The first to be crushed (4)
In an instant, the energy of sleep was blown away, and the distracted nerves were sharply aligned.
‘What am I saying now.’
Have you ever been drunk in a dream?
Jeong Seo-hoon came to his senses and tidied up his mind.
As if inserting a magazine in a trench under a surprise artillery fire at dawn, he quickly collected his words.
– Jeong Seo-hoon? Hey, no way…
“Oh, sorry. I was also confused by the dream. I had a similar dream.”
-A similar dream?
“Yes. In my dream, it was a scene where I matched the performance of the teacher with the teacher.”
-Which scene was it exactly?
“Scene number 32······ No, it is a scene where we encounter Jwauijeong while hunting in the mountains with his subordinates. It’s the scene that the teacher made an NG two days ago.”
A faint, gurgling sound of swallowing saliva crosses the airwaves.
– Originally, I was not attacked by a large group in that scene, right?
“Yes.”
– But you cut me?
“Is it a dream? Disorganized, rushing back and forth in the story, endings without context, aren’t they all like that?”
-In my dream, I also shouted to you, “Daegun Suyang.” and you cut me
“Teacher, I must have appeared in your dream.”
– But didn’t you just say the same thing? Why did you call me Suyang and make such an NG?
“…”
In Lee Min-soo’s voice, I can feel a certain urgency.
Do you want to believe that we were staying in the same dream? Is that what you want?
“sorry. Because the teacher threw out NG in ‘My Dream’, I didn’t wake up enough, so I made that mistake earlier.”
– It’s nothing to apologize for. But······.
“Teacher, if I said the same thing after NG in my dream, this would be really creepy. Aren’t the two actors dreaming of having the same scene and producing the same NG at the same time?”
Jeong Seo-hoon naturally acted out his excited voice when he encountered something strange.
“If PD-nim knew about it, would he be happy that it was a sign of great success? Teacher, what did I say in ‘Teacher’s Dream’?”
A dumbfounded moan flowed soundlessly, then returned with a dry answer.
-I remember lowering my posture by my bedside and giggling. But I think I muttered something, but I couldn’t hear it properly.
“Sorry.”
-The pain from the knife cut in my chest felt real. When would an ordinary person ever feel such intense pain?
“Yes. Not usually.”
However, Jeong Seo-hoon has the experience of hurting even more pain and situations countless times.
– Earlier, I called you Suyang and indifferently said, “Why did you make such an NG?”
“sorry again. Stop sleeping.”
– No. I just had this thought. Even in ‘My Dream’, what you said while giggling after you cut me, maybe it wasn’t like that…
“If that was the case, PD-nim would have been turned upside down.”
– It must be just a dream, right? Because we repeated the same scene that day, we ended up having similar dreams…
“Teacher.”
In order to straighten Lee Min-soo’s mind, which is in confusion, this level of calm would be good.
“It is just a dream.”
-Just a dream…
“Don’t think too much about it, why don’t you just get some rest? It’s too late. I have to go back to filming in a few hours.”
– I’m sorry. I stopped disturbing you at dawn.
“It’s just that I’m worried that there will be a problem with the filming today. It’s okay because I’m young and energetic.”
– I see. Get some rest.
“Yes, go to sleep.”
Jeong Seo-hoon put down the disconnected phone and lay down on the bed again.
The sleep that escaped was just hanging around outside the door, hesitating to come back in.
“You have to be careful. Even if you are asleep.”
There won’t be any problems.
It’s just that we had similar dreams.
Because Lee Min-soo explained well by unraveling it so that he would not have a different mind.
But some curiosity, and certainty, remain.
‘Did the power of the lens bring Lee Min-soo into my dream?’
The hypothesis that emerged like a morning star emits a darker glow in my head.
The probability of coincidence will rather converge to zero.
Could it be that the power of the lens created a set for acting in a dream and forcibly invited Lee Min-soo, the co-star?
‘Hey, is it too much to let you experience the pain? The opponent is a civilian.’
Jeong Seo-hoon thought that it would be good if this murmur reached the power.
***
“…”
Lee Min-soo, who was staring at the phone, lay down again.
“Keuuu”
As soon as I lie down, I feel a sharp pain in a diagonal line from my shoulder through my chest.
What was revealed through the loosened nightgown was intact skin with no scars.
The pain is so clear, that it was all a dream?
‘Is it really a studio ghost? Did I just get a baby?’
I even had an absurd delusion that the two of them might have been sucked into a dream created by a ghost.
I couldn’t continue to have serious delusions in front of Jeong Seo-hoon, who regarded it as a simple coincidence, so I ended the conversation moderately.
I don’t follow superstition, but the delusion that a studio ghost invited the two to the same dream might be more reasonable.
‘Then why did you call me Suyang and make such an NG?’
That voice, which seemed to be giggling somewhere, still lingers in my ears.
Jeong Seo-hoon said it was a slip of the tongue in his sleep. It makes sense, given that I had just woken up from the dream.
However, how can I explain this awkwardness that has been coiled in a corner of my heart?
Lee Min-su couldn’t sleep for quite some time because of the chest pain left by the stab wound in his dream.
***
Lee Min-soo, whom I met in the Paju studio in the morning, seemed somewhat troubled.
Jeong Seo-hoon could be sure of the occasional grabbing or sweeping of the chest.
‘The area I cut in my dream must be sore.’
I regret that I thought I was just dreaming of acting and moved freely as my body and mind went.
However, it is also necessary to be careful in conveying consolation and expressing concern.
It is difficult to induce Lee Min-soo to have strange suspicions about himself.
Jeong Seo-hoon expressed his concerns in an appropriate way.
“Teacher. You haven’t looked well since before. I am worried that you are not feeling well.”
“Ah, maybe it’s because I slept in a weird posture, so my chest hurts.”
“Yes? Are you saying your chest hurts?”
Jang Seung-Won, who heard those words like a ghost, hurriedly ran and looked around for Min-Soo.
“Where are you going, how are you sore? Since when? Is it from here to here?”
After looking around Lee Min-soo, Jang Seung-won hurriedly called the assistant director.
“Take the doctor and go to the emergency room urgently to see a cardiologist. Right Now.”
“Yes? emergency room? A cardiologist?”
“What if I have a myocardial infarction? An adult relative complained of similar symptoms and died of an acute myocardial infarction, so I have some trauma. Take the teacher and go quickly.”
“It will take an hour to get to the emergency room at the university hospital from here. Wouldn’t it be better to go to the medical center doctor?”
“Then ask the doctor, and if you can, go to the hospital and get a thorough examination.”
“No, Jean PD. It’s not quite like that.”
“Teacher. Pain in the chest is okay no matter how much you shake. I sent away two people close to me only because of heart disease. Please listen to me.”
“I will go with you. The assistant director should stay here and control the scene.”
When Jeong Seo-hoon hurriedly came out, Jang Seung-won asked back in confusion.
“No, Mr. Seo Hoon has to stay here to shoot. Where does the lead actor go?”
“Today’s morning shooting is a joint scene that I can’t film without the teacher anyway.”
“uh?”
At those words, Jang Seung-won flipped over the filming ticket and looked at it with an expression as if he had seen a ghost.
“Did you sew all of this? what······.”
“Then may I go? I will be back before it is too late.”
“Still, it doesn’t make sense to have the lead actor run errands like that…”
“Please allow me because I genuinely want to attend you because I am worried about you.”
That’s how Jung Seo-hoon escorted Lee Min-soo and moved.
The doctor at the studio medical center said that there was no sign of myocardial infarction, but he said that there was nothing wrong with being careful and went to the emergency room with the ambulance of the facility.
The emergency room at the university hospital became noisy when Lee Min-soo and Jung Seo-hoon appeared.
“I ask for absolute secrecy.”
“Yes, of course. Do not worry.”
When I was told that I had severe chest pain, I did a detailed imaging test without saying a word, and waited for the test results to come out in the assigned single room.
The managers vacated, leaving only Jeong Seo-hoon and Lee Min-soo in the hospital room.
“I have never had such a vivid dream in my life.”
A muttering resembling a grumbling came out of nowhere, and Jeong Seo-hoon quietly turned his head.
Lee Min-soo continued talking alone, focusing on the empty space.
“Doesn’t such a story often appear in dramas and movies? A story about being suddenly sucked into another world or the past somewhere. I thought I was in that situation at first.”
“I’ve seen a lot of stuff like that.”
“No matter how much I called and shouted, no one showed up, so at one point I got scared. But when I suddenly saw my outfit, it was familiar to me. It was a prop that I wore while filming the drama.”
“…”
“Then I saw you. You’re approaching, dressed as a large army, and with your subordinates. Only then did I know it was a dream.”
Unless it’s a dream or a filming set, you won’t encounter Jung Seo-hoon in the form of a large army.
“I don’t know why my heart, cut by you in my dream, hurts so much.”
“sorry.”
“What are you sorry for? It’s just my dream.”
“Still, I feel sorry.”
“I’ve never had such a vivid dream in my whole life…”
Lee Min-soo chewed a sad smile slowly, over and over again.
While he was talking, he never looked at Jeong Seo-hoon.
Rather than ignoring Jeong Seo-hoon, it feels like he is chasing a scene in a hallucinatory dream.
A medic appeared.
“The results are out. No problem at all. It appears to be temporary muscle soreness.”
“Because I knew that. I came here because PD Jang made a fuss, but I wanted this because I was embarrassed.”
“How is your pain?”
“Painkillers are very effective. It doesn’t hurt at all now.”
Lee Min-soo woke up feeling refreshed as if he had been washed, and refused to let the manager help him.
“It’s just the manager and the two of us, but it’s embarrassing that Seo Hoon brought you along as well.”
“If I show off my friendship with the teacher in this way, it will be of great help in this tough drama. I did some calculations.”
“Okay. Then I won’t keep it in my heart.”
Lee Min-soo muttered like a joke, and lightly massaged his chest, where the pain had disappeared.
“And by the way, it’s almost the end of the year. The time has come for the Baekryong Award invitation to fly.”
“I also received a word from the organizers. The invitation will go out soon.”
“Even before sending out the invitation? This, you start by securing at least the best actor award.”
“Is that so?”
Rather, manager Ha Tae-soo showed strong interest with his eyes sparkling.
“I usually give a word in advance to an actor who has been awarded an award. I don’t say it openly, but enough to be noticed.”
“Oh, how nice it would be if our Seo Hoon really started receiving the Best Actor award as the teacher said. I’m already excited.”
“I think Seo Hoon will give you a big boost at the Korea Cable TV Arts Awards. The end of the year will be full of only good news.”
“Thank you for the blessing.”
On the way back, I used Jeong Seo-hoon’s van.
Manager Lee Min-soo also followed the ambulance in a van with Ha Tae-soo.
Upon arriving at the Paju studio, PD Jang Seung-won greeted them with a smile, and they immediately started filming in the afternoon.
Lee Min-soo, who finished his makeup after changing into a costume, approached Jeong Seo-hoon and lightly tapped his elbow.
“As expected, the army uniform suits you well.”
“The teacher is also a good match.”
“Anyway, please take it easy from now on. Whether in a dream or in the field.”
“In a dream, the teacher must control it.”
“I just felt like I had to tell you directly for some reason.”
I could feel that the steaminess left by the dream yesterday remained unwashed.
It may be that you want to wash away any misfortune with such a trivial conversation.
“I hope I don’t invite the teacher to my dreams tonight, no, starting today. I am sorry that you have suffered so much because of me.”
“You can invite me as long as you don’t want to cut it with a knife. Until I got sick, it was a fun and strange experience for me too. And when you say that, you feel uncomfortable because it feels like I was dragged into your dream.”
Of course, an invitation is an exchange of jokes.
Shaking off a light laugh, the two stood in front of the camera.
“Standby… this…”
The moment PD sent his autograph, Lee Min-soo felt the air flow slow down.
My vision was blurring, and the noise around me was dimly receding.
His overturned sense of time and space forcibly fixed his eyes on the large army in front of him, not allowing him to even look around.
-Q······woo······woo······.
The moment PD’s autograph ended, the dull and distorted senses were relieved.
Jwa Ui-jeong was standing in the middle of the city, not in the studio.
However, except for Daegun’s surroundings, the scenery was shimmering like a haze.
The only scenery that could be clearly seen was the large army, and the others were distorted here and there like the scenery on the turbulent surface of the water.
“…!”
What the hell is going on.
Are you really looking at nothing?
I wonder what happened to my head now because of the layers of fatigue.
Without even having the courage to look back at the producer, Jwa Ui-jeong just stared at the large army with a polite sneer.
“Leadership. Close your eyes and help this body once more. That case will be paid off generation after generation.”
Between the blurry and shimmering scenery of the capital city, the figure of a large army as vivid as sunlight slowly approaches.
In the dizziness that seemed to have suddenly fallen into the past, Jwa Ui-jeong desperately remembered what he had to say.
“prince······. If you don’t let go of that uneasy feeling, even the little man will no longer sit idly by!”
The place where I uttered a vocalization was filled with refreshing feeling in my chest.
I’ve been acting for over several decades, but I’ve never felt a sense of unity as proud as this one word.
The Jwauijeong, who was intoxicated with the ecstasy as if she had become the Jwauijeong herself, was immediately taken aback by the haze that was quickly erased.
What you can see is the interior of the studio.
“Your expression was very good, sir.”
“······ah.”
As Jang Seung-won approached with a grin, Lee Min-soo unknowingly let out a devastated breath.
He looked at Jang Seung-won, looked around, looked down at his hands, and finally set his eyes on Jeong Seo-hun.
“Sir, why are you like that? Could it be that again…?”
Jang Seung-won asked while holding his breath in surprise, and Min-soo Lee, who was letting the light that hit his retinas absentmindedly, smiled a little.
It was a very refreshing expression, even shaking off a piece of discomfort that had been on since yesterday.
Lee Min-soo said very brightly.
“There must be a really dragon ghost in this studio.”
“Oh, please hold onto that ghost. Teacher.”