NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor

The first signal flare was fired by a newspaper.

Most media outlets didn’t expect “White Blood” to achieve the global top ranking because its ranking calculation score was quite low compared to “Alliance,” which originally held the first place.

However, Han-sae Daily reporter Jung Yoo-jin was different.

She was the reporter who, with Yeon-woo’s help in Berlin, secured the first exclusive interview with the “Sketch” team among domestic media and exclusively reported on the Golden Bear Award win and the Berlin Film Festival scene.

And Jung Yoo-jin was a full member of the fan cafe Wooz.

Borrowing the power of faith (?) that firmly believed the world’s viewers would surely recognize its true value once the final episode was released, Reporter Jung was checking the global rankings as frequently as LN Entertainment and Snobbish Mount, and as soon as it reached first place, she simultaneously released the article she had prepared in advance.

Afterwards, with the help of other media outlets rushing to write articles, the news pages of South Korea began to be plastered with news of “White Blood,” extending beyond the entertainment section to the society and economy sections.

– K-content has done it. “White Blood” dominates the global market

– How far will Ryu Yeon-woo go? “White Blood” achieves global No. 1

– Achieving global No. 1 in the OTT market with homegrown content. What’s the secret? Cultural critic Lee Jung-bin’s…

– The direct and indirect economic effects on industries such as tourism due to “White Blood” achieving global No. 1 are expected to reach up to 1 trillion won…

Articles pouring out like a broken dam.

Of course, the articles were the polite ones.

The national pride channels that have been sprouting up on YouTube these days started to take it a step further.

– The story of how the whole world cried, was shocked, and surrendered at a single line from White Blood

– The truth about “White Blood,” which makes Japan tremble and even developed countries envious…

Those trying to maximize views by jumping on the issue with such provocative titles also appeared.

Then, on the other hand, as a reaction, malicious articles began to appear.

– “White Blood” might end up being just a flash in the pan. Looking at global ranking market share by population…

– “White Blood” succeeded in burglary while “Alliance” was off guard. Soon to be reversed…

In response to such articles, bloody battles erupted mercilessly in the comment sections.

– Are you kidding, reporter? Burglary? Does Netflix’s global No. 1 ranking look like child’s play that can be achieved through burglary to you?

└ Oh, here comes another Blood shield? Sure, reaching No. 1 is impressive, but you need to face reality. It’s bound to be overtaken again eventually. Stop drinking that national pride Kool-Aid.

└ What Blood shield? While you losers are leaving these malicious comments, it’s already been maintaining the No. 1 spot for 6 hours.

Such controversies began to dissipate somewhat as someone posted a screenshot of the current situation in Ryu Yeon-woo’s fan cafe Wooz, which circulated around communities.

– [Guys, this is the real-time status of Ryu Yeon-woo’s fan cafe right now.]

– (No.25673) I want to join the Deer Eyes fan website. How do I do that?

– (No.25674) I want to sign up for full-time membership. Do I need to pay?

– (No.25675) His gentle smile melted me. I want more information about him.

– (No.25676) What are deer antlers? I demand a quick explanation about this.

Posts run through translation engines began to increase rapidly in real-time due to fans flooding in from overseas.

At that moment, Yeon-woo was grilling meat at a dinner party held to celebrate the release of the final episode.

“Hyung!”

Dong-ha, who had become close during filming, called out familiarly as he moved to the seat next to him.

“Do you know it’s going crazy on Reddit in real-time right now?”

“Reddit?”

Reddit is the largest community for English-speaking internet users.

It’s a community with a system where comments continue in a thread once it’s opened.

Dong-ha held up his smartphone to show Yeon-woo.

– Those who have watched all of “White Blood”. What do you think about the main character? [Information Sharing]

The comments that first started appearing on that post were mainly about Ryu Yeon-woo’s filmography on his profile or discussions about the story of “White Blood”.

But from the middle, as Koreans presumed to be members of Wooz started to join in, it began to take a different direction.

– Foreigners, get a taste of this sweet Yeon-woo.gif

They started posting several scenes of Yeon-woo from when he appeared in “Summer’s Promise,” and afterwards, other fans joined in as well.

– Determined squash Yeon-woo during interview.gif

– Emotional Yeon-woo with eyes full of melancholy in Sketch.gif

– Emotions are already taken, so here’s Pierre Choi’s personality disorder Yeon-woo.gif

Foreign users who were hanging out in the thread were wide-eyed at the countless gif bombardment.

– What? He’s clearly not that old, but how many movies has he filmed so far?

– Maybe he started his career very young like Ashley Vita? K-POP idols start their activities at a young age too.

– Hey Bro. What are you talking about? Look at those pictures. They all look pretty much the same as he does now. These were all taken when he was already an adult.

Domestic fans judged that the timing was right for Yeon-woo and began to row vigorously.

And we’re talking about a giant oar that crosses the Pacific Ocean to go overseas.

Domestic gifs started to be transformed and exported as overseas memes, and as a variety show that was filmed before achieving first place was released domestically, the reputation of White Blood and Ryu Yeon-woo began to peak.

Director Hwang Min-kwon had appeared on a national MC’s variety program where successful guests from various fields are invited for comfortable conversations, and it was now being aired.

Originally, Director Hwang Min-kwon was very shy in official settings and had hidden behind Yeon-woo, leaving everything to him during the launch event. But thinking that he should do something as a director since the series was such a great success, he had accepted the variety show invitation.

Whether it was consideration from the production team there, the air date was the day when the last episode of “White Blood” was released.

That is, today.

Although they had achieved first place even before receiving that consideration.

Director Jung Yo-han, grinning and standing up with the remote control at the meat restaurant.

“Come on, everyone. Today is Director Hwang’s variety show debut day. It’s time to start now. Hehehe.”

“Hey! I wasn’t telling anyone! I was trying to slip by quietly, why are you saying it!”

As Hwang Min-kwon became flustered, Han byul, who was attending the company dinner with her mother, raised her hand high.

“Director! I already knew everything from the news articles!”

“Me too.”

Joeng Soo-yeon also chimed in with a smile.

“Well then, shall we watch it together?”

“Aaagh!”

Director Hwang Min-kwon, apparently lacking the courage to watch together, ran out of the meat restaurant.

– Ah, hello. I’m Hwang, Hwang Min-kwon, who took on the appearance in “White Blood” this time.

– The director is too nervous. You took on the direction, not the appearance. Honey, help him relax.

– Ah, yes, I understand. Then, if it’s not too much trouble, director, could we start with how much income was generated from this work…

– Hey, honey. Why are you talking about money?

Rather, Director Hwang Min-kwon’s nervous character came across as friendly, and the show got off to a smooth start.

After the talk about the filming flowed, the assistant MC opened his mouth.

– I heard there was quite a unique production behind-the-scenes story until Director Hwang took on this work.

Hearing that question, Director Hwang nodded.

The previous bumbling appearance was nowhere to be seen, and his gaze became steady.

The thought that this, at least, needed to be said properly was conveyed even to the viewers.

– Yes, that’s right. I was actually a failed unknown director. As usual, I was just sitting at home wearing only a running shirt, ordering jjamppong and patting my full belly. Then I happened to see an interview with our protagonist, actor Ryu Yeon-woo, as he came back after winning the Golden Bear award for “Sketch”.

Then, the footage of Yeon-woo talking about romance was shown as reference material.

– I went there without any plan. With the intention of grabbing onto even his pant leg if I had to. Now that I think about it, I don’t know where that courage came from. I lied that I had an appointment with the CEO and before I could be caught, I forcefully made my way up to the top floor of the building.

And he went on to tell the story of meeting Ryu Yeon-woo, and the process of LN Entertainment’s CEO and Ryu Yeon-woo accepting after reading the scenario.

The MCs, sensing that this would be an incredible topic of conversation, kept their mouths shut and listened quietly, when normally they would have intervened to add humor.

– And to refine my messy scenario, actor Ryu Yeon-woo personally recruited writer Kim Jin-joo and actively participated in the story planning.

After revealing all the behind-the-scenes production stories, Director Hwang Min-kwon said with a slightly choked-up voice.

– Actor Ryu Yeon-woo is Korea’s best actor and the ideal type that all directors dream of. At least for me, that’s the case.

“Ooooh.”

The production team and actors at the meat restaurant cheered while looking at Yeon-woo.

This statement applied to everyone here.

It was because Yeon-woo decided to make this work that the people gathered here were able to film it.

Hearing the cheers from inside the restaurant, Director Hwang Min-kwon, thinking the variety show had more or less wrapped up, came back in.

Then Yeon-woo, grinning, looked at Director Hwang Min-kwon and said,

“Director, did you cry because of me?”

“Aack!”

Director Hwang Min-kwon closed the door he was opening and ran away.

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The next day, “White Blood” was still steadily maintaining its first place position and continuing to shake up South Korea, but the person in question, Yeon-woo, contacted none other than Han Hae-woon as soon as he woke up.

– I think it’s about time we move on to the next step. Remember the list I mentioned before? Start making it in earnest.

– Han Hae-woon: The time has come, I see. Understood.

It was unknown how long Baek Sol would continue with these childish tactics.

So far, the attacks on LN Entertainment were just at the level of testing jabs, but if they set their minds to it, they could become wolves rushing in to bite with their gloves off.

‘They’re the kind who don’t distinguish between legal and illegal from the start.’

To prepare for that, he’s thinking of securing some level of operational capability.

Han Hae-woon reinforced the content based on the list Yeon-woo had written.

Han Hae-woon’s past life, Baek Yu-hyeon, had served in the special forces before joining the National Intelligence Service, and he compiled a list centered around his comrades from that time.

The plan is to thoroughly investigate what they are doing now, what their backgrounds are, and then propose establishing a private information company in Korea centered around suitable candidates.

‘Of course, throughout this whole process, the identities of myself and Han Hae-woon must be thoroughly concealed.’

Regarding operating funds, the income Yeon-woo was earning was at a level that couldn’t be ignored, and if it was transferred to Baek No-ya through Han Hae-woon, there wouldn’t be any problems.

Baek No-ya is the absolute master of money laundering in Korea, to the extent that even if the entire Financial Supervisory Service put in all their efforts, it would be difficult to catch him.

And basically, Baek No-ya will provide almost all the financial support.

As the front with Baek Sol widens, Baek No-ya, who values his own life above all else, would surely understand the importance of field agents.

In any case, before Baek Sol and his gang could extend their evil clutches any further, preparations had to be made without fail.