Chapter 185 – Part 3. Harem

Park Jung-ah’s manager’s name was Lee Jae-hee.
Jiyeon Choi and Jeongah Park’s trivial incident in the morning caused Lee Jaehee to feel something suspicious about her and began to secretly keep an eye on a man named Seongmin.

Lee Jae-hee, who was active in the broadcasting class and theater department in high school, stood on the theater stage in Daehangno since her college days, and she worked in movies and dramas as an extra and a small role.
Perhaps thanks to such efforts, she knew better than anyone else how the drama set works and how the atmosphere flowed because she had dialogues and even took on minor roles with a bit of importance before taking on Park Jung-ah’s manager.
That’s why she became Park Jung-ah’s exclusive manager.

But there was something strange about that man named Sungmin.
No, strange is also strange, but it was very suspicious.

Once he was an extra.
However, an extra dares to stand near the director during filming and watch the actors filming.
This absolutely makes no sense.

How dare an extra or something roam near a director?
Extras are those who gather in a corner where they can’t be seen, and when the assistant director calls them, they come out, do what they’re told to do, and then go back to the place where they can’t be seen.
If you were caught walking around recklessly, you would be punished, and you might never come to the set of that director or assistant director again.

But such extras roam around the filming set freely and, moreover, watch the filming next to the director? It was absurd.
Not only that, Seongmin went around and helped the staff when they were setting up and handling equipment such as lighting and sound.

This also makes no sense.
Extras and minor roles are people who want to win a role by being seen well by anyone.
That’s why I’m trying to get a face stamp while doing chores like this.
But from the point of view of the staff, these people are just a hindrance and an annoyance.
Moreover, what if an accident occurs while claiming to help?
So, people who came as extras or minor roles might be able to greet the staff face-to-face, but they could never go near the equipment.

However, a man named Seong-min did not hesitate to go to the staff and help them with their work, and then the staff greeted Seong-min with an infinitely kind smile and thanked them.
Those who do more hard work than the laborers are the staff.
It is hard to do without the passion of making movies and dramas, seeing as those who cannot sleep properly at night for money worth a snot, and carry heavy equipment from time to time.
As a result, there are a lot of staff who are very nervous or who are completely indifferent to other people’s affairs, and those staff smile at Sungmin warmly and pat him on the shoulder to say thank you.

That’s how Seongmin goes around the filming set as he pleases, even if he doesn’t have a role.
But strangely, no one said anything to Seongmin.
Or rather, the director, assistant director, even the writer, cinematographer, and lighting director, who are the main people of the shoot, were friendly to Seongmin.
To the point where it looks like he’s trying hard to impress Sungmin.

And the role Sungmin played was also funny.
In the morning, he briefly took on the role of a porter walking around the streets wearing a fur coat, and in the afternoon, he served as the chief of the palace guard wearing a cheolrik on his head and holding a sword in his hand.
Even for the afternoon role, I had lines and a one-shot camera.
That was enough to call it a small role rather than an extra, and what was even more amazing was that the director and writer were anxious to give Sungmin another role.
When an extra or minor role was vacated, the director and writer started looking for Seongmin, and rather, there were so many roles that Seongmin took on, so there was a funny scene where he refused.

I wondered if he was a person with a backbone, but he is really good at acting to the point of admiration when watching him act again.
Another surprising thing here is that when Seong-min is acting in a short, small role, leading and supporting actors like Yoo Dong-jin watch and give guidance on acting or praise him for doing a good job.
No, what kind of people are they, are you looking at the acting of a young junior like that?
Not to mention acting guidance, people who make mistakes as if to kill them.

No, how could the director, all the staff on set, and Yoo Dong-jin and other leading and supporting actors all be friendly with Seong-min and try to help him with anything?
Doesn’t this seem like everything on the set revolves around Seongmin?
Uh? Come to think of it, yes. I’m going back to Seongmin. What?

Lee Jae-hee couldn’t get his bearings.
Not only had I never seen a case like this before, and it absolutely made no sense and was impossible for the set to revolve around a single extra, not a director.

Lee Jae-hee had a lot of headaches because of Seong-min, but her head hurt even more during the morning shoot.
This is because Park Jung-ah was unable to properly capture her emotions throughout her acting as if a screw was missing somewhere.
There were times when I was reading the script for some reason and was stunned, and then I suddenly smiled, or I got angry at a scene where I was supposed to be angry, but then I suddenly burst into laughter and the engine ran out, so I had to stop filming for a long time.
Park Jung-ah, the greatest actor in the world, made a mistake that a rookie actor can’t control his emotions, Lee Jae-hee stood beside him and calmed down and calmed down his emotions, and he was sweating from bowing his head while shouting “I’m sorry” To the director and staff instead. Had to be subtracted.

“Senior, why are you like this today?”

The shooting went into a break for a while, and Lee Jae-hee lowered her voice to ask Park Jung-ah, who was sitting in the designated chair.
Beside her, people wearing makeup were clinging to her and tapping sponges on Park Jung-ah’s cheeks.

“So… Why am I like this today? Ho ho ho…”

Even if she bowed her head and apologized to the people around her, it was not enough, but Park Jung-ah was talking nonchalantly and laughing again, as if she wasn’t sorry at all.

But suddenly Park Jung-ah removed all the hands of the people who were working on her makeup next to her, and she jumped up from her seat.

“That director.”

“Uh? Uh… Jeong-ah.”

The director, who was smoking a cigarette in a gathering with the assistant director and cinematographer, turns his head to answer.

“I don’t think filming will be difficult like this, so why don’t you take a break for an hour or two?”

What? Are you going to be a director?
Isn’t this almost an order rather than a matter?

After hearing Park Jung-ah’s words, the director’s face is distorted.
Not only that, but the face of the assistant director who was standing with him was properly distorted.
It’s not an exaggeration to say that it’s an hour or two, and if this happens, the morning filming schedule will be ruined.

Lee Jae-hee is so flustered that she rushes to Park Jung-ah’s side.
And I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but Lee Jae-hee saw Park Jung-ah glancing somewhere at her, and at the end of her gaze, he saw a man named Ye Ye Seong-min smiling round and round.

Lee Jae-hee, a man who had been strange since the morning, felt suspicious as a woman for some reason.
She said that the Park Jung-ah she knew was never an actress who ruined the atmosphere on set like this.
Above all, she was an actress who was serious about her acting, and although she might not know what to do with others, she was a very warm-hearted person to key members of the set, such as the director and assistant director.
Since Lee Jae-hee became Park Jung-ah’s manager, she had never seen her before.

“Phew~ yes. All right. Assistant Director… Then, let’s start with scene 8. We can film it and eat lunch.”

The director, who had been thinking for a while, frowning, sighed and gave instructions to the assistant director.
If someone else had said this, he would have said, “Don’t be a jerk,” And said, “What kind of joke is the filming set?”
It’s all about frowning and making a bad impression like this, and if I said something bad for no reason, I could have had to leave this floor at the end of filming this drama.
No, maybe he could be fired from the drama director position right away.

“Miss Jung. I think Jung-ah will be able to control her emotions well, take a break, and then start filming in the afternoon.”

“Yes. Thank you Director.”

Park Jung-ah smiles brightly and still bows to the director.
The director can’t help but smile and nod his head lightly.

As soon as the director gave the order, the people tending to her make-up rushed to Park Jung-ah and lowered them, and she followed them to her dressing room.
It was because she had to take off the stylish heavy war mama outfit that was worn on her body.

Lee Jae-hee follows Park Jung-ah closely.

“No, sir. Why are you suddenly like this today? Senior, you’ve never done anything like this before.”

Unlike Park Jung-ah, who is ecstatic, Lee Jae-hee is afraid that even bad words will come out of the mouths of the director and staff.
However, Park Jeong-ah, ignoring Lee Jae-hee’s words, suddenly picked up his cell phone.

“Uh. Delay. Do you want to have lunch together later? I have the lunch box I ordered… Uh. Okay. Okay.”

Perhaps she was on the phone with her friend Choi Ji-yeon, but Park Jung-ah, who enjoys lunch quietly without being disturbed by anyone, calls someone else like Tungttanji and asks to have lunch together. Lee Jae-hee is puzzled.

“Hey Jaehee. Go buy a lunch box now.”

“Now? There are still a few hours before lunchtime.”

“If you go and come, go and come. What are you talking about so much?”

Park Jeong-ah frowns as she speaks.
It’s been a while since Park Jung-ah’s temper came out.

“Yes. All right.”

Lee Jae-hee had a sullen expression on her nose, but her eyes and head were spinning furiously to see why Park Jung-ah was suddenly doing this.

And the face of the man named Seong-min, whom I saw earlier, who kept getting reluctantly.
For some reason, the image in Lee Jae-hee’s mind was not going away.

“And Jaehee. Bring three packed lunches.”

“Three outlines? Aren’t there two with actress Choi Ji-yeon?”

“Ah, really. Why are you talking so much today? If you just want to buy three, just buy three. Why is he really doing this today?”

“I… I get it. I’ll buy three.”

“Okay. If you know, go quickly.”

In the end, Lee Jae-hee, unable to overcome Park Jung-ah’s torch, had no choice but to leave the dressing room.
However, normally, he would have moved so fast that he could not see his feet at Park Jung-ah’s command, but today, for some reason, his steps were strangely not falling.

You just have to be there before lunchtime anyway.
An hour back and forth was enough time, so instead of going to the parking lot, Lee Jae-hee turned around the corner of the building and pulled out a cup of sweet cream coffee from the vending machine.

And when he brought his paper cup to his mouth and took a sip of Hororok, Lee Jae-hee looked at it.
Park Jeong-ah, still wearing make-up for the shoot, is going somewhere in a hurry without even wearing her outerwear in a T-shirt and jeans…