chapter 28
[28] Actress (5)
JTBS Open Audition Hall.
Together with Eunseo, I passed through countless aspiring actors.
It’s almost like your skin is stinging from the surrounding gazes mixed with all sorts of emotions.
Jealousy, envy, envy, envy.
Jang-seo was in a calm state, as if nothing had happened.
Until recently, he felt awkward about being a trainee.
“Eunseo, are you okay?”
“Of course. I’ve been through it often since I was young.”
“… What kind of life have you lived?”
“Just what.”
I must have lived hard with my grandparents and grandma.
Sometimes school lunches do hateful things when they are young.
“I am proud of you.”
“What do you mean.”
“Go for it.”
“Okay.”
I stood tall and spoke to Eunseo in a calm tone.
“Eunseo, do whatever you want at the audition.”
“May I?”
“Yes. You can just shout as the emotional line leads.”
“… Thanks.”
My ttongchog clearly chose this work.
Because I rejected it as a childish and obvious romance.
“Manager, I’ll go in here alone.”
“Are you okay?”
“Absolutely.”
Whether it’s an idol or a celebrity, the auditionees are the same.
Eunseo was on an equal footing with the aspiring actors around her.
‘No, maybe.’
She might be stricter with her standards.
As much as the weight of ‘Solar’ hanging on her shoulders.
“I’ll watch you in the public hall.”
“Yeah.”
It was not difficult to obtain a JTBS pass.
Still, she had been an actor-manager for quite some time.
‘I’m glad it’s an open audition.’
As long as I wasn’t filming, I could watch the audition among the staff.
Drooling-
As I opened the door to the waiting room and came out, I glanced back at Eunseo.
He looked calm as he closed his eyes and recited his lines.
Well, I heard that it’s the emotional suppression training method learned from Yeji.
‘It’s like a child put out by the water.’
She also had girls whispering barely audible around her.
I refrain from appearing in public these days.
I’m afraid the squad leader will come out again.
‘It can’t be helped.’
I just have to keep believing.
Ttongchok pointed to this piece.
Soon, she took her pass and carefully sat down in one of the back seats in the public hall.
‘I’m already auditioning.’
The contestant spit out her lines while gnashing her teeth, as if she was not ready.
The production team and the writers looked at it and checked something on a piece of paper.
‘Ugh, that’s bloody.’
Her 1st pass was too low to the point of being overshadowed.
Because my buttock also looked for a place to lie down and stretched out my legs.
There were exceptions, of course, but he wasn’t.
“Thank you for your effort.”
“Um, can’t we do just one more free performance over there?”
“Sorry.”
It’s not easy for a participant to make such a proposal. You are brave.
“Then the next contestant is…”
I was hoping that there would be a contestant with an itchy back of the head.
The gemstone was not found until Eunseo’s turn approached.
“It’s finally Solar’s turn.”
“I’m looking forward to it.”
“Jang-seo, on the top idol stage, it feels like you’re being buried.”
“It is.”
In fact, it was a fact in terms of musical characteristics alone.
Yeji is emotional, Somi is high pitched.
Joo-hee dances, Diana composes.
Each of them had at least one outstanding skill.
Tuck, Tuck—
Eunseo stepped onto the stage with a calm gait.
“Mr. Jang-seo, please introduce yourself.”
After hearing a brief self-introduction, the director immediately ordered acting.
A script that I have practiced countless times over the years.
I started acting with a good flow.
‘He’s good at controlling his emotions.’
I thought it would be difficult with my usual angry personality.
His expression and diction are good, and his dialogue delivery is also excellent.
‘Like Lee Soo-yeon when she was a rookie.’
There are several acting machines I know of.
It was like watching their novice days.
‘Hmm, better than practice…?’
I’m obviously doing well, but the back of my head is tickling.
‘… I lost.’
Shibang, why is the back of my head suddenly tickling?
I’m doing better than when I practiced.
‘Ah, what is this?’
How many people will show creepy acting in their early 20s?
What kind of acting does the director want?
If I’m good enough for an idol, can I be selected?
“Jang Seo-ssi, I saw a good performance.”
“Thank you!”
Unless you show overwhelming skills in your next acting.
In fact, it was difficult to get deeply embedded in the memory of the director and writer.
“Have you prepared a script for the audition?”
“Yes! I’m ready.”
“Show me.”
Auditions distributed to participants in the drama.
The moment she is about to start acting in 「Marrying into a Chaebol Family」.
Flutter-
The yellow amulet slowly fell from Eunseo’s sleeve.
At the same time, a crack appeared in her calm expression.
“Mr. Jang-seo, you seem to be very nervous.”
“Yes? Ah… Yes!”
Oh, why is she wearing her talisman up her sleeve.
The balance is broken.
I’m a bit uneasy about this.
In an instant, Eunseo met her eyes with me in the back seat.
‘Her hair has gone white.’
I made it clear earlier.
Just do whatever your heart desires.
‘Take it easy.’
I don’t know if you’ve seen the shape of my mouth.
Eunseo took her heart and let out a deep breath.
“Don’t be nervous, you can have a sip of water.”
“That, uhm, thank you!”
“Take it easy.”
“…”
It means that even the director was embarrassed to see.
I usually get more nervous when I hear things like that.
‘Damn… Ruined…?’
Soon after, a tickling feeling tickled the back of her head.
* * *
The famous director put her silver book’s name in the middle of the score sheet.
‘Not bad for an idol.’
Just that much.
You did just as well as the other contestants who auditioned today.
Nowadays, there are only a few aspiring actors with solid basic skills.
‘It’s a shame to be famous as an idol.’
In the first place, I was thinking of dropping it if there was no special advantage.
If you select an idol through an open audition, rumors may come out.
‘It’s important to be the right person for the piece.’
I wonder if I should even pick up the creepy talents.
Because of the popularity of idols, the quality of the work could not be compromised.
‘The next contestant is…’
The moment I was about to go to the next audition.
“Brother, why are you doing this to me, the hell!!!”
I raised my eyes at Eunseo’s explosive emotions.
‘Hmm…?’
I checked the script right away.
– Yeonju: (Swallowing anger inside) Is this damn house interested in me?
-Jeongho: (Admonishing his younger brother) Yeonju, don’t do that, just talk to me…
I clearly ordered him to swallow his anger and spit out his lines.
Eunseo expressed her anger without thinking about holding back her anger at all.
“Your brother killed my parents. And today!!!”
“…”
“You killed your sister too.”
Soon, Jang-seo organizes explosive emotions at once in the last line.
The protagonist’s sister was a calm character.
Although it was different from what Eunseo showed me now.
‘Rather, it suits me well.’
It was the first participant to show self-interpreted acting.
Even while expressing the high difficulty emotional ups and downs to the fullest.
“Writer Jung, how did you see it?”
“…”
Seeing the excessive acting that exploded with emotion, the first acting also looked different.
Because you showed the acting that restrains the emotional line and the opposite side at the same time.
Snug-
Writer Jung Hee-ae erased the previous evaluation and wrote Eun-seo’s name on the top line.
“This is my answer.”
“… I agree.”
After all, acting is also done by people.
Paradoxically, it shouldn’t feel like acting.
An ordinary person you can see around you.
Like a child who gets angry when he is angry, and who gets angry when he is in a bad mood.
I discovered both professional and amateur sides of Jang Eun-seo.
She said, ‘Not everyone can do it with practice.’
Not Jang Eun-seo of the idol group Solar.
Possibility to develop into actress Eunseo.
Rather, in terms of acting skills, the first acting was much better.
She proved firsthand that such skills can be loaded with rich emotions.
‘There’s no reason not to pull it out like this.’
The famous director wrote Eunseo’s name on the top line.
* * *
It was obviously reversed today.
This is always a dilemma.
‘I’ll turn around.’
No matter how you think about it, the first performance was much better.
But rather, after watching the second acting, the reverse distribution comes out.
“Manager, was I too emotional?”
“Uh, ah.”
“… It’s ruined. I’ll just put it in my pants.”
“Yes?”
I listened to Eunseo’s disappointing words and responded calmly.
“You don’t have to.”
“Yes? Pants?”
“What are you talking about? Rather, I liked the second act.”
“Oh, really!?”
“Uh.”
Probably.
“Okay. I’ll just believe it.”
“Yes?”
“Because the manager’s touch is the best in the entertainment industry.”
“… Thanks.”
But I don’t trust my gut
“So let’s just wait for the results with a humble heart.”
“I know.”
After a while,
We parked the van at the Q&G label building and headed to the practice room.
The members who were waiting for Jang Eun-seo with their throats opened their mouths.
“How’d it go!!!”
“I don’t know.”
“Tell me quickly.”
“I really don’t know.”
Eunseo settled down on one side of the practice room with a chic attitude.
“Manager, you worked hard.”
“Uh, you guys also had a hard time practicing.”
“It’s hard.”
Frankly, I was exhausted like I auditioned.
I shouldn’t have watched it, but I had to look at the reverse distribution for no reason.
Soon after, he quietly talked to the maknae who was loafing nearby.
“Somi, there are two days left for the third Top Idol stage.”
“That’s right.”
“I’m going to do a final check with Chief Gong this evening.”
“Lol.”
“… What, why are you laughing?”
The stage of Diana, Yang Joo-hee and Shin So-mi.
Even Jet Kick Blacky is featuring.
“I emptied Yeji and Eunseo’s schedules for two days later.”
“Oh really?”
“We’re going to watch the stage from the audience together.”
“Ah, I’ll have to work harder.”
Are you kidding me? Only two days left?
You shouldn’t have worked hard.
Tiri-Ri-Ring-
At that time, I checked the call from the team leader and left the practice room.
“You guys are practicing. We’ll check it later.”
“Yes!”
I immediately left the practice room and pressed the call button.
“Yes. Team leader. I was going to the office anyway.”
– Just do it over the phone. How was the audition?
“…It was fine.”
First of all, the reverse betrayal sent a positive signal.
I don’t know about the first acting, but on the stage after that.
-Solars, I need to make some quick schedules.
“Did you come to the event?”
-No. It’s a big deal.
“What is it…?”
Beyond the smartphone, Team Leader Park opened his mouth quietly.
– I think Solar will be on the opening stage for the second part of the Baeksang Entertainment Awards.
“… There’s less than a fortnight left.”
-So you said you called urgently.
“Aha.”
To be on the awards ceremony stage just two months after her debut.
Eunseo’s audition is over, and Yeji’s schedule must be adjusted.
“It has to fit somehow.”
-Right.
I need to focus a bit on Somi for vocals.
Just looking at the high notes, the sub vocals are fine too.
– Isolation went up on the opening stage of Part 1 that day.
“… Okay?”
-Unconditionally, Solar must win. Know?
“Absolutely.”
<Top Idol>
A chance that came right after the last stage.
Because of this, it was worth claiming to be the leader of the 4th generation girl group.
“How did you do it?”
I raised it, but I raised it really well.
* * *
<Top Idol>
Before the final stage,
They say there’s not much time left.
“… There are still two days left.”
Wasn’t the flow of time originally subjective to everyone?
In a modern society where always being in the middle is a virtue.
Two days is enough time to improve the stage perfection.
Shin So-mi stretched her body and slowly picked up her sheet music.
“Ugh, I’m tired.”
It’s already been two hours since I spent time alone in the recording studio.
No matter how much I practiced, it didn’t get better than the first recording.
‘···. Isn’t this enough?’
It’s not enough to make the audience cry with crazy appeal.
That’s what true geniuses like Yeji unnie do.
“Hmm, it won’t change even if I fix it here.”
The pitch is already as precise as a piano, and the beat is as perfect as a metronome.
Drooling-
Just then, the door to the recording studio opened and the head of Gong Se-won entered.
Even Jung Soo-ho and the other members of Solar who followed him.
“Somi was practicing alone?”
“Yes. Manager.”
“Then, shall we listen to Somi’s part first?”
“Like!”
Soon after, Somi cleared her throat and began her song.
A neat skill that can no longer develop in terms of technology.
“Hmm, is it good?”
“Really?”
“Look at that, you just have to work hard. hahahaha”
“Thank you!”
Director Gong opened his mouth as if he was satisfied.
“I think our youngest practiced really hard to sing?”
“Yes. I worked hard. hehehe.”
About two hours.
I worked so hard that I couldn’t get any better.
Beep-
Chief Gong touched the midi with clumsy skills.
He listened intently to the music coming soon.
“Wow, that’s even better than the first recording.”
“?”
Somi tilted her head.
The sound source heard by sensitive hearing.
‘Chief, that’s…’
It was recorded a week ago.