My Hitman System

Chapter 73: First Role

After dropping off Diana, Jin was making his way back to his hotel room. However, he got a call from Dylan in between.

"Where are you?" Dylan asks. There was a hint of urgency laced in his voice.

"I'm outside, what's the matter?" Jin replies and asks him.

"You got a role! The Talent director has called for you. He wants to know your opinion on the role," Dylan said.

"Got it, I'll be there in a few minutes," Jin says and asks the taxi driver to change the destination.

In Tyler's office, half an hour later.

"I'm sorry to call you in such a manner but I was just too excited to show you the script, here," Tyler slides the script towards Jin.

"It's alright, I understand," Jin looks down at the table. The title of the script entered his eyes.

"Smile Please?" Jin calls the title of the script out loud.

"Indeed! A pretty catchy name isn't it?" Tyler said with a chuckle.

"Well, it surely has caught my attention," Jin picks it up from the table and starts going through the script.

The story was about a street photographer who soon developed a kink for killing people. Before killing his victims he used to take their pictures in their last moments as a memento.

"...so you're planning to make me a crazy villain," Jin says after he gets a general idea about the script.

"Tch tch, that's where you got it wrong, you're not the villain but the hero of the story," Tyler says while shaking his head.

"What hero? There's only a single main character in the story and that's the photographer." Jin replied in confusion.

"Exactly, You're the main character of the story, aka the hero! That's what you're going to be for the audience as well."

"I see…well anyway, when is the audition?" Jin changed the topic since he didn't want to pursue this one any longer.

"Tomorrow at 9 AM," Tyler says.

"Got it. I'm a bit curious though. How did you manage to convince them to take my audition for the role of the main character? I'm still a greenhorn and there are likely to be many other actors better than me for this role.

"I would say that you lucked out on this one. Not many prominent actors would like to play a psychotic character especially when that character is the main character of the film.

The reason is that most of them cling more towards normal or heroic roles rather than a role from this side of the spectrum. It won't bore well with their already established fans.

However for you, who are just starting, it's not that much of a problem. Therefore the director is willing to audition you after my few requests from our side," Tyler patiently explained everything to Jin.

"Mhmm, good for me then. Anything I need to be careful of in tomorrow's audition?" Jin asks.

"None, that director is only concerned with doing his job with perfection. Just act like you always do and there won't be any other issues." Tyler answers.

"Understood, I'll be going then if there's nothing else," Jin said as he stood up from his seat with the script in hand.

"Certainly, I've already informed Dylan about all the necessary details so you can ask him if any doubts come to your mind," Tyler said.

Jin nods and leaves the office. On the ground floor, Dylan was waiting for him.

"The audition is at 9 AM tomorrow. We don't have much time left so let's go back and prepare," Dylan says the moment he sees Jin.

"Sigh…I'm good at playing a villain so we can chill a bit." Jin suggested.

"Taxi!" Dylan treated Jin's words like dirt and without paying any attention to it he exited the building to call for a taxi.

To this Jin could only shake his head. Dylan was very committed to his work.

Jin had once asked him the reason for this and his answer was something he couldn't argue against.

"I want to be able to provide everything to my child,"

Dylan's wife was four months pregnant and he was working tirelessly every day to manage both the household and the office chores.

With a man as motivated as Dylan as his manager, Jin's laziness soon disappeared and he walked towards the taxi that had just stopped outside.

From 16:00 hrs to 20:00 hrs, the two of them discussed and analyzed the character of the photographer in depth and Jin played the character several times to get himself familiar with it.

By the end of their session, Jin had little to no doubt about the way his character thought. He was totally in sync with the photographer's twisted state of mind and was capable of entering the state whenever he wanted to.

'He's a born actor,' Dylan thought in his mind. This thought had entered his mind several times during this whole period. He had never seen anyone enter and exit their character as fast as Jin did.

Along with this thought a sense of excitement was also running through Dylan's veins. With Jin's talent, only sky was the limit for him once he had made a splash in the industry.

Dylan clearly remembered the quote that his mentor always emphasised again and again: " Help a man climb a mountain and you'll soon find that you too have reached the top,"

Tomorrow was Jin's first big step in the world of cinema and Dylan promised himself that he would try his best to remove all obstructions from his path.

"I'll be coming here at 8 in the morning to pick you up. Be ready by then," Dylan said as he left the place.

Jin nodded as he saw him out and went to take a cold shower. It was followed by his regular stretching exercises before he finally went to bed.

The next morning began with him completing a few daily tasks and by the time it was 8 in the morning, Jin was ready for the day.

Dylan soon arrived in a taxi and the two soon left for their destination.