NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 48

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Episode 48. Master Plan – Poker

“Hiiiik!”

 

Park Gang-woo trembled like an aspen leaf at the sight of the Red Logging Axe held by the large foreigner beside him.

One wrong move and it wouldn’t have been the wooden box that got chopped, but his own limbs.

 

“Dobbiamo festeggiare, allora (Then, we should celebrate).”

 

The voice of a man sitting cross-legged at the head seat, looking down at Park Gang-woo, was heard.

That man was definitely the same one he had grabbed by the collar and dragged out.

 

Rolling his eyes to assess the situation, Park Gang-woo quickly struggled with his bound body and knelt down.

 

Park Gang-woo had risen to the position of organization boss through Social Maneuvering rather than courage, through Reading the Room rather than force.

 

With his limbs tied up, when he knelt down his head naturally hit the ground.

 

At that moment the floor swayed and tilted, and Park Gang-woo, who had toppled over, hurriedly pressed his head down again.

 

Seeing the continuously moving interior, this place seemed to be a cabin inside a boat.

 

“Oh ho, interesting. Very quick-witted. Treat our guest properly.”

 

Hearing Pierre Choi’s words, his subordinates untied the rope binding Park Gang-woo’s body and seated him in a chair.

 

“Listen here, old friend. I looked into you a bit. Turns out you’re just some small fry doing petty jobs in Gyeonggi Province.”

 

Pierre Choi swayed with the rocking boat and spoke to Park Gang-woo with exaggerated body movements and expressions like a clown performing in a play.

 

Park Gang-woo’s throat constricted as he met the madman’s gaze.

 

“Spit it out, you need to answer, don’t you?”

 

At Pierre’s words, Park Gang-woo rolled his eyes and spat out the cotton that was stuffed in his mouth.

 

“P-please spare me.”

“You’re alive right now, aren’t you?”

 

Pierre Choi grinned and stroked his chin.

 

When he gestured to the foreigner standing behind him, the man approached Pierre Choi and respectfully knelt down.

 

After that, Pierre Choi gave some instructions in a foreign language.

 

“Listen here. Park Gang-woo.”

“Yes, yes!”

“People in my position, you know what’s most important to us? Money? That’s not really important. What soothes this overly boring life… is entertainment.”

 

This wasn’t Acting to deceive Park Gang-woo, but Pierre Choi’s true feelings.

 

“Our brothers in Sicily said there were some cute Friends who interfered with their sugar supply, so I came to this land after a long time…”

 

Park Gang-woo was using his brain at maximum capacity while listening to the man’s words.

 

‘…Brothers in Sicily means the Italian Mafia, and sugar means drugs, right?’

 

Pierre Choi’s voice continued.

 

“Before I could even see the main feature, I encountered this adorable preview. That’s why I’m having fun right now.”

 

After finishing his words, Pierre Choi knocked on the table twice.

 

Then the elderly gentleman who had been standing behind walked over and sat between Pierre Choi and Park Gang-woo.

 

“We’re going to play a game now. If you win, I’ll put you in charge of drug distribution in Korea. I like obedient dogs, you see.”

 

Park Gang-woo’s eyes widened at the man’s unexpected words.

 

“Th-then, sir. What happens if I lose?”

 

At that moment the boat swayed once again.

 

Pierre Choi silently looked at the rope scattered on the floor and the spat-out cotton.

Then Pierre Choi looked at Park Gang-woo and grinned.

 

Though he didn’t hear an answer, Park Gang-woo trembled as he imagined what lay outside the swaying boat.

 

“Shall we begin? Dealer.”

 

At Pierre’s words, the elderly gentleman respectfully bowed his head and shuffled the cards.

 

He placed one card each in front of Pierre and Park Gang-woo, face up.

 

“W-wait a moment, sir. Is this poker? Why are they face up…”

 

Park Gang-woo, who couldn’t resist poker, asked a question upon seeing the familiar Poker Cards.

 

If it was poker, he wondered why the cards were being placed face up.

 

“You don’t have anything left to bet now, do you? The cards that come out will be your fate.”

 

Pierre Choi grinned as he looked at the Poker Cards placed on the table.

 

In front of both of them lay identical 6 cards.

In front of Pierre was the Six of Spades.

In front of Park Gang-woo was the Six of Clubs.

 

Park Gang-woo, who could do nothing in terms of psychological warfare or anything else, trembled as he watched the cards being placed one by one before his eyes.

 

When six cards were placed in front of them in the seven-card poker game, Park Gang-woo was filled with despair.

 

In front of Pierre were cards laid out in numerical order from 6 to 10.

Though he received one card less, it was already a Straight.

 

In front of Park Gang-woo were three 6 cards and unmatched cards.

Triple.

 

The chances of winning were too slim.

 

“This is so fun, isn’t it? Hahaha. Dealer, give us the last cards.”

 

Now Park Gang-woo’s arms and legs were trembling.

 

Like someone who had played around in poker games, Park Gang-woo was scared out of his wits but tried card counting.

 

Since they both received 6s in the first card, a Four of a kind with all four cards of the same number was impossible.

 

The only way to win was to get a Full house by adding a pair from the unmatched cards he currently had to his triple 6s.

 

The rough probability was about 20%.

 

In other words, there was an 80% chance he would die like this.

 

Cards moved from the old gentleman’s hands toward the two and flipped over.

 

In front of Pierre was a 3.

In front of Park Gang-woo was a 7.

 

A triple 6 with a pair of 7s completed a Full house.

 

“Aaahhh!”

 

Park Gang-woo completed a Full house and beat the Straight.

 

“Kahahaha.”

 

Pierre Choi threw his head back and started laughing like a madman.

 

Not knowing when this unpredictable man might change his mind, Park Gang-woo couldn’t even celebrate and tensed up, shrinking back.

 

“Seven of Diamonds. It seems you have some luck. I’ll let you know the location in two weeks, so gather three tickets. If you want to distribute all the drugs in this country, you should be able to gather that much.”

“Th-three tickets means 3 billion…”

 

Before he could finish speaking, Pierre Choi’s face turned cold and he shook his head.

 

“Ah, 30 billion…”

“What? Are you just a small fry who can’t even manage that much?”

 

Pierre Choi glanced at the rope.

Park Gang-woo looked back and forth between Pierre and the foreigners standing with rifles, then opened his trembling mouth.

 

“N-no. With that amount, I can somehow scrape it together using the construction company and Gambling House as collateral.”

“Now we’re speaking the same language.”

 

Pierre Choi looked at Park Gang-woo, raised one corner of his mouth, and smiled like a devil.

 

“Okay! Cut! That was excellent.”

 

With Director Park Chan-hong’s refreshing okay sign, Ryu Yeon-woo stood up from the Special Set and quickly approached Jung Ha-gyun in front of him, grasping his hands with both of his own.

 

“Senior. You worked so hard.”

 

Jung Ha-gyun had been beaten countless times, knelt down, fell over, and rolled around while filming today’s scene.

 

“No. I’m very satisfied because I think the scene came out well.”

 

Feeling sorry for how much his senior had suffered, Yeon-woo didn’t let go of the hands he was holding.

Like father and son, the two walked out of the Special Set decorated like a boat, holding hands tightly.

 

Though there was no remaining filming, Ma Seok-do and Han So-hyeon, who had been monitoring from a corner of the Filming Set because it was an important scene in the movie, approached.

 

“Senior, Yeon-woo. The footage came out really well.”

“Right. It was amazing!”

 

Ma Seok-do gave a thumbs up and Han So-hyeon chimed in agreement.

 

“Haha. Yeon-woo did well.”

“What are you saying, Senior. I just sat there comfortably.”

 

Though Yeon-woo had delivered Masterful Acting, controlling the atmosphere with just his expressions and lines while sitting still, he gave all the credit to Jung Ha-gyun, who had rolled around tied up on the moving Special Set.

 

“Our movie only has the latter half of filming left. I’m really looking forward to our movie’s ending.”

“That’s right, Sister. When I received the completed script, it was quite a fresh shock.”

 

***

 

Before filming the latter half, he received a few days of vacation.

 

There were many props and locations to prepare for filming, and since the latter half included action scenes that required coordinating movements and Breathing with the stunt team, they gave the actors who had been running non-stop for months a brief rest.

 

His schedule suddenly became free.

 

‘Hmm, what should I do.’

 

Lying in his Officetel, browsing through Fan Cafe and NeTube comments while lounging around, he called Son Jin-wook.

 

– Oh, Yeon-woo.

“Are you busy, hyung?”

– No, I finished filming. Aren’t you the busy one?

“I got a few days off. I called because I was bored.”

 

Jin-wook chuckled at Yeon-woo’s words.

 

– Hey, why call me when you could call your friends who are the same age?

“Ah, you’re more comfortable, hyung. And the kids are probably in exam period.”

 

Son Jin-wook’s mood secretly improved at Yeon-woo’s words.

Originally, as you get older, you gradually come to appreciate when younger juniors and siblings reach out first.

 

– Then want to come hang out at our house today? Don’t bother calling Min-su. I’ll come pick you up.

“Oh, really? That sounds great to me! It’s a bit inconvenient not having a car at times like this.”

– Hmm, is that so? No thoughts of buying a car yet?

 

Yeon-woo pondered at Jin-wook’s words. He had gotten his license right after graduation and had plenty of money in his account from continuous activities. In some ways, it was already more wealth than he had accumulated in his previous life.

 

“…Should I buy a car while I’m at it?”

 

At Jin-wook’s response that he’d come pick him up soon, Yeon-woo simply prepared to go out.

 

Having already experienced firsthand that you come with nothing and leave with nothing when ending his previous life.

While he had no intention of being excessively extravagant, Yeon-woo didn’t want to live miserably in this life either.

 

Not long after, when Jin-wook said he had arrived, Yeon-woo went down to the parking lot to find Jin-wook’s car waiting.

Since he always rode in the company van, this was Yeon-woo’s first time seeing his personal vehicle.

 

“Thank you for coming, hyung.”

“I was bored anyway.”

 

Yeon-woo opened the door and got into the passenger seat.

 

“This is that model from B Company, right?”

 

An SUV famous as a celebrity vehicle.

 

“Yeah. Do you have anything in mind for your first car? Like a price range?”

 

Since things had turned out this way today, Son Jin-wook was thinking of going car shopping together.

 

Yeon-woo fell into brief contemplation at Jin-wook’s words.

 

Actually, if we’re talking about Yeon-woo’s first car, it would be a 1996 model car that would now be hard to find even in a junkyard and could only be seen at a classic car club.

 

“First car… hmm. Should I try a sports car? As for budget, anything that doesn’t cost several hundred million won would be fine.”

“Oh really? That’s unexpected.”

 

Still immersed in Pierre Choi’s role, his personality was somewhat more upbeat than usual Yeon-woo.

 

And Yeon-woo had good memories of driving sports cars throughout his covert operations period when he had entered Czech Republic and Dubai disguised as a businessman in his previous life.

 

“Then I think even for a sports car, something too flashy wouldn’t suit you, so hmm…”

 

Jin-wook pondered while stroking his chin.

 

“How about P Company?”

“Oh, I’ve never bought a nice car before, but doesn’t P Company have incredibly long delivery waits?”

 

Jin-wook grinned at Yeon-woo’s words.

 

“There are ways around everything. Let’s go take a look first.”

 

With that, Jin-wook’s car headed toward Seocho-gu.

 

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