Speed ​​of Light (8)

 

The filming of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, which started in the set banquet hall, was completed late at night after moving several sets. The staff of about 100 people were busy preparing for the filming tomorrow, and Kang Woo-jin, who had finished greeting director Bill Lautner, was returning to the trailer with his team.

He is currently wearing tights.

‘Ao-shi, no matter how many times you wear these clothes, they don’t fit?’

When Woojin, who was grumbling on the inside but appeared tough on the outside, almost reached the trailer.

“Woojin.”

Someone called Kang Woo-jin. Choi Sung-geon, who hadn’t been seen all day, was waving his hand. As a side note, Choi Sung-geon hasn’t been able to be with Woo-jin recently due to various issues, including the LA branch and ‘Guest’. Anyway, Choi Sung-geon, who entered the trailer with Woo-jin, said.

“Whether it’s Hollywood or Korea, the whole world was talking about ‘Clown’ challenging for the ‘Academy Award’. I expected it, but I didn’t know it would be this chaotic.”

“I see, but Columbia Studios hasn’t made an official announcement yet. It’ll be even more noisy when it does.”

“When are you going to do it?”

“Within a few days.”

“Hmm. We need to prepare too.”

Soon, when Kang Woo-jin was changing into his tights, Choi Sung-geon changed the subject.

“I heard the date for the crabcup for ‘Beauty and the Beast’ has been roughly released?”

“Yes. I heard it was early January.”

“It’s early January – less than a month left. It feels like we started filming yesterday, but time flies so fast. ‘Pierrot’ is in the final stages of editing, and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ is almost finished filming.”

At that moment, goosebumps appeared on Choi Sung-geon’s body.

“It won’t be long before those movies are released worldwide. Ugh, I’m nervous, I’m nervous. Aren’t you excited?”

I’m looking forward to it, I’m really looking forward to it. Kang Woo-jin is as excited as Choi Sung-geon on the inside, but on the outside he answers normally.

“Moderately.”

“Just that? Wow, you’re conquering Hollywood in just a few years since your debut. Anyway, it’s amazing every time I see you – how can you be so cold-hearted? Anyway, I got a call from Jennifer Thurman, the head of ‘Guest’. She said Miley Cara contacted me out of the blue.”

“······”

“Plus Chris Hartnett. They’re both interested in ‘Guest’ and are supposed to meet soon-”

Choi Sung-geon, who was smiling slightly, poked Kang Woo-jin’s cheek while his face was blank.

“You?”

“well.”

“Well, what the hell. What the hell are these two top Hollywood actors doing as ‘guests’? And all of a sudden? If you didn’t do this, how could this picture be possible?”

Yes, that’s right. I did the work. Woojin answered with a smile on his face, but his response to Choi Sung-geon was very short.

“I just recommended a scenario.”

“That’s it. What did you say? What did you say to those two actors to make them kiss so quickly? Huh?”

Choi Sung-geon asked as if his curiosity had exploded, but Kang Woo-jin’s mouth did not open. But if he thought about it, he hadn’t done anything particularly big.

‘It was just- a proper explanation and recommendation, that’s all.’

It was Miley and Chris who moved. Of course, it was a phenomenon that happened because Kang Woo-jin’s influence on them was enormous. In other words, Kang Woo-jin himself is currently a cheat key. Woo-jin asked something else.

“Sir, when will the ‘Guest’ building open?”

“Hmm? Ah- I should do it soon. But it shouldn’t overlap with ‘Pierrot’, so I guess I should do it after ‘Columbia Studio’ makes an official announcement?”

Among the two who were talking, Woojin took off his tights, put on his hat, and left the trailer first. What’s funny is…

‘ah.’

That a familiar blonde woman was standing right in front of the trailer.

“Why does it take so long?”

It was Miley Cara, still in her ‘beautiful Bella’ form. She was on the same set all day, but she had not been able to say a word because there were no scenes where they would mix. Choi Sung-geon, who had noticed, coughed slightly and left first. Soon, Kang Woo-jin recited to Cara.

“The clothes are the same.”

Kara, with her blonde hair in a single braid, shrugged.

“I was a little late because I was talking to the director.”

“I see.”

“More than that-”

Kara, who had been dragging out her words, took a step closer to Woojin. She could smell a good scent, but Kang Woojin pretended not to care, and Miley Kara looked around and lowered her voice.

“I called the ‘Guest’ side, it looks like we’ll have a meeting in a few days.”

“Yes, I heard.”

“For your information, nothing has been confirmed yet, and more than anything, I wasn’t interested in ‘Guest’ because of you. I set up a meeting because the scenario was interesting.”

Kang Woo-jin stared at Kara’s face for a moment and nodded nonchalantly.

“I know.”

Kara suddenly narrowed her eyes and corrected what she had said.

“No, honestly, it’s half because of you.”

Kang Woojin laughed without realizing it. When he thought about it, Kara had disarmed Woojin’s concept twice.

“Half of it?”

“······That’s right, so let’s eat.”

“rice?”

“Yeah. I didn’t eat it once while filming ‘Beauty and the Beast.’”

Was that so? I don’t remember well because I was so busy, but I think it was like that. Kang Woojin nodded as if it wouldn’t be difficult.

“Okay, let’s eat.”

Kara’s expression brightened in an instant, but she hid it by coughing.

‘Why am I so happy after just one meal? It’s so annoying.’

After that.

Kang Woo-jin, who got off work, enjoyed surfing the Internet in a moving van. It started from Korea.

‘Oh my god, this is really chaotic.’

Korea was going crazy. What could be the topic? The aftermath of Woojin’s interview is spreading strongly.

『[Issue Pick] Kang Woo-jin’s ‘Pierrot: The Birth of a Villain’, Aiming for the ‘Academy Award’ to be Held This April? ‘Columbia’ Still Quiet』

『Kang Woo-jin’s ‘Academy Award’ Challenge Revealed by Himself! Industry Experts Say “It’s Impossible Due to Timing”, Will We Be Able to See the Real Kang Woo-jin at the ‘Academy Awards’ This April?』

The Korean media was all about Kang Woo-jin, ‘Pierrot: The Birth of a Villain’, and the ‘Academy Awards’. Since he had already won the Best Actor award at the ‘Emmy Awards’, the media was even more frenzied. The Korean public was no different. SNS, various communities, and YouTube were filled with Woo-jin’s bait.

-Aren’t you confused about the interview with Kang Woo-jin? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ To be honest, the Academy Awards are in April, how can you go to that??

-Looking at how quiet Columbia Pictures is, it looks like Kang Woo-jin got it first. 100%

– It’s not completely impossible for Kang Woo-jin to attend the Oscars in April. It’s possible if the conditions are met.

-What are the conditions???

-First of all, the movie has to be released in LA theaters for at least a week.

-If they do that, won’t Columbia Pictures be taking a huge loss?? If they aim for an Academy Award and get screwed, their release schedule will all be ruined, lol

-Anyway, if Kang Woo-jin really wins an Academy Award, Gae-re-jan-do will also become god-level

-But if you openly let your guard down like this, won’t you be rejected by the Academy Awards and not nominated???

-If the work is bad, you have to pick it upㅋㅋㅋㅋAnyway, Hollywood is in chaos right now

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Not only online, but offline, too, there was a lot of talk about Kang Woo-jin. In the conversations of the public, people in the entertainment industry who know Woo-jin, actors, directors, etc. If Korea and Japan are like this, how much worse must Hollywood be?

『CNM/Kang Woo-jin’s bombshell declaration keeps the ‘Academy Awards’ side quiet. Is ‘Birth of a Villain’ really aiming for the ‘Academy Awards’?』

Foreign media outlets endlessly produced articles, and all sorts of nonsense and rumors were spread on the famous overseas community ‘Nedit’. However, since it was the end of the year, the global entertainment industry could not focus only on Kang Woo-jin.

Because there are so many award ceremonies, events, and parties lined up.

Kang Woo-jin also attended several award ceremonies while continuing to film ‘Beauty and the Beast’. He was flooded with interview requests from reporters each time, but this time, Woo-jin was reserved with his words.

About a week passed like that.

It’s already mid-December.

In a situation where the end of the year and the smell of Christmas were stronger than before, Kang Woo-jin, who was on his way to work on the set of ‘Beauty and the Beast’, received a call from ‘Columbia’.

“Yes, I understand.”

As Woojin put down his phone after a short call, Choi Sunggeon, who was with Kang Woojin today, asked in a rush.

“what?”

Woojin’s answer was bland.

“I will announce it within an hour.”

In fact, 30 minutes later, Columbia Studios made an announcement to the world through their official SNS channel.

-[Hello, this is Columbia Studios. Today, I will tell you about ‘Pierrot: The Birth of a Villain’. It is a topic that has recently become a hot topic due to Kang Woo-jin’s interview. Everything he said is true, and our ‘Pierrot: The Birth of a Villain’ will be challenging for the Academy Awards in April next year. Therefore, the pre-release will be held in LA in February first······]

It was exactly as Director Ahn Ga-bok had conveyed to Columbia Studios. This announcement swept through Hollywood in an instant. Foreign media, which had been full of question marks, turned into exclamation marks and poured out articles, and the world’s public was more excited than ever.

World public opinion was split.

New and shocking, or absurd and ridiculous.

It was a method that was almost unprecedented throughout Hollywood history, so it was understandable. The controversy was aggravated dozens of times. However, Columbia Studios released an additional poster and a preview of ‘Clown: The Birth of a Villain’ as if it was nothing, and Kang Woo-jin only posted a photo from the filming site of ‘Clown’ on his SNS and a short comment saying, ‘Please support me.’

While the world, including Hollywood, was boiling over with ‘Clown: Birth of a Villain’, there were many things that were progressing steadily.

“Oh, hello Miley Cara.”

“nice to meet you.”

‘A8 Media’ of the movie ‘Guest’. That is, Jennifer Thurman and her staff welcomed Hollywood’s top tier actress Miley Cara.

“Whew- I’m nervous, seeing that Miley Cara right in front of me.”

“Hmm? Is that so? I enjoyed reading your work.”

“It is truly an honor.”

It was a simple meeting, but Jennifer Thurman was obviously nervous about meeting with an unexpected big star. On the other hand, Kara was relaxed. There were many things to be decided here, but what Jennifer Thurman cared about was Miley Kara’s price. If Kara would do a project, she would bow 100 times to get her, but if the price was too ridiculous, it would be a pie in the sky.

But fortunately.

“Hmm- not bad?”

Miley Cara’s response to the ransom offered was positive. It’s not a sure thing, but if it feels like it, it’s possible. Jennifer Thurman was jumping for joy inside.

‘Even if the price goes up to some extent, it’s within the expected range.’

Of course, the ransom she offered Kara was also quite large. Perhaps it is not an exaggeration to say that more than 50% of the entire production cost of ‘Guest’ was the actors’ appearance fees. However, this is not an uncommon situation in Hollywood.

Jennifer Thurman then finished meeting with Miley Cyrus.

“Okay, next time.”

She met the next batter with a spirited face. The top Hollywood actor who met her exactly 3 hours later.

“Haha, hello.”

“Welcome, Chris.”

It was Chris Hartnett.

Meanwhile.

One of the ‘Big Five’ in Hollywood, ‘Universal Movies’, has also confirmed one agenda. Those who gathered include the giant Joseph Felton, numerous key staff members, and Hollywood big shot director Danny Landis. In other words, it was Kang Woo-jin’s third confirmed movie, ‘John Persona’.

“It’s complicated, so let’s just spend the end of the year.”

“I think so too, let’s have a crazy December and start next January.”

“Um, okay. We’re going to the script reading in January.”

The script reading for ‘John Persona’ is set for January, a few weeks later.

Then time flew by. One day, two days, and a week. There were so many things going on that Kang Woo-jin, who was half-heartedly working on his schedule, arrived home in LA late at night. Kang Woo-jin was extremely tired after working all day.

“Oh my god, I’m going crazy.”

He took off his concept and checked his cell phone.

-[2022/ 12/ 31]

-[PM 11:55]

There are only 5 minutes left until the end of the year. So, on Kang Woo-jin’s phone.

-Wow.

-Wow.

There was an endless stream of messages. Texts, messages, DMs, etc. The phone rang all day long. As it was the end of the year, so many people were contacting me. Woojin, who was checking those messages, said briefly.

“Oh, you’re a year older.”

Because the numbers displayed on the phone screen changed.

-[2023/ 1/ 1]

It was the moment when Kang Woo-jin became an actor for four years.

Two days later, January 3, 2023.

The year-end, which was hectic everywhere, including Korea and Hollywood, has passed and the new year has arrived. The new year is not quiet anywhere either. Early in the morning, Kang Woo-jin just got into a taxi. The new year has arrived, but his face still has a poker face.

“······”

Although he was just looking out the window absentmindedly, Woojin was feeling excited inside.

‘Oh, what did I do to deserve this 4th year of study?’

Kang Woo-jin briefly recalls the first time he encountered ‘subspace’. It was at this very moment.

-Whoooosh, woooosh.

His cell phone vibrated for a long time. Kang Woo-jin, slightly startled, checked the caller. It was Director Ahn Ga-bok. Woo-jin, who thought to himself, cleared his throat so that it wouldn’t be noticeable and put the phone to his ear.

“Yes, Director.”

As he spoke in Korean, he heard the old voice of Director Ahn Ga-bok.

“I just finished editing ‘Pierrot: Birth of a Villain’.”

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