Korean entertainment: I can steal the luck of celebrities with bad records.

Three days.

Lin Puzhi wore out Che Kangzhen's script after reading it so many times.

It's no exaggeration. In episodes 1 and 2, Cha Kang-jin had 47 scenes and 250 lines. He practiced in front of the mirror every morning and recited them silently in bed every night before going to sleep. The original owner's muscle memory was working at full speed. Seven years of training to imitate movie characters were all used to digest this insecure yet arrogant genius boy.

He practiced his eyes the most.

One reason is because of Go Soo, who plays the adult Cha Kang-jin. His expressive eyes are his signature feature, and as the actor playing his high school character, I definitely need to have that same liveliness and emotional delivery.

Secondly, in the high school period, Cha Kang-jin's emotions are mostly "flat," with only a few scenes, such as the one where he loses his father's belongings by the river, showing an emotional outburst.

Other scenes, like the one where the mother is harassed by a scoundrel of a customer, are more about "endurance," the kind of "endurance" a tiger hasn't yet grown its claws for.

Gradually, Lin Puzhi forgot his lines.

He is not Lin Puzhi, he is Che Kangzhen.

Why do I need to memorize lines? Because they're lines that I, Cha Kang-jin, already know how to say.

I will use my body language and my eyes to express my emotions in Che Kang-jin.

Late at night, "Cha Kang-jin" fell asleep holding the script.

……

Three days later, at the SBS Tanhyeon Production Center, the filming location.

There were more people today than last time.

Lin Puzhi pushed open the door and saw Cui Wenxi sitting behind the monitor, with a woman next to her—in her forties, with short hair, wearing glasses, holding a pen in her hand, constantly writing and drawing on the script.

Lee Kyung-hee, the queen of tragedy, is the screenwriter of this drama.

Han Ye-seul was sitting next to her, discussing the role with Lee Kyung-hee.

This is Han Ye-seul's first time playing a tragic female lead, and she is under immense pressure. As a result, she has been ignoring Kim Soo-hyun, who often tries to talk to her, for the past few days.

There was another person sitting in the corner—Gao Xiu.

The actor playing the adult Che Kang-jin. He was wearing a black overcoat, hands in his pockets, leaning against the wall like a statue. His face was expressionless, but his eyes were scrutinizing Lin Pu-zhi.

"You're here?" Assistant Director Shin Kyung-soo walked over. "Have you memorized the script?"

"I've memorized it."

"All of Cha Kang-jin's lines?"

"Actually, when I got the role of Han Zhiyong, I had already memorized all of Che Kangzhen's lines. In the past three days, I have been thinking about how to perform better."

Shin Kyung-soo glanced at him, said nothing, and then nodded to Choi Moon-seok.

"Okay." Choi Moon-seok spoke, his voice not loud, but everyone quieted down. "Today isn't the official start of filming, it's just a rehearsal. Nam Ji-hyun, you'll be acting with him. Scene 23, the street."

Nam Ji-hyun stood up, walked in front of the camera, glanced at Lim Pu-ji, and said, "Good luck."

Lin Puzhi nodded and walked over.

"Let's begin," Choi Moon-seok said.

In the thirteenth scene, Han Zhiwan saw that Cha Kangjin's mother's high heels were broken on the road and offered to help repair them. However, her good intentions backfired, and she broke the heel of the shoe.

Han Zhiwan had no choice but to exchange shoes with Che Kangzhen's mother and go back wearing her broken high heels.

Kang Jin witnessed everything from a short distance away.

He exchanged shoes with his mother for Han Zhiwan's, slowly followed behind her, and after Han Zhiwan fell, he placed her shoes beside her, took his mother's high heels, and left barefoot.

This scene has few lines and relies more on body language.

She snatched Han Zhiwan's shoes from her mother's feet and walked away barefoot, carrying the high heels.

The way to make everyone forget Kim Soo-hyun is to portray a Cha Kang-jin who is better than him, yet completely different.

So, what was the result?

"Stop," Choi Moon-seok shouted.

Lin Puzhi looks up to the director.

Choi Moon-seok didn't speak, but turned to look at Lee Kyung-hee.

Li Qingxi put down her pen, took off her glasses, and rubbed her nose. Then she looked up at Lin Puzhi and said something that surprised everyone:

"It's like Cha Kang-jin came to life from my writing. Which film school did you graduate from?"

Lin Puzhi replied, "I never went to university."

Upon hearing this, Lee Kyung-hee, known as the "Queen of Tragedy," imagined a scenario where a single father raises his child, who then gives up university to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.

She couldn't help but wipe the corners of her eyes to stop the tears from falling.

The rest of the crew fell silent for a second upon hearing Lee Kyung-hee's assessment.

Gao Xiu stood in the corner, expressionless, like a stone Buddha.

"Let's continue," Choi Moon-seok said. "Next scene."

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In the twentieth scene, Che Kang-jin's father's belongings fall into the river, and he shouts from the riverbank.

This scene is the same one where Kim Soo-hyun was injured by a prop three days ago. Clearly, Choi Moon-seok wants the entire crew to act as judges and decide whether he can replace or even surpass Kim Soo-hyun in playing this role.

This scene requires an emotional outburst. Cha Kang-jin walks from the middle of the river to the bank, lies down on the bank and keeps breathing in the air. After getting up, he shouts about his unjust fate and cries out to the river to return his father's pendant.

Che Kangzhen held his breath in the river for a long time before finally coming ashore, which is why he was panting heavily after getting out.

But Kim Soo-hyun didn't appear three days ago.

He only soaked his clothes in the river before getting ashore, so his desperate attempt to catch his breath after getting ashore looked very fake.

Lin Puzhi did not want to fabricate this kind of fake.

The body's survival instinct is hard to act out, at least Lin Puzhi can't do it now, he wants to experience it for himself.

He shared this suggestion with Choi Moon-seok.

Choi Moon-seok glanced at him without saying anything, but turned to ask the staff to prepare towels and ginger tea by the water, and also asked the prop master who was good at swimming to stand on the shore and be ready to go into the water at any time.

Lin Puzhi walked slowly into the middle of the river, like someone committing suicide.

In this scene, Cha Kang-jin jumps off a bridge, but the river is shallow and there are many stones. Later, the scenes of him getting ashore and jumping off the bridge will be edited together.

The crew watched as the river submerged Lin Puzhi's body, leaving only the calm water.

Ten seconds, thirty seconds, one minute.

Assistant director Shin Kyung-soo was a little scared. It was like watching someone commit suicide by cutting their wrists in front of him. He didn't know how much time had passed, but he knew that no one on the crew could die.

He leaned close to director Choi Moon-seok's ear and said, "Quickly send someone down to check, if..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Puzhi darted out from the middle of the river.

He first took deep breaths of fresh air, and only after his body gradually regained some strength did he slowly walk towards the riverbank.

He felt weak due to insufficient oxygen supply.

The resistance of the river, his decreasing body temperature, and his heavy clothing—everything was preventing him from moving forward.

The entire crew couldn't help but lean forward, fearing he might suddenly fall into the river.

Han Ye-seul gripped the script tightly in her hand, her knuckles turning white.

Lin Puzhi finally staggered ashore and then lay down on the bank.

I lay there for a very, very long time.

According to the script, he should stand up at this point and shout, "Give me back my necklace!"

But since director Choi Moon-seok didn't yell "NG," the rest of the crew naturally didn't say anything.

Lin Puzhi finally stood up.

He recalled everything that had happened since he arrived here—"His mother lied to him and still opened the teahouse," "His mother was harassed by the village thugs," "His mother was verbally abused by the school bully," "His father's belongings accidentally fell into the river."

At this moment, all the pent-up emotions from the past erupted.

Perhaps even the sky was weeping for him, as the light rain fell just in time.

The rain mingled with Lin Puzhi's tears, making it impossible to tell whether he was crying or the sky was weeping.

The scene is over.

Choi Moon-seok glanced at the shocked expressions on the crew's faces, nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Young Cha Kang-jin, it's settled. We'll find someone else for the role of Han Ji-yong."

Assistant director Shin Kyung-soo snapped out of his daze and flipped through the list: "How about Song Joong-ki? He recently had a cameo in 'My Fair Lady,' and the response was good. Plus, he has a sunny image, which would suit Han Ji-yong."

"Contact him," Choi Moon-seok said. "Confirm within three days."

Lin Puzhi, standing to the side, felt a flutter in his heart when he heard the name "Song Joong-ki".

He had heard this name in his previous life—the later Captain Yoo who became famous throughout Asia.

However, he had never seen "Descendants of the Sun" in his previous life. On the other hand, he had studied art appreciation in Song Joong-ki's debut work, "A Frozen Flower," in college, where Song Joong-ki played an incompetent bodyguard.

"Also," Choi Moon-seok looked at Lim Pak-ji, "you don't need to worry about Kim Soo-hyun's matter. I'll handle KeyEast's situation; you just need to focus on acting well."

"clear."

……

After filming wrapped up today, Lin Puzhi walked out of the production center.

My phone vibrated.

This is a message from the Cyworld boss lady:

"Mr. Ultraman, are you saving the Earth again today?"

Lin Puzhi smiled and replied:

"I didn't fight monsters today; I played a man who cries."

"You can cry? I don't believe it. Pinocchio is made of wood, and wood doesn't shed tears."

"An actor's tears are indeed unreliable. My TV series will air in early December, remember to watch it."

The landlady sent me an emoji: a cat rolled over, showing its belly, with the words "Think about it" written on it.