284 - Chronicles 15

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Kang Woo-jin finished the long schedule of 'Familiar' and 'Boyfriend: Remake'. The time he crossed over from Japan to Korea was early morning on the 4th.

Nevertheless, dozens of reporters and hundreds of fans flocked to the airport.

『[Star Photo] Kang Woo-jin appearing at the airport after finishing his Japan schedule/ Photo』

『Kang Woo-jin, leisurely waving to the gathered reporters and hundreds of fans/Photo』

Because there were more people than expected, Kang Woo-jin, who had originally planned to do a brief interview, had to leave the airport in a hurry. Thanks to this, the return cut of Kang Woo-jin, who made a golden comeback and turned Japan upside down with his single life, was all about waving his hand.

However, articles about his return to Korea were endlessly derived.

In fact, there has been quite a bit of controversy since yesterday, but it became more severe when Woojin actually arrived in Korea. In addition, the media and public opinion began to explosively mention numerous related issues and works again.

『'Kang Woo-jin's return', should we add a booster to 'Island of the Missing', which is 13 million people away?』

『[Planning] 'Kang Woo-jin' has finished filming 'Familiar Parasite'. Now is it time for 'Leech' and 'Beneficial Evil'?』

It was indeed a splendid homecoming worthy of the king of issues.

There was plenty of material to cover.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ No, there were a lot of Kang Woo-jin articles from the morning, so I said something and he made a comebackㅋㅋㅋ

-It's worth it because he's promoting national prestige all by himself.

-↑ㅇㅈㅈI live in Japan, and Kang Woo-jin is popular with Japanese women….When I ask them about his ideal type, they all say he's a cold handsome guy…

Not only in Korea but also in Japan.

-But has Woojin Kang completed his voice acting and dubbing?

-ㅇㅇㅇFinished. The female lead is Natsumi Umi… I'm so jealous…

-Are you just mentioning someone you don't know? Hahahaha. Just looking at the stranger, you can see that there are tons of top Japanese actresses haha.

-Check out Kang Woo-jin's Instagram. He said he held a fan signing event before returning to Korea. A few thousand seats are just waiting.

It was covered consistently even when Woojin was not in Korea, but when he returned to Korea, it connected everyone and multiplied several times.

Since he was a top-notch actor whose issues were selling so well and generating the number of clicks, new videos related to Woojin proliferated exponentially on various media such as radio and video platforms including YouTube. The rapidly changing domestic situation was also conveyed in detail to 'BOX Movies', the film company behind 'Naval Battle'.

The presentation is made by team leader level employees, and the listeners are executives including directors.

『[Issue Pick] Kang Woo-jin returns around the second half of promotion for 'Island of the Missing', the #1 hit of all time, and various communities are already full of his name/photos』

Gradually, the hopeful expressions of the executives suddenly darkened. However, the team leader in charge of the presentation does not stop the briefing.

"As you can see, the media and public opinion are excited as soon as Kang Woo-jin returns, and 'Island of the Missing' is also being mentioned more frequently than before."

"······hmm."

"As you know, Kang Woo-jin went to Japan before 'Island of the Missing' was released, and he has not participated in any official promotional schedules so far. But just with his return… this is the trend."

Next, the team leader in charge of the presentation sighed slightly and gave the conclusion to everyone. There was a smell of resignation.

"······I believe it is wise to prepare your mind."

At the same time, Cheongdam-dong.

Kang Woo-jin, who returned to Korea, had just arrived at the shop. In fact, Choi Seong-geon had told him to take a day off today, but Kang Woo-jin shook his head.

'Well, he's quite lively.'

Although it was a strong-willed answer, it was also Kang Woo-jin's sincerity. It would be nice to take a day off, but the work piled up anyway, and I decided that it would be more stressful to have it all piled up later. For your information, ponytail Choi Seong-geon broke up with Woo-jin along the way.

No, I had to be away from Kang Woo-jin for at least a few days.

Choi Seong-gun is in a position where he cannot neglect the work of BW Entertainment, which is gaining momentum. Additionally, a few things have been added recently. For example, this was the case regarding BW Entertainment's overseas branches, including in Japan and Hollywood.

Anyway, Woojin's appearance caused an uproar in the shop.

"Wow- Kang Woo-jin!"

"uh? "Is this your first time seeing Woojin?"

"yes! "I only heard you were coming, but this is my first time seeing you!"

"The real thing is much better, right?"

"Absolutely, about 100 times more."

Everyone from the shop's designers to the employees were busy looking at Kang Woo-jin. It's a place I come to often, but it's because Woojin's status has risen significantly. Whatever it is, Woojin sits down at the shop for the first time in a while and looks in the front mirror.

-Sigh.

Calm black hair, simple short sleeves and jeans. Of course, his face was very cynical, but his insides were quite heated.

'K-I like Korea as expected. 'I feel comfortable inside.'

It was back home. Even though he had to fly more often and was mistaken here and there for being an overseas Korean, he was still a native Korean at heart.

At this time.

-Sigh.

Jang Soo-hwan, a big man, came in behind Woojin.

"older brother."

He had recently been promoted to schedule manager at Road. Of course, his overall handling was handled by Choi Seong-gun, but Jang Soo-hwan sometimes handled it as well. He briefed Woojin with a diary that was small compared to his size.

"But are you really okay? "You can take a day off-"

Woojin answered in a low tone.

"No problem. "It's okay, just tell me."

"Wow, you're amazing, really. Then I'll tell you right away. It's very tight today too. First, there are two interviews, and then…"

Jang Su-hwan recites the schedule for today and tomorrow. But there is no end. At that moment, did Kang Woo-jin make a mistake? He even felt like he wanted to do something. After the scheduled interview, Kang Woo-jin's pictorial for SNS, simple shooting and meetings related to communication such as greetings on the return of 'Kang Woo-jin's alt-character' channel, and in the afternoon, filming a promotional video for the second half that had been postponed due to an encounter with the 'Island of the Missing' team.

'Wow – crazy. 'I'm sure I'll be leaving work after 11pm.'

Still, what doesn't end at dawn? Woojin decided to think positively.

'What's the point of putting off things that need to be done anyway? Just shut up and do it.'

Jang Su-hwan then turned a page in his diary and recited tomorrow's schedule.

"Tomorrow, you will have a second advertising meeting with Nongshin regarding 'Kimjaban Makguksu' in the morning, and return to filming 'Leech' around noon."

Tomorrow, the return to filming of the movie 'Leech' was key.

'Did you say filming is roughly 70% done?'

Soon, Jang Su-hwan closed the diary and laughed.

"And brother, I would like to eat and move before the schedule. What would you like to eat?"

Kang Woo-jin answered with a grave face. It was an answer mixed with deep sincerity.

"Seafood ramen and tuna kimbap."

Afterwards, Kang Woo-jin came out of the shop and went back to his schedule right after eating. From interviews with media companies promoting 'Island of the Missing' to various filming.

It melted so quickly that I didn't even know how time had passed.

So, in the blink of an eye, Woojin had arrived home. The time is past midnight.

"Wow, seriously, how long has it been since you last home?"

Because I actively used subspace, I was seen as an iron man by others, but I was still tired. Kang Woo-jin took a quick shower and immediately threw himself on the bed.

-♬♪

The next day, Woojin's cell phone rang an alarm at 7 am. However, for Kang Woo-jin, who suddenly opened his eyes, it felt like 7 minutes.

"Uuuuuu-"

He is complaining of pain with his conceptus disappearing. Naturally, Kang Woo-jin entered subspace. And then I lay down.

"Ha, seriously, sub-space is a mess. love."

Since time was meaningless in subspace, Woojin, who had been lounging around without thinking, managed to return to reality.

Soon, Kang Woo-jin.

"Director! Kang Woo-jin has arrived!!"

We arrived at the comprehensive set site in Jeonju. No, to be exact, it was a large set for 'Leech'. Soon, about 100 staff members welcomed Woo-jin, and the older director, Ga-bok Ang, showed a wrinkled smile to Woo-jin Kang.

"I'm here, you must have suffered a lot, but I'll have to make you suffer again."

"No problem."

Kang Woo-jin returned to filming the second half of 'Leech'.

Meanwhile.

With Kang Woo-jin's golden return, 'Island of the Missing' gained momentum again, but the people involved in 'Island of the Missing' increased the pace of their activities as if they had no intention of being satisfied. By the time Woojin returned to filming 'Leech', actors other than Ryu Jung-min and director Kwon Ki-taek had added more firewood to the publicity campaign.

It means appearing in various professional shows.

For example, Ryu Jeong-min.

As one of the main characters in 'Island of the Missing', he appears on entertainment shows that introduce and explore various movies.

"Okay, that scene was the highlight."

"It gives me goosebumps even if I've already seen the movie."

"But Jeongmin, what was the most difficult thing about filming 'Island of the Missing'?"

"Is it difficult? well? "It was generally fun, but filming overseas was a bit difficult."

"Ah, did you film in Vietnam this time?"

"Da Nang. "It's really hot and humid and there are a lot of bugs."

"Wow, just hearing that… I really can't stand bugs. So what do you remember most? Same as Da Nang?"

"no. Honestly, I remember Kang Woo-jin's acting the most. "It feels a bit different to see it on a screen and in real life."

We were promoting the movie with excitement and memories.

"Aww, that's right! Would you like to talk about Woojin, who has returned? The acting was killer. "The expression of a person with a sincere dual personality was amazing."

"What gave me goosebumps while watching the movie was that – When you look at Woojin's acting in 'Island of the Missing,' you see two tendencies, right? But when I saw that the callus gradually became visible the further back I went, I thought that he was really good at acting."

"What is callus?"

"It's one of the criteria for diagnosing psychopathy. A cold and indifferent reaction, restraining one's anger or cruelty without exaggerating it. "They see people, but their eyes don't pay attention to them. They don't recognize them as people or don't care about them."

"Oh, I'm sure after hearing it."

"I don't know if he studied, but throughout the movie, Woojin just seemed like that kind of person."

Other leading actors such as Hayura and Kim Iwon were also the same. I focused my efforts on promoting the mid-season by appearing on YouTube and various programs. Of course, director Kwon Ki-taek also did not rest. Thanks to this, not only did it get a lot of word of mouth, but it also created audiences who watched 'Island of the Missing' multiple times.

Accordingly, several new competing films announced their departure.

『Effect of Kang Woo-jin's return? 'Island of the Missing' is firmly ranked #1 in advance sales this week as well』

'Island of the Missing' was firmly ranked #1 in advance sales.

Day 6, early morning. bw enter.

The time is around 8 o'clock. It wasn't rush hour yet, but BW Entertainment's conference room was quite crowded. Because the team leaders and several employees of each team were busy setting up the meeting. About a dozen people.

"Do the actors have designated seats?"

"uh? No, no. "You just have to zigzag."

"yes!"

Refreshments and bottled water on the desk, transparent files set at each seat, PPT to test. At this meeting today, CEO Choi Seong-gun as well as all of BW Entertainment's leading actors were scheduled to gather. Kang Woo-jin is a given, Hong Hye-yeon, Ryu Jeong-min, etc.

It was a simple meeting aimed at the second half of this year.

The nature of the conversation was to share things with each other and reflect on them.

At this time.

-Sigh.

Kang Woo-jin, whose clothes became simpler in the hot weather, appeared in the conference room with a more cynical expression today. His appearance brought smiles to the faces of each team leader.

"Wow, Woojin, you came early!"

"You can sit here!"

"Hahaha, you know that Woojin's is the most on the agenda today, right?"

After appropriately greeting them, Woojin sat down next to the head of the table. He then glanced ahead with a disinterested look on his face.

'It's a snack, shall we just have a taste?'

Just as Kang Woo-jin was about to silence his voice and move his hands.

"hello-"

A woman's voice echoed throughout the conference room. Looking toward the entrance, I saw Hong Hye-yeon, wearing a white hat pulled down over her long straight hair and wearing tight beige short sleeves, waving her hand to her team leaders. For some reason, a wad of paper appeared on one side of her. As Hong Hye-yeon greeted her team leaders, she cast her gaze in front of her. She sees Kang Woo-jin looking at her calmly.

'You came quickly, did you lose some weight?'

Hong Hye-yeon, who was muttering to herself, approaches Kang Woo-jin and immediately pulls out the chair on the right. Still, she spoke to Kang Woo-jin a little bluntly.

"Are you alive? "There was no contact so much that I thought my life was in danger."

Kang Woo-jin, who smelled something nice but held it back, answered lowly and seriously.

"It's still fresh."

"I found out that you came to Korea a few days ago after reading an article. "Are you carrying your cell phone with you?"

"Yes, here."

"······no. I'm not asking you to show me – ha, that's it. "I think you've lost a bit more weight than that."

"yes. "Just a little bit."

"You know that the schedule is already hell and if you collapse, it will all stop, right? "Woojin, I know you're not discharged well, but please take good care of yourself."

Hong Hye-yeon, who had been nagging Woo-jin, suddenly took off her white hat. Thanks to that, her long straight hair made a soft sound, and she cleared her throat as she looked down at the bundle of papers Hong Hye-yeon had brought with her.

"greatness! Y-you know, can you take a look at this scenario? I like it, but I was wondering what Woojin was like. In the past, I felt like I could feel something just by looking at the title."

Hong Hye-yeon was also one of the believers of 'Gangtotem'. Next, Kang Woo-jin spoke calmly.

"Is this your next project?"

"It's not confirmed, but I'm just looking at what has come in. Next time, I want to do a movie instead of a drama. In a way that can lighten your heart a little. Ah, but if it's a hassle, I'll take care of it."

"please."

Kang Woo-jin cynically takes away a wad of paper. However, on the inside, I was laughing.

'If you ask Hong Hye-yeon, anything can be done.'

Soon, Kang Woo-jin pretended to unfold a scenario and secretly raised his index finger. Of course, I stabbed the black square attached to the scenario. He entered subspace in an instant.

At the same time, the concept was solved.

"It's nice to get some rest while I'm here."

Well, it might be a bit cumbersome to read the scenario line by line, but it wasn't particularly difficult since all you had to do was look at the level of subspace. Anyway, it's a strong tote item, it's crazy, it's all an illusion, so it's easy to talk about it.

"Let's see-"

Woojin moved in front of the listed white square and checked the scenario that had just been listed.

-[11/Scenario (Title: I stopped by France), B+ grade]

-[*This is a highly complete movie scenario. 100% reading is possible.]

It was difficult to understand what the content was just by looking at the title. Rocco? Whatever it was, what Woojin confirmed was the grade.

'B+ grade? Oh, I'm a bit disappointed.'

No, is this okay? These days, Kang Woo-jin's senses are a bit dull because he's only seen S-class or higher grades. S-class and higher works are very rare to begin with. In fact, a few weeks ago, when Woojin had some free time, he checked dozens of scripts and scenarios that poured down on him like a waterfall in subspace as a test.

result?

'All of them were C or lower. The only good one was B.'

In other words, works from grades B to A can be considered quite decent. No, if you look at the entertainment industry market these days, it is the top tier. Because 'Freezing Love' ended with a 10% viewership rating, it was a B+.

"Well, if it's a B+, it's worth it. "Can I tell you it's okay?"

Woojin, who was muttering while rubbing his chin, habitually touched the 'work'. The phrases that are printed change quickly.

-[You selected 11/Scenario (Title: I stopped by France.)]

-[List people who can lead (experience).]

-[A: Seongjin Kim, B: Geon Choi, CDominique Debuz…]

Kang Woo-jin pauses for a moment.

"Dominique Debuz? "Wait a minute, this is a very unusual name."

Woojin, with a small smile on his face for some reason at the unusual name, moved his index finger without wasting time. Taken by 'Dominique Debuz'.

and.

["······"]

A robot-like female voice spread throughout the quiet space for a moment.

["A new language other than the default language has been detected. I learn 'French' first."]

Kang Woo-jin's smile became even deeper.

["Preparing to read 'French'…"]

["······Ready. "The reading begins in French."]

Just before the gray color hit him, a smiling Kang Woo-jin quietly muttered.

"nice."

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