Lord Of Dying Smoke - Chapter 141



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The King of Dying Smoke Episode 141

Interlude Masterpiece and Last Companion (2)

Hollywood is often disparaged as ‘a league of its own’.

Of course, most of these things are said by aspiring actors because they are grumpy after ruining the audition, but it is also true that they are implicitly harboring the truth.

In other words, it’s hard to find rock stars or pop stars who graduated from good universities, but isn’t there an abundance of film directors who graduated from good universities?

AFI (American Film Institute) produced the famous David Lynch, and George Lucas and James Cameron graduated from USC (University of Southern California).

Again, it is impossible to explain Hollywood history at all without mentioning prestigious schools that are grouped as so-called film schools, such as Woody Allen and Scorsese attending NYU and Tim Burton graduating from CalArts.

And, even though Henry Fion came from a similar background, he was one of those people who absolutely hated that situation.

“Commercial movies are good. “I’m not specifically talking about making an art film!”

He grumbled.

“But these days, it would be better to just have the kids build Lego! No, after a while, there will be no difference if you hand over the script and filming to AI!”

Actually, I’ve been complaining for about four months.

Of course, Coach Pian was not dissatisfied with this floor from the beginning.

Hollywood has historically maintained a system that guarantees the authority of each department and staff in the division of labor rather than reducing the authority of the director, and this had many advantages when he joined the company.

Overuse of the staff was prevented, average quality was maintained, and collective intelligence prevented one idiot from dragging the ship into the mountains.

If you were dissatisfied with that, you just had to show your skills. Directors who demonstrated genius, built a track record, and were recognized as capable of leading the play were naturally given respect and authority.

However, recently, all that has turned into a disadvantage.

“Headliners are becoming investors, not producers or directors! Even the staff members who are qualified to keep the director in check are relying mainly on personal connections, and their quality is deteriorating! “Isn’t this a system that has no advantages?”

Rather, the politics of the Central Powers of the Greek era were more sophisticated.

The decline in the quality of the staff, the abuse of power by investors who began to overestimate their own eyes, and the system that prevented great artists from producing were steadily eroding the competitiveness of Hollywood, which had claimed to be the center of the world.

However, most of them did not have the eyes to see it, and those who knew were wise enough to keep quiet, and the few who had eyes and were not afraid were quickly picked off.

And, this time it was Henry Pian’s turn.

Investors did not understand why director Pian, who had been praised by numerous masters and had shown decent results so far, insisted on creating a work with an unconventional setting.

More precisely, I thought I was getting senile.

“Director, McCurry Productions has sent you an ultimatum… They say they will withdraw all investment if they do not fix the script and actors as sent… .”

“… “Do it.”

“But director! “This is our last major sponsor left!”

“If you were going to bend now, why didn’t you do it against a bigger team? “If you have to do it, do it!”

“… … .”

The staff walked away without saying a word. It was obvious that he was clicking his tongue inside.

Director Pian was silent for a moment and then stood up. If McCurry Production Company withdrew, the outcome was already decided.

However, there were times when defeat had to be dealt with.

At the very least, shouldn’t it be said in a hard book that deals with why the Hollywood system failed long ago that there was a visionary, the greatest and unlucky genius of his time, who guessed the future?

Director Pian could be satisfied with just that.

‘Is this the destiny of genius given by God? .’

He took off his shirt, which was damp with sweat.

And, I reverently looked outside the window at the rising sun.

His failure would not be the failure of just one person, but the failure of a great prophet.

Yes, if you think about it, there is no need for investors. What else is needed on the solitary path of the pioneer? On the contrary, it only weakens his sense of duty… .

And, it was around this time that Director Pian was intoxicated with himself.

The phone rang.

“Something.”

-Director, it’s urgent! CAE contacted me!

“C… what?”

-CAE Director Penelope Olson! I’d like to talk about additional investments!

“… … ?”

-What should I do? Just… .

“I ask you to wait one minute, no, 30 seconds!”

-yes? Just give me your phone number─

Coach Pian did not wait for an answer.

In other words, he ran out with his top off.

“Well… .”

Even while the old people out for a walk early in the morning clicked their tongues as if they were crazy, he ran as if shouting hurray for the sun.

It’s an investment!

I lived!!

* * *

The arrival of in the U.S. brought about results beyond expectations.

With William White and Chun-sik, ‘Ho-oh?’ Kangmin, who elicited a response of ‘Wow!’, finally received attention from all around the world.

And, this was enough to make CAE’s rivals in the US squirm.

While the subreddit’s ranking was still rising, each agency and production company held an emergency meeting to consider whether to take action in this situation.

But it was already too late. Penelope Olsen, a genius who blasphemes even God, surprisingly succeeded in receiving the seal of a madman before that.

It was truly the worst move in history, screwing up everyone who was drinking kimchi soup.

“Thank you, hahaha!”

“Of course, hehehe!”

Kangmin and Penelope looked at each other and smiled.

The difference was that Kangmin was sincere and Penelope was not.

She gritted her teeth inwardly.

‘If I had pushed the date back by just one day, I wouldn’t have had to call this much… !’

I expected it to have some kind of resonance in the United States. No, I was thinking about using it further.

But I predicted the level wrong… .

‘It was as expected. Most of it was as expected.’

but,

‘Who would have thought that meme would become popular so quickly… !’

Kangmin’s smile in the last episode.

The strange smile, which looked like a temple Buddhist statue, a statue of the Virgin Mary, and, if you look closely, looked like Beelzebub or Baal, came as a huge shock to viewers.

To some extent, it was such a shock that it quickly became a meme and was spread all over the place.

In particular, the synergy was enormous as the lifespan of the meme, which had already been shot down by a foot gun, had not yet ended.

In the end, Penelope had no choice but to cry and add a clause without even touching the fee.

‘… Still, it’s a good save.’

Penelope tried to console herself.

‘This person may be crazy, but he’s not stupid. Even when discussing the contract with us, he didn’t even open his mouth about the second part of … It could be said that it is rather cheap to block it to this extent… .’

‘Hahaha, old man! Today is the party!’

‘The important thing is from now on. You need to think about what this person was thinking when he came up with these conditions. Make good use of Sun and Mr. Smith, and if possible, I should stop by often to check on them… .’

‘Hahahahaha!’

It was a wonderful dream.

Anyway, while Kangmin was enjoying the explosion of dopamine and beta-endorphin, Penelope cleared her throat and opened her mouth.

“Hmm, anyway, the director we will arrange for you is a man named Henry Pian. Have you ever heard of it?”

“Everything happens. “Aren’t you someone who has had a lot of experience in Hollywood?”

“Yes, that’s right…” Anyway, he wants something a little unusual, right?”

“Hoo?”

Just as planned─ Penelope clenched her fists.

Kang Min, who had an interesting expression on his face, did not seem to know what Henry Pian’s current situation was.

Despite his past experience, Director Pian was stubborn in this project and wrote all kinds of strange proposals, which led to most of the sponsors falling out. And yet he was still stubborn.

It was a story that even CAE, the world’s best, had no choice but to write off its original investment of $8 million as a bitter loss.

However, thanks to this, excellent time handling was possible, so there was no such thing as a phone call.

“… First, let’s check one thing. On our side, we have a hard time choosing Mr. Kang’s work… I accepted the unique conditions as is. Of course, we will help you as much as possible.”

“yes.”

“But of course, we can’t just take risks here either. “Do you agree that if Mr. Kang’s stubbornness causes us to suffer damages that would amount to losses, this clause will be canceled?”

“of course.”

“Then it’s agreed! “Welcome to CAE.”

After the final seal was completed, there was a handshake.

The suit workers sitting around and the manager of Seonyoul, who was sitting in a hunchback, clapped very awkwardly.

What followed was like lightning. An employee immediately leaked this information to a media outlet, and those who spied on it immediately responded.

The article, and the reactions that followed weeks of heated debate, began pouring in like a storm.

-I thought it would be either WMA or CAE.

-Really

-A lot of people asked if CAE looked like a local bakery, but where was it all? haha.

-In the meantime, look at the ugly side of domestic entertainment agencies… .

└I think it was a hundred percent off.

-Then your next work will be outside of Korea.

-Webflix? I’ve been going there a lot these days… .

-It could be an American drama. It’s not like I have any ties to S&W.

-No matter what, as long as you don’t say ‘but’

-ㄹㅇㅋ

At the same time as public attention began to gather, Penelope received calls from all over.

She dealt with it all gently and with a smile.

“Of course, professors. “You are welcome to come anytime.”

“Yes, you can bring your students. That’s what the CEO confirmed. “It can’t be reversed.”

“Ah, Coach Gonzalez! Thank you. It was a great help. I will definitely repay you… Ah yes. “I’ll think about appearing.”

“Yes, of course, Director. The promises made to MBS will be carried out as scheduled. “Let’s talk about the details later.”

“Acey? Yes, I caught it. don’t worry! “It won’t be a foreign country anymore!”

“Who are you? Ah, S&W’s… .”

The phone caught fire after catching one Kang-min. For a first-year actor, I received a constant stream of contacts, which was surprising.

However, Penelope, who took several hours to answer all of those questions, looked satisfied.

More precisely, it had an insidious expression.

Sure enough, the goal was finally caught in the net.

Her lips parted quietly.

‘I tried talking to him over the phone, but Coach Pian was still out of his mind. And Mr. Kang doesn’t know that.’

‘This time… This time, I can finally give that madman a punch!’

Penelope smiled brightly.

A crazy person named Kang Min would not be able to imagine the power that poison clause would exert.

And, if they can tie him up, the two professors who have been a nuisance for a while will push Kang-min up even if they don’t like him, and it will be to Penelope’s benefit.

Penelope looked up at the sky.

The sky in a foreign country was very clear, as if blessing the day of returning home two days later.

‘I won!’

Penelope clenched her fists and laughed.

‘There is no way the chemical formula that links a madman and a fool can be ok! ‘Why don’t you feel at least half of my embarrassment!’

* * *

“If I understand correctly, the concept of death that Mr. Kang talks about is not the situation of the play itself. Dying itself has meaning. is not it?”

“Hoo… .”

‘?’

“So, Director Pian, you don’t want to be unconventional in the directing itself? Rather, it seems like you want to send a signal to those around you that ‘this also works’ with a directional radius. What do you think?”

“Hoo… .”

‘?’

… ???