Chapter 136: Chief Jung, Your Actors are a bit (1)
TL: emptycube / ED: Isleidir
“And action!”
“Yes! Many people are hotly anticipating Director Choi Sungwon’s new project with its unbelievable cast! The Korean disaster film blockbuster ‘Alive’ began several days ago. Weekly Entertainment went on scene to get a peak. And now, we’ll be interviewing the lead actors…!”
“Producer! Producer!”
A panting production assistant shouted as he ran between the film crew members.
“Hey, hey, can’t you see we’re filming the opening shot?”
“Producer, Lee Kihwan said he can’t do the interview!”
“What?”
The Weekly Entertainment film crew were shocked by this sudden news.
Soon, the head producer and reporter rushed to the lead actors’ managers.
Lee Kihwan’s heavyset manager clicked his tongue as he said,
“You heard that today’s film schedule has changed, right? But the scene they are filming now is an emotional scene for the lead actors. We can’t have Lee Kihwan lose his immersion by doing an interview.”
“Team leader, then what about after the scene-?”
“We don’t know when we’ll end since there’s a night scene too. We’ll definitely do an interview the next time you come.”
“We have a live broadcast tomorrow! If you do this suddenly, then our segment is ruined!”
“You’re going to do interviews with other actors anyways. I’m sorry.”
The manager bowed then left.
Frantic, the production staff hurriedly went to other managers.
“Mr. Lee Kihwan isn’t going to do the interview? Then I don’t think we can either.”
“Our nuna has to focus for that scene too, and I don’t even dare bother her right now.”
“We were going to do it since other lead actors were going to do it, but now that’s a bit.”
The producer’s face had paled from the stream of refusals.
The reporter, camera director, and the lighting director gathered around and grumbled,
“How petty. Even if they are top stars. How can they treat us like this on the day of the interview? Are they looking down on us because we are a freelance production? Huh?”
“Will we have anything for tomorrow’s broadcast? Shouldn’t we change our segment?”
“When it’s tomorrow? We have to squeeze out and broadcast whatever we have.”
“How can we fill the entire 20-minute segment with what we have?”
“Can’t we asked the assistant director to try and persuade the actors?”
“I bet he won’t? He looks incredibly busy right now.”
As the Weekly Entertainment production team were ripping their hair out, a staff member shouted into her walkie-talkie while running,
“Makeup is done for Ms. Lee Songha! Costume team, please come check!”
The reporter immediately said,
“We haven’t been rejected by Ms. Lee Songha yet, right?”
“I don’t think she’ll do it either.”
“Still, wouldn’t someone at Lee Songha’s level give us an interview? She’s a rookie.”
The producer clicked his tongue in astonishment at the production assistant’s words.
“At Lee Songha’s level? Even if she loses out in terms of level, she’s currently the hottest topic right now. Cat Guardian Ghost craze has been going on for 2 months now. Even though the drama is over, the Chinese are still crazy about it. She’s not the Lee Songha of the past.”
“From the rumors, I heard she’s not the temperamental type.”
“That was before she became popular. Once they do, nine out of ten change completely.”
“Either way, let’s go over there and beg. We can’t let the segment fall through like this.”
Holding onto this sliver of hope, the Weekly Entertainment production staff began to move. Just as they discovered the white minivan she was in, a man got out of the driver’s seat.
“Huh? That person’s Chief Jung Sunwoo, right?”
“Right. He is…”
The camera director mumbled while looking at Jung Sunwoo’s face,
“He looks heartless. I think we’ll be rejected as soon as we bring it up.”
“No, I think we’ll be rejected before we can even bring it up.”
“He doesn’t have a lot of experience despite how famous he is, right? It doesn’t seem like he’s thirty yet either. Why does he feel more intimidating than other team leaders and directors?”
“Right? It feels intimidating to go talk to him? I don’t know why, but it is.”
Perhaps it was due to his cold exterior or because he was known as Midas’s Hand, a figure who had been mentioned constantly by the press two months prior, but Jung Sunwoo gave off this strange feeling that other managers didn’t have.
After taking a deep breath, the producer walked over to him.
“Chief! I am Producer Lee Chulsoon of Weekly Entertainment who contacted you previously.”
“Ah, hello. I heard that other actors have canceled their interviews.”
The producer bit his lip.
“Umm, we can finish our interview in 5 minutes so is there any way…”
“Will only Songha’s interview be broadcasted?”
The producer’s eyes bulged at his calm reply.
“I-is an interview okay?”
“Of course it is. We already promised to do it.”
“Thank you! We were worried that we would have to throw the whole segment out-!”
The producer gestured to the staff with a face that seemed to have just grabbed a lifeline.