Bedroom Genius Actor - Chapter 36

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Episode 36

-Ji-hu, the editing is almost finished, and things are going well with the distributor, so it looks like the release schedule will be set quickly. I’ll contact you again once the promotional schedule is properly arranged.

“Yes, thank you.”

After finishing his call with manager Choi Tae-geon, Kim Ji-hu immediately looked at his computer.

What was displayed on the computer was a single email.

-Dear ‘Armchair Reviewer’, thanks to you, everything has been resolved well. The reshoots are almost finished too, and I’ll contact you again around the week after next. Please come watch it then.

Kim Ji-hu sent a reply saying he understood, then leaned back in his chair.

“I really feel like I’m living a fulfilling life…”

Kim Ji-hu, who used to just stay quietly at home watching works and writing reviews.

These days, going out at least once a week felt refreshing.

‘I guess I’ve almost become an extrovert now~.’

Of course, even while thinking that, Kim Ji-hu picked up his phone and slipped into his blankets.

He smiled happily in the cozy blankets and thought.

‘Today I really won’t take a single step outside the house. No, not just today, but this entire week…!’

He would get busy soon enough, but for a while he’d have leisure time, so he planned to stay holed up at home.

***

At that moment. Hanbit Entertainment Office.

“We need to drag Ji-hu outside.”

“…Excuse me?”

At Baek Do-kyung’s words, Choi Tae-geon, who was sitting alone in the office working, looked puzzled.

Baek Do-kyung spoke calmly to Choi Tae-geon.

“Ji-hu seems to be gradually developing social skills lately, but if we just leave him inside the house like this, I’m worried even the social skills he’s gained might disappear.”

“Ah…”

Kim Ji-hu had subtly developed social skills compared to when they first met.

Compared to when he couldn’t even make eye contact and had no intention of conversing, he could now be considered almost like a dragon.

But it had been almost two weeks since filming ended.

Given Kim Ji-hu’s tendencies, by the time editing finished and promotion began, he would have been home for about a month.

That meant there was a possibility that even the social skills he’d barely gained would disappear.

Choi Tae-geon asked Baek Do-kyung with a serious expression.

“But would Ji-hu come out just because we ask him to…?”

“Hmm. He’d probably come out because he can’t refuse given his personality, but that wouldn’t be very good.”

Choi Tae-geon nodded as if he understood what that meant.

Making him come out was possible, but that would destroy their trust relationship.

Kim Ji-hu recognized Baek Do-kyung and Choi Tae-geon as comfortable people precisely because they were people who made him feel at ease.

If that trust relationship crumbled, there was no telling what unexpected behavior he might exhibit.

‘If we mess up, he might even say he can’t go to filming…’

Choi Tae-geon nodded while thinking such thoughts to himself.

So Baek Do-kyung pondered for a moment before speaking.

“Then it would be best to entice him well with something Ji-hu likes, right?”

“Yes, yes, what kinds of things does Ji-hu like?”

“He basically likes all kinds of creative works, so something like a movie premiere would look good.”

“Hmm, should I look into premieres then?”

At Choi Tae-geon’s words, Baek Do-kyung nodded.

“And take this with you too.”

“This is…”

Baek Do-kyung was holding out a corporate card to Choi Tae-geon.

Giving a corporate card wasn’t strange, but Baek Do-kyung was wearing a somewhat sinister smile.

“There’s a saying about performing ancestral rites when you see rice cakes.”

***

A few days later.

-Ji-hu, I got some premiere tickets this time, would you like to go watch together?

“…A premiere?”

-Yes, the CEO got them for us. He said it looked like a movie Ji-hu would enjoy.

Kim Ji-hu tilted his head at Choi Tae-geon’s contact.

A premiere all of a sudden.

Of course, he couldn’t help but be interested.

“What premiere is it, by any chance?”

Kim Ji-hu really did love creative works, but he could count on his fingers the number of premieres he’d attended.

Actually, if you think about it, he’d barely been to movie theaters at all.

So he couldn’t help but be even more interested.

-It’s Director Park Cheol-su’s new work. How about it? Don’t you want to go? This work has a somewhat serious yet playful atmosphere, so I think it would be very helpful for Ji-hu’s acting.

At those words, Kim Ji-hu nodded.

‘If CEO Baek and my manager are saying this much, it must be a helpful work. Plus, if it’s Director Park Cheol-su, he’s not someone who makes disappointing works.’

Actually, rather than it being helpful for acting, he simply liked the idea of going to a premiere and seeing the work first.

Kim Ji-hu had no choice but to get spoiled on the internet since he couldn’t watch movies that premiered in theaters until they were taken down.

So he liked the idea of seeing it before others without getting spoiled.

“Then when is the premiere?”

***

“Would you like some popcorn or cola too?”

“Ah, yes.”

“What flavor would you like?”

“I… caramel…”

“Okay, I’ll buy it right away.”

Kim Ji-hu stared at Choi Tae-geon who went to buy popcorn and fiddled with the hat he was wearing.

‘It’s better than a mask… but it’s still stuffy.’

Kim Ji-hu had come wearing a hat and mask at Choi Tae-geon’s earnest request.

He was told he could take them off inside the theater, but until then he should cover up as much as possible.

‘That aside, there are quite a lot of people.’

Kim Ji-hu looked around.

He could see people who seemed to have just come to watch a movie, and people who seemed to be movie industry personnel.

Seeing this many people even on a weekday afternoon, most of them seemed to have come for the premiere.

‘Speaking of which, is it hot because they turned the heater up strong…’

When he wore the mask last time, his nose and mouth were at least exposed and the editing room was at a comfortable temperature so it was bearable, but the movie theater felt more stuffy, perhaps because they had the heater turned up high.

‘But since I’m inside the movie theater, it should be okay to lower my mask a bit.’

Kim Ji-hu lowered his mask slightly like that.

Then he heard a small sound next to him.

Thud.

“Oh.”

Kim Ji-hu reacted to that sound and slightly turned his head, and could see a phone at his feet.

Kim Ji-hu bent down to pick up the phone and looked ahead.

He held out the phone he’d picked up to the woman who seemed to have dropped it.

“Here…”

“Oh, thank… huh?”

The woman’s eyes widened as she looked at Kim Ji-hu’s face.

“Aren’t you Kim Ji-hu?”

Kim Ji-hu was flustered when his name suddenly came up.

“How did you know?”

“Your face… you’re actor Kim Ji-hu…”

“What?”

“…What?”

Kim Ji-hu was making a bewildered expression, then soon realized.

‘D-did someone really recognize me just by looking at my face?’

Actually, both Choi Tae-geon and Baek Do-kyung had repeatedly told him to be careful since people might recognize him, but those words hadn’t really hit home for Kim Ji-hu.

But seeing someone recognize him in real life left him completely dumbfounded.

“C-could I take a photo with you?”

“O-of course. Should I take it for you?”

“Really? That would be great.”

Kim Ji-hu naturally fumbled around and pulled out his phone, then turned on the camera.

“Should I take it now?”

“…Huh? Yes.”

Kim Ji-hu took a selfie together using his own phone, then bowed his head.

“Thank you for recognizing me.”

“No, no. I’m more grateful that you took the photo.”

Just then, Choi Tae-geon came running quickly from far away, holding popcorn and cola.

“Ji-hu, is something wrong?”

“Oh, this person asked me to take a photo…”

“…Hm? A photo?”

Choi Tae-geon tilted his head with a somewhat subtle expression.

Then a sound was heard.

“Those who reserved tickets for the preview screening may enter now.”

Kim Ji-hu spoke to Choi Tae-geon with a slightly excited expression at that sound.

“Oh, looks like we can go in now. Shall we enter?”

“Yes… let’s go in.”

As they were taking out their tickets to enter the movie theater, Choi Tae-geon quietly spoke up.

“But why did you take it with Ji-hu’s phone?”

“…What?”

“Do you know each other? Were you planning to send the photo?”

“Ah…”

Only then did Kim Ji-hu realize he had taken it with his own phone.

He hurriedly ran back to the fan who was standing there dazed at the photo spot, took a photo with the fan’s phone, and returned.

***

‘I-I just meant to be considerate, but I didn’t think about it.’

Kim Ji-hu had watched the entire movie during the preview screening, but he remembered the earlier incident more than the movie.

Recalling the face of the fan who had stood there dazed and helpless like a faithful wife’s rock made him want to hide in a mouse hole from embarrassment.

“Still, it probably became an even better memory for the fan. How wonderful would it be to see your favorite celebrity make a mistake right in front of you.”

“…I think I’d be too embarrassed.”

“Haha, that’s because Ji-hu has good empathy.”

After the preview screening ended, Kim Ji-hu was riding in Choi Tae-geon’s car heading home.

‘I was going to write a review about watching the preview screening, but I can’t remember much because of that incident… I can’t write a review about this…’

Of course, since it was a preview screening, he’d have to post the review after the release, but he had planned to write the review in advance.

Anyway, since he couldn’t remember the content well, Kim Ji-hu thought he wouldn’t be able to write a review.

“Sigh.”

He had come with great expectations for the movie content but felt disappointed that he couldn’t watch it properly.

Kim Ji-hu looked out the window.

“…Hm?”

Kim Ji-hu looked around the road, glancing here and there.

Something was strange.

“This doesn’t seem like the way to my home…?”

“…”

“Manager?”

“I’m sorry, Ji-hu.”

Choi Tae-geon spoke to Kim Ji-hu with eyes full of firm determination.

“The CEO told me to take you to the skin clinic and massage shop after the preview screening today, so we’re heading to the skin clinic first.”

“…What???? B-but you never mentioned that?”

“If I had told you, you wouldn’t have come out, so I hid it. I’m sorry…!”

“What do you mean…!”

If Choi Tae-geon had said from the beginning that they needed to stop by the skin clinic or massage shop after the preview screening…

‘I probably wouldn’t have come out… but still, this isn’t right!’

Kim Ji-hu had originally planned to just watch the preview screening and go home before dinner.

All of Kim Ji-hu’s plans to lie in bed and watch overdue dramas and animations under warm blankets had gone awry.

When Kim Ji-hu made a tearful face, Choi Tae-geon said with a truly sorry expression.

“B-but the CEO gave me the corporate card and told me to buy you a delicious dinner… couldn’t that work somehow…”

“C-could you just get takeout for me?”

“Yes… then I’ll get everything you want to eat as takeout.”

“…Alright. Let’s go that way.”

The two had successfully reached a dramatic agreement.

And.

“Wow~ your skin is really good, actor~”

“It really looks like skin that hasn’t seen any sunlight.”

“…”

Kim Ji-hu could only return home after being thoroughly pampered at both the skin clinic and massage shop.

***

-I met Kim Ji-hu today!!!!!!!!!!!

(Photo)

Went to see a preview screening and saw Kim Ji-hu lol

The funny thing is when I asked for a photo, he took it with his own phone and left lololol

Then he came back and said sorry and took another one.

I almost died laughing lolololol

└lolololololololol

└So cute lolololol

└Where did you see him???? If I camp out at that movie theater, can I see Kim Ji-hu too?????

The story about Kim Ji-hu’s camera incident began circulating on the internet.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

‘This is betrayal… they shouldn’t talk about mistakes like this…’

Only the sound of kicking blankets echoed in Kim Ji-hu’s room.

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