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South Korea's global drama " squid game " has achieved an amazing view rate, the protagonist's worth has risen, and the actor Lee Jung-jae has been invited to pay continuously. This year (2022) announced the plan for the first time In the second season, Korean media also exposed the salary of the actor Lee Jung-jae on the 11th, and he will get at least 1 billion won in one episode.
▲Lee Jung-jae's salary triple jump, and one episode of "Squid Game 2" takes 1 billion Korean won (about TWD 23 million). (Photo / Reprinted from Lee Jung-jae's IG)
According to "TVDaily", "Squid Game 2" is about to start shooting next year (2023), and the actors' remuneration is as high as 1 billion won per episode. According to the content of the first season's 9 episodes It is calculated that the salary for the second season will be at least 9 billion won.
▲ "Squid Game 2" is expected to start shooting in 2023. (Picture / Taken from "Squid Game")
In fact, director Huang Donghe revealed in the past that the remuneration contract had been signed before the drama was broadcast, and even if "Squid Game" became popular, he would not get paid. There will be more, and the production of the second season is imminent. It is reported that the production team has reached an agreement with Netflix to increase the costs of actors, directors and others a lot; therefore, there will be a figure of 1 billion won for the protagonist's production per episode. The salary of Lee Jung-jae and Lee Byung-hun is estimated to be worth 100 billion won for the second season, and the production cost is astonishingly high.
Netflix's original Korean drama "Squid Game" will set off a global trend of chasing dramas in 2021, sweeping multiple international awards. Director Huang Donghyuk attended the Emmy Awards award-winning press conference a few days ago and admitted that he is working on writing the script for the second season. "Squid Game 2" is expected to be broadcast in 2024. It is currently known that the protagonists of the first season, Lee Jung Jae and Lee Byung Hun, will continue to star, and the cameo Kong Liu will also join.
