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Seo Ji-eun bought three neatly designed scarves to use as gifts, and gave the rest to the bodyguards, except for one for Park Chan-Hong.
“Give it to your girlfriend or wife. Thank you for making it easy for us to tour today!”
“Oh, I can’t take this.”
“Ah no! There is something called affection in Korea, so we have to get it unconditionally. It’s rude if we don’t accept it in Korean culture!”
The small, white hand of Seo Ji-eun grabbed the hands of the ugly bodyguards, and forcibly hung the packaging envelope engraved with a red flower pattern on her wrist.
“Hmm, thank you.”
The bodyguards, who were reluctantly received, smiled shyly when they saw the cute packaging bag hanging from their wrist and scratched the back of their short hair.
And on the way back to the hotel after sightseeing in Berlin.
“No, where is that law?”
“Anyway, get out of this seat as our newspaper has always used it.”
Yeon-woo and his companions heard a raised voice and looked at it.
A group of Asians and what appeared to be a German press were confronting each other.
And then there is Korean.
“Director Lim. We’ve been waiting for a few hours to get a good seat, but when the time comes, come and get out of the way. What’s the case with this?”
“That’s right. Then why don’t you say anything to the British press next to us? They’ve been waiting for us since lunch.”
It looked like they were arguing over the photo press seats in front of the theater to take pictures of the directors and actors attending the film festival.
A group of camera directors, reporters, and other Korean reporters were seen with bewildered expressions.
‘Hmm, I thought it was pretty much gone these days.’
Yeonwoo shook her head as she looked at the scene.
I have attended many film festivals in my past life, but there is no such thing as a fixed seat in the press.
It was as if a German media company was late to the coverage and forced the Asian newspaper to be arrogant.
Of course, there are very few stories, but racism is everywhere.
Seeing this, Yeon-woo spoke to Seo Ji-eun, who was walking together toward the hotel.
“Shall we take some pictures?”
“Huh? Suddenly a picture?”
“I just saw you in front of me…”
He even explained the situation he had just seen.
Then she nodded her head and liked Seo Ji-eun.
“Ok, fine!”
“Then Minsu-hyung. Shall we ask the media over there to cover us?”
Kim Min-soo, who had heard everything in the middle, smiled and nodded and headed to the press seat.
Reporter Jeong Yu-jin of the Hansae Ilbo, who had been treated without knowing whether it was territoriality or racism, and had tears in her face because of injustice, tilted her head when a Korean man suddenly approached him and asked if he would do the coverage.
“Yes? What kind of coverage are you talking about…”
While speaking, Jung Yu-jin looked at the direction the man was pointing and swallowed the wind.
“Heo-up, Jainari…?”
On the side looking at, Ryu Yeon-woo and Seo Ji-eun were among the large bodyguards, looking towards Jung Yu-jin and waving their hands.
Just yesterday, when I saw “Sketch,” it was Jung Yu-jin, who shed tears and runny nose, so the names of the characters in the movie, Jay and Na-ri, came out before the names of Ryu Yeon-woo and Seo Ji-eun.
The same goes for the reporters who are surprised.
I was at a moment when I was in a dilemma as to whether I should move to the side due to the terrifying dominance of foreign media outlets.
“Are you really giving us a chance to do coverage? Thank you. Thank you.”
Hansae Ilbo reporters quickly left their seats with their heads bowed.
‘I came to Berlin in the first place only for ‘Sketch’, so what do you do here by taking pictures of foreign actors? This is awesome!’
Foreign media, who were tilting their heads when they saw Korean reporters leaving the press seats quickly while organizing their equipment, recognized that those who were waving in the distance were the main actors of “Sketch,” which was invited to the screening yesterday, and rushed to them.
「Sketch」 was the best part among the invited works that were screened yesterday.
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Nevertheless, because of the director’s request, there were no photo calls or press conferences, so the scoop was certain to get an interview.
So, some reporters got out of the press seats and approached them quickly, but huge bodyguards came out and blocked them in advance.
“We plan to only conduct pre-scheduled interviews.”
“What are you talking about! So, you mean they have an interview plan ahead of time?”
Where the reporter pointed, a Korean reporter was preparing to go to the reception hall of the hotel where the Sketch team was staying for an interview.
Looking at their surprised faces, it was clear that the schedule was never planned in advance.
However, the bodyguard nodded and answered with a poker face.
“Yes. This is a scheduled interview.”
“Hey, is this to take care of their own people? Anyway, Asians. In a small world, only the locals come together. It’s not racism, what is this?”
The bodyguard, who had been silently listening to the reporters, looked at the reporter in front of him with cold eyes and opened his mouth.
“Should I be ashamed, because just being patient that there are people like you among the German people is enough to test my patience right now.”
The only thing the reporter could do in front of the gigantic growling with bloody eyes pouring out was to turn around.
“Thank you very much. I am reporter Jung Yu-jin of the Hansae Ilbo.”
As he walks to the hotel, Jung Yu-jin takes out a business card from his wallet and handed it to him, then nodded.
Yeon-woo and Seo Ji-eun accepted the business card.
Yeon-woo looked at his business card and then nodded and opened his mouth.
“If you’re reporter Jung Yu-jin, you’re the reporter who wrote a column last time comparing “Master Plan” to food, right?”
Reporter Jung was startled by Yeon-woo’s words and nodded his head.
“Yes! That’s right. It’s amazing that you’ve read it, but you even remembered my name…”
Yeon-woo smiles at reporter Jeong, whose eyes have become wide open again.
“I remember it because it was so fun to express. I’m sure that director Park Chan-Hong also saw it.”
“Ahh… Awesome.”
After returning to the hotel with the reporters, Yeon-woo and his companions had a brief interview in the reception hall of the hotel, which the reporters had arranged in advance.
“Before the interview, parts related to the content of the movie will take an embargo until the movie is released in Korea, so don’t worry and feel free to interview.”
Embargo means to temporarily stop reporting on an article until a certain time.
Director Park Chan-hong and LN Entertainment are negotiating the release date with the distributor, so it means that we will not send out articles that could be spoilers.
“all right.”
Yeonwoo and Seo Ji-eun nod their heads.
Reporter Jung Yu-jin signed the camera director and started the interview.
“Yes. The two of us have been hard at work. The two main characters of “Sketch” are actor Ryu Yeon-woo and actor Seo Ji-eun.”
“Nice to meet you.”
“hello!”
Yeon-woo and Seo Ji-eun smiled and bowed their heads in greeting.
“First of all, thank you so much for accepting this interview so readily. I am sure many Korean movie fans, including myself, were surprised by the sudden invitation to the Berlin Film Festival. When did you start preparing for ‘Sketch’?”
“It’s been a while since I’ve prepared. It’s been about half a year since I started filming after finishing a historical drama that ended last fall at KBC.”
Seo Ji-eun nodded at Yeon-woo’s words.
Reporter Jeong Yu-jin, who continues to ask questions while looking at the two of them.
“Actually, there was no press conference, and I don’t have any questions because I didn’t know there would be an opportunity to be interviewed like this, but as a fan, I have a lot of questions because I was really moved by tears and runny noses when I saw the movie yesterday!”
When a commercial film is produced in Korea, journalists and fans are invited to an interview in the form of a ‘production presentation’ or ‘report meeting’.
When foreign films visit Korea or on the contrary, when our films go abroad, they are introduced through a format called a Press Conference, but this time, it was replaced with GV (Guest Visit), who simply attends only on screening days.
Recognizing that, Yeonwoo nodded and answered.
“It’s a pity that we didn’t have a chance to meet with the fans as this film was made purely as an independent film and it was a tight schedule to complete the film until invited to the film festival.”
He nodded at Yeon-woo’s clear answer, and this time he smiled and looked at Seo Ji-eun.
“I’m curious about the behind-the-scenes story behind the casting of this movie, “Sketch.” I also shed tears yesterday when I saw the two actors’ performances that perfectly matched the role.”
“Really? After the movie, I cried too. I cried a lot, but how embarrassed it was to have it caught on the screen. Hehe.”
Seo Ji-eun continued with a cute smile.
“I was resting at home after the historical drama was over, and I got a call from Ryu Yeon-woo directly. There is a story and a role like this, so I didn’t think about it and said that I would do it right away.”
“Actor Ryu Yeon-woo himself? How did you come to cast yourself?”
Yeonwoo smiled and opened her mouth at reporter Jung’s question.
“Director Chan-Hong Park said that this movie will be made as an independent film, and he wants to make a large part of it with me, and he gave me homework to cast an actor who suits the role well and has a good heart.”
“Ah, so that’s why you were casting the wife of a thousand years ago, who you worked with in the previous film?”
Yeonwoo and Seo Ji-eun laughed at reporter Jung’s witty question, referring to the two married couples in the Goryeo Dynasty in 「Star Beyond Garam」.
And Yeonwoo who continues the conversation.
“Anyway, actress Han So-hyun also recommended Seo Ji-eun, who is next to her.”
“Eh? Really?”
I was surprised to see Yeonwoo at a fact that Seo Ji-eun didn’t even know about.
“I remember that he recommended that he would do well in the role of ‘Nari’, saying that his debut work was probably the role of an idol.”
“Awesome. I’m a fan of actress Han So-hyun. It’s an honor.”
Thinking of the title of scoop that pours into the heartwarming interview content, Jung Yu-jin called for joy inside.
And while the interview was going on for a while in Berlin, the Hansae Ilbo entertainment department in Seoul went into a riot.
Editor-in-chief Han Tae-hoon rushed to work even though it was already past two in the morning in Korea.
“But what are you talking about, reporter Kim. What exactly is the message?”
“Yeah, suddenly they got an exclusive interview with Ryu Yeon-woo and Seo Ji-eun, so they’ll send you a video soon, so they asked me to embargo only the content related to the movie.”
“Huh, suddenly you got an exclusive interview? What kind of talent did you get? I’ll have to watch Jung Yoo-jin again.”
The downside is that he writes articles and columns well, but his on-site coverage skills and improvisation are a bit lacking.
“Unconditionally, he does everything he asks to do, and when the video is over, the article is sent out with the utmost sympathy. Because it’s a combination of Park Chan-Hong and Ryu Yeon-Woo.”
“all right.”
***
In addition to the joy of winning the scoop, reporter Jung Yoo-jin, who finished the interview safely, thought that he was a successful fan of meeting Jay and Nari on the screen.
I sent the data I covered to the headquarters, went back to the hotel, and quietly opened the Internet window.
– Ryu Yeon-woo Fancafe Woods (Woo’s)
Yujin Jeong clicks the join button by moving the mouse.
“Um, nickname? Shall we call it ‘Sungdeok Yuji-ni’?”
And more good news awaited Yeon-woo and Seo Ji-eun, who came to Park Chan-hong’s room to deliver a present after the interview.
“Don’t be surprised. Well, it’s not really that surprising.”
“What is it, Director?”
Director Park Chan-hong opened his mouth as he watched Seo Ji-eun roll her feet out of curiosity and Yeon-woo, who was smiling as if she had guessed something.
“I got a call around 5pm, and they told us not to leave the country until the last day of the film festival.
“Huh. Really?! Awesome jackpot.”
Seo Ji-eun, who raises Yeon-woo’s arm next to her, and runs around doing a self-high-five.
Yeon-woo looked at Seo Ji-eun and Park Chan-hong, and opened her mouth.
“Both of you worked really hard. We filmed while riding a bus in the countryside with almost no staff.”
Both of them smiled at Yeonwoo’s words.
“Hmm. I’m young and I’m going to have to suffer, but I didn’t know that I would have to suffer as I got older.”
“I didn’t have a hard time at all? It was so much fun while filming.”
Awarded as a Korean independent film at the world’s top three film festivals.
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Now, only the three of us in this room knew that a greater scoop was going to hit the Republic of Korea than the interview we just finished.
