A Genius Director Who Dominates OTT Platforms - Chapter 107

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The Genius Director Who Dominates OTT

Episode 107

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I returned home and organized my thoughts while looking at the script.

It was really unexpected timing for the precursor symptoms to activate, but my supernatural ability had always been like that.

What I needed to focus on now wasn’t the timing, but the data.

I had realized a fact I didn’t know until now.

‘So the supernatural ability could activate even for revisions…’

Actually, I had read the script for 【The Deposed Prince’s Bodyguard】 multiple times.

The first time I saw it was probably during those hectic overtime days because of Handtip Crawl.

Back then, there was only the proposal and the first part of the script, but I reviewed it because Chae Seo-hui said she wanted to try it.

I had concluded that it was a script worth challenging.

That wasn’t all.

I read the script throughout the entire early revision process, and I had reviewed the script just a few weeks ago too.

It was a few weeks ago when Chae Seo-hui, who had been stubborn for a while, handed me the script saying the revisions were complete.

In other words, there had been dozens of opportunities for the supernatural ability to activate.

This meant that there was no reason for it to activate before the revisions, and it only emerged after the revisions…

With that thought, I slowly began reading the script.

“Wow, this is really the worst. How did she revise it like this?”

I’m not saying Chae Seo-hui did a bad job.

When Chae Seo-hui confidently brought me the script, my evaluation was quite positive.

【The Deposed Prince’s Bodyguard】 is the story of ‘Lee Ji’, the son of Prince Gwanghae.

A real historical figure who was exiled to Ganghwa Island and forced to commit suicide during an escape attempt.

It’s a story that mixes fiction by having a cross-dressing female bodyguard ‘Kun-ryul’ exist beside this real historical figure, and the flow of the story was quite excellent.

It was at a level where it wouldn’t be strange to go straight into production.

Of course, there were disappointing aspects.

The narrative power of Lee Ji and Kun-ryul’s development from friendship to love was weak, and the process of Kun-ryul being discovered as a woman was too predictably clichéd.

So I gave feedback that it would be good to fix just this part without touching anything else.

This kind of feedback is quite a positive signal.

It’s not about changing the story structure or the story content.

Isn’t it saying that the problem would be solved if only the male and female protagonists’ narrative became stronger?

Understanding this, Chae Seo-hui also entered script meetings with the author with a confident attitude.

-I’m screwed…

She sent me a drunk text.

The script that arrived two days ago had been revised in a really strange direction.

Originally, the historical drama and romance had a balanced 5:5 ratio, but suddenly what arrived was a historical-flavored romance with a 1:9 ratio of historical drama to romance.

By the way, this wasn’t my direct evaluation.

While I was too busy with 【Switched Lives】 to come to work, it was the evaluation, or rather the screams, of Kwon Cheol and Noh Jae-uk.

What kind of ridiculous revision is this?

That’s the script I’m reading now…

‘The precursor symptoms suddenly activated.’

At first, I was confused about why precursor symptoms would activate for a bad script, but thinking about it carefully, I understood.

Logically, the supernatural ability wouldn’t choose a ‘script that got worse’.

I was now confident that scripts chosen by the supernatural ability would achieve outstanding results.

It was ambiguous with just Accomplice, but Handtip Crawl also became a hit, right?

It would be strange to think otherwise.

That means this script got worse in its current state, but its potential increased.

In other words, if I could just find the ‘correct answer’ to possess the script, it would be a huge hit.

With that conviction, as I examined the script, peculiar points began to appear.

I don’t know what the Author was thinking when revising it like this, but it’s true that the script was ruined.

The original historical drama content was quite good, but adding too much romance drastically reduced that portion.

By reducing and reducing the content like that, only extremely provocative material remained…

This is strangely interesting.

The narrative leaps seem severe, but it doesn’t necessarily feel bad.

If I could properly weave together this roughness, something amazing might emerge.

‘How should I fix it? Should I try touching the setting?’

The first thing that comes to mind is a setting like a modern person’s time travel, but…

I don’t think it’s an appropriate idea.

If a modern person appears in a historical drama, there’s the problem of whether to match the tone and manner to the historical drama or the modern drama.

‘It definitely doesn’t suit the son of Prince Gwanghae.’

It’s a tragic love story.

‘But does it have to be tragic? What if I use alternate history techniques to make it a happy ending?’

I thought about it carefully, but this also seems somewhat ambiguous.

Historical dramas basically follow the original history, and to deviate from that, there must be tremendous merit.

Without such merit, it’s just a shallow idea.

So throughout the weekend, except for reviewing Kwon Cheol’s script, I struggled to find the correct answer within Chae Seo-hui’s script.

It’s not my script, but I really want to find the right answer for her.

Chae Seo-hui is someone I’m grateful to.

She voluntarily joined Accomplice when everyone was avoiding it, and became the CE for Handtip Crawl when we were short-handed.

Is that all?

Even though she was my mentor, she never once showed jealousy about me surpassing her.

Ah, I really want to make this a huge hit for her…

But how should I fix it?

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Monday returned.

When I arrived late to work due to a settlement-related meeting with D.P Studio, I saw Chae Seo-hui sitting with an incredibly serious expression.

She looked like she was carrying all the world’s worries.

As I sat down, Chae Seo-hui turned her head with creaking sounds and spoke.

“Did you take the script? It was missing.”

What, are you Chucky or something?

“Yes. On Friday.”

“Sigh… If you read it, you’d know. Should I just give up? Maybe I’ll go support Kwon CE’s project?”

“Don’t say ridiculous things.”

“Ridiculous?”

“I looked at this script all weekend. Seo-hui, this has potential.”

Chae Seo-hui, who had been staring at me quietly, slowly opened her mouth.

“If you’re teasing me right now, I think I’m going to get angry.”

“I’m not teasing. Have I ever joked around with projects before?”

“…No, you haven’t. You’re serious when it comes to projects.”

Chae Seo-hui, who regained her energy, pulled her chair over next to mine.

“Does it really have potential?”

“Yes. I was also wondering what this was at first… But looking at potential alone, it seems better than the previous script.”

“Really?”

“Yes. I stake the honor of all the projects I’ve worked on so far.”

“Wow.”

What kind of exclamation is that?

“Then what potential does it have exactly? I looked at it all weekend too, but I really couldn’t tell. I even showed it to my sister and got scolded.”

“I haven’t clearly grasped it either, I just got a feeling…”

“A feeling! That feeling you had when you saw the boring Accomplice and Handtip Crawl! Right?”

“If you put it that way, won’t the authors be sad?”

“Ooh….”

No, why are you making exclamations like that today?

“I’ll take that back. So what kind of feeling is it?”

“With the romance content increasing, the historical drama parts have been drastically reduced, right?”

“That’s right.”

“But this is strangely stimulating. Narrative jumps happen frequently, and plot holes are clearly visible everywhere… Should I call it a fast tempo? There’s a certain feeling that comes from this tempo.”

“Tempo….”

I inwardly sighed while watching Chae Seo-hui lost in deep thought.

It’s hard to encourage her.

Still, well, I didn’t lie about anything.

“Then if we fix this well, it seems like it could be a huge hit?”

“Yes. From what I can see, it seems like it could be a huge hit.”

“Could you say it one more time?”

“It seems like it could be a huge hit. Definitely.”

Chae Seo-hui, whose expression brightened considerably, said.

“Ah, but how do we fix it? I’m getting some kind of feeling from the keyword ‘fast tempo’… But it’s difficult?”

“I don’t know yet either. Let’s first check what the author was thinking when making the revisions. Seo-hui, you should, no. Should we just meet together?”

Chae Seo-hui shook her head.

“The author is quite timid. Last time when I brought CE Yun, he seemed uncomfortable.”

“Really?”

“Yes. I’ll meet with him first to ask, then tell him I’ll come with Director Do next time.”

“Let’s do that then.”

“Okay. Let me make a call!”

As Chae Seo-hui grabbed her phone and hurried toward the meeting room, Noh Jae-uk rolled his chair over.

“Did you just comfort CE Chae with a lie?”

“No? Who would comfort someone with a lie like that?”

“Then you really see potential? Wow, I really couldn’t tell.”

“I just got a feeling about it. How’s your script development going, CE Noh?”

“We’re slowly building it up. The writer has a day job, so the pace isn’t very fast.”

I suddenly became curious.

What kind of job would someone have to come up with the idea of being possessed by a ghost and entering a boxing competition?

“He’s a district office civil servant. He said he came up with it while being tormented by all kinds of civil complaints.”

“Oh, um… Oh. I see.”

It somehow seems fitting?

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Standing in front of the meeting location, Chae Seo-hui clenched her fist.

“It seems like it could be a huge hit. Definitely.”

Dohyeon-u said it seemed like it could be a huge hit.

Then it will be a huge hit.

Director Do often gets hooked on incomprehensible works at incomprehensible timing, and every time that happens, they become huge hits.

Those eyes were definitely not the eyes of someone telling a lie.

“Let’s go! I can do this!”

Chae Seo-hui, having regained her motivation, headed into the cafe….

Pop! Pop pop!

Staff members set off firecrackers.

“Seo-hui. I’ve been smitten since the moment I first saw you. Truly.”

A confession comes flying.

Truly, it was the worst.

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“You were… attacked with a confession?”

“Yes….”

“Wait, am I misunderstanding something? Wasn’t the author a married man?”

“…That’s right. He said if I just accept his confession, he’ll get divorced….”

“Isn’t he a crazy bastard?”

Could it be that the script became so filled with romance because….

No, is he really a crazy bastard?

Shouldn’t we report this to the police?

“So what did you do?”

“I was so dumbfounded that I said I’d never thought about such a thing and ran out.”

“You did well. In situations like that, you shouldn’t give any room for hope.”

“What about the work? We do need to work on it….”

Honestly, I want to tell her to just drop the revisions, superpowers, and everything.

“Do you want to continue?”

“Yes. After hearing what Hyeon-u said, I got some kind of feeling. I’ve been holding onto this for over 6 months… Even if I drop it, I don’t want to drop it for this reason.”

“I’ll meet with the author once. I could take charge, or assign CE Yun as the meeting contact, and you could just give opinions.”

“Haah….”

“Don’t tell anyone about this. Nothing good can come from rumors like this spreading. Not even to CE Yun Hyeon-sol.”

“I understand.”

I fell into deep thought as I left the meeting room.

Although I haven’t had a concrete discussion with President Yun yet, I’m the one overseeing Team 4.

So this is a problem I need to solve….

No, no.

Even if I weren’t the supervisor, it wouldn’t be any different.

But how exactly should I approach this?

I was troubled by this situation I’d never experienced before….

The situation took a completely unexpected turn.

-Hyeon-u! That pathetic bastard!

“What? Who?”

-The author, no, that author bastard!

“The historical drama author? Don’t tell me that person did something else?”

-He said he can’t work with me and went to Team 3! He said it doesn’t matter since he’s getting paid by SSK anyway!

At that moment, I had a strong intuition.

This….

Ju Yeong-hun intentionally stole him.

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