Dream Future.
A youth romance drama filmed with young actors, or rather, children.
Its basic plot could be described as a drama depicting the process of people participating in an idol audition program until their debut.
Including the male lead Kim Si-hwan and the female lead Song So-ha, there were a total of six main cast members.
"But since it's an idol-themed drama, is it okay for actors to be in it? Don't they have to dance and sing too?"
The one who brought that up with a smile was Ma Yeon-woo.
Currently, three of the six main cast members were actors.
Seo-yeon, Park Jung-woo, and an actress named Hwang Seol-ah.
Among them, Hwang Seol-ah was an actress who had experience appearing twice as a supporting actress in cable dramas.
Her career wasn't that extensive, and this was practically her first time appearing in a public broadcast drama.
But when Ma Yeon-woo said such things, she ended up getting unnecessarily triggered.
"But you haven't forgotten that this is a drama, right?"
A voice that seemed to shoot back.
Honestly, Hwang Seol-ah hadn't liked Ma Yeon-woo from the start.
JustX.
Ah, right. She knew he was a popular idol.
If they were to compare just popularity, it might be comparable to Park Jung-woo sitting there calmly.
In the first place, the popularity of actors and idols is different.
It's more fanatical, and the fan base tends to be thicker.
Rather, it could be said that Park Jung-woo had an exceptionally large fan base.
"Singing and dancing are things that can be achieved through practice, but acting isn't, right?"
At Hwang Seol-ah's words, this time it was the other idol-born cast member.
Aidan, a half-Korean, half-Canadian idol, smirked.
"That remark sounds as if acting is hard to learn, but singing and dancing can be done quickly."
His tone was still calm, but it was sharp nonetheless.
Because of that, Cha Na-hee, who was sitting next to him, felt restless, but it was also visible that she was offended by Hwang Seol-ah's remark.
In such a tense atmosphere.
'Hmm.'
Director Kim Pil-seok was a bit flustered.
He thought that since everyone was of similar age, gathering together would be a good opportunity to build friendship.
However, with idols and actors mixed together, a strange power struggle had begun.
'If I step in, this situation will just stay like this.'
The director's words are absolute.
So, if he spoke, they would quietly shut their mouths in front of him.
But if asked whether the conflict was sealed, that wouldn't be the case.
Therefore.
'Now, please, Jung-woo!'
He had slipped in a mediator of sorts.
Under Director Kim Pil-seok's gaze, Park Jung-woo eventually let out a sigh, thinking that it had come to this.
'Even if you say that.'
This wasn't a conflict that could be quickly sealed.
It seemed better to calmly approach each other's positions first.
The moment Park Jung-woo, having organized his thoughts, was about to open his mouth.
"Let's have a match."
"?"
Jung-woo looked at Seo-yeon with bewildered eyes.
Seo-yeon was speaking while gently raising one hand.
Instantly, the noisy surroundings became quiet.
"Actors with dance and singing. Idols with acting."
Is she really crazy?
Park Jung-woo wanted to say that, but.
He closed his mouth at Seo-yeon's words, spoken with strangely sparkling eyes.
'What is that.'
So. Roughly summarizing Seo-yeon's words, does it mean 'The side that is defeated obediently must listen'?
'Nah, that can't be it.'
Strangely sparkling eyes.
She was just purely a bit clueless.
'Roughly have a match with their skills, determine a winner, and then reconcile... was she expecting a picture like that?'
Thinking like that, he understood a little.
He thought it was too pure a thought.
It was also absurd.
So he tried to cut off Seo-yeon's words, but.
"Wow, that's great!"
Ma Yeon-woo was one step faster.
This guy was also a purely clueless man.
"Actors do dance and singing. And we compete with acting, right? But how?"
"Ah, that's."
Seo-yeon closed her mouth.
She hadn't thought that far.
She had just brought it up with a very old-fashioned thought that kids become close by fighting.
"Oh, that's not bad?"
At that moment, Director Kim Pil-seok's words interrupted the room that was just about to quiet down.
"Ah, I'll figure that out somehow. Wow, you're smart. Seo-yeon."
Everyone stared blankly at Kim Pil-seok.
Because they couldn't understand what on earth he was talking about.
Even Park Jung-woo was deeply bewildered this time.
Only Seo-yeon was looking at him with a triumphant face.
At that face which made him want to give a flick, Jung-woo let out a sigh.
'What on earth is he thinking again.'
Director Kim Pil-seok was a young director.
Moreover, he was a sociable person who often hung out with variety show PDs.
To put it nicely, his thinking was much more open than typical directors, and to put it badly, he was someone to whom common sense in the industry didn't apply.
"First, let's talk a bit more today and break up at a reasonable time. I have some work to do."
Haha, smiling, Director Kim Pil-seok left a few staff members.
And only Park Jung-woo behind, and disappeared completely.
And.
"……."
"………."
A strange silence fell once again.
Amidst the occasional sound of Ma Yeon-woo's excited voice ringing out.
'Ah, my head hurts.'
As Park Jung-woo held his head alone, the first meeting of
***
Anyway, after the first meeting ended like that, she got scolded by Park Jung-woo on the way back.
He told her to be careful with such words from next time.
Park Jung-woo knew that Seo-yeon had no intention of making others feel inferior, but it could still sound that way.
It was advice containing his own worries, but.
'Isn't it normal to listen to the side that wins?'
Seo-yeon, who had a highly savage way of thinking, actually thought that was right.
The weaker side must listen to the stronger, how dare they not.
"Because you're a savage."
Lee Ji-yeon, hearing Seo-yeon's words, evaluated her like that.
Joo Seo-yeon's common sense, which she considered somewhat sociable, was like that.
"So what did they decide to do?"
"That, I heard they'd tell me today."
It was about time for the contact to come.
Seo-yeon, who had finished filming
Because there was still about a month left before the filming of
And in the case of
In the first place, the role of Jo Ha-rin didn't have a very high appearance frequency.
'
Knowing that it will be filmed about two episodes in advance, in terms of episode count, it would be the point when episode 4 has aired.
"It'll be tough one way or another."
"It's not that tough."
"Not you."
"?"
Lee Ji-yeon felt a bit bitter at Seo-yeon's words.
At the thought of Park Jung-woo, a person whose face she hadn't even properly seen.
Trying to handle this wild-man-like guy must be overwhelming sometimes.
Bzzt bzzt.
And the contact came right around when school ended.
"Web promotion?"
「Yeah, they said so.」
A call from Manager Park Eun-ha.
She explained in a slightly excited voice.
「They said it'd be easier to think of it as a web variety show. They said it came to mind from the suggestion Seo-yeon made before.」
'My suggestion?'
At those words, she recalled what had happened before.
The suggestion where she got scolded by Jung-woo and called a savage by Lee Ji-yeon.
'See, I was right.'
Seo-yeon looked at Lee Ji-yeon walking beside her with a triumphant face.
Lee Ji-yeon looked at Seo-yeon with a dumbfounded face, but.
「They said they'll proceed by roughly dividing into teams. Voting will be internet voting. It won't be broadcast on TV, but released on the web.」
"As an internet broadcast?"
「Yeah, right.」
Internet broadcasting was slowly growing.
Given a little more time, the public's attention would shift more towards internet broadcasting and OTT than public broadcast.
That period was really not far away.
In such a situation, now in a transitional phase, they intended to proceed with the promotion through internet broadcasting.
'It also looks good for gathering interest for Dream Future.'
In the first place,
If it's a web promotion, it means advertising utilizing everything that can be done on the internet.
Internet broadcasting would be one of those.
「Let me explain this.」
Manager Park Eun-ha calmly explained what she had heard.
First, they divide into two teams and compete.
Roughly, gifts will be given by lottery to those who voted for the winning side.
「The winning side takes all the money received from this variety show ad.」
"That's not very big."
「Yeah, for actors, there's simply merit in raising their profile in the first place.」
In the first place, there wouldn't be a need to give a big prize.
Since the meaning lies in determining the winner and loser anyway.
However.
"Then, an actor team and an idol team. Is that how it's going to be?"
「That's true, but it's not completely divided into idols and actors per team.」
What does that mean?
Thinking that, she listened in silence.
The team composition was roughly like this.
It was true that it was an actor team and an idol team, but one person would be mixed in each.
「So to speak, one idol in the actor team. One actor in the idol team.」
To create a structure where they could learn from each other.
「And Seo-yeon, you're on the idol team.」
Manager Park Eun-ha's words were something Seo-yeon hadn't expected again.
***
The promotion of
That was natural, as the two who currently had high recognition among the younger demographic took on the role of team leaders respectively.
The leader of the actor team was Park Jung-woo.
The leader of the idol team was Ma Yeon-woo.
In fact, this kind of promotion was because
Moreover, the drama itself was scheduled to be broadcast in a format where it would be released in real-time on both public broadcast and the web.
So to speak, live.
So that it could proceed like an internet broadcast.
Therefore, this pre-promotion was a teaser for that.
"Wow, Yeon-woo. It went well!"
The members of JustX, who heard the news, patted Ma Yeon-woo's back and congratulated him.
"Use this to break the nose of that arrogant bastard!"
The one who said that and patted Ma Yeon-woo's back was, exactly one year later, going to be arrested on charges of taking over 7 types of drugs.
The so-called drug-taking idol, the leader of JustX.
"That's right, hyung. Honestly, I think hyung can crush them all even with acting."
And the one who said that was the man who, two years later, would hit six people on the road while drunk driving and come to be called Apgujeong Killer Hong.
"Uhm."
Ma Yeon-woo felt empowered by their words, but.
"And hyung, that Joo Seo-yeon is on the idol team? I heard you'll be on the same team, is she really pretty?"
"Ah, well. She is pretty."
Yeah, she is pretty, but.
Ma Yeon-woo was honestly a bit worried.
Because.
This was, so to speak, the first day they met for
"Is it okay if I speak comfortably with you, Seo-yeon-ssi?"
Because she didn't answer until the end, he chased after her at the moment they were parting and asked that.
Because of that, Park Jung-woo, who was about to say something to Seo-yeon, frowned, but.
Seo-yeon answered with a surprisingly welcoming face.
To be exact, she was in the middle of getting scolded, so she was grateful for cutting it off.
"No."
"……."
"Hmm, but just rejecting you would be a bit much."
Seo-yeon raised her arm.
"If you win at arm wrestling, I'll allow it."
Arm wrestling? Suddenly?
At Seo-yeon's words, Ma Yeon-woo smirked.
Ah, is she indirectly saying she wants to hold my hand?
"Yes yes, that's fine."
"No, hold..."
Park Jung-woo seemed to try to stop them, but Ma Yeon-woo shook his head.
Judging by his look, it seemed like he was telling him not to touch what he had marked.
"Alright! Then let's have a match!"
The result of shouting so boldly.
"But hyung, didn't your arm almost break? Weren't you hit by someone then?"
"Yeah, I wasn't."
He really thought it was a relief that it didn't actually break.