Chapter 547 – #82. It’s a Comeback! (3)
“You seem to be working too busy these days. Is your stamina okay?”
Director Yeon Hwa-jeong, whom I met after a long time, saw my face and started worrying.
“Director, you look stabbed.”
“Kuhm.”
My schedule is also a schedule, but the amount of homework the director gave me these days was no joke.
Apparently, he was excited because I was following him quite well.
Now, the type of homework has broadened to serious study of the movie, not simply limiting the characters in the movie.
It is a step forward from the purpose of receiving instruction from the director for the first time.
And this kind of teaching was also possible because the director looked at me very nicely.
Who would set aside time to teach someone who is not interested?
In addition, today, too, was the time the director prepared for me.
“Do not worry. Just because it’s hard doesn’t mean I’m not immature enough to complain. I am always grateful. Sometimes you treat me so well that I wonder if this is a dream.”
“What a dream! Could it be?”
“It is like a dream. Being taught by the director is a very special thing, but today he even made a seat for me by saying he would introduce me to close actors.”
Still active as an idol is something the director can be sad about.
“I’m making a fuss by myself, but you’re matching the old man’s rhythm. I listened to the song you made this time.”
“How have you been?”
“It was great. I don’t know much about music, but since I worked as a director, I couldn’t stay away from music, so I had to develop an ear to listen to it moderately, and it was good to hear it that way to my ears as well.”
“Thank you.”
“You don’t have to thank me! It’s because you’re good at it. And I think that’s why I felt more threatened. I know you have talent in the field you work in.”
I don’t know what to do with the director’s words.
Just like becoming an idol and falling in love with the charm of this job, it was the same for me as an actor.
At first, I wondered if I should act, but before I knew it, wasn’t I actively participating in director Yeon Hwa-jung’s teachings?
The biggest difference after appearing in director Yeon Hwa-jeong’s work is that I learned what acting is like.
In addition, I thought a lot that the director really loves movies.
I wonder if this is what a person would look like if he couldn’t be interested in one thing and became obsessed with it.
If it’s a movie that makes people like that, then the movie was great.
“I’m worried that I might get spoiled because you keep praising me.”
“You can be a little arrogant. From his talent to his looks to his wealth. What is lacking Rather, I wonder if you are not paying attention to people too much.”
“Do I notice people?”
“Otherwise, is there any reason why a proud kid like you wouldn’t show off his pride? I was worried that something bad might have happened to people in my childhood.”
“Ah~ So that’s why you asked that last time.”
Out of the blue, he persistently asked me about my childhood…
I didn’t know you were thinking of something like that.
I am humble to the people around me because I know their position.
I’m not really in my 20’s.
Aren’t you already over 40 for the years you’ve lived?
‘Of course, adults aren’t the only ones who can make sense of things.’
But at least I am confident that I am not that kind of person.
“I am also a person who makes mistakes. There were times when I was annoyed at the people around me instead.”
“It’s great to feel and reflect on that on your own. It’s really not that easy for people like us. People around us always make us look like great people. It’s really hard to focus on that.”
“The director must have been more so because he was the first Korean to receive a famous award overseas.”
“Yes. It was really hard. I felt like I was the best movie maker in the world. I wouldn’t have come to my senses if I hadn’t eaten a movie properly.”
It’s a surprise.
“Has the director’s movie failed?”
“Of course not! There’s no way I could have been successful. Since I am a great person, I thought I should make a great movie. So, the film that was made was a failure on an all-time scale. No one could relate to my film. I did a lot of things I couldn’t do to the actors I filmed with at the time.”
To play properly.
What are you so good at?
“I am a filmmaker, not an acting teacher. But then I knew it was right. Ha, this is something I won’t tell anyone about because it’s my dark history, but since it’s you, I’m doing it specially.”
“Ah… !”
“Even now, when I think of that time, I feel ashamed that the movie I shot while telling the actors to live and die went into editing and I didn’t like it. Of course. The synopsis was ruined in the first place, but it’s only natural that I don’t like it. But what’s even more absurd here is that he blamed the actor for it, not his own skills. When I think of that time, I think something was written.”
“How did you come to realize it? That it was my mistake.”
“All the movies are ruined and people say that. The only thing left in the movie is the acting of the actors. Then it felt like someone was hitting me in the back of the head with a stone.”
You’d be in for a huge shock.
It can’t be easy to blame others for everything and admit that it’s your fault.
“Only then did I realize my subject.”
“Then the actor… ?”
“I got down on my knees and apologized to Chi. Heck, maybe we can meet today. He’s also really nice. Are you still meeting me who was so mean to you?”
I felt deep trust in the director who said that.
Moreover, being here today means that you are a famous actor that I know.
Since he acted so strongly, his acting skills are second to none.
I was looking forward to meeting you today.
“But I have a question for you. I received a lot of help from what the director taught me.”
Perhaps the actor accepted the director’s apology after knowing that it helped his acting skills.
“Not at all. It was purely his ability. He was the one who understood my dog shit-like meddling. The reason I can teach you now is because I was so embarrassed about that back then that I studied. I thought about quitting the director because I was embarrassed, but I thought I wouldn’t be able to do that again. So he decided to study acting.”
To think that the coach’s ability to teach me had such a behind-the-scenes.
“You are amazing.”
“What is great. He’s just an old monster who couldn’t abandon his lingering feelings for the movie. Anyway, coming back to what I was talking about, introducing the kids to you is because of my selfishness and greed. I created this position with the hope that you will continue to work here. After all, work is a game that goes back to networking, so if you make people you know, you might get a good opportunity.”
“What am I supposed to do?”
“No. You can say that because you don’t know the director’s mind well. You have no idea how thrilling it is to make a talented actor like you into a character I envisioned and capture it on camera.”
From the director’s point of view, it is said that the difference between those who succeed as actors and those who do not succeed is whether they are actors who can inspire them or not.
“You are such an actor.”
I haven’t even filmed properly yet, but since the director loves me so much, I’m at a loss as to what to do to show her a satisfactory side of herself.
“We haven’t even started filming yet. Are you sure?”
“You saw the videos you sent. I saw it, but if you don’t know it, you shouldn’t supervise it.”
I was taking a video of my acting and sending it to the director to confirm that I had done my homework.
And through that video, the director seemed to be convinced of my talent.
“What are you talking about so much fun?”
It was then.
“Oh, are you here?”
A tall handsome man entered the room.
The director showed a bright smile and said, “Welcome.”
I was curious about who would come from among the director’s small group attendees, as they didn’t tell me who was coming today, but he was a formidable person from the first batter.
I jumped up and respectfully greeted Woo Ji-yong.
“Hello. Senior Woo Ji-yong. Nice to see you. This is Jin Hae-sol.”
“Uh~ Hi. Uh~ This guy’s real face is no joke.”
“Right? I was shocked to see the real thing. Sit over here.”
Actor Woo Ji-yong.
Even though he is 43 years old this year, he is a popular actor who is young enough to look like he is in his 30s.
He is more active on the screen than in dramas, but he was an actor who was regularly cast in director Yeon Hwa-jeong’s films.
Height in the mid 170’s and moderately well-proportioned body.
With dark eyebrows, white skin and a thick voice, he played various characters and was loved by the audience as a box office actor.
He is a distant senior to me, and he was not someone I could meet in such a private setting.
“Why haven’t the other kids come yet?”
“Lee Won-yi got caught by the fans and is signing autographs, and Mr. Park says he will be a bit late because he will come dressed up today.”
“Flowers? Why is she adorning herself with flowers?”
“He’s in charge of the visuals for our gathering, but he said he had to dress up to avoid losing to him?”
“Oh, that idiot. You’re just playing around again.”
Mr. Park?
‘By the way, senior Joo E-won is also coming.’
After thinking about who Mr. Park was, he asked just in case.
“Are you talking about senior Park So-won?”
Actress Park So-won.
He is a 43-year-old male actor of the same age as Woo Ji-yong, and he has the modifier of a luxury supporting actor.
“Huh. Even if Park So-won quarrels with you, don’t keep it in your mind. If you just answer politely, he will relieve himself and treat you well. He has a very narrow personality and is very jealous. But it’s not a bad thing to be jealous again. Because all the actors he was jealous of did well. Oh! Is it okay if I speak comfortably? Listening to the director so much about you made me feel closer without even realizing it.”
“Sure. I feel more comfortable when you speak comfortably.”
“Yes, yes. I’ve seen a lot of junior actors, and they catch my eye because they’re so handsome. I was uncomfortable in many ways when I lived with this face, but you must have been worse.”
The senior had no hesitation in comparing her own face with mine, as if she had clear confidence in her own face.
On the contrary, he seemed to know well that he seemed more confident and bold.
Since the seniors treated me comfortably, I was also able to eat comfortably.
“Are all three of you present today?”
“Maybe?”
Compared to senior Woo Ji-yong, who answered lightly, I was relieved, like someone who answered the question I was curious about.
Looking at Woo Ji-yong’s attitude toward the director, I had a hunch that this person might not be that actor at the time.
And since Park So-won, who is said to be narrow-minded, was not the only person left, was Joo Yi-won.
‘I’ll go back later and look for that movie.’
How would you have acted in the worst environment?
Also, I was very curious about what kind of person he was.
