The first to be crushed (3)
“Mr. Lee Min-soo must have seen a ghost.”
“oh my god. really?”
“I guess so. Didn’t you make a ridiculous NG earlier? It was because he was surprised to see a ghost grabbing his ankle.”
“Wow, it looks like our drama is about to hit the jackpot.”
“But the studio opened this year, is there a ghost? Are you a ghost of a worker who died in an accident during construction and is grieved?”
“I heard that there was not a single fatality in this studio while it was being built.”
“Then what kind of ghost are you?”
“Isn’t there something like a tomb before entering the studio? The ghost who lost his bed has turned the entire studio into a graveyard.”
“Something spooky.”
“I wish I could be a ghost who died unjustly during the Gyeyujeong crisis, but is not even recorded in the history books. Isn’t that something more epic?”
Rumors that Lee Min-soo saw a ghost while filming spread throughout the production team.
A single word, ‘I must have seen something false’, gave birth to the footless Chollima.
***
“Cut. great.”
Even while giving the OK sign, producer Jang Seung-won looked at Lee Min-soo.
Returning for monitoring, Lee Min-soo’s expression was full of dissatisfied feelings.
He was not satisfied with his own performance.
‘Ah, sir. please. It’s already the same scene for the fifth time.’
Jang Seung-won prayed that way in his heart, and the cinematographer and staff felt the same way.
It was a refined and good acting that the viewer silently admired.
However, Lee Min-soo alone was not satisfied and kept repeating it.
‘I’m sorry to Mr. Seohun, too, this.’
It’s not your fault, but if you repeat the same scene, it will be frustrating for Jung Seo-hoon.
Since my partner is senior actor Lee Min-soo, even if I have complaints, I just can’t show them.
‘This time, I’ll definitely cut it off. If I don’t intervene, there could be a crack between the two of them.’
Jang Seung-won made up his mind.
Lee Min-soo, who is being monitored, groaned and expressed his frustration.
“This is true. Something tickles and seems to come up…”
“It was good enough acting in my opinion, sir. I think you can stop now.”
“But how can I do it one more time…”
“I am okay. You can do whatever the teacher wants. I have fun too.”
Lee Min-soo’s complexion brightened as Jeong Seo-hoon supported him.
Jang Seung-won, who had been trying to quit this time, had no choice but to say that he liked the other actor first.
“All right. Then, sir, is it really just this one time?”
“I have a grudge too. If I’m not satisfied this time, I’ll just leave.”
“Okay, then I’ll go one more time. But everything you’ve done so far is really good…”
Standing in front of the camera again, Lee Min-su calmly glanced at Jeong Seo-hoon and the LED wall.
The LED wall located on the side did not melt into Jeong Seo-hoon’s background.
‘Did I really see something in vain?’
The whole LED wall is fused with Jeong Seo-hoon’s background, and it feels like the world has turned into the world in the script.
I crave the vividness of the studio, as if I had dropped it in the past. It seemed like he could become a true left-hander if he was inside it.
Why did I get NG by getting caught on a rock?
Did you really have a hallucination?
‘No way. I didn’t even drink yesterday. My head is so clear.’
A mad tickling rises from the gray matter, longing for an answer.
Lee Min-soo gave his best performance, but he was still not satisfied.
The lack of being nothing more than just imitating a left councilor rather than becoming a left councilor tormented her heart.
“Cut, good. It was the best performance ever, sir.”
Jang Seung-won’s sincere praise flowed without even reaching the back of his ear.
Lee Min-soo strode closer to Jeong Seo-hun and asked.
“Hey, do you have time after today?”
“Sorry, but I think I need to go today.”
“Then what about tomorrow? Do you have time after filming?”
“I think it will be tomorrow. Why?”
The urge to ask if it’s because you really don’t know comes from the calmly questioning face.
Those calm eyes seemed to know what they were thirsty for, but pretended not to know.
I even heard this thought.
Maybe you know something about the experience you felt just once, where the scenery in all directions matched the one in the play?
‘It’s a ridiculous guess.’
Lee Min-soo knew better that it made no sense logically.
However, it is difficult to shake off the question of whether Jeong Seo-hoon knows something.
“I felt like I was lacking something while acting with you today. I want to have a drink with you and talk about what it is.”
“I don’t know if I can be of any help. Isn’t that just taking up the teacher’s time?”
“Nope. I’m sure it will be of great help. So, give me some time after filming tomorrow.”
“All right.”
Jeong Seo-hoon looked at Lee Min-soo, who stumbled a little and returned to his seat, then turned around.
I muttered to myself so that no one could hear.
“You seem to be looking at something properly, our teacher Lee Min-soo.”
***
Jang Seung-won was not satisfied with virtual production and outdoor sets.
He even obtained priority access to an indoor studio of 1,600 pyeong in Gearco, and installed several sets including palaces.
Virtual production that can produce huge augmented reality backgrounds.
An indoor studio decorated with various indoor and palace interiors.
Here, the outdoor set stage decorated with the scenery of the capital city.
Most of the filming was done in rotation between these three, and it was carried out in such a way that only occasionally, when necessary, they went to overseas shooting.
“Hey, since we monopolize the Paju studio, it’s really convenient.”
“PD-nim, it seems that the speed is twice as fast as when you filmed historical dramas at KBC in the past.”
“It was really good that KBC didn’t film this.”
“That’s right. Since CV Cable is doing it, I can use the latest Hollywood-style studio to my heart’s content, and if I did it at KBC, the quality would have dropped dramatically.”
“The money must have been eaten again.”
“Now, terrestrial broadcasting is really out of date. Cable never catches up. For dramas, CV cable is now the best, good.”
The filming division, which moved from KBC following Jang Seung-won, directly experienced the size and effectiveness of the Paju studio and realized the changed relationship between terrestrial and cable channels.
“I heard that it cost more than 300 billion won to build this studio… It must be an investment that terrestrial broadcasters can never dream of, right?”
“It doesn’t matter.”
“They say that if this goes well, depending on the situation, they might build another one with a bigger one….”
“Terrestrial broadcasters should now just tell them to produce daily dramas that don’t cost money. Leave all content that makes money to cable or private producers.”
There were also side effects.
As Jang Seung-won monopolized the three most important facilities in the studio, all kinds of resentment poured out from all sides.
However, whenever such a claim came in, Jang Seung-won responded without batting an eye.
“I am writing this with the permission of the general manager. You shouldn’t do this to me, you should go and tell the general manager.”
“From now on, we will only use it until May and we will demolish all the facilities, so make a reservation from then on.”
“Yes? I’ll only use it for a short time on the weekend, so you want me to demolish the set for a while? We also have weekend shoots. Do you know how to pitch a tent? There are shootings every day without a break.”
“Let’s see… I’m going to have a three-day holiday next month, and then I’ll take down the set for a while. It’s just 3 days, 3 days. If you don’t empty the studio after finishing filming within it, from now on, even if you have a day off, the studio won’t be vacated.”
Jang Seung-won skillfully shed the protests and pleas from the people around him, while controlling the filming schedule without any problems as a producer.
***
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Next day.
After the filming ended as promised, Jung Seo-hoon and Lee Min-soo headed to their favorite draft beer shop.
It was a famous store frequented by celebrities, but even though customers recognized Lee Min-soo and Jeong Seo-hoon, they did not come close or ask for an autograph.
“It’s a rule set by the owner of this store. It doesn’t matter if a celebrity does fan service first, but if a fan approaches a celebrity first, it’s considered a golden bell and everything has to be counted.”
“I can drink comfortably.”
“Instead, the price is high. Would you feel comfortable drinking it if it was 10,000 won for a glass of five hundred draft beer?”
“I don’t think the store is run by the boss to make money.”
“right. The boss is also a former rapper. That’s why we made those rules.”
How was the filming today, everyone’s acting was good, I hope they continue to do it at the Paju studio in the future, Lee Min-soo first relaxed the atmosphere with a light topic.
By the time the blood was moderately filled with alcohol, I finally put a sensitive story on the table.
“You will remember that I did a ridiculous NG when I matched with you yesterday.”
“Yes, I remember.”
“Do you think I saw a ghost, like everyone else?”
“I have a desire to do so. Isn’t it often said that seeing a ghost is a big hit?”
“That’s the story of the ghost in the music studio. In the drama version, it’s not a ghost story that is so firmly hopeful.”
Perhaps embarrassed to bring up the story without borrowing alcohol, Lee Min-soo poured alcohol into his stomach.
“I actually saw something strange then.”
“It’s not a ghost, is it weird?”
“I saw a scene that made you and I feel like we were in a real mountain.”
“The LED wall is clearer and denser than I thought. Right in front of your nose, the pixels were almost indistinguishable.”
“It’s not like that.”
Min-soo Lee interrupted with a slightly excited voice and asked for a toast with an awkward smile.
Jeong Seo-hun said nothing, raised a glass of draft beer, bumped it, and slowly put it to his mouth.
Lee Min-soo, who poured the beer bubbling with carbonated bubbles into his mouth at once, continued with his face slightly flushed in response.
“I have to say this, but I saw a real mountain landscape, not a LED wall. I couldn’t see the PD and the camera at all.”
“…”
“Remember when I was surprised to see my feet? You may not believe it, but I saw myself standing on the foot of the mountain. My right foot got caught on a small rock.”
“The floor would not have been LED. Isn’t that just plywood?”
“So, it is strange. What on earth did I see then?”
It was a tone of voice that felt as if Jeong Seo-hoon knew the answer and was seeking it.
“I want to see you too. It is the scenery that the teacher saw. If so, it would have been a great help in catching emotions.”
“I even thought about this before going to bed at home yesterday.”
Lee Min-soo continued to speak slowly while staring with unfocused eyes.
“Sure, Hoon-kun, do you see something like that every time you act, and that’s why your acting is perceived as the character itself by those around you…”
“…”
“I know too. A funny idea, right? But after seeing those hallucinations while matching with you, it’s hard for me to keep thinking about them while I’m asleep.”
“You seem to have drunk a lot.”
“Have you really never seen anything like that? I won’t tell anyone, so tell me the truth. It’s because I’m so stuffy inside.”
Could it be because I drank too much beer?
Lee Min-soo was already quite drunk.
Borrowing alcohol, he pours out delusions that would normally not be laughable.
When Lee Min-soo’s upper body lost balance and collapsed, Jung Seo-hoon quickly supported his upper body.
He looked down at his eyes and slowly opened his mouth.
“I always imagine a scene where there is no shooting team or camera around me, and the background in the play surrounds me.”
“is it······.”
“Sometimes, when I am too immersed in my imagination, I sometimes fall into the illusion that I am really in the background of the play. As the teacher said, I sometimes see illusions while the camera is rolling.”
“Oh, as expected…!”
Lee Min-soo, drunk and with his eyes closed, muttered a little as if he were arguing.
Jeong Seo-hoon could imagine how frustrated he must have been, his dried up throat.
As a person who has devoted himself to acting for decades, he will follow the ecstasy that the power of the lens briefly tasted like a mirage.
It’s unfortunate, but he doesn’t even know what to do to share the Authority.
If I had known, I would have actively scattered it around and led the actors.
‘Han Seo-hee, Lee Min-soo.’
The people who have come closest to the power of the lens so far. What makes them different from others?
or not······.
‘Maybe I’ve changed since then.’
Soon, Lee Min-soo fell asleep leaning on his chair, and Jeong Seo-hoon, who returned to his seat, calmly enjoyed the light ice and carbonated taste of beer.
***
Jeong Seo-hoon, who sent Lee Min-soo back through his manager, had a dream that night.
In the dream, he became a large army and was walking around the mountains with his men.
I saw a large deer in front of me, shot my bow, and when the deer fell, the men celebrated the success of the hunt with loud exclamations.
One of the big men lifted up the deer, and as they all descended together, they saw the static Jwauijeong.
The most conspicuous nuisance, who notices his own ambitions early on and tries to keep them in check.
– Grand Prince Nari, the left statue is alone. How about hunting now?
– Arthur. Could it be a trap? Why is a nobleman with a left hand standing alone in the mountains?
-then······.
-Still, since we ran into each other, let’s say hello and go back.
As if walking around, the large army approached the left chair and greeted it with a touch.
– Chief Jwasang What are you doing deep in the mountains?
Daegun expected the feelings of contempt that the embarrassing Jwauijeong would soon fill his eyes.
But the imagination was out of the way.
Jwa Uijeong’s eyes seemed to be wide open in surprise, but he suddenly started to look around at his own clothes.
-Leadership?
-prince. What’s the big army doing here?
Soon after, the left councilor, who came to his senses, suddenly became angry and scolded.
-Are you secretly gathering your subordinates in the mountains and giving them military training?
-Leader of the left, your words are exaggerating.
-The only thing that goes too far is Daegun’s inverse mind!
I could feel the agitation of his subordinates, and the intent to kill was strong in the heart of the great army.
– It’s a reverse mind. Now, who are you slandering someone for weightlifting?
– Exactly you! Let the great army come! You, Grand Prince Suyang, who covets the throne, kills your nephew, and shakes the foundations of this country.
Daegun could not stand it and drew his sword, and cut the left legislator deeply in the chest.
Jwa Ui-jeong, who received a deep cut, fell as it was, spraying a lot of blood from the chest.
Daegun smirked as he squatted with his sword inserted vertically at the head of the left legislator who was gasping for his last breath.
-Teacher. You shouldn’t include the title Suyang. It is NG. Come on, let’s go again.
The blood and wounds flowing from Jwa Ui-jeong’s chest were real.
It was real that this was all a dream.
It was unclear whether the murderous intent that had just run rampant like a seizure was Rashid’s or the large army’s.
The left legislature stretched out his convulsive arms and pursed his lips, trying to say something, but in the end he could not achieve it and died with his eyes wide open.
His subordinates hurriedly ran forward and made a fuss to dispose of the body, while the army sat on a rock and watched.
At that time, I felt a faint vibration somewhere.
The growing vibration soon turned into an earthquake that seemed to shake the entire mountain, and a white hole in the cracked floor swallowed everything.
The dream ended there.
Jiying. Jiying.
Jeong Seo-hoon opened his eyes and could feel the vibrating sound of his mobile phone shaking loudly.
Blinking his eyes and staring at the ceiling, Jung Seo-hoon slowly reached out his hand to confirm the sender.
[Teacher Lee Min-soo]
“Yes, teacher. This is Jeong Seo-hoon. Did you get back to the house well…”
-Sorry for the morning. Did you wake up because of me?
“it’s okay. I just had a strange dream and was about to wake up.”
– I just had a strange dream. It was a dream in which I was killed by a large army.
Jeong Seo-hun wiped his face with his other hand, and the horse, whether asleep or out of reason, ignored the owner and jumped out on its own.
“Then why did you call me Suyang and make such an NG?”