Chapter 60: An Opportunity
Chapter 60: An Opportunity
Seeing that the pilot was doing alright Jin stood up from where he was seated and thanked the air hostess for treating him.
"Thank you,"
"No, thank you! If not for you who knows what would have happened to this flight, to us!" The woman replied with thankfulness written on her face.
The same expression was there on the faces of other staff members in the cockpit.
"I'll be going back to my seat then," Jin said. He was finding these eyes filled with gratefulness too much to bear.
"Oh, about that, could you just sit in one of the front seats instead? Luckily there's a space so we won't have any problems accomodating you," The woman said.
"I'm alright with that but what's the reason?" Jin asked.
"The thing is according to the procedures the police officers would be coming in to take in these terrorists and they might ask for you at that time. It would be more convenient if you're sitting here," The woman replied.
"Alright, I'll do that then," Jin said and was soon guided to a seat in the front row.
The moment Jin came out of the cockpit the whole plane rang with cheers. They all were clapping and roaring out in happiness.
"Hero!"
"Our Hero!"
"Our saviour!"
The gratefulness and thankfulness were apparent in all their faces and this was all a bit too overwhelming for Jin.
He had never been thanked so sincerely before and couldn't help but find it odd.
'you're calling a killer like me as a hero? How ironic,' Jin thought at the back of his mind as he responded to everyone's cheers accordingly and soon sat on the seat.
Jin was too occupied with matching eyes with the surrounding people that it was only now that he had taken his seat that he saw the appearance of his neighbour.
It was the same woman whose airdrops had almost dropped earlier.
"Oh we meet again," Jin nodded at her as a greeting.
"Yep, if you were an actor then you would have gotten a die-hard fan just now," The woman said with a smile.
"Ah, is that so?" Jin asked wryly. He had no idea where this was coming from.
"You don't believe me?" She asked after hearing his response.
"It's not that I doubt you but I was just surprised at being compared to an actor," Jin replied.
"Hm? What do you mean? You have a good face, a good physique and you're even good at dealing with terrorists! What other thing does an actor need?!" The woman said as if she was stating something obvious.
"Um... acting?" Jin stated.
"Oh...yeah, I forgot," The woman's eyes widened in surprise as she soon realised that she hadn't considered a crucial thing.
'How could you even forget that...' Jin joshed inwardly.
Still, the woman didn't want to feel embarrassed so she continued,
"Still, acting is only a small part that matters in the movie business. What matters is looks, fame, and good support. It's only natural that your acting improves the more you act.
And for that to happen you need good support, that is, a good agency behind you who will constantly provide you with roles. So as long as you can get in touch with a good agency there's a good chance that you'll become a good actor," she concluded.
"Ok..." Jin replied. He was a bit weirded out by this info dump this woman just provided. When did he even mention that he wanted to be an actor?
Seeing Jin's expression the woman nodded in understanding and said, "I know what you're thinking,"
'you do?' Jin looked at her in surprise.
She continued after a pause, "You're thinking of how you will find such an agency aren't you?"
Jin's face twitched when he heard that but seeing the smug expression she was making with her lips Jin didn't want to pour cold water over it and just nodded to her.
"You're right,"
"I have that all figured out, would you like to listen to my plan?" She asked. Continue your journey at M V L
Seeing her earnest expression Jin could only nod again.
"So here's what you need to do..."
She quickly explained everything to Jin. The plan was quite simple. The reporters would soon approach Jin when the flight lands and there he needs to be as heroic as he was while fighting those terrorists and win the hearts of the public.
This will provide him with a bit of fame. The next step is to approach various agencies and use the fact that he had heroically prevented a terrorist attack to his advantage to get on their good side.
After that, everything else depended upon how he did his roles.
The plan seemed pretty well thought out however it was still missing a crucial element...Jin didn't know how to act.
"How much do actors even earn?" Jin asked out of curiosity trying to change the topic.
"It varies...the ones at the bottom might earn 3k-5k Draks daily. while those at the top charge almost 50-100 crore Draks (A/N: $ 6-12 million~ ) per film.
Jin's eyes widened in surprise. He had never heard about such a large amount of money from someone's mouth.
"Are film actors really that rich?" He couldn't help but ask.
"Of course, why else would so many people want to become actors? You get to live as lavish a lifestyle as you want once you become famous." The woman replied as a matter of fact.
'Wait a minute...' Jin for the first time started considering her words seriously.
With this much money in his hands won't he be able to solve all matters related to money?
No one would find his spending suspicious anymore! He didn't wish to become a top actor, just being mediocre would allow him to spend all his money openly. No one would suspect him.
"So..." Jin asked the woman how he could act more charismatic in front of the media ao that he could profit most from that situation.
Seeing that Jin looked interested the woman became jubilant and told all that she could to him while explaining each point in detail. This man had saved not only her but the lives of everyone on this plane so she wanted to do her utmost to help him now that he had requested her something like this.
Jin listened to everything the woman explained with rapt attention and noted down all the important points in his brain.
The air hostess finally announced that it was time for the flight to land.