Overwhelmed (1)

 

The terrifying numbers seen before Kang Woo-jin’s eyes.

[Korea’s all-time box office]

[All-time movie rankings (combined)]

-One. Leeches/ Cumulative audience: 20,483,558

-2. Island of the Missing/ Cumulative number of viewers: 20,321,451

-3. Naval Battle/Cumulative audience: 16,715,955

-4. Force Majeure/Cumulative number of audience: 15,557,118

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It wasn’t like this until yesterday. But in just one day, everything changed. ‘Leech’, which had sold 19 million units, surpassed 20 million units and ranked first among all Korean films. Naturally, ‘Island of the Missing’ was pushed to second place.

With this, two 20 million movies were released in one year.

However, Woojin’s expression as he witnessed the unusual situation was calm. It seemed cold. It was even cooler thanks to the ‘Beast Transformation’ ability I had recently acquired.

But this is only on the surface.

‘Wow!! Is this painting really complete?! ‘It’s spinning!’

Inside, I was cheering and celebrating alone. It was well worth it. 2 years since debut. Of course, it will now be three years, but before the end of this year, the two movies he appeared in reached a whopping 20 million. The fact that it overturned the history of all-time movies in just one year is a bonus.

Kang Woo-jin is the only one who caused this absurd phenomenon.

It was clear that it would never appear in the past or in the future. This is a truth that no one can deny. So, there was nothing strange about Woojin dancing in mask dance, but he was full of concept and strong-willed behavior, so he had to be quite indifferent at times like this.

But Choi Seong-geon, the pony-haired man holding the cell phone, did not tolerate it.

“You bastard!!”

Because I suddenly hugged Kang Woo-jin and ran away. Woojin just matches his rhythm appropriately.

“There are 20 million pairs! 20 million pairs!! Does this picture make sense?!! no! “That doesn’t make sense!”

“······”

“Even within a year! Also, the 1st and 2nd ranked Korean movies of all time are starring you! This is crazy! “This is so crazy!!”

In fact, the number of viewers for ‘Leech’ slowed down a bit along the way. But I recovered quickly. No, it is safe to say that there was an explosive rebound. It was largely due to the fact that the mid-to-late half of the film received a proper boost due to Kang Woo-jin’s issues other than Miley Cara and director Ahn Ga-bok’s advancement into Hollywood.

Of course, the box office success of ‘Leech’ is still ongoing.

It’s a lot weaker compared to the beginning, but it’s monster enough to be like this more than a month after its release. Well, the truly scary monster was Kang Woo-jin. This is because they had a filming schedule of this size, and as a result, they completely changed the history of the Korean film industry.

“ha ha ha! ‘Island of the Missing’! ‘leech’! What kind of actor would beat these 1st and 2nd places?! No one can wake it except you! You will wake yourself up!”

“···Representative, please calm down.”

“Calm? Ginger?? Can you do it?!!”

Choi Seong-gun, who hugged Woo-jin for a moment, continued to have fits or fits. Roughly over 3 minutes.

Then.

“Wow, I never thought I would see something like this.”

Finally, the real Choi Seong-geon picked up his cell phone again as if this was not the end. And then the corners of her mouth curved like a bow.

“What makes it so stupid is that there are still nuclear bombs left, right?”

He touched the phone screen a few times. Soon, Japanese, not Korean, began to appear on the screen. As expected, there were some really great numbers.

-[Number of viewers for ‘The Strange Sacrifice’ as of November 24, 2021]

-[The Strange Sacrifice/Release date: October 26/Cumulative number of viewers: 21,091,784]

It was the result of an ‘unfamiliar parasite’. ‘Unfamiliar Parasite’, which was released a day before ‘Leech’, also exceeded 20 million. No, 21 million. Although it lost quite a bit of power compared to ‘Leech’, it still showed its potential by maintaining a top 5 reservation rate in Japan.

And ‘Familiar’ also landed at the top of the list of all-time Japanese films.

Animated films dominated the rankings and although they didn’t beat them, it was a very symbolic and great result. ‘Familiar’ caused a storm of change in Japanese theaters dominated by the animation market, and it was the first record in Japan for a pure movie to attract 20 million viewers.

Choi Seong-geon showed his thumb.

“It’s not 20 million pairs.”

Kang Woo-jin answered lowly.

“It’s a triple.”

“okay!! Triple 20 million!!”

Starting with ‘Island of the Missing’, ‘Leech’ and ‘Familiar Parasite’ both exceeded 20 million viewers. 20 million has three. Not only in Korea but also in Japan, Kang Woo-jin was the only actor to win this much of a medal within two years.

“Hey, but this isn’t the end, is it?”

“Yes.”

Seonggeon Choi muttered with a look on his face that said there were still a few shots left.

“‘Leech’ will be released in Japan next month, and ‘Unfamiliar Parasite’ will be released in Korea next month.”

Each movie is like touching a baton.

“If ‘Leech’ is sold in Japan and ‘Unfamiliar Parasitic’ is sold in Korea, it will exceed 10 million.”

Because it was scheduled to be released alternately in Korea and Japan.

“It’s not 20 million, it’s 30 million, 30 million.”

A few days later. Early afternoon, Saturday, November 27th, LA.

In the busy city center of LA, many foreigners were gathered in a large conference room inside a huge film company. At least 30 people. Among them sitting around the U-shaped desk, I saw the only Korean sitting in the front.

Old man. No, it was director Ang Bok, full of wrinkles.

Director Anga Bok arrived in LA two days ago. In other words, this place is ‘Columbia Studios’, one of Hollywood’s top five film companies, and the foreigners gathered in the conference room were key staff from the movie ‘Clierrot.’ A tablet and a transparent file are placed in front of all foreigners, including Director Ang Bok.

and.

-Sigh.

At the front of the conference room where the small screen was displayed, an impressive foreign woman with slightly longer hair stood. She was the executive producer of the movie ‘Clierot.’ Similar to Joseph Felton, she boasted a very famous ransom in Hollywood.

That’s her.

“Next, here are the actors nominated for male lead.”

When I moved the remote control, the screen changed. The output of Hollywood’s biggest star male actors. First, the female producer quickly flipped through the actors’ profile screens, as if she wanted to show their faces. One person, two people, three people. As a result, a total of 5 top male actors appeared, and the 6th Korean actor who was most familiar to director Anga Bok appeared.

‘You’re here, Kang Woo-jin.’

It was Kang Woo-jin.

Finally, the female producer turned her head to the dozens of staff members.

“Six people like this.”

The staff murmured. Although many Hollywood actors were mentioned and rumors circulated, this was the first time that an actor was revealed so openly.

“It’s a struggle.”

“Are there any actors of that caliber? “It’s a pity that I can only choose one of them.”

“How much are they worth?”

“Testing must be a battlefield.”

“But- Kang Woo-jin at the end? That Korean actor, right? “He made a fuss in Khan.”

“that’s right. In your acceptance speech, you said you were aiming for an Academy Award. “He did some pretty amazing things – but that actor is a bit out of the blue.”

“There were rumors going around among actors. Hmm, but…isn’t it a shame if you look at it in terms of quality?”

“Coach Danny spoke highly of him.”

“hmm? “That coach Danny Landis?”

Anyway, the female producer continued the briefing.

“I want to tell you in advance, but the actors’ information should not be leaked to the outside world yet.”

For reference, ‘Columbia Studios’ had only revealed to the world that it had confirmed the production of a huge new movie and that the director of the new movie was Ga-bok Ang. The rest of the information, including the fact that the work is ‘Cierrot’, was hidden.

Soon, the female producer laid eyes on director Anga Bok.

“And director. I would like to schedule the actors’ audition tests for sometime in January. What do you think?”

Meanwhile, Korea.

It was the afternoon of the 27th in LA, but the morning of the 28th in Korea. The location is Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi-do. The ‘Beneficial Evil’ set complex, where over 100 staff members are busy. Of course, bearded producer Song Man-woo was also in charge of handling the entire production, and several actors such as Hwa-rin were also seen on standby early on.

At this time.

“Kang Woo-jin has arrived!!”

Long padding’s Kang Woo-jin has just entered the scene. Today, too, he had a poker face on, and producer Song Man-woo, who was leading the filming set, ran to Woojin. In one hand, he was holding the script for ‘Beneficial Evil’.

“Mr. Woojin.”

Producer Song Man-woo had rough skin due to frequent all-nighters and hellish hardships, and he had dark circles as if he was wearing sunglasses. Kang Woo-jin greeted him casually.

“Thank you for your continued support today, PD.”

Producer Song Man-woo, who was laughing hard, whispered softly to Kang Woo-jin.

“I can crank it up in 10 days.”

The end of filming Part 1 of ‘Beneficial Evil’ was imminent.

Filming of ‘Beneficial Evil’ was completed within 10 days. After hearing Producer Song Man-woo’s words, Woo-jin’s silent expression did not change, but inside he thought, “Already?” I wanted to.

‘It seems like it was only yesterday that I filmed the long take in Bangkok, but time is melting – melting.’

Of course, this was part 1, and there was part 2 left, but it was definitely a fast pace.

‘Well, he was combative.’

It was a filming schedule that could be described as being filmed like crazy. Including PD Song Man-woo in front, there are about 100 staff, actors, actors’ staff, and even Kang Woo-jin. Everyone filmed frantically according to a tight schedule.

A forced march where everyone would die.

Woojin was the only one who was fine. If it weren’t for the grace of subspace, he too would have been in trouble. Whatever it may be, the crank-up of ‘Beneficial Evil’ is just around the corner. Producer Song Man-woo, who relayed this, took a short breath and spoke again to Kang Woo-jin.

“Of course, there may be some changes in the schedule depending on the situation, but if we wrap up Part 1 filming within 10 days, we will be able to launch ‘Beneficial Evil’ as expected.”

By the way, PD, are you okay? He suddenly collapsed. In Woojin’s opinion, it wouldn’t be surprising if producer Song Man-woo fainted right now. He also lost a lot of weight. He, who had a strong sense of concept, quietly asked producer Song Man-woo.

“Yes, PD. “By the way, are you okay?”

“what?”

“You have to live to see it through filming and launching.”

Producer Song Man-woo, who was blinking, took a picture of himself with his index finger and then laughed.

“Ana? Oh my, I take care of all of Woojin’s worries. haha. Don’t worry, this is something that can last for decades of directing. “Is the work One Day Today?”

“Is that so?”

“of course. “You saw it during Hanryang, right?”

“······”

“Actually, it’s true that it’s a bit more intense than it was back then, but there were many works that were even more intense than this. What about in the past? “How bad was the filming environment?”

After briefly conveying the pain of the entertainment industry in the past, he cleared his throat and corrected the topic.

“Anyway, we have finished talking with Netflix, and normally it would be released in January, but at the latest it will be released to the world in February. From the looks of it, Woojin is the only one who is doing well in this field, but let’s try our best.”

In other words, Part 1 of ‘Beneficial Evil’ will be officially launched within January or February. It was a schedule that was possible because PD Song Man-woo was working hard.

“And before the launch, I’ve set up a solo photoshoot for Woojin just for publicity and marketing purposes. Is that okay?”

“It doesn’t matter.”

“I decided to do Miley Kara’s side as well. Afterwards, we will start with a character introduction video and release a teaser or trailer. Oh, and I modified the shooting schedule a bit. “I will be going abroad soon and the end of the year will be busy.”

It was Kang Woo-jin’s story.

“We pull out the scenes that focus on Woojin as much as possible.”

Producer Song Man-woo, who was briefing, showed his double thumbs and walked away, saying to get ready. Woojin thought as he looked at his back. What will be the reaction if ‘Beneficial Evil’ is released to the world?

Kang Woo-jin briefly remembers his grade.

-[9/Script (Title: Beneficial Evil), EX level]

The first appearance of the EX class.

‘Because it’s EX level – I guess it’s just a case of going crazy?’

To be honest, I can’t guess, and it’s hard to even predict what will happen, but I was still very excited. In a way, ‘Beneficial Evil’ was like Kang Woo-jin’s first challenge to the world.

30 minutes back.

About a hundred staff members fell silent, and producer Song Man-woo shouted at Kang Woo-jin in the scene from where the monitor was installed.

“Hi-Action!!”

December 4th.

Before we knew it, November was over and December had begun. Meanwhile, the first snow fell. Meanwhile, Kang Woo-jin was found inside an airplane. He was sitting by the window and wearing a hat. However, this plane was different from ordinary ones. Because there were significantly fewer passengers. Only Woojin’s team, including Choi Seong-gun, were visible.

The reason was simple.

Because this plane was Kang Woo-jin’s private plane. Outside the window of the private plane, it was already a sky full of clouds, not the ground, and Woojin, with his face filled with dignity, was muttering a little excitedly to himself.

‘It’s been a while in LA – it feels a little different. Is it because the planned items are of different sizes?’

Of course, I wasn’t nervous at all.

‘What are you going to do, I’ve searched everything.’

It was the first flight of Kang Woo-jin’s private plane to Hollywood.

And at this time, his exciting news had just broken out in Korea.

『[Exclusive] Kang Woo-jin, who boarded a private plane in great secrecy, suddenly heads to LA right before the end of the year! Perhaps a flight to enter Hollywood?』