154 – Unboxing (5)
Day 2 of the Hanbit Arts High School Festival.
The afternoon of the second day is filled with club performances and ends at the same time.
In other words, it is the most important time in the festival and the time that many people are interested in.
So, of course, the order of performance is very important.
In particular, it is said that a breathtaking and bloody deathly rock-paper-scissors game begins every year to secure the first and last positions, and of course it took place this year as well.
For reference, the order of Rock, Paper, Scissors is determined by the order in which the head of each club participates and wins during club activities a week before the festival.
Of course, Ha-Jun Park was dispatched.
─I came here playing rock, paper, scissors.
─What, is it already over? What number is it?
─Last.
─Huh? You really won it all?
─No, they just gave in right away? They say that if a movie is shown at the beginning or in the middle, the flow is interrupted in many ways. First of all, it didn’t seem like he had any intention of doing the 927 author’s next step.
Well, even if it were me, I don’t think I would want to perform on stage after my movie.
Even more so when you know what the content is.
Anyway.
The characteristic of movies is that they usually have a long running time of 2 hours.
In fact, if you think about this feature, it does not really fit the image of a festival stage.
Who would think of showing their own film on stage at a high school festival in the first place?
If you think about the production process or scale of the movie, you can get a rough answer.
That’s why I think my case as a 927 writer is truly unusual.
Also, from my perspective, it is a good thing that the movie is shown at the end.
When I think about it now, it suddenly occurred to me that if it had been introduced at the beginning or in the middle, the festival might have been ruined.
For that reason, I was a little grateful that they gave up the last stage, whether out of consideration or for some other purpose.
…… But…
“Why is the representative here?”
At the entrance of the main auditorium, I happened to run into JYB CEO Baek Jun-young. Even Oh Gyu-min, Hongryeon’s manager, was there.
Hanbit Arts High School’s auditorium has a structure similar to that of a typical school.
It is only twice as big, and can accommodate quite a lot of people, including the spectator seats on the second floor.
This was a structure designed to provide students with experience performing on stage, and thanks to this structure, it was possible to accommodate many outsiders.
However, as mentioned earlier, this time restrictions were placed on visits by outsiders to prevent accidents.
Probably only the parents of students attending Hanbit Arts High School or those who have received formal approval from Chairman Song Ha-yul will be able to enter the main auditorium today.
And CEO Baek Jun-young, who seems to have passed the process with confidence, opened his mouth as if it was no big deal.
“Thanks to someone, I composed the movie’s OST myself. Shouldn’t we see the result? And, in case you forgot, I am the CEO of JYB, which is considered the best entertainment in Korea. In other words, they are the most welcome guests at Hanbit Arts High School.”
“Um… It’s just a fact, so I don’t have much to say. But why, Manager Oh?”
“That’s a secret. hahahaha.”
CEO Baek Joon-young headed toward the second floor bleachers with her meaningful words.
As expected, I saw many familiar faces other than that person, and there were several people who came to say hello to me.
The representative people were the officials of Studio N Mix.
In fact, rather than being outsiders, they came from a position of supporting the screening of my film.
“Eunwoo.”
And at that time, PD came up to me and said.
“First of all, don’t worry about the sound. When I checked, it turned out that the machine was 3 years old, so I replaced it with the latest one. “The screen was also rented for today.”
“I guess the budget went out in that regard. “Is that okay?”
Originally, the plan was to screen it in the main auditorium with the existing equipment.
Of course, if you see ‘Summer Without You’ in a movie theater, you can hear it in a cleaner, better picture quality, and with better sound.
So, if you feel any regret, watch it again at the movie theater tomorrow… We tried to proceed with this mindset, but Hanbit Arts High School and Studio Do&Mix were extremely opposed to it, so it was immediately canceled.
“The name and color is the work of Eunwoo, or rather the author of 927, so how could it be finished so roughly? Then we get criticized. And budget is no problem at all. “In the first place, the dedicated production costs for this 927 author’s work were quite high.”
What… Since they kept emphasizing that it was very trivial, there was no reason to refuse.
Anyway, it’s almost time for the club’s stage performance to begin…….
“Somehow, there are only two left.”
“I rather like it, right?”
Currently, the only person next to me was Seol So-young, who was looking at me with a faint smile.
Originally, Lee Da-hye was next to her until she entered the main auditorium, but she disappeared in an instant.
I feel uneasy… ….
“Oh, Dahye went to the bathroom.”
“Really?”
But one more question here is that Cha Mu-sik is not seen at all today.
This is the guy who appears near me when I’m bored, and especially at performances like this, the guy who’s always next to me is so quiet that I feel a little suspicious.
─Now the Hanbit Art High School festival is slowly coming to an end! Oh, my name is Cha Mu-sik from the Theater and Film Department, and I will be hosting today’s club stage performance!
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─Likewise, my name is Park Ha-jun, the manager of the theater and film department.
And as if my feelings were not wrong, two familiar faces appeared on the stage.
In that order, they were Cha Mu-sik and Park Ha-jun.
Somehow… ….
For some reason, I haven’t been able to see them much these days, so I guess they were preparing to emcee the festival stage together?
Surprisingly, those two fit well together.
Especially when they make fun of me unnecessarily.
Besides, it makes some sense that those two are the hosts.
Not to mention Park Ha-jun’s popularity within the school, Cha Mu-sik is, in name and reality, the one with the widest feet among the first graders.
─Well, first of all, before the club stage performance begins, special guests came to celebrate the Hanbit Arts High School festival! Let’s meet first before the club performance begins in earnest!
With Cha Mu-sik’s words, someone came up to the stage where they were standing. To be exact, there were 5 people, not 1.
─Well, what is it? Is this true?
─Awesome. What is Hanbit Arts High School class?
And as soon as they got on stage, exclamations of joy began to flow from all over.
I was also able to immediately tell who the people on stage were.
That’s because at the center of them stood a very familiar blonde woman.
Only then did I realize why Manager Oh Gyu-min was with CEO Baek Jun-young, and I had no choice but to ask Seol So-young the reason.
“Dahye… “Didn’t you say earlier that she definitely went to the bathroom?”
“I wanted to give you a surprise and asked you to keep it a secret.”
Hmm. I roughly understand what the situation is.
But doesn’t it seem like the impact is a bit weak to be called a surprise?
But I think that was a bit of a complacent idea.
─Now, there are five chairs placed on the stage. We need courageous applicants to sit on this chair and help Hongryeon perform.
The students all started screaming and raising their hands like crazy at Park Ha-jun’s soft words.
Of course, most of the people who raised their hands were male students, and I think that was bound to happen.
Not only can you see Hongryeon right next to you, but you can even perform with them?
It’s a fascinating place that an average student wouldn’t be able to resist…….
I wasn’t particularly interested, so I didn’t raise my hand or make any appeal.
─Student Eunwoo Seo. What are you doing if you can’t get up on stage quickly? Are you really going to give up this seat to someone you don’t know?
“Ha?”
But for some reason, Cha Mu-sik pointed at me and pointed somewhere with his finger.
The empty chair placed right in front of Lee Da-hye.
Write… ….
I understand roughly what you mean.
If what I think is correct, there was a very high possibility that physical contact would occur in a performance of that type.
In other words, if I didn’t sit there myself, I would just have to watch Dahye Lee make physical contact with someone else.
Because of this, I had no choice but to go up on stage.
And I sat down on the chair placed in front of Lee Da-hye as if it were a reserved seat.
Meanwhile, looking at Lee Da-hye, who had been smiling brightly ever since before I sat down, I suddenly felt like I wanted to ask her one thing.
“Dahye. “You said you should do this performance first, right?”
“Uh, huh? “Why do you think that?”
“There is no reason for a girl group like Hongryeon to provide this kind of fan service at a school festival. “You just have to sing one or two songs and go.”
“hehehe, I got caught. But you know what? The sisters will refrain from skinship as much as possible, but…… “
At the same time as Lee Da-hye said those words, the lights inside the auditorium began to slowly turn off, and all the lights turned off, creating complete darkness.
And in that darkness……
“Probably not me.”
Lee Da-hye’s sinister voice came from my ear.
Soon, along with Hongryeon’s title song, the lights turned on and illuminated the stage.
I think I had a good(?) Experience.
***
Starting with Hongryeon’s stage, the club stage performance went smoothly.
As expected, the quality of the performance was very excellent as it was performed by a club selected based on grades in a school where outstanding talents gather.
What was particularly impressive was the band’s performance…….
If my film hadn’t been there, would it have been able to be the grand finale of the festival?
But that probably won’t happen.
“Ah, ah. This is Seo Eun-woo from the Theater and Film Department who will briefly introduce the work that will be screened from now on. “It would be more convenient here to introduce myself as author 927.”
After all the previous performances were over, it was finally our turn.
It’s time to present my first film, ‘Summer Without You’.
“I wanted to say something about the movie, so I took the microphone and went up on stage. It is scheduled to be officially released tomorrow in all theaters nationwide, and students from Hanbit Arts High School also took special participation. Maybe it would be fun to find people you know in the movie. Oh, and I hope that the contents of today’s movie are as little known to the outside world as possible. What if it becomes known… There might be a culprit among these. Anyway, I think I would be a little angry if something like that happened. hahahaha.”
I intentionally spoke in a threatening tone at the end.
In the first place, leakage of content during such pre-release is literally a fatal accident.
So, this part had to be controlled somehow.
Then, I wanted to add a brief introduction to ‘Summer Without You.’
Since the movie posters were not handed out, it would probably be difficult for most people here to guess what the plot or content of the movie is.
However.
I decided to save my words as much as possible.
I thought it would be a huge spoiler when I asked to simply explain the plot of the movie in words.
Because, if I were to describe the plot of the movie The Summer Without You in one word…….
‘Because it’s a story about one person’s death.’