After the eting between Cocoa Entertainnt, the advertising agency, and Cloud, Anh Da Ho contacted Seo-jun.
I decided to use Na Jin as my stage na. Theres no script change, and the child actors nas will be their real nas
-Ill use Na Jin too.
Seo-juns words made Anh Da Ho laugh.
You can use Lee Seo-jun if you want.
-I already applied as Na Jin, so Ill stick with that.
Okay, then. And they said you should get used to acting before the shooting. The audition will be at the Baekho Fire Safety Experience Center.
-Baekho Fire Safety Experience Center?
Seo-juns voice was full of curiosity. Anh Da Ho explained.
Its a safety experience center made by the fire departnt. You can experience earthquakes, typhoons, and smoke evacuation there.
Co to think of it, he rembered going to such a place with his classmates and horoom teacher.
The earthquake experience where he was shaken violently on a machine, the typhoon experience where the wind blew fiercely, and the smoke evacuation experience where he walked through a dark corridor filled with smoky air and headed for the ergency exit.
Seo-jun nodded his head as he talked on his phone.
-I went there when I was in third grade. It had a different na though.
It must be an old one. They said this is a new place they made.
-I told them I was used to school evacuation drills, but the smoke evacuation room was different and I was surprised. The kids too. But theyre going to do the audition there?
Usually they would do it in an office Wouldnt it be hard to act in a dark and smoky place?
Anh Da Ho answered Seo-juns question.
Theyre looking at acting skills too, but they dont want anyone to panic on the set, so theyre giving extra points to calm child actors.
That makes sense.
If he got scared by the fake smoke and cried, or felt trapped and couldnt move, it would be hard to continue shooting.
Anh Da Ho continued.
So Im thinking of going to the Baekho Experience Center when I have ti. What do you think?
-Sure. I want to go too.
Seo-jun nodded his head repeatedly.
His parents, Seo Eun Hye and Lee Min Joon, laughed as they watched their son nodding his head earnestly while talking on the phone.
***
The advertising agency Cloud beca busy.
They finished the audition at the Baekho Fire Safety Experience Center with Park Jong Woo, the director of this ad, and sent the scripts to the selected child actors.
The production team made the set for shooting the ad, and the planning team arranged a nearby fire station to cooperate with them.
Even in the midst of their busy schedule, the smiles never left their faces.
It was because an unexpected actor had agreed to appear in their ad.
Ah, dont we have to tell the fire departnt that Lee Seo-jun is appearing?
Yeah, shouldnt we tell them soon?
Everyone looked at their team leader.
The team leader shook his head.
We cant tell them.
You an we cant tell them that Lee Seo-jun is appearing? Why not?
Thats right. The budget will increase a lot, wont it?
And higher-ups will co too.
The team leaders words made everyone nod their heads. They understood.
We get it.
You convinced everyone with one sentence. Team leader, youre good at summarizing.
If we say Lee Seo-jun is coming, all the higher-ups will show up.
Maybe even beyond the fire departnt.
The employees shuddered as they imagined Lee Seo-jun being harassed by them.
They wouldnt have any excuse to butt in if it was a movie or a drama shoot, but a public service ad?
What a perfect excuse.
They could co from city councilors to congressn, from here and there, to take pictures for publicity or election campaigns.
They sighed as they imagined Lee Seo-jun being surprised by the fake smoke and crying, or feeling trapped and unable to move.
So everyone keep your mouths shut until the shooting is over.
Yes!
Lets start telling the actors when the shooting date is.
Yes!
But dont we have to tell the director? That Lee Seo-jun is appearing.
Kim Ji Hyuns words made the team leader pause.
Did we not tell him yet?
No.
Lets tell him right away.
Yes!
Kim Ji Hyun quickly sent a banana talk ssage.
***
I those bastards I knew they would do this
Jong Woo hyung. Eat this while you drink. You havent eaten anything all day.
Park Jong Woo, who had been grumbling, started to sob.
Kim Soo Han, who had been drinking with him since noon, sighed.
He knew that Jong Woo hyung, who was good at drinking, wouldnt get drunk by this much alcohol.
He was just using the slight buzz to let out the feelings he had been suppressing.
He understood how unfair and frustrated Park Jong Woo felt.
He had bought a good script that seed promising among many others, and had secured the investnt by running around everywhere, only to have the production company change the director without any notice.
They didnt even listen to Park Jong Woos protest.
All he got was the script fee that the production company threw at him as if they were doing him a favor.
We did everything We did everything from start to finish And those bastards
He repeated the sa words and whimpered until he lay down on the floor and quieted down.
It was lucky that it was Jong Woo hyungs house.
Kim Soo Han sighed.
But what do we do now
He felt bitter.
He had helped Jong Woo hyung, who was his junior in college, at a student film festival.
As a return, Kim Soo Han also helped with Park Jong Woos work.
He had worked hard for months, waiting for the day his na would appear in the ending credits, and it all turned out to be nothing.
I thought I could do one work before going to the army
He felt sick.
He drank another beer to ease his stomach.
Bark!
Park Jong Woos phone rang. Kim Soo Han shook Park Jong Woo.
Hyung. You got a banana talk.
Huh?
A banana talk.
Huh Give my phone
Kim Soo Han put the phone in Park Jong Woos hand that was waving in the air.
Park Jong Woo read the banana talk ssage with his blurry vision.
Director. This is Cloud, the advertising agency.
We have decided on the actor for role A.
Advertising agency.
Those words made Park Jong Woo sober up.
Who is it?
The ad company.
Oh, them.
Cloud, the advertising agency that Park Jong Woo and Kim Soo Han had contracted with to make so money for their movie.
They had done other things too to raise funds for their movie.
But what was the point of having money when they lost their movie?
It was hard to cancel since they had already signed a contract, and neither of them had the personality to drop their work without a good reason.
I guess Ill have to work hard on this instead of a movie.
Soo Han ah, give so cold water.
Okay.
Park Jong Woo drank the cold water that Kim Soo Han handed him and regained his senses. He sent a reply.
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