Evil Empire (1)
The day I met the greats of Hollywood.
Cha Do-jin prepared for the outing with a swollen heart from early morning.
I stopped by a shop in Cheongdam-dong to get my hair and makeup done, and I borrowed Cody’s hand for the dress fit. Even the watch and shoe setting were infused with the energy of delicate harmony.
“Hyung, do I show a lot of strength to look good? It’s a little embarrassing if it’s too obvious.”
“Anna. why am i like that You, man, are the light itself, the light. It always shines like a star, whether you give it your strength or not.”
“Why is this all of a sudden? Always scolding me for saying that I need to lose some of my bottomless confidence.”
“I’m going to meet a Hollywood master, but I need to recharge my self-confidence. I also studied English diligently.”
“Am I the kind of person who can’t say anything in a hurry? my brother won’t be I’ve been doing my manager job in vain.”
“Let’s go, let’s go. no time.”
Cha Do-jin checked the automatic skeleton watch and stamped his feet.
“Time is the bullet. Let’s go quickly, our Seo Hoon hyung has been waiting for too long.”
“… … You really wouldn’t do that in the presence of other people, would you?”
“If you do well, you will be treated as an older brother. What is your age? How old are you?”
“Hey, whatever.”
“He’s the one who’s going to take me to Hollywood, so of course you have to take me as an older brother.”
“That hasn’t been decided yet.”
“Director Jim said he really wanted to see me. He wants to appear in his own work.”
“You know that lip service to American kids is basic.”
“You know that Seo Hoon hyung isn’t the type to talk empty things about things like that.”
“Oops.”
The manager set off for the meeting place while holding his throbbing forehead.
* * *
Cha Do-jin arrived at the meeting place early and waited.
After a while, Jeong Seo-hoon arrived, and Cha Do-jin greeted him with a bright smile.
“Seohun hyung, are you here?”
“I filmed the video then and deleted it right away. You don’t have to do this.”
“I was sincere. I will see you as my brother in the future. Oh, if you win the Nobel Prize, of course you are the older brother. isn’t it?”
“… … .”
“Come in. I warmed up the seat for you, Seo-hoon hyung.”
Cha Do-jin didn’t really care and led Jeong Seo-hoon inside as if he were the organizer.
“Do you speak English?”
“The only thing I studied hard all my life is English. Other studies are at the same level as the robot vacuum cleaner in our house.”
Cha Do-jin had great ambitions as an actor.
I have been studying English for a long time in order not to miss the opportunity to advance to Hollywood someday.
“The law books I bought while acting as a lawyer, Gu Je-man, are interiors, but not as much as English books.”
“That’s fortunate. It’s better to be able to communicate directly man-to-man rather than through an interpreter.”
Soon after, director Jim C Wozney arrived.
Director Jim welcomed Jeong Seo-hoon as if he were reuniting with his separated brother.
He shook hands with Cha Do-jin, smiled widely and asked for his autograph.
“Beautiful Campus, I thoroughly enjoyed it until the end. It was more interesting because it took the form of a documentary, which is not common.”
Director Jim, who doesn’t speak Korean, asked how he had seen it, and he said that he had seen it through a paid purchase on CV Cable. Thanks to the provision of English subtitles, I was able to watch it without any inconvenience.
“It will be difficult to come up with a development structure in which the main character unfolds the episode in the drama as it is in real life. In a way, it’s like building a new wall in the global drama market.”
A wall of wailing that can never be crossed.
Beautiful Campus left a record in the history of dramas that cannot be expressed in figures such as sales.
“Thanks to that, I have a bigger challenge. It’s because the status of actor Jeong Seo-hoon has grown so much in that short time. There is no one in Hollywood who does not know actor Jeong Seo-hoon.”
“Isn’t the academic world and the media world separate?”
“However, in Japan, actor Jeong Seo-hoon and professor Jung’s performance drew attention from those who were not interested in movies. It was a thrill that no blockbuster can produce.”
Cha Do-jin was pleased as if he had heard the praise.
“Our Bro is no joke. Either as an actor or as a professor.”
“Actually, I am impatient. I was afraid I would win a Nobel Prize sooner than an Oscar.”
“It’s two for us Bro. I am confident that I have been watching from the side since my debut. Oh, do you know how good your body is? Strength is really no joke.”
“Oh, is that so?”
Director Jim and Do-jin Cha had a blast talking about each other.
Jeong Seo-hoon felt that Cha Do-jin had properly sharpened his sword and came to this place.
He was desperate to properly appeal himself to director Jim.
It may be due to his great ambition as an actor, but it was rather nice to see such positive greed.
“Director, look. My older brother is like this. Usually, if you praise yourself in front of your face like this, you’ll get some kind of reaction. But, as if listening to others, they are just being indifferent.”
“I don’t know. You may be imagining the correlation between elementary particles in your head right now.”
“Professor Hwang Kun-wook of ViewCam was really a role only for my brother.”
“By the way, is Mr. Jung your older brother? Is Cha Do-jin younger than he looks?”
“Korea has a beautiful tradition of honoring those who perform better than me as older brothers. Of course, only respectable people.”
I ordered a drink, but it hasn’t opened yet.
Contrary to the bright and upbeat atmosphere, no one touched the food.
“Mr. Jung, the role I originally proposed was a supporting villain. It leaves a strong image at the beginning of the play.”
“Yes. I really liked it too.”
“I’m really sorry, but I think I’ll have to withdraw the offer I made then.”
When director Jim expressed his sincere regret, Cha Do-jin was surprised inside. Unlike him who couldn’t express himself, Jeong Seo-hoon was still calm.
“Do you remember that I said that I needed the consent of two other producers to film only actor Jeong Seo-hoon’s parts in Korea?”
“Yes.”
“The location of the shoot is no longer important.”
Director Jim continued with a big, bright smile.
“At that time, I would like to withdraw the casting offer and offer a new one. Please take on the role of Dr. Colliers, the main villain representing the entire narrative of the series.”
“Ah, did the role proposal itself change?”
Jeong Seo-hoon was quiet, and Cha Do-jin, who realized the flow, brightened his expression next to him.
“Originally, the other two agreed to shoot only the parts of Seo-Hoon Jeong in Korea. It was a supporting role villain, so it was judged that it was not unreasonable. But before I could deliver the good news, a suspicious typhoon was occurring in Korea.”
The Nobel Prize launched by the Beautiful Campus.
“The atmosphere was unusual, so we put it on hold and watched. To be honest, I had as many concerns as I expected. If Professor Jung’s research presentation turns out to be a mistake, it will have a negative impact on his career as an actor.”
There is no better snack to chew on than talking about worries that have already passed neatly.
“Mr. Chung is now a great man in Hollywood that no one knows. Appearance, ability, age, and career as a scholar. My other producer friends put their three mouths together.”
It was as if a ‘chuck’ sound could be heard all over his face.
“Mr. Chung was born to play the main villain of our film series, Dr. Colliers.”
When I first visited Korea, director Jim brought a supporting cast of villains.
He reappeared with a cast that was promoted to the main villain of the series.
“We believe that next year’s Nobel Prize in Physics will undoubtedly go to Mr. Chung. So I decided to make a bold bet. It is unanimous.”
As if he had received the offer, Cha Do-jin was so excited that his blood vessels burned red. On the other hand, I was surprised at Jeong Seo-hoon’s calm attitude.
‘How can you be so calm? How can a Hollywood master give such high praise?’
Is the innate bowl size itself so different? It’s even more surprising when you consider her age.
“If the main villain actor wins the Nobel Prize at the same time as the movie’s release, the world’s attention will be focused on the movie in which that actor appears as a mad scientist. The four of us bet on it.”
Director Jim’s new work consisted of a basic trilogy.
As long as it doesn’t explode, the crank-in goes in at least three parts, and the story can be expanded later depending on the level of box office success.
He originally proposed the role of a supporting villain who splendidly burns and disappears in the first episode, but now he asked me to take the center stage of the series.
The offer did not end there.
“And I would like to ask actor Cha Do-jin for the role that I originally proposed to Mr. Jung.”
“Is that true?”
“I looked at Beautiful Campus and also looked at the main scenes of the works in which actor Cha Do-jin appeared. It fits perfectly with the image I envisioned.”
Cha Do-jin, who never imagined that he would receive such a sudden offer today, lost his senses.
“You are not upset, are you? It’s a role that I originally proposed to Mr. Jung once… … .”
“No, no! It can’t be! I’m good! When Bro explained it, I imagined countless times in my head that I would really like to take on a role like that!”
Jeong Seo-hoon did not bother to break the colic by saying ‘I’ve never had that’. The excitement Cha Do-jin is showing now was full of sincerity.
The atmosphere is good.
Director Jim asked to support the entire series, and Cha Do-jin was able to enter Hollywood as a substitute for Jung Seo-hoon.
In the midst of the director who brought the proposal, Cha Do-jin who got a lucky replacement, and everyone excited and wanting to grab a drink right away, Jeong Seo-hoon was still calm.
“You suggested Dr. Colliers. Isn’t that the character originally intended for a white actor?”
“you’re right. But the race of the cast is not that important. It has little impact on the scenario. In the beginning, black actors were also nominated.”
An actor who expected himself to play Dr. Colliers would have to prepare a party to soothe his discouragement the moment Jeong Seo-hoon gives a definite answer.
“In a way, it’s the Hollywood version of Professor Hwang Kun-wook, and it’s also the blackened version of the world. Looking at the view cam, I was convinced. Dr. Colliers is a role only for Mr. Jung.”
“Then, the main filming will take place in the US.”
“Yeah, of course… … .”
Director Jim’s mouth cut off as he inadvertently accepted the words.
Cha Do-jin also felt a strange atmosphere and said, ‘Hyung, why are you like this?’ I looked at Jeong Seo-hoon with a smile on my face.
“Director, I’m in a difficult position with a long-term overseas filming schedule.”
“Even if it’s not a supporting role, but a lead role?”
“I think there was a little misunderstanding. I have never entertained the notion that a Korean lead role is more important than a Hollywood supporting role.”
Director Jim, who thought that filming abroad would be no problem since he was upgraded to a lead role throughout the series, was a little taken aback.
I thought that if I couldn’t go abroad to focus on my studies, I could prepare a career that could replace him… … .
“Thank you for the offer, but now I have a harder time leaving university to solve the equation for nuclear fusion. It’s a non-acting problem, so it has nothing to do with what the role is.”
Director Jim tapped his forehead.
“I thoughtlessly passed it on saying that the filming location would not be a problem anymore since it was the main lead in the entire series, but it was my negligence.”
“I’m sorry.”
Cha Do-jin, who had a lot of things to say, had a swollen expression like a blowfish belly when he met his natural enemy. But it’s a conversation that I can’t bear to interrupt.
Director Jim, who was perplexed, chewed his lips over and over again before opening his mouth.
“Then I will revise the scenario.”
“Yes?”
“We have to match the Nobel Prize. Ah yes.”