Bedroom Genius Actor - Chapter 102
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Episode 102
‘What should I do about this?’
No matter how much he thought about it, Kim Ji-hu couldn’t come up with a clear answer.
Just in case, he had sent an apologetic text to Kim Ji-hye’s phone, but what came after was the problem.
‘Maybe it would be better to just spill everything rather than struggling alone like this.’
It was truly painful when other things were on his mind in a situation where he needed to focus on work.
For now, just in case, he confided in Choi Tae-geon.
“Hmm… things have gotten quite complicated.”
“What should I do?”
“I think it would be best for Ji-hu to think it over carefully and make your own judgment.”
He didn’t get any particular answer.
Actually, it seemed like it was difficult for others to answer such personal matters in various ways.
Of course, while he was worrying like that, time passed quickly.
‘Let’s just focus on work today.’
Today was the day of the important sponsor meeting that PD Seo Min-sik had mentioned.
Kim Ji-hu pulled himself together.
At least for today, he had to avoid making mistakes and be helpful where he could.
‘I can’t stand seeing PD Seo Min-sik looking like a criminal again like last time.’
Actually, it was the previous work that failed, so treating this work like a failure too wasn’t right.
If they spoke negatively without even watching, as PD Seo Min-sik said, Kim Ji-hu was prepared to speak up confidently.
‘After all, I’m a really rising actor.’
He thought the other party could probably accept that level of appeal in a good mood.
Then he arrived at the place where he was supposed to meet PD Seo Min-sik.
“Oh, you’re here. You dressed neatly as I said.”
The outfit Kim Ji-hu wore today was semi-formal clothing.
Since he was told to dress as neatly as possible, he deliberately wore such clothes.
PD Seo Min-sik was wearing a full suit.
“But is the person we’re meeting today someone quite high up…?”
“That’s right. Well, you’ll know when we get there.”
Gulp.
Kim Ji-hu swallowed his dry saliva.
Since it was in front of someone high up, he thought both about not making any mistakes and about appealing himself well.
Kim Ji-hu entered an office like that.
‘A cosmetics company?’
Although Kim Ji-hu didn’t know much about cosmetics, he knew about this brand.
Chung-a Cosmetics.
It was a brand that had been famous since long ago, one that Kim Ji-hu’s mother also had, and was popular among grandmothers and middle-aged women.
‘I’ve heard that having Chung-a cosmetics was once a dream in the old days.’
Anyway, since it was a cosmetics company with a long history and large scale, he felt quite nervous.
“Ah, are you PD Seo Min-sik and Kim Ji-hu?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Please come this way.”
When they entered the office, an employee began guiding the two.
They took the elevator to the upper floors.
‘Since the company is large, the office is really big too.’
But the elevator kept going up.
He had heard they were meeting someone high up, but this was…
“Isn’t the CEO’s office in a place like this?”
“We’re going to meet our CEO.”
“…What?”
He had heard it was someone high up, but it was really someone high up. Really.
When they had meetings before, it was usually with managers or department heads, but hearing they were meeting the CEO felt different.
‘I should stay quiet and not show off…’
The thoughts he had before coming about appealing himself completely disappeared.
The two arrived in front of the CEO’s office like that.
“Please go in. The president is waiting.”
“Yes.”
When they entered the room, they could see a middle-aged man with sharp features sitting there.
“Hello there, PD Seo. It’s been a while.”
“Hello, President Song.”
Fortunately, it seemed like he and PD Seo Min-sik knew each other.
‘Th-then I feel a little relieved.’
It was fortunate that they weren’t meeting for the first time.
“And this is.”
“This is actor Kim Ji-hu who will play the protagonist in this work.”
“Kim Ji-hu. I’ve heard a lot about you.”
It was somehow dignified yet heavy words. Kim Ji-hu bowed his head in greeting.
“I’m Kim Ji-hu…!”
“It’s awkward to talk standing, so sit down.”
“Yes…!”
Kim Ji-hu and PD Seo Min-sik sat on the sofa placed in front.
“So you came to talk about sponsorship today.”
The middle-aged man called President Song said while pouring tea in front of them.
“Yes, we came to ask for sponsorship for this work. Since this work has Kim Ji-hu, a rising actor, playing the protagonist, there should be various things Chung-a Cosmetics can gain.”
“Hmm, our main customer base is middle-aged women, so I wonder if there would be anything?”
Usually when sponsorship deals are made, there are exchanges that happen.
PPL or secondary marketing rights, among various things.
Secondary marketing rights are the rights to promote in connection with that work.
But as President Song said, since the protagonist Kim Ji-hu was a young man in his twenties, it didn’t match Chung-a Cosmetics’ main target demographic.
“But when our work succeeds, the promotional effect you can gain would be certain. And in Ji-hu’s case, since he’s currently famous across all age groups, if you use his face, the effect would be definite.”
“I see that part as ambiguous.”
“Since he made his face known through Netflix this time, if you’re looking at overseas promotional effects, there could definitely be good results.”
Kim Ji-hu glanced at President Song’s face.
His expression didn’t change at all, and he was just tapping the desk with his fingers.
Soon President Song turned his head and made eye contact with Kim Ji-hu.
“What do you think, Ji-hu? Do you think you would be helpful to our company?”
He was momentarily startled by the president’s sudden question.
Kim Ji-hu glanced at PD Seo Min-sik.
PD Seo Min-sik nodded.
‘I guess I just need to say what I think…’
Kim Ji-hu quietly opened his mouth.
“I… don’t think I would be of great help to Chung-a Cosmetics.”
At his words, both PD Seo Min-sik and President Song widened their eyes.
Because they never expected to hear such words.
But Kim Ji-hu squeezed out all his courage and continued speaking.
“But this work could be helpful to Chung-a Cosmetics.”
Actually, even though Kim Ji-hu had become famous, there was nothing he could do to help the middle-aged cosmetics business.
He could only raise recognition among people. He couldn’t make them feel any trust or effectiveness regarding those cosmetics.
But the work was different.
The work had a power that only works possessed.
It could create an even greater effect than just the cosmetics Kim Ji-hu used or advertised.
At those words, CEO Song grinned.
“You’re as interesting as I heard. But I also know that PD Seo’s previous work failed.”
“W-well, I think you can’t always succeed. Rather, if you rise from failure, can’t you go even higher?”
“That’s right.”
CEO Song seemed quite satisfied with that answer.
PD Seo Min-sik opened his mouth, riding the momentum.
“I understand that Cheonga is currently expanding into Southeast Asia. If Kim Ji-hu steps forward, it could be of great help to Southeast Asia where the power of Hallyu is already growing.”
CEO Song nodded.
“I’ll acknowledge that. We received great help from Southeast Asia thanks to the previous sponsorship.”
Kim Ji-hu and PD Seo Min-sik brightened at the words that he would gladly sponsor them.
But then a thought suddenly occurred.
‘He received help from previous sponsorship?’
PD Seo Min-sik had filmed two works recently. Before that, it was before Hallyu had spread widely in Southeast Asia.
To be precise, Korean content.
“By the way, you’re quite bold, fitting for someone who changed my son.”
“Pardon?”
PD Seo Min-sik quietly spoke up.
“This person’s son is Song Jae-hyeok.”
“What???”
Who was Song Jae-hyeok? That guy who showed acting skills no different from a scoundrel, relying only on his father’s connections during ‘Trauma’.
The number one actor Kim Ji-hu never wanted to meet again, both in terms of personality and skill.
Even though he had roughly heard that his father was an impressive person, he never imagined he was the son of a company of this scale.
“Well, if you put my son in this work too, I’m thinking of sponsoring more.”
“I’m sorry. We decided to go without that kind of thing this time.”
“Good thinking. Even in Southeast Asia, they prefer advertising with Kim Ji-hu rather than advertising with my son who’s the protagonist.”
“Ahaha…”
Kim Ji-hu smiled awkwardly.
CEO Song said to Kim Ji-hu.
“Well, what we’ve discussed so far was about work, but as a father, I wanted to express my gratitude.”
“M-me?”
“Thanks to you, my son has changed a lot lately. From a guy who just relied on connections to step forward, to one who tries to build his own skills.”
He had seen Song Jae-hyeok exactly once since ‘Trauma’. At the awards ceremony.
At that time, he wondered if he had really changed that much, but actually, wouldn’t his father know better than himself who had only seen him by chance?
“I’m even more grateful that you say that…”
“Haha, you’re even modest. It’s nice to see.”
“Oh, no…”
After the conversation ended to some extent, PD Seo Min-sik said.
“Then we have other schedules, so we’ll be going now.”
“Sure, we’ll discuss the contract details separately.”
“Understood.”
Thus, PD Seo Min-sik and Kim Ji-hu succeeded in securing their first sponsorship.
‘Let’s try to get other sponsorships with this momentum…!’
***
“Hmm…”
Yun Se-ra was fidgeting with her phone.
Recently, something more concerning than Armchair Reviewer had appeared.
‘Office Apocalypse… it was really amazing…’
Kim Ji-hu’s acting skills. As an actor, she felt a wall.
While Yun Se-ra had been growing by leaps and bounds, Kim Ji-hu was beyond that.
‘I’d like to meet and talk once.’
How he obtained such skills. And with what mindset he approaches acting.
Yun Se-ra fidgeted with her phone and soon sent a message to Kim Ji-hu.
-Ji-hu, are you busy these days? Could we meet briefly to talk?
And.
Kim Ji-hu, who received that message.
“Ah.”
He thought what was bound to come had finally come.
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