I Acted Once, and Now They Call Me a Genius - Chapter 69
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Episode 69
“….”
“….”
“…Good, right?”
“Honestly?”
“Honestly.”
“…It is pretty good.”
“Hehehehehehehehe.”
Da-sol smiled with satisfaction at Da-yeon’s acknowledgment.
If Da-yeon, whose standards had been raised so high because of Do-young, was saying this much, then there was no need to even mention other viewers.
Da-yeon shrugged her shoulders.
“Honestly, I didn’t think Na Min-hee had any higher peaks to break through from here… but with this drama, she seems like she’ll become a complete legend? Honestly, if it continues developing like this, the drama will be called a masterpiece.”
“Hehehehehehehehehe.”
“And Seon-woo’s acting is improving day by day too. Back when you used to overreact, I felt like ‘Hmm, is that all?’ but… now you really have reason to overreact.”
“Hihihihihihihihihihihihi.”
“….”
“…Nothing more?”
“Even if there was more, you make it disappear.”
Da-yeon shook her head back and forth.
“By the way, that Lee Yeon-woo person was amazing too. She looks so delicate and pretty that I thought psychopath roles wouldn’t suit her well….”
“True, I didn’t expect that person to come in first place either. But it made sense. It was like they brought in a real psychopath.”
“How are the SNS reactions?”
“Wait a moment.”
Da-sol turned on her phone.
GoguTasteStar: From today, I’m a Lee Yeon-woo fan
DeliManju: Wait, Lee Yeon-woo in 1st place for real? She really climbed up bit by bit and overtook everyone, crazy
└GoguTasteStar: Her acting was really insane…
DryIce: For real, I want to see her do proper psycho acting in an R-rated movie later, it’s already scary
└GoguTasteStar: There aren’t really any memorable female serial killer characters in our country, right? Maybe she could stand as the unrivaled top in that field
└DryIce: lolololol But I’m not sure if that’s a good thing. An actress being perfect for psycho roles…
“Well, it’s roughly this kind of feeling.”
“…But thinking about it, that’s true. This probably isn’t great for a female actor’s image.”
“That might be the case if she only takes on romantic comedy roles. But there’s no need to limit herself to that, right?”
“That’s true, but… it would be a bit much if her spectrum gets narrowed down already.”
“Does a newcomer need to think about that kind of thing? She should just be grateful for any role that’s given to her.”
“Hmm… Now that I hear it, Sister’s words seem right too.”
“Lee Yeon-woo herself is probably grinning from ear to ear with joy right now, right? Either way, her recognition suddenly shot up.”
Da-yeon nodded, saying things that would make one’s stomach turn if the person in question heard them.
Da-sol frowned and muttered.
“But everyone seems to be quite shocked….”
“Why? Because the drama was made well?”
“That’s part of it, but look at this. It’s quite complex.”
PuJiJikHeuk: No, when they said PD Park Myeong-jin was appearing, I was a bit surprised but since he’s YBS family, I thought whatever, but what’s with Writer Ryu? Isn’t he not the level to provide scripts for this kind of experimental variety show?
└Positive Comment Fairy: Well, if we’re talking about skill level, PD Park is the same ㅋ He’s not at the level to be filming dramas with kids like these
└Brainz: lmaooo the level of these guys suddenly getting all confrontational when he said he did it because he wanted to
└OnlyGreetLosers: GoodCommentFairy hello!
└GoodCommentFairy: ? What are you
NotACritic: This is my first time with Writer Ryu’s work, but he’s definitely not normal… It feels like he’s relentlessly pushing forward without letting you breathe, like my brain will melt from dopamine
└Anonymous7: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ He’s literally the first author that comes to mind when you think of crazy/eccentric writers in our country
└Gahyun: Try watching his other works, your eyes will sting afterward
└Gahyun: Honestly, a studio apartment is pretty mild for Ryu ㅇㅇ
Anonymous15: Wow but Kim Seon-woo really seems like a crazy bastard
└Eye_Eye: He is a crazy bastard
└Anonymous17: ?? No, you idiots, you need to mention that you’re talking about acting or else it just sounds like you’re cursing ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└Anonymous15: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ No but seriously, it’s so frustrating I could curse. Does it make sense for someone who’s been learning acting for less than a year to act like that?
└Kim Quokka: Passing by acting academy instructor. It doesn’t make sense. End.
└Anonymous15: What, then did he lie about his experience?
└Freshwater Snail: Why are you bringing up such old bait? Kim Seon-woo having no acting experience was testified by all his classmates long ago. He was busy getting top grades at Seoul National University. Please delete your post~
└Anonymous15: Seoul National University top student? Are you fucking kidding me, is this guy actually insane
└Eye_Eye: He is a crazy bastard
eyesonyou: I don’t know about anything else but Min-hee Sister is just a goddess, her beauty is unreal
└FaceFocused: Min-hee and Yeon-woo both seem to have explosive beauty… Until now during missions, both only wore basic makeup so I didn’t realize it, but this time they got proper makeup so the atmosphere is different
└eyesonyou: hahahaha there’s a reason they say he’s an actor
└LurkingFan: Since we’re talking about it, let’s have a beauty vote for I Am an Actor
【I Am an Actor Beauty Contest】
1. Na Min-hee 53%
2. Lee Yeon-woo 31%
3. Song Jae-won 10%
4. Yoo Ji-eun 6%
votes 0
eyesonyou: hahaha what’s up with Song Jaewon
└FaceFocused: Jae-won is quite pretty though…
└Anonymous9: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ A 190cm tall absolute beauty
└eyesonyou: Song Jae-won is 190cm? That’s crazy…
meteor: Hye-seong oppa is also quite pretty when it comes to being pretty…
The overall atmosphere was much more lively than usual.
It seemed that the decent quality of [One Room] had excited them too. And it felt like the number of people talking about 【I Am an Actor】 itself had increased significantly.
Should I say the buzz had gotten much bigger.
Da-sol muttered while leaving comments here and there.
“If only Seon-woo had gotten first place at that moment, it would have been truly amazing…”
“Well, he just needs to do well going forward. But the character itself is so bland… honestly, there wasn’t much room to score points. From what I can see, even doing that much was really impressive, right?”
Da-yeon shrugged her shoulders.
In the first place, it was more amazing that Seon-woo had managed to draw this many votes with such a boring character that had no particular emotional expression.
Well, of course, if he continues to stay in that state, there wouldn’t be much room for him to properly shine…
“The writer wouldn’t just leave him like that, right?”
“…Right? They’ll make him more charming somehow, right?”
“They… will, right?”
Da-yeon slightly avoided eye contact.
Da-sol’s eyes blazed with intensity.
“Say it with confidence!”
“Th-they will!”
…Probably?
* * *
“Have fun and enjoy yourself. I don’t really understand about winning and such things, but Mother hopes that when you look back on this time later, you won’t have any regrets.”
On the way to drop Seon-woo off at the accommodation, Jeong-hee gave him that advice.
Young-sik also added a word.
“Listen to your mother.”
“…I understand.”
Seon-woo smiled faintly and nodded his head.
When he returned to the accommodation, the participants all had somewhat soft, dreamy expressions on their faces, probably from meeting their families after such a long time.
If there was an exception, it would probably be Yeon-woo.
Though it was better compared to when she received the evaluation, she was still surrounded by a blue aura that seemed precarious somehow… it seemed her heart was still in turmoil.
‘…Did Yeon-woo also meet with her family?’
He was momentarily curious about what kind of conversation they might have had, but Seon-woo stopped thinking about it.
It was privacy. He shouldn’t meddle unnecessarily.
And just then, a new issue came up.
“Oh, Seon-woo’s here. Did you hear the news?”
“Huh? I don’t think I heard anything. What news?”
“Today… we’re going to have a character meeting with Writer Ryu!”
“…Writer Ryu?”
Seon-woo’s eyes widened at Hye-seong’s words.
They had indeed been turned upside down when Ryu appeared. Until they saw Ryu’s existence through the broadcast, who the writer of [One Room] was had been kept secret from them as well.
Hye-seong nodded his head with a grinning smile.
He looked like he was ecstatic just imagining that time.
“It seems like today they’re planning to talk with each of us one by one to make the characters more concrete. So you should think about it a bit if you have anything you want to say regarding Kim Seon-woo.”
“…I have tons of things I want to say.”
He wanted to ask right away how he ended up giving him such a character.
Whether they had truly discovered that melancholy hidden within him… that he thought was already a thing of the past, or if it was just a simple coincidence.
Considering how they had seen through Yeon-woo, it didn’t seem like a coincidence… but he was curious.
What kind of person was Seon-woo as seen by this person called Ryu?
At least the current him wasn’t someone who lived in such a gray manner.
‘…Well, I’ll find out when I meet them.’
Seon-woo felt himself getting nervous for no reason.
Seon-woo also knew about Writer Ryu to some extent. It was because Seon-jun would constantly go on about praising him.
—Writer Ryu is a genius!
Genius.
When he thought of his other works, those words didn’t feel like excessive praise.
Just with this [One Room], even while handling as many as ten people, there wasn’t a single moment when the flow felt awkward.
‘Episode 2, where everyone’s together in one place, will be the real test.’
But honestly, he wasn’t really worried.
He had other things to worry about. How could he dare to worry about a genius writer like Ryu?
He was just curious.
What kind of story had he prepared for Kim Seon-woo?
“Hyeong-bin.”
“Yes?”
“The writer is calling for you.”
“Ah, oh! Yes! I’ll go right now!”
And just then, Hyeong-bin was called out by Ryu.
People looked at Hyeong-bin with eyes half full of envy and half full of tension. Everyone was curious about what kind of conversation he would have with Ryu.
But about 20 minutes later, when Hyeong-bin returned to the break room… everyone forgot about asking how it went and had no choice but to remain silent for a moment.
‘His, his expression…’
‘What? He looks like someone who saw a ghost.’
‘Did he really meet Writer Ryu?’
Hyeong-bin literally had a dazed expression on his face.
He was pale… and seemed almost frightened. It was difficult to casually talk to him.
But there was one person in this place who didn’t care about such things.
Not Yeon-woo… but Jin-wook.
“Why do you look like that? Did something happen?”
“Ha, haha… If you go in… be careful Jin-wook…”
“Why? What should I be careful of?”
“Writer Ryu is…”
Hyeong-bin couldn’t bring himself to continue and squeezed his eyes shut.
Was it because he couldn’t describe it with any words, or was he afraid that whatever he said would turn into curses?
Hyeong-bin didn’t give them a clear answer.
“You’ll find out soon enough…”
He only left behind such an ominous remark.
Of course, people who saw Hyeong-bin like this had an “oh come on~” kind of attitude. They thought Hyeong-bin was just trying to mess with them again.
But when Yeon-woo, who was next to see Writer Ryu, came back,
‘…Something’s scary about her.’
‘She’s smiling, but why is it so frightening?’
‘What on earth did they talk about in there?’
People couldn’t help but break out in cold sweat again.
She was clearly smiling, but for some reason it was scary. So much so that it was hard to make eye contact with her.
Seon-woo was no exception to this.
‘…The color.’
The color was going absolutely wild.
The sky-blue aura was blazing fiercely, rampaging so violently it seemed like it would fill this entire space at any moment.
It seemed Yeon-woo was properly angry.
Had she heard something from Ryu?
After Yeon-woo, people’s reactions were more or less the same.
Ji-eun came back sniffling, and Justin returned with a dejected face. Only Jin-wook surprisingly came back with his usual expression… but since Jin-wook’s usual face was actually an angry face, it felt no different from the others in the end.
And then,
“Seon-woo. Please go see the writer.”
“…Yes.”
Finally, it was Seon-woo’s turn.
Seon-woo moved his feet with a nervous heart.
And then,
“Ah, Kim Seon-woo?”
“Hello, Writer!”
He finally faced the person who had made everyone tremble.
Ryu.
‘…I can see why they’d be shaken.’
How should he put it.
He knew it was rude to say this about a person, but… Ryu’s first impression was that something about him was eerie.
Whether it was because of that excessively pale skin, or because of his gaze that seemed to lick at people, he wasn’t sure.
It was like feeling some kind of physiological rejection.
Moreover,
“…”
“…Hmm.”
Despite having called him over, Ryu was only slowly observing Seon-woo.
Since it felt awkward to speak first, Seon-woo stayed quiet, and after Ryu stared at him like that for several dozen seconds, he slowly opened his mouth.
“PD Im Yeong-do mentioned it, right? That I said you had depression.”
“…Ah, yes. I heard about it.”
“What did you think when you heard that?”
It was a strange conversation.
If they were meeting for the first time, they should exchange some formal greetings like introducing themselves, saying nice to meet you, asking how the acting was going lately… but he was jumping straight to the main point.
Though it was a bit bewildering, Seon-woo didn’t show it.
When the others… even Yeon-woo had returned full of anger, he had already guessed that Ryu wasn’t an ordinary person.
“Honestly, I didn’t think I had depression back then. I just… thought life was somewhat boring, that’s all…”
Seon-woo smiled bitterly.
“Looking back now, I suppose it could have been depression.”
“Earlier on the show, you said you wanted to cheer for ‘Kim Seon-woo.'”
Ryu smiled with an unreadable expression.
“Should I understand that as wanting to cheer for your past self?”
“…Are you saying that Kim Seon-woo is me?”
“Oh, you have a habit of answering questions with questions.”
Ryu nodded as if he had learned something new.
And then he asked another question.
“How was it acting as Kim Seon-woo?”
It was still a strange conversation.
The questions and answers didn’t seem to connect properly, and the context seemed to keep breaking off… It was the kind of conversation that made you wonder if the other person was really listening to what you were saying.
But he couldn’t just not answer properly.
“It was gloomy. No charm at all. Honestly, it was shocking. To think that’s how I came across to people.”
“Mm-hmm. That’s right, that’s right. Definitely so. Kim Seon-woo is just… whenever you look at him, he’s such a boring and dull person.”
Ryu nodded his head enthusiastically in agreement.
…It was a strange feeling. Like I was somehow getting subtly insulted.
But compared to what he said next, this was nothing.
“Hmm, don’t misunderstand what I’m about to say.”
And what he said next was, naturally,
“I hope you don’t win, Seon-woo.”
Something that could only be misunderstood.
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