A Genius Director Who Dominates OTT Platforms - Chapter 31

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The Genius Director Who Dominates OTT

Episode 31

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11:10 PM.

“Uhhhhhhh.”

Kwon In-cheol stretched refreshingly after checking the ending credits of 【Algorithm of 0%】 Part 2.

“This is interesting?”

It was worth watching the live broadcast.

Actually, Part 1 was so-so.

Not particularly interesting, but enough to make me want to watch Part 2?

But this wasn’t harsh criticism—it was praise.

Originally, most dramas are hard to make interesting from Part 1.

Even dramas called masterpieces only provide buildup and curiosity in Part 1, and start to sink in from Part 2.

In that sense, 【Algorithm of 0%】 was a drama made well in the orthodox way.

The back-and-forth between male lead Kim Ra-un and female lead Seo Yun-ah seemed to stimulate dying romantic feelings.

Looking at the community reactions, he wasn’t the only one thinking this way.

-Kim Ra-un acts really well. He really seemed like a loser lol

-Where would you find such a handsome loser;

-As a 24-year veteran loser, I’ll make a principled statement. Unknown women starting conversations is impossible in reality. This drama is fake.

-Info) Dramas are originally fake.

-Ahhhhh

-Seo Yun-ah is so pretty;; Isn’t this a visual peak renewal?

-Their face chemistry is no joke.

-Dohyeon-u is crazy lol He dissed this Kim Ra-un.

-Isn’t there anyone who watched Accomplice?

-I watched Youngpal live first. I’m going to watch it now.

“Accomplice…”

It was a name he had briefly forgotten while being immersed in Youngpal.

Kwon In-cheol glanced at the clock.

It seemed like he had only briefly looked at the community, but it was already 1 o’clock.

It was quite an ambiguous time.

If he watched Accomplice, which had Parts 1 and 2 uploaded together, it would interfere with tomorrow’s first period major class.

But…

‘Well, how interesting could a thriller be.’

He could just watch moderately and turn it off if it wasn’t interesting.

Actually, rather than being curious about the drama, he was curious about who the actors were and what the production quality was like.

Having made his decision, Kwon In-cheol launched the Tivic app.

‘The good thing about OTT is not having to wait.’

And so Accomplice began playing.

The drama’s beginning was ordinary.

As seen in the preview, it was a story that started with eight friends going to play at a cabin, no, a mountain lodge.

Don’t almost all thrillers start in extraordinary realms, leaving behind everyday spaces?

It was ordinary in that sense.

However, it was peculiar that the directing felt closer to a movie than a drama…

‘I really don’t know who any of them are.’

It was amazing that all the main and supporting actors were unfamiliar faces.

From the perspective of an enthusiast who watches just about every drama, this wasn’t easy to achieve.

But was that the reason?

Kwon In-cheol began to immerse himself in the drama without realizing it.

Finally, the first murder occurred.

-Jeong-hun! Jeong-hun!

The protagonist Hyeon-tae hurriedly runs toward the tree where Jeong-hun is hanging and falls.

While the mountain lodge lights turn on at the screaming and friends come running out, Hyeon-tae, who is a police officer, realizes this is the work of someone they know.

But the direction is somewhat peculiar.

In the flashback reasoning how Jeong-hun died, the criminal’s face is Hyeon-tae’s.

Of course, this is Hyeon-tae’s imagination.

Since he doesn’t know the criminal’s face, substituting himself wouldn’t be that strange.

‘But couldn’t this confuse some viewers?’

Kwon In-cheol’s doubt couldn’t continue.

The situation in the drama began to change rapidly.

Suspicion toward each other blooming under damp BGM.

Cut-off roads, an isolated mountain lodge.

Suspense continues without rest.

The suspense content itself doesn’t feel special, but the structure is tremendously tight.

Unlike ordinary dramas, there are no extraordinary or leap-taking parts at all.

It feels like observing something actually happening.

And the next morning at dawn.

Hyeon-tae, unable to sleep, patrols around the mountain lodge and discovers a suspicious object.

An orange rope.

‘Huh? I’ve seen that somewhere?’

The answer comes quickly.

It was the same rope the criminal used to hang Jeong-hun’s neck.

‘No, that’s not all? It appeared earlier too…’

This time too, Kwon In-cheol’s thoughts couldn’t continue.

Thwack!

Because Hyeon-tae was struck on the back of the head and collapsed.

“Hmm, so it’s this kind of thing.”

He can predict what will follow.

Since the protagonist can’t die, he’ll wake up inside the mountain lodge, and his friends will suspect Hyeon-tae who survived despite being attacked by the criminal.

He’ll become isolated like that.

The isolated Hyeon-tae will try to find the criminal alone…

“Huh?”

Kwon In-cheol made a stupid sound.

When Hyeon-tae collapsed, a criminal who appeared from somewhere began hanging Hyeon-tae’s neck from a tree.

His neck is being strangled.

Gwaaaaack.

‘No, can he survive doing that?’

Will someone save him?

-Cough, cough…

But no.

Hyeon-tae’s struggling eyes closed, then the screen went black.

When the screen brightened again…

A completely unexpected scene unfolded.

Chirrrr- Chirrrr-

The view of the Gangwon-do mountain lodge, full of insect sounds.

-…What is this.

The moment Hyeon-tae in the screen, as confused as Kwon In-cheol, looks around.

-Hey! What are you doing?

Jeong-hun appears.

-Je, Jeong-hun!

-Hey, what are you doing? Go get the burner from the trunk.

-You…, no, I…

-What’s wrong with this guy? Did you take drugs? Hurry up and unpack so we can eat!

Jeong-hun kicked Hyeon-tae’s butt and ran off carrying meat and alcohol.

That scene was…

It was the moment when eight friends arrived at the Gangwon-do mountain cabin.

“Don’t tell me it’s a time loop?”

Just as he was fully focused on this unexpected development.

The OST signaling the end of Part 1 began to play.

Before he knew it, 70 minutes had passed.

“…”

Kwon In-cheol’s impression while watching Accomplice was consistently ‘decent.’

The way the characters were introduced was decent, the background situation was decent, and the suspense was decent.

Everything was decent within the thriller genre, except for recognizing that the structure was tight.

But thinking about it now, this was Part 1.

Part 1 that he watched right after experiencing Part 2 of Youngpal.

The fact that he felt it was decent even when comparing it to Youngpal Part 2…

Meant that Part 1 was much more interesting than expected, and he was dying of curiosity about Part 2’s development.

Which meant.

“…Sorry, Professor.”

He was canceling his own class.

Kwon In-cheol pressed the ‘play next episode’ button.

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“Part 2, click on Part 2.”

A man who had been watching Accomplice with his girlfriend without much expectation suddenly sat up straight.

Because his interest was completely piqued.

And so Part 2 began.

The drama that started with a brief flashback scene from school days returned to the Gangwon-do mountain cabin timeline.

‘First I need to save Jeong-hun, right? No, should I intentionally let Jeong-hun get attacked while looking for the culprit? I just need to prevent him from dying.’

The man thought the main story of Part 2 would be about Hyeon-tae repeating several loops to save Jeong-hun.

But it wasn’t.

Hyeon-tae immediately concluded that there might be sleeping pills in the alcohol, drinks, or food.

And he saved Jeong-hun in one go.

The problem was that quite a few suspicious people emerged in the process.

“Isn’t Su-cheol, who I ran into at dawn, the culprit?”

“I think Seon-ho is suspicious.”

“Seon-ho? What did he do?”

“He kept taking medicine. When asked what kind of medicine, he wouldn’t answer.”

“Why is that suspicious?”

“Isn’t it like an antidote for sleeping pills?”

“Oh…!”

“But wait, Seon-ho didn’t lift a finger when preparing alcohol or meat, right? The type who freeloads on trips.”

“Then isn’t it Yeong-su who runs his own business? He said he brought all the alcohol and meat himself.”

While the couple was arguing, the drama’s narrator changed.

It started showing Hyeon-tae’s actions from Jeong-hun’s perspective…

“Wait, what’s that?”

That behavior looked very suspicious.

Of course, since he’s alone in a time loop, he has no choice but to act strangely.

But there were quite a few actions that crossed the line.

“Wait. Wasn’t it Hyeon-tae who was strangling Jeong-hun in Part 1?”

“That was just imagination…”

“The rope! That rope was hanging in the police station!”

“What? Really?”

“Hyeon-tae is the culprit! Wow, chills.”

“Then what about the time loop?”

“…Is it a narrative trick? Or imagination? I’m not sure.”

The drama began falling into a maze again.

It was because of the truth game that started when a new victim appeared.

-Stop talking nonsense! I wasn’t the one who said that back then!

-Then! If not you, then who?!

-Hyeon-tae! Hyeon-tae knew too!

The couple watching the drama looked at each other’s faces and screamed.

“That’s a lie!”

“The intro flashback scene!”

The intro flashback scene that seemed somewhat random had played a tremendous role.

“This is crazy…”

“It’s insane…”

And so Part 2 ended.

“P-Part 3. Part 3 quickly.”

“Hold on.”

But their wish couldn’t be fulfilled.

“Ah, why!”

“Wait until Wednesday?!”

“Ahhh.”

Because Accomplice was a drama with only Parts 1 and 2 released.

In the end, what they chose to ease their disappointment was forming a sense of community.

“Go on YouTube.”

“There probably aren’t any videos yet.”

“Then a community.”

“Should I search for drama community?”

A moment later, the couple who entered the community opened their eyes wide.

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Snore snore snore.

I bolted upright at the sound of someone snoring.

I was startled to hear unfamiliar snoring in my house where I live alone, but I quickly understood the situation.

‘Oh right, I met with the actors.’

Everyone seemed too nervous, so I called them together early in the morning…

“But what do we do until 10 o’clock?”

“Let’s drink moderately and sleep. Then 10 o’clock will come quickly, right?”

“Where?”

“…Good point.”

We headed to my place.

It’s a bit cramped, but when filming independent movies, seven people sometimes sleep in one motel room.

So we had a drinking session and the actors were completely wiped out by 4 PM.

I originally had no intention of sleeping, but around 7 o’clock I started getting drowsy.

Since everyone except me was sleeping, it felt like the carbon dioxide concentration was rising.

So I set an alarm for 9:30 and went to sleep, but I woke up before the alarm even went off.

Looking at the clock on the wall, it’s 7:30.

‘What, I didn’t even sleep for an hour?’

My body feels incredibly refreshed.

Is this the power of a power nap?

I was thinking that as I flopped down on the bed, but something felt strange.

Accomplice opens at 10 PM.

Right now it’s 7:30 PM.

So, it’s evening.

But why is it so bright?

Does the June sun normally stay up this…

“No way!”

I screamed and opened my smartphone.

【AM 7:39】

It was morning.

At that moment I realized.

I had set my alarm for AM, not PM.

But more importantly.

[Missed calls: 117]

[Unread messages: 999+]

The world had been turned upside down.

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