Rebirth: King to Superstar

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"Is there any news about the release date of the movie?" Joon-won finally looked away from the screen and towards her. He knew Hea-Jung might know some more news about this topic as she had more connections and so would hear more things, too. 

Hea-Jung continued to read the article as she replied to his question, "Well, there are a few speculations that it might still take them a few more months. It is said that this project was been in the working for almost a year now and Heavenly king only started working recently because they didn't want much attention towards the movie. So they shot his scenes last. For some definite news, we might have to wait another week. See, the production crew is going to host a press conference and so we might get a few more answers." She pointed at the last paragraph in the article. Joon-won noticed it and nodded.

"Well, let's go to the movie when it's released. Let's go on the first day. I'll tell a few theatre managers to save a few tickets. We can not miss it, " she exclaimed while taking the phone back. Joon-won just gave her a nod and remained silent. He also wanted to watch the movie, and he also knew that the easiest way to watch it without any hassle was through her. 

Both of them continued to do their own thing in silence as Joon-won just listened to music and Hea-Jung was looking at her social media again. It wasn't long before the time was up and Hea-Jung got a call from Han Ju asking them to come down. Both of them just went down and entered the car. The journey was quiet as Joon-won just listened to his music. 

They reached the set, and this time it was a park. The next scene they were shooting was in a park with all the main characters discussing the case, so Hea-Jung was in it. Joon-won just walked behind her as they made their way towards the director, who was giving orders to his assistant. 

"Director, Joon-won is here." Hea-Jung just shouted out when they got near. The director turned towards them, looked at Joon-won, and replied, "Alright wait a minute, I'll be with you. Take a seat." Pointing at a few chairs and continued to give more orders to the assistant.

"It looks like it's going to be a big scene. How long is it?" Joon-won asked as he continued to look around. He noticed how there were so many people doing something or the other continuously. The place was way more hectic than when he was acting the day before. 

Hea-Jung, who was skimming through her script, just shrugged and replied, "Well, it's a pretty important scene in the second half of the movie. So the director wants it to be perfect." Joon-won nodded and left her alone. He just continued to look as, after a few minutes, the director came towards them with a few papers in his hand. 

The director sat in one chair and said as he handed the papers to Joon-won, "Alright, let's quickly get done with this. We need to start the shooting quickly. Here this is a contract of extension. We can only give you 25K this time. Your first payment itself was big for the role. Now with these 3 extra scenes we added and this money, it's going to balance out. Now don't try to ask for more. We can't stretch the budget for a minor role. The producers won't allow it. I sent it to Do Hwan too, and he said he is ok with it. You just need to sign and you'll get your script right now." 

Hea-Jung, who was listening in, was about to jump when she heard it was only going to be 25K and wanted to bargain a little but quickly got shot down by the director with a serious expression on his face. She could only just sit back and continue reading her script. She knew the amount Joon-won was getting was already pushing it quite a bit for his role.

Joon-won, on the other hand, didn't mind the pay much at all. Now he was happy with more money, but in his present situation, the extra scenes were more appealing than the money. He also knew what the director said was true about talking with Do Hwan, as he got a call from Do Hwan when he was in the room about the contract. Do Hwan said the terms were alright and that he could go ahead. But just cause Do Hwan said it was ok, didn't mean he was going to blindly sign it. He slowly went through the contract before signing it. 

After signing on the dotted line, he handed back the papers and said while he bowed a little, "I hope you can continue taking care of me for a little more time, director. Please guide me and I'll do my best to learn more." He had to stay humble as he quickly wanted to learn the ways around the industry. He was still a nobody and so had no right to act big given he also didn't have a good background like Hea-Jung. 

The director took the contract papers and looked at Joon-won with a smile as he simply patted Joon-won and said, "I'm happy to be filming more of you. You have a lot of potential and can become big with the right opportunities. If you become big, it's good to tell others I was your first director and guided you too. Bragging rights are reserved. Well anyway, here is the script for the three extra scenes. Now you have a total of 6 scenes and I plan to finish them by Saturday night. We'll shoot one of the scenes you already prepared tomorrow. My assistant will tell you which scene and when. So don't worry." As he stood up from the chair. Joon-won also stood up and gave him a nod as the director walked away.

Joon-won sat back on his chair as he slowly went through the new script. The new script had his previous scenes and so everything was together. The first three scenes were the same as he prepared a bit but the rest 3 weren't. The original three scenes he had were the one he shot and two in the police station, being interrogated by the police. Now the new 3 scenes including his view of the kidnap, a court scene of him as evidence, and then a scene of him living inside his house, scared after seeing the kidnap. 

Joon-won was satisfied with the scenes. He had quite some screen time and knew all these scenes would make it into the final cut, depending on his acting. Hea-Jung, who finished going through her script, stood up and was going to vet ready. But before she went, she didn't forget to take a quick look at the new script he got and comment on it.

"Well, it looks like it's pretty good for the role. The director seems to be really squeezing it by adding the house scene but it's good as you are probably going to be the only one in that scene. Well, alright, I need to get ready. I'll be going. Will you stay or leave?" 

Joon-won shrugged and replied, "I'll stay for a while. I'll leave after an hour or so. I want to see you guys act and I also need to get the information about my schedule from the director's assistant."

Hea-Jung walked away while nodding, finally leaving him alone. Joon-won just continued to do his own business as he continued to read the script while ignoring all the surrounding buzz. He still had to properly prepare the two scenes he had before because he didn't have much time. He could have prepared during the two days off and he had that same thought as he even took the script with him. But all that went down the drain after seeing Be Hye-su as all his thoughts were about her. He decided to prepare them at the night and be ready for the shoot tomorrow. 

The first scene in the police station was actually with the hero and Hea-Jung, interrogating him about it. He would still try to deny him knowing anything, but would finally crack under the immense pressure from the hero while being held at gunpoint and being threatened. It was also here where he has a clear flashback of the entire thing, which was a new scene, they added.

The other scene was him trying to point out who were the kidnappers when the police go around showing them the suspects. It was a small scene.

As he was reading through it, he heard the director's shout and looked up to see everything was set up, the actors were there and they were ready to shoot the scene.