Kang Woo-jin came out of the locker room inside the large set of ‘Missing Island’. He was wearing a military uniform. He was wearing a long padded jacket over it. It was a familiar look from the filming of ‘Missing Island’, but if there was one thing that had changed, it was the state of his military uniform.
There was a lot of blood and it was torn apart.
Just by looking at this, you could tell how far the filming of ‘The Missing Island’ had progressed. Woojin stretched before leaving the building.
‘Ah! Let’s go-‘
Because he had to escape from the dreamlike Hollywood and Miley Cara, and the unrealistic things. Now, Kang Woo-jin’s schedule was filled only with acting, his main job. Soon, Kang Woo-jin checked his poker face again and moved to the filming site.
-Ugh.
Kang Woo-jin’s eyes quickly capture the scene. The reflectors and lights set up, several cameras, boom microphones, various devices, Director Kwon Ki-taek looking at the monitor, and dozens of staff gathered around him.
Filming was already in progress.
“One, two – cue.”
Woojin, who had been watching the scene for a while, felt as if he had come to his hometown.
‘As expected, the filming set is the most comfortable. Huh? Since when have I been comfortable on the filming set?’
It was strange. In the past, I would feel nervous whenever I entered the filming set, but now it wasn’t like that at all. Is it because the surrounding environment has changed so much? Kang Woo-jin said, “I guess so.”
-Knock knock.
Someone tapped Woojin on the shoulder. When he turned around, the assistant director was smiling.
“Mr. Woojin, that scene just started. If you go to the waiting tent, I’ll call you when I’m on standby.”
“Ah- Okay, I understand.”
Woojin Kang, who answered, passed through the tightly packed set buildings and arrived at a tent booth that looked quite large. It was located at the three-way intersection leading to the entrance, and Woojin Kang entered the largest booth among the tent booths lined up in a row.
-Slurp.
Inside the booth, there were desks and chairs, which seemed to be the actor’s waiting room and resting area, and there were outdoor heaters turned on here and there. The ones who greeted Woojin as he entered were several staff members, Jeon Woochang, and Ha Yu-ra. The rest of the actors, including Ryu Jung-min, were currently busy filming.
Soon, the muscular Jeon Woo-chang waved his hand to Woo-jin.
“Woojin! Over here!”
He wore a thick short padded jacket over his military uniform, and Hayu wore a beige long padded jacket. Woojin approached the two sitting side by side drinking coffee and bowed his head slightly.
“Thank you for your consideration.”
The answer was quick from Jeon Woo-chang.
“Huh?? What is it?”
Hayura, who has an elegant image, also tilted her head.
“I just called you, what consideration is there?”
Woojin, who had pulled out a chair and sat down, answered quietly.
“I feel like I caused inconvenience to the actors due to my schedule deviation. In terms of filming schedule and acting.”
It wasn’t a wrong call. Kang Woo-jin may have played a small role in ‘The Island of the Missing’, but he was currently one of the main characters. Woo-jin’s ‘Private Jin Seon-cheol’ and the actors had many scenes together, and in the beginning, they were almost all group shots. In the midst of all that, Woo-jin had to leave for a while because he couldn’t help it.
If that happens, the ‘Island of the Missing’ actors will only film scenes without Kang Woo-jin.
Well, we didn’t film in the order of the script in the first place, and filming chaotic scenes was a daily routine for the actors. Still, it wasn’t easy to film scenes without Woojin in a rush and then restore the emotional line as soon as he returned. For example, even if we had already filmed after Woojin died, we had to act while recalling his emotions while he was still alive.
Kang Woo-jin expressed his gratitude to the actors for that.
Of course, this was something that was discussed at the beginning of the planning of ‘The Missing Island’ and the actors were aware of it, but as the most junior and a rookie, Woojin needed to show respect to his seniors again. Of course, the one who passed on this knowledge was Choi Sung-geon.
Anyway, Jeon Woo-chang laughed heartily as if it was nothing.
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“Hahaha! I was like, what are you talking about? Okay, okay. It’s work. And besides, it’s not like I made a big deal out of it when Woojin wasn’t around.”
Hayura smiles slightly and supports him.
“Yeah, don’t worry about it too much. Honestly, after Woojin left, issues started popping up and the ‘Island of the Missing’ got a lot of publicity, right? That means they’ve done everything they could.”
“Admit it! ‘Drug dealer’ K- 7.85 million in payment! After that, ‘Island of the Missing’ was mentioned a lot, right? Last time, Jungmin hyung asked if I had anything??”
“Woo-chang, you’re really quiet, aren’t you?”
“Ah! Sister, I’m average. Woojin is being unreasonable.”
Hayura, who had been shaking her head as if she was tired of the conversation, untied her tied hair and suddenly asked Woojin.
“Where are you going to all the award ceremonies this year-end?”
“The Blue Dragon, Grand Bell Awards and Grand Acting Awards go to SBC and KBC.”
“You really go to all four places. What about you, Woochang?”
“I’ll pass on the Grand Bell Award this time. The only award for acting is MBS. What about you, sister?”
“I only go to the Blue Dragon Awards and the Grand Bell Awards. I have no reason to go to the Grand Prix.”
“Ah, that’s right. You haven’t done a drama since last year, you know, you’re all the Hollywood gossip.”
“do you want to die?”
Jeon Woo-chang, who was avoiding Hayura’s threats, pointed his index finger at Kang Woo-jin.
“Why- Right, even if Woojin went to Hollywood now, he would probably debut faster than his sister. What if you don’t know? Maybe Woojin has already been contacted by Hollywood?”
“Huh?? Really?”
Kang Woo-jin flinched inwardly.
‘Jeon Woo-chang······This guy has a good instinct.’
But because the concept was so strong, I put a steel plate on my face without thinking much of it.
“No way.”
“Hahaha, that’s right now, right now. I guess we’ll be seeing Woojin in Hollywood soon. That’s my feeling.”
“······Woo-chang, did you know that you’re an actor now?”
“Ah- I’m giving up on Hollywood. First of all, my English is lacking. Besides, Woojin-ssi, are you going to four award ceremonies this year-end? Isn’t that your first time??”
“Well, it’s rare for someone to go to an award ceremony in their first year of debut. They’re even nominated for awards at all four places.”
Soon, Jeon Woo-chang, with a bright smile, leaned forward and looked at Kang Woo-jin.
“Can you see the picture of Oji winning more than 5 trophies in his first year of debut??”
Hayura sighs.
“Woo-chang, you should learn too.”
“I know, but I failed this year. Instead, I’m going to be satisfied with Woojin.”
“under······”
Hayura sighed deeply and turned her gaze to Kang Woojin.
“But Woojin, have you prepared everything?”
What are you going to prepare? What all of a sudden? When Woojin remained cynically silent, Jeon Woochang answered instead.
“What are you preparing?”
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“What are they? Tuxedos and other items. Oh, and.”
Hayura opened her mouth again.
“And your acceptance speech.”
“How do you feel about receiving the award?” Kang Woo-jin asked himself as the assistant director appeared in the tent and shouted.
“Mr. Kang Woojin, standby!!!”
I don’t know, first of all, Kang Woo-jin brought up ‘Private Jin Seon-cheol’.
Meanwhile, at the same time.
In the large conference room of the new production company DM Production, the bearded PD Song Man-woo is seen. He looks very serious. Of course, the production director and other ‘beneficial evil’ staff members are sitting on either side of him.
“······”
“······”
Everyone’s expressions were stiff. They were all staring intently at the man sitting alone across from them. It was Choi Sung-geon, with his hair in a ponytail and wearing a black coat.
“hmm.”
However, Choi Sung-geon is not here as Kang Woo-jin’s manager. He is here as the CEO of BW Entertainment. The reason is simple.
-Palac.
He was currently reviewing the formal contract proposed by the ‘Beneficial Evil’ side. Of course, this meeting itself had not just started. The discussion had already lasted about an hour. Then, Choi Sung-geon, who was looking over the contract, asked PD Song Man-woo in front.
“PD, how much is the total production cost of this ‘Beneficial Evil’?”
PD Song Man-woo’s answer, with his stern face, was quick.
“I think it will fluctuate around 20 billion.”
“okay.”
Choi Sung-geon nodded slowly and muttered to himself.
’20 billion – It’s only 20 billion in name, but it’s probably closer to 30 billion. The production team is reluctant to reveal the funds in the beginning.’
These days, the average production cost of a Korean drama, which includes a lot of technology, is at least 10 billion won. If top actors participate and go overseas, the cost easily exceeds 20 billion won.
”Beneficial Evil’ also had overseas location filming. Also, this is not 16 episodes, but a total of 12 episodes. Even so, 30 billion is quite a lot.’
Even the directing by PD Song Man-woo, who hit it big with ‘Profiler Hanryang’.
‘Our Woojin is the lead actor in this masterpiece.’
Kang Woo-jin, who was previously ‘Park Dae-ri’, is now the sole male lead. Choi Sung-geon, who seems to be satisfied, reaches out to PD Song Man-woo as Kang Woo-jin’s agent.
“Please take good care of me, PD-nim.”
“Oh, then?”
“Yes. Please stamp it like this.”
Below the rising Choi Sung-geon, the item in the contract he was looking at caught his eye. It was Kang Woo-jin’s ransom.
-80 million per synagogue.
Based on a total of 12 episodes, it has reached close to 1 billion.
Two days later, on the 23rd. Hotel in Buyeo.
It was just past 9 o’clock. Kang Woo-jin was found at the luxury hotel where the ‘Island of the Missing’ team was staying.
“Aww!! Kw- I slept like a log.”
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He came out of the bathroom, stretching. Judging from his damp hair, he seemed to have just finished showering. It seemed like he had been up for quite some time. He had even put down his concept since he was in his own room. Soon, Woojin checked his phone while holding the hair dryer to dry his hair.
As always, there are a lot of contacts piling up.
Among them, Woojin first checked the message from Choi Sunggeon, who was currently in Seoul. The content included a change in today’s schedule and a few reporters. Woojin’s schedule today was simple but tight.
First of all, I had to film ‘The Missing Island’ in the morning.
Since I had to squeeze out as much as I could from every gap I left, I returned to Seoul around lunchtime and went straight to my agency, BW Entertainment, to go through some inspections and meetings.
Because there is a very, very important event today.
After spending some time in the fitting studio checking out the style, I had to get to the appointed shop and show off my style. All of this had to be done before 7pm.
The reason could be confirmed in the article sent by Choi Seong-geon.
『[Official] Blue Dragon Film Awards, held today (23rd)···The area in front of the awards ceremony venue is already packed with people』
『Dozens of reporters and fans set up around the Blue Dragon Film Awards red carpet, open run from the morning/ Photo』
Today is the opening day of the Blue Dragon Film Awards.
That is, tonight, Woojin is attending Korea’s largest film festival for the first time in his life, a festival he thought he would never attend again. And he is an actor with a strong chance of winning an award.
“Oh, man, I’m going crazy.”
Kang Woojin’s heart, which had been incredibly nervous last night, began to pound again. Then, Woojin checked other messages to calm his nerves.
soon.
“huh?”
Kang Woojin stops at one message. It was a message from Hwa-rin. The content was simply, ‘If you see it, please call me.’ Woojin tilted his head, cleared his throat, and then called Hwa-rin.
The connection beep was short.
“Ah- that’s a relief.”
Hwarin’s slightly excited voice could be heard over the phone.
“I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to contact Woojin.”
“What’s wrong?”
“No? Rather than what happened… Where are you, Woojin?”
“I’m here right now.”
“Why are you still there? Aren’t you ready for the Blue Dragon?”
“Yes, I’ll finish filming in the morning and then go to Seoul.”
“Ah, I see.”
She paused for a moment and then asked again.
“Then, would you be able to come to Seoul and see me for a bit?”
Woojin, who was wondering what was going on, answered as it was, lowering his voice.
“I don’t think I can set aside time. I think I’ll have to stop by my agency and then go to the fitting studio or shop.”
“I have the day off today. Can I go to the fitting studio or shop for a bit?”
“Why are you doing this?”
“I- I wanted to give you something before Mr. Woojin leaves, Cheongryong.”
“What kind?”
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“Just something small. A gift. I appreciate it. And that incident the other day.”
The incident is about the awl villain, right? Anyway, Kang Woo-jin tilted his head slightly.
“A gift?”
Hwarin answered calmly over the phone.
“Yes, a gift. A watch.”
At this moment, Hwarin was sitting on the sofa in the living room of her house. She was wearing pajamas, as if she had just woken up, and her long hair was a bit disheveled. Of course, she had no face. However, the mole under her eye was clear. The funny thing was that, unlike her calm voice, her face was clearly tense.
“Are you okay?”
Soon, Kang Woo-jin’s answer was heard over the phone.
“I don’t mind. Do whatever you want.”
Hwarin smiled instantly and answered as calmly as possible.
“Oh, then just tell me the time. I’ll figure it out and go.”
“All right.”
“Yes, I’ll see you in a bit.”
-Stop.
As soon as the call ended, Hwarin, who had been putting down her phone, suddenly jumped up.
“Okay!”
By the way, Hwarin is not attending the Blue Dragon Awards today. She will attend other broadcasting awards ceremonies, but she has decided to take today as a day off. The smile that spread across her face gradually fades. Then, her head, dressed in pajamas, slowly turns.
The direction is on the table in the center of the living room.
There was a very luxurious looking paper bag there. Inside was a watch case that was to be given to Woojin as a gift. The paper bag and the case were both green.
Hwarin, who was staring at it intently, muttered quietly to herself.
“So, was it a mistake to say something small?”
She belatedly covered her face and regretted it. However, it was a sin for Hwa-rin to easily pass up the grace of her best friend who saved her, and his first film festival and first red carpet.
But I can’t make a fuss.
So, I chose a gift watch. I chose a watch that would go well with a tuxedo. I even prioritized it over everything else these past few days. That was the watch I bought. Of course, she was satisfied.
Now all I had to do was give this gift to Kang Woojin.
“Oh, Oban-ka? No. It’s okay. This is enough as a token of appreciation, a gift, right? That’s right. It’ll really go well with Woojin-nim’s tuxedo… I’ll take a hundred screenshots.”
But for some reason, Hwarin looked down at her watch and sighed briefly. It was because of the price of the gift.
“But what if it’s burdensome to Woojin? Ha- You shouldn’t have said something like it was small.”
It doesn’t make sense to say it’s small when there are over 30 million people.
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