Returner’s Magic Laundry

After winning the award at the Cannes Film Festival, an offer for a feature film came in from a major film company.

Of course, I thought that the opportunity would come to Go Kun-soo as well.

At that time, I was not ready for the next project, so I wasted three years just writing the screenplay.

I wanted to help shorten that time.

“What does this child say? Now, who makes a feature-length offer to a director who shot a short film?”

Go Gun-soo said with a puzzled expression.

“Anyway, you don’t know how things will turn out, so you should prepare. Does this child not understand what you are saying?”

“Okay. I knew it. He's pretty much like his father. huh”

In his previous life, the late Geon-soo enlisted a long time later than me and ended up shooting one of his feature films.

However, after opening, it does not even reach the break-even point and disappears.

He's a proud guy, so maybe he's never come to me.

There were rumors that he had gone to the United States to study abroad, and there were also rumors that he had a cafe by the seaside.

He cut off contact with him and disappeared, so he could not be found.

Of course, I hadn't even tried to find myself immersed in my work.

whatever it was

Filming this short film was the first and last memory of the four of us.

But I hoped not to be like that in this life.

* * *

The sunset is getting darker

Accordingly, filming began.

Actors holding each other's emotions.

Staff adjusting boom microphone to pick up audio.

Kim Sang-il is adjusting the position of the lighting here and there.

Kwak Ki-hyuk is operating the camera to capture the best scene.

All were waiting for the number of cases to drop.

There was not much time left before the sunset was swallowed up by the darkness, so I had to shoot quickly and accurately.

tense moment.

“Is the picture good?”

Kwak Ki-hyuk muttered while looking at the camera.

“I think we can get a good shot. It is now.”

Go Gun-soo nodded at Kwak Ki-hyuk's words and signed a cue.

The record button on the camera started flashing red.

right!

I heard a step in front of the camera hitting a slate.

On the slate was written [Scene 12-23, Take 01].

finally.

The actors who were holding the emotions started acting.

As far as I can see, their performances were excellent for a rookie.

‘Isn’t this okay at once? Do you think the filming will end sooner than you think?’

But I guess that was my idea.

“Cut.”

The camera stopped when Koh Gun-soo cut.

As if waiting for an OK sign, he looked at Go Gun-soo.

“Can I see you for a second?”

Go Gun-soo confirmed the scene being filmed on the monitor.

He's a guy who doesn't usually express his emotions well, so he couldn't tell what he was thinking with his facial expressions.

The scene being filmed didn't seem to have any major problems.

According to the script, the atmosphere was good and the emotions seemed to be captured well.

He was still a bad year named Jung Ara, but his acting was commendable.

His counterpart, Hanyu, was kind and well received.

In a way, it seemed like I did better than when I was directing.

It was inevitable that the performances of the actors would change depending on who the director was.

'I was right, too. Go Gun-soo is bringing out the actors’ performances better.’

After replaying a few times, Go Gun-soo looked back at me.

“What do you think?”

“Yeah, I think I’m fine. Do you think it's good?”

"Really?"

Seeing the question, it seemed that something didn't like it.

Unsurprisingly, he shouted at the actors.

“I will go one more time!”

Indeed.

As it was a climax, it could not be finished with one shot.

Even if it came out well, I had to take two or three shots and choose the best take.

But this too was just my lazy thinking.

The same scene was filmed four times, five times, and seven times.

The ok sign didn't come off easily from Go Geon-soo's mouth.

The staff and actors looked more and more tired.

Kim Sang-il glared at Ko Gun-soo with an expression of whether it was a start again.

While fluttering his t-shirt as if it were hot.

“Director, I’m taking a little break.”

Ara Jung smiled broadly and said in a charming voice.

‘I must have been a little annoyed by this.’

Ara Jung was a person with a natural talent for hiding her own feelings.

People who don't know will think that that wide smile is all they see, but

Her true color was hidden somewhere in her that no one knew.

She wanted to be loved by everyone.

She would never reveal her true nature in front of many people.

She walked over to Ara Jung with her friend and manager Park Jin-ju.

As if Jinju Park was waiting, she held out a bottle of water.

Ara Jeong, who was drinking from her water bottle, suddenly bursts out of her mouth! spit

Then, she looks at Park Jin-joo.

Her expression was smiling, but at least her eyes were.

Am I the only one who noticed?

The other staff members were busy drinking water and resting.

If she hadn't known her past life, it must have been a scene that I would have overlooked.

Park Jin-joo smiled embarrassedly.

"Oh sorry. Isn't the water a little warm? It's hot today... … .”

Jeong A-ra glanced around her and immediately put on a smile on her face.

Come to think of it, even in her previous life, Ara Jung always glanced around.

She thought it was just a habit... … .

“No, it’s okay. How grateful she is for coming with me. Would you like to go to the bathroom with me?”

Jinju Park's expression trembled slightly at Ara's words.

I read the unusual atmosphere and put my hand in my pocket.

I could feel the touch of a small bottle containing the sap of a clairvoyant flower that I received as a gift from the magical forest.

It was brought out with the intention of meeting Ara Jung.

Even if no one else knew about it, I wanted to know Ara Jung’s inner feelings about her. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

She put the sap of the clairvoyant flower into her eyes, drop by drop.

『The sap of the clairvoyant flower is effective.』

『If you stare at the subject, you can see the inner heart of the subject for two hours.』

oh oh

She stared at Jung Ara, who was headed straight to the bathroom.

Then she began to hear her heart whisper in my ear right next to her.

"Ugh it's frustrating. How the hell is it? That bastard thinks he's filming something great. Acting as a director while filming a short film.”

“Park Jin-joo Can’t you properly bring a glass of cool water? I tried to take her friend who doesn't exist and try to make her her manager, but there's nothing she can do."

Then yes.

Behind that beautiful smile was hiding an evil demon.

The two headed to the back of the bathroom, not the bathroom.

‘I didn’t even go to the bathroom.’

Without realizing it, my body moved along with Ara Jung and Jinju Park.

As I got closer to the bathroom, I stopped the sound of footsteps.

They were just around this corner.

Unsurprisingly, Ara's sharp voice was heard with excitement.

“Hey, what did I do wrong? What did I do so wrong!”

When she tilted her head slightly, Jinju Park stood with her head bowed.

In front of him, the back of Ara Jeong, trembling with her.

The sound was quite loud, and I looked back at the filming site, but no one seemed to hear it.

Fortunately, it didn't seem to go that far.

That's the sound of calculating it all.

“Ugh, fuck you, I did a good job. Didn't you?"

"character… … Well done. But Araya, don’t be annoyed about what you have to do anyway.”

“What do you mean by that?”

"That… … Don't... … Follow me.”

Park Jin-joo didn't seem to care much about Jung A-ra's irritation.

Jinju Park took in a deep breath and she exhaled.

She reluctantly began to follow Jung-ah, who she had been disliked, not long afterward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

After repeating it a few times, Ara calms down like a lie.

She calmed down to see if the speed of her heart, which had used all kinds of evil, had calmed down.

Without missing the moment, Jinju Park carefully spoke out her words.

“Go… … As the director said, we don't just want tears in this scene. The protagonist is both happy and sad in this situation. You have to express your irony.”

It was a muffled, yet timid speech.

“If you are sad, you are sad, if you are happy, you are happy. How do I do it?”

"hemp… … That's right, it won't be easy. would you give up? Giving up is... … easy."

It was a conversation with a sound as if walking on a soft carpet for four quarters.

The more we talked, the more chaotic feeling disappeared and it made me immerse myself little by little.

Even Jung Ara was getting serious at Park Jin Joo’s words.

"That… … So what do you do?”

“Close your eyes and calmly picture what I’m saying in your head. First, who am I? Second, where is the place? Third, what are your feelings? Fourth, why did these feelings arise?”

Then, miraculously, Ara Jung closed her eyes and fell into a thought.

Park Jin-joo kept asking Ara Jung for something.

Then, from Ara Jung's inner heart, mixed voices that did not know whose voice it was began to be heard more and more.

She screams, she smiles, and she seems to be angry.

I, too, unknowingly fell into Park Jin-ju's words.

Then, suddenly, a loud voice intervened.

“Hey, I thought you went to the bathroom, what are you doing here?”

She was surprised and turned around to see that it was Ko Kun-soo.

Kim Sang-il and Kwak Ki-hyuk were also standing behind them like a set.

These children were the ones who had to stand like this to complete the painting.

Surprised by our appearance, Ara Jung suddenly pushed Jin Joo Park away.

The wind knocked Jinju down into a puddle of water.

aww!

“Uh, Jinju, are you okay?”

Go Gun-soo suddenly fell beside me and was approaching Park Jin-joo.

Even Jeong-a looked embarrassed, but I was also embarrassed.

‘Why did you suddenly push Mr. Jinju?’

As if regretting her own actions in the moment, Ara Jeong turned her body around and raised her fallen Park Jin-joo.

“No, did Jinju trip over his foot and fall? Jinju, that's why you said the road here wasn't good."

It seemed like anyone saw it.

"this… … It's okay?"

Go Geon-soo politely supported Jin-Joo Park.

It was a mess with mud on her clothes.

“Oh, I’m fine.”

“Oh my, pearl. You're hurt here. I am so upset.”

"rule… … OK. Director, I'm fine. I just fell.”

Park Jin-joo picked up her broken glasses and put on her forced smile.

Jung A-ra was holding her friend's shoulder and her tears were flowing.

“The break is over, but you haven’t come. What did you do here?”

“I was just talking. I'm worried about pearls, so... … .”

At that moment, Ara's inner thoughts began to be heard again.

“I got acting lessons from this kind of kid, oh, my pride hurts. Didn't the director see everything?"

‘Ah, that was it. I don't want to be found out that Jinju is taking acting lessons... … .'

Ara Jung was still unaware of her abilities, Jinju Park.

As in her previous life, she probably didn't know until the end.

“Director, I took a break, so let’s shoot soon. After that, we should have a drink.”

Jung Ara snorted and followed Go Geon-soo.

I was worried about Mr. Jinju standing in a mess.

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“Yes, I… … It's okay."

"this… … I threw away all my clothes. If you have a change of clothes, take them off and give them to me. I am the owner of the laundry.”

“Thank you, but that’s okay.”

“Don’t do that, leave this dress to me. I'll do a really good job."

When I jostled, Park Jin-joo made a face that he couldn't win.

“I don’t have any clothes to change into, so I’ll stop by the laundry this evening or tomorrow. Is that okay?”

"of course."

“Uh, I think the director is about to start filming.”

Looking back at the filming set, Go Gun-soo was gathering the staff.

We hurriedly headed there.

“Now, this is the last shoot. I don't have time, so let's go at once. Ara, are you okay?”

"Yes, I like it."

At Ko Gun-soo's words, Ara Jung said this time with a really confident expression.

“Are you ready, Hanyu?”

"Yeah."

When Koh Geon-soo returned to his seat, the staff found his place.

All eyes were on both actors.

Ara Jeong looked at her script for a moment, then took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

I was doing what Park Jin-joo told me to do.

The staff jumped in front of the camera and hit the slate.

On this slate was written [Scene 12-23, Take 11].

'11th take of scenes 12-23... … .'

In a previous life, I stopped filming scenes 12-23 on the 5th take.

It was going a little different from the previous life.

I also wondered how the 11th take I didn't shoot would turn out.

“Standby, action!”

When the cue sign of Go Gun-soo falls, Ara Jung opens her eyes.

She began to immerse herself in her acting by giving lines.

she was amazed

She was not Jung Ara, who had previously acted the fragmentary emotions.

Everyone admired her and fell in love with her performance.

It was the same with Goon.

'What is this?'

It was as if she had been hit in the head with her club.

I hate to admit it, but I also fell in love with Jung Ara's crazy acting.

‘Is this all of a sudden?’

But at that moment, what I saw was not Jung Ara, but Park Jin-joo.

Park Jin-joo looking at her Jung Ara expressionlessly while raising her glasses on her horn.

'This is what Jinju made like that.'

"okay!"

An ok sign fell from Go Geon-soo's mouth.

The immersed staff came to their senses.

“Ah, am I crying now?”

Kwak Ki-hyuk wiped away his tears as he took his eyes off the camera.

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