Peninsula: I'm the Top Streamer

Chapter 163 Squid Game
After Quan Xuanhe left the office, he picked up the script that he had been holding tightly in his hand without knowing when.

Squid Game can be said to be a phenomenal global hit drama without a doubt. It has transcended the scope of Korean dramas and has truly become a popular drama on a global scale. Anyone you pick up on the street will be able to get a few words about it.

It can even be said that Squidward Tennis is the hottest TV series since the 1920s of the 21st century, and it is popular all over the world!

It is the first work in Netflix's history to have over 100 million on-demand users within four weeks of its launch, and the best launch performance in the platform's history.

The film earned $900 million on a production cost of nearly $20 million, and Netflix's stock price also hit a record high. This is just data on paper and does not include other derivative benefits.

It is definitely an unprecedented hit series.

How popular is this drama?
Let’s just talk about the heroine Zheng Haoyan who benefited the most.

The originally unknown heroine Zheng Haoyan ascended to heaven on the spot with this, a true ascension.

Her Instagram followers grew from zero to tens of millions, she became LV's global spokesperson, and appeared on the cover of American Vogue magazine. This achievement was even more outrageous than Kim Ji-soo's later appearance on the cover of French Vogue. She then starred in American TV series and movies, directly attacking the American entertainment industry.

There is no need to talk about Lee Jung-jae, the leading actor. Money and fame are secondary. The biggest gain for him may be the harvest of awards.

He won the Best Actor Award at the American Primetime Emmy Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the American Critics' Choice Awards, becoming the first Asian actor to win these three awards.

Squid Game has set off a trend of 321 wooden men around the world, but on a deeper level, this can be said to be the turning point when Korean dramas shifted from being dominated by romantic plots to being more realistic.

Since then, the themes of Korean dramas have become more flexible and diverse, and the mainstream has become dark, cruel, and serious realistic themes.

So in such a hit drama, which role will Kwon Hyun Hyuk play?
He picked up the script, opened the first page, and saw the eye-catching character settings on the script, with the names of the characters in the play listed at the top.

Huang Junhao.

A police officer at Dobong Police Station stumbles upon a business card with a circle, triangle, and square written on it. Suspecting his brother's disappearance, he infiltrates the organization to investigate. He eventually discovers his brother, the head of the Squid Game, was shot in the shoulder by his brother and fell into the sea, his whereabouts unknown.

The effect brought by this role is also worth mentioning.

The original actor Wei Gujun was named one of the 2021 sexiest men on TV in 25 by People magazine after the broadcast of Squid Games, and his Instagram followers soared to nearly million.

Most of his previous works can only be seen by looking from the end to the beginning in the cast list, and the highest-ranking role was still a supporting role for Lee Do Hyun, who is now not as good as Kwon Hyun Hyuk.

Just like that, after the broadcast of Squid Game, he took on a project with top actors such as Kim Go-eun, Ji Chang-wook, and Park Seo-joon, and his fame rose at an instant.

Take the Sexiest Man Alive award, for example. I'm not attacking the actor's looks, but his appearance is indeed average, even considered ugly in the eyes of some.

But the fact that he can be named one of the sexiest men is enough to show how great the aura of the character is brought by the popularity of Squidward Games.

Quan Xuanhe's hands involuntarily clenched the notebook, and his heart was filled with ups and downs.

Who wouldn't be excited about this? Squid Game has broken through the circle and exceeded the scope of Korean dramas. It can also increase its popularity in a wider range, which is something that no amount of Korean dramas can match.

If we think about it again, it's not a stretch to say that he wants to use this opportunity to test the waters in the European and American entertainment circles and make an international breakthrough. His nationality has natural advantages.

As for the so-called plot loopholes, suspected plagiarism and other issues, they are not worth mentioning in the face of this.

Not to mention the so-called downgrade, it is no big deal to be downgraded in ranking if you can join such a big production with a strong lineup. The principle of "it is better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix" does not apply here.

He must catch it no matter what, Quan Xuanhe secretly made up his mind.

To put it another way, even if you don't have a sixth sense, Squid Games' lineup and investment will be a hot commodity that everyone will fight over.

Director Hwang Dong Hyuk, starring Lee Jung Jae, and Netflix's key project this year, any one of these will attract a large number of people.

However, Quan Xuanhe was able to get this role without any effort, and he was the beneficiary of the unspoken rules at this time.

He is from BH Company and is related to Lee Byung-hun. He is the first to get the moon because he is close to the water. It is equivalent to being packaged into the group by Lee Byung-hun and directly getting the project that others dream of.

This is the most obvious and tangible benefit of his signing with BH.

Although Ou Yitian and Master Jin had more or less support from the company behind them, to be honest, I couldn't feel the gap between them and other companies, and I couldn't understand how a giant brokerage company was better than others.

Now he truly felt it. He had the opportunity to be closer to key major projects than others.

Quan Xuanhe held the notebook and read it as he walked. Later, he held it tightly in his hand until he returned to Park Zhengting's office and sat down before he had the mind to read it carefully.

"Which book did you give me?"

Park Jung-jung watched him walk in with the script, and immediately understood what was going on. He looked up and asked.

"What do you mean, there are other big projects?"

Quan Xuanhe was quite perceptive. Seeing that the company he mentioned seemed to be participating in some other major projects, he looked up and asked him back.

"Yes, Money House."

Money House?
Seeing his puzzled expression, Park Jung-jung chuckled and continued to explain, "This is the project the company is currently focusing most of its energy on. It's a remake of the Spanish version of La Casa de Papel, and we at BH are primarily responsible for the production."

BH is not only an agency, it also participates in the investment and production of some projects, which is not uncommon.

"Is there a script?"

Regardless of whether he will act or not, or change his mind or not, let him test the script first.

"What, you're interested?"

Park Jung-jung actually had it, so he pulled it out of the drawer and threw it at him.

Quan Xuanhe was quick-eyed and quick-handed, grabbing it from the air and instantly triggering the information in his mind.

My interest suddenly waned.

The response was mediocre, the remake was far inferior to the original, and had a bad reputation.

"But the project he gave you was not the Squid Game."

"Yes."

"Squid Game is a better choice for you. After all, it's not easy for a company to cultivate a rising Korean actor, and it's even harder for a male actor. Pairing with a big star will also help you gain experience, which is more stable."

Remakes rarely have good results.

Two years ago, BH company signed a contract with an actor named Byeon Woo-seok, who is a few years older than Kwon Hyun-hyuk. His contract with BH is about to expire this year.

The company is indeed not very good at promoting male actors. In recent years, there has been no new generation of actors emerging in the company, and the same was true when Bian Woo-seok signed the contract.

The company didn't arrange very good resources for him, and even if there were big projects, they were small roles that couldn't help much. Recently, the company also made an effort, so they got him the second male lead in a key project outside, and he acted with Park Bo Gum.

There are also new actors signed, but they are very unpopular and cannot be promoted. There are also no suitable resources related to male actors to arrange for them.

It is said that the appearance of Quan Xuanhe is invaluable. He can step on the key points every time. The first "Ou Yitian" is the key work to change his destiny. It directly pulled him out of the quagmire of being a newcomer and playing supporting roles, and he got ashore gracefully. He can also take up the company's future pie in time.

It's impossible to say that BH doesn't have good resources, but the problem is that it's not suitable to assign them to newcomers, their status doesn't match, the gap is too big, or they can't make them popular. BH does have flaws in promoting newcomers.

So it is obvious that as long as Quan Xuanhe does not let down his team later, BH Company will consider him first when it comes to big and good opportunities, and the suitable ones will be fed to his mouth one after another. He does not need to worry about resources at all.

After having Kwon Hyun-hyuk, a potential star, the company's strategy changed. They tried to transfer the contracts of several new and semi-famous actors whose contracts were about to expire to the new company, and focused on promoting him alone among the younger generation.

That is, Yan Xingfan, an executive of BH company, and agent Bai Dongzhen will take away some of BH's original management team members and publicly recruit some members from the society to establish a new company.

Varo Entertainment will receive investment from BH and enjoy some of BH's resources, which will be used to split the company and facilitate BH to adjust its business strategy.

In fact, it is a bit like a separation, but in fact the two are still inextricably linked, and it is okay to regard it as a branch for the time being.

　Varo Entertainment does exist. In July 20, it acquired Byun Woo-seok, Kong Seung-yeon (yes, Yu Jeongyeon's sister), and three other actresses. It's unclear whether this was a share split or a complete divestiture. However, it's clear that the two companies were closely connected.

　　
　
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