NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 221

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Episode 221. Group Project

With Yeon-woo’s help, his friends successfully completed their interview.

 

They visited Saebyeol Entertainment’s YouTube editing team who would edit their interview video, bowing deeply with gratitude along with simple refreshments as gifts. The YouTube team staff smiled warmly at the sight of the fresh-faced college students they hadn’t seen in a while.

 

A few days later, the day before the Korean Arts Awards ceremony was held.

It was the presentation day for Woo Seong-sik and his group members, who had been assigned a slot around the middle of the presentation order.

 

Woo Seong-sik walked toward the Liberal Arts College General Education Building with light steps.

 

Like a secret royal inspector hiding his badge, the USB in his pocket made Seong-sik’s steps confident and proud.

 

“Come to think of it, this was the place. Where Yeon-woo filmed.”

 

As he entered the general education building, he looked up at the European-style architecture.

 

He remembered when he was still a high school student and came for a university tour, saying he would get into Yeonha University, and watched Yeon-woo filming “Summer’s Wardrobe.”

 

“Wow, we’ve all grown so much.”

 

Thinking about how Yeon-woo had become a star, and how he and Kim Jun-su had come for the tour with runny noses saying they wanted to attend university, it didn’t feel real that he would soon be enlisting in the military.

 

“Ah, I’m thinking about the military again for no reason. It’s ruining my mood. I should hurry inside.”

 

These days, no matter what he thought about, his thoughts always ended up leading to the military.

 

When he opened the lecture hall door and entered, he could see that the other group members had already arrived.

 

“Hey, we said to meet 20 minutes early, but it’s still 30 minutes before and everyone’s already here?”

“Well, it’s presentation day, so we should come early to check the computer setup and make sure the video plays properly.”

 

Though they called it presentation day, aside from what was just mentioned, there wasn’t really much else for the group members to do.

 

Just then, members from another group scheduled to present today entered the lecture hall.

 

“Hey, who did that group that presented last class interview? It was some company president.”

“A water dispenser company president? Or was it coffee machines? I don’t know, it wasn’t impactful so I don’t remember.”

“Right? We’re probably the only ones who went into the National Assembly for an interview. When we reveal our interview today, those other poor kids will be shocked by the scale. This is the class of Political Science majors.”

“Hey, it’s not Political Science class, it’s Jae-woon’s family’s class.”

 

Oh Yu-bin frowned as she watched the group members entering noisily.

 

“Hm? Political Science means Political Science and Diplomacy, right? Isn’t that your department?”

 

Seong-sik, who had become close enough to speak casually, asked quietly, and Yu-bin nodded.

 

“That’s the kid who was class president in freshman year and his crew. He brags 365 days a year about how great his family is, saying he has relatives who are National Assembly members and hospital directors. The kids around him just suck up to him and mooch off him all the time.”

“Oh ho. So that’s the guy. I heard about him from my friend. So his relationship with the kids around him is like a crocodile and oxpecker birds?”

 

Most so-called ‘bullies’ disappear when they graduate from high school and enter university.

 

This isn’t because the bullies have matured mentally, but because they naturally disappear as the size of the group they belong to becomes larger.

 

Being the leader among just twenty or thirty people in a class might work up to the grade level, but after entering a university with tens of thousands of students, the group becomes too large for that petty influence to reach.

 

However, the form just changes from fists to wallets, and the way people form groups within their communities might be a natural law in some sense.

 

Seong-sik quietly watched the guys walking to one side of the lecture hall.

Sensing his gaze, the Political Science students glanced over.

 

“Hey, why has that guy been staring at us?”

“I don’t know. Seeing that they’re already here, they must be the group presenting with us today. Poor them. Don’t they want to switch groups even now?”

“There is one way. Being reborn into a good family.”

“Ooh, Go Jae-woon, that’s brutally harsh.”

 

Seong-sik watched them giggling among themselves and walking arrogantly to sit on the opposite side of the lecture hall, then turned his gaze away.

 

“Ah, this is a bit awkward.”

 

When Seong-sik shook his head, Jun-su asked.

 

“Huh? What is?”

“Well, I feel a bit sorry. From what those guys were saying when they came in, it sounds like they went all the way to the National Assembly, so they worked pretty hard, right?”

“That’s true.”

“But they have to present on the same day as us. Will the professor or students even remember their interview after ours?”

 

Jun-su nodded at Seong-sik’s words.

 

“Hmm, but the assignment grade isn’t weighted enough to determine the overall grade… They’ll probably work hard during exams later.”

“I guess so.”

 

Seong-sik had looked at those guys purely out of sympathy and regret.

 

Time passed and class began.

 

When the professor asked for volunteers to determine the order of groups presenting today, Seong-sik raised his hand.

 

“I…”

“Me! We’ll go first.”

 

But the Political Science students who raised their hands first took the slot.

 

“I thought going first might cause less damage to them. But they’re going first.”

 

At Seong-sik’s concern, Jun-su shrugged his shoulders.

 

“What can we do.”

 

The first group’s interview video began to play.

 

As the video of the group members entering the National Assembly began to play, not only the other students but even the professor looked slightly surprised.

 

In fact, the professor knew that his class had deteriorated into what was called a ‘honey lecture’ in the bad sense due to the repetitive formal assignments every year, so he had made changes starting this year, but he hadn’t expected the competition among students to intensify like this.

 

The professor scratched his balding head while watching the video.

 

‘Hmm, well, I’m not going to give extra points just because they interviewed someone hard to meet…’

 

Even so, compared to groups that had done written Q&As or groups that just went through the motions by interviewing a family member or relative, he had no choice but to give them more points.

 

What could you really expect from university students’ group projects anyway?

The main evaluation criterion was simply how much sincerity they showed.

 

After the interview video ended, the students briefly explained the process of preparing for their interview and the reasons for selecting their questions before coming down from the podium.

 

Their appearance coming down from the podium had their shoulders raised high, clearly embodying the word ‘triumphant’ for anyone to see.

 

The other students applauded while making expressions that seemed to say ‘did they really need to go that far?’

 

Then the next group, Woo Seong-sik’s group, came forward.

 

When it came time to actually play the video, they suddenly felt embarrassed.

Woo Seong-sik whispered to Kim Jun-su next to him.

 

“No matter how I think about it, it seems a bit excessive.”

“What are we going to do about it now? Let’s just quickly greet them and play the video.”

 

The group members nodded and after a brief greeting, connected the USB and played the video.

 

Then the image of Ryu Yeon-woo sitting in a studio decorated like a well-organized wood-toned study room appeared.

 

The students watching tilted their heads in confusion.

 

‘Huh? That group brought the wrong USB. When I saw them open the file earlier, there was only that one video in the folder. Don’t tell me they left it at home?’

 

The other students’ thoughts were similar.

 

There was no way Ryu Yeon-woo would suddenly appear, right?

Everyone thought they had mistakenly brought a different video.

 

‘Wow, this group is screwed.’

 

Naturally, their gazes turned to the group members’ faces.

 

But strangely, they didn’t look particularly flustered.

 

Then a voice flowed from the video.

 

– Hello. Thank you for agreeing to this interview.

 

Then Ryu Yeon-woo on screen smiled brightly and responded.

 

– Yes. Nice to meet you, Yeonha University students. I’m Ryu Yeon-woo, working as an actor.

 

“Kyaah!”

“Whoa, what is this?”

 

At this unexpected development, someone let out a soft scream and students looked at each other’s faces while pointing at the screen with their fingers.

 

Among them were students who took out their smartphones to film the screen.

 

The professor was equally surprised, but as the lecture hall became too noisy, he first calmed down the students.

 

“Now, now, quiet! The presentation isn’t over yet!”

 

At the professor’s words, the interview video with ‘actor Ryu Yeon-woo’ played again in the now-calmed lecture hall.

The video quality was clearly different from what amateurs would film, just at first glance.

 

And the video edited by Saebyeol’s YouTube team only had simple subtitles, but you could feel that the quality was professional work.

 

As the video continued to play, Go Jae-woon from the Political Science department, who realized he had been completely buried, contorted his face.

Seeing this, Woo Seong-sik quietly pointed with his finger and whispered to Kim Jun-su.

 

“Ah, look at that guy’s expression. I knew this would happen. I feel even more sorry now.”

“Hmm, right.”

 

But seeing this, Go Jae-woon interpreted it as the two pointing at him and looking down on him with satisfaction, and his face turned bright red.

 

***

 

The ‘news of actor Ryu Yeon-woo appearing in a group project video’ became the biggest topic of conversation on campus, and the Yeonha University community app was on fire.

 

– [Anonymous 17] : What is this real

 

– [Anonymous 18] : The group project quality went to space lololol What is this Yeonha University class

└ [Anonymous 3] : Actually Ryu Yeon-woo is a Korea University student

 

– [Anonymous 19] : How do we take that lecture from next semester? Whatever we bring will be compared

└ [Anonymous 42] : But having a celebrity appear isn’t what’s important

└ [Anonymous 19] : My roommate takes that class and said the editing content and Q&A quality were good too

└ [Anonymous 42] : Then I acknowledge it

 

While it burned through the night, time passed and morning came, and Yeon-woo headed to Director Jeong Ha-neul’s salon to handle his schedule.

 

Stylist Lee Ye-eun prepared today’s outfit while having a meeting with Director Jeong Ha-neul about the concept.

 

“Today Yeon-woo is nominated for both drama and film with 「Sketch」 and 「White Blood」 respectively. But since Jay and Jeong Do-jin are such different feeling characters…”

 

Hearing Ye-eun’s words, Director Jeong Ha-neul pondered deeply.

 

“What’s today’s outfit concept?”

“Black with gold accents.”

 

After examining Yeon-woo’s face reflected in the mirror from various angles, Director Jeong Ha-neul nodded.

 

“Then I’ll go for a slightly cold handsome guy feel with an intense aura. With black and gold accents, it would be nice to bring out a noble-like feeling, right?”

 

Lee Ye-eun nodded at Director Jeong Ha-neul’s words.

 

“Both Jay and Jeong Do-jin are characters with strong responsibility, so please bring out that feeling.”

“Okay! Got it.”

 

Watching the two women discuss various things about his face, only Yeon-woo tilted his head in confusion.

 

‘How do you express strong responsibility through makeup?’

 

Thinking there must be another world he couldn’t understand, he entrusted his body to them with a clear mind.

 

While his eyes were closed, as Director Jeong Ha-neul’s hands worked their magic, his usually slightly soft eye shape came alive with intensity, and his hair was styled with one side of his forehead cleanly exposed while the other side flowed down from above.

 

After working on Yeon-woo’s face and hair for a while, Director Jeong and her assistants nodded.

 

“This is perfect, right?”

“Yes, teacher. It’s perfect.”

 

Then Yeon-woo opened his eyes.

 

“Hmm, is it all done?”

 

The face shown in the mirror didn’t look much different from usual, but it had a mysteriously intense impression that seemed to capture the feeling of a substantial leader running an agency, which was satisfying.

 

‘Since I’m still young, it would be good to have some charisma.’

 

Then Lee Ye-eun came in with clothes.

 

“A perfect black suit with gold accents.”

 

It was the concept they had decided to match as a dress code, including Saebyeol’s entertainers and Jin Yu-han.

 

“A three-piece suit?”

“Classic is best for a luxurious image.”

 

He smiled watching Lee Ye-eun say exactly the same thing he had said when he heard the concept a few days ago.

 

“I think so too. Classic is best.”

 

Yeon-woo changed into the clothes Lee Ye-eun had prepared.

 

The slim-fit black suit had a gold boutonniere pinned to it, and the white shirt’s collar also had luxurious gold trim.

 

The vest worn underneath also had its outline embroidered in gold, adding to the luxuriousness.

 

Lee Ye-eun’s eyes lit up as she looked at Yeon-woo who came out wearing the outfit.

 

“Wow, you really look like a European noble.”

 

Hearing that, Yeon-woo laughed.

 

‘I met quite a lot of European nobles in my previous life, but they rarely dressed this flashily…’

 

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