In this life, from a child actor (260)
“What rumor?”
Crown was a company sensitive to public opinion.
Although we do not listen to all public opinion and demands, we have planned in advance what words are circulating and how we will respond if problems arise in the future.
However, even with all that preparation, rumors that Suhyun was unaware of often arose in this way.
“It’s not a big deal, but it’s a story that goes around among us rookie idols and trainees…”
Lee Hyun looked around once more and cautiously opened his mouth.
Although he hasn’t debuted yet, Hyundo was one of the quite famous trainees.
The fear of truly talented people and the yearning for control combined to increase awareness among business associates.
“Hyundo took second place in survival and the boss became greedy, so we became close friends.”
The survival music program that Hyundo participated in was an event co-hosted by CL.
Even if he was a member of KYW, there was no way CL would just look at the coveted talent and used trainees of similar age to build friendships with him.
The message was, ‘If you come this way, you can form a group with us and debut.’
“Then there was an actor who was close to my brother, and I found out it was you.”
Hyeon-do did not openly talk about his relationship with Su-hyeon.
However, they did not completely hide it, and as they became closer, it was inferred that Soo-hyeon was often mentioned as a ‘rival and friend’.
‘No, did you really say ‘I have a rival that I have to catch up with’? I don’t think it was like this before regression… Why is it still like that even in my senior year of high school?’
Su-hyeon, who quietly listened to his story, compared Geo before his return to Hyeon-do now.
I don’t know if it was because I didn’t know at the time because we weren’t close, or if things had changed in this life, but I hoped that he would graduate from puberty.
Even while he was perplexed, Lee Hyun continued his explanation.
“It’s surprising that you are Hyundo’s acquaintance, but since you see that you are friends rather than brother and sister, wouldn’t you be curious as to why?”
Soo-hyeon sees Hyeon-do as a pitiful friend who never got out of adolescence, but there was a two-year age gap between them.
As a people who ask each other for age first no matter what they do and rank them in rank, the relationship of casually calling each other was seen as unusual.
“…Is that something you’re that curious about?”
“If the target was an ordinary person, it would have been okay, but since the target is you… you are the most famous celebrity in our age group.”
Some idol fandoms may want to deny it, but among minors… or even adults, there are few people as famous as Suhyeon.
Despite crushing most people’s career highs, he is still growing.
He became a star to the point where people said that a world-class star was born.
“So what we thought was that given that he has succeeded so far at such a young age, his actual personality must be formidable. “Because friends resemble friends.”
“….”
“Actually, I was also very nervous when I first saw you.”
Su-hyeon stared at Lee Hyun, who spoke passionately with excitement on his cold face.
And I thought of Seokwon, who caught me on the day of the preliminary meeting and asked me various questions.
It seems that teenagers these days are very interested in gossip.
‘It’s definitely a time I’ve been through, but why… oh, I didn’t have any friends.’
After thinking about his gloomy past for a moment, he got up as the bell rang.
Although it was useful information, the mental fatigue was too high to continue listening to it.
The ‘actor Kang Soo-hyun’ that Lee Hyun was talking about was a strict professional who only drank high-quality French water, so Soo-hyun was really curious about who that was.
“It’s just because Hyeon-do and I became close friends when we were young… Don’t like rumors too much.”
“I knew right away after talking to you. Still, it’s a little disappointing. To be honest, when I heard your story, it was both scary and wonderful. Something cold and high pride?”
“….”
Su-hyeon stared at Lee Hyun.
A soft talk that doesn’t go well with his cold appearance…
Even though he doesn’t have any resemblance, when I think of my friend Mr.
‘I guess I’m the only normal person.’
Even today, he swallowed his illusions and worried about his children’s future.
* * *
“They said there were rumors like that going around.”
The next day, Saturday, while going to work on site, Suhyeon talked about what happened at school yesterday.
Sang-il also knew about Lee Hyun, so it was okay not to mention him separately.
“In Korea, even if there is a difference of one year in age, people always use the titles ‘brother’ or ‘sister.’”
When they become adults, they are polite enough to say ‘Mr. so-and-so’, but at a young age, relationships are established using friendly titles.
This means that Su-hyeon’s behavior of calling people who were one or two years older than her by their titles may have seemed strange to those around her.
‘I had my own reasons too…’
Among the people Suhyeon was close with, there were three people she did not call older or older.
Seo-ra Ji-yoon and Hyeon-do.
In the case of Seo-ra and Ji-yoon, children at the time were not used to being called ‘noona’, so the titles were shortened to take advantage of their personalities.
At first, Hyeon-do called him brother, but when he realized it was Gino, he secretly changed it to an equal friend, thinking, ‘I can’t call Gino brother.’
‘…It’s a reason I can’t explain.’
Su-hyeon, who had been thinking about that, humbly accepted the rumor.
It’s a rumor that only people in the know know anyway and will disappear on its own after Hyundo debuts.
It was better to focus on school life and filming rather than worrying about illusions.
“Im here.”
“Wow, it’s spring.”
Suhyun got out of the car and felt the season as she looked at the scenery of spring flowers in full bloom.
It was nice to see the cherry blossoms and forsythia blooming along the road.
‘It’s different yet similar to what I imagined.’
‘Campus Couples’, as the title suggests, was a drama about the romance of college students.
The main setting was, of course, a university campus, and the main filming location was also a university in Seoul, famous for its pretty campus.
“Outdoor shooting will begin when the flowers are more in full bloom.”
“The weather will be a bit warmer by then.”
Feeling the coolness of early spring, Suhyeon walked along the stone path.
After passing the slope and stairs and arriving at the meeting place, he glanced around to see that the classroom was clearly different from middle and high school.
The university I visited for the first time before and now was a bit surprising.
‘I had no intention of going to college from the beginning, so I skipped the entrance exam briefing session… There are two lines on the blackboard, so how do I use it? Do you climb ladders in between?
The exterior of the building was just the exterior, but the main lecture room was larger than he expected.
The scale was extraordinary, with eight seats that could easily accommodate 200 people, and even the screens on either side of the blackboard.
It was a vastness that I couldn’t feel when I saw it partially on the screen or in a photo.
‘Can you see the blackboard from this street?’
Su-hyeon looked at the cameras installed in the center of the middle hallway and looked around again.
Because the classroom was spacious, college students gathered in the corner to watch the lecture.
“Wow… really…!”
“Face…”
Suhyun guessed what those people were whispering about through their gestures.
He was tall, his face was small…
I could guess that it was a good thing to see from the glances in his eyes.
‘As expected, this appearance is so heartwarming to other people. After all, if you take care of it with sincerity and over a long period of time, the results will change.’
Su-hyeon, proud of his own coup, controlled the corners of his mouth that rose.
The envy of others has always been sweet.
* * *
Siwon was glued to the wall, watching people coming and going in the classroom.
The filming site being completed up close was quite interesting.
“I thought they were going to film at Korea University, but they came to our school.”
“Our school building is pretty.”
“Wow, wasn’t Kang Soo-hyun in high school? My body is really good. He’s tall…”
“Your face is this big.” “The eyes, nose, and mouth are all in there.”
The first building was a building used by art-related departments.
Classes by students of the Department of Film and Video at Silla University were mainly held here, and most of those watching now were students of the English Department.
‘It’s definitely different from what I learned through photography and theory… Since I can’t take pictures, I have to quickly organize what I need to use.’
Siwon stared at the scene, ignoring the chatter of his friends.
Although some students came voluntarily, the majority participated because their major professors forced them to watch the actual game.
Of course, since it was compulsory, I had to submit an impression report as well.
‘I heard that most sites these days use three or more cameras. Six… Was TNB this big of a company? Well, it’s a place famous for dramas.’
She checked the actual equipment that was used, which was different from the theory, and glanced at the actors.
Except for the recently hot child actor Kang Soo-hyun, they were all unfamiliar faces, but they seemed busy.
‘I’m not a Yeonyoung person, so I don’t think there’s any need to see the actors.’
The PD’s applause signaled the start when we pledged to focus on the staff’s filming equipment and cameras rather than the actors’ acting.
The actors continued to speak their lines while the staff remained motionless like statues.
“Is there a seat here?”
Siwon felt that the voice coming through the speaker was lacking compared to the real thing.
The voice asking if there was a seat was so simple that it seemed like he would put his bag away even if it was a friend’s seat if he just asked that way.
“We’re the same age. “This is also our relationship, can we talk comfortably?”
Soo-hyun, who continued speaking for a while, smiled brightly at the actress.
With a charming smile and pink petals sparkling in the background, Siwon momentarily rubbed his eyes.
‘…I was in middle school when I was a senior in high school. Wake.’
Even though I tried to calm myself down, my once shaken heart was agitated and I understood the motives behind making a fuss with a child.
It feels like a cat is coming up to me and rubbing its face on my pants hem.
Since the age difference was only 3 years, it was no wonder that they all felt similar romantic feelings.
‘Ha… I wish I had that kind of motive… No, even if I were a returning senior, I would confess right away.’
Even if you were involved in something bad before, you will pass as soon as you make it clear.
Siwon tapped the classmate next to him and asked the title of the drama.
I was willing to watch the drama if it featured such a refreshing character.
“I think your university is worth a visit at least once.”
After finishing filming on campus, Su-hyeon expressed a bit of admiration.
Desserts are also coveted more by those who know how to taste them.
Before returning, I had a strong perception that it was a ‘bad value for money’ place, but once I looked around the campus and sat in the lecture hall, I became greedy for the university life that everyone else was experiencing.
“Honestly, I regret it a little because I didn’t have time to go to high school, but I was also worried that going to college would be difficult because of the title. But I think I know what it means to be romantic.”
Before returning to school, college was sour grapes for Su-hyeon.
Since I couldn’t go anyway, it meant that I only thought about the disadvantages.
My mock test scores weren’t bad, so if I had taken the CSAT, I could have narrowly gotten into a university in the metropolitan area, but I wasn’t confident about getting a scholarship.
‘If I had wanted to go, my mom could have helped me… But at that time, becoming independent from my maternal family came first.’
Even though he always looked tired and moved on with indifference, Jiyeon did not stop him financially.
He just felt indebted to Su-hyeon because his mother’s family was paying attention to him and pretending not to criticize him, spending the money she had earned.
“College is a place to study, not a place to find romance.”
“I’m going there for the title rather than studying. Even though most people go to college to get a good job, there are people who disparage celebrities who have graduated from high school or passed the GED, saying they have a low intellectual level, right?”
“That’s right.”
Su-hyeon didn’t want to leave flaws in areas that could be filled.
The reason I decided to join the military, where I could easily get kicked out if I wanted to, and to get a college diploma was all to avoid giving myself a chance.
‘Go to things like MT.’
He also had his own campus romance.
Like discussing acting in a serious manner with classmates or receiving a can of coffee with a note attached to it from an anonymous person.
It was a fantasy that someone who never went to college could dream up.
“There’s nothing special about college. “Going to college doesn’t mean you’ll get a girlfriend you never had before, or suddenly become handsome, or become more academically inclined, or become a popular person.”
“…I don’t have any intention of dating?”
Sang-il cruelly destroyed Su-hyeon’s pink imagination.
And it presented the gray reality that high school students simply evolve into college students.
‘I know everything. But sometimes things like drama happen.’
Su-hyeon nervously flipped through the prepared documents, swallowing the illusion that many people had, thinking, ‘I’m probably different.’
It was a silent protest that he did not want to talk to the manager.
“Huh? Sang-il, when did this come?”
As she was flipping through the papers, Suhyun’s hand stopped in front of a plan.