“It seems like Senior Ma is the youngest person here.”
“Oh, what now?”
As Ma Seok-do started the live stream, he said to Yeon-woo.
“Yeon-woo, I usually just grill the meat, so you do the talking.”
“Ahaha, got it.”
Without saying much, Yeon-woo took care of grilling the meat while Seok-do’s live stream continued. It was a mukbang content where Seok-do grilled meat quietly, and it had its share of dedicated viewers.
For this live stream, there were more than five times the usual number of viewers.
“Hello, everyone.”
Looking at the screen somewhat awkwardly as it was his first time, Yeon-woo greeted the audience. The chat was filled with messages and hearts, making it difficult to keep up.
“Yes, hello. Nice to meet you.”
Yeon-woo continued to greet the viewers despite the overwhelming chat messages and questions.
“It seems like you’ve become a YouTuber or an internet broadcaster. Haha.”
“This side is Senior Ma Seok-do, the owner of this live stream. Yes, I haven’t tried the meat yet.”
Ma Seok-do, who had grilled the meat, began to answer the numerous questions and comments that were rapidly filling the chat.
“It’s harder than I thought to keep talking like this.”
[Janis UK: Oh, my angel. I hope you say hello to your international fans.]
[Danis Y: Yeah, that’s what I mean!]
Surprisingly, there were many foreign fans, and a large portion of the chat was in English.
“It’s nice to see so many international fans. Hello, I’m Ryu Yeon-woo.”
Yeon-woo naturally started communicating with foreign fans using perfect pronunciation.
“Wow, you’re good at English too? I was impressed when you spoke Italian.”
Ma Seok-do, who had been grilling meat silently, finally spoke up.
[p_yoyo: Your pronunciation is amazing. But did he just say he can speak Italian? Yeon-woo is……]
[deli_03: I’m melting. Of course, I’m talking about the meat Ma Seok-do is grilling.]
[felianD: But, it’s interesting that Ma Seok-do and Ryu Yeon-woo are friends, right? How did they become close? And Italian?]
“Oh, that’s still a secret. You’ll find out soon when the article comes out.”
While grilling the meat, Ma Seok-do quickly responded to the question of how he read the chat. The shooting was in the latter half, and it was already a well-known fact in the industry, so there was no real secret.
Afterward, Yeon-woo answered questions from the viewers with sincerity.
The live stream lasted about 20 minutes, and even though it was short, it was enjoyable to interact directly with the fans.
“Yeon-woo, it’s time to eat comfortably now. Say goodbye to the fans.”
“Oh, yes. Then, I’ll see you again when there’s another opportunity. Good night, everyone!”
Seok-do and Yeon-woo shook hands.
The chat was filled with greetings, and hearts rapidly rising.
– Click –
Seok-do ended the live and took his smartphone off the tripod.
“It was tough not being able to talk during the live.”
He asked Soo-yeon and Min-soo, who were quietly having a meal beside him.
“It was difficult not being able to express how delicious this meat is.”
“Really? Hahaha. Eat a lot.”
Min-soo’s cheeky reply caught Seok-do off guard.
“Yeon-woo, please eat quickly. It’s really delicious.”
Min-soo and Soo-yeon urged, giving a thumbs-up together.
“Then, Senior Ma, I’ll gratefully enjoy it.”
Yeon-woo picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth.
It was a taste that could be felt immediately, not just empty words.
“Wow. What part is this? It’s really delicious.”
“It’s Ribs.”
Certainly, expensive meat tastes the best.
As Yeon-woo enjoyed the delicious food, thoughts of his family naturally crossed his mind.
Even though they had grilled beef together when he went down to Daejeon this time, eating something delicious made him want to eat more.
‘We’ve really become a family.’
Looking beside him, Soo-yeon was happily munching on the food.
‘I have friends who share their worries with me.’
Minsoo, who brought various snacks to Yeon-woo and urged him to eat.
‘I have precious people who genuinely care for me.’
“I’m happy.”
Everyone smiled at Yeon-woo’s words.
That night at the camping site deepened, and Yeon-woo woke up early, jogged around the camping site, and then went to a public bath in the neighborhood to clean up.
After finishing yesterday’s meal, Yeon-woo received a call that Kim Min-soo, the manager, had safely taken Jeong Soo-yeon home.
The zipper of the tent went down as the sounds of popularity outside were heard, and Ma Seok-do came out scratching the back of his head.
“Ah, where did you go?”
“Good morning. I did some light washing after morning exercise.”
“Oh, in front of here, the Geumseong Bathhouse? If you were going to wash, you should have woken me up and gone together.”
Yeon-woo scratched the back of his head at Seok-do’s words.
“Well, I did wake you up. About 20 minutes…”
Yeon-woo’s words made Seok-do cough awkwardly.
“Hmm, is that so? Well, once I fall asleep, it’s hard for me to wake up.”
It wasn’t that Yeon-woo hadn’t tried shaking him or even slapping his cheek, but he just wouldn’t wake up.
“Shall we go?”
“I think you’ll have enough time to go take a shower.”
Seok-do laughed at Yeon-woo’s words and extended his hand.
“Whether I shower or not, no one can tell. Besides, I’m wearing a mask all day today.”
Yeon-woo nodded, recalling today’s shooting content.
“But still, it is better to go to wash my face in front of here.”
Seok-do walked away, and in the meantime, Yeon-woo neatly packed camping equipment and placed them in Seok-do’s car.
In his past life, securely loading equipment onto a rugged vehicle for traversing the desert was basic, so as Yeon-woo raised his arms, camping items in Seok-do’s trunk piled up perfectly at precise angles.
Ma Seok-do, who had finished washing his face, approached the disappeared tent and camping equipment in surprise.
“Oh, it’s all packed already? Why did you do it alone? It must have been heavy.”
“It’s okay. You treated me with delicious food, so I should at least pay for the meal.”
Ma Seok-do marveled at the neatly organized luggage piled up in the trunk.
“Wow, you’ve organized it much better than when I came. It’s perfectly aligned. Impressive.”
“Haha…”
Yeon-woo awkwardly laughed.
“Well, we have an hour left. The shooting location is in front. Nothing to do, so should we go early?”
“Yes, let’s go.”
Yeon-woo and Seok-do got into the car and headed to the shooting location.
“Finally shooting. The ending of our movie.”
“Indeed, the most significant part of the production cost went into this scene, you know?”
In the later part of the film, Park Kang-woo, who gathered money desperately, even involving his soul, to obtain the authority over domestic drug transactions, is dealing with Pierre Choi’s group.
For this later part of the shooting, a considerable number of stuntmen were deployed, and there were quite complex action scenes with intricate movements.
Fortunately, the action that the lead actors had to handle was relatively simple, and they could resolve it by receiving guidance from the martial arts director during the shoot.
While reading the script, Yeon-woo felt the desire to personally perform action scenes, but due to the story’s context, it wasn’t possible. Hence, he thought of doing a project with a bit of action in the next work.
They headed to the filming location, a port on the outskirts of Incheon, driving along country roads.
The grandeur visible from afar.
“…Is this Director Park Chan-hong’s scale?”
“It’s truly impressive.”
The film crew had borrowed an old passenger ferry about to be dismantled before its retirement.
They heard that only the necessary sides and part of the bridge were painted and modified for the shoot by the special set team.
However, seeing the result in person was remarkable.
Yeon-woo and Ma Seok-do, arriving at the harbor in their car, saw a large military ship floating in the sea.
They parked their car and approached Director Park Chan-hong, who seemed to be giving busy instructions.
“Director.”
Director Park Chan-hong turned around at Ma Seok-do’s voice.
“You both came early.”
“The ship is amazing.”
Director Park patted Seok-do’s shoulder.
“Only the visible side looks like that. More effort was put in over here.”
Director Park guided them to a container structure at a corner of the shooting location.
“Take a look inside.”
With a proud face, Director Park opened the door, as if introducing a well-behaved child.
“Wow, have never been on a military ship, but is it perfect?”
“Indeed.”
Yeon-woo, who had seen many military ships in his past life, felt that the ship in the sea wasn’t as impressive due to the lack of red flags, but this time, he was amazed.
The interior of the military ship, with even what appeared to be electronic equipment, was implemented perfectly.
Upon hearing Ma Seok-do’s voice, a man came out from inside.
“We put our utmost effort into making it, so please take good care of it.”
“Oh, this is the representative of this special set company.”
After hearing Director Park’s introduction, Ma Seok-do and Yeon-woo greeted him.
“As I mentioned before, reshooting this scene is challenging.”
They heard that the intricately designed interior would be a mess after shooting the last scene, making reshooting difficult.
“Still, doing it directly is more realistic than CGI, and the cost is surprisingly lower.”
Director Park nodded at the representative’s words. Subsequently, the actors who arrived at the scene along with the stunt team practiced coordinating their final moves.
Today’s shooting was divided into two parts, action scenes shot in the bridge interior set and scenes shot on the actual ship floating in the sea. While Ma Seok-do and Yeon-woo synchronized their movements on the set, other actors were diligently shooting on the ship above.
“Action!”
With Director Park Chan-hong’s signal, the camera on the ship started to roll. Actor Han Ji-sang, playing the role of ‘Junk Dealer’, was wearing paint-stained work clothes.
“Hurry up and paint it. It has to be finished within four hours.”
“Oh, Team Leader, my arm is sore. Why does Pierre always give us work on the same day?”
Team members of the ‘Junk Dealer’ team were painting the white part of the passenger ferry gray, resembling a military ship.
“Well, there’s no choice; today’s the only time available.”
“Gwangsik, add a bit more oil. It needs to dry quickly.”
This was both a movie setting and a real story of the filming team. In the movie, the day Park Kang-woo visits Pierre for a drug deal, and in reality, shooting that scene at this moment.
Both situations had a tight schedule, lasting only half a day.
“Hey, be careful with that box. If it tilts, we’re all dead.”
“Yes, Team Leader.”
As the guys carrying the box moved out of the camera frame, Director Park shouted.
“Okay, cut. Deck shooting finished.”
The crew cheered at Director Park’s words.
“Oh, we survived. I thought the deck was going to be all steel plates and bake us.”
“Alright, let’s go down.”
After noon, as the sun soared high and beat down, both the crew and actors were heated. It wasn’t just the ship team, even actor Jung Ha-kyun, who played ‘ Park Kang-woo’, joining the container team to synchronize their moves, was filled with enthusiasm.
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