Chapter 51: |
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“Is there a reason why you can’t talk about it?”
“No, it’s not that…”
Lee Seonja quickly changed the topic.
“About Heeseo… I don’t remember much either, since it was so long ago. What are you curious about?”
“Just… how was it like working with her, things like that.”
Yoo Yeon Seo scratched his cheek.
He had followed her heart and came here, but he didn’t know what to ask.
“She was similar to you.”
“Me?”
Was she saying that she had a bad personality?
“I mean, not you in ‘Doll’, but you in ‘Dreaming’.”
“Is there a difference?”
“Of course, a huge one.”
Yoo Yeon Seo frowned as if he didn’t understand.
Lee Seonja smiled faintly as she looked at him.
Yoo Yeon Seo in ‘Doll’, which was released without any promotion, was exactly as the rumors said.
He used his capital to dominate the set.
He interfered with everything that he didn’t like, and when it was not his scene, he stayed in the van and didn’t show a single strand of hair.
‘His acting was not worth mentioning…’
When the other actor couldn’t even catch the lines properly, the actor who was acting with him would lose his energy.
Lee Seonja, who was not very good herself, told him to learn some acting, but she was ignored completely.
He was probably the first one to treat a veteran actor like that.
But in ‘Dreaming’, it was different.
First of all, his attitude towards the work had changed a lot.
He came even on the days when he didn’t have to shoot, and tried to understand the flow of the work.
He had a sullen face, but he was polite to the staff.
And the reason why the set was harmonious was because of the good contract conditions.
If you think that JSENM and the investor Yoo Yeon Seo were related, then Yoo Yeon Seo’s influence must have been significant.
“He was a hard worker who looked innocent. A lone wolf, a lone wolf.”
“Really?”
“He acted like he didn’t care, but he was friendly and sociable. Even the people who had prejudices against him because of his appearance liked him.”
She wondered if he had a personality that would make someone hold a grudge, but anyway, the evaluation was good.
“Then, teacher…”
“Hmm?”
“Do you understand why she passed away like that?”
Lee Seonja crushed the cigarette in the ashtray and sighed softly.
“Honestly, I don’t understand, but well…”
The possibility of someone breaking into the mansion of Chairman Yoo, which was said to be second only to the Blue House in security, and killing his daughter-in-law was almost 0%.
That’s why the case was quickly closed as a suicide due to depression.
“How would I know what’s in someone’s mind? I have a lot of things that I’m hiding from my husband and children too.”
“…”
“Even if they look fine on the outside, they might have some problems inside.”
Lee Seonja moved her seat, and Yoo Yeon Seo followed her.
“But it’s true that this industry is not a good environment, right? Especially back then, for young and pretty girls like Heeseo.”
“That’s right.”
“So she might have married early because of that. Anyway, I don’t know.”
Lee Seonja was curious why Yoo Yeon Seo was asking these questions, but she didn’t ask in detail.
“Don’t think too much about it. Just forget it.”
That’s why Yoo Yeon Seo felt strange.
“I’ll go in first.”
“Okay, teacher.”
Lee Seonja went back into the restaurant, and Yoo Yeon Seo stood still in his place.
Lee Seonja, who asked if it was okay to talk about Heeseo, and the set where no one said ‘Yoo Yeon Seo did Yoo Yeon Seo’ even though he messed up the shooting.
Jeong Dahee, who said that she changed the script because the director asked her to.
‘I noticed.’
Yoo Yeon Seo lowered his head.
It was not hard to find out about Heeseo’s accident if you looked up the old articles.
And that the witness was the second son.
“Ha…”
He suddenly laughed bitterly.
No wonder they were all so nice.
He thought they treated her well because her acting was decent.
He was grateful that they took care of him, but…
‘Am I pitiful?’
Yoo Yeon Seo looked at his palm.
And then he slowly clenched and opened it.
It was a habit that he developed after he got a mechanical arm when he was Kang Jinhoo.
And this habit had disappeared at some point.
“I’m not pitiful…”
He felt uncomfortable as if his flaw was exposed.
He felt emotions that he wouldn’t normally feel, and he was swayed by trivial things. He felt like he was becoming someone else.
When he came back to his seat, everyone was chatting loudly.
On one side, they were preparing a cake cutting ceremony to celebrate the end of the drama.
Yoo Yeon Seo tried to calm down his uneasy feelings and stuck to Lee Taegyeom.
“Hey, Taegyeom. What was that cake disaster you mentioned before?”
“Oh, that time. When you had the wrap-up party for ‘Our Moments’. That drama was the one where you lost to the sub, right?”
Yoo Yeon Seo narrowed his eyes and glared at Lee Taegyeom.
“I thought I was going to suffocate then.”
It was common for the actors who fought for their screen time in a drama to compete with each other with their supports.
The fans wanted to save their actors, so they prepared supports for the wrap-up party, especially the cake that would be left as a photo proof.
In ‘Our Moments’, they even made sugar art cakes that resembled the actors.
“Of all things, Go Hyuntae’s fandom made a cake only for Go Hyuntae and the female lead, leaving you out.”
“Really?”
“Your fandom made a cake only for you, leaving Go Hyuntae out.”
The writer had changed the second lead at the end, so he sided with Go Hyuntae, and the director was wavering in the middle. Go Hyuntae didn’t back down with a fake smile, and Yoo Yeon Seo didn’t care, but he looked annoyed, so he must have seemed unhappy to the others.
The fandoms pressured the official accounts and cafes to post the pictures of who cut the cake, and in the end, each actor cut the cake that their fandom brought at the same time.
“Annoying, right?”
“Is this common?”
“It can happen in any drama where the second lead fights for screen time, whether male or female.”
Yoo Yeon Seo chuckled.
“Well, it’s decent of them to not show their faces when they take pictures, even though they had a hard time shooting. There was an actor who called a reporter and had a wrap-up party by himself. I heard it from the manager.”
“Huh…”
“If the director and the actor don’t get along, the director tries to make the actor pay by going to an expensive place for the second round. The second round is usually paid by the actor, you know.”
He thought it was childish to argue over the red carpet or the cake, but he realized that the fight for the screen time was not easy.
Today, at least, the fans agreed on something, and the cake had the drama stills printed fairly on two layers.
“The ninth one said that you took the staff to a fancy meat restaurant for the second round of the wrap-up party and regained their hearts.”
“The ninth one?”
“Didn’t you know? There’s a ‘Yoo Yeon Seo file’ in the company.”
“What?”
As Yoo Yeon Seo raised his voice, the people nearby looked at him. Lee Taegyeom scratched his cheek in embarrassment.
“Didn’t you have enough time to hand over the work because you kept changing your managers? I heard they started making it when your fourth or fifth manager ran away.”
“Really? Did they write bad things about me?”
“No, it’s not like that… It’s just things like what you don’t like when you schedule, what brand of clothes don’t fit you, stuff like that.”
I should check out Park Manager’s file sometime.
Yoo Yeon Seo smiled at the paper bags of support prepared not only for the lead actors but also for the staff.
“By the way, do you know where the fans who prepared this are?”
“I heard they didn’t get a seat, and they’re at the store next door?”
“Really?”
Yoo Yeon Seo crossed his arms and thought.
“Yeon Seo, we have to cut the cake!”
“Oh, okay.”
But that was quickly interrupted by Jo Yumi.
“Can I really have this?”
“I’ll send someone to pick it up later.”
Director Lee Sooji held the black card in her hand as if she was holding a sacred object. How can he give out such a card so easily? He must be a chaebol… Yoo Yeon Seo chuckled at her reaction.
“Yeon Seo, can I eat tripe?”
“Director, I don’t like eating innards. Eat beef, beef. There’s no limit on that card.”
“Gasp…!”
“Use it as much as you want for the second or third round. When else are you going to spend chaebol money?”
The other staff members also sparkled their eyes at his casual words. Jin Sooho, who lost the lead role, smiled awkwardly.
“Hey, Yoo Yeon Seo!”
“Then I’ll go in first.”
As Yoo Yeon Seo nodded and greeted them, the staff cheered loudly at his back.
“Hello.”
He greeted the women standing in front of Lee Taegyeom.
They were the fans who took charge of the wrap-up party support for ‘Dreaming’.
“You’re still here?”
What’s with this silence?
Yoo Yeon Seo felt strange and met their eyes.
The fans were frozen as if they had planned something, and only stared at Yoo Yeon Seo’s face.
“We have to clean up the back.”
“Oh, I see.”
The leader of the support, Lim Hyejoo, blushed and answered with difficulty.
[Our actor said he wanted to see the fans.]
[Yoo, Yoo Yeon Seo…?]
[Yes.]
She thought her heart was going to explode when she heard that.
Yoo Yeon Seo’s fandom, Love Letter, had done the support in this way by using tricks.
But even when they came to the set, they often couldn’t see Yoo Yeon Seo’s face or only got a brief thank you and passed by.
Of course, they liked that charm too, but anyway, it was the first time that the actor approached them and spoke first.
[Is that our actor?]
[Yes.]
[Wow, he has a halo even from far away…]
[Hey, Yoo Yeon Seo!]
[He, he’s coming this way?!]
[Oh, manager, wait a minute…]
She wasn’t ready yet! Lim Hyejoo had all kinds of thoughts in that short moment, wondering if she had any red pepper powder on her teeth or if she should have done some touch-up makeup.
They couldn’t continue their words after seeing Yoo Yeon Seo in person.
Even the person next to her, who was a fan of Jin Sooho, covered her mouth with her hand as soon as she saw Yoo Yeon Seo’s face.
“Thank you for the support today.”
“Was, was it okay?”
“Yes. It was good. I’ll use the gift well.”
As Yoo Yeon Seo smiled faintly and said that, Lim Hyejoo came to her senses.
She might forget her dignity and jump around if she didn’t.
The other support staff felt the same.
They didn’t expect a thank you, but they felt like they were rewarded for all their hard work.
“Sir, I brought everything from the car…”
Lim Seunghyun, who was standing in front of Yoo Yeon Seo, stopped when he saw his brother who was trying to flatter him.
‘Why is my brother here?’
‘Why are you here?’
The fans, except for Lim Hyejoo, murmured ‘He’s the sir…’.
Yoo Yeon Seo didn’t notice the atmosphere because he was signing the script that he got from Lim Seunghyun.
“Who is he, your secretary brother?”
What? Secretary brother?! Lim Hyejoo glared at Lim Seunghyun with a dagger-like look.
He hid the fact that he was working as Yoo Yeon Seo’s secretary while knowing that his sister was a fan of Yoo Yeon Seo?!
‘Ah… I tried not to get caught.’
Lim Seunghyun sighed softly. He let his guard down because it was a drama gallery support. He didn’t expect his sister’s enthusiasm to be this much.
“Now that I look at it, you two look alike…”
“Taegyeom, can you shut your mouth?”
“Oops.”
Lee Taegyeom clamped his mouth shut when he saw Lim Seunghyun’s face. After finishing the sign, Yoo Yeon Seo raised his head and rolled his eyes at the subtle atmosphere, then handed the script to Lim Hyejoo.
“Here, take this.”
The signed script was the one that he never let go of during the shooting of ‘Dreaming’. Lim Hyejoo was shocked and said.
“I, we can’t take this. There might be a controversy about favoritism…”
“Really?”
The other staff behind Lim Hyejoo also waved their hands.
They were honest… But it bothered him to send them away empty-handed after they worked hard.
“Take it anyway. If you’re bothered by the controversy, you can give it away as an event or something.”
He turned around without hesitation, in case she refused again.
“What do we do…”
“This is the real script he used?!”
“Wow, crazy…”
The remaining fans scanned the script and stomped their feet.
Yoo Yeon Seo, who got in the van, asked Lee Taegyeom.
“Why is Lim Seunghyun like that?”
“It’s nothing, sir.”
He was caught by the person he should never have been caught by.
Lim Seunghyun decided not to go home even on holidays and blocked his sister’s contact in advance.