Chapter 444:
[Will this Christmas be a white Christmas?]
[Mirinae''s announcement, today''s year-end performance!]
[Short films and plays! If they are good works, they will be officially performed!]
[Actor Lee Seo-jun, today''s graduation performance!]
[What is the content of actor Lee Seo-jun''s original play?]
[In front of Mirinae Hall! Actors Kim Jong-ho, Lee Ji-seok, Park Do-hoon, Lee Da-jin!]
[+) Actor Kang Tae-young!]
[+) Lee Seo-jun''s troupe!]
[+) Brown Black!]
-I''m more nervous about the announcement performance than Christmas??
=You don''t have a lover...
=Do you have one?
=? I didn''t say I do.
=????
-Is it a year-end performance or a graduation performance?
=For the first and second graders, it''s a year-end performance and for the third graders, it''s a graduation performance.
-I want to see Seo-jun''s play too! Please make it an official performance!
=An original play! I''m so curious!
=But even if it happens, we can''t see it.
=?? Why can''t we?
=We’re unlucky.
=22 We’re not lucky fans.
=33 Let''s wait for the YouTube upload.
=Ah...
-The article?? They added one by one and then they just called it Lee Seo-jun''s troupe??
=But they''re all people who worked with Seo-jun.
=It looks amazing when you see it like this...
-BrBl''s article was a bit late??
=They’re all acting people and they''re the only ones from the music side??
=The reporter must have wondered whether to include them or not??
-But really, don''t just count the celebrities. If you look at the fame, it''s like a film festival.
=22 They really need to roll out the red carpet.
-Kim Jong-ho is going to America this time, I heard.
=?? Is that a rumor?
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Seo-jun was checking out the situation at Mirinae Hall while reading the articles. He scrolled down the messages that arrived.
-Mom: Mom and dad arrived.
-Mom: Rachel and Evan too!
-Dad: Mom and dad have to go to the family seats and Rachel and Evan have to go to the staff seats.
He remembered that it was the same when he was at Yeoul Arts High School.
-Mom: Mom and dad are sitting here.
-Mom: (Picture) Can you see us from the stage?
-Dad: Seo-jun. Do your best!
-Dad: I wonder what kind of play it is!
Mom sent a picture of her sitting in the family seats.
Seo-jun roughly guessed where she was sitting and scratched his cheek at dad''s message.
Soon after, he also received messages from Rachel Hill and Evan Block.
-Rachel: We met at the staff seats!
-Rachel: (Picture)
Rachel Hill sent a picture.
The actors, directors, and writers who gathered in the staff seats with Rachel Hill, who wore a black hat to hide her shiny blonde hair, were all genuinely surprised and laughed.
-Lee Ji-seok: No way, why are these people here?
-Park Do-hoon: Did they come to see Seo-jun''s play?
-Kim Jong-ho: It seems so.
[Yes. They even gave a special lecture.
-Lee Da-jin: Oh my... There are people like us...
[Escape] Those who had seen the two actors during filming were somewhat calm, but those who saw them for the first time were not.
-Kang Tae-young: !!!
-Kang Tae-young: Evan Block is sitting next to me!
-Kang Tae-young: Seo-jun! Next to me!!
-Kang Tae-young: Evan Block!!!
Park Do-hoon sent a picture of Evan Block in the center with Kang Tae-young on his left holding his phone frozen and Woo Jeong-han on his right chatting with Evan Block.
-Park Do-hoon: He kept looking at him??
-Park Do-hoon: I thought he was jealous so I switched with him.
Seo-jun smiled softly at the playful message.
Not only Kang Tae-young but also Brown Black, directors, writers, and everyone else sent messages saying that they were so excited that they could scream.
Seo-jun replied to his friends who had their hearts sink after coming to see the play. He lifted his head.
This was [436] team''s waiting room at Mirinae Hall.
The early arrivals were waiting for their teammates while contacting their families on their phones, calming their minds by reading the script, or checking their costumes and props.
“Sorry! Am I late?”
“No. There''s still time left.”
“There were a lot of people in front of me.”
As time passed, all the team members arrived.
Seo-jun looked around [436] team.
The blue light slowly disappeared.
The blue light that remained alone shone on the square box.
The place that had been hidden by white cloth revealed a man in a white T-shirt and pants with his eyes closed.
It was Seo-jun.
He looked pale as if he had lost all his blood because of the blue light.
Beep-beep-
A sound came.
The woman moved busily.
Hiss-
With a sound of air escaping, the transparent box opened.
The man opened his eyes and looked at the audience seats. His emotionless black eyes made the students sitting in front rows shiver.
He stepped out. But he couldn''t put enough strength in his legs and fell to the floor with one step.
The long tubes connected to his back were visible to the audience.
-Eukeudeuk, Jina!
He heard it.
“Yoo-jin!”
As the man fell, the woman in a white gown ran toward him, waving her gown. She called his name, Yoo-jin. Yoo-jin. With a pitiful voice.
The man, Yoo-jin, barely opened his eyes and uttered in a thin voice.
“Is, is my name, Yoo-jin?”
“Yes! My son! Yoo-jin!”
The woman hugged Yoo-jin tightly with a happy face.
“Son. Yoo-jin.”
Yoo-jin looked at the air.
An image of something being downloaded came out on the monitor (stage screen). A long bar was filled quickly.
When the download bar was full, a notification popped up saying ‘Download complete’.
Yoo-jin, who had been staring blankly at the air, blinked his eyes.
And he looked at the woman.
“Mo, mother.”
“Yes!”
He muttered as if he had learned new knowledge.
“I am Yoo-jin. You are mother.”
“Yoo-jin!”
The audience focused on the woman who cried out in joy and the being that looked like a human, but was not.
Even those who didn''t know much about SF could tell that the woman who was called mother was a scientist and that the man who was called Yoo-jin was not an ordinary person.
‘Is he an android?’
Those who had some knowledge of SF thought of it right away.
Android.
He was a robot made in the image of a human.
“Come on. Let''s get up.”
The woman wiped her tears and smiled. A warm light shone on the stage.
Yoo-jin held the woman''s two hands and got up, shaking his legs like a newborn deer.
“Now. Let''s walk slowly.”
“Walk. Walking.”
Yoo-jin''s eyes wandered in the air. A new download bar appeared on the monitor.
“Tsk.”
The woman clicked her tongue.
“I put less because I was afraid of overloading...”
But she soon changed her expression.
“No. You''re my son Yoo-jin. I just have to teach you slowly.”
She smiled like a merciful mother.
The air that Yoo-jin was looking at blinked at the same time as the download was finished.
Yoo-jin took a step forward, trembling.
The long tubes connected to his back were pulled tight.
He looked happy and looked back. His mother was smiling kindly.
“Look. Mother. I walked like this.”
“Well done. My son!”
The woman walked toward Yoo-jin with a smile and opened her mouth.
“I’ll teach you a lot of things.”
The audience saw the woman pointing to the right room.
“This is your room. That room is mom''s room. If you want to come in, you have to knock. Or call me. I’ll open it anytime.”
“Yes. Mother.”
Yoo-jin followed the woman with a smile.
“Shall we eat first? You have to eat every day. Your energy efficiency is bad.”
It was a bit awkward sentence for a human, but neither the woman nor Yoo-jin cared much.
“Here. Sit down.”
At the woman''s words, Yoo-jin naturally sat on the chair. The woman sighed lightly and lowered her head.
“I guess this is stored too. I’ll have to sort it out later.”
She said that and busily prepared the meal. Empty plates, forks, and knives were placed on the table.
The two people sitting face to face looked peaceful.
“Yoo-jin. Eating is really important to maintain your body''s energy. Water, protein, fat, minerals. Remember them well.”
“Yes. Mother. I will. Don''t worry.”
“If your body lacks energy, your hair color will fade first. And if your eye color changes, it''s dangerous, so remember that well.”
Yoo-jin nodded with a smile.