Black Ops(4)
Today was a shooting day in an indoor studio.
Jeong-woo Song, who went to work with ideas in his head, was surprised to find Seo-hoon Jeong.
“Why are you here so early? You just have to come according to the timeline.”
Because Jeong Seo-hoon works in the laboratory at the same time, Song Jeong-woo was trying to accurately tell the timeline by breaking it in 30-minute increments.
It’s okay when filming on campus, but when filming in a place far away from the school, knife-like time management is important.
“You must be busy rapping, but you shouldn’t waste time on the street like this. While others are doing two things that are difficult to do alone… … .”
“it’s okay. Acting is my main job.”
“My main job is acting… … .”
Song Jeong-woo was a little moved.
To think that an actor he discovered would say that this is his main job over a promising academic.
Those who have not experienced this emotion do not know.
“I couldn’t sleep while rehearsing the script yesterday. Hurry up, the day is bright, so I wanted to stand in front of the camera like a chimney.”
“Oh, you couldn’t sleep, did you?”
“You don’t have to worry because I got enough sleep.”
“Hey, I’m glad that Seo Hoon seems to be full of motivation today. No, no. Seo Hoon was always passionate in front of the scene camera.”
There are still about 40 minutes left until the first shoot.
While preparing the setting, Song Jeong-woo looked at Jeong Seo-hoon from time to time.
Jeong Seo-hoon, dressed in a costume (or at least a gown), was reading the script intently as he sat in a chair.
‘Wait, Mr. Seo Hoon read the script?’
Song Jung-woo suddenly became worried at the sudden thought.
Jeong Seo-hoon reads the script quickly and has a style that sticks it all in his head, even a comma.
He also said that he remembered everything in the books he had read so far.
But now come and read the script?
‘Have you ever been so busy with your lab life that you didn’t even have time to read the script? So right before the shoot?’
If Jeong Seo-hoon is running on both sides in parallel, he may have to adjust the entire schedule.
It is not strange for other actors to read the script diligently right before filming, but Jeong Seo-hoon is different.
“Seohun, are you really okay?”
“no problem. Why?”
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen Seo Hoon read the script in front of others. If it’s because I’m so busy rapping that I don’t have time to read the script properly, so I came out this early… … .”
“Oh, this is not the first time I am reading this script. I have already read and re-read it several times.”
“Isn’t that worse? It seems that the nobleman, who read it once and memorized it right away, is so complicated in his head that he can’t even see it properly.”
Then Jeong Seo-hoon covered his face with his hands and let out a silent laugh.
The corners of his lips wide open under the fingers that covered his eyes, somehow felt cool.
He lowered his hand and looked up.
“You have nothing to worry about. I just kept watching because reading the script was fun.”
“You didn’t say the script was fun, you said reading the script was fun, right?”
Song Jeong-woo, like a producer, sees through the subtle differences in nuances.
Jeong Seo-hoon fixed his eyes on the script again and continued talking happily.
“Yes. It feels completely different from replaying memorized lines only in your head and reading through the script page by page.”
“… … .”
“I don’t know why I threw away the script book because I had memorized it in the past. The more I read, the more new and completely different acting methods come to my mind.”
“Well, to be honest, every time I watch a movie I’ve seen a lot, as if I memorize the contents, it’s a new law. The same goes for books.”
“I enjoy reading it so much that I keep watching it.”
“It’s okay to be a bit conceited now, but what will other people say if you become stronger there? I’m scared for nothing because I’m afraid I’ll hear nagging even if the directing isn’t good enough.”
The words sound like dying, but Song Jeong-woo also had a face full of joy.
‘How can a person be so perfect?’
How will others view a genius who has all the talents as an actor, who works hard and even enjoys it?
‘hehehe, I dug it up. I dug it up.’
Song Jeong-woo was happy when he remembered the moment when Jung Seo-hun grabbed Kim Hyun-tae by the collar.
At that time, if it hadn’t been for himself, who had taken a half-step back and flashed an image of the virtual camera frame, this bright star would not have illuminated the world.
“Now, please take a seat. We are going to rehearse.”
Jeong Seo-hoon and the supporting actor in the role of the dean each took their places in front of the camera.
The cue sign dropped, and Jeong Seo-hoon immediately possessed Hwang Gun-wook.
The powerless self-confident dean is busy appeasing and making excuses for being embarrassed by the young and competent professor’s toughness.
Song Jeong-woo, who was concentrating on the monitor, made his heart race.
‘great. Good. It’s good, I mean… … . Isn’t this better than usual?’
I’ve never felt that his acting was lacking. I always thought I only saw the perfect image.
But today, a passion that I hadn’t seen before, and maybe even a sense of desperation, stood out.
Song Jeong-woo has seen this kind of desperation countless times.
A lot of auditions I’ve been through so far.
The heat that was desperately shown by the unfortunate unknowns who were seen in the evaluation of others, who lacked talent or skills but who were second to none in their dreams.
That heat is now captured in the camera.
“Seohun, I think something is different today?”
“I’m good at it, but I think I’m acting harder than usual.”
It seems that other actors also felt such a subtle difference.
I refined my lines and emotions, and the attitude of observing my colleagues’ acting has become quite serious.
This is a good phenomenon.
Song Jung-woo was pleased with the change that the young new actor brought about among the senior actors who were full of experience.
“A person with a lot of talent even practiced like that all night last night. You sharpen your knife very tightly.”
Yoo Jeong-ah muttered with her arms crossed.
However, her voice was louder than expected, so the actresses around her could easily understand her.
Han Seo-hee, the youngest, could not stand it and asked.
“Sister, what do you mean?”
“yes? What did I say?”
Chae Ji-hyeon saw her natural friend’s expression and knew that she shouldn’t ask any more questions.
Because that’s the expression you get when you’re grabbing your collar with your heart begging me to ask.
‘Don’t ask! Don’t ask!’
“I was wondering what you mean by saying that my brother practiced all night last night.”
“Oh, that? not a big deal. I did some practice partners. Still, I guess it’s a bit more comfortable since you’re working on your debut film with me.”
“Your sister practiced with? Then the two of us in the lab… … .”
“Ah, I didn’t go back to Korea University after filming was over yesterday.”
Chae Ji-hyeon knew that she shouldn’t remain in front of that arrogant attitude, but she couldn’t leave the place even if she was curious.
The actresses came up with the same idea at the same time.
‘Could it be that the two met separately outside of school and practiced acting all night?’
Chae Ji-hyun tried to open her mouth to deny this unacceptable interpretation.
At that moment, Yoo Jeong-ah stood up and said to one of the young staff.
“I’ll fix my makeup and come back. I think I wore less makeup.”
“Yes. Please go.”
In this way, Yoo Jeong-ah threw all sorts of imaginary traps at her colleagues and competitors, and then slowly got out of there.
* * *
The world called a brigadier general a hero who advanced from a low-level soldier to a general.
But the brigadier did not consider himself superior.
I just fought like everyone else. The dead did not lack courage or lack of skill than themselves.
‘It’s just that I was lucky enough to survive… … .’
Luckily, bullets and shells dodged.
I was lucky enough to survive a victorious battlefield.
Fortunately, he returned from a failed operation in which his comrades were massacred, and was lucky to escape punishment even after assaulting his superior who sent him to death.
Jeong Seo-hoon remembered the time when he muttered to himself as if breathing, ‘I’m just lucky.’
‘I didn’t have the qualifications of a hero.’
But the country needed the existence of a war hero.
As he became a general, the brigadier general realized that he was a hero created as an instrument of agitation.
I was lucky enough to survive, come back, make a mark, and get a promotion.
The state unavoidably endowed him with a use value unrelated to combat.
Even before he came to his senses, the brigadier general had already become a tool for inciting patriotism by the state.
The hard-fought effort to save even one comrade was stuffed into a trophy that made more people crave glory on the battlefield.
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Now young recruits look at the brigadier general and do not think of the lives and blood of the comrades he left behind on the battlefield.
I only see a high rank insignia that does not fit my age, and a nice medal that is not enough even though the formal clothes are tightly covered.
That you can be like that, you want to be.
-Commander, the return order has been issued.
-Now the country needs a great war hero.
I didn’t want to go back to the battlefield.
However, the headquarters did not allow him the long-awaited short time on the stage.
The trophy that was trying to take root on the stage was taken away in order to put more recruits into the battlefield.
‘I don’t want to fight.’
‘I hate war anymore.’
‘Play, now I wanted to shine only on that stage.’
Today, the scenery that Kwon Neung showed in front of the camera was uniquely different.
Beyond the ruins of the battlefield surrounding the outside of the scene in the play, clearly created like augmented reality, the soundless screams of the brigadier general who had to leave seem to echo.
The regret and thirst for the theater stage that I couldn’t climb.
Jeong Seo-hoon opened his body and mind to his heart’s content to fill, soothe, and empty them.
‘After the war, what will you do for a living?’
‘I want to become an actor. I want people to know how to love peace, not strife and violence.’
Stepping on the quietly turbulent heart, Hwang Gun-wook poured out his last line as if to comfort another himself.
“Cut!”
Like a lie, the scenery kicks up.
Jeong Seo-hoon saw the face of the old dean, who was terrified and at a loss, turned into an elderly actor who felt relieved as if he had overcome a major hurdle.
“As I heard, you show very passionate and powerful acting. I was nervous inside because I thought I was going to be eaten by you.”
He speaks as if to encourage his distant junior, but his eyebrows are still trembling.
He is a good actor, but his skills are incomparable to an elder actor like Lee Min-soo. It is surprising that he stayed longer as an actor than Lee Min-soo.
“thank you sir.”
“As expected, it’s very amazing because it was the grand prize winner in the year of debut. I have high expectations for this work.”
I can feel the faint malicious intentions in the attitude of pretending to be relaxed. I think I know how to survive on this floor for so long.
However, Jeong Seo-hun decided not to look down on him.
‘Because a person like this is necessary. Everyone can’t be the star, the main character, the main character.’
Jeong Seo-hoon willingly and politely accepted the handshake, wanting to look good to his distant junior.
* * *
“brother.”
“yes.”
“Can I rent a theater? Just in time for the first airing.”
“A theater?”
Ha Tae-soo became surprised and met Jeong Seo-hoon’s gaze through the rearview mirror.
“Are you going to jointly watch the first day together with the fans?”
“uh. right.”
“Hey, what’s up? Are you suddenly suggesting all those things first? is that what you remembered? Didn’t someone give you advice?”
“What I remembered is correct.”
“I get it. there’s nothing difficult Then, I’ll make a reservation for the theater and notify the fans in advance to sell tickets.”
I want to do it for free, but now I know that it causes more pain to the fans.
Instead, give more than that.
“Enrich the drinks, food, and souvenirs you provide to your fans. So that you can take more than the ticket price. We have to think of the deficit unconditionally and pursue it.”
“I get it. Fans will love it. But why did you suddenly come up with something like this?”
“just… … Because of someone who couldn’t fulfill his wish and was drafted into the army.”
“Ah, a fan? Did you go on vacation just in time for the first airing? If you tell me your name and date of birth, I will give you a special ticket for that fan… … .”
“You don’t have to. I can’t come out then anyway.”
Jung Seo-hoon stared out the car window and mumbled his words.
“For the time being, maybe for a very long time… … .”