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LifeOnce Again CH 319

Author:Wise Dragon Category:Unreal Update time:2022-12-22 05:32:02

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Receiving the glare of others didnt feel that good.

Especially if that other person was a junior.

Normally, Maru would look straight back and ask what was the problem, but he could only avoid her gaze for now.

The entire cause was him.

‘I became a mindless old fool who decided to interrupt the business between two youths.

Maru glanced at Jiyoon as he took a bite out of a piece of dumpling.

She was pouting and was biting little pieces off the pickled radish.

They met eyes just now and she had something akin to resentment in her eyes.

Maru felt like he was sitting on a chair made of needles.

When he opened the door, Jiyoon was about to say something to Daemyung with a flushed face.

He just had to interrupt at that moment, so saying anything would be just an excuse.

“The dumpling is good.

Where did you get them”

Maru glared at Daemyung who obliviously just talked about dumplings.

Seeing him stuff his cheeks with dumplings and drown himself in happiness, he felt even more sorry towards Jiyoon.

It seemed that this guy didnt even know what kind of situation he was in just now.

Someone sighed.

Maru was sure that it was Jiyoon without even looking.

“Daemyung, are they good”

“Yeah.”

“I see.

You should eat some more then.”

He wanted to say something, but he couldnt because he saw Jiyoons prickly glare.

Maru made a bitter expression and spoke to Aram who was enjoying dumplings as well.

“You should have guarded outside.”

“We didnt know youd be back so early.

We just went to get some drinks.

No wait, if you saw that something was happening when you opened the door, you should have closed it immediately.”

“Our eyes already met, so it would be even stranger if I just closed the door without saying anything.”

“Anyway, its all your fault.”

Aram pouted as well.

She looked like the sandcastle she painstakingly built had just been washed away by a wave.

Of course, the wave was Maru.

Maru scratched his eyebrows.

“Since its like this, lets redeem it through the festival.”

“The festival”

Aram made a suspicious smile.

“Daemyung-seonbae.

Have you decided on what to do for the festival”

“No, not yet.

I was planning to talk about it with you right now.

If you have anything you want to do, please go ahead and speak.”

“Were the acting club, so of course we have to do a play.

Why dont we give it a twist and do a play with a lot of ad-libbing”

“A lot of ad-libbing”

“Yes.

Doesnt that sound fun”

“Well.

If theres no storyline, doing a drama at all will be hard.

If were going to do a play, we should decide on the main storyline at least.”

“Nah, its a festival were talking about.

Its not a proper play but something we can all have a laugh over.

How about it Doesnt it sound fun”

Aram poked with her elbow.

She was signalling Maru to help her out.

Having no choice, Maru decided to speak.

“We should just decide on an ending and see how things go.

How about it”

“Really Are you okay with that Just because were the acting club doesnt mean we have to do an act at all.

If you have anything you want to do, then you should talk about it.”

It seemed that Aram had already signalled everyone as everyone said that an act would be good.

Jiyoon also nodded.

“If everyones okay with it, then lets go with a play.

We dont have that much preparation time, so we shouldnt do anything too difficult.”

“We should do a romance!”

“A ro...mance”

“Yes.

Its a festival, so theres no need for tragedies.

How about Romeo and Juliet”

“Thats a tragedy though….”

“Its fine because its an ad-lib.

Please, please”

Maru saidthat sounds decent.

He could see what Aram was thinking.

This was a scheme that was known to everyone but Jiyoon and Daemyung.

Aram continued her story with an excited face.

It was already turning into ahow to tease them perfectly rather thanhow to tie them properly, but it was the results that were important after all.

As long as it went as she said, the two would definitely become closer.

“Lets decide on roles now.

Also, you should make a general plot.

And then we should do the act! Sounds good, doesnt it”

“Al-alright.

Everyone seems okay with it.”

“Then Jiyoon is Romeo and Daemyung-seonbae is Juliet.”

“What”

“Isnt it the opposite No wait, why am I Romeo in the first place”

Only Daemyung and Jiyoon objected to that.

Of course, the rest stayed silent since it was what they had agreed upon.

It seemed that USS Aram had departed the port and couldnt be returned.

Aram was at the helm, so he decided to let it be for now.

“You did things like crossdressing competitions in middle school, didnt you Our school did.

Did you not”

“I guess that happened.”

“See Just an ordinary boring play is no fun.

Since its a festival, lets twist things up.”

“But me as Juliet is a little….”

Daemyung smiled awkwardly as he spoke.

At the same time, he was sending a desperate plea for help to Maru.

His eyes were saying something along the lines ofhelp me orsave me.

Maru slowly turned away his head.

This is all for your own good.

Daemyung flinched and looked at Dowook next, but there was no way Dowook would help.

Jiyoon was just looking into nowhere with a face that looked like she had given up.

At that moment, Aram whispered into her ears, and Jiyoons expression slowly brightened up.

Although the confusion was still there, it seemed that she had accepted it somewhat.

“Im… fine with it.”

One of the main characters ended up accepting the role.

Maru looked at Daemyung.

The flow was unstoppable and Daemyung ended up accepting.

“Yes!”

Though, the one that was the happiest was Aram.

* * *

“Have a safe trip back home!”

“See you tomorrow.”

They scattered in front of the school gates.

After watching some of the members walk towards the bus stop, Maru got on his bike.

He had to do some grocery shopping before going home.

Today, pork neck was on sale.

Making some kimchi-jjigae out of it would last two days at least.

“What is it” He braked as he answered a call.

It was from Bada.

-Oppa.

Thatoppa was spoken in a nasal voice.

It was clear that she had a request.

“Snacks”

-Yeah.

Potato ones.

“Ill buy them, so clean up the house for me.”

-Alright.

Just as he was about to start biking again after the call, his phone started ringing again.

He thought that it might be Bada and put his ears against the phone.

However, the voice belonged to a man.

-Can you take a call right now

“Ah, yes.

Byungchan-hyung.”

It was his manager Byungchan.

-Are you at home right now

“No.

Im going back from school right now.

We had practice.”

-I see.

Which school did you go to again

“Woosung Engineering High.”

-Then can you wait there for a moment Ill go pick you up.

“Whats this about”

-Writing a standard contract.

I hear that its not usually written, but the drama production company said that you should write a contract perhaps because of the president of our company.

You just need to read the contract and sign it.

Its nothing complex, so it wont take that long.

“How about you sign it in my…”

-Thats not good! Contracts are very important.

It involves money, so youll be in big trouble if you have someone else do it.

You should read them through carefully or else youll receive damages when you grow up.

Im giving you advice as someone whos been in society longer than you.

“Okay then.

Ill be waiting in front of the school.”

-Okay.

Maru smiled as he hung up.

He just probed him out to see how much he should share with this man.

Although this might seem petty of him, Maru liked the fact that Byungchan tried to maintain basic principles.

He was a reliable man as a partner that overlooked his business.

As for his personality, Maru had seen enough in the Gukbap restaurant before, so he thought that he could ease his guard somewhat around him.

He turned around on his bicycle and returned to the school.

Beneath the darkening skies, the school was a lot quieter than during the day.

It would be noisy once again once tomorrow arrived.

After he waited around 10 minutes while saying goodbyes to some of the teachers that left at this hour, a sedan with its headlights on stopped on the side of the road.

It was Byungchans car.

“Im late, arent I”

“No.

I didnt wait for that long.”

Byungchan was wearing a hoodie and jeans and looked as tired as always.

Maru got in the passenger seat.

“I had to drive around all day because of someones photoshoot, so Im kinda tired.”

“You shouldve come tomorrow if it wasnt anything urgent.”

“Nah.

Itll be easier for me to sleep at night if I get things done today.

Here, read this for now.”

Maru took out the contract form within the envelope.

It was only a single page, and it mentioned the involved parties, his payment per episode, his payment date, as well as a couple of lines of things he had to keep in mind.

Since he was like a minor role that was more like an extra, the contract was simple as well.

He could understand what Byungchan meant when he said its not usually written.

He signed the two copies of the contract with his name in block letters at the bottom.

“Have you read over it carefully”

“Yes.”

“Then give it to me.

Ill send it over to them tomorrow.

This ones for you.”

Maru received the contract and put it inside his bag.

“Anyway, congratulations.

I guess its your first contract.”

“Thats true.”

“You cant ignore small contracts like this, because in the drama industry, actors are given a grade.

If you join through open recruitment, then youll receive a grade immediately, but if you dont, then these contracts are the basis of your grading.

Right now, you have no tier, so youll only receive 50 thousand won per episode, but once you get a grade 6, your payment will multiply.

If your grade rises and you get more experience, more and more people will look for you to hire as minor roles.”

Byungchan, who excitedly talked about it for a while, made a bitter smile.

He, an aspiring actor himself, was explaining to him about actor-related work while working as his manager, so he must be feeling very complicated inside.

Maru didnt say anything until Byungchan had enough time to calm himself down.

“Oh yeah, have you had dinner”

“Have you”

“Not yet.”

“Then lets eat something then.”

“Shall we”

“You should take out the company card at times like these, right”

Byungchan made a satisfied smile.

Maru messaged Bada that he might be a little late.

Protecting a hard-working youths wallet was much more important than delivering some snacks for his sister.

Byungchan hummed as he started the car.

* * *

“Snacks!”

“Here.”

He threw a pack of chips at his sister who rushed to the door as soon as he entered the house.

Fortunately, she wasnt annoyed or anything.

She hugged the pack of chips like a bear would hug a honey pot and started eating it in front of the TV.

After sayingyoull gain weight in a small voice, Maru went inside his room.

As he couldnt just watch Byungchan eat without eating anything himself, he also ate a bowl of Soondae-Gukbap.

He lied down on his bed feeling full and dazed out for a while before standing up again.

His sisters voice had gotten disturbingly loud.

He opened the door and looked at the living room.

In front of the TV, his sister was calling someone.

He perked his ears because he wondered if she was calling Dowook.

“No way.”

His sister looked quite agitated.

Maru had a look at what was on the TV.

It was talking about some news in the entertainment industry.

After the hosts comment was over, the screen switched.

There were a lot of journalists on screen as it seemed to be some press meeting.

He read the text on the top right.

‘The Fives slave contract rumors - whats the truth was written on it.

Idols Now that he thought about it, Aram did mention something about The Five or whatnot.

It seemed to be one of the topics that the four of them talked about after he and Bangjoo left to buy some dumplings.

“Whos the bad one Do the oppas have a problem”

Are all the idols in the world oppa to you

Maru quietly sat on the sofa behind Bada.

At the table at the front were three men, and behind them was a banner that saidSoul Ent.

The journalists flashed their cameras at the three people that looked solemn.

The speaker told the audience that the scene was from a press meeting that was held during the day.

“Whats happening”

“Huh”

Bada turned around.

She seemed surprised that her brother was interested in this at all.

“Do you know those uhppas, oppa”

She pronouncedthose oppas with a weird pronunciation that was neithero noruh.

Was this her way of acting cute

“No.

Im just curious.”

Bada looked like it was Marus fault for not knowing who they were.

Though he could ask Bada the same thing about knowing who the leader of the ruling political party was and hed probably give her the same look.

“Theyre called The Five.

Theyre the only idols that can compare with TTO oppas.

Aah, they were cool.”

“But what, did a problem occur”

His sister hung up after telling the other party that they should talk later.

She seemed somewhat serious.

Was she the president of their fan club or something

“There is a problem.

A big problem.”

“A bigger problem than your grades”

“Do you want to die”

“Sorry.

So whats it about” Maru asked his sister for some explanation.

Drama appearance contract.

Not the first contract in his life.

As for the movie, his company was the one handling that.

Read the translator\'s thoughts for more details.

But basically, 6 is the lowest grade you can get as an adult (1~5 for child actors, 6~18 for adult actors).

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