139. The value of challenge
Name: Taemin Han.
He is twenty-four.
I must have served in the military. Although I am still a student, I thought I was not too young to be treated like a child.
Rather than relying on someone else for answers, you should find your own food.
I was very worried about whether the rice bowl I was holding in my hand was the right rice bowl.
If my activities so far felt like a 3-month contract job or an experiential intern, this was no longer a child’s play.
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The value of challenge.
If I were to extend my contract after this, I would like to help Doah’s concert. It had to contain more value than that.
The way of thinking and the way of living would also change.
We should approach everything with more professionalism, rather than just rushing in like we do now and feeling like, ‘Do you want to do this?’
Just thinking about it is a tiring process.
Rather than saying I was tired, I thought it would be better to say that it wasn’t like me.
I thought dealing with strangers was difficult, and collaborating with other actors was even more difficult.
If you just look at it in terms of aptitude, it was definitely right to quit.
But what I am afraid of is.
“Haa…”
I have to return to being someone who always receives from Doa.
Doa may not admit it, but she was a shining person.
I don’t think so because I personally like Luca, but she really shines objectively.
Popularity increasing day by day.
Increasingly large-scale advertisements and collaborations with celebrities.
A music video with tens of millions of views.
As a person just passing by, I felt like there was nothing I could do.
So I was very happy that I could do something for her at her solo concert.
For the person I love and support.
I remember Doa jumping up and down with joy after listening to the sample the composer made.
My girlfriend hugged me, telling me to look forward to her concert and that she would be great.
If I had declined the offer at that time, it would have been a happiness I could never feel.
Ah… But she wonders what it means to be dragged around every day filming this and not being able to see Doa’s face or her Luka broadcast.
“Shibaaa! “I don’t know!”
I reached my limit in coming up with an answer on my own, so I suddenly screamed out the window.
Ugh… It’s a bit better…
But first, you have to answer whether that is a work or not.
Although it was explained as if it were some kind of home shopping special discount product, I had to admit that the offer I received this time was great.
If we keep doing this, when will we ever be in a lineup like that again?
After thinking about it for a while, I took out my cell phone and called my manager.
[Hello?]
[Ah. Yes. Mr. Taemin.]
[That. There’s that drama you mentioned the other day.]
[Yes, yes.]
I could feel the tension in the manager’s voice as he answered.
[Could you please tell me that you will participate?]
[Oh! Well thought out! I will contact the team leader and the production company right away!]
I barely had to hold him back as he immediately hung up the phone.
[Ah. Manager! That… That… What are you… That…]
[Please speak.]
[Then do we have to renew our contract right away?]
[Of course, you have to do it because the production period will far exceed one month!]
I see.
[Is it okay to renew it around the end of the deadline?]
Manager, there was no reply for a while.
[Um… Is it okay if I ask the reason?]
[Of course I’m thinking positively, but it’s hard to make a decision yet…]
It was impossible for me to just lay out the concerns I had.
[Then, I will discuss it with the team leader. But if you say you’re working on a project, there’s a higher chance that you won’t be able to do it.]
[Yes…]
[If that happens, I have to have a separate discussion with the production company.]
The manager seemed to be uncomfortable with my non-cooperation regarding the contract, so he was very sensitive to me.
[Anyway, I will contact you again.]
[Yes. Thank you.]
After I hung up the phone, I felt depressed and took out the script book I had received from my acting teacher from my bag.
“Call CEO Oh Hyun-seong right away. Right Now!”
“What? Not answering the phone? “Then you have to run out and catch him right now!”
“Haa… Haa… You damn bastards!”
“Hmm.”
It looks like f*cking smoke.
I have never been angry easily, so I found it very difficult to express my anger by screaming like this.
Of course, you should vent your anger through chat.
It is better to use the initial consonant when swearing.
I opened my phone, accessed NewTube, and laughed at the list of algorithm-recommended videos.
This was because my face was displayed right below the clip where Luca’s avatar was displayed.
[The standard of a nerd man! [New actor Han Tae-min!]
Don’t be aggressive. You bastards.
How can you learn when your face is on the screen for less than 20 minutes?
Seen again and again.
Play an interview clip of content you already know.
[Any last words?]
[Closer Fighting…?]
“Fighting Closer.”
I repeated exactly what I said.
* * *
“So I decided to do that.”
“Awesome.”
Doa, who was holding my cell phone, kept repeating the words, “Daebak.”
“…Oppa.”
“Huh?”
“If we keep doing this, won’t we really become a wallflower?”
“Suddenly?”
Doah took a sip of her latte and slammed the table.
“No? Don’t you know Seongho Kim? Actor Kim Seong-ho?”
“I know. “Am I stupid?”
“But how can you be so calm!”
Doa protested to me as if she didn’t understand at all.
“That person is really popular these days! “It’s a big hit?”
“…Really?”
“Ah! Look at this! “I thought you didn’t know.”
Doah was explaining to me how great the actor lineup for my new work was.
“So, my brother is joining Closer now, and it’s no different than having Hako Virtuber with 100 subscribers come as a guest.”
Hey. When you say it like that, it really resonates with me.
This was a section where I could once again realize the greatness of the metaphor system.
“But can you do well? “I heard it’s hard to learn how to act these days.”
“Well… I have to do well. “What can I do?”
“Then what about school?”
“Maybe I should take a leave of absence from school.”
The filming schedule for the drama and school classes would inevitably overlap.
“Hmm… I see… I was also thinking about taking a bit of a leave of absence.”
“Why you?”
“I tried it in parallel last semester, but I couldn’t do it.”
Definitely around the time of final exams, Doa would go to and from school almost half-corpse.
“And it’s a nuisance if I’m too busy during team activities.”
Doa smiled apologetically at me, probably because she remembered the advertising production class she took with me.
“I was grateful at that time.”
“Why are you here now?”
It was something I did because I liked it.
“But since I can’t help you next semester, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to take a leave of absence together.”
“Oh~ Then we can play together more.”
Doah smiled brightly and seemed to be in a very good mood.
“Let’s go on a trip together again!”
“Hey. I have to broadcast it. “Where do you keep going?”
“No. I can take a day off too, right? What if I just talk well? Why. “Is it because you don’t want to go out with me?”
She pursed her lips and tapped my shoe with her foot.
“Is that possible? “How much I like you.”
And when you go on a trip… Um…
Because we are almost certainly waiting for special events.
“Then let’s take a leave of absence and go to Japan together! “I want to go to Japan!”
“Japan? Suddenly?”
I chuckled at the sudden increase in scale.
“A. “If you go by plane, it’s no different from going on a long domestic trip.”
“Is that so?”
“Of course! “It’ll take two or three hours to get there by plane?”
“Then let’s go and see it then, if we can.”
“Hey~”
Doa smiles brightly, as if she had fun just imagining it.
“Ah. I think it will be really fun. “We should go on a tour of that damn holy place together.”
“It’s good, it’s good.”
It is a very great blessing to be able to share the same hobby.
I hope days like this continue.
Just do nothing and have fun like this forever with Doa.
Being an unemployed person with a lot of money wasn’t everyone’s dream for nothing.
“Ah. Right! “I have something to show you, too.”
“What is it?”
“My solo concert schedule has been released!”
“Oh? Confirmed at all?”
“Yes! “It’s March 5th!”
Open the calendar and immediately write a note.
“March… 5Th…”
Ha… Please, there shouldn’t be any filming that day…
“And this is my original song that I recorded this time.”
Doa’s finger, which was pointing towards the play button, stops.
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“Ah. But this… it’s just not the finished version yet… should we take that into account?”
Don’t lay the groundwork! Doah Kim!
Feeling dizzy, I violently shook her head up and down to show that I understood.
