"I recently started watching Sky Garden, and it ended on such a cliffhanger at episode 10."
"Ah, me too. I don't know how relieved I am that the next episode airs tomorrow."
The ripple effect that began with
That was only natural.
The fact that Joo Seo-yeon, who made it to the King of Singers match on this episode of
Above all, it was revealed that Seo-yeon was the one who sang the insert song of
At first, it was simple curiosity.
But once they actually started watching, it was fun.
"There are some exaggerated parts..."
"Well, it's a drama."
"But who's the male lead?"
"Isn't Lee Min-hyuk the male lead?"
"He's a bit lacking to be the male lead."
"That's true."
It popped up as a topic of conversation here and there to the point where if you went to a place like a cafe, you'd hear it.
Previously, talk of
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Of course, if the drama had been boring, it might have been an opportunity blown away meaninglessly.
"There's no need to worry too much."
KMB's Drama Department, which was now almost completely separated into Drama Department 2.
An employee there brought up those words.
"Grand Game also had a good reaction this episode. What's our viewership rating right now?"
"It's 16% this week."
"Yes, but the number
"Then I think that's threatening enough."
"It's not like the broadcast days overlap anyway, you know? We're also throwing our winning hand starting next week."
At a certain PD's words, the other employees nodded as well.
But was
"PD Han Jung-min."
Then, someone asked the silent PD.
He was a PD who had moved over together to Drama Department 2, where PD Baek Tae-soo was becoming the director this time.
As a young PD who had already achieved decent results in both large and small dramas, he was rapidly emerging as the rising star of KMB's Drama Department.
"What do you think about Sky Garden?"
"I'm not sure."
"Pardon?"
The person who had expected a rough reaction of it being good or bad made a puzzled face at Han Jung-min's words.
It was rare for him, whose right and wrong were clear, to answer with 'I'm not sure.'
Under such gazes.
"To be honest, in a drama's success, actors are just seasoning."
Han Jung-min quietly answered thus.
"It means it's not an area an individual can control. No matter how well they act, if word of mouth doesn't spread or people don't watch, it's useless. A drama's success depends not on the actors, but on the script and the drama's quality."
Therefore, Han Jung-min couldn't understand this situation well.
There were also many other things he couldn't understand.
"For example, there's ADs. You know this company, right?"
"Ah, yes. They've been advertising aggressively recently."
"But they released an ad with the Sky Garden concept? They even used Joo Seo-yeon as the model."
Promoting with the concept of a currently airing drama is a double-edged sword.
If the drama is a hit, it can have a huge effect.
But if not, it could rather have an adverse effect.
But they put out an advertisement from episode 4, even before
Pushing the protagonist Joo Seo-yeon as the main focus.
"On top of that, this Mask Singer... the focus was concentrated on Joo Seo-yeon to the point where I wonder if it was rigged."
"That's because of Ashen Crow."
"Ashen Crow was the singer Yeo-hee, right? Didn't it also come out that Yeo-hee has a deep connection with actress Joo Seo-yeon?"
So what happened?
Even just comparing search volume now,
Most were saying it was a temporary spike because of
What Han Jung-min couldn't understand was all of this.
All of this was the ripple effect brought by a single actor.
Before
The content of
It was like watching a single play.
Was it really possible for a single actor to exert this much influence on a drama?
They were things that Han Jung-min absolutely could not understand with his common sense.
"What do you think, Director Baek?"
PD Han Jung-min carefully asked Baek Tae-soo, who had been quiet all along.
Considering his career, he was not someone easy to talk to, but Baek Tae-soo advocated friendliness within the Drama Department.
He didn't get angry easily, and when some were terrified of
"Sky Garden is a good drama. But shouldn't we focus on our work?"
Baek Tae-soo smiled and answered thus.
He didn't say anything more than that.
Since he was like that, no more talk came out in the Drama Department, but.
'Sky Garden, and Joo Seo-yeon.'
PD Baek Tae-soo frowned where no one could see.
As Han Jung-min said, it's rare for an individual to have this much influence on a drama.
In a situation where they were steadily getting viewership ratings, raising the ratings rapidly is even harder.
Because the situation is solidified to some extent.
If there were no competitors, Sky Garden could have ridden that momentum and surged up even in that state.
However, with
Then, it couldn't rise easily.
'The market's reaction comes slowly.'
There wasn't a big difference right away.
But PD Baek Tae-soo was certain.
That next week's
And the week after that would be even more different.
'Script.'
PD Baek Tae-soo crumpled the script for
He had no intention of blaming others.
Because he had made the final decision, after all.
'Should I not have been afraid of taking a risk.'
PD Baek Tae-soo looked at the monitor in front of him.
He rewound the video playing on it.
A video he had already seen several times.
Because he felt the need to prepare in advance before seeing episode 11, which airs this week.
***
[Are you perhaps oblivious?]
Lee Min-hyuk said that while glaring at Lee Yoo-ju.
The family trip they were taking during this holiday.
Min-hyuk, who hadn't wanted to go on the family trip in the first place, said it with disgust that Yoo-ju was coming along.
[Why, I'm offering to be used like this.]
[Aren't you the one using me?]
At such an answer, Yoo-ju only shrugged her shoulders.
If it were up to her feelings, she would have cursed him and torn him off.
But she couldn't do that.
Because this trip was planned by Min-hyuk's mother, Gil Soo-jin, to create an opportunity for Yoo-ju to get close to her.
It was originally a trip for Yoo-ju, not a 'family' trip.
Otherwise, there would have been no reason to go to a place like a valley in the first place.
Because the people of the Lee Hyuk-soo family didn't like places like valleys.
It was simply a product reflecting Yoo-ju's taste.
[Why are you like this, it might be surprisingly fun if we go.]
His younger sister, Lee Min-seo, said with a bright smile.
[Yeah, that's right.]
The one who picked up on those words was Yoo-ju.
She looked at Min-hyuk, who was about to turn his back and leave the classroom, and said.
[I want to get close to you through this opportunity, too.]
At those utterly unbelievable words, when Min-hyuk turned around with a disgusted face, Yoo-ju smiled brightly.
[The mock exams are soon. You won the last midterm, but what about this time?]
When she said 'you won', she naturally wasn't referring to Yoo-ju.
Min-hyuk's twin sister, Min-seo.
The student whom Yoo-ju was personally tutoring and managing her lifestyle.
Her growth was so noticeable that Gil Soo-jin's interest was focused on Min-seo.
[That's none of your business.]
Lee Min-hyuk said so and turned his back to leave.
Yoo-ju only smiled as she watched his back.
The only one feeling anxious was his younger sister, Min-seo.
[There was no need to provoke him like that.]
[Huh? It's not a provocation. I told you. I want to get close to Min-hyuk.]
Yoo-ju was sincere.
She knew that their parents wanted to use Yoo-ju.
No, it wasn't just the two of them.
The peers who hung out with Lee Min-hyuk and Lee Min-seo.
They all desired the portfolio that Yoo-ju possessed.
So she knew they had been persistently interrogating Min-seo recently.
[You shouldn't force them to choose.]
Right, they had to bow their heads and talk directly themselves.
A twisted smile formed on Yoo-ju's lips.
[Yoo-ju, you. Don't tell me...]
[Huh?]
[Ah, it's nothing.]
Min-seo mumbled and averted her eyes.
From the start, Yoo-ju didn't care at all about Min-seo's subtle reaction.
Because her gaze was fixed on Min-hyuk.
Min-seo, who was looking at Yoo-ju's face from the side, had a dangerous glint in her eyes.
And then, a scene of the Lee Hyuk-soo family preparing for their trip appeared.
Yoo-ju humming as she packed her bags at home.
And the Lee Hyuk-soo family.
A scene of someone packing a weapon appeared.
A knife, and box tape.
Without revealing their identity.
- What was that at the end?
- Wtf? Why did a knife suddenly appear?
- Who is that?
The last scene was a little over 5 minutes.
That 5 minutes was enough to capture the viewers' attention.
It was a drama that had been proceeding in a strange tension from the start.
But at the very end of the end.
Someone leaving on a trip with a weapon was caught on screen.
It was naturally bound to be baffling.
What purpose, for what reason they were packing it.
Even who it was didn't appear.
As episode 10 ended like that, talk about it was actively going back and forth in
- Damn it, so what happens!!!!
- What what, wasn't there supposed to be romance with Lee Min-hyuk?
- Can a weapon appear in a drama with students? It's a bit uncomfortable.
- Ah what, I got curious after watching Mask Singer and saw it, damn it
- I should've watched from next week....
The content from episode 1 to 10 also progressed with a strange tension.
At the point where half the drama had passed.
The adults targeting Yoo-ju, and the students who were forced to reach out to Yoo-ju.
The secret battles they waged behind the scenes.
A fight they had to fight even though it wasn't their will.
In that, Min-seo's role was to prove Yoo-ju's value.
Originally, Lee Min-seo was not a competitor to them.
The stupid Lee Min-hyuk's twin sister.
A kid who only liked dressing up and didn't even think about the future.
Everyone only thought of her like that.
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But after meeting Yoo-ju, she changed.
Min-seo had become a competitor to them.
To the point where some were already falling behind in their school records.
Not only school records, but even mock exams.
As if proving that perfectly managing her lifestyle wasn't a lie, Yoo-ju gave Min-seo every possible bonus point she could uncannily secure.
It was absurd.
A preposterous story.
Such talk went around, but in the end, a drama's appeal to the public is its fun.
A drama that crushed plausibility and focused solely on fun.
The reason
"I think this will win."
Jo Seo-hee, watching that series of processes, tapped her cheek with her finger, then startled and pulled her finger away.
Because it would be troublesome if a pimple broke out from carelessly stimulating her face.
But it was a habit, so it wasn't easy to hold back.
"Grand Game's romance that was mentioned before... seems like it will come out in full swing starting this week."
Since they were planning to explode what they had steadily appealed to in this episode.
It was definitely content that the main drama viewership would like.
But if you think about whether
"Sky Garden is virtually declaring that it will completely exclude romance."
This week's content was like that.
At episode 10, it was practically past the halfway point of the drama.
To have such content come out in that state was literally the same as meaning to exclude romance.
"...Her skills have improved more."
Jo Seo-hee saw Lee Yoo-ju, played by Seo-yeon.
She had clipped and separately collected only the scenes of her acting.
Anyway, there was a lot to learn from Seo-yeon's acting.
'As for acting skills, they were already complete from the point of her return 10 years later.'
It seemed like she had practiced really hard technically for 10 years.
Vocalization, and body movements.
Those go without saying.
However, an actor's acting isn't all about technique.
Seo-yeon no longer uses 'method acting' like she did in the past.
That was because that was all she could do back then, but there was no need for that now.
However, those fragments were clearly visible.
'It was the same with Mask Singer.'
Seo-yeon's most powerful weapon was her ability to convey emotions.
Her ability to appeal her emotions to others and draw empathy from them was outstanding.
It was fully demonstrated in the song of
Seo-yeon's singing was both a song and acting at the same time.
It was a method that could be used because it was a competition.
It would probably feel a bit different watching it on TV.
Because she drew empathy from the large audience in the competition, she was able to get high votes.
Even though her skills were clearly a bit inferior.
'This time's Yoo-ju is the same.'
Honestly, Yoo-ju is an obnoxious character.
Probably, she's the kind of person who reminds her of her childhood self.
However, what makes viewers watch Yoo-ju with anxious hearts isn't because of that obnoxious side.
'A precarious child.'
That was felt in the acting.
Yoo-ju is like a hedgehog.
Although she consistently responds with sarcasm and sneers.
That is like a hedgehog raising its spines.
Mocking those who have power and money.
All those actions stem from Yoo-ju's inferiority complex.
That was clearly revealed in Seo-yeon's acting.
Her mouth smiles, but her eyes shake.
She speaks as if she's relaxed, but her hands and feet move anxiously.
It's a small piece that you might not know if you just watch it normally.
However, the viewers watching the broadcast from various angles could know Yoo-ju's subtle emotional fluctuations.
Empathy.
It is common for people to harbor an inferiority complex about things they don't have.
Seo-yeon was definitely drawing out such empathy.
Until recently, Yoo-ju was what you'd call an omnipotent, absolute character.
She was an obnoxious person, but from around episode 8, she changed.
She was an attractive character before, but now she felt even more three-dimensional.
As if telling that such a perfect and strong Yoo-ju was, in the end, a child.
"Tha... shouldn't you say such things when I'm not around?"
"Huh? But I'm giving you respect?"
Seo-yeon bit her lower lip with an 'Eek' and glared sharply at Jo Seo-hee.
It wasn't so much that she hated it, but rather because she was a bit embarrassed.
As much as Seo-yeon liked praise, it was true that hearing it so openly was embarrassing in many ways.
Seo-yeon also knew Jo Seo-hee's acting skills well.
Since Seo-yeon had a strong competitive spirit, she cared quite a bit about the words of Jo Seo-hee, who was currently ahead.
From the start, the advertisements of Jo Seo-hee plastered everywhere also had an influence on her decision to return to the entertainment industry.
"Was asking to watch the drama together today because of that?"
"Wait, Lee Ji-yeon, that girl, is also coming today. There's something we need to do separately before that."
"Something to do?"
What could it be?
Jo Seo-hee gave a glance to Seo-yeon, who was looking at her with such eyes.
Bad girl, she never lets anything slip.
'Still, seeing that she comes without hesitation when I call now, it seems like our closeness has gone up??'
Jo Seo-hee giggled where Seo-yeon's gaze couldn't reach.
Of course, Seo-yeon's sensitive ears heard all of Jo Seo-hee's sinister laughter, so she shuddered.
'As expected, Lee Ji-yeon was right. That's not bad.'
Jo Seo-hee knows.
That the person who had been diligently sending donations? Super chats? recently was Seo-yeon.
It's frustrating, but she does well.
It was a super chat with a vibe like "Is this a broadcast genius?" so Jo Seo-hee's mood was very good.
Of course, separately from that, there seemed to be a strangely intense reaction when doing a collaboration with Lamiel...
'I don't think I need to worry about that.'
Jo Seo-hee thought so and let out a light cough, "Ahem."
"Here."
"What's this?"
"This time, an affiliate of our family opened a new amusement park."
"?"
An amusement park, and a family affiliate?
Seo-yeon stared blankly.
"At that time, we're planning to put on a play for kids, how about a part-time job for a day? Your sibling will like it."
Jo Seo-hee had seen Seo-yeon's Shorts that spread recently.
Magical Girl Harara.
What Jo Seo-hee handed over was also roughly an explanation for such an event.
Naturally, Seo-yeon's eyes, having received that, began to shake violently.