The full-fledged filming of
After that, it was practically a smooth sailing.
Just as Director Han Ye-geon had confidently predicted, by the end of the year at the earliest.
The filming speed was incredibly fast, as if they were determined to finish by early next year at the latest.
Above all.
"It's all thanks to Seoyeon."
Jo Seo-hee said that while scanning the filming set.
Seoyeon's action scenes are usually included once per episode.
However, excluding the very first action scene with Oliver, there wasn't any particularly outstanding action scene.
Proper action comes in the middle to latter half.
Until then, it's mostly about dealing with extras sent from the research institute.
'Min Do-ha appears from episode 5 onwards, not episode 1.'
The role Min Do-ha plays is the leader of a special group that handles dirty work for the research institute.
Shin So-jin.
The chase scene with her is in episode 5.
Before that, Jin Yeon-seo also chases the research institute in her own way.
And, while chasing, she meets Hwang Ah-ra, the character played by Jo Seo-hee.
She is the daughter of an investor who originally invested in the research institute.
However, at the point when Yeon-seo disappears.
Various things happened at the research institute, and in the process, Hwang Ah-ra's father is murdered by an Esper of the research institute.
So, she is a character who wants to use Jin Yeon-seo to avenge her father.
'And Jin Yeon-seo willingly plays along.'
Seoyeon recalled such content and let out a groan and a sigh.
Overall, Jin Yeon-seo had aspects that were comfortable for Seoyeon to act.
For example, the fact that she is a character unfamiliar with emotions.
Because she only used limited emotions in the research institute, there are many emotions she came to know after coming out into society.
Such elements are relatively easy to understand.
Because Seoyeon was also like that.
'However…….'
Excluding those parts, honestly, Seoyeon and Jin Yeon-seo's sensibilities are quite different.
While Seoyeon also has a somewhat aggressive tendency, Jin Yeon-seo basically 'looks down on others'.
This is because Jin Yeon-seo herself is the strongest Esper.
It's so when considering the foundation of Jin Yeon-seo's power, beyond simple regeneration ability.
'Bad personality.'
It's a different vibe from Cha Seo-ah.
That one originally had an inability to express emotions.
On top of that, she was a murderer and a villain from the start.
But Jin Yeon-seo has a bad personality but is the protagonist.
Therefore, expressing that character attractively is a completely different story.
To put it simply, it's very difficult.
'Would it feel like this if I grew up without going through puberty?'
For example, if I had been in the same situation as Jin Yeon-seo, an orphan who didn't meet good parents.
If so, maybe it would have been similar.
Even more so if I had special physical abilities like now.
'But things I haven't experienced, I ultimately have no choice but to imagine.'
Honestly, Seoyeon has a more innocent side now than when she was a child.
As she grew up, she rather changed to fit her original age.
For Seoyeon, who basically grew up watching Su-ah, Jin Yeon-seo's personality was honestly the kind she disliked.
"Heum, but Arthur, that man. He was grumbling for nothing. Apart from the action, did he say something was a bit disappointing about the other aspects?"
Jo Seo-hee said that while scrutinizing Seoyeon's face.
Seoyeon's expression, focused on munching on a hamburger, was quite hard to read.
'She likes hamburgers.'
Jo Seo-hee doesn't eat them often, but there's nothing like a hamburger for a quick bite during filming breaks.
Of course, Jo Seo-hee usually ate sandwiches made by her housekeeper at home.
She also had to manage her weight.
"That, what that man said is right."
"……Really? Everyone said it was highly praised?"
"The director gave it a barely passing grade, and Seo-hee, you'll probably think similarly if you see it."
The reason others didn't notice it was probably because their attention was stolen by Seoyeon's 'action' they saw right before their eyes.
People who see her bizarre physical abilities for the first time usually have such a reaction.
'Apart from fitting the role well, a disliked character is hard to act.'
Honestly, my immersion almost broke a few times.
It was only because Oliver brilliantly received the action that it worked out.
"By the way."
Seoyeon looked at Seo-hee for a moment and said.
It seemed like a normal conversation, but something was a bit off.
"Is there something making you anxious?"
"Huh?"
"You seem more anxious than usual."
At those words, Seo-hee blinked for a moment.
"……Does it look like that?"
"Yes."
"Heum, just as Lee Ji-yeon said, you're quick-witted in strange areas."
However, even if Seoyeon asked, Jo Seo-hee didn't have a proper answer to give.
Because this anxiety was hard to define as one specific thing.
"There's an actor from Hollywood too. Recently, I've been a bit worried."
"Worried about what?"
"It feels like my acting is somehow stagnating."
She felt that feeling doubled while filming
If you ask who the actor who performed the most impressive acting in the movie was, everyone would probably have different answers.
Lee Ji-yeon's acting.
And, Lee Sang-soo's acting.
Or there might be people who pick Seoyeon or Stella.
But, would there be anyone who picks her own acting?
Probably not.
She did well.
She was flawlessly outstanding, but if you ask if there was an impressive part, she's not sure.
Her acting teacher, so to speak, actress Jeong Eun-seon, said she didn't need to worry because she was still young, but she can't help but care when her peer actors take a step forward.
"I act too much like a model student, don't I."
"Is that so?"
There are no mistakes in Jo Seo-hee's acting.
It's truly clean and flawless.
If you say that's lacking, there's nothing to say, but.
"Yeah, that's a bit of a concern."
Jo Seo-hee said that and looked at Arthur, who was a little distance away.
It wasn't that he did anything to Jo Seo-hee.
'If I had to say, the problem is that I'm not in his eyes at all.'
Coming to the filming set today, she felt that clearly.
She was determined to definitely land a blow on him in
'I don't want to be conscious of it, but.'
Sometimes, she has such thoughts.
When such a formidable opponent appears, how nice would it be if she had talent like her mother.
Such thoughts.
If only she had starlight-like talent, like Seoyeon beside her.
"Anyway, let's do well with today's filming."
"Yes."
Jo Seo-hee said that and stood up first to get her makeup done.
Seoyeon looked at Seo-hee's back and stuffed the remaining hamburger into her mouth.
"……Hmm."
Seoyeon quietly stared at Jo Seo-hee's back.
Jo Seo-hee was anxious, but she didn't look greatly shaken.
Whatever else, Jo Seo-hee's mental fortitude was solid as steel.
'But.'
Sometimes, because it's too solid, there are things she doesn't know.
Because the wall she built is so high, she can't see outside.
'I guess the thing to care about isn't just the action acting.'
Jo Seo-hee's role in this
In a way, she is Jin Yeon-seo's 'real friend'.
Because she is the character who will have the deepest emotional exchange with her in this drama.
***
"Team Leader Joo. Did you hear what I said?"
At Raywill Games, Director Kang, who was relatively close to Young-bin, suddenly called him.
For Young-bin, who was incredibly busy, it was a very annoying situation.
Because there were more than a couple of things Young-bin had to handle to proceed with the independence plan he had mentioned before.
"Yes? What story?"
"Why are you so on guard? Listen comfortably, comfortably."
Young-bin couldn't believe Director Kang's words at all.
The reason being, whenever he comes to the company these days, everyone is waiting to try and get a word in with Young-bin.
'It's been a while since the golden goose kid days.'
At that time, rather than friendly gazes like now, it was looks containing deep agonizing over whether they should somehow kill that guy.
Were you really in that kind of relationship with Yeo-hee and the current Madam?
A colleague asked something like that, and it was just exhausting.
Furthermore, when events happened, Young-bin ended up taking charge of everything.
'I need to become independent or something soon.'
Of course, since it's practically a subsidiary, it's not really independence.
It just adds freedom to development, but if the company holds an event, wouldn't he be called out again?
"This Gyeongseong Lady is a huge hit, right?"
"Yes, well. I don't know about 10 million, but it'll definitely exceed 8 million."
"How many 10-million movies come out in a year? 8 million is great enough!"
Well, that's true.
10 million is worth aiming for, but in reality, if it does well, it's around 9 million.
Actually, considering the genre, it did insanely well.
For those involved, it's a pity it didn't reach 10 million, but.
'Practically over 10 million.'
It exceeded 5 million in Japan too, so it has the value of over 10 million for a domestic movie.
Because there has never been a single Korean movie that achieved this level of box office success.
So now, when he comes to the company, a crowd of people swarms asking for his daughter's autograph.
When people from outside come for a tour, he's regularly introduced as 'This is the father of actress Joo Seo-yeon.'
At first, he shrugged his shoulders and felt good, but now it's just quite exhausting.
"So, I'm saying..."
"Yes."
"I heard Seo-yeon likes games that much."
"She doesn't play our games."
"Why?"
"You have to spend too much money on microtransactions and the balance is ruined."
"……."
Above all, his daughter prefers mages in RPG games.
Perhaps feeling regret over her lack of brains in reality, her in-game classes are mostly characters that use their heads.
The problem is she's not good at handling such characters and eventually returns to melee DPS, though.
"Ahem, well, our company is pay-to-win."
"Honestly, why would a high schooler play this kind of competitive game?"
"No, why, she could play it."
"Anyway, no."
"……What?"
"You're trying to make my daughter do an advertisement or something, aren't you?"
At Young-bin's words, Director Kang made an expression saying, 'I got caught?'
Well, it was an obvious thing.
If a company team leader's daughter is a famous actress, one could bring it up at least once.
Since she even appeared on a broadcast together, she would feel less repulsed compared to other celebrities.
Actually, when Raywill Games does advertisements with other celebrities, Seoyeon's story is always mentioned.
- Why use a celebrity for a game ad
- Seriously out of their minds. Using a celebrity for an ad makes you not want to play it instead lol
- If you're going to use a celebrity for an ad, use Joo Seo-yeon
- For real, at least that one is Joo Young-bin's daughter so it makes sense.
- Joo Seo-yeon is a game expert so she doesn't play Raywill Games games, she mainly plays console games
- Game?
- This isn't a game
- But Joo Seo-yeon plays League despite being a game expert
- Except for that, she only plays console games
Roughly those kinds of reactions.
After seeing that a few times, the advertising planning team couldn't help but bring it up.
Director Kang, I heard you're close with Team Leader Joo Young-bin, could you try asking him once?
Until now, he just brushed it off, but
"Seo-yeon really hit it big in Japan with this."
"Yeah."
"Our company's new work is launching globally on Steam, so we have to promote it in Japan too. So I was thinking of using a local actor... but wouldn't Seo-yeon be good for both Korea and Japan?"
"No, it won't work. No, it's funny for me to even ask, but do you think my daughter will listen to me?"
"Wouldn't she listen if we offer a lot of money?"
"She's already earning more than enough."
At those words, Director Kang was left speechless.
With how many works she does a year and how many ads she films, there's no way she lacks money.
There's no reason for her to film a game ad, is there?
"Ahem, still, wouldn't her thoughts change if you let her tour the company once? Who knows? She might like our new work this time. If we say we'll compensate her generously... um, by the way, how much does Seo-yeon get for filming one ad?"
At that, Young-bin roughly unfolded his fingers.
Director Kang, seeing the number of fingers.
"……That's quite a lot?"
"Yes. They all call for this much nowadays, but she doesn't do it. Originally, the kid doesn't spend much money. The thing she spends the most on is throwing super chats at internet streamers."
"Super chat?"
"There's such a thing."
Anyway, she has a stubborn disposition in these matters.
Probably, she doesn't like the feeling of being used for business.
'Ugh.'
Director Kang was troubled.
The recent president was also on Young-bin's side, making it hard to say anything carelessly.
If he knew this would happen, he shouldn't have bragged to the advertising planning team.
"……Still, just tell her once. There are these kinds of conditions besides that."
"Well, I got it. I'll tell her, but if she says she doesn't want to, she absolutely won't do it."
"I know, I know. We're not forcing her. What era do you think it is these days?"
Like that, Young-bin received a provisional contract with the approximate conditions written on it.
The amount was also reasonably large.
Many other things were written on it.
Funnily enough, there was also a note written like a memo saying, 'Please come visit the company for a tour at least once.'
It felt quite earnest, so it was very funny.
'Well, she won't do it.'
Young-bin took it lightly and passed it on to his daughter.
"Not bad."
"Okay, then I'll tell them you decline... what?"
"I said it's not bad."
Seoyeon scanned the approximate conditions and nodded.
Young-bin absolutely doesn't allow Seoyeon to come to the company.
Because he knows it would become exhausting in many ways.
Therefore, being able to go to Young-bin's company legitimately was quite a merit for Seoyeon.
At home, he's just a father she wants to punch, but at the company, he's a team leader.
She harbors a daughter's desire to see him at work.
Furthermore, the more important thing was the advertising method.
Basically, there were two types of advertisements.
One was literally a normal promotional video.
The duration is about 5 minutes, but Seoyeon's appearance isn't that much.
'The second is a livestream playing while cosplaying as the character.'
Yes, this was important.
In a way, isn't it an opportunity to indirectly experience her broadcasting skills!
Watching Lamiel or Alice broadcast skillfully, Seoyeon was inwardly anxious.
She had cleanly graduated from the past and made up her mind to do it, but it still weighed on her mind.
'It's important to learn the broadcasting sense early.'
It had been a really, really long time, but a chance for Seoyeon to train for VTubing!
It didn't seem like she needed to act as the character, but proceeding with the feeling of doing RP wouldn't be bad.
'I must do it.'
Seeing Seoyeon nodding so seriously.
"……Are you really going to do it? Uh, really?"
Young-bin couldn't help but ask with a flustered voice.
Thinking that even though she was his daughter, he really couldn't predict where she would bounce next.