11. Observe and imitate
Song Qixian had no experience in filming. He couldn't even remember how he got through those days of filming.
Only a vague shadow remained. He remembered that he had nightmares for several days, waking up in a sweat and feeling resentful towards everything around him. However, that feeling soon passed. Song Qixian didn't know where it came from or where it went.
Now, he is about to audition for a new role. "Family Fun," directed by Kong Zhimin and written by Ha Meishu, seems to be a family drama about family affection.
Song Qixian was auditioning for the role of male No. 5, the youngest son of the main character, Kim Eun-woo. He was a mischievous boy who had long been under the tyranny of his sister, Kim Eun-mi, and who had always been in the family's hot water.
For the first eighteen years of his life, Song Qixian didn't even know how to spell the word "naughty." For as long as he could remember, his life had been a cycle between the orphanage, school, and his job. Naturally, he had no idea how a youngest son, who had grown up surrounded by his family and was loved so dearly, could act out his mischievous yet innocent character.
Song Qixian knew that this was an opportunity recommended to him by Director Jin Ruizhen, and he didn't want to waste this opportunity, for himself or others.
So, he began to look for methods. An actor shared his method on his mobile phone: when playing a fisherman, he would go to the vegetable market to observe how real fishermen spend their daily lives, and then experience and imitate them a little.
So Song Qixian knew: the safest way is to choose a familiar person to observe, and then imitate their words and deeds. Creation is difficult, isn't imitation easy?
There is a best choice right now, and roommate Park Yoo-eun is a ready-made subject for observation.
When Song Qixian woke up early in the morning, his eyes would drift to Park Youen from time to time. He found that Park Youen did not stay at the sink like him when brushing her teeth, but walked around everywhere and even lay on the bed with the toothbrush head in her mouth.
If we were in an orphanage, my brothers and sisters and I would never have done that. Everything in the orphanage had rules, from the placement of toiletries to the formalities of attending school.
Song Qixian believes this is a very important point: children living in normal families are not so strict in following the rules.
Park Yoo-eun hummed a song as she walked past Song Qixian, looking left and right in the mirror, adjusting the position of her bangs from time to time, and screaming when she found an inconspicuous pimple on her chin.
Song Qixian took out his notebook and wrote it down. Adolescent boys are definitely concerned about their appearance.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh, Song Qixian, do you have any acne medicine? I have a pimple on my chin. Oh my god, how could it grow on such a beautiful face like mine?! It must be crazy! No, I have to get rid of it."
Park Yoo-eun seemed to have suffered a huge blow. After hearing that Song Qixian had no medicine, he immediately rushed out of the dormitory, saying that he was going to buy medicine.
Song Qixian realized another truth: adolescent boys are lively and active and like perfection.
Park Yoo Eun, who returned again, had a cute band-aid on her chin. Shin Myung Hyuk pretended to go up to peel it off, but Park Yoo Eun slapped it away with a "snap" and said, "Don't touch it. What if you touch it and it stays on my face?"
Song Qixian watched from the side and kindly reminded: "If you cover the pimple like this, will it heal slower?"
Park Yoo-eun was skeptical and secretly went to a corner to look up information.
Song Qixian also wrote: I am very suspicious and like to explore the truth of things on my own.
Park Yoo-eun was a very competent guinea pig. Not only did he try his best to show Song Qixian all his characteristics, he also didn't notice that Song Qixian was observing him at all. He only occasionally noticed Song Qixian's eyes lingering on him and asked back: "Why are you looking at me? Have I become more handsome again?"
After Song Qixian admitted it with a smile, he smiled brightly and said without realizing it, "Then look at me more often. Maybe one day you will be as handsome as me. No, you can't be as handsome as me. How about this, you will become the second most handsome man in the Republic of Korea."
Zhou Heyu interrupted: "Who is the most handsome man in the Republic of Korea? Park Youen, your face can't be that big!"
Park Yoo-eun raised her chin like a proud little peacock and retorted, "Can't I be the most handsome guy? The girls at school who sent me love letters all said I was the most handsome boy they had ever seen."
Shen Minghe shook his head, feeling that his brother was hopeless and was almost becoming a narcissus!
Song Qixian sat on the ground, delighted by the scene before him. In his mind, he continued to refine Jin Enyu's character: lively and outgoing, conceited, adventurous, thick-skinned, and indomitable. Three parts coward, six parts mean, and one part rebellious.
Zhou Heyu noticed his observation, sat next to Song Qixian and asked him what he was thinking about.
Song Qixian didn't answer directly, but asked Zhou Heyu a question: "Don't you think he is cute?"
Following Song Qixian's gaze, Zhou Heyu saw Park Yoo-eun, who was playing with Shin Myung-hyuk and became even more angry after Shin Myung-hyuk uncovered the bandage.
Zhou Heyu spat out a mouthful of water.
"Did you take the wrong medicine?"
Zhou Heyu was horrified. He actually heard someone praise Park Youen as cute. That was Park Youen! A silly boy who wanted to go to heaven every day. If he was his younger brother, spanking him ten times a day wouldn't be enough.
Song Qixian shook his head and said he was very clear-headed. "Yuen just hasn't grown up yet. He is very simple and cute."
Zhou Heyu gave up arguing with him about this issue. He had long discovered that there was no bad person in Song Qixian's heart. He seemed to have no memory of how Park Yuen treated him when he first came to the company.
In fact, Song Qixian has never forgotten it in his heart, but he is better at discovering the good in others.
Zhou Heyu stood up and patted Song Qixian on the shoulder: "Since you think Park Youen is cute, let him take you to practice dancing."
Zhou Heyu played a trick and arranged for Park Yuen to practice dancing with Song Qixian. As expected, Park Yuen's complaints were heard soon after.
"Hey, why do you always do this move so badly? It's exactly the same as the one in the basic dance steps."
"If you can't learn even with such an excellent teacher like me, you won't be able to learn it in your entire life!"
"You are a pabo, right? Song Qixian, you are a pabo!"
Zhou Heyu couldn't help but look over, but he didn't see Song Qixian showing any expression of patience. He was very patiently asking Park Youen about the key points of the dance moves, and although Park Youen complained, he didn't just sit back and do nothing.
"It's really strange." Zhou Heyu muttered. He found that Park Yoo-eun and Song Qixian were actually very compatible.
At night, Song Qixian classified everything in his mind. The image of Jin Enyu became clearer and clearer, and he had another dream.
Jin Enyu woke up early in the morning and heard his mother's roar from the yard: "Jin Enyu!!! Did you pull out my flowers?! Damn it, you little bastard!"
Jin Enyu's butt hurt when he heard the sound. He grabbed a seafood scallion pancake for breakfast and rushed out of the house.
Jin Enmei's gloating voice came from behind: "Mom, he ran away again. You can deal with him after school this afternoon."
Jin Enyu passed by like a gust of wind. Uncle Zhao, who was passing by, was almost knocked down by him. He leaned against the wall and gasped: "Smelly boy, why are you running so fast!"
When Jin Enyu came to school, his deskmate gave him something with a mysterious smile, and then spread out his hands to signal Jin Enyu to give him money.
Seeing Jin Enyu staring blankly, his deskmate nudged him and waved his hand in front of him in confusion. "Jin Enyu, you haven't forgotten our deal, have you? I stole this from my dad's house. It took a lot of effort."
Song Qixian woke up from his dream and seemed to hear someone calling Jin Enyu in his ear. He wiped the sweat from his head, knowing that he had fallen into a nightmare again.
But this time, he didn't feel bad. Perhaps it was because Jin Enyu had a noisy yet warm family and many good friends. These were all things he envied.
He turned around and glanced at Park Yoo-eun who was still sleeping soundly, and envied his carefree life.
The next morning, after breakfast, they came to the outside of the recording studio.
Today they only have one task, which is to record their debut song "God penalty" and the included song "Butterfly".
In order to keep their voices in good condition, they practiced the techniques their vocal teacher had taught them the day before. Now everyone gathered together, and the sounds of them opening their voices rose and fell.
“Ah→Ah↗Ah↘↗Ah↘”
“mer~mer~mer”
Shin Myung Hyuk is singing to Park Yoo Eun: "You are my only one~"
"Yue" The two looked at each other and spit it out at the same time.
In the recording studio, Choi Byung-hee and several staff members were making the final adjustments, and Ming Sang-woo was by his side helping to find problems.
The first person to be called in was Zhou Heyu, who had three years of practice time. He had a sweet voice, so in addition to the dance part, he was also responsible for part of the "bridge building".
Each section of a song needs to be repeatedly polished until the best performance is recorded. Even though Zhou Heyu is very experienced, it still took him more than 30 minutes to record.
The three people outside the recording studio were already bored. Park Yoo-eun imitated President Choi's voice: "Is your head filled with water? Or are you hungry? Do you need me to teach you word by word?"
Shen Minghe pretended to be Zhou Heyu who was recording the video, and said with a bent waist: "I'm sorry, President Nim, I was wrong, I will correct it immediately."
Song Qixian couldn't help laughing when he saw them acting so funny, and he almost forgot about the nervousness of the upcoming recording.
The door opened, and Zhou Heyu, who came out of the recording studio, breathed a sigh of relief and asked Park Youen to go in quickly.
"Brother Heyu, is it scary in there?" Song Qixian asked curiously.
Zhou Heyu shook his head and said, "The president is actually not scary." What is scary is the atmosphere that is about to drive people crazy.
【Author’s words】
I'm about to debut, and the one who debuts is back, but it's okay, the total loss is just... [covering my face and peeking]
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