NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 283

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Episode 283. Happiness Burning Misfortune as Fuel

I received a phone call while doing my morning workout at home, loosening up my body.

 

– ···So yesterday marked the final screening, and it’s been pulled from all theaters nationwide. The final count is 5.72 million viewers.

“I see. Thank you for all your hard work.”

– Not at all. We still have OTT service distribution ahead of us, and we’ll give our all until the very end.

“Yes, thank you. I look forward to continuing our work together.”

 

Yeon-woo finished the call and looked at the name displayed on the screen.

 

– [A Pictures Executive Director Tak Jeong-ah]

 

‘The more I see, the better her work handling seems to be.’

 

If nothing unusual happened, it seemed like continuing to work with A Pictures would be fine.

 

As Executive Director Tak Jeong-ah reported, the screening of the movie “Moon” ended yesterday.

 

Generally, distributors rarely contact lead actors directly, but Executive Director Tak Jeong-ah thought of Yeon-woo not simply as an actor but as an investor and the actual representative of the production company, so she called him.

 

The movie “Moon” with a final audience count of 5.72 million might seem somewhat modest compared to Yeon-woo’s previous works, but it was a huge success, far exceeding the break-even point of 1.5 million viewers.

 

This was enough to rank among the most successful domestic romance films of all time.

 

Yeon-woo recalled Director Yoon Mi-yeon, who had hung up works from her LN Media days in Saebyeol Media’s somewhat empty lobby with a bitter expression.

 

Jeong Hyeok and Kim Ju-seong probably felt the same way.

 

‘Still, now Saebyeol Media’s lobby has its first poster worth decorating under the Saebyeol name.’

 

Yeon-woo finished his morning workout with stretching and headed to the shower room while checking entertainment news on his smartphone.

 

He saw articles about the members’ variety shows that aired consecutively for two days, the day before yesterday and yesterday.

 

– Jin Yu-han on “Rooftop Movie Theater”: “My closest friend is Ryu Yeon-woo.”

They meet quite often in private and have even enjoyed survival games together… Meanwhile, Ryu Yeon-woo recently showed incredible performance on TVM’s “Survival Island”…

 

– Son Jin-wook on “Dawn Market”: “It was an honor to experience the true taste of labor with the national MC… not really. The autumn harvest is too hard. I want to escape. Ryu Yeon-woo is really good at these things,” he joked…

He scolded the MC who kept asking about Ryu Yeon-woo and Saebyeol Entertainment while subtly slacking off, telling him to get back to work, turning the scene into a sea of laughter…

 

‘Hmm, when I met him last time, Jin-wook hyung complained that his back was about to break, so he must have been helping with the autumn harvest. But I’ve never tried rice farming either…?’

 

I had infiltrated many professions in disguise, but farmer wasn’t one of them.

 

Coincidentally, both articles made mentions of Yeon-woo their main headlines.

 

This made sense because “Survival Island” was generating buzz daily, so to increase article click rates, it was natural for reporters to include Yeon-woo’s name in the title.

 

Now everyone knew that these two were close friends with Yeon-woo in the entertainment industry.

 

Son Jin-wook, who always appeared as a cameo in Yeon-woo’s works, was obvious, and Jin Yu-han, who had made a dramatic move to the essentially new company Saebyeol, had only worked on one project together excluding theater – “Stars Beyond Garam” – yet everyone seemed to think of them as ‘Ryu Yeon-woo’s group.’

 

‘I’m lucky. There are so many strange people in the entertainment industry, but fortunately I met good connections in my early works…’

 

Son Jin-wook and Jin Yu-han had a very casual relationship with Yeon-woo.

 

The foundation of a casual, open relationship can actually only exist when there’s mutual respect between both parties.

 

The fact that they’ve maintained a good relationship for several years now is probably because they respect and consider Yeon-woo from the heart.

 

‘Of course, I feel the same way about them…’

 

Come to think of it, when I returned to the office building right after coming back from “Survival Island,” Jin Yu-han in the meeting room had said he was looking for a movie to start early next year as his next project.

 

‘Maybe I should try doing a cameo once. Of course, there would need to be a suitable role for me to take.’

 

My only experience was a cameo in Director Kim Han-su’s movie “Spring Lover,” a healing romance about a firefighter with PTSD, where I played the protagonist’s school days role early in my debut.

 

I didn’t know how next year would turn out, but if possible, I wanted to at least make cameo appearances in our agency actors’ works.

 

‘Well, since they’re all Saebyeol actors anyway, it’s essentially no different from my own projects, so the concept of helping is ambiguous.’

 

Organizing these various thoughts, Yeon-woo washed up in the shower room and came out.

The drama filming was now approaching its final stages.

 

It was about time for Yeon-woo to consider his next project for early next year, like Jin Yu-han.

 

‘For now, I’ll finish my work activities for the second half of this year with this…’

 

That didn’t mean there would be time to rest.

 

I had already submitted my return-to-school application to Korea University for this semester, so I had to complete the semester.

 

‘At least I filled most of it with online lectures.’

 

Being able to fill the curriculum with online courses like this and get by was possible only once at most.

 

‘Next time I return to school, I’ll have no choice but to actually do campus life.’

 

Yeon-woo finished preparing to go out and left home.

 

“Is it today?”

 

‘Every person’s happiness is built upon another person’s misfortune.’

 

These are the words of Ivan Turgenev, a writer from the 19th-century Russian Empire.

 

Perhaps this would be the main theme of today’s “Survival Island” episode.

 

While Yeon-woo was filming the drama, the aired “Survival Island” episodes showed a contrasting crosscut between the accommodation that agreed to team up and the accommodation where teaming was canceled due to Yeon-woo’s opposition.

 

Now it was time for those who had formed teams to move forward, burning the unhappiness of people from the opposite dormitory as fuel for their own happiness.

 

‘Well, I’m the same.’

 

In the end, I used that in reverse to complete my victory narrative through their misfortune.

 

It was an unavoidable element in survival games.

In fact, that’s also the main appeal of survival-type broadcasts.

 

However, the problem was how to package it.

 

‘I wonder how Yoon Chang-jun PD edited it…’

 

Yeon-woo thought about “Survival Island” that would air today as he drove to the office building himself.

 

***

 

“Then lastly, please sign here.”

 

The contract proceeded in a comfortable atmosphere as they sat in the 3rd Floor Cafe.

 

“Jin-wook senior and Yeon-woo are finally eating from the same pot?”

“That’s right.”

 

The person signing the contract at the company today was Han So-hyeon.

 

Jung Yeo-reum from “Yeo-reum’s Closet.”

Deer Jennifer from “Master Plan.”

 

And even the hotel lobby staff from “White Blood” where she appeared as a cameo.

 

She had worked with Yeon-woo in numerous productions, and among the actresses Yeon-woo knew, she was actually the closest to him.

 

Even so, they had always belonged to different agencies, but this time when her contract expired, So-hyeon joined Saebyeol.

 

Han So-hyeon was, if you think about it, an actress with more hit works than even Son Jin-wook and Jin Yu-han.

 

“Saebyeol has recruited a super mega star.”

“Eh, me?”

“Yes. Sister, you have the most hit works in our company.”

“Super mega star my foot! When you say things like that, it feels like you’re slightly teasing me?! Player 7.”

 

Han So-hyeon waved her hands dismissively at Yeon-woo’s words, who was now making all of South Korea buzz with not only dramas and movies but also variety shows.

 

CEO Jeong Hyeok smiled at So-hyeon’s reaction.

 

No, actually he was grinning from ear to ear with a beaming smile.

 

The current Saebyeol actually had more major stars than when it was LN Enter.

 

While the total number of actors had decreased slightly, each and every actor under contract was a gem.

 

As So-hyeon said, Yeon-woo, who had tremendous box office power no matter what he did, held the biggest weight, but even excluding Yeon-woo, it was true.

 

Looking at the contract with So-hyeon’s signature, CEO Jeong Hyeok felt full even without eating.

 

And he looked at CEO Kim Ju-seong who was quietly wiping cups at the cafe counter.

 

Of course, he knew well that all of this was thanks to Yeon-woo’s connections, but still, this much felt like he could hold his head up in front of his mentor Kim Ju-seong.

 

‘Hehe, it’s finally complete. The “Yeo-reum’s Dining Table” members.’

 

Including An Jun-ho who was approaching discharge from military service, all the main and supporting actors belonged to Saebyeol.

 

The content that could be created with these actors was limitless.

 

JNBC still occasionally rebroadcasts “Yeo-reum’s Dining Table” because the healing variety show has such a strong fanbase.

 

“Tonight we’re having a group viewing of “Survival Island” at the office building, so how about getting acquainted with the staff and actors?”

 

Actually, So-hyeon was already quite close with the Saebyeol actors, so there wasn’t really a need to get acquainted.

 

“That sounds great! I was planning to go home and watch Survival Island anyway.”

“That works out well. Many of our staff are fans of yours, so they’ll be happy.”

“Survival Island?”

 

When Yeon-woo asked back, So-hyeon answered as if asking whether he didn’t know.

 

“The program name “Survival Island” is too long, so people on the internet call it Survival Island? Didn’t you know?”

“No. That’s quite an abbreviation.”

“Ooh, Ryu Yeon-woo using abbreviations? But I’ve only seen it in text, do people actually use it when speaking like this…?”

“Um, anyway Sister So-hyeon, please watch Survival Island…”

 

Like Son Jin-wook, So-hyeon had been with Yeon-woo since he was a student, so she naturally knew well that he didn’t know slang and seemed like an old soul compared to his age.

 

“…That’s weird. Stop with the abbreviations. And those are really old abbreviations.”

 

At So-hyeon’s words, Yeon-woo nodded and made a note on his smartphone.

 

– Abbreviations aren’t actually used much in real life.

– Using too much slang seems weird.

– Need updates.

 

Anyway, slang was really difficult.

 

“By the way, the participants from the opposite dormitory formed teams with each other. What happens now? On the internet, there’s a lot of talk about whether it’s cheating or not, and since it didn’t break the rules, those who didn’t team up were fools.”

“Now Sister will have to check through the broadcast too.”

“Ah, why! Use your insider connection! Tell me a little!”

 

Yeon-woo knew that there was a lot of talk on the internet about how the dormitories were split into contrasting scenes – his dormitory remaining individual while the others formed teams together.

 

– Isn’t teaming up against the rules in a survival show? The production team will probably stop them if they act on it tomorrow!

└ For real, they’re screwed if they don’t

└Honestly, even just two people teaming up gives an absolute advantage, but if six people move together, the game’s over

 

– If Ryu Yeon-woo gets ganged up on by six people and gets eliminated, the viewer forum will explode lol

└ But I think it might be his own fault. The idea of teaming up came up in Ryu Yeon-woo’s dormitory too.

 

– Are you crazy? How is that his own fault? If everyone cheats together on the college entrance exam, is it the fault of the honest person who solved it alone when they don’t get into university? You’re really at the national average 5th grade level

└ Now that you mention it, you’re right

 

– Ryu Yeon-woo caught the cool disease lol

 

The viewers’ reactions were diverse as expected.

 

Of course, most thought negatively about the teaming behavior, but there were also many opinions that solidarity wasn’t against the rules so there was no problem, and among them were those who mocked Yeon-woo as stupid for rejecting the alliance in the dormitory.

 

After all, they hadn’t actually seen the allied players commit one-sided massacres yet.

 

‘Min-su hyung said it felt like massacre and abuse.’

 

He said the sight of six people moving together and one-sidedly eliminating the remaining players in the situation room was definitely not a pleasant picture.

 

He thought the edited version would be more brutal than reality if anything, certainly not beautified.

 

Once viewers received the visual transmission directly, there would be almost no one cheering for the alliance.

 

“But if six people move together in a group, wouldn’t even you be helpless, Yeon-woo? I’m a fan of Player 7, so is he going to be eliminated here?”

 

Seeing Han So-hyeon subtly probing about the content again while claiming to be a fan, Yeon-woo smiled brightly.

 

“Keep the main broadcast channel bookmarked.”

“Ah, why!”

 

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