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[I enjoyed watching the video you made on your channel. I couldn’t help but be amazed by the amazing level of completion.

The artist was truly moved and delighted by the sacred parody video made specifically for him.]

A secret comment that is much more sincere and has more characters than the proposal I wrote.

[I would like to seriously propose a collaboration or partnership.

Please feel free to contact us using the contact information below.

I will wait.

Director Kim Kyung-wook: 010-XXXX-XXXX]

I checked just in case and it turned out to be the official Pintree YouTube account.

I googled who Kim Kyung-wook was.

“Chae Seo-yoon is the dedicated manager who took care of her since her debut.”

Things are going well.

I thought about it for a moment.

Of course, I didn’t worry about whether I should do it or not.

‘There is not much time.’

The quest period set by the video app is 30 days.

There are now a little over 20 days left.

After having a formal meeting, coordinating opinions, signing a contract, and setting a schedule…

The quest period will pass in an instant.

One model slot is flying away.

‘If I want to save time, I’d better push forward actively so that the other person doesn’t come to their senses.’

I tore up and revised the proposal that I hadn’t sent yet.

This is what I wrote in response to the agency’s offer.

After revising the proposal into a response.

I started making videos in earnest.

‘The background is the Arctic glacier, and it emphasizes the vast and magnificent feeling. The resolution should be 8K.’

【The image in Cha Do-young’s head is not clear. Random corrections and blank-filling work will be done.】

The video app created thousands of background samples based on my vague imagination and instructions.

I chose the appropriate one among them.

‘I’m going to direct a scene where Chae Seo-yoon is hugging, arguing, and rolling around with a polar bear. The space where Chae Seo-yoon will go will be filled with a green female mannequin.’

By the way, why does Chae Seo-yoon like polar bears so much?

Is this really a concept for entertainment industry activities?

It doesn’t matter though.

‘I don’t like the way the mannequin’s arm is moving. Raise it a little more. Lower your fingers a little more. No, slightly the opposite.’

‘I wish the colors here were a little brighter.’

‘Something doesn’t catch my eye? What’s the reason?’

【There are too many distracting props. I will adjust them so that you can focus on the model and the polar bear.】

‘Then do that.’

The work of creating a video while giving instructions through thoughts.

It feels very strange.

At first, the image was blurry in my head.

However, the video app embodies it and shows various samples.

The scenery in my head is becoming clearer and clearer.

It’s developing its own color.

I had no idea what to draw on the white canvas, and I felt as if I had fallen into the Arctic iceberg.

If you follow the coloring of the video app that follows my instructions and keep complaining,

Before I knew it, a wonderfully surprising painting had been completed.

‘Yes! This is it. I wanted an image like this from the beginning.’

【I’m glad you’re satisfied.】

A 15-minute commercial video was created in no time.

The graphics and scale are amazing, needless to say.

The background is not CG, but is so vivid that it looks like it was shot by a drone flying over the Arctic.

No, it’s not really different from the North Pole.

‘Please edit it into a 1-minute short video summarizing the highlights.’

【I finished editing the simple version.】

Not with my hands, not with my words, but with my thoughts.

People in the 30th century really live comfortably.

15-minute full video and 1-minute highlight video.

I sent a reply with these two videos attached to the email.

***

Director Kim Kyung-wook, the dedicated manager of Chae Seo-yoon, checked the phone alarm.

[Hello, this is the answer from the WeTube30THC channel.]

“That’s fast.”

It hasn’t even been 30 minutes and you already have a reply.

Usually, they will think it over carefully for at least a day and then contact you carefully.

“Are you really our Seo Yoon’s fan?”

“What? Who is my fan?”

Seo Yoon asked while lying down in the backseat of the van with her eyes covered.

“That’s the G-Tube fan channel.”

“Ah, over there.”

“Yeah, I think the channel owner is a fan of Seo Yoon.”

“You didn’t use me to promote your CG skills, did you?”

“Why would someone with that level of skill promote it like that? Maybe he just wanted to satisfy his urge to be a fan while resting.”

Chae Seo-yoon had no more words.

Director Kim Kyung-wook checked his email.

As he was reading the text absentmindedly, his eyes grew wide.

[… If you send me a video of yourself acting in sync with the mannequin’s motions, I will edit it into a final composite and upload it to my channel.

Your company is also welcome to use it for commercial purposes.

[I will leave the costumes, styling, and acting concept all to actress Chae Seo Yoon.]

“Hehehe… .”

Kim Kyung-wook, who let out a hollow laugh, first downloaded a one-minute video.

He watched it without blinking and even played the full 15-minute video.

After watching the video over and over again,

A sigh came out of my mouth.

‘They say they’ve already made a video of the remaining parts that Seo Yoon missed. They made such a high-quality video in advance, even though they don’t know if she’ll appear or not?’

It is said that famous Hollywood blockbusters burned over 200 million won per second on CG.

From Director Kim Kyung-wook’s perspective, this was of a higher quality.

Absolutely not an amateur.

Of course, he is a pro among pros, and his skills are acknowledged as top tier in the field.

‘It’s not an individual, it’s a team.’

There was no place to guess.

Among the CG teams in the domestic film industry that he knew, he couldn’t think of any other team or company with this level of skill.

‘Probably Hollywood. Then it’s not in Korea. It’ll be hard to meet him.’

So, instead of responding to the offer to meet, he only sent a video of Chae Seo-yoon missing.

I feel a strong passion.

If you could just film a video of Chae Seo-yoon acting in place of the mannequin and send it to me.

They even said that they would complete it by combining ‘themselves’.

“This guy is real.”

“Yes?”

When the road manager asked, Kim Kyung-wook shook his head with a bitter smile.

“It’s real. Whether it’s skill or fandom, both.”

***

I got an OK answer in half a day.

I thought it would take at least a day, but the medical procedures are very quick.

As I started to have a good feeling about my agency, I started going to work and working hard in the general affairs department.

Even though it’s a chore.

The way people around me look at me has also gotten better.

The video arrived a few days later.

Chae Seo-yoon’s individual performance.

She dressed up in front of a green wall and acted as if a polar bear was actually in front of her.

“But why are there so many files?”

I saw that they sent as many angles and close-up videos as possible.

“Just send me the video by adjusting the composition of the mannequin I sent.”

Since you’re going to shoot anyway, I guess you’re thinking of taking as many shots from as many angles and compositions as possible and sending them.

What surprised me was the outfit.

“Chewy?”

Chae Seo-yoon was wearing green tights.

But it’s very unique.

The tights usually cover the entire body or only reveal the face.

But Chae Seo-yoon was wearing a one-piece swimsuit-like tights without shoulder straps.

This is an outfit that coolly reveals the collarbone, shoulders, and lower thighs.

[Please process the costumes with CG according to the original concept conceived by 30THC.]

The explanation was that if Chae Seo-yoon wore a costume and acted, it would have been difficult to do CG work when merging it with the original footage, so they did it this way.

I appreciate your consideration, but

I don’t really care.

After all, it’s not me who’s having a hard time, it’s the video app that came a thousand years later.

【It is meaningless to measure the difference in computational power.】

You’re not angry, are you?

I was just saying that too.

Anyway, contrary to my intention, I got a video of Chae Seo-yoon acting in a green one-piece swimsuit-like tights.

That too, with multiple angles and close-up shots.

‘What should I wear?’

I suggested in my email that I wanted a light expedition outfit, with a comfortable everyday wear concept.

But the other person left the sword handle to me?

Of course, we agreed in advance to only upload the final confirmed version.

‘What’s there to think about? Just put on whatever comes to mind.’

This was really easy.

All you had to do was choose from the dresses recommended by the video app.

I could come up with a design, or I could find clothes I like on an online mall and specify them.

So, dozens of versions were completed,

I’m in trouble again.

‘I’m going crazy. Everything came out well, how did I pick just one out of these?’

After much thought, I chose the version I really wanted to add.

I chose 4 more with the exploration outfit and picnic outfit concept.

After finalizing these five, I sent them to my agency via email.

***

“Seo Yoon-ah. I sent you the 5 versions of the completed version for final confirmation at 30THC. Let’s see it together now.”

Chae Seo-yoon, who was doing yoga on the mat, stopped and looked back at Kim Kyung-wook.

“Brother, didn’t you say you sent the filming script 2 hours ago? ”

“Oh, that’s right.”

“But the finished version has already arrived? And you want me to choose one out of five?”

“That’s how it turned out.”

“Can the original CG work be finished that quickly?”

“Absolutely not. That’s why this channel is so great.”

“Okay. Just take a look.”

Kim Kyung-wook opened his laptop and played the video.

Seo Yoon’s pupils grew bigger as she wiped off her sweat and checked the video.

Her face was stuck to the screen,

Kim Kyung-wook stepped aside as if he was used to it and checked the video on his phone.

After a while.

After checking all the footage, Seo-yoon turned around with a very surprised face.

“They’re all good, but I like the 5th video the best.”

“Is there a spaceship coming out?”

“Yeah.”

“Ah, but we can’t use that anyway. Choose one of the remaining four.”

“Why?”

“He said he only wanted to upload it on his own YouTube channel. He added a separate behind-the-scenes video on purpose.”