After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 656 Dual-Front Operation, Unbridled (Second Update)
The next day, early in the morning.

A large number of merchants from Pansidong rushed to the police station to report that the shops that had lost power last night had been looted.

Some lost people, some lost money, some lost alcohol, and even their money trees were taken away.

A large number of police officers present at the time arrested many people who were buying things for free, but there were too many people and many escaped.

The cause of the power outage has been found.

Someone drove a car that crashed through the guardrail, into the green belt, and hit a transformer, causing a power outage in most parts of the Pansidong area, including the traffic lights.

The power outage caused such a large area of ​​damage, involving three transformers. The damage was quite severe, and it's unclear when it will be repaired.

"Sheriff, the person who hit the transformer has turned himself in."

"Wow, could it be from Yanbian?"

"Yes!"

"Make them pay up and then you can leave."

"They said they couldn't afford to pay the compensation! They'd go to jail!"

"..."

The sheriff looked at Prosecutor Zhang, his meaning clear: what's next?
Prosecutor Zhang felt that this was no longer a viable option.

Li Mingyang brazenly appeared in the Spider Cave last night and even booked Lotte's KTV. Not long after, three transformers were smashed to pieces, causing a large-scale power outage and a large-scale robbery.

This is to tell everyone that this is what I instructed.

Come and arrest me if you dare!

In fact, all of this was because Young Master Xin was betting that Li Mingyang cared about his reputation and wanted to protect his image.

Unexpectedly, Li Mingyang is truly shameless.

Prosecutor Zhang and Kim Jae-joon are classmates, and he knows Lee Myung-yang very well.

The people in Yanbian are mostly lunatics and thugs; they're not very smart. Actually, the police can manage them quite well.

But Li Mingyang's situation is different.

He filmed a politically charged movie like "Seoul Spring" with remarkable skill, portraying Chun Doo-kwang in a negative light while simultaneously making Chun Doo-kwang happy. No one else has that ability.

In addition, Li Mingyang was at Dongda University, where he used military tactics to fight business battles. Because he was too aggressive, he was forcibly expelled.

Having him command that group in Yanbian is a match made in heaven.

This was the first time he'd ever seen someone crash into a transformer like this. What if they started doing this all the time?
Forget about promotion; I'll probably be sent to the countryside...

As Prosecutor Zhang was thinking, his phone rang. It was Second Young Master Xin calling.

"Release them, find a place, and have a direct fight. If they win, they can stay in the Spider Cave."

"He definitely won't agree."

"That's why I told you to release him. Those idiots don't have his brains."

……

"Oppa, is that so?"

Kim Sae-ron held up her sketch of Miyamizu Mitsuha and said to Lee Myung-yang.

Li Mingyang held up the original film of "Your Name" and compared it with Kim Sae-ron's drawing. After examining it carefully for a while, he said, "The lines here are a bit stiff, the chin is too pointed, make it more rounded, and the eyes are bigger..."

Kim Sae-ron nodded, fixed the drawing on the drawing table, and made revisions according to Li Mingyang's suggestions.

Li Mingyang has given up; drawing requires too much talent.

After discovering her talent for drawing, Kim Sae-ron enrolled in a class and within a month was able to create realistic sketches.

The brushstrokes are lively and delicate.

And he even has problems with drawing lines...

There's no time to lose; Li Mingyang needs to finish the character design drafts as soon as possible!
The process of transforming character designs for animation from black and white to color is extremely complex.

The color selection and finalization process for many classic animations can take several months.

For visually stunning films like the animated film "Your Name," color is even more critical.

It was only with the original film in hand that Li Mingyang had the confidence to work on Your Name, the phenomenal animated film that became a huge hit in Asia.

Without the original footage, relying on these amateur animators like Bouquet, plus some disgruntled little animators, who knows when it will be finished!

While Kim Sae-ron was refining the image, Li Mingyang was also busy, copying the original drawing.

Just like sketching.

This is truly a technical skill, far more difficult than Li Mingyang had imagined. Basically, no two of his drawings are the same; the differences are huge…

rustling...

Li Mingyang and Jin Sae-ron, one big and one small, were painting in the studio. Through a glass partition, outside was the Your Name animation department, where hundreds of people were working on Your Name.

Architects, concept artists, animators, motion picturers, line artists, colorists, editors, special effects artists, editors, renderers, special effects artists... all were busy working in an orderly manner.

The two teams of photographers will shoot in the office lobby, and the footage will be edited and released online.

The entire process of creating your name was made public, giving all participants a sense of mission.

Especially Ah Huo and Xiao Ye, who are the producers.

The two anime enthusiasts found their goal and were incredibly motivated.

As a professional, Ah Huo pays special attention to every detail.

Xiao Ye lacks professional knowledge, but she understands Japanese, knows some Korean, can shout "loyalty," has excellent communication skills, and can motivate everyone.

Lee Myung-yang wants to use his new movie to promote Seoul Spring and generate buzz, just like how New World promoted Goodbye!
With every big step forward your name takes, Li Mingyang gains more leverage!
Li Mingyang was focused on his painting when his phone on the workbench suddenly vibrated. It was a call from Li Xiucheng.

He put down his marker, picked up his phone, went to the French windows, and answered the call.

"Hey."

"Boss, holy crap! That carefree little prince wants to fight us. If we win, we can do business in the Spider Cave from now on," Li Xiucheng said cheerfully.

"Be more specific," Li Mingyang said, looking down at the Han River.

Li Xiucheng, on the other end of the phone, suppressed his smile and recounted in detail how he had learned the news from whom, as if reciting lines from a script.

Li Mingyang listened quietly and then hung up the phone.

Stuck in a dilemma.

A bloodbath? Lotte is hoping for a bloodbath? Those people in Yanbian aren't afraid of death... they're afraid of poverty.

Lotte was talking about a fierce battle, but in reality, he was already willing to back down and let them do business in the Spider Cave.

Besides, all the gang leaders who were arrested were released. These people weren't of one mind; it was good that they had a common enemy.

Once they lose Lotte as a common enemy, it won't be long before they fall into internal strife.

They will definitely turn on each other.

It wasn't that Li Mingyang was wicked; it was just that he knew all too well what kind of people his subordinates were.

Most of these people were members of Hong Kong gangs, whose ambitions had grown, and they set up their own operations.

Another part consists of factions within Chinatown, and the overseas Chinese community is quite diverse.

Finally, there's Yanbian Street.

Hong Kong gangsters are true lackeys, prioritizing profit above all else, with only money in their eyes.

The Chinatown faction is mainly an expansionist group that wants to expand its territory and make money from elsewhere.

These people from Yanbian are at the very bottom of society, but they are also the most hardworking. They are one of the biggest mercenaries for the Koreans.

The gang, which claims to have a thousand members and has ties to Chinatown and Yanbian Street, actually has far more than a thousand members.

To be honest, these people are really useful, especially those from Yanbian Street.

They can hit the target precisely, without wasting words, and have strong execution capabilities, but their technique is very crude, just like a bunch of bandits.

"Oppa? Oppa?"

Kim Sae-ron tugged at Lee Myung-yang's sleeve and called out twice.

Li Mingyang snapped out of his daze and turned to look at Kim Sae-ron.

"Oppa, look, I've fixed it!" Kim Sae-ron held up the two corners with both hands and showed them to Lee Myung-yang with a smile.

Li Mingyang blinked, looking at Miyamizu Mitsuha, who was so close to the original film, and his heart started pounding uncontrollably!
It finally appeared!
My Mitsuha!

Li Mingyang scanned Kim Sae-ron's artwork into his computer, opened Photoshop, and began coloring and creating the character design.

With skillful manipulation, the black and white draft was transformed into a color image, depicting hair ties, hair, face, eyes, bow ties, tops, skirts, legs, socks, flat shoes, hands, nails...

Li Mingyang was more focused than ever before, his fingers flying across the keyboard.

He had waited for this moment for far too long!
Kim Sae-ron stood to the side, watching her black and white manuscript being given color and new life...

Da da da……

The mouse made a series of clicking sounds, then suddenly, the clicking sounds stopped!
The heroine of the anime "Your Name," Mitsuha Miyamizu, has appeared on screen!
"Wow! So beautiful!"

Kim Sae-ron's eyes widened, and she placed her hands on her chin in surprise.

Li Mingyang grinned, printed out the blueprints, ruffled Jin Sae-ron's hair, and handed San Ye's colored design to Jin Sae-ron, "Little sister is very pretty too! Come on, do your brother a favor and take this picture out to Ah Huo."

Kim Sae-ron took the drawing and was about to nod when she suddenly tilted her head and said, "Oppa, why don't you take it out yourself?"

"Because Miyamizu Mitsuha was drawn by you... without you, she wouldn't exist."

"Oppa, you must be really good at charming girls, right?"

"Nonsense, I'm not that kind of person."

……

night!
Pansidong in Seoul is half brightly lit and half dark.

Inside a once bustling maid café.

There were no maids inside, only a group of gangsters wearing ties and suits.

This is also a Lotte property.

The second prince of the Lotte family spoke eloquently, expressing his thoughts to the group of people attending the meeting.

This was mainly addressed to Song Duyuan.

As the second prince, he should at least have to talk to Li Mingyang.

But Li Mingyang was unavailable, so he sent Song Duyuan instead.

The second prince's idea was simple: a quick and decisive battle to resolve the issue and ensure everyone could continue doing business normally.

We must never let something like hitting a transformer happen again.

The gang that Li Mingyang had cultivated became increasingly vicious, disrupting everyone's ability to conduct business normally. Everyone was eager to end this terrible situation.

The tycoons are not afraid of gangs and can easily send the gang's top leader, second-in-command, and third-in-command to jail.

However, Yanbian Street is too close to Pansidong.

Because of the close proximity, people used to give each other small favors to get the people in Yanbian Street to collect debts, act as pimps, provide parking, sell cigarettes, and sell meat. The cooperation was always very pleasant.

No one expected that Yanbian would join the gang and work so hard...

Yanbian Street is a historical problem, even more difficult to solve than the Cheongdam-dong issue!
On the one hand, Yanbian Street is home to a large number of criminal organizations. This is not because the government took them in out of kindness; these people fought for it.

The government was also afraid of something going wrong, so it implemented regional management.

Shinjuku, with its simple lifestyle, and Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong.

Under the wheels of history, Shinjuku and Kowloon Walled City are long gone.

However, crime and chaos persist in Yanbian Street.

However, compared to the last century, the atmosphere on Yanbian Street is much better now.

Only a small portion of them are involved in organized crime; the majority are legitimate migrant workers.

Yanbian Street is more like a gathering place for people from Yanbian, where they earn foreign exchange and contribute to the prosperity and consumption of their hometown.

Yanbian consistently ranks among the top five in the nation for high-end consumer spending power among county-level cities!

Of course, this small group is quite large, numbering in the thousands, and can be mobilized at any time.

They wield enormous influence, and all businesses on Yanbian Street are protected by them.

The cheap male and female labor force in Yeonbyeon Street played a crucial role in making Pansidong the largest red-light district in Seoul!
The men were thugs who intimidated people, while the women sold smiles and their bodies.

However, the boomerang has now come back. Once Li Mingyang takes control of Yanbian Street, it will be like he has everyone by the throat.

(End of this chapter)