NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 320

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Episode 320. Email

Yeon-woo became increasingly absorbed and focused on the scenario he was reading.

In fact, it was closer to a short story than a proper scenario.

The person who wrote this seemed to have no understanding of filming, and appeared to have never learned how to write scenarios.

Nevertheless, the quality of the writing was quite high compared to other submissions.

‘Hmm…’

The work dealt with a story about a con artist with a thousand faces who was on Interpol’s red notice list, cooperating with investigative agencies for some reason.

While reading, Yeon-woo thought of one person.

‘Frank Abagnale Jr.’

A legendary con artist and check forger who operated in America, currently working as a corporate security consultant based on his experience with fraud.

He was also well known as a real person who became the subject of a famous Hollywood movie released in the early 2000s.

‘In a way, it’s like a spinoff series made by taking just the Pierre Choi character from “Master Plan.”‘

Since it was a movie that drew ten million viewers, it was entirely possible that the writer of this piece was influenced by it.

However, the reason Yeon-woo felt something different while reading wasn’t simply because the story was good.

Strictly speaking, so many works with this kind of story had already been made that he didn’t feel particularly fresh about the story itself.

What interested Yeon-woo was the ‘character’s image.’

When reading most scenarios, you can sense what kind of image the writer had in mind for the character.

Sometimes it went beyond sensing and seemed like you could actually see it.

That was the case with Jay and Nari from “Sketch,” and similarly with the recently released movie “Moon,” the image of Hong Yu-jeong he visualized just from reading the scenario almost perfectly matched actress Hong A-yoon whom he actually met later.

He had envisioned the appearance of an astronaut traveling back in time from the face of an unknown theater actor he saw at a small theater.

The character images that directors and writers conceive during the production stage are that solid.

‘But the protagonist role in this scenario…’

Strangely, despite just reading the text, Yeon-woo could see himself.

When he imagined the protagonist of this writer’s story, he pictured himself acting that role.

Yeon-woo, who had been sitting in his chair quietly focusing on the scenario, became lost in thought.

There were probably two possibilities for this situation where he saw himself in the protagonist.

First, the possibility that this amateur writer had Yeon-woo in mind from the beginning when conceiving the protagonist.

‘And the second possibility would be that I want to act this writer’s scenario character so much that I’m projecting myself into it.’

Then Yeon-woo shook his head.

‘No, there are three possibilities. When both of the previous two apply simultaneously.’

Yeon-woo looked at the scenarios piled up on his desk.

These were scenarios he had specifically requested to be printed because he could immerse himself more thoroughly when reading on paper rather than files.

He had spent several hours reading about half of the scenarios.

Among them, the one he had just found was the only decent piece.

‘Well, no matter how strange and hard to read, someone spent time writing it earnestly…’

As a judge, it was right to show at least minimal sincerity toward that effort.

For several more hours after that, he sat at his desk and silently read through the piled scenarios one by one.

And among all those aspiring scenario writers, who he should contact became more certain as time passed.

***

‘Application number 2182.’

Yeon-woo checked the application number written at the top of the scenario.

Then he opened the Excel file with the list that Han Hae-woon had sent him.

– no. 2182

Contact: [email protected]

‘Hmm, they’ll check if I just send an email, right?’

Actually, if he started a background investigation, he could find out all the personal information right away, but at this stage he didn’t want to waste skilled personnel on such matters.

‘If we decide to work together, then I’ll need to investigate any potential problems.’

Of course, the possibility that an ordinary person with no industry experience who was filtered out of the competition for being a college student would have connections to Baeksol, a secret organization, was very slim.

However, if they were to collaborate in the future, it was essential to check whether this person had any moral issues.

‘They’re desperate to create tax evasion issues even where none exist…’

Before sending the email, he first sent a message to Director Yoon Mi-yeon.

– Director. As I mentioned before, there’s a work among the competition rejects that I’d like to contact. I’m planning to send a simple email regarding contact first, but under whose name should I send it?

After sending the message and waiting for a moment, a reply came back.

– Director Yoon Mi-yeon: Let’s proceed under my name or Team Leader Gong Min-jeong’s name. Or should we handle it? If you give us the contact information, we’ll proceed and inform you later.

After seeing Director Yoon’s message, Yeon-woo stroked his chin and thought for a moment before shaking his head.

– It’s fine. Since I reviewed the work, I’ll contact them directly if possible.

– Director Yoon Mi-yeon: Then you can log in with the ID we’ll send you and send an email. It’s a company account.

After receiving Director Yoon’s reply, the company account and password for Saebyeol Media soon arrived.

Yeon-woo logged in with the company account and then composed a contact proposal email to send to the account [u_retok2].

Sender: [email protected]

Recipient: [email protected]

File attachment: None

– Hello. This is Director Yoon Mi-yeon from Saebyeol Media. I’m contacting you because I’d like to have a discussion after seeing the work you submitted to this scenario competition.

Due to the competition’s personal information protection policy, we don’t know any information other than your email address and work, so please understand that we’re contacting you via email first…

***

Bzzzz—.

Meanwhile, Hong Yu-ri’s smartphone vibrated as she sat in the multipurpose room of the school library for interview study.

She wondered if it might be an email from one of the companies where she had submitted job applications after seeing their job postings.

Hong Yu-ri steadied her pounding heart and quietly picked up her smartphone, avoiding the eyes of other study members.

But what arrived wasn’t a text message but an email.

‘Huh? Where is SBmedia?’

Since she had never submitted a resume to such a company, Hong Yu-ri tilted her head in confusion.

When she clicked on the email, the main text appeared.

– Hello. This is Director Yoon Mi-yeon from Saebyeol Media. Regarding the scenario competition you recently…

Seeing the long email containing content she never expected, Hong Yu-ri suddenly stood up.

The other members who had been conducting interview study for a while looked at Hong Yu-ri.

“S-sorry. I think I need to leave early today because something urgent came up.”

Hong Yu-ri hurriedly packed her things and bowed to the members again.

“I’m sorry! Please continue.”

And when Hong Yu-ri opened the door of the multipurpose room and left, the study members inside shook their heads.

“Hmm, it’ll be hard to survive in the needle-hole job market with that kind of preparation.”

“That’s right.”

“Let’s continue.”

Hong Yu-ri, who had left the room, felt her heart pounding like crazy as she left the library.

Of course, it wasn’t because she was out of breath from hurrying out.

‘Saebyeol Media…!’

The unfamiliar email address SBmedia was Saebyeol Media, a name that was both familiar and distant to Hong Yu-ri.

Saebyeol Entertainment, the entertainment company that Ryu Yeon-woo belonged to—her boyfriend’s friend and close younger sibling, and simultaneously Hong Yu-ri’s favorite celebrity.

Saebyeol Media was a production company affiliated with Saebyeol Entertainment.

Having received an email from a company with such a close yet distant name asking for a meeting, if her heart wasn’t beating like it was about to burst, she should suspect heart disease.

Hong Yu-ri felt all her nerves on edge, making everything around her feel unfamiliar.

Students laughing and chatting at the campus cafe across the street.

Seeing them wearing team baseball jackets with department logos, they seemed to be first-year students remaining at school for summer courses.

Behind that bench, far below on the soccer field, several men were running frantically and shouting something to each other.

It was the same scenery as any other day on the peaceful campus.

The only thing that had changed was a tiny piece of data that had entered her email inbox.

However, at that moment, Hong Yu-ri instinctively felt that it was time to leave the school that had embraced her and move forward into society.

Throughout her senior year, she had been steadily preparing for employment by submitting job applications to various companies and preparing for interview studies, but the single email that had just arrived seemed more likely to definitively determine her future.

‘Maybe I’m just counting my chickens before they hatch…’

Hong Yu-ri sat on the bench in front of the Central Library and sent a reply, agonizing over each and every word.

And she instinctively thought.

She would probably remember this moment for the rest of her life.

***

Hong Yu-ri visited the Saebyeol Entertainment office building with a pounding heart.

She had been here once last year when Yeon-woo called her to help with a group project.

‘Back then, I never dreamed I’d come back here under these circumstances…’

She had considered contacting Yeon-woo before coming, but decided against it since today she was visiting not as Hong Yu-ri, Yeon-woo’s acquaintance, but as a writer.

‘He said he was going to America for filming a few days ago, but I’m not even sure if he’s back yet…’

As Hong Yu-ri headed to the 1st floor of the building, there were still long lines of people wrapped around the building due to the popular bakery and restaurant.

She squeezed through the crowd and entered the building’s entrance.

Though she was still nothing special, she felt like the people standing in line around her were whispering about her.

It might have been her imagination, but she thought she heard things like ‘She must work at Saebyeol Entertainment.’ and ‘I’m jealous. If you work there, you’d see Jin Yu-han and Ryu Yeon-woo every day, right?’

Hong Yu-ri’s face turned red for no reason as she arrived at the security door and called the number written in the email.

– Yes. This is Team Leader Gong Min-jeong from Saebyeol Media.

“Ah, yes. I’m the one scheduled to visit today… I’m Writer Hong Yu-ri.”

Even as Hong Yu-ri introduced herself, her own lips felt awkward pronouncing the word ‘writer.’

– Oh, have you arrived at the 1st floor?

“Yes, yes!”

When Hong Yu-ri answered, she heard a kind voice from the other end of the phone receiver, like a phone operator, telling her to wait a moment as someone would come down to the 1st floor to get her.

So Hong Yu-ri fidgeted with her fingers, trying to calm her pounding heart while waiting for Team Leader Gong Min-jeong to come down and get her.

Little did she know that ‘YeonWooLoveStoryUjjujju’ was coming down to get ‘Yu-ri Rabbit.’

And she had no idea who was waiting on the 3rd floor cafe for a meeting with her.

Of course, that someone waiting on the 3rd floor also didn’t know that the person coming up was Hong Yu-ri.

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