Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 363

“Hyung, aren’t I cute?” Episode 363

Siha spread out the blanket, preparing for the final scene.

Eunwoo lay down on it, pretending to sleep.

Jongsu raised his hand, giving the cue to start filming.

“Umm. Yawn. Slept well.”

Eunwoo got up.

He opened the door and went outside, only to find the surroundings in disarray.

“Huh? What’s going on?”

He looked around, bewildered, as if a storm had passed through.

Then, the children appeared one by one.

Eunwoo tilted his head, looking at them questioningly.

“Huh? What’s wrong here?”

“……”

Siha, wearing a headset, started dancing the Pepe dance [a meme dance] first.

Following his lead, the others began dancing the Pepe dance as if infected, one by one.

Doom Chit. Doom Doom Chit.

Eunwoo was flustered, not understanding what was happening.

Everyone was dancing the Pepe dance.

What on earth was going on?

“Huh? Huh? My body is out of control!”

Eunwoo’s hands suddenly came together in a prayer position.

That’s right. The power to dance even without wearing a headset had become even stronger.

Even overnight.

“Puhaha. What is this?”

His body gradually started to move, and he began to dance.

“Sorry about my hands being stuck together. No one listens to my prayers. I’m just dancing this dance. Dancing this and that. Controlled! Body! Everybody! Let’s dance!”

Doom Chit. Doom Doom Chit.

Everyone danced the Pepe dance together.

Before he knew it, Seungjun also joined in, spreading out to the side, centered on Siha.

The Pepe dance, now danced by seven people.

They shook their clasped hands left and right, their left and right feet moving alternately.

When their hands went to the left, they lifted their right heels, and when they went to the right, they lifted their left heels.

Repeating the alternating motion.

Everyone danced with excited expressions.

Jongsu filmed for a while and then shouted, “Cut! It’s over. We did it!”

The children collapsed, exhausted.

The movie was finally finished.

The teacher watched what the children were doing and clapped her hands, praising their hard work.

Then, she brought the prepared drinks and handed them out one by one.

“Siha filmed everything.”

“Siha, it was really hard, right? But I’m glad I came out at the end too.”

“Siha saw Seungjun filming hard.”

“Right? Puhaha.”

“Let’s watch it together.”

The children gathered together and watched what they had filmed.

Everyone giggled, finding it funny.

Sometimes they realized that what they made was genuinely funny and interesting.

Of course, it didn’t matter whether other people found it funny.

It was enough that they had fun.

Sharing these memories was amazing in itself.

“Then, shall I edit the video for you?”

“!!!”

“But not now, I’ll do it little by little. If you put music in it and put it together, it’ll be really fun.”

“Teacher, this is what the director has to do.”

“Huh? Well, that’s true.”

Jongsu was embarrassed by Siha’s words.

He had no experience with editing programs, let alone anything like that.

He had a phone, but he only knew how to use it roughly.

“Since Jongsu hasn’t done this before, I’ll do it. And it’s not like only the director edits it.”

“Really?”

“Yes. Really.”

Siha nodded at the teacher’s persuasion.

Jongsu breathed a sigh of relief.

He almost had to do something he didn’t know how to do.

***

Ms. Yoo Dahee sent a video.

It seemed to be the movie shooting I heard about from Siha last time.

It started with Yoondong buying a headset.

The subtitle ‘Convenience Store Employee’ was attached to Jaehwi.

Yoondong heard the music from the headset and used it as is.

At that moment, the surrounding sounds were muted, and a melody flowed out.

It seemed that the teacher added the song to the video on the spot.

He waved instantly, and the headset moved on to the next target.

The song changed once again.

“Well made.”

It seemed that she found and added a suitable song that matched the dance.

The teacher must have worked hard to make this; it was really sincere.

The scene changed, and Yeonju and Hana appeared.

Siha was a chef and made food. The part where the lines came out was funny.

Then Jaehwi came out and handed the headset to Hana, and a familiar song came out, and Hana jumped. Jumping! Jumping!

They took it in turn, and finally Siha put on the headset and danced the Pepe dance.

The Pepe dance he showed at home.

It’s easy to follow, and it’s even cuter because the kids do it.

You could see the camera moving backwards, and the scene faded out as Siha’s face got bigger and bigger.

A black screen followed and faded in, and an unfamiliar ceiling was visible.

The scene changed, and Eunwoo got up.

“Wow. Good editing.”

The screen turning off and on.

A scene transition that naturally opened the eyelids.

And a scene that instantly implied that it had moved on to the next day.

It may not seem like much, but I thought it was a part where you could see Ms. Yoo Dahee’s editing sense.

[Umm. Yawn. Slept well.]

Eunwoo’s voice came out and headed outside.

And the messy scene. Everyone danced the Pepe dance as if infected with a virus.

Eunwoo was also embarrassed and could not resist the dance.

Like birds in the sky, they formed a triangle centered on Siha.

It spread out.

The Pepe dance that everyone danced together. It’s definitely fun.

The music came out, and they danced excitedly, and then the screen suddenly turned black, and the title appeared.

[Pepe Dance Virus]

The video ended.

I couldn’t help but laugh at the subtitle.

After laughing for a while, Siha suddenly came out of the room.

“Hyung, is there something fun?”

“Ah, yeah. Have you finished drawing?”

“Siha finished drawing.”

“Then, would you like to watch the video that the teacher sent? You filmed a movie with your friends before.”

“I want to see it! I want to see it!”

Siha sat on my lap and watched the video.

It seemed really fun even if I watched it again.

Actually, it’s a very short video to call it a movie.

I wouldn’t be able to make it about two hours long like a real movie.

In a way, it looks like a short UCC [User Created Content] video.

“It’s fun!”

Siha liked it, saying it was fun after watching it all.

“Siha, is this the first time you’ve seen it edited?”

“Siha watched the filming. But this is more fun. Teacher is amazing!”

“Yeah. The teacher is amazing.”

“Hyung is amazing too. Hyung makes Siha’s pictures well and uploads them.”

“That’s right. I upload them like that too.”

The kids filmed it in a fun way, but the teacher also edited it in a fun way.

It seems a waste to watch this video only by myself.

“Oh, right. But the teacher asked if she could upload this to the daycare channel?”

“Yes. Yes. It’s okay.”

“Really? Then I’ll ask her to upload it.”

“Okay.”

Now that I’ve seen the completed movie, I don’t know what happened to Director Go Dongsu’s movie.

He said that this was almost the last filming while filming Siha before.

Then all that’s left is editing?

I don’t know how long it will take. He did film each scene. Hmm. He must have everything in his head?

While I was thinking about that, the phone rang.

It was Director Go Dongsu.

He can’t be a gentleman [sarcastic expression].

“Yes. Director.”

“Oh. Can you talk?”

“Yes. I can. What’s going on? Is it about the subtitles?”

“Wow. You’re quick on the uptake. Anyway, the editing is finished. So I’m going to check it together and talk about the subtitles. When is a good time for you?”

“I’ll try to make time. And I did a first English translation based on the script you gave me. I hope we can discuss it together again after watching the movie later.”

“Oh! You work fast. Good. Let’s watch it together first and then do it.”

“How about tomorrow? I think I’ll be fine tomorrow.”

“I have time whenever. The movie hasn’t been released yet. Well, I’ll be busy from then on.”

“When is the release scheduled for?”

“Next year. I’m going to put it in the Cannes Film Festival [prestigious film festival]. The release in Cannes will be in May.”

“Oh! Awesome! Are you going to win an award?!”

“What award are you talking about when I don’t even know the reaction? Puhaha.”

“Hey. You never know.”

It wasn’t too relaxed, and it wasn’t too urgent; it was the number of days left.

I had a feeling that if I was too relaxed, I would end up rushing.

Anyway, it feels like I can do it enough.

“Then shall we meet tomorrow morning? I need to watch it and talk about it.”

“Shall we? I’ve seen it too many times, so I can’t watch it with you. I need to see the translation you’ve done.”

“There are no ad-libs or anything like that.”

“I know that too. I checked the ad-lib parts and saved them in a file. I marked the colors differently. Shall I send it to you now?”

“Ah, then could you do that? I’ll check it and add that part and go tomorrow. I’ll take more time to discuss it and reduce the time for these parts.”

I ended the call like that.

I’m kind of looking forward to it. How to share opinions and do it.

“Hyung. Are you watching a movie tomorrow?”

“Yeah. The movie that the director filmed before? He said he finished editing it. Like the movie Siha filmed with his friends here.”

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

“Siha wants to see it too.”

“Siha has to go to daycare.”

“No. Siha wants to see it too.”

“Then, let’s watch it together when it comes out in theaters later. Or a premiere? Then.”

“Premiere?”

“Not premiere, but a preview. Uh, it’s when close friends watch a movie in advance before it comes out in theaters. Siha will watch this video with his friends tomorrow and talk about it, right?”

“I want to talk about the Pepe dance! Pepe dance!”

“Puhup. Okay. Talk about the Pepe dance to your heart’s content.”

I don’t know if the kids will talk about the Pepe dance to their heart’s content.

***

The next day.

I dropped Siha off and met the director.

I was going to take a vacation from the company, but he told me not to do that and just say I was on a business trip.

He said there’s nothing to do right now anyway.

I wonder if this is okay, but he says it’s the boss’s decision.

It’s amazing.

Is this the dignity of an employee who has shown great performance?

Of course, I appreciate the consideration.

Even if there’s not much work right now.

In fact, the boss can handle it alone. Of course, it might be a bit tight.

Anyway, there’s one more employee, so it’s going smoothly.

“This is the first time I’ve seen it full-time like this. I’ve seen the script.”

“Right?”

“Yes. Ah, this is the translation I made.”

“You could have given it to me as a file, why did you print it out?”

“I thought it would be good to scribble with a pen and discuss it. Isn’t this more convenient? Rather than using a pad and fixing it with a pen.”

“How did you know? We already have good chemistry?”

“Hahaha.”

Strangely, this was more convenient. Of course, I have to organize it again and fix it as a file.

But it’s not thick. It’s much thinner than a script book.

Of course, it’s natural because I only translated and put in the lines.

Of course, there were many lines because it was a movie.

“Then let’s watch the movie.”

“Okay. I’ll review this.”

The director rolled his pen, and I turned on the movie in the editing room and watched it.

Letters are visualized.

The movie ‘Ants’.

If I had to say it, it’s a comical story about a company. But it’s not just comical.

It shows the desire of people who want to climb up for success.

‘Actor Kim Seokhyun appears.’

New employee Kim Seokhyun.

It’s been a while since he started working, and a PF (Project Force) [a temporary team formed to tackle a specific project] team is created in this company.

Kim Seokhyun is assigned there and receives an order from the manager of Team 2.

To provide information about what happened in the PF team.

In fact, the manager of Team 2 is close to being a villain in a way.

A person with a strong obsession with success.

A mean person who puts his name on achievements.

Everyone wants to get back at him somehow, but he’s not an easy person.

Kim Seokhyun has complaints about that.

In a way, he can’t refuse.

Because employees are one of the chess pieces that are easy to use at any time.

He can cut off the tail at any time [easily dismiss them].

“Ugh!”

When the Team 2 manager turns his back, Kim Seokhyun dances, swaying his arms.

In a way, it’s a kind of rebellion when the Team 2 manager isn’t visible.

The sight makes you laugh.

It’s a gag point.

‘It’s fun.’

As I heard, there is no overly professional knowledge of the project.

There is only the terrible situation and the actor’s comical actions to solve it.

That’s why it might be more fun. Because it doesn’t feel difficult.

Kim Seokhyun also wants success and wants to grab the line [seize an opportunity].

And the manager of Team 3, not Team 2, reaches out again.

He smelled something in the performance of this PF team.

The manager of Team 3 was a little different from the manager of Team 2. He is the only one in the company who has affection. He was proving his ability just by surviving, but he still doesn’t use illegal methods.

He has the ability.

Kim Seokhyun has a fantasy about the manager of Team 3 rather than the manager of Team 2.

For example, a role model.

‘There are no characters to throw away.’

The two managers’ fight is also a point to watch.

They are a little childish to each other, but their actions are subtly funny.

“Wait a minute.”

The director stopped the movie and looked at me.

“Why don’t we watch up to here and discuss the subtitles in the front?”

“Sure.”

I shrugged as if I didn’t care.