National Intelligence Service Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - National Intelligence Service Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor chapter 102

「Sketch」 (1)

Reat at noblemtl.net

Nothing was reflected on the black screen, and magnificent music played.

Beep beep beep.

A beep that I don’t know when it started mixing with the music.

Eventually, only the beep sound remained and the music stopped.

It was like hearing the heartbeat of a patient fighting for life in the emergency room.

At some point, ‘beep-.’ It feels like it will stop with the sound.

The repeated beeps strangely made the audience’s minds uneasy.

– I’m Jay Miller. At the age of seven, he was adopted to the United States by the St. Child Welfare Center. Little memories of childhood remain, and the place is filled with memories of being raised happily in a harmonious white family.

At the same time as the narration stopped, the upper body of the man standing in front of the hospital room with a face hesitant to enter was caught.

‘Oh, I think he looks like the most handsome Asian I’ve ever seen.’

Reat at noblemtl.net

Neil Benson, a film student from California, admired the visuals that overwhelm the screen.

The beep sound that creates a strange tension is cut off, and the man pushes the sliding door of the hospital room to the side.

At the same time, the screen was switched from the sliding door of the hospital room to the glass door of the departure hall of the airport.

Subtitles appearing in bold font.

6 months ago.

Incheon Airport. Republic of Korea.

(6 months ago. Incheon International Airport.)

“Yes, mother. It has arrived.”

– Yeah, you worked hard. Still, it’s the country you were born in, so how about traveling while working?

“You know. Actually, I didn’t want to come to this country. It’s work, so there’s nothing I can do.”

– Jay. You know what mom always says?

Jay sighed deeply at his mother’s harsh words.

“Yeah, okay. I’ll write my heart out. It must be night over there, so go to sleep, Mom.”

The natural pronunciation of English and the content of the call made it possible to guess that this man was American and that he had returned to his homeland with a reluctant heart.

A man looking around.

Then he heard a voice calling him.

“Mr. Miller?”

An oriental actor with an impression of warmth even for foreigners appeared on the screen and approached Jay, and Jay reached out to him first.

“This is Jay Miller. Is it from A-Music Company?”

Jeong Chul-min rubs and wipes his hands on his suit jacket and holds hands while bowing his head politely.

ha ha ha!

A little laughter burst out of the theater at Jeong Chul-min’s unfamiliar acting.

In Korea, sales staff do a lot of things just to show their sincerity, but in the eyes of foreigners, it seems a bit overkill.

‘The hurdles of laughter are lower than I thought, are the hurdles of tears lower than that?’

Seeing the laughter bursting from unexpected places, Yeon-woo thought about something else for a moment and then concentrated on the screen again.

“I’m Jeong Chul-min. My pronunciation is a bit difficult, so please feel free to call me manager Jeong.”

“Thank you. Then I’ll call you Mr. Jung. The name manager is awkward.”

“Oh, I see. Let’s go this way. I have the vehicle ready.”

Following Mr. Jeong’s guidance, he left the airport and opened his mouth inside the car on the way to Seoul.

“Composer, do you like indie music?”

At Mr. Jeong’s question, Jay looked at the driver’s seat.

After thinking for a while, Jay’s answer followed.

“I listen to all genres.”

“Hey, then, why don’t you stop by the company and go to the festival together? They say that they don’t work on an album that takes about a month or two anyway, and they give time to adapt.”

Looking at Mr. Jung, who was actively taking care of himself, Jay nodded.

“Okay. Let’s go. I’m curious about Korean indie music other than K-pop.”

Jay looked out the car window again.

On the screen, luxury apartments lined up along the blue Han River were visible.

Although the Korean Wave is gradually expanding its territory these days, it is still definitely a subculture.

The audience admired the screen as there were many people seeing the view of Seoul for the first time.

‘Oh, Korea is a developed country. The skyscrapers look just like Manhattan, New York.’

And the screen shows the high saturation of the Han River, parks, the blue sky and buildings that reflect it, as if deliberately contrasting, and alternately illuminates the achromatic gray bridge filled with black and white cars.

After intense color contrast, Jay stares out the window with a calm face.

On Jay’s face, the shadow that was formed as he passed the bridge’s pillars fell and then brightened again and again.

Through such a directing, it seemed to be conveyed to the audience that his mind was naturally confused without saying anything.

***

“Don’t live your life that way.”

“I mean. Honestly, what are you doing? Does it make sense to share the same ratio with you in the first place?”

One man roughly took off his guitar and the other threw his drumstick to the floor.

The two staring at each other were about to punch each other in the face.

“Please stop, guys. I’ll reduce my share a little more. If we succeed in the future, this will be a penny. Let’s not fight. Huh?”

Seeing the woman in the middle stopping the fight, the man who threw the drumstick shouted harshly.

“Stop Nari-noona too! You keep giving in, so a bastard like that comes out. You compose, write, and sing all by yourself, so why do you share your share?”

“I’m just….”

Suddenly, Nari’s heart pounded so hard and her head went blank.

I don’t know how this happened.

The beginning, which started because we got along with each other, seemed to vanish out of nowhere, and only the ugly end seemed to be visible.

mocha band.

It was formed in an ensemble on the upper floor of a coffee shop called Mocha Cafe, and the name was given without much meaning.

After struggling together for the past two years, the meaningless name has many memories and meaning.

The mocha band was invited to an indie festival after gradually gaining popularity through busking.

only five million won.

When divided among the members, the money is far less than the salary of a part-time job at a convenience store.

Because of that money, everyone is blazing red and pointing at each other.

Is society too cold to endure with only passion and heart?

Or maybe the passion wasn’t as hot as I thought?

Reat at noblemtl.net

Nari exhaled a sigh of relief among the rising voices.

***

The indie festival started, and at the same time as expected, Jay felt a little superior.

From his point of view of collaborating with a famous agency, indie music seemed to have low commercial value and not so high.

“Is this level too?”

Several bands and singer-songwriters came up, but none of the songs I liked.

Then a woman came up on stage to prepare for the next order.

“Hello! This is Mocha Band.”

Jay tilts his head looking at Inari like that.

“I came up alone and it’s a band…, is the definition of a band different in Korea?”

Then, on the stage, Inari turned on the recorded sound and started playing the guitar on it.

– It’s okay if the words I understood were lies. After all, we are incomplete.

“Playing the guitar is a bit clumsy, but if you’re going to play like that, I’ll even record the guitar.”

Of course I don’t understand.

The lyrics singing in Korean sounded like a French chanson.

The song is pretty good, but is it because the guitar skills are not good enough or is it difficult to sing and play the guitar at the same time?

– I’ll throw away those words now. I’ll empty you out of my mind

A self-proclaimed band, vocalist and guitarist who leaves with a bright smile at the end of the song.

“It’s better than I thought.”

“Is that girl just?”

After hearing Jay’s self-talk, manager Jung asked.

Jay nodded.

“I didn’t understand the lyrics at all, but the voice wasn’t quite right?”

“What do you know when I hear it? Haha. It was nice to hear.”

Most of the audience watching this scene felt the same way because the lyrics of the song were not translated into subtitles.

‘I didn’t translate the lyrics on purpose. The main character, Jay Miller, has black hair, black eyes, and a Korean appearance, but on the screen he is a foreigner. You are trying to increase the level of immersion in the protagonist while making us feel the same. It’s a small part, but it’s detailed.’

Benson’s friend Chris thought to himself and nodded.

There are many Korean restaurants in LA, where California State University, where he is studying film, is located.

Since Korean food is popular these days, Chris sometimes goes to a Korean restaurant with his friends and is reluctant to order because of the over-translated name.

‘It’s a fish cake. Without my friend from Korea, I wouldn’t have eaten fish cakes until I died.’

Paradoxically, when passing information to someone, you can convey more by ‘don’t pass it on’.

And the follow-up dinner that follows.

Even in the scene of the dinner party, the director did not intentionally translate Korean, so more information could be inferred by looking at the screen.

The participants of the indie festival approached Jay and manager Jeong Chul-min one after another, pouring a small glass of alcohol and turning their heads to drink.

Rather, the audience naturally sympathizes with the main character by inferring what is going on while listening to Korean people they see for the first time and Korean that they can’t understand in Jay’s position.

After that, it was edited briefly to show Jay’s days in Korea.

– Jay. Are you okay?

“Mr. Jung. That’s a strong adult man. Don’t worry too much.”

As Jay spoke with a grin, he heard Jeong Chul-min’s voice over the receiver.

– OK. However, if you have any problems, please call us right away. If you take the red bus, you will get out of Seoul, but you won’t leave Gyeonggi-do.

“Okay. Red. Thank you.”

Today, Jay is going to leave Seoul with only one guitar on his back to get musical inspiration.

‘This is the real unknown world (Into the unknown) can be called.’

As Mr. Jung recommended, Jay left Seoul on a red wide-area bus.

Just take the bus that comes the fastest and you don’t know where you’re going.

“Somehow, I travel before I start work. It’s good to hear your mother’s advice.”

Jay flicks his finger on the window sill as he looks out of the car window and thinks of a musical image.

Seoul seemed to be out of the way.

Jaina on-screen and off-screen audiences could not understand the announcement as well, but seeing the forest of buildings disappear and paddy fields and lush greenery appear, it was natural to know that they had escaped Seoul.

In the scene that follows, the audience naturally assimilated to Jay and was sucked into the screen, feeling as if they had gone on a trip to Korea.

It felt like I was watching a kind of ‘vlog’ of going on an overseas trip on You Tube, rather than watching a movie, so I was more immersed in it.

‘Wow, Haejang-kuk? I don’t know what that stew is, but I want to try it.’

‘ha ha ha. This movie is somehow funny. I never thought that my bike was stolen. Is the bird sound in the background real or post-production?’

The spectators laugh at Jay’s saliva at Jay’s Haejangguk mukbang, and see Jay staring at him in despair as he stares at him with only the front wheel of his bicycle left alone.

Around that time, the audience also began to question the story and the way the film was structured.

‘What kind of message did the director want to make a film in this way? Maybe I accidentally fall in love with a character named Na-ri that came out earlier and move on to a teen romance music movie?’

The audience who attended the film festival, overcame the fierce competition, and stood in line from the morning to buy expensive tickets and watched the movie, were all movie buffs or people in the industry.

And when the actress Park Chan-hong’s mother and the old actress who plays Na-ri’s grandmother in the movie appeared, the audience laughed at the scene where they couldn’t understand each other, and also looked forward to how the story would unfold in the next scene.

Filmology and Neil Benson were the same.

‘After all, Korean movies have the charm of being unable to specify what the genre is. I can’t even predict what kind of story the middle and second half of the movie will be.’

So far, there hasn’t been much progress, but it’s been interesting.

And after the scenes filmed in the suburbs came out, the content of the film began to flow in earnest.

Jay is wearing a cute apron that doesn’t suit his wide shoulders, and he’s scolding his grandmother and smearing things like red seasoning on vegetables.

Jay on the screen sighed.

Just then, Inari opened the front door and entered the house with a black plastic bag in her hand.

“yes? What men’s shoes are they?”

Inari, who entered the kitchen, looked at Jay and asked with a slightly wary look.

“···who are you?”