Chapter 133:
Chapter 133
Hip, right?
“Yoon Mi-sook, the writer?”
“Wow, that’s amazing!”
Park Dong-soo handed Ian a script. It was a drama he had seen in his previous life, JBTC’s Friday-Saturday drama ‘Lady Hee-bin’.
[Oh, you got this?]
It was the first historical drama by Yoon Mi-sook, who was known as the queen of dramas for her sophisticated direction and visual beauty. It had high ratings and captivated overseas fans through OTT platform distribution.
Ian looked at the role that was offered to him. It was highlighted with a fluorescent pen.
Kim Chun-taek
‘Who played this role before?’
[Yeon Jun-seo.]
‘Ah…’
There was only one trap in this perfect drama.
‘Lady Hee-bin’ depicted the palace intrigue between Jang Hee-bin and Queen In-hyun, and in the latter part of the drama, it portrayed King Sukjong’s regret for Queen In-hyun.
‘The role wasn’t a lead, but the character was pretty good…’
[If Yeon Jun-seo had acted well, he would have swept that year, right?]
Kim Chun-taek conspired with Concubine Choi to restore the deposed Queen In-hyun, and used his natural good looks to have an affair with Kim Jak-eun-ae-gi, the wife of Jang Hee-bin’s brother, Jang Hee-jae.
-This place is a feast of hate-love relationships
-It’s already fun
-A bad guy who uses his good looks and a woman who knows it and uses him for revenge, that’s so tasty
Kim Jak-eun-ae-gi, who had retreated to a corner, also used Kim Chun-taek for her vengeance against the Jang family. The fans of the drama were interested in the sub-couple’s relationship of using and being used as soon as the character settings were revealed.
-The relationship is all good, but Yeon Jun-seo is the trap lol
-His acting is so bad that it’s hard to watch
But Yeon Jun-seo, who played Kim Chun-taek, became a topic for his terrible acting and ruined the good drama and the good character.
‘Didn’t Yoon writer see his acting skills? That can’t be…’
Kim Yong-min in his previous life couldn’t work with such a hit writer because of his unlucky life. But he thought that she would care about the casting of an attractive supporting role.
[Of course she did. The original actor for this role wasn’t Yeon Jun-seo. You know Kim Min-jae, right? He’s a rookie now, but he’ll become a star later.]
‘Oh, I know.’
Kim Min-jae was a model-turned-actor who became a top star with his handsome face and acting skills.
[He had an accident and had to leave urgently before the crank-in. The role itself was a handsome man setting, but the actors who matched the image were all doing other works, so Yeon Jun-seo was hastily cast.]
‘He was lucky.’
[His luck didn’t last long, though. With Yoon writer being a perfectionist and the result being like that… Yoon writer never used idol-turned-actors after that. Yeon Jun-seo and his agency were boycotted.]
‘That’s too bad… He seems like he would do well if he tried hard.’
He admired Yeon Jun-seo’s attitude of lowering himself and learning from younger people, even though he was stubborn.
Ian skimmed through the script and smirked. He didn’t intend to give up.
‘Anyway, the script is in front of me.’
Park Dong-soo sighed in relief when he saw Ian’s smile. Due to the coronavirus situation, they couldn’t do any events, but they were expanding their individual activities. Only Ian was quiet.
Ian wasn’t bad at acting and he got many scripts from good writers, but he hadn’t decided on anything yet. It was quite troublesome.
“There’s a simple audition, but you’ll have no problem. You’ll do it, right?”
“Of course. When is it?”
“Next week.”
“I need to take some intensive acting lessons. Historical dramas are hard…”
“I’ll contact the teacher. Tomorrow morning?”
“Yes.”
He had a lot to pay attention to because it was a historical drama, but he had enough time to prepare for next week.
He heard someone talking in the next meeting room.
“By the way, what about Tae-woo hyung?”
“Oh, he’s doing a variety show. You guys might be able to join him too. I was going to tell you…”
“Really? Is there a variety show we can do together?”
“Well, it’s…”
After the success of ‘The Man of Trot’, there were many programs related to trot. This time, they planned a performance program with the TOP7 of Trot.
“It’s a program where the singers who were in the top ranks of trot collaborate with other singers. You can think of it as ‘With the Legend’ without the winner voting.”
“That sounds good.”
“Tae-woo wanted to do a variety show with you guys for a long time. If the meeting goes well in that room, they’ll probably contact us too.”
Ian frowned slightly as if he remembered something.
“That… don’t they announce new songs by trot singers at the end?”
“That’s right. How did you know?”
“I saw it in an article.”
Maybe… ‘Diamond’ could have been on the air sooner?
***
Lim Tae-woo confirmed his appearance on ‘Trot for You’ and chose Ahwi as the singer he wanted to go with.
Ahwi decided to join him on the show. There was still a lot of time left until the release of his repackaged album.
“Do you all know trot well?”
“My grandma used to sing it a lot.”
The first stage was a trot performance with Lim Tae-woo.
Park Seo-dam sprang up and sang his grandma’s favorite song. The members cheered and clapped as he sang with a twisty voice.
“Seo-dam is good.”
“Can you sing other songs too? Tae-woo hyung said he’s going to do ‘Turn Back Time’.”
“Of course.”
Park Seo-dam sang another trot song in a lively mood. Kim Joo-young jumped up.
“Oh, I know this one too.”
Park Jin-hyuk looked at the scene of the members boasting their trot songs and turned to Lee Joo-hyuk.
“What are we going to do?”
“It’s a bit… awkward to put rap in the middle, right?”
“I guess the elders will watch a lot.”
Lee Joo-hyuk and Park Jin-hyuk collapsed on the living room floor.
“Why don’t you try melody rap?”
“How about you challenge singing this time?”
Jo Tae-woong smiled meaningfully and patted Park Jin-hyuk’s shoulder. Ian, who had been thinking for a while, spoke softly.
“I think your vocals are not bad, hyungs.”
Ahwi’s study group was not a three-day project, but a consistent one. Ian, who mainly looked after the members’ vocals, thought that Lee Joo-hyuk and Park Jin-hyuk’s vocals were pretty good when he first heard them.
There was a prejudice that idols who couldn’t sing became rappers, and that was true in some cases, but Lee Joo-hyuk and Park Jin-hyuk chose their positions as rappers not because they couldn’t sing, but because they liked rap more than singing.
“You’re not tone-deaf when it comes to singing, hyungs. I think it wouldn’t be bad to try it this time.”
They agreed on the point of trying something new, but Lee Joo-hyuk didn’t erase his nervous expression.
“Trot is… isn’t it very resonant? You have to sing with a cool vibration.”
“There are calm songs too.”
“You have to be rich in emotions, right?”
“That’s… true.”
Ian groaned.
“I think it would be better to show our skills than to sing weirdly with poor singing skills.”
“How about singing rap?”
“That’s fine.”
Kim Hyun got up as if he had an idea and brought his tablet pad.
“Let’s dance too.”
“Trot with sharp choreography? Are you kidding?”
“Not sharp choreography, but….”
He said so, but he couldn’t easily picture it in his head. Kim Hyun went into MyTube and searched for something.
“I saw something amazing when I was watching the news.”
“You watch the news too?”
“I’m a cultured person too. Anyway, look at this.”
On the screen, there was a caption saying ‘The dance performance that shook Europe’ and people in their 50s or older went up on stage and danced with a bounce. It felt like a tourist bus dance.
“My grandma does this a lot!”
“It’s weird, right? I’ve seen this kind of dance from my grandma too.”
“So we’re going to dance this?”
The members looked puzzled at Park Seo-dam’s words. They didn’t know if they would look good on stage.
“Wouldn’t we look too… wobbly if we danced this?”
“Hey Joo-young, try dancing that.”
Kim Joo-young didn’t refuse and got up and danced the moves on the screen.
“Like this?”
“Hmm… is it because you’re dancing alone?”
Jo Tae-woong and Ian joined him on the side, but the picture didn’t come alive. To be honest, it wasn’t cool.
“This kind of thing is only cool when elders do it, right? We’re still lacking in experience.”
“But I think I can tell what rhythm this is as I dance it.”
Lee Joo-hyuk looked amazed as he danced along with the steady rhythm.
“It’s amazing that elders don’t learn this kind of dance separately. They do similar moves.”
“Right? Or maybe we can change the moves to suit our style. Wouldn’t that make a fun picture?”
Kim Hyun snapped his fingers.
“How about this? Let’s hire elders as dancers. Let’s make the people who watch our stage on TV dance with excitement.”
The stage should be fun for both the performers and the audience. The members were amazed by the strategy that targeted the main viewership. Kim Hyun was excited to see his opinion being accepted.
“Trot singers, idols, and elderly dancers.”
“That’s hip, right? Let’s talk to Tae-woo hyung.”
The members were persuaded by Kim Hyun’s words. Ian picked up his phone and called Lim Tae-woo.
***
Lim Tae-woo also agreed that the stage plan of Awi members was interesting.
After that, the members had a fun dance party under the pretext of analyzing the dance. They arrived at the dorm late at night.
“Do you know that the trainees were watching us when we were dancing?”
“Really? Ah… How far did our image go…”
Ian sighed and touched his forehead. Jo Tae-woong and Kim Joo-young shrugged their shoulders.
“Anyway, our image is ruined to them.”
“Didn’t we see them when we got paid last time?”
Awi got another payment because their album sales were good. The payment was always fun and thrilling. The trainees saw them playing tag in the practice room as soon as they got paid.
“Did you see them then? Ah… I wanted to be a cool senior.”
“We’ve already deviated a bit from being cool seniors.”
Park Jin-hyuk patted Park Seo-dam’s shoulder.
“Isn’t Ian going to do a drama?”
“How long has it been since his last drama?”
The members’ eyes sparkled as they saw the script in Ian’s hand. Ian lifted the script and the members applauded.
“But it’s a historical drama, so it’s a bit hard…”
“Do you want me to help you?”
“Sure.”
Jo Tae-woong was more excited to see the script of Yoon Mi-sook, a famous writer. He went into Ian’s room first. The other members also went into their own rooms.
[Doesn’t he have any jealousy?]
‘You’re different from someone like you.’
[What am I!]
Ian ignored Jin’s protest and went to the kitchen to choose a drink with Jo Tae-woong. Next to him, Lee Joo-hyuk, who was also choosing a drink, snatched the drink that Ian had grabbed with a disgusted expression.
“Hey, choose something normal for Tae-woong.”
“What’s wrong with this?”
“Totally wrong.”
Ian put down the pine needle drink and picked up an orange juice.
“Hyung, how’s the ‘Diamond’ work?”
“A bit… hard.”
“Why?”
“It’s hard to decide whether to redo the song or keep it as it is.”
“Oh…”
It was Lim Tae-woo’s song that he had been keeping for years, so Lee Joo-hyuk must have felt a lot of pressure. Ian punched Lee Joo-hyuk’s shoulder.
“Don’t feel too burdened.”
“I’ll try…”
It would be an honor for him as the original writer to have Lee Joo-hyuk work on his song. Lee Joo-hyuk didn’t know Ian’s inner thoughts and sighed deeply.
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