107. I guess it’s true that it ain’t over ’til it’s over

Detection Korea office located in Sangam-dong, Seoul.

At the oval table in the conference room, key executives such as CEO Lee Young-hoon, programming director, and production director were sitting around and concentrating on the screen projected by the beam projector.

A heavy atmosphere prevailed.

“Stop.”

CEO Younghoon Lee stopped the video he was watching.

“I don’t think it makes any sense to look at this any further.”

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

“What number is it now?”

The director of the production department answered CEO Lee Young-hoon’s question.

“It’s the eighth.”

“Hmm… It’s the 8th… To be honest… I’m a bit disappointed than I expected.”

The atmosphere in the conference room grew heavier.

The trend of media media was shifting from TV to mobile, and as the era of OTT was rampant, the struggles of the existing broadcasting media deepened.

The detection channel was the same.

“What is Detection’s response strategy in the current era when OTT is the trend?”

This was the problem that CEO Lee Young-hoon has been struggling with the most lately.

“In the end, the answer has no choice but to be chosen by viewers with quality content.”

This was the conclusion made by CEO Younghoon Lee.

FTFM was created so ambitiously.

As expected, many video production PDs gathered from all over the country.

“Hey, did you apply for someone like this?”

There were overflowing applicants with high education and high specifications, and they showed that they were excellent at performing missions like talented people.

However, while evaluating the final task, the self-made documentary, the executives and employees of Detection Korea could not hide their disappointment.

“There are only things that are all the same.”

The taste of Korea, domestic travel, K-pop and more.

It was such a common topic that thousands of videos could be searched just by typing a single word on You Tube.

From the standpoint of Detection Korea, FTFM was not planned just to release a video like this.

“Just watch this far and rest.”

Representative Lee Young-hoon spat out a break with a tired expression.

When the lights in the dark conference room were turned on, everyone looked exhausted and headed to the rooftop where the smoking room was located.

“Whoa…”

Production director Park Sang-joon, who exhaled smoke from the cigarette he had in his stomach, said to Ho-yeon Hwang, director of programming.

“Ho Yeon-ah, doesn’t the atmosphere look very good?”

“I guess so. You know very well how much the CEO had high expectations for FTFM.”

“Haa… you know. I think this is going to go out completely… I’m worried that the sparks will fly to us.”

“What will happen if I really leave? Since this is a special budget for the head office, shouldn’t there be results somehow?”

“That’s what I said. I heard with both my ears that the CEO shouted loudly that if he gave the head office a budget, he would produce a blockbuster film.”

“Soy milk no kimchi? Soy milk no VTS? If it’s a video like this, would our CEO be ashamed and carry his face to the head office?”

“So…. Her time is up already. Come down.”

“Okay, let’s go. Let’s finish quickly and have pork belly with soju or geojiri.”

After each one of their short business, the people gathered in the meeting room again.

Lee Young-hoon, who confirmed that everyone had arrived by eye, asked Park Sang-joon, director of production.

“Is there one left? Please briefly introduce the applicant’s resume and work.”

As before, Park Sang-joon held a piece of A4 paper in his hand.

“Yeah. The applicant’s name is Hyeonseop Kang. I am 38 years old. I didn’t go to college, and since I was 22, I’ve built my career at small and medium-sized outsourcing production companies, regardless of whether it’s a broadcasting station or a movie set.”

Representative Lee Young-hoon, who was not particularly interested in the specs that were nothing special, no, compared to the applicants who had come out so far, said with a sour expression.

“Still, I have the most experience. What is the title of the video?”

“The title of the video is… [Song triumph over adversity]?”

Lee Young-hoon, who couldn’t infer the content from the title alone, expressed his doubts.

“Song overcome adversity? Hmm… Is it K-pop related? Let’s have a look and talk.”

“Your representative.”

Park Sang-joon played the video.

“hello. I am actor Song Kyu-ha.”

“Puheap.”

“Cough Cough Cough.”

When a completely unexpected person appeared on the screen, the detection executives who were watching spurted out coffee.

“no. Are you really singing?”

At least in Korea, almost no one knows actor Song Kyu-ha.

Moreover, it was a face that could not be recognized by a broadcasting station official.

“hello. This is actor Song Gyu-ha. I accepted the filming of this documentary after receiving a suggestion from PD Kang Hyeon-seop. I’m currently in Detroit, USA filming Triumph Over. What kind of place is the United States seen purely through my eyes? We want to show you what the filming location is like here. I hope it will be a small gift for the many fans who support me in Korea. I would like to say thank you again to PD Kang Hyeon-seop for giving me such a good suggestion.”

“Huh…”

An inexplicable admiration escaped from the mouth of an employee who was watching the video blankly.

After that, the contents of the detection channel’s executives and staff who watched it opened their mouths.

Triumph Over’s lively on-site atmosphere.

The appearance of the staff who couldn’t keep their mouths shut after watching actor Song Kyu-ha’s performance.

Fellow actors praised Song Kyu-hara.

Above all, director Jonathan Miller, who is recognized as a master in Hollywood, praised it.

They watched the video for about 60 minutes with concentration and without breathing.

When the video ended and the subtitles for the credits came up, a sigh poured out.

“What is it already over?”

“Ugh! Has it already been an hour?”

“Isn’t the documentary itself really fun? The editing was also incredibly well done. The editing center is very fast to match the trend these days.”

“By the way, why did Song Gyu-ha appear there?”

buzz buzz.

Controversy continued over Kang Hyeon-seop’s documentary video.

As people in the broadcasting industry, they must have not heard rumors about Song Kyu-ha.

Song Kyu-ha, an unknown actor among actual broadcasting station officials, was a person in the blue ocean itself.

With the exception of a few entertainment shows that appeared when he was a rookie, there were many PDs who were anxious because Song Kyu-ha had hardly done any broadcasting activities.

Rumor has it that the head of the terrestrial broadcasting station came forward directly, but there were times when the recruitment was so far away that it was said that the recruitment failed.

But all of a sudden, to the detection channel.

That too, Song Kyu-ha came out of the assignment submitted to the new PD selection process.

Representative Lee Young-hoon urgently asked Park Sang-joon.

“Did you say Kang Hyeon-seop? Call him right now and ask if he can come to work tomorrow.”

“Yeah? Yeah! CEO.”

After a brief phone call, Park Sang-joon hung up.

“I will drop by the company tomorrow morning.”

“We’ll find out tomorrow what happened. What is certain is that if this is a video made without any illegal elements, and if we can get it out there it could be a game changer in broadcasting.”

The executives and employees who listened to CEO Lee Young-hoon’s exasperated words nodded as if they agreed.

***

The next morning at Detection Korea in Sangam-dong, Seoul.

Kang Hyeon-seop, showing some tension, got into the elevator and pressed the button for the 14th floor.

‘I expected it to some extent.’

It is a ‘Song Gyu-ha’ documentary that is heating up Korea these days.

From the point of view of the detection channel, you will want to call yourself to determine the authenticity.

It bothered Hyeonseop Kang that he had to condense the entire filming time into 60 minutes, but the editing was so good that it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was his life’s work.

I’ve played it over 30 times and never got tired of it.

So I was confident.

Kang Hyeon-seop’s tense mind calmed down a little, and his shoulders were straightened.

‘You’re the crazy guy who interviewed director Jonathan Miller. There’s nothing to be afraid of.’

I entered the office of Detection Korea with a confident step.

Kang Hyeon-seop entered the conference room following the staff’s guidance.

Startle.

More than 10 executives and employees, including CEO Lee Young-hoon, flinched slightly when they looked at themselves with sparkling eyes, but they quickly brushed it off and greeted them proudly.

“hello. I am Kang Hyeon-seop, an FTFM program applicant.”

“Five! Hyunseop Kang Mr. You worked hard to come.”

Representative Lee Young-hoon greeted Hyeon-seop Kang as if he were an honored guest, and soon made the atmosphere comfortable by handing out calm jokes.

“All of us were very surprised to see the final project video submitted by Hyunseop Kang. Actor Song Gyu-ha’s documentary. Which broadcaster wouldn’t be surprised? So I was curious. how could you make this ah! It is absolutely not that I doubt Mr. Kang Hyeon-seop or anything like that. It is because I am genuinely curious.”

Kang Hyeon-seop spoke to CEO Lee Young-hoon as if he fully understood.

“You may think so. May I step forward and explain?”

At Kang Hyeon-seop’s words, Lee Young-hoon was delighted.

“of course. Rather, we would like to ask.”

Kang Hyeon-seop stood on a podium with a microphone.

I looked around.

For PDs at small outsourcing production companies, most of them were the best of the best.

But strangely, I didn’t feel intimidated.

What an absurd situation to follow Kyu-ha in the United States. Have you met unexpected people?

“The beginning was a terrible ‘inferiority’.”

Kang Hyeon-seop’s mouth opened, and the full-scale production process was opened.

The detection channel executives listened intently to Kang Hyeon-seop’s face as if they were going to pierce his face.

The despair and inferiority felt by Hyeonseop Kang while performing the FTFM program.

In the field of overcoming that and going to the United States, everyone exclaimed in admiration.

When I met Song Kyu-ha in person and talked about the success of persuasion, some people shouted hurray.

“This is how I was able to get permission to make the documentary.”

“……”

After hearing Kang Hyeon-seop’s brief but impactful presentation, the Detection Channel employees applauded Kang Hyeon-seop one by one.

match.

clap clap clap.

“great. really.”

Representative Lee Young-hoon also asked for a handshake as if he was moved by Kang Hyun-seop’s story.

“Our detection channel needed an active and passionate PD like director Kang Hyeon-seop. That’s why I made a program like FTFM. I guess it’s true that it ain’t over ’til it’s over. Seeing a treasure like Mr. Kang Hyeon-seop appear.”

It was a huge compliment.

Kang Hyeon-seop, who had never been treated and evaluated like this in his entire life, was at a loss.

“The last person in this FTAM program is Kang Hyeon-seop. Please take good care of us as the official PD of Detection Korea in the future.”

“Yeah…? Yeah! Ten, I will work hard.”

“And the documentary [Song triumph over adversity] made by Kang PD will make a special request to the headquarters of Detect in the US so that it can be broadcast on Detect channels in 140 countries around the world. This becomes clear. I think now is the right time too.”

“Hup. Is that true? Go, thank you.”

way back home.

Originally, I should have taken the subway, but today I felt the urge to walk.

Kang Hyeon-seop was lost in thought as he trudged home under a clear sky.

He won first place in FTFM, beating out strong competitors, and became an official detection channel PD.

Of course, I was happy, but other thoughts came to my mind first.

“Finally, I can be of some help to Gyuha..”

I was most happy that I finally found a way to repay Gyu-ha even a little after having been indebted to her for so long.

Tears welled up in my eyes as my American life passed by.

Kang Hyeon-seop, crying while calling Kyu-ha, looked happier than anyone else in the world.