The day of the shoot was bright.

The staff who had come since morning rushed around the house.

PDs and directors are familiar with giving instructions. At first, I thought I was only installing a recording camera, but then I saw that the table, TV, and household items were all removed.

I looked up with my eyes wide open and remembered the words I heard yesterday.

right. You said you were sponsored.

“I’ll be passing by!”

The staff members who shared the TV pass by. It’s huge like a theater screen. That’s the product I was advertising.

Like someone who has just set foot abroad, I stand and watch, but the artist approaches me in a hurry.

she asked with a sullen complexion.

“Hello, Chief. Where is Lee Ji-ah? I have a few things to tell you.”

“Now makeup… Ah, here it is.”

Lee Ji-ah came and stood next to me.

The makeup was really simple, only the tone was arranged. It was a request that I earnestly requested before filming. Due to the nature of observational entertainment, if you decorate too much, it will not come out natural.

The author asks for a few caveats.

“Please be careful about calls that may cause a little trouble if known to people.”

“yes?”

“Due to the nature of our broadcast, we have to wear the microphone 24 hours a day, but the audio director is listening to everything in real time. I had an affair on the phone with the person I was having an affair with, and then I told the director the truth.”

“Who are you? Are you a movie star?”

“It’s a bit hard to say… .”

As Lee Ji-ah tilts her head, the artist glances at me and looks at me.

“You can’t go anywhere and talk about this.”

“Absolutely. Only I will know.”

Lee Ji-ah’s eyes widen at the author’s whisper. ‘Really? Really?”

I’ll have to ask you a little later.

The author left with a few more caveats. Since it was an observational variety show, I thought there wouldn’t be many staff, but that didn’t seem to be the case.

I went out with Lee Ji-ah because I thought it would only get in the way and disturb me if I stayed inside.

Lee Ji-ah, squatting on the lawn, can’t stand it and takes out her phone. She goes to the Internet and enters her name in the search bar.

“Mr. Jia.”

“yes?”

“You saw the reaction to the comments yesterday. Will you see it again?”

Lee Ji-ah smiles awkwardly. However, he does not let go of his cell phone.

I’ve been feeling a little weird since this morning.

I squatted next to Lee Ji-ah while scratching my chin.

“What are you so nervous about filming?”

“yes? me? Didn’t you see me laughing and chatting with the writer before? it’s okay. I’m used to that camera.”

I was hoping it would look like there was some leeway, but well.

In my eyes, it seemed like he was overdoing it to hide his tension. It’s not like Lee Ji-ah’s usual appearance when she jokes around with other people.

I just stared at him without saying a word. Lee Ji-ah’s eyes flutter.

“Uh, actually, I was a little nervous. As I was going on a broadcast, I suddenly got a lot of attention from the media and a lot of comments… .”

“A little?”

At the light interrogation, he cried and spoke frankly.

“No, a lot. I think I’m going to die of a heart pounding now. Peace of mind turned on, right?”

“Absolutely. What would I have turned off to f*ck Jia, that?”

“But why are you so nervous? Isn’t Hyun-woo’s ability broken?”

It’s the first time I’ve heard of a power failure. If that was possible, I would have done something about Han Yoo-jung’s shrewdness.

“Why are you so nervous? He was a good speaker at the hearing.”

“Look at this.”

Lee Ji-ah held out her phone. I skimmed through the comments on social media.

there was no content. No, when I think of the comments on Lee Ji-ah’s SNS so far, I wondered if there was a time when she was this clean.

“Why is this? Everyone is cheering you on. Jia, please be strong.”

“Is that right? But here’s the person who wrote ‘Jia unnie, cheer up!’ Do you know that I used to be a bad person?”

“yes?”

“You turned around overnight due to the association’s retaliatory administrative case. If I make a mistake this time, I think I will go back again. I’m nervous to death.”

Yes, you can think of it this way too.

I suffered from malicious comments for 10 years, and I couldn’t understand why I was suffering from distrust.

As Lee Ji-ah said, it is the public perception that it goes back and forth depending on how it looks on the air, and it is the fate of celebrities.

After staring at Lee Ji-ah for a long time, he gently stroked her hair.

“Hyun-woo?”

“As the author said earlier. Don’t be too fancy. What about styling? I also added waves.”

“The person who did the makeup did it for me.”

Ignoring Lee Ji-ah’s excuses, she lightly messed up her hair. done. Now he seems to have woken up from a bit of sleep.

“I think it’s better.”

“yes?”

“If you show Jia’s charms here, everyone will change their minds.”

Celebrities who have committed crimes also appear on variety shows to launder their image.

But we sinned, what did we do?

When it comes to Lee Ji-ah’s sin, there is only one thing that is soft in her heart.

That’s not wrong.

Lee Ji-ah asks in a confident voice.

“Then what if I curse more?”

“If I do what Jia used to do, people will like it, right? certainly.”

From the perspective of looking at Lee Ji-ah from the side, he was someone I couldn’t hate at all.

If you show me the way I see you, many misunderstandings and misunderstandings from people will be resolved.

“There is no need to try to decorate it as a broadcast.”

“As usual… Would you be okay with that?”

“Absolutely. This time, come and show the people Jia’s charms.”

He slapped Lee Ji-ah on the back with the palm of his hand. She nodded vigorously. Fighting spirit flared in both eyes.

*

The annex of Lee Ji-ah’s mansion.

The crew turned the warehouse into a monitor room. The audio director put on the headset and sat down.

Due to the nature of the program, observational entertainment had to take longer to shoot. The audio director folded his arms loosely.

Again, Lee Ji-ah’s voice had not been heard yet.

He joined the Survival Alone team from the very beginning. So, most of the situations that came up while filming observational entertainment were faced.

It was quite common for the audio to be blank.

Observational entertainment is something that even celebrities who are used to appearing on TV have a hard time with.

These days, especially since reality is emphasized, only cameras are installed in the house and all the staff are absent.

Then for a while nothing is heard in the audio.

It’s so awkward for me to talk in the air by myself. Moreover, Lee Ji-ah is not a celebrity, but a hunter.

It will take more time for the awkward first words to come out.

He waited accustomed to it, as always.

the first one is hard

Once your mouth is pierced, the audio will slowly fill you up.

And when an hour has passed.

The audio director thought.

‘The number of words is very small.’

Not a single word was heard. Even the slightest rustling sound. Usually, even considering the length of the broadcast, I touch things and talk to myself… .

I remembered Lee Ji-ah’s slightly cynical face. It seemed rather reticent.

And when three hours have passed.

The audio director unwrapped his arms and stood up.

“Where are you going?”

The audio director took off the headphones to answer the camera director’s question.

“I think the microphone is broken. stay there.”

He called the youngest writer and asked to change the microphone. After a while, the returning artist tilted his head and handed the microphone.

“Does the mic look okay?”

“Are you okay?”

The artist blew the wind into the microphone.

“iced coffee. Can you hear me?”

“ok? Can you hear me?”

The audio director opened his eyes wide and took the microphone.

It was around four hours that I felt strange.

“No, why are you not hearing anything? Is the equipment broken?”

As the audio director rose from his seat with a serious face, the camera director with his chin tucked pulled his sleeve.

“Director.”

“yes?”

“I don’t think it’s an audio issue.”

“Then what?”

The camera director pointed his chin at the monitor. Lee Ji-ah was lying on the sofa, fiddling with her phone.

The audio director scratched his head and asked.

“Why is this?”

“I’ve been watching since the start of filming.”

“uh. By the way?”

“I was lying on the sofa, not moving a single step.”

“… What?”

The audio director’s head was spinning.

So that means… .

“Isn’t the audio equipment weird and didn’t say a word? No, not a single word… nothing?”

The camera director nodded.

*

After a while, the monitor room.

PD Park, who skimmed past video records, wiped his face.

“It’s f*cked up.”

When the directors first talked about it, I thought it was the usual ‘fighting’.

What should I do about the length of this broadcast, it doesn’t seem like it will be interesting, the viewership ratings are huge, etc.

It always comes out every week when we shoot. Observational entertainment can’t be particularly fun.

There is a saying that editing is all about entertainment. PD Park was confident.

Surviving Alone was an original program that boasted a high viewer rating among observational entertainment that poured like bamboo shoots.

It was possible to make a little random action that ordinary people would do into a strange character, and to create a show-conscious bravado naturally.

However, it was impossible to make oil from nothing. At the very least, the amount of filming should be pulled out so that there is a direction in which to edit it… .

“You haven’t left the sofa all day since filming started, did you?”

The camera director nodded at PD Park’s question. Writer Choi slammed the table with his palm.

“What did I say? You said it was weird since the interview! But everyone was so fascinated by the name of Lee Ji-ah that they listened only to the back of their ears!”

she cried

“It’s ruined, this broadcast is ruined! All the writers will be replaced!”

“Writer Choi, what’s the difference if you cry here? It’s not the first time someone like this has appeared. For now, calling other hunters or celebrities to save the cami… … .”

“I already asked! No one knows!”

PD Park asked with a puzzled face.

“Anyone? Not an exaggeration, really?”

“Yes, even one!”

“Does that make sense? I’m an S-class hunter. How does anyone who has been in the industry for over 10 years know how?”

No matter how introverted you are, you’ll probably keep a few contacts with people you know because you need them at work.

Especially if it’s a top-notch person in the industry.

“During the hearing, my co-workers hit the back of the head and cut off contact!”

“her.”

This gets a little serious.

PD Park shrugged his chin and thought.

The news of the filming had already been published in the article, and the director and CP were only expecting an increase in viewer ratings.

I had to solve it somehow.

“… Look for cooking classes or flower arranging schools near Itaewon. Otherwise, the picture doesn’t matter.”

“What are you going to do?”

“How about what? If you don’t do anything at home, you should go to school. I will tell Lee Ji-ah.”

Writer Choi stood up in awe. She desperately dried.

“PD-nim, don’t you remember that I was insulted for being contrived before? Lee Ji-ah doesn’t come up with nice words either!”

“If we go like this, only us will be cursed! Hyejin Jo, what are you doing? Find a school quickly!”

“Oh, yes! All right!”

The assistant director grabbed the door and opened it. Kim Hyun-woo, who was about to enter, stumbled and avoided the collision. The assistant director bowed his back and hurriedly ran away.

“You look very busy. Everyone, please have some of this.”

Kim Hyun-woo put the luggage he had in both hands down on the desk. As he took out the donuts and coffee from the bag in turn, he sensed a strange atmosphere and asked.

“Hey, did something happen?”

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