Chapter 25 – Receive a Sponsorship Offer
It’s probably hard for me to be as helpful as my mother or Hwang Soo-ah expects.
But no matter what the content is, it’s something I trusted and entrusted to me. I had to do as much as I could.
Because I can’t disappoint my mother.
I was determined.
“Well, then what can I do?”
“Seonhu can help with the script reading with Sua, just like she did with her mother. We need to get to know each other better before that.”
“… If necessary, I can help you practice the script, but that…”
It’s a script reading, so if you don’t care about your acting skills, you can do it. Because actor Hwang Soo-ah only needs to read the other person’s lines during practice.
But anything else was an unreasonable demand.
“This work is a double heroine system. One is Hwang Soo-ah, the wife of the male lead. And the other is Shin Ji-hye, the male lead’s first love before marriage.”
Mom intentionally interrupted my story and proceeded with the story.
Anyway, the other heroine of this drama is Shin Ji-hye… It’s a formidable casting.
Unlike actress Hwang Soo-ah, who is a Western-style beauty with a cold atmosphere, actress Shin Ji-hye is a graceful and innocent type. Perhaps they intentionally cast two actors with opposite styles.
If two famous actresses appear in the lead role, the one with a weaker presence is bound to be eaten.
And judging from the current momentum, it seemed highly likely that actress Hwang Soo-ah would be the one to be eaten. In the first place, only words are double heroines, but the real heroines may have been cast as bridesmaids with Shin Ji-hye and Hwang Su-ah.
“The male lead married Sua and had her child and was living a good life. However, she accidentally reunites with her first love, Ji-hye, and starts to falter. Ji-hye was tricked by her husband’s mother and broke up with her husband, but she belatedly learned the truth and approached her husband again. Sua knows that and she is trying to stop the two of them from getting close.”
“The male lead just seems like garbage. It’s just the wind.”
“What do you think of Sua?”
“It’s unfortunate that we broke up because we were tricked, but I’m a little bit like this guy…”
Actor Hwang Soo-ah looked at me for some reason and spoke.
Not me In fact, I may be trash to the point where I can’t even compare it to the main character, but this isn’t me.
“I don’t disagree with the fact that men are garbage, but Sua shouldn’t be like that. No matter how trashy he is, he is the man Sua loves.”
Seeing her mom talk seriously about acting somehow made my heart pound.
Actor Hwang Soo-ah was listening to her mother with the spirit of not missing a single word. I was nervous watching from the side.
“From my point of view, the problem with Sua is that she has never been in love properly. How would you feel if the man you really love turned his attention to another woman?”
“… That would make you angry and feel bad.”
To her mother’s words, actress Hwang Soo-ah hesitantly answered. But the answer didn’t seem to meet her mother’s standards.
“It’s not on that level. Burning anger. A feeling of jealousy that will break your intestines. It’s a complicated heart that can’t be separated because I hate it enough to want to kill it, but I love it. It means that you are not ready to express this, Mr. Sua.”
I was more preoccupied with the other than her mother’s acting guidance.
Is it true that I never fell in love? It’s a pity if it’s true. A person like this could have really picked any man.
Her mother’s lecture continued while I was thinking pathetic thoughts.
“The act of getting revenge while hysterical because of the cheating man? You can do that with any girl. But isn’t that the kind of acting you want from Hwang Soo-ah? You need terrifying acting that makes your body tremble when you see it. But it must be difficult for a male actor to empathize with that, right?”
Then, my mother took me by the arm.
“Then I will lend you my son.”
Why am I out there? I couldn’t understand English.
“My son, practice loving your predecessors. And the practice of being taken away by another woman. I won’t tell you to do method acting, but once you experience it, you will at least be able to act close to the real thing.”
“Here, Mom.”
I understood until the middle, but isn’t it a bit strange to ask you to practice loving with me? It’s not something that can be said to be love.
“Would you like to help too?”
“No, I will help if I can.”
I have no intention of ignoring her mother’s opinion. But, to be honest, it was a far-fetched story to me.
The hedgehog also thinks that his child is cute, but perhaps the degree is too harsh.
I thought that the premise of practicing love in the first place was wrong. It’s not like I’m going to do it. That opponent is Nago, whom I met for the first time today.
But it seems I was the only one here thinking that way. Actor Hwang Soo-ah also helped me with a word when I was in trouble.
“I’ll ask you too, Mr. Seonhu.”
“… Are you serious?”
“I told you. It is the feeling of grabbing at least a straw. I just believe in what the teacher says and follow it.”
The expression on her face was serious. She couldn’t bear to keep eye contact with such a well-groomed man as he stared at her so earnestly.
I averted my gaze and sighed.
It’s a big deal. Is there no one around actress Hwang Soo-ah who can give the right advice? I’m worried that I won’t fall into a strange religion or something.
“Oh my goodness. This is heavy on my heart. If you fail, it’s your mother’s responsibility, so do your best to be loved by Sua. Understand?”
“That…”
At a loss for words, I turned my eyes to actress Hwang Soo-ah.
Honestly, if a human being is too pretty, it takes courage to look at it.
Actress Hwang Soo-ah was that type of person. A being that requires energy to even look at.
Should I try to be loved by this kind of person? How?
However, facing her serious eyes, he did not have the guts to refuse.
“… I will do my best.”
That’s how I became actor Hwang Soo-ah’s temporary partner to overcome his slump.
* * *
The dinner party continued until late that day.
Perhaps because there were two famous actresses, the service provided at the restaurant was endless, and surprisingly, the amount of alcohol these actresses drank was no joke.
I, who don’t drink alcohol, diligently grilled the meat and moved it to a plate, and was busy refilling the empty wine glass while chit-chat with the occasional conversation.
“That director is real! I’m going to pull out all my beards someday!”
“Teacher too. But I heard that the director’s hair is fake, is it really?”
“That’s a wig, a wig.”
The drunken mother seemed in a good mood. She then bumped into actress Hwang Soo-ah and passed her glass.
Actress Hwang Soo-ah did not lose either. Even when she was drunk, she was still drowsy and didn’t look disheveled.
The drink may have been too strong for her frail frame.
“Actor Hwang Soo-ah, aren’t you drinking too much?”
She asked, pouring plum wine into the two glasses that were quickly empty.
At the edge of the table, there was a long line of empty plum wine bottles the two actresses drank.
Is it possible to have so much alcohol in such a thin body?
Slowly I started to worry.
“Mr. Seonhoo…”
“Yes?”
“… It’s too awkward to call. Title. Are you doing this on purpose?”
Sua asked while her eyes were wide open.
“Sorry. I honestly don’t know what to call it.”
“… It’s easy, you can do it…”
“Ah, yes. Then I will call you Sua.”
“Miss Sua… Heh…”
Actress Hwang Soo-ah smiled and passed the glass over again. I involuntarily refilled my glass.
“Mr. Aren’t women who drink too much?”
Actress Hwang Soo-ah drinks as soon as she fills the glass even after asking such a question.
Looking at this question, it seems unexpectedly that you like alcohol.
“It’s because I’m more worried than that. I’m afraid I won’t be able to find my way home.”
I could take my mother even if she was a bit drunk, but Sua was in trouble.
I don’t know if I brought the car, but I was anxious to send a proxy just because I was so drunk. That’s why you can’t just throw it in a taxi.
“After… At that time, Mr. Seonhoo will be there for you. Or should we go to sleep?”
“I have to go with my mother.”
It was a dangerous statement that could have been taken as sexual harassment if the sexes were reversed. I smiled bitterly at her and brushed off her words.
“… I’m sorry, Mr. For getting me involved in the wrong things.”
“I am sorry. You don’t have to listen to Su-ah too soon as her mother said.”
“Why?”
Even though she looked fine, it seems that she was drunk. She looked up at me at an angle and began to twitch her tongue.
“Yeah, love, or something like that, isn’t she suddenly able to do it just because she hears that?”
“After. Whoop whoop, whoop whoop.”
Sua smiled as she held an empty glass of wine. Her smiling face looked much more human.
“Aren’t you trying too hard, Mr. Seonhu, for saying that?”
“Yes? Me?”
She put her glass down and put her chin on her chin and looked up at me. Somehow, his eyes were different from before.
“Under… I really can’t win. With that cruel expression.”
“Resentment…”
“You think you didn’t do anything? Is that what a player is? Ahaha. Is it so. I lost Just like the teacher, I feel possessed by something.”
“No, I…”
Actress Hwang Soo-ah made her declaration of surrender by fluttering both of her hands. I don’t know what she’s surrendering to.
“Mr. Shall we date?”
“Ah~ in the sense of the practice I mentioned earlier.”
“I have a lot of money. There is also a building in Cheongdam. It has risen a lot and will continue to rise.”
“Ah, yes. Congratulations.”
“What does it mean to have a business relationship with me? All right.”
Mr. Sua helped herself and tipped her glass again. It was clear that she was drunk.
She seemed fine until just a moment ago, but she changed into a person in an instant, as if she had flipped a switch.
As I looked at her mother asking for her help, she was looking at the two of us with her kind eyes for some reason. Was there anything that would make you happy in this situation?
“Mr. Sua. You look like you’re very drunk, so stop getting up. Mom too.”
“Mr.
Actress Hwang Soo-ah grabbed my hand as I tried to stand up first. His grip was strong for his small hand size.
The eyes looking up at me were shaking.
I was about to get up, but I had to sit down again.
“All right. Are you saying don’t be serious?”
“Yes?”
“Then what shall I do? There will be no conditions whatsoever.”
I still couldn’t follow the flow of the story.
My mother intervened instead of me, who was taken aback.
“It depends on how much we meet each other and how many times we meet each month. Isn’t that what a spawn contract is like?”
“Spawn?”
“Sponsor… Because I don’t know that well.”
At her mother’s words, Hwang Soo-ah’s expression softened.
A sponsor is what I think it is? Instead of paying money to become a sponsor, you meet me?
“Am I paying to meet Sua?”
“What are you talking about? I’ll give it to you. To Mr. Seonhu.”
“No. Wait for a sec. I think you misunderstood, but I’m not like that.”
“Yes. I know. You must be. This is then called the lesson fee. Once a week, 2 million per meeting. Would that be enough?”
“Mr. Sua.”
I don’t know English. Are you paying to meet me?
Even if you believe and follow your mother’s words, do you usually go this far?
Besides, the amount is too large. Maybe it’s because I made so much money that my economic conception was broken.
“I’ll talk about money first, next time I’m sober. I’m too drunk today, so stop getting up.”
“Is it because it’s not enough? If that’s the case…”
“Oh really! It’s okay, let’s get up quickly! Don’t even laugh, Mom!”
I forcibly raised Sua, who was getting more and more broken. And mom was laughing her belly button down as she looked at us at what was so funny.
Under… I didn’t come here for this. Really.
