NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 75

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Episode 75. Movie “Master Plan” (2)

Beep─.

 

“That’ll be 8,700 won total. Please insert your card in the front.”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

 

Kwak Ji-cheol exits the Convenience Store, putting the food items and soju from the counter into a plastic bag.

With his haggard face and sunken eyes, he looks exactly like an unemployed man who failed in business.

 

“Ha, how did I end up here? Why is my life so twisted, so twisted.”

 

Kwak Ji-cheol walks trudgingly while lamenting his situation and enters a shabby Inn room.

 

Then, tense music gradually builds as the camera captures the door Ji-cheol enters through an unsettling angle.

 

In the Audience Seats, Jung Su-yeon recalls the scene from early in the movie where Kwak Ji-cheol opened his Home door and internally screams.

 

‘No! Don’t go in.’

 

The tense music reaches its climax, and when Kwak Ji-cheol opens the door and turns on the light, a man is lying on the bed.

 

“Are you him? Kwak Ji-cheol who put in the request to me?”

 

It’s the problem solver Pierre Choi who appeared after receiving the request, lying on the bed eating the leftover Snacks that Ji-cheol had yesterday.

 

“Phew.”

 

A sigh of relief flows from the Audience Seats.

 

Meanwhile, contrary to the audience’s reaction, Kwak Ji-cheol on the Screen is startled at the sight of Pierre Choi.

 

“Oh my. I almost had a heart attack.”

 

When Kwak Ji-cheol, with his large frame, gets startled and clutches his heart while comically leaning against the wall, laughter erupts from the Audience Seats.

 

“With a build like a bear… where would you find a baby to drop?”

 

When Pierre Choi’s line is heard, delivered dryly while looking at him with disdain, laughter bursts from the Audience Seats again.

 

Gripping the door handle as if ready to run away at any moment, Kwak Ji-cheol cautiously asks while twitching his eyebrows.

 

“Are you Pierre Choi?”

“Then who else would I be? This Inn room is cheap so there’s no chair. Come lie down here.”

 

Pierre Choi cheekily pats the spot next to him and sensually repositions himself to lie sideways. Then Kwak Ji-cheol finally sits pitifully on the edge corner of the bed while Reading the Room.

 

The contrast between that cheeky appearance and the pitiful look that doesn’t match his large frame keeps gentle laughter flowing from the Audience Seats.

 

After that, Ryu Yeon-woo and Ma Seok-do became Pierre Choi and Kwak Ji-cheol themselves, and their Tiki-taka broke the tension of the audience who had been running with Emotional Immersion from Kwak Ji-cheol’s perspective since the beginning of the work, pleasantly reversing the atmosphere.

 

 

Yoo Kang-jin, a famous movie critic and journalist for Cineplan, nodded while watching the movie.

 

‘So this is why the lead actor Ryu Yeon-woo’s appearance was delayed. They deliberately built up the tension of the drama from the position of a weak ordinary citizen and family man with something to protect, then had him appear when it reached its peak. As expected of Director Park Chan-hong.’

 

On the Screen, Pierre Choi naturally takes the Convenience Store envelope that Kwak Ji-cheol was holding and takes out Snacks while talking.

 

“Let’s wait while eating Snacks. I called the hustlers from this scene. Will Deer come up first?”

“Deer?”

 

Pierre Choi’s face is captured in a close-up as he chuckles and takes out a snack to crunch on, as if trying to evoke his first appearance scene.

 

Critic Yoo Kang-jin admires while watching the Screen with Ryu Yeon-woo.

 

‘Director Park Chan-hong aside, the magnetic force that actor possesses is a problem of another dimension. Building tension and having expectations focus on one point means it’s that much harder to bring that moment to life, but it’s charisma that dominates the entire drama.’

 

Before long, the Experts that Pierre called began entering the small Motel Room one by one, and the Room became packed.

 

“Pierre. Why did you tell us to meet in a place like this? Ugh, it’s filthy.”

“Oh, Junk Dealer old man. You’ve put on some weight. Perfect for holding a hammer, right? Dwarf.”

“You seem to have gotten more bald while I wasn’t looking. Can’t you draw hair?”

 

‘Deer’ in charge of Infiltration, Seduction, and Acting.

‘Junk Dealer’ in charge of Intelligence Gathering and Technical Skills.

‘Picasso’ in charge of Installation Art and Makeup.

And planner Pierre Choi.

 

‘Deer’ Jennifer was busy complaining, the others were busy greeting each other after meeting for a long time, and in the middle of it all, only Kwak Ji-cheol sat awkwardly Reading the Room on the bed edge, getting pushed around and drawing laughter.

 

Then Pierre Choi got up from the bed, picked up a briefcase from the corner of the Room, and took out a sketchbook that looked like something a Kindergarten student would use.

 

“Now pay attention.”

 

At Pierre Choi’s voice as he put the sketchbook down on the bed, everyone stopped talking and paid attention.

 

When the pink children’s sketchbook with a princess character drawn on it, sitting alone on the bed, was captured on screen, laughter erupted from the Audience Seats.

 

“Ah, why are that guy’s tastes so peculiar.”

 

Jennifer shakes her head. Pierre Choi chuckles at her and turns the first page of the sketchbook.

 

Unlike its appearance, the content recorded in the sketchbook is an operation briefing with dense materials and attached photos.

 

“Shall we make this game big?”

 

That’s Ryu Yeon-woo’s line that appeared at the end of the trailer.

 

After that, with fast-beat music that makes you anticipate a pleasant counterattack, scenes quickly flow of Pierre Choi explaining the operation and the members sharing opinions to perfect the plan even more.

 

Whenever Jennifer with her seductive red lipstick and perfect appearance appeared on screen, male audience members swallowed their saliva, and whenever Pierre appeared with his shirt sleeves rolled up, showing his lean muscles and tendons while concentrating on explanations, female audience members felt a slight blush rise to their cheeks.

 

At that moment, Kwak Ji-cheol glanced at Jennifer and asked Pierre Choi a question.

 

“Do people call her that because her eyes are like a deer’s?”

“No. She melts all the men’s hearts.”

 

Watching the two talk about her, ‘Deer’ Jennifer, who had been habitually sending a seductive smile, suddenly had her face colored with bewilderment.

 

“That guy’s starting again. Such a lame joke… It’s not funny, Pierre.”

“Hehehe. I think it’s funny though, why? Melt melt.”

 

Picasso was sketching makeup faces needed for the operation on his smart pad and giggled with laughter.

 

And the members left the motel room and began working on their respective tasks in earnest.

 

 

Son Jin-wook was also concentrating on and watching the movie.

 

‘Yeon-woo’s acting has really hit its stride. He’s grown so much it’s embarrassing to compare him to when he first filmed the drama. And So-hyeon is really transforming her acting. It’s the complete opposite of her usual character. This movie is interesting. Going from a small motel room to the outside world is probably aimed at expanding the movie’s worldview on a larger scale. As expected of Director Park Chan-hong.’

 

Son Jin-wook nodded his head and tried to predict this movie’s box office performance.

 

‘At this level, conservatively four million…? No, if the latter half is good, it could draw six million viewers.’

 

He didn’t know how the latter half would unfold, but so far the content was interesting and the characters were lively and dynamic.

 

After that, the movie’s content developed refreshingly and drove the audience wildly so they couldn’t collect themselves.

 

“Oh, hello there. Nice to see you in a place like this, senior!”

“Hmm? Do I know you?”

“I’m Kim Ji-hoon from the 59th class. I greeted you once at the last alumni meeting.”

“Ah, did you?”

 

Pierre approached Manager Gu, Chairman No’s right-hand man, with natural acting and recorded a voice sample.

 

“Hmm, isn’t this how you do it? Why can’t I put any power into the ball?”

“Miss, shall I show you how?”

“Oh my, that would be great. I definitely learned this… but it’s not working well?”

 

Jennifer naturally approached Park Gang-woo under the pretense of golf practice and switched out his SIM card.

 

And watching this on a monitor from a small storage shed, when Pierre took out the lighter gun from his pocket to Kwak Ji-cheol, Manager Kim Min-su, who had been quietly watching from the audience seats, recalled the claw machine arcade and felt an indescribable thrill.

 

‘I feel proud that I somehow contributed to the filming.’

 

And the screen showed the other members.

 

“Hey hey, put that over there. Are you done recruiting people? No riffraff allowed. Only bring reliable people.”

“Yes, team leader. We called only professionals we’ve worked with before.”

 

The Junk Dealer’s team members were bustling around decorating the set and recruiting con artists.

Then, Picasso frowned while holding tableware in the corner.

 

“Old man. I told you we can’t use cheap tableware. Let’s get Norwegian ones. Norwegian.”

“Hey punk, that IS Norwegian.”

“…Right? I thought so, the surface has such a glossy shine. I knew it and was just testing.”

 

The Junk Dealer shook his head at Picasso and hurriedly moved to fix other things.

 

“That idiot anyway. I bought it from the market right over there. Norwegian my ass.”

 

Though they bickered, the Junk Dealer and Picasso perfectly transformed the old factory into a party venue.

 

As the movie’s buildup accumulated, the audience’s curiosity grew.

The same was true for film specialist reporter Joo Yeo-ul.

 

‘I understand they’re going to con Park Gang-woo, but what exactly are they preparing to do? Can they really move that Chairman No person? No wait, then there’d be no need for Ryu Yeon-woo to secretly approach and get voice samples.’

 

After that, Pierre Choi successfully lured Park Gang-woo by using a modified voice to impersonate Manager Gu.

 

Thus the day of the final battle dawned on screen, and Park Gang-woo arrived at the fake party venue.

He passed through the luxurious main gate, climbed the high marble stairs, and entered the party hall.

 

“Oh my, I thought you were a golf pro, but you’re not?”

“Wait, the lady from that golf course?”

 

Jennifer approached with a second meeting disguised as coincidence, this time pretending to be someone named Yoo Chae-yeon, and began controlling Park Gang-woo in the palm of her hand.

 

Unaware of this, Park Gang-woo drank one glass of champagne, then two, getting excited and raising his voice as time passed.

 

Then Pierre Choi appeared on screen.

 

“Damn it, what the hell?!”

“Oh my, I’m sorry. This is my first time in a place like this, so I was looking around curiously.”

 

As planned, he bumped into Park Gang-woo and induced him to get angry.

 

Seeing Ryu Yeon-woo’s endlessly servile expression on screen, fan cafe manager Lee Jin-a was startled.

 

‘My actor can make that kind of expression too.’

 

The characters in “Yeo-reum’s Closet” and “Stars Beyond the Stream” are quite similar.

 

A rich family’s young master who initially treats the female lead with a prickly attitude but later realizes his feelings – a clichéd character.

 

‘It’s an expression you can’t find in Cha Woo-ju or Seo Hee. So fascinating.’

 

As a fan who had watched all of Ryu Yeon-woo’s video content multiple times, Lee Jin-a was startled and got goosebumps at every scene from the moment Pierre Choi appeared in the movie, seeing faces and expressions she’d never seen before.

 

The scene that followed was Park Gang-woo grabbing Pierre Choi by the collar and dragging him toward the restroom.

 

Here, while being dragged away exchanging glances with Jennifer, the scene was cross-edited to show him playfully making comical expressions to avoid Park Gang-woo’s gaze.

 

Watching that scene, Director Park Chan-hong who directed it and Ryu Yeon-woo who acted in it both thought simultaneously.

 

‘This scene was aimed at exactly one image…’

 

As if their worries were unfounded, the common thought that came to the minds of countless audience members in the theater as they watched Yeon-woo.

 

Pierre wasn’t just because of his name, but also his nose reddened with makeup as if slightly drunk, and his exquisite facial expression acting that hid a mischievous heart within ever-changing expressions – he was comical yet somehow frightening.

 

He was just like a clown ‘pierrot.’

 

And in the following scene, Park Gang-woo who had grabbed Pierre by the collar and turned the corner was struck with a club and collapsed. Then the screen went black.

 

With the blackout, question marks seemed to appear above all the audience members’ heads.

 

‘What is this? After going through all that trouble to con him, they knock him unconscious? Then they could have just kidnapped him from the start.’

 

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