The Third-Gen Chaebol Becomes a Genius Actor

Chapter 150 < How did he do in the shoot? >

It was about time for dinner. The five of them, joined by Director Park and Lee Taegyeom, moved to a restaurant near their agency.

“Please eat a lot, Han-gyeol.”

“Thank you.”

From the perspective of President Han, Lee Han-gyeol was an artist who made his mouth water. He was a member of a popular idol group that had temporarily disbanded, but he had a solid fan base. 

Thanks to the success of the legend, a comeback from the brink of ruin, he also had quite a few investors, and his popularity didn’t drop even when he went to the army.

“But why did you do that?”

“What?”

“That. The investment thing.”

As soon as their contracts expired, all of the members of One Seven announced their positions through KimI-jun’s SNS.

Yoo Yeon Seo thought they should have just parted ways, instead of making a fuss about it, but One Seven felt that it was unfair to keep their mouths shut when they had received something. They also felt more awkward because they had blamed the agency too much, swayed by the fans’ reactions.

“I was going to reveal it at the right moment. I was tied to a contract with them, that’s why.”

“What if you get a disadvantage by revealing it?”

It wasn’t really a question of concern. Lee Han-gyeol laughed bitterly.

“You seem to forget, but I’m older than you.”

When the contract expiration date came, some agencies would pressure the members with media play, saying things like ‘The other members renewed their contracts. Why don’t you?’ or reveal their dating scandals or bad personalities if the renewal failed. But AST Entertainment was quiet.

And if Yoo Yeon Seo knew the president of that agency, he was the kind of person who would do such dirty media play. But strangely, he was silent.

“Wasn’t that because you took care of it?”

“Me?”

Yoo Yeon Seo frowned as if he had no idea what he was talking about. He wasn’t the kind of person who would think of such things… Ah, Im Seung-hyun. He remembered what his secretary said, that he would handle it.

“My secretary did it.”

“Then you did it.”

“No, I didn’t.”

He looked at his face and he seemed to have misunderstood… Yoo Yeon Seo suddenly felt a gaze and turned his head. President Han, who was sitting at the next table, was looking at them with a smug smile, resting his chin on his hand.

“Wow, look at the loyalty. You look good together.”

“President Han, why are you so gross?”

“You should see each other more often and get along, you need to soften your personality.”

“Do you think I’m a kid? Do I need the president’s help to date someone?”

“Why are you talking like that? You’re showing your old personality.”

“I’ve always been like this.”

Lee Han-gyeol watched the argument between the agency president and the actor with curious eyes. It was something he couldn’t even imagine.

Choi Dong-won, the president of AST Entertainment, had a domineering personality. He always told them that they failed because they had no talent, and crushed their spirits. He had a coercive and authoritative temperament, so it was impossible for him to have such a casual conversation.

Well, Yoo Yeon Seo had a backer, so he didn’t give in to President Choi… Lee Han-gyeol thought and opened his mouth.

“Can you talk to the president like that?”

“Yeah, I can. I’m going to eat this company anyway.”

“Really?”

Lee Han-gyeol asked President Han. Director Park, who heard that for the first time, choked and coughed.

“Well… I haven’t stamped it yet.”

President Han’s voice got smaller. He probably felt reluctant to sell the company he had raised with love for money. He seemed to be hesitating, but he would probably give in soon.

“But why this company, of all places? You could have had better conditions elsewhere.”

“Yeon Seo… Don’t you like our company? You said you’d eat it…”

Our company has good conditions too… Yoo Yeon Seo ignored President Han’s protest.

“I’m not coming here because of you, but because the conditions and environment are good.”

Halo Media had its own production company and a strong lineup of actors. They also had the will to promote new actors, even if they had to sell them hard.

“And the filmography of the actors here is really good, right?”

“Hmm… Is it?”

“Yeah, it’s all over the news. They say this company gets good works.”

As soon as he heard that, Yoo Yeon Seo burst into laughter. The truth was, half of the reason why that rumor spread was because Yoo Yeon Seo had picked up the works he had dropped because he was interested but couldn’t do them due to his schedule.

“That’s actually thanks to me. I did a lot of them.”

“Ugh, I can’t argue with that.”

“So just be quiet and let me eat you.”

Yoo Yeon Seo clinked his water glass with Han Daepyo’s, as if toasting with him. Lee Hangyeol raised an eyebrow.

“Are you giving up on music altogether? Didn’t you compose songs?”

“······I quit that a long time ago. I only did it for a while when I was a trainee.”

“Really?”

His memories were jumbled, so he sometimes said things like that. Yoo Yeon Seo frowned. Suddenly, Lee Hangyeol’s eyes widened.

“Are you bleeding from your nose?”

“Ah, again······ Do you have my handkerchief?”

“Here.”

It wasn’t the first or second time, so Lee Taegyeom naturally handed him a soft handkerchief, and Yoo Yeon Seo casually plugged his nose.

“Do you get nosebleeds often? You even carry that around.”

“Sometimes, just a sec.”

His manager, who didn’t care even when he had nosebleeds, jumped up when he left his seat. Lee Hangyeol observed the scene with interest. Yoo Yeon Seo shook his phone screen at Lee Taegyeom.

“Where are you going?”

“Hyung’s call.”

“Oh, okay.”

He sat down, relieved. If he left him alone and he collapsed or something, he would get scolded by Lim Seunghyun.

Han Daepyo and Park Siljang leaned back and looked at Yoo Yeon Seo until he completely left the room, then turned to Lee Taegyeom.

“So, how did he do in the shooting? He missed a day, right?”

“Wow, you’re quick to ask. He did well. The shooting atmosphere was also very good.”

“Really? That’s a relief.”

“But why did he miss a day?”

He remembered that he had missed a day before, too······ Lee Hangyeol’s suspicion grew.

“He just got too immersed in his acting and felt exhausted.”

“Oh······ Really?”

“I’m sure you’ll see it when you see the final product. Everyone praised him for being amazing.”

“Wow······ I never thought I’d hear that about our kid.”

It would have been unimaginable in the past. Han Daepyo, who had sworn off drinking, ordered a bottle of liquor and shared it with Park Siljang.

“······Excuse me, manager-nim.”

“Yes?”

“He’s not really raising a dog, right? I don’t see any pictures on his SNS.”

“Right?”

But why did he say that then? Lee Hangyeol wondered, and Lee Taegyeom, who realized it belatedly, covered his mouth with his hand. He rolled his eyes and looked at Lee Hangyeol’s expression. Come to think of it, this guy smelled similar to Lim Seunghyun.

“······He does have one.”

Lee Hangyeol, spotted meeting with an agency official during his last vacation

One Seven’s Lee Hangyeol, joining Halo Media? Dinner with the CEO and Yoo Yeon Seo

-Lee Hangyeol is going to Halo?

Isn’t that Yoo Yeon Seo’s agency?

└Wow congrats

└He joined a good place

└I like him, he’s turning things around

-But why Halo of all places?

I don’t like that;; Why the same agency as Yoo Yeon Seoㅋ

└Why not the same agency?

└It’s disgusting how you’re trying to suck up to him now, when you were bashing him before

└└Who bashed him?

└└└Don’t you remember him saying he had a hard time because of the member who left? Want me to give you the link?

└└└└He didn’t know about the investment then

└└It’s too much to say he’s sucking up just because they’re in the same agency, right?

-I honestly wish he didn’t get involved with ㅇㅅㅂ

└22

└3333

└Yeah, me too, he’s a group killer ㅅㅂ

-Honestly, it seems like the haters of Lee Han-gyeol have flocked to this fanfic.

Stop using my actor for your hate comments.

-Wow, but this is a reversal of fortune. I used to hope that he wouldn’t get involved with Yoo Yeon Seo, lol.

Now it’s the opposite, lol. I still can’t forget the insults he got back then, lol.

└He should experience the same thing, lol, lol.

└└But let’s not become like them.

└Honestly, aren’t the fans of One Seven funny? As soon as the truth came out, they started saying they were fans of Seven all along, lol.

└└They were high on the reverse run, saying that our kids couldn’t make it because of Yoo Yeon Seo, but it turned out that the one who sucked the blood was that guy.

└└└Who paid for the albums that kept them on the reverse run?

The next day, Yoo Yeon Seo visited the movie theater for the first time in a long time. As soon as he got off the elevator, flashes went off everywhere. Yoo Yeon Seo didn’t blink an eye, as if he had gotten used to it.

“Yeon Seo!”

“You’re here?”

The directors Lee Jung-hoon and Cheon Seong-min, who were interviewing in front of the reporters, waved their hands.

“Long time no see.”

“Uh… but is the screening room really here?”

“Yes.”

“Here?”

Lee Jung-hoon stared blankly at the entrance of the screening room that he was about to enter. It was the largest screen in Korea.

“I have some dignity, you know. It’s not cool to screen in a regular theater.”

If you’re going to do it, you might as well do it big, right? Lee Jung-hoon looked touched by that remark. Oh, he shouldn’t be moved already.

“What is this?”

“A debut celebration gift. It’s nothing much.”

“Wow…”

Today was the day of the press screening of Lee Jung-hoon’s directorial debut film ‘Only’. There were so many seats left that they invited some people from the media, and they also told the director’s acquaintances to invite whoever they wanted.

“Director Cheon, isn’t this an expensive wine?”

“This is… wow…”

Lee Jung-hoon’s film ‘Only’ was supposed to be released in early 2022, but it was postponed because a foreign comic-based blockbuster series landed at that time.

Director Cheon Seong-min’s eyes sparkled like a child’s at the wine gift that Lee Jung-hoon received.

“Oh… Can I get that gift too?”

“I’ll give it to you if you win an award at a film festival.”

“Why is the bar so high for me?”

“Why? You’ll win at least one, right?”

Yoo Yeon Seo, who was joking with Director Cheon, glanced at Lee Jung-hoon, who was showing off his wine to his acquaintances. He had built a lot of connections since he was a screenwriter for Director Cheon.

‘I wish he brought some useful people…’

He didn’t know, but it was quite fun to raise people. He looked at how he changed from a timid first impression of being robbed of his synopsis to a dignified director now. He realized that there was nothing money couldn’t do.

“But the film company Goo Sang didn’t come? I even put stickers on the invitations…”

“You have a bad hobby, you know.”

“It’s fun.”

Director Cheon laughed at that answer, and Yoo Yeon Seo also laughed out loud. Some of the people who were buzzing behind them came up to them.

“Director, hello.”

“Huh? Yeon Seo is here too… I saw you at the awards ceremony…”

They were the actors who participated in ‘Only’. They greeted Director Cheon warmly and turned their bodies to look at Yoo Yeon Seo with shining eyes. Oh, was their goal not Director Cheon but me?

“By the way, did Oh Jin-sung senior not come?”

“No, he said he had a schedule.”

As if… Yoo Yeon Seo snickered. He didn’t know, but he seemed to enjoy raising people and making others avoid him because of him.

“We should go in soon.”

“Okay. I’ve arranged good seats for you, directors.”

It was probably Cha, his secretary, who did it. Yoo Yeon Seo led the two directors into the screening room. It seemed like everyone who received the invitation except the film company Goo Sang had taken their seats.

Lee Jung-hoon looked around slowly at the people who filled the seats before he sat down. He felt nostalgic. He clenched his trembling chest and stared at the screen.

(Produced and distributed by JS Entertainment)

(Producer/Investor: Yoo Yeon Seo)

Two concise sentences written on a black screen, followed by a cool title sequence and the names of the actors. And then… finally, the moment he had been waiting for.

(Director: Lee Jung-hoon)

The sight of his three-letter name filling the movie theater as the director, Lee Jung-hoon felt a surge of emotion.