My Hitman System

The next day Jin woke up early morning and finished with his workouts. When he checked his phone he saw a few messages from Diana. Jin replied to them briefly and put them aside. He had been deliberately keeping his replies short to increase his distance from Diana.

'Oh, he's awake?" Diana smiled brightly when she received a reply from Jin and immediately texted him back. Their exchange lasted only for a couple minutes but Diana savoured every second of it.

She had thought that Jin would end up missing her more because he was unable to have dinner with her daily but instead, it was her who had started missing him. It was to the point that she was unable to notice the subtle meaning behind those short and late replies from Jin.

'He must be exhausted from all the shooting and all,' That's the excuse she gave herself as she kept her phone down and began her day.

Meanwhile, Jin had freshened up by now and was going over his script. At around 10 in the morning, Dylan visited him.

To help Jin with his revised script Dylan told Jin to read his lines to him so that he could get a hang of it for tomorrow's event.

Jin did so. The intense session lasted for over 2 hours and during that time Dylan gave Jin a few suggestions that he could use to improve his lines and express more emotions.

'I'll be going then. Practice well and be ready tomorrow at 8 AM. I'll be here to take you to the studio." Dylan said.

"Understood," Jin replied.

By now he had become familiar with the new script thanks to Dylan's help. If not for him he would be going at it until evening.

After finishing off with his lunch Jin didn't laze around but instead used the nano bug to get familiar with the layout of Zenith's office. While looking through the screen Jin continuously made notes on what he saw and needed to keep in mind.

Jin observed it for the rest of the day and noted down his findings before calling it a day.

After a good rest, Jin woke up and warmed up his body. At around 7:30 in the morning. Heeding to what Dylan had said yesterday he got ready and had his breakfast.

Dylan arrived right on time and picked Jin up. Together they went to the studio and reached there by 9 AM. Thanks to the bloody morning traffic a 30 minutes journey took an hour.

In the studio, other actors were also there when they arrived. However, it was clear that they had no intention of interacting with Jin.

"Hmm? It seems something happened between you and them?" Dylan inquired.

"From what I know, they feel that it's unfair that I, a newbie, got the lead role," Jin explained.

"So it's like this. Don't worry about it. After your script reading is done they'll come to understand. Anyway, that saves me the effort. I was about to go and greet their managers and establish a good relationship between them and us. There's no need for that now," Dylan said.

While Dylan and Jin were talking Samantha arrived with her manager.

"Good morning Jin," She greeted him when their eyes met.

"Good morning Samantha," Jin replied.

Both their managers also greeted each other with a nod.

"I hope you're not nervous since this is your first script reading…are you?" Samantha asked with a curious expression.

"Luckily, I'm not," Jin replied.

"That's good. I still remember how nervous I felt in my first script reading when I had to sit around all those experienced actors and read my script…" Samantha thought back to her beginner days. It was clear from her face that it was not a day she was proud of.

"If you feel nervous anytime, just tell me. I keep some anti-anxiety pills with me and will give you one, they work wonders during important moments like these," She told him.

"Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. By the way, when is the director arriving?" Jin asked. He thought that the director would report at nine like them as well.

"He'll be here by 9:30 AM. After that, the script reading will begin." Samantha said after looking at the time.

After that Jin asked her for some tips for the script reading and Samantha happily told him whatever she knew. It was soon 9:30 AM and the director arrived.

"Good morning everyone. It's good to see that everyone is here on time today. Let's get started with our script reading without any further ado then," Mr Douglas said as he took them to another room where they all quickly sat down.

After everyone was seated Mr Douglas said, "I believe everyone has a copy of the script with them,"

With his words, everyone took out their scripts.

"Let's begin then," The director said and Samantha began reading her lines since she was going to be Jin's first victim in the film.

While Samantha was reading her lines many actors' attention shifted to Jin from time to time. They wanted to see how this newbie could become a male lead. The bitterness that they were carrying deep inside was visible on their faces.

Mr Douglas noticed this too but he didn't mind it. He had seen something like this a lot in his career. It would be a problem if Jin didn't have skills but since he did this won't pose much of a hindrance to him.

Samantha was currently reading her last few lines and Jin was about to take over the next moment.

And Jin soon became Jake.

"Perfect….you look perfect ma'am. How about doing this pose,"

"Yes. that's it!"

"For physical copies, you can visit my studio tomorrow. The photos will be developed by then,"

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What started as a cheerful photographer taking pictures soon turned into something horrific right in front of everyone's eyes.

"Smile, you don't want your last photo to have a bad expression right? I certainly don't."

"Yes, just like that. You're good at this. A natural I must say,"

"Aren't you looking pretty in these pictures?"

"You're thankful that I'm killing you right? You'll never have to see your gorgeous face getting wrinkled. I'm such a good man…aren't I?"

The maniacal expression portrayed on Jin's face brought a cold sweat on everyone's back. It was the same for Samantha and Mr Douglas.

'He has improved,' The two of them thought.

As for others, they were finding it all too hard to believe. It felt like a brick was being shoved down their throat and they had no choice but to swallow it. That's how stifled they felt.

However, their egos prevented them from accepting this. The last thing they wanted was to be overpowered by a bloody newbie.

A fire raged inside them and from then on all the other actors tried their best to dominate when they were reading out their lines. Thus a fiery script reading began where each actor tried to give their best.

"Alright, let's go for a short 15-minute break before continuing," When the script was halfway finished the director called for a break.

The atmosphere had toned down during the break. The reason was that during the first half, they all realised that they were unable to dominate Jin. His performance was that striking.

Jin's performance had made them all doubt the amount of effort they had poured into acting. However, accepting things as they were would prove that all their earlier years of efforts were in vain. They cannot accept something like that! They'd rather continue to struggle with even more vigour!

During the second half, the atmosphere remained fiery but this time instead of dominating Jin everyone was doing their best to give their best performance.

Jin's very existence pushed these actors who had become satisfied with what they had achieved until now and raised a fresh spark inside them.

'I was not expecting something like this…' Mr Douglas looked at everything that was happening with a surprised look which soon turned to that of excitement.

'With a drive like this in all of them, there's no doubt in my mind. This film would be a blockbuster!'

When the script reading ended everyone was exhausted. They had pushed themselves very hard today but it felt satisfying so a smirk could be spotted on some of their faces.

"Good job everyone! That was an amazing session. I'm looking forward to all your acting from tomorrow onwards. Let's make this film a hit because, with the abilities you've shown today, there's no doubt in my mind that we can't. Got it?" Mr Douglas said with a jolly expression. It was rare to see such an expression on his otherwise neutral face.

"YES!" An energetic response came from all the actors who felt reinvigorated after hearing the director's words.

With that, the script reading came to an end and everyone returned to their home.