NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 204

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Episode 204. Paper Newspaper in Hand

– Actor Jung Tae-seon, who was arrested on charges of using drugs multiple times at his residence and Seoul hotels, is now under investigation for additional charges of not only drug use but also distribution. At the time of arrest, Jung Tae-seon was found in possession of drugs equivalent to 3,000 doses based on typical usage amounts···.

 

‘It’s about time.’

 

Listening to the anchor’s voice flowing from the TV, Yeon-woo sent a message through messenger.

The recipients were the speakers Han Hae-woon had selected. In other words, journalists hungry for scoops.

 

Tap tap tap─.

 

– Anonymous A : Please review the attached materials and write articles according to the guidelines. These are internal materials not yet disclosed to the public, so please handle them with special care.

– Reporter Oh Seung-hwan : Of course, how could there be any hesitation? Thank you so much for always working so hard for the public good. I offer my words of respect.

 

Seeing Oh Seung-hwan’s reply that came immediately, Yeon-woo chuckled.

 

“Working hard for the public good…”

 

For Oh Seung-hwan, these were probably words he’d racked his brain to come up with to somehow curry favor with the ‘anonymous informant’ who was like a goose laying golden eggs, but it wasn’t wrong.

 

He was actually working for the public good.

 

From other journalists’ tip channels as well, responses came back with thanks and promises to follow instructions.

 

Having provided a general explanation of the situation under investigation by the prosecution, several reliable internal materials, and even presented the direction for articles by bundling together the recent criticism that had spread mainly through online communities, the excited journalists immediately began writing articles.

 

– Actor Jung Tae-seon under investigation for drug charges is actually an issue-making broker for conglomerates?

– What are Jung Tae-seon’s methods of intentionally burying rookie actors through black deals?

– Was actor An Jun-ho a scapegoat? The reality of the incident Jung Tae-seon tried to cover up through black deals.

 

Yeon-woo clicked on one of the articles.

 

“Hmm, they wrote it well according to the guidelines.”

 

The article was sharply investigating the real incident that was covered up when An Jun-ho became a scapegoat under suspicion of drug use.

 

Of course, based on information provided by Yeon-woo.

 

– Jung Tae-seon (56), who was arrested on the 17th on charges of drug use and distribution, has been revealed to have greater crimes beyond the known offenses, shocking the public···.

(Omitted)

Actor An Jun-ho, who became known through “Your Name” and “Summer’s Wardrobe,” was prosecuted two years ago on charges of using drugs at a party venue, but that incident has been revealed to be Jung Tae-seon’s doing to cover up a hit-and-run incident by Miss Yoon, the second daughter of Yoon Gwang-seon, chairman of Jeongyang Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

 

This publication has secured messenger conversation contents and bank records containing the methods and transaction details···.

 

 

When the article was published, South Korea was turned upside down.

 

The drug use and distribution charges against actor Jung Tae-seon, who had recognition across all age groups, were already shocking.

 

But going one step further, the noir movie-like story that he had been backing up large corporations while secretly drugging innocent actors to fabricate incidents made even people who had become indifferent to celebrity drug cases take interest.

 

“I told you so, right? They definitely blow up celebrity drug scandals to bury other incidents whenever something happens.”

 

At the woman’s words, the man shook his head.

 

“Honestly, I thought all those conspiracy theories on the internet were bullshit, but how is this actually true? But the celebrities really did do drugs.”

“That’s not it! An Jun-ho didn’t even do drugs, but Jung Tae-seon invited him to a party and secretly put it in his drink. Then the next day police stormed his house and arrested him, according to the reports.”

 

The story was so movie-like that the man showed a look of disbelief.

 

“Come on, that’s going too far. Did the journalist write fiction?”

“Oppa, you didn’t look into the articles properly. They even released the transaction details and KakaoTalk message screenshots found on Jung Tae-seon’s smartphone.”

“Really?”

 

After that, with additional evidence continuously being released, South Korea was completely turned upside down to the extent that people would only talk about that story whenever they gathered, not just in online communities but offline as well.

 

Yeon-woo sat in his studio and checked reactions from various communities on his computer.

 

– (IP:182.49) : Is this really real?

└ (IP:59.20) : Really, is this actually true?

└ (IP:182.49) : Correct

 

– (IP:220.79) : Are all the people who were bashing An Jun-ho and Bae Yoon-woo until yesterday going to burrow now? According to the articles, they were all victims who were used

└ (IP:14.32) : Honestly, until yesterday it was worth bashing, who would have thought someone was framed? Now the people who cursed should bow down

└ (IP:220.79) : Bowing down is Japanese, don’t use it

└ (IP:14.32) : Sorry

 

– (IP:1.251) : An Jun-ho is so pitiful

└ (IP:14.6) : They should catch everyone involved and give them maximum sentences in court. But aren’t you the one who was really bashing An Jun-ho yesterday?

└ (IP:1.251) : That wasn’t me, just the same IP

 

Other communities were the same.

 

– Hyea[2]: Has anyone seen the ㅇㅈㅎ incident? It’s seriously heartbreaking ㅜㅜ

└ Narin Sky[1] : What’s that about?

└ Deleted comment.

└ Hye-ah[2] : Gave info and left

 

– Fairy Star[3] : Isn’t the post above about An Jun-ho? Why use initials when he’s the biggest victim and it should be widely known?

└ Fresh Tangerine[2] : Thanks to you I just searched and found out. Really heartbreaking… I hope things go well for him from now on..

 

– IiiilIiiI[4] : An Jun-ho’s current status says he’s doing military service

└ narinhanul[1] : My boyfriend is also doing his military service right now ㅜㅜ I want to write a letter to Ahn Junho or something

└ Swoosh[3] : Actually writing one might be good? It would probably give him strength! Do you know where his mailbox address is?

 

 

Reading through the posts, Yeon-woo nodded with a satisfied smile.

 

“Fortunately, it’s not being buried and flowing as I guided it.”

 

***

 

Meanwhile, Jung Tae-seon, who had been sent to the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors’ Office, sat there blankly with a face that showed he had no idea how things had come to this.

 

‘Damn, this shit… What should I do? Was I just used and thrown away? Should I spill everything I know to reduce my sentence?’

 

From the moment he was arrested, Jung Tae-seon had tried calling numerous contacts saved in his smartphone, but they all refused to answer as if they had made some kind of pact.

 

When he even called ‘Hwang-geum’ who had been giving him orders, only a mechanical voice saying the number didn’t exist came back.

 

Jung Tae-seon, who had been racking his brains in this exit-less maze, reflexively looked up when the interrogation room door opened.

 

It wasn’t Prosecutor Kwon who was in charge of his case.

A woman with an unfamiliar face walked over and leaned her head close to Jung Tae-seon.

 

“Wh-who are you…?”

 

Then the woman brought her head close to Jung Tae-seon’s ear and whispered.

 

“The ‘Hwang-geum’ you know is already not of this world anyway. If you run your mouth carelessly, you’ll go to prison and spend your whole life crying and begging to be killed instead, so just go in quietly. You’re good at using your head, aren’t you? You understood what I’m saying right away, didn’t you?”

 

After saying only what she had to say, the woman stared coldly at Jung Tae-seon, whose eyes had widened, then turned and walked out.

 

And Han Hae-woon was watching all of this from the dark room next to the interrogation room.

 

‘Just as Team Leader said, there’s someone approaching Jung Tae-seon. Come to think of it, Baeksol’s claws would naturally be extended into the prosecution as well.’

 

The woman who had just come and gone was a prosecutor he only knew by face from passing by.

 

She wasn’t even from the same Criminal Division 3, and since Han Hae-woon hadn’t been assigned to Seoul for long, he couldn’t know all the members.

 

“Hmm, I’ll gradually find out. What should we do about the poor prosecutor who grabbed the wrong rope without knowing it was rotten? She’s been caught red-handed.”

 

Then Yeon-woo’s voice came through the wireless earphones connected to his ears.

Yeon-woo was watching all of this together through the small camera installed in Han Hae-woon’s tie.

 

– What do you mean what to do? Your workload just increased, Han Hae-woon.

“Oh my, I’m going to die from overwork at this rate.”

– Stop exaggerating. In the past, your workload was three times heavier than now.

 

Han Hae-woon chuckled, understanding that the ‘past’ Yeon-woo was referring to meant his previous life.

 

‘By the way, when we send away one guy, another one pops up. Those Baeksol bastards have multiplied everywhere like cockroaches.’

 

***

 

An Jun-ho’s mother, who had gone to the field to prepare the ground for planting corn and returned, discovered a woman pacing in front of her house.

 

Looking closely, it was Mrs. Jung, the wife of the village head.

 

Mrs. Jung, who had been waiting in front of An Jun-ho’s house, spotted An Jun-ho’s mother walking toward her and clapped her hands.

 

“Oh my! Sister! Where did you go and are just coming back now!”

“My ears are burning. What’s the matter that you’re making such a fuss? Since it’s almost time for sowing, I went to check on the corn field.”

“You didn’t even answer your phone. I came running here frantically because of you, sister. Take this. Really, congratulations.”

“Congratulations?”

 

The woman approached and pressed a newspaper into mother’s hands, then quickly ran off again as if she had urgent business.

 

An Jun-ho’s mother tilted her head and watched Mrs. Jung’s retreating figure, then turned her head to look at the newspaper in her hands.

 

And then she lost strength and collapsed right there.

 

***

 

An Jun-ho, who had enlisted on the day Yeon-woo departed for LA for the talk show, had already been serving in the military for 4 months.

 

An Jun-ho, on his first leave, got off at Chuncheon Terminal and transferred to a village bus, which ran along country roads for quite a while.

 

Hiss—.

 

“Thank you.”

 

The bus’s back door opened and An Jun-ho got off.

 

“Ahh, civilian air even tastes different. So sweet. Did someone sprinkle sugar in the air?”

 

Actually, it was the same Gangwon Province and the same mountain village, but as he got closer to home, even the air seemed sweet.

 

Walking toward home along the winding road, An Jun-ho’s eyes caught sight of a red brick house that stood out alone among the gray cement walls.

 

Running with joy, An Jun-ho discovered his mother sitting collapsed in front of the main gate.

 

For a moment, it felt like his heart sank with a thud.

 

“Oh, Mom!”

 

He had even planned to give her a vigorous salute when he met his mother, but his mind went blank in an instant and he ran at full speed.

 

At the familiar voice, mother, who had been sitting collapsed, looked up.

 

“J-Jun-ho!”

“Mom! Why are you collapsed here! Are you hurt somewhere?”

 

An Jun-ho quickly ran over and examined his mother’s body here and there, then noticed her hands tightly gripping a newspaper.

 

Since his mother had removed the TV from the house after that incident happened to him and lived cut off from the world without reading newspapers, he tilted his head with a puzzled expression.

 

Then tears welled up in mother’s eyes as she looked at An Jun-ho.

 

“Oh my! My poor child…”

“Mother…”

 

Ever since that incident, Mother would occasionally become overwhelmed with emotions and hold onto An Jun-ho while crying.

It was a joyful day with his first leave, so he couldn’t let the mood be ruined like this.

 

“I’m on leave, aren’t you going to make me something delicious? Your son is hungry.”

 

He tried to change the atmosphere by switching topics, but the words that came out of Mother’s mouth weren’t what An Jun-ho had expected.

 

Mother beat her chest as she spoke.

 

“Oh my. Our son is finally being recognized by the world. Jun-ho, the world finally acknowledges that you’re innocent. Right?”

“…Huh? What are you suddenly talking about?”

 

Then, shedding tears, Mother silently held out a newspaper.

 

– Actor An Jun-ho cleared of false accusations after 2 years. How far do Jung Tae-seon’s black hands reach in the entertainment industry?

 

An Jun-ho’s eyes widened as he saw the title printed on the front page of the newspaper.

 

“Th-this is…”

 

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