Chapter 62 - ReelRise

To be fair, the recent chaos in the screenwriting industry all started with Kim Soseong, but some big names believed that if Im Giseok hadn't stirred things up, other screenwriters wouldn't have been in such a mess.

Im Giseok thought that the platforms quietly not asking him to write scripts anymore was already punishment enough from the big shots.

But then, he got a sudden notice from ReelRise — <> was going to be released this week.

ReelRise had initially been very optimistic about <> and planned to release it as a key project during the summer season.

They were still in the process of preparing for its release, but suddenly, the platform decided to change the schedule, without even giving Lee Hayoon time to negotiate.

Now, it was only the end of April, and <> would be released in early May.

This wasn't a great time slot for a release — during this period, audience enthusiasm for watching dramas wasn't very high, and platforms rarely provided promotional resources for shows.

"Why so suddenly?"

Previously, ReelRise and CineHaven TV were both competing for <>.

To secure the cooperation, ReelRise had made several verbal promises to Lee Hayoon, like promoting the drama with the standards of an A+ show and letting it follow the S+ level big production <>.

But now, ReelRise had canceled all those verbal promises.

Lee Hayoon went to ask the director many questions, but only got a "no comment" in response.

Although Lee Hayoon had reached a deal with ReelRise, he still didn't know enough about how these video platforms operated.

Im Giseok, in his past life, was used to dealing with these so-called platforms.

He did a quick search on the ReelRise homepage, looked through recent news, and sent a summary with screenshots to Lee Hayoon.

"Go Raon and Jo Jeongmin's new drama? How come? They always only worked with TV stations."

"Gwon Munu's drama is on ReelRise too?"

Looking at ReelRise's summer drama schedule, Lee Hayoon's eyebrows furrowed unconsciously.

Judging by the current lineup of upcoming dramas from ReelRise, this was the largest lineup the platform had ever had since its launch.

Go Raon and Jo Jeongmin were currently the most popular screenwriters, having produced several hit dramas.

In the past, these two writers would never have chosen to work with a video platform.

Lee Hayoon slowly started to figure things out.

Go Raon, Jo Jeongmin, and Gwon Munu were all familiar names — they were screenwriters recently exposed by Kim Soseong for their shady practices.

However, Kim Soseong had quickly deleted their scandals, probably because he had reached some kind of agreement with them.

These people were exposed by Kim Soseong not long ago, and soon after, their dramas were scheduled on ReelRise.

Meanwhile, <> was suddenly given a cold shoulder.

The reason behind it wasn't hard to guess.

With such strong content in its reserves, ReelRise could easily afford to sacrifice a drama like <>.