We Are All Trying Here (모두가 자신의 무가치함과 싸우고 있다)

WE ARE ALL TRYING HERE

A caged lion isn't intimidating.

I can make fun of its whiskers

or call it old or whatever.

Until now,

I've treated movies like a caged lion.

But now,

it's time to face the lion.

I either have to run for my life…

Or…

Face it head-on.

I'm good.

Just take it.

I read the revision.

You did a good job.

I was hoping to see you fail completely.

Why the hell did you write so well?

Now I'm tempted.

It's good?

Hello.

You're here early.

We had to obtain his award declination form first.

Of course.

Hello.

Make sure you succeed.

You betrayed me and left,

so if you fail, you're done.

We'll handle those separately.

Clause 5 is important.

"The right to create derivative works."

Derivative works include spin-offs or merchandise.

Now, please enter your address and everything else.

HWANG DONG-MAN

KOPARK FILM PRODUCTION

All right, let's take a photo.

Director Hwang?

Smile and say cheese.

Cheese.

Cheese.

Congratulations.

Contracts are freaking scary.

If I don't finish this,

I'll be liable unless there's a natural disaster.

That's just typical contract language.

This is the beginning.

I'll call you later.

- I'm looking forward to it. - Thank you.

You'll probably get a few plagiarism accusations.

It's a story about AI and weather,

and that alone guarantees someone will claim it as theirs.

Don't be scared.

There are a lot of people

who mistakenly think they're the only ones with ideas.

Just to be safe, were you involved in any harassment issues that could resurface?

- Come on. - School bullying?

I was the one who got beaten up.

If a scandal breaks out after all that effort,

it could be scrapped and not get released.

Delete everything you posted online, including social media.

Don't think about what might be problematic or not. Just delete it all.

Not a single person in this world wants you to succeed.

Except your parents.

You used to cheer for others to fail when their films got greenlit,

so people like the old you will come at you,

hoping you fail.

Let's revise one detail in the screenplay.

If you want the evil protagonist to suddenly turn good and make it work,

he has to be truly evil at the start.

Talking tough and yelling doesn't make you scary.

It feels like

something is missing.

A certain element of evil.

Work on that so we can start casting.

Who's your top choice?

They're here.

Hey.

There you are.

Come inside. It's cold.

Hey.

Hey, looking good.

People like the old me.

- Congratulations! - Congrats, Hwang Dong-man!

This year's winner!

- Hwang Dong-man! - Hwang Dong-man!

- Hwang Dong-man! - Hwang Dong-man!

Jeez!

Congratulations, my foot.

I just picked up the winner's leftovers.

Congrats, man!

Hey, it's not easy to pick up leftovers.

You can't beat luck!

Not even talented people can...

- Goodness gracious. - Just come in.

Hey, Dong-man.

- Yeah? - Eat up, okay?

- Okay. - Here, have this too.

That's enough.

It feels like I'm sending a son to the military.

Why am I getting so emotional?

I wanted Dong-man to grow up carefree

and never experience anything ugly and harsh,

but knowing you'll go through what I did

makes me feel uneasy.

You have to lead 200 people

who won't listen for shit,

and there are always a few sour faces on set.

Not a single scene goes as planned,

and you stress over whether you're blowing 20 billion won

or ruining an actor's future.

You'll consider running away hundreds, maybe thousands of times.

You're stressed because you want to do well.

I'm telling you, I have zero desire to succeed.

I'm going to fail completely and talk about it for the rest of my life.

Hey, you think it's easy to fail?

You can only call it a hit or flop if you finish it.

Just leave him be.

Whether he hears military stories or not, he won't know until he goes through it.

- Here's some more food. - Hey.

Why are you bringing so much?

You don't have to.

Because it's a good day.

Think of it as your last meal.

From now on,

anything you eat won't taste good.

I've never experienced losing my appetite

or having trouble sleeping.

I don't know what that feels like.

You'll know soon enough.

When I was shooting my debut film,

I prayed for the first time in my life.

"I don't care about success. Just let me finish this,

and I'll never turn my back on you."

I still go to church to this day.

I knew I couldn't quit on my own, even if I tried, and wondered,

"How badly do I have to get hurt to be pulled from the film?"

"I wish the Grim Reaper would come and get me."

Hey.

Just hang in there.

Got it?

Think of it as serving in the military without the haircut.

A year and a half, right?

That time will pass somehow.

Do you remember?

When you were shooting that film,

you called me in the middle of the night and just sobbed without saying a word.

- I did? - You said one word.

"Dong-man…."

I thought you were howling.

We need to push Hwang Dong-man to his limits.

He can either tremble in fear, give up, and fall flat on his face,

or he can stand up and make something of himself.

We need to push his limits either way.

Do you want to spend your whole life letting him piss you off?

You can't spend government funds like that.

That's exactly what it's for.

It's to help people who keep falling short,

not to help people who are already doing well.

How many episodes have you written so far?

Damn it.

We have to send over the first two episodes next week.

Damn it.

Come eat.

BIG HYPE, NO SUBSTANCE THE CAST WENT THROUGH HELL FOR THIS MOVIE

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I urgently need 1.7 million won for my cat's treatment.

Are there any decent loan sharks?

There's no such thing as "decent loan sharks."

Loan sharks copy the entire contact list on your phone.

If you don't pay them back, they press your acquaintances.

You're basically asking for humiliation.

If you don't pay the interest on time or try to ghost me,

I'll collect what you owe from everyone in your phone.

Don't forget I have your contact list.

And don't even think about going to the cops over illegal lending.

Here.

Hey.

Excuse me.

If I repay you in full today,

how much would it be?

I borrowed 1.7 million won

and paid over five million just in interest so far,

so how can my balance be 11 million won?

No, that's not what I'm saying.

Looks like this bastard

came into some money.

Well, shit.

When can I sign the director's contract?

We have to return the funds we got for Knock knock knock

and receive them again for Weather Maker,

so it'll take about ten days.

Why?

Did something come up?

No, ten days is…

It's fine.

It's not important. Don't worry about it.

Talk to you later.

It's 11.3 million won if you pay tonight