On March 12, the twenty-first episode of "Knife Hong Gil Dong" was broadcast. The national ratings of this episode reached 30.3%, which greatly surprised the crew. They had a small celebration with extra food that night. Unfortunately, , as the new rival, "OnAir", the successor drama of "The Sweatless Party" gradually gained strength, the ratings of "Hong Gil Dong" gradually declined. The ratings of episodes 22 and 23 broadcast on March 19 and 20 The rates were 28.3% and 27.1% respectively. Even after the finale was broadcast on the 26th, it was only 26.9%. Fortunately, this TV series has been completely broadcast, otherwise the ratings may continue to decline until it returns to the previous situation of competing with competitors. The reason is not only that "OnAir" tells a story about the entertainment industry that ordinary people want to know, so that it attracted many non-loyal viewers of "Hong Gil Dong", but also because of the story of "Hong Gil Dong" The development makes people feel that its ending has a tendency to be tragic. Perhaps out of a desire to see a tragedy, a small number of viewers chose not to watch it. In fact, Zhang Chengyuan was also very dissatisfied with the ending of "Hong Gil Dong". Although the screenwriters, the Hong sisters, have always told him that the ending is open-ended and allows the audience to freely imagine, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that the ending of "Hong Gil Dong" was a tragedy, and he thought why not just end it with a comedy instead of How about ending with this seemingly tragic open ending? In Zhang Chengyuan¡¯s view, the original intention of this script is to be a light comedy. In this case, why is it necessary to film an ending that makes people suspicious of tragedy? And historically, Hong Gil Dong did not die young. It is said that he lived to be 70 years old. In this case, wouldn't it be easier for people to accept a happy ending? Zhang Chengyuan speculated that the Hong sisters may have deliberately written such a controversial and fanciful ending to make the audience remember the script they wrote. But it would be difficult for him to ask the Hong sisters face to face with this kind of question. Because I felt a little rude, I simply didn't ask. On the evening of March 20, "Hong Gil Dong" was officially wrapped. Most of the crew members packed up and left. However, eight or nine main actors, including director Lee Jung-seop and Jang Sung-won, stayed because a certain program team of KBS TV station the next day We need to go to the studio - the Living Poor Party's copycat for the special production of "Hong Gil Dong". The so-called special edition is to introduce the filming behind-the-scenes of this TV series, behind-the-scenes stories, etc. The reason for filming this special episode. In addition to the TV station's own program schedule considerations, it is also because "Hong Gil Dong" is currently extremely popular, and the special episode can still attract a lot of viewers. At nine o'clock in the morning on the 21st, the program team of KBS TV station rushed to the scene. After exchanging pleasantries, they discussed the flow and content of today's program. Then the filming started. The shooting of this special episode was conducted in the form of interviews and interviews, and then some previously filmed TV footage or behind-the-scenes footage was added during post-editing. There are three hosts today, two men and one man, named Zheng Hengdon, Quan Xianwu, and Cui Songxian. Zhang Chengyuan is quite unfamiliar with these three people. He only knows that Zheng Hyungdon is an MC in the variety show "Infinite Challenge" hosted by Yoo Jae Suk, and it is the first time for him to meet the other two. I thought that I wouldn't have much interaction with these three people in the future, so I didn't bother to pay more attention to them. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????? or ??of the three hosts wearing costumes from the play, discussed the costumes in "Hong Gil Dong", talked about it, talked happily, and seemed to like it very much. But Zhang Chengyuan was bored because he originally didn't like the costumes in this TV series, and it was difficult to understand why many Korean viewers were interested in the costumes in the TV series. In the end, he had to attribute the reason to his lack of belonging to Korean traditional culture. After talking about the costumes and making a few jokes, the three hosts finally turned to the main topic. They faced the camera and introduced to the audience the reason for filming this special episode and the main content of this special episode. Then they invited Zhang Chengyuan, the representative of the male protagonist. Say a few words to the crew. ? This part of asking Zhang Chengyuan to speak the opening remarks was actually arranged by the program team in advance. Even the lines have been prepared for him. At this time, Zhang Chengyuan only needs to recite the lines. At the moment, he didn't put on the airs of a big star and showed a gentle smile. He recited it honestly: "Hello everyone, my name is Hong Gildong Jang Sung-won. "Hong Gildong" ended yesterday. Thank you very much for your long-term attention and support. We discussed how to repay the audience, and finally thought of filming this special episode. In this special episode, we will show you many unknown scenes, and we hope you will enjoy watching it. "In fact, it is only the 21st, and the finale of "Knife Hong Gildong" has not been broadcast yet, and we have to wait until the evening of the 26th. will be broadcast. However, this special episode was broadcast on the night of the 27th, so Jang Sung-won said, "Yesterday, "Hong Gil Dong" ended." In addition, Zhang Chengyuan hopes that once the filming of this drama is over, he canWhen you return to Seoul soon, where will you discuss with the actors how to repay the audience? It¡¯s even less likely that I would want to film this special! However, there was no need for him to argue with the KBS TV program crew over such a trivial matter, so he just memorized the manuscript, and there was nothing he shouldn't say anyway. Next, the three hosts began to ask directors Lee Jung-seop, Sung Yuri, Jang Geun-suk and others. They would take turns asking each of the people present. They first mentioned the impression their characters in the play gave to the audience, and then chatted. One or two related interesting topics, and the actors also cooperated and tried to make their answers as interesting as possible. After a round of rounds, the host Zheng Hengdon suddenly said: "After these eight months of preparation and filming, I think "Hong Gil Dong" must have a special meaning in everyone's hearts. Mr. Zhang Chengyuan, what does this TV series mean to you?" ? Please use one word to describe it!" Zhang Chengyuan thought for a moment and replied: "In this drama, I am not only an actor, but also a behind-the-scenes staff member. I think this position of directing is a springboard and an opportunity for me to become a director in the future." Zheng Hengdon continued with interest: "So, you are planning to become a director, so you are not planning to be an actor? Or be both an actor and a director? " Zhang Chengyuan said seriously: "I will not give up the profession of acting for the time being, because I still have to rely on it to make a living. In addition, the position of director is still too far away for me. Some, at least in recent years, are unlikely to become a reality. Well, I think I should accumulate more experience, so in the future, while continuing to act, I will also look for opportunities to take on some behind-the-scenes roles in film and television dramas.¡± He smiled and said: "Mr. Zhang Chengyuan. Are you always so strict when you speak like a news interview!" It is better to say serious and solemn, but Zheng Hengdun felt that using "serious" to describe Zhang Chengyuan might make people feel uncomfortable. Zhang Chengyuan was unhappy, so he changed his words to a slightly nicer one. The actors around him laughed softly when they heard this. They all felt the same way. Jang Keun Suk suddenly said: "Jang Sung Won has always been like this. He is very serious about many things and almost never jokes." It's not that Jang Sung Won can't joke, it's just that he doesn't know how to joke. Jang Keun Suk and others have never met him, because Jang Sung Won always only makes fun of his close sisters. After listening to Jang Keun Suk's words, Jang Cheng Yuan nodded casually and said: "Well, yes. I really don't know how to joke." He didn't feel the need to argue with such irrelevant remarks. Next, Zheng Hengdon stopped asking questions and switched to another host to ask Cheng Yuli. He asked the same old question: "Ms. Cheng Yuli, what is this TV series to you? Please use one word to describe it." Cheng Yuli wanted to After thinking about it, she replied: "It's a birthday cake, just like birthday cakes are only on special days. "Hong Gil Dong" is really a very special TV series for me." As she said this, she glanced at herself slightly Zhang Chengyuan, who was standing next to him, didn't know if he remembered Zhang Chengyuan's birthday for her half a month ago. Hearing this, everyone couldn¡¯t help but praise her loudly. It must be said that her answer was quite exciting, at least it was more clever and meaningful than Zhang Chengyuan¡¯s previous old-fashioned answer. After hearing everyone's praise, Sung Yuri made a "V" gesture carelessly like the character she played, Heo Lilu, and smiled at them with a smile. At this time, she seems to have not completely broken away from the role of Xu Lilu, and has a very cheerful and refreshing personality. Then the host asked Park Sang-wook and Moon Se-yoon the same question one after another, and the answers they got were "madman" and "burlesque performance." These two answers were obviously much more interesting than those given by Zhang Chengyuan and Cheng Yuli. As soon as the two people spoke, they immediately aroused laughter, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became much livelier. And when it comes to "burlesque". Host Jung Hyung Don suddenly brought the topic to the actors' "personal skills" and asked Jang Keun Suk and other actors to perform personal skills. Among them, Jang Keun Suk performed an imitation of Hong Gil Dong's accent, that is, an imitation of Jang Seong Won. To be honest, his imitation ability is pretty good. The tone of Zhang Chengyuan's speech in the play was imitated, but it was just a physical resemblance. It was impossible to achieve a spiritual resemblance, because he and Zhang Chengyuan basically did not belong to the same type, and it was difficult to possess Zhang Chengyuan's masculine and sonorous aura. But it also won a round of applause. After the imitation show, the next segment of the program is called "BBS Talk", which allows the actors to answer some questions that the audience has raised on online forums. The first question was asked by Zhang Chengyuan: "Most of the actors in the drama have never acted in action scenes before. How did you let the actors collaborate to shoot so many exciting martial arts scenes in a short period of time?" ¡± This questionFrom the perspective of the audience, media, industry insiders and even the actors themselves, they all found it incredible and thought that no one else could have done it, so they were all very curious. However, Zhang Chengyuan obviously felt that there was no need to explain the reasons in detail to the world, so he said in a concise and concise manner: "Strict training, coupled with a series of support from the director and crew members, and the full cooperation of the actors." Zheng Hengdun refused to give details when he saw Zhang Chengyuan. After explaining the key point, he nodded with some regret, and then asked: "I heard that the training plan you assigned to the actors is really strict. They have to practice high-intensity for almost eight or nine hours every day. , which makes many actors feel scared when they see you. Is there such a thing?" Zhang Chengyuan said calmly: "Yes, there is such a thing." Hearing this, the actors next to him couldn't help but nodded lightly. After shaking their heads, they found out that until now, they were still quite afraid of Zhang Chengyuan. However, at the same time, they were also very grateful to Zhang Chengyuan. It is precisely because of Zhang Chengyuan's high-intensity training for them some time ago that their physical fitness has increased a lot, and under Zhang Chengyuan's guidance, they have also learned a lot of good things. Not only did he learn extremely effective ways to strengthen his body, but he also learned how to shoot action scenes faster and better. In addition, they also received praise from the audience and industry insiders through this drama. There are so many benefits! Therefore, although they did not get along closely with Zhang Chengyuan, it did not prevent them from feeling grateful to Zhang Chengyuan.