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Chapter 133 We Are Chillin' Pictures!

While filming 'Mission ImpossiBuddha', one of the things that Director Hyun Si-woo focused on the most was the first appearance of the characters. Among them, the scene he put the most effort into was Gunja's first appearance.

Hyun Si-woo believed that Gunja, dressed as a woman, had to be portrayed with particular delicacy. If not handled carefully, both the character and the scene could easily become laughable.

If 'Mission ImpossiBuddha' was just a self-produced 7IN content, it could have been directed as a comedy, but this was a collaboration project with the Cultural Heritage Administration. While humor was important, the key characters needed to maintain a sense of gravitas.

Asanya, awakened from her sleep, retrieves a weapon she had long kept sealed away and goes out to the yard to test it.

Asanya's weapon was a fan made of thin steel.

Under a large tree, the scene of her cutting a falling leaf with the steel fan was re-shot by Hyun Si-woo several times.

"Hahaha, shall we try that again~?"

"Um, Director, if we do this, the time..."

"It's fine~ Gunja will shorten the time during the action scene~"

"Are you sure it's okay?"

"Hahaha, but we can't just shoot the most important scene hastily~"

Hyun Si-woo was thoroughly focused on capturing 'Gunja in all her beauty.'

Although Gunja's clothes and hair became disheveled after cutting the leaves several times, Ji Hyun-su and Yang Jeong-mu rushed in to fix them every time.

"Gunja, you need to look beautiful. This scene will become legendary."

"Haha, do we really need to go this far...?"

"You have no idea. Every little detail looks huge on screen."

"Puhaha, Jeong-mu! That tickles, I'll push my hair back myself—."

"Ah, just stay still for a moment."

After getting a light slap on the hand from Jeong-mu, Gunja quietly let the two take care of his hair and clothes.

Thanks to Jeong-mu, , and the makeup team, Gunja was able to create a perfect scene.

Chalalala—

The scene of him dramatically unfolding the blue steel fan and cutting through the falling leaves.

Swish, swish—

Everything was perfectly beautiful, from his hair fluttering to the way his clothes billowed. Thanks to the timely wind, an unexpected special effect with the leaves was added.

This scene, reminiscent of an East Asian painting, was the final shot of Episode 1 of 'Mission ImpossiBuddha'. As a fan of Gunja, it was a moment of pure joy.

[This is insane] [Wowㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅜwaaaㅠㅏㅠㅠㅠㅠ] [No, during the live stream, the cross-dressing was a bit funny, but what's up with the video quality;;;;;] [This is crazy, seriouslyㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ] [Wow, it's so beautifulㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠHow is he prettier than a girl????] [I want to switch genders, marry Gunsun, and marry Gunja] [Why take the long way aroundㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ] [The sharp sound of the fan is so satisfying? I keep replaying that part three hundred times] [Seriously, every frame is a highlightㅠㅠㅠㅠmy fangirl heart is exploding] [Director, thank you so much, you'll be blessedㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
The praises for Gunja's beauty were endless.

"Huahhh—"


At home, watching 'Mission ImpossiBuddha'  on YouTube, Yeonji could hardly breathe during the final scene.

There was no way around it—she had to watch it again. Panting heavily, she reloaded the page, only to find another scoop circulating in the fan community.

[What is this??] [?? What's happening now?] [Chillin' fans, quickly go to the official Chillin' channel!!!] [?????] [Reality show!!!!!!!!!!] [No way, are you kidding meㅋㅋㅋㅋ] [Throwing a reality show out of the blue without any teaser?] [It's real;;;;; This is insane] [????? Is this for real?!?!?] [I'm seriously sitting upright right now, wow damn] [This crazy reward at the end of the activitiesㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ] [But why is the title We Are Chillin' Pictures!?] [If it's Chillin' Pictures, it must be the production company for this web drama] [What, does the production company also have something?] [Let's go for it]

The first episode of the reality show 'We Are Chillin' Pictures!' showed how the 7IN members started their collaboration with the Cultural Heritage Administration and the process behind it.

The first scene featured the Solar System conference room.

In a meeting about advertisements, the moment Gunja first mentioned the idea of "cultural heritage" was shown.

At that time, they didn't have plans to make a reality show, so the members were filmed by CCTV within the Solar System office.

[So this is how it startedㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ] [ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Gunja being Gunja againㅋㅋㅋㅋ] [Is it real that he wanted to do a cultural heritage ad when asked what kind of ad he wantedㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ] [And this isn't even the filming, just a meeting] [Gunja is so genuineㅋㅋㅋㅋa man obsessed with old things] [Old-school handsomeㅋㅋㅋahㅋㅋㅋㅋ] [But the members are all so niceㅠㅠㅠㅠ They all agree with Gunja's opinion] [It's no wonder there are no rumors of discord among Chillin' fansㅋㅋㅋㅠㅠㅠ The way they are so close-knit around Gunja makes everyone look happy without anyone being left out] [Yu-chan, In-hyuk, and Si-woo taking care of the shy ones is heartwarmingㅠㅠㅠㅠ I can see why they say Si-woo plays the mom role subtly] [I'd like to sit in that meeting room even if it means working overtime every day] [I'd probably end up with a neck disc from nodding so much while they speak] [ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Oh, I can imagineㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ] [Wouldn't it be hilarious if they don't nod when the members give their opinions?] [If I proposed a pay cut, I'd probably see a storm of headbanging] [ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

In the second meeting, opinions started to converge around Gunja's idea of "cultural heritage." Team Leader Seo inquired about the country's market request, and Si-woo suggested creating the content themselves.

How about we produce promotional content for the Cultural Heritage Administration ourselves?

When Si-woo's idea came up, the online reactions heated up again.

[Wow, amazing, this is insane, wait a minute] [So Chillin' Pictures is really our kids????] [Crazyㅋㅋㅋㅋwowwwww] [So the insane quality web drama was made by our kids????] [No way] [No wayㅋㅋㅋㅋ This is unreal] [Even if they're good, there's a limitㅋㅋㅋㅋwow, this is really amazingㅠㅠㅠ] [I can't believe itㅋㅋㅋㅋ I work in the industry and that quality wasn't something an amateur could produceㅋㅋㅋㅋ] [Since there's reality involved, maybe it'll be revealed later?] [Wow, I'm seriously fangirlingㅠㅠㅠㅠ Even just the web drama was amazing, and now it's self-producedㅠㅠㅠ] [I really can't help but be so proud] [What's wrong with being proud?] [Huh???] [Isn't being proud like saying Christians pray hard?] [ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋahㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ] [This isn't just fan pride... it's already a kind of faith...] [But does that mean our kids did all the core staff work? Like directing and stuff?] [I think Hyun-su did the music directing]

To address fans' curiosity, the content of the meeting continued.

Hyun Si-woo, with his production experience, took charge of directing the promotional content for the Cultural Heritage Administration.

Even fans who were initially confused nodded in agreement after seeing Si-woo's portfolio.

[Wait, Si-woo directed the Nisnis web drama????? Amazing] [The YouTube views were insane??ㅋㅋㅋㅋ] [I've seen this beforeㅠㅠㅠ There was a brief buzz about who Nisnis was in a video community] [If you work in video, you'd know Nisnisㅋㅋㅋ But it was Hyun Si-woo??] [And he directed it when he was in high schoolㅋㅋㅋㅋgenius] [I thought our Si-woo was just a pretty face, but he's actually super talented;;;] [Could he end up directing a regular music video too???] [That's possibleㅋㅋㅋㅋ Since he made Gunja look so beautiful, Si-woo could definitely handle it; he probably understands the group's worldview best] [This is so good, seriously goodㅋㅋㅋ]

The process of preparing the presentation for the Cultural Heritage Administration was also captured by the reality cameras.

The presentation was created based on pansori to appeal to the tastes of people in their 40s and 50s.

Although it was clearly designed to target middle-aged and elderly audiences, it unexpectedly also appealed to the 10s and 20s, who make up the largest part of Gunja's fandom.

[Why do I like pansori?] [It was clearly made for the older generation, but why is my heart racing?] [Ah, this is embarrassingㅋㅋㅋㅋ] [But pansori is honestly coolㅋㅋㅋ It's not too cheesy] [Yeah, what's ours is the best~] [Lately, I've been strangely craving ginseng chicken soup] [When I think of Chillin', I end up liking things I didn't know before] [I went to a BBQ place with friends yesterday and picked up cinnamon candy at the counter;;] [I was looking for a coffee shop at Starbucks the other day;;;] [I went hiking last weekend with a red handkerchief around my neck and dung beetle sunglasses] [Wait, was there a mountain map drawn on the red handkerchief?] [True, that's right] [Crazyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

New production company Chillin' Pictures defeated established companies and was selected as the production company for the Cultural Heritage Administration's promotional content project.

Comments were filled with envy towards Gong Yu-min, the Cultural Heritage Administration's project manager.

From the fans' perspective, it was only natural to be envious. Even a fan sign event with just a minute of conversation would be a huge blessing, let alone being able to have meetings and filming with 7IN members!

However, anti-fans did not stop their criticism even after watching 'Mission ImpossiBuddha'  and 'We Are Chillin' Pictures!' Episode 1.

[Weeee~ (Chillin' fans washing their image)] [Are they some kind of public welfare group? Their pretentiousness is disgusting;;ㅋㅋ] [They're just trying to improve their image and making it look like a big public service project, it's really nauseating ㅋㅋㅋ] [Hasn't any other group been promotional ambassadors? Lunatic Veloce and others have done it] [Why all the fuss over making a reality show;;] [ㅋㅋㅋㅋjkㅋjkㅋㅋㅋ] [The moment I heard 'self-produced,' I knew it was comingㅇㅇ] [The remaining content will probably be made into their video photobook] [Just really, really prettyㅋㅋㅋ] [ㅋㅋㅋㅋ But if it's like that, is it a promotional video for the Cultural Heritage Administration? Or just a Chillin' promotional video? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ] [ㅋㅋㅋ Promoting an idol group with national funds~] [How is this a spy action filmㅋㅋㅋㅋ] [It's embarrassing to use the name Mission ImpossiBuddha] [Is that fan a weapon? What can you fight with that?] [Even if there's some action, it's probably all done by stunt doublesㅋㅋㅋ] [And the decision-makers who approved this are also problematicㅋㅋㅋ]

Anti-fans expected 'Mission ImpossiBuddha'  to be produced like a photobook of 7IN.

The legends of Asadal and Asanya, the value of Seokgatap as cultural heritage, the genre of spy action...

Ignoring all of that, they believed it would end up as a video photobook solely focused on making the members look beautiful.

However, the content of Episode 2 of 'Mission ImpossiBuddha' , released the very next day, was a bit different from what the anti-fans expected.

Asanya, arriving in Silla with her bodyguard Hyun-dol, immediately began performing dazzling action.