NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 132

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Episode 132. Action and Bait

 

“Slides checked!”

 

“Please adjust camera 3 a little higher.”

 

 

 

The staff moved busily setting up the cameras, and Yeon-woo also finished his filming preparations by checking the details he had thought about in advance for the scene they were about to shoot.

 

 

 

To film a scene with movement like the one they were about to shoot in one-take requires very precise filming techniques.

 

 

 

Not only must the full camera capture the entire filming set in a wide shot, but the rail camera must also follow Yeon-woo’s movements as he performs without a single error.

 

 

 

Of course, while doing this simultaneously, each camera must not capture the others in their frames.

 

That’s why it’s a high-difficulty shoot where both the actors and cameras must move precisely according to predetermined paths.

 

 

 

‘Still, the higher the difficulty, the better the results will surely be.’

 

 

 

While Yeon-woo, who was actually doing the acting, seemed calm, the staff clearly showed signs of nervousness since this was the first shoot of this work.

 

 

 

And Director Hwang Min-kwon’s lips parted.

 

 

 

“Alright, we’re starting the first shoot of ‘White Blood.’ Ready, action.”

 

 

 

With the cue, red lights indicating recording lit up on top of the cameras, and as if that was a hypnotic trigger, Yeon-woo instantly immersed himself as if being sucked into the drama.

 

 

 

From Ryu Yeon-woo to Jeong Do-jin.

 

 

 

 

 

Whirrrr─.

 

 

 

That nauseating mechanical sound that now made him feel sick just hearing it echoed again.

 

Those things didn’t know how to give up.

 

 

 

Creatures devoid of emotion.

 

No, saying “devoid” would mean something that should be there was missing or lacking, which would imply emotions existed in the first place, so that wasn’t right.

 

 

 

Emotions never existed from the beginning.

 

 

 

Those things were originally produced with only a single purpose.

 

 

 

– Intruder deletion required. Threat elimination required.

 

 

 

This ancient castle he had entered after being chased by them day and night since the surveillance level increased.

 

He had eventually climbed up to the upper level where a tall spire was visible, avoiding the pursuing White Blood Army.

 

 

 

Though not visible right now, he could faintly sense their presence.

 

 

 

‘There!’

 

 

 

Swoosh─.

 

 

 

As Do-jin stared at a certain spot, an android suddenly revealed itself from thin air and charged fiercely.

 

Do-jin quickly responded and spun his body upon seeing it.

 

 

 

As if not wanting to miss him, the android swiftly swung its silver arm, and Do-jin quickly raised his left arm to block it.

 

 

 

Clang─.

 

 

 

The sound of metal clubs clashing violently shook the settled air of the old castle.

 

It was definitely not a sound that could come from a collision between human and machine.

 

 

 

Taking advantage of his disrupted posture from blocking the front enemy, another one appeared from the opposite side and swung its arm like a beam of light.

 

 

 

‘This is troublesome. It would have been easier if I had a more solid sword.’

 

 

 

He extended his foot to block the android’s consecutive attacks.

 

 

 

Then, Do-jin heard a woman’s sighing voice in his ear.

 

 

 

– So, who recklessly cuts through that giant metal door with a sword? I told you we should take the detour.

 

‘You said that detour would take at least 2 more years. Thanks to crossing the gate, we reached near the thigh in one go.’

 

– It’s femoral, not thigh.

 

‘Same difference. Hup!’

 

 

 

There was no time for leisurely conversation.

 

Four androids had increased in number and were charging at him, engaging Do-jin in combat.

 

They occupied all four directions—north, south, east, and west—interlocking like gear wheels as they charged, making it chaotic.

 

 

 

It was frustrating that he couldn’t draw his sword that had already cracked while passing through the knee part (Patella).

 

 

 

Do-jin had no choice but to find an opening and quickly throw his body sideways to escape their encirclement.

 

 

 

Then a cluster of intense light shot from the right.

 

Do-jin reflexively drew his sword to deflect the incoming laser.

 

 

 

‘Damn. It’s really going to break.’

 

 

 

He could almost hear the cracking sounds from his sword.

 

 

 

While Do-jin deflected the laser attack, the androids charged again.

 

With a sword in one hand that he couldn’t swing freely nor put back in its scabbard, he faced them with only his remaining hand and two legs.

 

 

 

He needed to inflict damage to reduce their numbers to buy time to shake them off before reinforcements arrived, but without weapons, there was no way to inflict damage.

 

 

 

Deflecting attacks coming from all directions gradually forced him to step backward, and before he knew it, he was pushed into a defensive position.

 

 

 

– First, we need to lower the danger level again. I think you need to hide somewhere and spend some time.

 

‘Who doesn’t know that! Where am I supposed to run?’

 

 

 

Behind Do-jin, who had been pushed into defense and stepping backward, a large hole in the upper level of the ancient castle came into view.

 

Through that hole, an eerie wind swept in gloomily along the castle’s dark gray walls.

 

 

 

At that moment, the androids that had cornered Do-jin and occupied all escape routes began to glow simultaneously at the tips of their arms.

 

 

 

‘Ah, synchronized shooting is cheating.’

 

 

 

Whirrr─.

 

Bzzzap─.

 

 

 

High-temperature lasers tangled together as they flew, distorting the surrounding scenery.

 

Light transformed and warped along the curvature, spreading like watercolor paint dropped on a palette.

 

 

 

As white beams rapidly flew toward Do-jin, he barely deflected the strongest one with his sword that seemed ready to break at any moment, then took the rest with his body.

 

 

 

From the impact, Do-jin was sent flying outside through a hole in the wall.

 

 

 

Crack─.

 

 

 

Then an intermittent dimensional rift opened in mid-air and swallowed Do-jin whole as he fell like a kite with a broken string.

 

 

 

Do-jin remained unconscious until he awakened in an underground prison of some remote Red Blood Cell Village.

 

 

 

 

 

“Oh, okay cut! This is it! Uhahaha.”

 

 

 

Director Hwang Min-kwon’s mouth stretched from ear to ear as he watched Yeon-woo perfectly recreate the delusions that had only existed in his mind.

 

The excited Director Hwang shouted the okay sign and ran to the ball pool where Yeon-woo had fallen.

 

 

 

Yeon-woo pushed through the colorful plastic balls in the ball pool, got up, and grinned at Director Hwang Min-kwon.

 

 

 

“Was it okay?”

 

“Absolutely perfect. Perfect.”

 

 

 

***

 

 

 

After finishing the shoot and returning to review today’s footage in the editing room, both Hwang Min-kwon and Jung Yo-han exclaimed in admiration simultaneously.

 

 

 

“Damn. Isn’t this killer?”

 

“Hey, look at that movement. Rewind to 37 seconds.”

 

 

 

At Jung Yo-han’s words, Hwang Min-kwon operated the mouse.

 

 

 

“Here?”

 

“No, push the frame back a little more.”

 

“This much?”

 

“Yeah. Play it at 0.25x speed.”

 

 

 

After Hwang Min-kwon operated the program and pressed play, Jung Yo-han nodded and spoke.

 

 

 

“See Actor Ryu’s right arm holding the sword? The way it vibrates slightly after deflecting the object?”

 

“Oh, you’re right? That deflected object would only weigh about 100 grams at most, right?”

 

“It’s extreme method acting. When I overlay CG on this later, it’ll look a hundred times more natural. Let’s watch the whole thing in slow motion from the beginning.”

 

 

 

Director Hwang Min-kwon and CG Director Jung Yo-han leaned forward as if being sucked into the monitor and began analyzing meticulously.

 

 

 

“Damn, this is insane? Look at the force in that stance. It really looks like he’s bracing for something heavy.”

 

“Hey hey, look at that startled expression in the first part. According to the script, that’s where the android suddenly deactivates invisibility and appears.”

 

 

 

Originally, it was a shoot where a stunt team member who had been waiting in position would jump out on cue.

 

 

 

However, Yeon-woo’s ghostlike timing in catching the moment just before the stunt team member jumped out, making his body tremble slightly, made it look as if something that wasn’t there had suddenly appeared.

 

 

 

“Just matching the choreography for complex action would be overwhelming enough, but to think of such details within that…”

 

“This isn’t an opportunity that a nobody director like you could get again.”

 

 

 

At Jung Yo-han’s words, Hwang Min-kwon nodded vigorously.

 

 

 

“I’m really going to put my soul in a juicer for this project and squeeze out every last drop.”

 

 

 

Watching Hwang Min-kwon like this, Jung Yo-han chuckled.

 

The guy usually seems eccentric and somewhat lacking, but once he gets fired up, he accomplishes anything like a maniac.

 

 

 

“That aside. Can I edit a small part of this footage and share it with Nard AP?”

 

“Trying to cast some bait?”

 

“Yeah. Those guys will definitely bite.”

 

 

 

Nard AP was a professional community where Jung Yo-han was active as a side activity when working in Hollywood.

 

 

 

A very small community mainly active with Hollywood CG-related professionals.

 

 

 

CG, when broken down, actually has numerous specialized fields, and it’s not like one person or one team handles and processes everything.

 

 

 

Traditional fields like sets, costumes, art, and makeup had many excellent people domestically as well.

 

 

 

However, due to the domestic film industry’s passive approach to challenging SF or fantasy genres, the pool of experts in computer graphics (CG) or visual effects (VFX) was inevitably small.

 

 

 

Director Hwang Min-kwon, who had heard explanations about this until his ears bled, nodded.

 

 

 

“Of course it’s fine. This was going to be pre-released on YouTube like a making-of video when the trailer goes up before launch anyway, so it doesn’t matter.”

 

“Okay. Gotta hook some of the kids. But seriously, why do all the experts in this country go into game companies?”

 

 

 

Watching the heated Jung Yo-han, Hwang Min-kwon chuckled.

 

 

 

“Can’t help it. We are the world’s number one gaming powerhouse after all. That’s where the money is.”

 

 

 

Jung Yo-han shook his head and sat down at the computer with the file, beginning to focus intently.

 

 

 

And after simple editing, a video of about 20 seconds was uploaded to the private community.

 

 

 

[Poster: Director Yohan]

 

 

 

Hello buddy.

 

I’m now in charge of VFX supervision for a project in Korea.

 

If anyone sees this video and becomes interested, I’ll be waiting for personal messages.

 

 

 

– Frances M : Hey Yo-han. Haven’t seen you around for a while, where have you been and what are you doing?

 

└ Rick : WTF. Did you see the video? It’s pretty legit.

 

 

 

– Peggy A : What’s that movement at 14 seconds? Is this just a rough edit of the subject?

 

└ Yohan(poster): Not at all. The only thing I touched was cutting the beginning and end to shorten the length.

 

└ Peggy A : Crazy. So that’s the actor’s Acting?

 

 

 

– Kaplan : I’m in! I want to participate. I sent you a message.

 

└ Rick : What about the work you’re currently doing?

 

└ Kaplan : It’s almost finished. I want to wrap it up quickly and join that project. I like the video, and it would be good to learn from Yo-han with this opportunity.

 

 

 

Jung Yo-han grinned as he watched the community’s reaction.

 

 

 

“Hey, I just threw out the bait.”

 

“Oho. They totally took it, didn’t they?”

 

 

 

Jung Yo-han and Hwang Min-kwon smiled together in the studio.

 

 

 

The treatment at LN Media was comparable to Hollywood anyway, and doing it this way was actually much cheaper than outsourcing to professional Hollywood studios.

 

 

 

Several contacts from big fish who took the bait began coming into Jung Yo-han’s Message Window.

 

 

 

And so, Hollywood engineers never before seen in the Domestic Film Industry booked Plane Tickets heading to South Korea.

 

 

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