Bedroom Genius Actor - Chapter 107

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Episode 107

“My name is Kim Bom. Please… take care of me.”

After meeting that person, Kim Ji-hu started looking into various things.

“President, was there anything related to Juam Studio or President Park last time?”

“Juam Studio? No? It was particularly difficult to find anything. Did something happen?”

“Oh, no. Nothing happened… I just felt a bit uneasy…”

Baek Do-kyung pondered for a moment before speaking.

“Actually, there is one thing that bothers me.”

“What is it?”

“It’s too clean.”

“Pardon?”

“It’s a company so spotless that even if you dig deep, not a speck of dust would come out. That’s what’s really strange. With people, there’s bound to be at least one thing that comes out when you dig. Hmm…”

“Could it be a paper company like Ji-hye’s company last time…”

Baek Do-kyung shook his head.

“It’s not a paper company. The revenue is properly recorded, and the operations are clearly documented. Besides, with this type of studio business, creating a paper company would result in too many losses.”

“Hmm…”

“Instead, as I mentioned before, that president is quite concerning.”

The president of Juam Studio, ‘Park Yong-sik’. He was someone who had irezumi tattoos covering his entire body.

While there are occasionally people with tattoos in the entertainment industry, full-body irezumi tattoos were extremely rare.

“Then could you… look into the source of that capital for me?”

“That won’t be easy… but I’ll try to find out. But what’s this about?”

“Uh… well…”

Kim Ji-hu couldn’t give a straight answer.

It felt wrong to lie to Baek Do-kyung, who always helped him wholeheartedly, and he had experienced how lies snowball like with Yun Se-ra’s case.

He thought it was better to say less.

He could explain everything once it was all over anyway.

At Kim Ji-hu’s silence, Baek Do-kyung pondered briefly before smiling.

“I’ll look into it for now. Please explain later. Like you always do.”

Baek Do-kyung asked him to tell the story slowly, like when he had talked about his mother before.

“I’m always… grateful.”

“We’re more grateful.”

***

After entrusting the task to Baek Do-kyung,

Kim Ji-hu focused on his own work.

“Here is Kim Ji-hu, who plays the main character Do Min-jun.”

“Ah, hello. I’m Kim Ji-hu…”

Cheers erupted at Kim Ji-hu’s greeting.

“Kim Ji-hu!!!”

“He’s even more handsome in person!!!”

“Wow!!!”

The atmosphere was like fans had gathered, but this was the venue for the first reading of the main and supporting cast of ‘About Life’.

Not everyone had been cast yet.

However, the supporting role casting that required Kim Ji-hu’s input was complete, so they had gathered now.

“From today, you can comfortably discuss the work with Ji-hu. If you have any questions, please speak to PD Seo Min-sik, Assistant Director Jo Gi-hyeok, or Ji-hu.”

After the staff member said that, they stepped back, and PD Seo Min-sik took the microphone.

“Ah, I understand most of you are newcomers, so please prepare well following Ji-hu’s lead. Ji-hu will teach you well. Right?”

“I’ll do my best to help you…!”

When Kim Ji-hu raised both fists in a fighting pose, everyone smiled.

“Anything else to say?”

“I… don’t have anything.”

“Alright? Then let’s start right away.”

Generally, readings aren’t very long.

They focus on important scenes and only gather a few main cast members to sync up, without paying much attention to supporting or minor roles.

However, for this work, the drama needed to be driven by the combination of main character Kim Ji-hu and multiple supporting characters with strong personalities.

Therefore, this reading was conducted differently from usual readings.

What PD Seo Min-sik had said a few days ago.

“Remember how we all studied together using the reading method during Trauma? I liked that approach and want to use the same method. What do you think?”

Kim Ji-hu readily accepted.

Kim Ji-hu also felt that method worked well for him.

‘But the atmosphere is quite different from back then.’

This venue was similar to the meeting hall they had used back then.

However, unlike back then when he was treated like an outsider, this time he was receiving everyone’s positive response.

He felt moved by how his status had changed in less than a year.

‘Anyway, I should approach it similarly to back then.’

Kim Ji-hu had already finished his mental training.

Back then he taught using his synchronization ability, but this time he planned to teach with his own skills.

‘I can do it without the synchronization ability!’

Of course, he couldn’t act without the synchronization ability.

In any case, the reading began like that.

“Please… take care of me today…!”

Lee Sun-yul was among them.

Kim Ji-hu smiled and greeted him.

“Please take care of me too.”

The reading followed the previous method of selecting several important scenes and performing them.

Of course, it started with Kim Ji-hu’s acting first.

“Oh…”

“As expected of Ji-hu…”

And it was as expected.

Even with a simple demonstration, everyone was full of praise.

“Your voice projection completely changes when you act.”

“He really becomes a different person.”

“Wow… can I… do that too…”

After Kim Ji-hu’s acting ended, other people’s acting began.

Kim Ji-hu watched carefully while thinking of ways to help them improve.

Of course, PD Seo Min-sik was beside him too.

‘That person is a bit clumsy with emotional acting… and that person seems to have basic skills. PD Seo Min-sik will handle that, right?’

Kim Ji-hu watched the acting while taking notes.

And finally, it was Lee Sun-yul’s turn.

“I’ll begin…!”

Watching Lee Sun-yul’s acting, Kim Ji-hu felt one thing clearly.

‘His fundamentals are quite lacking.’

Back then, there was no one to compare him to, and Lee Sun-yul’s strengths stood out so much that he had somewhat accepted it.

But seeing him now, he could clearly feel that the fundamentals were lacking.

‘This would be the biggest problem…’

Fundamentals aren’t something you can acquire overnight.

Even if you can act in a way that moves people’s emotions, that acting might not be captured on camera.

Ultimately, the fundamentals of acting are about knowing how to be captured on camera.

He needed to understand and master how he would appear on camera.

‘This… will require quite a lot of time.’

PD Seo Min-sik seemed to have similar thoughts, wearing a somewhat serious expression.

At that moment, Kim Ji-hu had a question.

‘But the kid seems diligent, so why are his fundamentals lacking?’

In fact, fundamentals can be sufficiently honed with time even without talent.

But why would a kid who’s so sincere about acting that he’d cry tears of joy over getting to work on a project lack basic skills?

‘Should I ask him a bit…?’

Though Kim Ji-hu was reluctant to approach people, he decided to muster courage for the sake of the project.

***

And so, during meal time.

“Hey, your skills have really improved a lot.”

“I practiced a bit~.”

Though they were definitely roles cast through auditions, they seemed to know each other somehow and were gathered together cozily.

“Ah~ so you’re from that agency. I started there too.”

“Oh! You’re from the same company. I must have seen your face at least once in passing!”

“That academy! I went to that academy too!”

Of course, there were also people among them who shared common ground and were having conversations.

But there was one person who couldn’t fit in among them.

‘…Why is he eating alone?’

Lee Sun-yul was eating alone while looking at his script.

Certainly, until the early stages, there were several people who tried to talk to him, but they all left to find other seats.

From what he roughly overheard while passing by.

“Which academy did you come from?”

“Um… I’ve never properly attended an academy…”

“Which company are you with?”

“Mimin Entertainment…”

“Mimin? I’ve never heard of it?”

“How did you get cast?”

“Actor Kim Ji-hu picked me…”

It seemed like their common ground didn’t match at all.

And judging from that content.

‘Someone who didn’t attend academy and learned through self-study…’

He could understand why his fundamentals were lacking.

Kim Ji-hu only had his fundamentals established thanks to the cheat-like nature of his synchronization ability, but Lee Sun-yul wouldn’t have such an ability.

‘This is why it’s hard for a dragon to emerge from a ditch…’

He could understand why Lee Sun-yul said he gained strength from looking at him.

Since he achieved such accomplishments from a similar situation, he would have admired him even more.

‘That makes me want to help him even more…’

Kim Ji-hu soon took his lunch box and sat in front of Lee Sun-yul.

“Gasp…!”

Lee Sun-yul was greatly surprised and closed the script he was reading.

Kim Ji-hu spoke with the friendliest smile he could manage.

“Um… does the… lunch box… suit your taste?”

A sentence displaying his maximum social skills.

At those words, Lee Sun-yul nodded his head vigorously.

“It’s, it’s so delicious.”

“If it doesn’t suit you… I’ll tell the others.”

“No! Really. It’s really so delicious!”

“Ahaha…”

It felt awkward enough to die, but he endured it as much as possible.

“Um… actually I wanted to tell you a few things…”

“What kind of things?”

Since he was pointing out shortcomings, it could hurt his feelings, so he was cautious, but he still spoke thinking this was work.

“I think you should practice voice projection at home and facial expressions in front of a mirror every day… And other fundamental exercises too…”

“Ah… was I that bad?”

“It’s, it’s not that… but still…, I think we could see even better acting that way.”

Lee Sun-yul nodded as if he had made some kind of resolution.

“I’ll practice fundamentals for at least two hours every day!”

“Ahaha… thank you.”

Fortunately, it seemed he was listening.

But there was another problem beyond that.

“What’s with that guy that Ji-hu is giving him separate advice?”

“I heard Ji-hu picked him?”

“I want to receive that kind of advice too…”

That was them perceiving that Lee Sun-yul was receiving special treatment.

It was special treatment, that was true.

Because he had talent.

But it was a different story for others to perceive it that way.

They would definitely be jealous, and as a result, Lee Sun-yul himself might find it hard to endure.

‘I’ll have to be as careful as possible when giving advice…’

If public opinion around him became bad on top of Lee Sun-yul already being isolated, not only would his talent not bloom, but he wouldn’t be able to display his original skills either.

He newly thought that he should approach this carefully.

‘But what is PD Seo Min-sik thinking?’

Since PD Seo Min-sik said he would step in regarding fundamentals, he was curious what he was thinking.

While Kim Ji-hu was spending meal time with people like that.

“This is really troublesome…”

PD Seo Min-sik was looking at the production budget status.

“The finance team definitely messed with this. We need to go to the director and confront them!”

“We received quite a bit of sponsorship, so how does it make sense that only this much production budget was secured?”

Currently, only about 70% of the production budget had been gathered. This was because the production budget that SBC itself was supposed to provide was woefully insufficient.

‘This is why you shouldn’t make enemies with each other.’

The discord between the in-house production team and the finance team was surfacing.

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