Bedroom Genius Actor - Chapter 113

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Episode 113

“If we delay it as much as possible, it seems like we could make it air.”

Jo Gi-hyeok said to PD Seo Min-sik.

“Then it looks like several episodes will overlap.”

“Probably… optimistically speaking, about 4 episodes, but it would be better to expect around 6 episodes to be safe.”

This ‘About Life’ drama was scheduled to conclude around episode 12.

Having more than half of those episodes overlap with Ryu I-hyun’s work was very bad news.

“Then can’t we move it up? Wouldn’t it be possible if we make the schedule a bit tighter?”

“That… no matter how much we push it up, that would be difficult… The schedule is already tight because of the small budget.”

“Right… Well, what can we do.”

PD Seo Min-sik already knew this, but he asked to confirm once more.

Kim Ji-hu sat awkwardly in that atmosphere.

‘Everyone’s having such a hard time…’

Since this was his first time seeing the production stage, these things felt quite new.

Though this particular work seemed to have more difficulties than usual.

‘I guess focusing on my acting would be the way to help.’

Kim Ji-hu had seen dramas that faced similar situations when he watched past content.

Works competing against major actors.

What the actors did back then was simply not worry about their opponents and focus desperately on their own work.

Kim Ji-hu had been focusing only on acting lately anyway. Except for occasionally helping rookie actors, he had been looking at scripts only.

‘I’ve memorized all the lines now… but I still don’t know how to bring them to life…’

Until now, Kim Ji-hu had acted by adapting as much as possible to the acting his counterparts delivered.

An actor who could perfectly respond to all colors of acting like a chameleon.

That was Kim Ji-hu.

But he had never taken the lead.

‘Others tell me I’m an actor, but can I call myself an actor?’

Not just someone who appears in movies or dramas, but an actor who truly approaches acting with sincerity.

If approached with that meaning, Kim Ji-hu wondered if he could call himself an actor.

“Ji-hu. So what do you think?”

“Huh? Sorry… what did you say?”

Kim Ji-hu tilted his head at PD Seo Min-sik’s words.

He hadn’t heard because he was lost in thought.

“Ryu I-hyun. Do you think you can beat him?”

“…Me?”

“Honestly speaking, Ryu I-hyun’s acting is amazing, but I think you’re definitely at that level.”

PD Seo Min-sik clenched his fist.

“Let’s give it a try. Let’s beat Ryu I-hyun and everyone else.”

“Eh…”

Me?

Kim Ji-hu was just dumbfounded.

***

Double winner of rookie awards.

The one who first wrote that history was Ryu I-hyun.

And now he had established himself as an actor who swept up various awards and gained fame worldwide.

To win in competition against such a person.

‘Even so, that’s a bit…’

Kim Ji-hu had been confident in acting thanks to his synchronization ability so far.

If he hadn’t been confident, he wouldn’t have thought to teach rookies, and he wouldn’t have continued his acting career.

But Ryu I-hyun was beyond that.

No matter how good an ability he possessed, Ryu I-hyun’s talent wasn’t something that could be beaten with just that.

‘But… I can’t lose…’

A lot was riding on this work.

Whether the opponent was Ryu I-hyun or anyone else, he had to overcome it.

Kim Ji-hu had always hidden behind others, stepped back, and run away.

That had become ingrained in him and turned into a habit, but this time he couldn’t do that.

“Um… Ji-hu?”

“Yeah?”

Then Lee Sun-yul came over with a script.

“Um… could we practice this part together?”

At his words, other rookie actors chimed in.

“Sun-yul is trying to monopolize Ji-hu again.”

“Ooh, it’s favoritism, favoritism.”

“It’s, it’s not like that.”

These were people who used to say such things behind his back and feel jealous of Lee Sun-yul, but lately they were saying it jokingly.

After Lee Sun-yul stopped going to the academy, he showed good acting and brought about a change in perception.

And as Lee Sun-yul’s efforts became visible during the readings, now everyone acknowledged him and got along together.

Kim Ji-hu smiled and said.

“Sure…! Let’s do it together.”

Lee Sun-yul smiled brightly at those words.

And Kim Ji-hu looked at the script Lee Sun-yul brought.

‘Episode 3.’

Episodes 1 and 2 dealt with the protagonist’s first murder.

The beginning showed an introduction to the protagonist along with what happened to the family of the person the protagonist killed.

‘That’s where the protagonist gradually becomes twisted.’

The drunk that the protagonist killed wasn’t a good family man at home either.

As the saying goes, “a pot that leaks outside leaks inside too,” he was violent toward his family and didn’t even do proper work, truly like a household calamity.

So the initially confused emotions later transformed into satisfaction.

As if what he had done was right. A kind of rationalization began.

And episode 3.

‘The protagonist witnesses an incident.’

That was school violence. He sees a boy being beaten in an alley.

That boy was Lee Sun-yul.

The protagonist who saved him gets to hear the boy’s circumstances.

‘This is the scene he wants to do.’

Kim Ji-hu asked Lee Sun-yul.

“Should we start right away?”

“Ah, yes…! But are you okay without preparing?”

“Yeah. It’s fine. I’ll go right in.”

Anyway, Kim Ji-hu only had one way to prepare. Soon Kim Ji-hu closed his eyes and.

“…Shall we go.”

Said as he opened them.

Everyone could feel the atmosphere change dramatically in an instant.

***

“Mother is… unwell. So we don’t have money either…”

“Your father.”

“He passed away when I was young. Haha… so when friends curse at me calling me a bastard without a father, it feels bitter somehow. Because it’s actually true.”

The protagonist ‘Baek Gyeol’ who came to the boy ‘Seong Ha-jin’s’ house hears about the circumstances.

A shabby basement room.

Mother was lying down, and the floor was sticky and grimy.

It seemed like you could feel the humid, musty smell.

“So how are you living then?”

“Haha… well… I’m getting by with money from the government and doing some part-time work.”

“From what I saw earlier, it seems like getting your money taken isn’t a recent thing.”

“That’s… yes… if I don’t… they hit me. When I have bruises on my face, part-time places don’t want to hire me.”

Baek Gyeol felt many things seeing this.

Baek Gyeol had actually lived a life that wasn’t lacking. Though he had no parents, there was an inheritance they left behind.

But Seong Ha-jin was living a hard life.

“Are you good at studying?”

“Where would I find time to study… I’m always getting beaten up and doing part-time work.”

And there was almost no possibility of improvement in the future.

Life is not fair.

It’s not given equally, and people don’t get the same opportunities.

Life is hell.

“Then how about this?”

“What do you mean?”

“I’ll kill you without any pain.”

Madness swirled in Baek Gyeol’s eyes.

Death is fair.

No matter how much money or power you have, it’s given equally to everyone.

“Hyung… what do you mean…”

“I’ll free you from that suffering. There’s no meaning in continuing to live like this anyway. Wouldn’t it be better to escape from this hell instead?”

Seong Ha-jin slowly backed away.

“What are you saying, hyung… d-don’t joke around.”

“Life is inequality and absurdity itself, but death is comfortable happiness that anyone can choose. Rather than living miserably waiting for better days, choosing death first… wouldn’t that be better?”

Baek Gyeol slowly approached Seong Ha-jin. That overwhelming presence and madness was something Seong Ha-jin was feeling for the first time.

His whole body trembled, and his mind went blank.

What this person might do to him. What he might do to his bedridden mother.

He had fled from foxes only to find a tiger waiting there.

Someone who truly intended to kill him, making those bullies who tormented him seem laughable in comparison.

And when Baek Gyeol’s hand slowly moved toward Seong Ha-jin’s neck.

“J-Ji-hu. I think this is enough…!”

“Ah.”

The acting ended.

Everyone around them stared at the two with stunned expressions.

“Wh-what was that just now?”

“No way… Ji-hu really changes so much when he acts.”

“Did you see how I got goosebumps just now?”

Until now, Kim Ji-hu hadn’t shown his proper acting.

He had mostly only acted test scenes for demonstration, not seriously.

He had only focused on teaching.

People who witnessed Kim Ji-hu’s true acting for the first time couldn’t close their mouths.

“Ahaha… e-everyone was watching…”

Of course, Kim Ji-hu quickly returned to his original self, laughing awkwardly and scratching his head.

“Oh, he’s back to normal.”

“He was definitely a completely cruel person driven mad…”

“Right, how can someone like that act such a character?”

Kim Ji-hu waved his hands at such comments.

“Ah, no… everyone get back to work… Sun-yul, did you get the feeling?”

When Kim Ji-hu looked at Lee Sun-yul, he was still standing with his mouth open, unable to escape the afterglow.

“As expected, Ji-hu… seeing it in person is really different…”

“You too then…”

“But I think I definitely understand now. How I should act.”

“…Huh?”

Lee Sun-yul spoke with a quite serious expression as if he had realized something.

“I’ll try acting like you, Ji-hu.”

***

“…Ji-hye.”

“Yes…”

“Don’t you think you should do it now?”

Kim Ji-hye couldn’t answer manager Seo Min-ju’s words.

“No matter what, it doesn’t make sense for a singer to not do any live performances…”

After Kim Ji-hye dominated the charts at number one, many performance requests came in.

But Kim Ji-hye never went to any of them.

“Can’t I just upload live videos on YouTube or something like that…”

“That’s not the problem.”

“I… like singing, but… I don’t like singing in front of other people.”

Until now, Kim Ji-hye had never done a single live performance.

A singer who had never done music shows, festivals, or concerts even once.

Therefore, many rumors circulated.

-She just sings with heavy editing, right? lol

-Instead of uploading on YouTube, come out and prove it.

-Just leave her alone. She’ll disappear again anyway lol

Even with such comments, Kim Ji-hye didn’t budge.

“Ji-hye, you sang well in front of the producer, your brother, and the staff. You can do it.”

“…I don’t like it in front of people I don’t know.”

“…”

She had never seen Kim Ji-hye be this stubborn and seriously refuse something.

Seo Min-ju thought.

‘What should I do about this…’

Then a thought suddenly occurred to her.

‘Should I ask Ji-hu about this?’

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