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< Bangkok (4) >

Kang Woo-jin, who just appeared at the arrival hall of Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, was filled with a huge crowd of people with a strong poker face.

-Babababababak!!

There were dozens of Thai reporters frantically pressing the shutter button, and behind them, countless onlookers, including you and me, holding cell phones were busy calling out for Kang Woo-jin. Most of them were Thai. Dozens of Thai reporters lined up on the pre-installed rope fence and climbed up the small ladder to take pictures of Woojin without wasting even a second.

-Pababababak!

Even if you look at it roughly, it could easily have been in the hundreds.

"Aye!!!"

"%)%(#%Kang Woo-jin!! Woo-jin!!"

The arrivals hall immediately began to shake with a mixture of screams and shouts. The flow at the arrival hall becomes violent due to extremely excited reporters and onlookers. You can almost see the crowd of people moving around. Guards and airport staff desperately try to stop them.

The more it happened, the louder the shouting at the arrivals hall became.

"······"

It was a terrifying sight that suddenly unfolded, but Woojin remained calm. There is no significant change in his solemn expression. I just quietly glance at the crowd of Thai reporters and onlookers. Although he looked very resolute at first glance, Kang Woo-jin was actually shocked on the inside.

'Wow – Shiba!! I was really surprised!! Seriously, I almost screamed!'

Although he had already gotten used to the crowds of reporters and crowds, he had no idea that this picture would also be produced in Bangkok, Thailand. Something I didn't expect. In other words, it was more clear that the current Kang Woo-jin was frozen and could not do anything rather than having a concept.

'W-What's happening all of a sudden?! Are there any other celebrities coming here??

This would be completely understandable in Korea or Japan, but Kang Woo-jin, who saw this painting in Bangkok, Thailand, was a little confused. For a moment, I thought it was because of me, but when I looked closely, dozens of reporters were clearly taking pictures of me. In addition, hundreds of Thai people gathered there.

'My Name? 'You're shouting my name, right??'

He was shouting out Woojin's name at the top of his lungs. Some Thai people even enthusiastically waved pieces of paper with the name 'Kang Woo-jin' written in Korean. At this point, it was clear that they had gathered because of Kang Woo-jin. No, but why? At this point, the other actors in small and medium roles who were following behind Kang Woo-jin let out exclamations.

"Awesome, awesome."

"Did everyone flock here, including these Thai reporters, because of Kang Woo-jin??"

"It's crazy, really!"

"For some reason, there were a lot of guards!"

The conversations were enough for Kang Woo-jin to hear, but they went into one ear of Woo-jin and leaked out the other side. At the same time, the guards of the 'Beneficial Evil' team rushed out to both sides and in front of Kang Woo-jin, and at the end of them, Choi Seong-geon with the ponytail was attached and shouted at Kang Woo-jin.

"Oh my gosh, it's crazy, it's crazy. It's crazy. I think this is twice as much as what I received from Line PD in advance??"

Line PD was the key staff responsible for the overseas location part of 'Beneficial Evil'. It seems that Choi Seong-gun was informed of this scene in advance by a local line producer in Bangkok.

"Woojin, it looks like you've been cornered more than what I told you earlier. Let's just say hello and get out of the way."

You told me? when? Choi Seong-gun spoke as if he had also told Kang Woo-jin, but Woo-jin did not remember it. Did I skim through it because I was out of my mind? Kang Woo-jin couldn't remember everything because his schedule was stretched like hell. Anyway, Kang Woo-jin slowly broke through the hundreds of people, led by guards.

Ear-piercing screams and screams raised the decibel level.

'Wow, crazy!'

Kang Woo-jin, who had difficulty maintaining his senses, managed to get out of the arrival hall, leaving behind the blinding flash barrage and the barrage of gifts thrown by Thai people. However, hundreds of people were still chasing Woojin. Soon, Woojin's frantic eyes saw several cars parked on the shoulder of the road.

'Is that riding??!'

Several vans and minibuses were already waiting on the shoulder of the airport, and Kang Woo-jin, his team, and several guards got into the black van at the front. As soon as the car door was closed, the van Woojin was riding in took off. Only when Kang Woo-jin is gone will the crazy crowd disperse.

-Boo!

The 'Beneficial Evil' team may still be at the airport, but Choi Seong-geon already knew the hotel where they were staying, and the driver hired locally also seemed to know the way and started running smoothly on the road. Kang Woo-jin had a silent expression with his gaze outside his window, but inside he was tilting his head.

'What just happened??'

It was because I felt like the short, bold, and incredible sight had passed by in a flash. Thanks to this, the scenery of Bangkok that I saw for the first time outside the window was not clearly visible to my eyes.

Soon, Woojin.

-Sigh.

I turned my head to the right and asked ponytail Choi Seong-geon lowly, who seemed to have just finished a phone call.

"CEO, I heard there were more people at the airport than expected."

Choi Seong-gun, who made eye contact with Kang Woo-jin while wiping his sweat, answered right away.

"uh? Ah-uhh. I just spoke with PD Song, and it seemed like there was some difficulty in communicating with Line PD. "Don't worry, it's being sorted out without any major incidents."

"Is that so?"

"huh. I expected it to some extent – I didn't know there would be such a strong crowd. You told me last time, right? Hanryang and 'Male Friend' did well in Thailand as well. As for the aftermath, your SNS and 'Kang Woo-jin Alternate' channel also played a role."

It was only at this time that Woojin understood, thinking, 'Ah.' In fact, Kang Woo-jin didn't really care, but the Korean Wave has been hot in Thailand for a long time. This is evidenced by the fact that there are many Korean works in the top 10 of Thai Netflix. Among them, 'Profiler Hanryang' and 'Male Friend' were included, and Woojin was a full-fledged dinosaur influencer with over thousands of subscribers and followers.

In short, there was nothing strange about the picture of the airport just now.

The power of Kang Woo-jin.

Meanwhile, Han Ye-jeong, who had changed her hair to a light red bob, joined in with her characteristic blunt tone.

"Was there a lot of crowd? I was a little more disappointed than I thought. "I posted a similar notice on social media before coming to Bangkok."

Choi Seong-geon, who was loosening his pigtails, answered.

"We didn't see it, but we heard there were a few hundred more people gathered next to the airport. "The airport blocked it because we arrived late."

"Ah, then I admit it."

"so."

Then, Choi Seong-gun, who was laughing, tapped the side of Kang Woo-jin, whose expression was still stiff.

"You may not seem very impressed, but how does it feel to see Thai fans in person? As you well know, other than idols, there are few actors of this size. "You don't feel bad, do you?"

"yes."

"Kkeuk, you shy guy."

A calm Woojin turned his gaze out the window again. Beyond Korea and Japan, I came to Thailand for the first time in my life. Kang Woo-jin, who saw his fans numbering easily in the hundreds here, was feeling it all over again.

'It's really a bitch.'

That his power is gradually spreading globally.

After a few tens of minutes,

The van in which Kang Woo-jin was riding had already entered the city center of Bangkok. It takes about 10 minutes to get to the reserved 5-star hotel. A very large park appeared outside the car window. The name is 'Lumpani Park'. Soon, Woojin's team members were glued to the window and looking at the scenery of Bangkok.

Of course, he didn't make a fuss, but Kang Woo-jin was also looking out the window out of the corner of his eye.

'Oooh- Bangkok!'

The 'Beneficial Evil' team, including Kang Woo-jin, who arrived in Bangkok today, was scheduled to unpack at the hotel where they were staying and then tour various filming locations in Bangkok that had been recruited in advance, led by producer Song Man-woo. Of course, the same goes for Kang Woo-jin.

The actual battle will take place tomorrow.

At this very time, the situation for Kang Woo-jin was growing even in Japan, which does not have much of a time difference from Bangkok, Thailand.

The location is the 'Toega' film studio near Tokyo.

To be exact, a large editing room at the 'Toega' film studio. A production presentation was held recently in line with the final editing, and thanks to this, the editing of the movie 'The Strange Gisaeng', which shook the whole of Japan, is in full swing. About a month has passed since the production presentation where Kang Woo-jin dropped the nuclear bomb, but the numerous attacks and aggro of 'The Unfamiliar Parasite' have not weakened at all.

In fact, it was more extreme than a month ago.

It feels like they are going to rush in like an animal and bite when the movie is released.

The first is that the 'Unfamiliar' side is frantically promoting and marketing several times more than the average movie promotion. Second, the Japanese public had the power to spread rumors on their own. Hooking becomes sharper day by day. Of course, the person who was at the center of it all was Kang Woo-jin.

"······after-"

Inside the editing room of 'Unfamiliar Gisaeng', among the various editorial articles, a man full of gray hair swept his face with one hand. It was Japanese master director Kyotaro, and he did this while looking at the various monitors in front. The monitors were outputting one actor. The subway stairs where ants and citizens in suits are rushing up, 'Kiyoshi Iyota' stands alone in the center of the stairs and stares at the camera.

Director Kyotaro stared at various monitors for a moment. Several editorial articles staring at him like that.

Everyone had dark circles under their eyes, and each editorial writer expressed different levels of tension. Swallowing your saliva or holding your breath.

About that time.

"···okay."

Director Kyotaro nodded slowly. Then he spat out Japanese in a low, hoarse voice.

"'Unfamiliar', let's go like this."

It meant that the long editing of 'The Strange Sacrifice' had just been finalized, and applause suddenly rang out from behind Director Kyotaro, who was sitting.

-Clap clap clap clap!

I saw that executives, including the CEO of the film company, were gathered together and clapping their hands together. Among them, the representative of the film company bowed his head to director Kyotaro.

"Thank you for your hard work, Director."

"thank you. But the real war begins now."

"······But-"

Soon, Director Kyotaro, who had been congratulating the editors around him for their hard work, spoke again to the CEO of the film company.

"When did you schedule the screening test, including the actors?"

"It will be in two days."

"The premiere is."

"Because the volume was increased more than usual, the schedule was pushed back a lot, and even the release schedule was a bit tight. Of course, all the work has been done in advance. We start with a press preview."

A press preview was a preview event where reporters and film critics gathered. The representative of the film company responded next.

"The first preview will be next week."

It was when Kang Woo-jin was in the midst of filming 'Beneficial Evil'.

Same day, night. Bangkok.

The time is around 9 o'clock. The location is 'Kempinski Hotel', one of the 5-star hotels in Bangkok. Although it was close to where Kang Woo-jin and the 'Beneficial Evil' team were staying, it was not the same hotel. Two luxury vans stopped at the entrance of the hotel, which had a huge appearance and a swimming pool inside as well as several trees to recreate nature. Naturally, the hotel staff standing at the entrance rushed over.

-Tung!

Soon, many foreigners got out of the van. The thing that stands out the most is a giant black man. No, it was Joseph Felton, a famous Hollywood producer. His muscles stood out thanks to his tight black short sleeves. A familiar woman appeared behind him as well. Casting director Megan Stone with brown short hair.

In other words, this group of foreigners is a team gathered by Joseph.

Excluding the two, there were approximately 20 people, including Joseph's team members, the stunt team that had been recruited, and several executives from the distribution and film company 'Universal Movies.' Of course, I came to watch the filming of 'Beneficial Evil'. Whatever it was, a group of foreigners, including Joseph, got out of the van and entered the interior of a five-star hotel.

The interior of the hotel was even more dazzling.

There is a lot of beige-toned marble throughout, and the floor height is quite high. The thick pillars and the fountain in the center of the insanely spacious lobby were of terrifying size. Entering the hotel, Joseph and a group of foreigners moved to the counter to check in. Of course, the person in charge was Joseph's subordinate, the bald-headed Robert.

Then, a group of foreigners looked around the hotel and let out exclamations of satisfaction.

"It's okay."

"yes? I especially like this spacious lobby. "There are a lot of waiting sofas over there."

"Shall we rest while we wait?"

Except for the people checking in, the rest walked towards the large waiting sofa placed on one side of the lobby. The lobby was so large that it took quite a while to get there. Joseph and Megan were in the middle of a conversation when they almost reached the waiting sofa.

"huh?"

One of the executives at the Hollywood distribution and film company 'Universal Movies', a man with a big belly, widened his eyes slightly. Because of the woman who just entered the hotel. She wore her hat pulled down over her blond hair and a white mask. The woman covered her face, but the pot-bellied man, who was an executive, muttered her name without realizing it because of her strangely familiar aura.

"······Ma, Miley? Miley Kara?"

For a moment, the entire group of foreigners stopped. Then everyone turned to look at the executive who had a full stomach. It was the same with Giant Joseph.

"hmm? What are you talking about? "Did you even dream?"

Joseph laughed absurdly.

"There's no way Miley's here."

< Bangkok (4) > End