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– “Sketch” received a standing ovation for over 5 minutes at the Berlin Film Festival screening.
– Reveal the story behind the casting. “sketch”.
– Did Han So-hyun recommend Seo Ji-eun? Berlin Film Festival “Sketch”.
– Ryu Yeon-woo directly participated in the production of the film “Sketch”.
Seeing the pouring articles, LN Entertainment CEO Kim Joo-seong laughed with satisfaction.
Officials attending the regular meeting and discussing the domestic screening schedule of the movie “Sketch”.
“What does Golden Media say?”
“Yes. It is said that it is possible to secure a theater in two weeks.”
“Hey, so fast?”
“Aren’t our Ryu actors a cheat right now? It’s the momentum to do anything.”
After hearing the words of Team Leader Yoon Mi-yeon, CEO Joo-seong Kim nodded and looked at Manager Lim on the other side.
“Director Lim. How about Fine Enter?”
“That’s…, this place is unexpectedly a little bit colder than I thought. Baldur, who drank water last time because of “Star Beyond the Garm”, has invested quite a bit in Fine Entertainment. After that, it feels strangely uncooperative.”
Golden Media and Fine Enter are in charge of distributing most domestic films. The combined share of the two is close to 80%, so it is essential to go with one of them.
“Hmm. Still, I wonder if that’s the reason. It’s not that we did any hindrance, it’s just a purely successful performance. It’s probably because he doesn’t have an eye for the work.”
CEO Kim Joo-seong, who said so, clasped his hands and thought deeply about something.
To be sure, it was true that LN Entertainment was non-cooperative, as if checking every work it touched since then.
Jiying-.
At that time, CEO Kim Joo-seong’s smartphone rang.
“Um? It’s my phone. I’m sorry.”
I picked up the smartphone that was on the table and tried to decline the reception, but when I saw the screen, my expression changed.
“I’ll have to take this. It’s actor Ryu’s phone call.”
At the words of CEO Kim Joo-seong, the staff of the conference room showed interest.
It was natural because he is the main topic of the regular meeting and is currently the hottest person in Korea.
“Yeonwoo-kun. Isn’t it dawn over there?”
– haha. you’re right. It’s two in the morning. I thought I had to tell you the good news before it was published, so I called in time for work.
“It’s okay to call in the morning. It’s good that we’re in the middle of a regular meeting. What’s good news?”
At the words ‘good news’ that came out of CEO Kim Joo-seong’s mouth, the staff in the conference room held their breath.
Even though it wasn’t the speakerphone, the conference room became quiet as if Yeonwoo’s voice could be heard through the handset.
– yes. It seems that our movie “Sketch” has definitely won the award. Director Chan-Hong Park has been contacted by the organizers, but he does not know what the award is yet.
“ooh!”
“Hey!”
Through the handset, Yeon-woo’s small voice could be clearly heard by the staff in the conference room, and the room was filled with cheers.
It’s like the national team scoring a goal in the World Cup.
CEO Kim Joo-seong also had a raised corner of his mouth, so he couldn’t hide his laughter, but to continue the call, he looked at the staff and put his index finger to his lips.
“Shhhh, Yeonwoo-kun. You’ve worked hard. So what’s your return schedule?”
– I think I will have to leave the country after the awards ceremony is over, so I think I will have to stay for two more days.
“Okay. It was really hard.”
CEO Joo-seong Kim cut off the phone with Yeon-woo and looked at Team Leader Jeong.
“Chief Jeong. Let’s leave right now. Are the tickets ready?”
“Yes. Of course it was on standby.”
Team leader Jeong Hyuk immediately got up from his seat, said hello, and went outside.
Then, looking at the meeting room again, CEO Kim Joo-seong smiles with a pleasant smile.
“Did you say Fine Enter was boring? If this happens, you will be the one who will regret it.”
***
Two days before Yeonwoo departs for Berlin.
I had called Haeun-un separately and gave me some instructions.
“Yes? Is it 2 billion won for Baek No-ya? Celebrities make good money. I know, but wouldn’t it be a burden to pay it back later?”
Looking at Hae-woon asking in surprise, Yeon-woo looked at him as if he was saying what he was talking about.
“Why do I pay it back? Of course, it’s written by Baek No-ya. If you just deliver it like that, we’ll take care of it without saying anything.”
“Oh, is it?”
Haneun, who had just nodded, tilted his head again and looked at Yeonwoo.
“By the way, manager. Is there anything like that in Berlin? He’s an information merchant in a dark area… I’m an intelligence agent, but this is the first time I’ve heard of it.”
Yeon-woo smiles as he sees such a bad luck.
“You have to roll for at least 10 years to know.”
“Ugh, 10 years in the overseas part? Is there anyone other than the team leader who has been away for that long?”
In general, it is difficult to work for an overseas part for more than 4 years.
In the original work overseas, it takes about 10 years to take charge of the domestic part, and at that point, you will be promoted and assigned to an important position related to counterintelligence.
Most of the agents do not refuse to return home because they can’t stand the tense overseas mission.
Even if he refused a key position and stayed abroad like Yeonwoo, it was difficult to find a person who took on an overseas part longer than Yeonwoo in his previous life, including retired people, because if his identity was discovered even once by intelligence agencies in other countries, it was difficult to find.
“By the way, wouldn’t it be better to have Baek No-ya’s subordinates do this operation riskily without the team leader having to do it himself?”
Yeonwoo opened her mouth at Haeun’s words.
“Of course I had my orders, but what do you think is the reason why White No-Ya is cooperating with you?”
“Isn’t it because of your granddaughter, as I heard last time?”
“Well, of course, there must be a moral reason for repaying the favor as Baekno-ya said. But, who will benefit the most when Baeksol disappears from this land?”
Haneun answered Yeonwoo’s words as if he had realized it.
“As we speculate, if the people named Baeksol are controlling drug distribution in Korea, then Baek No-ya will take over the communism in the dark district that was created by their disappearance.”
Hearing Haneun’s words, Yeonwoo nodded her head.
“If White No-Ya opens up a deal with the information merchant in the dark district, it’s going to get harder and harder to control. It’s like entrusting fish to a cat.”
***
Yeon-woo, who recalled the conversation he had with Hae-woon before departure, wore a hat and mask and left the hotel alone early in the day.
– I’d better take care of it today.
As soon as I sent the message, Haeun’s reply came immediately.
– Haneun: A local recruit will be waiting for you at the Victory Monument in Tiergarten.
After seeing the message, Yeon-woo nodded and got on the yellow subway that entered the platform.
‘It’s a Victory Monument… It’s a good choice.’
Yeonwoo rides the subway for a while.
Then, I got off at Hansaplatz and walked slowly towards the Victory Monument in the distance.
Before departing for Berlin, it was the transportation of funds that gave instructions to Baek No-ya through Hanae Shipping in Korea.
A request to deliver a fund of around 1.5 million euros to Berlin.
Baek No-ya neatly laundered about 2 billion won worth of money, and the money was converted into Euros (EUR) and crossed the German border to coincide with Yeon-woo’s entry.
As I walked, thinking about this and that, I arrived near the Victory Monument.
“After all, that tower is still beautiful.”
A golden statue of the Victorian goddess looked over Tiergarten Park on a tower high above the structure that looked like a round Parthenon.
The Victory Monument (Siegessaule) is a monument built by Wilhelm I of Prussia after his victory in the war.
Of course, the broker who decided on the location was a park nearby, so it was a good place to escape in case of emergency.
Going down the Victory Monument, many tourists were taking pictures of each other, and Yeon-woo quietly turned around.
‘Is that person?’
Even in the midst of a large crowd, he seemed to know who the locals were, who were hired by Baek No-Ya.
Yeon-woo approaches and talks to a middle-aged German who looks normal on the outside.
“Is this the one sent by the Professor?”
When asked through the passphrase received in advance, the man who was looking around looked back in surprise.
“Yes? Ah! That’s right. W, here’s the stuff.”
It’s a plain black leather bag.
He took the bag he was holding out and checked the inside.
As instructed, there were six bundles of 500 Euro bills each.
The weight of the bag was heavy even though it was prepared only with the most expensive bills.
“That’s right. Good job.”
“there···.”
The man cautiously called out Yeon-woo, who was about to turn around after receiving the goods.
When I turned around and looked at him, the man crawled and opened his mouth.
“How did you know right away that it was me? I’m sure the identity was clearly kept secret…”
Yeonwoo smiled and shook her head.
I felt like a novice who had never done anything like this a few times.
“If you come under the Victory Monument and look around your head without ever looking up at the tower, it means you came here for purposes other than tourism.”
Pointing to the golden Victorian Statue shining from above that tall tower, the man made a look of disappointment as he spoke.
Looking around, everyone was looking up at the tower or taking pictures with it in the background.
“And I don’t think you’ve ever done anything like this, and if you’re going to keep doing it, don’t talk to them. They’ll be eaten.”
Hearing Yeonwoo’s words, the man with pale complexion nodded and turned around quietly.
After looking at such a man for a while, Yeon-woo quietly turned around and headed for the next place.
‘Hmm. I knew it.’
I felt a footstep behind me.
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Not the middle-aged German I just talked to.
As I walked slowly, I looked behind me with the light reflected through the black screen of my smartphone, and saw two Asian men walking after me from a distance.
‘Is it a servant sent by Baek No-ya?’
From the standpoint of White No-Ya, it was more strange to entrust 2 billion won of funds and not monitor it.
They probably don’t intend to harm you, they’re just trying to figure out what you’re doing with this money.
As Yeon-woo increased his walking speed, the people following him also started walking faster.
I looked around the surrounding buildings to get away from the tail.
‘That’s Bellevue Palace. Then, if you cross that bridge, there would be ‘that building’.’
I crossed the bridge over the Spree River that flows in front of me, passing the German presidential residence seen to the side.
Then came a five-story building with tattered exterior walls due to its age.
‘The bakery on the first floor of this building was really delicious.’
It was dark inside because it was closed.
Yeon-woo entered the building with familiar footsteps.
The men, who had been following them in the distance, ran quickly when Yeon-woo disappeared into the building, one guarding the entrance and the other following into the building.
A man who goes up the stairs of the building listening as much as he can because he doesn’t know what floor the target is on, and he might come across him on the way down from work.
I went up one floor carefully, but I couldn’t see a place where the target could be followed even though I looked all the way to the fifth floor.
‘Except the first floor, everything looks like a residential villa, but where did you go? Is the destination this building?’
I went down one floor again and looked at it, but only the door on the third floor had a different color.
Seeing that it looked like a fire door, it certainly didn’t seem like someone’s house.
‘Is there another staircase?’
Carefully approaching, the man turned the doorknob.
shudder!
As I carefully opened the door, a bright light leaked in.
A small green overpass connected to the elementary school (Grundschule) came across the street in the back.
“Damn it! The third floor of a building is connected to an overpass!”
The man shouted to his colleague waiting outside through the small window on the stairs.
“Hurry up! I think I missed it. Run!”
A colleague, who was watching from the outside, hurriedly jumped up.
The two run at full speed to chase the missing trailing target, cross the overpass, and scatter down the stairs on both sides.
Yeon-woo was watching the two of them moving away from the roof of the building.
As soon as I entered the building in the first place, I quickly climbed the stairs, stepped on the railing of the air conditioner outdoor unit installed on the 5th floor, and climbed up to the roof.
Yeon-woo quietly descended the building while watching the two of them running gasping as if their tails were on fire.
Yeon-woo, who left the trail and moved through the subway, headed to the unmanned storage room in the basement of Berlin Station.
Yeonwoo kept money in two lockers.
I got a thin disposable card key to open the locker and moved to the location again.
‘This is my first time using it myself…’
From the days when East and West Germany were separated from each other before the fall of the Wall, Berlin has been a battleground for world intelligence.
As a country that was divided in two by ideology at the center of Europe, Germany naturally became the forefront of keeping each other in check.
Representatively, starting with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Soviet National Security Council (KGB), as well as spy organizations of each country constantly monitored each other.
‘When I took office, it wasn’t like that since Germany had already been unified, but…’
Still, as it has been at the forefront of intelligence for several decades, other fields have naturally grown.
That’s the ‘underground information prize’.
Today’s destination was the ‘library’.
