An Actor Who Has Lived For 10,000 Years [EN]: Chapter 215

215. Episode 38 – The Same Person (5)

The first weekend in Nevada.

It seemed like I was experiencing aftereffects from throwing myself to save Liam.

My whole body had been tense, so I took a complete rest over the weekend.

And then Monday dawned again.

As soon as I opened my eyes, I opened the window and looked up at the sky.

“The weather is nice today.”

The sky hadn’t been good throughout the filming in Nevada.

It was always a gloomy, gray sky with constant rain.

But for some reason, a clear sky was welcoming me today.

“Is something good going to happen this week?”

Looking at the bright blue sky, I couldn’t help but smile.

I hurriedly started getting ready to go to the set.

A few tens of minutes later.

“Hyung [older brother or male friend],”

After meeting with Chief Kim, who was waiting in front of the door.

“The weather is nice today.”

“Yeah, I checked the weather as soon as I opened my eyes.”

Chief Kim glanced at Liam’s room across from mine and said to me.

“I wonder if Liam’s attitude will have changed when we go to the set today?”

At his words, I made a ‘tss’ sound and replied.

“I know, he even gave me room service with a note last time, so wouldn’t it have changed a bit now?”

The day I saved Liam.

The note and food he gave me.

Since it was the weekend after that, I hadn’t run into him.

Even at the hotel, it was very rare to run into him in the lobby or hallway.

Because our schedules didn’t overlap.

I was also wondering what the atmosphere would be like when I met Liam today.

He was always busy putting me down.

He didn’t hesitate to badmouth me to other actors behind my back, except when he was alone with me.

I couldn’t help but be curious about what attitude Liam, who had been like that, would show me now.

I raised the corners of my lips and hurried my steps.

As soon as I arrived on set, I greeted Jeffrey the director, the staff, and the actors who had arrived earlier.

“Hello.”

Jeffrey the director hurriedly approached me at my greeting.

“Mr. Hee-sung, are you feeling okay?”

He seemed deeply concerned about what happened last time.

He asked me with his eyebrows furrowed.

I smiled brightly and replied.

“Yes, I rested well over the weekend, so my condition is very good. Just like the weather today.”

“Haha, that’s a relief. Tell me if you feel uncomfortable or tired.”

I bowed my head in gratitude for Jeffrey the director’s consideration.

“Thank you.”

Then Jeffrey the director raised his eyebrows and said.

“I’m the one who’s grateful. If it weren’t for Hee-sung that day, our movie shooting would have been suspended. Tell me if you need anything at any time.”

“I understand.”

He patted me on the shoulder and headed back to the set.

At that moment, a person walking from afar.

It was Liam.

I narrowed my eyes to confirm that it was Liam and looked at him.

In an instant, our eyes met.

Then, unlike usual, he avoided my gaze and swallowed hard.

He sent me an apology and thank you, but.

He seemed embarrassed to run into me like this.

It was true that I was the one who reached out to him first, but.

He had always cursed and despised me, and then he regretted his mistake and apologized, so this moment was bound to be awkward.

I didn’t avoid Liam and waited for him as I stood there.

Soon, Liam stopped in front of me.

We looked at each other with friendly eyes for the first time.

No, to be precise, Liam’s friendly expression was the first.

I didn’t have any hostile feelings towards him until he started ignoring Asians.

“Hello.”

Liam greeted me with an awkward smile.

I had no intention of coldly rejecting his greeting.

It was good that he felt sorry and reflected on it.

But I didn’t want to take revenge on Liam by despising and ignoring him in the same way.

I thought that would be no different from the previous Liam.

“Liam, good morning.”

He nodded at my words.

I opened my mouth again.

“I enjoyed the room service you sent me after filming last time.”

“Ah… that’s a relief.”

At his words, I scanned the surroundings and lowered my voice.

“I also received the note.”

At my words, Liam licked his dry lips with his tongue and blinked.

Then he pointed somewhere with his chin.

“Can I talk to you for a moment?”

It was also the first time that Liam had asked me to talk to him in a polite tone.

Perhaps because of his past actions.

He seemed embarrassed to talk alone in a place where many actors and staff were watching.

I closed my mouth tightly and nodded.

We moved to a secluded place on one side of the set.

Everyone on the set could see us, but the conversation was not audible due to the distance.

As we stopped in place, Liam opened his mouth, avoiding my gaze.

“Hee-sung, I’m really sorry for everything. I admit that I was rude just because you were Asian.”

I didn’t detect any lies in his words.

I nodded at his sincere apology.

Liam continued to speak.

“Actually… I dated an Asian girlfriend a few years ago.”

At his words, my eyes widened and I asked Liam.

“Liam dated an Asian girlfriend?”

I didn’t think he would have such a past, as he was someone who looked down on Asians.

“Yes, but I was completely backstabbed [betrayed]. That’s when it started. I hated Asians for no reason… It was just person to person.”

I sighed at Liam’s confession.

His words that he hated Asians for no reason because of a breakup with a past lover.

I accepted the apology, but I didn’t fully understand his feelings.

But I didn’t want to reject his heart as he told me his story and apologized.

“That’s right. It’s just a story between people. I don’t think it was right to ignore Asians because of that.”

He nodded repeatedly at my words.

“I was going through a very difficult time back then.”

Liam told me in detail about what happened at that time.

To sum up his words, the conclusion was an apology for his Asian discrimination and an apology for doing terrible things to me.

When Liam’s confession was over, I reached out to him.

“From now on, whether they are Asian, Black, or White, I hope you treat everyone as the same race, as precious people. Even if it’s not me.”

He nodded at my words.

“Yes, I was childish. I’m sorry.”

He shook the hand I extended and continued to speak.

“And thank you once again for what happened last time. No one would have thrown themselves to save a colleague like Hee-sung.”

We shook hands.

I smiled brightly and replied.

“Let’s do well in the remaining filming.”

Only then did Liam change his tearful expression to a bright one.

“Thank you for accepting my apology, Hee-sung.”

***

“Director, camera setting will be done in 10 minutes.”

“Set the composition well as we talked about earlier.”

“Yes.”

Director Jeffrey gave instructions to the staff and turned his body.

At the end of his gaze, he saw a two-shot of Jin Hee-sung and Liam.

“What is it, that new scene of the two of them…?”

Director Jeffrey sat in his seat and glanced at them.

They were constantly exchanging conversations, but.

Their conversation did not reach Director Jeffrey.

But he could tell.

Liam, who used to hate and despise Jin Hee-sung, was apologizing to him.

“Jin Hee-sung… he’s really something.”

At the same time as his words, Jin Hee-sung and Liam, who were far away, shook hands.

At the sight, Director Jeffrey smiled.

Staff Mateo, who was far away, approached him and asked.

“Director, is something wrong?”

He slowly nodded and turned to Mateo.

“Jin Hee-sung, I mean. Not because he’s Korean or Asian, but Jin Hee-sung himself seems a bit unique.”

Mateo had always worked with Director Jeffrey on all projects.

He immediately understood and accepted his words.

“In a good way?”

“Yes, he seems to be someone who knows how to attract people and make them his own.”

Mateo nodded as if agreeing with Director Jeffrey’s words.

“Jin Hee-sung seems to be a good person himself. He’s always generous to everyone.”

But Director Jeffrey waved his hand in the air as if disagreeing with his words.

“No. It’s not like he’s nice to everyone. I looked up what happened in Korea while casting.”

“The ones you were going to work with Director James?”

“Yes, Jin Hee-sung definitely makes the people he’s going to take his own. If not, if they are enemies, he cuts them off without hesitation.”

At his words, Mateo shook his head with his mouth wide open.

Director Jeffrey raised one corner of his mouth and continued to speak.

“Actually, at first, I just brought him along because he was an actor chosen by James and because of Brian’s recommendation. But he’s a friend I want to work with again even after this project is over.”

Knowing that Director Jeffrey is usually cold-hearted when it comes to projects and his eye for actors.

Mateo’s view of Jin Hee-sung seemed to have changed again.

“Jin Hee-sung looks even more amazing now that you’ve said that, Director.”

Director Jeffrey fixed his gaze on Jin Hee-sung and stroked his chin.

“Jin Hee-sung… I think he’ll grow even more in Hollywood. I’ll have to keep a closer eye on him in the future….”

***

Good weather continued for several days.

Filming continued in a friendly atmosphere.

“Let’s take a break and go into the next scene.”

I bowed my head at the staff’s shout and headed to the trailer.

At that time.

Beep beep.

The cell phone I was holding vibrated.

I hurriedly looked at the screen.

[Caller: Song Yu-na]

I stopped walking in surprise at the call from Song Yu-na.

“What, why is Yu-na calling me?”

I hurriedly checked the time.

“It’s dawn in Korea at this time…?”

I quickly clicked the receive button, wondering if something had happened.

I swallowed hard and opened my mouth.

“Hello?”

-Where are you now?

I raised my eyebrows at her question of where I was out of the blue.

“Is this Song Yu-na…?”

-Don’t you have my number?

“Ah… no. I do, but you suddenly called at this time, so I was wondering.”

-Hee-sung, are you filming?

“Yes, is something wrong?”

-It’s not that something is wrong… anyway, where are you now?

“I’m in Nevada right now.”

At my words, Song Yu-na shouted in a startled voice.

-What, not Hollywood?

“Yes, I’m in Nevada for filming….”

She shouted again before I could finish speaking.

-No, why did you go to Nevada without saying anything!

“Yes? What do you mean…?”

-You told me to come to LA, didn’t you!

“Ah… I was wondering what it was. Come to LA. I’m going back to LA in a few days because the filming is finishing.”

She seemed to sigh at my words.

I frowned and opened my mouth again.

“Wait… are you in LA right now?”

She coughed dryly and replied.

-Well… I just came. It’s not that I came to see you, I came to LA, but I remembered you told me to come, so I contacted you.”

“Oh, that’s great. How long are you going to be there?”

-I haven’t decided, but I’m planning to stay for about ten days.

“Then when I go back to LA, do you want to see me next week?”

-Um… sure, why not.