Prologue (4)

 

Kang Woo-jin screamed inwardly. He almost let out a scream on the outside. If his teammates, including his stylist, had been in the same car, there would have been chaos. Fortunately, his teammates were in the car behind him. In any case, he barely managed to suppress his instincts and maintain a poker face.

‘crazy??!’

He turned his gaze out the window. The weather was nice. After escaping from reality for a moment, Woojin slowly turned his head again and focused his eyes on the cell phone that showed Choi Sung-geon. He must have seen something wrong.

However.

『CNM/Miley Cara came out of Kang Woo Jin’s house, the two fell in love/ Photo』

The article was still being printed proudly. No, what the hell is this? Kang Woo-jin’s inner monster grew louder.

“hmm.”

He pretended it was nothing and snatched Choi Sung-geon’s cell phone. Of course, not violently, but very calmly. He then went beyond the shocking article title and silently checked the content.

“······”

The article wasn’t that long. To summarize, it was about Kang Woo-jin and Miley Kara sharing a love affair. There were even photos in the article. Two of them, actually. One was a shot of Miley Kara leaving Kang Woo-jin’s house in LA late at night, and the second was a shot of Woo-jin and Kara talking while standing close together in front of the house.

You can tell at a glance that the photo was taken secretly by someone.

It was a very realistic photo without any editing. Kang Woo-jin, who saw the content and the photo, maintained his expression thanks to the stiff concept.

‘What is this!!!’

The inside of the house was in total chaos.

‘Fell in love??! It’s not even a question, it’s just a confirmation??’

No, usually, instead of ‘I fell in love’, they use wordings like ‘I feel like I’m going to fall in love’ or ‘a pink atmosphere’, right? Woojin recalled the celebrity dating rumors he often saw in Korea before becoming an actor. But why was his confirmed from the start? Is it because it’s Hollywood? Just like Kang Woojin thought, Hollywood had more exclamation point articles than question mark articles.

Like Kang Woo-jin, Hollywood is also a ‘no-fuck’ place.

This is the first time I’ve experienced this, but in Hollywood, there are many dating rumors that are spread without any confirmation of whether it’s true or not. There are cases where evidence is gathered by following the person for several days, but those are very few, and usually, like Kang Woo-jin’s article, they just shoot things out based on the circumstances.

Of course, there is less mercy than in Korea.

‘What kind of kid is this, reporter!’

Kang Woo-jin, who gradually changed from confusion to excitement. Whatever it was, it was a big scoop. Isn’t it? From the time of his appearance until now, Kang Woo-jin, who has shaken up Hollywood and the entire world, and Miley Cara, an actress, singer, or world-class top star, were dating. Woo-jin’s popularity has been sky-high recently.

At this point, Kang Woo-jin’s confusion was not strange.

‘What should I do? What kind of concept should I come up with in a situation like this?’

He had the highest level of recognition in Korea and Hollywood since his debut, but he was also an actor with very few scandals. It was natural. In his fourth year since debut, he was so busy that he didn’t even have time to do anything else. Then, Kang Woo-jin’s dating rumor broke out in Hollywood, not in Korea.

soon.

-Ugh.

Woojin slowly hands over the cell phone he was holding to Sunggeon Choi. Sunggeon Choi made a mysterious expression while accepting the phone, and Woojin Kang recalled the past related to the photos added to the article.

‘But there were reporters around at that time?? Or was it paparazzi?!’

For reference, Hollywood is not only a place where reporters are out and about, but it’s also a place where paparazzi take photos and sell them to the press. Either way, the photos of Kang Woo-jin and Kara that appeared in the dating rumor article were real and they happened not long ago. The story was this. Woo-jin and Kara had a dinner date, and since they had been doing a lot of good things for each other before, Kang Woo-jin invited her to his house.

But they weren’t alone.

On the day in this photo, there were four people together: Kang Woo-jin, Choi Sung-geon, Miley Kara, and her main manager. However, the article made it seem like they were just the two of them having a sweet time. Love was a bonus. In any case, it was an article that was clearly speculative by the media.

At this time.

“Woojin.”

Choi Sung-geon, who had been observing Kang Woo-jin’s expression the whole time, spoke.

“Is that the photo in this article? The day I had dinner with Miley and Cara.”

Woojin, who flinched without showing it, nodded his head pretending to be calm.

“···Yes, that’s right.”

“Phew, I know the paparazzi follow you around all the time, but I never thought they’d follow you all the way to your house- oh! I let my guard down because it was late at night. It’s my fault for not taking care of myself.”

“No, I didn’t even notice.”

“Just look at what these fucking kids have written. They’re beating drums, janggu, and dancing to their own tunes.”

Seong-geon Choi clicked his tongue and looked at Woo-jin Kang’s face for a moment. To figure out Woo-jin’s feelings. But it was a futile attempt. It was impossible to figure out his inner thoughts from that icy expression. Seong-geon Choi scratched his chin and muttered to himself.

‘Hmm- but looking at the relationship between the two, this article doesn’t seem to be completely wrong. It’s like there was an ambiguous and mysterious atmosphere between them at times.’

It was Choi Sung-geon, the CEO of BW Entertainment. You need to know Woojin’s feelings, who is like the heart of the company, to respond.

“Uh- Woojin. I’m asking this just in case, but what’s the relationship between you and Miley Kara…?”

There was also an added comment that it was not for suspicion but to be aware. At that moment, Kang Woo-jin was stabbed. Without realizing it. The word ‘love’ is absurd, but Woo-jin had been openly ‘confessed’ to by Kara. Kang Woo-jin and Kara were both crazy busy, so it was a bit slow, but if I had to put it into words, it’s currently a relationship of some kind or something?

One thing for sure, he wasn’t just any old colleague like before.

Then, Choi Sung-geon let out a small breath and changed the subject.

“Hmm- Well, let’s put that aside and deal with this dating rumor article first. We need to explain the situation at the time and immediately correct the report.”

“···no.”

But Kang Woo-jin silently shook his head.

“Let’s just leave the article alone.”

Choi Sung-geon blinks his eyes.

“He, he’s just going to leave it alone?”

“yes.”

“why not.”

Why? It’s just that I don’t really want to deny it. This article is wrong and a misunderstanding, we’re not that kind of relationship. If I corrected it, it would be spread like this, but for some reason, Kang Woo-jin didn’t like it.

“For now, I’ll just leave it without responding.”

“Hey, are you okay? If we leave this alone, whether in Hollywood or Korea, a typhoon will blow. And if we don’t take any action, it’s like acknowledging the article.”

Woojin knew it well too. But he didn’t want to deny it right away. He didn’t know if it was love, but the atmosphere wasn’t bad.

‘If I deny it here and start correcting the news, it’ll feel like I’m rejecting Kara, right?’

It didn’t look like he was rejecting her. Realistically, it would have been right to just deny it and contact Kara, but Kang Woo-jin seemed to be choosing romance over reality. It also seemed like he had something else in mind.

“I don’t want to give bait to the media or public opinion. For now, I’ll just keep quiet and not respond.”

“······Okay, I understand.”

Choi Sung-geon answered with his eyes narrowed and smiled to himself.

‘There are two of them, for sure, this article might be true.’

Same time.

It was a reading room in the spacious ‘Universal Movies’. The room was large, and the square desk in the middle was also very large. Dozens of foreigners were gathered in the reading room. Among them, a black giant stood out.

“haha.”

He was Joseph Felton, the producer of the movie ‘John Persona’, looking at the article on his cell phone. And this was where the script reading for ‘John Persona’ was going to be held. Accordingly, the director of ‘John Persona’, the key staff and production team, staff from ‘Universal Movies’, and Hollywood actors were all there.

Dozens of people were already seated.

The funny thing is.

“Is this real??”

“I think it’s certain since there are even pictures.”

“Huh- Miley was at Kang Woojin’s house… When did they end up like this?”

“No, but it’s too early to judge based on just these two photos. It’s not like the media and paparazzi have been making a fuss for a while now.”

“I agree with you. Don’t you know the media that makes decisions first and then reports?”

“But the two of them in this picture look so good together? They even left the house this late at night.”

The fact that the cast of ‘John Persona’ and the staff are all abuzz with talk about Kang Woo-jin and Kara. What could it be? It’s because of the news article about their relationship that was just released. It hasn’t arrived yet, but the male lead of the movie ‘John Persona’ is Kang Woo-jin. So everyone’s interest is bound to explode.

The feeling of being in Busan is amplified by being right or wrong.

At this point, Joseph Felton’s faint smile, who was also reading an article on his cell phone, deepened.

‘It broke out a bit late.’

He recalled from the very past. When Miley Cara first came to Korea, when she appeared only on Kang Woo-jin’s YouTube channel, then suddenly Kang Woo-jin’s participation in Miley Cara’s new album, the Cannes Film Festival, ‘Beneficial Evil’ and this ‘Beauty and the Beast’. These are the big ones, but there were many small episodes in between.

Is this just a story that could come out as just colleagues or friends? Of course not. In fact, Joseph, a famous Hollywood producer, had been predicting the relationship between Woojin and Kara to some extent.

‘Whether the article is real or not, there was a strange atmosphere between the two. They look good together, so I should congratulate them.’

An old man with round glasses on the tip of his nose approaches Joseph, who is sitting down at this time. It is Hollywood mogul and director of ‘John Persona’ Danny Landis.

“What do you think of this article?”

Joseph Felton smiled and shrugged.

“Well, but it looks good in the photo.”

“Is that so? Hmm-”

Even director Danny Landis, who had been spitting, smiled.

“Kang Woo-jin already has a lot of issues attached to him, and this scoop-level dating rumor is going to shake things up even more. This is the first time I’ve seen an actor who has so many issues popping up.”

He scanned the entire noisy reading room and asked Joseph.

“Everyone seems excited, we need to calm them down a bit.”

As if in agreement, the giant Joseph stood up and spoke to the crowd.

“I know you’ve found something interesting, but I think you need to calm down a bit. And when Kang Woo-jin arrives, I want you to not say anything about it.”

This is a warning to not bring up dating rumors.

“Because it would interfere with the script reading of ‘John ​​Persona’.”

After speaking, Joseph Felton sat back down in his chair.

‘How can you catch Kang Woo-jin and make him feel bad about something like this? Absolutely not.’

Fortunately, the atmosphere in the reading room changed to a more polite one.

About 20 minutes after that.

-Ugh.

Kang Woo-jin, wearing a brown padding, entered the ‘John Persona’ reading room. Numerous greetings were thrown at him upon his appearance, and Woo-jin also showed an indifferent reaction to everyone. However, Kang Woo-jin, who had a lot of substance, looked at the faces of all the members of ‘John Persona’.

‘Swoop- These guys seem to be wearing some kind of mask? You must have seen the article, yes, I definitely saw it. Are you keeping an eye on it?’

The entire production crew, from the actors, looked like they were going crazy with their mouths twitching.

In this mysterious situation, a single word from director Danny Landis.

“Shall we start? Let’s start with introducing the actors. First, Kang Woo-jin.”

“Hello. I am Kang Woo-jin, who plays the role of ‘John ​​Owen.’”

The script reading for ‘John Persona’ has begun.

Meanwhile.

A loud noise erupted in the meeting room of a large agency in LA.

“What the heck!! What the heck!!”

Looking inside the fairly spacious interior, I saw five or six foreigners and a blonde woman sitting on a chair. It was Miley Cara, her legs crossed leisurely. She was looking at her tablet, and on the screen, an article about their relationship was being printed out. Then, the main manager with half-shaven hair continued to shout.

“Correct this nonsense right now! Miley! You contact Kang Woojin!!”

Other foreigners were equally angry. Kara smiled faintly and then replied.

“Jonathan, don’t do that.”

“What?? What are you talking about??”

“Just don’t do anything.”

“That makes sense!”

“It’s true that I like him.”

“So you like Kang Woojin······Huh? What?”

It was very shocking.

“I already confessed to him.”

A few hours later, Japan.

It was afternoon in LA, but early morning in Japan. A large concert hall in Tokyo, Japan. A concert by a Korean girl group was scheduled for today in this concert hall with tens of thousands of seats.

So the girl group members were gathered in the largest waiting room of the concert hall.

Because we had to rehearse from the morning.

What’s unusual is the woman in the loose black hoodie, who is one of the girl group members.

“······ah.”

While looking at her phone, she suddenly dropped the iced Americano she was drinking on the floor. As a result, the contents scattered on the floor, and the surrounding team members were surprised and clung to the woman. The woman’s eyes were wide open as if they were going to burst. The surprised team members shouted.

“Hwa, Hwarin, what’s wrong?! Where does it hurt??!”

The woman was Hwarin, who was extremely obsessed with Kang Woojin, and she lost her mind while reading the articles about their relationship on her phone.

“dream-”

News about Kang Woo-jin’s romantic relationship was already spreading like wildfire in Korea and Japan.

“Yeah. This is probably a dream.”

It couldn’t be a dream.