Bedroom Genius Actor - Chapter 5

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Episode 5

“That guy Kim Ji-hu or whatever passed?”

“That’s what I’m saying. From PD Seo’s reaction just now, I thought he’d definitely fail.”

The acting test in front of Director Kim Deok-chil was unprecedented, so it became a hot topic within the production team.

That’s why the rumor that Kim Ji-hu received a passing grade from Director Kim Deok-chil was enough to spread like wildfire.

Given PD Seo’s reaction, it didn’t seem like he could pass at all.

So naturally, several conspiracy theories began to circulate.

“Wasn’t the pass just PD Seo agreeing to pay money and ending it there?”

“That could be it. Just to save PD Seo’s face, they said he passed.”

“Well, you know how picky the director is.”

“Ahem.”

As the team members were whispering like that, Jo Gi-hyeok cleared his throat.

“Gasp…”

“I’ll go back to work…!”

With the appearance of Jo Gi-hyeok, who could be called PD Seo Min-sik’s right-hand man, the office staff just disappeared somewhere while reading the mood.

Jo Gi-hyeok sighed as he watched them.

‘I’ve explained it several times, but no one believes me.’

He had said many times that Kim Ji-hu showed incredible acting in the director’s office, but the people who believed him could really be counted on one hand.

‘But if I try to forcibly quiet them down, it’ll definitely backfire, so it’s better to just stay still.’

Anyway, if they end up filming, public opinion will definitely flip.

Thinking of the acting Kim Ji-hu showed in the director’s office, even if he showed half of that, everyone would definitely applaud.

‘Speaking of which, I wonder if Ji-hu is preparing well.’

The filming date was gradually approaching. Unlike last time, Jo Gi-hyeok was looking forward to the filming day this time.

***

“…”

Kim Ji-hu crouched in the corner of the room. He was facing one difficulty.

‘A lot of new dramas came out… I need to watch all of them… No, no. I haven’t even memorized the entire script yet, when will I watch those and when will I memorize the script.’

It had already been several days since he’d been memorizing only the script in the corner. The filming date was slowly approaching.

Kim Ji-hu wasn’t watching his beloved movies or dramas, just memorizing the script.

Since his ability only synchronized, it didn’t memorize the script for him, so he had to memorize the script himself.

However, for Kim Ji-hu, who had never memorized anything like this, it was extremely difficult work.

Kim Ji-hu got up from the floor as if he had made some decision.

“Right, let’s watch just one and then memorize again.”

Just staring intently at the script wouldn’t produce any efficiency.

He needed to take breaks little by little.

And since he still hadn’t written his 10,000th post, he thought watching a drama or movie would be a good decision for that purpose too.

‘Well… people who are good at studying say you need to take breaks for better efficiency.’

Of course, that didn’t mean he planned to just play around.

Kim Ji-hu had one idea. That was.

‘Going to the movie theater.’

What kind of space was a movie theater? A space where countless people gathered and moved around, truly like hell for Kim Ji-hu.

Kim Ji-hu entered the movie theater website with trembling hands.

‘Right, this is training. Soon I’ll go to places like filming sets where there will be tons of people, so this is training to endure there.’

Kim Ji-hu squeezed his eyes shut as he booked a movie, then clenched his fist.

‘Right, let’s give it a try!’

***

Kim Ji-hu arrived at the movie theater after taking buses and subways alternately for about an hour.

Kim Ji-hu entered the movie theater with some trepidation.

Fortunately, there weren’t that many people.

‘I don’t have to worry about getting motion sickness from people like last time.’

Kim Ji-hu entered the movie theater like that and soon sat in a quiet seat and caught his breath.

“Huh?”

“Over there… isn’t that Director Park Sang-pil…?”

He could hear the audience murmuring. Kim Ji-hu heard that sound and looked toward the front with a surprised expression.

‘It really is Director Park Sang-pil…?’

Kim Ji-hu knew Director Park Sang-pil’s face exactly.

Kim Ji-hu not only enjoyed content but also knew well the faces of the people behind it.

Moreover, he had seen his face directly at the last meeting, so there was no way he could mistake him.

However, Kim Ji-hu saw an even more surprising face.

‘P-PD Seo Min-sik…!!!’

A chubby middle-aged man sitting next to Director Park Sang-pil. The thick chin that still hadn’t been shaved made it certain.

Kim Ji-hu unconsciously lowered his head to hide and only stuck out his eyes to look at the two.

‘Why did they come here? More than that, are the two of them close?’

Whatever the case, the problem was that the two were sitting in front of him.

For a moment, Kim Ji-hu thought about hiding his face and leaving the movie theater, but soon shook his head.

‘I’m not even a criminal…! There’s no reason to do that!’

Hadn’t he properly paid money to come watch a movie? His conscience pricked him because he hadn’t memorized the entire script yet, but he thought watching one movie would be okay.

‘And anyway, it’ll be fine as long as I don’t get caught.’

Kim Ji-hu nodded as he convinced himself.

The movie theater gradually darkened like that.

Kim Ji-hu forgot that PD Seo Min-sik and Director Park Sang-pil were there and began to focus on the movie.

‘Wow… it’s interesting… As expected of Director Park Sang-pil. He really makes movies well.’

He inwardly exclaimed in admiration at the fun that exceeded his expectations.

‘Director Park Sang-pil’s works make your flesh tremble when you watch them. The story and the actors are really fierce.’

Kim Ji-hu watched while savoring the work alone. As he watched completely immersed like that, before he knew it, the movie was ending and the inside of the movie theater began to brighten.

A small smile had formed on Kim Ji-hu’s lips.

‘I’ll have a lot to write when I get home. This work is really Director Park Sang-pil’s masterpiece. A masterpiece.’

The moment he stood up from his seat thinking that, Director Park Sang-pil walked out to the front of the stage.

“Hello. I’m Director Park Sang-pil. Did you enjoy the movie?”

“…!”

“It really is Director Park Sang-pil?”

“He must have come for a stage greeting.”

Kim Ji-hu sat back down and opened his eyes wide.

‘Did he come for a surprise stage greeting?’

He had heard that sometimes when there was something worth celebrating, directors or actors would come to greet people without notice, but he didn’t know he’d see it himself.

“This is PD Seo Min-sik. He gave us a lot of advice about our work and helped us.”

“Wow!!”

Kim Ji-hu clapped while watching PD Seo Min-sik greeting from the front.

‘His name wasn’t in the official credits, but did he help behind the scenes?’

While he was thinking that and clapping, he felt like PD Seo Min-sik’s eyes met his.

However, he quickly turned his head toward somewhere else.

‘I-it must be my imagination, right?’

The surprise stage greeting was good, and PD Seo Min-sik being there was okay too, but the most important thing was quietly slipping out of here.

He wanted to quietly return home and post on his blog.

The short stage greeting ended, and people began to gradually leave.

Kim Ji-hu felt like he’d get motion sickness getting caught in that crowd, but he tried to slowly leave the movie theater.

Kim Ji-hu tried to leave as naturally as possible, covering his face with a popcorn container.

Tap.

“Ah…”

“…Actor Kim?”

PD Seo Min-sik was holding Kim Ji-hu’s shoulder with a kind smile.

“What are you doing?”

So Director Park Sang-pil also came over to PD Seo Min-sik’s side.

PD Seo Min-sik grinned and said to Director Park Sang-pil.

“Hey, looks like we found one more person to have dinner with.”

***

Chinese restaurant near the cinema.

“This work definitely seems to have turned out well.”

“I told you so. We had to go with exactly the feeling you mentioned.”

“….”

PD Seo Min-sik and Director Park Sang-pil were having a friendly conversation while eating, and Kim Ji-hu sat between them with his soul completely drained.

‘I don’t know if I’m eating the food with my mouth or my nose….’

One was his employer and the other was a stranger.

He did like Director Park Sang-pil’s works, but he hadn’t wanted this kind of situation.

‘I’d rather just get an autograph….’

Someone else would probably kill to be in this situation, but from Kim Ji-hu’s perspective, he would have been more comfortable just quietly getting an autograph and moving on.

As Kim Ji-hu was making a miserable face, Director Park Sang-pil in front of him opened his mouth.

“But… I didn’t ask since you weren’t saying anything, but who is this friend?”

“…Cough cough!”

Kim Ji-hu was startled for a moment and looked at Director Park Sang-pil.

Then PD Seo Min-sik sighed and said.

“An actor who’ll appear as a supporting role in my work. He’s a newcomer.”

“Oh~ In your work? Nice to meet you. I’m Director Park Sang-pil.”

Director Park Sang-pil greeted him gently and offered a handshake, and Kim Ji-hu quickly wiped his hands with a wet towel and took his hand.

“I, I’m Kim Ji-hu.”

“Haha. You seem very nervous. We’ll see each other often in the industry, so please relax.”

“Yes, yes sir.”

PD Seo Min-sik sighed at Kim Ji-hu’s intimidated attitude.

“When he’s acting, he’s fierce as hell, but I don’t know why he’s like this in daily life.”

“Really? This friend acts that well?”

“Absolutely crazy good. Even Deok-chil hyung acknowledged him. Said he’s a talented guy.”

“Ooh… Even Deok-chil hyung?”

Director Park Sang-pil looked at Kim Ji-hu with curious eyes.

“I, I’m just grateful that everyone looks favorably upon me….”

“You’re very modest. Both Min-sik and Deok-pil hyung are stingy with praise, so you can be confident.”

“Thank you….”

Then Director Park Sang-pil thought about something and opened his mouth.

“Then if you came to see my work today, do you like my works too?”

“Ah! Yes! I like them a lot!”

“Oh~. Which ones do you like?”

“Uh….”

Kim Ji-hu fell into thought for a moment.

Then PD Seo Min-sik said.

“Why are you asking that? You’re making him flustered. Tell him what works you’ve made first before asking.”

For ordinary people, except for a few extremely famous directors, most wouldn’t know what works they had made.

So he thought Kim Ji-hu would be the same.

But.

“Ah, I know them all.”

“Huh?”

“What?”

Kim Ji-hu answered clearly, with no trace of his earlier intimidated appearance.

“Your debut work was ‘Cheongsol Daycare Center’, and after you changed your work style with ‘Faded Tree’ and ‘Cabin House’, you received great acclaim with ‘Worst Liberty’. I personally liked the ‘Cabin House’ style, but ‘Worst Liberty’ was quite good too. The part where the protagonist says ‘That was the worst freedom’ in narration while saying the title really resonated with me. Ah! And the dialogue in Cabin House too, ‘If you try to just cut wood, the blade won’t go in well’ while cutting the leg, that scene was really psychopathic and….”

Kim Ji-hu suddenly poured out words.

PD Seo Min-sik and Director Park Sang-pil were looking at Kim Ji-hu with surprised expressions.

“You, you watched all of that?”

“You even memorized all the dialogue from his works?”

“Ah….”

Kim Ji-hu realized what he had done and let out a small sigh.

“I, I’m sorry… I suddenly talked too much, didn’t I.”

“No, more than that, thank you. To think you’ve watched all my works….”

PD Seo Min-sik had a dazed expression for a moment, then laughed heartily.

“Haha! My eye was accurate after all. Well, how could acting come from just a day or two. Since he’s someone who watches movies like this, of course he can do that kind of acting!”

PD Seo Min-sik laughed like that and patted Kim Ji-hu’s back.

Kim Ji-hu had no idea what was happening and could only smile awkwardly in bewilderment.

“Ahahaha….”

“At least you won’t have NGs because of dialogue.”

“Pardon?”

Kim Ji-hu was surprised by the sudden mention of dialogue.

PD Seo Min-sik said nonchalantly.

“You memorize all the dialogue from those old movies, so memorizing one script would be a piece of cake!”

“Ah?”

At those words, Kim Ji-hu suddenly realized something.

Kim Ji-hu, who would memorize entire dialogues from good works.

Then wouldn’t he be able to memorize this script too?

Kim Ji-hu thought for a moment, then quietly opened his mouth.

“I think I realized something….”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“I… I’m really sorry, but could I leave first? I’m truly sorry.”

PD Seo Min-sik looked at him with a ‘what kind of guy is this’ expression, but Director Park Sang-pil raised his hand with an understanding smile.

Kim Ji-hu exited the restaurant like that.

‘I think I’ve got it. A way to quickly memorize the script….’

Kim Ji-hu’s steps toward home became lighter.

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