Chapter 104
"I was preparing in advance"
Lee Youngkyung muttered as if he was interested in the words of the three chiefs. The words of the head of the 3rd department, which seemed to have something planned, seemed to be a little loose now.
"Can you tell me what you're thinking?"
"Of course."
The head of the 3rd division nodded and handed the script to Lee Youngkyung. Lee Youngkyung asked after being handed the script.
"It's the script of "The Painst Match Made in the World." What are you going to do with this?"
"Yes, it was originally intended to finish casting by next month and start filming in the second quarter. However, the production was postponed to the fourth quarter due to the production company's circumstances
"So?"
The chief of staff 3 continued calmly.
"Uniquely, this work is a Japanese work, but they are going to use a Korean actor as the main character. So far, the production company has proposed auditions for KL Entertainment, YJ Entertainment, and OS Entertainment's Kang Jinseok."
"Go on."
"Yes. If "The World's Sickest Match" was filmed in the second quarter as originally scheduled, Kang Jinseok would have given up this work because of the filming schedule for "Absolute Unlicensed Counseling." But now that we have some time on our schedule, I'm sure will try <The World's Sickest Match> as well. I'm a greedy person when I see work nonstop."
He firmly said, holding the script held by the three chiefs hard enough to crumple.
"Our actors in the third room are going to be immersed in this work for a while."
"Are you saying you won't give this work to Kang Jinseok? What if he doesn't audition? "What are you going to do then?"
"It's all right. This work is a prelude to the end. In the next three rooms, they plan to audition by shooting only the works that Kang Jinseok is trying to enter."
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"I will clean up Kang Jinseok in front of the CEO with my real' skills, not playing behind the scenes like 4th, 5th, or 6th chiefs."
Lee Youngkyung stared at the three chiefs, who spoke in a firm voice.
"Well, it's skill.
An unexpected variable that comes with a complicated plan. But what if the variable is competing with "skill" that doesn't exist?
"It's not bad. As expected, it's three rooms."
Lee Youngkyung's voice and expression were now distinctly different from before. Now his face looks beyond interest.
"But are you confident?" Strictly speaking, Oh Sihoon must be an actor from the 3rd room. Of course, Oh Sihoon's grade is low for three rooms."
Just as the speed changes depending on who the horse rider is, the acting ability changes depending on how the same actor presses and grinds. If I took Oh Sihoon for an audition."
In the middle of the 3rd chief's speech, he finished his speech by staring at the 4th chief.
"The results must have changed. Aren't actors a tool that can perform only when they push to the limit?"
The 4th chief flinched at the words of the 3rd chief. Because what he was saying now was demeaning his ability.
I'm sorry."
However, the fourth chief could not say anything. This is because the 4th chief's right to speak was all gone, there is a performance difference between the 3rd and 4th rooms that cannot be crossed.
"Sir, give me a chance. I will make <Absolute Unlicensed Counseling> Kang Jinseok's retirement work. What do you think?"
"Good. Do whatever you want to do 3rd chief. Let me know if you need anything. It's enough of that dork to let me down. Do you get it?""
Lee Youngkyung nodded to the confident voice of the three chiefs.
His words had sharp spines, and the head of the 4th room went further down as if it stung.
"Don't worry. Mr. Yang Manchun, the head of the 3rd division, has never disappointed the CEO?"
***
While traveling on a van to read <Absolute Unlicensed Counseling>, Jang Sunho stared straight ahead and told me.
"Actor, there will be some reporters, not actors. The distributor is also coming to film a video to use when making a promotional video later."
"Reporters?"
"Yes."
I haven't done much work, but there have been no reporters at the reading site so far. There were quite a few staff members who filmed promotional videos.
When I tilted my head, Jang Sunho explained the reason.
"There were so many issues in this work."
"Yes."
"So the director said he would hold talks with reporters before filming the work in earnest. "He filming for no reason, so he can't cloud the water by writing useless articles."
"Aha
If that is the case, it is fully understood.
"Is there anything you need to pay attention to?"
"Yes. And the reporters are only verified reporters, so no one will ask the actor for an interview all of a sudden. But apart from that, I have something to tell you."
Jang Sunho caught a red light while talking. Jang Sunho, who slowly slowed down, looked at me through the rear mirror.
"Actually, director Yeo Jaeyoon contacted me yesterday."
"The director?"
"Yes, it's because of Hyemin."
Jang Sunho spoke carefully while blurring his back words.
"Yeo Hyemin says she can't talk."
"What?"
What do you mean she can't talk? I didn't understand Jang Sunho's words at the moment.
When I looked confused again this time, Jang Sunho said in a cautious voice.
"Until now, when the actor said hello to Yeo Hyemin, she never answered."
"Uh Yes. Come to think of it, I see. I thought it was because she doesn't usually talk much."
"I thought so, too. But that's not it, Yeo Hyemin is suffering from a pretty serious mental illness."
"A disease in her heart?"
"Yes, according to director Yeo Jaeyoon
Jang Sunho's explanation that followed.
In summary, it was said, "Ye Hyemin became ill in her mind for some reason when she was young and was unable to speak."
While listening to Jang Sunho's explanation, I somehow thought that Yeo Hyemin looked very similar to the main character of this work, Lee Hyemin.
"But they say there's no problem in acting. They said she's good at reading scripts."
"Oh Yes."
Jang Sunho's words, which were quite long, are over. Then the traffic light turned green with good timing.
"I see. I didn't know that, so I was just guessing. I almost made a big mistake. Thank you for telling me."
" Doesn't it bother you?"
"What do you mean it bothers you? "What?"
When I asked as if I was rather curious, Jang Sunho glanced at me in the room mirror and said.
"Not being able to talk. you guys need to talk, but if you don't, I think it'll be a little frustrating."
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Director Yeo Jaeyoon was worried. Originally, I was going to tell you before the audition, but somehow he said he was sorry that I was late to tell you."
Jang Sunho said as if defending Yeo Jaeyoon. I smiled softly to Jang Sunho, meaning that I was okay.
"I heard she can act." It doesn't matter because we can talk through acting."
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"And sometimes people who can't speak are better. They're more honest."
While I was talking, we were near the C' hotel before we knew it.
It's the place where we decided to do the reading today.
***
Hotel C's large conference room is decorated with the reading room <Absolute Unlicensed Counseling>.
HJ: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
-Wow!
Actor Kang Jinseok I guess he's here.'
Yeo Hyemin turned to the window slowly due to the cheers of fans outside the hotel. The white face of pure white and long straight hair like the night shone gracefully in the bright sunlight.
Some actors and staff looked at it blankly and mesmerized, but she was more concerned about Jinseok than that.
"I heard my father talk about me."
She knew that one day he would tell not only Jinseok but also others about her condition. Nevertheless, after it was known to others, I was worried.
This is because people viewed themselves as poor people who could not speak, not as "equal" people.
Not only doctors who came to treat her, but even her father Yeo Jaeyoon could not look at her normally.
"I know that look is a worry and a pity for me, but.
Yeo Hyemin hated the gaze that seemed to see her as the protagonist of a tragic novel.
So since hearing her father tell Jinseok about her condition last night, she hasn't slept a wink.
Because he is the first actor to work together and is worried that the actor he admitted will see it as an "inconvenient gaze."
"Whoa.
Yeo Hyemin breathed a calm sigh through her nose. It was the first sound made by Yeo Hyemin since she came here.
The moment she sighed in succession, the door to the reading room opened.
"Oh, really. I told you. "There are so many fans."
"Haha, I'm sorry. But didn't you get a lot of energy?"
"That's true, but I won't be able to do that next time. It's far too dangerous. The person who almost fell earlier is also doomed because I caught him, and if I didn't catch him, he could have been seriously injured."
"I see. Next time, I'll control it more clearly
The voices of the two men spread softly in the reading room. It wasn't a loud voice, but it was so quiet that their voices spread everywhere.
People's eyes naturally turned to the two men.
It's Kang Jinseok."
"Wow, he's really handsome."
"But the person next to him Is he a manager?"
"He's pretty famous, too. It looks completely opposite to actor Kang Jinseok."
In a voice that would not be heard by Jinseok and Jang Sunho, the staff quietly spat out one word each.
The actors also seemed to want to say something, but they didn't respond much, whether they were conscious of each other's eyes or for other reasons.
Naturally, Yeo Hyemin's gaze was also directed at Jinseok. Without saying anything like any other actor.
But that didn't mean I wasn't interested.
Rather, it would be right to say that she was much more nervous than other actors.
"I want to say hi."
I wanted to say hello not only to Jinseok but also to other actors and staff. Smiling lightly and shaking hands like others.
However, Yeo Hyemin couldn't bring herself to say hello first. I didn't have the courage to do that, and there was no way to deal with it when I talked to myself after saying hello.
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Yeo Hyemin bowed her head weakly. I see a new pair of white sneakers that I bought long ago for the first shot, or for the first reading.
"Hello, actress Hyemin."
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"The weather is really nice today. The temperature is warm for the end of January. Huh? Are they new shoes? It's very clean."
A blurry shadow obscured the sneakers and I could hear someone's voice.
As Yeo Hyemin slowly raised her head, I could see Jinseok's face.
He was smiling with warm eyes that were no different from before as if he was really fine with her flaws.
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Yeo Hyemin looked at Jinseok without saying anything. I wanted him to look at me with normal eyes like now, but it felt weird to look at him like that.
When a subtle silence flows between the two. Jinseok said with a light smile.
"Shall we say hi to other actors and staff?"
Yeo Hyemin kept looking at Jinseok. Jinseok's eyes and facial expressions didn't have any of the "inconvenient gaze" that others had seen her so far.
Yeo Hyemin, who hesitated for a while, got up from her seat.
Nodding.
She nodded with a slight blush.