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Superstar From Age 0 - Chapter 161

Published at 5th of October 2023 06:54:02 AM


Chapter 161

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Chapter 161

“Next.”

At the director Woo Jung-han’s word, the next actor entered. 

He bowed and made eye contact with each person.

“Hello. I’m Kim Ho-young.”

“Okay. Kim Ho-young, actor. Let’s see your acting first.”

Kim Ho-young bowed his head deeply again and opened his mouth after exhaling.

 

A warm light filled his stiff face.

The audition role was Kim Naegwan, a loyal official who served Sejong, Munjong, and Danjong. 

He had taken care of baby Danjong like his grandson.

He served Sejong when he was twenty, Munjong when he was in his late thirties, and Danjong when he was forty.

Kim Ho-young spoke.

“Your Majesty. Please rest in your chamber.”

Kim Ho-young’s voice was gentle as he bent his waist slightly. 

He looked at him like a grandson, but he did not forget that he was his superior. 

There was love and distance in Kim Ho-young’s eyes and gestures.

“Oh.”

Director Woo Jung-han looked over Kim Ho-young’s resume. 

He had filmed several independent films when he was young and had a long hiatus. But his acting skills were that good.

 

Kim Ho-young straightened his back after finishing his acting.

“Why did you stop acting?”

“I needed money.”

Everyone nodded at Kim Ho-young’s answer. 

They all knew that many people left this world because of money. 

And they also knew why those people came back to this world.

In the end, they couldn’t let go of acting.

They had regrets, and their eyes unknowingly turned to this world. 

That’s why director Woo Jung-han didn’t ask for the reason. 

He just checked the application lightly.

Candidate passed.

Now he had to look at the works that Kim Ho-young had done and evaluate them.

Next to director Woo Jung-han, there was an actor who had a miserable past life because of that regret and came back.

Seo Joon’s eyes sparkled. 

He felt like he knew what director Woo Jung-han meant by an actor who wanted to act. 

The actors he thought were okay until now didn’t attract him that much.

He had seen some good scripts and thought that any of them would be fine, but a script that he liked just appeared.

‘There might be better actors…’

When he chose a work, there were times when there were better works, but Seo Joon chose the work that he liked.

Seo Joon always wanted to act the script that he liked the most.

He wanted to act with that actor.

‘Passed!’

Seo Joon drew a big circle on Kim Ho-young’s application.

***

[December 20th, Brown Black’s 12th anniversary fan meeting!]

[Actor Lee Seo-jun appeared at Brown Black’s fan meeting!]

-Fan meeting was so fun! I felt the otherworldly chemistry between Brown Black and Lee Seo-jun againㅋㅋ

 

-Even if they get older, they are still kids when they meet their best friends… Brown Black and I have one thing in commonㅎ

-Hwang Ye-junㅋㅋ He missed the lyrics while making eye contact with Seo-jun in a charismatic songㅎ

-Brown Black cursed him with their eyesㅋㅋ It was so funㅎ

-I watched 48 Hours too short, but that kid who was young… He grew up so much!

-I’m glad Seo-jun told us about Brown Black!

[December 25th, Actor Lee Seo-jun’s fan meeting!]

[This time it’s us! Cheers for the appearance of Brown Black and White!]

-It was an awesome fan meeting! It was worth ticketing!

-I can’t believe I saw Seo-jun acting in front of me!! It felt really different.

=ㅇㅇ I wish he did a play!! I’m sure I can watch it from the first to the last show!

=I’m jealous! Jealous!

=22 I went to the PC room but failed… Why is ticketing so hard!

-Brown Blackㅋㅋ They talked back to Seo-junㅎ

-I’ve never been so jealous of Brown Black and White.

=22 I guess Seo-jun hangs out with them oftenㅠ I want to go too!

[December 29th, SBC Entertainment Awards, Actor Lee Seo-jun invited!]

[Actor Lee Seo-jun, SBC Entertainment Awards, Best Guest Award winner!]

[December 30th, MBS Acting Awards, Actor Lee Seo-jun invited!]

[December 31st, KBC Acting Awards, Actor Lee Seo-jun invited!]

-SBCㅋㅋ Seo-jun at the Entertainment Awardsㅋㅋ

=I laughed when I saw the articleㅋ Entertainment Awardsㅋㅋ

=Reallyㅋㅋ They made a new award to keep Seo-junㅋ

=But this is 100% netizen voting. The new award wasn’t even announced, but the number of votes was like watching WTV Film Festivalㅎ

=Seo-jun’s fan club and Running Man fans voted and promoted hard!

=ㅎㅎ I’m one of them

-Seo-jun sitting at the Running Man table was funnyㅎㅎ

=Running Man’s SNS also posted picturesㅎ It was the second time they met, but they felt like strangers as if they met for the first timeㅋㅋ Seo-jun did the mission so well that they only greeted each other briefly after it was over

=The production team didn’t expect that eitherㅋ

=22 I thought they would be caught in the middleㅎ

-MBS started the second part by playing the Golden Globe Awards and Seo-jun congratulated themㅎ

=The applause was amazing

-KBC had Seo-jun as the rookie award presenter. He got an award from Seo-jun! I’m jealous!

=The winner’s arm was shaking. He looked like he was going to cry.

=He must have criedㅎ

=ㅇㅇ He cried. He said he couldn’t believe it because he got an award from actor Lee Seo-jun, and asked if this was a dreamㅎㅎ He cried.

=I would feel the same. He got a rookie award from an actor who won an Academy Award. He’s very famous. A superstar. Is this a dream?

 

[January 1st, Lee Seo-jun’s New Year’s greeting on YouTube! “Happy New Year!”]

[January 5th, Danjong (tentative title) crank-in!]

-Happy New Year!

-I hope you stay healthy in the new year! I’m looking forward to your great movie!

-Finally, you started filming! Danjong!

-But how long will it be a temporary title? Let’s name it first!

=ㅇㅇ It will be really canceled at this rate.

***

“The title is out.”

At director Woo Jung-han’s words, the eyes of the people gathered in the conference room turned to one place.

Many people were happy that the title was decided, but more than anyone else, the publicity team leader who had to promote it was happy.

Director Woo Jung-han wrote a big letter on the whiteboard in the conference room with a black marker.

[Rebellion]

“It’s rebellion.”

“Rebellion. As in treason?”

“Yes. The rebellion of a rebel.”

The people nodded.

“It’s a good title.”

Although two-letter movie titles were trendy, everyone nodded in agreement because the movie wouldn’t fail just because of its title.

‘As long as the director likes the name, it’s fine.’

No one would object if it wasn’t for Lee Seo-jun, the star of this movie.

“I like it too!”

Seo-jun said with sparkling eyes. Then there was no one left.

“Now we can finally get rid of the tentative title.”

The publicity team leader, who was really annoyed by the word ‘tentative’ attached to the article title, smiled and called the staff in the publicity office with his phone.

“The title is decided! It’s Rebellion. Rebellion! The rebellion of a rebel!”

The publicity team staff who got the press release checked by the publicity team leader sent it to the reporters.

The reporters quickly wrote articles based on the press release sent by the movie production company, Danhong.

[Lee Seo-jun’s next work, Rebellion!]

[Finally, the name is decided, Rebellion]

-Is Lee Seo-jun’s next work not Danjong?

-It’s Rebellion. Danjong was a tentative title.

-A fake title?

-A temporary title!

-Rebellion… Is it rebellion as in treason?

-From Danjong’s perspective, it is treason.

-Now we can call it by its title. It feels like it’s being madeㅋ

“The timing is good!”

“That’s right. Just when we have the ritual, the title is decided.”

The people gathered in the conference room laughed and talked.

 

Today was the day of the ritual before filming Rebellion.

Unlike usual, where there was a long table, there was a ritual table set up on one side of the empty conference room.

There were colorful foods on the table, and in the center, there was a smiling pig’s head. There was a mat in front of the table for bowing.

Seo-jun looked at the pig’s head placed in the center of the ritual table with a curious face. The pig looked like an orc.

“Do you stick money in there?”

“Huh? Is this your first time doing a ritual, Seo-jun?”

Seo-jun nodded at the director of photography’s question. The art director counted on his fingers and recalled the movies that Seo-jun had starred in.

“Shadowman and Over The Rainbow were filmed in America, so you didn’t do a ritual there, right? And maybe you didn’t do it for My Doctor because it was a drama.”

“People don’t do it these days anyway.”

“Evil Spirit must have done it, right? Director Choi Dae-man believes in that kind of superstition. Right, Ji-seok?”

Choi Dae-man. Seo-jun and Lee Ji-seok laughed at the name they hadn’t heard in a long time.

“Yes. We did a ritual for Evil Spirit too, but Seo-jun didn’t film from the beginning. He only filmed for a few days at the end.”

Lee Ji-seok’s words made everyone nod.

“So this is really Seo-jun’s first time doing a ritual.”

“Yes!”

“It’s your first time doing a ritual. Can we make this into an article?”

The publicity team leader’s eyes sparkled. When Ahn Da-ho nodded, the publicity team leader picked up his phone and shoved it into his pocket and headed for the conference room door and shouted.

“Camera! Camera! Wait a minute! We’re going to film!”

Then he ran to the publicity team office.

Everyone laughed at the sight of the publicity team leader running like an arrow.

“Shall we wait a little longer then?”

“Then I guess I’m not late.”

A low voice came from the conference room door. Seo-jun and the people looked at the door. Everyone was surprised and jumped up from their seats.

“Teacher Park Woon-yeol!”

It was Park Woon-yeol, who played Kim Jong-seo. 

Park Woon-yeol, who looked like a neat old man, lifted his hat and greeted them.

“You’re not scolding me for being late, are you?”

“No! Welcome!”

“Hello!”

Big greetings came from everywhere. Startled by the appearance of their senior, Seo-jun and Lee Ji-seok also bowed deeply.

“Hello. I’m Lee Seo-jun!”

“Nice to meet you. You’re really good at acting. Ji-seok, long time no see. You didn’t contact me much, but you were keeping this great actor to yourself.”

“Ahaha. I’m sorry. I’ll contact you more often. Teacher. Please sit here.”

Lee Ji-seok quickly brought a chair over. Park Woon-yeol’s seat was prepared next to Seo-jun and Lee Ji-seok.

“I enjoyed the movie. I especially liked the violin performance, so I’ve been listening to it a lot lately.”

“Thank you!”

Seo-jun’s eyes sparkled at Park Woon-yeol’s compliment.

“My granddaughter also likes it a lot, so can I ask you for an autograph later if you have time?”

“Of course!”

Seo-jun smiled and nodded. He was envious and impressed by the fact that he had been an actor for a long time. Seo-jun also wanted to act for a very long time like Park Woon-yeol.

Park Woon-yeol looked at Lee Ji-seok. Lee Ji-seok flinched at his gaze and shrugged his shoulders.

“You should contact me more. Jong-ho also said you don’t contact him much.”

“Jong-ho hyung too. Why do you tell that to the teacher?”

“I like being treated comfortably. Seo-jun, feel free to contact me too.”

“Yes! I will!”

The three main actors of the movie Rebellion were all gathered. Director Woo Jung-han captured the scene of the three in one shot.

Lee Ji-seok, Lee Seo-jun, and Park Woon-yeol.

Looking at the three actors who were having a friendly conversation, it was hard to imagine them as Prince Suyang, Danjong, and Kim Jong-seo.

“But then again, they change completely when they start acting.”

“Right?”

Then the conference room door opened with a bang. It was the publicity team leader holding a camera high. The publicity team leader, who was excited by the unexpected publicity material, opened his mouth with a bright face, but rolled his eyes at the calm conference room atmosphere. Then he met Park Woon-yeol’s friendly smile.

“Camera! I came to find… Teacher Park Woon-yeol is here… Hello!”

The people in the conference room laughed.

“Let’s do the ritual then!”

Everyone got up from their seats at the director of photography’s words.

[Movie ‘Rebellion’, video of the ritual scene for wishing success released!]

[Actor Lee Seo-jun, his first ritual in his life!]

[Actor Lee Seo-jun “Please make the movie successful!”]

[Park Woon-yeol, Lee Seo-jun, Lee Ji-seok! The movie ‘Rebellion’ with only great actors is expected!]

-Seo-jun’s first ritual!

-Well, he wouldn’t do a ritual overseasㅎㅎ

-Is it my imagination that Seo-jun looks nervous?

=22 He seems awkward because it’s his first timeㅎ

=He’s watching what other actors are doing closely

=He’s cute!

-There are a lot of comments in foreign languages. They’re asking what they’re doingㅎ

-Are they asking if it’s his next work? What is that pig’s head? They keep askingㅎ

=That scene won’t be in the movie anywayㅋㅋ

-Phew. I explained it to them hard.

=…Did you really explain it properly?

=ㅇㅇㅇ I told them it’s Korean witchcraft. Wishing for the movie’s success.

=It’s not wrong, but… The word choice is a bit…

=ㅋㅋKorean witchcraftㅋㅋ





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