novellhall Chapter 49 Gratitude: Oppa, I want it, I want it!!!
Chapter 49 Gratitude: Oppa, I want it, I want it!!!
On his first day officially joining the "IRIS" production team, Li Zhixing was assigned to reshoot the promotional posters and costume photos for his character.
As key components temporarily added to the team, these basic materials must be produced in the shortest possible time.
When he finished filming in the studio and returned to the set, writer Kim Hyun-joon, who had been waiting there, eagerly pulled him aside.
Yesterday in the producer's office, Li Zhixing's words, "Feel free to use your imagination when writing, I can bring any action to life," immediately dispelled all of Kim Hyun-joon's concerns.
Faced with such an action genius who could perfectly embody "perversion, madness, and extreme danger," Kim Hyun-joon's long-suppressed inspiration, which had been thwarted by the previous actor's poor performance, finally erupted, and he rewrote the assassin's debut scene overnight.
This seemingly refined writer, Kim, becomes incredibly excited when discussing plot, talking non-stop with his eyes shining.
Unlike other writers who prefer quiet, he prefers to be on noisy film sets.
In his own words, the actors' breathing on the monitor and the real smell of gunpowder on set were more stimulating to his nerves and inspire him to come up with highly dramatic plots.
Faced with the writer's enthusiasm, Li Zhixing naturally cooperated fully.
The two huddled together, with Kim Hyun-joon excitedly describing the re-established concept, while Lee Ji-hyung discussed from a professional perspective how to present that suffocating ruthlessness through specific action choreography.
Compared to the smooth filming, Kim Tae-hee's attitude today surprised everyone on set.
Upon arriving at the film set today, knowing he was in the wrong, Li Zhixing tried to apologize for standing him up last night, but Kim Tae-hee kept a cold face and completely ignored him.
After all, everyone had just witnessed the two leaving together yesterday, and the rumors had already started circulating in private. This stark change in attitude naturally drew attention.
But this cold war actually made Lee Byung-hun find Lee Ji-hyun much more agreeable.
Seeing that Kim Tae-hee had no liking for the newcomer and even looked indifferent, Lee Byung-hun's hostility dissipated considerably, and he even chatted with Lee Ji-hyung for a few minutes during the break.
After finishing work in the evening, Li Zhixing originally planned to take Kim Tae-hee to the action school for further special training.
After being coldly rejected, Kim Tae-hee got into the van and left without looking back.
Well, it seems Tae-hee is really angry this time.
Li Zhixing was happy to have some free time, so he went directly to LOEN Company.
Pick up my sister and take her home!
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Nighttime, LOEN Entertainment Practice Room.
Lee Ji-eun was facing the mirror in the practice room, turning around somewhat awkwardly, moving around, and memorizing the movements, stumbling as she practiced the dance she had only recently learned.
"Marshmallow, marshmallow, I love it so much because it's sweet..."
"Marshmallow, marshmallow, is this what love is all about?"
In a corner of the practice room, Li Zhixing sat on the floor with his back against the wall, the script casually tossed aside beside him.
He had a lollipop in his mouth and was staring blankly at the ceiling.
When the music ended, Lee Ji-eun stopped what she was doing, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and then sat down next to Lee Ji-hyung to rest.
Seeing that he was right in front of him, Li Zhixing was completely unaware.
Zhi En wrinkled her nose, leaned forward and snatched the lollipop from Li Zhixing's mouth, only to find that there was only a bare plastic stick left.
Li Zhixing suddenly came to his senses.
"Hey, Lee Ji-eun!"
"Oppa, you're spacing out again."
"What do you mean by daydreaming? I was clearly analyzing the characters and plot." Li Zhixing rolled his eyes at her, annoyed.
Lee Ji-eun picked up the script from the ground and glanced at it.
"Didn't Oppa say that the storyline about you wasn't finished yet?"
"Can't I try to understand the plot of other characters? Isn't it the most basic thing for an actor to study all the characters in a play? How can you react if you're not familiar with the logic of your fellow actors?" Li Zhixing raised his chin slightly, arguing without batting an eye.
This seemingly professional theory completely baffled Lee Ji-eun.
She sighed with some frustration.
"So, I don't think I'm really capable of acting in this lifetime. I'll just focus on singing my songs well."
At this point, Lee Ji-eun suddenly remembered something and turned to ask, "Oppa, how is Jessica unnie? Is her head injury alright?"
Li Zhixing shook his head.
"What could be wrong? The swelling had already gone down by this morning."
"I took her back last night, and she was crying and sobbing, saying that she was going to be disfigured and that no one would like her if she became ugly." Li Zhixing curled his lips, "As if she already had a lot of people who liked her."
"Who said that? Jessica is one of the most popular members in their group, okay?" Lee Ji-eun immediately retorted.
Then, her tone became somewhat helpless.
"However, Jessica also has the most anti-fans. These anti-fans are so rampant that they even threw cameras at people."
Li Zhixing snorted coldly.
"It's not that SM is inactive. If we find any fans like this, we should sue them one by one, and they'll all behave themselves after that."
Then, Li Zhixing turned his head and looked at Li Zhien seriously.
"Zhi'en, if you ever encounter something like this in the future, and the company tells you to swallow your anger, just slap them across the face."
Lee Ji-eun asked back with a grin:
"What if the department head gave the order?"
Li Zhixing paused for a moment, then spoke without hesitation.
"Brother Jiayuan, let me fan you."
After saying that, the brother and sister looked at each other and chuckled.
After laughing, Li Zhixing seemed to remember something, and mysteriously took out his phone, pulled out a photo, and handed it to Li Zhien.
"I'll show you something funny."
Ji-eun took it curiously, but after just one glance, she was both amused and exasperated.
"Oppa, aren't you afraid Jessica unnie will kill you?"
The photo on the phone screen was a close-up of Jessica's swollen forehead from yesterday. It was unclear when Li Zhixing had taken the photo, but in the photo, it looked like Jessica had grown horns on her head.
Li Zhixing chuckled smugly.
"If Jessica provokes me again, I'll post the photos online."
Lee Ji-eun stared speechlessly at this oppa who was sometimes incredibly childish, and after a long while, she finally spoke softly.
"Oppa, did you post all those unflattering photos of unnie online?"
"Nonsense, stop slandering me!" Li Zhixing immediately retorted.
Lee Ji-eun handed the phone back. She was silent for a few seconds, and when she spoke again, her tone was somewhat apprehensive.
"Oppa, what did you think of my song just now? The CEO is planning to use it as the title track for my next album. Do you think it will be a hit?"
Li Zhixing put away his joking attitude and nodded seriously.
"The song choice is good. It's much better than your debut song 'Lost Child,' which was too heavy. This song is more in line with how you should be at seventeen. Plus, the melody is quite catchy. Going for this cute style is the right thing to do."
Lee Ji-eun's eyes lit up, and she asked expectantly.
"Do I have a chance of getting first place this time?"
Li Zhixing looked at Zhi'en and reached out to rub her head.
"Idol groups are all the rage right now, so if Ji-eun wants to win first place, she'll have to work twice as hard."
Zhi'en understood the hidden meaning in Li Zhixing's words, and her face fell, looking somewhat dejected.
Seeing her like this, Li Zhixing smiled and changed the subject.
"The melody of this song is not bad, but who wrote the lyrics? How can they be so childish?"
"What do you mean by soft and chubby...?"
"What do you mean childish? This was written by the department head himself. He said the lyrics perfectly suit my image, and that I'm sure I'll get first place with this song." Ji-eun snorted in dissatisfaction.
Li Zhixing scoffed.
"Brother Jiayuan was just trying to comfort you."
"Oppa!"
Lee Ji-eun instantly flew into a rage, her face flushed red as she shoved him hard.
Li Zhixing wasn't annoyed; instead, he chuckled.
"Ji-eun, how about Oppa writes a song for you on the next album? I guarantee you'll get number one."
Ji-eun glanced at him sideways.
"No way! Oppa's lyrics are so childish, it would be a miracle if he even got first place."
Li Zhixing was immediately displeased.
"How is that childish? My lyrics are really good, okay?"
"Anyway, I don't want it. If Oppa writes it, he can sell it to other groups, and then I'll have one less competitor." Lee Ji-eun pouted.
Li Zhixing was furious.
"Hey, Lee Ji-eun, don't beg me to write songs for you anymore."
Lee Ji-eun chuckled dismissively.
"Are you begging Oppa to write something like 'Let's all laugh together'?"
After saying that, Lee Ji-eun couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Hearing his masterpiece being ridiculed like this, Li Zhixing was immediately enraged.
"You just wait."
After uttering this utterly ineffective threat, Li Zhixing picked up the script from the ground and walked out without looking back.
It was rare for Lee Ji-eun to win an argument with her shameless oppa, and she smiled smugly, her eyes crinkling with pride. Then she turned around and continued practicing her new song with great enthusiasm.
Tonight, she must practice the dance for this song perfectly.
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At 11 p.m., the intense dance practice finally ended.
Lee Ji-eun wiped the sweat off her body with a towel and changed into a dry jacket.
Thinking of the oppa she had just angered and who had left, she knew he must be hiding in some production studio working on a new song, so she went down the corridor to look for him.
Pushing open the door to a small studio at the end of the corridor, I saw Li Zhixing sitting in front of a computer, wearing monitoring headphones, his fingers resting on the MIDI keyboard in front of him, listening intently to something.
Noticing Ji-eun enter, Lee Ji-haeng took off half of his earphone and waved to her triumphantly.
"Come here, come here, let me show you Oppa's strength."
Zhi En walked over suspiciously.
"What kind of good song could be written so quickly? Is it 'Let's all laugh together' this time?"
"Hey, Lee Ji-eun, why are you being so annoying today?"
Li Zhixing simply put the earphones on her head and then pressed the play button.
Accompanied by a soothing yet melancholic piano melody, a warm and mellow male voice immediately enters the ears.
The song was filled with deep sorrow.
"We love each other so much, yet now we have to face separation..."
Even if we're in different corners of the same sky, please don't forget me...
Listening to the soul-stirring melody and lyrics, Lee Ji-eun's eyes widened little by little, her face filled with a stunned sense of absurdity.
This melody, these lyrics, were really written in such a short time by the oppa who was just so angry with himself?
Soon, the song finished playing.
Zhi'en ripped off her headphones, grabbed Li Zhixing's arm, and shook it vigorously with shining eyes.
"Oppa, I want it! I want it!!!"
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