Chapter 210-212 (1/2)
Chapter 210: To Reach for the Stars, or to Become One (2)
TL: emptycube / ED: Isleidir
”Err, uh, err, maybe not?”
The actress poked the actor next to her
”Isn't he that person?”
”What? Who?”
”Jung Sunwoo!”
My name was suddenly mentioned It was too loud to consider it a whisper
The theatre co Chief Lee Kyojin and wondering if he was one of those co this would be fast, I took off lasses and hat I even took off the university jacket I used for er with it
”hello”
”Ah, yes, hello…!”
The theatrelike they were on cue I have becoe considering it was actual actors reacting this way
A few more sociable members approached us
”What a surprise! You really ca an audition?”
”Wow, you shocked me I was 80 sure that this was a scaht? Mr Naandabout sending in my profile or not”
Chief Lee Kyojin, who retreated back at some point, crossed his arms
”… It seeives e sense of sha on one foot, tapped Nam Joyoon's arm
”Just take off your nize you”
Na for those words The theatre members reacted evena fan ? Their reaction was so cheerful and positive that it was strange
”The story behind you two is quite famous in our industry”
”A story where an unknown actor er and they both support each other and succeed It's romantic I really hope you do well, Mr Nam Joyoon That way, people like us who threay their lives to chase their dreams can continue with hope!”
”Park Hyejae! You becoetthis mood, we ended up in a snack stall After a round of drinks, the theatre roup placed his ar with a complicated face
”This bastard hasn't been able to get married for three years due to his to-be in-laws' refusal That they couldn't give their daughter to a guy who can barelyin a s to brag about”
Park Hyejae looked at ,
”What kind of role is it? Is it arole There are a lot of lines, and it's a very i directors seeh”
Park Hyejae said bitterly at Chief Lee Kyojin's reply The theatre h hopes that it's a good role and go, there really are a lot of weird ones”
”I was tricked by a casting director and auditioned for an erotic filative? There was one tiood role I passed the audition and attended a reading session, but they toldan actor that was more famous than me bastards”
”Tons of movies and dramas come out every quarter, so why aren't there any roles for uess it's like how there are apartments everywhere, you can't afford one”
The theatredoith no end in sight Nam Joyoon and Kim Hyunsup joined in Nam Joyoon's life's hardshi+ps didn't lose out to anyone His life was a hardcore draency and scheduled an audition date
He didn't seem to have much hope for it
”We saw hundreds of profile pictures again and again, and you stood out to us”
He stopped his glass halfway atskills were better than expected, and I could visualize the filh you'll be confirmed after an official audition, I'll cheer for you”
Park Hyejae's neck reddened
The theatremore boilermakers down his throat
We met multiple actors since that day
Some were recommended by Chief Lee Kyojin, and others stood out to me Their charisht, 'that person's the one,' when I saw them act, and other times when I experienced shock and horror
There were a lot more of the latter A lot more
”It's because he's nervous!”
The director of an acting school clung to Chief Lee Kyojin's waist
Chief Lee Kyojin snorted
”Rather than being nervous, she was unbelievably confident It's like she not even reading off actual literature but a children's book Why did Director Yoon recommend so for long”
The feh schooler, whose terrible perfor, defended herself
”I wasn't fully prepared for the audition If you give ood as Lee Songha unni! Also, to be honest, my face is better She seems to benefit from the camera”
”Yes, she had the looks! Her face doesn't lose out…!”
The director stopped talking
Lee Songha, as standing there couised as a film company employee, took off her hat Her tied up hair fell loosely After taking off herdirector and high schooler shrunk back
Chief Lee Kyojin came over and said,
”Sorry, it seems that the director who reco That guy… What a loss of face after bringing Ms Lee Songha all the way over here”
”Rather, I think the student who acted as her counterpart was good She had a good iazes turned The fe in a corner watching us While eating a triangle ki excessively after receiving Chief Lee Kyojin's business card and an audition offer
”You're the ones who called for a replacement driver, correct? Where's your car?”
A man in his hts His punk-vibe face was quite good-looking, but his hoarse, glum voice was particularly impressive
Chief Lee Kyojin chewed on a fry as he said,
”We didn't bring a car”
”… Are you kidding? Then why did you call for a replacement driver?”
”Because anted to talk to you about an audition”
The actor, who dazedly sat down in front of us, began pouring his heart about how shi+tty life was for having to chase auditions by day and work as a replaceet fired from part-time jobs where I have to be available at all tis, but food is really… It makes me distressed Sorry, but could I have a fry?”
After showing off his i skills full of sincerity, he received Chief Lee Kyojin and lasses, I said,
”There really are a lot of talented unknown actors”
”This is still only the tip of the iceberg I realized this while working in this industry, but if you want to become a star, you need both luck and opportunity”
Chief Lee Kyojin drank
”This project, I think its casting luck is quite good Good acting skills are different froht my eye I orried at first since they said that ould have to cast lesser-known actors”
”We decided to purposely fill our cast with new faces To look refreshi+ng”
”It's a risk It can go one way or another”
I recalled the actors I met over the past few days as I drank
If I didn't bring SBE Film into the picture, there would have been no way Chief Lee Kyojin beca role candidates I met these past few days were very likely to have had no relationshi+p with City Jungle in the original future
It wasn't just the casting
Director Oh Hyunkyung and the project producer orking hard trying to bring on skilled staff, like cao well, the resulted would be different fro fro any visions
Also, the present was constantly being changed
At a fast rate, like a tire rolling downhill
The panel was put up in an area that was a ement Business Department Team 4
It was across from the PR Team's office on the fifth floor I saw the team leader's office beside the company desks and partitions I carefully opened the door The office with a large desk and seats for guests was still empty
I sat down on a chair and looked around this unfamiliar space
Office
I e sensation rise up within h it was small compared to the office my future self had, it was the first personal office I received
Noises cajoon and Chief Sung Ui their things We decided early on to hold a get-together tonight Moving day It was a day worth celebrating
”Tea to show us around?”
While I was lost in my emotions, the Tea a box of tissues and a palm-sized cactus The Teaative eye
”Isn't your view better than ht How odd”
”What is?”
”After you clashed with the CEO, there were rumors that your office would be moved to the base this office Anyways, don't make yourself a nas will unfold”
Ki hi that he would be waiting for the results?”
”It could be that he hasn't had much tis”
Like the Tea and the director rarely showed up at the co to China and the US Seeing as they frequented Los Angeles, it looked like they orking on trying to get a foothold in Hollywood
”There are agency and contract problems as well Also, probles to handle right now”
The Tea the subject
”How's City Jungle? Are things going well? Articles about you pop up regularly”
”We'll start fil are busy training with awith each other Any moment now”
”You can't turn back any will be the worst if you fail”
Just then, the door burst open
Then Chief Lee Bongjoon stuck his head in
”Uh, can you come out and watch the TV?”
Ee TV in the lounge
It was airing a show that briefed people on gossip in the entertain out of the airport through the shaking caers, staff, and actors colasses and hats
They were all W&U actors who knocked on the door to Hollywood
The panelists werea fuss
”This is a hot video we just received Their official return date was toht? What do you think is the reason for the actors to secretly return early?”
-Of course, it's to avoidthe actors wouldworld stars, but in the end, they ended up returning with e results
The screen replayed the actors' backs Their past interview clips and pictures appeared on the screen in thetheir hands as they left confidently and their current return felt alazes alternated between the TV and their phones as they murmured,
”The company was supposed to not tell anyone and have them return quietly, so how did they know?”
”Oh,There are tons of articles”
”Although we expected the et their hands on it, can they?”
I checked articles on my phone Provocative headlines already messily filled the news colu Hollywood E Return
There were a few W&U actors who tried to become world stars There were only three who didn't fall off and held on There were even actors ere considered at the top of the country ast them These were actors who made you think that they could work in the US with their skillset
As the company poured money to promote them, they appeared on quite a few Hollyorks They also poured tons of money into promotional activities in the country whenever a fil on blockbusters with budgets of hundreds of millions of US dollars Coordination with famous Hollywood actors
However, the results were always below our expectations
-Entering Hollywood's market was W&U's internal project
-To be exact, it was CEO Baek Hansung's project
-I heard that they poured an enormous amount of money in the US market, so this failure likely hurts a lot What do you think they'll do from now on?
-W&U's PR Tea a breather
-That's just a public coency, which caused a lot of buzz when it was first announced, ended I think it's fine to say that this is actually the out froet your foot in the door in Hollywood How sad
Despite their words, the panelists were talking excitedly They criticized CEO Baek Hansung's failure and negatively predicted actors' activity here having lost some of their fame in the country now Reporters quickly proceeded to publish Asian actors who entered Hollywood
Chief Lee Bongjoon was astonished
”They ith the thoughts of starting with nothing and ended up suffering for it Their futures will be tough We did well by not going”
”I think Joowon's interested in Hollywood though”
Chief Sung Uimin made a co the situation, the co the US market on hold for a few years Also, which actor doesn't want to become a world star? Heck, I want to too”
”You too?”
”Of course, how about Songha?”
Chief Lee Bongjoon turned to ask lish Is she not interested in Hollywood?”
”I don't know Songha never mentioned the US”
Suddenly, I recalled the future vision I saw a long tiha fil director put her on the audition list after learning about her through her role as an interpreter on Cat Guardian Ghost They also said they didn't knohat the title as the director, and what role it was for
I wondered if that ht have been a Hollywood project
She had yet to receive a secret audition proposal until now
The future had either yet to coh the butterfly effect ofthe present It was one of the two
This ti Ui? Are you interested in Hollywood?”
”… Hollywood, huh?”
I shrugged
”I am interested, of course”
The conversation between panelists enteredto enter the US market affect W&U's domestic position?
-What's funny about that is, while W&U asting away in Hollywood, things have been going very well for them in the domestic and Chinese market Their celebrities' albureat They've been on a streak since early this year
-Above all, Mr Jung Sunwoo fire role Any W&U fully took that ie in They've been on a roll domestically that we didn't notice their failure in the US Until now
-This, it see Sunwoo's next project
My photo appeared on the screen for reference
An employee ran up the stairs
”The Team 1 Leader and actors arrived below!”
The people around ,
”The mood is really terrible”
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Chapter 211: To Reach for the Stars, or to Become One (3)
TL: emptycube / ED: Isleidir
The elevator went up from the basement
As we passed the third floor, I heard people gulp around o directly to the CEO's office, but the elevator stopped on the fourth floor And people poured in
”Water! Soether!”
That moment, I wondered if I was in an aers held both arms of a woman who had collapsed like a corpse They were prettyher in Her disheveled, curly, red hair shook
”Let go of the bottle! Get it together!”
”I'll only be able to get it together once I drink so the neck of a bottle It was vodka
They definitely looked fine at the airport
It wasn't only Lee Dokyung The other actors recks as well Yoon Sangah ailing while tears and snot ran down her face Jang Yohan was puffing s their best to comfort them
It was a mess If someone saw this, they would this they were at a rehab center than an entertain, who finally lost her bottle of vodka, flailed about
”Give it back! Give it back!”
She fell on the floor and ended up just lying on it She wasn't an actress She was completely wasted
”Move”
Aa suit with no tie pushed others out the way as he approached
He was the Teareeted only on occasion He received the bottle of vodka froer and downed it instantly Then he filled with ice water an e
”Here Now bring theers
Soon, the Tea Yohan's lips and gestured with his chin Another ah He approached the now sobbing Yoon Sangah Taking a drag, he said,
”Stop crying It's not like we didn't expect the press's reactions”
”Teao to the washrooht downstairs by herto their senses, ereet the Tea towards me No, not to arette butt in the trash, he said to the Team 3 Leader,
”How have you been?”
”It's been fine here”
The Team 3 Leader evasively replied The Tea to me
”I heard about your news of your success, but I couldn't congratulate you Shall we have drinks so, the Teae was chaotic after the storoing on in the CEO's office I went up to the fifth floor The PR Team was on the battlefield Tea into their phones
I went into my office and turned on my computer The actors' nas Especially Lee Dokyung She was an actor who stood at the peak in the country before going to the US, so people's reactions were more heated
It looked like it'll be noisy for the next few days
While I was reading articles, joon
”Uh, I think you should go downstairs”
”Did Teaht now…”
”Did she flop on the floor again?”
”No, she got in a fight”
In a fight?”
”With who?”
”With Son Chaeyoung”
… What the heck was this all of a sudden?
She should be busy with drama shoots these days
”They are downstairs?”
”Lee Dokyung and her don't get along”
”Is there anyone Son Chaeyoung gets along with?”
”Like very bad Lee Dokyung flaunted a ton about how she was going to Hollywood”
I tried to i a bottle of vodka, and Son Chaeyoung together
Then I gave up It lowered ar
When I went back down, there really was an incredible mess
”Screw off! Did you come tosaid whileon donuts instead of popcorn Her face was overfloith vigor
”I was about to explode because of how tight the shooting schedule was, but seeing your face washed all my stress away Do you even reht schedule?”
”Hey! I heard your drama flopped too! So you lost your co projects Ah, do you want a minor role in my draers tried to hold Lee Dokyung back as she tried to rush at Son Chaeyoung while wielding the vodka bottle It was far froh The other eious disease
Chief Lee Bongjoon poked ?”
”Me?”
”You guys are close enough to exchange donuts”