NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 301

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Episode 301. Rankings

– [Wind Turbine] : Yu-han, I’m going crazy, I’ve become a windmill

└ [Slide] : Did you see his nose bridge when he shot that last 3-pointer? I slid down that nose bridge and got a free trip to Europe

– [LeftHandIsJustSupport] : Is it true that you used the exact same tactics you learned while filming the drama? lololol

└ [콩떡빙수] : The fact that it actually worked is legendary ㄷㄷ Look at Yang Yunjae’s face, he’s completely stunned

└ [Chiriri Ball] : Isn’t Yang Yoon-jae the basketball king of the entertainment industry?

└ [콩떡빙수] : What’s Basketball King lmaooo so cringe

– [Organic Special Eggs] : If Yeon-woo buys a carton of eggs, it would be 29, right?

– [Gyeongsang Province Kid] : What are you talking about in the comment above? Why is one missing?

└[Organic Special Eggs] : Because there are no ‘limits’ for Yeon-woo

└[Gyeongsang Province Kid] : …

– [Private Attention King] : Huh, I thought it would be 27??

└[Organic Special Eggs] : 27?

└[Private Attention King] : Because I can’t even imagine a ‘world’ without Yeon-woo.

└[Organic Special Eggs] : wow!

– [Yu-ri Rabbit] : I liked basketball…

└ [Dog That Barks If You Agree] : Woof woof woof!

Hong Yu-ri, who had quietly added one comment after reading through the blazing internet comments, was endlessly replaying the YouTube video that was released last night.

It was a drama featuring both her ultimate bias and second bias together.

Hong Yu-ri muttered while watching the video.

“I’ve never even watched basketball once during sports festivals at our university…”

Hong Yu-ri liked playing dodgeball herself, and while she wasn’t really interested in sports, if she had to choose, she was more of a soccer fan.

Her Korean Literature department was traditionally strong in soccer, and with many Korean players recently active in the Premier League, soccer was naturally more popular than basketball among female sports fans.

So when she heard that Yeon-woo’s next project was decided to be a basketball drama, she thought that if they were going to do sports anyway, wouldn’t visually cool combat sports or track and field, or even soccer, have been better?

But after watching the video released yesterday, her mind changed.

“I liked basketball.”

She watched with sweaty palms because of the squeaking floor friction sounds and the flashy movements with non-stop scoring.

And the sight of her ultimate bias Ryu Yeon-woo passing to her second bias Jin Yu-han, and her second bias passing to her ultimate bias, stirred Hong Yu-ri’s heart.

Meanwhile, hearing Hong Yu-ri’s muttering, her roommate who shared the same dormitory peeked her face around the desk partition and said.

“Huh? Do you like basketball, unnie? Seo Eun-jun from Ihan PBT is really handsome. Or Kim Ho-seong from Seoul SL is also tall with amazing shoulders… Unnie, want to go watch a game with me this weekend?”

Then Hong Yu-ri answered while suddenly holding out her tablet PC.

“No, I don’t like professional basketball, I like this kind of basketball.”

“Huh? What’s this?”

“Well, player Ryu Yeon-woo from Saebyeol?”

***

The first broadcast ratings were 16.5 percent for SBC’s “Daytona” and 14.1 percent for TVM’s “Parabola.”

And in the following second episode, “Parabola” made progress rising to 14.3 percent, while “Daytona,” which had aggressive marketing, recorded 17.7 percent.

It certainly rose compared to the first broadcast, but the gap with “Daytona” had widened further.

But the second week was different.

Thanks to Hollywood’s Bernard Fenton’s help, they received Netflix’s main promotion, and a preview video of the variety show was uploaded to coincide with the release of episode 4.

Yeon-woo woke up early the next morning and checked the episode 4 ratings officially announced by the research agency.

《Drama Ratings Rankings

[Korea] [Wed, Thu] [Currently Airing] [By Ratings]》

1. Parabola – 16.9%

2. Daytona – 16.8%

3. Noisy Day – 9.6%

4. Killer Equation – 7.2%

“Hmm, it was a 0.1 percent difference. We won by a hair.”

A 0.1 percent difference in ratings was practically negligible, but what mattered was the growth trend.

‘Daytona dropped by 0.9 percent compared to last Thursday.’

Episodes 3 to 6 of a drama are the period when ratings should rise with each episode as the story begins in earnest.

The fact that viewer loss occurred here meant that the remaining episodes wouldn’t be smooth sailing either.

“If this continues, those guys might start attempting dirty covert operations. I’ve minimized the gaps they could exploit for now…”

Production was done at Saebyeol and they contacted the broadcaster directly.

Except for minor roles, all the cast were Saebyeol actors, and the director and writer were already proven to work well together without problems.

“Even so, if those guys force issues and create noise, we’ll end up in controversy regardless of the facts.”

For that reason too, he needed to keep those guys busy.

Yeon-woo picked up his smartphone and sent a message to Han Hae-woon.

– I think it’s time to play golf at the hotel. Prepare to execute within this week when the timing is right.

– Han Hae-woon : They should be nice and plump by now. Understood.

If we mobilize prosecutorial power to raid the secret workshop of those guys in Gimpo, Baeksol won’t have the luxury to worry about dramas and such.

‘It’ll feel like their feet are on fire. Of course, if the drama crashes while they can’t pay attention to it, it’ll be adding insult to injury and become an even bigger loss that’ll hit them hard.’

Yeon-woo looked at his smartphone and hurriedly prepared to go outside.

– Kim Min-su: I’ve arrived.

– I’ll come down now.

Yeon-woo took the elevator down to the parking lot and got into Kim Min-su’s car.

“I saw the video that was released yesterday. It wasn’t as good as seeing it directly on set, but the screen quality came out well.”

“Was it okay? That’s a relief.”

Kim Min-su, who was looking at the smiling Yeon-woo through the rearview mirror, continued speaking.

“You’re going to the company today because of the contract, right?”

“Yes. Since the company is gradually growing in scale, it seems better to outsource most tasks to external companies. Representative Jung could handle it himself, but he insisted I come…”

“Still, thanks to that, things will become more reliable.”

Yeon-woo nodded and smiled at Kim Min-su’s words.

From Kim Min-su’s perspective as a manager, the company would definitely become more reliable once today’s contract was signed.

***

Upon arriving at the company building, Yeon-woo immediately went up to the 4th floor.

Staff members passing through the entertainment company lobby greeted Yeon-woo with congratulations.

“Actor Ryu. Congratulations on Parabola’s first place in viewership ratings.”

“Ah, it’s all thanks to Eun-seol.”

Staff member No Eun-seol, whose name was called, was startled.

“Oh, you know my name?”

Yeon-woo tilted his head and answered as if she was asking something obvious.

“Huh? Of course I know. No Eun-seol from the planning team. And the person next to you is Seo Ji-woo from the marketing team who’s been here since LN.”

“Amazing…”

The staff members looked slightly surprised, probably thinking he wouldn’t know their names.

But there was no way Yeon-woo wouldn’t know.

After all, Yeon-woo was the one who had conducted thorough background checks on all staff members and directly decided whether to hire them, and he was still periodically investigating any possible connections to Baeksol.

“Well then, I’ll go into the CEO office.”

As a response to the staff’s congratulations, Yeon-woo gave them credit and entered Representative Jung Hyeok’s office.

Click─.

“Representative Jung.”

“Oh, Actor Ryu.”

Yeon-woo looked at Representative Jung Hyeok, who was sitting at his desk reading a classic paper newspaper.

“Are you checking the viewership ratings?”

“Ah, I was looking at the entertainment company rankings. We’re ranked lower than expected.”

“Entertainment company rankings?”

At Yeon-woo’s question, Representative Jung Hyeok handed over the paper newspaper.

When he checked the newspaper he received, there was an article about domestic entertainment company rankings selected by the American economic magazine Type.

1st place. SC Entertainment

2nd place. A-Music Korea

3rd place. Liz Media

4th place. LN Entertainment

(Omitted)

21st place. Saebyeol Entertainment

22nd place. ANB Works

After reading the newspaper, Yeon-woo stroked his chin.

“Hmm, 21st place…”

“Considering the quality of our affiliated actors, the ranking should actually be much higher, but it seems America still evaluates mainly based on K-pop.”

“Even so, LN Entertainment’s ranking is quite high. Liz Media in 3rd place also focuses on actors, right?”

Jung Hyeok nodded at Yeon-woo’s words.

“Since it’s basically an economic magazine, they calculate based on corporate valuation, but they also consider things like global brand ambassadorships, overseas talk show appearances by affiliated celebrities, and for idols, the more overseas concerts they hold, the higher the ranking.”

“Overseas activities…”

Looking at the detailed scores in the article, the global score was 39 points.

Considering that other top-tier entertainment companies had scores in the hundreds, with some companies exceeding 1,000 points, Saebyeol’s score was at a very low level.

The American talk show appearances were from when he was at LN, and while the globally successful “White Blood” now had all its affiliated actors at Saebyeol, the rights still belonged to LN.

“Then these 39 points probably went up thanks to the ‘São Paulo K-pop World Festival.'”

“That’s right. And Han So-hyeon being a model for ‘Eleme’ would have contributed too.”

It seemed the score had gone up thanks to Yeon-woo’s Brazil schedule and Han So-hyeon being the main Asian model for the global cosmetics brand ‘Eleme.’

The domestic score was quite high, so it seemed they were evaluated in the 20s range thanks to domestic activities.

“So foreign media evaluates Saebyeol as domestic-only.”

“Well, that’s probably how it’s been so far.”

In the future, actors under Saebyeol including Yeon-woo would have increasingly more overseas activities, so being undervalued in the global market wasn’t a good thing.

The finest strategist on the battlefield must know how to utilize even themselves as a chess piece.

“Are there any global brand ambassador offers or overseas schedules that have come in for me?”

“Huh? There are tons. Well, Actor Ryu seems to find things other than acting a bit bothersome, and since you’ve always declined until now, I’m still busy declining them.”

“······.”

Yeon-woo broke out in a cold sweat at CEO Jeong Hyeok’s words.

It wasn’t simply because he found it bothersome.

Well, really.

“Well… you know how rice needs to be steamed when cooking? Since I’ve been playing hard to get until now, my value should have risen considerably, so I think it would be okay to selectively accept things like global brand ambassadorships or main modeling gigs.”

“Oh, really? You’ll actually do it?”

Yeon-woo broke out in another cold sweat at CEO Jeong Hyeok’s reaction, which was more intense than expected.

“Hmm, I guess I’ll need to start utilizing my value in earnest from now on.”

***

For overseas activities, they decided to gradually build up until the upcoming “Survival Island – Global Match.”

After coming down to the Main Conference Room on the 2nd floor with CEO Jeong Hyeok and waiting, the door opened and the party they would be signing a contract with today entered.

The man who opened the door and entered had a cold impression and broad shoulders built up from intense training, giving off a strong feeling.

Someone who looked like they’d be good with a sniper rifle.

“Oh, you’re here. I’m Jeong Hyeok from Saebyeol Entertainment.”

The man grasped Jeong Hyeok’s extended hand with his thick hand and greeted him.

“Nice to meet you. I’m Kim Su-hyeok, CEO of Prydwen Security Company.”

Yeon-woo smiled as he looked at Kim Su-hyeok.

“Nice to meet you for the first time. I’m actor Ryu Yeon-woo.”

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