NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 52

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Episode 52. Master Plan – Warship

“Ma, you seem to be the most tech-savvy among us here.”

“Oh, come on now.”

 

Ma Seok-do said to Yeon-woo as he turned on the live stream.

 

“Yeon-woo, I usually just grill meat without saying much, so you handle the communication.”

“Ahaha. Got it.”

 

Seok-do’s live streams, where he quietly grills and eats meat without much talk, are mukbang content with their own dedicated fanbase.

 

More than five times the usual number of viewers flocked to Seok-do’s SNS live stream.

 

“Oh, hello everyone.”

 

Yeon-woo greeted the screen somewhat awkwardly since it was his first time.

 

The chat was moving so fast it was hard to read.

 

“Ah, yes. Hello. Nice to meet you.”

 

Yeon-woo kept greeting as new viewers continuously joined, sending chats and hearts without pause.

 

“It really feels like I’ve become a YouTuber or internet broadcaster. Haha.”

“This is Ma Seok-do sunbae, the owner of this live stream. Yes, I haven’t tried it yet either.”

 

He began answering questions one by one as best he could, from whether he’d tried the meat Seok-do grilled to the eye-straining flood of questions.

 

“Talking to myself continuously like this is harder than I thought.”

 

– Janis UK : Oh, my angel. I hope you’ll greet the overseas fans.

– Danis Y: Yeah, exactly. That’s what I’m talking about!

 

As far as he knew, ‘Summer’s Closet’ hadn’t signed overseas distribution contracts yet, but surprisingly many foreign fans had joined.

 

Surprisingly, nearly half the chats were coming up in English.

 

“Many fans supporting from overseas have joined as well. Nice to meet you. I’m Ryu Yeon-woo.”

 

Yeon-woo began communicating with foreign fans as well, using perfect pronunciation that flowed naturally.

 

“Wow, you speak English well too? It was amazing when you spoke Italian Language as well.”

 

Ma Seok-do spoke up for the first time while just grilling meat.

 

– p_yoyo : His pronunciation is insane. But did he just say he can speak Italian Language too? Yeon-woo god···.

– deli_03 : Ah, I’m going to melt. Of course I’m talking about the meat Seok-do is grilling.

– felianD : But the Ma Seok-do and Ryu Yeon-woo combination is interesting? How are they close? What’s with the Italian Language.

 

“Ah, that’s still a secret. You’ll be able to see it in an article soon.”

 

Ma Seok-do immediately answered while grilling meat, somehow managing to read the chat.

 

Since filming was in its latter stages, it was about time for articles to come out, and everyone in the industry already knew about it, so it wasn’t really much of a secret.

 

After that, Yeon-woo answered the questions that came up as sincerely as possible.

 

Though it was only about a 20-minute live broadcast, directly communicating with fans felt enjoyable.

 

“Yeon-woo, now we should eat comfortably. Say goodbye to the fans.”

 

“Ah, yes. Then I’ll see you again when there’s another opportunity. Everyone have a good night!”

 

Seok-do and Yeon-woo waved their hands.

 

The chat window was filled with messages and hearts moving at tremendous speed as everyone said their goodbyes.

 

Click—.

 

Seok-do ended the live stream and removed his smartphone from the tripod.

 

“It must have been hard not being able to talk during the live stream.”

 

Yeon-woo asked Su-yeon and Min-su, who had been quietly eating beside them.

 

“It was hard not being able to express how delicious this meat was while eating it.”

“Really? Hahaha. Eat lots.”

 

Seok-do’s mouth stretched from ear to ear at Min-su’s cheeky response.

 

“Actor Ryu, please try it quickly. It’s really delicious.”

“Yeon-woo, hurry up and try it. Sunbae’s meat is the best.”

 

Min-su and Su-yeon both gave thumbs up while recommending the meat.

 

“Then Seok-do hyung. I’ll gratefully eat it.”

 

Yeon-woo picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth.

 

It was a taste that immediately showed it wasn’t just empty words.

 

“Wow. What cut is this? It’s really delicious.”

“Beef Short Ribs.”

 

As expected, expensive meat tastes good.

 

Eating something delicious naturally made Yeon-woo think of his family.

 

He had grilled beef with his family when he went down to Daejeon recently, but eating something delicious made him want to treat them again.

 

‘We’ve really become like a family.’

 

Looking to the side, he saw Su-yeon munching away contentedly.

 

‘I have a friend who opens up to me about their worries.’

 

Min-su brought over dried radish and various other things to Yeon-woo, telling him to eat these too.

 

‘And I have precious people who truly care about me.’

 

“I’m happy.”

 

Everyone smiled at Yeon-woo’s words.

And so the night at the camping site deepened.

 

Yeon-woo woke up at dawn, went for a jog around the camping site, then went to the neighborhood public bathhouse to wash up.

 

He received word that Jung Su-yeon had been safely taken home by Manager Kim Min-su after dinner last night.

 

At the sound of movement outside, the tent zipper came down and Ma Seok-do emerged, scratching the back of his head.

 

“Yaaawn. Where did you go?”

“Did you sleep well? I went for a morning workout and washed up at the place up front.”

“Ah, the Geumseong Bathhouse up front? You should have woken me up to go together if you were going to wash up.”

 

At Seok-do’s words, Yeon-woo scratched the back of his head.

 

“Um, I did try to wake you. For about 20 minutes…”

 

At Yeon-woo’s words, Seok-do coughed awkwardly.

 

“Ahem, really? I’m originally someone who can’t wake up once I fall asleep.”

 

Indeed, Yeon-woo had tried shaking him awake, and short of slapping his cheeks, had tried every method possible but he just wouldn’t wake up.

 

“Shall we head out?”

“It seems like there’d be plenty of time for you to go wash up first.”

 

At Yeon-woo’s words, Seok-do chuckled and waved his hand dismissively.

 

“Whether I wash up or not, no one can tell the difference with me. And anyway, I’ll be wearing a mask all day today.”

 

Recalling today’s filming content, Yeon-woo nodded.

 

“Still, for manners’ sake, I’ll go wash my face up front.”

 

Seok-do shuffled away, and in the meantime Yeon-woo neatly organized the camping equipment and loaded it into Seok-do’s car.

In his previous life, safely loading equipment into Humvee vehicles racing through the desert was basic among basics, so when Yeon-woo rolled up his sleeves, the camping items were instantly stacked in Seok-do’s car trunk at perfect angles.

 

Seok-do, who had finished washing his face and returned, was surprised to see the tent and camping equipment that had disappeared in an instant and approached.

 

“Oh my, you’ve already loaded everything? Why did you do it alone instead of together? It must have been heavy.”

“It’s fine. You fed me so much delicious food, I should at least earn my keep.”

 

Looking at the luggage neatly stacked in the trunk, Seok-do was impressed.

 

“Wow, it’s organized much better than when we came. You’ve got it at perfect angles. Are you someone who hasn’t done military service yet?”

“Ahaha…”

 

Yeon-woo laughed awkwardly.

 

“Hmm, we have an hour left. The filming location is right up ahead. We don’t have anything else to do, should we go early?”

“Yes, let’s go.”

 

Yeon-woo and Seok-do got in the car and headed to the filming location.

 

“We’re finally filming it. The ending of our movie.”

“That’s right, you know this location took up the biggest portion of the production budget, right?”

 

It’s the scene where Park Gang-woo, who had desperately scraped together money even selling his soul to gain control of domestic drug trafficking in the story, makes a deal with Pierre Choi’s gang.

 

For this latter half of filming, the maximum number of stuntmen were deployed and there were quite complex action sequences.

 

Fortunately, the action that the lead actors had to handle was simple enough to be resolved by receiving guidance from the martial arts director during filming breaks.

 

While reading the scenario, Yeon-woo felt the desire to handle the action himself, but since the story didn’t allow for that, he thought he’d like to do a work with some action elements for his next project.

 

They drove along the country roads in the Incheon outskirts toward the harbor filming location.

 

The imposing sight visible from afar.

 

“…Is this Director Park Chan-hong’s scale?”

“It’s certainly impressive.”

 

The film team had temporarily borrowed an old passenger ferry that was about to be decommissioned before being dismantled.

 

He had heard that they would paint and modify only the side and part of the bridge needed for filming, with the special set team decorating it.

 

But seeing the actual result was amazing.

 

In Yeon-woo and Seok-do’s eyes appeared a large military warship floating on the sea.

 

Yeon-woo and Seok-do arrived at the harbor front by car.

Preparations were still in full swing as numerous filming equipment was being carried into the ship.

 

Getting out of the parked car, Yeon-woo and Seok-do approached Director Park Chan-hong, who was busily giving instructions.

 

“Director.”

 

At Seok-do’s voice, Director Park Chan-hong turned around.

 

“You both came early.”

“The ship is amazing.”

 

Director Park patted Seok-do on the shoulder.

 

“Only the visible parts are like that. But we put even more effort into this side.”

 

Director Park guided Yeon-woo and Seok-do to the container structure in the corner of the filming set.

 

“Go ahead and take a look inside.”

 

Director Park opened the door with a proud expression, like introducing a well-performing child.

 

“Wow, I’ve never been on a warship, but this is perfect, isn’t it?”

“It really is.”

 

Having seen many military warships in his previous life, Yeon-woo wasn’t particularly impressed by the ship floating on the sea, but this time he was genuinely surprised.

 

The interior of the military warship was perfectly recreated, complete with what appeared to be electronic equipment.

 

Hearing Ma Seok-do’s voice, a man walked out from inside.

 

“Actors, we put our heart and soul into making this, so please take good care of it.”

“Ah, this is CEO Lee from the special set construction company.”

 

After Director Park’s introduction, Ma Seok-do and Yeon-woo greeted him.

 

“As I mentioned before, reshooting this scene will be difficult.”

 

He had heard that when filming the final scene, the meticulously decorated interior would be destroyed, making reshoots nearly impossible.

 

“Still, doing it directly is more realistic than CG processing, and it’s actually less expensive too.”

 

Director Park nodded at CEO Lee’s words.

 

After that, the cast members and stunt team who arrived on set soon practiced their final movements together.

 

Today’s filming was divided into two parts.

 

Action scenes filmed in the bridge interior set, and filming on the actual ship floating out there on the sea.

 

While Seok-do and Yeon-woo coordinated their movements in the set, other actors were busy filming on the ship.

 

 

“Action!”

 

With Director Park Chan-hong’s signal, the camera rolled on the ship.

 

Actor Han Ji-sang, playing the informant ‘Junk Dealer,’ was wearing paint-stained work clothes.

 

“We need to paint quickly. We have to finish within four hours.”

“Oh man, team leader, my arms are falling off. Why does Pierre always give us work on the same day?”

 

The junk dealer’s team members were painting the white parts of the passenger ferry gray like a warship.

 

“Can’t help it, today’s the only time we have.”

“Gwang-sik, add more oil. It needs to dry right away.”

 

This was both part of the movie’s setting and the actual filming team’s reality.

 

The day when Park Gang-woo in the movie visits at Pierre’s call for a drug deal.

And this very moment in reality when they’re filming that scene.

 

Both had tight schedules with only half a day available.

 

“Hey, be careful lifting that box. One mistake and we’re all dead.”

“Yes, team leader.”

 

As the men carrying the box moved out of the camera frame, Director Park shouted.

 

“Okay. Cut. Deck filming complete.”

 

The staff cheered at Director Park’s words.

 

“Oh thank goodness. I thought we’d get roasted since the deck is all iron plates.”

“Alright, let’s go down.”

 

As the sun rose high past noon, both staff and actors were heated by the blazing sun beating down.

 

It wasn’t just the ship team that was heated up.

 

The container team, now joined by actor Jung Ha-gyun playing ‘Park Gang-woo’ and coordinating their movements, was also fired up with intensity.

 

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