My friend Kang Woo-jin appears in a movie on the big screen. What kind of crazy situation is this? Sometimes, when I panic too much, my actions and thoughts just stop.
The trio watching ‘Detective Agency’ were exactly like that.
From the sturdy Kim Dae-young.
‘Hey, Kang Woojin?! What are you doing there?!! No, why are you there?! What the heck!’
Lee Kyung-seong dropped the popcorn he was holding in his hand.
‘Crazy! Are my eyes weird? I’m fine! Kang Woojin? Really Kang Woojin??!’
Na Hyeong-gu opened his mouth wide and opened his eyes wide.
‘Kku, a dream??! How could it be a dream?! Then Woojin, what were you doing lying there??’
What should I say, the three testicle friends were not moving at all, but inside they were going crazy. They were on the verge of losing their senses. If there were no people, it wouldn’t be strange for them to keep slapping each other’s cheeks.
Kang Woo-jin’s face on the giant screen.
‘Wow- I’m going crazy!!’
‘Hey Kang Woojin, answer me, you punk!! What are you doing there!’
‘Oh, right. They look alike, right? Oh, they look alike. Yeah. No······Are they really alike??’
It was a mental assault on the trio.
Kang Woo-jin, who was watching the back of his friends’ heads from behind,
“Ugh!”
I was holding back laughter. I had no intention of doing so, but it was hard to hold back when I actually watched it.
The reason was simple.
The current trio of friends.
‘Is that a meerkat? – Oh my, I’m dying.’
Because it was like a meerkat sitting down. It would stretch its head out and look up at the screen, then look around left and right to see each other’s faces. How could it be tolerated? For Woojin, it was a crisis.
‘I didn’t know the back of their heads would be this fun.’
Among the three people looking up at the screen, Na Hyeong-gu slowly lowered his head and whispered to Lee Gyeong-seong next to him.
“···Hey. Hit me in the face once.”
Lee Kyung-seong, still holding the popcorn bucket in his hand, frowned and whispered.
“Shut up. I don’t have the presence of mind to do that.”
“Isn’t that Kang Woojin?”
“Don’t you think so? If that’s not Kang Woojin, then who is it?”
“Oh, right?”
Kim Dae-young stared blankly for a moment before speaking softly with difficulty.
“Wait a minute… guys, let’s calm down.”
“You calm down. Your eyes are going to pop out.”
The trio simultaneously looked back at the screen. Kang Woo-jin was still acting passionately as Kim Ryu-jin. Yes, that was definitely Kang Woo-jin. At first, they didn’t believe it, but now the trio acknowledged that the character in the movie was Kang Woo-jin. No, they acknowledged it, but they couldn’t digest it.
Deny reality.
If a friend you saw naked at a bathhouse suddenly appeared on the movie screen, anyone would do that.
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Soon, Kim Dae-young raised his strong arms and rubbed his eyes. The remaining friends also expressed their bewilderment in their own ways. At this point, the trio began to watch the content of the short film ‘Detective Agency’ mixed with Kang Woo-jin’s acting. No, let’s say you were in the movie. But why are you the only one?
Kim Dae-young, whose hobby is acting, realized it.
‘······Even the main character??’
That Kang Woo-jin in the movie is not a supporting role but the main character. Even though ‘Detective Agency’ has been going on for over 5 minutes, only Kang Woo-jin is on the screen. ‘Detective Agency’ is not a commercial film but a short film. In other words, Kang Woo-jin, who leads the story from the beginning, is definitely the male lead.
Here.
“···Hey, hey.”
Na Hyeong-gu, sitting at the end, spoke to his friends in a quiet voice.
“Let’s go out first. Let’s go out and call Kang Woo-jin or something.”
It seemed like he couldn’t concentrate anymore due to the shock he received. However, his remaining friends, Kim Dae-young and Lee Gyeong-seong, shook their heads with stern faces.
“No. Just look. Look at everything and tell me.”
“agreement.”
In the end, Na Hyung-goo, who had expressed his opinion, followed his friends’ decision and raised his head again toward the screen. At that moment, Kang Woo-jin on the screen. No, Kim Ryu-jin was in the car.
-♬♪
Trot songs resonated throughout the theater. Kim Ryu-jin naturally lowered the volume. Thanks to that, the characters’ lines sounded even more powerful.
[“Can you kill those bastards? How much would it cost to kill them?”]
Kim Ryu-jin spits out indifferent lines to an angry client.
[“500 million won per person.”] [“That’s expensive.”] [“Just kidding, you punk. There’s no way I’d do something like that.”] [“No discounts? Like telecommunications or credit card discounts.”] [“Hey, are you listening to me? Do I look like someone who makes pizza or burgers?”]
Clearly, ‘Detective Agency’ had considerable quality for a short film. Above all, the sound part was realistic and detailed. The breathing of the characters, the noises of touching objects, dialogue, sound effects. Anyone who saw it could clearly see that they had put a lot of effort into the sound.
‘I’m going crazy, really.’
Among the trio who were becoming more and more immersed in the movie, the absurdity of Kim Dae-young, who had the most acting knowledge, was growing.
‘That bastard Kang Woojin must be crazy, why is he acting like that too? Why is he acting so well?’
Because Kang Woo-jin’s acting that embodies Kim Ryu-jin was absurd. What should I say, it was a shame that he was evaluated as natural. Kang Woo-jin on screen can only be described as Kim Ryu-jin. His acting was that vivid.
But why? Why can Kang Woo-jin act like that?
At that moment, Kim Dae-young’s mouth opened slightly and several past scenes with Kang Woo-jin came to mind. It started when they went to the audition for ‘Super Actor’ together.
‘Yeah, now that I think about it, that day was a bit strange too.’
Woojin had been acting strangely since the audition ended, and he even showed interest in scenarios and scripts that he had never cared about in his entire life. He was a guy who didn’t even enjoy the content.
‘Oh, right. That’s right! ‘Detective Agency’ gave me this scenario too, right?’
The ‘Detective Agency’ scenario that had been passed on to Kang Woo-jin. For some reason, Woo-jin had asked him about various things related to the short film. It was right at that moment. Kang Woo-jin said he was busy and didn’t show his face.
Kim Dae-young, who was staring intently at the screen, solved his own puzzle.
‘······Then what? You briefly looked at the script then auditioned and got the lead role? You said you were busy all the time, but that was filming?’
Although everything fit perfectly in the circumstances, Kim Dae-young shook his head slightly. The circumstances and the story didn’t make sense.
‘What kind of acting does a guy who’s been designing his whole life do in one day?’
But no matter how much he denied it, reality did not change. Kang Woo-jin, who was still playing Kim Ryu-jin, was still giving a passionate performance on the screen. Of course, Kang Woo-jin was also among the audience, not on the screen.
‘At first, they were just opening their mouths like goldfish, but now they’re watching them carefully. It’s a bit annoying.’
Kang Woo-jin, who had his face covered by a hat and mask, snickered slightly. It felt like he was watching a hidden camera. Woo-jin then looked back and forth between the screen and the back of the trio’s heads and scratched his chin.
‘Ah- honestly, it was announced a bit early.’
The timing for informing his friends was a bit later. Around the time of the first episode of ‘Profiler Hanryang’. But then, all of a sudden, the three of them showed up here. It was probably Kim Dae-young who led it.
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‘Hmm- If it’s like this, I guess I should at least tell you something today.’
The time has finally come. It’s time to make my friends understand.
‘What are you saying? How did you end up acting? Are you crazy? Even I wouldn’t believe it.’
Well, let’s leave them aside. Suddenly, Kang Woo-jin looked at the front screen. The large screen had an incredible impact. Should I say it was truly amazing? It was on a whole other level of grandeur compared to the current affairs test I had seen in the sound studio.
‘Ahhh – I feel so embarrassed, my face is so big.’
That moment.
“Are you okay?”
“Yeah, it’s fun.”
The whispers of the couple sitting next to him were heard by Woojin. In addition, although Woojin did not know it, all 500 or so audience members who had not expected much at first began to straighten their postures. Because ‘Detective Agency’ was more interesting than expected. The fact that there were no expectations at all because it was a short film also had a positive effect.
Although I was buried in the sound of the great movie.
“Is it fun?”
“That’s right. It’s a short film, but the quality is good. The sound is especially good.”
Audience members all over the theater were muttering.
“Is it worth watching? Doesn’t it seem a bit short?”
“But that male lead is a rookie? He’s a really good actor.”
Little by little, the entire audience became immersed in the ‘Detective Agency’. Little by little, like clothes getting wet in a drizzle.
It was at this time.
‘Huh??!!’
Among the trio, Kim Dae-young, the most powerful, was startled when he saw someone on the screen. As if it was contagious, all three of them’s eyes grew so big that they looked like they were going to pop out.
‘Wow- what the heck!!!’
‘Crazy!’
Because out of nowhere, top actress Hong Hye-yeon appeared on the screen.
The scene was when the main character Kim Ryu-jin started spying on his client’s wife. In other words, it was the first appearance of Hong Hye-yeon, who played the role of his wife. Today was the first time that ‘Detective Agency’ was screened at the ‘Mise-en-scène Film Festival’. Therefore, it was a shocking experience not only for the trio, but also for the entire audience of 500 people.
“What, what is it? Isn’t it Hong Hye-yeon?”
“Is this movie starring Hong Hye-yeon?”
“Wow- Hong Hye-yeon. Awesome.”
The audience’s concentration suddenly soared.
At the same time, GGO Entertainment in Nonhyeon-dong.
In the spacious representative office, CEO Seo Gu-seop is looking down at his tablet at the five-person sofa seat. His seriousness is still reminiscent of a bulldog today. Naturally, what he is looking at is related to the ‘Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival’, and the team leader sitting on the sofa next to him is reporting on the same tablet.
“The ‘Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival’ began screening an hour ago at 10 o’clock, and starting today, Jeong-hyeok’s ‘Mentor’ will be screened in rotation.”
CEO Seo Gu-seop nodded slowly and asked back.
“Jeonghyeok, it’s for two days starting today, right? Are there any problems with the screening?”
“Yes, sir. The team on site reports that there are no problems.”
“The ‘Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival’ seemed to really give it some energy, did a lot of people show up?”
“Yes. They say it has definitely increased several times compared to last year. Reporters are also more interested than usual. BJs and YouTubers are often seen at the scene.”
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“Well, it’s okay.”
Bulldog Seo Gu-seop stopped and put down his tablet, showing a satisfied smile. He narrowed his eyebrows slightly and changed his question.
“Did you check about Shin Dong-chun?”
CEO Seo Gu-seop had dispatched staff not only to Park Jeong-hyeok’s ‘Mentor’, which he would do laundry, but also to director Shin Dong-chun’s ‘Detective Agency’, which he had criticized. That’s why the team leader-level staff member’s response was quick.
“Yes, the venue is CCV COEX, and just like ‘Mentor’, I went in for the first time.”
“Who is the male lead in ‘Detective Agency’?”
“I don’t know the actor. He seems unknown.”
Seo Gu-seop snorted in bewilderment after hearing the answer.
“What? H- What the hell. It’s not even B-class, just anonymity? Isn’t Shin Dong-chun crazy? How dare he disparage Nana and Jeong-hyeok just because he’s anonymous? He’s a total idiot.”
“But······That anonymous person’s acting isn’t bad.”
“So? No matter how much you fly and crawl, you’re still no one. Okay, unless you have the acting skills to chew everything up, it’s certain that Jeong-hyeok will win.”
Soon, CEO Seo Gu-seop continued speaking, picking up a pack of cigarettes placed on the table in front of him.
“From now on, don’t worry about that trash movie that Shin Dong-chun made, and let’s just do what we’ve prepared. Especially, always include ‘Mise-en-scène Film Festival’ and Park Jung-hyuk’s name, and tell those reporters who got drunk to constantly spread articles.”
“All right.”
“Be careful because all the aggro that comes out has to be sucked up by Jeong-hyeok. If it becomes a hot topic, keep it up until the awards day. Huh? If only unknown people are swarming around anyway, the reporters will definitely only cover Jeong-hyeok.”
It was when the staff bowed their heads deeply at the instructions.
-Knock knock, knock!
The door to the CEO’s office opened in a hurry and another employee rushed in. Looking at him, CEO Seo Gu-seop raised one eyebrow.
“What is it? Director Park.”
The employee called Director Park gasped slightly and got straight to the point.
“Uh, sir. I just got a call from the detective agency.”
“Oh, that’s enough of that crappy movie. Just forget about it and do your homework.”
“No, I don’t think that’s possible.”
“what?”
Director Park continued his report with difficulty to CEO Seo Gu-seop, who asked him coldly.
“Hong Hye-yeon appeared on ‘Detective Agency’.”
There was a moment of silence. After glaring at his employees for about five seconds, CEO Seo Gu-seop suddenly stood up.
“What?! Hong Hye-yeon? Hong Hye-yeon appeared on ‘Detective Agency’??!”
“···yes.”
“No, shit! What the hell are you talking about! Hong Hye-yeon is in PD Song’s drama right now?! But Hong Hye-yeon is in some ‘Detective Agency’?!!”
“Oh, he just appeared as a lead or supporting actor.”
“······”
At that moment, Bulldog Seo Gu-seop’s head started to spin. Hong Hye-yeon came out? If it was true, all the unplanned preparations for Park Jeong-hyeok’s laundry would be in vain. It was Hong Hye-yeon, who was considered one of the top actresses in Korea.
They are no match for each other as an issue.
Seo Gu-seop, who was clenching his teeth, threw the pack of cigarettes he was holding onto the floor. Then he thought of the face of the man with the ponytail.
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“Choi Sung -gun was an investor.”
Around lunchtime that same day.
While the ‘Mise-en-scène Short Film Festival’ was in full swing, the ‘Profiler Hanryang’ team took action. They uploaded a video to their YouTube channel, other video platforms, and their official website.
-[15-second official first teaser] He was a gangster, but he was a genius! First broadcast on 5/15 (Fri)!｜Profiler Gangster
-[SBC]/ENG SUB
-2020. 5. 2
This was the official first teaser trailer for ‘Profiler Hanryang’. It was not a teaser trailer like the ones that had been released so far, but a real trailer with the plot inserted. Unfortunately, it was only 15 seconds long, so the running time wasn’t long, but despite its short length, it included key content.
Narration by Ryu Jeong-min.
The teaser, which started with his atmospheric voice, quickly cut through the scenes and showed various characters. Yoo Ji-hyung crouching at the scene of a murder, Jung Yeon-hee chasing someone, the tension of several main and supporting actors, a huge car explosion, etc. As it gets closer to the end, numerous scenes are quickly replaced. The background music that is playing also picks up the pace.
Finally, at the end of the teaser, the screen changed to black and Ryu Jeong-min’s narration sounded softly.
[“Everything.”]
At the same time, the vicious smile of a man whose face was hidden above his nose filled the video.
[“It started with this misaligned smile.”]
A bizarre smile. Viewers may not know it, but the actors of ‘Profiler Hanryang’ would instantly recognize it.
Because it’s Manager Park’s.
As soon as this teaser was uploaded, the first comment was posted.
-Crazy… Who is the actor who smiled at the end? He only appeared briefly, but he had an impact… .
And four women gathered at a university cafeteria. One of them got excited after seeing this teaser. She even showed it to her friends sitting around her.
“Look at this! The teaser quality is crazy?! Wow- who is the actor smiling at the end?? Goosebumps!”
It was Kang Woo-jin’s younger sister, Kang Hyun-ah.
“Ahhhh! I want to see you soon!”
Meanwhile, a park 10 minutes away from COEX.
If you pass through the busy streets and enter the alley, you will see a common park.
-Ugh.
Kang Woo-jin, who had just arrived, was seen. He was still wearing his black jacket and hat, but his mask was off. His expression was quite serious. He had just finished watching ‘Detective Agency’ and had come over here.
Anyway, Woojin glanced at the park beyond the flower bed.
“Yes, those.”
I saw a familiar trio sitting on a wooden bench. They were friends who had seen Kang Woo-jin on the screen a few dozen minutes ago. As soon as ‘Detective Agency’ ended, Kim Dae-young called Kang Woo-jin, and Woo-jin, who had no intention of putting things off, made an appointment with them right away.
soon.
-Ugh.
Kang Woo-jin, who had been scratching his chin furtively, stepped into the park entrance, saying, “I don’t know.”
That moment.
“Hey!! Crazy! Kang Woojin!”
“That kid!!!”
“Fuck! Get him!!”
The trio who had been waiting all discovered Woojin.
-hook!
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Suddenly, they came running. Their momentum was like that of an ox. If they ran into them, they would break at least one arm. Thanks to that, for some reason, Kang Woo-jin also turned around and ran.
“Ah- oh!”
It was an escape.
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