Oh? It’ll be done today? Kang Woojin gave a thumbs up inwardly, even though his expression was indifferent.
‘Your abilities are truly amazing, our leader.’
I secretly urged him to do it, but there were more than four works that needed to be done. I didn’t have much time, but I thought that even tomorrow would be fine, but Choi Sung-geon’s answer was incredibly refreshing.
Kang Woo-jin bowed his head sincerely to Choi Seong-geon.
“thank you.”
On the other hand, Choi Sung-geon waved both his hands as if it was nothing like that.
“No, no, no. Why thank you? If you want me to help you, I’ll have to scrape up 100 pieces, honey.”
“Are you sure?”
“······Yeah. No, I was joking, but I think you’re serious, so I’ll cancel.”
Behind him, Choi Sung-geon was busy briefing today’s schedule while making contact somewhere, and the van that Kang Woo-jin was in was speeding down the road toward his first schedule. His first schedule for today was a meeting with an advertiser.
Regarding additional advertisements.
The meeting, which started around 1 p.m., lasted about two hours. Kang Woo-jin, who had finished meeting with the company, got back into the van around 3 p.m. Woo-jin let out a small sigh as the meeting went on longer than expected.
‘It’s a clothing commercial – I’ve been scammed so many times before, but I never thought I’d get to film something like this. Is this like sponsorship? Do you accept things like that? It’s so cool.’
The result was final. This was Woojin’s second commercial, and he had many more commercial meetings scheduled in the future.
‘Awesome, really.’
Kang Woo-jin’s stock price was literally rising in every industry in the entertainment industry. If he were to even dabble in the advertising industry, it would be hard to guess how big he would be by the end of the year.
Around here.
“Brother.”
Han Ye-jeong, who was sitting next to him while checking her Cody book, showed her cell phone to Woo-jin.
“The media is already excited.”
An article was being printed on the phone screen.
『[Star Pick] Ultra-level Rising ‘Kang Woo-jin’, Signs of Sweeping Rookie of the Year Awards』
However, there was no change in Kang Woo-jin’s cynical expression. There was a concept, but it was also a lack of emotion.
‘Rookie of the Year Award? Me?’
Because it didn’t feel real yet. It felt a bit different from the ‘Mise-en-scène Film Festival’. Back then, I was so shocked that I won the grand prize, and more than anything, it was a non-mainstream awards ceremony.
However, Kang Woo-jin’s team seemed almost confident.
“Isn’t that obvious??! If Woojin hyung doesn’t accept it, who will?! Isn’t that right, CEO?!”
“Su-hwan. Look ahead.”
“I admit it. There’s still about half a year left, but honestly, you should take it. Otherwise, it’s over.”
Is it because of that?
‘I was just giving my acceptance speech at such a huge awards ceremony-‘
Woojin began to fantasize without realizing it. His heart was pounding excessively.
‘Wow, man, there are so many reporters out there, and that long red carpet? They even walk on that.’
Although he had a blank expression, his mood was quite high. This was when Choi Sung-geon intervened.
“Would Woojin be shaken by the Rookie of the Year award? Look at that expression, he’s already convinced that he’ll win.”
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“Ah- I see.”
No, but since he had built up some character, Kang Woo-jin acted tough in a normal way.
“···I have prepared my acceptance speech.”
“Haha, look at me. There’s only half a year left and I’ve already written my acceptance speech.”
“Brother! I envy your self-esteem!”
Choi Sung-geon, who had been shaking his head, opened his diary and suddenly changed the subject.
“Anyway, I’ll tell you what I planned for the fan signing event.”
Ah- That’s right. Fan signing event. Kang Woo-jin recalls something he had forgotten for a moment. He hadn’t really paid attention to it because he was so focused on ‘The Island of the Missing’ earlier. Regardless, Choi Sung-geon continued the briefing.
“It’ll be held on Friday the 26th, two days later. It’ll last about three hours. The location is the ‘Maxnals’ building event hall. The time is morning. Since it’s sponsored by ‘Maxnals’, we have to take care of advertising as well. That’s why four or five reporters will come on the day and our PR team will also be filming.”
Han Ye-jeong nods slowly.
“I absolutely have to take a picture, it’s my first autograph.”
“What I’m saying is, Woojin, you’re going to hold a fan signing event much sooner than Hyeyeon.”
Woojin, who was now starting to feel a little tremble, thought back to the short autograph session he had held in front of the convenience store in the past. Will there be many people? How many will there be? Will there be 100 people? Choi Sung-geon blurted out the answer to this question with perfect timing.
“The autograph session itself is unofficial, and there will be about 300 fans in total. Even if it’s overdone, it won’t be more than 400. I want to make it bigger, but there’s a limit. Your schedule doesn’t allow time either.”
“······”
Woojin, with his expression unchanged, shouted inwardly.
‘400 people??! 400 people??!’
That many? Choi Sung-geon, who had no idea about this, continued his explanation.
“About half of them are probably fan club members. By the way, did you hear that your fan club has surpassed ten thousand members?”
“Ah- yes.”
“This time, the official fan cafe executives, the general manager, and the management will all be there. You’ll be seeing them from now on, so it’d be good to get to know them during the autograph session. When you see actors, they exchange DMs with their fan club members, right?”
“Was the general manager’s nickname ‘blood woman’?”
“Oh. Do you remember? Do you go to the fan cafe often?”
“Not often, but occasionally.”
Woojin answered and continued speaking cynically.
“‘Blood Relative Woman’, I remember that nickname because it’s so unique.”
I laughed inside.
‘Even if your nickname sense is bad, you have to do it well because you’re the fan club representative.’
Late afternoon. A famous hotel in Seoul.
Kang Woo-jin was being interviewed by a large media outlet in the lounge. At this time, Choi Sung-geon, Han Ye-jeong, and Jang Su-hwan were having a late lunch at the hotel restaurant. Of course, the media outlet was buying it. Jang Su-hwan, who was big, laughed heartily.
“Haha! This is killing me! Our actor is doing well so he gets treated like this!”
Han Ye-jeong, who was rolling up the spaghetti as if admitting it, answered coldly.
“That’s right. These days, wherever I go, people treat me very kindly. It’s usually better to be a bit sloppy with newcomers.”
“It must be because Woojin hyung is crazy right now!”
“Yeah, that’s right. It’s exactly like Hye-yeon unnie.”
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While the two were praising Kang Woo-jin, for some reason, Choi Sung-geon was constantly tapping on his cell phone. Naturally, it was to get something Kang Woo-jin had asked for.
“Hey, sir.”
Choi Sung-geon, who was talking on the phone with someone, suddenly stood up from his seat.
“Oh, thank you. I’ll buy you dinner next time. Oh, sushi of course. Haha, yes yes. That’s right, send it to bw enter quickly. Yeah. Thank you!”
After finishing the call, Choi Sung-geon gave instructions to the two who were looking up at him.
“I’m going to the company for a bit, so eat and take good care of Woojin.”
“Oh! Then the car keys.”
“No, if I take it and Woojin finishes first, the timing will be messed up. I can just take a taxi. Watch the next one (visible radio), right? If anything comes up in the meantime, call me right away.”
“yes-”
“Okay, I understand!”
“It won’t take long. Let’s meet again at the radio studio.”
Seong-geon Choi, who had left the restaurant in a hurry, caught a taxi that had stopped in front of the hotel. At the same time, he called the company. Seong-geon Choi opened his mouth right away, as if the other person had picked up quickly.
“Oh, three quick ones came today? Yeah, one more will come in a few dozen minutes? Take a total of four and put them on my desk.”
After saying everything he wanted to say, Choi Sung-geon hung up the phone and muttered to the taxi driver.
“Sir, please hurry up and do it.”
A few hours later.
Night has come before we knew it. The location is a public radio station. Kang Woo-jin, who finished his four-part guest appearance, greeted the host and staff.
“Thank you for your effort.”
“Yes! Thank you for your hard work, Woojin!”
Woojin, who received the host’s greeting, came out of the booth. The writers immediately rushed to him. He was holding a piece of paper and a magic marker in one hand.
“Woojin, please sign this for me.”
“Yes, of course.”
Looking inside the booth, there were many autographs from celebrities who had participated as guests. He seemed to think so and started waving autographs that he had become accustomed to. However, it wasn’t just one.
“Please help me too!”
“Me too, me too! I’m a fan too, but my younger sibling is a huge fan.”
“Yes, yes, please.”
“Thank you! Mr. Woojin, did you see that the listeners were going crazy today about your nice voice?”
Woojin, who tried hard to hide his embarrassment, silently finished signing a total of five autographs. Only then was he able to leave the booth.
In the hallway, Choi Sung-geon with his long hair was smiling.
‘I thought you were absent because of something, but you’re back now?’
Here, for some reason, Choi Sung-geon urged Kang Woo-jin.
“The kids are in the car, our next schedule is canceled so we can just get off work. Let’s just go.”
“Yes, sir.”
Woojin, who answered quietly, tilted his head inwardly. Isn’t he usually like this? Then he had a gut feeling.
“ah.”
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The reason why this gentleman is so confident.
“Did you get them all?”
He asked if he had collected everything he had asked for. Then, Choi Sung-geon’s face showed a bit of regret, as if he had lost some steam. No, he had a lot of regret.
“Hey- I told you to give me a surprise in the car. You’re quick-witted. I got them all.”
For something like that, it was too obvious. Whatever it was, Choi Sung-geon’s ability was real. He really collected all four works in one day. Kang Woo-jin shouted inwardly, “Nice.” But he couldn’t show it.
“Thank you, sir.”
Instead, he bowed and expressed his gratitude. Of course, Choi Sung-geon declined the gratitude.
“Don’t do it, don’t do it. I told you this morning. It’s not like I did anything big. This is just a drop in the bucket for all the things you’ve done for me, so you can make me do it as hard as you want, right?”
Woojin was the most reliable person in the world.
A few minutes later, Woojin got into a van parked in the broadcasting station parking lot. There were four copies of scripts and scenarios piled up next to the seat where he always got in. Kang Woojin immediately picked up one of them. Choi Sunggeon glanced at Woojin through the rearview mirror and asked with a satisfied expression.
“Oh my, you want to read it right away? That’s so typical of you.”
He gestured to Jang Su-hwan to depart.
“Let’s go. Just let Woojin get off work.”
“yep!”
The van slowly departed. Similarly, Woojin raised his index finger while checking Han Ye-jeong’s expression on his right.
-Phuk!
Stabbing the black square attached to the script. Entering the subspace. Shouting out to exit immediately. Repeating this about 4 times in total. Quite a few changes were occurring, but naturally, no one noticed.
‘All done, next.’
Kang Woojin, who had listed all of his works, threw himself into the subspace again. Woojin, who was taking a deep breath as if he was a little tired, turned around. The floating white squares increased in an instant.
“Let’s see – what’s the result?”
What was originally there was not needed. What Kang Woojin needed was the things he had listed just before.
-[8/Scenario (Title: Jamanchu), Class F]
-[9/Scenario (Title: How to Use Inspector), Class F]
-[10/Script (Title: Royal Company Episode 1), C+ Grade]
-[11/Scenario (Title: Again Man), C-Class]
The results were confirmed in an instant. Only two works were accurately graded F. The rest were mediocre. And those two works.
“Are they both Seo Chae-eun?”
It was Seo Chae-eun’s movie. A smile spread across Kang Woo-jin’s face right away.
“My feeling was right.”
It was just a shot, but whether it was a coincidence or not, it was exactly right. In other words, the possibility that the suspect was Seo Chae-eun became very high. The reason was simple. No matter how bad it was, it didn’t make sense for both movies to be F-rated.
Seo Chae-eun was a top actress.
And in addition to her, other top actors and actors with acting skills also appeared in the two works. But F-class from the beginning? This is a figure that makes you tilt your head slightly. Above all, thanks to Director Woo Hyun-goo, you can see how F-class is.
‘When the production itself slips or fails altogether.’
F-grade is the abyss itself. In other words, these two movies starring Seo Chae-eun will either draw less than 100,000 viewers or will fall into ruin. But why are both movies starring Seo Chae-eun both F-grade?
“Seo Chae-eun confirmed.”
The suspect was almost certain to be her. Because of Seo Chae-eun, two works. No, a total of three works including ‘Island of the Missing’ had their ratings reduced.
“Is it because Seo Chae-eun joined late that only ‘Island of the Missing’ is D?”
The other two works have already finished filming or are close to finishing. So the damage must have been severe. In any case, the suspect has been narrowed down to Seo Chae-eun. Of course, we still don’t know what she did. Moreover, there was not enough time to find out.
Here, Kang Woo-jin.
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“What should I do? I should toss.”
I had to finish the work. How? I had to rely on illusions and concepts. Soon, Kang Woo-jin came out of the subspace and returned to the van.
It took an hour to get to Woojin’s officetel parking lot.
-Squeak!
“Thank you for your hard work, brother!”
“You’ve worked hard, oppa-”
“Woojin, get some rest!”
Greetings were thrown out right away. However, Kang Woo-jin called Choi Sung-geon with an indifferent expression.
“Sir, wait a minute.”
“Huh? Hey, hey, tell me. Why? Do you need more scripts?”
“No. I have something to tell you, outside.”
“Outside?”
Choi Sung-geon’s expression changed to a puzzled one, but he got out of the car. Kang Woo-jin did the same. Of the two who took a few steps away from the van, Woo-jin was the first to speak.
“Sir, this is senior Seo Chae-eun. She’s a bit strong. I don’t like the feeling.”
“What?? What are you talking about?”
Kang Woo-jin took advantage of the illusion. And he put on a darker poker face than ever before. To amplify the seriousness.
“It’s just similar to when Director Woo Hyun-goo was in charge.”
Is that why?
“······uh?”
Choi Sung-geon’s eyes were wide open as if they were going to pop out.
