Chapter 122 – This Brother Is Also an Asshole
“Then let’s start reading the script.”
The next day, the conference room inside the ‘MakeGreatDrama’ studio.
The director’s declaration and the sound of the actors flipping the script to the front page were mixed together.
In it, Shin So-ye, Lim Ha-eun, and Saet-byeol, as well as Lee Se-jin and Kang Yoon, were together.
‘Hmm…’
Kang Yoon, standing behind the morning star, sneaked a peek at Im Ha-eun’s script next to her.
After seeing the script, which showed traces of hard practice, with post-it notes and various notes, Kang-yoon thought.
‘It’s dirty. I’m not very good at it.’
The traces left in the script are indicators of how much the actor studied the script.
In other words, the dirtier it is, the more evidence it lacks in ability… It was Kangyun’s idea.
‘Beginners uselessly dirty the original script. Just like kids who can’t study write dirty books.’
Unlike him, the script for Saetbyeol was in a fairly clean state, with only a few notes written on his role.
After changing to a teacher who greatly improved Ha-su’s acting skills, such as Shin So-ye and Im Ha-eun, the script became much cleaner, and it’s very good.
It was also good to change the acting teacher.
Satisfied with himself, Kangyun pulled her head out a little and peeked at Shin So-ye’s script from a distance.
‘Uh.’
Shin So-ye’s script was more severe than Lim Ha-eun’s.
Thanks to all the dense memos and post-its, the original lines were barely visible.
‘I put a lot of effort into being the lead actor.’
When beginners take on good roles, there are cases where too much effort is put into them.
In that case, usually, thanks to too much effort, you will be unable to act more than usual… It was also Kang Yoon’s idea.
‘It is the skill of a professional actor to write down only his role and only what is necessary. It’s dirty for no reason, and I’m just struggling to use it hard…’
People who are good at it don’t struggle and don’t try.
Just as it is, as soon as you pick up the script and read it, you have to be able to act with ease to become a professional.
Yes, like a morning star…
“Hello lady, nice to meet you. I am Pyo Ga-in.”
‘Hmmm, it’s also our morning star. I like her voice first.’
“My name is Pyo Nine. I wish you well.”
“Okay? Please take good care of me.”
Shin So-ye smiled innocently and answered the lines of the two.
“But here, what is this?”
“Oh, that is the handkerchief I lost the day before yesterday! Thank you, lady…”
“Why do you drop your handkerchief here?”
With those words, Shin So-ye’s expression changed dramatically.
A face that seems to have lost all of its laughter, and even the venomous eyes that look like they’re going to eat the morning star at any moment…
Shin So-ye, who had been putting on a kind expression until just now, changed her posture completely, and the director and director whispered to each other and exchanged opinions.
‘Em, stance change is also perfect.’
‘It really sets the mood.’
The two, admiring Shin So-ye, looked at the morning star and looked a little worried.
It was because Saetbyeol was startled by Shin Soye’s change of attitude and hardened.
‘By the way, Morning Star gets eaten?’
‘Uhm, he acted well alone during the audition… So they didn’t get along well…’
‘I wonder if it will get better if we practice together.’
‘I’ll have to tell this manager later and ask the three of us to practice together.’
Since we are in the same company, it would be easy to ask them to practice together.
There is also an example of her writing, so she will lead and practice her well.
“Is there anything wrong with that?”
There was a slight gap, but Sae-byeol soon came to her senses and answered Shin So-ye.
It’s a shrinking scene, so it’s possible to skip it, but it’s clearly visible among the actors that it’s a mistake.
But isn’t it script reading right now anyway?
It’s such a mistake that I can get over it.
The actors continued reading the script without saying anything.
‘Okay morning star, you are doing very well. You’re the best.’
And Kang Yoon was just cheering hard while watching such a morning star.
Without noticing that Saet Byeol had just been eaten by her acting skills.
***
After the script reading, the break room in the studio.
I had a drink with Soye and Haeun and praised them.
“Today’s script reading was really good. It was very good. Noona, did you get much better at changing the atmosphere? In the past, it changed quickly, but now it should be said that it is more natural…”
“Isn’t it the feeling that the changes in emotions are not cut off, but are clearly distinct and connected like the boundary of a shadow?”
“Oh, that expression is just right… Very poetic.”
“Hehe, that’s Miss Krystal’s expression. The teacher told her to always keep this image in her head.”
“I guess the teacher taught you well?”
“Yes, you are a great teacher. He is very detailed in teaching, and points out everything that I lack and what I need to improve…”
Ha-eun shook her head next to So-ye, who boasted of being a teacher as if she really liked it.
“Ugh… The unnie who digests all of that is a monster.”
“Didn’t I say there was a lot of homework?”
“Many? It’s not on many levels. They think we just practice acting all day long. One day is not enough to digest it all. I still have to prepare for the year-end performance…”
“Sister, are you not overdoing it?”
For several days, Soye’s condition continued to be checked.
It didn’t look like anything wrong to me, but…
“Yes. Lively Rather, I am quite happy these days.”
When something goes well or when your skills improve, everything is just fun and full of energy.
It’s probably because it’s in such a state that it can handle the rush of work now.
If you feel good about yourself, no big deal.
“Tell me if it’s even a little difficult.”
“Yea, I got it.”
“Ha-eun, how are you?”
“It’s me, I’m going to follow you somehow…”
“Oh, you’re here!”
I asked about Ha-eun’s condition, but the director appeared.
“Ah, Director. Thank you for your effort.”
“Hey, what am I? Soye and Haeun did a good job.”
The director shakes her hand and smiles broadly.
It was a drama that could have gone wrong even before it was produced, but thanks to Soye, my worries were alleviated.
“Today’s script reading was really good. You looked much better than last time, Mr. Soye! The atmosphere transition has become very smooth, and I can adjust the acting intensity to suit the other person, which is amazing.”
“Thank you, Director.”
The director seems to have recognized Soye’s acting more than I’ve seen.
Maybe that’s why she noticed that her level was higher than mine.
…If I have time, I’ll have to practice more to find out my acting skills.
“Let’s do it like this and fight properly from the recording of the first episode!”
“Yeah.”
“Haeun was nice too. I don’t know who both of them are learning from, but I’m getting really good at acting.”
“Ahaha, thank you.”
“They are both really great. Then see you later~”
After finishing talking, the director is in a hurry to go somewhere else.
You came to compliment our kids even though you were busy.
Both So-ye and Ha-eun seem to have caught his eye quite well, which is a very good sign.
“…Good work, you two.”
After the director left, the morning star came this time.
I couldn’t see where he was, but when the director appeared, he appeared, so it seems that he was chasing after the director.
“Thank you, senior.”
“Thank you.”
Both Soye and Haeun responded politely to Saetbyeol.
I know that Soye is older, but since debuting and promoting came first, that’s why we treat them like seniors.
Even in the military, when seniors are younger, they hate to be treated with respect, but Soye, who doesn’t show any signs of that and responds kindly, is kind again.
“…”
But why do you keep glancing at Soye?
I got eaten when I was acting, but.
“Why is that?”
“…No.”
Saet Byeol shook her head when I asked instead.
“Ah… Director, hello~”
She watched the director finish his greetings with someone else, and then went away with a snort of her voice.
“What is he?”
Ha-eun says that she doesn’t like the way she looks.
She came, was greeted, looked at Soye silently, and then left on her own. It wasn’t a very nice look.
“Um, I don’t know… Did the smoke eat you up and hurt your pride?”
I was looking at the distant morning star with eyes wondering what all three of them were, and a third person came to see me.
“Ah, here you are.”
It was Kang Yoon.
Haha, today’s script reading was really fun. Right?”
“Iknow, right.”
“Saetbyeol’s smoke was very bright, right?”
Shone… Me?
“Well, yeah…”
“Don’t think that Saetbyeol is too oppressive, or be like that, please be nice to me haha.”
She affirmed yes, and she was told something strange.
At the script reading just now, Saetbyeol was eaten by Soye, and Soye managed to save her acting by matching Saetbyul?
Even I, who is not well versed in acting, thought, ‘Ah, Saet Byeol should practice some more’, but what did this person say?
‘Is there anything I don’t know about?’
I glanced at So-ye and Ha-eun, but So-ye was just maintaining her commercial smile, and Ha-eun was making a puzzled expression, as if asking what she was talking about.
“Originally, if there is a difference in acting ability, it can be eaten by the other person, or it can be compared or something like that.”
“Yes…?”
“So don’t feel too sad, haha.”
“Manager oppa, what are you doing?”
“Oh, it’s a morning star. I was saying hello to people from the same company for a while~”
“Come quickly, I have to say hello to the director.”
“Okay, that’s how it should be. Then Manager Lee, I’ll leave.”
After leaving those words, Kang Yoon disappears far away, attracted by the morning star.
What is it, a new kind of madman?
“What are you sick of?”
Next to me, Haeun expressed the same feeling as me.
“Ha-eun, be careful with your words.”
“No, wasn’t that bastard just arguing with us? The words were a bit strange.”
“Still, I should only use nice words outside.”
“I called an idiot an idiot, but what are you swearing at? It’s just right…”
“If you call a poor person a pitiful person, you get insulted. So no.”
“Oh, uh, huh?”
Ha-eun was taken aback by So-ye’s words, and after a while the three of us laughed together.
***
After greeting the director, Saet Byeol got into the car with Kang Yoon and thought.
‘This older brother is an idiot as expected.’
It was she who saw Kang Yoon bragging about her acting skills in Saet Byeol in front of her director and comparing her to Shin So Yena and Lim Ha Eun.
How her own face grew hot at the sight.
“Manager oppa, today that…”
“Good job, very good job.”
Kang Yoon doesn’t listen to what Saetbyeol is trying to say and just cheers him up.
He has no skills and no sense, but he’s easy to deal with, so I kept using him as my manager, but at times like this, he just annoyed me.
“You showed off your acting skills well in front of The Queens, and it was perfect, really.”
“…Are you serious about that?”
“Uh? Sure!”
It’s like an idiot with no eyes to recognize acting.
If you have that level of acting ability, shouldn’t you have told me in advance?
I just said that it was nothing special, I could just do what I usually do, and I didn’t prepare much, so what is this, I was completely eaten!
Saetbyeol wanted to pour out his complaints, but he held back.
If I tried to say it, I wouldn’t be able to understand it well, and it was obvious that it would make strange noises and chatter again.
‘I still hurt my pride, but this oppa is really…’
Losing to something like The Queens, it shouldn’t be like this.
It’s not another group, but you’re 4heart, aren’t you the leader too?
It means that they are top-notch idols who are well-known, have a high tier, and are always popular in Korea.
I was too careless, and I was complacent in preparation.
But since they haven’t started filming yet, it’ll be fine if they show their skills properly on the show.
‘I haven’t lost yet… I just need to practice a bit properly, and next time this side will eat up the atmosphere…’
Kang Yoon said to Saet Byeol, who was patting on his broken pride.
“Are they really all that bad?”
“Oh, really.”
It was said that it was a whispering voice, but Saetbyeol almost burst out swearing without realizing it.
“Yes? What did you just say?”
“…No, hehe.”
Saetbyeol barely held back his anger as he felt his eyes tremble.
Even if you’re an idiot, if the manager changes, you’ll be too meddling, and that’s not what I wanted.
Whether or not she knew Saetbyeol’s feelings, Kang Yoon kept smiling and praising Saetbyeol, and at that time, a stack of swear words piled up in her heart.
