Chapter 105:

Chapter 105:

Chapter 105

Lets take a ten-minute break!

PD Yoo Myung-han stood up from his seat. It was rare to have a break time like this from the first shoot.

The atmosphere of the staff also became uneasy.Reêad latest novels at noov/e/l/bin(.)com

The mood of the remaining shooting depended on how the first scene went.

AD Kim Young-min also came with a worried look on his face.

PD Yoo Myung-han narrowed his eyes and asked him, Did you go to a photo studio or something? Why are you so gloomy? Cheer up, the actors are much more sensitive than we think. If the directors are like that too, it will show in their acting. Learn from the cinematographer. Hes still smiling in this situation. Thats the experience that comes from years of work.

Well, the cinematographer is naturally a good-natured person.

What are you talking about? Youve never seen Kim sunbae get angry. Hes a ruthless person when he loses his temper. Hes still like that, joking around with the assistant directors. Do you think hes shooting the same scene ten times?

AD Kim Young-min finally noticed the atmosphere of the shooting site.

The faces of the other staff may be full of worry, but only two people.

PD Yoo Myung-han and cinematographer Kim Deuk-yoong had no trace of anxiety on their faces.

And Actor Park Sang-cheol, who caused this whole incident, was sitting with a dejected expression.

Sunbae, is Actor Park okay?

Hes not okay. I tried to fix the unnaturalness on the screen by giving him acting directions, but he didnt listen. And this is Actor Parks first drama shooting. Of course hes under pressure, and hes made so many NGs, so his mental burden must have doubled.

Should I go and comfort him now?

Dont do that, it will only backfire if the directors go and say something to him. He must have scratched his pride already.

Then what do we do?

Dont worry, the relief pitcher will be on the mound soon.

Relief pitcher?

What did that mean?

Soon enough, as PD Yoo Myung-han said, someone approached Actor Park Sang-cheol, who was sitting alone.

It was none other than Actor Jang Young-guk.

PD Yoo Myung-han smiled faintly as he watched him.

He was like that years ago.

A person who always showed unbelievable miracles on the shooting site.

He was like that when he had to stop shooting because of the merchants pressure at Jagalchi Market.

-Come on, be generous! Since when have Busan people been so stingy?

He still remembered the voice of the young boy with a grape-sized voice.

PD Yoo Myung-han and Cinematographer Kim Deuk-yoong felt a strange relief because of Young-guks presence.

Somehow, they felt like things would work out if Young-guk stepped in.

Park sunbae.

Actors who had been on the stage always made mistakes. I myself was like that in my past life.

When they acted in front of a close audience, they were always confident and exaggerated.

They had to make their acting clear to the distant audience, so they didnt realize how exaggerated they were.

This was not something that could be fixed overnight.

Especially if the other person had been active on the stage for more than ten years, the chances are high that it was engraved deep in their bones.

I snatched the script that Park Sang-cheol was reading.

What are you doing!

It was a situation that could be seen as rude. But I knew that I had no other choice.

I thought of the past when I couldnt adapt to the drama scene and used my last resort.

***

Cut!

As if to announce that the shooting was over, PD Yoo Myung-hans face was full of smiles.

The other staff were the same.

They only had a short break time, but the shooting that followed was so smooth that it could be called non-stop.

Director Yoo, we have a dinner tonight, right? Lets drink until our noses are crooked for the first time in a long time!

Kim sunbae, why do you always emphasize that its been a long time when you drink like that every time? Please restrain yourself today. We have a shooting tomorrow, and its the first day of the lead actor. What if you shake your hand holding the camera after drinking?

What did you say? Director Yoo, thats too much. Im not old enough to have a stroke. Right, Young-guk?

Actor Park Sang-cheol admired the young actor who was joking with the director.

He had planned to review the script again during the short break. But then a hand snatched the script book from him.

-Sunbae, why are you so arrogant?

He was angry at first.

What?

He had made a name for himself in the drama scene, but did he have to be so rude? But then he realized what Young-guk was saying.

-Sunbae, youre treating this drama shoot like a play. You didnt mess up your lines, so why are you looking at the script again? The viewers only see the actors in the frame, not outside of it. This is not a play. And yet, youre putting too much force into your acting. Its good to show a great performance from the first shoot. But this is your first time acting in a drama, right? Relax your shoulders and drop the stubbornness you had on the stage. Look at the other actors, who are acting with their eyes on fire even when theyre not on camera. We still have several scenes to shoot today.

Then he understood something. Why PD Yoo Myung-han kept giving him NGs. He was wrong to be complacent that he could captivate the audience with one performance.

After all, he was a veteran who had been through thick and thin on the stage, but he had less experience than an extra in the drama scene.

He didnt know the difference and was too eager.

That was the problem.

After the first shoot.

Ow, it hurts.

The extras who had beard makeup were removing their beards after the shoot. But the makeup glue stuck to their chin and nose beards wouldnt come off easily.

And because it was winter, the makeup glue froze and the extras who finished the morning shoot were all in pain.

The makeup team had limited staff, so they couldnt remove the makeup for the extras. That was when it happened.

Okay!

Director Baek Jang-hoon tried to stop them, but he saw Young-guks expression and tilted his head.

Young-guk, who was usually modest, looked like he was begging for a chance. Only Actor Ahn Jung-hyun, who didnt see that, was smiling leisurely.

Then Ill play from now on.

Who in the world could practice with a national actor as their script-reading partner?

It was an opportunity I couldnt miss. I focused on the board and smiled faintly.

Actor Ahn Jung-hyun probably didnt know. my pastime in his previous life was Go, just like golf.

****

How do you feel on your first day of shooting as the lead?

It was the first day of filming the drama. I felt both excited and nervous.

PD Yoo Myung-han also seemed to sense my feelings and briefly chatted with me before leaving the waiting room.

My reflection in the mirror filled the room in the dragon robe.

Soon, I heard the assistant directors voice announcing the standby.

Scene number 11, the transformed Yeonsan-gun (Yansan-gun)!

The drama started with a glimpse of the future. It showed why Yeonsan-gun became a tyrant.

In Sajeongjeon, the hall of thinking and governing, the ministers stood on both sides.

The affairs of state were handled by listing various matters that occurred in the eight provinces of Joseon. However, Yeonsan-gun, who was sitting on the throne, still had no change in his expression.

Your Majesty, is there a problem with your body?

Eunuch Kim Cheo-seon asked cautiously. Yeonsan-gun just nodded slightly as an answer. His cold eyes swept over the ministers heads.

Whenever Yeonsan-guns sharp gaze touched them, the officials swallowed their saliva unknowingly.

Good emotion.

PD Yoo Myung-han, holding the megaphone, raised two fingers. He meant to go for two scenes at once.

He decided there was no need to cut the tape by stopping the current atmosphere.

The actors were also unfazed, as they had already heard the cue.

However, Yeonsan-guns expression on the throne was so scary that it was hard to tell whether he was acting or really angry.

It would be good for the trailer.

The person sitting on the throne right now was not Yeonsan-gun Yi-yung.

He was the twin brother abandoned by the royal family, and the only brother of the king, Yi-gyeol. But none of the court ministers knew this fact. That was when it happened.

Seon-wang thought too lightly of you.

Yeonsan-gun Yi-gyeol opened his mouth.

It was unclear whether he meant Seong-jong or his own brother Yi-yung by Seon-wang.

The only thing in common was his reproach towards the ministers.

You thought you would follow me if I treated you kindly. But as time went by, your ambitions only grew deeper and eventually, last night, an unidentified assassin broke into Gangnyeongjeon. There must be someone who paid him to kill me in this place.

The word assassin made the ministers faces show surprise. Who could dare to step into the kings bedroom so recklessly?

Eunuch Kim Cheo-seon was also surprised. He didnt know anything about it.

However, seeing the disguised appearance of the guards and the secret agents who accompanied Yeonsan-gun, they seemed to have known it already.

Your Majesty, let me find that assassin

Stop!

Yeonsan-gun Yi-gyeol raised his hand.

The ministers felt their hearts still pounding from the series of events that had happened.

That was when it happened.

Yeonsan-gun Yi-gyeol got up from the throne and walked towards the ministers who stood on both sides.

Every time he stepped down from the throne, the red dragon robe fluttered like a grim smile.

There is someone here who wants to kill me. But you all had a party last night without knowing that fact, didnt you?

Your Majesty, please kill us!

That was the moment.

Fine, if thats what the ministers want, Ill gladly oblige.

Suddenly, Yeonsan-gun Yi-gyeol pulled out his sword from the scabbard of his casual clothes.

The faces of the court ministers were full of panic and surprise.

No one had ever drawn a sword in the audience hall since the founding of Joseon.

Everyone bowed their heads at Yeonsan-guns glaring eyes. Then, it happened.

Swoosh.

The sound of a blade cut through the air and the ministers looked up.

They couldnt close their mouths at the sight. Someone looked like they were about to faint.

The king had made a long scar on his own palm.

This blood that flows today is also your past mistakes. Isnt this what happened because I, as the lord, failed to look after my subjects?

Kim Cheo-seon, the eunuch, and the court ministers didnt know what to do with the fear and horror that filled their mouths.

They never dreamed that the king would scar his own body.

Look carefully.

The blood drops dripped down the dragon robe and stained the floor of the audience hall. It was his vow for his brother Yi-yung, who died in his place.

Yeonsan-gun Yi-gyeol scanned the crowd with his burning eyes.

This blood that flows from my body.

For Yi-yung, who gave up the throne and died for his kin.

Someday, I will cover the capital.

Yi-gyeol, becoming Yeonsan-gun.