Not drama.
Don't you know what failing audition 80 times indicate?
This is an audition for male chorus. Women do not qualify.
I'm a guy. Please! Just once.
Who is the number 1 in writing musicals?
No. 1? There is one.
Hong Jae Yi is the Dae Hak Ro's finest composer.
Hello?
Yeah. Where were you again?
Were you the one on the phone?
Yes.
Episode 2
There are no lyrics.
You can do la la la, or make up your own lyrics.
Make my lyrics?
Umm, ok.
The person you call teacher.
You can sing about how you two met.
You want to go?
~I came a long way around.~
~Because I wanted to do musicals.~
You read music well.
~Leaving school for a year. 365 days.~
~8760 hours passed way too quickly.~
~Failing audition 80 times but I still can't hit low pitch.~
~Whenever I go high? My voice cracks.~
~Anyways I failed over and over and again.~
~After failing 80 times I only had 2 weeks left until I have to go back to school.~
~Yes, I've made up my mind. Let's take the audition as a guy.~
~Then I met my teacher.~
That was good. Let's go again.
My story ended.
~Just over a year ago.~
~This man told me to not even dream about doing musicals.~
~He said something like he was Hong Jae Yi.~
~A drunkard who's not even worth filth on Hong Jae Yi's toes.~
~That's when I determined to audition for musicals.~
~That's when my life for musicals began.~
Are you ...
That girl in Han River? The sorry girl?
That!
What are you going to do if I'm really Hong Jae Yi.
You can be Hong Jae Yi!
Drunkard pitiful Hong Jae Yi.
I'll be Bae Kang Hee then.
Hey, young lady.
If you don't have talent, don't even dream about being a musical actress.
Geez. I fell asleep. My head hurts.
Where am I? It's so nice here.
What's going on? What's the atmosphere out there?
Why?
I am sorry.
About what?
You're the composer for my favorite musical songs.
I didn't know that.
I even called you a drunkard.
I am a sorry ass drunkard.
It's not like that.
You're a great man who composes great songs.
No.
I really was a drunkard. And I did say sorry things.
Do you tend to keep things in your mind for a while?
Forever.
That's where I need to be!
Did you memorize that music by just looking at it once?
Yeah.
You're smart.
I really like your work.
Are you making your next piece?
-You want to know? -Yeah.
I also want to know something.
Why do you like musicals?
Umm.
I don't know exactly why.
It's like musical ghost is on me or something.
Something like that. I don't know.
You're possessed?
It was Billy that gave me that feeling first.
Billy? Billy Elliot?
In the ballet school, the judges asked Billy how he feels when he dances.
And Billy says that it's electrifying.
I'm like that. When I sing and dance,
I feel like lightning is striking me.
It's like a million-volt lightning going through my body.
It's such a strong feeling.
Don't you feel that too?
Me?
I can tell when I listen to your songs.
Whenever I watch the musicals you made, I always thought
the person that made this musical must dearly love musicals.
You want to become a musical performer?
Yes.
Like Bae Kang Hee.
You can't become like Bae Kang Hee.
I know.
Bae Kang Hee should become like you.
Huh?
It's like being possessed by the musical ghosts.
I'm like that. When I sing and dance,
I feel like I'm being struck by lightning.
It's like millions of volts running through my body.
Lightning.
I was hit by it countless times.
Should I get the journalists or something?
Hong Jae Yi appeared in the company office of his will?
How have you been?
It's been always good for me. You must be busy.
Everywhere I go I hear that song. Was it "Love, Love"?
What brings you here? You're not here just to say hi.
I wanted to recommend an actress. I heard that you were auditioning.
An actress?
You?
Are you saying that I should trust your insight?
If you think so, that's good then.
At what price?
If you're making such a request, you must have something in return.
Something good may happen to you too.
You're going to write me a song?
I hope you consider it.
It can't be decided by me alone.
She will need to come to the unofficial audition that's in 3 days.
Thank you!
Is it a she or a he?
Hm..
Oh.
I'll tell her to come around this time.
What you just said...
the audition... it's a joke right?
It's in 3 days. It's an audition just for you.
An audition that's half decided to use you.
Umm... Why does this happen to me? Why did you do this for me?
Umm... just...
I thought it was going to be fun.
It's been a while since it was fun.
Thank you so much. I'm so grateful.
How do I return this favor?
Really thank you! I'll even have my children...
There's no time. You can't make it with that sort of skills.
What do we do then?
What should we do then?
What are you doing?
I need to go home. So that I can...
You were going to get training from that so called New York vocalist?
Yes. I was going to.
Umm.. Let's just do the training with me.
I really like the offer.
I can't pay for the lessons.
Christine is also good.
Hey think about it! I never lied to you!
So... you worked in New York.
And then Bae Kang Hee asked you to do a musical with her.
So you had to hurry back home.
No, No, No, No, No, wow.
This is why details are important.
I just said she is my upper classman.
It was you who said Bae Kang Hee.
I came home because my upper classman asked me to perform with her.
Which premier?
Was is Bae Kang Hee?
Why are you so curious about me? It's about you isn't it?
See? I'm right.
So it was you who thought it was going to be Bae Kang Hee.
You just wanted to believe so.
So you really worked in New York?
Umm... that depends on how you put it.
You asked me if I worked.
When I had it everyday in New York, I was quite sick of it.
I guess I missed it because I didn't have it for a few days.
You worked in New York?
See? There are different kinds of work.
It could be musical or not?
Look on the bright side.
Frankly, it was thanks to me,
That you met Hong Jae Yi who is the best composer around.
Wait a minute. That really pisses me off.
You came to pick me up.
You should've just woken me up and taken me home.
Why would you smile, laugh, drink tea, and sing?
I'm sorry, but how old are you?
Huh?
You're older than me by two years. You also told me to call you a teacher.
So I called you teacher. But you're actually the same age as I am.
What? What?
ID. Let's get this straight.
Hey! Listen to me. The Miss Saigon story and Les Miserables....
Those two stories combined is the story of my life.
You can't hear it without tears.
You must have practiced a lot.
Go to bed first.
I'll go right after.
Good.
Do not be too late.
Yeah. About Jae Yi.
Does he fall in love too?
Hong Jae Yi?
Yeah, I thought it was impossible too.
He came to me for help today.
He came to ask me to pick a girl as the actress for him.
She even failed our audition many times.
Anyways she will be here to take the audition in 3 days. We will have to see.
That's interesting.
I know right?
You have work again?
No.
Date?
No.
You're so loud.
I know that you can't be dating guys right now.
It's way too loud, so please get out. I need some sleep.
I told you to come early, but this is way too early.
You can sing this early?
It's been more than 3 hours since I woke up.
It's more than enough.
Come in.
Excuse me then.
Representative, I'm now on the road. In an hour...
Hold on, I have a call coming.
Hello?
Yes, it's me.
No, I'm not busy.
Me? Where are you sweetie?
We're close!
You want a cup of coffee then?
Ok then. I'll see you there.
Hey, representative. I had something urgent coming up.
Yes, I'll be there by 4:30.
I just had cravings for desert.
Thank you!
Aren't you busy?
I'm alright.
I feel much better now.
Hello? This is Yu Jin.
Right.
I just received the text.
Yes.
It's important that you get breathing right.
Because you don't have the right breathing, you crack at high pitch.
A bit dizzy?
Let's take a break for a second.
You want to drink something?
I'll go get it.
Open the door!
Are you asleep? Go Eun Bi!
Go Eun Bi.
Is she not back yet?
Go Eun Bi.
What time is it?
Did you just get home?
Did something happen?
Aren't you going to wash yourself?
Really?
You know, you and I got it mixed up.
You should be asking if I'm not going to wash. And I'm supposed to say no!
That's funny.
Why is she so fast?
I'm dying here.
Father.
Ra Kyung!
What is this?
Lunch.
Let's see.
This is why I love morning meetings thanks to you Ra Kyung.
It's the royal breakfast.
Last time it was Denmark Imperial breakfast.
C'mon!
Let's keep the etiquette of our company.
Represenative! What etiquette do we need when we're eating?
If it goes in this way, it comes out that way.
Oh geez.
You must have lost appetite because of me. I'm sorry.
I should eat all of these.
Hey that's my favorite.
Where were you so early?
-To exercise. -Exercise?
The most important thing for musical actress is stamina.
You told me to break out of those conventional thoughts
in order to become a creative actor.
This is why I hate people with good memory.
Let's eat.
Are you going out again after eating?
I have to go until tomorrow.
Pity... there's a really good job offer.
I know right?
Aren't you even going to ask? It's $40 per hour.
I can't go.
Eat up.
There is no such saying.
Quiet cat gets on the kitchen counter first.
Smart and pretty girls,
every step they make is a fake one.
You must be cooking sweet potatoes.
I made these. They will be great together.
Thank you! But if you keep on giving these to us,
it will be too hard for you.
-Sit down. -Forget it. It's late.
Granny.
Let's eat together.
Should I have one then?
Grandma, the shrimp you gave us last time was so good.
We finished them already.
Grandma, can you give us a bit more?
Of course.
Honey, I'll buy them from market.
No it's ok. Ones you buy will never taste like homemade.
I'll just give you what I have. I'll just make some more.
Thank you Grandma.
Sorry for troubling you. I'll pay for the cost.
No, that's fine.
It's nothing compared to the computer you gave me. Food cost is nothing.
I just gave you something that I wasn't using anyways. Does it break at all?
Not at all.
My granddaughter is putting up everything
about wherever she's been to on a blog or something.
She wouldn't even dream of her Grandma watching her in the country side like this.
If you become friends with her,
you can see more in detail.
I don't want to do that yet.
It's fun watching without her knowing it.
What is this?
He is so good looking.
Who is it?
Someone we should feel sorry for.
Why? Did we do something wrong?
We sent him to a very difficult place.
He is probably at war daily.
Money war.
Then take him here.
Let's live with him. Say that we're sorry.
We can't.
He probably thinks of nothing but winning that war.
So let's just wait for him.
If he gets hurt and comes here, let's make him rest here.
We should wait here as his sanctuary.
Yeah.
His name is Jin. Yu Jin.
I'm sleepy.
Ok. Let's go to bed.
Welcome back! I prepared a hearty meal for you.
I tried my best out of my pitiful cooking skills.
My shoulders and waist hurt. Head is particularly painful.
I have been reading the recipes too hard.
Look at them! Aren't they great?
Umm... you know.
Do you have something to tell me?
No.
Ok then. Let's eat! Let's practice singing after eating.
I must do my job here. We've taken breaks way too long.
Actually.
Actually?
Go Eun Bi, hurry up. Wake, Up, Wake, Up.
Let's go, let's go!
Come, Come, on.
Go Eun Bi, hurry up.
Wake up, Go Eun Bi, let's, go, hurry up.
Let's go.
Ring it already!
Hong Jae Yi! Hong Jae Yi!
Let go! Don't hold me down.
This is my friendship for you!
Who is Hong Jae Yi?
Not only on the Dae Hak Ro, Chungmuro and Yeoido.
All the girls that has this and that,
they all gave their numbers to Hong Jae Yi.
What did I have to lose?
To offer you free lesson?
Because you looked so innocent and gullible.
You looked like a college student,
that just came out of her research room.
Unless he wants to just fail you for fun, there is no way he will do this for you.
So at this point,
I, being the one who lives under the same roof,
am obliged to help you!
Did you say that the lesson was for 3 days?
-Yes. -Then today is D-Day.
Then what does it mean for me to stay here?
For Hong Jae Yi, it's utter failure for his plan.
It's to rescue your life.
And then for me.
To cause trouble?
Yes.
See?
That's how real players roll.
No matter what the circumstances are, they don't panic.
I'm fine.
I see.
You are really great.
Miss Christine.
Yes, I am quite good ain't I?
I see that the door is open.
Breathe...
Be confident.
That's ok. You did well.
You want to take a break?
Let's take a break.
~There is nothing to hide.~
~There is nothing to make over.~
~This is me, the way I am. I'm Maria.~
Go Eun Bi.
Teacher, I ...
That worked!
Did you feel it?
Good. Good job.
Let's end it there today, go have rest. You've worked on your voice for 3 days straight.
You should go rest today. So that you could ease up your voice tomorrow.
Umm... I wanted to ask you something.
You shouldn't even talk anymore today.
Go to bed.
I'll call you after the audition.
That's good.
Good bye.
I was really surprised.
Same.
I heard that Hong Jae Yi was a living legend.
But he really is something. How could he do it in just 3 days?
Although I said it would take 6 months,
I was really thinking 2 months.
Hey stop!
So speaking of which,
You want odeng?
You want to eat more?
Wow. You're really something.
It's not completely yours yet.
Just because you could hit the pitch once doesn't mean you can do it again.
So if you want to practice at home, later
Shouldn't you bribe me?
He said that I shouldn't even talk tonight.
Only through painful and bloody training shall you gain.
Therefore. Odeng and ddukbbokgi.
Say it.
Fine.
You have money?
-I don't have money. -I don't have any either.
~I have nothing to hide.~
~I have nothing to make over.~
~This the way I am. I am Maria.~
What's wrong? That's really weird.
You were really good back there.
Are you doing this saying my piano sucks?
Let me go drink some water.
Let's start again after drinking water.
Hurry up! We don't have time.
Let's practice.
Go Eun Bi! Hurry up!
Do you want to make a call?
Nah, she will be here.
Are you the person Hong Jae Yi sent?
Good. Let's get started we don't have much time.
Put on the music.
You look familiar.
Your name is...
Go Eun Bi, sir.
I am sorry.
I trained too hard last night.
This happens every now and then.
Anyway, the audition will be difficult today.
Please give me another chance.
-Did you say that you were Go Eun Bi? -Yes.
You're the person who auditioned dressed as a guy?
First you cheated dressed as a guy,
now you've lost the golden opportunity by not taking care of yourself.
You think this is just luck?
Although I don't need to say this,
Self-management is the first thing you should learn if you want to become pro.
Sorry, but I think I gave you enough special treatment by letting you audition like this.
Are you going?
I need to go somewhere.
Ok.
How did it go?
Long time no see.
An expecting guest?
You heard from Sang Won right?
She must have taken the audition today. I thought that you may come by to report.
I guess.
She reminds me of a lot of things.
Like the day I met you.
It's like having the same size, but different color.
Or...
Should I say that it has the same energy, but it's different color.
It's delicious.
I think I'm one of the reasons that Hong Jae Yi quit musicals.
Therefore,
If you want to start back on musicals, you should do it through me.
-I never even thought about starting musicals again -- -There is this man named Yu Jin.
For the last year, he is the businessman who has been investing on our company.
Bae Kang Hee.
It's tonight.
You're coming right?
If it's your invitation, I should go.
But...
Don't expect much.
Oh geez.
This is driving me nuts.
Why isn't she coming?
What happened?
Did you get another date?
Eun Bi!
What happened?
I have a bad throat. I can't talk.
Father.
Okay... got it.
Thank you for your concern.
Ok.
No, I'll meet him personally.
Yes.
Call me.
Are we too late?
I was early.
Let me introduce you. This is Representative Yu Jin.
This is composer Hong Jae Yi.
I'm Yu Jin.
But I ...
I'm quite used to music people not carrying name cards.
You went to Seoul for school.
If you're not going to school, then there is no point for you to stay.
Do you know how many promises you broke with me?
Come back down now!
That's right.
You know the 3 pieces that you said were ok?
All of them were written by this man.
But then he wrote "Love, Love" recently.
How could...
How could Hong Jae Yi write such song?
Geez.
Anyway,
I heard that those pretty faces took over Japan and elsewhere with that song.
He wrote that as well.
I should have met him earlier.
If he didn't go to New York, Also if he only had worked on musicals.
When you got into this field, you would have looked for Hong Jae Yi first. Not me.
I don't know. Up until now in Korea,
Composers are less valuable than singers.
I hope you guys get along.
Did you say musicals?
All they have to do is to talk.
Why sing like a madman?
The girls on stage, don't they throw off their clothes and run around?
Is that it?
You remember how you got into your school?
The persimmon is really good this year.
Why did you go to that school?
To be a doctor.
Yes.
Then why did you want to be a doctor.
Father.
Answer me.
Musical is not something where you run around naked.
Even in Dae Gu they have musical festivals.
Answer me!
Audience standards have taken another leap.
A lot of people watched Broadway through videos.
Many have gone all the way to Broadway to watch them.
The imported original songs' productions are quite something.
However,
Can Korean composers match such level?
Korean audiences watch a lot of Korean shows. You know that.
They watch small shows with 3-4 people in small theaters.
Not by music.
But by funny stories, and good casting.
I see.
I'm just saying that it's not something that's to be respected as creative music.
The audience doesn't expect it. The quality doesn't come up to foreign musicals.
If you had to put money into it, what kind of investor would put his money in it?
So it was money?
I was really wondering what the conclusion of this long talk was.
You must have heard it somewhere, that I'm a very expensive composer.
I heard that you don't do musicals anymore.
What? Do you really not?
Do you like money?
I'm the one responsible for money.
I see.
So if you make a lot of money by making Korean musicals, you would do a lot of it too then.
- Is that possible? - Is it impossible?
Everyone dreams about home runs, but home runs are exceptions.
Why do you even advertise about composing a musical?
It's an option proposed by my partners, Kang Hee and Representative Han.
It's not bad for a promotion.
So you're sure that the songs from the competition will be no good.
And you're just doing it.
You want another bottle?
He really is a boring person. Isn't he Kang Hee?
No, he's quite interesting.
Although he's different from you.
If you promised your Grandma a year, it's already passed.
And about you lying to me.
As long as you go back to school, I'll forget about it.
-I want to do it. -Eun Bi.
Really, really.
I really want to do musicals no matter what.
You wouldn't understand.
Why should I?
If mother was still here...
Eun Bi!
She would understand.
I still remember.
My mother always sang to me.
Although she never did in front of grandmother and father,
when she was with me,
She sang holding my hands.
Stop it.
-Grandma I want to ... -Are you satisfied with where it gotten you?
Bad throat. Messed up face. Lost your sight as a student.
You never came in 2nd in school.
But now you fail auditions all the time.
Are you happy confirming that you're inferior to others?
When you were 15, you said that you wanted to be a doctor.
You were just like this back then.
I really want to be a doctor.
You said that you will cure Grandma's disease yourself.
She said it because she was young.
A year is enough.
You should know that you can't do everything you want.
You should have hidden it well.
How did you let him find out?
-Grandma. -It's ok.
My baby...
We will be trusting you.
You shouldn't trust me yet.
-I can't give you answers yet. -It's fine.
We can wait as long as we can.
As long as you give us permission.
We will match whatever conditions that you ask.
We will lock these girls up and train them for 3 years.
They are girls we have produced with utmost efforts in our production company.
As long as you take their producing, we can conquer the world market.
Hey what are you guys doing?
Say thank you already!
Thank you for working with us.
I'll listen to their tape first.
Thank you!
Ok.
Yeah, you'll make money for sure.
But how long do pop songs last?
And the songs these days aren't even music.
To be honest, aren't you embarassed to say that you composed "Love Love"?
No.
I've seen you.
Whenever you talk about that song, you giggle like a girl.
Maybe because I made a lot of money with it.
You know that song will get me money even in 10 years through karaoke machine incentives.
Did you know that?
Hong Jae Yi.
Should you do that for karaoke incentives?
I was going to let you not do musicals.
But I don't think I should for your sake.
I was going to put my work for the musical composing competition.
You should do the music for my work.
-Good. -Listen to what I have to say.
In the competition that Amour is funding, your music and my ingenius production
will have more impact than that stupid karaoke incentives.
-Yes. -Yes?
I have a condition.
Condition?
I'm not like that thug.
How can you buy the soul of an artist with money?
I'll give you ownership options.
From this work alone, you're going to be set for life.
You know what I mean?
Don't put my name on it.
Ok! Why take your name out?
Apply without my name on it.
Yeah, why take out your name?
Having your name will win it for us for sure.
That's my condition.
What are you talking about?
Why? Is it because of Kang Hee?
No.
Something interesting will happen.
That competition is judged by the final work right?
-Yes. -I'll recommend casting for you.
If you bring someone, that's even better for me.
Who? TV star?
Someone new.
Shut the door on your way out.
I was only trying to see how he would react. But he really agreed to it.
What's happening? Who's the new face?
This is looking good.
He's been taking a break for a year.
Who put the fire in him?
Was it me?
I'll get started.
~One million one million one million flowers ...~
- Teacher!
She was called by her father.
She was really disappointed to have ruined the audition that you got ready for her.
So she's going to quit musicals. She will be going back to school now.
Teacher!
How did you get here?
Train.
Does it hurt?
No. I went to the hospital.
I am sorry.
I knew you would do that.
What?
I knew that you were going to practice all night.
I was too stupid.
Because it's so hot here, you tend to forget here.
You're smart in all other things.
But you become stupid for one thing.
Yeah.
Whenever I do musicals, I become stupid.
You want to do something really stupid with me?
What?
The reason you failed all the auditions is that,
you don't have the training to make a powerful impression in a short period of time.
We can always improve that with practice.
Making a voice without disguise, that's so clean,
can be only done by people with, what do you call it - a gift from God?
I'll make a song that suits your voice.
Why?
Yes.
The head and heart. I felt that, which I haven't felt in a very very long time.
Watching you.
Teacher, I ...
I heard from Bok Ja about your father.
Eun Bi!
Whether it's the heart or head, it will be your decision still.
If you do musicals, I'll do it.
If you don't, I won't either.
So you decide.
If you want to be hit by lightning, I'll get hit too.
You look very tired.
Yeah.
If you're too tired, we can talk tomorrow.
No it's ok.
Is it because of the launching program for the competition?
Channel-off won't be too difficult.
Have you decided on the animation budget?
We can always adjust the budget.
You told me to talk to a musical company.
What?
I need to know the budget to choose the right sized company.
You have something else?
So you made up your mind.
Dad, I can do a good job.
I met a great teacher.
Just because you want to do something, you're throwing everything away.
Don't ask me to forgive you or to understand you.
No, Dad.
I didn't throw it away.
You did!
Know that you can't ever see me, until you quit musicals and return to school.
I'm just saying that that's not the issue at this point.
I'm saying that we should distinguish our parts better.
I like you giving RUNA more work.
Wait. I think I'm quite sensitive right now.
Let's go out.
Go where?
Stand up.
Who eats BBQ at this hour?
You haven't eaten anything all day huh.
You were hungry huh?
How did you know?
You're the skinny pig who gets irritated when you're hungry.
Yu Jin!
Oh sorry, I was being too mean.
Man that's embarrassing.
Grandma let me go.
She didn't want me to regret.
My grandmother, my grandmother she ...
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