This Life:
Even though he had a mean-spirited appearance as a child (351), Ha Gil-woong was considered quite handsome.
Even though his grades were below par, he had enough money and background to be able to enroll in school and leave the military.
He grew up affluent and fearless, and was proud that he could live that way.
And I became more and more like an amateur.
“Hey, exaggeration. Aren’t Kang Soo-hyun and Shiny Pink kids here? “Why is the water so dirty?”
“Senior, attending the new student welcome party is completely voluntary….”
“These guys know you like a dog. This is why things don’t work these days.”
When Gilwoong was a freshman, a movement was launched within the Yeonyoung Department to eliminate bad habits, shouting ‘Down with the turds.’
Instead of the vertical structure of senior/junior, the term “students who respect each other” was mainly used, and a collective culture was avoided.
As actor Kang Seung-hoo, who was in his final year at the time, took the lead and led the mood, the persistent traces of bad habits faded considerably.
Of course, Ha Gil-woong, who was a freshman at the time, had an ideal campus life without excessive touches from seniors.
“It’s like they’re celebrities or something.”
Gilwoong, who was well off to make a living, had no intention of going into the entertainment or theater world.
Therefore, unlike other students who were careful not to look bad in a small industry, I behaved as I wanted and tried to revive the bad attitude that my seniors had worked hard to eliminate.
“I think what you said was a bit harsh. I can’t believe you disparage freshmen classmates like that when they can’t show up because of personal reasons. Moreover, it is ugly to come to a place where children play because they are in high school.”
“what?”
Of course, his juniors did not just watch his atrocities.
In particular, the second graders protested even more strongly, as they knew that Gilwoong had a time when he was not active.
“Hey, stop.”
“Let go. Anyway, according to my senior, I have no intention of coming to this industry. “If that’s the case, why did you come to the entertainment department?”
“this…!”
“Hey Kim Hayoung, you go.”
“hey!”
As the emotions between the two were about to intensify, Harim, the manager, pushed Hayoung, who was at a long distance from Gilwoong, on the back.
When he forcibly kicked her out, the other second graders came forward and comforted Gilwoong.
“Don’t you know that that person blocked Senior Changyeol’s path? “That brother’s membership was cancelled, so he’s working hard.”
“That’s… that’s right…!”
“I heard you’re looking into a theater company to join after graduating next year. There’s nothing good about being picked on by a needlessly persistent person. “The kids and I will solve it, so just go today.”
This is a person who enters college without any skills and does not receive a single academic warning even if he or she only participates in classes.
There is no way you can ruin the life of a weak actor.
The second graders dislike him, but instead of rebelling against him, they ignore him or say ‘yes, yes.’ The reason I did this was because I was afraid that I might end up at a disadvantage.
Because I thought he was someone I wouldn’t see if I just endured it for a few more years, there were some aspects of responding in a microscopic way.
“….”
So Hayoung left, and the atmosphere at the welcoming party naturally turned into a mess.
The freshmen were eating and drinking while watching the seniors’ opinions, and the second-year students, who were supposed to lead the freshmen, were busy trying to please Gilwoong for the sake of the future of their classmates.
“ha ha ha!”
Gil-woong, who eventually emerged victorious, enjoyed the welcome party as if he were the main character.
He forced himself into the group of freshmen and boasted about himself, while scolding juniors who said he couldn’t drink and offering them drinks.
“But the more I think about it, the more shameful it becomes. Hey, exaggeration. “Do you have the numbers of Kang Soo-hyun or the kids who didn’t come?”
“Nothing…”
“Don’t lie and give me the phone.”
Gil-woong, who was very drunk, snatched Har-rim’s phone as if to snatch it, forcibly found out the pattern, and opened the phone book.
Those who felt that Gilwoong’s behavior was unusual exchanged glances with each other and wondered what to do.
This year’s new student… or rather, Kang Soo-hyun, who can be said to be the biggest figure among the current students, and Ha Ji-woong, the truth in front of us.
The students around Gilwoong were unable to stop him because they were afraid of the nearby fist, and eventually the beeping sound continued.
-hello.
And soon a calm voice was heard from across the room.
“Hey, Class XX Kang Soo-hyun. Why didn’t you come to the welcome party today? “He’s very superior, right?”
The people around him were shocked by Gil-woong’s attitude, as they had not expected him to start telling the truth as soon as he answered the phone.
They mustered up courage they didn’t have before and stopped Gilwoong, exchanging glances here and there.
The shoulders of the innocent freshmen shrank even more.
* * *
Suhyeon stared at the screen as the harsh words came from the receiver.
It was a call from the department’s number, so I answered it to see if there was something to be delivered, but it was the voice of someone who had been drinking and was not very drunk.
‘What kind of camp is this… I’m glad I didn’t go.’
Suhyeon looked at the smartphone with a dumbfounded expression.
After he became famous, there were people who said behind his back that he was arrogant because he was young, but there were no people who openly put his age first.
The more they learned about him, the more careful they were about what they said.
“You dialed the wrong number.”
Su-hyeon, who thought it was stupid to respond, gave a typical answer in a pathetic tone and hung up.
He thought he heard screaming after that, but it wasn’t anything he cared about.
‘Even the department head can’t manage his phone. block.’
Su-hyeon changed the settings in a calm manner and switched the sound to silent.
So that even if you get a call from a different number, you can ignore it.
Drunken nonsense was easily forgotten from his mind.
-Now I feel lucky that I didn’t die, but at the time I really wanted to die. I’m from Gangnam School District 8, but I really struggled here with just one or two questions.
Forgetting the commotion, he pressed the space bar to play the paused video.
The video featured an interview with a college student, followed by answers from other male and female students.
Everyone calmly talked about entrance exams and high school and expressed their current feelings.
‘It’s scary…’
Suhyeon summarized her impressions of those on screen in a notebook.
I wrote about the thoughts of those who aim to enter prestigious universities at famous high schools and what regrets they have.
‘If you can’t understand it, you have to analyze it.’
The school days he experienced were very different from those of ‘Jin-oh’.
Although the high school I attended before returning was in the humanities, it tended to entrust students’ education to private education, and after returning, I studied for the college entrance exam on my own.
I never felt pressure from my family to study, and I never worried that my life would fall apart if I didn’t go to college.
Since our experiences did not overlap, we had to think about similar situations and apply them, but the puzzles he had were too few.
‘Actually, this kind of character analysis is done through the script… but there is no script.’
Dong-hyung said that even if there is no framework, you can feel with your heart and act as the character, but because the acting style was so different, Su-hyeon could not follow that advice.
And gradually, dissatisfaction built up.
‘It’s passing, but Jin-O is too plain.’
Director Jin Yun-hwa said that Soo-hyun’s acting was not bad.
They passed it, saying there was enough good footage on the camera screen.
However, although Soo-hyeon is the main character, the appearance of ‘Jin-oh’, who is portrayed as character number 1 without any proper performance, was shocking.
‘Because I don’t know much.’
If you ad-lib because you want to stand out, what will come is a harsh response from the director.
In the end, in order for Su-hyeon to achieve what she wanted, she had to completely become ‘Jin-oh’, lead the scene, and improve so that other actors were unconsciously sucked into her acting.
‘I shouldn’t be conscious of that either. I have to forget even myself.’
Complete immersion was difficult for Suhyeon, who could only see the screen.
If something happens, I check the screen to check my status.
It took a lot of effort to take a different path than usual.
‘you can do it.’
Suhyeon diligently observed and organized the people on the screen, just like when she was preparing for the college entrance exam.
His concentration while wearing glasses was as good as that of a test taker.
“action.”
“Last time, I asked you to make a short speech. After today’s class, please submit it to the class president…”
Dong-hyung, who was standing in front of the teacher’s table with the director’s instructions, began to speak.
It was a common homework-checking scene during English class and was expected to be the most time-consuming part of today’s filming.
“Number 35 Han Jin-oh.”
“yes.”
“Have you done your homework?”
“yes.”
“Okay, read it.”
Su-hyeon stood up at Dong-hyung’s name and stared at the paper he had completed this morning.
Director Jin Yun-hwa, who knew that Soo-hyeon was good at English, suggested that she write a short article on the spot.
It was an event where ‘Jin-oh’ was ridiculed by his friends while reading his writing in English, which lowered his self-esteem.
Su-hyeon, who had listened to interviews with graduates and students from prestigious high schools before filming, wrote the article while thinking about how Jin-oh felt.
Since I had experience writing acceptance speeches for awards, writing a half-page essay was not as difficult as I thought.
“When life drops you down….”
Suhyeon expressed on paper what she felt while listening to the students’ feelings.
Although I didn’t have great writing skills, I was surprisingly good at writing down what I wanted to say and my hopes.
[…When you feel like giving up, you can take a breather. It is often said that people are not machines, but in fact, even machines break down when they overheat. The right answer is to just rest.]
After honing his voice a few times, he calmly read the content he had prepared.
Thanks to learning English through conversation, difficult words were not overused in his writing, and thanks to this, people who knew some English had no difficulty understanding the meaning.
[Time doesn’t solve everything. It cannot erase your feelings and memories. However, it will definitely sprout under the compost.]
Clean pronunciation, accents placed in the right places so the other person doesn’t miss the point, and a bit of wit inserted to keep the writing from being too heavy.
Dong-hyung, who had to sigh in the middle and say, ‘Stop reading.’ and the actors who played the student roles, who had to laugh at the main character, all listened quietly to the speech that followed.
Among them, there were some who did not understand English and wondered why everyone was like that, but the trend had already turned to Su-hyeon.
[Thank you.]
“….”
When the five-minute text ended, the people around them remained silent and stared at Su-hyeon.
“…it was a great article.”
Dong-hyeong, who was supposed to criticize Jin-oh’s skills as a teacher, only left those words.
The actors playing the students, who should have been booed, also carefully omitted any inappropriate behavior.
“Cut. Hmm…”
Director Jin was also lost in thought.
He stroked his chin and looked at Suhyeon.
Even though she didn’t ad-lib, Su-hyeon was nervous as she recalled the scene that had changed because of her.
“Good.”
Despite Soo-hyeon’s nervousness, the director gave favorable reviews to the filmed scene.
“This is okay… let’s change the story.”
“…!”
And then he made a bombshell statement.