Bedroom Genius Actor - Chapter 16

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Episode 16

“Hello….”

Kim Ji-hu got out of PD Seo Min-sik’s car with sleepy eyes and greeted the staff.

The staff tilted their heads at the sight.

“Huh, PD-nim, how did you come together with Ji-hu-ssi?”

“Something worth it happened.”

PD Seo Min-sik said with a bright smile, seeming to be in a good mood.

Kim Ji-hu shook his head as if trying to clear his drowsy mind and walked toward where the actors were waiting.

Then Go Jun-tae came running over and asked Kim Ji-hu.

“How did you come together with PD Seo Min-sik? Did something happen?”

“Huh? No? Nothing special happened.”

“Then why… Did he perhaps say something about our acting being too bad….”

Go Jun-tae, who had experienced a rapid improvement in acting skills at first but knew his growth had stagnated since then.

Perhaps anxious about this, he was watching PD Seo Min-sik and Kim Ji-hu’s reactions.

“It’s fine. Nothing like that happened.”

“Really?”

“I just felt like I was lacking a bit, so I asked for some help.”

“Ji-hu… you did?”

Go Jun-tae made a stunned expression.

Kim Ji-hu’s acting being lacking? He had always thought it was amazing, never once having such a thought.

“Then I’ll go rest for a bit.”

“Ah… okay.”

Go Jun-tae watched Kim Ji-hu’s retreating figure and muttered to himself.

“Then… does that mean what he did before was lacking?”

***

‘I’m so tired from staying up all night after so long….’

Just a few months ago, going to bed at 6 AM was routine for Kim Ji-hu, but doing it again after so long made his body feel completely drained.

‘But today’s filming is a bit later, so I should rest until then.’

Fortunately, there was time to rest before filming, so he planned to at least lie down.

Then one person approached Kim Ji-hu.

That person was Song Jae-hyeok.

“You got personal coaching from PD Seo Min-sik, didn’t you.”

Kim Ji-hu, who was about to lie down, looked at Song Jae-hyeok with puzzled eyes.

“Huh? I didn’t get any.”

PD Seo Min-sik had just gone to do his own work, while he studied alone, hadn’t he.

Song Jae-hyeok narrowed his brows.

“Really? Then why did you come together today.”

“Uh… I did some monitoring at the broadcasting station….”

Being spoken to so aggressively made Kim Ji-hu shrink back.

Of course, he grumbled inwardly at the same time.

‘Why does that guy always act like that only to me.’

Then Song Jae-hyeok looked at Kim Ji-hu and smirked.

“I guess you felt a bit threatened? Since my skills are growing so rapidly.”

Kim Ji-hu almost blurted out ‘Ah, that’s not it though,’ but swallowed those words and just smiled awkwardly.

Song Jae-hyeok crossed his arms and struck an arrogant pose.

“Today will be different. I’ve had a bit of an epiphany.”

“Oh, that’s good news.”

“So be prepared. I’m going to surpass you today.”

Dark circles were visible around Song Jae-hyeok’s eyes as he said this.

Song Jae-hyeok had apparently also come after grueling practice.

After Song Jae-hyeok went outside, Kim Ji-hu lay down on the sofa in the corner.

‘Then the work’s quality will improve too.’

Kim Ji-hu soon smiled and closed his eyes, falling into sweet sleep.

***

While Kim Ji-hu was taking a sweet nap.

‘That guy… he’s changed, hasn’t he?’

PD Seo Min-sik let out a small exclamation. The reason was that Song Jae-hyeok’s acting had completely changed.

Unlike before, there were no stumbling parts, and his voice projection and emotional lines were decently controlled.

‘If you could do it, you should have done it earlier.’

PD Seo Min-sik was slightly annoyed, but still let out a sigh of relief thinking this was better than nothing.

“Cut. Let’s prepare for the next scene.”

As PD Seo Min-sik gave that signal, Song Jae-hyeok approached.

“PD-nim, how was it this time.”

“Not bad.”

“Compared to Kim Ji-hu, about what level would you say.”

PD Seo Min-sik clicked his tongue at that question.

‘How dare you compare yourself to Kim Ji-hu…. But I shouldn’t say it like that.’

PD Seo Min-sik thought for a moment before speaking.

“About a hair’s difference. Keep working hard.”

“A hair’s difference…! Understood. I’ll try to win in the next scene.”

PD Seo Min-sik made an incredulous expression seeing Song Jae-hyeok, who had always been irritable and annoyed, now showing passion.

‘He’s easier to handle than I thought. But what to do… it’s soon a scene with that guy.’

PD Seo Min-sik looked at the script and then raised his head.

There he saw Kim Ji-hu coming while rubbing his eyes.

‘I hope he doesn’t get discouraged.’

Kim Ji-hu had grown even more through practicing alone at dawn. He hoped Song Jae-hyeok wouldn’t lose motivation seeing that.

***

‘Is it because I slept? Somehow my body feels like it’s in better condition today.’

Of course, there was good reason for that. Kim Ji-hu had always been drained by Go Jun-tae, Song Jae-hyeok, or other staff before filming.

So by the time it was time to act, he was somewhat depleted of energy, not in perfect condition.

‘But does my condition affect my acting?’

He hadn’t thought about that aspect, so he just tilted his head in wonder.

Anyway, filming would start from the next scene, so he just prepared to act while looking at the script.

Unlike before, the script had several post-it notes attached and was filled with notes.

The analysis he had done during dawn.

‘I hope it’s effective.’

According to what he had tested, the synchronized character’s abilities based on his own abilities had changed.

So he thought that the more detailed his character analysis, the better his acting skills might become.

‘I really hope it worked.’

Song Jae-hyeok had said his acting skills improved, but he didn’t really believe it.

This filming consisted of scenes centered around Kim Ji-hu. It was filming that Kim Ji-hu had to pull off.

‘Alright, sink or swim, let’s give it a try…!’

Kim Ji-hu clenched his fist and raised it as if cheering himself on.

Then other staff members looked at Kim Ji-hu with strange eyes.

“….”

Under the staff’s gazes, Kim Ji-hu hung his head low and sat quietly in his seat.

‘F-fighting.’

And he just thought quietly to himself.

***

“Alright, let’s go into the next scene.”

At the staff’s words, Kim Ji-hu took his position, and Song Jae-hyeok stood in front of him.

Song Jae-hyeok was grinning as if something pleased him greatly, while Kim Ji-hu had his eyes closed as if meditating.

With preparations complete, Kim Ji-hu slowly opened his eyes.

“…!”

PD Seo Min-sik felt something upon seeing those eyes.

A deeper, heavier abyss than before.

‘His emotional range was already heavy enough before, but today it’s even more than before….’

Soon PD Seo Min-sik came to his senses and looked around at the others.

The camera and sound teams gave their okay signals, and PD Seo Min-sik nodded and spoke to the actors.

“Alright, let’s go into the scene.”

“Understood.”

“…Yes.”

Kim Ji-hu answered in a low voice and prepared himself.

“Scene 368 ready. Action.”

The first line belonged to Song Jae-hyeok.

“How does it feel to be cornered? You’re about to be completely finished.”

Scene 368 was where Kim Ji-hu’s character ‘Park Chul-woo’ gets cornered.

A scene where they’ve caught all the high-ranking police officials who were in cahoots with ‘Park Chul-woo’, and finally come to arrest ‘Park Chul-woo’ himself.

‘It’s a scene that directly expresses Park Chul-woo’s downfall.’

But if it were just about collapsing, that would actually be easier to express. The key point of this scene was maintaining dignity even while crumbling.

Kim Ji-hu slowly opened his mouth.

“Can you handle it? You know what happens when you mess with me like this, right? That’s how your parents ended up dead too.”

Venomous yet dignified. Clearly cornered but speaking with leisure.

That was the character ‘Park Chul-woo’.

“Go ahead, try it if you want. I won’t be the only one who dies.”

“Haha. What a crazy bastard. Well, I won’t just let you die. Instead, I’ll drag you down to rock bottom where living itself becomes torture, make you receive humiliation from people, make you crawl around desperately. And.”

Kim Ji-hu slowly rose from his seat and spoke with bloodshot eyes.

“Everyone around you too. I’ll make them all like that. I’ll give you a rock bottom life beyond what you can imagine. You think I can’t do that? Politicians, reporters, they’re all on my side. But you!!!!! You!!!!”

Crack.

After shouting loudly, Kim Ji-hu gritted his teeth and touched his tie.

Then he smiled again and said.

“You… Right. This is the last chance I’m giving you. I’m not asking for much, am I? How can a mere cop beat me, friend? So let’s stop this. I’m a pacifist. I don’t really like fighting.”

“Pacifist my ass. Think about how many people you’ve killed.”

“They were disturbing my peace. What can I do~. You think about it too. It sucks when someone interferes with your investigation, right~.”

“So that’s why you killed our parents too?”

“Right? Ah, geez. I’m also from an orphanage, so I really hate making orphans, but what can I do when people keep provoking me?”

“You fucking bastard….”

Song Jae-hyeok drew the pistol from his waist.

So Kim Ji-hu let out a laugh.

“Shoot if you want to. Just don’t forget to use real bullets, not blanks?”

Kim Ji-hu approached Song Jae-hyeok and brought the gun barrel to his own heart.

“Shoot.”

Kim Ji-hu speaking like a devil whispering. Everyone around was overwhelmed by that short word.

A reaction as if he couldn’t tolerate his schemes being ruined, but wasn’t afraid of dying.

It was truly a deep abyss.

To the point where one wondered what could make this person act this way.

A deep obsession with the work he was carrying out could be felt.

PD Seo Min-sik let out an exclamation as if being sucked into that scene.

‘Until now he was just a cunning, brutal villain… but this….’

It was a perfect understanding of the character ‘Park Chul-woo’ itself.

Going beyond just a one-dimensional, psychopathic character who enjoys committing evil acts.

Someone who would lose his reason and have fits when his work was interfered with, but wasn’t afraid of death at all.

He was creating that kind of villain.

And.

‘He’s devouring this entire work with that villain character.’

At this moment, the protagonist wasn’t Song Jae-hyeok.

Certainly Song Jae-hyeok had grown and showed good performance in this scene too, but not enough to be memorable.

Until now, Kim Ji-hu had just been an excellent actor faithful to his role, but now he had become a monster devouring this scene itself, no, the entire work.

‘This one scene has completed this entire work.’

Even if people couldn’t remember the entire work, they would remember this scene, and Kim Ji-hu as an actor.

Finally.

‘This will become the force that makes people watch this work to the end.’

Ultimately, because of this scene, people would have no choice but to watch until the very end of the character ‘Park Chul-woo’.

The effort Kim Ji-hu put in staying up all night monitoring was now proving everything.

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