Bedroom Genius Actor - Chapter 19

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Episode 19

‘Fifty million won… That’s an unimaginable amount of money…’

It was even enough money for Kim Ji-hu to live comfortably for about 3-4 years without doing anything.

Seeing such an unexpected amount written there, Kim Ji-hu wondered if this was all a dream.

Baek Do-kyung spoke with a serious expression.

“Do you perhaps not like it…?”

“No! Not at all!”

Kim Ji-hu said that while thinking.

‘How could anyone not like this…’

He felt that even if it were someone else instead of him, no one would shake their head at seeing this amount.

Especially since he knew well that receiving fifty million won as a signing bonus from the perspective of a newcomer who had only filmed one work was truly absurd.

‘Could this be some kind of scam…?’

Through several confirmations, he knew that Baek Do-kyung and Hanbit Entertainment were trustworthy, but seeing the amount made him inevitably suspicious.

Even after carefully examining the contract several times, there was nothing strange about it.

‘Signing bonus is 50 million won… Contract period 3 years, ratio is 60-40… Is this kind of contract possible for a newcomer?’

He had searched online, but had never seen a newcomer who had made such a contract.

Kim Ji-hu awkwardly raised his head and asked Baek Do-kyung.

“Is, is it really okay to make this kind of contract?”

Although Kim Ji-hu usually spoke indirectly, these contract conditions were so extraordinary that he had no choice but to ask directly.

At his question, Baek Do-kyung smiled and nodded.

“Of course. I think Ji-hu is worth that level of investment.”

“Still…”

“Also, even if Ji-hu doesn’t really achieve that level of results, it would be my fault for misjudging people, so you don’t need to worry about it. To bring in a promising talent like Ji-hu, I have to bear that level of risk.”

In summary, it seemed Baek Do-kyung thought he could earn an amount far exceeding the signing bonus within three years.

‘When he’s offering this much, it would be strange for me to hesitate.’

Kim Ji-hu soon came to a conclusion.

“Yes, let’s make the contract.”

Baek Do-kyung smiled brightly at those words.

“An excellent decision.”

***

Late evening. An old pojangmacha.

A middle-aged man drinking beer outdoors, Director Park Sang-pil, raised his hand.

“Oh, you’re here.”

Where Director Park Sang-pil was looking, there was PD Seo Min-sik.

PD Seo Min-sik sat down on a plastic chair and said.

“You must be free these days? How come you’re here early for once.”

“I come early when I’m not working. You must be busy. How come you’re late for once.”

“I’m in the middle of filming. But filming will be over in two days, so I’ll be able to breathe a little.”

“That’s good news.”

Director Park Sang-pil said while dipping anchovies in gochujang and eating them.

PD Seo Min-sik looked toward the kitchen and said.

“Auntie! One draft beer here please!”

“Sure~.”

After ordering, PD Seo Min-sik asked Director Park Sang-pil.

“What have you been doing lately? Just playing around?”

“At our age, wasting time means becoming obsolete in an instant. I’m working.”

“Work? What kind of work.”

“Preparing my next project, and helping out with a junior’s work. It’s his first time with a big production.”

“Do I know this guy?”

“Probably not? He’s a college junior.”

As they had this brief conversation, PD Seo Min-sik’s beer arrived.

PD Seo Min-sik immediately gulped down the beer.

“Ahh… Tastes good.”

“You should drink in moderation. You seemed pretty drunk at the last company dinner too.”

“How do you know about that?”

“I heard it from your sister-in-law.”

“What, she tells you stuff like that… And I was in a good mood then. It was the first time I’d drunk in almost a month, so I could drink a little…”

“Sheesh. Anyway, how’s that friend doing? Kim Ji-hu, was it.”

“How do you know, ah… Right. We had a meal together once before?”

PD Seo Min-sik recalled the memory of eating together when he went to see Director Park Sang-pil’s work.

Director Park Sang-pil said.

“After watching the drama, I can see why you praise him so much. He was amazing, wasn’t he?”

“Right? He’s even more amazing in person. It feels like he single-handedly turns the entire film set upside down. Plus watching him support other actors and grow because he’s not satisfied with his own acting… Ha, he’s really an incredible guy.”

As PD Seo Min-sik spoke with a proud expression, Director Park Sang-pil let out a chuckle.

“Is he your son or something? How many compliments are you going to give?”

“I’d adopt him as my son if I could. And have him appear in all my works.”

“Shouldn’t you be able to cast him if you’re at your level?”

PD Seo Min-sik shrugged his shoulders.

“You’d have to see him once to understand. Other people won’t leave a guy like that alone. I’d have to work around his schedule.”

“…To that extent?”

“Yeah, to that extent.”

Director Park Sang-pil was dumbfounded. PD Seo Min-sik, who used to complain even when casting famous actors occasionally, was giving such high praise.

“Since you’re saying that much, I want to work on a project with him too.”

“If you’re going to do it, cast him now. Before it’s too late.”

“I need to have a project first to cast him, you fool.”

“Or try inserting him into that junior’s project.”

Director Park Sang-pil shook his head.

“How can I cast someone in a project that’s already finished casting and even started filming?”

“Hmm… Then I should quickly prepare my next project and take him. He’s too precious to give to others.”

“You’ve completely fallen in love. Head over heels.”

“Well, contact me if you’re thinking of doing a project. If the role or project is decent, I’ll connect you.”

Director Park Sang-pil nodded.

“Probably won’t need to for a while, but I’ll contact you if necessary.”

***

A few days later.

Kim Ji-hu let out a small deep breath.

“Phew…”

Kim Ji-hu sat on his bed in a reverent posture.

He had even gone to the public bath and practically completed a ritual cleansing.

‘God, Buddha, Allah… Please…’

Kim Ji-hu clasped his hands together and prayed earnestly.

The reason he was going to such lengths was simple.

Today was the last day of the rest period the system had mentioned.

‘Please give me easy conditions. No, please just don’t threaten me with the blog.’

Kim Ji-hu thought this and soon entered the White Room.

Upon entering the White Room, the mannequins were welcoming him as always.

‘Now that I’ve seen them a lot, they feel somewhat familiar.’

At first, having thousands of mannequins surrounding him was incredibly scary, but now that he knew their abilities, the mannequins surrounding him looked like characters from works, making him feel rather glad to see them.

‘And the long-awaited system is…’

When Kim Ji-hu turned his head, he could see the system window slowly changing.

And as the noise disappeared, a new goal was appearing.

Goal: Achieve 3.5 million total viewers for the movie 【My Little House】

Upon failure: Blog deletion

“…3.5 million.”

Despite his earnest prayers, nothing had changed.

Of course, since he hadn’t held high expectations, his disappointment was also minimal.

‘But 3.5 million… that seems harder than I thought…’

Just because people talk about 10 million viewer movies on the internet doesn’t mean 3.5 million is an easy number to achieve.

Kim Ji-hu knew this all too well, having scraped together every bit of information about movies that barely drew any audiences.

‘But what kind of movie is this?’

He had been lucky with ‘Trauma’ last time, but he had no idea what kind of work this would be.

Still, he wasn’t too worried. After all, he had signed with a management company precisely because he anticipated situations like this.

“Then I should contact CEO Baek tomorrow and ask him to find this project.”

Whatever kind of work it was, the system probably wouldn’t present an unrealistic goal.

If the real objective was to delete his blog, it would have presented impossible conditions and deleted it already.

‘Still, please let it be a movie with many famous actors and a famous director…’

***

The next day.

-My Little House?

“Ah, yes. Could you possibly look into that project for me?”

-Of course. Could you wait about a day? I’ll find it for you right away.

“Thank you.”

After finishing his call with Baek Do-kyung, Kim Ji-hu sat down in his chair.

‘So what should I do now…’

If he had the script for whatever this ‘My Little House’ project was, he’d have something to do, but there was practically nothing he could do right now.

A smile naturally formed on his lips.

‘Then now I have time for myself…?’

Kim Ji-hu had never properly had time to himself since the system’s threats began.

Although he’d been given a week of rest, he’d spent it busy with signing with management and handling backed-up tasks.

‘Then shall I start watching some works?’

There were plenty of works he’d wanted to watch but couldn’t.

Moreover, while he had posted analyses every time a new episode of ‘Trauma’ aired, there were some people who complained about him only posting about the same work.

Even if he managed to prevent blog deletion through all that suffering, it would be heartbreaking if the blog itself failed.

‘Right, for the blog’s maintenance, let me watch lots of works starting today and write posts in advance.’

With that resolution, Kim Ji-hu checked his blog, intending to gauge public sentiment.

‘If public sentiment is bad, I’ll post two pieces a day, and if it’s good, I’ll go with one piece a day.’

When Kim Ji-hu checked his blog like that.

-Hello. This is RT Entertainment. Reviewer, please check your email. We’re begging you.

└ This person is here again.

└ Mister, stop doing weird things and please leave.

└ The blog owner must be really busy. Not even managing comments.

“…?”

Kim Ji-hu tilted his head while looking at the latest post’s comments.

He immediately checked the previous posts.

-Hello. This is RT Entertainment. Blogger, are you perhaps at the ‘Trauma’ set? If so, could you please meet with me once? We’ll keep your identity secret from others.

-Hello. This is RT Entertainment. If our contact is burdensome, please let us know. Please, just one contact…

“…”

RT Entertainment’s comments were attached to every post about ‘Trauma’.

Countless comments that were burdensome in their frequency.

And it seemed they had even visited the ‘Trauma’ filming set.

‘This isn’t some kind of stalking situation…?’

Although he’d heard from CEO Baek Do-kyung that RT Entertainment was looking for him, the first thing that came to Kim Ji-hu’s mind was cyber stalking.

‘But seeing that they came to the filming set, it seems like it might actually be real…?’

Then shouldn’t Seo Min-sik have been contacted?

His thoughts became complicated in various ways, but Kim Ji-hu reached a conclusion.

‘Let me at least leave contact through email… They might be suffering because of me.’

Even though they say they’re RT Entertainment, the person leaving these comments must be one of their employees.

Seeing how they kept leaving comments, he thought there must really be some kind of situation, whatever it was.

‘Right, what fault does an employee have?’

Kim Ji-hu ended up sending an email to RT Entertainment.

It had been 20 days since RT Entertainment started looking for Kim Ji-hu.

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