Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 249

249. Genuineness (2)

By the time Yeon-woo approached, the child, who had somewhat stopped crying, blinked.

“It’s mint chocolate.”

“It’s delicious.”

“I don’t like mint chocolate.”

“……Why?”

“It tastes like toothpaste. I don’t like toothpaste.”

Yeon-woo’s expression turned serious.

“Have you ever tried it?”

“No?”

“Are you believing what others say without even trying it?”

“Shouldn’t I?”

“You shouldn’t.”

As they exchanged unexpected questions and answers, the child’s crying had stopped before they knew it.

“Why shouldn’t I?”

“Tae-joo, what do you like?”

“Goldstarz Blade Secret Revolution.”

“Gold…… what?”

Han Tae-joo’s guardian quickly explained, ‘It’s a popular cartoon these days.’

“Okay. That Gold…….”

“Goldstarz Blade Secret Revolution.”

“Right. Anyway, what would you do if people said it was no fun and childish?”

“Why is it no fun? It’s super fun! It’s totally serious, and the characters have stories, and it’s a complete masterpiece?!”

“That’s right. That’s exactly it. If someone who hasn’t seen Goldstarz says something carelessly without knowing how fun it is, you’d feel bad, right?”

“Uh…… yes.”

“If you hadn’t seen Goldstarz because someone who hadn’t seen it said it was boring, you would have felt wronged, right?”

Han Tae-joo’s expression turned as if he had lost his country.

“See? It’s important to experience everything yourself. That way, you can maintain your center and judge whether what people say is true or not.”

[Oh. Kang Yeon-woo. You’re saying some cool things?]

Dong Ja-ryeong interjected.

Ignoring that, Yeon-woo offered the mint chocolate again.

“Here. Try it yourself and judge. That way, you can find the criteria to make your own value judgments.”

“Okay…….”

As if he had never cried, Han Tae-joo was completely drawn in by Yeon-woo.

[Good job. You’re right, you have to treat children like you treat adults. Kids that age think they’re all grown up, so if you treat them like babies, they’ll rebel even more, right?]

I didn’t exactly intend that.

But it’s effective, so that’s good enough.

All roads lead to Rome.

The staff marveled at Yeon-woo, who had calmed down a child who had been crying for hours in less than 10 minutes.

“Wow…… Yeon-woo is really serious about mint chocolate.”

The direction of admiration is a bit strange, but admiration is admiration anyway.

“But why were you crying? Do you not like filming? Are you filming against your will?”

All children have the right to refuse what they don’t want to do.

It’s not exactly because I was reminded of my past when I had to do forced meditation and waterfall training from a young age.

“No. I like filming. But they said today’s filming is scary…….”

“You don’t like scary things?”

“I can’t sleep at night because I keep thinking about them…….”

“Ah. You’re afraid of ghosts? But there are no ghosts in today’s filming?”

“Uh……? There aren’t? My mom told me to be brave and do well even if it’s scary…….”

I get the picture.

“So you were crying. But look, you’re already scared because you only listened to what others said. If you had come and done it yourself, you would have known that there are no ghosts. Isn’t that right?”

“……That’s right.”

“So you have to face everything yourself. That way, you can know whether something is really too much for you or not. You shouldn’t prejudge anything.”

“I will.”

It feels like a fanfare should be playing with an alert window popping up right here.

[Yeon-woo has succeeded in comforting the child!]

Of course, the system didn’t display such an alert, but instead, I belatedly noticed that the people around me were watching with very pleased eyes.

I don’t know why, but they looked very proud.

One staff member nodded with a warm smile.

Someone winked, giving a thumbs up.

‘What is it.’

I just wanted to share the joy with a child who carelessly rejected the taste of mint chocolate.

“Did you get the clip?”

“Of course.”

Such conversations were exchanged on one side.

“Tae-joo, you should thank Yeon-woo hyung [older brother] quickly.”

“Thank you, hyung.”

“I see why Yeon-woo is so famous and rumored to be such a good person.”

I received inexplicable praise from the guardian.

‘Good is good…….’

While the child actor calmed down, the filming preparations were almost finished.

The beginning of today’s filming was a scene featuring the child actor.

This is because it is a part that sheds light on the past of the character Kim Sun-woo in earnest.

“If today’s filming airs, the viewers’ bulletin board and SNS will be completely chaotic.”

“Since today will be the biggest twist, that’s probably right?”

Perhaps viewers will not understand it at first.

They may only recognize him as a pitiful victim who is abused at a young age.

They may regard it as one of the cases that the protagonist Kang Seok will solve.

But.

“Ah. I’m already looking forward to the reaction?”

Dramatic Tempest is a pre-produced drama.

Therefore, the airing period will be a long time after filming, but I couldn’t help but look forward to it.

The same was true for Gil Sang-joon and Song Jin-joo.

“Hehehe. Everyone will be shocked when Sun-woo appears in high school.”

“Ehehehe. The viewership rating will peak, right?”

“You two. Calm down.”

Coordinating the scene as a whole, completing the set, and even the final rehearsal.

Unlike people who had been so busy that they had barely slept for days, their eyes were very sharp.

“Even if quick-witted viewers roughly realize what role Sun-woo plays, they won’t realize this, right?”

Writer Song muttered with a very happy expression.

“Yes. They’ll probably be shocked.”

“You two. You should calm down…….”

The assistant director tried hard to stop the two people who were cackling with haggard faces like mad scientists.

Of course, it was not enough.

Slowly, slowly.

A meticulously crafted tower built very carefully.

Everyone’s eyes moved to the person who contributed the most to building that tower.

“I’m already curious about how much you’re going to surprise us today.”

*

“Kang Yeon-woo! Let’s get you into makeup!”

As the child actor went into the shoot, the makeup staff called Yeon-woo.

This is because Yeon-woo’s scene will follow right after the child actor’s scene ends.

“Originally, it’s important to ride the flow well in scenes like this. Especially in scenes like today!”

That’s what Gil Sang-joon and Song Jin-joo, who had bloodshot eyes, said.

Yeon-woo also agreed with that.

The scene to be shot today goes back and forth between the past, another past, and the present, but in the end, it was a scene that was largely tied together as one.

So thanks to that, Yeon-woo is.

“Wow…… you really take everything you put on and make it your own, so everything looks good on you. I’d believe you if you said you were a high school student?”

“……Surely not.”

“Really. Yeon-woo, what do you do to your skin? How can you absorb everything you put on it so quickly? Isn’t this making you look too young?”

“Shouldn’t we tell the director now?”

“No, why? You look like a high school student. You have a physique, so even if your face is youthful, it seems impossible to pass for a middle schooler…….”

I ended up getting a makeup that made me look younger, which I didn’t even have in my fate.

Today’s filming scene was none other than Kim Sun-woo’s high school days.

It is the very scene that marks a major turning point in Kim Sun-woo’s life.

When I first received the script containing this scene.

Yeon-woo seriously suggested it.

“Wouldn’t it be too much to play a teenager?”

I was horrified at the thought of ruining a drama that had been doing so well with the worst appearance.

So when I said that.

“Aaaani [No way]. What are you talking about? Of course, Yeon-woo has to do this!”

“Yeon-woo. Don’t worry. Yeon-woo can go plus or minus 10.”

Plus 10 is fine, but minus 10 is 14 years old.

It was an absolutely impossible figure, but the decision of the general director and the main writer was firm.

‘The appearance may not be suitable…… but let’s try to do well with acting.’

Wouldn’t it be possible to overcome it by using all the abilities I have?

It was around the time Yeon-woo made that decision.

“Anyway, you look exactly like a high school student, so don’t worry. Yeon-woo is too innocent. What’s the problem with a 24-year-old being six or seven years younger when a 40-year-old is playing a 20-year-old? Right, manager?”

“Okay. Yeon-woo. Look here.”

Before I knew it, my hair was done.

Unlike usual, I brought my bangs forward and gave them a soft, natural curl.

The shading that emphasized the solid lines was also lightly loosened to create a soft feeling.

When I used light-colored eyebrow to make my eyebrows even lighter, there was Kim Sun-woo in the mirror who looked several years younger.

“Okay. Let’s put on the school uniform. Make sure to bring the school uniform photo without forgetting it.”

I wore a school uniform and even wore glasses without lenses that were slightly out of fashion to express the passage of time.

‘Amazing.’

I really feel like I’ve gone back to high school.

So many amazing things happen when you enter this industry.

To even experience my school days, which I never wanted to go back to.

‘This must be the charm of acting.’

Painful memories don’t come to mind anymore.

Even the past that comes to mind unintentionally now has only a few faint traces left.

“Die! Die! I told you to die!”

When I finished setting everything up and came out, filming was in full swing outside.

‘He’s doing well even though he said it was scary.’

Yeon-woo thought, watching the acting of child actor Han Tae-joo.

A scene from the past was being reproduced there.

The reason why today’s filming is called a twist is right here.

So far, the drama has maximized the curiosity about the character Kim Sun-woo.

By intentionally omitting information about the character.

Kim Sun-woo’s past was revealed for the first time.

‘Maybe they’ll be mistaken. That he had a very unfortunate past.’

The part that child actor Han Tae-joo is filming is that scene.

“That’s what I told you! I told you not to touch my temper!”

Thud! Thud!

The first past scene with the child actor was nearing its end.

The actor playing the angry father kicked the person lying in a pool of blood.

“That’s why I told you to shut up! Why! Why! Did you come out and touch me?! Because of whom!”

The actor playing the father, as if he had anger control issues, screamed and kicked the corpse.

His outburst did not end there.

Thump!

Clang!

The father, as if his anger had not subsided, rummaged through the whole house and vented his anger.

All kinds of furniture fell, broke, and were destroyed.

Young Kim Sun-woo was crouching in a corner away from that anger.

The young and innocent face was just silently watching everything.

“Aaaak! Damn it! Damn it!”

The father’s roar is laid out like background music.

Young Kim Sun-woo curled up even more.

This is because the dark red blood flowing from the corpse scattered haphazardly in the living room slowly spread and reached Kim Sun-woo’s feet.

In the face of relentless violence and terror, young Kim Sun-woo looked helpless.

The shrunken little body even looked pathetic.

A one-sided victim.

And an unfortunate victim who witnessed a terrible incident.

What would it have felt like to see someone die in front of you at an age when you should still be running around innocently?

“Dad…….”

A small, thin voice called out to the father.

However, the father did not turn to look at Kim Sun-woo.

The child could only wrap his knees more pitifully to avoid the approaching, slow-moving, eerie evidence of death.

And.

“Cut!”

Gil Sang-joon’s voice rang out coolly on the set.

“Let’s go straight into past scene 2. Father, please finish your makeup quickly!”

The staff moved diligently.

The second set was quickly prepared for filming.

Watching that, Yeon-woo shrugged lightly.

Now it was his turn.