A Genius Director Who Dominates OTT Platforms - Chapter 70

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The Genius Director Who Dominates OTT

Episode 70

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Leaving Luhan, who was immersed in deep emotion, behind, I came out of the studio with Director Sim Seon-hui.

After smoking for a while, Sim Seon-hui spoke up.

“Did you know?”

“Know what?”

“The reason why Luhan couldn’t properly act as Pi Do-seon.”

“Yes.”

“How?”

To be honest, there was a hint.

I learned this while filming Accomplice – Eum Seong-hyeon’s pain was connected to Hyeon-tae’s pain.

So Jeong-hun’s heart was similar to Jeong-hun’s heart, and what Park Seong-won wanted to hide was the same as what Su-cheol wanted to conceal.

The actors whose personal aspects I hadn’t noticed would probably be similar too.

In that sense, I speculated that Luhan would also have problems similar to Pi Do-seon’s.

“I just figured it out by watching.”

“How is that possible? You can understand an actor’s psychological state just by watching?”

“I guess I was just lucky.”

This part is a bit embarrassing.

As I gave an awkward smile, Sim Seon-hui said,

“Honestly, it’s a bit shocking. To think the problem was that what Pi Do-seon was trying to overcome was similar to an idol’s work ethic…”

“Why is that?”

“It’s just acting. Acting as a murderer doesn’t mean you approve of murder.”

“Think about it, Director. He’s someone who started as a trainee at thirteen? Fourteen? And lived a controlled life for an idol career his whole life. And he succeeded that way.”

“…”

“Every direction of that person’s life pointed in one direction. Even if it’s just a script, would it be easy to deny that?”

“I suppose it could be…”

Sim Seon-hui looked at me with a strange expression.

“Director, you’re really different.”

“In what way?”

“Everyone I’ve seen so far only pressed about results. Not looking for the cause.”

“Let’s stop with the embarrassing talk.”

But the embarrassing praise didn’t end.

Actor Oh Yeong-hui came out from inside the studio and joined in.

“No. Director Sim is exactly right. Hyeon-u really is different.”

Actor Oh Yeong-hui was a senior from the theater troupe 【Admiration】.

We never worked together, but she often came to watch our plays, so we knew each other.

“Thank you for your hard work, senior. Coming all the way here on your day off.”

“Oh, forget it. My son is exactly that age. He said he got scolded earlier because he wanted to quit when you were pressuring him with ad-libs.”

“Really?”

“Still, Si-u is lucky. I should have met a director like you when I was that age. Back then there were only con artists and thugs.”

“Haha…”

She would have lived through the savage era at that age.

As I smiled awkwardly, I suddenly thought of the Manager.

“But what about the Manager?”

When I said I’d practice with Luhan at the Seoul studio, the Manager said he’d come watch.

The Manager was also the one who brought Senior Oh Yeong-hui.

“He left in the middle?”

“He went back to the company?”

“I don’t know about that? He just left.”

“Really?”

Did something urgent come up?

* * *

Gong Seok-jun opened the door to the president’s office and sat on the sofa.

President Han Seong-hun spoke to Gong Seok-jun, who sat there blankly for a while.

“What’s wrong? You look like you’re in a daze.”

“No…”

“How was the set? It wasn’t official filming, just practice, right?”

“…President.”

“Yeah?”

“I think Hyeon-u sees something.”

“Sees what?”

“Anything. He couldn’t do that without seeing something.”

Han Seong-hun put down his documents.

“What are you talking about?”

“No, it’s strange. A first-year CE who gets budget approved easily when money runs out, happens to catch Jeon So-ra who was considering a comeback. He hooked Kim Ra-un in just a week, right?”

“That’s right?”

“But… that idol we thought was for copyright sales isn’t for copyright sales either. How could he do this without seeing something?”

“You’re talking about Luhan, that kid?”

“President.”

“Yeah?”

Gong Seok-jun said with a somewhat excited voice.

“We… probably won’t lose money on this.”

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“Cut! Okay! That was great! Let’s move to the next scene!”

Hearing Director Im Un-jae’s excited voice, I looked around the set.

The staff and actors all had surprised expressions.

I’d been hearing since morning that Luhan’s acting had changed, and he just proved it properly in that one-man scene.

So much so that Director Im came running over excitedly asking to reshoot several scenes.

Many people looked at me curiously, wondering what had happened in Seoul.

Well, there’s someone asking outright too.

“What did you do?”

It was Jeon So-ra.

No, when is she ever going to take off that padding?

“What do you mean?”

“That idol kid. He became a different person in just one day.”

“I didn’t really do anything. He figured it out himself.”

“Can you figure that out in just one day?”

“Because he’s a good actor.”

After a moment of silence, I brought up something I was curious about too.

“I’m curious about something too – what’s the reason you chose this project, Actor Jeon So-ra?”

Actually, actors going into hiding for years isn’t because of some grand reason.

Sometimes they simply like taking breaks, and sometimes years pass while they keep postponing because there are no projects they like.

Anyway, those who can rest like that are people who make tens of billions from advertising fees alone per year.

But while there may be no reason for going into hiding, there’s always a reason for coming back.

That’s what I was curious about.

“Do I have to tell you? It seems like you didn’t properly answer my question.”

“You don’t have to if you don’t want to.”

“Do you know what my real name is?”

It was an unexpected question.

Wasn’t Jeon So-ra her real name?

“It’s Jeong Ha-yeon.”

“Jeong Ha-yeon?”

It’s a pretty name, but somehow it doesn’t match Jeon So-ra’s image.

Maybe it’s because I’ve heard the name Jeon So-ra for too long.

“At some point, Jeon So-ra became bigger than Jeong Ha-yeon. Even without talking about personas… People have expectations for Jeon So-ra. I was planning to break that someday.”

It was a more ordinary reason than I expected.

It’s not uncommon to attempt an acting transformation for this kind of reason.

“But there weren’t any roles I liked. Everyone kept offering me scripts written with Jeon So-ra in mind.”

“Ah, so that’s why…”

“Yes. It was interesting. Both the script and the director who offered me the 4th role.”

Seeing Jeon So-ra chuckle and flutter the script, a thought occurred to me.

“You’re the same as Sa Mo-yeon.”

“What do you mean?”

“I meant that the feelings Sa Mo-yeon has when looking at Han Guk-yeong are the same as what you, Jeong Ha-yeon, feel when looking at Jeon So-ra.”

So that’s why my supernatural ability recommended Jeon So-ra.

“That sounds a bit strange, doesn’t it? At the end of our drama, Sa Mo-yeon gives up everything and takes Han Guk-yeong’s side.”

“Ah, right…”

Jeon So-ra chuckled.

“This is your first time directing me, isn’t it? I felt like I was being left out until now.”

“That’s a misunderstanding. There simply weren’t any points that needed directing.”

“That doesn’t sound bad.”

“It will probably go well.”

“What will?”

“Whatever it is. When I watch your acting, whatever it is can’t help but go well.”

“Senior?”

Ah, I called her senior.

I was about to make an excuse, but Jeon So-ra was faster.

“Maybe that’s why I was drawn to this script. It was a script that understood what actors want.”

Yes, that would be it.

That was the path I realized after bursting into laughter in front of Ju Yeong-hun.

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Oh Ha-eun wanted to become friends with Luhan.

No, she had an obligation to become friends with him.

Her cousin was a huge fan of Luhan.

After being on the same set for months, if she didn’t get at least an autograph, there was no telling what bloodshed might occur.

But in the early stages of filming, she couldn’t do anything unnecessary because she was watching Dohyeon-u’s mood, and by the middle stages, she couldn’t approach Luhan because his situation wasn’t good.

The director wasn’t pleased with Luhan’s acting.

But today.

An opportunity came.

Luhan had been delivering inspired acting since early morning, making the set atmosphere warm.

‘Wait, In-hye. Your sister will get you an autograph!’

And finally, at 5 PM.

The timing came.

She was hovering around the van area while reading her script when Luhan got out of his car.

But Luhan had frozen green tea packs on his eyes.

‘Was there a crying scene this morning?’

While she was thinking that, Luhan approached and greeted her.

“Good evening, senior.”

“Oh, hello, Luhan.”

As she learned when they sorted out titles during script reading, Oh Ha-eun had debuted a few months earlier than Luhan.

“Why are you wearing green tea packs?”

“Ah, this is kind of like a habit.”

“A habit?”

“When I cry the night before, it feels like my eyes stay swollen all day the next day. Even though I know it’s not true, I keep putting them on.”

Luhan smiled innocently, but Oh Ha-eun’s mind wasn’t innocent.

It became very dangerous.

“Yesterday… you cried?”

“Ah, well, acting…”

Luhan trailed off, feeling awkward about saying ‘I cried while acting’ in front of a professional actor.

But that appearance struck her as unusual.

Oh Ha-eun’s mind started spinning rapidly.

Yesterday, Luhan went to Seoul with Dohyeon-u.

There, he cried until his eyes swelled up.

But he’s reluctant to talk about what happened yesterday.

And today, he started delivering the performance of his life.

That means…

‘He beat him until he could act well…?’

“Gasp!”

Oh Ha-eun covered her mouth.

Since Dohyeon-u had only shown his gentle side for the past few weeks, she thought she might have been mistaken…

Her mistake was the mistake.

“Senior, what’s wrong?”

“No, it’s nothing. Nothing at all.”

She absolutely must not let on that she knew this fact.

Otherwise, she’d have to choose between tteokbokki, malatang, or deli manju as her career path.

“I, I should get going. I need to prepare for the next scene!”

Oh Ha-eun ran to her van and double-checked the scene she was about to film.

She absolutely must not show any mistakes.

She had to be perfect!

And so…

“Okayyyy! Perfect!”

Oh Ha-eun once again updated her life’s best performance.

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