Romantic Research Lab, Germination (2)
Yoo Jeong-ah, Chae Ji-hyeon, Han Seo-hee, and Lee Seo-hyun, four actresses, sat at exact intervals as if they were weaving.
I don’t know if it reflected the actresses’ opinions or if the production team had arranged the seats in advance.
The eyes of the actresses, whose flames were burning, were focused on Jeong Seo-hoon.
Do-jin Cha opened the lid of the water cup, feeling like it would get hot just by looking at it.
‘Isn’t this discrimination too severe?’
He grumbled lightly inside, but it wasn’t a serious grievance.
Because among the four, there was no actress Cha Do-jin had in mind.
Still, it’s a bit sad to receive such differentiated attention for the same male actor.
‘Anyway, it’s an era where actors are given more preferential treatment only when they have good brains and academic background.’
Senior at Korea University, early graduation, 4 hits in a row, unmatched acting talent. Even the song is at the level of a ballad prince, so even the top star, Cha Do-jin, is overshadowed by that light.
“Cha Do-jin.”
“what? Were you next to me?”
“Here is a name tag.”
Only then did Cha Do-jin, who checked the empty name tag next to him, grumble lightly.
“No, it would only be humiliating for me to catch the two of us side by side in a two-shot. Aren’t the production crew too harsh on me?”
Looking at Cha Do-jin’s visuals, he’s not lacking at all compared to Jeong Seo-hoon.
However, the firm skin of a 22-year-old, which comes from the age difference, cannot be overcome even by expensive clinics.
It’s only a matter of which of the two suns is brighter… … .
“You’re kidding too. When Cha Do-jin says something about humiliation with that face, other people curse at him.”
“The face is not everything. Other people only look at my face, but I’m going to see through Seo-hoon’s sexy brain wrinkles. The feeling of acceptance will be different.”
A friendly atmosphere where jokes are exchanged.
The eyes of the actresses were focused on Cha Do-jin. It’s full of enthusiasm, like, “What are you, you’re monopolizing Jeong Seo-hoon?”
Cha Do-jin enjoyed that gaze and showed off his friendliness by lightly tapping his shoulder.
Song Jeong-woo, who was silently giggling and watching the silent battle for attention, evoked the atmosphere with a light applause.
“Reading begins.”
* * *
One of the cameras for the making film was attached to Jeong Seo-hoon alone.
A change took place in the landscape, and everywhere turned into a college campus.
In a world where producers, writers, and staff were completely erased, Jung Seo-hoon could see actors wearing costumes that matched their roles.
From the lead role to the supporting role, they are playing their roles without discrimination.
‘Dead comrades… … .’
When I raise my eyes, I see the scenery of the battlefield far beyond the campus landscape.
It is a composition that seems to have created a miniature campus landscape in the middle of the ruins of a battlefield full of death and sadness due to the traces of quarrels.
If so, are the dead bodies of soldiers surrounding the campus landscape far outside the audience?
‘There is definitely a reason why the lens landscape is changing like this.’
There are no effects without causes, and there are no causes without intentions.
The fact that the landscape of the lens changes from the battlefield at first to a scene that suits the play in the battlefield must have been a specific intention.
If so, what is the intention?
If you approach the comet, will you be able to find out its intentions?
Above all, what will the comet look like now?
‘If you control the impact area and see that the UN investigation team is resident, there are circumstances in which the comet cannot be moved to another place.’
Too big to move?
However, if it is such a huge comet, the whole of Seoul must be blown away.
Bizarrely, the comet did no damage to school facilities just a few hundred meters away.
“I… … Professor Hwang Kun-wook is the new professor, right?”
Han Seo-hee’s voice, with subtle tremors, changed Jeong Seo-hoon, who was immersed in thoughts, into Hwang Gun-wook.
He calmly watched the pretty and lively female undergraduate who was struggling with the shock of the first impression.
The rest of the breathing is somewhat stretched, but the PD did not give a word.
In the gaze of just staring at it, everyone in the reading room held their breath without realizing it.
“Where is the dean’s office?”
A very simple question, no big deal.
However, Han Seo-hee missed the beat because of the deep eyes that seemed to inhale the human spirit.
Still, no one felt awkward. The PD also watched silently without intervening.
“The dean’s office?”
“I-I will guide you!”
Song Jeong-woo read the fingerprints and continued to lead without missing the flow.
Han Seo-hee immersed herself in the play without a moment to fall into the guilt of making a slight mistake.
“Are you from our school by any chance?”
“If that’s the case, why are you going to throw away the professor and treat me like a senior?”
“Oh no! It can’t be!”
“I’ve been gone for a while. I dropped out and went to America.”
“Why did you quit?”
“Because the level wasn’t right, because a better call came in, because the disease was severe. Choose from these.”
“Is the correct answer among the three?”
‘Professor Hwang Geon-wook’ replaced the answer by moving his eyes slightly up and down.
The geeky scientist’s eyes, full of boredom, looked real, and the other three actresses exclaimed inwardly.
“Two, second?”
“Wrong.”
“So, the third one?”
“That too.”
‘Undergraduate student Han So-ra’ could see a slight twitching sneer. I thought that mockery, which had slightly twisted emotions, was somehow beautiful.
“All three.”
Again, silent sighs flowed from all sides.
Jeong Seo-hoon forcibly pulled, pushed, and tightened people’s breath in short lines that were not special.
Cha Do-jin’s expression, which had to match the sum, became more and more serious. I don’t know anything else, but it’s a matter of pride as a senior actor that my acting looks so lagging behind.
A good-natured competitive spirit, not wanting to lose, sparked a spark inside Cha Do-jin.
Same with other actors.
“Scene 23. Professor Jeong-ae Kim and Professor Gun-wook Hwang open the office and enter. Hwang Geon-wook, looking at you calmly. Kim Jung-ae gets angry with a sigh.”
When PD Song Jeong-woo recited the fingerprint, Yoo Jung-ah (Kim Jeong-ae) took a deep breath and finished the transition.
“Professor Hwang Kun-wook?”
“Is that so?”
“Do you know why I came here?”
“You didn’t tell me, so of course you don’t know, right?”
“Then I will tell you. This new TDX-3 equipment, I was definitely scheduled to use it for 168 hours from 11:00 am tomorrow.”
“Ah, that’s why.”
“Oh, is that why? Are you saying that now?”
To Yoo Jung-ah’s ferocious eyes, Cha Do-jin, who was next to her, rather flinched.
The staff clapped lightly inwardly at the realistic hostility as if they were dealing with Cheolcheon’s enemy.
“But the usage schedule suddenly changed? Professor Hwang’s name was put in place of my name? How did this happen?”
“I have spoken to the dean. I will use it at that time.”
“I know you brag about your connections. It’s not this though. You should use the dean’s chance moderately so that fellow professors don’t gossip.”
“Are you saying I had to wait my turn and make a reservation to use it?”
“Yes! Because that’s our school rule! No, it will be the same no matter where you go.”
“In the first place, I came to this school with the priority guaranteed that I can use it whenever I want, right?”
“Ha, was that a condition for scouting our school? That’s the California Institute of Technology method, not our Seoul National University!”
Yoo Jung-ah, who was immersed in Professor Kim Jeong-ae, showed strong feelings with her whole body.
Chae Ji-hyun and Lee Seo-hyun silently said, ‘Why are they giving so much strength? burdened… … .’ he muttered to himself.
Jeong Seo-hoon looked at him gently and slightly wiggled his head from side to side, loosening his muscles.
That small movement clearly conveyed the boredom of being bothered to the audience.
“It’s not a scout, it’s a condition of being brought in.”
“Yes? bring in… … Conditions?”
“First use guaranteed, that is the condition of bringing the TDX-3.”
Yoo Jung-ah’s face contorted with embarrassment.
I realized that something was going wrong, but the expression clearly captured the frustration that had not reached a concrete form.
“What is that… … .”
“This country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not do a good job, and the US did not approve the export of the TDX-3.”
“… … .”
“Because I vouched for it.”
For a while, everyone in the reading room was caught in Jeong Seo-hoon’s eyes.
* * *
The script reading continued without hesitation.
“Professor Hwang Kun-wook? Isn’t it too my way? From what I’ve heard, it sounds like you have a pretty eccentric personality?”
“Why? i think i’m fine They don’t give unreasonable instructions, and they roll the students according to the schedule.”
“I just don’t like the look. It’s like saying that I’m the only human in the world, and everyone else is a chimpanzee.”
“What’s wrong with a proud person living for a good taste?”
Chae Ji-hyun and Lee Seo-hyun, who came out as graduate students in the doctoral program, perfectly portrayed the role of motives and friends.
Chae Ji-hyeon, who had a lot of complaints about Hwang Gun-wook, suddenly pointed at Cha Do-jin.
“there! Professor Cha Young-woo is passing by!”
“It is a real ghost. how did you know? A lot of people pass by like that.”
“It makes no sense that even if there are hundreds or thousands of crows, you can’t recognize the egret in them.”
“Okay, make your own bag to your heart’s content.”
“Honestly, Professor Cha Young-woo, aren’t you too handsome to be a professor? Even if he had done something like a movie star, he would have been great.”
“Puhuuu’’’’’’’’’’’
A sudden burst of laughter broke the flow.
Cha Do-jin was clapping and laughing while shedding tears.
It was a very cool laugh that made even the viewer’s heart feel refreshed.
The flow stopped, but no one was in the mood to criticize.
Rather, as if they could sympathize with Cha Do-jin, everyone laughed in unison, and the laughter was contagious in an instant and spread into a big laugh.
Jeong Seo-hoon was the only one who did not laugh.
Song Jeong-woo also laughed while shedding tears before talking to Kim Sang-hee.
“Writer Kim, shouldn’t that line go to actor Jeong Seo-hoon?”
Cha Do-jin, who had been laughing so hard, barely spoke while pressing on her aching stomach.
“Writer, that is my heart. Ah, why did you send the lines that should have been sent to Seo Hoon? embarrassing people.”
“It was on purpose. For those who know that Mr. Seo Hoon will be confirmed as a professor later, it seems that he is revealing too much the human Jeong Seo-hoon, not the role of Hwang Gun-wook. It breaks immersion.”
“Ah, this. Still, I was so embarrassed that I endured and listened to it, but got scolded. I’m not an academic racist, but to be honest, there’s a big gap with Seo Hoon, but he even put in a line like that.”
“Then shall we take it off?”
“No no! I don’t mean that! It was just funny from my point of view, so I couldn’t concentrate well, that was it.”
“That’s fortunate. I hope the viewers will also laugh a little like this.”
“Non-rappers will laugh once in a while and move on. That seems certain. But Mr. Seo Hoon, how can you not laugh when everyone else is laughing?”
Laughter is highly contagious.
Even if you don’t think it’s funny, when everyone around you starts laughing, it eventually spreads to you as well.
Even though it’s a line related to Jeong Seo-hoon himself, he doesn’t laugh at all.
“Because Hwang Kun-wook is a person who forgot how to laugh.”
“… … .”
“… … .”
A strange silence passed for a moment, and one by one the smiles were removed from everyone’s faces.
Song Jeong-woo drew attention by clapping lightly.
“Come on, let’s focus on the rest and finish it. So far everything has been good, nothing to point out. Let’s just go like this.”