episode_0094

[Then, please take care of me. You can come to Seongwoon High School on Saturday.]

This wasn’t the first time Sarah received a request. Even when I was in middle school, I was introduced to Hwayeon Bodhisattva, and there were quite a few requests related to shamanism from Sarah. I also used to accompany Sarah and help her with her work as an assistant.

‘It was a lot of money.’

The reason I had an unusual amount of money for a high school student was because of the money I earned while serving as Sarah’s assistant in middle school. This was the reason why I was able to buy expensive psychic equipment and often take taxis to get around.

After the call ends.

I said, tapping Sarah on the shoulder.

“ya! I rose to prominence because of my strength. I also received a request from a movie director.”

“Hu… Hehe… .”

Sarah was smiling and had not yet put down the receiver where the call had ended.

The angle at which the corners of the mouth rose was higher than usual.

As a childhood friend, I knew that was the smile Sarah made when she was excited.

Sarah, who was usually calm, became excited.

“Is it that good?”

“I love it so much I’m going crazy! They told us to come to the filming set. How can it not be good when you can see the faces of the actors and watch the movie being filmed?”

“You’re not going there to teach, you’re going to work.”

“You work and you also do charity work. Let’s go no matter what.”

Sarah put down the receiver loudly.

That’s how we carried out the request.

Of course, I also followed along as an assistant.

*

Saturday morning.

After gathering our gear, we took a taxi and departed for Nebula High School.

Nebula High School was the location where “Zombie School” was being filmed. It seemed like they were not using an abandoned school or a set as a filming location, but rather a school that students actually attend. So most of the filming took place on weekday afternoons or weekends.

It was a good thing.

Since we are also students, it was convenient for us to be active on weekday afternoons and weekends.

Sarah spoke to me in the taxi.

“Jinwoo. I have a good idea. Would you like to hear it?”

“I don’t want to hear it.”

“No, listen. We both put on sunglasses before going on set. And you’ll have the exorcism scripture tattooed all over your body. If you do that, won’t it look impactful to the actors and staff?”

“Sera… .”

It wasn’t really a story about work.

Sarah was very excited now.

Let’s say that about sunglasses.

Why on earth are you trying to turn me into a tattoo bug?

“Why do we need to make an impact on those people?”

“Because it’s fun.”

“Oh my god.”

Sarah was so excited, as if she was going on a school field trip, that it was difficult to calm her down. As far as I know, Sarah has never been this excited, even on days when she went on a school field trip.

“Actually, I brought an autograph in advance. How many should I give you if you need it?”

Sarah quietly took out the autograph paper she had in her bag and showed it to me. It was an item I hadn’t seen before when I was packing my luggage at Hyehwadang. It seemed like Sarah had secretly packed the autograph paper while I wasn’t looking.

This is ridiculous.

“No need.”

“Even if you ask for it later, I won’t give it to you. By the way, what do you think about what I said earlier? Wearing sunglasses and having scriptures engraved on your body.”

“Never do that. Please don’t do anything strange and let’s go smoothly.”

“Hey. Doesn’t it look a bit hip to get a tattoo with a scripture?”

“You’re hip enough to get caught and robbed by a teacher.”

I, who almost became a tattoo fan wearing sunglasses, managed to stop Sarah.

If I went to school with a scripture engraved on my body, the teacher would catch me and I would be robbed all day long.

After some time, the taxi arrived at Seongwoon High School.

After getting off the taxi, we passed through the school’s main gate and entered the main playground.

‘It’s noisy.’

It was early in the morning, but a large number of staff members were gathered in the school playground.

Lights and reflectors.

Various cameras and props.

There were a lot of things set up.

As soon as I arrived at the playground, I felt the atmosphere of a filming set.

A female staff member came up and spoke to us.

“Welcome. Are you Jinwoo Kim and Sera Kang from Hyehwadang?”

Sarah confidently stepped forward and talked to the female staff member.

“That’s right.”

“Nice to meet you, Bodhisattva. This is Sooyoung Oh, who is working on the filming team.”

“This is the person you contacted by phone, right? I remember your voice.”

“Yes. I’m here to help you. If you need anything during an exorcism, just let me know.”

It seemed like swimming was helping us with what we were doing.

Sooyoung was the youngest member of the filming team.

That woman was the one who contacted Hyehwadang a few days ago, so her voice sounded familiar.

“Have you both had breakfast?”

“Yes.”

“Let me introduce you to the directors. Follow me.”

We needed some time to get to know each other briefly before starting work.

We followed Sooyoung for a walk around the filming set.

The first thing I met was the filming team.

“This is director Nam Ki-jun. You are the director of photography.”

“Ohh.”

“Actually, the director of photography was the first to suggest entrusting the request to you guys. This is the person who trusts you that much.”

The person who welcomed us the most on set was the filming team.

This was because the cinematographer had full confidence in Sarah’s skills.

As soon as the bald cinematographer saw Sarah, he immediately approached her and offered to shake her hand.

“Bodhisattva! You have finally arrived. Nice to meet you.”

“Thank you for having me.”

“We are the ones who should be thankful. I heard that the Bodhisattva and the assistant are high school students. If you’re a student, you probably want to rest on the weekend, so thank you for coming through the hard work.”

“It’s not tiring at all and I’m full of energy.”

“Hehe! Is that so?”

The morning sunlight reflected off the cinematographer’s scalp, making his eyes slightly dazzling.

The bald cinematographer shook my hand as if he was doing me a favor.

‘Is this also lighting?’

I was dazzled, but accepted the handshake.

After that, we said hello to various staff members at the playground and met coach Hong Seung-heon. It was Director Hong, who was in charge of filming the movie.

“Hello, Director Seungheon Hong.”

“Ah… It’s Jinwoo and Sarah, right? i look forward to. It’s amazing that you are doing shamanic work at such a young age.”

This is director Hong, whom Sarah said was the hope of the Korean occult film industry.

I said hello briefly, but of course Sarah wasn’t satisfied with just saying hello.

“Director Hong. Please give me an autograph.”

“Yes… ?”

“I want your autograph. I enjoyed the director’s movie. , , and .”

“Well, I see. You saw the movie.”

Sarah immediately presented a sign and a pen to Director Hong.

Although it was unexpected, Director Hong kindly signed it.

Afterwards, Sarah’s barrage of questions continued.

“I have a question for the director.”

“What are you curious about?”

“Why did you suddenly start shooting a zombie movie after making three occult movies in a row? Are you aiming for overseas box office success like ? Or do you want to try something new as a director?”

“Is this a question necessary for exorcism?”

“I’m just curious.”

Sarah was confident.

Director Hong answered with a shocked expression.

“A special reason for filming a zombie movie… ? I’m just taking pictures because I want to.”

In short, it just meant taking pictures because it sucks.

After meeting with Director Hong, I met all the staff.

The main actors appearing in the movie were also waiting at the filming site. Everyone was reading the script or practicing acting, so it was a bit awkward to talk to them carelessly.

Sarah tugged on my collar and explained who the actors were.

“Jinwoo! That person is Seo Ji-hoon. This is the person who appeared as a child actor in . He is currently the male protagonist of . I’m twenty-three years old.”

“Is that person Namjoo? He was handsome.”

“You look better… Hmm.”

“What?”

“It’s nothing.”

At first glance, I saw a handsome young man sitting on a plastic chair.

He was the male lead in this movie.

Since I was acting as a student and wearing a school uniform, I looked completely like a male student.

The male protagonist was about the same height as me and had the same curly hair.

“That’s Jang Yeon-soo! That’s Lee Doo-in! That’s Bae Young-chan!”

Thanks to Sarah reciting the actors’ personal information, it was easy to find out who they were.

How is there no actor I don’t know?

Even if I watch a movie, I can’t remember the names of the actors.

“And that… He’s an idol.”

“Do you have an idol?”

“I guess her stage name is Yuki. They say it appears with the same name in the movie.”

When I heard that there was an idol, my ears perked up.

Where Sera pointed, there was a cute female student who really looked like an idol.

She was a pretty girl who seemed to be around the same age as us.

I understand because I heard the stage name.

Yuki.

She was an idol belonging to a popular girl group these days. It was a girl group called , and there were times when classmates at school would often bring up the story. In particular, there were many kids who liked Yuki as their first pick.

If you ask who the hottest idol is these days, everyone will answer Yuki.

Did the rising value of idols lead them to appear in movies?

When I saw it in person, it looked cute.

I think I know why it’s popular.

I took out my cell phone and called my close friend, Joo-hyuk.

Joo-hyuk was Yuki’s biggest fan.

[what?]

“Joo Hyuk. What are you doing now?”

[Why not exercise in the morning? It’s so fucking hard.]

Joo-hyuk was working out on Saturday morning as well.

He must have been running and sweating profusely.

“I’m out to work with Sarah right now, and we’re on a movie set? But do you know who is here?”

[Who are you?]

“Yuki.”

[What the fuck?]

Joo-hyuk’s voice suddenly rose.

[Really? Isn’t it Gura?]

“Of course it’s real.”

[Waaa!]

“Are you jealous? I’m breathing the same air as Yuki. Honestly, the answer is if you are jealous of Lee Joo-hyuk.”

[Hey you idiot. Are you bragging all morning?]

“Answer.”

Immediately, Joo-hyuk’s profanity came out.

I felt happy.

It’s so fun to make fun of Joo Hyuk.

“You don’t answer? I’ll hang up.”

[hey! hey! Jinwoo Kim! Don’t hang up because you’re jealous! Can’t I just get an autograph from Yuki-Ring? Just one autograph with my name on it, please!!]

“What is Yuki Ring?”

[I’m talking about Yuki. Anyway, just accept one autograph when you come.]

“Should I accept it or not? Should I give it or not? Should I give it or not?”

[hey!!]

I repeated about whether I should give it or not about 10 times and then stopped.

I stopped at what I was going to say.

“I’ll give it to you.”

[thank you.]

In the end, I decided to get an autograph for my friend.

As for the autograph paper, Sarah brought it in a bundle anyway, so all I had to do was get one copy.

What I said earlier about not needing a signature was a cancellation.

After hanging up the phone, I asked Sarah for a favor.

“Sera. Just give me one autograph.”

“You said you didn’t need it earlier? You shameless bastard.”

“Joohyuk asked Yuki for an autograph.”

“You said you wouldn’t give it to me even if I asked for it, right?”

“I won’t make a fuss anymore. Do whatever you want.”

“Heh! Okay then. From now on, repeat what I say.”

Sera smiled brightly, clasped her hands, and shouted.

“One, two, three. Muyaho.”

“Muyaho.”

I guess that’s why I was so excited when I came to the filming set.