I Was Mistaken as a Monstrous Genius Actor - Chapter 11
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contract (3)
What greeted Kang Woo-jin when he first arrived at the Seablue studio building.
“Hello, Kang Woo-jin.”
It was the man I had seen in the conference room. The head of production for ‘Profiler Hanryang’. His face is generally pointy. What was strange was the atmosphere in which he treated Woo-jin.
“Now, come this way.”
At first glance, he seemed normal, but he was a slightly different Woojin.
‘Something is a bit ambiguous. Do you hate me?’
The head of the production team felt that kindness and discomfort coexisted. When he and Woojin climbed into the elevator, he immediately spat strange words.
“Huh- First of all, Mr. Kang Woo-jin. You can consider this to be the first of its kind. I have time for production, but this is the first time I’m experiencing it. The process of Woojin auditioning… or the negotiations on today’s appearance fee.”
Negotiation? Am I negotiating an appearance fee today? It was not immediately understood, but Kang Woo-jin maintained a solemn silence. Then, the head of the production department began to explain.
“Actually, I am a bit against it. However, the PD and the writer intend to go ahead with it, and they like Woo-jin that much. From my point of view, it is correct to stop it, but both of them are people who put their lives on the line for making works…”
The production head, who was speechless, met Woojin’s eyes. Seriousness flashed in his eyes.
“If there is an appearance fee you are thinking of, I don’t know how much it will be, but the amount you will receive today is already above the average. Even if you feel a little regretful, please understand that everything from the current market situation to the production of the work is assumed.”
Here Kang Woo-jin smelled a slight misunderstanding. However, the head of the production department continued to speak without concern.
“I know very well that Woojin is out of the norm. Obviously, that value was included. I heard that you studied acting on your own. It included a long career of walking a grueling path alone. Of course, the PD or the writer acknowledged it.”
“Is that so?”
“However, if you are determined to show yourself, you have to be careful with your eyes. It’s not good to hear noise from the start.”
This gentleman is surprisingly nice. Listen carefully, are you worried about me? Either that or not, the head of the production department let out a small sigh and came to a conclusion.
“Before I met the PD, I thought I might help you with your worries.”
“I see.”
Kang Woo-jin maintains a moderate poker face. In fact, he gave up his expectations because of what Kim Dae-young said at the meat restaurant yesterday.
‘Honestly, even if they give me 3,000 won per synagogue, I have to say thank you. Being cast in such a game is just a life reversal level.’
Still, I’m willing to give more than 3,000 won. But now, looking at the reaction of the head of production.
‘A part that I can look forward to?’
It was unusual. And that unusualness could be heard when Woo-jin met producer Song Man-woo with a beard.
“Woojin’s appearance fee is 250 per episode. How is it?”
2.5 million won? About 900 times more than 3,000 won. In an instant, Kang Woo-jin’s strong cheeks faltered. The poker face was slightly twisted.
‘wait for a sec. I don’t know if it’s before tax or after tax, but 250 is more than my salary?’
He was the one who received about 2.3 million from the design company.
In any case, the average person would not notice it, but PD Song Man-woo, who has been directing for a long time and has a good eye for it, did not miss Woo-jin’s squirm.
‘Are you feeling inadequate? Well…well, the level of difficulty in the role of Assistant Manager Park is considerable.’
On the other hand, Woojin was recalling the words the head of the production department said earlier. what did you do first Taken together, it follows that the current situation is very unusual.
In other words, an appearance fee of 2.5 million is quite abnormal.
At this time.
“Mr. Woojin. The average rookie’s performance fee is usually between 200,000 and 400,000.”
Producer Song Man-woo, the other side of the expressionless Woo-jin, put his hands together and added an explanation.
“There is a slight difference depending on the amount of the role, but that is the bottom line. However, Woojin-ssi is a special case in many ways, and I decided that it was a bit wasteful to be treated as a rookie.”
Nice to judge that. However, this was not the end of Woojin’s niceness.
“If you don’t know, let me explain. For the 250 per episode that we will propose, we do not care about replays, nutubes, etc.”
“hmm-”
After hearing the explanation, Kang Woo-jin spat out a low sound. I called for joy in my heart. Of course, it was intended as a concept. At the same time, PD Song Man-woo tapped the calculator instead.
“It is still undecided how many episodes the role of ‘Park Dae-ri’ will appear in, but I think up to part 4 will come out as of now. Even if there are at least 4 episodes, you will be paid in units of 10 million won, and even if you appear in a flashback or dream-like device in a later episode, you will be paid an appearance fee. More than 10 million.”
Kang Woo-jin answers with the most restrained calm.
“I kind of knew it.”
Suddenly, a unit of 10 million won came out. Even recurring performances or appearance fees on You Tube are separate.
Wow, even if it’s a special case, even a guy like me is like this. How much does a super top actor like Hong Hye-yeon earn? No, even a lower class would be ignoring it?
The answer to this was chanted by PD Song Man-woo with good timing.
“If you are Woo-jin, you will soon receive a few thousand per synagogue instead of 10 million, as you well know.”
Kang Woo-jin stopped moving for a moment. How many thousands per synagogue? Does what I only see in articles and news happen to me? PD Song Man-woo asked Woo-jin back.
“So 250 per synagogue. How about it?”
“·······”
However, Kang Woo-jin did not answer right away. Because the plate is flowing strangely. 250 per synagogue was not lacking. Rather overflowed. Then, Woojin suddenly became curious.
No, I needed to be sure. about your current self-worth.
Others don’t know about it, but it was Woojin who lacked information about the entertainment industry, and I thought it would be better to know clearly rather than subtly recognizing it. This will give you confidence in future concepts.
So Kang Woo-jin asked. In a voice filled with coolness.
“Am I worth 2.5 million per episode?”
From the perspective of PD Song Man-woo across the street.
‘······The expression of the moment ago and the reaction now. After all, do you feel a bit regretful?’
It was reflected in a negative yet heavy atmosphere. This is the result of the build-up of concept quality that Kang Woo-jin has shown so far.
A brief silence back.
Around this time, writer Park Eun-mi’s cool voice passed through PD Song Man-woo’s mind.
‘I’ll just say one word. Don’t save money.’
Soon, PD Song Man-woo nodded slowly.
Yeah, a few bucks doesn’t matter. Kang Woo-jin The key is to catch him. The role of ‘Park Dae-ri’ was an important figure who opened the first part of the play grandly. And that arrogant monster in front of you will surely pay dozens of times the money you give. It’s not a common actor who gets hit by a foot, it’s a precious real thing. I also confirmed it with my own eyes.
After that, Song Man-woo PD briefly glanced at the head of the production office who was sitting next to him.
“Okay, Mr. Woojin.”
Suddenly, Kang Woo-jin was called.
“350 per episode. This is my personal judgment, and even looking back at my directing career, it is unique.”
The performance fee went up arbitrarily.
A bonus is the face of the head of production who closes his eyes as if resigned. Soon, PD Song Man-woo recited definitively.
“Instead, the contract adds a confidentiality clause regarding the appearance fee and Woojin’s casting process. How are you a little appetizing?”
Kang Woo-jin, who had stopped, made eye contact with PD Song Man-woo and answered calmly.
“I think it is appropriate.”
backwards.
Kang Woo-jin was explained in detail the contents of the contract by Song Man-woo PD and the head of the production office. In addition, the overall schedule for the production of the drama ‘Profiler Hanryang’.
Most of the explanations were carried out by the director of production.
“As you may have heard, Woojin, our work is currently in the process of being free. But it’s fast. Well, it’s natural since it’s the work of PD Song and writer Park, and the entire staff team is in a state of being packed with cherished works…”
The phrase-by-word explanation is long, but to summarize: The staff team has been completed, the construction of the set, etc. is in progress, and starting from tomorrow, we will start working on casting actors in earnest. The key here was ‘very fast’.
It was possible because the director and writer are so big.
From investment to production, promotion, etc., there are no obstacles. Whatever it was, Kang Woo-jin was bombarded with information he had never heard of before. To the extent that I don’t even understand half of it. Still, I memorize some key words.
His memory was not bad. He said that memory is essential for meticulous design.
Even so, Kang Woo-jin maintained his bluff and toughness.
“okay.”
or okay while answering something like that. You can just leave your body to the wind. Eventually, the meeting came to an end. It was Song Man-woo PD.
“Mr. Woojin. As for the script, I’ll deliver it to you when the official book script comes out, and I’ll contact you separately when the third part comes out. Originally, it went through the agency, but it hasn’t happened yet, right? agency.”
“yes. yet.”
“It’s okay, well, even if you don’t have an agency right now, it won’t be particularly uncomfortable. Costumes and things like that can be prepared by looking at the continuity before filming. It’s because me and Woojin can pay more attention. I don’t even need to find out the agency.”
“·······”
“Anyway, if you go on the ‘Profiler Hanryang’ broadcast, the entertainment side will automatically stick to Woojin. It could have been before that.”
“Then what should I prepare?”
“well. Right now, I think I just need to practice acting. I’ll hand over the first draft of the script today.”
After this, the production manager followed suit.
“Right now, the script reading will probably start at the end of this month or the beginning of March next month.”
like that.
“Then, Mr. Kang Woo-jin. Please take good care of the role of ‘Park’.”
“I will do my best.”
Kang Woo-jin confirmed the contract.
“Haha, if Woojin-sshi works hard, I’m so grateful. If writer Park hears the news, I will do a shoulder dance.”
In other words, it was the moment when I proudly joined the crazy line-up as an actor.
after a few tens of minutes.
Kang Woo-jin calmly walked out of the Seablue studio building. Woojin adjusts his padding in the sharp wind that blows right away.
– Ji-Ik.
Then stop. Kang Woo-jin looked down at the contract in his hand. After he sneakily checked the back, he unknowingly spat to himself.
“Crazy. You really made a deal.”
Unlike yesterday, today’s Woojin Kang has a modifier attached to his name. actor. What an actor Kang Woo-jin. Even if life turns upside down, can it turn upside down like this all at once?
At this time.
-Sue.
People passed in front of Kang Woo-jin, and Woo-jin, who was watching dozens of passers-by in India, chanted.
“Now…they say they see me on TV?”
I felt a strange feeling, but I didn’t feel it right away. However, there was a feeling that something was itching. You’d call this a sense of exaltation, right?
Anyway, Kang Woo-jin’s life has changed 180 degrees.
From this moment on he was an actor. Thanks to that, Woojin’s shoulders go up infinitely as he moves. Then all of a sudden
‘Affiliation – Is my agency coming soon? So you’re saying I have a manager too? wow my manager? It looks scary.’
Thoughts spread to the agency. Of course, I heard it from PD Song Man-woo earlier, but Kim Dae-young’s words I saw yesterday felt more realistic.
‘agency? Anything big or small has its pros and cons. In a large enter, instead of having a strong back, the interference will be heavy, and if the enter is small, the concentration is high even if the back is a little weak. The degree of freedom is high. But why are you asking about the agency?’
Woojin was a bit worried. However, this belonged to a happy worry. When will the day come when you choose an agency? It was when Kang Woo-jin smiled a little.
– Woo-woo, woo-woo.
The phone in his padded pocket spat out a long vibration. It was a phone call and the caller was.
-Oh Mani.
It was Kang Woo-jin’s mother. At this moment, she was Woo-jin, who suddenly felt a sense of reality.
“Ah- that’s right. I have to tell my mom and dad.”
Kang Woo-jin’s parents lived in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do. Even if her sister, who was her blood relative, ignored it, she had to make it clear to her parents.
Thanks to.
-Sue.
Woojin let out a light breath and put the phone to his ear.
“Uh, Mom.”
I can hear my mother’s slightly harsh voice right away.
“Where?”
“I am out for a while. why?”
“Why? Did you do your job?”
“Ah oh. Um, should I assume you did?”
“what?”
The stupid question of the mother. In response, Kang Woo-jin threw his fastball without spinning.
“Mom, I think I will become an actress.”
“·······”
The mother, who was silent for a moment, vigorously spat out a question mark.
“Do you want to go to the hospital????”
Two days later, Sunday the 16th.
The weekend has arrived. The interesting thing was that rumors about Kang Woo-jin spread from yesterday, Saturday, to today. Of course, I don’t feel like his name is spread out in the open.
“What is that? You have Park’s work, right? I heard that the role of ‘Dae-ri Park’ has already been cast??”
As a hidden actor, word of mouth was spreading. Perhaps it was a natural phenomenon.
In many domestic production companies and entertainment companies, ‘Profiler Hanryang’ was the center of the issue. In addition, the role of ‘Park Assistant’ was already in a state of being dispatched here and there with audition information.
Rumors have no choice but to spread because a hidden actor suddenly took over the role.
“There is a ‘amount of profiler’, right? That’s not Hong Hye-yeon, but she’s confirmed as the second actress, is that true?”
“really? I heard it first??”
The starting point of the rumor was the production company Seablue Studio. At first, few people knew about it, but, as always with rumors, it gradually grew in size.
“What’s the name of the actor who plays Deputy Park?”
“well. i don’t know that either? Are you a top learner who can’t even think of something when you see what you hide?”
And around Sunday afternoon, the news was delivered to about a hundred staff members of ‘Profiler Hanryang’ who were on standby. Photography team, lighting team, costume team, set team, etc. After Hong Hye-yeon, the actor who will play the role of Assistant Manager Park has been confirmed.
It wasn’t strange that the news of the actor’s confirmation was delivered to all the staff.
“Lighting Director! Did you hear the news?? I heard that the actor for Park’s role has been confirmed?”
“I know, Sueup- I heard they changed their characters just a few weeks ago… but who is the actor? Who liked that picky Park writer?”
“I don’t know. Even the director doesn’t know? Did you call to find out?”
It was strange that the actor’s name could not be confirmed.
From here, rumors about the ‘actor who secretly sewed the role of Assistant Manager Park’ accelerated. There were also moderate lies mixed in.
“It’s Kim Hu-yeon.”
“Kim Hoo-yeon? Is he in a movie right now? Also, does Kim Hu-yeon have the acting skills to play the role of Assistant Manager Park? I think it will come down a bit.”
“I don’t know, I heard it from the lighting team too.”
There was also a fact that the source was clear.
“Some say he was an actor who was acting abroad.”
“Eh?? Overseas?”
“Uh, I guess there are rumors going around from the production company.”
As such, the curiosity about the secret actor was generally amplified. It was only natural that there was no substance and only rumors abounded. However, all the staff made one guess as fact.
“Anyway, if you’re bewitched by PD Song or writer Park, your acting skills are certain. Since you joined right after Hong Hye-yeon, isn’t it top-notch? Even if it’s not top-level, at least A-level.”
That he’s a pretty great actor.
Back then, this rumor, which only circulated among the staff, speeded up and went to various directions. Media, entertainment, various production companies, broadcasting companies. Rumors without footsteps were swift in the entertainment world, and since it was a work of issue, a booster was attached.
Among them, various entertainment companies accepted this rumor most sensitively.
“ah! God damn it, someone said he already took that away from Assistant Manager Park?? Ahh- I was waiting for you to rebuild the character!”
It was because I was looking for a chance to join the ‘Profiler Hanryang’, the best big fish in the first half of the year. However, since someone took a spot without an audition, I couldn’t help but be annoyed.
“Wasn’t the pre-casting going only for Hong Hye-yeon?! So who are you?”
“Yeah, that hasn’t come out yet.”
Whatever it was, except for his name, Kang Woo-jin was slowly gaining popularity in the industry. Of course, Kang Woo-jin, who was preparing to enter the sub-space at home, did not know about this situation.
“Shall we experience other roles in Part 1 of ‘Profiler Hanryang’? Oh, let’s start with the chicken first. as a memorial.”
It was very leisurely.
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