When Do-wook raised his head, Team Leader Cho and Director Oh continued their conversation. Director Oh Baek-ho gave another reason for the skeptical response.
“Yoongi will appear on Show Me the Honey, but if Dowook also pursues individual activities…”
Hit Entertainment tended to place restrictions on individual activities in the early stages of group activities. When personal activities began in earnest, there were some things that got out of control. There is no choice but to become negligent in group activities.
‘Show Me the Honey’, where Jung Yoon-ki is appearing, was a rapper contest, so there was a high possibility that it would end as a one-off event. Even if he gained popularity, Jung Yoon-gi’s scope of activity would only expand in the realm of being a singer. It was entertainment that had to go a little further.
But acting was different.
When idol group members take on even a small role for no reason, they suffer from a disease called ‘actor’s disease’, and fans of other members do not worry about the member acting.
The atmosphere, which was completely different from the music industry or entertainment, was what made them like that.
However, it did not mean that Oh Baek-ho did not trust Do-wook. I didn’t think that doing a sitcom would change Dowook enough to affect the group’s activities.
“Once you start, you will be flooded with casting calls, but if you have a good project or a broadcasting company makes a strong offer, it will be more difficult to reject it… I feel like it is too early. “It’s not that I’m fully prepared as an actor; I’ve just entered school.”
Oh Baek-ho rather believed in Do-wook’s abilities. We were confident that if Do-wook acted, Do-wook himself would be recognized regardless of the success of the work, and that the officials would not want to lose sight of Do-wook as an actor.
It didn’t matter if I worried for no reason.
“I’m rather unprepared, so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to just try my hand at acting as a sitcom.”
When team leader Joanie spoke, Baekho Oh immediately refuted.
“He’s too much of a lead actor for that. “For an idol to act and even play a lead role, they’ll start off with criticism.”
“Director Oh, you are completely against it.”
“For now, yes.”
“Actually, I have similar thoughts. Since this is my first real acting challenge, I need to be more careful. “Because that first image lasts a very long time.”
It’s not that Hit Entertainment had no intention of having Dowook act. It was in that context that he was offered the lead role in a music video and readily supported Do-wook when he said he wanted to enter the acting department at Korea National University of Arts.
Afterwards, I wanted to develop myself into a proper actor. The goal was to debut in a major drama and move up to the lead role in a mini-drama.
The entire company fully understood that talent like Dowook was rare.
At that time, Teacher Kang-yeon Lee opened his mouth.
“It looks like you two are worried, so since this is a sitcom, the acting can be lighter.”
The three people focused on teacher Lee Kang-yeon. When it comes to acting, Kang-yeon Lee, who trained leading stars, was more of an expert.
“Even though it’s a sitcom, I really like the characters.”
“Character…”
Team leader Joanie nodded in agreement.
Among the character descriptions, Do-wook unfolded a page with an explanation of the role of Kim Min-ki, who came to Do-wook.
“You will know more clearly after reading the script, but this is a role that Do-wook can play really well. They say cool male leads are common, but when you actually look for them, they are not that common.”
Teacher Lee Kang-yeon focused on internal factors rather than external factors of the work.
[A bright student who has never missed first place in the school. I am not a typical model student who is good at studying. He’s the genius type, has a tall appearance, and is a perfect mom who doesn’t miss anything when it comes to exercising or studying.
My life seemed perfect, but I lost my parents when I was young. It’s just me and my brother. In order not to disappoint my older brother, I became an all-rounder who was good at everything.
Because he is good at everything else, love letters and drinks pile up on his desk every day, but he is not interested in women. He’s all grown up, but he’s not a man. He’s still just a kid.
The only woman who exists next to Mingi. Lee Yeon-ju, a childhood friend who has grown up together since childhood. The only people interested in performing like that are idols.
Without even knowing it, without knowing anyone else. Min-gi feels love for Yeon-joo, who doesn’t know where he will go. ‘Let’s stop being friends now!’]
It was definitely a perfect character. If you thought it was too perfect to be attractive, there was the pain of losing your parents early.
Moreover, the setting of falling in love with an old best friend was a character setting that women would like.
‘It wasn’t popular for no reason. But…’
Do-wook frowned as he looked at the character relationship chart.
Perhaps because it was an early setting and still a sitcom, the relationships between the characters were different from what Dowook knew.
As far as Do-wook knows, the female protagonist, Min-gi, is Min-gi’s friend and older brother. As she maintains a dangerously tense relationship with the three, who is her current husband? It was a role that aroused curiosity.
However, in the currently established character relationship, Min-do not only shows single-mindedness towards Yeon-joo, but also forms a subtle relationship with Yeon-joo’s friend.
‘This part has to be left out. The charm of the male lead is halved.’
However, that was a problem after the appearance was confirmed.
First of all, we had to get rid of the negative reactions from the decision makers, Team Leader Jo Annie and Manager Oh Baek-ho. Still, I was fortunate that Professor Lee Kang-yeon’s reaction was positive.
“What do you think, Dowook?”
Team leader Joanie asked Dowook.
“Hmm…. Like Mr. Lee said, I really like the character so I want to give it a try. “I worked well with PD Shin before.”
Just as Director Oh Baek-ho was about to say something, Do-wook spoke first.
“Of course, it was a reality program at the time. I think it would be better to have a meeting and receive one or two copies of the script before making a decision. “Will it be difficult?”
“Even though it is a sitcom, it would be difficult to give a definite answer without receiving the script.”
Team leader Joanie agreed and organized it.
“I thought today was about sharing opinions rather than making decisions. First of all, I confirmed that what I was worried about and Director Oh were the same. But I also know that the role is good.”
Director Oh nodded. Oh Baek-ho was not completely the opposite. If the positive effect was greater, it was natural for Do-wook to appear.
“I decided to think about it more. “Let’s set up a meeting with PD Shin next week.”
Team leader Cho cleared the place.
Do-wook left the conference room and expressed his gratitude to Professor Kang-yeon Lee separately. I contacted him after I was accepted to Korea National University of Arts, but I couldn’t find him separately due to his activities in Japan.
Lee Kang-yeon smiled softly at Do-wook, who politely treated her as a teacher and thanked her.
“For your first acting debut, try to choose a good project.”
“thank you.”
As he left the conference room and returned to the dormitory where the KK members were gathered, Do-wook made a hint to Oh Baek-ho.
“Brother Baekho.”
“Yes, Dowook.”
“Did you hear that one of the Man to Man members was in ‘Lovers of the Sun and the Moon’?”
“uh? I heard. Anyway, I was able to plug it in at Ara Enter as well. “It’s my first time acting in a supporting role, but it’s in a historical drama on public television.”
Although Oh Baek-ho receives most news from the entertainment industry, he pays more attention to news related to Man-to-Man. Oh Baek-ho wondered if Do-wook was stimulated by Seo-jun’s acting challenge.
“But there is no need for you to be too hasty. I tried it, but if it fails, it will only tarnish my image. “There may be more negative comments about idol acting for no reason.”
Dowook nodded.
“Since the first episode will air in a while, we think we can decide based on the reaction.”
“Ah… that’s good!”
As expected, Dowook did not come forward to act out of impatience for no reason. Oh Baek-ho patted Do-wook on the shoulder with a satisfied smile when he was told to make a decision after looking at Seo-jun’s results.
Do-wook smiled as he faced Oh Baek-ho.
‘Lovers of the Sun and the Moon will be a huge hit and Seojun’s image will also improve. It actually breaks down the negative stereotypes about idol acting. I use that.’
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That time. Production Director Kwon Heung-jo, a key figure at Hit Entertainment, was waiting for today’s date at a high-end Japanese restaurant in Cheongdam-dong.
Director Kwon’s throat burned at the thought that today’s meeting could change the future of Hit Entertainment.
At that time, the door to the tatami room opened and the other person came in.