Bedroom Genius Actor - Chapter 8

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Episode 8

PD Seo Min-sik spoke with a satisfied expression.

“His feedback on acting is solid, and he seems to have proper discipline established.”

Jo Gi-hyeok nodded at those words.

“He completely brought that arrogant Song Jae-hyeok under control.”

“Exactly. I didn’t even expect this much. Ji-hu must have made up his mind now.”

“Made up his mind, you mean…?”

“He’s been holding back until now, but he’s decided to step forward directly.”

PD Seo Min-sik couldn’t quite understand why someone with such skills had been holding back.

But now he was starting to get it a little.

Kim Ji-hu was someone who understood the weight of responsibility well.

‘Because he knows that responsibility, he tried not to step forward as much as possible. And now he’s decided to bear that responsibility.’

PD Seo Min-sik looked at Kim Ji-hu with honey-dripping eyes.

As the guidance was coming to an end, the sharpness gradually disappeared from Kim Ji-hu’s eyes.

“Ah…”

Kim Ji-hu creakily turned his head to look at PD Seo Min-sik.

When Seo Min-sik smiled and gave him a thumbs up, Kim Ji-hu…

‘Why didn’t you stop me…?!!!!!’

He cried out inwardly with despair.

***

Kim Ji-hu did feel somewhat frustrated when the actors performed.

Because these people called actors could only act to this extent.

But he didn’t know it would lead to this kind of result.

‘Why didn’t the synchronization break…? Why…?’

Until now, the synchronization had always broken as soon as the acting ended. So he thought it would be the same this time.

But it wasn’t.

‘Why did this happen…?’

He couldn’t figure out the reason.

But rather than finding the reason, he had to resolve this situation first.

“I’m sorry, Ji-hu. You’re right. We were too lacking.”

Especially Go Jun-tae sitting next to him. He was speaking to Kim Ji-hu with eyes full of respect.

“Right… Too… amateurish.”

“I need to work harder too…”

At the same time, people nearby were expressing admiration as if enchanted by something.

Kim Ji-hu sat upright with clenched fists, bowing his head.

He was just thinking to himself.

‘Burdensome. Burdensome. Burdensome. Burdensome. Burdensome. Burdensome. Burdensome.’

Kim Ji-hu felt as if his whole body was twisting. The world felt like it was spinning.

If they had at least cursed and gotten angry at him, he could have apologized, but he never imagined they would react like this.

Of course, there was someone showing a slightly different reaction.

When Kim Ji-hu looked back, a small scream escaped.

“Eek…”

It was Song Jae-hyeok.

Song Jae-hyeok, who had received Kim Ji-hu’s one-on-one marking. He was trembling in fear just from looking at Kim Ji-hu.

‘Why is that person acting like that…?’

Anyway, it was certain that a big problem had arisen.

Kim Ji-hu had only wanted to act quietly and fulfill the conditions the system had given him.

Looking at the current situation, it was clear that plan had gone awry.

On top of that.

“Ji-hu, could you look at my acting later?”

“Me too. Please, I’m begging you…”

It seemed like an absurdly troublesome task had been added.

***

‘What the hell is that guy…?’

On the way back after the reading ended. Song Jae-hyeok was grinding his teeth as he walked back alone.

There was a reason why Song Jae-hyeok, who had been arrogant relying on his father’s backing, couldn’t say a word on set.

‘Those eyes looked like they could kill someone…’

Even now, recalling those eyes gave him chills.

Song Jae-hyeok had usually only met people who either flattered him or were afraid of him.

But Kim Ji-hu was different.

He had an atmosphere that suggested he would bury you without anyone knowing if things went wrong.

‘What kind of guy did they bring? Did they bring a real thug to play a thug role?’

Song Jae-hyeok shuddered as he recalled those eyes again.

Yet he thought.

‘I could tell father about that guy and immediately…’

But he soon stopped. It wasn’t because of fear of Kim Ji-hu or anything like that.

What his father had said when pushing him into this project.

“If you fail this time too, there will be no more opportunities.”

“…”

Song Jae-hyeok unclenched his fist.

‘I really need to succeed this time. And for that success…’

Kim Ji-hu would be an indispensable presence.

Acting skills that could overwhelm the entire meeting hall.

Even that picky PD Seo Min-sik seemed to acknowledge him.

Song Jae-hyeok still had that much sense.

‘Right… I’ll just take what I need. After that… after this project succeeds, it won’t be too late to bury him then.’

Song Jae-hyeok thought this way and promised himself for the future.

***

Even after Kim Ji-hu turned the reading upside down, the reading continued.

“So we need to find him quickly, right?”

“Ugh… What a headache…”

The actors’ skills were growing by leaps and bounds.

After Kim Ji-hu’s lion’s roar incident, everyone seemed stimulated and began immersing themselves in acting as if chased by something, and with effort accompanying this, it was natural for their skills to improve.

‘Still, I’m grateful that PD Seo Min-sik blocks the weird stuff…’

PD Seo Min-sik and Jo Gi-hyeok blocked actors who wanted Kim Ji-hu to look at their acting so it wouldn’t interfere with his practice.

‘If you could block that, you should have stopped me when I was showing off…’

Of course, it was already too late to think about that.

In a situation where everything seemed to be going smoothly, there was one thing that bothered him.

Song Jae-hyeok.

Kim Ji-hu glanced at Song Jae-hyeok.

As if he had been looking at Kim Ji-hu, Song Jae-hyeok was startled and turned his head away.

But it didn’t feel like he was avoiding eye contact out of fear like before.

‘There definitely seems to be hostility…’

Though he wasn’t openly sneering at Kim Ji-hu like when they first met, it felt like his whole body was saying Kim Ji-hu annoyed him.

‘Still, I just need the drama to go well…! I won’t have to deal with that person after that anyway.’

Though he tried to convince himself this way, Kim Ji-hu was worried that similar missions might be given in the future.

‘L-let’s solve the situation in front of me first rather than worry about that…’

He could think about that when the time came. For now, he would just do his best to protect his blog.

Then PD Seo Min-sik came forward and said.

“Good work, everyone. Now take tomorrow off and we’ll start proper filming the day after, so come prepared.”

“Yes!!”

“And Kim Ji-hu, stay behind for a moment.”

Kim Ji-hu tilted his head at PD Seo Min-sik’s words.

‘Why is he suddenly asking me to stay?’

Kim Ji-hu was a bit puzzled, but for now he did as told and went to PD Seo Min-sik after everyone else left.

“Is there something wrong…?”

“Well, there’s something I need to ask for your understanding about.”

PD Seo Min-sik said this while handing a script to Kim Ji-hu.

“This is…”

“It’s a revised script. I’ve marked only the parts that were changed, so take a look.”

Kim Ji-hu immediately skimmed through the script and spoke carefully.

“My part… has been added to?”

The screen time for ‘Park Cheol-woo’, Kim Ji-hu’s role, had increased.

‘Park Cheol-woo’, who was originally supposed to appear in the middle, would now appear from episode 1.

‘Though the content itself hasn’t changed.’

Literally, he would just show his face in episode 1. It seemed he would appear occasionally after that too. Not much, but still.

PD Seo Min-sik gave additional explanation to Kim Ji-hu who was looking at the script.

“The actors’ acting skills seem to have improved somewhat, but the impact is still lacking. So I wanted to ask you a favor.”

PD Seo Min-sik looked at Kim Ji-hu carefully.

Kim Ji-hu scratched his head.

‘I don’t really want to do this…’

Having more work was honestly burdensome.

As happened before, when using his ability, he sometimes caused accidents he couldn’t control himself.

He wanted to minimize the number of times he used his ability as much as possible.

‘But this… I should do it.’

If the PD felt a sense of crisis and even changed the script, it must be a necessary process for the ratings.

‘But…’

Kim Ji-hu looked at PD Seo Min-sik and asked.

“Do the other people know about this…? Like actor Song Jae-hyeok…?”

Song Jae-hyeok, who was already showing hostility toward him, might not tolerate something like this.

So PD Seo Min-sik shrugged his shoulders.

“Actually, actor Song Jae-hyeok was the first to suggest this part, so don’t worry.”

“Actor Song Jae-hyeok did?”

“Yes.”

PD Seo Min-sik spoke as if he already saw through Kim Ji-hu’s thoughts.

He seemed to already know that promoting Kim Ji-hu while leaving Song Jae-hyeok, the protagonist, aside could cause backlash from Song Jae-hyeok’s side.

‘In that case…’

Kim Ji-hu clenched his fist and said.

“Then I’ll do it.”

He didn’t want to be in the spotlight, and if possible right now, he wanted to run away, but he had to do it.

Because Kim Ji-hu’s life(?) depended on it.

PD Seo Min-sik smiled and said.

“Thank you, Ji-hu.”

***

And so, the filming day arrived.

Kim Ji-hu thought with a gloomy expression.

‘Why did I say I’d do this…?’

Kim Ji-hu was already regretting it after just two days. The reason was simple.

Since Kim Ji-hu’s screen time had increased, he had to appear from the very first day of filming.

For Kim Ji-hu, who was already reluctant to leave his house, this was nothing short of completely draining all his energy.

Of course, there was compensation for this.

‘I’m supposed to sign an additional contract soon due to the script changes…’

Kim Ji-hu’s contract fee had increased as his filming days and broadcast time increased.

That was nice, but having to come to work every day was even more unpleasant.

‘My life goal is to never step one foot outside my house… No, my blog is on the line right now…!’

While Kim Ji-hu was having such thoughts, filming was in full swing on set.

While he could see the actors who had done the reading together, he could also see veteran actors who appeared on TV.

Apparently they had mainly called actors with insufficient acting skills for the reading.

‘Oh? That’s actor Kang Hyun-seok and actor Kong So-jin…’

While Kim Ji-hu was inwardly admiring the actors, someone approached from the side and spoke up.

“I heard about it, but there really are a lot of famous actors here. Actor Kang Hyun-seok and actor Kong So-jin are here too.”

The person speaking next to Kim Ji-hu was Go Jun-tae.

The most uncomfortable reason for Kim Ji-hu being here was partly because of Go Jun-tae.

‘He’s so burdensome…’

Go Jun-tae had become almost like Kim Ji-hu’s follower since the last reading session.

‘But I can’t really say anything to someone like this.’

Kim Ji-hu looked at Go Jun-tae.

Go Jun-tae was smiling brightly. As they say, you can’t spit on a smiling face – even though Go Jun-tae’s bright smile was burdensome, he didn’t dislike him.

“So you’re the guy who got the role of ‘Park Cheol-woo’?”

Then someone walked up to Kim Ji-hu and spoke to him.

Go Jun-tae was surprised to see him.

“Oh, hello! Actor Kang Hyun-seok! I’m Go Jun-tae!”

“Haha… Hello.”

Kim Ji-hu also stood up awkwardly and greeted Kang Hyun-seok.

“Hello… I’m Kim Ji-hu…”

Then Go Jun-tae whispered excitedly to Kim Ji-hu.

“He’s incredibly famous as a supporting actor. You might have seen his face while watching movies. Oh, since he plays such diverse roles, it might be hard to recognize him when you see him like this…”

Kim Ji-hu smiled awkwardly at Go Jun-tae’s explanation.

‘I know all the works he’s appeared in… but why did he suddenly come to me?’

Then Kang Hyun-seok spoke up.

“PD Seo Min-sik praised you to no end. So I wanted to meet you once, and I got to meet you right away. Haha.”

Originally, Kim Ji-hu’s filming schedule wouldn’t have overlapped with actor Kang Hyun-seok’s. However, with the added screen time, he was able to see him like this.

Kim Ji-hu put his hands together apologetically and nodded.

“Everyone has been so kind to me… I’m just grateful…”

“You’re even humble. It’s nice to see as a senior actor. Hmm?”

Then a voice could be heard from far away.

“Hyun-seok! We’re starting filming soon!”

“Ah, yes! Then I’ll go film now. But…”

Kang Hyun-seok spoke to Kim Ji-hu with a somewhat different expression.

“The actual set is very different from reading, so you’d better be careful. Even if you did well, you never know on set.”

Kang Hyun-seok spoke with a serious expression.

It seemed like advice, but also like a warning.

Go Jun-tae let out an exclamation of admiration.

“Getting advice from actor Kang Hyun-seok too. That’s so like you, Ji-hu…”

“…”

Kim Ji-hu thought with a slightly subdued expression.

‘It feels a bit different from goodwill…’

At the same time, another thought occurred to him.

‘Could it be that I might not perform properly on set?’

Until now, Kim Ji-hu had acted in roughly open spaces, not on actual sets.

Kim Ji-hu suddenly felt anxious.

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