Bedroom Genius Actor - Chapter 53

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Episode 53

‘Ji-hu managed to naturally counter Oh Jin-woo’s ad-lib. Has his skills improved even more in the meantime?’

CEO Kang I-wook let out an exclamation of admiration while watching Kim Ji-hu’s acting.

The basic acting skills he showed at the beginning were already at a level that earned everyone’s recognition, so that was expected, but countering Oh Jin-woo’s ad-lib at the end was beyond expectations.

In fact, one might think a short ad-lib is no big deal, but originally this kind of approach is more difficult.

It wasn’t a random comedic ad-lib, but something serious that expressed his character’s personality.

It also felt like he added the fun that Oh Jin-woo wanted for the scene.

‘Does this mean he’s not lacking in character understanding either?’

Looking at Kim Ji-hu’s acting skills so far, his greatest strengths were his high understanding of characters and acting technique.

And it seems he digested the ad-lib with that character understanding.

‘Well, I’ll have to ask him properly to know for sure.’

He had something to say to Kim Ji-hu anyway, so he was planning to ask once.

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“Kim Ji-hu, did you perhaps develop your acting style for Oh Jin-woo?”

CEO Kang I-wook caught Kim Ji-hu, who was about to go home after the reading ended, and asked.

Kim Ji-hu was troubled. He never expected it would be interpreted this way.

In fact, Kim Ji-hu hadn’t expected his abilities to manifest to this degree either.

Moreover, he showed an even better reaction than he had thought.

‘Still, being honest would be best…’

Kim Ji-hu didn’t have the courage to shamelessly claim it was his own skill.

This time he might have been lucky and mistaken for good ad-libbing, but he didn’t know what would happen next time.

“You’re overestimating me… Actually, it just happened to come out…”

Kang I-wook laughed heartily at Kim Ji-hu’s words.

“As expected of Ji-hu. You’re incredibly modest.”

“No! Really… it was a coincidence…”

“Haha, coincidences that come from experience and practice aren’t coincidences.”

“…”

He didn’t know what kind of filter was in Kang I-wook’s brain, but it seemed like he was thoroughly misunderstanding something.

‘I can’t really argue that it’s not true here…’

Kim Ji-hu quietly lowered his head.

“Thank you…”

“I’m the one who’s grateful. Oh, but I didn’t get to tell you directly that it’s a Netflix original… I’m sorry.”

This was the second time meeting with Kang I-wook.

During their first meeting, they couldn’t have a proper conversation because of Oh Jin-woo.

Regarding the project too, he had just handed over the script and that was it, so he seemed sorry about that part.

‘I knew about it anyway…’

Since the system’s condition was to achieve Netflix 1st place, Kim Ji-hu naturally thought it would be a Netflix production.

That’s why he hadn’t bothered to ask separately.

Kim Ji-hu nodded as if it was fine.

“I roughly knew… haha… it’s okay.”

“Ah, did CEO Baek tell you?”

“It’s not exactly that… but for this kind of project to come out as a drama, it’s usually only Netflix… so I just thought…”

“That’s true. Just looking at the script, this scale can only be supported by Netflix. You have good insight too.”

Kim Ji-hu agreed with those words.

“Besides, the staff lineup for this project is excellent… Especially the camera director and sound director are really famous people…”

“…You knew about them?”

“Yes? Yes… They originally worked in movies but lately they’ve been appearing a lot on Netflix…”

CEO Kang I-wook’s eyes widened.

“Newcomers usually don’t know much about staff members.”

“I usually watch the credits when I watch productions…”

“Haha! The more we talk, the more I feel like I was thinking wrongly about you, Ji-hu! Your insight and… your respect for staff members…”

“No, no… really, it’s not like that…”

It seemed like the more they talked, the more strange misunderstandings piled up.

CEO Kang I-wook checked the time and opened his mouth.

“Well, I need to get to a meeting now. Oh, I’ll send you the contract tomorrow right away.”

“Ah, thank you.”

“Don’t mention it. Well, I’ll be going now.”

Kim Ji-hu scratched his head while watching Kang I-wook leave first.

‘I guess it went well… I should go home and rest a bit…’

Kim Ji-hu felt like all the energy was draining from his body.

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“What do you think about Ji-hu?”

At CEO Kang I-wook’s words, the staff all spoke in unison.

“I don’t think we can do without Ji-hu!”

“Where else would you find an actor who matches with Oh Jin-woo like that? Everyone else gets swept up in Jin-woo’s tempo and can’t even do their own acting.”

All the staff were moved by Kim Ji-hu’s performance in the first reading.

Usually, one’s full ability doesn’t come out in the first reading.

They thought he had skills, but what happened at today’s reading was beyond imagination.

“Besides, he doesn’t seem like an actor who would cause controversies.”

They had heard about Kim Ji-hu’s personality.

His personality itself was far from causing trouble, so while minor mistakes were possible, he wouldn’t cause problems that would affect the production.

However, after seeing today’s acting, this evaluation became a bit divided.

“But he seems to have a more bold personality than what we heard. Who would have thought he’d counter Oh Jin-woo’s ad-lib.”

“Right. His skills are good, but his personality when acting is a bit different from what we heard.”

But one staff member immediately spoke up to that opinion.

“From what I heard, his personality completely changes when he’s acting. There are some people like that. Quiet normally but their eyes change when they do their main job.”

“Then we might not know which is his real personality? Maybe his usual behavior is the acting…”

As the inside quickly became noisy, the junior staff in the corner opened their mouth.

“I even received hand warmers from Ji-hu saying I was working hard… He seems like a kind person…”

“Earlier when Oh Jin-woo reacted so sharply, he said it was actually good for him since he was sitting next to him. Something pure and really kind about that.”

But except for a few, most thought well of Kim Ji-hu.

The more Kang I-wook listened to the staff’s stories, the more moved he became.

‘Indeed, rumors are just rumors.’

The ideal actor who shows professionalism in work aspects. Plus, he has the right character to know how to care for staff too.

‘Rather than being passive, he probably knows what weight his words and actions carry.’

In fact, knowing his passive personality, he had worried whether he could handle Oh Jin-woo’s personality.

But that seemed to be just a needless concern.

He thought he was great as an actor, but he seemed like someone with many aspects to learn from as a person too.

CEO Kang I-wook finally looked at Director Cheon Yeong-hu.

Director Cheon Yeong-hu, who was just fiddling with his pen with a somewhat dazed expression while others were saying various things.

“What do you think, Director?”

When CEO Kang I-wook asked, Director Cheon Yeong-hu quietly opened his mouth.

“…We must bring him on board no matter what.”

“!!”

Usually Director Cheon Yeong-hu doesn’t speak this decisively.

Even when asked which actor would be good to cast, he would only give lukewarm answers like ‘Anyone who can act is fine.’

For Director Cheon Yeong-hu to say he wanted to take him no matter what.

‘I have no choice then.’

Actually, he had already made up his mind, but if everyone was coming out like this.

‘I’ll have to push myself and make a big offer.’

Now that it was clear he was talent they absolutely didn’t want to lose, he planned to make a substantial offer.

***

The next day.

Kim Ji-hu met with Kim Ji-hye.

Although Kim Ji-hye had left her previous management, there was no need to cancel the content schedule she had already arranged.

After all, she had already rested plenty during this time, so if she rested again just because she left management, wouldn’t she truly become the embodiment of an idle youth?

‘Though my body is wearing out…’

At least it was fortunate that the filming location was Kim Ji-hu’s house.

Ding dong.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

Kim Ji-hu went to the entrance and opened the door, and there stood Kim Ji-hye.

“This is your house, oppa?”

Kim Ji-hye looked at him with a somewhat strange expression.

“That’s right, but why?”

“Didn’t you make some money, oppa? Why are you living in a studio apartment like this?”

“It’s good to save money.”

“Spend a little. And if we film content in a studio apartment… won’t the picture look weird?”

“…”

He hadn’t thought that far.

Usually when actors or singers film content at their homes, don’t they film in some kind of splendid house?

Actor Kim Jeong-won’s house that he went to film ‘Actor’s Table’ last time was also a quite decent country house.

“Come in first. Don’t just stand out there.”

“…Okay.”

Kim Ji-hye entered Kim Ji-hu’s room and looked around.

“You seem to live more neatly than I thought. Do you… have a girlfriend or something?”

“As if I would. What do you want to drink? Juice or coffee.”

“I’ll have coffee. Iced americano.”

“I don’t have ice. Have something hot.”

“What kind of house doesn’t even have ice?”

Kim Ji-hye pouted her lips.

Kim Ji-hu lightly ignored her and made drip coffee, then handed her the coffee and said.

“So what content are we doing?”

“Huh? Wasn’t it something you thought of, oppa?”

“…What are you talking about now?”

“No, you said you’d think about it together.”

“I said I’d think about it together, but I never said I’d think about it alone, did I?”

“Then… what do we do?”

“Don’t you have anything else in mind besides what we talked about last time?”

“…”

Kim Ji-hu felt a throbbing headache. He had been too busy to pay attention.

Enough to forget that Kim Ji-hye was a child who lived without any plan.

“It’s your work, so you should think about it!!!”

Kim Ji-hu put Kim Ji-hye in a headlock.

“Kyaaaah! Oppa!!!! I surrender!!!!”

Behavior you could never see from the usual Kim Ji-hu.

The power of blood relations was so strong that even the kind Kim Ji-hu crossed his limits recklessly.

Kim Ji-hye collapsed on the floor and gave a thumbs up.

“Oppa… you’ve gotten stronger than before… My head is still throbbing.”

“Use that head to quickly think of content. I only have time today.”

Kim Ji-hye raised her body somewhat and grinned.

“…Can’t you just act while I sing?”

“Would that work? Then you want me to act while you’re singing?”

“Yeah! You know, like how theater troupes dance, you can act like that!”

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

“No.”

“You say no to everything…”

“Then come up with something decent.”

“You said you’d think about it together, oppa. You suggest something too.”

At Kim Ji-hye’s urging, Kim Ji-hu said briefly.

“Then let’s sing together.”

“You’ll sing too, oppa?”

“You can just be the main and I’ll just add a little bit, right?”

If asked whether he was confident about singing, that wasn’t the case. But Kim Ji-hu had something else he trusted.

That was synchronizing with a singer character.

‘Cooking or exercise are things I don’t know how to do at all, so they come out weird, but singing might work to some degree, right?’

Even if singing like a professional singer was impossible, he thought it might be possible to sing decently among ordinary people.

“Okay, that’s good. Then…”

Kim Ji-hye rummaged through her bag. She had brought a rather unusual bag, so he wondered what was inside.

“Ta-da!”

What came out of it was a ukulele. Even if she was reckless, it seemed she had at least some thought.

“So what song should we do?”

“Anything. Something with few male parts.”

“Hmm… something with few male parts… Wait a minute.”

Kim Ji-hye looked at her phone and browsed through music.

Then she selected a few songs and showed them.

“Let’s do this one.”

“Okay, let me just match the key.”

Kim Ji-hu nodded with a fairly satisfied expression.

‘Hehe. This will end quickly.’

He had thought about filming a talk show-like chatting video if nothing else worked, but it seemed like they could finish with just singing briefly.

After preparing quickly like that, they started recording.

5 hours later.

“Th-this should be enough, right…?”

“Hmm.”

Kim Ji-hu looked at Kim Ji-hye with nearly dying eyes.

‘Making me sing continuously for 5 hours…’

Kim Ji-hu sang using even his synchronization ability. However, Kim Ji-hye only shouted ‘Again.’, ‘Again.’, ‘Again!!!’

The recording continued until the pitch, rhythm, and vocalization were all perfect.

A completely different perfectionist side from Kim Ji-hye who usually went around carefreely.

‘If only she prepared content like this…’

When Kim Ji-hu was sprawled on the floor like laundry, Kim Ji-hye smiled brightly and said.

“I think this is good enough!”

“Yeah… that’s a relief…”

He was just grateful that he could finally rest.

“Then I’ll go home and work on the sound and upload it to YouTube. I’m leaving!”

“Get home safely…”

Kim Ji-hu was making this resolution as he saw Kim Ji-hye off.

‘Let’s see if we ever do content together again.’

***

The next day.

He had no work, only a workout schedule in the afternoon, so he was sleeping peacefully.

That’s when Kim Ji-hu’s phone rang.

Bzzzz bzzzz

“…What is it.”

It was a call from Choi Tae-geon.

Kim Ji-hu answered the phone with a drowsy face.

“Hel…lo…”

“Ji-hu… I think you need to check Ji-hye’s YouTube right now.”

“…What?”

Kim Ji-hu turned on YouTube with half-open eyes and searched for Kim Ji-hye.

The video of them singing together yesterday had been uploaded an hour ago.

‘Did she work on it all night and upload it… But why is he telling me to watch it…’

Kim Ji-hu played the video and looked at the comments.

Then his eyes snapped wide open.

-What? Isn’t that a studio apartment? Why are the two of them doing that?

-Their clothes are completely casual?

-Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating? Are they dating?

“Ah…”

Kim Ji-hu could see how Kim Ji-hye had uploaded the video.

She must have uploaded the video of them singing together without any explanation.

‘A video of a man and woman singing together in a studio apartment wearing completely casual sweatpants…’

What would people who didn’t know they were siblings think?

‘Kim Ji-hye!!!!!!!!’

Of course, Kim Ji-hye was sleeping soundly in such a situation, oblivious to the world.

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