Chapter 35 |
Even if he planned to escape later, it didn’t mean he would neglect his role in the ‘virtual reality’. He had to make good use of what he learned from Park Hyun-jung.
‘It doesn’t seem that hard.’
The main character of ‘virtual reality’ that he played, Shin Ryu-won, was a cold and elite person who was somewhat similar to Kim Woo-jin, the sergeant of the ‘Baekho-ham’.
But he couldn’t act the same way, so he opened the script that he had analyzed for a few days. The script was filled with his handwriting. The scriptwriter was so lazy that he didn’t even bother to plagiarize properly.
‘Actually, I’m more interested in the role that Yoon Hae-ni played, but…’
But he wouldn’t enter Jung Da-hee’s ‘Dreaming’ after everything was over. He had to go back to school soon, so he planned to connect JSENM and leave. But it was his debut work, so he couldn’t act like a gangster and demand a role in exchange for solving the plagiarism issue.
“Hello, Yeon Seo.”
“Hello.”
The staff of ‘virtual reality’ looked at Yoo Yeon Seo, who came to the scene with a script, with curious eyes. He was not rude, but he was diligent, so he never came late, but he only came out of his van when he had to record. And he even smiled and greeted them.
There were even people who muttered like that.
While the production team was setting up the camera position and angle, Yoo Yeon Seo walked around the shooting scene diligently and focused on immersing himself in the drama.
Lee Tae-gyeom thought that Yoo Yeon Seo was working too hard for a drama that would be overturned anyway.
“Why are you working so hard? Just do it roughly.”
“I can’t do that.”
I have to act well here.
He couldn’t forget the reaction of the people who were shocked by his reading at the script reading scene. There were dozens of articles about the reading scene that day. That was the reaction when he didn’t even read the Korean textbook, but it would be more explosive when the drama aired.
‘Virtual reality’ had to do well so that he could get more attention when it became public later. Yoo Yeon Seo was determined to do his best.
“Hey, let’s go. Are we going to rehearse?”
At Lee Tae-gyeom’s words, Yoo Yeon Seo folded the script and headed to the director.
***
-What?
-Yoo Yeon Seo’s acting is amazing
-Wow, crazyㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Is virtual reality fun?
└I don’t know yet, it’s still early
└But Yoo Yeon Seo’s acting improved a lot
‘Virtual reality’ ratings 7.3% from the first episode… No.1 in all Wednesday-Thursday dramas
‘Virtual reality’ Yoo Yeon Seo’s brilliant acting transformation… Achieved the highest rating of 9.4%
The reaction to ‘virtual reality’ was more explosive than expected. It was hard to verify his changed acting with his brief appearance in ‘Hurricane’, but when people confirmed that Yoo Yeon Seo finally stopped acting with his feet, they switched channels to check even if they were watching other dramas.
(I’ll post it now.)
“Yes, sir.”
Im Seung-hyun hung up the phone and nodded to Jung Da-hee, who was sitting across from him.
“Let’s post it.”
“Yes.”
Jung Da-hee took a short breath and pressed the post button.
He posted a plagiarism suspicion post on the writer wannabe cafe after talking to Kim Sang-joon of Uri Pictures. Of course, it only burned in that cafe.
He had been complaining about his injustice for a long time, but it was better to highlight the setting later, so he laid the groundwork in advance.
But the post he was posting now was on a community known as the Internet Faculty Room.
“······But will this work?”
“Of course it won’t work, not now.”
But this will come back big later. Im Seung-hyun reassured Jung Da-hee, who was anxious.
-Huh
-Look at the data, he copied a lot
-Isn’t virtual reality also accused of plagiarizing the direction of a Japanese drama?
-Hwang Mi-jung did it again
-Hey, are you stealing from a wannabe writer’s post now?ㅋㅋ
-Three writers who should have retired long ago: Hwang Mi-jung, Park Ji-hye, Kim Ok-seon
As expected, Jung Da-hee’s appeal post started to burn in a few internet communities. It also came out as an article, but at the request of the production company, the articles that were there also started to go down one by one.
“Cut! Yes, good.”
Whether Jung Da-hee appealed his injustice or not, ‘virtual reality’ did not stop shooting.
“Yeon Seo, you’re really good at acting, right?”
“What did you eat to become so good?”
Yoo Yeon Seo’s acting transformation made the popularity of ‘virtual reality’ explode, and the shooting atmosphere was great.
Yoo Yeon Seo, who finished monitoring, sat on a chair with his name on it.
“By the way, did you see the plagiarism suspicion post?”
Some of the staff nearby said quietly.
“Yes, I saw it. Writer Hwang always gets involved in such things.”
“It’ll die down anyway.”
As always. An employee of Uri Pictures who was nearby also chimed in.
“I think they posted it out of jealousy because the drama is doing well.”
“Really?”
Yoo Yeon Seo narrowed his eyes slightly. He was willing to lower the penalty from three times to twice if he pretended to care about Jung Da-hee’s post, but it was a pity.
“Writer Hwang is busy writing, right?”
“Right.”
“I’m sorry… I wanted to see her.”
He heard that she had a high self-esteem and a very sensitive personality, so what was she doing now? Yoo Yeon Seo covered his smiling face with the script.
Hwang Mi-jung bit her nails nervously and pressed the phone screen hard.
“Ah! Really!”
This was the eighth attempt. Hwang Mi-jung felt like she was going to get neurosis from the continuous ringing.
(Hello.)
“Jung Da-hee! It’s me, Hwang Mi-jung.”
(Yes, what is it?)
Jung Da-hee calmly answered the phone. And his calm tone irritated Hwang Mi-jung’s uncomfortable mind.
“What is this?”
(What?)
“The post on the board! What happened?”
(Ah, that? Don’t I have to vent my injustice?)
Jung Da-hee, who had regained his composure, didn’t show his anxiousness like before. He had already signed a contract with a law firm with the help of Im Seung-hyun.
Hwang Mi-jung, whose face turned red, shouted loudly. She apologized, that should have been enough! She felt like she was going crazy with injustice.
“You said you would end it if I admitted the plagiarism and apologized!”
(I said I would think about it, did I say I would forgive you?)
“I apologized, didn’t I? Isn’t that enough?!”
In the end, Jung Da-hee sneered.
(Writer, you have a misunderstanding. It’s not over just because you apologized.)
“What?”
(Forgiveness is the right of the victim. It’s my freedom to accept or reject your apology. Why are you trying to cover it up by saying you did something wrong and apologized?)
Jung Da-hee clenched his teeth and pointed out one by one.
When he confirmed that his work was stolen, he felt worse than Hwang Mi-jung now when he waited until the production company contacted him.
The other party was a famous writer with a famous production company behind him, and he was a mere wannabe. He had nothing to do and nothing changed no matter what he tried. He was plunged into a sense of powerlessness and despair, with nowhere to scream.
(I’m going all the way. You should know that.)
“Yeah! Go ahead and try! Do you think people will care about you?”
(Yes, I will.)
“Whatever! You’re just a wannabe, you know? I’ll make sure you never step on this field again, so you should know that!”
(Yes, yes, please do that. Fighting.)
Hwang Mi-jung screamed loudly at the disconnected call.
***
When he was about to shoot the early part of the fourth episode, Yoo Yeon Seo watched the more friendly shooting scene.
“Isn’t the internet going crazy right now?”
“It’s only crazy on the internet.”
When Yoo Yeon Seo stretched out his right hand in the air, Lee Tae-gyeom handed him a coffee familiarly.
Yoo Yeon Seo had a lot of ‘haters’ as an issue maker. Those who were uncomfortable with Yoo Yeon Seo’s drama doing well spread Jung Da-hee’s post diligently and brought it up whenever they forgot.
-So is virtual reality plagiarism or not?
-Isn’t virtual reality also accused of plagiarizing the direction of a Japanese drama?
-Hwang Mi-jung did it again
-Hey, are you stealing from a wannabe writer’s post now?ㅋㅋ
-Three writers who should have retired long ago: Hwang Mi-jung, Park Ji-hye, Kim Ok-seon
He had to stir up the issue so that people would realize the seriousness of the matter. Yoo Yeon Seo put his phone away and focused on the script.
‘Virtual reality’ ratings were rising steadily. People who watched it because of Yoo Yeon Seo’s presence became more and more immersed in it, because the original work that Hwang Mi-jung copied had a unique and interesting subject.
“But the script is late these days, right?”
It’s going to be a half-script at this rate. The Uri Pictures official flinched at Yoo Yeon Seo’s prickly words and smiled awkwardly.
The call with Jung Da-hee was quite shocking, and Hwang Mi-jung’s script writing speed slowed down significantly. He could ignore the controversy on the internet, but he was hurt by the fact that he was ridiculed by a mere wannabe.
Yoon Hae-ni, who passed by, openly mocked him.
“The script might be a little late, you know… Don’t you know the difficulties of the creators?”
“Really?”
“Isn’t it easy to act even with a half-script if your acting skills are good?”
In other words, are you saying that my acting skills are lacking? Yoo Yeon Seo raised one eyebrow.
Yoon Hae-ni, who had secured her share by playing politics, was still unhappy. It was because he didn’t get much attention because of Yoo Yeon Seo’s unexpected acting transformation.
‘Why is he so annoying? Is this also the influence of his original body?’
Yoo Yeon Seo looked at Yoon Hae-ni’s face with a raised eyebrow. I’m really sorry… It’s because my original body is immature.
But Yoon Hae-ni was more angry because he thought that expression was mocking him.
“Come on, why are you doing this? Let’s rehearse now!”
“Yeon Seo. You’ve been quiet for a while, why are you doing this today?”
The staff hurriedly intervened in the tense atmosphere.
‘No, I was really trying to apologize.’
Yoo Yeon Seo looked at Yoon Hae-ni’s angry face and lost his appetite.
“Cut! Good!”
As soon as the director’s cut sign was heard, Yoon Hae-ni frowned and moved away from Yoo Yeon Seo. Yoo Yeon Seo, who missed the timing to apologize, turned around with a regretful face.
“Ah, come on… Why are you doing this these days?”
“I’m reflecting on myself.”
“You don’t look like it.”
Lee Tae-gyeom, who gave him a long padding, frowned. Whether he did it or not, Yoo Yeon Seo picked up his phone.
“Is there still a lot of shooting left today?”
“Yeah.”
-Isn’t it too personal to judge plagiarism?
└Are you a plagiarism fan?
└Virtual reality is definitely plagiarism
-But isn’t it true that everything is plagiarism if it’s a little similar, like Ji-cheong-chun?
└You’re transparentㅋㅋ
└This is how plagiarism fans see it
-It’ll just die down like this
-The wannabe is the only one who’s pitiful
It’s time to nail it down.
“Ready?”
Yoo Yeon Seo’s expression made Lee Tae-gyeom slowly back away.
“Let’s go.”
Yoo Yeon Seo nodded and casually left the shooting scene as if he was going for a light walk.