"Father."

Jo Mintae spoke as he gazed at his father’s slumped back.

Once an acclaimed advertising director, he had followed in his father’s footsteps to become a film director.

As time passed, Mintae rose to fame, churning out hit after hit. Meanwhile, his father had become a completely different person.

"You’re being too hasty."

"……."

His father, once hailed as a "box office magician," had seen a string of failures. Now, no one wanted to work with him.

There was a time when actors would reach out first, checking in on him. Those days were long gone.

The only ones left were Park Seon-woong and his son.

Even so, reaching out to them wasn’t easy.

"……The actress originally cast for the lead role turned down the offer."

"The lead actress? Are you talking about Yeonari?"

"Yeah."

Yeonari—a rising star who had steadily built her reputation over the past three years.

She was an actress under Horizon Company, one of the agency’s promising stars.

In the past, Jo Bangwoo might have hesitated to cast her due to her relatively short career. But in his current position, he no longer had the luxury of being picky.

"Why? It’s a film with investors backing it…"

"I don’t know. Word is, a senior actress blocked her from taking the role."

"A senior actress…"

Jo Mintae paused to think.

There weren’t many actresses at Horizon Company with better careers or reputations than Yeonari.

Among them, who would do something like this?

'Hwang Minhwa?'

That was the only name that came to mind—just a suspicion, but a strong one.

Hwang Minhwa had played the lead role in Utopia, which flopped and was pulled from theaters shortly after its release.@@novelbin@@

'It had the misfortune of opening at the same time as The Chaser.'

The Chaser.

Ju Seoyeon.

Mintae couldn’t help but think of her.

* Ju Seoyeon breaks Sadako’s spine as she crawls out of the TV. GG.

* Forget crawling out—the TV explodes first.

* Haven’t you seen her riding a bear? Does Sadako beat a bear?

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