Bedroom Genius Actor - Chapter 23

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Episode 23

The next day.

Everyone except a few supporting actors who couldn’t make it agreed to gather at Park Sang-pil’s office.

This was because Director Moon I-hyun shared the office with Director Park Sang-pil.

“Hello, Director!”

And the first to arrive was actress Yun Se-ra.

Moon I-hyun greeted Yun Se-ra with a bright smile.

“Se-ra, thank you for coming despite your busy schedule.”

“Of course I had to come~. Haven’t the others arrived yet?”

“Yes, yes, everyone said they were nearby so they should be here soon. Oh, one more person has arrived.”

The next person to enter was.

“Ah, hello…”

It was Kim Ji-hu. Kim Ji-hu only peeked through the door and greeted them.

“Ji-hu, you can come in.”

“Ah yes yes… Thank you…”

“Haha…”

Kim Ji-hu only entered the office sheepishly after Moon I-hyun’s words.

Yun Se-ra looked at Kim Ji-hu entering like that and said.

“Is this Ji-hu who newly joined us?”

“Yes, you know him, right? Ji-hu caused quite a stir with ‘Trauma’.”

“Of course I know. He’s been the talk of the industry lately.”

Kim Ji-hu smiled sheepishly as if embarrassed by such words.

“Th, thank you…”

Yun Se-ra smiled brightly at Kim Ji-hu and said.

“Still, I feel much more reassured that it’s Ji-hu who joined us. I didn’t really like that guy. He kept getting irritated with the staff.”

By “that guy,” she probably meant actor Roh Sang-jin who left due to drunk driving.

“Well, it seems everyone is arriving, so please sit at this table.”

Director Moon I-hyun guided them to the table in the middle.

Yun Se-ra sat in the seat right in front.

“…”

Kim Ji-hu sat in the diagonal seat farthest away from Yun Se-ra.

Anyone could see he was avoiding people.

Yun Se-ra looked at Kim Ji-hu as if seeing an interesting person and said.

“That person is quite peculiar.”

“Ahaha…”

Moon I-hyun could only laugh awkwardly at that sight.

***

When everyone had gathered one by one, Director Park Sang-pil entered the office.

“Director, hello!”

Director Park Sang-pil briefly raised his hand at the actors’ greetings.

“Yes, hello. Think of this as your own home and use it comfortably. There are drinks in the refrigerator, and there are snacks for sugar replenishment near the pantry, so help yourselves.”

“Thank you!”

After saying that, Director Park Sang-pil looked at Moon I-hyun.

“I’ll be going now. Work hard.”

“What? You’re leaving?”

Moon I-hyun looked surprised since he thought Director Park Sang-pil would watch the reading together.

Director Park Sang-pil sighed.

“Yes, I need to prepare for my own work now. This isn’t my work, it’s your work. How long do I have to clean up after you?”

Director Park Sang-pil was right.

In fact, it was strange that he had helped this much.

Moreover.

“And if I do everything, what will you do?”

Moon I-hyun had been moving virtually as a director until now. He had depended on Director Park Sang-pil for most decisions.

Moon I-hyun seemed to understand what Director Park Sang-pil was saying as he pressed his lips together and nodded.

“Thank you so much for helping me until now! I’ll try doing it myself now!”

“Yes, fighting. And…”

“Yes?”

Director Park Sang-pil hesitated for a moment then shook his head as if saying no.

“He’ll figure it out himself. Well then. Good work.”

Director Park Sang-pil waved his hand and left the office. Director Moon I-hyun wondered what the last words meant, but soon let it pass.

Finally, Director Moon I-hyun stood before the actors.

“Shall we start the reading then? No, before that, since some of you are meeting for the first time, it would be good to introduce ourselves first.”

Moon I-hyun looked at Kim Ji-hu who was sitting far away.

The reason this reading was organized was because of Kim Ji-hu.

“…”

Kim Ji-hu looked at Moon I-hyun with a slightly intimidated posture then soon lowered his head.

‘H, he has a different attitude this time.’

Kim Ji-hu who had shown a lively appearance after finishing the acting audition.

Moon I-hyun thought that was Kim Ji-hu’s original appearance, but now it was a different side again.

Moon I-hyun smiled awkwardly and extended his hand.

“Um, Ji-hu? Please introduce yourself.”

“Ah, me? Yes yes. Um… I’m Kim Ji-hu. Please take care of me…”

Clap clap clap.

Although it was a short introduction, everyone clapped and welcomed Kim Ji-hu.

Of course, they did have slightly suspicious looks in their eyes.

Moon I-hyun added an explanation.

“You all probably know Kim Ji-hu well from his role as ‘Park Chul-woo’ in the recently aired drama ‘Trauma’. He’ll be working with us this time, so please get along well.”

Small exclamations leaked out among the actors at those words.

“Ah, you played ‘Park Chul-woo’?”

“The atmosphere is so different I thought you were someone with the same name. Haha.”

“Please take care of us!”

The actors greeted Kim Ji-hu in a good atmosphere. They seemed to have become close since they had been cast for quite some time.

Moon I-hyun soon looked at the other actors and said.

“Please introduce yourselves as well.”

“Understood. I’ll go first then.”

The first to speak was the handsome man in front.

“Hello. I’m Park Seong-min, playing the protagonist ‘Kim Tae-su’ in ‘My Little House’. Ji-hu, please take care of me.”

“Ah… Please take care of me too…”

And next, Yun Se-ra stood up from her seat.

“As I introduced earlier, I’m Yun Se-ra and I’m playing ‘Na Min-hee’. Please take care of me~.”

They introduced themselves and their roles like that, and Moon I-hyun who was at the front spoke up.

“Now that we’ve introduced ourselves, shall we start the reading?”

No longer conversation was needed.

Since the role had suddenly changed, doing the reading quickly was the priority.

The actors seemed to know this as they nodded, and Kim Ji-hu also closed his eyes briefly, opened them, and spoke.

“Yes, let’s go right away.”

***

“Whew…”

Kim Ji-hu let out a small breath.

They had gathered around 1 PM, and it was already approaching 6 o’clock.

‘We basically just did reading the whole time.’

He could feel his throat getting hoarse.

Especially since they had focused mainly on reading scenes featuring Kim Ji-hu, who was the reason for this reading session.

‘Still, the reading went pretty well.’

Fortunately, even though he had synchronized, he didn’t cause any major incidents, and the reading itself flowed smoothly.

Moreover, from Kim Ji-hu’s perspective, these actors didn’t seem to have problems like before.

‘They’re also people who are doing well in the industry these days.’

The protagonist Park Seong-min was already practically on his way to becoming a top star, so there was no need to mention him, and Yun Se-ra had already shown her face in several other movies and was quite a promising actor in the industry.

The rest of the actors were also outstanding in both reputation and skill.

So it didn’t seem like there would be any problems during filming like last time with ‘Trauma’.

“Well, I’m getting hungry, shall we all have dinner together?”

“Oh, sounds good!”

“I was getting hungry too. So what should we eat?”

“There’s a delicious Korean restaurant in front of here, shall we go there?”

The actors were excited by Moon I-hyun’s suggestion.

Kim Ji-hu quickly reacted to that scene.

‘This isn’t good…’

Actually, Kim Ji-hu had thought everyone would leave work before dinner.

However, it seemed like the reading would continue even after eating dinner.

Actually, the reading itself wasn’t a problem, but the biggest issue was dinner!

‘I’ll definitely get indigestion…’

Just facing these strangers was already draining his energy, and if he had to do that during mealtime too, he might wither away completely.

Kim Ji-hu quickly made a decision and briefly raised his hand.

“I have a bit of an upset stomach… would it be okay if I waited here…?”

Kim Ji-hu thought to himself that even though he had said it, it was really a genius excuse.

There was no way they would force someone with an upset stomach to come along.

“Then there’s no choice…”

“Should we buy you some porridge or something when we come back?”

As expected, people reacted as if there was no choice.

His conscience pricked him a little, but Kim Ji-hu also needed time to breathe, so he had no choice.

“It’s okay. Then I’ll wait here.”

“Okay! We’ll be back.”

So the people went out in a group.

“Phew… Now I feel like I can live a little.”

Kim Ji-hu let out a sigh of relief and sprawled across the desk.

However.

“Here’s some porridge, and I bought kimbap just in case. Oh, and digestive medicine too.”

Someone placed food in front of him. It was Yun Se-ra.

Kim Ji-hu was grateful that she brought food, but he despaired at Yun Se-ra taking a seat.

“Uh, uh, didn’t you go to the restaurant?”

“Oh, that’s…”

***

Just before.

“I wanted to chat with Ji-hu while eating… It’s a shame…”

“Right. Well, he was suddenly cast and probably isn’t feeling well from practicing.”

When the actors who went to eat were having such conversations, Park Seong-min, the protagonist of this work, let out a laugh.

“Hehe, don’t you guys get it yet? Why Ji-hu is staying behind like that.”

“…?”

“What?”

The other actors tilted their heads in confusion, but Park Seong-min spoke with a confident voice.

“He’s a rookie who pulled off a character like ‘Park Chul-woo’ in his first work, and even at today’s reading, it’s only been one day but he showed that skill. Obviously he’s staying behind to look at the script even one more time. He’s an incredible practice bug.”

“Ooh…”

“That’s right. If he came out to eat dinner with us, he wouldn’t be able to look at the script.”

The actors let out small exclamations at those words.

Then Yun Se-ra, who was standing nearby, spoke up.

“Then should I go in first with some porridge or food? To take care of his meal.”

“Oh, that’s not bad either… but is that okay with you, Se-ra? Wouldn’t it be better for you to have a proper meal?”

“It’s fine. I’m on a diet so I can’t eat much anyway.”

“Wow~! Se-ra is really kind. Then let’s do that. He’d be lonely by himself.”

Yun Se-ra smiled awkwardly and nodded.

“Then I’ll go in first. Everyone enjoy your meal.”

***

“…”

Kim Ji-hu, who heard that story, could only despair.

She had come back out of consideration for him, so he couldn’t say anything about it.

‘But, but if I say I’m looking at the script, she won’t talk to me…? Since that kind of conversation came up on their side too.’

But it was already too late.

“Actually, I did come back to be considerate of you, Ji-hu, but I came because there’s something I want to talk to you about.”

“…Ah.”

Kim Ji-hu had been outmaneuvered.

Yun Se-ra said to Kim Ji-hu.

“I came because I wanted to ask about a certain reviewer. It would be hard to talk about it when other people are around.”

Yun Se-ra was bringing up the very topic Kim Ji-hu most wanted to avoid.

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