Bedroom Genius Actor - Chapter 71

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Episode 71

“Ji-hu and Jin-woo… what’s with that emotional chemistry?”

“I got goosebumps for real… I forgot what expression to make for a moment.”

“Wow… I can feel the wall between us. Really…”

The film set had been swept away by the atmosphere created by Kim Ji-hu and Oh Jin-woo.

Their emotional chemistry was deep and intense enough to shake the entire film set.

“The lingering feeling still hasn’t faded.”

“I want to see the finished version of this quickly.”

“Really…”

While the staff were having such conversations, Oh Jin-woo and Kim Ji-hu were smiling.

“Kim Ji-hu, was it good?”

“Th-thank you. Jin-woo, you were good too…!”

Then Director Cheon Yeong-hu walked toward the two of them.

“Ji-hu, Jin-woo.”

Director Cheon Yeong-hu was wearing a childlike smile. It was completely different from his usual face, the opposite of his always gloomy expression even when giving praise.

“That emotional chemistry, it’s really an emotional line I never thought of myself. This is really unbelievable, the fact that actors who aren’t even writers developed the emotional line to this extent…”

Director Cheon Yeong-hu suddenly burst out with incomprehensible words. This was the first time throughout the entire filming that he had talked this much.

Of course, it was the same for people who had known him for a long time.

“Really, really this is…”

“Thank you, Director. Haha.”

“…Ah.”

Still, Oh Jin-woo managed to cut him off, and Director Cheon Yeong-hu seemed to come to his senses somewhat.

Kim Ji-hu watched this scene and laughed awkwardly.

‘Haha… somehow it doesn’t feel like someone else’s business…’

He felt like he was watching himself when he sometimes went on rampages while talking about works.

Thinking that he shouldn’t do that from now on was a bonus.

Director Cheon Yeong-hu cleared his throat and looked at the two of them.

“Still, you both really worked hard until today. I’ll do my best as much as you two put in effort.”

Director Cheon Yeong-hu spoke sincerely and bowed his head.

His polite appearance was so different from the negative Director Cheon Yeong-hu with no energy and dark circles every day that he was unrecognizable.

In any case, this concluded the filming of ‘Office Apocalypse’.

Of course, there would be minor filming left, but practically the main schedule was over.

Now they just had to wait for editing and the day the work would be uploaded to Netflix.

‘We really went through a lot…’

Clap clap clap.

Then someone walked to the center while clapping. It was Kang I-wook, the president of Vivid Studio.

“Everyone really worked hard on this filming. There’s still work left afterward, but since the main schedule is over, we should celebrate together.”

Kim Ji-hu immediately understood what those words meant.

‘A company dinner…’

Having experienced being tormented by company dinner ghosts at ‘My Little House’, Kim Ji-hu could sense it right away.

Director Cheon Yeong-hu looked at Kim Ji-hu with sparkling eyes.

“Ji-hu, are you coming to the company dinner today?”

Director Cheon Yeong-hu looked at Kim Ji-hu as if he had many things he wanted to say.

Under that strange pressure, Kim Ji-hu instinctively blurted out an answer.

“I-it’s possible…”

“Good…! I have many things I want to ask Ji-hu…!”

“Yes…!”

And so Kim Ji-hu was dragged away by Director Cheon Yeong-hu.

Oh Jin-woo was smiling as he watched this scene.

***

“Now Ji-hu’s schedule is almost finished.”

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

“Now he only needs to do one or two filmings a week.”

“Seeing how President Kang I-wook and Director Cheon Yeong-hu were praising him, this work seems like it’ll be a hit too?”

“There’s no need to doubt that.”

Choi Tae-geon and Baek Do-kyung smiled together.

“Then we should start preparing now too.”

“Yes, yes, Tae-geon will be better at that side, so please take care of it.”

“Haha, thank you.”

There were several things to prepare before ‘Office Apocalypse’ officially aired.

The first was SNS.

Kim Ji-hu was currently not using SNS.

For cases like Kim Ji-hu, the judgment was that not starting SNS quickly could leave a better impact.

This method was possible because the gap between works was short.

If he made an impact through works without external activities, it would remain more intensely in people’s memories, so they chose this method.

But eventually, it couldn’t be avoided. So they set the timing for creating SNS accounts to when the ‘Office Apocalypse’ PV came out.

Anyway, if ‘Office Apocalypse’ succeeded, countless people would recognize the actor Kim Ji-hu.

Kim Ji-hu’s fan base would rush in at once, so that was the timing.

And the second thing.

Opening a YouTube channel.

Actually, since he would continue acting activities, there wouldn’t be much to upload to YouTube, but it was still better than nothing.

The idea was to catch even the light fans who would wander around here and there.

They wanted to prepare in advance for when the water would rush in all at once.

“Then when should we start?”

At Choi Tae-geon’s question, Baek Do-kyung pondered.

“Hmm, SNS can go as planned, but YouTube is the problem.”

“We need to have something to upload too.”

“Then we can film and upload YouTube around the same time.”

“Understood. I’ll discuss the content with Ji-hu.”

“Then please take care of it.”

Choi Tae-geon greeted and left the executive office, and Baek Do-kyung, left alone, fell into thought.

‘I also need to look into President Park that Ji-hu mentioned.’

But he couldn’t just casually poke around about it.

Since Kim Ji-hu asked him to look into it as quietly as possible, he had to find that method.

‘Then should I start by digging into Recal?’

Now that Kim Ji-hye had joined Hanbit Entertainment, looking into Recal Entertainment wasn’t strange.

There was justification as management to protect Kim Ji-hye.

‘The direction seems to be set for now.’

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“Ngh…”

Kim Ji-hu was spending leisurely time after a long while.

Time to truly relax after the main filming schedule ended.

He got permission from Choi Tae-geon and took a break from exercise too.

They say it’s good to exercise consistently, but even so, there’s no need to do it fanatically.

Just to the necessary extent. When entering works, he had to exercise like someone whose job was almost exercise, so exercising moderately during off time was actually better for health.

In any case, Kim Ji-hu was currently experiencing something strange.

‘My body… feels restless.’

It wasn’t that his body was literally itchy.

Even when just staying in the corner of the room, he was the type to wash daily.

It’s just that after repeating the routine of going outside every day, exercising, and filming for several months, staying still felt somehow strange.

It wasn’t that he wanted to work, but staying idle left him feeling restless.

It was a very, very ambiguous feeling.

‘Usually when I had spare time like this, I could just watch shows I hadn’t seen…’

He didn’t particularly want to do that.

Kim Ji-hu was truly confused by this feeling he’d never experienced in his life.

‘Then what should I do…’

After pondering for a moment, Kim Ji-hu soon reached a conclusion.

One thing.

There was something he’d been curious about but hadn’t properly checked on.

‘Should I go see Kim Ji-hye?’

She had joined Hanbit Entertainment, but there had been almost no news since then.

According to what he heard from Choi Tae-geon, she rarely appeared at the company these days.

That meant she was working hard on something.

‘Plus, there’s something I need to do with Ji-hye.’

Kim Ji-hu sent a message to Baek Do-kyung.

-Do you happen to know what Kim Ji-hye is doing right now?

-She probably went to the recording studio. Is there something wrong?

-No, I don’t have much to do so I was thinking of stopping by to see her.

-Should I send you the address?

-Would it be okay for me to go?

-Of course, I’ll send you the address then.

Kim Ji-hu received the address from Baek Do-kyung and immediately started preparing.

Even while doing so, a thought occurred to him.

‘When did I become such an outgoing person…’

Of course, it wasn’t a bad feeling. It felt like he’d become a proper member of society rather than a shut-in.

‘Then I can go out today and binge-watch all the dramas I’ve missed, right?’

Of course, Kim Ji-hu was only making plans to stay in his room continuously after this.

***

“Is this the place…?”

A somewhat shabby building. It was a quiet place with nothing particularly notable around it.

Since it was called a recording studio, maybe they put it in a place like this to avoid disturbing the surroundings, or maybe they just chose this location because rent was cheap.

He wasn’t sure exactly, but from Kim Ji-hu’s perspective, it was a fairly satisfactory neighborhood.

“Oh, Ji-hu!”

Just then, there was a woman waving her hand from far away.

‘Someone I’ve never seen before?’

The woman ran straight toward Kim Ji-hu and greeted him.

“Hello! I’m Seo Min-ju, Ji-hye’s temporary manager!”

“Oh, hello. I’m Kim Ji-hu, Ji-hye’s older brother.”

When Kim Ji-hu greeted her like that, Seo Min-ju smiled.

“I guess even famous actors introduce themselves like that when they come to see their younger sister. Ahaha.”

“Uh, well… I’m not that famous though.”

“Come on, someone like Ji-hu is incredibly famous. The people in the recording studio will all recognize you too, right?”

Well, since he’d said he was coming, that would be natural, but he just let it slide.

“So is it okay for me to go in?”

“Yes, I’ve told the people inside, and the CEO said it was fine too, so it’s okay!”

“Yes… Then excuse me.”

Kim Ji-hu entered the recording studio following Seo Min-ju’s guidance.

“Um… Ji-hye’s brother is here.”

The recording studio door opened.

Then two men were standing there.

Holding party hats and confetti poppers.

Pop.

“Kim Ji-hu, welcome to the recording studio!!!!”

“Wow!!!!”

“…?”

Paper flew over his head.

Then a bearded man wearing a hoodie spoke.

“If you’d told us you were coming earlier, we would have bought a cake too… It’s such a shame!!!”

“Oh, no. It’s not anyone’s birthday, so why a cake…”

Then the chubby man wearing sunglasses next to him spoke.

“No, today is a day worth celebrating even more. Birthdays happen once a year every year, but the day Ji-hu comes to the recording studio doesn’t.”

“Huh…?”

Kim Ji-hu looked at Seo Min-ju in bewilderment.

“These two are fans of Kim Ji-hu and said they wanted to throw a surprise party…”

“…”

While Kim Ji-hu was experiencing cognitive dissonance, Kim Ji-hye came out from inside the recording studio.

“Hey! Uncles! I told you not to do this! My brother doesn’t like this kind of thing.”

“But… as fans, we wanted to do something for him…”

“Right…”

From the very first meeting, they were truly unique people.

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