It’s an emergency. That was Kang Woo-jin’s first thought after seeing the strange situation around the food truck.
‘What’s going on? Is something happening around here?’
No, it’s a bit far-fetched to see it that way. In the first place, all Americans were lining up in front of the ‘Our Table’ food truck. Strange. Clearly, there’s something wrong with that picture. Woojin was clearly flustered, but he forced himself to keep a poker face.
However, all of the cast members of ‘Our Table’ except Woojin expressed shock and confusion.
“Why is the line so long??!”
“Isn’t it because the lines for other food trucks have spread to ours??”
“No! The other places aren’t open yet!!!”
“Even at a glance, it looks like there are more than 30 people!!!”
Everyone except Kang Woo-jin was flustered. Of course, this scene was vividly captured on the mini cam installed in the car, and the two VJs with cameras were also filming it. In the midst of this, Ahn Jong-hak, who had his hair neatly combed back again today, shouted at Ha Kang-soo, who was driving.
“Kangsu! Hey, let’s pass for now!”
“You want me to pass by??”
“Hey, let’s just pass by! What if we get off there and there’s a crowd?”
“Ah! I understand!”
Ha Kang-soo, who was in charge of the driver, stopped the van on the side of the road a few hundred meters after passing the food truck. At the same time, everyone turned their bodies to look out the back window of the van. The long line was still visible. Fortunately, the Americans in line were not paying attention to the van.
Just waiting for the food truck to open.
At this point, Kang Woo-jin and everyone else were convinced. They were waiting for the ‘Our Table’ food truck, and something had changed. If not, it wouldn’t make sense. Because yesterday, when it opened, only flies were flying. Of course, there were quite a few customers during business, but there were a lot more people passing by.
Soon, Jonghak Ahn, who had been calming down by running his hand through his hair, picked up his cell phone.
“Are the staff around? Did PD Yoon see that?”
In the midst of the emergency, Ahn Jong-hak quickly tried to call producer Yoon Byung-sun. However, there was no need to do so.
-Drunk!
Suddenly, the car door opened and PD Yoon Byeong-seon appeared wearing glasses. A mischievous smile spread across his lips as he stood in front of the car door.
“No, with so many customers, why aren’t you opening?”
Hwarin and Yeonbaek-kwang, their eyes wide, asked back in almost the same way. There was confusion in their voices.
“Just open it??”
After that, Jonghak Ahn, the president of the company, joined in.
“How can you open it in that condition? And who are those people? Does PD Yoon know anything?”
“Brother, anyone can tell that you’re guests.”
“No, I mean, why are there customers here so early in the morning? They even lined up.”
“well?”
“······I know. What is it, blow it quickly.”
PD Yoon Byung-sun, who had been smiling brightly, showed everyone something he had been hiding behind his back.
“Look at this.”
What he put into the van was a newspaper full of English. What was unusual was that.
“Here, here. Do you see our truck on the front page?”
There was a very familiar picture on the front page of the newspaper. It was the ‘Our Table’ food truck. PD Yoon Byeong-seon, who was marking that part of the newspaper with his index finger, began to explain.
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“This is a local newspaper, and our truck was featured in an article. No, people were flocking here from the morning, and we were surprised. So when we asked about it, we found out that this happened.”
“······It was on the front page of the local newspaper.”
“Yeah. But what’s more fun is.”
PD Yoon Byung-sun, who had been smiling, called out to Kang Woo-jin, who was looking down at the newspaper indifferently.
“Woojin, do you remember that old couple from yesterday?”
“yes.”
“Well, of course. He was the first customer. Anyway, out of the two, the grandfather is quite famous here.”
Hong Hye-yeon, with her long hair tied up, joined in.
“Ah, I heard. He’s a chef who runs a restaurant. I was surprised to hear that.”
As if that wasn’t the end, PD Yoon Byung-sun took over the baton.
“I looked into the restaurant and found out that it had a Michelin star. It was a very famous and well-known restaurant among the people in the area.”
“Hey, Michelin!”
“Wow- daebak. What, then? Woojin hyung got praised by that chef??!”
As Yeonbaek Gwang got excited, Kang Woojin almost joined in on the shoulder dance. Woojin barely held himself back and lowered his voice as much as possible.
“Did he start a rumor? Is that why there’s an article about it?”
“Similar. The chef gave me his contact information and asked me to let him know when he opens a restaurant. I checked with him on the phone, and he recommended our food truck to his acquaintances on his way home yesterday. One of them was a reporter from a local newspaper.”
“Did that reporter come to our truck yesterday?”
“That’s right! But this wasn’t just in the newspapers, it was also on the web. It was also on local newspapers and social media.”
“······”
Woojin, who had figured out the situation, kept his mouth shut. Regardless, PD Yoon Byeong-seon was excited.
“It’s normal for people to flock to that place!”
PD Yoon Byung-sun tapped the English newspaper title with his index finger and smiled broadly at Woo-jin.
“Mr. Woojin, I don’t need everything. Just translate the titles here and there.”
“···’Korean food that even a Michelin 1-star chef fell in love with, the taste of Korean food from a food truck from Korea was fantastic.’”
“You see at the very end of the article? There was an interview with that old chef from yesterday.”
Then, PD Yoon Byung-sun, who had folded the newspaper, asked all the dumbfounded ‘Our Table’ cast members in a mean manner.
“Huh? What are you all doing here? We should go and open it. Are you going to keep making the customers wait? Haven’t you been taking pictures of closed food trucks all this time? Okay, we’ve finished assessing the situation. Let’s go and guide the customers quickly.”
“······”
“Aren’t those customers coming? It’s just before opening time, but if we go past opening time, there might be more people! Come on! Move, move!”
At that moment, Kang Woo-jin thought of the kindly smiling white-haired American grandfather from yesterday. Hehe, that smiling man. For some reason, his face overlapped with Director Ahn Ga-bok’s.
‘······Why do the Korean and American grandfathers around me like to grow their businesses? Why on earth??!’
And then I had a gut feeling. That food truck was coming today.
‘Ha- I’m done.’
That it was going to be a hell-bound train.
A few hours later, Korea.
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It was early in the morning on the 10th. The place was a huge house in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul. At first glance, it seemed like a conglomerate would live there, but the house was currently filled with foreigners instead of conglomerates. It was the team of world-famous star Miley Kara, who had recently visited Korea.
Her team rented this house.
Although the hotel is common, we changed the accommodation for Miley Kara’s safety. Anyway, Miley Kara, who has been in Korea for three days, is currently asleep. On the other hand, the rest of the foreign staff members, excluding her, were busy preparing for today’s schedule.
Thanks to this, the living room on the first floor of the house looks spacious.
Among them, a large, half-shaven foreign man sitting on the living room sofa stands out. He was Kara’s main manager, and the foreigners around him, all of different sizes, were busy reporting something to the half-shaven manager. Then, the slender foreign man uttered a question.
“Jonathan, but why does Kara only think of ‘Kang Woojin’s sub-character’ among the many Korean YouTube channels?”
The half-shaven manager crosses his arms, making his muscles stand out.
“Who knows what’s on Kara’s mind?”
He answered briefly and then briefly recalled a few days ago.
This was a conversation I had with Miley Kara on the plane before arriving in Korea. It started when Kara declared that she would only appear on the ‘Kang Woo-jin character’ channel, and then the manager was checking the channel information.
[Channel name: Kang Woojin’s sub-character] [7.88 million subscribers] [31 videos]
The main channel description was in Korean, but English and Japanese were also listed below. It was natural, since the channel was quite large and had many overseas fans. Anyway, the manager who was watching the ‘Kang Woojin’s sub-character’ channel immediately raised his head and met Kara’s blue eyes sitting in the seat.
“Kara, this channel was on our schedule.”
Kara responded with a slightly cold look.
“But why is it missing? It wasn’t on the list I showed you.”
The explanation from the manager who immediately follows is as follows.
“It definitely existed when I first looked into it. It had a huge subscriber base and each video had a lot of views.”
“however?”
“Because it’s problematic to appear with the intention of promoting something. The main content of that channel is song covers, of course, there are occasional videos of the channel owner interacting with subscribers. But.”
“You’re saying that more than 90% of the videos are covers?”
“That’s right. What we want is some moderate talk, movie promotion, and a way to show off Kara’s charms. We decided that it would be right to contact a channel with that kind of personality from the beginning.”
It wasn’t a wrong statement. No matter how many subscribers you have, if your channel’s concept is not solid, promoting it will be useless.
“For your information, there are quite a few channels of that size in Korea. Of course, they are not many, but they exist. What we or the film company wants is a channel that is overtly promotional.”
“Then find a way.”
“······after-”
The half-shaven manager scratched his head as if he was used to it and continued speaking.
“Okay, I’ll contact this channel first. I’ll ask if they’d like to make some content for us. If they don’t want more than just covers, then you can think of another channel. Of course, since it’s Kara, the channel owner might try to make a corner, but if it’s too weak after we check, then you’re out.”
“hmm-”
“This isn’t something you can just be stubborn about. There’s your image and the film company’s position.”
“Of course. But did you know that the owner of that channel is a Korean actor?”
“Of course. I did some research, so I’m a little worried about that too. I feel like the channel I started as a hobby got bigger by luck.”
“Hobby? It doesn’t make sense to call that vocal skill a hobby. And Kang Woo-jin? He’s not a full-fledged singer, but I like him because he’s similar to me. He also covers my songs so well. Judging from the videos, I think he can speak English to some extent.”
Miley Cara was explaining things coldly. Her manager chuckled as he watched her.
“I see that channel often.”
“Sometimes. This actor Kang Woo-jin has such a nice voice. It makes me want to watch him do his real job, acting.”
“······I see.”
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The half-dressed manager, who noticed something, sighed again.
“You want me to find that Korean actor’s work? Of course, it has English subtitles.”
“Yes, you can watch it during your Korean schedule. And also about the actor Kang Woo-jin.”
“Yeah, if it works out that you’re going to be on that channel.”
The blonde Kara smiled faintly.
“Please take care of me this time too, Jonathan.”
Here. The half-shaven manager who had been recalling Kara’s smile returned to reality, to the sofa in the living room of the house.
Then I asked the foreign employees sitting next to me.
“How much research has been done on the Korean actor Kang Woo-jin and the ‘Kang Woo-jin sub-character’ channel?”
The quick answer was the freckled woman.
“I’m not sure because I just looked into it in a hurry, but I think this will be enough for Kara.”
She handed the tablet over to the manager.
mudfish.
“But there’s something strange about that Korean actor named Kang Woo-jin.”
“Hmm? Why? Did you commit any crimes in the past?”
“No way. That’s not true. The more I learn about him, the more absurd his filmography becomes. Just look at the data, Jonathan.”
The half-shaven manager, who had been watching her for a while, lowered his gaze to the tablet. A brief questionnaire about Kang Woo-jin was printed on the screen. However, the content was not simple. There may be differences between Korea and Hollywood, but Kang Woo-jin’s entire filmography displayed on the tablet was comparable to that of a mid-level Hollywood actor.
Soon, the half-shaven manager will be admiring you while rubbing his chin.
“Oh- He’s an actor with a more solid filmography than I thought. I’ve heard of Director Kwon Ki-taek. And Director Tanokuchi Kyotaro. Did he advance to Japan? That’s amazing. He worked with Korean masters.”
“All the Korean films he made were home runs.”
“You even have a huge YouTube channel. Is it top-tier?”
A freckled woman who can change the mood in an instant.
“That’s what I achieved in just one year since my debut.”
The expression on the half-skinned manager’s face, filled with interest, was instantly replaced by shock.
“What, what did you say?”
Meanwhile, the largest room on the second floor of the house.
At a glance, the room was spacious and had everything it needed. A bed, TV, refrigerator, dining table, sofa, bathroom, etc. It was more than enough for one person to live in.
In that room, a woman with long blonde hair is lying on the bed on the sofa.
It was Miley Cara. However, she wasn’t asleep, but lying face down watching TV. To be exact, it was the Korean drama ‘Profiler Hanryang’. It seemed to be connected to Netflix. Of course, it had English subtitles, and the interrogation scene of ‘Park Dae-ri’ was currently being displayed on the screen.
Kara, with a slightly cold face, couldn’t take her eyes off ‘Manager Park’ on TV.
reason?
Because the acting skills of the Korean actor Kang Woo-jin, who has a ‘Kang Woo-jin sub-character’, are beyond imagination.
‘······No, is that really you? It feels completely different from the cover video, right?’
At this time.
-Knock knock knock.
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A knock on the door echoed through the room. Thanks to that, Kara, who had stopped playing, got up with her long blonde hair fixed and opened the door. A large, half-shaven manager was standing in front of the door.
“Yeah, Jonathan.”
The half-dressed manager handed Kara the tablet he had brought and spoke in English in a very serious tone.
“Kara, look at that.”
“What is it?”
“About Kang Woo-jin.”
“already?”
“Kang Woo-jin, this Korean actor has a lot of interesting points. Before I explain, watch the video first.”
Kara narrowed her eyes and looked down at the tablet screen she was handed. A video was being displayed on the tablet. The main character was, of course, Kang Woojin. After watching the video for a while, Kara’s calm face became confused. She kept her eyes on the video and asked her manager a small question.
“What? Is this an action movie scene?”
The half-shaven manager shook his head.
“No, it’s true. That happened a few days ago.”
A few days later, on the 13th. Hollywood, LA, USA.
A slow morning. The location was Hollywood, the birthplace of movies. The Beverly Hotel, a 5-star hotel located in the center of Hollywood. As expected of a 5-star ultra-luxurious hotel, there were many scary people in the lobby, and as you pass through the first floor lobby, which was crowded with people, and go to the back of the hotel, the atmosphere changes in an instant.
The outdoor garden, decorated like a beach, is full of leisure. There were many foreigners swimming in the pool or sunbathing.
About halfway between those many beach benches.
“······”
A pot-bellied man wearing sunglasses catches the eye. He looks like Santa Claus. His hair color is somewhere between yellow and white. The man appears to be sunbathing on a bench.
That was when.
“supervision.”
Santa Man heard a woman’s voice. Soon, the man who turned his head saw a foreign woman with short brown hair in a suit. As soon as he saw her, Santa Man started sunbathing again.
“You woke up early.”
“Did you throw your phone in the pool?”
“No way. It’s probably in the locker.”
“How about you at least be somewhere visible?”
“If you catch the casting director’s eye, your work will increase.”
The woman sighed and shook her head, changing the subject.
“As the director said, we are continuously monitoring Asian actors.”
“Look at this, work is piling up again.”
“······As expected, the martial arts world is largely Chinese.”
“I guess so.”
“By the way, do you remember the Korean actor I mentioned earlier?”
“Huh? Who was it?”
“The actor who stood out the most at the ‘Mise-en-scène International Film Festival’, a Korean film festival, was Kang Woo-jin.”
“Ah- yeah, I remember.”
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“Regarding that actor recently-”
The short-haired woman took a step closer to the lying Santa and said.
“There’s a funny video going around on YouTube, of someone taking down a bad guy.”
