There Are Four Top Idol Uncles - Chapter 56

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Episode 56

 

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“No way. You said you’d just read it, so I gave you the script. But you didn’t just read it—you went and made an OST too?”

 

At Yeongeo’s incredulous voice, Lee Doha quietly averted his gaze.

 

How could he explain that it just happened to turn out that way?

 

“…I’m not necessarily asking you to use my song as the OST.”

 

Lee Doha pretended to be nonchalant while scratching the bridge of his nose with his index finger.

 

“I just… got some inspiration. So I made it while I was at it.”

 

“While you were at it?”

 

Yeongeo let out a hollow laugh as if she couldn’t believe it.

 

She was still caught up in the lingering emotion of the song that had just flowed from the speakers—【Winter Camellia】.

 

Anyone could tell this was going to be a huge hit.

 

“This is the quality of something you made ‘while you were at it’? Be honest, you stayed up all night, didn’t you?”

 

“…No.”

 

Lee Doha avoided Yeongeo’s gaze with a very desperate expression.

 

Both Yewon and Yeongeo had been keeping a close eye on his sleep lately, making him feel quite self-conscious.

 

“What do you mean no! You did stay up all night. You always do.”

 

Yewon, who had been chewing jelly with her chubby cheeks, exposed him from the side.

 

“No, Yewon… Uncle said he was sorry…”

 

“Hmph.”

 

Lee Doha called out to Yewon with a troubled expression, but Yewon already had a thoroughly sulky face.

 

Lee Doha tried to appease Yewon by subtly extending his hand, asking her to hold it.

 

However, Yewon glared at Lee Doha with an incredibly cold and rational look that seemed to say, ‘What is this? This pathetic clinging? You do something wrong and then ask me to hold your hand? Is an adult who tries to smooth things over like this really a good adult? I think a true adult should seriously reflect on their actions,’ and Lee Doha, somehow feeling like he could vividly hear Yewon’s voice, withdrew his hand.

 

“Hmm.”

 

Meanwhile, Yeongeo played the OST that Lee Doha had created again.

 

Her instincts were telling her.

 

This could work well as a negotiation card.

 

Thud!

 

Yeongeo slammed her hand on the desk.

 

“Good. Let’s take this with us.”

 

“Pardon?”

 

“Let’s put this to use. We’ll go to the production team of 【Flowers of the East Palace】 and make a deal. If they cast our Yewon, we’ll throw in the service of having GLEET’s Lee Doha sing the OST.”

 

“…”

 

Lee Doha’s brow furrowed slightly.

 

“Straighten that expression, man. What’s bothering you now?”

 

“I don’t want Yewon to get a role because of me.”

 

“Who says she’s getting it because of you? Yewon will prove herself through her acting. This is just… a little bait, something like that? Future Entertainment is also pushing their child actor through bundling, so we need this kind of weapon to make it a fair game, don’t we?”

 

Yeongeo grinned.

 

“Besides, they have a rookie director and rookie writer. They desperately need buzz. And there you have Yewon, a rising rookie, plus supporting fire from Lee Doha, a top idol? Do you think they could refuse? What’s your nickname anyway? Hit song composing machine—isn’t that your nickname?”

 

“…It’s not quite that much…”

 

Actually, it wasn’t completely wrong.

 

But Lee Doha still couldn’t unfurrow his brow, looking uncomfortable.

 

“If an idol sings a historical drama OST… they might not like it. How about I just do the composition and we get someone else to sing…”

 

Yewon tugged at Lee Doha’s sleeve.

 

What was he talking about.

 

Depending on this drama’s popularity, the OST would also become a huge hit. She couldn’t let such success go to someone else.

 

“You know, Uncle.”

 

“Yeah?”

 

“I think Uncle’s voice is the best in the world.”

 

“!”

 

At Yewon’s sudden compliment, Lee Doha’s pupils shook rapidly.

 

“…Really?”

 

“Yeah!”

 

When had she started thinking such thoughtful things? It seemed like he had never sung a long song for Yewon before.

 

Even though Lee Doha had sung in front of other people his whole life, singing in front of his one and only niece felt strangely embarrassing, so he had never sung a long song for Yewon.

 

He had only sung short verses for her at most.

 

Yet his niece was complimenting him, saying his voice was the best in the world—how could he not be moved?

 

Just as Lee Doha was about to look at Yewon with warm, fuzzy eyes.

 

“And. I can act the best in the world. So let’s do it together, Uncle and me.”

 

“!!!!”

 

At Yewon’s confident words, not only Lee Doha but even Yeongeo’s mouth fell open.

 

“Uncle Weon said that good thing plus good thing equals super good thing! So. If I, who acts well, and Uncle, who sings well, combine…”

 

“…Combine?”

 

“We’ll be super super good, right?”

 

“…!”

 

At Yewon’s words, Lee Doha’s stiff expression instantly melted away.

 

“…Yeah. That’s right. Yewon is absolutely right.”

 

“Oh my goodness. I’m seeing all kinds of things.”

 

What a thing to witness, really.

 

That Lee Doha wasn’t just a niece fool but a niece idiot.

 

Yeongeo shook her head while hurriedly picking up the phone to schedule a meeting.

 

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A few days later, in the meeting room of 【Flowers of the East Palace】 production company.

 

“Sigh…”

 

Director Choi, who was about to make his debut, rubbed his face and let out a sigh.

 

The main writer sitting next to him was also fiddling with the script with a face worn by fatigue.

 

“Director, what are you going to do? Future Entertainment keeps calling. They’re asking when we’ll finalize the casting.”

 

“I know…”

 

Director Choi bit his lip in frustration.

 

Future Entertainment.

 

One of the nation’s leading talent agencies, and also the agency that represented the male lead actor for this drama.

 

Their condition was simple: place their child actor ‘Jeyeon’ in the female lead’s child role.

 

“Honestly… Jeyeon’s acting is… well… typical child actor level.”

 

“It’s not bad. But the problem is that the role of Seolhwa can’t be done with typical child actor level acting.”

 

The writer spoke bluntly.

 

“Compared to other historical dramas, the child actor roles are really important in our drama. Out of 16 episodes, the child actors appear continuously until episode 6.”

 

That was right.

 

Usually in historical dramas, child actors only appeared for about 1-2 episodes.

 

But in 【Flowers of the East Palace】, the past story of the Crown Prince and Seolhwa was important, and the deep connection between the two was a crucial point, so child actors appeared continuously until episode 6.

 

“And Seolhwa isn’t an ordinary difficult character. She needs to be cunning and venomous beyond her years, yet when she’s sorrowful, she needs to be dramatically sorrowful to convince the viewers. But Jeyeon is too…”

 

“She’s just like a pretty doll. A wooden doll.”

 

To put it nicely, she was a wooden doll, which basically meant she was stiff and couldn’t act.

 

“Exactly!”

 

When the director read her mind so clearly, the writer nodded vigorously.

 

“I know. I understand too. But even the investors are being mindful of Future Entertainment…”

 

It was the sorrow of a rookie director.

 

For the quality of the work, he wanted to use actors who fit perfectly, but in reality, he couldn’t ignore practical problems.

 

He didn’t want to lose the male lead actor they had worked so hard to cast.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Knock knock.

 

“!”

 

“Please come in~”

 

The meeting room door opened, and the assistant director poked his head out.

 

“Director, someone from Time Entertainment is here.”

 

“Ah… tell them to come in.”

 

Director Choi forced himself to manage his expression as he stood up from his seat.

 

Honestly, he didn’t have high expectations.

 

He knew that the child actor ‘Lee Yewon’ had been making headlines recently with variety shows and short dramas. He’d also heard rumors that Director Yeon Taejung had taken notice of her.

 

But historical dramas, especially the role of a woman disguised as a man, were on a different level of difficulty.

 

‘Let’s just take a look at her face.’

 

Director Choi’s eyes, which had been looking toward the door with that mindset, suddenly widened.

 

“Hello.”

 

What came through the opened door was Yeongeo, Lee Doha, and a small child standing between them.

 

But.

 

‘…Huh?’

 

Not only Director Choi, but the writer’s eyes also wavered.

 

The child wasn’t wearing a pretty dress or skirt.

 

She wore a loose t-shirt and shorts, with her hair tightly pulled back.

 

However, what caught both their attention wasn’t simply her outfit.

 

Step, step.

 

“!”

 

The child’s walking gait as she entered.

 

That walking style was captivating the attention of both production team members.

 

With a confident smile, stretching out her short legs boldly – those big strides she took.

 

It wasn’t something you’d see from an ordinary 7-year-old girl.

 

It was exactly, precisely-

 

“Hello!”

 

The very image of Seolhwa pretending to be a spirited boy.

 

Director Choi unconsciously swallowed his dry saliva.

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