There Are Four Top Idol Uncles - Chapter 219

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Part 2, Episode 45
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Meanwhile.
“Wow. Yoo Eun-o. You’ve already finished almost the entire storyboard. Man, you drew it so well. Gives me chills.”
“The guy’s talented with a pencil. But he draws every unnecessary detail too, so the art team’s always running around after him.”
The third-year directing team of the Film Production Club was heading toward the Practice Room, following Yoo Eun-o. They couldn’t help but marvel openly at the storyboard held in his hands.
Mun Hyeok walked a step apart from the group.
Though he’d joined the Film Production Club now, that didn’t mean he belonged to the “Film Production Club kids”—not yet.
But since Yoo Eun-o’s storyboard had captured his interest like nothing before, he drifted closer to the cluster of students.
“Hey, but didn’t you say you started drawing this over winter break?”
“Yeah. I remember because I helped you with the backgrounds. Why?”
Lee Jiwon answered in place of whoever had asked.
“Nothing. Just… the female lead kind of looks like Yewon.”
“!”
At those words, every eye swung toward Chae Seojin in the storyboard. Hyuk’s included.
“Wait, for real?”
“It’s literally identical. No joke.”
“Look, look. Let me see… damn. This is just Yewon, isn’t it? Or maybe the eyelid fold, and the face shape is exactly like….”
The students glanced once at Yoo Eun-o, then once at Seojin in the drawing.
They all wore expressions of bewilderment.
And—
‘….’
The one taking it most seriously was unquestionably Mun Hyeok.
This really was Yewon.
Hyuk prided himself on knowing Yewon’s face better than anyone else in this room. That conviction only deepened.
It was Yewon.
But Yoo Eun-o let out a short sigh, his expression suggesting it was nothing serious.
“You all see Yewon the moment facial features are arranged in the right places, don’t you?”
“No! The resemblance is literally exact!”
“So?”
“!”
Yoo Eun-o, wearing glasses he rarely put on, adjusted the frame slightly as he spoke.
“So, is there some kind of problem?”
His face had grown cold. So much so that none of them dared speak carelessly.
In truth, there wasn’t a real problem. Everyone felt vaguely unsettled, but Yewon had been so overwhelming in the audition with her acting that they couldn’t even open their mouths about it.
“Ah, well… it’s not that there’s a problem… it’s just surprising….”
“Right. You can’t even say it’s a coincidence?”
“What a crazy coincidence, honestly.”
They all forced smiles and averted their gaze.
But….
Only Hyuk persistently followed Yoo Eun-o’s retreating figure with his eyes.
When they arrived at the entrance to the Practice Room.
“Huh?”
The third-year directing team stopped before they could even open the door.
What they could see through the window was utterly unfamiliar.
“What are they all doing in there?”
“They look like first-years?”
“Yeah, they’re all first-years.”
The third-years peered inside the Practice Room in puzzlement.
The reason was simple: what appeared to be first-year students had abandoned the spacious Practice Room floor and gathered all in one spot.
‘…Yewon…?’
Hyuk caught a glimpse of pale straw-colored hair among the crowd.
“They’re all crowded around Yewon or something?”
“Huh? Why? Didn’t everyone kind of keep their distance from her?”
“I don’t know.”
“Yeah, it does look like Yewon’s at the center.”
“Did something happen?”
Just then, with a click, someone pushed the front door of the Practice Room open.
“!”
“What are you all doing out there? Get inside.”
Everyone’s gaze snapped to the front door, but Yoo Eun-o regarded the third-year students calmly and asked a question.
……
Yet Hyuk had clearly seen it just moments before.
The instant a hand reached toward straw-colored hair, Yoo Eun-o had flung the door open without hesitation.
“Please, everyone, take your seats. We have a lot to coordinate today.”
Surely not….
Hyuk’s eyes darkened with intensity.
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After Yoo Eun-o finished his preliminary explanation.
Other members of the directing team came forward one by one to outline the plans ahead.
“…and so, our first-year junior Yewon will be teaching Sign Language to everyone. So, the cast of — make a good impression on Yewon.”
Chae Jeong’s eyes gleamed brightly.
“I’m already suffering enough as it is, and if there’s anyone who makes my job harder over this — I mean, any of you — I’ll kill you. So, acting team, stop tormenting the directing team and just do your part well.”
Chae Jeong said this, then turned to Yewon and stretched her lips into the widest smile she could muster.
Hmm.
It sounded like she’d just heard something incredibly chilling.
…Was that actually a smile? Or some kind of threat like “if you don’t teach properly either, you’re dead too”?
“Next, I’d like to explain our location situation….”
Chae Jeong heaved heavy sighs and pushed her hair back.
“You’ve all read the script by now, so you know the story’s set on an island with a forest, right? Ideally, we’d scout separate locations for the forest, harbor, and beach, but we’re all broke middle schoolers — we all know that’s impossible. So Yoo Eun-o and I worked our tails off and managed to find one island that’ll work, but….”
Chae Jeong turned to face Yoo Eun-o directly. It was a signal: I don’t want to say the hard part, so could you take over for me?
“The shooting locations we’re permitted to use on that island have poor conditions, so I’d appreciate it if everyone mentally prepared themselves in advance and we kept our time on location as short as possible by filming efficiently.”
“!”
“We’ll have Seo Kyung-woo as our guardian accompanying us, so… we need to work that much harder to keep the schedule from slipping.”
Everyone let out a heavy sigh at Yoo Eun-o’s words.
With poor conditions and a tight schedule, it was painfully obvious how much hardship awaited them.
“Do we have to go every weekend?”
“Yes.”
“Do we have to stay overnight!?”
“The ferry only comes twice a day to this small island, so yes.”
“Surely it’s not some shabby inn? There’s at least a hotel, right?”
Yoo Eun-o, who had answered all other questions, stared directly at the questioner for the first time without responding.
“…Chae Jeong. Swap out the sound engineer.”
He spoke in a low voice to Chae Jeong.
“AHHHHH I’M SO SORRY!!!!! I’LL GO WHEREVER YOU PUT ME!!!!”
True, the questioner was quite naive about worldly matters, but it was equally true that the overall filming conditions were overwhelming for middle schoolers to handle.
Everyone grumbled, sensing this would be a record-breaking difficult shoot. The atmosphere was far from positive.
They’d anticipated it would be tough, but not to this degree — some fell to despair, others vented their frustration.
Except for one person.
“Is it possible to know the island’s name?”
Everyone except Yewon.
“!”
“…!”
No one spoke, but they all turned to look at Yewon, each in their own way expressing surprise.
Yet she paid no attention to their stares.
The only person whose opinion mattered to her right now was—
“Why are you asking that?”
Yoo Eun-o.
“Ah, if you’re hoping for special treatment—”
“No. Not at all.”
Yewon cut him off cleanly. She knew exactly what he was about to say. It wouldn’t help at all.
In fact, the moment Yewon heard the location was an “island,” she’d already grasped what that meant — the conditions would be harsh.
The filming circumstances had changed considerably from her past life. Naturally, in her previous incarnation, there had been significant investment, making proper location shooting possible.
Following Yoo Eun-o’s ideal approach, they had scouted each appropriate location separately.
She understood the reality forcing compromises — but she couldn’t simply accept it.
‘Nothing about this film can be compromised.’
She didn’t expect Yoo Eun-o to possess skills equal to Director Yoo Jeong-seok’s. That was only natural. The gap in experience was too vast.
But she couldn’t change the director to Yoo Jeong-seok now.
Which meant there was only one path forward.
Create a perfect environment for everything except the director — just as it had been in her past life.
‘…with Dad’s money!’
Dad, I’m sorry…! But it’s to save Uncle, so I know you’ll understand…!
“Then I’d appreciate it if you’d explain why you’re asking in the first place.”
“Special treatment means giving preferential favor to just one person, doesn’t it?”
Yewon met Yoo Eun-o’s gaze directly as she continued.
“That’s not what I’m after. I want to help everyone.”
“How?”
Yoo Eun-o’s response was far colder than she’d anticipated, but Yewon didn’t even blink.
On an actual set, someone like Yoo Eun-o would probably be called an angel. Probably.
“I know a Location Manager who I think could help us. They have a lot of experience, so I think we could get their cooperation more smoothly too.”
Don’t mention that the Location Manager is connected through Dad’s network….
And absolutely don’t say that I’m planning to handle the cooperation with money!
After saying that, Yewon glanced around before continuing carefully.
“We’d maintain the film’s quality while being able to shoot in a more comfortable environment.”
“!”
“Everyone’s going to be busy with the schedule anyway, so wouldn’t it be nice if they could work and rest somewhere better?”
Yewon saw it.
At her words, eighteen people broke into wide smiles—naturally, Yoo Eun-o was excluded.
[Congratulations! Someone has begun to feel a ‘firm’ fondness toward you!]
[…(19▲/60)!]
Hm.
…This quest… might not be as difficult as she’d thought…?

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