NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 34

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Episode 34. First CF (2)

With the director’s cue, Yeon-woo jumped in place and stepped down in front of the camera.

 

This was a scene that would be edited through CG to show Yeon-woo, who was floating in the air from the previous shoot, coming down.

 

The camera director carried a gimbal and stepped backward in sync with Yeon-woo’s movement.

 

Yeon-woo’s face in close-up smiled broadly as he handed the smartphone to a supporting actor.

 

The camera followed the motion of the passing hand and began to pull back behind the supporting actor holding the smartphone.

 

The camera moved between the actors as if it were following the smartphone moving here and there.

 

This scene was a concept where they were filming an amateur movie together with the supporting actors.

It was a shoot that required concentration due to the quite complex blocking.

“Good. Since this is a scene that will have narration, keep going a bit more.”

The supporting actors around Yeonwoo continued their performance, pretending to film while holding reflectors and boom mics.

This is a concept designed around the newly released smartphone model’s key selling points: video recording capabilities and wide-angle camera.

This scene was supposed to include Ryu Yeon-woo’s voice briefly explaining the camera’s specs followed by commentary.

“Okay, cut!”

Clap clap clap!

The staff applauded along with a cheerful “okay” sound.

“Let’s shoot a few more takes following the same blocking we just did.”

Then, filming in the same way as before, I shot about four more times while gradually changing the movement and focus.

The director clapped and announced the end of filming.

“Great. Today’s filming movements seemed like they would be complex and tricky, but since the actors did so well, everything went smoothly.”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

 

Yeon-woo smiled brightly while bumping fists with the supporting actors who had worked hard on the consecutive complex movement shots.

Yeonwoo brightly smiling while bumping fists with the supporting actors who worked hard through the continuous complex movement shots.

The director’s eyes seemed to flash for a moment when he saw that.

“Hm? Did that scene just get filmed?”

The director urgently asks the rail camera director.

“I’m asking if we got the fist bump greeting just now.”

 

The camera director nodded.

 

“Yes. The camera was rolling for that too.”

“Yes. The camera was rolling just now too.”

“Good, I should use that scene too. It was natural.”

“It’s because you filmed it so well, Director. The storyboard was good too.”

 

Director Lee Yong-su smiled at Yeon-woo’s modest bow.

 

“Yeon-woo, you still need to do additional print ads and panel shoots, so please bear with us a little more. Ah, but let’s eat first.”

 

The filming that started in the morning had repeated various cuts and skipped lunch, and it was almost 3 o’clock.

 

“Yes, Director, let’s go together.”

The filming that started in the morning went on until nearly three o’clock, shooting multiple takes repeatedly and skipping lunch.

“Yes, let’s go together, Director.”

“Now, everyone, let’s eat.”

At the director’s call, Tap and the cast headed to the catering truck prepared at one corner of the filming set.

After getting lunch boxes from the catering truck and sitting down at the table, the staff appeared from behind with a cake they had prepared.

“Congratulations on your first commercial, Actor Ryu.”

Yeonwoo jumped up from the table, startled by the surprise event.

It was a common event prepared for models at advertising shoots, but since this was Yeonwoo’s first CF shoot, she hadn’t expected it at all.

The cake that the staff brought had a picture of Yeonwoo drawn in chocolate.

“Wow, thank you. I never even thought of that.”

The staff who had prepared everything felt a sense of fulfillment and their spirits lifted at Yeonwoo’s genuinely grateful reaction, even though this was something they did for every commercial.

“Please try the cake quickly, actor.”

Manager Minsu, who had appeared out of nowhere, handed a plastic knife to Yeonwoo.

“You drew my picture so well in chocolate that it’s too precious to cut.”

Yeonwoo took a photo with her smartphone before cutting the cake.

“That’s right. Hahaha. I’ll just brag to my friends.”

 

Yeon-woo cut the chocolate cake with the plastic knife, took a bite, and shared it with the supporting actors and staff.

“Where are you going to post it? You don’t even use social media.”

“Exactly. Hahaha. I’ll brag about it to my friends.”

Yeonwoo cut the chocolate cake with a plastic knife, took a bite to try it, and shared it with the supporting actors and staff.

 

“Ryu-nim. I’m a fan. I’m from Woo’s!”

 

Unlike the busy filming set earlier, as the filming location gained some breathing room, the staff approached Yeon-woo in a friendly manner.

 

“Oh, really? Nice to meet you.”

 

The supporting actors and staff took selfies with Yeon-woo and naturally mingled while eating lunch boxes and cake.

 

The filming set atmosphere, which had become more harmonious than in the morning, continued with ground shooting and panel photography.

 

At the set where rhythmic pop songs were playing, camera shutter sounds echoed along with continuous “Okay” and “Good” calls.

 

Yeon-woo’s full-body panels that would be installed in front of ST Telecom stores nationwide were shot so well that they needed no retouching.

 

It was simply capturing his real appearance as it was, but the photographer continued shooting while exclaiming in admiration.

 

“Oh, great. Just smile naturally like that.”

 

The shooting that started early in the morning wrapped up around 6 PM.

 

“Alright, that’s a wrap for today’s shooting. Great work, everyone.”

 

Wheeew—.

Clap clap clap.

 

As the director’s wrap announcement echoed, the set filled with whistling sounds and applause.

 

“I thought today’s schedule would be tight, but since Yeon-woo acted so smoothly without any hitches, we can go home and eat dinner there. Hahaha.”

 

Yeon-woo smiled at the director’s hearty laughter.

 

“Thanks to you, I was able to shoot my first commercial advertisement in such a harmonious atmosphere. Thank you, Director.”

 

With his consistently humble and pleasant demeanor, even Director Lee Yong-su, who originally disliked young actors, had his prejudices broken and viewed Yeon-woo favorably.

 

“Please give me an autograph for my daughter, Yeon-woo.”

“Yes. Of course.”

 

Director Lee Yong-su didn’t actually know if his daughter was a fan or not, but he got the autograph anyway.

 

And when he returned home and saw his middle school daughter’s face beaming from ear to ear, he nodded, knowing his choice had been right.

 

 

And then Yeon-woo went on to shoot an advertisement for the outdoor brand ‘Tapers’ three days later.

 

It was a relatively simple concept shoot with a storyboard of him walking in hiking clothes inside a special effects studio, so compared to the telecom and smartphone combination advertisement, he finished shooting easily.

 

With the substantial amount of money that came in from two consecutive advertisement shoots, Yeon-woo took half of it as originally planned and deposited it into his parents’ account.

 

Despite his parents’ strong opposition, Yeon-woo expressed his opinion again, telling them to enjoy hobbies and live comfortably without worrying about money, which made Lee Seon-ok tear up on the other end of the phone.

 

Even though he had finished one drama and shot two commercials, it still wasn’t enough to secure his own home given Seoul’s wildly soaring housing prices.

 

Of course, it wouldn’t be impossible if he looked for a place with a loan, but since he wasn’t in urgent need of a home, he decided to live in the officetel provided by the company for the time being.

 

“In this life, if I make money like Jin-wook hyung, I should live in a nice house too. You come with nothing and leave with nothing.”

 

Yeon-woo had directly experienced that no matter how hard you work to earn money, it all disappears when you die.

That’s why he was determined to flex somewhat in this life.

 

 

The next day came and Yeon-woo was waiting for Min-su at his officetel.

 

Ding dong—.

 

Just then, hearing the doorbell sound, Yeon-woo went to the entrance and opened the door.

 

“Min-su hyung, please come in.”

“This is my first time entering here. Haha.”

 

Min-su entered Yeon-woo’s officetel carrying a document bag and tissues.

 

“Have you eaten? Should I make you something?”

“Ah, I’m curious about the cooking skills I only saw on the variety show, but I already ate. Please take this.”

“Hey, this isn’t even my own place, why bring something like this.”

“Still, it’s my first visit so I should bring something. Anyway, I bought supplies with the company card so I’m not sure if it has meaning, but please just accept the thought.”

 

Laughing at Min-su’s words, they headed to the living room.

Yeon-woo went to the kitchen, poured some juice, and handed it to Min-su.

 

“Ah, thank you.”

 

Min-su, who received the cup, opened his document bag.

 

“Quite a few offers came in. Your previous work did well, but you’re so hot right now thanks to the college entrance exam issue.”

 

What Min-su took out were movie scenarios and drama scripts with casting offers for Yeon-woo’s next project.

 

“Hmm, quite a lot.”

“The industry wants you now.”

 

Yeon-woo read through the titles one by one.

 

“Hmm. But they’re all just romantic comedy genres too similar to my previous work.”

“Since your image has been formed in that direction, it’s somewhat like that.”

 

Yeon-woo pondered while browsing through various works.

 

Min-su watched Yeon-woo and then took out a few more scenarios from inside his bag.

 

“If you’d like to try a different role, actor, we also have these scenarios.”

 

Yeon-woo received the scenarios Min-su handed him and looked them over.

Watching Yeon-woo, Min-su added,

 

“However, these scenarios aren’t casting requests specifically for you, actor, so we’d need to coordinate in advance and you might need to audition if necessary.”

 

Hearing Min-su’s words, Yeon-woo smiled and replied,

 

“I’m confident about auditions. I can definitely land the role.”

 

Min-su also smiled at Yeon-woo’s appearance as he spoke while clenching both fists.

 

As he looked through the scenarios again, there was one work that caught Yeon-woo’s eye.

 

「Master Plan」

 

The subtitle read ‘Those Who Deceive and Are Deceived Again.’

 

“Ah, actor. That’s Director Park Chan-hong’s movie. Casting is probably in full swing right now.”

 

Yeon-woo knew Director Park Chan-hong.

One of the most successful directors in South Korea when it came to commercial films.

 

He was a star director who had a work that drew ten million viewers.

 

Yeon-woo nodded and read through the scenario.

 

‘Hmm? This?’

 

The more he read the scenario, the deeper he became absorbed.

 

‘Kwak Ji-cheol’ was a programmer at a cyber security company who had been successful in the past.

 

And ‘Gangwoo Construction,’ a small-to-medium construction company currently expanding its territory from Seoul to Gyeonggi Province, was actually an organized crime group running illegal gambling operations.

 

Having heard there was a skilled retired programmer, Gangwoo Gang came looking for Ji-cheol and requested him to write a program to control illegal game gambling, and when he refused, they harassed Ji-cheol’s family.

 

He went to the police, but due to deep corruption, the case investigation fizzled out and ended with a slap on the wrist.

 

Ji-cheol bet his entire fortune for revenge and hired a fixer through the dark channels of the internet.

And ‘Pierre Choi,’ a bold fixer who even scammed the Italian Mafia in weapons deals, entered the country.

 

Genius programmer Kwak Ji-cheol and genius con artist Pierre Choi began setting up a grand con to completely fleece Gangwoo Construction from the ground up.

 

‘This seems like an homage to the 1973 classic Hollywood movie ‘The Sting’… but more than anything, it looks interesting.’

 

Yeon-woo became interested in the storyline that was similar to a classic masterpiece he had enjoyed watching in his previous life.

 

“Min-su hyung, please look into this work for me. I’d like to try challenging the role of ‘Pierre Choi.'”

 

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