PAID

Translator: NovelBin

The filming of *Beauty and the Beast*, which started in the banquet hall set, finally wrapped late at night after moving through multiple sets. Over a hundred crew members were already hustling to prepare for the next day’s shoot. After saying goodbye to Director Bill Roettner, Woo-jin was heading back to his trailer with his team.

Currently, he was still wearing the skintight costume.

“Ugh… No matter how many times I wear this, I’ll never get used to it,” he grumbled internally. Outwardly, however, Woo-jin maintained his tough demeanor as he approached his trailer.

“Woo-jin!”

Someone called out, and when he looked, he saw his manager, Choi Sung-geon, waving at him. Sung-geon had been scarce lately due to handling various *Guest* business and meetings at the LA branch, so he hadn’t been able to stick around with Woo-jin much. Now, joining Woo-jin in the trailer, Sung-geon started speaking.

“Hollywood, Korea—heck, the whole world is going wild over *Piero* aiming for an Academy Award. I knew it would get attention, but I didn’t expect it to cause such a stir.”

“Is that so? Still, Columbia Studios hasn’t made an official announcement yet. Once they do, it’ll probably get even louder.”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“When’s that happening?”

“In a few days.”

“Alright. We should start preparing on our end too.”

As Woo-jin began changing out of his skintight costume, Sung-geon shifted the topic.

“I heard there’s a tentative wrap date for *Beauty and the Beast*?”

“Yes, early January, from what I’ve heard.”

“Early January, huh? Less than a month left. Feels like we just started filming, and time’s flown by like crazy. *Piero* is nearly done with editing, and *Beauty and the Beast* is close to wrapping up too.”