Damang (1)

 

Around noon on the 13th, Korean time. Kang Woo-jin, who opened his eyes at dawn but fell asleep again, woke up quickly. Woojin, whose hair had become a mess, picked up his cell phone first.

“Uh-huh, 12 o’clock? It’s crazy. “How long has it been since you overslept?”

It was the first time since he became an actor that he slept until noon. I may have been tired, but since it was a comfortable house, I was relaxed and slept a lot. However, Kang Woo-jin had no regrets.

“What do you think? “After all, it’s a holiday.”

Woojin, who is resting for three days starting today, moved to the living room and gulped down a bottle of water. After coming to his senses with moderate stretching, he picked up his cell phone from the bed again. To check accumulated contacts. There were numerous contacts, starting with Choi Seong-geon, but the one that caught Kang Woo-jin’s eye.

“Eh?”

It was a DM from Chris Hartnett, a top Hollywood actor. The content was short. It feels like asking for something in moderation, or let’s make ‘Cierrot: Birth of a Villain’ well together. Kang Woo-jin saw this and tilted his head.

“You idiot, you gave up on the audition, right?”

But what are you talking about, let’s make something good together? Woojin, who was scratching his chin, understood Chris’ message.

“ah.”

This was after seeing Choi Seong-geon’s rather long talk. Because there was information about Chris in the content. News that he has joined ‘Cierrot: Birth of a Villain’. Woojin, a little surprised, checked Hollywood foreign news articles on the Internet. There were already quite a few articles about Chris.

『LA TIME/Columbia: “Chris Hartnett confirmed to join ‘Clierrot: Birth of a Villain’”』

『ABY/Chris Hartnett, who was confirmed to join ‘Cierrot: Birth of a Villain’, didn’t he audition for the male lead?』

The flow started a few hours ago when Woojin was sleeping. After ‘Columbia Studios’ announced Chris’s joining, the foreign media was frantically covering the news. Chris’ appearance was confirmed in the early afternoon, LA time.

“Oh, awesome.”

Woojin, who was reading some foreign news articles, was purely surprised. Because director Gabok Ang didn’t tell me and honestly, I didn’t even expect it.

‘I thought my relationship with Jonjal would end with the audition.’

Whatever it was, Chris’ joining ‘Clierot’ was tasty food for foreign media. As expected, Chris Hartnett lost the male lead audition war with Woojin. Although it was clearly a sign of giving up, in the eyes of foreign media, it was an image similar to defeat. However, even though he lost to Kang Woo-jin, he was confirmed to have a different role in ‘Cierrot: Birth of a Villain’, so curiosity was bound to arise.

『Chris Hartnett, who lost against Kang Woo-jin as the NT/male lead candidate, will join ‘Clierot’ in a different role?』

Why did Chris Hartnett join ‘The Clown’ even though he lost? Even in a role other than the male lead.

Regret? miasma? plural?

Foreign news articles contained numerous rumors. Kang Woo-jin, who had been reading foreign news articles for a while, lost interest.

“I don’t know, Mr. “You’ll know when you meet them.”

Afterwards, I sent a brief DM reply to Chris and got ready to leave. The place he decided to go today was Jinju, where his parents were. I’ve been busy so far, so I’ll be back in a day or so since I have a holiday.

after.

The world was in an uproar regarding Kang Woo-jin, but Kang Woo-jin had a calm holiday. She met her parents for the first time in a long time, had a long conversation, and ate delicious food.

‘As expected, I feel at ease.’

The substance itself has been stripped of all concepts and work-related things. Woojin’s parents also expressed their amazement at him turning into a ‘world star’ for the first time, but they soon treated him like a son as usual. Of course, Kang Hyun-ah continued to go crazy.

“brother!! Did you get to film ‘Clown’ with Chris Hartnett??!!”

Many things were talked about until late at night. Things in Hollywood, big names I met, stories about my works, etc. It wasn’t until late at night that Kang Woo-jin was able to lie down in his room. Woojin was looking at various things on his cell phone for a while.

-Sigh.

I accessed SNS. To be exact, the official SNS of ‘World Disney Pictures’. Naturally, the most recent post was that Kara had been confirmed as ‘Beautiful Bella’, which was officially announced a few days ago, and hundreds of thousands of fans were already attached to this post.

-Miley!! Miley!!!

-I thought Miley would be a good match for the beautiful Bella. Maria Armas is a good match, but Miley is a cut above.

-The actor for The Beast and Beauty Bella has finally been confirmed! Are you looking forward to Disney?

-Why do you have expectations? From the moment Kang Woo-jin was confirmed, it was already ruined!

-I think so too, Miley is okay, but I want the casting of Kang Woo-jin to be reversed.

-Stop it. It’s not good to see everyone criticizing you because it doesn’t suit your taste.

-Disney! Are you making a mistake again??

-Kang Woo-jin and Miley… Hmm, I can’t imagine it yet, but I think it’s okay. I’m a little excited to see Kang Woo-jin in Good Evil.

-What criteria did Disney use to select the actor who plays the Beast?

-Kang Woojin often works with Miley, so I think they will do well together.

-Hey, Disney! Are you going to continue to ignore the complaints of fans around the world?

mud. A state in which various languages ​​are colorfully or chaotically mixed together. Looking at this scene, Kang Woo-jin laughed. Of course, inside.

‘Why – the firepower is exploding more and more.’

This is the situation, wouldn’t a nuclear bomb have exploded even if we didn’t look at the other side? It actually did. Global communities, SNS, YouTube, etc. were already on fire.

What should Korea say?

-I’m looking forward to the Beauty and the Beast two-shot with Kang Woo-jin and Miley Kara.

It was no different from the earthquake in the United States.

Currently, the Korean media and public opinion are going crazy when they hear that ‘Kang Woo-jin’ is popular. It may not feel like anything special to Kang Woo-jin, but for Korea, everything was a miracle for the first time and was like a miracle.

『When will the first filming of ‘The Beast and Beauty’, which is receiving strong recognition and criticism from around the world?』

A few days later, Kang Woo-jin finished his holiday. The schedule he had accumulated upon his return was incredible, and among them, Woojin was the first to start.

“Oh my – the world star has arrived!”

“Let’s go, clap, clap!”

“I contacted you too, but congratulations, Woojin! Everything that happened in Hollywood!”

“ha ha ha! “With good timing, our ‘Beneficial Evil’ also exploded and it was crazy in Hollywood, right?”

It was a preliminary meeting related to Part 2 of ‘Beneficial Evil’. The location is Netflix Korea. In the spacious meeting room, many key staff members including bearded producer Song Man-woo, general director Kim So-hyang, Netflix executives, and writer Choi Na-na blew up excessive fanfare as soon as they saw Kang Woo-jin.

This place is more than a wild party.

Kang Woo-jin’s Hollywood career was like that, but ‘Beneficial Evil’ Part 1 was still loved around the world, so it was a natural appearance. Kang Woo-jin put on her indifference on her face, but inside she was just as excited as them.

About that time.

“Everyone is happy, but I’m sorry – Woojin, I need to talk about work soon.”

Producer Song Man-woo, who managed to correct the topic, spoke to Kang Woo-jin.

“Filming for ‘Beneficial Evil’ Part 2 begins next week.”

backwards.

Before the full-fledged filming of ‘Beneficial Evil’ Part 2 began, Kang Woo-jin once again had to deal with a hellish schedule. Things that had been pushed aside while I was in LA came flooding back like a wave of business. Various interviews, advertisements, various photoshoots, pictorials, and numerous events and events. In addition, fan signing events and fan meetings were also held.

Kang Woo-jin is running like hell, traveling between Korea and Japan.

However, unlike the laid-back LA, Woojin, who boarded the train to hell for the first time in a while, was not greatly shaken. In the past, just maintaining the concept would have been overwhelming, but now I had some time to spare. I wasn’t strong.

‘What can I say, it’s not particularly tough? Have you grown without knowing it? I feel like I can do it even if I’m several times busier than this.’

Of course, there were some cases where subspace was used appropriately, but the frequency was drastically reduced.

Meanwhile.

Regarding ‘Beast and Beauty’, the number of views on the YouTube video taken by Kang Woo-jin and Miley Kara was enormous. Because it surpassed 70 million views.

It was truly a global force.

However, these days, Kang Woo-jin is demonstrating a truly global power.

『[Issue Pick] ‘Beneficial Evil’, which has been ranked No. 1 in the world for 6 weeks, has increased viewing time with this ‘Beast and Beauty’ issue』

It was ‘Beneficial Evil’, which was setting new records both in Korea and on Netflix.

『Producer Song Man-woo of Kang Woo-jin’s ‘Beneficial Evil’, which has been wearing the ‘world’s No. 1’ label for over a month, “is dumbfounded by the global box office sensation”』

『Netflix CEO: “Beneficial Evil may become the best work of all time”』

It was already a ‘beneficial evil’ that was ranked No. 1 in the world and was active, but as Kang Woo-jin’s power in Hollywood exploded, word of mouth spread several times more. Kang Woo-jin often appears in the largest overseas community, ‘Nedit’.

『[Overseas Topic] ‘Beneficial Evil’, a ‘global craze’ ranked first in 80 countries including the US and Europe… More strength thanks to Kang Woo-jin』

And the ‘Emmy’ tag for ‘Beneficial Evil’, which was only a prediction in the beginning, has now started to catch on. This is because there has never been a Korean drama that has achieved such global box office success, and Kang Woo-jin’s momentum gave it strength.

『Netflix’s ‘Beneficial Evil’ is rumored to be nominated for the ‘Emmy Awards’, which selects the world’s best TV program』

However, to the outside world, it was still just a rumor. The Academy of Television Arts (ATAS), which hosts the ‘Primetime Emmy Awards,’ has not made any announcement yet.

However, very secretly, ‘Beneficial Evil’ was voted on as a candidate for the ‘Primetime Emmy Awards’.

『Netflix CEO: “‘Beneficial Evil’ will win the U.S. Emmy Awards” Confident confidence』

It had already reached its peak.

Following.

『[Issue Pick] Part 2 of ‘Beneficial Evil’, which has the potential to win Korea’s first ‘Emmy Award’, begins filming soon. Overseas fans who are in love with Kang Woo-jin are excited by the news of Part 2 being filmed!』

News of the filming of Part 2 of ‘Beneficial Evil’ spread around the world.

March 22nd, late morning. Incheon International Airport.

Around 11:30. For some reason, crowds of people gathered at the arrival hall of Incheon Airport. There were dozens of reporters lining the rope fence, and there were easily more than 200 fans holding cameras like cell phones or cannons.

The reason was simple.

This is due to the news that a popular domestic girl group is returning after completing their Japanese schedule. This is a picture you usually see when a tier 1 idol appears at the airport.

About this way.

-Sigh.

The arrival hall door opened and people began to appear one by one. The general public was a bit surprised to see the reporters and fans gathered around. Some people seemed to know why they had gathered. As soon as there were signs that the girl group they had been waiting for would appear, the reporters quickly raised their cameras.

At that time, a group of foreigners appeared at the arrival hall.

About 6 people.

However, most reporters did not care about foreigners. It was just dismissed as a tourist visit to Korea. But a few of the dozens of reporters.

“hmm?”

I focused my attention on the foreigners who had just entered the country. To be precise, I glanced at a black man in the group of foreigners who was as tall as a giant. Because he was a familiar face. Among those reporters, there was a chubby male reporter who had close knowledge of Hollywood and also covered foreign entertainment articles.

“I-giant.”

He muttered softly as he looked at the tall black man.

“What was your name, Joseph Felton? “Isn’t he a famous producer in Hollywood?”

But I wasn’t sure. Therefore, the chubby reporter took a picture of the giant black man and the group of foreigners, and while looking at the group of foreigners moving away, he sent the picture to a reporter he knew with a question. The content is ‘Isn’t this tall black man Joseph Felton?’

The reply was quick. The conclusion is that Joseph Felton is correct.

However, the chubby reporter’s questions were not answered. As far as I know, this producer named Joseph Felton was very famous in Hollywood.

‘Aren’t film companies like Hollywood dinosaurs lining up to work with him? But why did you suddenly come to Korea?’

A reporter who instinctively sensed that something was unusual. Then, a message arrived to him again. The chubby reporter’s eyes widened slightly as he read the message sent by a reporter he knew.

‘Joseph Felton is now working with ‘Universal Movies’?’

‘Universal Movies’ is one of Hollywood’s ‘Big Five’ film companies. Same level as ‘Columbia Studios’ or ‘World Disney Pictures’. A major producer working with such a large film company has just arrived in Korea. At this time, something crossed the reporter’s mind.

“’Columbia Studios’, ‘World Disney Pictures’ and…’Universal Movies’? By any chance, Kang Woo-jin?”

It was Kang Woo-jin.