Superstar From Age 0

Chapter 208

“Great job, everyone!”

The final scene marked the end of the filming for Escape.

From the extras to the staff, from the makeup artists to the special effects team, everyone clapped their hands with bright smiles.

The branch manager of Plus+ Korea and the CEO Lee Hansol, who had come to watch the last scene, also applauded enthusiastically.

They were both wearing black long padding jackets.

“Not everyone is wearing them, though.”

The branch manager looked around the set.

About a third of the people on the set were wearing black long padding jackets, while the rest were in different clothes.

It might have been uncomfortable to wear long padding jackets while moving around and working, but

“Well, it’s because of the design. It has Korean letters on it. I might have hesitated a bit if it said [Escape] on it. Of course, I would have worn it anyway.”

He couldn’t deny that the design had a lot to do with it.

“I just hope they don’t throw them away.”

“They won’t throw them away. They’re warm. They might just remove or cover up the letters on the back.”

“Those letters are real, you know.”

The branch manager and Lee Hansol chuckled wickedly like villains.

Then they caught eyes with Seo-jun, who was going to change his clothes.

Seo-jun greeted them with a bright smile when he saw their familiar faces, and they waved back with friendly smiles.

They kept waving until Seo-jun disappeared, then they got down to business.

“We decided to restore the sets of the scenes that we filmed elsewhere here. There are quite a few empty rooms left. We’ll also keep the break rooms that the actors and staff used, and we’ll set up a snack bar.”

“I see.”

The branch manager nodded and suddenly remembered a scene.

“What are you going to do with that?”

“Oh, that.”

Lee Hansol knew exactly what he meant by ‘that’.

“We’re going to leave the lab door that Seo-jun acted in alone at the very end of the building. We’ll decorate the inside of the room like a lab after the zombie outbreak.”

Lee Hansol grinned.

“We’re going to install a speaker in the corner and play the sound that we recorded for that scene. Don’t you think it’ll be popular in the summer?”

“I guess so.”

The branch manager smiled contentedly as he imagined the completed ‘Escape Theme Park’.

***

[Exclusive: The filming of Escape is over!]

[The filming of Escape ended yesterday.

Escape is introduced as a Korean-style zombie movie, and its main actors are Kim Jong-ho (playing Im Jang-woo), Lee Da-jin (playing Yeon Jae-hee), and Seo-jun (playing Go Ju Won).

They are expected to have a strong ticket power.

(Abridged)

The collaboration between Hollywood special makeup team Mirror and Jena Trade, which was once rumored, turned out to be true, and it was revealed that all three of Korea’s top special makeup teams worked together.

(Abridged)

Now that only editing work and CG work are left, there is a rumor that a Hollywood CG team will join.

The release date of Escape has not been decided yet, but it is expected that it will be around summer considering the genre of the movie.]

An exclusive article came out, followed by many more articles.

It showed how much interest there was in it, as it stayed on the real-time search for a few hours.

-It’s overrrrr!!

-Well, there’s still some work left, but it’s overrrr!!

-This is no jokeㅎ

-They’re bringing in a Hollywood CG team too?

=The investors must have spent a lot of money?

-So when is it coming out?

-ㅎI’m going to see the previewㅎ

=I’m not good at this, but I’ll try!

=Hey. How do you apply for the preview?

=You have to wait for the announcement first.

-Summer vacation plan: 1 Escape per day

=2 Escapes per day!

***

“Happy New Year.”

“Happy New Year!”

Seo-jun bowed in his hanbok, and Eun-su, who had been staring at him with sparkling eyes, also bowed down on the floor.

The skirt of her hanbok fluttered.

Eun-su turned her head sideways while her head was on the floor and looked at Seo-jun.

‘Oppa. When are you getting up?’

She turned her head completely towards Seo-jun and peeked at him.

The adults and Seo-jun who were lying down smiled at her.

It was frustrating to stay still at an age when she wanted to run around and play.

Eun-su wanted to finish her bow quickly and play with her oppa.

Seo Eun-chan, who took a picture of Eun-su moving her tiny feet, gave a signal and Seo-jun got up.

Seeing that, Eun-su also got up with a bright smile. Kim Su-ryeon, seo Eun-hye, and Lee Min-jun laughed.

The grandmother also smiled widely at the cute sight of her grandson and granddaughter.

“Oh, my. Our puppy. She knows how to bow!”

“Right? Our Eun-su. She’s amazing!”

“Wow! Eun-su is awesome!”

The grandmother’s praise, seo Eun-hye’s praise, and Seo-jun’s applause made Eun-su’s cheeks turn red.

Her lips twitched and her chest thumped.

“Yup! I’m good! I want to do it again!”

She had been restless a moment ago, but she seemed to have forgotten it. She was excited and stood in front of the grandmother again.

“Uh! Eun-su. You can’t do it twice!”

Seo Eun-chan quickly stopped Eun-su from lying down again. A loud laughter erupted.

Today was Lunar New Year.

The long holiday had begun.

“This is Seo-jun’s New Year’s money. This is Eun-su’s New Year’s money.”

“Thank you.”

“Thank you!”

Eun-su ran to Seo Eun-chan with her New Year’s money and bragged.

The adults and Seo-jun smiled as they watched the four-year-old run in her hanbok skirt.

“Dad, I have this much money!”

“Oh, my. Our Eun-su is rich!”

“Right? I want to eat chocolate!”

“Do you? Where is the chocolate?”

He didn’t know why chocolate came after New Year’s money, but Seo Eun-chan was swayed by his daughter’s cuteness and walked to the kitchen with her.

Seo Eun-hye opened her mouth without realizing it as she watched Eun-su holding Seo Eun-chan’s hand.

“I’m glad Eun-su doesn’t look like Eun-chan.”

“Cough!”

Lee Min-jun spat out the sweet rice drink he was drinking, and Seo-jun burst out laughing, as did Kim Su-ryeon and the grandmother.

They didn’t say it out loud, but they all thought so.

Seo-jun asked Eun-su, who had eaten chocolate.

“Eun-su, what do you want to play?”

“Cheongryong play!”

At that, seo-jun and the adults widened their eyes. They didn’t expect that name to come up here.

“Cheongryong play?”

“Yeah! It’s where you make a wish to Cheongryong!”

“Yeah, let’s do that. If it’s Cheongryong play, no one can do it better than oppa in the world!”

The adults chuckled softly at the obvious statement.

Eun-su’s eyes sparkled. She trusted her oppa Seo-jun, who always played with her funnily.

“Really?”

“Of course! Just wait a second.”

“Seo-jun, there’s a Cheongryong doll in Eun-su’s bag.”

Thinking that it might be useful for the play, seo Eun-chan told him where the doll was. Seo-jun, who was thinking of an excuse to go to the room, smiled and answered.

“Got it!”

Seo-jun entered the room where Eun-su’s bag was and quickly used [Spring Bear’s Hibernation] to get [Spring Blue Dragon Hatchling’s Weak Peer] from the Library of Life. Then he took out the Cheongryong doll from Eun-su’s bag.

“It’s good to see you again.”

The ability seemed to think so too, as the mark on his neck twinkled.

Seo-jun didn’t forget to lower his intermediate ability to the lowest level. It was an act for his sister only.

[Spring Blue Dragon Hatchling’s Weak Peer-Lowest Level is activated.]

Eun-su, who was waiting for Seo-jun with her butt wiggling, looked at Seo-jun’s hand that came out of the room.

The Cheongryong doll that had the mana of the blue dragon emitted an aura.

Although it was small because it was a doll, the soft beard and the shiny scales looked real.

“Wow!”

Eun-su’s eyes shone at the sight of Cheongryong in front of her.

“Cheongryong, cheongryong. Please grant my wish!”

[Okay. What is your wish?]

“…It’s really Cheongryong!”

She couldn’t believe that it had the same voice too.

Eun-su screamed with joy. It was different from her dad’s awkward imitation.

Eun-su and Seo-jun, who were excited by the old Cheongryong act, played happily with Cheongryong play.

“Cheongryong, cheongryong! Please make it rain!”

[Oh no. I can’t grant your wish without my Yeoui-ju.]

Yeoui-ju!

Eun-su jumped up from her seat and clenched her tiny fists and shouted.

“I have it in my bag!”

[Oh? Do you?]

“Yes!”

Eun-su ran to the room and brought Yeoui-ju.

Seo-jun granted Eun-su’s wish after that (he sprayed some water lightly with a sprayer), and hid the Yeoui-ju in the room.

Eun-su and Seo-jun looked for Yeoui-ju together and granted another wish.

The adults shook their heads at the luxurious role-playing game.

“Eun-su has been hooked on ‘Spring’ lately.”

“Where did she see it?”

“They showed it at kindergarten. They said it’s perfect for making kids quiet, so they always show it on the first day.”

Kim Su-ryeon said and everyone laughed.

“She said Cheongryong is her favorite in the world. She even went to the Milky Way Center.”

“Eun-su doesn’t know that Seo-jun is the real Cheongryong.”

“She’ll know when she grows up, but not now.”

Seo-jun granted Eun-su’s wishes whenever she asked.

The smiles never left their faces as they made small and fun wishes that a four-year-old would make.

The adults also smiled as they watched the laughing children.

Seo Eun-su, 4 years old.

She met ‘the real Cheongryong’ without knowing it, and became a successful fan.

“…There’s no such thing as a luxurious role-playing game like that.”

Suddenly, reality hit him.

The president of Cocoa Entertainment, which Seo-jun belonged to as a superstar, said and the adults burst out laughing.

***

March, when flowers bloom.

Seo-jun became a second-year student at Yeoul Arts Middle School.

The classes were rearranged and Seo-jun became class 1 with Han Jinho and Yang Ju-hee, while Kang Jae-han and Kim Joo-kyung became class 2.

“They said it was more fierce than last year.”

“I heard that too. Our practical exam was two days long, but this time it was three days long.”

“Just by simple calculation, it doubled.”

The students who gathered at Yeoul Hall for the entrance ceremony chattered. Not only the acting department, but also the art and music departments, especially the violin section, had a different level of attention than usual.

“Seo-jun, look over there.”

“Huh?”

Han Jinho, who was sitting next to Seo-jun, called him.

Seo-jun, who was listening to Ju-hee’s excited talk about the end-of-year performance, looked at the direction that Jinho pointed.

A boy was standing among the first-year students, waving his arms vigorously at Seo-jun.

The kids next to him also looked at Seo-jun with sparkling eyes.

Seo-jun smiled brightly at the familiar face.

“It’s Han-seok!”

“That’s the kid you co-starred with in One Step, right?”

“Yeah. He didn’t tell me which middle school he was going to, but it turned out to be our school!”

Seo-jun waved back and Kim Han-seok smiled brightly and waved even more vigorously.

It seemed that he had already made some friends, as the first-year students crowded around Kim Han-seok and Yeoul Hall became noisy.

“He really knows Seo-jun!”

“It’s Seo-jun sunbae-nim, not Seo-jun!”

“I can’t believe I’m in the same school as Seo-jun sunbae-nim!”

After calming down the excited first-year students and parents, the entrance ceremony of Yeoul Arts Middle School began.

After the entrance ceremony, the second-year class 1 students headed to their classroom.

They greeted their homeroom teacher and decided to choose a class president.

“Then the class president is Yang Ju-hee.”

She seemed to have been waiting for this moment. Yang Ju-hee shouted.

“I’ll do my best! Who wants to do the end-of-year performance with me!”

The kids blinked their eyes for a moment before they understood what Ju-hee meant. Some of them raised their hands. The homeroom teacher laughed at the cheerful class president.

“What about you, seo-jun?”

“I have a filming schedule.”

The kids and the teacher sparkled their eyes at Seo-jun’s words. Han Jinho, who was sitting next to Seo-jun, asked.

“Are you filming Shadowman 3?”

“Yeah. I think it’ll start around fall.”

Wow.

An exclamation came out of the kids’ mouths.

“You’ll meet Evan Block!”

“And Rachel Hill!”

The homeroom teacher thought of the attendance days set by law and the special activity days allowed by Yeoul Arts Middle School in his head for a moment and said.

“Let me know when you have your schedule. I’ve prepared for it, but if the filming is longer than expected, I’ll have to find a way.”

“Okay. I got it.”

A new grade, a new class, new friends. When they got used to it, it was April.