***
Sangam DMC Media Center.
The area around the movie set was under strict control, and the actors were waiting in their private trailers for their turn to film.
Leonardo Pitt Jr., the lead actor in this movie, was no exception.
He was sitting on the sofa in his trailer with his eyes quietly closed.
“Ugh··· My condition is terrible.”
He suddenly pressed his temples as a migraine hit him.
He also had a slight fever and muscle pain, so it seemed like he had the flu.
Even though he flew first class and stayed in a top-notch suite at a hotel, his body was exhausted from flying for over 12 hours from the US, participating in various interviews and events at the airport, and filming.
‘Today’s action scene is important.’
It’s hard to perform the usual agile action scenes when his body is heavy.
Director Jackson, who was known for being strict with his directing, wouldn’t easily give the okay sign, and the filming might take longer than expected.
While he was worrying, the trailer door opened, and a large man with a pregnant belly waddled in.
He was Leo’s manager, Hans.
“Hey, Leo. What’s with that expression?”
“I think I have a cold. My body feels achy.”
“A cold? Are you okay? Should I bring you some medicine?”
“No, it’s fine.”
Filming was about to start.
He couldn’t afford to feel sluggish and dull after taking medicine.
‘Even though the set is under control, many media outlets will be covering it, so I have to show everyone the perfect image of acting genius Leo.’
Leo decided to endure it with his mental strength.
Some time passed.
“Leo. We’re ready to film. Come out.”
A staff member called out.
When he went to the set, Korean actress Han So-yul was already finished with her preparations and was talking to the director. Leo approached them.
“Director.”
“Leo! You’re here. I was just talking about this scene. Listen in.”
This scene was very simple.
Leo rescues So-yul, who has been captured by the villain.
However, a lot of effort was needed to capture this one line in a flashy action scene, and Leo had to play the central role.
Director Jackson suggested making a slight change to the plan he had detailed in advance.
That’s because there were some unexpected variables when he actually came to the set.
“Got it? Knock out one guy over there, another one, and then quickly grab So-yul and run this way. Get on the motorcycle at the last moment before you get caught and ride away. Easy, right?”
It’s not too difficult since it’s a slightly modified action scene.
If he takes his physical condition into account and films it in segments, he can manage the scene without too much difficulty.
Leo nodded with a serious expression.
“No problem.”
“And by the way. The background is so good here. I’d like to film this scene in one take without cutting it.”
“One take!?”
A technique that films a scene from beginning to end without a single cut is called a one take.
It’s a technique that’s often used to create famous, talked-about scenes in movies. For example, in movies like Oldboy or La La Land.
“Why? Will it be difficult?”
If I’m in good condition, I’ll have no problem and shout ‘Okay!’ But in my current condition, I can’t guarantee anything.
But then again, I’m the world-class Leo.
I couldn’t break down here.
“No. It’s no problem. I’ll do it the way the director wants.”
“Good. That’s the Leo I know. I’ll leave it to you.”
Jackson patted Leo on the shoulder and walked to the monitor.
So-yul was dragged away by the actors playing the villains, and Leo headed towards where about 10 action actors were standing.
He stretched lightly and rehearsed the final action sequence, then began filming in earnest.
“Ready. Action.”
At Director Jackson’s call, Leo threw a punch at the actor standing opposite him.
Thwack-
His torso twisted and his suit jacket fluttered dramatically.
Leo quickly pulled his fist back and used the momentum to spin and kick, then rolled twice on the ground.
‘Ugh! It hurts.’
His body was sensitive because of his cold, so even a small amount of pain felt like a lot.
But he endured it as much as he could and continued with the action.
After all, finishing it in one take was the best-case scenario.
Whoosh-
Thud-
Clang-
After more than a minute of flashy action, he ended it by getting on a motorcycle and making a dramatic exit.
Fortunately, he didn’t make any mistakes.
All that was left was for the director to give his approval.
Leo looked at Director Jackson.
Jackson was narrowing his eyes, staring intently at the monitor and stroking his beard. He didn’t look satisfied.
‘Damn it, I guess I’ll have to do it again.’
He could tell even without being told.
Jackson had always demanded a reshoot whenever he had that expression on his face for the past few months.
“Let’s do it again. This one was a little···unsatisfactory.”
As expected.
Leo walked back to the starting point.
And then.
.
.
.
“NG!”
“Again!”
“Nope! This one’s no good either. There’s no emotion in the action.”
“Leo. Why are you acting so sluggish today? Did you eat snail stew yesterday?”
As a world-renowned master, he mercilessly shouted ‘NG’ whenever the footage didn’t match the storyboard he had created.
He filmed a whopping 30 takes, but he didn’t give his ‘Okay’ sign even once.
Leo’s body was getting heavier and heavier. He kept getting hit and rolling on the ground. And sometimes he was accidentally hit by the action actors’ fists, which made his body ache even more.
“This isn’t working. Let’s go eat and rest for a bit, then try again.”
Christopher Jackson said with a displeased expression.
***
Meanwhile, Hae-jun’s food truck.
“Wow~ Boss, look over there. Isn’t that actor really famous? I’ve seen him somewhere.”
Kang-hoon, who was making a sandwich, was staring intently at the filming set.
“Leonardo Pitt Jr., oppa.”
“Right. He’s really handsome. How can a person be that good-looking?”
“I know, right? Compared to Pitt, you’re like a squid. No, even uglier. Kekeke.”
“Hey. Kim Min-ju, are you getting cocky these days? Do you want to die?”
“Huh? If I die, you won’t be able to go on blind dates. Did I show you my friend’s photo? She’s really pretty.”
“Really, you~ I’ll be nice to you from now on. So you have to set me up on a blind date. Got it? And you can make fun of me all you want.”
“Hehehe.”
“Stop joking around and focus on cooking.”
“Boss. I can make Fat Sandwiches with my eyes closed. I used to be a military cook.”
Kang-hoon’s role was simply to assemble the ingredients anyway.
Since Hae-jun was responsible for everything from cultivating the key ingredients to cooking them, there was no room for mistakes.
The only mistake that occasionally happened was when too many ingredients were added, causing the bread to burst? This was a mistake that the customers actually preferred.
“Still, make it carefully. If you make a mistake today, you’ll be sorry to actress Han So-yul.”
“Han So-yul?··· I understand. Boss, will we be able to see So-yul unnie today?”
“She’s coming. She even asked me for a special salad lunch box.”
He brought a salad with special cheese made by Chloe for So-yul and served with ham.
It was a lunch box that she had specially requested, saying that if she ate rice, it would show on screen.
“If you make the Fat Sandwich without any mistakes, I’ll give you a chance to give her this lunch box.”
“Oh! Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Leave it to me. I’ll use my military cooking skills to make the perfect Fat Sandwich.”
A fire burned in Kang-hoon’s eyes.
He made the Fat Sandwich faster and more carefully than ever before.
“But oppa. Where on earth do you get these shrimp? They’re huge.”
Min-ju asked, looking at the fried prawns that Hae-jun was making.
The fried prawns were so big that they could cover Min-ju’s face if she exaggerated a little.
“I got them from a new supplier. Good size, right?”
It was the same excuse he always used whenever new land opened up and brought new crops.
“Then are you going to sell Fish Cutlet in the future?”
“Yeah. I am. I’ll put a fried shrimp on top of the Fish Cutlet.”
Now that he had a stable way to get black rockfish and shrimp, he planned to sell them as regular menu items in the future.
Hae-jun, who had been setting up the traps at Farm, put bait like sea urchins and abalones in only one of the three traps, just in case.
As he had expected, when he went back a few hours later, there were 5 black rockfish caught in the trap.
Now he didn’t have to go through the trouble of fishing to get red snappers.
He could leave fishing as a hobby to enjoy the taste and use the traps to get enough black rockfish and shrimp for Sunflower.
“Huh? What’s this?”
Min-ju, who was looking around the inside of the truck, asked, looking at a suspicious bucket.
“That came with this. It’s abalone.”
“Abalone?”
Kang-hoon, who had helped out with work even on the weekend, had some precious Grade B abalone that he was planning to have with some soju with Min-ju for dinner.
It tasted great, but eating Grade B abalone also made him feel as if his body was suddenly filled with energy.
Since abalone was a health food, he guessed that it must be even more nutritious.
“I left it out so that we could have it for dinner later.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
In addition to the Grade B abalone, he had also aged two large Grade C rockfish for sashimi.
“Wow, rockfish and abalone sashimi.”
“It’s going to be delicious.”
“Let’s focus on work for now. I’ll make sure you eat until you’re full later.”
“Yes!”
“Yes, sir!”
***
As soon as filming stopped, the staff and actors went to look for food trucks.
The staff, who were of various ethnicities, each looked for food trucks that suited their tastes.
Then, a group of Korean staff members appeared. They were standing in front of several food trucks, wondering what to eat.
“What’s this? Pork Cutlet? Ugh, who ordered this?”
“I know, right? What’s Pork Cutlet? That’s so lame. If you go over there, they have steak, sushi, and even sashimi.”
“Looks like actress Han So-yul ordered this.”
As soon as the staff saw the X-banner and placard that said Han So-yul is Here!!, they all started to drool.
“It smells so good.”
“That looks delicious.”
“Pork Cutlet is the best for food trucks.”
“Isn’t fried food a must-have on set?”
Even as they said that, their bodies headed towards the hotel's catering buffet vehicle.
One of them, a male staff member who was drawn to the alluring scent of fried food, said,
“I think I’ll just have Pork Cutlet. It smells amazing.”
Even if the taste was secondary, the savory scent of oil rising as the food was fried was enough to stimulate his appetite.
This wasn’t just limited to Cha Hae-jun’s Sunflower. It was common sense that people wanted to eat fried food as soon as they smelled it, even if they hadn’t been thinking about it before.
“Don’t be tempted. This is the first and last time you’ll eat an expensive hotel buffet at a food truck on set.”
“Hmm··· Okay. I’ll just eat this.”
“Do as you please. I’m going to have short ribs, steak, and sashimi.”
“Then let’s each get our own and eat together over there.”
“Okay.”
In the end, the staff member who had been drawn to the alluring scent of fried food ended up standing in front of Hae-jun’s food truck.
He wasn’t just frying Pork Cutlets.
“What’s on the menu?”
“Assorted fried foods. It has Pork Cutlet, Fish Cutlet, Cheese Cutlet, and even shrimp tempura.”
“I’ll have one serving.”
“Yes, please wait a moment.”
Hae-jun took the hot fried food that he had just taken out of the fryer and put it on a plate.
The man went to the table where they had agreed to meet and started eating.
First, he tried the large, beautiful shrimp tempura.
Crunch-
Crunch-
“Oh?!”
Delicious.
It was the best shrimp tempura he had ever eaten in his life.
He praised himself for choosing the pork cutlet.
“This is delicious.”
Usually, even if the shrimp tempura from a food truck tasted good, it was often covered in flour.
The shrimp tempura that usually comes from food trucks, no matter how delicious, is mostly covered in a thick layer of flour.
That's because the unit price of the shrimp itself is so expensive that they coat it with multiple layers of batter like a hot dog to make it look bigger.
But this is just the shrimp itself.
Perfect shrimp tempura that has been peeled to make it easier to eat and lightly coated with batter just for frying.
You could tell just by looking at the cross-section how much the chef spared no expense on the ingredients.
“It's crazy. It's crazy.”
The shrimp's juices burst in his mouth.
The sweet and savory taste of the shrimp and the chewy texture felt just like the raw shrimp sashimi he had at a top-class Japanese restaurant.
While he was greedily eating the shrimp tempura, his colleagues who had chosen the hotel's buffet came with plates full of fancy food.
However, the man was not envious of the short ribs, sushi, or tuna sashimi at all.
“Hey, guys, get some pork cutlet. You won't regret it. Seriously.”
“Is it delicious?”
“Yeah. It's totally the best.”
“Let me try one.”
“No. Take it and eat it.”
The man yanked the plate towards him.
He absolutely did not want it to be taken away.
“Damn it.”
“I told you to take it and eat it.”
“Okay! Let's get one plate for ourselves and share it.”
“Yeah. Get it.”
One of the group headed to the pork cutlet food truck as a representative.
However, they soon realized what a big mistake that was.
It was impossible to share one plate from the beginning, and after tasting it, they understood why their colleague had refused to share even a single piece of pork cutlet.
***
“Leo. Are you going to eat and take your medicine?”
Manager Hans came to the trailer and asked with concern.
Leo, who had been exhausted from over 30 shoots, was lying powerlessly on the bed.
“It's okay. I'll recover my stamina if I rest for a while. I'll just get the okay sign all at once then.”
Leo was stubborn.
Now that things had come to this point, he wanted to show satisfactory results no matter what.
“Or should we postpone the shoot?”
“It's okay. I'll definitely do it.”
Hans, who had been trying to persuade Leo, shrugged his shoulders.
It was obvious that if he was this stubborn, he wouldn't listen any more.
He had no choice but to give up and leave the trailer. The best thing he could do as a manager was to leave him alone to rest quietly.
At that moment, Korean actress Han So-yul approached Hans.
“Hans, aren't you eating? What about Leo?”
“Leo's not feeling well. I think he has a cold.”
“Somehow···.”
Both his action and facial expressions were a little different from the Leo he had seen so far.
It seemed that the long-distance travel had affected his condition.
“I think it would be better for him to rest until the shoot.”
“Yes. Then Hans, please have a meal with me. I asked a particularly skilled chef to run a food truck. It's Korean-style cutlet, and it's delicious.”
“Okay. Let's go.”
Hans and So-yul headed to Cha Hae-jun's food truck.
***
Sangam DMC Media Center.
The area around the movie set was under strict control, and the actors were waiting in their private trailers for their turn to film.
Leonardo Pitt Jr., the lead actor in this movie, was no exception.
He was sitting on the sofa in his trailer with his eyes quietly closed.
“Ugh··· My condition is terrible.”
He suddenly pressed his temples as a migraine hit him.
He also had a slight fever and muscle pain, so it seemed like he had the flu.
Even though he flew first class and stayed in a top-notch suite at a hotel, his body was exhausted from flying for over 12 hours from the US, participating in various interviews and events at the airport, and filming.
‘Today’s action scene is important.’
It’s hard to perform the usual agile action scenes when his body is heavy.
Director Jackson, who was known for being strict with his directing, wouldn’t easily give the okay sign, and the filming might take longer than expected.
While he was worrying, the trailer door opened, and a large man with a pregnant belly waddled in.
He was Leo’s manager, Hans.
“Hey, Leo. What’s with that expression?”
“I think I have a cold. My body feels achy.”
“A cold? Are you okay? Should I bring you some medicine?”
“No, it’s fine.”
Filming was about to start.
He couldn’t afford to feel sluggish and dull after taking medicine.
‘Even though the set is under control, many media outlets will be covering it, so I have to show everyone the perfect image of acting genius Leo.’
Leo decided to endure it with his mental strength.
Some time passed.
“Leo. We’re ready to film. Come out.”
A staff member called out.
When he went to the set, Korean actress Han So-yul was already finished with her preparations and was talking to the director. Leo approached them.
“Director.”
“Leo! You’re here. I was just talking about this scene. Listen in.”
This scene was very simple.
Leo rescues So-yul, who has been captured by the villain.
However, a lot of effort was needed to capture this one line in a flashy action scene, and Leo had to play the central role.
Director Jackson suggested making a slight change to the plan he had detailed in advance.
That’s because there were some unexpected variables when he actually came to the set.
“Got it? Knock out one guy over there, another one, and then quickly grab So-yul and run this way. Get on the motorcycle at the last moment before you get caught and ride away. Easy, right?”
It’s not too difficult since it’s a slightly modified action scene.
If he takes his physical condition into account and films it in segments, he can manage the scene without too much difficulty.
Leo nodded with a serious expression.
“No problem.”
“And by the way. The background is so good here. I’d like to film this scene in one take without cutting it.”
“One take!?”
A technique that films a scene from beginning to end without a single cut is called a one take.
It’s a technique that’s often used to create famous, talked-about scenes in movies. For example, in movies like Oldboy or La La Land.
“Why? Will it be difficult?”
If I’m in good condition, I’ll have no problem and shout ‘Okay!’ But in my current condition, I can’t guarantee anything.
But then again, I’m the world-class Leo.
I couldn’t break down here.
“No. It’s no problem. I’ll do it the way the director wants.”
“Good. That’s the Leo I know. I’ll leave it to you.”
Jackson patted Leo on the shoulder and walked to the monitor.
So-yul was dragged away by the actors playing the villains, and Leo headed towards where about 10 action actors were standing.
He stretched lightly and rehearsed the final action sequence, then began filming in earnest.
“Ready. Action.”
At Director Jackson’s call, Leo threw a punch at the actor standing opposite him.
Thwack-
His torso twisted and his suit jacket fluttered dramatically.
Leo quickly pulled his fist back and used the momentum to spin and kick, then rolled twice on the ground.
‘Ugh! It hurts.’
His body was sensitive because of his cold, so even a small amount of pain felt like a lot.
But he endured it as much as he could and continued with the action.
After all, finishing it in one take was the best-case scenario.
Whoosh-
Thud-
Clang-
After more than a minute of flashy action, he ended it by getting on a motorcycle and making a dramatic exit.
Fortunately, he didn’t make any mistakes.
All that was left was for the director to give his approval.
Leo looked at Director Jackson.
Jackson was narrowing his eyes, staring intently at the monitor and stroking his beard. He didn’t look satisfied.
‘Damn it, I guess I’ll have to do it again.’
He could tell even without being told.
Jackson had always demanded a reshoot whenever he had that expression on his face for the past few months.
“Let’s do it again. This one was a little···unsatisfactory.”
As expected.
Leo walked back to the starting point.
And then.
.
.
.
“NG!”
“Again!”
“Nope! This one’s no good either. There’s no emotion in the action.”
“Leo. Why are you acting so sluggish today? Did you eat snail stew yesterday?”
As a world-renowned master, he mercilessly shouted ‘NG’ whenever the footage didn’t match the storyboard he had created.
He filmed a whopping 30 takes, but he didn’t give his ‘Okay’ sign even once.
Leo’s body was getting heavier and heavier. He kept getting hit and rolling on the ground. And sometimes he was accidentally hit by the action actors’ fists, which made his body ache even more.
“This isn’t working. Let’s go eat and rest for a bit, then try again.”
Christopher Jackson said with a displeased expression.
***
Meanwhile, Hae-jun’s food truck.
“Wow~ Boss, look over there. Isn’t that actor really famous? I’ve seen him somewhere.”
Kang-hoon, who was making a sandwich, was staring intently at the filming set.
“Leonardo Pitt Jr., oppa.”
“Right. He’s really handsome. How can a person be that good-looking?”
“I know, right? Compared to Pitt, you’re like a squid. No, even uglier. Kekeke.”
“Hey. Kim Min-ju, are you getting cocky these days? Do you want to die?”
“Huh? If I die, you won’t be able to go on blind dates. Did I show you my friend’s photo? She’s really pretty.”
“Really, you~ I’ll be nice to you from now on. So you have to set me up on a blind date. Got it? And you can make fun of me all you want.”
“Hehehe.”
“Stop joking around and focus on cooking.”
“Boss. I can make Fat Sandwiches with my eyes closed. I used to be a military cook.”
Kang-hoon’s role was simply to assemble the ingredients anyway.
Since Hae-jun was responsible for everything from cultivating the key ingredients to cooking them, there was no room for mistakes.
The only mistake that occasionally happened was when too many ingredients were added, causing the bread to burst? This was a mistake that the customers actually preferred.
“Still, make it carefully. If you make a mistake today, you’ll be sorry to actress Han So-yul.”
“Han So-yul?··· I understand. Boss, will we be able to see So-yul unnie today?”
“She’s coming. She even asked me for a special salad lunch box.”
He brought a salad with special cheese made by Chloe for So-yul and served with ham.
It was a lunch box that she had specially requested, saying that if she ate rice, it would show on screen.
“If you make the Fat Sandwich without any mistakes, I’ll give you a chance to give her this lunch box.”
“Oh! Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Leave it to me. I’ll use my military cooking skills to make the perfect Fat Sandwich.”
A fire burned in Kang-hoon’s eyes.
He made the Fat Sandwich faster and more carefully than ever before.
“But oppa. Where on earth do you get these shrimp? They’re huge.”
Min-ju asked, looking at the fried prawns that Hae-jun was making.
The fried prawns were so big that they could cover Min-ju’s face if she exaggerated a little.
“I got them from a new supplier. Good size, right?”
It was the same excuse he always used whenever new land opened up and brought new crops.
“Then are you going to sell Fish Cutlet in the future?”
“Yeah. I am. I’ll put a fried shrimp on top of the Fish Cutlet.”
Now that he had a stable way to get black rockfish and shrimp, he planned to sell them as regular menu items in the future.
Hae-jun, who had been setting up the traps at Farm, put bait like sea urchins and abalones in only one of the three traps, just in case.
As he had expected, when he went back a few hours later, there were 5 black rockfish caught in the trap.
Now he didn’t have to go through the trouble of fishing to get red snappers.
He could leave fishing as a hobby to enjoy the taste and use the traps to get enough black rockfish and shrimp for Sunflower.
“Huh? What’s this?”
Min-ju, who was looking around the inside of the truck, asked, looking at a suspicious bucket.
“That came with this. It’s abalone.”
“Abalone?”
Kang-hoon, who had helped out with work even on the weekend, had some precious Grade B abalone that he was planning to have with some soju with Min-ju for dinner.
It tasted great, but eating Grade B abalone also made him feel as if his body was suddenly filled with energy.
Since abalone was a health food, he guessed that it must be even more nutritious.
“I left it out so that we could have it for dinner later.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
In addition to the Grade B abalone, he had also aged two large Grade C rockfish for sashimi.
“Wow, rockfish and abalone sashimi.”
“It’s going to be delicious.”
“Let’s focus on work for now. I’ll make sure you eat until you’re full later.”
“Yes!”
“Yes, sir!”
***
As soon as filming stopped, the staff and actors went to look for food trucks.
The staff, who were of various ethnicities, each looked for food trucks that suited their tastes.
Then, a group of Korean staff members appeared. They were standing in front of several food trucks, wondering what to eat.
“What’s this? Pork Cutlet? Ugh, who ordered this?”
“I know, right? What’s Pork Cutlet? That’s so lame. If you go over there, they have steak, sushi, and even sashimi.”
“Looks like actress Han So-yul ordered this.”
As soon as the staff saw the X-banner and placard that said Han So-yul is Here!!, they all started to drool.
“It smells so good.”
“That looks delicious.”
“Pork Cutlet is the best for food trucks.”
“Isn’t fried food a must-have on set?”
Even as they said that, their bodies headed towards the hotel's catering buffet vehicle.
One of them, a male staff member who was drawn to the alluring scent of fried food, said,
“I think I’ll just have Pork Cutlet. It smells amazing.”
Even if the taste was secondary, the savory scent of oil rising as the food was fried was enough to stimulate his appetite.
This wasn’t just limited to Cha Hae-jun’s Sunflower. It was common sense that people wanted to eat fried food as soon as they smelled it, even if they hadn’t been thinking about it before.
“Don’t be tempted. This is the first and last time you’ll eat an expensive hotel buffet at a food truck on set.”
“Hmm··· Okay. I’ll just eat this.”
“Do as you please. I’m going to have short ribs, steak, and sashimi.”
“Then let’s each get our own and eat together over there.”
“Okay.”
In the end, the staff member who had been drawn to the alluring scent of fried food ended up standing in front of Hae-jun’s food truck.
He wasn’t just frying Pork Cutlets.
“What’s on the menu?”
“Assorted fried foods. It has Pork Cutlet, Fish Cutlet, Cheese Cutlet, and even shrimp tempura.”
“I’ll have one serving.”
“Yes, please wait a moment.”
Hae-jun took the hot fried food that he had just taken out of the fryer and put it on a plate.
The man went to the table where they had agreed to meet and started eating.
First, he tried the large, beautiful shrimp tempura.
Crunch-
Crunch-
“Oh?!”
Delicious.
It was the best shrimp tempura he had ever eaten in his life.
He praised himself for choosing the pork cutlet.
“This is delicious.”
Usually, even if the shrimp tempura from a food truck tasted good, it was often covered in flour.
The shrimp tempura that usually comes from food trucks, no matter how delicious, is mostly covered in a thick layer of flour.
That's because the unit price of the shrimp itself is so expensive that they coat it with multiple layers of batter like a hot dog to make it look bigger.
But this is just the shrimp itself.
Perfect shrimp tempura that has been peeled to make it easier to eat and lightly coated with batter just for frying.
You could tell just by looking at the cross-section how much the chef spared no expense on the ingredients.
“It's crazy. It's crazy.”
The shrimp's juices burst in his mouth.
The sweet and savory taste of the shrimp and the chewy texture felt just like the raw shrimp sashimi he had at a top-class Japanese restaurant.
While he was greedily eating the shrimp tempura, his colleagues who had chosen the hotel's buffet came with plates full of fancy food.
However, the man was not envious of the short ribs, sushi, or tuna sashimi at all.
“Hey, guys, get some pork cutlet. You won't regret it. Seriously.”
“Is it delicious?”
“Yeah. It's totally the best.”
“Let me try one.”
“No. Take it and eat it.”
The man yanked the plate towards him.
He absolutely did not want it to be taken away.
“Damn it.”
“I told you to take it and eat it.”
“Okay! Let's get one plate for ourselves and share it.”
“Yeah. Get it.”
One of the group headed to the pork cutlet food truck as a representative.
However, they soon realized what a big mistake that was.
It was impossible to share one plate from the beginning, and after tasting it, they understood why their colleague had refused to share even a single piece of pork cutlet.
***
“Leo. Are you going to eat and take your medicine?”
Manager Hans came to the trailer and asked with concern.
Leo, who had been exhausted from over 30 shoots, was lying powerlessly on the bed.
“It's okay. I'll recover my stamina if I rest for a while. I'll just get the okay sign all at once then.”
Leo was stubborn.
Now that things had come to this point, he wanted to show satisfactory results no matter what.
“Or should we postpone the shoot?”
“It's okay. I'll definitely do it.”
Hans, who had been trying to persuade Leo, shrugged his shoulders.
It was obvious that if he was this stubborn, he wouldn't listen any more.
He had no choice but to give up and leave the trailer. The best thing he could do as a manager was to leave him alone to rest quietly.
At that moment, Korean actress Han So-yul approached Hans.
“Hans, aren't you eating? What about Leo?”
“Leo's not feeling well. I think he has a cold.”
“Somehow···.”
Both his action and facial expressions were a little different from the Leo he had seen so far.
It seemed that the long-distance travel had affected his condition.
“I think it would be better for him to rest until the shoot.”
“Yes. Then Hans, please have a meal with me. I asked a particularly skilled chef to run a food truck. It's Korean-style cutlet, and it's delicious.”
“Okay. Let's go.”
Hans and So-yul headed to Cha Hae-jun's food truck.
