Rebirth of the Director in Korea

“What?”

When he heard Jung Hyuk-jae’s words, Lee Joon-ki couldn’t help but open his mouth, and said with a look of surprise.

“Yes! I don’t know what Lee Joon-ki -ssi thinks about my proposal?” Jung Hyuk-jae asked.

This proposal is of course a whim, but it’s just like watching antiques. Knowing that the unpolished jade in front of me is Hobbi, Jung Hyuk-jae still has the idea of ​​letting him slip away in vain.

“Uh…this?” Lee Joon-ki scratched his head in embarrassment, showing a little embarrassment, and explained, “Not good, Screenwriter Jung!” For such a big matter, I need some time to think about it.”

For Jung Hyuk-jae’s proposal, Lee Joon-ki did not immediately agree to it, but instead said that he would consider it. To overcome the embarrassment between the two parties, I also gave myself time to consider, to see what his purpose or idea was.

In fact, from the beginning of college, Lee Joon-ki didn’t ask for any more money from his family. Instead, he chose to work part-time while interviewing for the actor’s job. As for the big and small brokerage companies in the showbiz circle, he has also looked for it, but compared to his 23-year-old age, the brokerage company wants to sign contracts with actors who are young and worthy of training. It’s not that he wanted to become a monk halfway through.

Why look for a brokerage company? In fact, the reason is obvious, it is naturally to keep warm!

Lee Joon-ki has never seen a few artists who can still mix without the help of a brokerage company. From actors to singers to models, there is nothing behind them. One exception is the support of brokerage companies, and the gap between artists and artists is also in the size of the company and the channels it owns.

Why can SM Corporation be called the “Aircraft Carrier in South Korea’s Music Industry”? Not because it makes the most money, but because of its star-making ability and the tangled and complicated connections and channels behind it. This is the foundation of SM.

There have been a few times. The result of the original interview was pretty good, but in the end he didn’t fall into anything. On the contrary, the previous two acting skills and interview performance were not as good as his own. Seat, although I don’t want to admit it, but this is the energy of the brokerage company.

“No problem, this is my personal phone number. If you think about it, you can call me the past few days.” Then, Jung Hyuk-jae teared it from the bag he carried with him. I came down with a note, wrote my phone number on it with a pen, and placed it in front of Lee Joon-ki.

“This is my personal phone. If you think about it, you can call me anytime.”

Lee Joon-ki took the phone number with both hands. The note, and then solemnly put it into his bag.

Looking at Lee Joon-ki’s performance, Jung Hyuk-jae couldn’t help but be nodded, and seemed to be very satisfied with his performance just now. Failure to agree immediately is a normal performance. If you really sell yourself because of a casual suggestion, this is an abnormal performance.

Jung Hyuk-jae will not be arrogant to think that he has such a great personality, of course, he will not think that the other party will crack a joke with his own star road. He gave Lee Joon-ki one Choice, a choice that could change his life.

Lee Joon-ik not far away saw that they were silent, and then walked over to Jung Hyuk-jae, and cast a puzzled look on him, but Jung Hyuk-jae didn’t. Seeing this, Lee Joon-ik had no choice but to let it go.

“Lee Joon-ki -ssi, then this is officially set, the past few days you can get familiar with the script first, if you have any questions, you can ask me, or ask Screenwriter Jung for advice “The conversation between the two parties was almost done, and Lee Joon-ik didn’t say much.

“Then Hyuk-jae-ssi, do you have anything else to add?” Lee Joon-ik turned to look at Jung Hyuk-jae next to him, and then asked him out of courtesy .

Jung Hyuk-jae shook the head, “I have nothing more to say.”

Seeing this, Lee Joon-ik stood up and reached out to Lee Joon-ki My right hand, “Lee Joon-ki -ssi, happy cooperation in the following days!”

“Well, happy cooperation!”

After that, Lee Joon-ki Turned around and looked towards Jung Hyuk-jae again, “Screenwriter Jung, thank you for your support!”

“Happy cooperation!” Jung Hyuk-jae reached out and shook his hand.

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We said goodbye to Lee Joon-ik and Jung Hyuk-jae, and Lee Joon-ki, who came to the restaurant, couldn’t help but sighed in relief. Just now under the strong aura of the director and Screenwriter, he felt that he hadn’t said something. Okay, I even stammered when talking.

Fortunately, it seems that the result is not bad, and it has been recognized by the Screenwriter who met for the first time.

Thinking of Jung Hyuk-jae, Lee Joon-ki remembered the sticky note he left for himself, rummaged in the bag, and finally found it, so scared that he thought he lost it .

‘Jung Hyuk-jae ……’

Lee Joon-ki glanced at the phone number written on it, whispered several times in his mouth, eyes There are rays of light flickering, and it is not clear what he is thinking.

After walking for almost five minutes, Lee Joon-ki came to the bus stop sign. There is a bus that can go directly to his school. Unfortunately, he just arrived and there is one The car also happened to depart. He had no time to get on the car and had to wait patiently under the stop sign.

“dīng líng líng …dīng líng líng …”

After sitting down for a while, the mobile phone in my pocket rang again at this moment and looked Seeing the caller ID, Lee Joon-ki’s face sank. The single thought in his mind was “shut down”, but the annoying ringtone didn’t seem to give him a chance to shut down.

“Not good, I’m so sorry!” Lee Joon-ki bent over to apologize to the pedestrians who were waiting for the public car under the stop sign, because his behavior disturbed others, and said After that, Lee Joon-ki pressed the answer button mentally and physically, closed his eyes and waited for the “howling wind and torrential rain” on the other end of the phone.

Sure enough, the phone has just been put to my ears, and a thick male voice flustered and exasperated said: “Yeah! Why didn’t I call you last night? Ah, don’t you want to listen to me? I don’t want to hear you, just tell me, I will definitely not call you again!”

“Dad, I simply didn’t receive the call you called yesterday.”

“Isn’t there even a missed call on the phone without receiving it? I see you, but the wings are stiff, and you don’t even listen to what I say!”

Although there is a cell phone, Lee Joon-ki still seemed to be able to feel a little bit of saliva on his face.

“Dad, I didn’t mean that.” Lee Joon-ki said helplessly, drooping his eyes.

“It’s not that. You’ll come back right away! Be an actor, what kind of actor! Ah? Don’t go to that broken art school. I’m looking for a job for you in my hometown. You come back and go to work directly.”

“Dad…” Lee Joon-ki shouted, with a sad face, and he could no longer see the smile on his previous face.

“Just say you won’t come back!” Dad Li on the other end of the phone forced him, his voice was angry and suppressed.

“Dad…” Lee Joon-ki exclaimed affectionately, and explained, “Dad, I have already received a job, and I will make a movie next. And I’m still the protagonist!”

When I heard my son’s words, Dad Li on the other end of the phone hadn’t spoken for a long time, almost a minute. Before Lee Joon-ki could continue talking, there was already a voice on the phone. There was a busy tone. Father Li had already hung up the phone, and father and son once again broke up unhappy.

In front of the platform, Lee Joon-ki grabbed a handful of his hair in a tangled manner, and lowered his head deeply, not daring to look up in front of him, for fear that his red eyes would scare the platform waiting for the bus Passersby.

It seems that in every family, father and son are natural class enemies. The more one lets his child do something, out of rebellious or other mentality, the less he will do. Lee Joon-ki falls into this situation, but his behavior is not rebellious, but out of his true love for the actors.

I still remember that when he was in school in his hometown, Lee Joon-ki, who was a sophomore in high school, had a chance to watch a drama “Hamlet” with his classmates. He has been born since then. The dream of becoming an actor.

Once the dream takes root in the heart, it will become more and more prosperous with the absorption of nutrition, until one day the dream blooms, beautiful and splendid flowers!

In the third year of high school, while other classmates were still studying hard to prepare for the college entrance examination, Lee Joon-ki returned home but talked to Dad Li about his dream of becoming an actor. He immediately met with strong opposition.

Even after such a long time, the words of the businessman from my father at the time seemed to linger in his ears…

‘Actor? What is good about actors? Study hard is the right way. I don’t ask you to be a lawyer, judge, or prosecutor. Even an ordinary company employee will be 10,000 times better than that of an actor! ‘.

‘But my ideal is to be an actor! ‘

Listening to his son’s retort, Dad Li just stared, “Ideal? The ideal is to be eaten as a meal? Can it still be spent? How much is the ideal value now? ‘

Because of this incident, father and son had a quarrel, and finally Dad Li said angrily:’Don’t you have ideals? Then don’t bring anything at home, take your own to find what ideals! ‘

In half a year, Lee Joon-ki relied on the more than 300,000 Korean Won he saved from working in the cafeteria for more than half a year. He came to Seoul regardless of his father and applied for the Seoul Art School.

Because father has never funded a penny at home. From living expenses to tuition, it is all his hard-earned money earned by working during the break.

Worked as a waiter in a bar, good at car wash, billiard room waiter, kitchen handyman, as long as he can make money and there is no demanding work, he has done all of these, and he does it every day More than 10 hours.

However, these Lee Joon-ki have persisted!

Because his school is an art school, the school’s management of students is not too strict. During the freshman year, many students went out to interview actors and models, and they always had the dream of actors. Lee Joon-ki naturally followed out for an interview, but the result was farther than ideal.

In one year, he ran no less than 80 production crews, auditioning while working, and failed more than 200 times. The audition process absolutely can’t be called how beautiful it is. It was operated in a dark box, directly set by default, and it was just a formality…he had encountered all of these.

Not to mention the injustices encountered during the audition. Faced with these, Lee Joon-ki has been insisting.

Perhaps his persistence and hard work have paid off. During the audition for “The King and The Clown” Production crew, after three auditions and defeating more than 1,000 people, Lee Joon-ki finally won This precious opportunity.

But why the family still don’t understand and approve of the path they chose?

I don’t know how long it will take. Anyway, the pedestrians waiting on the bus platform are coming and going, going back and forth, changing waves after another, and the buses have also gone back and forth two or three times, Lee Joon -ki still bowed his head deeply, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a while, Lee Joon-ki finally lifts the head, wiped his slightly red eyes, stood up, and saw a car coming towards the platform from a distance. .

Lee Joon-ki got on the bus. There were not many passengers on the bus, so he found a window seat, sat down and looked at the closed well outside the window, squeeze his mouth slightly. , Brows tightly frowns, I have a lot of thoughts in my heart.

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“Hyuk-jae -ssi, what did you say to Lee Joon-ki -ssi in the afternoon?” Sun restaurant, Lee Joon-ik couldn’t help his curiosity and asked.

“It’s nothing, just tell him the points and problems that need to be paid attention to in the next shooting.” Jung Hyuk-jae first took a sip of the coffee on the table, and then said.

Lee Joon-ik’s face was full of disbelief, “Do you think I can believe?”

“Of course you won’t believe it.” At this point, Jung Hyuk-jae paused After a meal, he continued: “But even if I tell the truth, you don’t necessarily believe it!” As he said, Jung Hyuk-jae still shook the head.

“What’s the truth?” Lee Joon-ik continued to ask.

“I said, I want to sign Lee Joon-ki, would you believe it?”

A sentence from Jung Hyuk-jae seems to have caused an uproar, Lee Joon- ik stared wide-eyed looked at her, “What did you just say?”

“I said, I want to sign Lee Joon-ki!” Jung Hyuk-jae repeated it again.

“Do you want to start a brokerage company?” Lee Joon-ik was a little unbelievable.

“Well, if Lee Joon-ki agrees, he won’t be an exaggeration to start a company.”

Lee Joon-ik is a little confused about Jung Hyuk-jae. What do you think? A brokerage company that only serves one person is also extravagant.

Lee Joon-ik would like to ask something more, but Jung Hyuk-jae’s waiting plane on the table suddenly rang. Jung Hyuk-jae picked up the phone and looked at the caller ID. It was a I have never seen a number before, press the answer button, Jung Hyuk-jae said: “Hello, hello, I’m Jung Hyuk-jae!”

“Screenwriter Jung? I’m Lee Joon -ki, do you have time at night?”