Chapter 21
With a dazed feeling, I shook hands with Minhan Kim. Then PD Kim Mansoo asked as if he was curious.
“Mr. Jinseok, how do you know Professor Minhan Kim? “You have great connections, don’t you?”
“Yes? Ah, that…”
I didn’t know what to say.
Because I can’t say, ‘I met his dead brother in a dream, and I conveyed his heart to him on my behalf.’
‘What should I say…?’
While I was thinking, Minhan Kim smiled and said.
“He is my brother’s friend. And he was the one who helped me when I was really having a hard time.”
“Aha, I see.”
My brother’s friend. It was an unexpected answer.
However, Producer Kim Mansoo nodded as if it was the answer he was looking forward to.
Producer Kim Mansoo looked at me and said.
“The filming schedule went well thanks to the doctor’s help. That’s also thanks to Jinseok, so I’m really grateful.”
“Oh, no. “I didn’t do anything…”
When I waved my hands and spoke awkwardly, Kim Minhan spoke politely to producer Kim Mansoo this time.
“PD. I’m sorry, but I need to talk to Jinseok for a moment. “Can I please talk to him?”
“Oh, of course. I also have to get back to work now… then.”
When PD Kim Mansoo left, Kim Minhan looked at me. Then he slowly opened his mouth.
“I won’t ask how you met Minsu. In any case, I received great grace from you Jinseok.”
Kim Minhan continued speaking quietly.
“That grace… Someday, when you need my help, I will definitely repay you. “Actually, as a doctor, it would be best if I had to help related to health and surgeries.”
Minhan Kim took out a business card from his pocket and gave it to me. The business card was written as ‘Kim Minhan, doctor of hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery at Hanhyang University Hospital.’
As I accepted his business card with slightly trembling hands, Minhan Kim held my hand tightly and said,
“Thank you so much again. “I will always support you.”
Kim Minhan, who held my hand for a few seconds, bowed lightly and headed off somewhere.
Unlike before, I walked lighter than anyone else.
I was so embarrassed that I couldn’t even answer properly, but I felt proud to see Kim Minhan’s brightened appearance and his voice.
‘Minsu’s request…. Fortunately, I think I accomplished correctly.’
Actually, I was a little worried after listening to Minsu’s request. This is because I didn’t know if I had properly conveyed Minsu’s feelings to his brother.
But hearing those words eased the worry in my heart.
“Hehe!”
He sighed heavily and collected his thoughts.
Now all that was left was my first shoot.
***
At around 3:30, the actors began to arrive one by one.
The first to arrive was senior Park Woohyun.
“Oh, Jinseok. it’s been a long time. “How have you been?”
I bowed deeply and said hello.
“Hello, senior. I had a good time. Thank you so much for the recommendation. I think it will be of great help.”
“Why are you so thankful for something like that? Let’s do a good job filming today. “I feel this every time I read the script, you are really important in <Dream of the Sun Rising>.”
He spoke in a serious voice to his words.
“Yes. “I will do much better than I practiced.”
“Haha! Don’t apply too much force. Because I might be speechless again. Anyway, I like that attitude. “I’ll see you later then.”
Senior Park Woohyun tries to ease the tension with a light joke. After a short conversation with him, I headed to the filming set.
The filming location was much more crowded than before. However, it looked much more stable, perhaps because the lighting and camera were in place properly.
“All the actors are here!”
When one of the staff members shouted loudly, PD Kim Mansoo clapped his hands and said,
“Before we start filming, let me nag you one more time. “During the first shoot, silly mistakes often happen that wouldn’t normally happen.”
Several staff members nodded at PD Kim Mansoo’s words. It might be like a jinx that exists on all filming sets.
“There are situations like a microphone cord being unplugged or a laptop battery being low. “Also, lights that were fine may suddenly turn off.”
Check the microphone wire, laptop battery, and lighting. This is the basic of all basics that the staff gathered here can never make a mistake.
However, there was not a single staff member who ignored PD Kim Mansoo’s words.
“Now, 30 minutes before filming starts. Please check if there is anything wrong in that area. “I will check again.”
“All right!”
“I’ll check!”
“Come on, let’s focus!”
After hearing PD Kim Mansoo’s words, the staff members began checking their equipment. Watching them like that, I lay down on the hospital bed in the middle of the filming set.
In this scene, I appear lying down in this hospital bed and exit after about 30 seconds. If you only look at the entrance and exit scenes, the role is worse than that of an ordinary extra.
‘But as senior Park Woohyun said earlier, it is not a small part.’
The death of my younger brother ‘Minho’, the role I played, plays a decisive role in the main character ‘Minjun’ becoming a doctor.
If Minho dies normally, viewers will not be able to empathize with Minjun’s hard work.
‘So···. As others have said, I am the most important in this work.’
While I was mentally arming myself for the last time.
“Let’s start filming!”
I heard the staff’s voice.
***
Although he was acting calm on the outside, PD Kim Mansoo was now in a state of extreme tension.
‘I guess everything is ready, right? The camera won’t suddenly turn off or something like that, right? ‘There won’t be any sudden deletion of the saved copy, right?’
If it were a normal shoot, he wouldn’t have been this nervous. However, today’s filming is the first filming of his debut film.
His future life as a producer depended on this work.
‘I have seen countless times what happened to seniors who ruined their debut work. ‘I have to do well no matter what.’
The reason those seniors ruined their work was never because of their skills. They were also professionals who had worked for many years and created several works.
However, skill and effort alone are not enough to succeed.
‘Especially in broadcasting, you definitely need luck to succeed. So, please… Good luck.’
Knowing that excessive tension is poison, producer Kim Mansoo tried to force himself to relax.
He took deep breaths and drank water often.
However, the human mind does not work as one thinks.
His legs, which normally don’t tremble, were shaking, and he was biting his nails, which he didn’t normally do.
As if that wasn’t enough, he ended up chain-smoking even though he had quit for the past five years.
‘I’m at the hospital. Should I ask for Cheongsimhwan? I don’t know if something like that exists at the university hospital or not.’
Producer Kim Mansoo saw Jinseok lying comfortably on the bed with eyes full of tension.
‘I believe it. Let’s do something big. Jinseok Kang!’
I wasn’t worried about Jinseok’s acting. He was already an actor himself, confirmed several times, and recognized by his seniors Na Jinho and the famously picky Eom Hyeryeong.
‘Even so… ‘Maybe we’ve put too much of a burden on a rookie.’
He’s clearly had no worries until yesterday. But when the day arrived, PD Kim Mansoo was worried about a thousand things.
‘I guess this is why other seniors act so sensitive when filming begins.’
It was only after I reached a similar position that I understood my seniors.
‘After···. ‘I have to start now.’
“Let’s start filming.”
Producer Kim Mansoo spoke calmly, and the assistant director who heard it shouted loudly.
“Let’s start filming!”
The monster has been cast.
***
The camera started rolling with the words, ‘I’m going into scene number one!’ After knowing that, I was immediately immersed in acting.
‘It has begun.’
The camera started rolling. After seeing that, I was immediately immersed in acting.
Then my vision became blurry.
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“Hmm… Hmm…”
“Minsu… “I’m sorry mom…”
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As Minsu, I was lying in a hospital bed. I couldn’t see clearly in front of me, and I could hear my mother sobbing next to me.
I wanted to see his mother’s face, but I couldn’t get a good look. To be precise, it would be accurate to say that it was very difficult to open my eyes.
——
Grumble.
Bang!
“Ui… Min… han?”
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Minsu’s older brother, Kim Minhan, roughly opened the hospital room door and entered.
I still couldn’t open my eyes, so I couldn’t see him. I could barely tell he had come in just by his voice.
Kim Minhan’s voice is heard interrupted.
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“No! This is… silence! ··· I am… fine…! Min··· ··· ··· han! “Get your mind together!”
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It was difficult to understand what was being said because the speech was interrupted. But I could tell that Kim Minhan was angry.
Minsu, no, ‘I’ wanted to talk to Kim Minhan from the moment I first entered the hospital room.
‘It’s okay.’
But I couldn’t speak. I had no strength in my entire body, and my only surviving sense was hearing.
I cried. But I wasn’t sad.
My older brother, who was sick, became healthy enough to get angry like that. I was so happy about it that tears of joy welled up.
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‘Brother···.’
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I muster up all my strength and raise my hand. To beckon my brother.
But there was no way.
I know that this body is already dead.
I try to move my head as much as I can…
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‘How can I keep my brother from getting angry?’
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But lying still like a dead person was all I could do right now.
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‘Now I’m going to die.’
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Even though he was young, he realized that he would die soon. So he wanted to see his family one last time.
But his body, which was so weak, couldn’t even allow that. Then he felt someone grab his arm tightly.
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“···Hey! “Spirit… Ryo this bar… hey…”
“Isk… I did it… ah…”
“Do it…”
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Speech sounds more broken. I barely realized that it was my brother who was holding my arm and yelling at me.
Now my mind is so blurred that it’s difficult to even hear my brother’s voice.
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“···.”
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Do your best to move your facial muscles.
It wasn’t an easy task, but I didn’t want to leave my final appearance in this sad state.
So, I did my best to hold back the tears and smile.
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Beep-.
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At that time, a ‘beep’ sound was heard from somewhere. That was the sound you often hear in dramas when someone dies.
It was then.
My vision returned to normal, and now I was surrounded by numerous cameras and lights.
‘I’m back at the filming site.’
While I was thinking that, someone opened the door hard.
Grumble. bang!
“Okay, doctor. Minho, why are you doing that? “Am I okay?”
It may have been a passing line for senior Park Woohyun, but for Kim Minhan and ‘Minsu’, it actually happened.
And I will make this performance a reality based on my experience of being possessed.