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"But why?"
Becoming the director of a commercial film wasn't an opportunity that came to just anyone. First, there had to be a good script. Then they needed a production company that liked the script, along with investors and a distributor ready to support it.
Yet here we were, offering him all of those difficult conditions already solved and even giving him the director's seat that filmmakers dream about—and he was refusing.
I simply couldn't understand it. Managing Director Lee Eun-Joo was also taken aback for a moment, but she quickly regained her composure and continued persuading him while holding out the tablet.
"Maybe it's because you haven't seen the contract terms yet. Why don't you look at the contract first?"
Lee Eun-Joo, the managing director of LT Entertainment, was practically at the level of a president at a mid-sized distribution company. Yet even though someone like her was personally showing him the contract on a tablet, Choi Ong-Lip simply shook his head without even glancing at the screen.
"I'm sorry. No matter what the conditions are... it would be difficult for me to take on the director role."
I had never even imagined he would refuse an offer to become a director.
Just then, Assistant Director Lee Han-Jong snickered and spoke again. "That guy Choi Ong-Lip? He's never leaving this set."
'Never leaving the set?'
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"That guy is planning to re-enroll as a fourth-year student at Seoul National University of the Arts this coming semester. But here's the problem. The required major course is taught by Director Jin. In other words, if he walks away from this set, his graduation is finished that very day."
Director Jin Sung-Ryul, who was...
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