Intermission (5)
The remaining three members of Ajitato practiced without Yoo Tae-hyeok. At first, I thought it was going well because there was no reason to quarrel over not being able to play, and there was no Yoo Tae-hyeok who couldn’t even tune in to the damn thing.
“Should we end here today?”
“okay.”
But it wasn’t as enjoyable as when the four of us were together. When Yoo Tae-hyeok left, he felt his vacancy.
Yoo Tae-hyeok made the ajitato, and their ensemble was complete without him. I realized that belatedly.
“How did this happen?”
“I don’t know.”
Jeong Yi-hyeon often missed these days because something happened at home suddenly, and Min Joon-young and Oh In-soo, who suddenly felt empty, filled each other’s empty glasses with alcohol.
They made more money than before. The practice room was also moved to a larger place, and the band was recognized by those around them who were ignoring it as money.
But sometimes, I missed the time when I played mindlessly in an old practice room where the monthly rent was close to the edge.
“It’s a little empty.”
“He. Shall I contact you about what you are doing?”
“Okay, won’t we be in touch?”
Not really. Was Yoo Tae-hyeok too hard on himself? I thought about it a little, but my pride wouldn’t allow me to apologize first, so I was waiting for them to contact me first.
“Still, our new album is doing well.”
I tried my best to think things would go well, but this time something happened to Jung Yi-hyeon.
“Has Lee Hyun contacted you?”
“no.”
The scheduled radio schedule was approaching, but Jeong Yi-hyeon, who will be in charge of the vocal, did not come. The phone just beeped and didn’t answer, then all of a sudden I heard a voice telling me that the phone was turned off.
“What do we do? I don’t have time.”
“If you step on it, you can go to her house…”
“But will his parents approve? I heard on the phone before and it seems like the family is a bit strict.”
Taehyuk Yoo suddenly appeared in the practice room with a serious atmosphere.
“What was it?”
“What, what? Why did you come?”
“I left something behind.”
In fact, Yoo Tae-hyeok came back to apologize. A band cannot do it alone, and he also missed playing when he was with three members.
He had an instinctive feeling that the situation seemed to be working in his favor. So I crossed my arms and contemplated the atmosphere.
“What? It looks troubled.”
“that······.”
“Where has Jeong Yi-hyeon gone? Aren’t you supposed to go filming something today?”
“I don’t know, I can’t reach you.”
Min Joon-young sighed deeply. At that, Yoo Tae-hyeok’s expression instantly turned to joy, and then he cleared his throat as if he didn’t know.
Yoo Tae-hyeok also felt the vacancy of the members and reflected a little, but his naturally proud and unlucky personality does not change.
I could feel that kind of personality through Yoon Jae’s delicate acting.
“It’s the radio. Will it be possible without vocals?”
You don’t have to bend first? I need some help.
“Uh, uh uh…”
“Where is it?”
Min Joon-young and Oh In-soo, who were hesitant, looked at Yoo Tae-hyuk as if they were surprised. Yoo Tae-hyeok’s expression was ‘I’ll do a pinch hitter if you want’.
“Will you go with me?”
“Shouldn’t you count it as if you weren’t hit with this?”
“okay.”
I thought we would never be able to reconcile. However, someone held out a hand and the frozen atmosphere quickly melted.
It’s awkward, but Oh In-soo, who was following Min Joon-young and Yoo Tae-hyeok walking side by side, smiled broadly.
Because of the urgent schedule, Jeong Yi-hyun solved it later, and the three of them digested the radio schedule.
“uh? Taehyuk is there too. I heard that you won’t be able to come today because of circumstances…”
Haven’t you unsubscribed me yet? Yoo Tae-hyeok glanced at Min Jun-yeong and Oh In-soo, then nodded.
“yes. It’s not me, Jung Yi-hyeon, he has a situation.”
“is it so? That’s too bad.”
Min Joon-young looked at Yoo Tae-hyuk.
‘Does it look okay?’
It is understandable that the pride of the staff, who were greatly disappointed by Jeong Yi-hyeon’s absence, would be hurt, but Yoo Tae-hyeok did not look bad. It was an indication that Yoo Tae-hyeok’s attitude was changing.
“Hey, wait!”
It was a reporter who caught Yoo Tae-hyeok as he barely escaped the puncture and left the station.
He gnashed his teeth at Yoo Tae-hyeok, who behaved carelessly, but was a man of perseverance who did not let go of covering Ajitato.
“Can I interview you?”
“Here?”
“In fact, you only need to check one thing.”
I didn’t have a good feeling about the sarcasm mixed with the way he spoke.
However, Yoo Tae-hyeok endured it. It was because I remembered Min Joon-young’s advice to kill my temper with the reporter.
“Yoo Tae-hyeok, I heard you won second place in the violin section of the Queen Elisabeth Competition and first place in the violin section of the Tchaikovsky Music Competition when you were young? You swept other famous competitions…”
“How do you know that?”
“The Netizen Investigation Team found it in the past.”
Yoo Tae-hyeok got angry and brushed his hair.
This is why I didn’t want to go out in the media. Because the past you want to forget will come to mind unintentionally.
“There was even a headline in the press that the genius of the century had appeared, but after that, he stopped because his skills didn’t improve.”
“Gee, really?”
“Didn’t you know Insu?”
School classmate Min Joon-young knew about it, but Oh In-soo opened his eyes wide as if he had never heard of it. That’s why you were sensitive to Jeong Yi-hyun’s touching the violin.
Min Joon-young grabbed Yoo Tae-hyuk’s forearm in advance. I know very well how sensitive he is to the past.
“Anyway, you are great. Even in that situation, you didn’t let go of the music until the end.”
“What do you mean?”
“You know Happy Mental Care Hospital, right? I went to visit Taehyuk’s mother…”
Taehyuk Yoo held his breath.
What the hell is going on? This is a fact that even Min Joon-yeong does not know. Min Joon-young and Oh In-soo demanded additional explanation from the reporter.
“A wild goose father’s tearful devotion for his prodigy son. However, the son is gradually losing his skills, and the father, suffering from the hardships of life, commits suicide.”
What, didn’t you say that?
What followed was also shocking. Shocked by his father’s suicide, his mother also collapsed and ended up in a nursing hospital.
“Can I move this to an article? Public opinion is not good with absurd remarks these days, so wouldn’t it be okay to buy sympathy?”
People like the deeper the shade of a star. Yoo Tae-hyeok, who is famous for being cocky and making absurd remarks, has such a past?
The reporter did not come to ask for permission. He came because he wanted to take a hit on Yoo Tae-hyeok, who was always unlucky.
“Ha, I… I said something.”
Taehyuk Yoo frowned. I was so angry that I burst into laughter on the contrary. Their hands trembled as if they were about to stretch out their fists, but it was Min Jun-young and Oh In-soo who exploded first.
“Have you finished talking now?!”
“yes?”
“Give me the camera. Delete the picture.”
“No, for the people’s right to know…”
The reporter’s excuses did not work. Min Joon-young and Oh In-soo approached him as if they would beat him, threatened him, and took the camera and threw it on the floor.
“It’s the right to know, and you’re f*cking, what are you trying to do by following me all the way here?”
“that’s right. Are you digging the wound? Won’t it turn off?!”
The momentum was so great that even the reporters had to give up.
“You mean it doesn’t matter how the article comes out?”
“The price of the broken camera is here… Either charge later or not.”
Min Joon-young put his middle finger out of his pocket pretending to take out his wallet. The reporter left the place as if he were running away in a threatening atmosphere, and only three people remained.
Yoo Tae-hyeok was embarrassed and scratched his cheek.
“… He told reporters to kill his temper.”
“you······!”
When the four of us were together, I suddenly remembered what Taehyuk Yoo had said. This is the advice I gave to Jung Yi-hyeon, who nervously ignored the phone call from his parents.
[Be nice to your parents.]
[Crazy, since those words come out of your mouth, it doesn’t suit you.]
[Why is it strange that I am a filial son?]
And even then…
[What do your parents say even though you live like this? He said he would do a band all of a sudden, but he didn’t stop it…]
[Why are you talking about my mom and dad here?]
He said his voice was shaking for some reason. It’s like getting annoyed all of a sudden… Min Joon-young suddenly got angry.
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Does talking make a difference?”
“f*ck, if I told you, I would have gone to hear your father’s coffin! Why did you pretend to be normal when talking about your family?! Did you consider me a friend?”
“I thought so.”
Yoo Tae-hyeok smiled because he felt better at Min Joon-young and Oh In-soo, who were angry instead. The two of them were even more pissed off.
“Anyway, it’s all in the past, so it’s okay.”
“This bastard…”
“Thank you for thinking about it.”
Min Joon-young and Oh In-soo sighed heavily. It was strange that he kept getting angry even though he was calm.
“Ah, done. Jeong Yi-hyun, can you contact me? Try calling again.”
“no.”
“Do you know the address of Jeong Yi-hyeon’s house?”
***
Director Shin Ji-won changed the scenario for ＜Intermission＞ several times. At first, it started with his own autobiographical situation, but it gradually changed.
In accordance with the nature of a music film, I put my heart and soul into each song with the participation of several masters, but that didn’t mean I put a cinematic scenario behind me.
“Lee Hyun-yi is a genius. From Taehyuk’s point of view, it’s a utopia that seems drawn.”
Jeong Yi-hyeon is a genius who plays at a high level on any instrument until the beginning and middle of ＜Intermission＞, and is a munchkin. In addition, the clothes looked expensive and gave off the atmosphere of a young boy who lived without lacking anything.
“But will life be as fun as that kind of person?”
As the director said this, he glanced at Yoonjae.
Before becoming a director, Shin Ji-won, a human being, gave up violin and wandered for several years. Then I realized.
From noble mtl dot com.
What is inferiority? Why do I keep comparing myself to others? I am a good person myself.
Before realizing the truth, Yoo Tae-hyeok drew a picture of himself.
Did Yoo Tae-hyeok’s talent lose its luster just because Jeong Yi-hyeon joined Ajitato?
no. Yoo Tae-hyeok was also a genius in the eyes of Min Joon-yeong and Oh In-soo. It’s just that he’s missing out on his potential by comparing himself to Jung Yi-hyeon.
“Do you think Lee Hyun’s family setting is too much?”
In the second half of the film, as the subtle conflict with Yoo Tae-hyeok begins, it is revealed that Jeong Yi-hyeon also has a shadow.
Jeong Yi-hyeon suffered from gaslighting by her parents since she was a child, and even though she was an adult who served in the military, she could not escape the oppression of her family.
Occasionally, I would quietly look at text messages that were close to verbal abuse from my parents, and even after practicing hard, I would fall into the middle because something happened at home.
“It would seem funny that an adult approaching 30 has never rebelled against his parents.”
“Um… yes. My parents aren’t like this… but I think it’s worth it. It’s because I’ve been brainwashed since I was a child.”
“yes. There must be a house like this somewhere. There are also things that have been deliberately maximized.”
This is not what the director wants to say. There was a reason why he changed the roles of Yoon Jae-yi and Kang Ha-joon.
“Hajun, we talked a lot while eating.”
“yes.”
“Ha-jun, weren’t you unfair? If I had been a trainee since I was quite young, I would have had passion.”
“······yes.”
Sometimes there are people like that. He has quite a bit of ability, but it always doesn’t work out in everything he does. Kang Ha-jun was a case where his skills supported him, but he had no bad luck.
It’s not that my skills don’t support me. It has always ranked first in ratings. However, he continued to fall out of the leading debut group.
“Are you forced to give up your dream? Of course, I’m glad I met actor Ha Jun.”
Full of dreams and passion about them. It always slipped with the goal of realization.
It is also in line with Jeong Yi-hyeon in the play. I ran away for the first time because I wanted to do music, but I couldn’t get out of my parents’ cage.
“hmm······.”
It’s time to come out. Unfortunately, he had to give up his dream of becoming an idol, but he is still satisfied with his life as an actor. Kang Ha-joon’s expression became more and more serious.
“The family that oppresses Jeong Yi-hyeon here means ‘society’. It is not the kind of conventional society we should live in, but a combination of wrong preconceptions, wrong perceptions, and the closed-minded way of thinking of others.”
“that······.”
“Think carefully.”
Jeong Yi-hyeon wanted to do music, but he always had to be blocked by his parents’ opposition. Kang Ha-joon wanted to debut as an idol, but circumstances always turned against him and he had to give up his dream.
[I heard that you made me debut this time.]
[That’s right, the age doesn’t match the other kids.]
[It’s not really that different.]
Competitors who easily won the debut group with back, thought this was the last time, and the agency they moved to debuted as if they would give them a debut, but they were eliminated from the debut group because they were too old.
At that time, he was only twenty-three years old.
Who decides who is too old to debut as an idol? There are people who debut well even at that age. Why couldn’t it just be me?
“I think I know.”
Kang Ha-joon’s expression became complicated. Jung Yi-hyeon’s family is everything that oppresses me.
The director laughed.
“Pour out that resentment .”