Lord Of Dying Smoke - Chapter 170



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The King of Dying Smoke Episode 170

A plan that only planners don’t know (4)

Peter Jaylen, CEO of CAE, is moody and full of shortcomings.

To put it bluntly, the management ability itself is nowhere near that of rival agencies. So much so that even the 2nd and 3rd level workers below him were confused as to whether they would be able to win without the rank insignia.

However, he continued to succeed and built a large agency that is one of the top three agencies in the United States.

The secret was simple.

This is because he had the eye to recognize the actor he needed to capture more quickly than anyone else and the instinct to instinctively understand the work that would be better than anyone else.

My maternal niece, Penelope, knew that better than anyone else.

What a savage gamer and criminal have in his seemingly senile attitude lies a calculation that is difficult for a criminal to understand, and how difficult it is to deceive such an uncle.

… But why?

I didn’t know much better today.

“Five thousand nine hundred and fifty-two people!”

“… yes?”

“Five thousand nine hundred and fifty-two people from all over the world expressed their interest in participating, Penny! “This already looks like it’s going to be the greatest project in history!!”

“… … .”

Penelope looked up at the ceiling blankly.

Was he actually a fool?

Or are you really senile?

* * *

First, Penelope was the only person who knew how roughly Kang Min’s statement was made.

And Dulo was the only one who thought this was crazy.

Things would have been a little better if she had been able to kill the ghosts in numbers, but unfortunately Penelope had never dreamed of dying and had never tried the six-pointed star spell that was common in horror movies.

So I just grabbed Kangmin’s pants legs and prayed.

“Please, please think rationally! “There’s no way something ridiculous like this would work!”

“There is no way. “We have no other way.”

“I’m going to bang my head and apologize! “Anyone can see that it’s much better!!”

It wasn’t.

“I never thought Penny would have thought this far in advance… ! “I think he may have surpassed me as an actor now!”

Kangmin’s idea worked.

Very, very well.

“Now I understand why Director Olsen was sincere in attracting Actor Kang.”

“Maybe we had a conversation with each other. We are working together on this project… .”

“So Director Olson’s insistence on ‘Richard I’ was itself a kind of test? It was something they had already decided on… .”

“I was completely fooled by this, haha!”

CEO Jaylen cried profusely, and the CAE board of directors, who should have cursed such a CEO, nodded happily.

And, CAE’s attitude was conveyed to the broadcasting station and spread everywhere, creating numerous news stories.

While Penelope was gaping, the situation quickly began to escalate.

‘What’s this!!!’

Penelope looked like she was going to turn away.

no! That’s not it… ! There is nothing prepared!

‘And what is the Iran-Iraq war! Are you really that stupid?!’

Penelope screamed and tried her best to stop her uncle.

“5,900 people, are you out of your mind?! Even if you say that person has no experience, you shouldn’t count the real idiots! “This is crazy!”

“Oh, of course we filtered out only about six hundred people! The director and staff had at least three works of experience or equivalent skills, and the actors were evaluated by watching their acting videos separately! “Thanks to S&W’s cooperation, it was much easier than I thought!”

“Uh, that… Still, there are too many! “What are you going to do with all those people?”

“Haha, my nephew is testing his uncle! Of course we should create a pilot program!”

“… yes?”

“If we report on the process of selecting applicants through a special program, we will be able to raise expectations as well as viewer ratings! Of course you guys noticed it too, but pretend not to notice!”

“Uh, uh… ah! Where will it air? If you want to catch it now—”

“Hahaha, why don’t you pretend you don’t know after arranging everything with that friend! We’ve already reached a compromise with CBC! “Now all that’s left is the airing!”

“… … .”

At this point, there was nothing I could do. Penelope returned home in a dazed mood.

She fell onto the bed, taking off only her shoes and coat.

And I just covered my eyes.

“how… .”

“Where on earth did it go wrong…?” !”

If it were a certain director of MBS, he would have been happy to advise that he had met Kang Min, but unfortunately, there was a distance of about 11,000 km between the two victims.

It was too far for advice to reach.

So Penelope quietly laid her head on the bed.

how,

Why on earth did the situation come to this point!

Why on earth did her comeback project, which she chose carefully, have a strange name like ?

For what reason? !

-♬

“ah!”

At that moment, the phone rang.

It was Aislin, an old friend.

Penelope hurriedly pressed the call button, feeling like she had discovered an oasis in the desert.

Whatever it was for her now, she needed healing… .

“Oh, Acey! What’s happen!”

-Uh, specifically? I’m not saying anything, it’s just—

“just! yes? “We’re ‘just’ on the phone, right?!”

-… Have you been drinking?

Penelope was moved by her friend’s absurd tone.

While most people who knew her face were asking the title whether it was or , Aislin seemed to be genuinely concerned.

Of course, what I had to leave behind was an old friend.

I felt like my heart was being healed.

Even tears came out occasionally.

… And, while Penelope was so moved, Aislin somehow paused for a moment.

-that… penny? I have a little favor to ask… .

“Oh, say it, Acey! “Why can’t I do whatever you ask me to do?”

-Well, the plan that Min and I have been working on for a year now… You’re auditioning, right?

“… … .”

-Of course, it’s not that I don’t want to pass, of course I can, but it’s better to be a little faster, right?

“… … .”

-So, if you give me just a little hint─

Kang Min’s power was truly amazing.

His influence made Penelope Olsen do something horrendous that she could never have imagined.

-Uh, Penny?

Penelope just turned off her cell phone.

Tears came out in a slightly different way.

In this way, a strange audition schedule unprecedented in history was confirmed for the whole world.

* * *

Ten days later, on the day of the audition.

John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport.

There, an Asian man who appeared to be in his 50s was getting down with his attendants.

A person who has a relationship with Kang Min… There wasn’t anything in particular.

Well, there was some connection in the sense that they were laughing one-sidedly.

“Hmph, I guess it’s because he’s a young man from a small country, so he doesn’t know manners. “I can’t believe you brought me all the way here.”

Zhang Wei, a writer from Anhui Province, China, entered the arrival hall clicking his tongue.

I tried it just in case, but it was the same. I looked around, but there was no one in particular to meet me.

He became more unpleasant.

“He really doesn’t know what to do… .”

It is worthy of recognition that Donga has risen above the well of those nosy people and raised the banner of Donga. A young boy named Kang Min is probably a person with some insight.

But then, wouldn’t it be natural to serve Jiang Wei of the world as a top priority?

Aside from being from a large country, wasn’t he already famous around the world as a writer with Sinai at a time when Korea was struggling to properly protect its own film market? It’s different from other miscellaneous things.

Jiang Wei, who had to come alone as a formality and believed that someone would be waiting to meet him, couldn’t help but be annoyed.

‘… ‘Hmph, I’ll bear with it for now.’

Jiang Wei worked hard to be patient.

Hong Kong, which gave birth to great figures like Wong Kar-wai, failed to achieve any significant results after returning to China. Of course, all of this is because the Western powers are implicitly afraid of the power of China and are keeping it in check.

In that case, we have no choice but to attack them from their home.

‘Wasin Sangdam, I am proud of my incisors and my intestines… The humiliation suffered by this brat’s short-lived thoughts is nothing to this Jiang Wei.’

Still, we will have to speak harshly to Jiang Wei after he is given the position in charge of planning.

Isn’t it the duty of a gentleman to severely scold those who are swayed by false pretenses and do not recognize those whom they should truly respect?

The attendants noticed.

“Well, what should I do…” ? more… .”

“Okay, let’s go.”

“Yes, old!”

The attendants hurriedly moved to arrange transportation.

On West 52nd Street in Manhattan, there is the headquarters building of the historic broadcaster CBC. If you go a little to the side, landmarks such as the famous Radio City Music Hall and the New York Museum of Modern Art welcome you.

The destination was a 4-star hotel slightly away from there.

This was based on the calculation that it would be better to rent the entire floor set up as an event venue rather than hastily decorating the studio on an urgent schedule, but here Jiang Wei felt bad again.

“There is no separate market.”

The halls and hallways were quite large, but of little significance.

That’s because there were a lot of people, probably hundreds of people.

Jiang Wei looked around to see if there was a face he recognized, but there wasn’t one. Again and again, you could see young faces, and it seemed like a whole bunch of idiots had gathered there.

Jiang Wei got out of the crowd and looked irritated.

“Surely, these idiots are all participants? “Didn’t I say I was only having a scenario meeting today?”

“Uh, yeah… “It seems so.”

“Well, if you look closely, there are some known faces. There are some well-known writers in Korea, and in Japan too… .”

“Even so, aren’t they all lacking! “Why on earth weren’t these things filtered out?”

“Well, well… .”

“Anyway, that young fellow really doesn’t know the world!”

If this is the case, both the person who is selected and the person who is selected will lose face. The selection of such a profound project needs to be more elegant.

After being selected, Jiang Wei became even more determined to say something to Kang Min.

And while Jiang Wei was grumbling like that, a group of people next to him noisily joined in.

“Uh, sister? Thank you for coming with me even though I didn’t participate… I’m afraid I’ll just cancel my application… .”

“You came this far, Jimin. “Be strong.”

“God, Buddha, Allah, Muhammad, please!”

“Mr. Chai, that last one is a bit strange… .”

“Teacher Yu doesn’t know how I feel! “You were amazing from the beginning!”

“Uh, um. It’s not really like that… .”

What can I say, they were the best among all the people in the hall.

A young-faced woman who must have been in her early to mid-20s at best, and a man who looked just as immature.

Even the woman in the middle, who looks troubled and I don’t know whether she’s in charge or a manager, looks at most two or three years older.

The manager(?) panicked and tried to comfort the group, but belatedly found Jiang Wei and the group next to him. And he smiled awkwardly and lowered his head.

“I’m sorry for making you noisy. “I’ll comfort you quickly.”

The answer was cold.

“… This is ridiculous. “When they say nice things, just get out of there.”

“Uh, yes?”

“I’m telling you to calmly go home early so you don’t have to embarrass yourself, don’t muddy the waters! Do you know that this is the market place? Even though strangers from nowhere see this Jiang Wei… !”

Jiang Wei didn’t know that the two young writers in front of him – Baek Chai and Yoo Ji-min – were related to Kang Min.

But even if I had known, it wouldn’t have made any difference. From his perspective, it was just a case of luckily meeting an actor who didn’t fit the bill.

‘Do I have to go through the shame of being put in the same position as these kids?!’

Jiang Wei couldn’t help but grit his teeth inwardly.

Naturally, all the attention of those around me was focused.

“what? “There was a fight?”

“I think so.”

“Wow, isn’t that guy Jiang Wei? “Wasn’t it pretty amazing back in the day?”

“Crazy, that kind of person is coming…” .”

“You fucking idiots! Jiang Wei is not the problem! “Look next to him!”

“ok? … … uh?”

“… “This is crazy!”

The surrounding attendants looked uncomfortable at the whispering voices and gazes.

A situation that would make a normal person blush and get angry.

“Wow, you must be confident!”

But what kind of guts is this?

Yoo Ji-ah, a writer of 13 years, just smiled brightly when she saw that.

“Our kids are like that too!”

“… The frog doesn’t know the depth of the well. “It’s pathetic.”

After 30 minutes,

An unprecedented audition for global screenwriters, even in the historic United States, has begun.