Ch.162…It’s finally complete.

Mid-January.

At a time when winter was in full force.

The “Our Fake Marriage” filming crew continued to inspect the shooting location.

“Did you control the crowd properly?”

“Yes, we got permission from the city hall and managed to control the sidewalk to some extent.”

“Good, make sure there’s no talk about this… What about the actors?”

“They’ve all arrived and are waiting for the cue sign.”

“Great, great.”

Thirty minutes until the first shoot begins.

They needed to check and confirm everything possible before then.

“If we keep going like this, there’s no way we can fail, right?”

“Yes, I know.”

PD Kim Youngmo, wearing a bucket hat, stroked his rough beard.

“Let’s start getting ready.”

With a final puff of cold breath.

PD Kim Youngmo finished setting up the scene for filming.

‘We need to make this a huge hit.’

KBC was currently in a state where they had run out of hit shows.

‘Things were good until “Sun’s Successor” and “Clouds Drawn by Moonlight.”‘

Sniff.

With one show from cable networks rising frighteningly fast.

The terrestrial networks were in a state of anxiety.

‘They think hits like “Ghost” just appear out of nowhere.’

If that’s the case, we’ve had plenty of legendary works too.

PD Kim Youngmo, muttering this to himself, walked straight toward actress Kim Sujin.

“After ‘Hehe Doctor!’, I wondered when we’d work together again, and now so much time has passed.”

“Indeed.”

“That modest makeup really suits you well.”

“Hehe, thank you.”

“Our Fake Marriage” is a fake marriage romantic comedy between a Western painting major guy and an accounting major girl.

Since accounting is a major that requires a lot of attention to detail.

Kim Sujin’s makeup was far from the freshness of a college student.

Not even effortlessly natural, just completely plain.

A ponytail, shabby gray hoodie, and black sweatpants with protruding knees.

Her sneakers were visibly worn out, and of course, no makeup, just a mask to finish the look.

‘Academic Assault Mode’ was the perfect description for this appearance.

“Well then…”

As soon as PD Kim Youngmo confirmed her appearance, he immediately ran to Kim Donghu.

“Our Donghu… hmm, you really look good in anything you wear.”

“Pardon?”

“Just a white t-shirt and jeans, aren’t you excessively handsome?”

Should we call it the image of an ideal college oppa?

Add a canvas apron to that and it’s game over.

He would truly become the perfect handsome art student.

“Maybe it’s because it’s a body that art students can’t easily have.”

It’s clearly just a white t-shirt and jeans.

Perhaps it’s because he has the body of an Olympic heavyweight boxing gold medalist.

All his muscles showed their presence through the white t-shirt.

Anyway.

‘Both of them are perfectly prepared.’

After finishing the final check on the actors’ condition, PD Kim Youngmo.

“Alright, let’s begin!”

He announced the start of filming.

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Since it was too common for drama filming to not proceed in order from episode 1 to the last.

“Our Fake Marriage” also started filming from the middle part.

“Cue!”

Past the part introducing their daily lives in episode 1.

The camera shows a red light to capture the scene where the two meet in episode 2.

Creeeeak.

With the cue sign, the door of the studio apartment opens.

From there, Kim Sujin, or rather Jung Subin, appears first.

“Ugh, I’m late. I’m late!”

Since studying while working part-time wasn’t easy.

Jung Subin, who slept for 50 minutes when she meant to sleep for just 5, hurriedly left her home.

At that moment, the door of the neighboring apartment opens.

“…Yawn, I’m late.”

Kim Donghu, or rather Han Doyun, walking leisurely while yawning.

Despite both being late, their attitudes were completely opposite.

Tap tap tap tap tap!

Jung Subin rushing down the stairs and.

“…Maybe I’ll buy a toast to eat on the way.”

Han Doyun, who’s already late and thinking of being even later to eat breakfast.

PD Kim Youngmo smiled with satisfaction at the direction showing their contrasting appearances from the start.

‘The acting is good, the acting.’

While Sujin had consistently proven her acting skills through steady activities.

Kim Donghu showed no signs of his 3-year hiatus despite this being his comeback work.

‘He seems to have improved even more.’

Does that make sense? An actor who trained for 3 years returns to acting and has improved?

Thinking that far, PD Kim Youngmo shook his head.

‘Because it’s Kim Donghu.’

Usually, when a situation doesn’t make sense, inserting that phrase makes it acceptable.

Because it’s Kim Donghu.

And the one feeling this more closely was Kim Sujin.

‘What is this, really.’

As she had felt before.

Kim Donghu doesn’t act.

‘He just completely brings the life of that character for a moment.’

A truly indescribably high level of method acting.

She thought he might be a bit rusty after 3 years, but.

‘He’s completely become Han Doyun.’

Inside the lecture hall.

Herself entering urgently and bowing her head.

And Han Doyun entering leisurely 20 minutes later, wiping his mouth.

What created this stark contrast was Kim Donghu’s acting.

Showing a relaxed, carefree attitude despite being late.

From Kim Sujin’s perspective, all she had to do was show urgency.

“Ah, perfect timing. We need to pair up, and you two match perfectly.”

The professor gestured for Han Doyun, who arrived late, to sit next to Jung Subin.

“Has anyone actually read the course syllabus properly?”

No one raised their hand at this question.

It’s rare for students to be passionate during the first class, especially orientation, of a non-major course.

But Jung Subin was different.

“Oh, there is someone. Then do you know what I said has changed from last year?”

“Pa-partners will work together throughout the course.”

“Oh, you know it well. That’s right. The course is called Understanding Culture, and culture includes the culture of men and women.”

What the professor’s explanation ultimately meant was one thing.

“It means we’ll proceed with the class in male-female pairs. Of course, due to the ratio, some pairs will be same-gender.”

In those cases, I’ll set separate topics, so don’t worry.

As the professor’s orientation continued.

Jung Subin looked at the man sitting next to her.

‘He doesn’t seem reliable.’

He was handsome, though.

So handsome that everyone around kept glancing at him.

Good body, tall, the word “dashing” fit him perfectly.

But Jung Subin disliked men like this.

Someone who shows no urgency even when late, just leisurely.

Even now, he was pretending to listen to the orientation while drawing.

‘He draws pretty well though.’

Then suddenly.

‘Wait, does this mean I have to do projects with this guy all semester?’

Reality suddenly dawned on Jung Subin.

But right at that moment.

“Looks like we’ll be working together for a semester… You’ve already written your name, so let’s do well together.”

“Wh-what?!”

The man next to her suddenly closed the distance and extended his hand.

All Jung Subin could do in response to this boldness was.

“Um… yes, pleased to work with you.”

Bow her head and shake his hand.

“Cut!”

And simultaneously came the cut sign.

“Very good! Isn’t this great?!”

PD Kim Youngmo saw the natural harmony of their acting and was convinced.

‘The atmosphere is already perfect from the beginning.’

If they film a kiss scene later and it gets aired.

‘This is guaranteed to be a hit, it’ll be the sweetest rom-com ever!’

It was as good as having a flagship work that would define 2017.

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As the staff was cleaning up after filming.

Sujin came straight to me.

“I heard you got married?”

She got straight to the point.

“We Got Married? You saw it?”

“Yes, you kiss me but marry another woman, I saw that.”

There was no need to worry about who might be around.

As an experienced actress, she was thorough about such things.

“Haha, it’s a virtual marriage.”

“You’re going to kiss her there too, right? So is that a virtual kiss?”

“No, it’s not, but we’re getting married too.”

“Wh-what?”

I could see Sujin’s eyes widen as soon as she heard the word marriage.

“This.”

Tap tap.

I showed Sujin the first page of the script with a smile.

Our Fake Marriage.

Isn’t this a kind of marriage too?

“I asked around a bit, and they said there’s a scene at the end where we rent a real wedding venue.”

“R-really?”

“Yes, we’re getting married too.”

“Th-that, um, r-right. Okay, I understand for now.”

Sujin said that much and turned her back primly.

A gesture indicating she had nothing more to say.

Looking at her like that.

‘If you have the ability to have everything but don’t take everything, that’s rather incompetence.’

A phrase suddenly came to mind.

Why did such a phrase come to mind?

I couldn’t tell yet.

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Veritas CEO’s office.

“Busy, busy.”

Choi Seokho scratched his behind while checking the schedules of his agency’s actors.

“Yerim is… wow, already set to walk in a fashion show.”

Rustle.

With each mouse movement, the schedules change rapidly.

“Actor Seo Jinwoo said he’s taking a break? Anyway, that’s that….”

The last thing to check was the actual boss and Veritas’s star.

“Donghu… his schedule is packed until July.”

It was all filming, filming, and more filming.

Especially since the scale of “The Real Hero” had expanded significantly.

The filming schedule was extremely tight.

“Can they really release this in October?”

When he first heard Director Lee Seongdeok’s goal, he couldn’t help but laugh.

Filming until July with an October release target.

Even if they poured their souls into editing, it seemed like an impossible schedule.

‘But if he says he can do it….’

Honestly, filming quickly and releasing quickly was good.

From an investor’s perspective, there was nothing bad about it.

“First broadcast next month, huh?”

Choi Seokho checked the calendar.

Mid-February, the first broadcast date of “Will You Marry Me?”

He was looking forward to seeing how well it would be received, and at that moment.

Ding!

An email arrived.

Normally he didn’t use alerts for receiving emails.

But there was only one person for whom he had set an email alert.

And that was.

“…It’s finally complete.”

The email announcing the completion of Na Kangsik’s game “Golden Resolution,” which he would never have invested in without Kim Donghu’s recommendation, had arrived.