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Chapter 1258 Script and Writer
Chapter 1258 Script and Writer
After her brief career as a hand double ended, Bae Joo-hyun continued her schedule, while Ji Kyung-won also spent his spare time sifting through Netflix's script library.
He had spent the last few days reading through many of the scripts, but most of them were still mediocre and boring third-rate scripts. Occasionally, there would be one or two that were not bad, but either he was not interested in them or they were not suitable for him.
He had watched quite a few but hadn't found one he liked. Looking back, the one that resonated with him the most and piqued his interest was actually a script he'd stumbled upon by chance—a script that had no character settings or plot, just a core storyline and outline, and could hardly be called a script.
It can only be described as a draft.
In the past few days, he has occasionally taken some time to revisit that draft. The more he looks at some of the settings, the more interested he becomes. In his spare time, he has even come up with some very interesting plots and character designs based on this core concept.
Towards the end, Chi Jingyuan became too lazy to continue reading through that pile of garbage scripts. After careful consideration, he decided to choose the script draft that he was most interested in first.
"Jingyuan, you've already made a decision? I thought you'd take your time. Netflix has given us plenty of time anyway."
The next day at the company, Park Jae-hyun was somewhat surprised when Ji Kyung-won mentioned the script and laughed, "Didn't you say last time that Netflix's script library was terrible, full of scripts that the big TV stations had rejected?"
"They were all pretty average, but there were a few that were quite interesting."
Chi Jingyuan nodded and handed over the tablet: "Brother, take a look at this..."
"Oh? Let me see~"
Park Jae-hyun took the tablet and started reading: "'Is antisocial personality disorder innate...'"
After muttering a few words to himself, he immediately realized: "Oh? Is it an adaptation of that case?"
The case this year had such a huge impact, and the criminal who didn't think he had done anything wrong was also quite famous. Park Jae-hyun didn't even see the footnotes; he only looked at the core of the story and already knew that the inspiration came from that case.
"'A psychopathic murderer experiences pain and reflects on his sins...' He read it from beginning to end, his eyes lighting up as if he were quite interested. He looked up at Chi Jingyuan: 'This core idea is very interesting!'"
"What do you think, bro?"
Ji Jingyuan then asked... Although he had almost decided to use this script first, he still wanted to hear Park Jae-hyun's advice.
"You're asking me this? Haha, when it comes to choosing scripts, I certainly can't compare to you, Jingyuan."
Upon hearing this, Park Jae-hyun chuckled and waved his hand, appearing like an outsider. However, after looking at the script on the tablet and considering it for a moment, he said, "Although I'm not very good at reading scripts... as for this collaboration, Netflix's biggest goal is to attract the attention of the Korean Peninsula, promote their model, attract more users, and generate more traffic and buzz in order to open up the Korean Peninsula market. That's their fundamental objective."
"That's why they offered us such good terms."
"The case adapted from this script is very influential. It caused quite a stir at the time, and there should be few people who don't know about it. That's already the best gimmick. And if you're in it... you could say that it's already halfway to success."
In conclusion, he said, "It's rare to see a drama as big as 'Goblin' on the entire peninsula for several years, so I don't think we need to compare ourselves to 'Goblin.' The best script is one that suits the current situation."
"Ah."
Chi Jingyuan nodded in agreement; he actually thought so too.
"but……"
At this moment, Park Jae-hyun said with a smile, "Although I won't compare it to 'Goblin,' the fact that you think so highly of the core plot means it's excellent. Your eye for scripts is well-known. SM Entertainment must be very envious. I remember you read the script for 'Goblin' for a day and fell in love with it."
"If it has a gimmick and a very interesting core, then it should be pretty good."
He glanced at Chi Jingyuan with a smile, his expression suddenly becoming somewhat mischievous: "But for a crime drama with this kind of core, the scale probably won't be very small, right?"
"Definitely, this kind of content is definitely not for all ages, it's at least 15+... And this kind of show will definitely be filmed realistically and directly, there will probably be a lot of explicit and bloody scenes, I think it might even be 19+."
Chi Kyung-won replied matter-of-factly... The reason he was interested in this script draft was not only because the core of it attracted him, but also because he had never tried a drama with this level of daring before, and he really wanted to try playing a 'perverted' character.
"Haha, we were just talking about this a couple of days ago. I didn't expect you to actually be doing a 19+ rated movie?"
Park Jae-hyun squinted his eyes, looking very happy, while Ji Kyung-won couldn't help but shake his head with a smile.
The two were just joking around a couple of days ago, but unexpectedly, their words came true.
However, back then they were talking about the kind of 19+ content that included sexual content, while this one is a 19+ content with blood and violence.
"Since that's the case, then you should contact Netflix and ask them to have the writers finish writing the script first."
Now that a consensus had been reached, Chi Jingyuan immediately began to explain, "We'll discuss this further after the script is finished..."
Currently, this script is just a draft, with only the core and plot outline; nothing else is included, so it can't even be considered a script.
So the most important thing now is to get Netflix to contact the writers and get the script written as soon as possible.
After saying that, Chi Jingyuan added, "By the way, if the writer is confirmed, I would like to meet with him to discuss the script."
Now that the collaboration with Netflix has been confirmed and they've offered such good treatment, Ji Kyung-won naturally wants to produce a successful drama series, and therefore needs to oversee the most important aspect: the script.
Netflix gave him the right, so of course he had to use it... and he did have some ideas about this script.
"Okay, I know."
Park Jae-hyun nodded in agreement and immediately began his work.
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Immediately afterwards, Park Jae-hyun contacted Netflix to inform them about the script.
Netflix was also surprised that Chi Jingyuan made his selection so quickly. They knew that their script library was of mixed quality and had already prepared for the possibility that Chi Jingyuan wouldn't like any of them and they would have to find a writer they were working with to tailor-make a script for him.
Netflix was pleasantly surprised that the other party had already found a target after only a few days. After reviewing the script and materials, they immediately sent over the relevant information.
The script draft that Chi Kyung-won had his eye on was written by the author Choi Ran, or rather, it was an idea. She got the inspiration after seeing the case and quickly wrote a rough plot and theme, but due to other things, she didn't finish it and it was just a rough draft.
And one of her friends happened to be a staff member in Netflix's content department. Perhaps Netflix was really starving for good scripts, so after communicating with Cui Lan, this staff member included this unfinished script.
After sending the materials, Netflix said it would contact writer Cui Lan immediately to reach an agreement and ask her to complete the script.
Just as Chi Jingyuan received the news and was looking forward to it, he received bad news from Netflix that very evening.
Unfortunately, writer Cui Lan has recently taken on other work. The production team for her script, "The Grim Reaper," is almost complete and filming is about to begin, so she doesn't have much time to write this script.
"Did they bump into each other? What a coincidence."
Hearing this news, Chi Jingyuan was also somewhat disappointed.
Cui Lan is quite well-known in the industry. Although she doesn't have many works, her representative work, "God's Gift - 14 Days," has received high praise and won the Peninsula Writers Association's "Outstanding Screenplay Award" in 14. She is a writer who is very good at writing dark suspense, thriller, and plot twist stories.
So when he heard that the script draft was her work, Chi Kyung-won felt it made perfect sense.
However, even though it was her inspiration, it doesn't necessarily mean that she had to come up with it.
"If Cui Lan isn't a good writer, let's find another one. Does Netflix have any suitable candidates?"
After thinking for a moment, Ji Jingyuan said to Park Jae-hyun, "If that doesn't work, I can contact writer Kim Eun-hee. She should be quite good at writing this type of script."
Kim Eun-hee is the author of "Signal". She had a pleasant collaboration with Ji Kyung-won and they also have some contact in private.
This woman is also very skilled and adept at writing mystery and suspense stories, but she may lack experience in horror and explicit content.
"Okay, I'll make the contact."
Park Jae-hyun acted immediately.
However... he had just conveyed Chi Jingyuan's message when, not long after, Netflix sent another piece of news that was both laughable and absurd.
Writer Cui Lan has changed her mind again.
According to Netflix, after initially rejecting the script, writer Choi inquired further and learned that Ji Kyung-won had taken a liking to the draft and was willing to play the male lead. After only a brief consideration, she quickly changed her mind.
According to Netflix staff, this is what she said this time:
"Although there is indeed not much free time, and writing two scripts at the same time is a big challenge, if Jingyuanxi is willing to play the male lead, if it is to work with him... I am still very willing to give it a try."