When I Opened My Eyes I Was a Superstar - Chapter 75

# 75

Answer the past (5)

TBN broadcasting station.

It was the day when all the cast members of ‘Get Ready 1999’ had a meeting before starting filming in earnest.

It was also a day to briefly say hello and read the first part of the script.

One by one, the cast opened the prepared door inside the broadcasting station and entered.

“Hello, PD.”

“Mr. Dowook! “You came early.”

Producer Shin Yun-ho, who was sitting in the middle seat and talking about the script with the writers next to him, stood up and greeted Do-wook.

Among the cast members scheduled to participate today, except for the three young actors playing the role of licorice, they were the earliest to go to work.

“I think I should come early and prepare.”

Producer Shin Yun-ho pretended to clap his hands, saying that Do-wook’s words had already prepared him.

Producer Shin Yun-ho was in charge of meetings with Do-wook until the decision to appear on the show, so the writers, who saw Do-wook in real life for the first time, could not hide their joy and were happy to see Do-wook.

“Ah, this is my first time seeing you. “Here are our writers.”

“hello. Thank you for writing a good script.”

The writers blushed at Do-wook’s words and offered to shake his hand. Dowook shook hands with not only the two main writers but also the two remaining assistant writers one by one and greeted them all.

“Producer Shin praised Do-wook so much and said that Do-wook was the right person to be the main character!”

“Aha, I heard about it. Thank you, PD.”

“I’m grateful that you decided to appear!”

‘Get Ready 1999’ was an ambitious program planned by TBN. The script was so good that after a meeting, it was even turned into a sitcom drama.

However, contrary to TBN’s ambitious intentions, it did not have much appeal to existing actors due to the fact that it was a ‘new type of drama on a cable station’.

There was also a reason why the cast was not as flashy as that of other dramas.

On the other hand, it was also PD Shin Yun-ho’s ambition. Although perfect characters like Umchin Daughter and Umchin Ah are mixed into the characters of the main characters, ‘Get Ready 1999’ was a drama based on empathy.

Like other dramas, although the role of ‘Kim Min-gi’ is the perfect male protagonist, it is based on ‘Eom Chin-ah’ who seems to live next door.

The main purpose of the drama was to evoke nostalgia by showing the family neighbors commonly seen in the neighborhood.

Therefore, PD Shin Yun-ho judged that there would be limitations in expressing such a setting with an actor whose face is already well-known.

Therefore, with the exception of a few main characters, we actively recruited actors with excellent acting skills but unknown faces who played main roles in plays and independent films.

They were all great actors, but at the same time, they were actors who were thirsty to make their faces known. It was clear that he would work with passion.

Behind Do-wook, male actors who would become Do-wook’s character Kim Min-gi’s friends arrived in time.

“Hello, senior.”

“Oh our leading actor. Nice to meet you.”

Park Dong-hwi, who was greeted playfully, was a famous figure in the theater world. Even though he seemed happy, he suddenly changed when he started acting.

“Now that I think about it, you’re really our junior, right?”

“Are you already going in pretending to be friends? anyway.”

It was Ahn Jae-hyung who scolded Park Dong-hwi. Both of them were also actors who graduated from Korea National University of Arts. Perhaps that’s why he became more friendly towards Do-wook.

Dowook was already familiar with the cast members’ information.

They all enjoyed considerable popularity through ‘Get Ready 1999′ and later played leading roles in other dramas.

They were all Dowook’s seniors as actors. Do-wook greeted the cast members by calling them “senior.”

Since there were no star actors who are famous for their arrogance, everyone had a friendly atmosphere without anyone disturbing the atmosphere.

The female protagonist who will be Do-wook’s counterpart also arrived soon. She was the leading role chosen in an audition over a competition rate of hundreds to one.

Although he was about six years older than Do-wook, he had such a youthful appearance that it seemed like it would be no problem for him to play the role of a high school student.

Afterwards, middle-aged actors who played the roles of parents of the younger cast members also arrived one after another and sat down in the seats with their roles’ names written on them.

The entire cast, except for a couple, sat across from each other at a table in a circle. Behind them, officials from the actors’ agencies were standing against the wall or sitting on simple chairs.

Although the number of agency personnel was limited to a minimum, the number combined with the cast was significant. The reading room, which I thought was very spacious, was packed.

The actors, who were originally acquaintances, chatted with each other and waited for the script reading to begin.

Dowook glanced over the script again, which he had already memorized in its entirety.

“hello-!”

Joo Joo-ah, who played the sub-female protagonist, entered the reading room, greeting in a high voice.

Joo Min-ah was from the same idol group as Do-wook. Sweetie Girl, the group that Joo Joo-ah belongs to, debuted two years before KK and was one of the three girl groups that Ara Entertainment has to date.

Although their performance was lower than Ara Entertainment’s other two girl groups, they were quite famous.

The protagonist was Juminah. He became famous through his acting activities rather than his singing career. Even though he was only a supporting actor, he was actively working, to the point where it was said that there wasn’t a drama he didn’t appear in here and there.

TBN, a broadcasting company, was well aware of the benefits it could gain by including a celebrity from Ara Entertainment in its drama. It is of great help not only in the OST business but also in promotional activities.

Producer Shin Yun-ho also calculated that it would be okay to include Joo Joo-ah as it was strange that the main cast were only people who were appearing in a drama for the first time.

Of course, Do-wook knew that Joo Min-ah was the sub-female protagonist.

It was true that he had bad feelings toward Ara Entertainment, but he did not have bad feelings toward all of the celebrities affiliated with the agency.

However, the story was different for the man coming in behind Jumin.

Do-wook looked at the man and held the script tightly. Seo Joong-won was the head of the headquarters.

***

Third year of middle school.

It was a time when the school violence inflicted on Bo-myeong by Seo Kang-jun’s gang was at its peak.

Every day, I prayed that today would be less painful and less painful. Seo Kang-jun got into a car accident on the way to school and was injured, so I came to the point where I thought it would be a good idea to not be able to come to school for a while.

Bo-myeong, who was so kind and foolish by nature, felt guilty just thinking about it.

Was it because I had bad thoughts about wanting someone to get hurt?

Bo-myeong received a lot of hits that day. This was because Bomyeong could not overcome the pain and screamed and rebelled.

Seo Kang-jun, who usually had more fun giving orders from behind, struck Bo-myeong’s abdomen with his foot for the first time in a long time.

It happened at night in the alley behind the school.

Bo-myung literally vomited blood. Even after the gang left, I had to lie on the cold floor for about an hour. It was difficult to get up.

‘If this continues… I really… might die.’

After about an hour and a half, a passerby spotted Bomyeong and shook his body.

That day, Bo-myeong’s mother screamed as if she was going to faint when she saw Bo-myeong’s body all messed up.

I ran into my mother in front of the rusted iron gate after returning from working at a restaurant late at night. It was a situation that could not be hidden.

“What is this?”

Bo-myeong could not say anything in front of his distraught and crying mother.

‘My mother… found out.’

My mother was sad because of my poor self.

My sad heart turned into anger. Bomyeong thought that he had to escape from this bondage quickly.

Bo-myeong went straight to the teacher in charge of the school violence committee the next day with his bruised body.

When the teacher saw Bomyeong come to the counseling room, he was very surprised at first and quickly took Bomyeong with him.

With a sad face, he encouraged Bo-myeong, asking how he had endured it until now.

“Who on earth did this? uh?”

“……Teacher, if I say…”

“Don’t worry, Bomyeong. “It may be necessary to investigate, but the kids who did this will either be forced to transfer or be expelled.”

There was no way there would be no retaliation. So I was very afraid, but I couldn’t just stay like this because of my fear. I thought, let’s do as much as we can.

“Class 8 Park Jun-su and Cho Jin-hyuk…”

The teacher wrote down the names and consoled Bo-myeong.

“I’m Seo Kang-jun from class 9.”

The teacher’s hand stopped for a moment at the sound of Seo Kang-jun’s name.

Since Seo Kang-Jun had used violence subtly until now, I thought it was too much the day before yesterday. However, recently, stress has built up due to his father putting pressure on him. I couldn’t help it. Seo Kang-jun was only worried that if the situation escalated, he would get ripped off by his father.

Sure enough, news came that Bomyeong had reported it to the School Violence Committee. The principal personally delivered the news to Seo Kang-jun’s father, Seo Jung-won.

Seo Kang-jun’s father became angry, asking what would happen later. However, Seo Kang-jun knew that Seo Joong-won’s anger was only temporary and that Seo Joong-won would do whatever it took to cover it up for him.

“The principal said there isn’t much evidence, is that correct?”

“of course. That’s how I behave. father.”

“What kind of behavior is that! Anyway, tsk tsk. I get it. “I will handle it.”

Although there was evidence of damage, there was no evidence that ‘Seo Kang-jun’s gang did it.’ It was only Bo-myeong’s statement.

Although he expected it to end like that, Seo Kang-jun bit his lip out of embarrassment towards Kim Bo-myeong.

‘How dare you try to fuck me?’

When Seo Kang-jun runs into Bo-myeong in the hallway, he starts an argument with Bo-myeong.

“You said you reported me?”

Bo-myung couldn’t even make eye contact and tried to avoid Seo Kang-jun.

“Okay, I’ll try as hard as I can. So, does your mother know about this?”

“…….”

“Your father doesn’t know because he’s picking up trash?”

Seo Kang-jun grabbed Do-wook’s wrist while touching Bo-myeong’s emotions with a story about his parents.

“I asked you if you knew.”

“…… Let go!!!”

Do-wook shook off Seo Kang-jun’s hand, which was tying his wrists and pressing his arms tightly. He shook off Seo Kang-jun, who came closer to him and pushed him away.

With only a little force, Seo Kang-jun’s body, who was standing one step below Do-wook, shook. Seo Kang-jun’s center of gravity shifted downward and he fell down the stairs.

“omg!”

“Kyaa-a!”

“Hey, aren’t you Seo Kang-jun?”

“Kangjun? are you okay?!”

The hallway became noisy. Seo Kang-jun was holding his arm with a face filled with pain.

Bo-myeong looked at Seo Kang-jun in a daze, unable to figure out what was going on. Seo Kang-jun, who made eye contact, raised the corner of his mouth in a mean manner.

No one saw Bo-myeong get hit, but dozens of people saw Bo-myeong push Seo Kang-jun and fall down the stairs, breaking his arm.

Seo Kang-Jun’s side shamelessly cut off the medical certificate and sued Bomyung.

Bo-myung’s mother came to the principal’s office and knelt down in front of Seo Kang-jun’s parents and prayed.

In exchange for not receiving any medical expenses or filing any charges, Seo Jung-won made a promise from Bo-myeong’s mother.

It was a promise that Seo Kang-jun’s name would never be mentioned again in school violence or other unpleasant matters.

***

When Do-wook saw Seo Jung-won’s face, he fell into the illusion that something he had dreamed about a while ago was vividly replayed.

However, we were not allowed to behave strangely here.

Producer Shin Yun-ho stood up and greeted Director Seo Jung-won. His status was so great that anyone working in the entertainment industry would know about Director Seo Joong-won.

“Director Seo, what are you doing here?”

“For some reason. “This was our agency’s celebrity’s first script reading, so I came out to encourage them.”

“Haha, Mina must be very confident.”

Juminah smiled shyly.

Other performers were also accompanied by managers and agency officials. Nevertheless, everyone felt a sense of discomfort at the appearance of Director Seo Jung-won.

Seo Jung-won looked around, found Do-wook, and said to Do-wook.

“I guess this is the friend who played the lead role this time?”

“Yes, this is Kang Do-wook.”

Producer Shin Yun-ho introduced Do-wook to Seo Joong-won.

Do-wook stood up and made eye contact with Seo Joong-won.