Yes, that was it. The bundle of papers was Director Tanokuchi Kyotaro’s completed scenario. With this, Woojin now has two scenarios from masters from Korea and abroad, including Director Kwon Ki-taek and Director Kyotaro.
‘Oh, that Japanese director really sent me the script?’
The last time I met Director Kyotaro was at the company. There, Director Kyotaro said something that seemed misleading, and in the end, he wanted Woojin to join. He said something about advancing into Japan.
‘What was it? Um, it was something like this while adapting the scenario, and it was based on a famous Japanese novel?’
That was a few weeks ago. To be honest, I thought it was because Woojin hadn’t contacted me for a while. Looking at the way the entertainment industry works, there are many interests involved, and Director Kyotaro had asked Woojin to join him, but I thought things would have changed after his comeback in Japan.
But it wasn’t a submarine.
The script from the Japanese master really arrived. If this news spreads to the domestic media, it will be turned upside down. However, it was confidential for now, and Kang Woo-jin, whose heart was pounding with excitement, lowered his gaze from Choi Sung-geon to the script.
The cover of the scenario had the title and director’s name written on it. Of course, in Japanese.
-‘The Strange Sacrifice of a Stranger’
-Director/Kyotaro Tanokuchi
Woojin checked the title and muttered to himself.
”The Strange Sacrifice of a Stranger’? Does it sound meaningful? Or rather, it sounds like something I’ve heard of before.’
It wasn’t such an unfamiliar title. Maybe it was because it was based on a famous novel? It felt like I’d heard it somewhere. However, Woojin wasn’t very familiar with books.
‘Is it because I’m in a good mood?’
At this time, Choi Sung-geon tapped Kang Woo-jin on the shoulder.
“The email said that Woojin wanted to meet after you read the script. So it means that Director Kyotaro is coming to Korea again. You can tell just by looking at it that the size of this production is not ordinary.”
“Is that director back in Korea?”
“Yeah. I don’t know if I’ll change my mind later, but for now, just know that. I don’t know when I’ll be entering the country.”
Oh, because of me? Are you serious? Choi Sung-geon smiled at Kang Woo-jin, who was slightly surprised.
“Director Kyotaro, I felt that way when you came to the company last time. I think I’m really into you. You’re a director who’s friendly to me, but seeing you do this, I think there might be another reason for you besides casting.”
Sung-Geon Choi, who was humming, gestured for them to get in the car, and Woo-Jin, who was hiding his excitement, got into the van with a blank expression. There was no Jang Su-Hwan or Han Ye-Jeong in the van. Sung-Geon Choi, who was in the driver’s seat, explained the reason.
“The kids will join us around lunchtime today. They’ve had a tough few days, so I told them to get some sleep and come out.”
“Ah- yes.”
Kang Woo-jin nodded indifferently. Choi Sung-geon slowly started the car. While turning the steering wheel, he glanced at Woo-jin reflected in the rearview mirror.
‘I’ll read the scenario and decide whether to do it or not. If possible, I hope that crazy feeling kicks in again.’
And then he smiled faintly.
‘If Woojin says he’s going to be director Kyotaro, Korea will really be turned upside down.’
It’s only been a few months. It hasn’t been announced yet, but Kang Woo-jin has joined Director Kwon Ki-taek’s team. And on top of that, he’s suddenly attached to a Japanese master’s work? It was obvious that the domestic media would drool and rush to cover these two bombshells.
Because it’s a first in history.
There has never been a case where a rookie has joined the works of such great masters. In other words, Kang Woo-jin was writing unprecedented history.
‘I get goosebumps just thinking about it.’
Woojin, who was looking down at the scenario with an indifferent expression, had already turned several pages of the scenario. Of course, the scenario was all in Japanese. Did he send it in the original because I knew Japanese?
Well, that was true.
If I send the scenario after translating it, there might be parts that are different from the director’s intention. Well, it will be translated as close as possible, but for Kang Woo-jin, who has already learned Japanese, it was better to just read it like this.
soon.
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-Ugh.
Kang Woojin raised his index finger without letting anyone know. Why? First of all, it was to enter the subspace. Woojin poked the black square next to the scenario.
Soon he arrived in an endlessly dark subspace.
Now, it was a place that was no different from home. Kang Woo-jin then turned his body while stretching briefly. The white squares had increased to seven.
Among them.
“hmm-”
The last thing that Kang Woo-jin confirmed was Director Kyotaro’s scenario, ‘The Strange Sacrifice of a Stranger’. The funny thing is that Woo-jin was surprised as soon as he saw the white square in ‘The Strange Sacrifice of a Stranger’.
“Whoa- See.”
The reason was simple.
-[7/Scenario (Title: Strange Sacrifice of a Stranger), Grade A]
-[*This is a very high-quality movie scenario. It is 100% readable.]
‘The Strange Sacrifice of a Stranger’ was an A-class from the start. It was a rare time for an A-class from the start. Woojin laughed, half in surprise and half in anticipation.
“I guess I’ll just have to say this.”
And then, out of the blue, he shouted, “Exit!” Woojin returned to the moving van and immediately picked up his phone. It was to search for “The Strange Sacrifice of a Stranger.” After all, works with original works often have similar titles.
The results were immediate.
‘There’s a book. With the same title.’
There was actually a Japanese novel called ‘The Strange Sacrifice of a Stranger’. It was even a bestseller. It was also popular in Korea, with many reviews. Woojin touched the screen to check the book information. The name of the novelist appeared.
‘Author Akari Takikawa? Oh! I know! I think I’ve heard of her. She’s a famous author in both Japan and Korea, right?’
Japanese master director, original work by a famous novelist, A-class. Even if you just look at the main points, it was terrifying. At this moment, Choi Sung-geon, who was stepping on the brakes at a red light, turned his head.
“What do you think? After looking at it briefly, do you think it would be okay to advance into Japan?”
Woojin, with his poker face dark, added some bluff.
“It doesn’t seem bad.”
one side.
While Kang Woojin was moving, for some reason, the number of people infected with the illusion was increasing in various places. This meant that it was spreading even further when it was already quite widespread.
The source was the ‘Profiler Hanryang’ team.
Dozens of staff or actors. Of course, the ‘Profiler Hanryang’ team did not take action directly. It was others who took action. They were contacted from all over.
“Hey, by the way, you know that guy named Kang Woo-jin? What was he like when you were filming The Outlaws? Like his personality?”
“Huh? Oh, really? Mr. Woojin, you went to your ‘drug dealer’ scene this time?”
“That’s right. There’s a few days left before we start filming, so I was wondering how you feel about it.”
“Hahaha, I only managed to get to speak a few words while turning on the lights, but Woojin-ssi is a nice person. Jin-guk-ya. Oh, now that I think about it, your English was amazing, right? There are rumors that you lived in an English-speaking country.”
“Huh?”
The people who asked about Kang Woo-jin were the people working on the projects he was going to join. Among them, there were many people from the ‘drug dealer’ group whose filming was imminent.
“I’m talking about Kang Woo-jin. His acting tone is unique. How did he control his emotions on set?”
“Well. When I look at him, I just wonder what he is. Anyone can tell that he’s a rookie who debuted only a few months ago, but to me, he looks like someone who’s been acting for at least a dozen years. No, he definitely has been rolling around somewhere.”
“Is it really that bad? To the point where you can’t make a decision?”
“It’s weird. He’s like a ghost. His emotions come and go so quickly. More than anything, when you watch him from the front, you get confused as to whether he’s an actor or the character himself.”
“her-”
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“But he said that he taught himself acting. He said it himself during the script reading.”
“What? What are you talking about?”
Close senior actors, friends of the same agency or actors from the same agency, production staff with a line of shooting lights, etc. The members of ‘Drug Dealer’ did not work together. They just kept in touch in their own way.
There was both worry and curiosity.
Because the situation of the ‘drug dealer’ was so unique, and because there was so little information about Kang Woo-jin who was coming to cover up the situation. If it had been an actor who was cast from the beginning, they would have gradually figured it out, but since Kang Woo-jin was suddenly there, even the smallest information was needed right away.
“Kang Woo-jin? I don’t know about the others, but his stamina was killing him. During the latter half of the filming, everyone was exhausted, but he was the only one who was fine. It was a forced march from dawn to night, but his acting wasn’t disrupted at all. I told you he was a monster, a monster.”
“Even so, you’re still a rookie. You must have been unknown at the time.”
“You’ll know when you see it for yourself. I thought the same thing, but the more I look at it, the more I realize that it’s more than just a veteran.”
Thanks to this, the number of people who are misunderstood as ‘drug dealers’ is increasing.
“He’s a bit cold, but he’s alert. Who was he? Oh! Was it Kagam? He’s thick-skinned but kind. That’s it. He doesn’t talk much, but even if you don’t look at him, he’s watching everything.”
“You must have been an unknown person who took pictures of a gangster, but you have the luxury of doing that?”
“Hey- I told you it was beyond composure. He’s not a rookie, he was the one who felt the most comfortable on set. Like it was his own home. It’s definitely because he ate foreign food, his mindset was different.”
“Foreign stuff??”
The illusion without legs was traveling a thousand miles.
Two days later, in the afternoon of the 8th. Kang Woo-jin’s van.
The time is around 6 o’clock. A black van is running on the highway. It’s going fast. Kang Woo-jin and his team are all inside the van. Jang Soo-hwan is concentrating on driving, Choi Sung-geon with his hair up is constantly on the phone, and Han Ye-jeong is looking deeply into Woo-jin’s coordination book.
And Kang Woo-jin rolled up the sleeves of the checked shirt he was wearing.
“······”
-Palac.
He was reading the script. His face was very serious. It might be part of the concept, but it was also an expression that came out purely from concentration.
What he is looking at is the script for the movie ‘Drug Dealer’.
The reason was simple. Kang Woo-jin was currently on his way to the Suncheon set, the filming location for ‘Drug Dealer’, and starting today, Kang Woo-jin officially began filming ‘Drug Dealer’. The schedule was set to last about two weeks, but it could have been shorter or longer.
Whatever it is.
-Palac.
Kang Woo-jin continues to read the script. It is somewhat like a review. He has already read it through several times, and has also finished reading the other roles that pass by Woo-jin’s character, ‘Lee Sang-man’. Kang Woo-jin’s mind has a solid view of the ‘drug dealer’ world. He can probably draw it out several times more vividly than Director Kim Do-hee, who wrote the script.
It’s like going beyond ‘Lee Sang-man’ and having the title ‘drug dealer’ itself.
The movie ‘Drug Dealer’ is set in Busan in 1999. After the foreign exchange crisis, South Korea faces a crisis, but the number of drug offenders increases. The number of customers seeking drugs also increases explosively.
In other words, the drug market was booming.
It was an opportunity in a crisis. Even other countries are entering this market. Russia, China, Japan, etc. If there is demand, supply will increase. Drugs manufactured here and there are flowing into the country like crazy.
The Busan Metropolitan Police Agency is racking its brain over this.
Drugs are endlessly derived, and drug dealers, like parasites, are only increasing in number, just like they are being produced in a factory. Furthermore, they are hiding even more in the darkness. If you miss the timing, they become too big to handle. To make matters worse, the police are also rotting within themselves.
Because there are people who have joined hands with drug cartels.
Eventually, a few police officers get together and make a decision. They decide to launch an undercover investigation. They decide to send police undercover into the drug market. However, only a few people know about this project. The police are also corrupt.
What was decided there was the drug and detective named ‘Jung Sung-hoon’.
He was already a thug detective with deep ties to the gangsters. Because of this, Jeong Seong-hoon tilted his head. Why me? For such a troublesome thing? However, due to threats regarding his past behavior and the reward for success, Jeong Seong-hoon decided to do this project. It started with him being imprisoned in prison under false pretenses.
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The goal is to win the favor of the drug lord ‘Choi Jun-ho’ who is in that prison.
The key was to become the gangster of drug lord Choi Jun-ho. Of course, Jung Sung-hoon barely joined Choi Jun-ho’s gang through his unique gangster nature and cooperation with the police. After being released from prison with the drug lord as his backer, Jung Sung-hoon started a drug business in Busan. At the same time, he handed over information on hidden drug criminals to the police.
The person we meet around here is Kim Hyun-soo, nicknamed ‘Professor Kim.’
Professor Kim was a drug-producing man, and Jeong Seong-hun grew with him into the biggest drug distributor in Busan. From here, conflicts with the police began. Because they made a lot of money. In the end, Jeong Seong-hun, who had a big head, even looked into the Japanese market.
But how? How do you advance into Japan?
The one who appears here is ‘Lee Sang-man’, played by Kang Woo-jin. He is the boss of ‘Sangmanpa’, the largest gangster organization in Busan. He also has deep connections with the Japanese Yakuza, so Jeong Seong-hoon makes a deal with Lee Sang-man and advances into Japan as well.
As such, ‘Drug Dealer’ is a crime thriller and contains many keywords.
Speed, betrayal, action, cruelty, etc. Anyway, the ‘Lee Sang-man’ that Woo-jin will see is an important character that will serve as a stepping stone to the Japanese background while also raising the tension and anticipation in the first half of the play.
But there was no problem. Kang Woo-jin was already fully prepared.
‘Whew- This is my first time filming a movie since ‘Detective Agency’, so I’m a little nervous. I guess I’ll be overwhelmed with actors I don’t know. Looking at the list you sent, there are a lot of top actors and actors with great acting skills.’
Still, I couldn’t help but feel nervous. This feeling would probably last a lifetime. The entertainment industry was still so crazy and unfamiliar.
‘Huff-‘
Kang Woo-jin took a deep breath and made a resolution to himself. He would be equipped with a concept, but he would do it with a sense of weight on site.
‘Let’s talk less if possible. It’ll be embarrassing if we make a mistake in front of unfamiliar actors. Like in a commercial meeting, someone who knows me might pop up.’
It was at this time that Choi Sung-geon spoke to Woo-jin, who had decided to emphasize his cynicism as much as possible.
He was laughing hysterically.
“Woojin, I’ll be there in 10 minutes. Get ready.”
