Golden Print [EN]: Chapter 85

There are so many different kinds of things you can use to decorate a house. It’s almost impossible for one company to know everything about all of them.

So, the filming team of wasn’t visiting a place that handled all kinds of materials directly.

Instead, they were visiting a store that works with many different companies. Each company is an expert in one type of material.

As they stepped into ‘Luxury Housing’, the cast stopped and stared. It was like walking into a giant treasure chest for houses! Everywhere they looked, there were stacks of colorful tiles, rolls of soft carpets, shiny lights hanging from the ceiling, and even walls built to show different paints. ‘Wow!’ someone breathed. ‘This is amazing!’ It was a place filled with things you’d never normally see all together.

Suha and Ria, their eyes wide with excitement, hurried forward, almost running to touch everything.

Looking at all the decorations, some things really made you feel excited.

“We could just order everything here today and buy it all, right?”

“Exactly! We don’t need to go anywhere else!”

However, Jae-yeop, who followed them in, stopped Suha and Ria from getting too excited. He shook his head and said,

“Calm down, Yuria. We haven’t even set a budget yet.”

“Budget? What are you talking about? This is the first I’m hearing about it!”

At Jae-yeop’s word ‘budget,’ Yuria and Im Suha blinked with wide eyes.

PD Gong Jin-young did not share the entire filming format with the cast for the sake of reality.

Therefore, the two women’s surprised expressions could be said to be ‘real.’

“Oppa, what do you mean? A budget?”

At Suha’s question, Jae-yeop retorted in disbelief.

“You guys were planning to do the interior without money?”

“Um……?”

“Of course, you need a budget to do the interior.”

This time, Yuria, with a squinting expression, chimed in from the side.

“Wait, the budget is just whatever we want, right?”

“What?”

“It’s oppa’s house we’re decorating.”

“So?”

“Since we’re doing the interior with oppa’s money, I thought the money was, you know, endless!”

“What kind of logic is that?”

“Oppa has a lot of money.”

“Hey, I’m having a hard time these days…….”

The filming staff diligently filmed the three people’s conversation, and Woo-jin watched the scene with interest from the side.

Unlike Suha or Ria, who were surprised by the word ‘budget,’ Woo-jin was not surprised at all.

Originally, the basic format of self-interior design always involved working within a set budget.

Woo-jin was a devoted viewer who had watched the show very diligently.

Unlike the general cast members, the expert panelists had received some hints.

After watching the three people bickering for a while, Woo-jin subtly joined the conversation.

Woo-jin could now see the timing to jump in.

“So, Jae-yeop hyung, how much is the budget?”

“Ahem, I don’t know either.”

“Wow, is this oppa kidding me!”

“Because from now on, the PD will tell us.”

“What is it……? I smell something ominous……. Is it just me?”

With Suha’s words as the last, the cast members’ gazes all turned to PD Gong Jin-young.

Following this, PD Gong, with a wicked smile, began to explain the format he had prepared in advance to the four people.

“Okay. As I said last week, our filming team is very poor.”

Yoon Jae-yeop pouted and grumbled.

“Ha, so that’s why my appearance fee is…….”

“That’s enough. Oppa, that statement was a bit dangerous.”

PD Gong, who chuckled at Jae-yeop’s grumbling, slowly continued.

“So, everyone. Therefore, the amount supported for interior costs, not only for the Jae-yeop team but also for the Doo-young team, will inevitably be very limited.”

As PD Gong Jin-young’s words ended, there was a slight feeling of unease in the venue.

And the next moment.

Creak!

As the ‘Luxury Housing’ store door opened, the cast members of the opposing team, including MC Doo-young, rushed into the store.

The first filming with both teams had begun.

If Yoon Jae-yeop was a rising entertainer in his mid-30s, Park Doo-young was a veteran entertainer over forty.

He was known for his funny, rough voice and sometimes said things that were very direct and a little bit mean, but in a funny way.

He was a very famous and successful entertainer who had a long run until 2030, which Woo-jin had experienced in his past life, and therefore, Woo-jin was also very familiar with him.

He was also the person who led the program as a fixed panelist until Season 2 of .

“What, Jae-yeop’s team was here first?”

“Doo-young hyung, aren’t you getting too lazy?”

“Hey, it’s not my fault. It’s because our team’s baldy was late.”

“No, hyungnim! Baldy? Your words are a bit too much.”

While Jae-yeop and Doo-young were bickering, Oh Dong-woo, a panelist on the same team as Doo-young, chimed in.

Dong-woo was an entertainer from a rapper background, usually called by the nickname ‘Oh Dong.’

And Oh Dong was a rapper whose shiny bald head came to mind first.

“If he’s a baldy, what else should I call him?”

“No. Soften it a bit and call him bald……. Wait. That’s a bit weird too. Just call me by my name, my name!”

Jae-yeop also added a word.

“Baldy rolls off the tongue so well. What can I do? If you don’t like it, grow your hair out.”

“Aish. These hyungs are really. Hair has to grow to grow it……. Hooo……. PD-nim! These hyungs are bullying me, I can’t do the broadcast! I want to go home!”

“What, weren’t you a voluntary baldy? You said that last time!”

“Of course, I’m voluntary. Anyway, I’m voluntary.”

The ‘Doo-young Team’ also had four members, just like the ‘Jae-yeop Team.’

Leader Park Doo-young and baldy Oh Dong. And comedian Jung Min-ha and expert Kim Ki-sung.

So, when all eight members of both teams stood in front of the camera, the filming set began to get quite crowded.

“Aaaah! Min-ha unnie! It’s been a while!”

“Wow, how is it that we’re filming the same broadcast for the fourth time and only seeing each other’s faces now?”

“That’s what I’m saying. I thought I’d see you every day since I heard I was appearing with Min-ha unnie.”

“Anyway, the person next to you is……. Actress Im Suha?”

“Yes, unnie. As far as I know, you two are the same age…….”

“Wow! Nice to meet you, Min-ha-ssi! I’m a fan of Min-ha-ssi!”

“Wow! For an actress to say she’s a fan, I suddenly don’t know what to do. Did you see that, Doo-young sunbae? I’m this kind of person, you know?”

Jung Min-ha was a comedian, but she was as pretty as any singer or actor.

Of course, her charm was her easygoing and a bit rough speech, which was different from her beautiful appearance.

The cast members greeted each other, and the filming set became noisy, but PD Gong Jin-young didn’t particularly stop them.

Anyway, all he had to do was edit out the interesting parts from this chaotic atmosphere and broadcast them.

As the conversation between the cast members subsided to some extent, Jae-yeop skillfully organized the atmosphere and began the proceedings.

“Okay, then, PD-nim. Doo-young hyung’s team is here, so please reveal it now.”

PD Gong smiled and asked back.

“What?”

“Of course, it’s the ‘budget.’ You promised to reveal the interior budget today!”

The Jae-yeop team and the Doo-young team had already completed the design concept and the first draft of the design during the second filming.

And this situation was something that would be unheard of in the industry.

To draw up a design in a situation where the budget has not been determined is, in terms of order, an irony.

But was a variety show, and that’s why it was possible.

Even the format that PD Gong had created from the beginning was structured so that the budget fluctuated.

The interior budget given to both teams was set to continue to change through various missions and games given during filming.

Jae-yeop and Doo-young each approached the cast members and received foam boards with the budget written on them.

After a while, the two simultaneously peeled off the stickers attached to the boards.

“Okay, then. We will now reveal the budget allocated to each team!”

Ta-da!

And on the boards that the two were holding, the exact same amount of budget was written.

[5,000,000]

In 2010, the interior cost of a typical home was about 700,000 to 1,200,000 won per pyeong based on the exclusive area.

The exclusive area of a 25-pyeong apartment was usually about 18 pyeong.

Based on that area, a full interior design would cost roughly 15 million won to the early 20 million won.

Of course, it varied greatly depending on the company and region, but this was the general cost.

In that sense, the cost of 5 million won given to both teams was a ridiculously insufficient amount.

“P, PD-nim! This isn’t missing a zero, is it?”

Jae-yeop asked with an unbelievable expression, and PD Gong replied with a smile.

“Of course not. It’s exactly five million won.”

“That’s ridiculous! My house is 53 pyeong, PD-nim!”

“That’s your problem, Jae-yeop-ssi.”

Doo-young also said with a dumbfounded expression.

“Ugh, what kind of interior can you do with 5 million won! You can only lay the floor!”

Of course, it didn’t work for PD Gong.

“Then you can just lay the floor.”

“…….”

“The viewers will rate the design score. Hehe.”

Everyone in the cast was dumbfounded by the unexpected small amount.

Except for Seo Woo-jin and Kim Ki-sung, who appeared as experts.

In fact, these two people knew the budget that would be given to some extent in advance.

The background for setting this budget was the secret meeting(?) between the production team and the two experts.

Woo-jin and Ki-sung, and the production team, after much deliberation, set the initial cost at 5 million won, which was the maximum amount that could produce the most fun picture.

Of course, it was a secret to the cast and the viewers.

“Our house is bigger than Jae-yeop’s house, PD-nim! You should give us a little more since it’s bigger!”

“Wow, this hyung is trying to sell drugs from somewhere! It’s only one pyeong bigger than our house.”

“Jae-yeop, are you ignoring one pyeong now! Anyway, bigger is bigger!”

The two leaders bickering and the panelists each saying a word.

PD Gong, who was watching them with a smile, began to speak again with a meaningful expression.

“Everyone! Looking at the budget, it seems insufficient, right?”

“No, are you saying that now……!”

“Just raise it three times, PD-nim.”

PD Gong Jin-young’s words continued.

“Then, from now on, I will give you a mission.”

“Yes?”

“I didn’t hear wrong, did I? A mission?”

“This program, the genre is……. a real variety show?”

The cast members murmured, but PD Gong said what he had to say without paying attention.

“Okay, here are three cards. Jae-yeop-ssi and Doo-young-ssi, please pick one each.”

Jae-yeop and Doo-young approached the cards that the PD handed out with reluctant expressions.

As the two people picked up one card each, the full-fledged mission began.