At the words of Palin, Richard Bowin held his forehead. He had a headache just thinking about what happened a few months ago.
"You need to think about this thoroughly."
"Director Ryan Will? I heard it from him and the plot was great."
A few months ago, while Palin was on a business trip, a meeting was held.
Ryan Will proposed Shadowman to become a series. This wasn't the problem, what gave them a big problem is the plot proposed by him.
William will become Shadowman's biggest villain.
They didn't think that the role, initially thought of as an extra, will also be the one that would appear throughout the Shadowman series.
Aside from the characters' ages, this was also a story with main characters as Asian and Westerner.
Ryan Will, who attended the meeting, looked into Richard Bowin's eyes as he sat with his arms folded.
The people in the meeting room, who had been arguing, also went silent at the sight of director Ryan Will, who looked at them without any comment.
There was no other sound inside the conference room.
What a terrible sight.
Richard Bowin face palmed himself recalling what had happened inside the conference.
"It will definitely stain our reputation if you don't listen to me, you'd literally make a movie about Marine's racism."
"Hahaha. Ryan Will knows how to handle it. Maybe we would win the grand prize this time."
"...Are you on Will's side because you're Korean?"
His full name is Palin Park. He shrugged at Richard Bowin's words.
"In this time, nothing is more stupid than judging a person from the country they came from. More than that, this is more important."
"Hmm? What is it?"
"Redborn 2 revenue analytics and audience by country. Well, don't you think it is okay for a Korean actor to take an important role?"
"......What is the population of Korea?"
"Ten times than this."
"......That's great."
Redborn 2 is just been released for a week.
It surpassed 5 million viewers.
***
Park Sung-won turned on the television.
He was going to watch his favorite entertainment program, but ads were playing.
"Is this a new movie?"
A man running hard on the black screen came out.
He keeps looking back, covered with scars. The actor's name popped up at the bottom of the screen.
Lee Ji-seok.
"Oh, Lee Ji-seok. If Lee Ji-seok plays the lead role, it's going to be a big hit...."
The fleeing man arrived in a village.
Crows crowed and a big wooden gate opened.
Thud!
It's closed. And suddenly the screen turned black.
The tense music stopped at the same time.
Park Sung-won felt a subtle sense of deja vu on the suddenly turned offscreen.
