Superstar From Age 0
Chapter 284 “Hello!” As he opened the door of the meeting room to prepare for the script reading of ‘Spring Has Returned’, assistant director Choi Hyun-woo turned aroun

Chapter 284

“Hello!”

As he opened the door of the meeting room to prepare for the script reading of ‘Spring Has Returned’, assistant director Choi Hyun-woo turned around at someone’s greeting.

“…?”

He was surprised to see an actor who shouldn’t be here at this time.

He looked at the clock, then at the actor, then at the clock again.

“Uh… Kang Tae-young?”

Choi Hyun-woo stared blankly at Kang Tae-young, who had arrived an hour earlier than the scheduled time and was smiling brightly.

Ju Yong-jin, who was standing behind him, groaned and rubbed his forehead.

“You’re here already?”

“Yes. I didn’t have any schedule today. Oh, can I help you? Do I just put them down one by one?”

Before he knew it, Kang Tae-young had taken some of the scripts that Choi Hyun-woo was holding and placed them on each seat.

Choi Hyun-woo followed him in surprise.

“It’s okay! I’ll do it!”

“Hey. It’s faster and better if we do it together. Do I also put a bottle of water on each seat?”

“No, you shouldn’t do that…”

Choi Hyun-woo looked anxiously at Kang Tae-young’s manager, Ju Yong-jin, as he saw Kang Tae-young putting a bottle of water on each seat as well.

It was not a big deal for Kang Tae-young to help the assistant director, but it would be awkward for the assistant director if the bosses saw this.

Ju Yong-jin opened his mouth.

“Tae-young. You’re making him uncomfortable.”

“…I’m sorry. I’ll just help with this!”

Kang Tae-young quickly put the remaining bottles of water on the table and smiled brightly.

Choi Hyun-woo chuckled.

“Thank you for your help.”

He felt relieved that the actor he was going to work with seemed like a nice person.

He had seen many actors who had good images but were different in reality.

With Kang Tae-young’s help, the scripts and water bottles were arranged.

Now he had to put name tags on each seat.

Choi Hyun-woo folded A4-sized papers with printed names into triangles and placed them on each seat.

[PD Gong Hee-chan]

[Writer Yu Cheong-a]

As the names of the two people were placed on the top seats, Kang Tae-young’s eyes sparkled. He followed Choi Hyun-woo again. Park Do-hoon and Yoon Hye-in’s name tags were placed opposite each other.

“Where is my seat?”

“It’s over here. Next to Park Do-hoon.”

He was just about to put Kang Tae-young’s name tag down.

There was a paper with Seo-jun’s name written under Kang Tae-young’s name tag.

Kang Tae-young couldn’t hide his excitement and looked at Choi Hyun-woo folding Seo-jun’s name tag into a triangle.

He saw Choi Hyun-woo about to put Seo-jun’s name tag next to Kang Tae-young’s and smiled brightly.

Choi Hyun-woo didn’t see it because he was busy putting down the name tag, but Ju Yong-jin saw it clearly.

Is that what a successful fan looks like?

He hoped he wouldn’t cry when he saw Seo-jun in person.

As Ju Yong-jin was thinking that, the door of the meeting room opened.

Assistant director Kim Dan-bi was startled by the sight of Kang Tae-young and his manager who had arrived early and blinked her eyes.

“Oh, Kang Tae-young? You came early!”

“Ah, yes.”

Kang Tae-young scratched his cheek.

He couldn’t sleep well last night because he was so excited about going on a picnic.

He felt like he had stayed up all night with his eyes open.

He waited for a long time after preparing everything in the morning, but time didn’t seem to pass, so he just came early.

Even I could feel how excited I was.

Choi Hyun-woo tilted his head and asked Kim Dan-bi.

“What’s up?”

“Seo-jun’s seat, move it to the opposite side of Park Do-hoon and Kang Tae-young.”

Choi Hyun-woo tilted his head at Kim Dan-bi’s answer.

“Move it? Why?”

“He said it would help his acting. Anyway, that’s what he asked for. Gong sunbae also agreed.”

“I see. Okay.”

Since the PD in charge agreed, Choi Hyun-woo nodded and reached for Seo-jun’s name tag.

It was placed next to Kang Tae-young.

Kang Tae-young, who was stunned by Kim Dan-bi’s sudden words, only moved his lips as he watched Seo-jun’s name tag being taken away by Choi Hyun-woo.

Did I just say that out loud?

“…Hello?”

Seo-jun greeted him a beat late, surprised by Kang Tae-young’s fierce reaction.

“Uh, uh. Nice to meet you… Seo-jun…”

He had watched Seo-jun’s works and fangirled over him, so he was used to calling him ‘Seo-jun’.

He raised his voice in embarrassment.

Seo-jun laughed at Kang Tae-young’s expression.

“Just speak comfortably.”

“…Should I?”

Seeing Kang Tae-young’s sincere joy, Seo-jun and An Da-ho smiled. They could tell what Kang Tae-young was thinking just by looking at his face.

“Seo-jun, call me hyung too!”

“Okay. Tae-young hyung.”

“…!”

Kang Tae-young’s face brightened more than ever as he was called hyung by Seo-jun.

He excitedly led Seo-jun to his seat as if it was his own home.

“Sit here. Do you want this for water? I brought yuja tea, do you want some? How’s the temperature? Are you cold?”

Seo-jun blinked a few times at the barrage of questions and smiled brightly.

“Thank you. I’ll enjoy it then. The temperature is perfect. Tae-young hyung.”

“Yeah? I’ll bring you the yuja tea right away. It’s really good, we make it at home. I have other flavors at home too, you know? I’ll bring some when we film. Oh, can I come and watch when you film?”

While Seo-jun and An Da-ho were getting used to Kang Tae-young, Ju Yong-jin was satisfied with his rather calm appearance.

He looked much more composed than a few days ago when he was rambling about Seo-jun.

If Kang Tae-young knew what Ju Yong-jin was thinking, he would have said how could he say such things in front of him, and that he would die of embarrassment.

***

Seo-jun and Kang Tae-young, who were laughing and chatting for a while, turned their heads at the sound of the door opening.

It was Go So-ram, the actress who played the female lead’s child role, but she looked exhausted for some reason.

The man who looked like her manager behind her also seemed drained.

“Hoo…”

She had heard that there were reporters, but she didn’t expect to be interviewed as well, not being a Hollywood star like Lee Seo-jun or a rising star like Kang Tae-young.

She recalled the reporters who were flashing their eyes and sighed as she entered the meeting room with her manager.

She came early thinking that she would be early, but she didn’t expect to see other actors already there.

And they were Lee Seo-jun and Kang Tae-young!

“Hi, I’m Go So-ram, who plays the child role of the female lead!”

She greeted them cheerfully, and Seo-jun and Kang Tae-young also smiled and greeted her back.

With Go So-ram as the start, the actors of ‘Spring Has Returned’ arrived one by one.

They all looked tired from being harassed by reporters as they entered the broadcasting station, but they had happy expressions.

They expected it to be a hot topic, but it was more than they imagined.

“It’s all thanks to Lee Seo-jun.”

“Right. I didn’t expect to be interviewed too… Oh? The article is already out.”

The entertainment news was full of articles about the script reading of ‘Spring Has Returned’.

There were interviews with not only Lee Seo-jun, Yoon Hye-in, and Go So-ram, but also all the actors who participated in the script reading today.

“Our article also has quite a lot of views!”

“Kang Tae-young and Park Do-hoon haven’t arrived yet. Ugh. Lee Seo-jun must be in the meeting room, right? I’m a huge fan…!”

The actors who secretly agreed with that opened the meeting room door with eager faces.

Most of them seemed to have arrived, as the meeting room was noisy.

The actors who just entered looked at the front.

As expected, there were Lee Seo-jun, Yoon Hye-in, Go So-ram… Kang Tae-young?

They all had puzzled expressions at the face of an actor they didn’t expect to see.

Ju Yong-jin sighed as he saw that. He came too early and couldn’t even meet the reporters.

‘I hope there are some articles about Tae-young… Will there be any reporters when we leave?’

Kang Tae-young, who didn’t know what Ju Yong-jin was worried about, had already exchanged phone numbers with Seo-jun and was smiling happily with the happiest expression ever.

***

“Oops, I’m the last one. Sorry for being late.”

The owner of the last empty seat, actor Park Do-hoon, entered the meeting room with a smile.

PD Gong Hee-chan nodded his head as he heard that most of the actors had arrived early.

He came to the meeting room earlier than planned.

“No, you’re not late. There are still 15 minutes left. Everyone came early as if they had an appointment, but it’s not that Park actor is late.”

Everyone laughed at PD Gong Hee-chan’s joke.

They could have been late or arrived on time, but they all came earlier than the scheduled time.

Seo-jun waved his hand as he saw Park Do-hoon sitting down.

Park Do-hoon also smiled and greeted him back.

“Then, since everyone is here, we’ll start the script reading a bit early. We’ll also start filming now.”

There was applause at PD Gong Hee-chan’s words.

At the same time, the lights on the cameras that were installed turned on, and some of them focused on the actors, one on the whole meeting room, and one on PD Gong Hee-chan.

PD Gong Hee-chan smiled brightly and stood up from his seat.

“Nice to meet you. I’m Gong Hee-chan, the director of ‘Spring Has Returned’. It’s my first work, but I’m confident that it will be the most memorable drama of my life. I look forward to working with you all.”

PD Gong Hee-chan sat down and writer Yoo Cheong-ah, who was sitting next to him, stood up.

The camera moved to the side and showed writer Yoo Cheong-ah.

“Hello. I’m Yoo Cheong-ah, the writer of ‘Spring Has Returned’. It’s my first work, but I’ll write the script perfectly before filming, so don’t worry and do your best!”

The greetings of PD Gong Hee-chan and writer Yoo Cheong-ah ended and the actors also stood up and briefly introduced themselves.

“Then, let’s start from the first scene of episode 1.”

The drama began with a loud scream.

The female lead, Kim Seo-yeon’s boss was yelling at Kim Seo-yeon, and Kim Seo-yeon just bowed her head.

The sharp voice of the boss and the subdued voice of Yoo Hye-in, who played Kim Seo-yeon, echoed in the quiet meeting room.

Assistant director Kim Dan-bi read the script and the actors delivered their lines.

As expected, they were well-chosen actors. PD Gong Hee-chan and writer Yoo Cheong-ah had satisfied expressions as they watched the actors who did well on their own.

It was a normal script reading, where they acted as if they were filming while looking at the script.

Park Do-hoon, who played Lee Hyun-sung, opened his mouth.

“Nice to meet you. I’m Lee Hyun-sung.”

He continued his lines with a stiff voice and a rigid expression.

***

The camera director who was filming Seo-jun tilted his head.

Unlike the other actors who were looking at the script, Seo-jun’s eyes were on Park Do-hoon who was delivering his lines.

‘But now…’

The camera director’s eyes moved from Seo-jun’s face to Park Do-hoon’s face, and from Park Do-hoon’s face to Seo-jun’s face.

‘Is he mimicking him?’

Seo-jun was imitating Park Do-hoon’s expression, who was acting passionately despite it being a script reading.