Bedroom Genius Actor - Chapter 39

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Episode 39

Choi Tae-geon, who started his manager career at age 20 right after graduating high school.

He had been a manager for nearly 9 years, working with various actors and singers big and small, earning recognition for his abilities.

And he came to meet Kim Ji-hu at Hanbit Entertainment for a new challenge.

And now.

“I, I, I, I, I… that… S-sorry… I’ll do it again…”

“…”

Choi Tae-geon, age 29.

He was experiencing the biggest crisis of his life.

***

‘Actually, there’s no problem when he’s working, so I thought it would be fine…’

Choi Tae-geon thought Kim Ji-hu was a very reliable actor.

So much so that he felt it was good to come to Hanbit.

Usually passive, but when acting, he showed perfect performance as if he became a completely different person.

Though younger and with less experience than himself, his professional attitude toward work was even admirable.

But now, watching Kim Ji-hu practice interviews, he naturally got a headache.

‘He definitely acts perfectly even in places with tons of cameras and people, so why can’t he do interviews…’

The current location was Hanbit Entertainment Meeting Room. Baek Do-kyung and Yun Se-ra were sitting in front.

He thought it would go well since it was a familiar place with only familiar people, but even this wasn’t an easy task.

“Ji-hu, shall we take a break?”

“…Yes, I’m sorry.”

Kim Ji-hu sat down in his chair looking dejected, and Yun Se-ra, who was watching, carefully asked.

“But Ji-hu, I’m not trying to criticize you or anything, but can I ask you one thing…?”

“Yes…”

“You act so well it’s admirable, so why are you like that with interviews?”

“Ugh…”

Kim Ji-hu made a pained expression as if that question hurt.

“Personally, I feel like acting is several times more nerve-wracking, so it’s kind of really unique… It’s the first case I’ve seen…”

“I’m sorry…”

“No, I wasn’t trying to scold you…! I was just purely curious…”

Of course, Choi Tae-geon had the same question.

‘There are people who act well but aren’t good at interviews, but Ji-hu’s case is severe…’

Thinking that way, Choi Tae-geon had a flash of inspiration.

“Ji-hu, how about trying to do the interview like you’re acting?”

“Cough cough.”

Kim Ji-hu, who was drinking water, widened his eyes and coughed.

Choi Tae-geon handed Kim Ji-hu a handkerchief and said.

“Sorry. The timing was off.”

“Oh, no. But what do you mean like acting…”

“You act perfectly when you’re acting, right? Then couldn’t you just act as the character Kim Ji-hu? Think of doing interviews as a kind of acting too.”

“That’s…”

Kim Ji-hu showed a somewhat subtle reaction. A feeling like he was troubled.

Choi Tae-geon tilted his head.

“Is there some problem?”

“Well… acting actually has a script… But interviews don’t have scripts… I guess my thoughts get tangled up…”

“Hmm… I see.”

Choi Tae-geon listened to that and thought for a moment, then clapped his hands as if he had a good idea.

“Then! How about I write you a script?”

“…What?”

“I’ve been to film premieres and such often, and I’ve seen how other celebrities behave, so I think I can write something like a script with that. Of course, I’ll also make several examples of interview content to practice in advance.”

Then Baek Do-kyung brightened up.

“That sounds pretty good?”

Yun Se-ra also nodded as if it was a good opinion.

“Right! If there’s a script, you can just act according to it.”

“Then I’ll make a script right away by tomorrow and send it to Ji-hu. What do you think, Ji-hu?”

Kim Ji-hu hesitated and pondered for a while, then quietly answered.

“Yes… Please take care of it…”

***

‘So not doing interviews isn’t an option at all…’

Kim Ji-hu, who returned Home, let out a deep sigh.

Of course, he knew it didn’t make sense to not do interviews alone, but since his interview skills were catastrophic, he hoped somehow he wouldn’t have to do them.

‘That aside, will I be able to do interviews just because I get a script…’

Kim Ji-hu could act only thanks to borrowing the power of his ‘synchronization ability.’

When Kim Ji-hu didn’t actually use his ability, didn’t he show interview-level acting skills?

Since Choi Tae-geon and others were making efforts for him, Kim Ji-hu also planned to try his best.

Ding-

-Ji-hu, I prepared a basic script for now! Please check it!

A message from Choi Tae-geon came shortly after. Kim Ji-hu immediately opened that script.

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S#1. Film Premiere Lobby (Day)

Amid countless camera flashes going off, Ji-hu enters onto the stage. Ji-hu’s face is full of a bright smile mixed with excitement and nervousness.

He faces the pouring spotlights head-on and lightly raises one hand toward the lens, waving it.

Ji-hu receives the microphone from the host. He makes eye contact with each of the reporters sitting in front and politely clears his voice.

Ji-hu: (Brightly and seriously) First, I’d like to express my sincere gratitude to the reporters and officials who came to today’s film premiere despite your busy schedules.

Ji-hu takes a moment to catch his breath, then continues explaining about the movie.

Ji-hu: This ‘My Little House’ is… a work that has very deep meaning for me as well.

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Text written quite script-like. Kim Ji-hu let out a small exclamation of admiration.

‘Did he deliberately write it like a script so I could act it…’

If he had just roughly written the situation in bullet points, it might not have felt like acting, so he seemed to have deliberately written it in script format.

‘Since I mentioned a script, he must have deliberately paid attention to that.’

Kim Ji-hu slowly read through that script. It felt like things that would happen at the film premiere were written in order, more than he had thought.

‘It will probably flow similarly in reality. But more than that…’

Kim Ji-hu was deeply troubled.

The ‘Kim Ji-hu’ in this script was too gentle, perfect, and truly depicted the ideal actor’s image.

‘He’s too different from me…’

He didn’t know how Choi Tae-geon thought of him, but the Kim Ji-hu in this script was so perfect that he could barely even imitate him.

Kim Ji-hu finished reading the entire script.

‘As expected, imitating this would be too difficult for me… Let me think in the direction of not speaking as much as possible…’

Ding

Then a notification sounded in his head.

[Mannequin has been added.]

“…Huh?”

Kim Ji-hu looked at the paper he was holding with a dumbfounded expression.

‘Does this count as a script too??’

The script Choi Tae-geon wrote was too crude to be called a script.

Having seen scripts written by professionals all this time made it even more so.

But this was also treated as a script.

Kim Ji-hu pondered for a moment and came to a conclusion.

“…Should I try it?”

So Kim Ji-hu closed his eyes and entered the place where the mannequins were.

***

After the filming of ‘My Little House’ ended, Kim Ji-hu entered the place where the mannequins were for the first time in a while.

He looked around and soon found the newly created mannequin.

“…Is this it?”

The mannequin that subtly resembled his own face was wearing a suit.

However.

“Why are the clothes like this…”

It was definitely a suit, but it felt a bit shabby.

‘Is it because it’s not a proper script? Then maybe it’ll be a bit strange when synchronizing too…’

He was a little worried, but for now he reached his hand toward the mannequin.

And with an intense light, he was opening his eyes in reality again.

***

A few days later.

Baek Do-kyung urgently called Choi Tae-geon.

“Tae-geon, do you think Ji-hu will be able to do well in the interview this time?”

Baek Do-kyung was worried about whether Kim Ji-hu would be able to do well in the interview.

He was such a mess even during practice, so he was concerned about what would happen in the actual situation.

But Choi Tae-geon smiled as if it was fine.

“We can’t avoid the interview anyway, so we’ll have to make it work somehow. Ahaha.”

“That’s true, but… If it really doesn’t work out, I could use my influence to help minimize the interviews as much as possible.”

With Baek Do-kyung’s current position, he could use his influence to either minimize the interviews or prevent them altogether.

There were excuses available, like health issues and such.

But that wasn’t a good method.

After all, interviews like press conferences were opportunities for Kim Ji-hu to receive solo spotlight.

Throwing away that opportunity wouldn’t be good for Kim Ji-hu, and for the company either.

Choi Tae-geon said.

“Shouldn’t we save that as the very last resort and focus on helping him overcome it for now? There will be interviews later anyway, so we can’t avoid them completely.”

Baek Do-kyung smiled as if he was satisfied with Choi Tae-geon’s words.

“You’re right. But I read the script you wrote, and do you think Ji-hu can act like this? No, would it be okay even if he acts like this?”

“…What?”

Choi Tae-geon tilted his head, and Baek Do-kyung pointed to the script and said.

“I think Ji-hu in the script feels too perfect. But in reality, Ji-hu isn’t like that, right?”

“That’s… true.”

“Well, I think Ji-hu will figure that part out himself. When Ji-hu comes in a little while, let’s ask if it’s okay.”

Knock knock.

Then came the sound of knocking.

“Um… It’s Kim Ji-hu, may I come in?”

Kim Ji-hu’s voice could be heard from outside the door.

Baek Do-kyung and Choi Tae-geon looked at each other with question marks in their heads.

“Didn’t we still have some time before Ji-hu was supposed to come?”

“Yes… He definitely said he’d come at 3 o’clock…”

Then Kim Ji-hu carefully opened the door and entered.

“Uh… Hello.”

“Ji-hu, you came really early. It’s only 1 o’clock.”

“Ah, yes. I had something I wanted to ask the CEO briefly… The manager is here too.”

“Yes yes, but if there’s something you want to ask.”

“I was hoping you could take a look at my acting.”

“…What?”

Baek Do-kyung and Choi Tae-geon looked at each other again.

Kim Ji-hu asking them to watch his acting.

“You’re… talking about acting from that script Tae-geon wrote, right?”

“Yes yes, but I practiced it somewhat… There’s something I’m a bit worried about…”

Baek Do-kyung said with a bright smile.

“Then shall we take a look? It would be better to talk after seeing it.”

“Ah, yes yes. Then… I’ll try it right here.”

So Kim Ji-hu closed his eyes,

and soon opened them with a bright expression.

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