An Actor Who Has Lived For 10,000 Years [EN]: Chapter 214

214. #38 – The Same Person (4)

“We’re starting the shoot.”

A staff member’s voice came from outside the trailer.

“They said you’re in the next scene, so you don’t have to go out for a while.”

“Okay.”

Contrary to my words, I got up and put on my clothes.

Kim, the manager, shook his head as if he expected it.

“Going out to watch the filming?”

“Yeah, and to check if Liam is okay.”

He said to me with a worried look.

“Still, take a little rest before you go. You must have been very surprised earlier.”

I shrugged.

“Hey, I’m perfectly fine.”

“It’s raining, so be careful. I’ll finish what I’m doing and come out too.”

“Okay.”

I left the trailer, leaving Kim behind.

The rain was still pouring down.

As I walked to the set with an umbrella, I saw Charles and Bruno.

And Liam, who was back to normal, was standing in front of the camera.

Until now, I didn’t have good feelings for Liam, so I didn’t focus on him.

But after saving him.

Maybe it’s because I’m seeing Liam again, but I kept looking at him.

He was immersed in acting as if nothing had happened, just like in the morning.

“Ready, action!”

As soon as Jeffrey’s sign fell, Liam showed amazing acting skills.

As if he had lived as that character.

As if nothing had happened to Liam himself.

Without anything special, Liam acted as if nothing had happened.

I also forgot about what happened with him.

I fell into Liam’s acting.

“Cut, okay!”

Jeffrey’s okay sign.

At the same time, the rain was gradually subsiding.

“Good job.”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

I, who had been studying their acting today, was standing where the actors were leaving the camera.

So it was a place where I couldn’t help but run into them after the acting was over.

Bruno left the scene first.

I made eye contact with him and bowed my head.

“Bruno, good job. Your acting was amazing today too.”

At my words, he smiled happily and replied.

“Thank you. Hee-sung, I heard there was something amazing earlier. You’re really cool.”

He quietly gave me a thumbs up.

I smiled brightly and shook my head.

“Oh, it wasn’t a big deal.”

“It’s not a big deal. I heard everything. Someone who throws himself… there aren’t really people like that, or rather, not many.”

He leaned closer to me and whispered.

“Let’s get closer in the future.”

I smiled at Bruno’s words and nodded.

“I’d love to.”

He shook hands with me and left.

After that, Charles and Liam were approaching me.

To be precise, they were leaving the scene.

I opened my mouth towards them.

“Good job.”

It wasn’t because I wanted to talk to Charles and Liam.

It was just a greeting that actors and staff naturally exchange after filming.

Even when Liam and I weren’t on good terms, I always greeted him.

At my greeting, Charles smiled brightly and bowed his head.

“Thank you. Hee-sung, you were watching the acting again today.”

“Yes, I have a shoot soon, so I came out early to study. Haha.”

At my words, Charles wrinkled his nose.

“You’re amazing as always.”

And Liam, who was next to him.

Just like usual.

He ignored my greeting and passed by me.

I didn’t save him because I wanted to become friends with him or receive an apology for what happened.

I didn’t save him with that thought or plan in mind.

But his attitude was still cold and treated me like I didn’t exist.

I didn’t feel good about that.

I didn’t want to argue with him or get angry.

However, I nodded as I watched Liam not say things like, ‘Are you Garlic?’ or ‘Did you appear in a sitcom?’

“I guess he’s a little embarrassed now….”

I fixed my gaze on Liam, who was walking away.

“If you save someone, shouldn’t you at least say thank you?”

It wasn’t something I did to hear a thank you.

But I clicked my tongue as I looked at him, who was still cold.

***

A beige recliner sofa.

Pure white wallpaper and marble floor.

A screen-like TV hanging on the wall.

A house dripping with affluence.

A large frame that is visible as soon as you enter the door.

It was a picture of Song Yu-na.

“Haa… what, is today the day that sitcom airs?”

She searched her cell phone while sprawled on the sofa.

“Oh, that’s right. The sitcom that Jin Hee-sung is appearing in seems to be trending now?”

Song Yu-na jumped up from her seat and moved to her home cafe on one side of the kitchen.

♬♪-.

She hummed as she made coffee.

“Hmm… the coffee smells good today.”

After making a cup of coffee, she hurried back to the sofa.

“Well, I have to monitor my fellow actors. We’re in the same company.”

Song Yu-na took a sip of coffee, picked up the remote control, and turned on the channel.

And soon, the sitcom began.

She, who is not fluent in English, fixed her eyes on the subtitles and watched the sitcom.

“What… is that Hollywood humor?”

She cleared her throat and stared at the TV with a look of incomprehension.

She seemed to be expressing that it was not fun by spinning the remote control on her hand.

But her TV channel didn’t seem to want to turn.

Then.

“Oh… he’s finally here!”

The person who appeared on the TV sitcom.

It was none other than Jin Hee-sung.

Song Yu-na took her back off the sofa and raised her head toward the TV.

She stared intently at Jin Hee-sung, who was acting in English.

Before she knew it, her gaze was on Jin Hee-sung’s face, not the subtitles.

“Geez, when did he learn English like that?”

The coffee in her hand had been on the table for a long time.

“Well, I guess he practiced English a lot since he was going to Hollywood. But he’s doing better than I thought.”

Before she knew it, Song Yu-na was immersed in the sitcom.

Whether she was immersed in the acting of her colleague Jin Hee-sung, she was silent.

She focused on the TV until all the ice in her coffee cup melted.

Clunk-.

The TV screen turned off as the sitcom ended.

“That was more fun than I thought.”

She finally drank the coffee with all the ice melted.

She was able to lean back on the sofa again.

And she picked up her cell phone first.

“Come to think of it, what’s up with Jin Hee-sung?”

Song Yu-na crossed her arms and bit her lip.

“When he told me to come to Hollywood, how long has it been since he went to Hollywood, and he still hasn’t contacted me once?”

She let out a rough breath.

“That’s ridiculous.”

Song Yu-na swallowed her anger and quickly opened her cell phone screen.

Then, she quickly searched the internet for the name ‘Jin Hee-sung’.

“I hope people aren’t leaving malicious comments on Jin Hee-sung, right?”

After seeing one recent malicious comment on Jin Hee-sung.

She sometimes searched for his name.

“I can’t let him go to Hollywood and tarnish Korea’s reputation, so I’ll have to check it out.”

Song Yu-na nodded vigorously and looked at articles related to Jin Hee-sung.

“We’re in the same company, so if Jin Hee-sung gets criticized in Hollywood, it’s a nuisance to me!”

At that time.

Ding.

An alarm rang on her cell phone.

A pop-up notification appeared at the top of the phone screen.

“What is it?”

Song Yu-na clicked on the alarm.

[Korean Airlines]

-Special discount benefits only for VIPs…!

It was an advertising alarm from the airline.

“What, a VIP special?”

Song Yu-na quickly clicked on the airline ad.

The contents of the plane ticket discount unfolded.

[Korean Airlines]

-Korean Airlines Special Offer!

Special benefits only for VIPs.

-Budapest: Round trip first class.

-Dubai: Round trip first class.

-Phuket: Round trip first class.

-Honolulu: Round trip first class.

.

.

.

Song Yu-na quickly scrolled through numerous flights.

She seemed to be looking for a flight.

And the letters that stopped her hand.

-LA: Round trip first class.

Song Yu-na quickly clicked on the letters.

“…Found it!”

The screen changed with her click.

“What, it’s so cheap to go to LA?”

Song Yu-na opened her mouth wide as she looked at the LA first-class flight.

“It’s usually over 9 million won here, but now I can go for 8.6 million won with the VIP member event?” [Approximately $6,700 USD, a significant sum for a flight].

She jumped up from her seat and shouted.

“Wow, they’re giving me a 400,000 won discount, who wouldn’t go?” [Roughly $300 USD].

9 million won and 8.6 million won.

Considering the LA first-class seat, it wasn’t a big difference.

The difference of 400,000 won was always a fluctuating amount depending on the time and date.

“What, I can’t stand saving 400,000 won like this. It’s not like saving 400,000 won on airline tickets happens all the time….”

Song Yu-na bit her lip as if to hold back the corners of her mouth from rising.

“I guess I have no choice but to go to LA.”

She hummed and clicked on the flight.

“Yeah, anyway, it’ll take quite a while to start a project. I’m going to go and refresh myself. How can I not book a ticket when I see this ticket?”

Song Yu-na nodded as if it were natural and booked a plane ticket with an excited face.

***

“Haa… today was a really long day.”

As soon as I entered the hotel and closed the door, I leaned back and lay down.

As I stared blankly at the ceiling, today’s memories came to mind.

The moment I threw myself to save Liam was clearly drawn.

It was a dizzying moment even when I thought about it again.

If I had been a little late.

Or if I had been a little earlier.

It was a situation where Liam could have been hurt, or I could have been hurt.

I shook my head vigorously and shook off my thoughts.

“Well, anyway, it’s a relief that everyone is safe.”

At that time.

Ding-dong.

The doorbell rang.

I tilted my head and jumped up from my seat.

“What, Hyung [term for older brother or close male friend] said he’d wash up and come to our room?”

I was supposed to meet Kim, the manager, in each of our rooms after washing up.

But I was surprised because it hadn’t been 10 minutes since I entered the room.

It was too early for Kim to come yet.

“…Who is it?”

I carefully approached the door.

A small voice was heard from outside the door.

“Room service.”

“Yes?”

I tilted my head at the word room service and carefully opened the door.

A hotel employee was standing in front of the door, pulling a cart with food on it, and greeted me.

“Hello.”

“Ah, yes. But I didn’t order room service….”

At my words, he smiled brightly and turned to point somewhere.

“They said to send it from the room across the street.”

“The room in front of here?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

I didn’t memorize all the actors in the room, so I scratched my head and muttered.

“What, did Charles send it?”

But there was no way Charles would send me food.

“Bruno told me to get closer today, did Bruno send it?”

The employee came into my room and spread out the food.

“Thank you.”

“No problem. Enjoy your meal.”

“Yes.”

The employee who was about to leave my room suddenly stopped.

“Oh, and they told me to give you this note.”

He bowed his head to me and carefully closed the opened door and left.

I stood in front of the door and unfolded the note he handed me.

[sorry and thank you.]

A simply written note.

A short phrase that said sorry and thank you.

As soon as I read the contents, I knew who sent this room service from the room across the street.

“Liam… I guess he’s come to his senses.”

I stared at the note and raised the corners of my mouth with a smirk.