Reset Life with Infinite Talents - Chapter 111

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Infinite Talent Reset Life Episode 111

 

 

”You need to go now!”

“It’s okay. I’ve lived too long.”

“FUCK-!”

Amazing.

The narrative built up bit by bit is gradually being completed.

Even though it’s a script with a predetermined ending, even though this is a reading room, the diverse characters struggling to escape the massive disaster turn this place into a fire scene.

I get swept up in it.

Eric, who only exists in the text, jumps out and takes control of my entire body.

“Ahhh! Ahhhhh! It’s because of you! It’s all because of you!”

I resent my father who made the wrong decision despite being a firefighter.

I hate the fire that has come right up to my nose.

“Let’s take a break and continue!”

“…Phew!”

“Huff! Huff!”

Thud!

As the tightly stretched string of tension snaps, everyone pours out sweat like rain and gasps for rough breaths.

‘Th-this is script reading?’

‘The script reading I know isn’t like this!’

Most of the actors who were supporting or minor roles.

Something is different from the script readings they’ve experienced so far.

Certainly other script readings were also intense.

To not lose their roles, to participate in the next reading, because they have to devour others to survive, they pour out all their strength.

But this reading was different.

There was something more than that.

‘I got swept up.’

If I had to express it in words, it would be that I got swept up.

I got swept up by the three main characters.

I got swept up in their sincerity, their desperation, their terror as if this place was really a fire scene.

The actors look at Johann who just screamed desperately.

‘He didn’t get the role just because he’s the CEO’s son…’

They left the reading room in shame, and Johann offers a handkerchief to Mackenzie Foy who continues to shed tears.

“Wow, how can you act like that?”

“Um…”

‘It’s not acting though.’

To be precise, it’s acting but also not acting.

Because like Jackson who acted in Grey’s Anatomy, it was recreating a moment that was everyday life for ‘Firefighter’s Prayer, Alvin William Lynn’.

People dying and dead from fires and accidents.

The despair and helplessness of being unable to do anything even as people die right before your eyes.

If only I had been a little faster.

If only I had discovered it a little earlier.

Crying and wailing while holding a small, completely burned body is everyday life for firefighters like ‘Firefighter’s Prayer, Alvin William Lynn’.

Even though it’s the kind of everyday occurrence that happens once a week, once a month, they always despair and blame themselves for the lives they couldn’t save.

That’s why all the firefighters’ orbs have gray mixed in them.

Even if they smile brightly on the outside, being rotten and decayed inside was what it meant to be a firefighter.

“You?”

Acting skills that make me understand why such a young girl appeared in the masterpiece ‘Breaking Dawn’.

She was trying to devour Eric that ‘Firefighter’s Prayer, Alvin William Lynn’ had created. Seeing Mackenzie Foy laughing cheerfully while doing sign language just made me smile.

‘Incredible talent.’

“Um… instinct?”

“Puhaha!”

“Hihi!”

“Are you going to the restroom? If not, want some chocolate?”

I noticed there were vending machines on the way up.

The two vending machines that weren’t there when Rocky Management was using it were selling various snacks and drinks.

“I can’t… Mom will scold me if I eat chocolate…”

Even while saying that, she extends her hand, and Johann bursts into laughter again while grabbing her wrist to pull her up. Mackenzie Foy was startled by the rough texture she felt on her wrist.

“Johann, do you work out?”

“You do too, right?”

Mainly exercises that use the legs.

Her thighs and ankles are quite developed.

“Taekwondo?”

The legs of Korean peers he occasionally hung out with Mason looked exactly like Mackenzie Foy’s.

“Are you a fortune teller?”

“Right?”

“Yeah! I’m a red-black belt!”

When she was even younger, she started looking for a sport she could play with her real older brother, but now only she does it.

“Oh? Isn’t that the same as a black belt?”

It’s the same 1st dan, but the color is different because of age.

If you’re a minor, it’s a red-black belt; if you’re an adult, it’s a black belt.

That’s the difference.

“Wow! Wow! How do you know that?!”

“I have a Korean friend.”

“Really? I have lots of Korean friends too! Oh, then are you Korean too, Johann?”

“Who knows?”

I don’t particularly want to know.

Johann spared those words, but Mackenzie Foy, who saw through Johann’s situation through context, makes a sad face.

“S-sorry!”

Johann smiles as if it’s okay and puts a bill into the vending machine.

“M&Ms?”

“I have money too!”

“Can I buy the snacks for you?”

Mackenzie Foy, who was startled, and Johann, who had already sensed the presence, turn around.

“Mr. Wahlberg?”

“Is that okay?”

“Yes…”

“Lily wants M&Ms, and Eric, what about you?”

“I’ll have Twinkies.”

Mark Wahlberg nods and puts money into the vending machine.

‘This is crazy.’

I got swept up by two teenagers.

An actor over forty.

No, to be precise, it’s Johann.

‘How can he act like that? Method? No.’

It’s something beyond that.

Method is a technique that helps actors deeply understand and embody a character’s emotions and experiences, allowing them to act naturally and sincerely. The core of this method is experience – using one’s own emotions and memories to truly feel and express the character’s emotions.

It goes beyond simply memorizing lines and acting, including the process of understanding the character’s life and connecting it with one’s own experiences. That’s exactly what method is.

But Johann was subtly different somehow.

He really spoke like a child from a divorced family, made those expressions, and breathed with genuine desperation.

As if he had actually experienced such things.

So I ended up following that breathing and emotion.

I got swept up by him and became Eric’s father Steven.

That mystical and wondrous moment when father Steven not only filled my entire body but spoke on his own, beyond my will.

It was an ecstatic moment I swear I had never felt even once before.

That’s why I’m worried.

“Hmm. Do you need any adult help?”

“Huh? Oh, not really?”

If this is the case, there’s only one answer.

‘He’s reached some realm beyond method acting.’

A mere 15-year-old teenager.

‘This is truly an unbelievable talent.’

“So that’s why you weren’t looking at the script.”

The script wasn’t necessary.

Because he had already become Eric himself.

“The script? Ah.”

Johann bursts into laughter and holds out his phone.

“The script is saved here.”

He had taken photos and saved them.

“Ah.”

‘There’s a method like this!’

Mark Wahlberg’s face turned bright red.

“Ahem.”

“Pfft!”

“Puhaha!”

The three who burst into laughter look at each other.

“Mark Wahlberg. Just call me Mark.”

“Johann Jefferson. Please call me Johann.”

“Mackenzie Foy! Please call me Kenny!”

“Oh, my little Kenny?”

“Ugh. That’s exactly the tone I hate. I hate that expression too!”

“Like this? Like this?”

“Aaah!”

‘He’s not taciturn at all.’

He’s like a playful uncle, just like in the library.

‘But Kenny’s reaction is…’

Too good.

Johann’s eyes began to gleam mischievously as he looked at Mackenzie Foy.

 

Meanwhile, at the corner where they were visible.

Matthew Payton clenches his fist and trembles.

‘I knew my thoughts were right!’

I knew this would happen.

I believed in Johann.

“How about it? Are you relieved now, Chris?”

Chris Panning, who had expressed concern about removing Johann from the lead role because he was Asian, despite having his heart set on fire after reading the script.

“No.”

“No?”

Chris Panning looks at Johann, Mark Wahlberg, and Mackenzie Foy.

“I’m more troubled. It seems like… the production budget will be insufficient!”

You can tell a movie will be successful just from the script reading.

Today’s reading was exactly like that.

They turned the reading room into a fire scene, so how realistic would it be when made into actual footage.

The audience will probably be gasping for breath until the movie ends.

That’s why I’m getting greedy.

I want to pour more money into making the CG look completely real.

“Matt, you just focus on making a good movie. I’ll secure the money!”

Chris Panning took out an old notebook and turned around, while Matthew Payton twisted his lips.

“The old man seems ready to make a real move.”

Chris Panning, who had produced C-grade movies that barely made money for decades without going bankrupt, and would still be producing movies if not for the subprime mortgage crisis.

The reason is simple.

He chose scenarios that would make money even in C-grade, and had overflowing connections to raise funds.

His treasure notebook opened.

“I really can just focus on the movie.”

Perhaps an A-grade movie that would never come again in his and Chris Panning’s lives.

He had to give it his all.

He crumpled the empty paper cup and turned around.

The reading wasn’t over yet.

 

* * *

 

“Good work everyone!”

Even though the reading was over, everyone lingered around.

They hesitated because of the fullness that filled their entire bodies, the ecstatic and satisfying sensation that seemed like it would be forgotten once they turned away.

“Should we try matching once more?”

“That’s what I wanted to say. Beer?”

“Budweiser.”

“Haha!”

It was the moment when the actors, licking their lips while watching the three exhausted leads, were about to leave.

Bang!

Suddenly the door opened and a black old man with dreadlocks entered, making everyone’s eyes widen.

“Yes, Nelson Pelligan!”

An action director that no one acting in Hollywood doesn’t know.

Nelson lowers his sunglasses and looks at Johann.

“You’re ready to learn action, right, Billboard star?”

“…Right away like this?”

“What, you’re tired after just chattering for a few hours? A man?”

An obvious provocation.

But the word “man” made it impossible to ignore.

“Ha!”

Johann, who got fired up, stood up.

Mark Wahlberg and Lily also shook their heads and stood up.

The roles they were cast in also required action.

 

* * *

 

“Ueee.”

“Kenny!”

The parking lot of the stunt studio.

Seeing her daughter drenched in sweat and wobbling, Mackenzie Foy’s Mother approaches in shock.

She couldn’t enter the Studio since guardians were prohibited from entering.

“What did they do to you?!”

“Breakfall… Running…”

Flinch!

“…That’s what you do every day.”

Physical training that she always did at the Taekwondo Dojang.

She’s so grateful that they exhausted all of her teenager’s vigorous energy before sending her back.

“So…”

This is what happened.

Because she did well.

“They made me do more because I was good at it.”

They applauded and praised her saying she was good, so she couldn’t not do it.

“Oh…”

Her daughter won’t be able to leave the Bed today either, but that’s good? The Mother thinks warmly and smiles.

“Then our daughter must have been first place?”

In both Script Reading and Stunt Training.

Her daughter has such enormous talent that it’s hard to believe even though she gave birth to her. She was proudly cast and performed brilliantly in Christopher Nolan’s movie.

If that movie and this movie are released next year, her daughter will completely establish her position as an Actors.

“Ah, maybe the Wahlberg Actor was first place?”

“No.”

Mackenzie Foy shakes her head firmly.

“First place is Johann.”

Definitely Johann.

In both Script Reading and Stunt Training.

“Johann?”

“He was a beast.”

Mackenzie Foy learned for the first time today that a person could run like that and jump like that.

And that the sight of a sweating Man could be so sexy.

“Huh?”

The Mother’s eyes widened at the sight of her daughter’s face turning bright red.

‘Ho ho ho!’

It seems spring has come to her daughter’s heart.

 

* * *

 

“I’m back!”

“How was it?”

Larry and Ada, who were sitting in the Living Room, jump up and approach.

Johann’s first full Script Reading.

They knew how the Field Site reaction was from hearing it from Rick Bottom, but they wanted to hear it directly from Johann’s mouth.

That’s why they came home early from work.

“How was it, you ask?”

Johann chuckles and recalls what happened today.

“Even if I get tired of everything later and quit, I wouldn’t quit Acting.”

From the narrative completed by countless characters to stunts.

There wasn’t a single thing he didn’t like.

“Oh.”

High praise indeed.

“So I’m a bit busy right now.”

“Huh?”

Musical inspiration is coming to him.

Four different melodies are swirling in his head.

“What?”

Shiver!

Larry and Ada snapped to attention at the goosebumps running down their necks.

“Sorry. Larry, Ada. I’d like to chat about what happened today, but.”

“Go upstairs quickly.”

Larry’s expression hardens.

For Johann, this is inspiration that has come after such a long time.

Although Johann had been steadily working on Composition, he hadn’t produced songs at the level of ‘Dream-Journey on a Ship’, ‘We go’, or ‘Star’.

Such Johann has eyes thirsting with longing.

“Should I bring you some food?”

“A lot! Thanks!”

Larry and Ada chuckle as they watch Johann run up to the 3rd Floor.

“Now that he’s ended his seclusion, he’s starting to shine again.”

As soon as he ended it, he’s going full throttle again.

With such a joyful face.

“It means being a celebrity is his destiny.”

“Yeah. So…”

“Protect him, Larry. I’ll protect him too.”

Larry nods and turns around.

“Nina! Please make some food. High-calorie!”

When Johann starts working, he eats tremendously.

 

Meanwhile, at the Stunt Studio that Johann left.

The Stunt Actors stare blankly at the door.

“A person… can be that light.”

“How can someone with that physique run like Football Players?”

Jumping and Running as if defying gravity.

It doesn’t make sense logically.

At minimum, Football Players are muscular at over 198 pounds (about 90kg). Ultimate human weapons with less than 10 percent body fat.

“No, he’s even more than them.”

Basically heavy and large, when you see them run, it reminds you of tanks. When they jump, it’s like chunks of metal defying gravity and bouncing up.

But Johann is different.

Like wind, like air.

Watching him bounce and roll, it’s as if the concept of body weight doesn’t exist.

If we had to compare him to an animal, a black panther, Black Panther.

If a Black Panther transformed into a human, it would look exactly like Johann.

“Shouldn’t we remove the stunt double at this rate?”

“We’d save a lot of money, wouldn’t we?”

First, we don’t need to find an Asian Stunt Actor who looks similar to Johann. We can also save on facial CG costs.

Even if it’s just one person’s worth, savings are savings.

“Is money the issue right now? What’s important is that the action is completed, right?”

In all action scenes, the most realistic thing is when the Actors themselves act until the end. No matter how much we find Stunt Actors with similar physiques and overlay CG on their faces, it can’t be as natural as scenes where they act directly.

Because subtle differences already arise from the camera angles.

Minimizing that gap is the role of Directing, and at the same time, it’s also the role of Stunt Actors. They too fully live up to the name Actors.

“We could try a lot of things at this rate…”

“Ha! If this were a regular action movie!”

We might have created action scenes that would remain in history.

Nelson Pelligan smiled with satisfaction as he watched the stunt actors excitedly spitting while they talked. It was a good sign when even the stunt actors were this passionately sharing their opinions.

“This movie is going to do well.”

Four years ago, the Little Warrior didn’t die.

No, the Little Warrior had returned as an Adult Warrior.

With a body capable of attempting so many things.

 

* * *

 

A month later, at a high school in LA.

“Action!”

The filming of ‘Fire Always Targets Us’ had begun.

 

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