068. Produced by Mflix

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“Ah-!”

“If you have a camera, you should have told me in advance. What would have happened if it had come in a dirty way? You’re still a celebrity, aren’t you?”

After the Single Life camera withdrew, Jeongyeon lightly pinched Song Jaeik’s forearm.

“Sorry. I forgot to tell you. Haha.”

“By the way, what about the script? What drama script is it?”

“It is my work. It is serialized as a web novel and a webtoon.”

“Is that a dramatization proposal? Can domestic producers or broadcasters make it?”

“That’s why it’s Mflix. I want to try writing a script.”

At those words, Jeongyeon’s eyes lit up. Dramatic! It’s also from Mflix!

“Give me a role too! I’m a fan of that work!”

I was greedy. I wanted to enter Jaeik’s work with the script he wrote, and at the same time, it had been a long time since I became a fan of his work.

“Are you okay? Now in China, there is such a bubble. You don’t know what kind of nasty things you would do if you said you were appearing?”

“Puha. What does that have to do with the work? And didn’t you know? I was already filmed in China? There are interviews related to the Korean War and sponsorship. Among the idols, I told my Taiwanese friend that I was from Taiwan, and I already ate a lot of swearing.”

It’s already been over three years. At that time, why did you like it so much?

“Anyway, if you write a script, please show it.”

“I know. I’ll send it to you in first place.”

After Jeong-yeon leaves, Jae-ik looks at the factory where everyone has gone and enters his studio.

[Let’s try to draw a cartoon by exploring the universality of human beings enough to go through the whole world. It will definitely help.]

When I went to the drama set one day, I suddenly remembered teacher Yoon Tae-hoon’s advice. I don’t know why this story suddenly came to my mind while I was writing the drama script.

That’s why I was writing this script with all my heart. Because it wasn’t just Koreans watching. A drama filmed with a script I wrote would be uploaded to Mflix all over the world.

Talent was more indigestible. The more the script is written and the more it is aired. That talent would be digested slowly and become a solid foundation.

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“Turn it off. It’s not easy.”

The desk in the studio, which was always tidy as if reflecting his usual tidy personality, was littered with numerous reference materials within two days.

On the other sub-monitors and tablets, American dramas were stopped and waiting to play.

“Hey, while writing the script, you’ll go to the goal first.”

Um Kang-seok entered the studio and handed over a pack of red ginseng, meaning to take it easy. Since I first started YouTube, I have never seen someone so passionately immersed in one place, so I’m rather worried.

“Oh, thank you.”

Taking his eyes off the monitor, Song Jae-ik rubbed his tingling forehead and drank red ginseng all at once.

“How are you?”

“so so? The script for Volume 1 will come out today.”

“already? it’s fast too It’s the third day now.”

“I should send you a copy of the script. That way, Mflix won’t be able to decide easily either.”

It was the first episode script that I put so much effort into. A script of over 50,000 characters. That’s because the lines and fingerprints were written down in detail.

“It has to be done quickly. Shouldn’t we finish it quickly and start producing the drama soon?”

It wasn’t too surprising. To be exact, it’s been in that mode ever since China touched Jaeik.

“And you know there’s a second race this weekend, right?”

“Of course. You have to go to Yeongam.”

It was going to be quite a distance. Because Yeongam was at the southern end.

“You’re in good shape.”

When Song Jae-ik buried his face in the monitor again, Um Kang-seok smiled and quietly closed the door.

“Hey.”

We chatted for a while, but no matter how much I thought about it, it was clear that I was upset.

“Who is the author?”

“I think it will come out soon. They say that the script will come out within today.”

Hearing that, the other employees sighed in relief as well.

“It’s great. Didn’t you stumble once again with 6.25 a while ago?”

“It was an anti-mimic aid, right? Was it to help Joseon against the US?”

“It is complete nonsense. We are not North Korea. Why are you looking for anti-US aid here?”

To be honest, to borrow a word from the news, Jaeik’s Youtube is like collateral damage in a bad atmosphere?

Of course, Song Jae-ik wasn’t the type to just get over things like that.

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I came across this article while looking for information. Around 2007, movies and dramas featuring Chinese characters as villains disappeared in Hollywood.

If so, what role is it?

In the movie 2012, Noah’s Ark is built for the future of mankind, and in The Martian, a Chinese rocket helps the main character return to life. In a movie, the crisis of war with aliens is resolved. Save the Earth, save humanity.

Since China lacks freedom of expression, rather than creating creative works, it feels like it is dominating as a huge consuming country while investing in the world’s entertainment world.

‘But what does that have to do with me?’

If you saw it illegally, would you have kept your mouth shut?

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Pressing the last enter key, Song Jae-ik stretched out.

[If you turn away from the truth and define me as a villain. If that’s the case, I’d be willing to be the villain. Gladly.]

– End of Part 1.

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(Hmm. The original author himself?)

Reed Hastings, CEO of Amflix, gave an interesting look at the report from the Korean branch.

(Yes. The original author seemed to know how to write a script for a drama. He said he wanted to write a script for his own work.)

Normally, it would have been approved by the working-level staff or the appropriate line, but since it was a special matter, it seemed that the approval came up to myself.

Judging from the contents written in the report, it seems that they are trying to buy the rights to the drama because they can enjoy a fixed fan base because it is an original work that has already been successful as a novel and webtoon in Korea.

(What kind of work did you say?)

(Action, fantasy, and superhero. It is based on a novel and a webtoon is also being serialized. The response in Korea and abroad is very good. In particular, there were many reviews that the story was strong.)

(Superhero stuff. The Umbrella Academy wasn’t bad either. The Witcher, too.)

Since Babble announced that it would grow its own OTT, all of Babble’s hero movies were taken out, and Mflix was also investing quite a lot in the original superhero series in line with it.

Of course, it wasn’t a very clear result, but it wasn’t bad if you think it was just an investment.

(What is the opinion of the working-level staff on the Korean side?)

(I think it will be okay. There are many opinions that the original author is quite versatile. He is also doing You Tube. He writes. He draws webtoons himself.)

(Hmm? Doing everything?)

To that, Reed Hastings reacted negatively. In his opinion, being versatile meant that he couldn’t do anything perfectly to a high level.

(That doesn’t mean I can’t do it properly and dabble in this and that, however, as the CEO thinks. I’ve looked on Youtube and they do a lot of different things, but they’re all good at some point. In some areas, they’re really ridiculously good at it.)

The secretary’s words aroused curiosity. Because the fact that a secretary who knew his personality well said that meant that he was different from those who did this and that without really being able to do it properly.

(Check out the webtoon.)

Jaeik’s webtoon was playing on the tablet the secretary held out, and Reed Hastings slowly downloaded and analyzed the webtoon as if savoring it.

(Moving toon? Sound effects and even music?)

(It is said that they all worked alone. Even if they only recently formed a team, they are at a secondary level.)

(Hoho. Wouldn’t it be bad to try the host once? The script? It’s not like I just said it without anything. If it’s that confident.)

Anyway, writing something that is quite popular in Korea means that the writing itself is good, and making it into a script is also my own work, so I will do it with more care and affection.

(Here it is.)

No matter how much Mflix invests money and doesn’t care about what results come out, it was right to pay attention to the quality of the original Mflix. Shouldn’t we keep the minimum script or work quality?

Moreover, now was the time of qualitative expansion of OTT. Rather than quantitative growth that can be seen anywhere, it is through original content that can only be seen at Mflix.

(What do you think?)

(Okay. It was fun.)

(english?)

It was a question in the sense of translation. It’s hard to save the charm of the script unless it’s a proper translation.

(No. The author wrote it in English. Of course, he also wrote it in Korean.)

(Hoo?)

With those words, I fell into the script. It was a fairly specific script. It is such a script that describes not only dialogues and passages, but also scenes, with camera shooting in mind.

(It must be comfortable to shoot. The script contains all the composition and how to shoot. The writer must be quite greedy.)

I like it. Because it meant that the affection and pride for one’s work was certain.

(And in addition, there are other parts that have issues now.)

(issue?)

(They said that China appeared as the villain in that work. That’s why the Internet is in a frenzy.)

(Damn it, Chinese bastards. I know very well what it feels like. How does that writer react?)

The flags of Taiwan and Hong Kong appeared in Mflix’s original content. Then it’s like running into a boycott. It’s not even serviced in China.

(They said that it was the loss of Chinese people who couldn’t see their work, but not their loss. Of course, they didn’t respond to the recent issue. I’ve never interviewed them.)

(I like that confidence one. f*ckers. They know copyright as dog sh*t.)

Reed Hastings gritted his teeth at the word China. Five territories not served by Amflix. China, North Korea, Russia, Syria, Crimea.

The worst of them was China. What is the point of not servicing Mflix in China? Mflix’s drama films boast the highest ratings in China and are spreading like a trend. The problem was that Mflix could not enjoy the trend and the sweet fruit of OSMU at all.

In other words, everything circulated in the land is illegal.

(Hmm. I think it would be nice to entrust the script to this writer?)

Reed Hastings puts on a satisfied expression as he closes the script. It was a very good script. No, it was better than any original series script I’ve seen recently.

It was only a one-episode script, but everything was in the script. How the drama will develop even if you haven’t seen the video. I felt like I was drawing in front of my eyes how it would look.

The results seemed to be very interesting.

(Pu-up- and.)

The more I read the script, the more smiles on Reed Hastings’ face.

‘You haven’t shown any response since the first controversy? This writer is an idiot.’

that was certain An idiot who can never be put in the category of a normal person.

(Let’s increase the investment amount a little more.)

(at what level?)

(How much does a drama production cost in Korea right now?)

(The average is between 200 (2.5 billion) and 2.5 million (3.1 billion) dollars.)

Compared to the results it produced, it was really cheap. That’s because they’re earning tens of times more than their production costs.

(As of season 1, 3 million (3.7 billion) dollars per episode.)

(Yes? 3 million (3.7 billion) dollars?))

Considering that the production cost per episode of Stranger Thing, which can be said to be Mflix’s representative drama, is between 6 million and 8 million dollars, it was obviously a very unconventional investment.

(No. Let’s do it for four million (five billion) dollars. So we can get into production ASAP.)