320 - Bomb 1

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"Are you talking about the main poster to be sent to Cannes?"

In response to Kang Woo-jin's low question, Director Anga Bok's old voice was heard again through the cell phone.

"Okay, the poster for 'Leech' to be handed over to Cannes. As you can see, this poster is different from the usual ones. It's more of an introduction, not a promotion. "That is also the poster that will be introduced to filmmakers from all over the world who will come to Cannes."

The poster is made in several cuts at different times during the production of the film. For initial publicity, for full-scale marketing of the film, for buzz during screenings, etc. Of course, they are all produced with different concepts, but the core of most of them is ultimately publicity or marketing.

Therefore, stimulation is inserted unconditionally.

However, the case of 'Leech', whose first destination was the Cannes Film Festival, was different from typical commercial films. It had to be the symbol or face of the 'leech', not for public attention or promotional purposes. Therefore, the texture of poster production must also be completely different.

Because the audience you want to show is not the public.

Of course, only those invited during the Cannes Film Festival will see 'Leech', but the actual key figures were influential filmmakers from around the world. Cannes Film Festival judges and officials, leading actors from each country, world-famous producers, distributors and investors, including Hollywood, etc.

In short, we need a 'leech' poster for global filmmakers to see.

That poster may have become the face and symbol of 'Leech', but it was also a poster that would spread around the world if it won an award at the Cannes Film Festival.

The success comes later.

There was no problem in producing the release poster at a later date. No, in fact, if 'Leech' was a hit at Cannes this year, there would be no need for a separate poster. Turning the box upside down is itself a huge promotion and marketing exercise.

This is because the production of the main poster is of incredibly high importance.

"In addition to finishing the editing, we are also paying a lot of attention to the poster. When Woojin returns from Japan, we will shoot according to the selected poster list, so I called to tell him to keep that in mind."

Director Gabok Ang's voice was extremely serious. On the other hand, Kang Woo-jin, who had a very poker face on the outside, was nothing special on the inside.

'Well, I guess I'll just have to film as I'm told.'

There is nothing to be particularly nervous about. Rather, I was concerned about the other side.

'By the way, before mid-September?? Are you almost finished editing the leech? Wow, doesn't it feel like things are getting sorted out in one fell swoop?'

When fall arrived, it felt like all the works I had been holding my breath for were pouring out all at once. At this point, pig-headed Choi Seong-geon was next to Woo-jin, and for now, Kang Woo-jin put pressure on his neck and answered Director Ahn Ga-bok on the other side of his cell phone.

"Yes, director. "I will remember."

"is it so. Once the main poster production begins, it means there will be less than a month left until it goes to Cannes. Unplay will also be released in accordance with the timing. I don't think you'll be nervous, but I'm just saying this for now. "

"All right."

"But- why are you going to Japan? Ah, is it related to that animation?"

"It's similar. There is also a production presentation for 'Unfamiliar Parasite'."

"hmm. "That work already has a production presentation."

Director Angabok, who was quiet for a moment, spoke.

"I don't know if it will open around the same time."

He ended the call.

"I will convey the detailed schedule to CEO Choi. "I'm having a hard time."

"Good luck, Director."

-Suddenly.

Choi Seong-gun immediately asked Kang Woo-jin, who slowly lowered his cell phone.

"director? Who's the director?"

Woojin relayed the essence of the phone call to Choi Seong-geon, who rushed in at once. Choi Seong-geon, whose eyes immediately became interested, smiled slightly.

"Oh, you mean the main poster to be sent to Cannes? It's starting to feel like I'm going to Cannes. "Leech's editing will likely be finished before mid-September?"

"yes. According to Director Gabok Ang."

"Are you grinding bones? Even though we did the rough editing while filming overnight, the speed was incredibly fast."

Kang Woo-jin's team moves forward once again. Among them, Choi Seong-geon's smile deepened as he looked at the calendar on his cell phone.

"There's really only a month left to go to Cannes. I'm nervous because it's actually happening. Ugh – honestly, I was planning on going someday, but I didn't think it would be this soon."

Choi Seong-geon is a mixture of tension and urgency. On the contrary, Kang Woo-jin was not particularly nervous.

'Cannes? Mr. I don't know. 'It's imprinted in French, so what's the problem?'

It was because I didn't have a sense of reality yet.

Meanwhile, a conference room at a large film company.

An old man sitting at a U-shaped desk in a spacious conference room placed his cell phone on the desk. It was Director Ga-bok Ahn who had spoken to Woo-jin Kang just before.

-Sigh.

The short white hair was the same, but the wrinkles had increased. The fact that her face looked tired was a bonus. Nevertheless, Director Ga-bok Ahn's unique veteran attitude still feels astute.

"······The 'unfamiliar parasite' is over – I need to work harder."

Director Anga Bok muttered softly to himself and raised his head. Several executives, including the head of the film company, were standing in front of him. Looks like they were in a meeting about something. Director Ahn Ga-bok then appropriately conveyed the phone call with Kang Woo-jin.

-Sure.

I lowered my gaze again. Right in front of him were about three pieces of paper the size of regular movie posters, attached to a transparent plastic plate. All three pieces of paper had titles engraved in common along with illustrated pictures.

-'leech'

It was like that. These three plates were the main poster candidates for 'Leech' to be entered into Cannes. Director Ga-bok Ang looks down at such poster candidates carefully. The people around me, including the heads of film companies, did not say anything.

"······"

"······"

All I had to do was wait for director Angabok Ang's choice. However, his choice was not short. 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes. Director Gabok Ang looked down at the poster candidates for more than 15 minutes with his arms crossed. It was well worth it. The poster decided here will be sent to Cannes. In fact, it took about two weeks to create these three candidates.

yet.

"hmm."

Director Anga Bok sighed and raised his index finger. And then I took two of the three candidate posters in a row.

"Let's make both of these. "I need to see the finished product in person."

"Do you want to? All right."

The illustrations of the two selected candidate posters were very different in terms of the characters and direction of 'Leech', but one thing that was clearly in common was noticeable.

The point was that 'Park Ha-seong' or Kang Woo-jin was the main character.

in other words.

"Please share these two poster storyboards with Woojin-gun."

This meant that Kang Woo-jin's face was going to be featured in a large screen at Cannes.

A few hours later, Japan.

Kang Woo-jin arrived in Japan for a short three-day schedule. It was late morning when he departed from Gimpo Airport and landed at Haneda Airport in Japan. Woojin, who entered the arrival hall, became several times more cynical than usual.

'Wow, a lot of reporters came here.'

The reason was simple.

-Pabababak!

-Pababababak!!

Hundreds of fans and onlookers, including Japanese reporters, gathered to see Kang Woo-jin who appeared at the departure hall. According to Kang Woo-jin, who often comes to Japan, it was the largest crowd so far.

Screams and screams telling people to leave the departure hall.

"Aaaah!!"

"Kang Woo-jin! Kang Woo-jin!!"

"Aye!!!"

And the reporters' evil voices were buried in that enormous sound.

"Mr. Kang Woo-jin!!*%&%#)%#%!"

"(#)%(*@$@*'unfamiliar'#)*(#%"

"Woojin!!#%()%*#)(%'Male Friend: Remake'@#@"

There were words mixed in here and there, but it was impossible to tell what was being said overall. Anyway, Kang Woo-jin left the airport while casually waving to reporters and fans.

About this time with Korea.

『[Star Talk] Kang Woo-jin leaves for Japan for the production presentation of 'Familiar Parasite' / Photo』

Naturally, the Japanese media was simultaneously reporting on Kang Woo-jin's actions. In particular, Japan, where many recent issues have been huge, was bound to be more severe. Anyway, Woojin is from the Kashihi Group. To be precise, we boarded the van prepared by Chairman Hideki and moved to the 'Kashihi Tokyo Hotel', which had been confirmed as our accommodation.

Kang Woo-jin's first schedule in Japan was interviews with two famous Japanese magazines regarding 'Male Friend: Remake'.

This moment.

"uh!!"

"omg! brother Brother! Look over there! "On top of the building!"

"oh my god!!"

The stylist team riding in the same van made a fuss. Thanks to this, Woojin's gaze, which had an indifferent face, was directed to the direction they pointed to. Kang Woo-jin also exclaimed. Of course, only on the inside.

'crazy?? Is that me??!'

A video of the animation 'Boyfriend: Remake' was being displayed on a billboard hanging on top of a large building. Of course, it was an advertisement, and Kang Woo-jin's face appeared in the middle. It was natural that Kang Woo-jin was the key voice actor in the hit animation. Now, it wasn't strange at all for Woojin's face to be plastered in downtown Tokyo.

'You're a bitch, something-'

Even this wasn't the end.

"uh! "Over there, next to the bus!"

"evil! It's real! brother! Woojin oppa! "Your face was even on the bus!"

"ah? "The life-size figure in front of that store looks like Woojin's oppa??!"

Kang Woo-jin was all over Tokyo.

Afterwards.

Kang Woo-jin, who tried hard to hide his embarrassment, completed the first day's schedule in Japan without difficulty. He took countless photos for each magazine he interviewed with, to the point where it was reminiscent of a photo shoot.

Around late afternoon, Kang Woo-jin met Director Kyotaro for a meal.

"Haha, Mr. Woojin. It's only been a few months, but it feels like a really long time. "Your face has gotten better since then."

"Hello, Director."

"Let's sit down first."

Director Kyotaro, who had been accelerating the editing of 'The Stranger', immediately recited the progress.

"If we continue at this pace, editing will be completed by the end of September without any problems."

"yes. "It has been delivered."

While answering, Woojin muttered to himself.

'Seup – the end of September. It's a bit ambiguous. 'If I do well, I might end up on the wrong side of going to Cannes as a 'leech.'

That was true. The Cannes Film Festival related to 'Leech' opens on September 30th, but Kang Woo-jin had to board a plane before then. So he didn't know that it might be difficult to attend the finished product test before the preview of 'The Familiar Gisaeng'. Director Kyotaro didn't know this either.

"Cannes falls on September 30th this year, right?"

I told Kang Woo-jin in advance.

"hmm. I'm not sure of the exact date when editing will end, but it's likely to be around there. "The screening test will be conducted within a few days after editing."

"It may be difficult to attend."

"I know, there's nothing you can do. Because Woojin is very busy. "If your schedule is okay, please attend the test. If it's difficult, just get together with other actors and take the test."

The finished product of 'Unfamiliar Parasite'. To be honest, I also wanted to see Woojin if possible.

'It's my first Japanese film, so I'd like to check it out – but I can't postpone the Cannes schedule.'

What can we do? If it is realistically difficult to meet the schedule, you have no choice but to give up on one side.

'Tsk, if you're having a hard time, you can secretly watch 'Familiar' at the movie theater when it's released.'

Director Kyotaro then recited information about the production presentation to be held tomorrow. The location was the 'Kashihi Tokyo Hotel', where the script reading for 'Familiar Gisaeng' was held and which Kang Woo-jin currently uses as a lodging. It must have 100% contained Chairman Hideki's intentions. In a way, I was fortunate. There is no need to rush and you can just rest at your accommodation and go down on time.

Woojin finished his meal like that.

"Then shall we go?"

"Yes, director."

He moved to 'Kashihi Tokyo Hotel' with director Kyotaro. Kang Woo-jin monopolized the attention of numerous guests from the hotel lobby. Then he entered the hotel's very large hall. Specifically, he visited the large hall for the production presentation to be held tomorrow.

'Wow, I'm so scared. 'Isn't it twice as wide as when I read the script?'

Preparatory settings for the production presentation had already been completed. There were hundreds of desks spread throughout the hall, a large platform in front, and a long table above it. Small cameras were set up all over the hall, and Japanese staff were busy manipulating something with larger cameras behind and diagonally.

When Woojin saw them, Director Kyotaro smiled slightly and explained.

"This is the live broadcast team. Did you hear? Tomorrow's production presentation will be hosted on YouTube and will also be streamed live. "About 150 reporters are expected to gather."

"Is that so?"

"Including our people and officials, the number will easily exceed 250 people. The public who will participate in streaming – well, it will be in the tens of thousands. How is it? Haha, just like Woojin said, I made the plate about twice as big."

"······"

Woojin, who looked around the huge hall for a moment, answered lowly.

"Not bad."

"thank god. Tomorrow, no one will stop Woojin."

Director Kyotaro's smile deepened.

"You can do whatever you want."

What on earth? Woojin felt a strange odor of illusion in Director Kyotaro's eyes.

'Why are this guy's eyes sparkling?'

Anyway, after Kang Woo-jin and Director Kyotaro parted ways after completing the preliminary tour of the hall, Woo-jin met Choi Seong-geon again, who was waiting in the lobby while remaining puzzled. What's funny is that he had a tablet in his hand.

"it's over?"

"yes."

Choi Seong-gun nodded and held the tablet as he moved toward the elevator. And then.

"Are you going to get a house from Miley Cara as a gift? "On the LA side."

house? What house? Woojin, who was seeing this for the first time, silently shook his head.

"no."

"But why- No, first of all, Kara sent the company a list of houses in LA. "Check it first."

Woojin, whose mind was filled with question marks, tried to act calm and checked the tablet screen. At the same time, they screamed. Of course, only on the inside.

"······"

It was natural. The first view of the house.

'What the heck!! Wow- crazy!! Is there a swimming pool too? 'This is a house??'

Because it was closer to a mansion with a swimming pool.

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