Authentic and Trendy (2)
“Oh my gosh, let’s start. start.”
Jeong Seo-hoon and his family all four gathered in one space and waited for the story to begin.
We waited for the advertisement to end with plenty of side dishes and a large barrel of draft beer ready.
“I’ll just watch it alone.”
“no. See you this time.”
When Jeong Seo-hoon tried to get up, his mother quickly caught him, and his father also stopped him.
“Yes, Seohyun. Now or when will the four of us get together like this to see a work you appear in?”
“Dad, you’ll be going to America again in a little while. Until then, we should watch it together.”
“Aren’t you too ignorant when you got a van? If so, would you like to exchange it for my bag?”
“hundred? Did you buy a bag for Su-ryun?”
“······I just begged her to buy me a small Prada one. That’s it.”
“Really? Later, after examining the training room, come out…”
“mom! The drama begins! Start!”
Jeong Su-ryun made a fuss and turned her gaze to the TV.
The mother’s mouth caught her ear as if she was happy to see her son filling up the big screen.
“As expected, TV is big and something to watch. Good thing I bought a new one before I started. Honey, what is this?”
“It’s an OLED 8K 4th generation model, with Dolby Vision IQ, HDR10 and HLG supported at the same time, and even Dolby Atmos…”
“Honey, I was just asking about the size.”
“Oh, 120 inches. big? In Korea, there are no longer 88-inch models, so it was really hard to find. Since this is a built-in Harman Kardon speaker, you can enjoy rich 7.1 channels without having to build a surround channel…”
“Ah, let’s begin. Honey, let’s focus.”
“Yes.”
Jeong Seo-hoon, who was listening attentively, and Jeong Tae-hyeon, who was trying hard to explain, were discouraged, Jeong Su-ryun shrugged, and Lee Jeong-suk opened a can of beer.
As the soft music ended, the title came to mind.
＜Above the bottom episode 1＞
***
In the Taiping era, the royal family who had multiple princes was always in a festive mood.
But one day tragedy strikes.
-The second great army has fallen.
-Send a fisherman immediately and treat him.
The royal family is engulfed in anxiety, and the queen visits the temple every day to pray for recovery and offer a Buddhist service.
However, on a day when it rained heavily, the king received unexpected news.
-The doctor said that he would not be able to make it past this year.
While the name of the disease is not properly revealed, vicious rumors spread in the city.
-As if the second great army had a plague. It is said that a gold line was put in the residence of the great army.
-Shh, do you want to be caught with a reverse mind? Don’t make a fuss about it!
People are scared, and appeals rain down in the provinces.
When even the queen was prepared for the death of the great army, a high-ranking monk visited the palace.
– The old grudge left by the omen is deep, and the body of the great army suffers from a sickness.
-Please help the ambassador.
As the high priest said, he made a statue of Buddha from a pine tree that grew alone in a water source deep in the mountains and knocked on a wooden table.
The queen was very happy and looked for the high monk, but he was already gone.
-The Buddha took pity on our generation and sent down a Buddhist of high virtue…
After recovering from the disease, the young prince holds a Buddhist service every day against the pot containing the ashes of the Buddha, as the queen said.
However, one day, when he was unable to perform the Buddhist service due to the queen’s horny nursing, Daegun collapsed again and the disease recurred.
Vicious rumors circulate around the bloody army, and even the king’s own brother visits and urges the young army to get out of the city.
Rumors are getting worse by the day.
-It’s not Mama, but the word leprosy is strong.
-What is it? Leprosy!
“Seo Hoon, are you really leprosy?”
“honey. Leprosy can cause disgust, so even among ourselves, we should accurately refer to it as Hansen’s disease…”
“That little thing is such a terrible disease. Then don’t you leave ugly scars even after you become an adult? Isn’t Seo Hoon going out dressed like that the whole time?”
“mom. Don’t worry because I haven’t seen Seo Hoon in such special makeup on set.”
“Really? I was surprised again. Why the hell is writer Kim Sang-hee so upset that he can’t kill and harass Seo-hoon…”
Horrible rumors circulate that the young prince had leprosy, but what happened after that is unknown.
In an instant, it skips time and leaves it as a curiosity of viewers, turning into a large army of contracts wasting time with idleness.
“Aww, I’m glad. I was upset when I left something like a bear print on my face again, so I wondered how to watch the drama, but luckily, that’s not the case.”
“honey. Gombo spots are natural, and Hansen’s disease is always caused by Leprosy.”
“Seohun Dad, pour me a drink. hurry.”
“Ah, yes.”
The camera that was filming the drunken young army changes direction.
Han Seo-hee, dressed as a noble lady, slowly approaches while looking at the viewer.
It is to see the husband on the other side of the camera, not the viewer.
Jeong Seo-hoon watched Han Seo-hee’s sad eyes on the screen.
Beyond the time and space created by the camera, it feels like Han Seo-hee is staring at herself right in front of her eyes.
There is no liveliness at that time, as if the two of them had fallen into the past, but the intention of how the PD sculpted the gaze of the large army looking at his wife is clearly conveyed.
– Great impression… Yakju is too much these days.
-Does your wife ignore me now?
Daegun’s wife shed tears at the sadness in Daegun’s voice.
But sooner than that, my mother whimpered with reddened eyes.
“Our Seo Hoon is not a kid who went anywhere and was ignored. I always won first place and only received compliments…”
“honey. Grand Prince Suyang undermined the strengthening of royal authority and the strong state administration system established by King Sejong the Great, causing the foundation of the Sedo politics in the future and the cause of the collapse of the Joseon Dynasty in the future…”
“Seo Hoon’s father, it’s not Daegun Suyang, it’s just Daegun. Isn’t that the Joseon Dynasty?”
“…”
“But my son definitely has a character. When Seo Hoon appears, the screen suddenly brightens. What a cultivator, who is that?”
“Han Seo-hee. The center of popular girl groups these days.”
“Doesn’t it go well with our Seohun? Seo Hoon-ah, mom likes him. Bring me home later.”
“Mom, he’s a sophomore in high school now. big deal.”
“It’s only three years old, so what? Time goes by quickly.”
As the adult couple appeared, the tone of the play changed dramatically.
“My days as a child actor were so long that it was a bit boring. It’s not that it’s not fun, but since Seo-hoon didn’t appear for too long in the beginning, I was kind of like that.”
“From now on, I will continue to come out. Child actors only appear in flashbacks.”
“Okay, now that my son is out, it’s almost time to see him come out.”
On the screen, Daegun was unwinding the thick cloth wrapped around his forearm.
When Daegun’s eyes looking down at his arm changed unexpectedly, a male servant with a cloth to wipe the water suddenly entered the room.
-Thank you, sir, I brought something to dry off… hehehe!
When Namjong saw Daegun’s naked right arm, he was horrified and dropped what he was holding and fell backwards.
Fear mingled with physiological loathing permeates his expression as he desperately struggles and pushes the floor forward to retreat.
– Did you see it?
-Sa, save me!
– I asked if you saw it.
-So, Schonne didn’t see anything! Lord Nari! Please, please save me!
What the man saw was invisible to the viewers.
visor!
Daegun pulled out the knife he always carried.
The male servant was frightened and tried to get up, but his limbs, covered in fear, lost their balance and struggled.
– You saw it. come here.
-Thank you! lily! Please, please save me… Kuck!
The reflected light of the sword cut the air, and several bloodstains splashed on the Daegun’s cheeks.
Daegun, who casually inserted the knife, wiped the blood from his cheek with the back of his hand.
As a result, viewers could clearly see Daegun’s forearm wrapped in cloth.
The forearm skin dripping with ooze.
Soon, the camera moved back to the eyes of the large group of viciously distorted eyes.
– You have to search the heavens and the earth to find it. A pine tree that grew alone in the water source······.
With Daegun’s monologue, the first episode ended like that.
The mother lifted Jeong Seo-hoon’s forearm.
“Mom, that’s the makeup.”
“Of course you know. But you’re checking it once without me knowing. That is my mother’s heart.”
“mom. It’s not my mother’s heart, it’s called Yunan.”
“You, bring the Prada bag that Dad bought for you right now. hurry. I’ll have to see if it’s really Prada.”
Jeong Su-ryun secretly looked at her mother and ran away without a sound.
***
[Episode 1 seems a bit ambiguous?]
[It seems that the build-up section is unavoidable.]
[Why did I enjoy watching child actors because they are cute?]
[Ayu historical drama newbies hahahaha This level of build-up is nothing]
[Still, the acting on Jung Seo-hoon’s expression was great at the end]
[ㅇㅇ Completely different bloodiness from Lee Jin-wook]
[I almost choked to death while holding my breath for 40 minutes to welcome our bachelor.]
[Unlike Kim Sang-hee, the build-up is long]
[No hahahahaha the early build-up in historical dramas is really fast hahahahaha]
[The lead actor didn’t even blink his nose for over 30 minutes.
[I can’t really talk to historical drama newbies hahahaha]
[Sageuk x Trendy historical drama o]
[Still, episode 2 is over after planting anticipation, I’ll watch the live broadcast tomorrow as well]
[Daegun Suyang, who started with leprosy at an early age. this was a bit fresh]
[Is there any reason to be a leper? Didn’t the writer set it too aggro to turn it off?]
[Which seems like a setting you don’t need hahahaha;]
[There must be a reason]
[No such thing, it’s just an aggro setting]
The highest viewership rating for the first episode exceeded 18%.
It was a good enough start for the production team, but I guess that wasn’t the case for my mother.
“I thought I would start after passing 20%, but isn’t this drama ruined?”
“mom. Illegal episode 1 was 9.8%?”
“At that time, Seo Hoon was unknown. I went over 20% from the start and knew it would happen. Isn’t it too slow start?”
“Originally historical dramas come out a bit low in the beginning. And it’s a new semester tomorrow. That’s pretty damn good.”
“yes?”
My mother had a disapproving expression the whole time.
Jeong Su-ryun felt frustrated and tapped her younger brother on the shoulder with his hand.
“Mom, you understand. Right now, 29.9% is a fixed constant in my mother’s mind.”
“By the way, Seo Hoon, what are you going to do with school tomorrow?”
“I miss tomorrow and go to the studio. I told the professor.”
“You won’t get a grade point penalty later, right?”
“It’s okay as long as I have the former. The classes tomorrow are all Professor Sejong Lee anyway. The professor also said he would take care of the shooting.”
“I’m glad.”
***
The next day, the atmosphere at the filming site was moderately bright. Occasionally, there were also those who smiled and sighed.
“I secretly expected it to start after filming 20% from the first room, but that doesn’t seem to work.”
“Still, thanks to the studio ghost, I started with over 18%, so the ratings will rise soon.”
“Among the dramas of the same time period, we were still number one. There is nothing to regret.”
The moment Kim Sang-hee appeared, such good words fell like a swarm of mosquitoes hit by insecticide.
Her expression was dark and gloomy, as if the world had been destroyed.
“The writer… you must have expected more than 20% from the first episode.”
“Nope. Doesn’t that face look like the face you expected more than 29.9% from episode 1?”
“It can’t be helped because there are many viewers who skip the child part and say they start watching it later when they become adults.”
Jang Seung-won was also worried, so he quietly approached Kim Sang-hee and talked to him.
“Writer, our ratings are good. You shot 18% from the first episode. At this rate, next week we will definitely exceed 20%.”
“Honestly, I thought I would start with over 20%, but I think the beginning was too boring. I wondered if I had built up for a long time when I was a child actor.”
“You can’t roast beans in a flash of lightning in a hurry. It is also a battleground that was hit and run speedily enough. If it was shorter, viewers would not have understood the narrative. Leprosy is the key.”
“There have been many responses asking why historical dramas are ruining historical evidence by adding such useless settings?”
“It’s because I didn’t know that it was a trendy historical drama. Don’t worry too much about it.”
“I wonder if I should have built up a little more narrative when I was younger. Then there would be no people asking why leprosy was put in.”
It’s different from what I just said.
Jang Seung-won thought that Kim Sang-hee was stressed because he couldn’t start 20%.
“If today’s episode airs, those words will fit in. Don’t worry.”
“Is it because it’s your first historical drama? I thought I would be a bit free from the pressure of ratings now, but I am more nervous than when I started acting.”
“It can be. Still, you keep challenging yourself and changing. Do not worry.”
***
Oh So-hee and Kim Da-hye gathered in the living room and were waiting for the second episode of the drama.
“I was honestly bored yesterday.”
“admit.”
“I can’t help it. There must have been a reason to include the child actor days.”
“It’s not that high priest McGuffin from my point of view. wait and see It will definitely come back later.”
“I said it was a friendship appearance, so won’t it come out now? Didn’t it just heal you once and then disappear?”
“The disease has recurred. Now you have an excuse to come out.”
“is it?”
“Ah, let’s begin.”
The bloodiness of yesterday’s last part was nowhere to be found, and episode 2 started by showing the bright brotherly love between the princes.
The camera highlights the exceptionally thick right arm of the large army with a thick cloth wrapped around it.
“It seems no one knows that Daegun is a leper.”
“It may not be leprosy. Could it be some other disease that looks like leprosy?”
“If it’s Kim Sang-hee, it’s worth it. They’re going to be hard pressed to hit the viewer in the back.”
“Bachelor, I heard you went back to school this time, did you go to school today?”
“They skipped bachelor’s school and went to the set. Seeing it, I’m not going to go to graduate school.”
“I’m glad.”
In the beginning of episode 2, there is a scene in which Daegun releases people to inquire about a pine tree that has grown alone on the shore of the water source.
The story unfolds with the contents of Daegun, who thoroughly hides his illness from those around him, anxiously searching for clues that helped him heal his childhood illness.
– In this country, there isn’t a single pine tree growing alone at the water’s edge!’
-Thank you, I apologize. There are occasional pine trees that have taken root in the waterway of the water source, but they have never grown alone.
-There is no time. Go find it, come on!
Daegun’s nervousness is noticeably deepening, and one day, a shaman who is said to be brave tells him a fortune telling.
-Come tomorrow, wait alone in the great army’s favorite hunting grounds and follow the first to appear. Then you will find what you are looking for.
-What do you mean?
-I don’t even know what the divination sign means, beyond that.
Daegun was dubious, but as the shaman said, he waited alone at the hunting ground in Oshi.
When a stag with a broken horn appeared, the army began chasing it on horseback.
The stag ran away for a while and then disappeared in an instant in a low hill.
-here is······.
It was the place where the king held ancestral rites to the sky when natural disasters occurred.
Any further invasion is a crime of paranoia.
Daegun, who was about to turn his horse, suddenly heard the sound of a babbling stream and stopped and turned his head.
I could see a valley flowing from a small spring on the east side of the altar and a small pine tree standing in the center of the waterway.
A single pine tree nestled by the clean water that bloomed on the site where the king held sacred ancestral rites.
The face of the great army was roughly distorted, and the teeth were grinding.
-Why are you… over there?