Bedroom Genius Actor - Chapter 90

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Episode 90

 

The long-awaited ‘Office Apocalypse release day’.

 

-shivering/trembling

 

-Please don’t let it be an anticlimax.

 

-It obviously looks like a masterpiece, so we don’t need to worry about expectations, right?

 

-When Kim Ji-hoo appears, I just trust and watch lol

 

From one hour before the release, the communities were burning with excitement.

 

-I hope Oh Jin-woo gets a hit this time

 

-Oh Jin-woo always lacks an eye for good projects. He really has talent though

 

-I just find it funny whenever Oh Jin-woo appears in the show ㅋㅋ

 

The communities had discussions about the work itself, but most were about Kim Ji-hu and Oh Jin-woo.

 

Oh Jin-woo was already a famous actor, and Kim Ji-hu was also one of the rising actors, so it was natural they’d be mentioned.

 

And what people were most looking forward to was the chemistry between Oh Jin-woo and Kim Ji-hu.

 

-Oh Jin-woo’s acting goes back and forth between light and serious, right?

 

-Isn’t Kim Ji-hu a similar style? I think they’ll match perfectly

 

-For real, Kim Ji-hu was completely different in his first and second works too. Plus he himself has completely different styles.

 

-This is gonna be so fucking fun lol

 

With everyone chattering noisily in the communities like that, an hour passed in an instant.

 

-Let’s gooooooo

 

-Going to watch it right away and spoil it

 

-Kyaaaaaa let’s gooooo

 

And so ‘Office Apocalypse’ was released.

 

***

 

“Ugh…”

 

Kim Ji-hu was at home with his hands clasped together.

 

Would he really be able to stay at number 1 for 2 weeks?

 

For now, this ‘Office Apocalypse’ starts with a total of 7 episodes, with 2 episodes released each week along with the premiere, and only the final episode released separately.

 

The peak would probably be around the ending, so he thought it would be best to take first place during the last 2 weeks.

 

‘Still, it would be good to do it early…’

 

If he took first place early, wouldn’t that put his mind at ease?

 

‘Of course, that’s almost impossible…’

 

Taking first place from the first week was difficult unless it was an extraordinary mega-hit.

 

It was almost only possible when season 2 or 3 of a mega-hit came out.

 

‘Then safely in the 2nd or 3rd week…’

 

While he was worrying like that.

 

Kim Ji-hu noticed that the house was somehow quiet.

 

‘Wasn’t Kim Ji-hye at home?’

 

Kim Ji-hu had just woken up and hadn’t left his room yet. Since he hadn’t heard any sounds of going out, Kim Ji-hye should be at home too.

 

But it was too quiet for that.

 

Kim Ji-hu got up from his seat and headed toward Kim Ji-hye’s room.

 

Knock knock.

 

“Kim Ji-hye, are you there?”

 

“…I’m here.”

 

A voice that seemed somehow subdued.

 

Kim Ji-hu furrowed his brow.

 

“Is something wrong? Can I come in?”

 

“Yeah, come in.”

 

Since Kim Ji-hye’s energy was different from usual, he wondered if something had happened.

 

‘What if that Park, the President suddenly approached Ji-hye…!’

 

But before he could start imagining things, he saw what Kim Ji-hye was doing.

 

A room with the lights off.

 

Kim Ji-hye was sitting in the computer desk chair with her legs drawn up, staring only at the monitor.

 

The monitor showed an album ranking site.

 

“…What are you doing?”

 

“Watching the album rankings.”

 

“Album?”

 

“My album came out today.”

 

Kim Ji-hu’s eyes widened.

 

“What? Why didn’t you tell me?”

 

“You’ve been busy lately, oppa. Always leaving at dawn and coming home at night. Since your work was also being released today, I tried not to say anything.”

 

“Hey, you still should have told me. Then I could have promoted it…”

 

“No, don’t promote it.”

 

“Huh?”

 

Kim Ji-hye stared directly at Kim Ji-hu.

 

“Promote it for me after I reach at least some decent ranking.”

 

“…Why? Even so, if I promote it, it would help somewhat.”

 

“That kind of thing is meaningless. I want to achieve it with my own skills.”

 

If Kim Ji-hye felt that way, there didn’t seem to be any need to insist.

 

“Then what rank do you want to reach before I promote it?”

 

“…10th place. I want to try reaching 10th place with my own strength.”

 

“Got it.”

 

Kim Ji-hu returned to his spot like that.

 

And just like Kim Ji-hye, he was staring only at the rankings.

 

“…What are you two doing?”

 

Of course, Grandmother was just bewildered seeing both of them staring at monitors in similar poses.

 

***

 

-Anyone watch Office Apocalypse?

 

Why is Kim Ji-hu so good at action?

 

And Oh Jin-woo and Kim Ji-hoo’s chemistry is really good. The comedy scenes were totally my taste lol

 

The casting seems really perfect. The content is fun but I need to see it through to the end.

 

If Seo I-jun betrays Jin Do-won I’ll curse the writer forever

 

ㄴ hahahahaha so I’m not the only one who feels like Seo Ijun is going to betray them

 

If either Ijun or Dowon dies, I’m sending a truck

 

-This really seems like it’s going to be a mega-hit

 

How long has it been since we had a masterpiece like this? It’s really so fun.

 

Haven’t there been quite a few works of this caliber?

 

I think there have been works of this caliber before, but this kind of content that’s both serious and funny seems to be one of a kind

 

For real, the content is totally my taste too

 

Please do well so we can get a season 2

 

No no, season 1 isn’t even over yet and there are already people waiting for season 2 lol

 

-Kim Ji-hu is a god

 

And Kim Ji-hu together with Oh Jin-woo is unbeatable.

 

Yeah, I agree lol

 

I think they really have great chemistry with Oh Jinwoo

 

Neither of them got overshadowed, and it was good that they both acted well enough to stand out

 

-But Kim Ji-hu obviously seems like an introvert, so why is he so good at action?

 

Did he use a stunt double?

 

ㄴ ㅁㄹ

 

ㄴ Introverts exercise too…

 

ㄴ Here go the extroverts badmouthing introverts again

 

ㄴ Introverts go outside too… and exercise…

 

The community’s reaction blazed even hotter after the release.

 

Everything from the content to the CG and acting received rave reviews.

 

Of course, everyone had expected this much. It had already received praise from the preview screening.

 

However, what came after this was a bit worrying.

 

The later content had only shown some edited portions at the preview screening, never the whole thing.

 

But even setting that aside, the performance was rising quite smoothly.

 

“It made it into the top 10…!”

 

Kim Ji-hu exclaimed quietly.

 

It had settled into the top 10 just 2 hours after release.

 

It was an incredibly good tempo.

 

If this growth continued, it could even hit number 1 by today.

 

‘I wonder how Kim Ji-hye is doing.’

 

After staring at one screen for 2 hours in the same position, his body felt stiff and his eyes seemed to hurt.

 

So he got up from his seat, stretched his body, and went over to Kim Ji-hye’s side.

 

“Go up. Go up. Please go up.”

 

“…”

 

“Go up, go up!!!”

 

Kim Ji-hye was practically holding a ritual ceremony.

 

It seemed best to pretend he hadn’t seen this.

 

‘Still, it looks like the ranking is going up somewhat.’

 

When he checked the album rankings, he could see Kim Ji-hye’s album was at 86th place.

 

For an album that had only been up for 2 hours, 86th place was quite a good result, wasn’t it?

 

‘Especially since she’s not getting any push anywhere.’

 

Netflix would advertise everywhere saying ‘a new work is out!’, but albums didn’t get that treatment.

 

‘Just waiting around like this is kind of boring.’

 

But doing other things would mean the rankings would keep bothering him.

 

‘Maybe I’ll just take a nap for the first time in a while.’

 

Just as he was thinking that.

 

Bzzzz-

 

Kim Ji-hu’s phone rang.

 

-Seo Min-sik PD

 

It was a call from Seo Min-sik PD after a long time.

 

Kim Ji-hu smiled and answered the phone.

 

“It’s been a while, PD.”

 

-Yeah, it has been a while. First time since the preview screening ended?

 

“Yes, yes, have you been well?”

 

-So-so. More importantly, I watched the whole work. It was so entertaining I lost track of time.

 

Seo Min-sik PD had apparently watched ‘Office Apocalypse’ too.

 

“I’m glad you enjoyed it.”

 

-Who wouldn’t enjoy this? You’re really going to hit it big this time. So treat me to a meal.

 

“Got it. I’ll treat you to something really big!”

 

After all, he was the one who gave him his debut and introduced him to Hanbit Entertainment, so there was no reason not to treat him.

 

-Heh, ahem…, actually, there’s something else.

 

“Yes?”

 

Seo Min-sik PD hesitated a bit before speaking.

 

-My work is also being released today.

 

“Really? When?”

 

-8 PM tonight. You can watch it if you want, but I recommend not watching it.

 

“…What?”

 

-I’m not confident about it. And our team is already bracing ourselves.

 

The story he’d been telling all along. Kim Ji-hu clenched his fist and said.

 

“I’ll definitely watch it. Your works are always entertaining, PD.”

 

-Thanks for saying that. Just know that for now. Let’s meet up once everything’s finished.

 

“Understood, PD. Take care.”

 

Kim Ji-hu thought as he said that.

 

‘Something to do came up. It’s 7 o’clock now… I can watch it in a bit.’

 

Though Seo Min-sik PD had been speaking self-deprecatingly, he still had years of experience, so it would probably be a good work.

 

***

 

“…”

 

Kim Ji-hu was shocked.

 

-What is this?

 

-A flower. One that resembles you.

 

-Wow. I’m really moved.

 

Acting that was like reading from a textbook.

 

Robotic movements. These were truly the worst scenes.

 

‘I don’t think it was this bad even when we were filming Trauma.’

 

No, Go Jun-tae and Song Jae-hyeok from Trauma were like angels in comparison.

 

At least back then, people had the will to try, they made an effort, and ultimately produced good results.

 

‘Though that was because I taught them.’

 

But why were these people acting like this?

 

Except for a few older actors, everyone from leads to supporting roles was awkward.

 

And needless to say, their acting was amazingly terrible.

 

Kim Ji-hu tended to view most works positively. Even he was giving this work a harsh review.

 

‘The content seems decent… but I can’t get immersed because of the acting…’

 

It was truly regrettable.

 

‘But why did it turn out like this? No matter how much sponsors push, having only people who can’t act this badly…’

 

Then a thought suddenly occurred to him.

 

‘Could it be because of me?’

 

Last time, he had succeeded with actors pushed by sponsors, so this time they seemed to have gotten greedy and sent even more actors to make them successful.

 

The problem was that last time, good results came out because he had intervened.

 

‘But saying it’s my fault is a bit… even I think that’s delusions of grandeur… Honestly, all I did was work hard.’

 

In any case, this work was definitely going to fail.

 

There was no need to watch more of this.

 

Kim Ji-hu searched for this work on the community just in case.

 

-Damn, the difference is so obvious lol

 

Office Apocalypse and You Are My Love came out on the same day but they’re so different lol

 

Wait, the worst work of all time and the best work of all time were released on the same day???

 

ㄴ This is a disaster that will go down in history lol

 

I kept laughing while watching that lol it really succeeded as a comedy

 

There didn’t seem to be any need to watch it.

 

It was just regrettable.

 

‘I wonder if Director Seo Min-sik is okay…’

 

***

 

“Min-sik.”

 

“Yes.”

 

“What do you think?”

 

“I think what was coming has come.”

 

“What do you mean what was coming has come!!! Does this make any sense?? Are you determined to ruin our Drama Department??”

 

The SBC Drama Department Director’s Office was turned upside down.

 

Still, since Seo Min-sik PD, whom he had trusted, had completely screwed up, Director Kim Deok-chil couldn’t hold back either.

 

Of course, Seo Min-sik PD was defiant.

 

“I told you several times. I said this would fail if we continued like this.”

 

“Then what do we do? Spit back the money we already received and say we can’t use your actors?”

 

“That’s what we should do. Then we won’t do it? I don’t understand dragging it along when you know the work will fail. Don’t you feel sorry for the writer who wrote this?”

 

“What? Hey Min-sik. Are you done talking?”

 

“I’m done! Hyung! Please come to your senses!”

 

“What??????”

 

PD Seo Min-sik clicked his tongue and went outside, while Director Kim Deok-chil shouted.

 

“Hey! Seo Min-sik! Come back in! If you just leave like that, you’re really finished, you bastard!”

 

“Director! Please restrain yourself!”

 

As Director Kim Deok-chil flew into a rage, the staff nearby threw themselves forward to stop him.

 

PD Seo Min-sik, having said everything he wanted to say, felt relieved inside, but his anger didn’t easily subside.

 

‘It’s not like I only said it once or twice, I kept saying it would fail, but it still came to this… Hah… my stomach feels bitter.’

 

Being generous a hundred times over, he could forgive Director Kim Deok-chil, those guys who couldn’t act, and the sponsors who pushed them in, but his heart ached at the very fact that this work had failed.

 

A work is like a child.

 

You always hope that many people will watch it, laugh, cry, and enjoy it.

 

But since it had completely failed, he was grateful for anyone who would even watch it.

 

‘What should I do now…’

 

Kim Ji-hu had said he would work on the next project together, but what kind of project could there be in this situation.

 

It would be fortunate if he didn’t get fired.

 

‘I don’t even feel like drinking today.’

 

Bitterness lingered in his mouth.

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