NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 246

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Episode 246. Movie “Moon” Preview Screening

Yeon-woo, sitting in the theater’s waiting room where the preview screening was being held, checked the message that arrived on his smartphone.

 

– Han Hae-woon: Package has arrived at Juliet’s southern sea. Sorted and sent to Hotel and Oscar respectively.

 

Yeon-woo nodded after seeing the message Han Hae-woon sent.

 

‘It finally came.’

 

Juliet is J.

In other words, it’s a code phrase meaning the goods arrived through the southern sea of Jeju.

 

Similarly, Hotel (H) means Mokwha Building (Home), and Oscar (O) means Okinawa.

 

It meant the goods ordered from Brazil had safely arrived across the Pacific Ocean.

After completing the weapons deal, they said it would take roughly two months to arrive in Korea, so while it was slightly over the delivery date, it was about right.

 

Having successfully completed one deal, there was no need to go all the way to Brazil anymore – they could conduct future transactions for other needed items in the same way.

 

Counter-intelligence equipment like radar detectors were brought to headquarters, while items to be used in the upcoming Okinawa operation were sent directly to Okinawa without being imported domestically.

 

– Good work. I’ll need to create an appropriate excuse to visit soon.

– Han Hae-woon: Understood.

 

Right now, the release of the movie “Moon” was approaching.

Today was the day for the VIP preview screening before the release.

 

If this movie did well at the box office, he planned to naturally enter Okinawa using a reward vacation as an excuse.

 

Since filming for the sports drama “Parabola,” which was scheduled to crank in after this, was coming up, he couldn’t go far, so he had laid the groundwork in advance to suggest taking a vacation to nearby Okinawa.

 

‘Well, to naturally take a reward vacation, it would need to do well at the box office to some extent…’

 

Yeon-woo looked at the poster for the movie “Moon” hanging on the waiting room wall and scratched his cheek.

 

“It’ll be a hit… right?”

 

Since box office success isn’t achieved through confidence alone, he couldn’t guarantee it, but from the perspective of someone who acted in it directly, he was naturally confident about the movie.

 

Just then, the waiting room door opened and two familiar people entered.

 

“Hey, how are you feeling?”

 

The person entering with a warm smile was Son Jin-wook.

Behind him, Jin Yu-han’s face was also visible.

 

Yeon-woo got up from his seat and approached them with joy.

 

“Thank you both for coming like this.”

“What are you talking about? Of course we had to come.”

 

At Son Jin-wook’s words, Jin Yu-han also quietly nodded from behind.

 

“But having melodrama seniors visit like this makes me a bit nervous.”

 

Son Jin-wook and Jin Yu-han are renowned romance masters.

In fact, before filming this movie, he had referenced their films extensively.

 

“I can’t imagine you filming romance. You’re not even that interested in women.”

 

Son Jin-wook had been watching Yeon-woo since his high school debut days, but had never seen him even have a fling, let alone dating rumors.

 

At Son Jin-wook’s words, Yeon-woo scratched his head.

 

“No, well, that’s not really true. I just haven’t had the opportunity to meet anyone.”

“Hmm, really? If you get a girlfriend, you absolutely have to tell your hyung.”

“Yes. If I get one. But isn’t it more surprising that Yu-han does melodrama? He’s usually so blunt.”

 

Yeon-woo naturally redirected the arrow toward Jin Yu-han.

 

Then Jin Yu-han shrugged and answered with a face that said what kind of question is that.

 

“That’s because it’s acting. You’re not a con artist either, but you did well playing Pierre Choi.”

“Mm, well…”

 

Since in his previous life he would have been an unidentified spy who confused intelligence agencies beyond the level of a con artist for several countries, Yeon-woo smiled awkwardly.

 

Just then, Kim Min-su knocked on the door and entered.

 

“Actor. Oh, other people are here too. It’s about to start now.”

 

At Kim Min-su’s words, Yeon-woo nodded and looked at the two people.

 

“Let’s go now. You need to watch my first romance movie.”

“Good. Should be interesting? From the trailer, it didn’t seem like a simple romance.”

“Looking forward to it.”

 

Watching Jin Yu-han quietly add to Son Jin-wook’s words, Yeon-woo smiled.

 

***

 

When Yeon-woo went up on stage with Hong A-yoon, cheers and applause could be heard.

 

Movie magazine reporters whose faces were now quite familiar were visible, and beloved Saebyeol actors were also sitting in the front rows.

 

‘Ah, Yuri Sister came too.’

 

In the row behind them was Hong Yu-ri as well.

Her boyfriend Kim Jun-su had enlisted with Woo Seong-sik last month, so she had a somewhat lonely expression… actually no, perhaps because there were many celebrities around, she just looked excited.

 

“Shall we hear greetings from our actors following the director?”

 

The on-site MC’s words could be heard from the side.

 

Director Lee Yong-su, who had finished speaking, smiled and handed the microphone to Yeon-woo.

Yeon-woo, who received the microphone, opened his mouth.

 

“Nice to meet you. I’m Ryu Yeon-woo.”

 

With his light greeting, cheers and applause poured out from the audience seats again.

Yeon-woo waited for it to quiet down a bit before continuing.

 

“It’s been quite a while since we’ve held a premiere like this and invited everyone. This movie is a work where I felt that acting itself was fun while filming. They say you can’t beat someone who enjoys what they do, right? Since we filmed while enjoying ourselves, I think the sincerity of this movie will be fully conveyed to you all. Thank you for taking your precious time to come here like this.”

 

Waaa─.

 

Listening to the cheers, he handed the microphone to Hong A-yoon next to him.

 

「Sketch」and 「White Blood」didn’t have separate premieres.

So when recalling the last premiere, he had to go back to the time of 「Master Plan」, which made Yeon-woo quite nervous too.

 

‘More than that, I’m really looking forward to the movie too.’

 

Chrissy Monroe’s film music.

Jung Yo-han’s CG.

 

The edited version completed with the joining of these two people, who were as important as the director and actors, would have become richer.

 

Seeing that finished product for the first time today was the same for Yeon-woo as for the other audience members.

 

After Hong A-yoon and the other supporting actors finished their greetings, the stage greeting came to an end.

As Yeon-woo came down from the stage and sat in the front row of seats, the movie theater’s lighting soon dimmed.

 

And in the pitch-black darkness, the movie’s title quietly appeared on the screen.

 

– 「Moon」

 

***

 

The movie began with the screen still in blackout as Yeon-woo’s gentle narration could be heard.

 

– My summer at twenty was too vivid to be called a dream, and too mixed with colorful emotions and memories like water-soaked colored paper to be called reality, confusing myself.

 

Film critic Jin Jeong-cheol, who heard that narration, felt something like electricity flowing down his spine.

 

It wasn’t an eerie voice to say it gave him goosebumps, nor was it a meaningful phrase.

 

‘Hmm, the actor just filled that line with emotion.’

 

It was a bit brighter than loneliness, and slightly disappointing to be called longing.

Thinking about it carefully, that emotion was ‘wistfulness’.

 

As the audience felt that wistful mood, the screen brightened and the movie began.

 

– South Korea’s first lunar orbital probe, Danuri, was successfully launched in 2022. Now, surpassing that glory, a manned probe independently launched with our technology is about to set sail for space. Foreign media attention is also···.

 

“Ah, headquarters. Could you please turn off the radio? I’m so nervous I feel like I’m going to throw up.”

 

Hong Yu-jeong laughed at her fellow pilot’s words.

 

“I wanted to say that too.”

 

Inside the spacecraft located at the tip of a massive rocket heading skyward in spacesuits, the astronauts were strapped to their seats looking upward.

 

This massive structure would soon pour out an enormous amount of flames behind it and depart for space in just a few minutes.

 

Hong Yu-jeong’s heart was turbulent as she felt a complex mix of fear that she might die, a heavy sense of mission, and excitement about achieving an accomplishment that no one else had accomplished.

 

From the Aerospace Research Institute, radio communication could be heard making final checks of various readings.

 

– Final confirmation. Six check.

“Line seven check. Eleven green.”

 

After confirming several readings, they finally entered the countdown.

 

– 4, 3, 2, 1 launch.

 

Drrrr─.

Screeech─.

 

Intense vibration was felt from behind.

The acceleration of tremendous force pushing this large structure upward was transmitted directly through their bodies.

 

The rocket, receiving powerful force, made aluminum and titanium scream from all directions as if it would crumple at any moment.

 

And all of that was vividly transmitted through the screen as if it were real.

 

The reporters who came to watch a romance movie and didn’t expect to see such scenes had interesting expressions and their eyes lit up.

 

‘I thought Director Jung Yo-han joined through his connection with Ryu Yeon-woo when I heard he participated, but it wasn’t simply that. It was a scene that couldn’t be made domestically without that person in the first place.’

 

There had been questions about why such high-level talent was used for a romance movie, but watching the rocket launch scene being transmitted through the screen right now, it was immediately understood.

 

At this moment, the CG was so precise that it was impossible to distinguish whether the screen being watched was a movie or a documentary.

 

The spacecraft was breaking through the atmosphere and going up, and the interior shook violently in proportion.

 

– First stage rocket separation.

“Separation confirmed!”

 

The propulsion system separated according to the predetermined program.

 

Hong Yu-jeong, who had been clenching her hands tightly, felt somewhat relieved upon hearing those words.

She thought they had overcome the biggest hurdle.

 

‘We’ll settle into orbit soon now.’

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Bang─.

Pop pop pop─.

 

A loud explosion came from behind, followed by the sound of something continuously bursting.

 

At first she thought it was backfire from fuel combustion, but then emergency warning sounds began blaring throughout the spacecraft.

 

Beep beep─.

Beep─.

 

The siren sounds flashing red and echoing from all directions were truly terrifying.

 

“Headquarters! Center!”

– Crackle─.

 

Soon the spacecraft began spinning violently as tremendous gravitational acceleration took effect.

 

“Gasp!”

 

To prevent the blood in her head from rushing down to her body due to the high gravitational acceleration, she began the L1 Breathing Technique as trained.

 

But in the spacecraft spinning and crashing at tremendous speed, she gradually felt her limits as her vision narrowed.

 

That was Hong Yu-jeong’s last memory.

 

***

 

Hong Yu-jeong dreamed for a long time after losing consciousness.

It was a dream of going to an amusement park with her parents who had passed away when she was young.

 

Riding the ferris wheel that went high into the sky and looking down, people looked as small as ants.

 

“Mother. Look at that. Our car is in the parking lot too.”

 

All the cars were either white or black and looked the same, so she didn’t know which one was Father’s car among them, but it was surely there.

 

Then the ferris wheel shook violently.

 

And someone’s voice was heard.

 

– Hey. Are you conscious?

 

It had been over twenty years since she’d seen her deceased parents.

She didn’t want to wake up from this dream.

 

– You seem to have sobered up, so try getting up.

 

The ferris wheel shook more violently and Hong Yu-jeong opened her eyes.

 

“···Mmm? Huh! Wh, who are you?”

“Shouldn’t I be the one asking that? You were drinking, right? When I first found you, I thought someone had died in our front yard and nearly had a heart attack.”

 

When she opened her eyes, a handsome young man was looking down at her.

 

Across a very distant time and space.

 

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