A smile spread across the chairman’s face as he stroked the head of his grandson who had regained his lost smile. And yet.
‘That new Korean actor, his name was Kang Woo-jin, right?’
I alone grew a large amount of misunderstanding and illusion.
‘I’m sure there will be a case similar to my grandson among my family or someone important. I’m sure sign language is too difficult to learn just as a hobby or interest.’
It was a situation that could have been justified. As the chairman, it was close to being an act of force majeure.
‘It may be easy for other languages, but there are rewards that follow. However, sign language is not like that. Compared to other languages, its uses are limited and only a small number of people use it.’
In other words, sign language is not something that you learn for your career or specs. At this point, the chairman looked into his grandson’s eyes and began to recall the past, those difficult days.
Sign language learned just for this child.
‘I know, I know too well. You say you do it for the one you love, but it must have been hell.’
Although he was a foreign actor whose face and voice he did not know, the chairman felt a great sense of kinship with the actor Kang Woo-jin. Although he did not know, he was truly amazing for learning such sign language and becoming an actor.
Then he stopped.
‘Wait. But Japanese Sign Language? Why Japanese Sign Language and not Korean Sign Language? Oh, right, there might be an important person connected to Japan.’
In addition to the illusions, errors also occurred. At this time, the grandson who had been laughing continuously added sign language to the chairman.
[“Mr. Kang Woo-jin is good at Japanese sign language, but I guess he’s also really good at Japanese! He was able to converse very comfortably with the PD and staff.”] [“So?”]
Even Japanese? The chairman felt a little bit of confidence. And even a sincere admiration.
‘Japanese sign language, and even Japanese? It seems he’s not an ordinary actor. There must be a reason to make a fuss,’
The chairman, who had been mumbling to himself for a while, changed the subject of his thoughts. He focused on the happy smile of his grandson before his eyes.
‘Anyway, thank you for giving this child the smile he had lost.’
It was the first time in almost ten years that I saw my grandson smile. Behind him, on the desk, were several piles of documents. The company name was attached to the cover of the documents.
-Kashihi.
‘Kashihi Group’. A large corporation ranked in the top 10 of Japan’s business world. ‘Kashihi Group’ had numerous businesses and affiliates, including chemical, textile, construction, housing, food, electronics, and pharmaceuticals. There were also businesses with close ties to various companies, including large Korean companies. The chairman was the top predator and owner of the ‘Kashihi Group’. His name was Chairman Hideki Yoshimura.
An openly wealthy family.
But even though he was the chairman of a conglomerate, he was human and a person. He had no way of avoiding the sudden accident. About 10 years ago, there was unfortunate news.
『The Kashi Group Vice President’s Disaster, His Wife and Son Were in the Car』
Chairman Hideki’s eldest son. In other words, there was a car accident involving the eldest son and his wife. The couple and their four-year-old son were in the car. Unfortunately, the parents died instantly. Only the young son miraculously survived.
It was because my mom was covering for me.
The accident left his four-year-old grandson deaf and speechless. Of course, Chairman Hideki had three sons and a large family. However, the eldest son and daughter-in-law whom he had been looking forward to had passed away, and the young grandson whom the couple had conceived with difficulty became disabled at the age of four.
As Chairman Hideki, he was heartbroken by the deaths of his eldest son and daughter-in-law, but he was very fortunate that his grandson survived.
At this point, the chairman thought that his grandson, Shingo Yoshimura, was his life. He had no choice but to cherish him dearly.
‘I have to report it somehow to survive.’
Chairman Hideki began raising his four-year-old grandson, Shingo Yoshimura, by his side. Despite being the head of a major corporation, he had to learn sign language and study about the deaf.
However, as his grandson Shingo grew older, he lost his vitality.
The envy and jealousy of those around him as the grandson of a large corporation played a part, but the biggest reason was his disability. At school and in the world, Shingo was alone. He was isolated. As a result, Shingo lost his expression completely when he was around 8 years old, and from the age of 10, he was cut off from the world. Later, he was even seriously depressed, and his condition worsened.
That continued until recently, when I was 14 years old.
Shingo had not smiled for about 10 years, and he always had a stiff, robotic face. He had cut off all human contact except for his sign language teacher. Naturally, Chairman Hideki had done all sorts of things to his grandson. He had spent money on psychiatric treatment and other treatments, and he had mastered sign language and looked after Shingo whenever he had time.
But it all meant nothing.
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Even if hundreds of millions were poured in, it could not bring back Shingo’s smile and vitality. Shingo became even more confined to his room and his mind became dead. All he did was play games and watch various videos to pass the time. At this point, Shingo started watching Netflix’s ‘Profiler Hanryang’.
Originally, I enjoyed watching Korean dramas.
Shingo had been watching a lot of content, and he was tired of the stereotypical Japanese acting and directing. He also had a desire to escape Japan. Whatever it was, Shingo was hooked on ‘Park Dae-ri’. The reason was simple.
‘Car accident.’
Because the past story of ‘Park Dae-ri’ was similar to his own. The ending was very different, but ‘Park Dae-ri’ also lost his parents in a car accident, and so did Shin-go. Shin-go naturally became interested in Kang Woo-jin, who played Park Dae-ri.
Korean actor Kang Woo-jin was great.
Even though he was a rookie, he was turning Korea and Japan upside down. Even when I checked his YouTube channel, he was uploading cover songs in Japanese that he was fluent in, even though he was Korean. That’s how he ended up recording for the ‘Ametalk Show!’
When he came back, he immediately regained his smile.
No matter how much money was poured in, no matter what method was used, the vitality of Shingo, who had been dying, suddenly exploded. So it was natural for Chairman Hideki to be moved to the point of a seizure.
Because it felt like my grandson, who was as precious to me as my life, had come back to life.
That gave Chairman Hideki hope, and he felt endless gratitude towards the Korean actor Kang Woo-jin, whose face he did not even know.
At this time.
[“grandfather!”]
Grandson Shingo added some excited sign language to Chairman Hideki.
[“Will I be able to talk to Kang Woo-jin again someday?”] [“If the opportunity arises. Of course, you have to make that opportunity. It’ll be hard if you stay locked up in your room.”] [“Yeah! I heard that a drama called ‘Nam Sa-chin’ will be released in Japan soon! I want to see it soon. Oh, and Kang Woo-jin is also filming a movie with a great director from our country!”] [“A Japanese movie?”] [“Can I go see it? Let’s watch it together when it’s released, Grandpa!”] [“Okay, let’s do that. When is it released?”] [“I saw an article that said filming will start soon! I’m looking forward to it. Grandpa! Can I become an actor like Kang Woo-jin? I can’t speak, but I want to become a sign language actor.”]
Chairman Hideki felt like crying for a moment. But he held it back. He had to give hope to his beloved grandson instead of tears.
[“If you think you can do it, you can do it. That spirit is important, I will help you.”] [“Yes! Grandpa.”]
The grandson who was dying and had turned his back on the world saw his dreams and goals. What a beautiful sight. The study where they were exchanging sign language was very quiet, but Shingo’s clear eyes were filled with courage.
[“Ah! It’s time for the sign language teacher to come! Grandpa, I’ll study sign language really hard!”]
Shingo, full of smiles, ran out of the study. Looking at his back, Chairman Hideki felt a sense of joy. A greater sense of elation than when a large-scale business project succeeded.
“······Did you say Kang Woojin? I’m so grateful I could cry.”
He was sincere. I don’t know exactly what the situation was, but Kang Woo-jin achieved in one day what Chairman Hideki couldn’t do even after spending 10 years. It may not have been intentional, but it was like a mountain-like problem was erased for Chairman Hideki.
“I don’t know if the report was pitiful, but it must have reminded him of his past when he learned Japanese sign language.”
Then, Chairman Hideki, wearing a suit jacket on the desk in the study, smiled. Then he said something meaningful.
“An actor like that should become successful.”
At this moment, again, the ‘Toega’ film company.
The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly sank when Director Kyotaro answered, “It’s because of the rotten, idiotic people who are afraid of change.” Choi Sung-geon noticed this and whispered to Kang Woo-jin, who was sitting next to him.
“What’s wrong? What’s going on?”
Woojin gave a casual explanation about the investment issue. Then, Choi Sunggeon’s eyes widened slightly.
“The script reading has been pushed back to early next year?”
“yes.”
Choi Sung-geon immediately started thinking. Since he had so much experience, he was able to quickly come up with a picture.
‘I had a feeling it might happen – I never thought something like this would really happen, there would definitely be negative looks from people since Woojin blew up in Japan.’
The number of malicious comments directed at Kang Woo-jin has also increased considerably. In Korea and Japan. Woo-jin himself doesn’t pay any attention to it, but Choi Sung-geon, who is in charge of care, is aware of it. In other words, the investors in ‘The Strange Sacrifice of a Stranger’ were likely to have noticed the eyes of those forces.
Because the investment amount is not small.
‘Or maybe the investors are reluctant to have a picture centered around a Korean actor. Either way, this is quite a headache.’
In Choi Sung-geon’s calculations, it was only a matter of words being pushed back to early next year, and the entire production schedule of ‘The Strange Sacrifice of a Stranger’ was disrupted. If that happens, it is unknown how far the casting has progressed, but the main actors may drop out.
The same goes for the various staff teams that have already been formed.
Then, naturally, all sorts of nonsense will spread throughout the industry, and if the media or public opinion hears this news, it will have a huge negative impact on the work. Since ‘The Strange Sacrifice of a Stranger’ is so famous, its destructive power is more than doubled.
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‘More than anything, the momentum of the work was good to begin with, but Woojin raised the promotional power to the max, but it was all in vain.’
This was the same not only in Japan but also in Korea. Soon, Choi Sung-geon quickly asked Director Kyotaro across from him. Of course, in Korean.
“Investor problem – No matter what, the director and writer Akari’s name value is so high, isn’t it a bit strange that the investment money is disappearing so easily?”
Director Kyotaro smiled bitterly after hearing Kang Woo-jin’s interpretation.
“Of course, our name value is by no means small. However, the author is just the original author. And our work has been noisy from the very beginning. The original fans are so strong and are spread out across many worlds. Of course, the opposition was more extreme in the beginning.”
“······”
“But I pushed ahead. Investors were worried, but I pushed ahead and it went ahead. But things started to go wrong again after Woojin joined. I’m sure it wasn’t them.”
“So you think it won’t work and you back out?”
“Investors are reluctant to take on challenges. This tendency is especially strong in Japan. Japan has now turned around with Woojin, and the interest is so high that it seems extreme.”
Director Kyotaro crosses his arms.
“But what if this work doesn’t do well? Everyone, including fans of the original work, will turn their backs on it, and I’m afraid that I’ll get criticized for bringing in a Korean actor. The investors are cowards.”
At this point, Kang Woo-jin.
-Ugh.
I picked up the ‘Stranger’ scenario right in front of me. It was meant for a meeting, but Kang Woo-jin used it as a subspace passage.
-Phuk!
Kang Woojin, who entered the subspace secretly, quickly moved towards the white square. There were a total of 7 white squares floating. Among them, Woojin confirmed the first change.
“Ao-shi, is this what I expected?”
-[7/Scenario (Title: Strange Sacrifice of a Stranger), C-Rank]
The grade of ‘Strange Parasite’, which was A+, was lowered to C. A+ is the highest grade, but C is average. Kang Woojin let out a heartfelt sigh.
“Ha- I’m a bit disappointed with the flat rate. If I buy some investment paper, can I go up again?”
But there was still a long way to go until the beginning of next year. There was no way Kang Woo-jin could have predicted what would happen.
It’s still a bit faint though.
“As expected, the entertainment world. It’s so eventful, so eventful.”
It also means that a shadow is forming behind the ship.
since.
After finishing his meeting with Director Kyotaro, Kang Woo-jin returned to Korea on a plane on the afternoon of the 30th.
By the way, Hwarin, who finished filming as a guest for Woojin’s ‘Ametalk Show!’, entered Korea a day before Kang Woojin. Whatever it was, when Kang Woojin returned to Korea, the airport was quiet. The reason is simple. He entered Korea by stealing. Thanks to that, Woojin was able to get on the van quietly.
‘after-‘
I breathed in the Korean air that I hadn’t felt in a long time. At that moment, Choi Seong-geon, who was sitting in the passenger seat, gave me some encouragement.
“‘The Stranger’ will do well. The director’s name value is so high that I don’t think it will fall apart or anything.”
“Yes, sir. It’s okay.”
“Yeah. Well, unfortunately, there’s nothing we can do. We’ve already given you enough time to hook and aggro. Honestly, you don’t have time to focus on that piece right now.”
“I know.”
“We have no choice but to wait for now. Anyway, Woojin-ah. I want to give you a few days off from your hard work in Japan, but unfortunately, my schedule is tight. As soon as you get home today, don’t do anything and just sleep.”
Then, Choi Sung-geon closed his diary and recited the set schedule.
“Because it starts with the blind screening of ‘Drug Dealer’ and the teaser poster shoot for ‘Island of the Lost’.”
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Early the next morning, the 31st. Tokyo, Japan.
It was the last Monday of August. August will soon end and turn into September. Nevertheless, Japan was still as hot as Korea.
This morning too.
But regardless of the weather, a top-of-the-line sedan slid out of the splendid residence. It was Chairman Hideki’s car. Another passenger car followed behind. The back car was filled with bodyguards. Chairman Hideki was seen sitting in the back seat of the front car. He had white eyebrows and was wearing a suit.
-Palac.
Chairman Hideki opened the prepared newspaper and called the chief secretary sitting in the passenger seat.
“Do you know the Korean actor Kang Woo-jin?”
She turned her head and answered the unexpected question right away.
“Japan has been in an uproar recently because of that actor. So I know about it.”
“I see.”
“Why are you like that?”
“Korean actor Kang Woo-jin, find out about him. As soon as possible.”
“yes?”
In response to the question, Chairman Hideki muttered softly.
“I have something to be thankful for, just know that.”
