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5 – I will decline the casting offer

“Are you really okay? Chief.”

After a brief storm passed, PD Na Young-jin and Director Park Yong-oh sat facing each other with exhausted faces.

“Ha ha ha! Youngjin, everything will be fine. At least that’s what I think. And since you’re the PD in charge, it’ll be even better.”

“Still, the aftermath will be significant. The third and last condition the writer wanted.”

“Okay… ….”

Park Yong-oh lowered his head and let out a deep sigh. In the end, he accepted all three conditions suggested by Seo Eun-woo.

There were many worries in the process, but most of them were due to the last condition.

The first two conditions are simple conditions that can be readily accepted, but I had to think a little more about the condition of asking Seol So-young, the daughter of the president of Jeil Electronics, to be the female lead.

That’s right, in any drama, name actors are bound to be cast in the lead role. Especially if you think the story is a jackpot in the conception stage.

Named actors become publicity by appearing in a specific work, and thanks to their proven acting skills, they give quite a lot of ease in the drama filming stage.

There are many other reasons, but the big reason is usually like that. That’s why I tend to give new actors a supporting role rather than a lead role from the beginning, meaning to gain experience.

However, an aspiring actor who has never appeared in a drama and even failed the drama audition twice due to lack of acting skills is assigned to the female lead role?

This draws a bad picture for everyone, be it the actors or the production company.

…… There will probably be many rumors.

Roughly, rumors that Jeil Electronics invested a large amount of money in Studio Enmix to make Seol So-young’s debut will circulate in the public eye.

“Age is also an issue. Seol So-young is a middle school student who is the same age as Seo Eun-woo, whom we just talked to. It is fortunate that at least she has a mature face for her age.”

“Yes. And her face is also a wasteful face if you don’t become an actor or celebrity.”

Park Yong-oh smiled bitterly at the face of the girl on the internet article.

“Young Jin-ah. But putting everything else aside, how could you reject the student’s offer at the end?”

“… ….”

Na Young-jin could not bear to answer.

A suggestion.

Hearing the third and last condition, seeing the director and himself in serious trouble, he grinned for some reason.

Then he said:

─Ah, if you accept all the conditions I want, I’ll sell the next script here too. Of course, it’s not yet clear when that will be.

That proposal was a perfect one-shot. That’s why Director Park Yong-oh had no choice but to proceed with the contract related to the sale of the script as if possessed.

“…… Eunwoo Seo. I don’t think I’m a normal middle school student.”

“Ha ha ha! Isn’t that such an amazing script made because your head is soaring? For now, let’s keep watching. Maybe it could be the goose that lays golden eggs for us.”

***

A while after Seo Eun-woo went to Studio N Mix.

Seol So-yeong, who finished her school as always, boarded a black foreign-made car waiting in front of her school gate.

“Did something go wrong at school? Miss Soyoung.”

Upon entering her car, Min-seok Cha, her personal driver, greeted her as usual today.

Seol So-yeong looked out the window with her nonchalant face and answered.

“You know what? It’s always so normal that I wish something would happen.”

“hahahaha. Still, no news is good news.”

Cha Min-seok starts the car as usual with his characteristic laughing sound.

Giying-

It was then.

Seol So-yeong’s cell phone in the pocket of her school uniform vibrated. She hurriedly pulled out her phone and checked the number on the screen.

“…… ?”

But a number she had never seen before was stamped on the screen of her phone.

Seol So-young answered the phone by sliding the screen with a puzzled expression.

“…… Hello?”

─Ah, hello! My name is Na Young-jin PD, who works in the planning and production team 1 of Studio Enmix. Are you a student Seol So-young?

Seol So-yeong’s eyes widened when her rather familiar words suddenly came over her receiver.

Studio and Mix?

It is one of the most famous drama production companies in Korea.

But why did the PD of such a place call me after all?

Seol So-young couldn’t understand the situation even more. That’s why she urgently asked the person who called herself PD Na Young-jin why.

“… ….”

Cha Min-seok sneakily checked Seol So-yeong in the rearview mirror. Watching her talking on the phone with a serious look on her face, I cautiously turned off her car.

After a brief conversation like that, Seol So-yeong suddenly removed her cell phone from her ear. Apparently, all calls were over.

“My lady. Can I take you home as usual?”

Cha Min-seok started the car again and asked Seol So-young as usual.

“… ….”

However, Seol So-young could not answer that question right away. It was because she was deeply troubled as she recalled the conversation she had just had.

“Mister Minseok.”

Eventually, she finished her thoughts and slowly opened her mouth.

“I think we should go to the headquarters building of Studio Enmix. Right Now.”

***

That day, Seol So-yeong visited Studio N Mix headquarters after receiving a sudden call.

The one who greeted her in front of her head office building was, of course, Na Young-jin, whom she had talked to earlier.

“This is PD Youngjin Na, whom I just talked to. I will guide you inside.”

Na Young-jin first handed over her courtesy card, just like she did to Eun-woo before. Then, she led Seol So-young to her conference room on the fourth floor of her headquarters building.

After a while, Na Young-jin handed over a neatly arranged stack of papers to Seol So-young, who sat across from her.

Seol So-young said, as if she had been waiting for it, she took it and began to read the words written on her paper in turn.

Na Young-jin just quietly watched Seol So-young, who was properly immersed in her reading.

Sagrak-

A subtle sound made as papers are turned over one by one.

Half an hour passed like that…….

Seol So-yeong, who was reading her writing, slowly put her paper down on her desk.

“Did you read all the way to the end?”

At Na Young-jin’s question, Seo-young nodded her head.

She was reading a piece of paper, no, a drama script, and had a blank expression on her face, as if there were still aftertaste left.

Honestly, the script for this drama……

Seol So-young herself thought it was so much fun.

Could she be that the drama she’s been watching herself wasn’t her child’s play? To the point of doubt.

So Seol So-young’s mind became more complicated than before.

The reason PD Na Young-jin called her in front of her was because she was offering to cast a female co-star in a new drama.

But she has no experience of appearing in a drama, and she suddenly uses herself as a lead role when she is young?

As well as the role of the heroine, Winter, in a ridiculously funny drama like this?

This made me wonder if there was some kind of deal between her dad and Studio N Mix.

“Ms. Soyoung. Do you have any doubts about our offer?”

On the contrary, Na Young-jin looked at the girl in front of her with eyes that seemed to understand everything.

“…… It makes no sense. The very fact of making such a huge offer to me. Why?”

Seol So-young asked Na Young-jin straight-forward about the reason.

She wanted to at least hear the reasons and grounds for wanting to write herself as the heroine of this drama.

Isn’t the drama a child’s play, and there’s no way she’ll pick herself up for no good reason?

“Why?”

But…….

To her own sincere question, Na Young-jin just answered with a bright smile as if she had no idea.

Eventually, the answer that came out of his mouth…….

“I don’t know either? The reason Soyoung was chosen as the female lead.”

…… ?

Seol So-young doubted her ears for a moment. No, she couldn’t help but doubt.

The PD in charge of this drama is Na Young-jin, the PD in front of you, but even he doesn’t know why?

Her fists spontaneously gained strength.

…… Are you underestimating?

To be honest, it would be a lie if I said I wasn’t angry.

I came all the way here with high expectations, but coming back is such a low-level joke.

You must know better than anyone that nothing good will happen if a person who is the PD of a drama production company touches you, who has a deep connection with Jeil Electronics.

“Haa… ….”

Seol So-yeong let out a deep sigh.

What a waste of time…….

If I had known this would happen, I would have just put a spam block in the first place.

“Ms. Soyoung. Unfortunately, I don’t know the real reason.”

It was then.

Looking at Seol So-yeong, who was about to stand up from her seat with her expression full of disappointment, Na Young-jin slowly opened her mouth.

“If the PD in charge doesn’t know why, then who knows? All I can hear is that PD-nim is looking down on me right now.”

As Seol So-yeong spoke with a serious expression, Na Young-jin smiled bitterly. Even from Na Young-jin’s point of view, this part was quite unfair.

That day, it was ‘he’, not anyone else, who recommended Seol So-yeong, even while threatening to pay for it.

Na Young-jin explained to Seol So-young about what had happened that day.

“…… Did the author of the story strongly recommend me?”

“Yes. So-yeong said that if she wasn’t a heroine, she wouldn’t be. So, rather, I was in a position where I wanted to meet Miss Soyoung and ask her questions. What is the relationship between Miss Soyoung and the author of 927?”

In case you didn’t know, Na Young-jin carefully scooped her up.

Standing there, Soyoung was deep in thought, and after a while, her questionable expression tilted her head.

Well, just by looking at that reaction, I could tell that she was not related to the 927 writer at all.

“What is his name?”

Seol So-yeong urgently asked.

At this, Na Young-jin answered with a very troubled face.

“I’m sorry, but there was a clause in the contract with the artist that we would never disclose our name, age, gender, or place of residence.”

“Yes? Why such a useless provision…….”

“That…… 927 The writer himself told me that he had social phobia, so I couldn’t help it.”

Actually, phobia of people is a hot lie that Na Young-jin just invented, but it was true that she wanted to remain anonymous so that she could become Eun-woo.

Anyway, it was a natural agreement considering that age is also age, and that it may affect daily life even a little.

“Then, the reason PD-nim called me here today is not a casting proposal, but more like a request.”

“Kuhm! You are correct.”

“Hmm…… Then.”

When Na Young-jin nodded her head and replied, she began to smile for the first time on Seol So-young’s lips, as if she had thought of a good idea for her.

“Then I will decline the casting offer for the role of Winter.”

“…… Yes?”

Na Young-jin looked at her with her absurd expression at So-young’s resolute answer.

But for some reason, seeing her with a smile on her lips, she immediately began to get a bad feeling about her.

I seem to be feeling a lot of bad premonitions, especially lately…….

“Instead, if you do one favor of mine, I’ll consider it for a bit.”

Na Young-jin shed tears inwardly, as she knew very well that it didn’t even miss.