NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 321
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Episode 321. Tank
Yeon-woo was sitting in the cafe located on the 3rd floor of the office building, conducting a final review of the scenario submitted by the writer he was scheduled to meet today.
He had received word that Team Leader Gong Min-jeong had gone down to the 1st floor to pick up the writer who had arrived.
‘Hmm… I wonder what kind of person they are.’
Just then, the elevator arrived.
Ding─.
The door opened and Min-jeong walked in, followed by someone behind her.
“Huh?”
Seeing the face of the person following Min-jeong, Yeon-woo momentarily showed a pleased expression before tilting his head in confusion.
“Yuri Sister? What brings you here?”
“Oh, Yeon-woo. I saw the article about you going to America, but you’re already back.”
Hong Yu-ri had visited once before, but meeting Yeon-woo in the still unfamiliar space of Saebyeol Building seemed to give her some comfort.
Then she continued with an embarrassed expression.
“I’m here for a meeting today…”
Yeon-woo, who initially didn’t understand, gradually began to grasp how the situation was unfolding.
“Ah…?”
He checked once more the email address written at the top of the scenario he had been reading.
‘U-ri-tok number 2. Ah, Yu-ri Rabbit…’
Only then did Yeon-woo realize that the writer of the scenario he had been reading was Hong Yu-ri, and he smiled.
“Sister, you wrote this?”
“…Huh?”
“That’s right. I could have figured it out from the email address if I had paid attention, since Yu-ri Rabbit is your Woo’s ID.”
“D-don’t tell me you read my scenario?”
He had done more than just read it.
The news that Yeon-woo had been appointed as a judge was scheduled to be released after the main judging began, so even Hong Yu-ri, who was a fan, didn’t seem to know.
Meanwhile, Min-jeong’s eyes widened as she reacted to the nickname ‘Yu-ri Rabbit’ that came from Yeon-woo’s mouth.
Then she looked back and forth between Hong Yu-ri and Yeon-woo before speaking.
“Yu-ri Rabbit? Don’t tell me you’re Yu-ri Rabbit?”
“Yes?”
“It’s me! I’m YeonWooBabyUjju… Oh.”
Both of them had been regulars at the cafe since Yeon-woo’s rookie days when he appeared on 「Summer’s Closet」.
In her excitement, Min-jeong had started to say aloud her Woo’s nickname that had become her dark history, but seemed to catch herself and closed her mouth.
But even that much was enough for Hong Yu-ri to infer what Min-jeong had been trying to say.
“A-are you YeonWooBabyUjjujju?!”
Hong Yu-ri’s eyes widened as she shouted loudly, drawing the attention of other staff members in the cafe.
“Oh…”
Realizing she had made a blunder, Min-jeong’s face turned red in an instant.
***
After a slight incident between Woo’s members who had unexpectedly met in real life, Yeon-woo and Hong Yu-ri sat down in the cafe.
“So you’re telling me that you’re the one who contacted me after reading my writing?”
“Yeah.”
Seeing Yeon-woo nod, Hong Yu-ri sighed.
“Sigh, I should have known. I thought I actually had talent for a moment.”
“Hm?”
Yeon-woo tilted his head at Hong Yu-ri’s words and continued.
“What are you talking about? I contacted you because you have talent.”
“C-come on. You just contacted me because you know me, right?”
Yeon-woo chuckled and shook his head at those words.
“No way. I didn’t even know you were the one who wrote this. All personal information was blinded for me, so it was delivered with only the participant number written on it.”
“T-then you really contacted me because you liked my writing after reading it? But I was eliminated in the preliminaries.”
Hearing Hong Yu-ri’s words, Yeon-woo recalled the association’s wrongdoing.
Of course, there was no need to tell Hong Yu-ri the ugly truth.
However, he thought that because of the association’s wrongdoing, people who participated in the contest might not just lose their entry fees and time, but could also lose confidence and miss major life opportunities without recognizing the talent they might possess.
‘I’ll have to deal with them appropriately when this contest wraps up.’
Of course, if he took issue with the contest itself, they wouldn’t receive much punishment, and there was a possibility that Yeon-woo, as a fellow judge, would get caught up in controversy, so he would need to put the problematic judges on trial through the other crimes they had committed.
Yeon-woo, who had briefly organized his thoughts about the association, looked at Hong Yu-ri in front of him.
“Of course, there were many parts of the story that needed refinement. If it was writing intended for visualization, I felt you needed to study scenarios more systematically.”
Hong Yu-ri’s face fell at the continuing critique.
But Yeon-woo opened his mouth again.
“Nevertheless, I felt a creative power that covered all of that.”
“···Creative power?”
“The power to create characters. Not just the protagonist, but other characters also came across with clear images as if they were alive and breathing.”
Hong Yu-ri’s face reddened again at Yeon-woo’s praise.
It was rare for her to show her writing to someone, let alone to Ryu Yeon-woo.
Moreover, this wasn’t just any Ryu Yeon-woo – the person in front of her was a representative figure of Saebyeol Media and a judge for the scenario competition.
Looking at Hong Yu-ri, Yeon-woo opened his mouth again.
“So, the content market is becoming increasingly diversified and the demand for various original stories is growing.”
Hong Yu-ri snapped to attention at the suddenly serious topic that came out of nowhere.
“Uh, yes. Content diversification···. Original stories···.”
Yeon-woo chuckled at Hong Yu-ri who was nodding while repeating his words like a parrot, then continued.
“Saebyeol Media is trying to create a kind of think tank by bringing together excellent writers and aspiring writers to have competitiveness in such a content market.”
“···Think tank?”
These were contents that had been decided in advance when Yeon-woo, Saebyeol’s staff, and even CEO Kim Ju-seong, who was quietly wiping water glasses while pretending to be an ordinary cafe owner in the distance, had gathered together before heading to America.
A think tank originally refers to a group that develops or researches systems that form the basis of core technologies or policies for governments or companies.
Of course, Saebyeol Media’s think tank would be composed of capable writers and directors, and would be responsible for directly producing content to be created in the future or adapting scenarios or IPs purchased from outside.
‘Producing everything directly is the safest approach.’
While there would be benefits from collaborating with external figures, now that Saebyeol had grown larger, there were countless groups everywhere trying to keep them in check, so various dangers lurked.
Before Yeon-woo headed to America, while investigating Blue Whale Gate, which was producing 「Survival Island – Global Match」, he discovered that most American production companies had such in-house think tanks, so they decided to gradually prepare one for Saebyeol as well.
“I want Sister to become the first writer that our Saebyeol Media has cultivated. Oh, of course it’s regular employment and we’ll pay a salary. For the content you produce, we’ll make separate contracts with conditions that won’t fall short of industry standards.”
The only thought in Hong Yu-ri’s mind as she listened to the explanation was that she’d be an idiot not to accept this.
Of course, aside from the various conditions, she trusted Ryu Yeon-woo as a person.
That he wasn’t someone who would make a proposal that would harm her.
***
The official name of the think tank was decided as Saebyeol Creative.
Yeon-woo intuitively suggested calling it ‘Saebyeol Tank’, but faced fierce opposition from the staff and had to bend his opinion.
‘Hmm, well, it’s not an organization that will do external activities, and it’s just a name to distinguish within Saebyeol, so simple would be good. Is there really a reason to call it Creative, making it long?’
Why were they so horrified and fiercely opposed···.
Anyway, now that the organization was decided, they needed to create the members.
‘First, since we’ve signed an MOU with Wisestone where PD Joo Hyeon-seok is, there shouldn’t be any problem with production even without binding them to the think tank.’
Since Joo Hyeon-seok was a variety show PD, he was also distant from the movies and dramas that Saebyeol was focusing on.
‘I think we should recruit writers first.’
The first person who came to mind was naturally Kim Ju-hyeong.
From when they first met, Kim Ju-hyeong’s passion for movies was tremendous.
And the play 「Mirror」, which could be called Kim Ju-hyeong’s debut work, was also successful, and in the recently filmed movie 「Moon」, he proved his skills once again while assisting Director Lee Yong-su.
However, since Kim Ju-hyeong would definitely come running with cheers at 100% if Yeon-woo asked him to work together anyway, he was thinking of looking for other writers first.
Not aspiring writers like Hong Yu-ri or novice writers like Kim Ju-hyeong, but a name that could serve as a focal point for such people was needed.
In other words, a lead writer.
‘Hmm, there’s no one more famous than this person though.’
Yeon-woo, who had been thinking for a moment while holding his smartphone, called Writer Kim Jin-ju, with whom he had a deep personal friendship.
Writer Kim Jin-ju first met Yeon-woo as the lead actor and writer of 「Stars Beyond Garam」, and after that they did book signings together, and later she also took on the adaptation of 「White Blood」.
And she was also the most famous writer among the writers Yeon-woo knew.
Ring ring─.
The call connection tone sounded and soon the call was connected.
– Oh? Yeon-woo?
“Writer Kim. How have you been?”
Although he did call to check in occasionally, the most recent contact with Writer Kim Jin-ju was probably two or three months ago.
If Kim Jin-ju joined the think tank, she would be a very good teacher for Hong Yu-ri and other writers.
Writer Kim Jin-ju was famous as a star writer with multiple successful dramas and movies, but at the same time, she was a star writer who had won international literary awards in the pure literature world as well.
Meanwhile, from the other end of the phone receiver, Kim Jin-ju’s bright voice could be heard responding to Yeon-woo’s greeting.
– Me? I’m the same as always. Yeon-woo, I really enjoyed watching the drama you were in recently. How did you know how to do that kind of acting? You’re a natural-born actor. I want to write stories that stimulate those kinds of emotional lines these days too!
The drama she mentioned must be “Parabola.”
With the competing work “Daytona” sinking due to production company issues, there was nothing that could stop “Parabola’s” solo performance as it rushed toward the latter half.
Episode 13 was scheduled to air this week, and the ending scene from New York that Yeon-woo had filmed was already approaching next week’s broadcast.
“Thank you. It was quite fun while filming too. Oh, if you write a scenario, please show it to me first.”
– Hey, that would be great for me. As long as the production company can afford to pay your fee.
After exchanging trivial pleasantries with Writer Kim Jin-ju who was being playful, Yeon-woo got to the main point.
“By the way, the reason I called today is because I have a proposal for you…”
– A proposal? What is it, what is it?
Before he could even finish speaking, Kim Jin-ju on the other end of the phone receiver asked what the proposal was.
The last proposal he had made was the adaptation request for “White Blood,” and now that “White Blood” had become a world-level hit on Netflix, she couldn’t help but have expectations.
“If you accept, you probably won’t have to worry about actors’ fees when writing your works from now on.”
Saebyeol has many A-grade and above affiliated actors, and they just have a lot of money too.
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