Superstar From Age 0

Chapter 749

Contrary to Seo-jun’s worries, the meeting for the [Temple Project] was going smoothly.

“Dong-yoon hyung! How about making it bigger?”

“Wouldn’t it be nice to install stained glass and lights?”

“Let’s build a real temple!”

The meeting was going smoothly.

“What do you think of this design?”

“Hmm. These are statues that honor Seo-jun hyung, but they are not enough. They need to be more dazzling and neat. Is there a design that is devout and dignified?”

“I see… Okay! I’ll think of another design!”

The meeting was going on.

“Today is the start of our special training!”

“We have to stay still for five hours!”

“Shall we do it together?”

“Sure. The person who does the worst will be the statue that is farthest from Seo-jun sunbae, okay?”

“Wow, to be the closest to Seo-jun sunbae…! I can’t lose!”

…Was this really a meeting?

Seo-jun had no choice but to intervene in the fiery meeting.

He spoke to the stage art team and their members, who seemed to be ready to build a real temple with heavy machinery.

“We only have to do the project on the first day of the festival, so you don’t need to build something so sturdy, Dong-yoon hyung. It would be better to make something that can be installed and removed in a day.”

“Really? That’s a shame.”

“Why only one day?”

One of the team members asked, and Seo-jun scratched his cheek.

“Well, you know, if the word gets out, people will flock to see it. It’s different from a designated theater, it’s outdoors, so there could be accidents or problems… I thought it would be better to do it like a guerrilla project, short and sweet.”

The team members nodded their heads in agreement.

“If it’s Lee Seo-jun doing the godly acting, they will come for sure.”

“If I heard that Seo-jun sunbae appeared at the school festival, I would drop everything and run there!”

“Me too.”

There would be many sprouts and ordinary people who thought so.

‘Of course, I could calm them down with my ability, but…’

It was a festival to enjoy together.

The [Temple Project] shouldn’t be the only thing that got attention. Everything that the other students prepared was precious too.

“So, let’s make the temple light. Please.”

Seo-jun said, and the prop team leader, Oh Dong-yoon, readily agreed.

“Then, light and…”

Seo-jun nodded.

“Beautiful and cool!”

“Yeah!”

He stopped there.

He looked at the prop team, who started the meeting again, with shaky eyes, and then turned his gaze away.

‘There’s still a lot of time left…’

He could fix it slowly.

Next was the art team, who were discussing a design that would make professional designers shiver. ‘More dazzling and neat. Devout and dignified.’

“It’s hard to make those clothes with only white cloth, isn’t it? You can make it comfortably.”

It was because the concept was ‘statues made of white marble’ that they couldn’t use various colors and materials.

Only white.

Could they make a design that was ‘more dazzling and neat. Devout and dignified’ with one color? 

Seo-jun was worried.

“It’s okay, Seo-jun hyung. Nothing is impossible.”

The art team leader, Park Min-hyung, had his eyes sparkling.

The other art team members were the same.

“This is nothing compared to the school assignments!”

“Hehehehe!”

…What kind of classes did the Han-ye Art School have?

Anyway, since the experts said there was no problem, Seo-jun, who was not an expert, had to trust and leave it to them.

‘I can trust Min-hyung.’

Seo-jun, who saw Park Min-hyung designing his ‘god’ costume with a flash of his eyes, smiled softly and then turned his eyes to his own specialty.

“Last but not least, the actor team.”

Seo-jun’s gaze, who was sharing his opinions in turn, reached the acting department juniors.

Gulp.

The juniors, who were quietly waiting, swallowed their saliva without knowing. To the stage art and art students, he might have been just ‘superstar Lee Seo-jun’, but to the acting department juniors, he was a senior who was like a ‘god’ to them.

‘To do a project with such a senior…!’

He remembered seeing the [Temple Project] on the bulletin board with his friends after the final exam.

‘If you move, you’re a statue, so you have to stay in the same position for hours, right?’

‘That sounds hard…’

‘But it might be fun to try it once, right?’

‘Hmm. I’m good. I don’t want to.’

‘Me neither.’

He was the only one who applied among his friends who shook their heads. And the project leader was Lee Seo-jun sunbae!

‘I’m glad I applied!’

Good job. Past me!

Bravo. Past me!

You’re amazing.

With similar thoughts, all eight acting department juniors waited for Seo-jun to open his mouth with sparkling eyes.

“We’ll practice together, but when are you guys free?”

Seo-jun smiled brightly and asked.

“I’m available anytime!”

“Me too!”

“I can do it all day!”

The eight juniors answered eagerly.

Unlike the previous two teams, the acting department juniors didn’t notice that Seo-jun was not stopping their excited chatter (about special training and five-hour practice) at all.

‘The best one will be the closest to me…’

Seo-jun smiled softly.

‘I’ll make them all good.’

He stopped the other teams’ runaway, but he led the actor team’s runaway, as always, with his passion for acting.

***

While Seo-jun was smiling softly and dragging his innocent actor team juniors into hellish training.

In the United States, the post-production of [Shadow and Knight], which was scheduled to be released at the end of September this year, was in progress.

There were many people hired for the editing team and the CG team, as they had to finish it in three months, but there was only one person who could manage, edit, and approve everything: Jonathan Will, the director.

The director of editing nodded and checked the list as Jonathan said, “/The words ‘You are Knight JIN’ on the wall should be in a rougher font. It should reflect the partner’s personality./”

“/Yes./”

“/What about the words on the floor in the scene where Knight Jin awakens?/”

“/Let’s split them in half. ‘You are Hero’ should be rough like the partner’s writing, and ‘Knight JIN’ should be neat like Jay’s writing./”

He gave detailed instructions even for the fonts, so there was no need to say anything else.

Jonathan looked over the footage shot from various angles with many cameras, and assembled the movie in the best direction.

“/You have a similar style to Director Ryan./”

“/I guess so./”

The staff who had worked with Director Ryan before uttered their impressions of Jonathan’s work.

Maybe it was because they were uncle and nephew, or maybe it was because he had watched and learned from him since he was young. His editing and revising skills, which did not miss even the smallest details, were exactly like Director Ryan Will.

“/Do you have this part shot from a different angle?/”

“/Yes./”

“/Let’s use that one./”

He was also decisive and confident, as if he was not editing his first commercial work.

If the director had a clear image in his mind and did not waver, the people working with him could also work comfortably and efficiently.

“/It’s going to be a great work./”

“/I hope so./”

The editing team and the CG team smiled at the reliable director, but resumed their work with dark circles under their eyes.

***

-/I feel like I’m going to die…!/

“/Yes. Yes./”

He had a solid and reliable support in his director.

He put down his pen and listened to Jonathan’s call.

Before his phone rang, he was summarizing the strengths and weaknesses of his juniors who were co-starring in [The Divine Project].

He could have typed it on his laptop and printed it out, but he preferred to write it by hand, maybe because he always took notes on the script with a pen when he analyzed his character.

‘I hope they like it when I give it to them next practice.’

He rolled his eyes.

‘Well, maybe not.’

He remembered the faces of his juniors who looked like they wanted to shake a carrot at the art team and the props team who were coming to the school practice room for a meeting and a report. (They meant to beg for mercy.) He chuckled softly.

They must be mentally exhausted, but they were replenishing their physical strength with the elixir, so they should be fine.

‘Maybe they can do more.’

His juniors would have shaken a basket of carrots if they knew his thoughts.

Anyway.

He focused on the call with Jonathan.

-/I don’t know if I’m editing it properly! I can’t decide if 1 is better or 2 is better…!/

“/So which one did you choose?/”

-/…4…/

He laughed at the voice that said ‘Four…’.

Neither 1 nor 2, but 4.

Jonathan’s voice was shaky, as if he knew how ridiculous it was.

-/No, 4 was the best option…!/

“/Then it’s fine./”

-/…I guess so./

Maybe it was because he was calm, or maybe it was because he trusted him.

Jonathan’s mind also relaxed as he talked to him. That’s why he called him often without realizing it.

“/How far have you edited the movie?/”

Jonathan recalled the schedule at his question.

-/I think I can release it by the end of September as planned. Marine will soon confirm the release date./

It seemed that there would be no delay in the release if Jonathan’s words were true.

-/You said your school festival is in September, right?/

“/Yes. That’s right./”

He looked at the calendar on his desk.

July, when SBC rejoiced as the drama [Dawn] that replaced Baeseungwon with a drunk driving accident surpassed 20% in ratings, had passed.

Already early August.

The August calendar, which was still hot, had the practice days of [The Divine Project], the schedule of the lectures he took during the summer semester, and the dates when Subin and Eunsu came home.

‘Eunsu will be back soon.’

Eunsu, who was having fun experimenting at the domestic science camp, was expected to return soon, and Subin, who was traveling and studying with Professor Benjamin and Jason in the US, was expected to return at the end of August.

He was very proud of his two siblings who were working hard for their dreams, and he gave them charms with his power to wish them not to get hurt.

He turned over the August calendar, which was full of schedules, and looked at the September calendar. The opening day and the three-day Han Arts Festival were marked.

“/It’s from the 11th to the 13th./”

-/Then I’ll release it after your school festival ends. It’s going to be crazy./

He laughed at Jonathan’s voice mixed with laughter.

He remembered what Taewoo told him, that Cocoa Enter’s actor Lee Seojun’s dedicated team 1 was starting to prepare for the aftermath of [The Divine Project] and [Shadow and Knight].

-/How’s the festival preparation going?/

“/The team members who are working with me are having a hard time./”

He smiled as he looked at the paper on his desk.

Not only the actor team, but also the art team that had to make the costumes look like statues, and the props team that had to make the background and props, had a lot of trouble.

-/I wonder what it will look like./

He answered Jonathan’s question with a smile.

“/We’re going to film it, actually./”

For the sprouts around the world who were eagerly waiting for anything he was in, he decided to hire a filming team and film it properly.

“/I’ll send you the footage as soon as it’s done./”

-/Oh. Really?/

He grinned at Jonathan’s excited voice.

The director and the actor talked about various things in their daily lives, then talked about [Shadow and Knight] again, and then talked about the new works that came out.

That’s how the days passed as usual.

***

And in September.

The whole world was filled with one sentence.

[HE′S COMING!]