Chapter 140 – The Theme of the Play Is Rape? Women Looking for a New Dream.
“You there! Your lines are pretty good, right? Do you ever want to become an actor?”
When she heard that voice, Yuk Cheon-hwa didn’t think anything else.
Just,
‘Even these days, there are people who get street casting.’
She only had dry sentiments.
I vaguely thought that the other person was probably someone with strong star quality just by looking at him, but I didn’t have the motivation to stop and look back. Her strength was that she was immovable and not swayed by those around her.
Therefore, when she realized that the person the voice was referring to was herself, she felt quite surprised.
“There you are. You, the one exposing her thighs!”
“Huh? That’s what you mean?”
It seemed like there were no women around her wearing skirts shorter than the length of the cloth. When she tilted her head and turned her body to look in the direction from which the voice came, a woman of considerably shorter stature was looking up at Cheonhwa.
She is so short that at best she can’t exceed 160 cm. Her breasts are also scanty and her face looks young.
She had an appearance that could easily have been mistaken for a student, but her proportions were great and the adultness of her aura made it difficult to guess her actual age.
She said, lifting her neck in a gesture that seemed to increase her height from her height, triumphant that her own voice had clearly reached it.
“Yes, Miss. I felt it as soon as I saw you. From the looks of it, you have quite a bit of talent. We are preparing a stage play at our theme park. I would like you to be the lead in that play. How about that?”
“Huh? A play…? I’m the lead?”
She has heard of street casting for movie actors, but has theater actors also been street cast?
Cheonhwa was confused.
It is no exaggeration to say that she knew nothing about the field of art, but she at least knew well how much expertise theater requires.
In any case, when filming a movie, you can have multiple takes even if there are mistakes, and you can edit them if necessary, but that trick won’t work in a play.
Inviting an outsider to a play like that? And that too as the lead role?
‘It’s suspicious…’
Chunhwa wasn’t the particularly suspicious type, but she wasn’t the naive type either. There are clear reasons for her suspicion, but she is not the type to naively take the bait.
In addition, the appearance of the person casting in the first place seemed difficult to convey persuasiveness.
On the lower body, black thigh-high boots with a C-string barely covering the torso. A long-sleeved shirt that barely covers the upper chest. On the belt, which hung precariously over the hips and occupied a precarious position, mobile-like pornographic objects rattled as the woman moved.
Of course, it is a country with freedom of fashion, but it would not be easy to accept the advice of a woman dressed like this.
“… Let me just give you an answer: I’m not really interested in plays.”
It wasn’t a lie.
Although she was already in her third year of college, she still did not have much of a vision for her future.
She will probably get a decent job, make a decent living, and die decently.
A dream or a future that makes her heart pound. That didn’t happen even during her adolescence. Chunhwa’s stance since the age of 7 was that chasing something like that was foolish.
“I’m not really interested in acting itself to begin with… I don’t watch movies or plays. I’m sorry, but why don’t you find someone else? If possible, why don’t you hold an audition or something?”
Therefore, I refuse.
Even if the woman in front of me wore a trustworthy suit and politely handed out her business card, my answer would not have changed.
‘Give me time to think.’ Even the cliché would have become useless.
The little woman showed no signs of regret at Cheonhwa’s rejection.
Because she didn’t have to feel sorry.
“Really? It would have been nice if I had been persuaded. But no matter what your intention, you have already been cast. The boss gave me the right to do so.”
“… Huh? I don’t know what you’re talking about?”
How can the casting be confirmed if the person concerned refuses? And you have the right to do that? To whom?
I wasn’t even angry at the absurd remarks that were far from common sense. I was just curious. What are you thinking about that allows you to say nonsense like that?
No, it’s more like a casting manager than that.
“Well, something like this. Please look this way.”
While saying that, the casting manager held out a piece of paper in front of Cheonhwa’s eyes.
[Deputy Order for Casting Authority]
[This person, on behalf of Chan-ho Jeong, the president of the sex entertainment theme park, guarantees that he has the authority to force the casting of women deemed suitable for sex entertainment.]
[Original rights holder: Chan-ho Jeong, representative: Yu-ah Noh]
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“Ah. What can I say… My name is Yuk Cheon-hwa. I have been selected as the lead role, so… Please take care of me.”
Her greeting was so awkward that it gave me goosebumps.
Yuk Cheon-hwa was a woman who fundamentally lacked sociability, and she always considered meeting new people and greeting them as a burden. But she swears that she has never had a more uncomfortable greeting than at this moment.
‘Ah… I ended up accepting the casting… I don’t know why, but I have to do it anyway… Even the lead role… Ah, what is this…’
The above thoughts explained her discomfort and awkwardness.
A casting she didn’t really want in the first place. She felt the pressure of being the lead role out of nowhere.
Despite these two factors, her nerves were not strong enough to not be bothered.
But why? The very natural option of refusing the casting was blocked to Chunhwa.
“Hmm…”
“Hey.”
The two women who received Cheonhwa’s greeting did not show any particular reaction, but looked up and down at Cheonhwa’s appearance. Both of them were attractive and beautiful women whose business cards were worthy of being actresses.
Cheonhwa even felt a sense of guilt from the gazes of the two people.
‘The gaze stings… That’s right. They say the stone that rolled in from nowhere was Juyeon…’
I don’t know, but both of them probably have a background in theater that is incomparable to Chunhwa and others. That attitude must be so sincere that it cannot be compared to Cheonhwa. Is it right for someone like me, who doesn’t even really want to become a theater actor, to take the place of those two people?
‘Ah, I’m vomiting lightly.’
This is a very important phase in which the role of older children and children is very important.
It needs to be adjusted very delicately so that the rolled in stone can blend smoothly with the embedded stone. There is no such thing as a group project that achieves success by failing to take steps.
Noh Yu-ah introduced Cheonhwa to the two people.
“This kid is the main character. Let’s be friends.”
That was it. Cheonhwa felt like his stomach was turning.
‘That’s it?! Act more responsibly! You’re an adult! You’re in charge!’
It seemed like the teacher who introduced the transfer student to the existing students would also be much more responsible.
No Yu-ah then introduced the two people to Cheon-hwa.
“These two are supporting roles. Their role is to support you.”
I will probably be hated by my seniors. It was Cheonhwa that I somehow became convinced of. And in this case, more than half of the share of the hatred will fall on the elderly and children.
“Well, that said, it’s still an important role. Depending on the taste of the audience, there may be people who prefer these two more. I said you were the main character, but that only means a scenario. In our play, scenarios are trivial. Because it is.”
As if belatedly making up for it, Yua supplemented. She wasn’t sure if these words had been any comfort to the studded stones.
“And there are several other men, but they are not here right now. Well, they are like props, so you don’t have to worry about them that much.”
People are props. It’s getting more and more ghastly.
“Okay. I’ve explained it this far, but do you have any questions?”
“Huh? You didn’t explain anything. Why are you talking as if you explained something?”
In most cases, he tried to hold back for the sake of his behavior in front of his seniors, but Cheonhwa couldn’t bear it and said something to Yua’s extremely absurd attitude.
The toddler didn’t seem particularly surprised,
“What are you curious about?”
Those words left Cheonhwa speechless. It’s not that she’s not curious, it’s that the more she looks, the more dumbfounded she is that she hasn’t heard anything.
After thinking for a moment, Chunhwa asked a very fundamental question.
“What kind of play are you putting on?”
It was a question asked by someone who said she was starring.
It was clear that she was disillusioned with the play.
‘Anyway, if it’s a performance at a theme park, the theme and subject will be there.’
That doesn’t mean it’s okay to be negligent, but… Yua answered as if she was going to scold Cheonhwa for thinking like that.
“Rape training drama.”
“… Yes?”
“I told you, it’s a rape training drama. If you think about it, is it a true educational piece? It’s about an Iljin girl who can’t understand the subject, gets abused and trained like a dog by a man who used to do it, and ends up being reduced to a slave. It’s royal, right?”
“…”
Cheonhwa was confused in her head.
How would you say it is a feeling of swirling and colliding fragments of thoughts that are difficult to describe in one word?
The whirlpool has not disappeared at all, but the fragments that seem useful are pulled out from there and expressed in language.
“Is that popular?”
Was this fragment the right fragment for this situation? Cheonhwa wasn’t very sure.
“Of course. You’ll be surprised when you find out how popular it is, right? I’ll give you the script in a little while, so read it. I heard you’ll be shedding tears up and down.”
Cheonhwa glared at Yua with her suspicions. Yua did not care about the looks of Cheonhwa any more than she cares about the looks of ants.
“I’m going to briefly report to the boss that the lead role has been chosen, right? While I’m away, the three of you can spend some time getting to know each other. The relationship between you three is especially important in this play. Then.”
“Eh?! Oh, no, wait a minute!”
Do you just leave like this?
Cheonhwa was startled and tried to catch her, but Yua quickly left her office, leaving Cheonhwa and her two supporting characters alone.
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And the silence that prevails.
It was Cheonhwa’s voice that barely broke the silence.
“… Hey, shall we introduce ourselves again? To each other…”
