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My mom, who had been waiting outside the recording studio, came running, knowing who I was fighting with.

“Hajin, what’s wrong… Oh my!”

I’m surprised to see you with Eugene.

“Hello, Hajin’s mother. I’m Oh Yujin, who will be Hajin’s close friend from now on. Do you know who I am?”

He smiles brightly and bows.

There is no fox.

“I know, I know! How can you not know the youngest of the cheerful girl Sangkyunggi!”

The mother who met the child actor of the drama she’s currently obsessed with was so shocked that she kept saying, “What should I do, what should I do?”

I was so frozen in the waiting room that I couldn’t say a word, but now I’m finally able to properly express my fandom.

We exchanged phone numbers on the condition that he would change me right away.

“Me, me too… .”

Sora, holding a cell phone, is now next to her mother.

Mom’s eyes widened even more when she saw Sora.

It was overwhelming with just Eugene, but then Sora, the genius child actress, spoke to him.

“I’m Han So-ra, who was the Crown Princess of Hyegyeonggung Hong clan. Hello.”

Even though he is an adult I am meeting for the first time, he talks about his representative works very well.

Even though he was a child actor, he was an actor.

I exchanged numbers with my mom, asking her to change the number when she called.

The woman who seemed to be the manager from behind made a displeased expression, but did not stop him.

Suddenly, the mother showed off her skills by getting the numbers of two popular child actors.

“It must be a dream… I have numbers with those kids… .”

Mom was shocked in a different way than before.

Seongsik, who had changed into comfortable clothes, handed me a note.

“What is this?”

“My number. I… I’m not in a position to do anything for you, but I have a strange feeling that we’ll be seeing each other for a long time, so I’m giving it to you. Save it when you get your phone later.”

“I will. Thanks, bro.”

“It would be really awkward for other 6 year olds to call him hyung, but he doesn’t mind when you call him hyung. He’s really an interesting kid.”

While Seongsik was looking at his brother’s back, his mother asked.

“Who are you?”

“Someone who is not famous now, but will become very famous later. Please save this number too.”

“Hajin has 3 numbers that she’s looking for. Should I buy her a cell phone while I’m at it?”

“It’s okay. I’m still a kindergartener.”

I heard a ringing in my ears from behind, but could it be my imagination?

*****

“Auntie. Come quickly. It’s starting.”

“Okay, I’ll go.”

I took my niece Arami’s favorite cookies and went to the living room.

Oh Yeon-su, a college student on leave from school, is looking after her niece, Areum, today too.

Thanks to my brother-in-law who gives me a lot of pocket money, I don’t have any trouble playing with my child.

We decided to watch the show Waggle Waggle Kindergarten together, which was airing at this time.

Today in particular is the day when Arami’s worries will be aired.

My sister sent it to me by email and I heard it was accepted.

You can’t miss this big event.

‘This pro is still going on.’

It was a program that Oh Yeon-soo and Ah-reum always watched when they were her age.

The lovely BGM also goes well with the stylishly changed logo.

‘Wow, what screen is that?’

It wasn’t something to be laughed at as a kid’s pro.

With comfortable camera angles that match the viewer’s eye level, colorful screen directing, and non-childish backgrounds and props, I couldn’t help but think, “Is this the level of a kids’ show?”

This kind of exclamation reached its peak in Arami’s favorite corner, “Curious Tiger Teacher.”

“Auntie! That, that’s what I sent you.”

Aram, who is shorter than her peers, sent a request asking for advice on how to grow taller.

The boy sitting in the middle held the letter and read the contents word for word.

But Oh Yeon-soo couldn’t concentrate on her nephew’s story.

Because my eyes were completely captured by the boy reading the letter.

‘No, what kind of child’s face is that…?’

It was the same for Arami.

I can’t take my eyes off the screen since the boy appears.

The boy who read the story wakes up his friends, saying that there is a rhythm to growing taller.

Then, he tells us each movement one by one, with lines set to a pleasant melody.

It was like a scene from a wonderful musical.

The two girls dancing next to him didn’t seem to get along that well either.

Because A-reum was following along excitedly, I couldn’t see the screen, so I ended up standing up.

‘A picture like this appeared in the kids’ program? What the heck is this?’

As soon as the show was over, Arami put on her favorite animation and hurried into the small room.

I turned on my PC and went to the KBC homepage.

Because I was so absorbed in the show, I didn’t see who appeared.

‘Wait a minute, the children’s program is… over… here.’

Even when I clicked on the Waggle Waggle Kindergarten link, there was no news.

“Why isn’t it going through like this?”

I heard you changed your internet connection to a faster one, brother-in-law!

*****

— Where is the boy next to Mr. Tiger?

— Please rebroadcast Monday’s episode quickly.

— They’re both child actors. The girl on the left is…

— How old is the kid who taught you rhythm?

The viewer bulletin board went down out of the blue for two days before it finally returned to normal.

“Hahahaha. I’m the guy after all. This is how I survive.”

CP Park Woon-chul patted PD Jo Seung-hyun on the shoulder and laughed loudly.

The viewer bulletin board went down, but in less than a week, the viewer ratings went up by 6%.

Children’s programming has a limited audience, so unless there is a major accident, viewer ratings don’t drop much.

In other words, it is difficult to increase viewer ratings.

Because the news about the former PD receiving bribes was reported, the show lost a lot of viewers to NBC’s competing program, but since they turned that around in just a week, it can’t help but look good from the CP’s perspective.

“If you knew I was a guy, send me to the drama department.”

“I told you I’d send it when Tio came. And now I can’t. How long have you been in charge and you’re already thinking about running away?”

“I’m not going this year anyway. I’m changing some corners… I’m busy anyway.”

“When you tell me to do it, I’m like, “Oh, my God, you’re so dead,” but when you actually do it, it’s doable, right?”

“It’s good that it doesn’t rush in like a variety show. It’s also fun to play with the kids.”

“Speaking of the girl, let’s say Eugene and Sora, what about that guy? Did the agency recommend him?”

“Didn’t Hajin say that last time we greeted each other? She said she wasn’t an actress.”

“I thought you were saying that because you didn’t know. But aren’t you a real actor? Are you eating up the camera?”

“She’s the kid my younger sister goes to kindergarten with. She’s never acted before.”

“Really? Then, are you some kind of genius?”

“I don’t know. If a person with a sense of humor isn’t conscious of the camera, they’ll show up well on screen.”

“Hey, Inma. Is that a level that only shows up well on screen? That’s innate. A natural charm that steals the soul of the person watching. It’s a gift from heaven!”

“Why is your score so high? I thought it was because of Sora’s acting.”

“Sora is good at acting, and this guy has an extra something to it. This isn’t something you can learn. This guy will definitely rise.”

“If you throw it into something other than kids’ programs like dramas, you’ll know.”

“So, why don’t we send it to the drama department first? There are a lot of places that need male child actors.”

“Why are you taking the kid instead of leaving me here? I can’t do that because I’m going to show him in other corners too.”

“Child actors in one-act plays or mini-series, not daily dramas, only appear briefly at the beginning. Let’s use them for that.”

“Let’s try acting first. We’ll make a children’s play corner, excluding the animation that comes out in the middle.”

“Huh? You even thought about that. Are you going to do it for real?”

“I’m trying to make it run smoothly without me. Some corners are too rough.”

“You figure that out yourself. Then he won’t have an agency, right?”

“Yes. My mom takes me with her now.”

“I can’t handle it. Do you think advertisers will leave that face alone?”

Surprisingly, the first start was made by PD Cho Seung-hyun.

*****

KBC Annex 1st floor cafe —

“Jooyoung, here.”

“Hey, bro. How have you been?”

PD Jo Seung-hyun met his college junior at a cafe.

Her junior, Lee Ju-young, is currently working at an advertising production company.

“What’s going on? You’re all here.”

“I was coming out of a meeting with an advertiser nearby and I saw the broadcasting station building. I had something to talk to my hyung about anyway, so I called him while I was at it.”

“What do you want to say?”

“Yeah. I mean, the kids’ show that hyung is doing right now. Bustling Kindergarten.”

“Hey, you should at least know the title. It’s called Busy Kindergarten.”

“Oh, right, right. Bustling kindergarten. Is there a handsome kid there?”

“How did you know that?”

“I was curious to see if Eugene looked good, so I took a look. But the guy next to him wasn’t joking. Did he really look like that?”

The person who recommended Eugene is Lee Ju-young.

He introduced me to him, saying that he had a good impression when I filmed an ice cream commercial before.

“It looks better in person. It looks a bit spread out on the screen.”

“Wow, if it gets better there… That would be perfect. Connect me with him.”

“Advertisement?”

“Yeah. I’m going to let you audition.”

“Do I have to audition too?”

“They’re going to release it as a series, and since it’s a big commercial, they’re going to audition the child actors. The advertiser also wants to choose them themselves.”

“I can’t just teach you because you’re an ordinary person, so I’ll ask you first.”

At that moment, Lee Ju-young’s eyes widened.

“Wasn’t he an actor?”

“I picked you up from kindergarten. You’ve never acted before?”

“Wow, then, what was that musical-like line you were saying there? Is that talent?”

“I’m also surprised every time I see it. I don’t know what it’ll be like when it goes to the positive, but right now it’s overflowing.”

“If you allow me, please connect with me. I think I’ll believe it when I see it in person.”

“Okay.”

*****

“No, Hajin. What is that in your hand?”

When I finished recording and took ‘that’ home, my mom’s eyes widened.

I couldn’t help but laugh awkwardly.

In each of my hands, I was holding a cell phone that Eugene and Sora had given me.