I Was Mistaken as a Monstrous Genius Actor - Chapter 161
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3 days. Da Nang International Airport.
A few days after October ended and November began. However, it was still hot in Vietnam, and the moment the filming of ‘The Island of Disappearance’ was over, director An Ga-bok, who had two more days of rest, was on the plane.
On my way back to Korea, of course.
-Sue.
Director Ahn Ga-bok, who was also wearing shorts and slippers today, took off the safari hat he was wearing, sitting in the spacious business class. And then.
“·······”
Director Ahn Ga-bok, with a calm face, pulled out a thick wad of paper. It was the ‘Disappearing Island’ scenario that I received from director Kwon Ki-taek.
– Palak.
He was determined to read through the scenario of ‘The Island of the Missing’ all the way back or upon arrival in Korea.
“hmm.”
It may have been to gauge the difference between the scene he saw and the scenario, but Corporal Jin Seon-cheol. In other words, it was more to recall Kang Woo-jin’s acting more clearly.
– Palak.
“·······”
At the same time, Director Ahn Ga-bok falls into deep thought. Of course, the target is Kang Woo-jin.
‘Something light or strange that is sometimes seen. Hidden secrets, but after all, when I started acting, I was full of only the roles. But why are you reluctant?’
The more he talked to Kang Woo-jin, the more confident he became, but on the contrary, he felt pushed into the fog. Acting is also acting, but it has been a long time since he became deeply interested in human beings themselves. It deepens the agony of director Ahn Ga-bok, who originally values what an actor has in addition to acting.
Why? What does the aura of that mysteriously colored rookie actor say?
‘What does the fog surrounding the child mean?’
The investigation into Kang Woo-jin was done by director An Ga-bok before coming to Vietnam. That’s what caddies (casting directors) usually do when casting actors. Anyway, information about Kang Woo-jin’s past was sparse. Universities, theater groups, and academies. There was no trace of Kang Woo-jin anywhere in the domestic acting scene.
However, there were quite a few things that were heard here and there in the entertainment industry.
‘You said you went to a design company right before your debut, right?’
There was also a voice called an overseas group. But acting is self-taught. Kang Woo-jin’s recent controversy also drew attention. Kang Woo-jin’s past and present personalities are 180 degrees different, he seems like a completely different person, he has a double personality or identical twins. She was so brief that she is now buried.
‘Testimonies of those who know Kang Woo-jin’s past.’
Most of it would be nonsense, but if you put together the words that came out like this, Kang Woo-jin seemed to have lived a fairly normal life. However, that was more bizarre. How could that monster live a normal life? Currently, Kang Woo-jin has too many things. Not only his far-reaching acting skills, but also various languages including sign language, vocals, etc.
‘They said it was a reunion.’
An awl in the pocket. No matter how much you try to hide your greatness, in the end it will be revealed by itself. In other words, if Kang Woo-jin also had such destructive abilities, she must have excelled since she was young. It must have been difficult to live a quiet life.
No matter how much I tried to hide it, no matter how I tried to live a normal life, it would have come out in the end.
But why is it seeing the light now?
Why didn’t anyone know? why did he hold his breath? Even now that I have become an actor, I have opened many things at once.
moment here.
‘······if.’
Something flashed in Director An Ga-bok’s mind.
‘What if everything was intentional?’
What if it wasn’t revealed by chance, but waited for this moment and then opened it to show off? For that reason, have you been living under a smoke screen to hide your extraordinaryness?
‘Like a chameleon, if you permeate the environment with your body carrying the lightness you see everywhere-‘
With that premise laid down, everything was explained. In order to hide the extraordinary, they change their lives to show the ordinary. The child’s life was used as a stage for acting practice. It is still ingrained in the body.
i.e. protective color.
There must be some substance to it, but no one has ever seen it. A rookie actor who memorizes and records methods and uses a variety of personas. Normally, it would be close to impossible, but if it changed your life, it wouldn’t be difficult.
‘A light unfamiliar thing or substance that can be seen at first glance. Was that also a shell?’
Indeed, a spirit. Director Ahn Ga-bok’s insight was at a high level. The veteran’s keen intuition.
‘You hid the real thing by confusing me with a shell that looked like a kernel.’
Even so, it was just a shrewd illusion.
The next day, Wednesday the 4th. Kang Woo-jin’s officetel.
late morning. As soon as Kang Woo-jin arrives home after completing the overseas location schedule for ‘The Island of Disappearance’.
“Ah- I love the house!”
I threw myself on the bed. It was a later task to organize the luggage in the large suitcase, and Woojin closed his eyes buried in the bed with the hat that was tightly pressed down. In fact, it was yesterday that the shooting of the ‘Disappearing Island’ overseas location was over, but there was a dinner party at night. The venue is the large hall of the hotel.
Hundreds of staff and dozens of actors were relieved.
Thanks to this, Woojin burned the last night in Danang, Vietnam. Well, of course, I didn’t even drink alcohol, but it was intense. Whatever it was, Kang Woo-jin, who hadn’t even moved a minute, suddenly laughed.
‘It’s a good idea to rest until tomorrow.’
Because we have two days off. At the same time, the entire team of ‘The Island of Disappearance’ also decided to take a break for about a week, and from next week, they will continue filming at a large set complex in Buyeo.
I don’t know, that’s all for later.
Woojin Kang forgot to wash himself and tried to fall asleep. How can I say it, the feeling of an office worker taking monthly leave? Woojin, who was trying to get absorbed in the pleasant change that was different from the usual.
“ah-”
I suddenly thought of something to do.
‘A ‘drug dealer’ authentication shot.’
I had to watch ‘Drug Dealer’, which is currently shaking the domestic film industry. It was Woojin who had already seen ‘Drug Dealer’ through blind preview, but he had a different personality.
Kang Woo-jin’s promotion and communication with fans?
Kang Woo-jin takes pictures of what he went to the cinema and uploads them to the ‘Kang Woo-jin Bukae’ channel, ‘Strong Heart’ fan cafe, Woo-jin’s SNS, and the official website of bw Enter. It’s a very simple thing.
Choi Seong-Geon, who requested it.
‘You have to do that so that the fans can feel close to you, and it will be of great help to the success of ‘Drug Dealer’. Would the reporters be salivating while writing stories? I can just take a picture and fall in love, I don’t have to watch a movie.’
I listened to the explanation of the schedule.
‘Brother, you know what’s going on over the ideal right now? Fans go crazy when I upload it at a time like this.’
The results that came out seemed by no means small. Oh, is this a professional attitude? The world is difficult, but Kang Woo-jin had to move.
-Sue.
“after-”
Woojin let out a small sigh and checked the time. around 11 o’clock. Then I sat on the bed and seriously thought about it.
“Go now? Or late at night?”
Which one has fewer people? Here, Woojin smiled without even realizing it. It’s funny because the person who thinks like this is funny.
‘A lot has changed.’
His brain circuit was gradually working as a ‘popular actor’. Kang Woo-jin slowly got up from the bed. It was because I wanted to go now rather than late at night because there would be fewer people. Well, this ambiguous time would be better than late at night on weekdays.
after a few tens of minutes.
A slightly suspicious man appeared in a nearby movie theater. It was Kang Woo-jin. He covered his face once more with a hat, mask, missing glasses, and hoodie zip-up. is this oban? He was the one who wanted to
‘No, the CEO said it’s better to cover up too much.’
He immediately nodded and moved his feet. Kang Woo-jin, who stepped into the cinema lobby, was surprised immediately.
“Wow- what kind of person?”
I saw a lot more people in the lobby than I thought. all adults. No, was it like this? He should have been to the cinema on weekdays. Woojin, slightly surprised, looked around the inside of the cinema. On the large TV hanging from the ceiling, on the posters installed, on the life-size stands placed here and there, on the billboards in the waiting area.
Indeed, it was a ‘drug dealer’ paradise.
The reason was simple. Because it’s popular. A movie theater is a market, and a movie is a product, so it was natural to bet on what sells well. It was clear that the scenery would be the same everywhere in the country, not just in the movie theater where Woojin was located.
Kang Woo-jin is getting more and more interested.
‘Awesome, drug dealer?’
There was also a sense of wonder. To see the movie that he shot, and even raise the highest stock price with ideals, dominated the market. I already knew the crazy congratulations of the people around me and the state of public opinion in the media, but as expected, offline had its own sensibility.
soon.
-Sue.
Woojin, who was slowly noticing, moved little by little to the billboard near the elevator. A few people found it odd, but they didn’t really care. You wouldn’t think Kang Woo-jin would show up at this time.
Back Woojin.
“·······”
I hurriedly stood right next to the billboard and took a few quick selfies. He had no intention of refining his composition or posture, so it ended sooner than expected, and since no one recognized him, Woo-jin became bolder.
‘Um- well, can I even watch a movie with this? I just go in when it’s advertised, and come out 5 minutes before it’s over.’
I was also curious about the appearance of the ‘drug dealer’ on the big screen and the reaction of the actual audience. Yes, winning bid. Deciding to watch a movie, Woojin secretly went to the bathroom. In the meantime, couples and other people were waiting for the movie time in the waiting room next to it.
I hear various conversations.
“Brother, how many minutes do you have left?”
“20 minutes. But are you really okay? I can’t see you being cruel.”
“They say ‘drug dealer’ is very cruel?”
“The movie reviews are good, but there were also comments saying it was a bit disgusting.”
“Ha-but I can’t give up on Kang Woo-jin. I mean, the drug dealer said that smoke really came out.”
“······excuse me? Are you Minji? Am I sitting here?”
“why! Oppa also looks at death when a girl group comes out. You say you like Hwarin?”
Almost like waiting for a ‘drug dealer’. Kang Woo-jin, who raised the corner of his mouth inside the mask, went into the bathroom.
-Sue.
settled in the toilet seat.
‘Oh, don’t laugh, you bastard. Why are you splitting the room?’
As expected, the reaction from the fans was still embarrassing yet awkward Woojin, and he turned on his cell phone to pass the time, as if he remembered something.
‘Oh right.’
I checked the message sent by director Kim Do-hee a few days ago. Exactly the link she gave me.
-[KOPIC cinema ticket integrated computer network]
When he touched the address, Woojin’s cell phone immediately started printing out various figures.
[November 3, 2020 Audience View]
[Daily domestic box office]
1. Drug dealer / Release date: October 28 / Number of audiences: 277,124 / Number of screens: 1002 / Cumulative number of audiences: 2,500,227
2. Monster Priest / Release Date: October 28 / Number of Audiences: 77,005 / Number of Screens: 998 / Cumulative Number of Audiences: 901,787
3. Crazy Sunshine / Release Date: October 1 / Number of Audiences: 32,018 / Number of Screens: 1011 / Cumulative Number of Audiences: 3,399,358
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1 million was a thing of the past. Over the weekend, ‘The Drug Dealer’ surpassed 2.5 million viewers. in just one week.
“2.5 million?! When did this happen?”
It was an unprecedented new record for ‘Cheongbul’.
At the same time, inside a large van.
Before Kang Woo-jin watched the movie, the familiar faces in the van had already been seen after watching ‘Drug Dealer’. Director An Ga-bok with white hair and the director and staff of the film company.
Among them, the director of a film company hinted at director Ahn Ga-bok, who was silently looking out the window.
“Great, Director. Have you made a decision about Kang Woo-jin?”
Director Ahn Ga-bok, who still kept his gaze outside the window, gave a small reply.
“How did you see that friend’s acting, whether it was ‘The Island of the Missing’ or ‘Drug Dealer’?”
The representative of a film company scratches his head while breathing lightly.
“······Honestly, in terms of acting tension, I think that friend is currently the top in Korea.”
To the head of the film company, Kang Woo-jin’s prestige was greatly increased. It has grown several times thanks to ‘Lee Sang-man’.
“What are you talking about when you stand out among the towers? The acting in Da Nang is still… vivid.”
“Yeah, you don’t see that often.”
Director Ahn Ga-bok raised his head here, crossed his arms, and the director of the film company let out a long sigh and gave a line full of regret.
“But why did that friend Kang Woo-jin say, ‘I’m not particularly interested in Cannes’? In my eyes, it was enough to chew on overseas.”
Soon, director Ahn Ga-bok, who had been breathing lightly, bent his head and remembered Kang Woo-jin’s voice.
‘Are you interested in the ‘Cannes Film Festival’?’
‘No, I’m not particularly interested.’
He started spewing out wild guesses.
“I was surprised by the distribution.”
“Bae, distribution? Where was the distribution?”
“It must have been sincere that I wasn’t interested. I am not particularly interested in the Cannes Film Festival. The important thing to look at here is ‘nothing’. Conversely, anything higher than Cannes means that I am interested in it, and I have no idea about Cannes and the Berlin or Venice film festivals below it.”
“All including Cannes… Aren’t they the world’s top three international film festivals? A place where quite a few top actors can’t go and can’t be bothered.”
As if he didn’t know, director Ahn Ga-bok fed up.
“Yes, as you said, what would be better than Cannes, which is the best among the world’s top three international film festivals?”
“Sir, no way an Academy Award!”
“hmm. What’s more than the Oscars or the Academy Awards?”
The Oscars or Academy Awards Ceremony. It is the most prestigious award ceremony in the world and it is safe to say that it is the number one among international film festivals. The stage that is the dream of filmmakers around the world. Director Ahn Ga-bok, who was reminded of the splendid awards ceremony, met eyes with the head of a film company.
“Kang Woo-jin declared that he was only interested in the Academy Awards a year after his debut. Is that something other than distribution?”
It was a misunderstanding, not distribution. A very troubling error. The director of the film company, who had no way of knowing this, stuttered.
“Oh, no. Isn’t that crazy?”
“Usually, a madman like that gets into trouble or an accident.”
“Ha… But it’s practically impossible, that’s it.”
Director Ahn Ga-bok, whose wrinkled smile grew thicker, opened his mouth again, resting his chin on his chin.
“that’s right. So the advice to use Kahn as a stepping stone-”
Then he let out an old voice mixed with absurdity.
“Heh heh, Khan is the foothold. I’m going crazy, maybe because I fell in love with a madman.”
On the other hand, an unfamiliar spacious meeting room.
About 10 people are sitting in a meeting room that can hold 50 people. An old man in a suit of high rank was seated, and relatively young people could be seen on both sides.
The atmosphere is solemn, and everyone stares at the tablet placed right in front of them.
At this time.
“Okay then. uh-”
The old man raised his head and said in full.
“This year, like last year, let’s start recruiting award candidates soon.”
“All right.”
In fact, these were members of the Organizing Committee of the ‘Blue Dragon Film Festival’. The old man sitting at the head of the table is the head of the organizing committee. The end of the year is just around the corner.
The Blue Dragon Film Festival is usually held around the end of December.
So, it was right that the recruitment of actors, including the tops, should start from now, and the chairperson, who slowly nodded, took the lead.
“Ah, yes.”
What flashed in my mind was conveyed to the organizing committee staff.
“Kang Woo-jin, let that one go now.”
Soon, all of the staff were a bit surprised. Aside from the towers that are said to be mine, starting with Kang Woo-jin? Either that or not, the chairman slowly crossed his arms.
“You can’t fall for Kang Woo-jin, he is unconditional.”
brightened the eyes
“It’s obvious that Kang Woo-jin will wipe out everything this year.”
End