Around 10 in the morning, Kang Woo-jin’s one-room apartment.
A corpse was lying on the blanket in the center of a clean studio apartment. No, it was Kang Woo-jin. He was sleeping so deeply that he wouldn’t know if the world was going to end.
The reason he was asleep until this hour was simple.
I heard from CEO Choi Seong-geon that today, Saturday the 9th, is a day off.
It was after the very hectic schedule of the ‘Mise-en-scène Film Festival’. It was right to take a day off. It was obvious that it would get busy soon. Of course, Woojin’s agency, BW Entertainment, was a battlefield even at this moment. ‘Detective Agency’ swept the awards for work and acting.
As investors, Hong Hye-yeon, Kang Woo-jin, etc., the good news came together.
I don’t know for sure, but Shin Dong-chun, the director of ‘Detective Conan’, must be busy with film company meetings and interviews, and Hong Hye-yeon’s already busy schedule was also in chaos with the ‘Mise-en-scène Film Festival’ issue.
“······big-”
The late Kang Woo-jin was also receiving a flood of inquiries from various production companies and film companies. There were also quite a few requests for interviews from various film industry media and magazines. Although his public recognition was still low, he was considered a blue chip in Chungmuro in the film industry.
All of this goes through bwenter.
However, Choi Sung-geon asked Kang Woo-jin to wait for the time being.
‘Woojin, I’m currently riding the rapids, but I think I’ll just watch the situation for now.’
Hong Hye-yeon was already a top, so it was a time when Kang Woo-jin had to be very sensitive and careful. First, he had to organize the meetings and interviews that were pouring in from the company.
Well, Kang Woo-jin nodded silently.
Anyway, Kang Woo-jin slept soundly for the first time in a while. However, his sound sleep did not last long.
-Woooooooo, woooooo.
The cell phone on the nightstand vibrated for a long time. It was a call. However, Woojin only opened his eyes slightly and didn’t answer the phone. Why?
“···Why does this kid call me when he’s bored?”
Because the caller was my younger sister. In other words, Kang Hyun-ah. The reason she called was obviously because she wanted to ask annoying questions.
“What- did you see the article?”
Soon, Kang Woo-jin, who had been ignoring the phone call, got up and stretched.
“Mom, Dad, and Kang Hyun-ah, if you hear about this space, just contact me-”
Kang Woo-jin, who was muttering to himself, lowered his gaze to the small table. There were scripts and scenarios piled up. Among them, Kang Woo-jin picked up the ‘Island of the Missing’ scenario.
It was Kang Woo-jin who had already finished reading the first volume of ‘The Missing Island’.
“Should I start with small roles and work my way up?”
I had to read it a few more times to get a clearer understanding, but since the casting for the piece was almost finalized, I was planning to read (experience) the entire cast little by little from now on.
“I used to go there often when I was resting, but it’s been a while since I’ve gone to read.”
Whatever it is.
-Phuk!
Woojin poked the black square next to the ‘Island of the Missing’ scenario. Woojin entered the subspace. The subspace was still endlessly empty and dark. Kang Woojin, who had no tension, yawned again and turned around.
There are three familiar white squares floating around.
-[1/Scenario (Title: Detective Agency), Grade A]
-[2/Script (Title: Profiler Hanryang Part 1), S-Class]
-[3/Scenario (Title: Island of the Lost), A+ Grade]
Among them, Kang Woo-jin looked at the white square of the ‘Detective Agency’ and stroked his chin.
“A-class······Hmm. As a short story, it was definitely A-class, right? It swept the Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Excellence awards.”
It’s just a guess about the A grade. Director Shin Dong-chun, Hong Hye-yeon, and Kang Woo-jin’s good fortune is just beginning, but Woo-jin, who lacks knowledge, just passes it off as ‘well, let’s just leave it at that’.
Next, Kang Woo-jin chose ‘The Missing Island’.
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Among the roles listed, the one that Woojin decided on was ‘Kim Il-pyeong’ at the very end. It was a role that had a significant role even among minor roles. It appeared in the very first scene in the scenario and was responsible for the theme, stimulation, and tension of the play.
It’s less than 5 minutes long, but it plays a very important role.
Kang Woo-jin took a deep breath right before choosing Kim Il-byeong. Although it was a small role, the experience was extraordinary.
“Whoop- whoop-”
Behind him, Woojin chose Kim Il-byeong with his index finger.
[“Preparing to read ‘P:Kim Il-pyeong’······”]
Soon a friendly female voice was heard.
[“······Ready. This is a very high-quality script or scenario. The implementation is 100% complete. Let’s start reading.”]
A large gray cloud covered Kang Woo-jin.
A hot wind blows.
-Saah
It was because it was summer. The sticky, suffocating temperature. Then, Kang Woo-jin’s gray vision gradually cleared.
It may be afternoon, but it is dark outside.
Because the dense forest blocked out the light, there were only trees and rocks around. No, I could see something else too.
‘tomb?’
In front of him, Woojin could see dozens of round graves with wooden planks stuck in them. There was also a strange sculpture. The stones were piled up haphazardly, and a strange doll was stuck on top.
A strange and subtle air spread.
From here, everything about Private Kim began to hit Woojin Kang. His thoughts, emotions, feelings, and current psychological state. Because Woojin Kang had Private Kim.
“Fuck- fuck!”
I don’t know when it started to build up, but Kang Woo-jin was currently filled with an overwhelming sense of fear. His breathing was not consistent. He held it in and out, held it in and out. He was breathing and spitting like crazy.
“Huh! Heh heh heh, hoo-”
Kang Woo-jin was alone.
Woojin stood alone in this damn forest. He felt damp. He looked down. He was wearing a military uniform. He could see his boots covered in mud, and there was a dark stain on the center of his military pants.
Kim Il-pyeong. No, Woo-jin had peed himself.
The trembling of my whole body did not stop. Goosebumps were felt on my back, and the hair on my arms stood on end through the sleeves of my military uniform.
and.
-Click.
He had a rifle in his hand. The rifle was loaded on his shoulder, ready to fire at any moment. Come out, damn it, come out. I’ll shoot you all to death. Kang Woo-jin muttered inwardly.
But it’s just a bluff to reduce fear.
My whole body felt heavy like a wet towel. That’s how it felt. Every nook and cranny ached from all the running and rolling, and my arms and face were covered in hardened mud. My thighs were tingling as if something had stuck in them. But that didn’t matter right now.
Ha, the bulletproof helmet is heavy.
Kang Woo-jin wiped the sweat running down his forehead and took off his bulletproof helmet, breathing heavily. For a moment, just for a moment, he felt cool. The bulletproof helmet he took off fell to the floor.
-Bam!
At that moment.
-Sassak!
There was a noise from behind. At the same time, Kang Woo-jin suddenly turned around and shook his gun anxiously here and there.
“Ugh, ugh-”
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There was something. That’s why I ran away and hid. But now I can’t see anything. Kang Woo-jin kept shaking his gun and sobbing. He wanted to find his comrades.
“Hey, Sergeant Kim! Corporal Park!!”
“······”
But there was no answer. The more this happened, the more desperately Kim Il-pyeong called out to his comrades.
“There, there! Are you Sergeant Park?! Are you there? Right?? Or Private Jang??! Are you there? If you are, answer me!!”
The sticky fear exploded. Kang Woo-jin started to shoot the rifle as he felt.
-Tang tang tang! Tang tang!
Five shots. I don’t know who they were aimed at or where they landed. They weren’t warnings. They were just meant to ease the rising fear.
“······Fuck- Where did they all go?”
This moment.
“Kuruk- Private Kim.”
A strange voice was heard right behind Kang Woojin. No, was it a voice? Woojin sensed something and started urinating again.
-Ugh.
Kang Woo-jin slowly turns his body. There was a person standing behind him. It was Sergeant Park, whom he had been looking for. Kang Woo-jin’s smile spread quickly.
“Sergeant Park······?”
For a moment, he realized that the only thing standing in front of him was Sergeant Park’s upper body. His lower body was torn and not visible. At that moment, he heard a strange sound again.
“Kuruk-”
Something was holding Sergeant Park’s upper body. Kang Woo-jin fired his gun at that something.
-Tang tang tang tang!!
“Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!!”
This moment.
-puck!
“Ugh-”
The long thing that had penetrated Sergeant Park’s upper body pierced Kang Woo-jin’s stomach. It had wrinkles all over it. He felt the excruciating pain of all his organs being cut off at once. Kang Woo-jin, who had lowered his head, turned to face the front again.
-hook!
For some reason, Kang Woo-jin’s vision changed in reverse.
“······huh?”
And then Woojin’s head hit the floor.
“Crunch!”
Because the neck was cut off and separated from the body.
Early afternoon of the same day, Jinju, Gyeongnam.
Kang Woo-jin’s parents, who were at the restaurant. That is, Seo Hyun-mi and Kang Woo-chul, were glued to the counter. To be exact.
“Yeah, Woojin.”
He was on the phone with his son Woojin. It was his first call since receiving a text message a few days ago. Kang Woocheol put the phone on speakerphone and put it down.
“You little brat. What the hell is going on?”
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“Yeah yeah, do you know how curious Mom and Dad were?”
Seo Hyun-mi and Kang Woo-chul were talking excitedly into their cellphones. What parent wouldn’t be like that when their son, who is an actor, wins some kind of award in just two months? Anyway, Kang Woo-jin was calmly explaining on the other end of the cellphone.
“Ah- I’m sorry. But it wasn’t that big of a film festival.”
“What film festival was it? Mom tried looking it up, but she didn’t know exactly.”
“Well, it’s a short film festival that only judges short films, not commercial films that are shown in theaters. Of course, it’s a big film festival for a newbie like me, but overall, it’s small.”
“Anyway, you won the acting award there, right?”
“That’s right. I was lucky. I think my next project will be coming out soon. A drama.”
“Is that possible? Is it really that easy for an actor to do something like that?”
“No, that’s not it. I guess I was born to act. When I did it, it turned out well.”
“······huh?”
“what?”
The conversation with his son continued for several dozen minutes. However, it had to end sadly as a guest came in. Seo Hyun-mi and Kang Woo-cheol listened to their son’s explanation, but they didn’t understand a single thing.
Still, I had to admit that I had received an award.
While preparing the ordered porridge, the two talked endlessly about their son. It started with Seo Hyun-mi.
“Was my son actually a genius at acting? When he was young, Woojin was introverted.”
“Those kinds of kids suddenly change and do that. Woojin was handsome like me, ever since he was little.”
“What are you talking about? Your nose and eyes are exactly like mine.”
Among the couple who were talking, Seo Hyun-mi suddenly clapped both her hands.
“Ah! Now that I think about it, who is that friend of Woojin’s? Anyway, there was that kid who said he liked acting, right?”
“Hey, that guy who kind of looks like a gorilla? He’s big. His name is Kim Dae-myeong? Dae-young?”
“Are you going with him?”
Soon, Seo Hyun-mi and Kang Woo-cheol, who were preparing to die, started dancing shoulder dance.
“You said there was a drama??! Even if it’s short, will we be able to see our Woojin on TV?”
Meanwhile, in a university dormitory in Seoul.
Maybe because it was Saturday, the university was quiet. However, there were many college students in the dormitory. Among them, Kang Hyun-ah was lying face down on the right bed in the double room.
“Wow – daebak. I guess ‘Detective Agency’ won the grand prize for this work.”
I was doing a full-scale search on my laptop. What could it be? It was about the ‘Detective Agency’ that my older brother appeared in. Unfortunately, I couldn’t watch the movie, but just typing Kang Woo-jin in the search bar brought up quite a few articles.
This is the first time in my life that I have had such an amazing experience.
Yesterday, she was talking about Kang Woo-jin with her friends. Her friends were clamoring to make a call, but the main character, her older brother Kang Woo-jin, never answered the phone. So Kang Hyun-ah just searched for information about her older brother.
“Wow, the community is pretty chaotic too? Where is your agency?”
At this time.
-♬♪
Kang Hyun-ah’s cell phone rang. The caller was Kang Woo-jin, whom she had been waiting for. In other words, it was her brother. Kang Hyun-ah immediately put the phone to her ear.
“Ah!! Are you kidding me?!”
Woojin’s sigh could be heard right over the phone.
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“Ha- My ears are falling off. Why do you keep posting pictures of me when I’m away? You should study.”
“I said I would! Oppa, why are you ignoring my calls??”
“Give me ten reasons why I should accept it.”
“Because you’re my brother! And······I don’t know! Are you really going to become a celebrity??”
“It’s going to happen, and you can just go back to studying.”
“Wow······This is crazy. How?? How does that make sense? What kind of award did you win in two months? Where does your oppa belong? Are you close with Hong Hye-yeon? What’s your next project? What else did you film?”
A barrage of crazy questions. Kang Woo-jin sighed again.
“Even if I answer all of that, the questions will just keep coming up. Hey, I’ll tell you everything later when the time comes, so just study. If you get good grades this time, I’ll give you some pocket money.”
“······Awesome. Your brother?”
“You don’t like it?”
“no?”
“So mind your own business. I’m hanging up.”
“Ahhh, Oppa, just one! Just one! Oppa, what should I film now??”
“drama.”
-Sudden!
The call ended immediately, and Kang Hyun-ah slowly put down her phone and covered her mouth with both hands, as if she was goosebumps.
“Oh…but the drama? Wow. It’s just going to be a brief appearance, right?”
At that time, GGO Entertainment in Nonhyeon-dong.
Bulldog Seo Gu-seop, the CEO, is sitting at the head of the five-person sofa in the spacious CEO office. His face is stiff and he looks very unhappy. Park Jeong-hyeok, who did not attend the ‘Mise-en-scène Film Festival’, is sitting next to him, and there are four or five employees around him.
At this time, the employee sitting on the left continued speaking while keeping an eye on things.
“In the end, it was right for Jeong-hyeok not to attend the closing ceremony and awards ceremony. The current situation is focused on ‘Detective Agency’, Hong Hye-yeon, and the unknown actor who is the target.”
After seeing and hearing this, CEO Seo Gu-seop touched his forehead and spoke in a cold voice.
“In relation to Jeonghyeok.”
“There was no mention of it except on the day of the awards ceremony. If I had attended the ceremony… I would have been teased more than I am now.”
-bang!!
CEO Seo Gu-seop struck the armrest of the sofa with his fist.
“Fuck! Why is this so fucking stupid!!”
Because of that, the employees and Park Jeong-hyeok, who had the impression of a nobleman, were surprised, and Seo Gu-seop, who barely managed to calm down his excitement, glared at Park Jeong-hyeok on the left.
“Hey, so that’s why I risked my life here?”
“······sorry.”
“How much of a fucking idiot must you be to act like that to get beat up by some nameless piece of trash?”
In fact, Park Jeong-hyeok was absent, but CEO Seo Gu-seop attended the closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the ‘Mise-en-scène Film Festival’, and was busy keeping an eye on the ‘Detective Agency’ team that included Kang Woo-jin the whole time.
“Hong Hye-yeon, yes. I’ve been hit by a bullet too, so I can understand someone like her. But anonymous? Did you get hit by anonymous?”
“But, sir. Hong Hye-yeon also lost to that nameless person for the grand prize.”
“Shut up?! You should have trampled them both!!”
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Bulldog Seo Gu-seop sighed as his head started to throbbed and gave instructions to the employees on his right.
“Whew- First, that nameless bastard who was targeted. Kang Woojin? Dig into him. His crazy acting and the fact that he suddenly showed up are strange. Find out exactly what he was doing from the beginning.”
“Okay, let’s start with the domestic theater scene.”
“no.”
CEO Seo Gu-seop, who suddenly cut off the employee’s words, shook his head.
“He’s not from Korea. He must be from Japan. He seemed to be close with Director Kyoshiro, and he spoke Japanese as if it were his native language.”
He recited it earnestly to his employees.
“So, try digging towards Japan.”
CEO Seo Gu-seop was also infected.
