Bedroom Genius Actor - Chapter 46

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Episode 46

‘Wait. Can I act like this?’

Kim Ji-hu, feeling something different from usual, quietly opened his mouth.

“Could you wait a moment? I have something I need to prepare.”

The atmosphere instantly turned cold.

Kim Ji-hu himself was more surprised by his cold and calm voice.

‘What… I didn’t intend to speak like this?’

He could control his body, but he was speaking and acting like the synchronized character.

Hwang Du-sik stammered at Kim Ji-hu’s appearance.

“Th-that’s fine. But the atmosphere suddenly…”

Then Choi Tae-geon said.

“Our actor tends to immerse himself like a ghost when acting. Haha. You don’t need to be flustered.”

“I’ve seen many actors, but this is the first time I’ve seen someone immerse themselves to this degree.”

Kim Ji-hu was amazed at controlling his body, regardless of their conversation.

‘Th-then if I move like this.’

Swoosh.

Kim Ji-hu moved his arms here and there. Though it was light movement, it seemed somewhat elegant.

It was movement that seemed to have some inner power.

“Ooh…”

“Huh?”

Hwang Du-sik let out a small exclamation at the movement, while Choi Tae-geon looked bewildered.

Kim Ji-hu, having adapted somewhat, said to them.

“Then I’ll give it a try.”

Saying that, he thought to himself.

‘With this, something might work…!’

Kim Ji-hu had watched countless works and seen innumerable action scenes.

Especially the character he was synchronized with now was from a work he’d watched 3-4 times or more.

Naturally, he remembered his actions too.

The core of this work’s action was Tai Chi.

The point was to gracefully flow through all techniques, with every movement like a dance.

Kim Ji-hu moved his body.

Elegant movement was shown, but.

“…”

“Something’s a bit…”

Kim Ji-hu’s characteristic clumsiness mixed with somewhat awkward movement.

While his fingertips and major movements were elegant, the connecting joints felt like they moved separately.

“I think this is enough.”

Hwang Du-sik said as if he’d seen enough.

So Kim Ji-hu stopped his actions and returned to being himself again.

“How… was it?”

Hwang Du-sik smiled brightly and said.

“You’re definitely lacking a lot in fundamentals.”

Choi Tae-geon nodded as if understanding.

“Our actor isn’t good at physical movement… Please take care of…”

“But you have talent. Quite a lot of it.”

At those words, Kim Ji-hu and Choi Tae-geon’s eyes widened.

“I have talent?”

“R-really?”

Hwang Du-sik nodded.

“Actually, it looked strange because you lack fundamentals, but you were definitely good at catching the key points. The fingertip movements and the feeling of balancing your whole body. I think you’d improve quite a bit if you just get the fundamentals down?”

At Hwang Du-sik’s words, Kim Ji-hu felt the memories of the delivery aunties and uncles brighten.

‘As expected, the aunties and uncles weren’t wrong…!’

While Kim Ji-hu was pleased by himself, Hwang Du-sik opened his mouth after thinking for a moment.

“Still, since your fundamentals are too lacking, you’ll need to work very hard. Let’s start with coming five times a week, and if you get busy with work, we’ll change it to about three times.”

Kim Ji-hu’s expression gradually hardened at those words.

“Fi-five times? A week only has 7 days though?”

How could he come 5 out of 7 days? It was an absurd demand.

The golden opportunity to rest when he had no other work was instantly crumbling.

Moreover, it wasn’t just coming but a schedule requiring ‘exercise,’ which was physical labor.

Kim Ji-hu looked at Choi Tae-geon with desperate eyes.

“You have to do it. You need to if you want to do major works with action scenes.”

That was also true. The missions would gradually become more difficult.

Especially if an action scene work was presented in his current state, he would fail helplessly.

So Kim Ji-hu had no choice in this matter either.

However.

“Th-then… please, just about 3-4 days a week…”

“Alright. Then come 4 days.”

“…Really?”

“Yes, it would be hard to come all 5 days anyway due to other schedules. Instead, you must come those 4 days without missing even if you have other appointments.”

Since the negotiation was achieved too easily, Kim Ji-hu said quietly.

“Then… about 3 days…”

“Would you rather come 5 days?”

“S-sorry! Sorry! I’ll come 4 days!”

“I changed my mind. Come 5 days for 2 weeks, then we’ll change to 4 days after that.”

“Ah, understood…”

The negotiation reached a dramatic conclusion, but Kim Ji-hu couldn’t even break even after being greedy.

***

Returning home, Kim Ji-hu mulled over the earlier situation.

‘I roughly understand I gained some control, but is this everything?’

Actually, he hadn’t been completely without control before either.

It felt like his body moved automatically when he had certain thoughts.

But it felt like that range had expanded.

If in the past the character moved Kim Ji-hu, this time Kim Ji-hu’s actions had the synchronized character’s corrections applied.

‘This way, the risk of unexpected actions is almost eliminated.’

He’d been worried about unexpected actions every time he synchronized, but now it seemed he wouldn’t need to worry about that.

‘Then I could pay more attention to acting details?’

If until now he just moved according to the script, it meant Kim Ji-hu could show new movements in his own way.

“But doing ad-libs by myself is a bit burdensome…”

Not moving according to the script and giving variations he thought of was essentially ad-libbing.

Of course, given his personality of disliking standing out, he probably wouldn’t openly ad-lib on set.

‘How does Oh Jin-woo ad-lib so easily…’

While thinking such thoughts, Kim Ji-hu’s phone rang.

Since he’d just parted with Choi Tae-geon and entered his home, it wasn’t Choi Tae-geon’s call.

‘Who is it?’

Looking at his phone, it was Kim Ji-hye.

‘Why is she suddenly calling…?’

Actually, Kim Ji-hu had thought of contacting Kim Ji-hye several times, but hadn’t done so yet.

There wasn’t any particular reason.

They weren’t usually in contact, and saying thanks felt embarrassing.

“L-let me answer it first.”

Kim Ji-hu soon answered the phone.

“Hello…?”

-Hello…

“…”

-…

Kim Ji-hye had called but wasn’t saying anything.

‘Why did she call…?’

Of course, Kim Ji-hu wasn’t the type to speak first in situations like this either, so the silence continued for quite a while.

The person who couldn’t endure the silence in that situation was Kim Ji-hye.

-O, oppa.

“Yeah…?”

-Do, do you want to do some content with me?

Kim Ji-hu tilted his head at the sudden content proposal.

“Content?”

-Y, yeah… On my YouTube channel…

“What kind of content are we going to do?”

-…I don’t know.

“…”

Kim Ji-hu tilted his head at the hopeless answer.

‘I need to exercise too… and the system window will probably tell me something soon…’

If the system presented conditions, he would definitely be busy without a moment to spare.

‘But I do owe Ji-hye something…’

Thanks to Kim Ji-hye, the movie had good results, so shouldn’t he show his gratitude?

“Alright.”

-R, really?

“Yeah, I’ll do it. Send me the schedule.”

-Okay…! I’ll ask my manager and contact you!

Kim Ji-hye hung up the phone immediately.

‘But did she contact me to propose content?’

The flow of conversation was somewhat strange. Setting aside calling out of the blue, saying let’s film content while asking the manager about it. Didn’t it sound like words spoken without any plan?

“…”

Though he felt somewhat uneasy, Kim Ji-hye was also a professional singer, so he thought she would handle it well on her own.

‘More than that, I should worry about the system.’

Since it had definitely given him a new ability, he thought it might present more difficult conditions.

‘It would be nice if it told me exactly how much longer I have to keep doing this kind of thing.’

Still, thanks to it, he had gained financial freedom, so that was fortunate.

‘Come to think of it… how much have I earned so far?’

Kim Ji-hu had been so busy that even when he earned money, he hadn’t thought about spending it.

He had worked as ‘Armchair Reviewer’ and earned quite a lot as actor Kim Ji-hu too, but he hadn’t even figured out how much he had earned during that time.

Still, the improved point was that he could order delivery food without considering the cost.

Kim Ji-hu checked his bank account for the first time in a while.

“Ah…”

Kim Ji-hu couldn’t close his mouth.

[120,993,721 won]

An amount he had never imagined was written there.

***

“This… everyone’s evaluations are too good…”

Vivid Studio CEO Kang I-wook was currently racking his brains.

Because of Kim Ji-hu and Oh Jin-woo.

To be precise, it was because of Oh Jin-woo.

‘Why does he dislike Kim Ji-hu…? Where else would you find such a rookie…?’

Kang I-wook contacted various places and asked about Kim Ji-hu.

The representative places he called were Director Moon I-hyun and PD Seo Min-sik.

Besides that, he also contacted the camera director and assistant directors who had worked on projects together.

But not a single bad word came from any place.

‘Rather, only praise was abundant.’

There was a lot of praise about his character, and regarding his skills, it poured out without needing to be mentioned.

‘If I had to pick a flaw, it would be that he’s naive, but honestly this is hard to call a flaw either…’

CEO Kang I-wook thought rookies should be rookie-like to be good.

In contrast, considering that this industry was about gaining fans, it could even be called an advantage.

‘If just one person would understand, it would be resolved immediately…’

The problem was that the person saying no was Oh Jin-woo, which was the biggest issue.

‘But if everyone says okay and only one person says NO, isn’t that person the one who’s wrong…?’

Moreover, Kang I-wook himself thought Kim Ji-hu’s acting skills and character were good. That he was the perfect talent for this project.

“Ugh…”

This was the most troubling moment in Kang I-wook’s 45 years of life.

“Ah, screw it, I don’t know.”

Kang I-wook made his decision.

Kang I-wook then searched for a number on his phone.

And immediately made the call.

“Oh, CEO Baek. It’s been a while. Do you have time now?”

The place he called was none other than Baek Do-kyung, the CEO of Hanbit Entertainment where Kim Ji-hu belonged.

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