The Haunted Monster Actor - Chapter 105



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Episode 105

After director Lee Cheong-beom left, the atmosphere at the Sangnamja Action School became incomparably more intense than before.

This is because all the trainees received good reviews and were full of enthusiasm to start their careers as first-time stuntmen in the movie ‘Bad Weather’.

Among them, the one who trained the hardest was none other than Hyun-soo.

The reason was simple.

As the main character in a movie, if I showed a lazy side, I would be embarrassed in front of the martial arts team that was filming the movie with me.

‘There are days when I can’t participate in training due to my year-end schedule, so I have no choice but to work harder.’

I tried to make the most of my time, but I still have a hectic schedule that I have to attend to.

The two most important are the Grand Bell Awards and the Red Dragon Film Awards, both taking place at the end of November.

Although Hyun-soo has appeared at many film festivals including Cannes, the Geojong Film Festival and Jeokryong Film Festival are the most prestigious film awards ceremonies in South Korea.

While Hyunsoo was training hard, he also managed to complete important year-end schedules in between.

As everyone expected, Hyunsoo won the Best New Actor Award at the Red Dragon Film Festival.

With this film, Maeng Jong-ho won the Best New Director Award at the Geojong Film Festival and the Best Director Award at the Jeokryong Film Festival, making “Torso on the Blue” a triple crown winner at the three major film festivals in Korea.

“Congratulations to actor Kim Hyun-soo for winning the Best New Actor Award at this year’s Red Dragon Film Festival!”

“Is there any news about your next project?”

Pieroreum brought a big gift to Hyunsoo as a token of appreciation for his support of Jeokryong, who gave him the Best New Actor award.

‘The meeting between an actor who is receiving the most splendid spotlight this year and a director who has been on the decline for the past few years. If possible, wouldn’t it be better to announce it on the most splendid stage in the Korean film industry?’

Cheonha Production, which was in charge of producing Bad Weather, agreed with Woo Ji-yoon’s opinion and continued with the comments that Go Geon had prepared for the reporters who had gathered around Hyun-soo.

“Actor Kim Hyun-soo’s next work will be director Lee Cheong-beom’s Bad Weather.”

“Huh? This, Director Lee Cheong-beom… …? Is this an official comment from your agency?!”

As soon as Gogun nodded, the reporters’ questions began to pour in like a tidal wave.

“Then, the action director… …?”

“Who would that be? Of course it would be Director Park Jeong-hoo.”

Soon, all the reporters started to chatter with surprised expressions on their faces.

“Those two are back together?”

“Didn’t we break off contact for 5 years?”

It was a well-known rumor in the film industry that Lee Cheong-beom and Park Jeong-hoo had not been in contact since the box office failure of The Laughing Killer.

“Anyway, that means… … Actor Kim Hyun-soo’s next work is an action film!”

With the reunion of two action legends, interest in Hyun-soo’s next film is heating up, and thanks to this, the Red Dragon Film Festival is becoming a bigger topic of conversation than last year.

Of course, the person in charge of the Geojongsang that gave Hyun-soo the title seemed uncomfortable with the fact that such big news was only revealed in Jeokryong, but it was none of Woo Ji-yoon’s business.

Hyunsoo, who was a hot topic in the first half of the year due to Cannes and Nineties Dive, once again received the hot spotlight of the film industry.

Some reporters even wrote about Lowarts Sport’s office shoes mixed and matched with trendy tuxedos.

Thanks to this, Low Arts Sports, which recently began broadcasting CFs during the broadcast time slot of , has been renewing explosive sales figures along with increased consumption due to the year-end special.

As a side note, Eugene Sook, who sponsored the tuxedo this time, was not very pleased with the fact that her Lowarts Sports shoes became the talk of the town more than her outfit.

―Editor, thank you so much for your consideration this time. I would like to meet you in person and express my gratitude before I start my new film. When would be a good time? Please contact me.

Of course, I was melted by the heartfelt thanks I received from Hyunsoo’s personal phone.

After November, which heated up the film industry once again, passed and in the first week of December, with Misari Dive having successfully concluded, Hyunsoo was left with only the KBC Drama Awards, the biggest event of the year.

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“But I never expected that Kim would receive the Best New Actor award at Jeokryong of all places. Even I really didn’t expect that.”

‘Thanks to you, I was able to announce the news of actor Kim’s next work in the most spectacular place.’

Jiyoon actually didn’t expect much from winning the Best New Actor award at the year-end film awards ceremony.

Although Torso caught both rabbits of artistic quality and commercial success, there were as many as five films entered Cannes this year.

Among the new actors who appeared there, there were many strong competitors whose acting skills were not far behind Hyun-soo’s.

“I wonder if it was because of the recent Nineties Dive that my brother’s stock price rose significantly?”

Jiyoon shook her head at Gogun’s words.

“No, Jeokryong is not a place to fool around with awards given to actors. It’s not a place to decide whether or not to receive an award based on things like recognition.”

Until just a few years ago, the Red Dragon Film Awards were considered to be inferior in authority and reputation to the Grand Bell Awards.

“But while Geojongsang was making all sorts of fuss for the reasons just mentioned by the old manager, Jeokryong steadfastly held the awards ceremony with a focus on artistic quality and acting skills.”

Thus, it has now risen to become the most prestigious film awards ceremony in South Korea, surpassing the Grand Bell Awards.

“So, the fact that Jeokryong gave an award literally means that he acknowledged actor Kim’s acting.”

“Oh, I see.”

As he spoke, Woo Ji-yoon’s face was filled with pride in his acting.

“Anyway, thanks to Jeokryong choosing actor Kim, things have gotten bigger than I expected.”

The anticipation that Woo Ji-yoon was talking about is none other than the anticipation for the movie Bad Weather.

However, Go Geon, who was listening to Woo Ji-yoon’s words, had a slightly worried expression on his face.

“But… … I’m worried that the media reaction is more negative than expected.”

As Go Geon said, the film industry press and critics were churning out somewhat concerned articles about Hyun-soo’s final choice, who was the true protagonist of 2024.

[Will Hyunsoo Kim’s final choice, who was the main character in 2024, make him the main character in 2025?]

[In 2024, Kim Hyun-soo’s acting had the power to excite the public. However, action is a ‘genre’ that cannot be overcome with acting skills alone.]

“It’s not that I don’t trust you, hyung, but honestly, I’m still worried.”

Jiyoon nodded as if she understood what Gogun said.

“You know why there are almost no sequels to movies that surpass the first one?”

“… … Well? Because my expectations for the first part were so high?”

“That’s true, but a more accurate reason is that the first one was so successful.”

“yes?”

Was the first part too successful?

“Why did the success of the first one cause the second one to fail?”

Woo Ji-yoon continued talking to Go Geon, who tilted his head with a puzzled expression.

“15 years ago, the box office score of ‘My Neighbor’s Uncle’ was 6.6 million. Do you know how many movies with 10 million viewers were there in South Korea at that time?”

“I don’t know. Maybe… ten?”

“As of 2024, there have been 22 South Korean films that have reached 10 million viewers, and up until 2009, when My Neighbor’s Uncle was released, the number of South Korean films that have reached 10 million viewers is… … .”

Woo Ji-yoon raised one hand and spread it out in front of Go Geon.

“There were five in total.”

“It’s less than you thought?”

Woo Ji-yoon nodded and continued speaking.

“In that situation, the myth of 6.6 million viewers, ‘Uncle Neighbor’, which left its mark on the Korean action world, came out. So what was the atmosphere of the movie world like at that time?”

“Um… … You and I both probably rushed in, right?”

“yes.”

Soon, Gogun realized what Woo Jiyoon was talking about.

“That means… … .”

“Yes, at that time, famous big shots were all around Director Lee Cheong-beom. It wasn’t just because of the movie’s success. There were also investors who were genuinely enthusiastic about his action scenes.”

At that time, the film industry was in a situation where investors’ ‘interference’ with the film industry as a whole was incomparably more severe than it is now.

“So, in a word, now is the time when there is no interference from such investors… … .”

“Yes, that’s right. Maybe this is the time when I can make the most Lee Cheong-beom-like movie.”

“As expected, you are the CEO. How did you gain such insight… … .”

“What can you do with just this? Even Actor Kim knew this.”

“Yes? Brother?”

Jiyoon nodded.

“The content that actor Kim analyzed in director Lee Cheong-beom’s draft was all pointing to what I just said.”

Lee Cheong-beom’s action doesn’t need any special details, complex narratives, or a variety of emotions.

Just show us your own actions and that’s enough.

The brief action that Hyunsoo showed at their first meeting had exactly that meaning.

“Perhaps Director Lee Cheong-beom also changed his mind after learning of Actor Kim’s intentions. What if Manager Ko didn’t know about this even though he was watching from the side?”

“… … Haha, I thought you just fell for my brother’s acting.”

“It won’t work. Even now, instead of being an actor manager, I’ll go to the advertising team… .”

“Oh, I’m talking about the year-end fan meeting preparations I mentioned earlier.”

When Gogun abruptly changed the subject, Jiyoon snickered and pretended not to be able to win.

“Are the preparations going well? You’ve never prepared a fan meeting before since you started working at Actor Entertainment, right?”

“Yes, that’s true… … My brother said he really wanted to do it no matter how busy he is. I’m preparing diligently in my own way. My brother’s birthday is also around that time.”

“Well, I couldn’t take care of you properly last year because of my filming schedule.”

“Yes, I was so sorry at that time.”

Of course, after filming on the day of his birthday, he had a small party with the cast of Torso at a nearby sushi restaurant. (And Go Gun didn’t know that the small birthday party would become the happiest and biggest gift in Hyun Soo’s life because it was attended by none other than Seori.)

“Preparations for the fan meeting are currently underway with the officially designated fan club executives.”

“I said it feels like I’m raising an idol, not an actor.”

“Yes, lately I feel like I’m having nightmares about my old job coming back to me.”

Jiyoon, who burst into laughter at Gogun’s groaning, nodded and continued speaking.

“Anyway, if there’s anything you need related to that, please feel free to ask the relevant team for cooperation. If we just finish the fan meeting well, the rest of our schedule for this year will be… .”

“The KBC Drama Awards are left.”

“Okay. Let’s organize Actor Kim’s schedule for this year like this.”

“But sir.”

“huh?”

“What do you think about this year’s KBC Drama Awards?”

“What do you think? What?”

“That… … That’s the award. He’s the main character of a hit drama that achieved 30% viewership ratings for the first time in years, so I guess… … That, that’s it, right?”

Woo Ji-yoon answered Go Geon’s cautious question with a sly smile.

“Of course it won’t be a rookie award, right?”

Continued in the next episode ▶