episode_0078
by adminDa-da-dan—
Ham Ayoon’s performance was worthy of discussing perfection. Fingers moving with conviction, and a precisely intended melody. It sounded like it would undoubtedly elicit admiration from anyone who heard it.
But something was strange.
‘Why?’
At this moment, Sooah felt a subtle sense of unease.
It was similar to the feeling of having just one piece missing from a magnificent jigsaw puzzle. A certain deficiency. She couldn’t pinpoint what it was, but something small was missing.
How much time had passed?
While Sooah was pondering what that puzzle piece could be, Ham Ayoon’s performance came to an end. Ham Ayoon stood up from her seat without showing any sign that she had accomplished anything significant.
Soon, the director, wearing a baseball cap, said,
“After hearing this, you wouldn’t say you won’t use Ayoon, would you? She’s good at acting, and she’s even this good at playing the piano. Isn’t she practically Kim Sohee herself?”
Her gaze soon landed on Sooah and Kim Iseo.
“There’s no need for Director Go Taemin to answer. I’m sure even the newbies have realized something.”
Sooah quietly looked around.
The atmosphere had completely changed due to Ham Ayoon’s piano performance. Even the people near Sooah showed strong signs of being swayed.
It was then that Kim Iseo bit her lip.
“I didn’t know she was this good…”
Soon, she quietly whispered to Sooah.
“Sooah, it might be better to just concede this.”
“Pardon?”
“First of all, it’s not good to get on Ham Ayoon’s bad side.”
Kim Iseo’s explanation that followed was straightforward.
Ham Ayoon, a competition winner.
She’s an actress with a one-person agency, but it’s different from an agency that starts with one person because they have no power. Ham Ayoon herself is a walking corporation, so she created an agency belatedly.
“Hmm.”
“Besides, apart from Director Go’s intentions, it seems like a significant number of the production team already wants Ham Ayoon. There’s nothing to gain from a head-on confrontation here.”
In other words, it meant that Sooah should express her intention to give up first and smoothly wrap up the situation.
It sounded reasonable to Sooah as well. Even though it meant giving up ‘Crescendo from Tomorrow,’ this was the way to minimize the conflict they would face. Kim Iseo chose safety over gambling. Sooah’s safety.
However.
It didn’t turn out that way.
Because Sooah didn’t back down.
“No way.”
Sooah didn’t forget the purpose for which she had come here.
A 1.9-rated script. She came to get the role of Kim Sohee.
So she would get it and then return.
Sooah, having made her decision, parted her lips.
“I want the role of Kim Sohee too.”
This was a goal that became even clearer in the fleeting moment after Sooah reconfirmed her perk. She checked the suitability in case she could consider a different role, but only Kim Sohee was suitable.
She couldn’t miss out on the 1.9-rated script.
To participate, she had to participate as Kim Sohee.
So she couldn’t back down.
The director wearing the baseball cap tilted her head.
“You just heard Ayoon’s performance. You’re still going to try?”
“Yes. I’m serious about the role of Kim Sohee too. Of course, I also have a passion for music. I’m confident I won’t be pushed back.”
“What?”
“And it hasn’t been my turn yet, has it?”
All eyes were on Sooah, her heart was pounding, but Sooah squeezed out her courage and continued to speak. It was worth it. Because it was a 1.9-rated script.
Also, because it was the seed work that would graduate her from ‘musician.’
“Only Ayoon-ssi performed. It’s only fair that I get my turn too.”
“No…”
The director was speechless for a moment, as if she was dumbfounded.
“…That’s not the point, that it’s your turn, is it?”
She twitched her eyebrows.
“Even if it’s your turn, you can’t perform to this level. Do you know that? Ayoon is a competition winner. There’s no reason to try. It’s not like you have to compare lengths to know for sure.”
…I knew she was good.
She had no intention of disparaging Ayoon’s performance. It was a melody that even Sooah’s extremely sensitive ears were satisfied with. However, Sooah politely requested again. Because she couldn’t give up.
“You said that the director ultimately didn’t give a definite answer. Isn’t all you have is support from the production team? Why don’t we just compare lengths once? Fairly.”
“…”
“There’s no reason to refuse. It’s a chance to show the difference between the two sides even more clearly. From your perspective, it could be an opportunity to gain even greater support.”
Sooah swallowed her saliva after saying this. She remembered Kim Yuhan’s intelligence and answered, but was it okay? Sooah smart, right?
Meanwhile, Ham Ayoon quietly narrowed her eyes.
It wasn’t due to dissatisfaction. Just curiosity.
‘…What is that newbie?’
Ham Ayoon doubted her eyes while she was performing.
In the meantime, there was no one who didn’t make an impressed face when she started performing. She didn’t find it strange. Because what she creates is a globally verified melody.
However.
‘That’s the first time, that kind of expression.’
Ham Ayoon discovered an exception for the first time today.
That’s why Lee Sooah, that newbie, tilted her head.
Why is music so great?
Because you can be moved even if you don’t understand it exactly. That’s why you can have fun listening to it even if you don’t know it well. Melody manipulates human emotions without any other language.
But Lee Sooah was different.
Rather, a face that questioned Ham Ayoon’s performance.
No, a face as if she had found something lacking.
…Didn’t she resemble Ham Ayoon’s father?
The only existence in this world who didn’t acknowledge Ham Ayoon’s performance. A foolish existence who said that even the moment she won the competition was not important.
Discomfort squirmed in Ham Ayoon’s heart.
“…”
She looked at Lee Sooah’s face once again.
The appearance itself is impeccable.
A sharp impression created along the sharp facial lines, a ratio that is good to admire, and an attitude that is not like a newbie who doesn’t waver even when facing all kinds of gazes.
‘A normal newbie would have run away a long time ago.’
The filming industry is, after all, a place where people live. Meaning that it’s not good to raise your voice and make enemies with industry workers or large corporations like Ham Ayoon.
But Lee Sooah didn’t seem to be afraid of that.
‘What is the source of that confidence? Can she play music?’
It was when Ham Ayoon began to wonder about Lee Sooah.
Sooah parted her lips again.
“I want to play the role of Kim Sohee. Sincerely.”
“No, you…!”
The director was about to raise her voice loudly. But she couldn’t finish her words. Because Ham Ayoon grabbed her arm for the first time.
Instead, Ham Ayoon opened her mouth.
“Okay.”
It was along with quietly nodding her head.
“Then let’s do this.”
In an instant, all eyes were on Ham Ayoon. She stared at Sooah with emotionless eyes for a while before opening her mouth.
“In my opinion, there are two things that an actor who will play Kim Sohee needs.”
“What are they?”
“First, the director’s approval. If you don’t have that, you need skill so outstanding that you can convince everyone. What do you think?”
Sooah nodded.
Unlike the director, Ham Ayoon herself was saying that she values the director’s opinion the most. It was a moment when Sooah saw Ham Ayoon differently.
“I didn’t get the director’s approval. So I convinced the production team with my skills. But you got the director’s approval. If you have the skills as well, I’ll accept it and step down.”
Immediately after, Ham Ayoon moved her fingers as naturally as flowing water without waiting for any answer from Sooah.
Her thin, long fingers press a key.
Dan—
It didn’t stop at one.
Two more, sequentially.
Dan— Dan—
Afterwards, Ham Ayoon crossed her arms and stared at Sooah.
“So, what did you think?”
“I don’t know what you’re asking.”
“It’s unreasonable for us to compete with our skills through performance.”
Ham Ayoon continued to speak slowly.
“I’m a competition winner. You can’t help but be worse than me. So it’s an absolute pitch test. Lightly, just say what the pitches you hear are. If you can do just that, I’ll acknowledge your skills.”
Sooah blinked quietly.
Even though it was sudden, it didn’t seem like there was any reason to refuse.
First of all, Ham Ayoon’s logic was very reasonable, and this was an opportunity to show the justification for playing Kim Sohee in front of everyone.
“…”
The problem was that she didn’t remember the notes she had just played.
It was a natural thing for Sooah. No, you should have told me it was a test before you played it. How can you tell me it’s a test belatedly when I listened with one ear and let it out the other without thinking?
The silence was long for a moment. Sooah unfairly.
“…Is even this difficult?”
Soon, Ham Ayoon narrowed her eyebrows.
“There’s not much time left until the filming of ‘Crescendo from Tomorrow.’ Music is either innate or something you have to learn when you’re young. If this is difficult, Kim Sohee is impossible even if you start learning from now on.”
Ham Ayoon herself was focusing on something else right now.
Kim Sohee is important to Ham Ayoon, but what Ayoon wants to confirm right now is the meaning of the expression Sooah made earlier.
Why did she make that expression? Why did she make the same expression as Ayoon’s father?
An expression that came out because she didn’t know music at all and didn’t understand it?
Or because she saw something like her father?
She felt like she would go crazy if she didn’t confirm it.
Of course, around that time, obstinacy was wriggling in Sooah’s heart.
No, I’m confident if I hear it again. I’m so upset. But on the other hand, I was also curious. How great will my ears be?
Isn’t this a great opportunity to find out?
Therefore, Sooah’s plump lips parted.
“I’ll try. Again.”
“Okay.”
It was when Ham Ayoon was about to press the keys again.
It was a moment.
“…Ugh!”
Ayoon’s furry slippers slipped and her body swayed greatly.
Her wandering hand hurriedly searched for something to grab and support her body, but of course there was nothing but the keyboard.
Crash—!
Eventually, Ham Ayoon endured by slamming her hands on the keyboard, thanks to which she was able to avoid falling to the floor.
No, would it have been better if her body had hit the floor? There was a risk that her fingers, which were like her life, would be damaged. She felt dizzy belatedly when she imagined the hand that made her who she is getting hurt.
Ayoon frowned.
“…I just slipped for a moment. Don’t worry about it.”
She sighed deeply and then started loosening her hands again.
“Okay, let’s start again now.”
Ham Ayoon briefly recalled what notes she would press.
Her fingers were halfway pressing the keyboard.
Suddenly.
Abruptly.
Sooah’s voice echoed in the space.
“…G sharp?”
Ham Ayoon’s fingers froze stiff.
It was at the same time as the people around her stopped moving.
“I heard A and even F, but…”
“…?”
Ayoon looked at the girl in front of her.
It’s not the previous blank, sharp eyes. The way she’s even straining her eyebrows and seriously contemplating something.
“The last one. Was it D?”
Afterwards.
Jewel-like eyes turned to Ham Ayoon as if asking for the answer.
Ham Ayoon finally came to her senses. When she slowly savored the situation that had just happened, she seemed to know what the girl was trying to say.
…To distinguish all the overlapping sounds she made while slamming on the keys?
No, that can’t be.
There’s no way.
“…”
Ham Ayoon’s gaze turned to the part she had just grabbed while falling.
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