Chapter 420 – Audition (3)
Time passed while Min Seon-ha struggled in a delusion. This means that the name of the last participant has been called.
Soon the front door opened and a tall-looking man entered.
Min Seon-ha widened her eyes in surprise when she saw a man on stage.
‘Does it feel much better than your profile?’
I immediately felt that the photos couldn’t capture all the people. A man had a strange charm that could only be known by looking at him.
‘I can’t take my eyes off you.’
It’s not because of the outward appearance. While rolling the movie version of Min Seon-ha, I have seen quite a few people who are more handsome and prettier than him.
But even among those good-looking men and women, there were few that drew as much attention as the man who was on stage right now.
An aura that catches everyone’s attention.
Sometimes there are people who are born with that kind of temperament. They often get the attention of the people around them without doing anything special. As an actor, it can be seen as a gift from heaven.
“Hello. My name is Seo Joo-hwan.”
A low-pitched voice resounded pleasantly. After that, several obvious questions and answers followed.
In the process, Min Seon-ha felt that Seo Joo-hwan’s vocalization was captured and she looked at him with an interesting gaze.
‘Have you had some acting practice?’
However, expectations for Seo Joo-hwan did not rise significantly. His tall figure and bizarre charm drew attention for a moment, but that was all.
‘First of all, the mask doesn’t match the character.’
The role of the murderer I am trying to select now must be based on the sad impression of a young man in the neighborhood. Then, in the murder scene, her atmosphere had to be completely reversed to reveal the cruel side of the pleasure killer.
However, Seo Joo-hwan’s face is like a man’s, with thick lines and a strong impression. At the same time, he was also a wolf figure with his sharp eyes and jaw line. I don’t know about the murderer, but I didn’t get along with the weak and sad young man in the neighborhood.
And there was one more big problem.
Min Seon-ha licked her lips with a look of regret.
“The atmosphere is too strong.”
It was said earlier that it was a gift from heaven, but it does not always work as an advantage. To take an extreme example, it’s like ‘passerby 1’ shouldn’t exude the same presence as the ‘protagonist’. Rather, it was the talent he had been blessed with that was holding him back.
Of course, if you are a seasoned actor, you will be able to control that presence through facial expressions and gestures. However, I could n’t think that Seo Joo-hwan, who had no experience, would show his acting skills to that extent. Even he was not a bondi actor, but a web novel writer and YouTuber.
There was just one thing that bothered me.
‘What is Chaehee looking forward to?’
Among the people Min Seon-ha knows, Lee Chae-hee is the most strict about acting. However, she referred to Seo Joo-hwan as a ‘tremendous object’. She had been acquainted with Lee Chae-hee for over ten years, but she had never heard of it a few times.
She couldn’t hide her doubts about Min Seon-ha and glanced at her side of her. And her eyes met Lee Chae-hee, who was looking at her.
She was started and opened her eyes wide, but Lee Chae-hee smiled and scolded her as if whispering.
“You paranoid.”
“My, what am I?”
“Okay, look ahead for now.”
“Uh?”
“I have to start.”
Lee Chae-hee glanced at her stage her. She came to her senses her in a flash. Now it’s time to start acting. From here on, she, as her director her, must guide her, albeit in terms of her formality her.
She cleared her throat and said,
“Hmmmm. As announced, I’ll start with the designated postponement. Try two scenes, Scene 6 and Scene 7, first.”
Lee Chae-hee answered.
“I will act opposite you in Scene 7. You can look at this and write your lines.”
Lee Chae-hee’s tone was rather stiff. She was deliberately devoid of emotion and spoke businesslikely. Because everyone here knows the scandal between her and her Seo Joo-hwan.
Seo Joo-hwan also nodded expressionlessly and replied that he understood. He was confident that he would stick with his skills of her, but he did n’t have to be misunderstood.
“Then, let’s begin.”
After saying that, Seo Joo-hwan took out silver-rimmed glasses from his bosom and put them on.
*
S#6 ─ Kim Jung-min (The Murderer) Room
In a room with the lights off.
Kiyi – A creepy melody flows. The sharp scraping sound of the strings is eerie. A thump jumps through the unstable tones. An atmosphere of horror is created.
Kim Jung-min, sitting in front of the desk, moves the pen by relying on the small light on the nightstand. Pictures are crammed into the tablet. Scrolling down, he writes a letter in the margin.
End.
Kugu Palace! The music stops With a click, the lights in the room turn on. The horror atmosphere disappears.
“Ugh!”
Kim Jung-min makes a painful sound and stretches vigorously. A crunching sound comes from his neck and back of his, as if he proves that he has been sitting for a long time.
Kim Jung-min smiles with a refreshing expression and sings hurray.
“Finished! Free! Long live the unemployed!”
Kim Jeong-min, who shouted brightly, jumped up from his chair and exaggeratedly shook his shoulders. The way he twisted his ankles and slipped ridiculously seemed like he was dancing. The promiscuous dance is strangely addictive.
Then Kugoong! Hey! The terrifying music plays again with a loud noise. Kim Jung-min, who was dancing, approached the desk in surprise.
“Oh, surprise! I forgot.”
After talking to himself, Kim Jung-min manipulates the mouse. Soon the song stops. The creepy song was playing from the computer.
After turning off the song, Kim Jung-min opens the desk drawer and rummages. However, he tilts his head as if he doesn’t see what he’s looking for. Realizing something, he let out a deep sigh.
“Oh, I smoked it all. I want to smoke one to commemorate the end…….”
With a face full of regret, he licks his lips again and scratches his head. Then he puts on a rough coat and goes out to visit.
*
Min Seon-ha looked at the stage with surprised eyes.
Seo Joo-hwan was acting in an empty space. He licked his lips with a wistful expression, put on an invisible cloak, and pretended to open the door. All movements were so natural that an illusion of seeing things that were not there arose.
‘That’s an actor without experience?’
After all, he’s not even an actor. Surely you’ve seen the novels he wrote? I’ve also seen the YouTube channel that popped up with related videos a few times. He was a writer and YouTuber, not an actor.
So I didn’t understand.
‘The atmosphere has completely changed.’
Seo Joo-hwan, who gave off a strong impression just a moment ago, his eyes softened strangely the moment he put on his glasses. Still, he was expressionless, so he wasn’t as surprised as he is now. The moment he said the lines, his expression changed completely, and he became a docile and sad young man. It’s hard to believe that he’s changed just by wearing one prop.
Then I heard a small muttering voice beside me.
“Also.”
Lee Chae-hee was smiling with satisfaction. She took the attitude that this situation was natural, far from surprising.
Min Seon-ha looked in front of her with a more serious face. Seo Joo-hwan, who had gone down the stage, was coming up again. He made the gesture of opening the door, and he looked at the judges’ table with a blank smile on his face.
“Hello, aunt.”
Lee Chae-hee received the ambassador.
“Mom, aren’t you a young cartoonist? Why has it been so long!”
There was a natural flow from Scene 6 to Scene 7.
Seo Joo-hwan (Kim Jung-min-The Murderer) and Lee Chae-hee (convenience store owner) started exchanging lines.
*
S#7 ─ Apartment convenience store
The convenience store owner welcomed Kim Jung-min, who came after a few days.
“Mom, aren’t you a young cartoonist? Why has it been so long!”
Kim Jung-min smiled and said.
“Haha. I haven’t been out of the house for days because I’m finishing.”
“Well, did you finish the job well?”
“Hehe, I’m unemployed now.”
“The manga got cut?!”
“No. Because I finished it. A freelancer is unemployed after work, well.”
“Ugh, be surprised. You thought you had one less regular customer.”
“Oh, sorry. Were you worried about that?”
“Ho Ho. Anyway, you came on time. Are you going to buy a lunch box? He just came in.”
“Oh, nice.”
Kim Jung-min sings his hum song and decides what to eat today. Soon after, he finds a boxed lunch he likes and stands at the checkout counter. Then he points to the cigarette behind him and says.
“I’d like a cigarette, too.”
“Yes?”
The convenience store owner asked with a puzzled look.
“Don’t you smoke when the deadline is over?”
“I smoke one last thing after it’s over. But everything is gone.”
“Oops, just don’t smoke.”
“I will only smoke one cigarette.”
“Draw. This is okay, right?”
The convenience store owner doesn’t even listen to the answer and picks up a pack of cigarettes and takes a force shot. I remember the cigarettes that regular customers always smoke.
“Then I’ll come again~.”
“Draw. Don’t smoke too much!”
“Yes!”
Kim Jung-min answered in a pleasant voice and left the convenience store. Then he sat down in a corner and lit a cigarette. After sucking in a sip of smoke, he still talks to himself with a smile on his face.
“I have to go collect materials again.”
Somehow that voice is creepy.
*
Scene 7 The apartment convenience store scene is over.
At this point, everyone in the judges’ seat, including Min Seon-ha, realized. That web novel writer who only looked at his profile her and ignored it. I wondered what the hell he was thinking when he applied, but he was no stranger to acting.
“… Let’s see the second designated acting, Scene 18.”
There are two designated performances for this audition. But there are three scenes. Scenes 6 and 7, which have short cuts, were grouped together and treated as one, and Scene 18 was treated as a second act.
There was a reason why we decided on three scenes with designated acting.
Scenes 6 and 7 show the docile youth in the neighborhood. And Scene 18 is a scene showing the madness of an abnormally distorted pleasure killer. It was not an easy task even for a skilled actor to perfectly portray the two opposite sides.
The bald middle-aged man of the investment destination swallowed his saliva and stared at Seo Ju-hwan. I hope it’s not as good as Scene 18.
At that time, Seo Joo-hwan said.
“Wait.”
He put the glasses back into his bosom. And he closed his eyes for a moment. Soon, the smiley face his turned expressionless, and black and white became clear as if the saturation had suddenly decreased.
He opened his eyes again and looked at the judges’ seat.
“Let’s begin.”
After saying that, Seo Ju-hwan’s eyes flashed more sharply than usual. Then he drew a half moon with his eyelids folded.
[The special ability, ‘killing energy’, is activated.]
From Seo Ju-hwan’s body, frightening energy was sprayed in all directions.
There were no more docile young men on the stage.
[The special ability ‘Method Acting’ is activated.]
[Reflects your understanding of the character, ‘Kim Jung-min (The Murderer)’.]
[I am assimilated into the character’s thoughts and feelings.]
[Immersion – 50%]
The sound of the wind escapes from Seo Ju-hwan’s mouth his, which had been shut for a moment.
“Flaw.”
Soon, the corners of his trembling lips suddenly parted. The grotesquely distorted smile is terrifying like that of a beast. Jjoeok, the teeth that touched open up and down and spew madness.
Haha!”
The killer’s laughter echoed through the hall.
The eyes off the stage were drawn to one person.
“…… !”
The people watching Seo Joo-hwan trembled involuntarily. Some of the weak-willed people gasped in surprise. It was because the eyes sweeping them were more frightening than the grotesque laughter. It seemed that a yellow light was coming out of the smile of the eyes folded like a half moon.
