Superstar From Age 0

Chapter 468

“Let’s start with the rehearsal!”

The leader of Team 436, Seo-jun, initiated the rehearsal.

There was still some time left until the performance, so they wore their costumes, but did not do their makeup. 

The music and art team members who had nothing to do sat in the audience seats, along with Director Ryan and Jonathan Will.

Beep—

The start sound rang and the rehearsal began.

Director Ryan and Jonathan Will’s eyes did not leave the stage.

Theater and film.

The genres were different, but the big picture was the same: they showed the actors’ performances with the help of the background, music, and lighting.

‘Only theater can use the audience seats as well.’

Director Ryan looked at ‘that thing’ that walked down the stairs of the audience seats.

It had white hair and a cloak that fluttered in the air, creating a strange and cold atmosphere that seemed out of this world.

Seo-jun’s aura was definitely weaker than when he filmed the movie, but it seemed appropriate considering that there were audience members sitting right next to him.

After the first rehearsal.

Director Ryan gave some advice to the kids.

But he did not ask for any changes in their movements or drastic changes.

Because the performance was only a few hours later, and the actors had practiced for months and had their harmony ingrained in their bodies.

It would be a disaster if the actors were too conscious of Director Ryan’s advice and got confused about whether they should do what they had been doing or follow Director Ryan’s advice.

‘My words are just for your reference. Don’t take them too seriously. Think about them when you do another work.’

“Yes!”

The acting team members answered cheerfully.

The staff members from Eunhasoo Center who came to help looked at Director Ryan and Team 436 who were conversing in English and Korean with blinking eyes.

“And the music team.”

“Yes!”

They thought he would only give advice to the acting team, but Director Ryan’s comments did not spare the art team or the music team. Of course, his advice was centered on the stage and actors as expected.

It might not be very helpful for their future careers since they were in different fields, but you never know what will happen in life, so the kids listened to Director Ryan’s words with sparkling eyes.

Seo-jun blinked his eyes as he thought about Director Ryan’s extensive advice and asked Jonathan Will.

‘Did Director Ryan ever do theater?’

‘Probably not.’

Jonathan Will also made a thoughtful expression. Seo-jun also recalled Director Ryan’s works and remembered something.

‘Broadway Rumor.’

‘…Oh, right. There was that.’

Seo-jun and Jonathan Will’s expressions changed subtly.

[Broadway Rumor]

It was a movie that Director Ryan Will made when he was young, about Broadway.

Of course, as befitting Director Ryan Will’s name, it was an exposé film that showed what was happening behind the scenes of the glamorous Broadway stage.

‘I saw an article that he worked on Broadway while doing research for that movie.’

‘That’s right. He said it was easier to get various stories by working directly. The Broadway scene was in chaos after that movie was released. Well, he was banned from entering for a while.’

Jonathan Will nodded his head as he listened to Seo-jun’s words. It was something that Seo-jun could only know from the remaining materials or articles since it was when Director Ryan was young, but Jonathan Will, his nephew, knew more details.

Jonathan Will looked at Director Ryan who was talking to the kids with a strange look in his eyes.

‘I didn’t expect him to use that experience here…’

‘Me neither.’

Seo-jun and Jonathan chuckled softly.

***

[Today at 5 p.m., the last performance of ‘MOEB-436’!]

[The play ‘MOEB-436’ will be uploaded on YouTube at 7 p.m.!]

[Director Ryan Will and Director Jonathan Will also came to watch!]

-Time really doesn’t pass.

=22 I feel like time has stopped since yesterday.

=33 I wish it was 7 p.m. already…!

-You must have gone to see the play, right?

=I’m jealous

The comments were full of envy as they looked at them. 

Moviegoer put his phone in his pocket and moved his feet.

His destination was Eunhasoo Center.

As he got closer to Eunhasoo Center, he saw people with excited expressions like Moviegoer.

“You all came alone, huh?”

The competition rate was so high that there were hardly any people who came with their friends.

But Seo-jun’s fans contacted each other through SNS beforehand and exchanged their self-made goods and became friends quickly.

“Moviegoer! Take this!”

“Ahahaha. Thank you!”

Moviegoer did the same.

He was known as a true fan of Seo-jun as a YouTuber, so he was called from here and there.

“I didn’t even watch the spoilers for this.”

“Me too.”

Moviegoer nodded his head at the words of the sprout who handed him a transparent pocket. Moviegoer also had a hard time avoiding spoilers.

He had to endure for a long time since it was the last performance.

“That’s over today.”

“Go ahead! I still have an appointment!”

“Then, take care!”

Moviegoer greeted the sprout and carefully took care of the generous goods and headed to the second theater of Eunhasoo Center with an excited face.

He exchanged his ticket for a real ticket at the box office and waited for a while, then it was time to enter.

“The play MOEB-436! You can enter now!”

Moviegoer followed the staff’s guidance and entered the second theater.

“Oh. It’s big?”

It was called a small theater, but it was one of the smaller theaters in Eunhasoo Center, which was one of the top three theaters in Korea, so it was bigger than the usual small theaters.

Moviegoer headed to his seat, which he had memorized by looking at his ticket for almost a month.

It was right next to the stairs of [Ba] seat, a little front seat. It was in the center.

He had checked the seating chart on Eunhasoo Center’s website beforehand, but he liked it more when he sat down and looked at the stage.

Moviegoer smiled brightly and moved his body this way and that to find the most comfortable position to watch.

“Oh. You’re in the center.”

“Where are you guys?”

The conversations of the people passing by were heard clearly, probably because he was right next to the stairs. Moviegoer glanced at his side for a moment.

Three men who seemed to be looking for their seats were chatting with each other.‘Did you come with your friends?’

How lucky they all were.

Moviegoer admired them in his mind.

“Ah.”

“Ah?”

“It’s ‘Ah’ seat.”

“Me too.”

Two men who were looking at their tickets said to the man in [Ba] seat with a pitiful voice.

“I’m at the very end. I have no luck…”

“You should be grateful that you got a ticket at all.”

“Exactly.”

“Well, we’re going. See you later.”

Two of the three men who were talking next to Moviegoer went to [Ah] seat, and the one who stayed behind turned his head to Moviegoer to ask for his permission to pass by.

“I’m on the inside, so excuse me for a moment… Huh?”

“…Huh?”

Moviegoer widened his eyes as he saw the man’s face. The man was the same. They had never met in person, but they knew each other’s faces well.

“…Director Kim Soo Han?”

“Moviegoer? Aren’t you Moviegoer?”

The movie review YouTuber and the movie director, who knew each other’s faces well, shook hands with a smile.

Some people heard their voices and murmured around them.

“I enjoy watching your movie reviews.”

“I enjoyed watching Suryeo too.”

“Ahaha. I was just an assistant director, but thank you. I’ll tell Director Park.”

Moviegoer and Kim Soo Han sat down.

“You succeeded in getting a ticket, you really are Na Jin’s first fan.”

Moviegoer smiled proudly at Kim Soo Han’s words.

“Yes. I missed Mirror, so I had to see 436.”

“Did you come with your friends? You’re the first person I’ve seen who came with someone you know.”

Kim Soo Han nodded his head.

“The competition rate was high. We tried with five people, but only three of us succeeded. Luckily, we got the same time, but our seats are far apart.”

“Three out of five is 60% success. That’s amazing considering how fierce the competition was…”

He couldn’t help but admire.

Kim Soo Han also thought his friends were very lucky.

“Oh, can I talk about you in my play review later?”

“Of course. I would love that.”

Moviegoer was happy with Kim Soo Han’s answer and made a note on his phone.

“When are you planning to do the play review?”

“I’m going to do a live broadcast at 10 p.m. today. I don’t think I can analyze the play while watching it, so I’m going to watch the YouTube video and analyze it.”

“That makes sense. Seo-jun’s plays are very immersive.”

It had been 12 years, but Kim Soo Han still remembered the feeling of watching the children’s play [Spring].

There was a commotion then.

Moviegoer and Kim Soo Han looked at the source of the commotion with curious eyes. Someone was entering the theater.

“Oh. It’s actress Choi So Young.”

“Walking Man was fun. She must have been invited today.”

Actress Choi So Young sat in one of [Na] seats. It seemed that part of [Na] seat right in front of [Ba] seat where Moviegoer and Kim Soo Han were sitting was reserved for guests.

There were already people sitting next to Choi So Young, and they seemed to know each other as they greeted Choi So Young.

“Oh…”

Choi So Young turned her head to greet the two people next to her, and Moviegoer and Kim Soo Han let out an involuntary exclamation. It was surprising that they didn’t notice them until now.

“…They must have been sitting there before we came in.”

“That must be it. I knew they were coming today, but… They really came.”

It was Director Ryan Will and Director Jonathan Will.

Moviegoer quickly took out his phone and made a note of his situation and feelings before he forgot.

“By the way, did you know that actress Choi So Young and Director Will were acquainted?”

“Didn’t Seo-jun tell you beforehand?”

Kim Soo Han also took out his phone and sent messages to his friends who would be in [Ah] seat.

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<Director Ryan and Director Jonathan are here.

<Can you see them from there?

He sounded like he was teasing them.

***

With the last performance ahead of them, Team 436 headed backstage.

There was still some time left until the performance started, so the actors who had finished their makeup sat down and recalled their roles in their heads or skimmed through their scripts and read their lines one last time.

Seo-jun, who wore a white T-shirt and white cotton pants with a coat over them, also sat down and read his script for [MOEB-436] one last time.

The play [MOEB-436] that he created with the materials from his two past lives.

One was an ice golem, a similar being to Jang San Bum, and the other was an android made by a highly advanced scientific race in the far future.

‘That ability would be hard to use…’

The android’s life that he found in the Library of Evil had a nearly ultimate killing ability and was of a high rank.

He thought it was a difficult ability to use for acting, so he just read it and passed by, but he didn’t expect to use it as a material for the play.

The android, who was made for combat, had the Library of Evil open instead of the Library of Goodness when he first gained consciousness.

The android gained abilities from the Library of Evil and used them in battle and slaughtered lives.

Thanks to his outstanding abilities, he gained power with his first owner, who was assassinated and his ownership was transferred, and then his second owner died and his ownership was transferred again.

‘What a mess.’

That happened several times.

But in the end, he met a good owner who was a ‘scientist’, but he killed him with his own hands because his program was corrupted by the one who became the motif of ‘Eugene’. Of course, he also killed ‘Eugene’.

After that, the ‘android’ was attacked by the android disposal unit for harming his owner, and was annihilated without leaving a single piece of metal.

Of course, he didn’t die quietly. If you read the last part of the book, you would see that the planet where the battle with the android disposal unit took place was split in half.

‘As expected of the Library of Evil.’

He wanted to write a warning on it if it became an ability in his next life.

“Seo-jun. It’s time.”

Seo-jun snapped out of his thoughts as he flipped through his script and recalled the android’s life at Kim Joo Kyung’s words.

“Ah, just a moment.”

Seo-jun closed his script and got up from his seat and looked around.

Kim Joo Kyung, Han Ji Ho, Kang Jae Han, Park Yeon Ji, Kim Young Chan, Lee Sol, Kim Chae Yeon, Park Min Hyung, etc.

Everyone from Team 436 who had worked hard for months to make this play were gathered together.

“It feels like the last performance when we’re all together like this.”

Everyone nodded their heads quietly at Seo-jun’s words.

They all felt excited and regretful at the thought of the last performance. Seo-jun looked around at his team members who had a nervous expression and opened his mouth.

“You all worked hard. I couldn’t have made such a wonderful play without you. I think it was better because it was our work, not mine.”

Seo-jun also felt his chest swell as he faced the last performance.

The word ‘last’ was always like that.

It seemed like it would never come, but it came and went.

It was a relief when it was over, but it also left a lingering sadness.

‘To avoid any regrets… I have to do my best until the end.’

And Team 436 was ready for a perfect finish.

“I have a lot more to say, but we still have a performance left, so I’ll save it for later at the party. I’m paying for it, so don’t forget to attend. It’s a really good place.”

“Yeah! Of course we’ll go!”

“Can we eat as much as we want?”

“Sure!”

The kids laughed at Seo-jun’s words.

“Shall we cheer up?”

“I feel like it would be a waste not to.”

At Park Yeon Ji’s words, the kids laughed again and gathered around. And they stretched out one hand to the center.

“Ugh. It’s cramped.”

“Hand! I can’t reach your hand!”

“I’m here too! Seniors!”

It was a bit narrow because there were so many people, but it made them smile.

After today, they would never be called Team 436 again. Seo-jun, the leader of Team 436, checked if anyone was missing and then said with a brighter smile than ever.

“Let’s do our best until the end, so we won’t have any regrets!”

One, two!

The team members raised their hands together and shouted loudly for the last time.

“436! Fighting!”

***

Beep—-

The signal sounded and.

The last performance of [MOEB-436] began.