NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor

Kim Joo-seong returned home under Park Jung-hyun’s protection.

– For now, staying at home is actually safer. We’ve caused confusion in their information network, so they won’t approach you recklessly.

Kim Joo-seong listened to a lengthy explanation from the man on the other end of the phone.

“So you’re saying that a group whose identity we can’t confirm has been plotting to swallow up LN Media, and you deployed agents in advance anticipating that my safety would be threatened.”

– That’s correct.

Kim Joo-seong sat on the sofa, rubbing his face as if wiping it dry, then picked up his smartphone again.

“What do I need to do from now on?”

– We don’t want anything from you. We’ve only stepped in to ensure your safety. So of course, you can do as you please, but…

Yeon-woo, speaking with a voice modulator, stroked his chin as he watched Kim Joo-seong on the screen transmitted by Park Jung-hyun.

CEO Kim Joo-seong.

Though it was ultimately a business relationship, they had grown quite fond of each other over the years they’d spent together.

Until now, he had fully supported whatever Yeon-woo wanted to do and had been a reliable ally.

He’s a person who has walked the straight and narrow path, running his agency and production company with policies friendly to his contracted celebrities.

And then Yeon-woo spoke.

“If Mr. Kim Joo-seong cooperates, I’d like to pursue a path that kills three birds with one stone.”

Then Kim Joo-seong’s voice came through the headset from the other end of the line.

– Three birds with one stone?

Yeon-woo grinned at Kim Joo-seong’s voice.

“A significant blow to that mysterious group, guaranteed future safety for Kim Joo-seong, and some minor benefits as a byproduct. Three things in total.”

After ending the long conversation with Kim Joo-seong that followed, Yeon-woo activated the communication channel with Han Hae-woon.

“Let’s prepare for the next operation.”

– Yes, understood. Oh, and about ‘that person’s’ schedule you asked about last time.

“Did you figure it out?”

– I’ll send it to you as an attachment.

Yeon-woo nodded at Han Hae-woon’s words and soon received the attached file.

According to the attached schedule, ‘that individual’ would be staying in Jeju Island for the next few days.

‘Hmm, Jeju Island…’

He must go to meet ‘that individual’.

After all, they would be the game changer to expand this operation even further.

‘I’ll need to come up with an excuse to visit Jeju Island soon.’

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In an ordinary office, a man with slicked-back hair sat in a chair, holding a pressure point massage ball in his hand.

In front of him, another man holding a report was giving a briefing.

After listening for a while, the man with slicked-back hair let out a deep sigh and asked in a gravelly voice,

“So you’re saying that the Triad got involved and Golden Boy was taken out?”

“According to Golden Boy’s report, that’s correct. They mentioned Caihong, apparently.”

The man with slicked-back hair frowned and scratched his beard with his fingernail.

Caihong. In other words, Rainbow is the symbol of the Triad.

“Hmm, the Triad, huh. There shouldn’t be anything worth their while, though?”

“It’s possible their underlings acted on their own. I’ve been hearing that their succession situation is in disarray these days.”

“Has that old geezer Li Weifeng already reached that age?”

The man giving the report nodded.

“They say it could be any day now.”

“…Let’s just keep an eye on the situation for now. There’s no reason to take risks over one entertainment company. Tell them to manage those board members well. As long as we keep a tight grip on them, there shouldn’t be any problems, right?”

“Yes. You don’t need to worry about LN’s board members.”

As the man finished his report and was about to leave the room, the slicked-back hair man seemed to remember something and added,

“Ah, what happened to Golden Boy?”

“His left knee was shattered, they say. The hired operatives we deployed for the operation have all been dealt with and incinerated.”

Hearing the answer, the man shook his head and clicked his tongue.

“Tsk. Alright. You can go now.”

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Time passed and it became Monday.

Yeon-woo used his disguised identity as Terrence Williams to take out a loan using the Mokwha Building as collateral.

He then combined this with the second round of profits from “White Blood” to secure funds.

As soon as the stock market opened, CEO Kim Joo-seong began throwing some of his holdings into the market as planned, and the investment company owned by Terrence Williams absorbed that volume.

Naturally, as the stock price fluctuated and trading volume increased, retail investors started to join in on the buying.

With the recent huge success of “White Blood,” day traders who had been watching cautiously decided to buy in.

Since the good news related to Netflix had already been somewhat priced in, professional investors who had been weighing whether the current stock price was overvalued compared to actual earnings entered the market after seeing the increased trading volume.

‘It’s hard to see the people entering the market now as simple retail investors. Institutional investors wouldn’t be interested because the scale is too small for them to target, and it’s too difficult for ordinary individuals to enter.’

For production companies or entertainment companies, it’s difficult to expect an unconditional stock price increase just because one project is successful.

Whether it’s a drama or a movie, so many companies’ interests are intertwined in a single project, and it’s hard to judge whether the stock price that has already been priced in from the moment of airing is higher than its actual value or not.

Yeon-woo organized these thoughts as he made his way to the office on the second floor of the theater company.

When he entered the office, the members of the theater company were sitting on the sofa, chatting.

Yeon-woo had already removed this week’s performance from the schedule planning stage to give the theater company members, who had worked hard for over a month, a reward vacation and time to refresh.

“Does anyone have any plans during the break?”

Everyone shook their heads at Yeon-woo’s question.

“Not really. I had cleared my schedule because we originally had a performance.”

“I don’t have anything either. I was just thinking of resting at home or coming to the theater to practice…”

Yeon-woo looked at the members and grinned.

“Then how about going to Jeju Island? The theater director’s treat.”

At Yeon-woo’s words, Woo Seong-sik nodded as if he had expected it, while Kim Se-young’s eyes widened.

“Really?! Jeju Island?!”

“Our theater company’s employee benefits are insane.”

“I knew Yeon-woo had something prepared.”

Yeon-woo smiled and nodded at the members’ reactions.

“Yu-han can come too, right?”

Jin Yu-han nodded at Yeon-woo’s question.

“Of course. I’m a member of ‘New Star Theater Company’ too.”

Yeon-woo nodded at Jin Yu-han’s answer and continued.

“I’ll prepare it luxuriously. I asked Director Lim in advance, but he said he couldn’t come because of a memorial service and was stomping his feet.”

“Ah, poor Lighting Director.”

“Luxurious! I wonder how nice it will be if a rich person like Yeon-woo says it’s luxurious.”

At the mention of being rich, Yeon-woo scratched the back of his head.

Well, it wasn’t exactly wrong.

Although it was still far from enough to face forces like Baek Sol, from an individual’s perspective, he had become a person of considerable wealth.

“Alright. Then I’ll post the time in the group chat, so everyone pack lightly and let’s meet at Gimpo Airport tomorrow. If you’re late, we’ll leave without you.”

“Okay!”

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The next day, the plane carrying the excited members landed at Jeju Airport.

As they exited the gate, Woo Seong-sik stretched.

“Ah, thanks to Yeon-woo, we even got to fly business cla… Mmph!”

“Shh! Don’t say Yeon-woo and Yu-han’s names.”

Kim Se-young quickly covered Woo Seong-sik’s mouth.

“Oh, right. I keep forgetting.”

Woo Seong-sik scratched his head.

Of course, he was aware that they were celebrities, but since they were familiar faces he’d known since their student days, it was hard to think of them as world stars who could paralyze an airport just by mentioning their names.

Yeon-woo chuckled as he watched Woo Seong-sik.

“The price difference for business class to Jeju isn’t that big. Let’s head to the parking lot. The driver will be waiting.”

“Driver? We even have a driver?”

“I told you. Ultra-luxurious.”

“Let’s go! Let’s go!”

At Yeon-woo’s words, the members excitedly crossed the airport.

After loading their luggage into the car and setting off, the members’ eyes widened once again when they arrived at the hotel.

They had rented an entire separate building of a luxury hotel overlooking Jungmun Beach.

Of course, it was a natural choice not only for Yeon-woo’s privacy but also because Jin Yu-han was part of the group.

Seeing his friends excitedly pulling their suitcases, a smile spread across Yeon-woo’s face.

Watching this scene from behind reminded him of the school lunch expedition group arriving at Bernard Penton’s hotel in LA.

‘I wonder if Mr. Penton felt like this back then. Though this hotel isn’t mine, of course.’

He thought about giving the agents a luxurious vacation too once this operation was over.

Meanwhile, the members unpacked in their chosen rooms.

“Hey! The water’s heated! Let’s get in!”

When Woo Seong-sik dipped his foot in the infinity pool and shouted, Kim Jun-su took off his shirt at the speed of light.

Kim Se-young covered her eyes in response.

“Hey! Have some consideration for your noona!”

“Huh? I didn’t know we had a woman in our theater company.”

“What did you say, you brat!”

It was clear how close the members had become, having lived and worked together for months since the practice period began.

Watching the members play in the pool, Yeon-woo sat on a sun bed checking his smartphone.

He nodded as he looked at the real-time reports from Han Hae-un.

While Yeon-woo and the members were on vacation in Jeju, LN Media’s stock was constantly fluctuating, and Terrence Williams’ investment company had picked up the shares Kim Joo-seong had thrown into the market, purchasing a total of 1.6 million shares at an average price of 18,000 won.

This made Baek Sol stir.

‘So they bought the shares at a loss by throwing them into the market during trading hours for this purpose.’

Usually, when trading such large quantities of shares, it’s done after the market closes in after-hours trading.

This is because if someone buys or sells a large number of shares during market hours, it can affect the stock price due to the large volume of trades.

However, by trading Kim Joo-seong’s shareholdings during market hours, they showed Baek Sol that this wasn’t an agreed-upon transaction.

As soon as Terrence’s shareholding reached 7 percent, Baek Sol, sensing something was off, began to take action.

To prevent losing any more shares, when Kim Joo-seong set up a sell wall, Baek Sol immediately swallowed it up, aggressively buying shares.

Since Yeon-woo had already spent all his money buying the initial shares, Baek Sol’s purchases were like shadow boxing with no opponent.

As a result, LN Media’s stock price continued to rise.

This pattern repeated throughout the week while they were on vacation in Jeju, and LN’s stock price reached 28,000 won, the target price set by securities firms.

This was the expected target price after the earnings report was released.

In other words, if it had already reached the target price before the earnings report was even out, there was no point in buying more unless there was additional positive news.

As a result, most investment firms revised their investment opinions to sell, and as the continuously rising stock price began to show mixed trends, individual investors also started to dump their shares.

– Something big is coming soon, everyone bail out

– Talk about a pump and dump lol We’ve eaten enough, now it’s time to get out

– Oh man, the returns are insane. I’m off to buy a car right now. Is this difficulty level for real?

– Thanks to White Blood, I’m leaving with a full stomach hahaha

Yeon-woo nodded as he looked over the reactions on the stock community.

So far, no individual investors had lost money.

Of course, they shouldn’t have. The stock price had been rising fiercely day after day.

But when it falls, it will crash like a highway.

‘The regular individual investors should all get out here. Baek Sol needs to eat up that volume too.’

Combining the shares held by Kim Joo-seong and what Yeon-woo had picked up from the market, there was still over 10 percent of the shares remaining.

Yeon-woo alone held 7 percent under Terrence Williams’ company name.

But now wasn’t the time to liquidate their holdings.

To deal a bigger blow to Baek Sol and for Yeon-woo and Kim Joo-seong to profit, they still needed one big move.

“We need more fuel.”

“Huh? What fuel?”

Yeon-woo grinned at Woo Seong-sik’s question.

“I have a quick schedule today, so I’ll be going out alone for a bit.”

“What? You alone? Isn’t that dangerous?”

Yeon-woo shook his head in response.

“They’ll probably come to pick me up.”

Yeon-woo pulled out a business card from his wallet.

‘Time to use this now.’

Someone currently scheduled to be in Jeju.

The game changer who would greatly expand this game.

The elegant business card simply had a name on it.

– Lee Han Group Chairman Seo Tae-kwang.