Reset Life with Infinite Talents - Chapter 145
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Infinite Talent Reset Life Episode 145
39. Movie Release
“Ugh.”
“How about this one?”
Children with their heads wrapped, mixing colors.
Johann, who had been watching them, quietly slipped out of the research lab and headed to the factory.
“Is something wrong?”
The people inside the factory straightened up.
Already the tenth failure.
This level of failure was routine when it came to dyeing, but since they were young people, he worried they might be getting impatient.
‘Or maybe they want to reduce staff since it’s been dragging on for a week…?’
Were they planning to keep only the dyeing personnel and send the rest away?
Johann approached them as wariness crept into their eyes and pointed at the dyeing machine.
“How do you operate this machine?”
“…Excuse me?”
‘Mixing dyes to create colors and using machines to evenly apply them to fabric are different tasks.’
They needed to reduce the discrepancy between the color of the mixed dye and the color of the fabric after dyeing.
Johann’s eyes sparkled.
* * *
Whirrrrrr!
“Oh! Ohhh! It’s coming out, it’s coming!”
The large machine vibrated as it produced a long piece of fabric.
The children stomped their feet and watched with excited faces.
The 60-year-old Black Elder watched with satisfaction and waved his hand.
“Don’t touch it yet. You’ll get burned.”
“Eek?!”
The children quickly pulled back their outstretched hands.
Johann and Paula also quietly withdrew their hands.
“How is it?”
Since it had just come out of the machine, the color hadn’t fully developed yet, but it would soon.
Just as he said, the fabric’s color deepened with each passing minute and second.
The Black Elder clicked his tongue.
‘This shouldn’t have come out this quickly.’
It was all thanks to Johann.
Like a sponge absorbing water, Johann had absorbed all his know-how in just one day and quickly surpassed him.
Without him, they might still be tasting failure.
What Paula wanted was a color truly like human skin.
The Black Elder glanced at Johann and cut the fabric with a knife before handing it to Paula.
“It’s warm, isn’t it?”
“Yes…”
“In the old days, when we worked at dawn, many people dozed off because of this warmth, hehe. Oh my, did the color come out as you hoped?”
Paula unwrapped her scarf and placed the fabric against her neck.
Everyone’s eyes widened.
Johann showed them his phone with the camera mode on.
“…Oh!”
This was it. This was the color she wanted.
The brown skin of a Hispanic person, slightly pale from lack of sunlight.
Her scarred skin was perfectly concealed.
Unless you looked closely, it looked like real skin.
Before her eyes flashed the past month, no, four years of hardship.
The days she had nosebleeds trying to understand difficult math and chemistry formulas.
The day she despaired after accidentally spilling chemical compounds she had bought by saving every penny of the living expenses her parents sent.
The rainy day when the adhesive substance she had barely synthesized got stuck in her hair, forcing her to shave it all off.
The tenth failed product that even tore her skin and made her bleed.
All those moments of failure flashed by.
All those moments of failure must have been for today.
Swoosh!
“Thank you! *sob* Thank you so much!”
How could she ever repay this kindness?
“Yeah!”
“Yes!”
Clap clap clap!
The children and staff members high-fived each other.
Their faces were filled with bright smiles as their month of hardship had ended, and Johann, who had patted Paula’s back saying she had worked hard, looked at them.
“Now! Then…”
“Don’t you dare say let’s start in earnest.”
“You’re dead.”
“…Shall we have a celebration party?”
“Waaahhhhh!”
“Pour it!”
“Drink up!”
Still, the children weren’t so ill-mannered as to drink alcohol in front of adults, so they gulped down soda like it was alcohol.
Paula, with a sticker on her neck, also took off her hoodie and giggled.
Lean!
A small, lovely head leaned against his shoulder.
“Good work.”
The dyeing hadn’t been as easy as expected.
There was quite a difference between the mixed color and the color when dyed onto fabric.
Johann had spent sleepless nights over the past month, going through many trials and errors and consulting with the veteran staff members who came to work at the factory.
Thanks to that, they were finally able to produce 24 different skin tones and colors, but seeing Johann who demanded no compensation made her feel inexplicably frustrated.
“You worked hard too.”
“…Yeah.”
Johann would obviously say ‘It was fun, so it’s fine.’
Emily decided to hold back and tickled Johann’s palm.
Johann looked at Emily with gratitude.
‘She must have been really tired too.’
Emily had stayed until the curfew limit every day before going back.
Even so, far from showing any displeasure, she had always smiled and taken care of various things, and he felt nothing but gratitude toward Emily.
‘The Dyeing Craftsman too.’
The ‘Dyeing Craftsman’ who had made great contributions to enabling machine dyeing of human skin colors extracted using the ‘Art School Applicant’ Benjamin’s talent.
During the industrial era, he had handled dyeing machines that spewed toxic steam for his family, until poison eventually accumulated in his body and he died.
‘As expected, creating natural colors is difficult.’
But they had succeeded.
Johann smiled with satisfaction, and the two enjoyed the moment of success, feeling each other’s warmth for a while.
Bzzzz! Bzzzz!
“Damn.”
“Haha. Hello?”
Flinch! Johann’s body stiffens for a moment.
“Ah, really? I understand. I’ll get ready.”
“What? What kind of call makes you smile like that?”
“They’re holding an internal screening tomorrow.”
“…Huh?”
“They said the movie is finished.”
‘Fire is Always Targeting Us’ that was filmed last year.
“Wow…”
Johann strokes Emily’s cheek as it contorts.
It was time to get busy again.
* * *
“Johann!”
“Mark! Kenny!”
Warner Brothers parking lot in Burbank.
Mark Wahlberg and Mackenzie Foy, who had arrived first and were chatting, quickly approach.
Swoosh!
Mackenzie Foy hugs Johann and wraps her legs around his waist as usual.
“I hate you! Filming fun stuff just among yourselves!”
“You’re a minor among minors.”
She’s only 14 years old now, attending middle school.
Taking her on a broadcast would be a big problem.
Johann wouldn’t have been able to appear either if he hadn’t reached 16, the age where he’s treated as more than a minor but less than an adult.
“But you could have at least told me!”
“That’s why I called you for the wrap-up.”
“…”
Johann pats the head of Mackenzie Foy, who glares at him pointedly, then looks at Mark.
His eyes look dark, as if he had just been tormented by the same topic.
“Didn’t Rhea come with you?”
Rhea Durham, Rhea Wahlberg – Mark Wahlberg’s wife and fashion model.
After returning from Trip Road, he was invited to a house party where they exchanged greetings.
“It’s an internal screening.”
An internal screening where the release date might be delayed depending on the viewing results.
She’ll probably come to the actual premiere.
“Plus it’s almost summer season, so she’s busy.”
Both work and family.
“Ah. Family accompaniment is for the actual premiere.”
Johann nods, remembering hearing somewhere that families can accompany to premieres.
“Then Larry came as the management CEO.”
“That’s right. Nice to meet you. I’m Larry Jefferson, CEO of Rocky Management and Johann’s guardian.”
“I’m Mark Wahlberg. It’s an honor to meet the CEO of California’s top management.”
“Haha. I’m still far from deserving that title.”
“No way.”
Rocky Management, which successfully promoted Bruno Mars and Aerosmith, Joe Walsh & Jimmy Page, and Robin Joel.
They even have a film production company called Wolf Pictures under them.
In terms of management rank alone, they’re probably in the top 10 nationwide.
“Compared to places like Motown, we’re still lacking.”
“Wow…”
Motown, which was once the management for legends like Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder.
Plus many other sub-labels under them, record companies, and actor and model management and agencies.
Even Warner in this building owns Warner Music Group, a massive record company.
Still a long way to go.
“You have big ambitions.”
“Thanks to someone.”
To become a father who can provide shade for his outstanding son.
Larry gently smiles and strokes Johann’s head, then gestures.
“Rocky’s doors are always open. Shall we go up?”
“Haha!”
Mark bursts into laughter and thinks deeply.
Going up, they find a space with a large screen installed like a small movie theater, where Matthew Payton and Action Director Nelson, Wolf Pictures president Chris Panning, and investors including Hong Hee-sook have already arrived.
“Director!”
“Oh! Our lead actors have arrived!”
Johann and Mark, who appeared on an innovative broadcast program to promote themselves without being asked.
The ‘Trip Road’ trailer raised questions about why Mark chose Johann as his travel partner.
Thinking about how that question was resolved through Johann’s performance in the actual broadcast and how the public’s reaction turned to laughter, Matthew couldn’t hide his pleased expression.
Because that led to anticipation for the movie.
“Have you been well, Mrs. Hong? I heard that in Korean, married women are called ‘yeosa-nim’ – is that correct?”
“Hoho. Just call me comfortably. More importantly, I enjoyed watching Trip Road. You introduced Korean food so elegantly, didn’t you?”
Korean dishes like grilled pork belly that Hollywood sexy star Mark Wahlberg and the snobbish Warner production team devoured in the blink of an eye.
After that broadcast aired, sales at her Korean restaurant Bukchang-dong Sundubu and other restaurants and Korean pubs in Koreatown skyrocketed.
She couldn’t help but be grateful to Johann, who promoted Korean food so easily and pleasantly – something she and many other Koreans had been trying to do.
‘I tried to repay a debt but ended up owing more.’
Hong Hee-sook’s gaze turns to the man standing next to her.
He extends his hand to Johann.
“Nice to meet you. I’m Bane Warner.”
“Ah!”
Warner. A member of the Warner family and a Warner Brothers official.
“I’m Johann Jefferson. But haven’t we met somewhere before?”
“…Do I resemble someone a lot?”
“Yes. No, I’m sorry. I must have been mistaken.”
‘He really looks a lot like them.’
Like Laura and Ross, the mother and son he saved from the fire scene last year.
‘This child…’
The benefactor who saved his daughter and grandson.
And the benefactor who changed his wife’s heart.
Recently, his wife Susan Boeing Warner suddenly went to Boeing Research Institute and then said she would accept Laura and Ross as her child and grandson.
Apparently, that day Johann demonstrated a substance called Starlight that he invented at Boeing Research Institute.
And that very day, his wife met Laura and Ross.
He doesn’t know what happened, but this child definitely contributed greatly to changing his wife’s heart.
That Kellner wouldn’t have done such a thing.
“First, I want to say thank you. Thanks to you, my wife and I gained a family.”
Something that would have been impossible if he and his wife had children of their own.
Also, by causing major incidents on ‘Trip Road,’ he saved his own face for pushing through the movie distribution and ‘Trip Road’ production.
He couldn’t express his gratitude enough.
“Excuse me?”
“If you ever have any difficulties, please contact me at this number. Please.”
“Yes….”
‘What’s this about?’
I consider reading Bane Warner’s life but decide against it.
Because Matthew Payton was holding the microphone.
“Now that everyone seems to be gathered… we’ll begin the internal screening of the movie ‘Fire Always Targets Us.’ Please take your seats.”
At those words, people sit in their designated seats.
Johann, seated between Mark and Mackenzie Foy, calms his pounding heart.
His first internal screening of his life.
Worry and excitement surge through him.
What if it came out strange?
What if I don’t like the editing?
“Whew, hoo.”
“Oh, this is the first time I’ve seen you like this?”
“Hehe. So Johann does get nervous?”
People burst into laughter at the veterans’ teasing.
Johann’s face turns slightly red as he glares at them, then looks back at the screen.
Thanks to that, his excitement settles down a bit.
Larry’s hands massaging his shoulders from behind, saying it would turn out well, ease his worries.
Soon the lights dim and the screen lights up, with the Wolf Pictures logo and Warner Brothers Pictures’ WB logo appearing in sequence.
And the movie begins.
Swoosh!
‘Oh!’
‘Wow.’
On a dark night, Mark gets out of a pickup truck parked in front of a shabby pub.
His hand gripping his limping leg indicates that his leg is not normal.
Detailed acting that creates instant immersion.
People each straighten their posture and stare intently at the screen.
And….
-Murmur murmur
-Thwack!
-Ugh! Hey guys. Don’t I smell garlic somewhere?
‘Ah.’
Against the dark-toned background like a cloudy day, a boy who looks exactly like him is moving freely.
‘That’s… me?’
Johann stared blankly at himself who didn’t seem like himself, his emotions growing increasingly intense.
So much so that he didn’t even notice Larry patting his shoulder from behind.
Ta-da-dam!
As the ending credits roll up, everyone stands.
Clap clap clap clap clap!
“Whew! Whoo!”
“Bravo!”
People applaud with thoroughly satisfied faces.
Mark and Mackenzie Foy also wipe away tears from their eyes as they shake hands with people.
‘It’s finished.’
A complete movie from beginning to end.
The movie of his first starring role in life.
The movie where himself who wasn’t himself lived and breathed, laughed and cried.
“Haha. Our lead actor still doesn’t seem to have grasped the reality yet.”
“Hahahaha!”
“Ah.”
Johann quickly stands up and bows.
“How do you feel? You’re not disappointed that you weren’t assigned the OST, are you?”
At Matthew Payton’s question, Johann looks at the making film playing along with the ending credits.
“…Not at all.”
Seeing the completed movie, he understands. The musical ideas that came to him during reading don’t match this movie.
Rather, because his music wasn’t used as the OST, he could focus more on just the visuals while watching.
“Thank you for letting me have such a wonderful experience. And thank you for making me into Eric.”
“I’m grateful too, actor Johann Jefferson.”
It was a movie that could be made because of Johann.
A movie that couldn’t have been made without Johann.
Whether it will succeed or fail is unknown.
He doesn’t even want to think about it.
Right now, he just wants to be grateful that they could make such a movie.
Matthew grips Johann’s hand firmly and hardens his expression as he looks at the people.
“What do you all think? Does anything seem like it needs to be fixed?”
Now it’s feedback time.
If anyone among them objects, they’ll enter endless revisions.
Understanding this meaning, Johann, the actors, and staff grow anxious as the investors and Warner officials chuckle.
Bane Warner smiles.
“Let’s go with this, director.”
He doesn’t see any parts that need fixing.
This shows how long Matthew Payton lived in the editing room.
“Yes! I enjoyed watching it too!”
“You edited it well!”
People give thumbs up.
The faces of Matthew Payton and other directors and actors brighten completely.
Bane Warner stands up and offers them handshakes.
“Then please leave it to us from now on. ‘Fire Always Targets Us,’ which you all created by burning your souls, we will definitely make it a hit.”
“Please do!”
Now it has left their hands.
From promotion to distribution, everything is Warner Brothers’ responsibility.
Bane Warner bowed to Johann and left, and Warner’s officials followed behind him.
‘Actor….’
Johann rubbed the word that tickled his chest as he watched them.
* * *
Summer new release, ‘Fire Always Targets Us’ release date confirmed!
‘Transformers 4: Age of Extinction’ June release!
Mark Wahlberg’s first blockbuster starring role! ‘Age of Extinction’!
Hulk’s love story, Mark Ruffalo’s ‘Begin Again’! June release!
The great fire that struck LA! ‘Fire Always Targets Us’ June 5th release!
Double casting, Mark Wahlberg! Is 2014 his year?
Sacred composer Johann Jefferson’s first starring work!
Is California a disaster zone? What’s wrong with California!
June, the film industry catches fire! Too much to see! Citizens in confusion!
Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and others widen their eyes!
June, when the weather begins to get seriously hot.
The theater district was on high alert.
* * *
“Hurry up! Hal!”
New York, the city of fashion, musicals, and securities.
A teenage girl waves her hand toward her friend.
“I’m coming!”
‘Why is she so excited?’
It’s not that she doesn’t know the reason, but still, she wishes her friend would understand her situation a bit – she had to kneel with her hands up for half a day because she stayed out overnight yesterday.
‘Still, if it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t have been able to leave the house.’
Jennifer, the friend her parents trust the most.
Hal gathers her strength and heads toward Jennifer, while Jennifer shakes her head seeing Hal trudging toward her.
‘Well, who told you to stay out overnight with your boyfriend?’
Seeing this, Hal’s parents seem really kind.
‘If it were my father, he would have broken my legs!’
Or shaved my head.
Shuddering at the thought, she links arms with Hal and enters the cinema.
Bustling!
“Wow. There are so many people.”
“Yeah. There seem to be more because it’s the weekend.”
People who came with family, people who came with lovers, people who came with friends or alone.
The two hug their bags to the front as they head to the box office through the packed space.
“What are we going to watch?”
There are many movies that opened this month.
At Hal’s question, Jennifer points to a movie poster without hesitation.
“Obviously that one!”
‘Fire is Always Watching Us’.
“…You really became Johann’s fan.”
“Aren’t you?”
“No.”
Johann Jefferson, a sexy guy with muscles that were just right – neither excessive nor slim, who exercised in poses that even the school athletes couldn’t imitate, and a man whose head was as sexy as the difficult words he would casually throw out that they couldn’t understand.
She joined Wolfie, the fan club, right after watching ‘Trip Road’.
“Did you hear that rumor? That Billy hurt his back trying to imitate Johann’s pose?”
“Running back Billy? Wasn’t he getting love calls from NYU? Was that pose really that difficult?”
The pose Johann showed in episode 2 of ‘Trip Road’, where he grabbed the armrests of a chair and did push-ups in a handstand.
“They say even kids who do gymnastics can barely do it.”
And they say they couldn’t even do it as easily as Johann did.
They said it required tremendous muscle strength, balance, and core muscles.
“…That Emily girl hit the lottery.”
“What can you do. They say she took care of him like a mother, like an older sister from when Johann first came down to the city. Plus they only recently started dating.”
They had been hiding their feelings for each other and suffering in silence for a whole 5 years.
How cute and lovely is that?
“True. It’s a pure love couple on a different level from Jelena.”
Jelena, referring to Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber.
At first they received quite a bit of support, but now that they keep repeating breaking up, getting back together, and cheating, not that many people support them.
For this reason, there aren’t many people who dislike Emily.
Having efficiently paid for popcorn and cola, they enter the theater.
“Tsk. I should have been there at that time.”
“Me too…”
A man sits next to them as they indulge in impossible fantasies.
A man who covered his face with a hat and mask, giving off an ominous feeling for some reason.
Just as Jennifer was about to be on guard, the lights in the cinema go out.
“Oh, it’s starting.”
‘Tsk.’
Jennifer looked at the screen.
-Eric! We’re deploying!
-Yes sir!
“Sob! Sniff!”
‘Thank goodness! Thank goodness!’
The father and son who chose to fight by throwing gas canisters at the flames that devoured their younger sister.
Eric who survived safely and eventually became a firefighter like his father. No, Johann.
Tears won’t stop at that bright smile.
“Ha. What a mess…”
“Yeah. I feel like I got hit by a truck again.”
It seems like they won’t be able to sleep tonight either.
“…Should we watch it one more time?”
“Let’s call more kids tomorrow and watch it together.”
The two who were about to get up sit back down as the lights come on and the ending credits and making-of footage roll.
At that moment, the man sitting next to them gets up and looks at them.
Jennifer and Hal’s guard goes up sharply.
“What, what…”
“Thank you for enjoying the movie.”
‘Huh?’
Swoosh! The man removes his mask and hat as he heads toward the stage.
“Johann…?”
At that moment, commotion breaks out in the theater.
Kyaah! Ma, Mark Wahlberg!
Aaaah!
“Kyaaaah! Johann-!”
“Poi-!”
“…My goodness.”
Jennifer felt like she was going to faint.
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