NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 216

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Episode 216. Character Details

“Nothing has been decided yet, so let’s throw around various ideas freely using a brainstorming approach.”

 

The actors attending the meeting nodded at Yeon-woo’s words.

Since this had been announced in advance, everyone had prepared their character narratives to some extent.

 

Though this was everyone’s first time structuring a drama this way and it felt unfamiliar, they found it interesting to create their own roles as they prepared.

 

Of course, the characters the actors created wouldn’t be reflected as-is, and since only Yeon-woo, the protagonist, had his role’s background somewhat established, the other roles would be recreated by Writer Choi Mi-hyeon to fit the drama using the stories that emerged here as a framework.

 

Though Yeon-woo was the protagonist at the center of the narrative, the other roles were also attractive leads in their own right, so their character traits were important.

 

“The character I envisioned brings positive and bright energy to the basketball team as the youngest member!”

 

When Dong-ha spoke up, Yeon-woo raised his hand.

 

“I somewhat expected Dong-ha to bring that kind of character. I’d like to add some more details to it.”

 

At Yeon-woo’s words, Director Kim Han-su stroked his chin.

 

“Hmm, what kind of details would there be, for example?”

“How about he’s a huge fan of basketball manga, so he does ice breaking with manga-related lines during important scenes?”

 

Ice breaking refers to instantly shattering a serious atmosphere, diluting viewer fatigue from dramatic tension with humorous scenes interspersed throughout.

 

The production team and actors who heard Yeon-woo’s story nodded.

 

“That’s good. A basketball manga otaku… We could use that quite effectively in various scenes.”

 

Writer Choi Mi-hyeon began typing on her laptop with busy hand movements to record it.

 

“What do you think, Dong-ha?”

“I think it’s good.”

 

While the actors were nodding, Son Jin-wook pulled out a sheet of paper from the document bag he had brought.

 

“I didn’t create a character narrative, but I prepared a first appearance scene that I thought about.”

“Oh?”

 

At the unexpected words, everyone attending the meeting’s eyes lit up.

 

And Son Jin-wook handed the paper he had taken out to Yeon-woo sitting next to him.

 

“There are no lines, just roughly this situation setup. Will you do some improvisation acting with me?”

“Mm, understood.”

 

Yeon-woo skimmed through the paper Son Jin-wook handed him, nodded, and spoke.

 

“Should we start right away?”

“You can start anytime when you’re ready.”

 

The people in the conference room began to anticipate the sudden impromptu acting.

 

Then Yeon-woo’s face suddenly changed to a slightly delinquent expression and he began delivering lines improvised on the spot.

 

“Hey, you still have mobile payment limit left on your phone, right? Send me some gifts. What’s the problem? You wanna die? Do you need to get beaten again to listen?”

 

The actors in the meeting room’s eyes widened at the sudden hyper-realistic delinquent acting.

 

Satisfied with Yeon-woo’s first line which had better detail than expected, Son Jin-wook immersed himself in the impromptu acting.

 

“Hup!”

 

Son Jin-wook made a throwing motion and delivered his line with breathing, which Yeon-woo responded to.

 

The paper Son Jin-wook gave him read ‘Scene where an immature delinquent gets hit by a basketball that flew from somewhere.’

 

“Ugh! Damn it. What, what? I’m bleeding? Mister! What are you gonna do about this? My nose is bleeding!”

“I thought the punk extorting money in broad daylight looked like the blood hadn’t dried on his head yet, but I didn’t know it would come gushing out his nose?”

 

So far, it was a clichéd situation.

The typical image of bullies extorting money and the neighborhood hyung who saves them.

 

Then Yeon-woo began to add variation.

He immersed himself in the modern delinquent youth he had observed while waiting for his younger sister in front of school last time.

 

“Wow, hehe. This isn’t being filmed for YouTube, is it? Something like a justice-driven adult? Are you really crazy? What kind of world do we live in now, hitting a juvenile? Do you have a lot of money, mister? Do you know you’re in big trouble right now?”

 

Since this was acting to show the situation anyway, Son Jin-wook also matched Yeon-woo’s variation and just blurted out whatever came to his mouth.

 

“Juvenile my ass. Then I’m a moist chocolate chip, you bastard. Juveniles are under 14, but you guys are obviously high schoolers with your size showing.”

 

Son Jin-wook shrugged his shoulders and continued his line in an evasive tone.

 

“And when did I hit you? I just passed the basketball. If you’re upset, go sue that basketball. Instead, I’ll hire a law firm to make you cough up everything you’ve extorted from this kid and all your other crimes, and as a service, I’ll give you the full course to juvenile detention center. I have lots of money and time, you see?”

 

The people in the conference room were stunned by Son Jin-wook’s rapid-fire dialogue.

 

Then Yeon-woo, who had looked exactly like an immature delinquent youth just moments before, seamlessly returned to his original self.

 

“Jin-wook hyung. Should we do more?”

“No. That’s enough. Thanks, Yeon-woo.”

 

Everyone was impressed watching their impromptu acting.

 

“Wow, hyungs. Was that really improvisation acting?”

“Right? You two didn’t write a script beforehand, did you?”

“…Mo, moist what? Jin-wook, do you practice verbal sparring in your spare time?”

 

Everyone burst into laughter at Jeong Cheol-min’s words as he gaped at his drinking buddy’s unexpected side.

 

However, Writer Choi Mi-hyeon was typing with serious eyes.

 

“This is pretty good? Jin-wook. I can polish it up and use it, right?”

“Of course.”

 

At that moment, Jin Yu-han, who had been watching carefully, raised his hand.

 

“I just thought of some details while watching Senior Son and Yeon-woo exchange lines.”

 

At the mention of a character idea, Director Kim Han-su looked at Jin Yu-han.

 

“Oh? What kind of character?”

“I was thinking of a character full of justice who acts boldly on whatever he wants to do because he has both money and time, but how about a neighborhood unemployed guy who’s a former ethics teacher that quit school after winning the lottery jackpot.”

 

Everyone paused their actions for a moment and thought in their heads at the sudden overflow of information from Jin Yu-han’s mouth.

 

Son Jin-wook also repeated what Jin Yu-han had said.

 

“…So you’re saying I was originally a school ethics teacher, but I won the lottery and resigned, and now I live like a neighborhood unemployed guy while playing amateur basketball?”

“Yes.”

“…Hmm, that’s novel?”

 

It seemed like they had never seen such a character anywhere.

And since Jin Yu-han was saying it, it felt even fresher like freshly caught tuna.

 

Yeon-woo looked at Jin Yu-han and asked.

 

“Yu-han. That’s quite a detailed setting? You have an actual model for this, don’t you?”

“Yeah. I had a teacher like that when I was in school. I saw that teacher’s image when Senior was just acting.”

 

Everyone nodded at Jin Yu-han’s story.

 

“That’s good?”

“The more details a character has, the better.”

 

And Director Kim Han-su continued the meeting.

 

“Writer Choi will reprocess and use only the usable parts anyway, so shall we move on to other characters.”

 

After that, the discussion moved to the roles of Jeong Cheol-min as the kimbap shop owner and his daughter Jeong Su-yeon.

 

“It was a father who runs a kimbap shop and a daughter who comes to the store to help with work.”

“But kimbap shop owners usually appear as small-scale small business owners, but that’s not necessarily required, is it?”

 

Yeon-woo nodded at Jeong Cheol-min’s words.

 

“That’s also a prejudice. Let’s go with a kimbap shop chairman who has about seventeen franchises in the Gyeonggi Province area. As a sponsor and player of the amateur basketball team.”

“Hmm, not a president but a chairman? That’s good?”

 

The core of brainstorming is to maintain a comfortable atmosphere where creative thoughts can emerge without criticizing any ideas.

 

When all kinds of ideas poured out, Writer Choi Mi-hyeon would swallow the usable ones and spit out the ones that weren’t, so they spoke whatever came to mind without hesitation.

 

Yeon-woo looked back and forth between Jeong Cheol-min and Jeong Su-yeon before speaking.

 

“Should we just use our real names for the character names too? Since Teacher Cheol-min and Su-yeon have the same surname anyway, it wouldn’t be strange even if they’re father and daughter.”

“Hmm. That’s right? Su-yeon, what do you think?”

 

Jeong Su-yeon, who had been quiet, nodded.

 

“I like it.”

 

Watching the actors exchange numerous ideas in an instant, Writer Choi Mi-hyeon was busy typing, and Director Yoon and Director Kim just turned their heads busily at the ongoing conversation.

 

‘As expected of top-tier actors, each one of them is no less than a decent writer…’

 

Director Yoon admired inwardly.

 

In fact, whether it’s movies or dramas, if the script is 70%, the remaining 30% is filled directly by the actors.

 

They create scenes that didn’t exist with good ideas that come up from time to time, and many famous lines that become the highlight of the movie are often created by actors through ad-libs.

 

If Writer Choi Mi-hyeon organized well and turned the ideas into flesh and attached them well to the framework, it seemed like a decent work would come out.

 

And Writer Choi Mi-hyeon, who was typing, was excited as she captured the materials in her laptop through typing, thinking about how to cook thanks to the actors who were spitting out fresh ingredients.

 

‘Of course, it would be difficult to reflect all the ideas, but with such bouncy characters, the narrative will progress naturally.’

 

***

 

Broadcasting stations were probing here and there to find out what conditions Saebyeol Entertainment wanted and how much the drama production was progressing, and Yeon-woo returned home as soon as the meeting ended.

 

“Now, is it time to check. What could those guys have set up by going all the way to Okinawa’s hidden subsidiary island.”

– Team Leader. You look excited.

“Aren’t you excited?”

– I’m totally excited. Whatever’s there, if we hit this part they put so much effort into, it’ll sting quite a bit.

 

Of course, just because Kim Su-hyeok succeeds in reconnaissance today doesn’t mean they can strike immediately.

Through meticulous operations, they had to strike those guys while making sure they didn’t know they were being attacked.

 

‘It’s not time for an all-out war yet. When hunting such an old beast, you have to drain its strength so it’s completely bound in a snare and can’t even struggle, then cut its throat in one blow.’

 

The screen showed Kim Su-hyeok preparing to set sail while looking at the sea completely dyed crimson by the setting sun.

Loading heavy equipment onto the boat and untying the ropes tied to the boat looked quite difficult to do alone.

 

“I should give Kim Su-hyeok some vacation time after this reconnaissance mission ends.”

 

Although Okinawa was a resort for Koreans, he had been suffering terribly since entering the island.

Han Hae-woon nodded at Yeon-woo’s words.

 

– I’ll arrange a decent vacation for them.

“No, not decent—make it ultra-luxurious. We have plenty of money.”

– Yes, sir.

 

While his vacation was unknowingly being upgraded to ultra-luxurious, Kim Su-hyeok finished preparing for departure and set sail.

 

– Beginning the operation.

– Confirmed. After you get about 30km out, reduce engine output and turn off all lights.

– Yes. Understood.

 

Following instructions, Kim Su-hyeok steered the boat out, and when he reached a certain point, he reduced the engine noise and turned off all lights. Then he began moving forward slowly on the sea, silently hiding like a reef.

 

The setting sun also disappeared below the horizon, and only silence flowed across the dark sea.

 

After advancing like this for quite a while, a faint light appeared in the distance.

 

“NW 317 degrees. It just appeared on the horizon, so roughly 5km ahead. Check the map.”

– That’s the island where those bastards are anchored.

“Tell Kim Su-hyeok to stop at his current position and begin drone reconnaissance.”

– Understood.

 

Receiving the order, Kim Su-hyeok stopped the boat and activated a low-noise drone in the pitch-black darkness, sending it up into the sky.

 

The drone cut through the sea breeze and before long reached the airspace above the island they had been searching for as their target for several days.

 

And what appeared on the screen was beyond imagination.

 

The round-shaped island with a decently sized white sand beach had most of its trees cut down to create flat ground, and large-scale warehouses were built on top of it.

 

The warehouses built with stacked dark gray container boxes were enormous in quantity—enough to fill about thirty percent of an elementary school playground.

 

One of the warehouses had a chimney installed and smoke was coming out, suggesting there was also a brazier inside.

 

“Look at these bastards. The scale is bigger than I thought?”

– It looks like they have both storage warehouses and a production factory together. This is a big catch… With this scale, isn’t it bigger than any drug organization the National Intelligence Service has caught overseas? Is the amount of drugs distributed domestically really this much?

 

Yeon-woo shook his head at Han Hae-woon’s words.

 

“It’s not just domestic distribution—they’re probably doing smuggling exports too.”

 

Even while investigating, he had always wondered why they would come all the way to Okinawa to build that.

 

With Baeksol’s power extending throughout the country, they could have easily hidden it domestically, but it seemed they had secretly built a factory all the way in Okinawa and were even doing smuggling exports overseas.

 

From that perspective, Okinawa’s location made it a strategic point for shipping throughout Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia.

 

– Then it’s time to move to phase 2. There’s going to be a lot to prepare if we want to blow all that up.

“Now that we’ve identified the location, we need to proceed slowly from here. Still, when all that goes boom, the expressions on those Baeksol bastards’ faces will be worth seeing, right?”

 

Though they were enemies whose faces he didn’t even know, he could already picture their expressions.

 

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