Lord Of Dying Smoke - Chapter 201



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The King of Death Smoke Episode 201

The Second Masterpiece and the $400 Million Love Story (11)

‘???’

A meeting called suddenly,

Kang Min’s feelings as he listened to the excited advice of the agency’s CEO were exactly like this.

‘So, what was my original plan…?’

I was definitely trying to make my own , and when it got a little tangled up, I tried to get help. There were times when there were crises, but somehow things were going well up to the middle.

But what is it?

What on earth went wrong there that led to the idea of ​​making a sci-fi suspense escape movie against the Galactic Empire?

Doesn’t that seem unlikely?

“…Min, are you qualified to say such things?”

“?”

“Wow, you really look like you don’t know.”

Penelope, who had been whispering, stared blankly at Kangmin and let out a long sigh.

The judges, including the senior members of the production team and the director of the broadcasting station, were all present in the room. Although their expressions were different, no one tried to criticize CEO Jaylen’s nonsense.

It seemed like they had already discussed their opinions among themselves to some extent.

“I’m sorry… but isn’t that physically impossible since everyone is leaving?”

Penelope, who had been furrowing her brows, opened her mouth bluntly.

“Even so, Min… Kang, you have to appear in a contestant’s work every week. It’s an incredibly busy schedule, so what else do you do on top of that? Are you thinking of killing people?”

“Well, it’s nothing compared to the schedule of Korean dramas. They air twice a week. There are even five-day shows.”

“You’re taking my side!”

“Oh my…!”

“Ahem, of course I know it’s not an easy situation.”

Representative Jaylen coughed in vain.

“But even when I think back to my days as an actor, this is the first time I’ve ever had a project that made my heart race this much. I’ll probably remember it until I die.”

“yes….”

“If you say that it is enough, that may be true. But if you are going to do it, shouldn’t it be a legend? This Peter Jaylen strongly insists that now is the time to do it!”

No, I don’t really want to become a legend─

Unfortunately, it seems that Kang Min was the only one who thought that way.

There was a small applause from the judges, and some who couldn’t read the mood – directors Henry and Pian – cheered loudly.

… and Penelope also had a very shaken expression.

“Ms. Penelope, didn’t you say you would take my side 30 seconds ago?”

“Oh my…!”

Anyway, Kang Min-do was starting to get to know Penelope Olsen a little. He tried to act calm and coughed, but his eyes were already like dandelion seeds that had been hit by the wind. It was hard to believe.

Kang Min decided to cut it off here.

“It’s an interesting story, but there’s one thing that worries me.”

“Oh, what is it?”

“In order to achieve the effect you mentioned, the special currently being aired must be released within its validity period. Is that possible?”

“Well, that is….”

The final number of entries for is 37. In other words, it will be aired for 37 weeks.

Since 8 of them have aired, there are 29 weeks left, and even including cancellations due to holidays or specials, there will be around 35 weeks left.

Then, the result is that the film needs to be released at least 15 months after the end of the series, even if we conservatively estimate the viewers’ interest at 6 months.

Usually, when it comes to film production, more time is spent on casting and scenarios than on making them, so I don’t think it’s too much to ask─

“Isn’t this science fiction? It seems to be on a different track from regular movies.”

“Uh, um… .”

The SF genre is a money-eating hippopotamus.

You can’t use a single background, and even shooting a typical scene requires spending a lot of money on sets, props, or CG.

How about a suspenseful escape? A space battleship?

Even if you say that it took 15 months just for post-production, let alone filming, everyone would definitely agree.

“I think it might be a bit difficult for this reason. What do you think?”

Representative Jaylen remained silent.

Honestly, there’s no way the gentlemen inside didn’t think of what Kang Min came up with. They probably just thought that it wouldn’t hurt to do something.

But since the actor himself has come this far, he has no choice but to give up.

Kang Min was secretly pleased that he had cut it well.

In the first place, since this is a prequel, the main character can’t die, right? Of course not.

… Well, I was happy until about 5 seconds later.

“Okay, I understand.”

Representative Jaylen smiled as if he had never been flustered before.

“So, you’re saying that you’d be willing to appear once that issue is resolved?”

“Uh… yes?”

A year and a half ago, CEO Peter Jaylen came to Korea and acquired two talents.

One of them, needless to say, was Kang Min.

I think it was the best decision of my life to decide to try it out there on the spur of the moment, and CAE went beyond a huge hit to a full-blown lottery win.

But the other one was less useful than I thought.

“Oh my God, uncle! I can name fifty people in the company who are better than Seon-yul! Why on earth did you keep someone like that?”

“You’re so sincere to the company that fifty people know about it. This uncle must be happy, Penny… .”

“Holy mackerel…!”

Although Seon-ryul was not an inexperienced manager in Korea, he became extremely incompetent when he was brought to the US.

Especially during the filming of Richard I in New York, it was of little value other than being a drinks shuttle.

Even CEO Jaylen was wondering if this was a mistake.

But the true value of such a melody was revealed in the subsequent promotional campaign.

– Well, I thought about that while looking at the promotional style… It’s a bit amateur. They spend a lot of money in vain.

-I don’t know much about going back to the US, but… at least it’s not like a publicity war. Instead of advertising myself, I have to bury the other person.

-Don’t you think people don’t know…? If you add a little bit of seasoning─

Penelope was shocked and Representative Jaylen reflected deeply.

Adam Smith was not very popular when he was appointed as a philosophy professor, and even Einstein was not considered very competent when he worked at the Swiss patent office. How can you achieve good results if you don’t use the right people in the right places?

After that, he gave Seon-ryul the responsibility of creating a new team in the public relations department, separate from the agency’s work.

The effect was quite artistic.

“Oh, sir! As you said, WMA is still getting beaten up!”

“Well, is it going well?”

“Hey, why wouldn’t it work out! Actor Kang, let’s let out your Choco Pie acting and beat them up, Seo Bom, let’s let out your acting and beat them up, and when you get tired of it, you can just tell old stories and beat them up!”

The melody greeted the representative with a lively melody.

“When they were young, and in an orphanage, they promised each other that they would become great actors without any reason, but they met again at Ferdinand Hall in the United States! They talk behind their backs about a story that would make people cry even if it was made into a movie? Where else can you find such trash! People in the world will never leave such trash alone!”

“Uh, um… of course… .”

To be exact, it was the melody that wouldn’t let it go, but for me, it was something similar.

UTA’s tragedy, and the skyrocketing reputation that Kang Min couldn’t understand at all, could be attributed to the power of the public relations manager in front of him.

Of course, CEO Jaylen didn’t do anything uncool like tell Kangmin about it or make a fuss about it.

Wouldn’t it be better to learn the truth later and be moved?

“Oh, by the way, what’s going on? Should I also take a look at UTA, who has been supporting Director Dusk and bothering him these days? I just happened to get my hands on some good material.”

“Ahem, that’s a fascinating story, but this time it’s a slightly different consultation.”

“Oh, yes… .”

… Aside from that, I was curious about what kind of a crazy country Korea was, where such a person was the head of a low-level department.

“I just want to recommend a new work to actor Kang and Penny─”

Melody listened quietly to the story.

And then he nodded and said, “Aha.”

“I understand. You want to create as much of a stir as possible at the movie press conference, right?”

“That way, the production team can be set up quickly and investors can gather. Time can be shortened if there is enough money. And if there is enough market response, the money will naturally come together.”

“Hmm… .”

The melody was lost in thought.

Up until this point, I had a somewhat complacent thought about what CEO Jaylen would say. I was complacent, thinking that there would be conversations about how to promote the product and which newspapers to cooperate with.

I guess you could call it common sense, but it didn’t help.

The melody spoke with a grin exactly one minute later.

“Okay, let’s start by setting the fight on fire.”

“What kind of fight are you talking about?”

“Yes? Of course, it’s a fight between people from each country to see who can be the crew of .”

Representative Jaylen blinked blankly for three seconds.

Well, so… if we translate it… .

Are you saying that you want to add fuel to the already existing online fighting situation?

“If possible, I would like to see it escalate to an offline fight. We need that much firepower.”

The melody said that the dinner menu was curry.

“First, we spread material that can cause discord between each country.”

“Sowing discord…?”

“It’s a maliciously written material about why actors from that country have to fall. It would be better to borrow the names of countries that have bad relations. For example, materials that criticize Turkish actors are made from Greek materials. If you spread out the content of about 15 countries like that, everyone will know and fight more fiercely.”

“… … .”

“The next key is to throw in a lot of stuff like that and if a fight breaks out, bring in some rational people. Something like, ‘The setting of The Hope that was just revealed in is like this and that, but you actors can’t act like this anyway. Don’t waste your time.’ Then they’ll get mad and refute it, right? If they want to refute it, they’ll have to look up The Hope’s setting. By provoking a fight like that, you slowly turn the interest to the background setting, that is, the story of the new movie.”

“… … .”

“Ah, I think it would be good to start a large-scale conflict a few days before the release. The people in charge will naturally be on the verge of going crazy, and the public will think that something big is going on if there’s a lot of noise. I’ve prepared the means. If we hold a production press conference at that exact moment─”

CEO Jaylen was worried.

No matter what, I seriously considered whether this was the right thing to do, with my conscience at stake.

But soon I made up my mind.

“Team Leader Sun.”

“Then… ah, yes!”

“Director Dusk is a truly vile man, isn’t he?”

“Uh… right?”

“All Hopper Dusk is bad.”

Representative Jaylen sold his conscience.

And the results were incredibly sweet.

[For that reason, we wanted to produce a prequel, , that covers the story before Special…]

“Wowaaa …

“It’s a new product!!”

“It’s a new setting!!!”

“Now I can break those Greek bastards’ heads!!”

“Your heads will be shattered!!!”

“This is going to be a really great piece of work!!!”

“Take my money!!”

“My money too!!!”

A proven actor named Kang Min.

A proven worldview called Special.

And above all, the atmosphere of near frenzy created by some kind of manipulation.

Investors who saw that opened their wallets as easily as eating a cake.

The money that could have saved time indefinitely continued to pile up.

“As expected from CEO Jaylen!”

“I can’t believe it!”

“I knew you could do it!”

The high-ranking officials of the planning department hugged CEO Jaylen, who had returned without any manners, and ran wild.

Peter Jaylen, who had raised his arm arrogantly, soon turned his head to the only person who had a blank expression on his face and smiled.

So, it was Kang Min.

“How is it! Now, schedules are no longer a problem, right? Hahaha! I guess you’ll soon start to regret signing a contract with CAE!”

“… … .”