The Haunted Monster Actor - Chapter 54



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Episode 54

A musician’s dream is to repeat the same stage every night.

I don’t know why, but one thing is clear.

‘It’s different from the dreams I’ve had before.’

In Jang Gi-chun and Lee Jun-hyeok’s dreams, there was the flow of time and changes in space.

That is, there was a narrative.

But in the musician’s dream, there was no such thing.

The same stage is repeated, and the end of the stage inevitably leads to a scene where Hyun-soo receives an award.

‘Does that mean this dream is all there is to it?’

Self-cultivation- Jiing-!

‘This is the part.’

The point where the musician’s gorgeous guitar solo ends, just before the song’s climax.

The beginning is tinnitus, which comes from an unknown source.

A faint tinnitus penetrates the performance on stage and eventually becomes so strong that it even drowns out the cheers of the audience.

Then, at one moment, the whole scene stops and becomes quiet.

Gyaaaaaaahh …

Boom!

The last thing that happens is a scream and a shocking sound of unknown origin, and the screen goes black.

A musician’s dream ends like that on stage.

It was a stage that ended, but did not end.

* * *

“Yeah, how was it going to be? I heard you even had a drinking party.”

“Thanks to you, teacher, I was able to have an enjoyable experience for the first time in a long time.”

As he speaks like that, Hyun-soo’s sparkling eyes are secretly turned towards the instruments guarding various parts of the studio.

Now, to Hyunsoo, those things are no longer just junk.

Because I heard firsthand how great the harmony created by these instruments comes together.

Im Jin-han, who saw Hyun-soo’s gaze, nodded with a satisfied expression.

“Okay, now I think I’ve finally developed the eye to teach.”

“So you had another purpose after all.”

At Hyun-soo’s words, Im Jin-han picked up the guitar with an inexplicable smile.

“Do you know what the first thing you need to do to play the guitar is? If you watched the performance carefully, you could answer that question.”

Hyunsoo, who had been lost in thought for a moment at Im Jinhan’s question, soon opened his mouth.

“Tuning, isn’t it?”

Jinhan smiled and nodded at Hyunsoo’s answer.

“Correct. It is a process that instruments must go through to produce their own sound and achieve harmony with each other. The same goes for musicians. They need to be tuned just like instruments.”

If it had been Hyun-soo before he visited the drug kitchen, it would have sounded like a story about grasping at clouds, but for some reason, now he felt like he understood what Im Jin-han meant.

Tuning.

Adjust the pitch of the instrument to a standard pitch.

“Strictly speaking, you didn’t come here to learn how to play. You came here to ‘perform’ playing. I have no intention of teaching someone like that how to play.”

Im Jin-han, who said that, handed the guitar he was holding to Hyun-soo.

“How about now?”

Hyunsoo’s gaze turned to the guitar that Im Jinhan held out.

Goldmary, it seems like you can hear the heart-pounding performances of the bands.

“I want to perform.”

“That’s it.”

Only then did Im Jin-han connect the guitar that Hyun-soo was carrying to the amplifier.

* * *

“I’m saying this just in case you’re expecting anything, but don’t even dream of the kind of dazzling performance you saw at the concert. Common sense tells you that something like that is impossible in two months.”

“yes.”

“Plus, as you know, there is no royal road to learning.”

widely!

“… … ?”

What Im Jin-han put down in front of Hyun-soo were several guitar instruction books.

“Classical Guitar, Complete from Basics to Performance in One Book”

“Alford Basic Guitar Textbook”

“Clomesi Electric Guitar Completed”

“Other Basic Laws”

“Other Chords and Scales”

“Well, these days, there are video lectures and such, but the best teacher for learning an instrument is still the textbook. Especially for beginners who are just starting out, you need to spend time alone reading the book and learning. Why is that?”

“I don’t know.”

“You might pick up on bad habits or techniques of the players you see in the video.”

Hyunsoo nodded at Im Jinhan’s reasonable explanation.

“Did you say picking and stroking are imitations? I guess I saw a guy who knows how to do them properly. Well, I don’t think there’s anything to be lenient on in that area, but the most important thing for basic playing is ‘rhythm’… … .”

Im Jin-han, who had been thinking for a moment, continued speaking.

“Learning the rhythm won’t be a big problem since you’ll only be playing the songs that appear in the drama anyway. Did you happen to memorize the scales?”

“yes.”

“Then I guess it must be this.”

Im Jin-han chose one of the five guitar instruction books and handed it to Hyun-soo.

[Other chords and scales]

“You could think of code as the language of the guitar. If you want to communicate, you have to learn the language first, right?”

“I guess so… … .”

“The next week.”

“… … ?”

“Within a week, you should be able to figure out the code right away if I tell you.”

Of course, it is impossible to be fluent in all the codes within a week.

The week that Jinhan spoke of was merely a device to achieve maximum results in a short period of time.

“For example, if I say A minor… … .”

Jijing!

“……huh?”

“uh?”

Suddenly silence fell on the inside of the studio.

“What? You said you can’t play guitar?”

Im Jin-han’s absurd eyes turned to the neck of the guitar that Hyun-soo was holding.

Although the fingering and strokes were clumsy, the note that Hyun-soo played was clearly the A minor chord that Im Jin-han had just mentioned.

Hyunsoo was also embarrassed.

The reason why this absurd thing happened was simple.

The A minor chord that Im Jin-han just mentioned was one of the four-note chord progressions in the musician’s memory.

“That’s right, the performance I saw over the weekend was so impressive that I spent the whole day at home watching the video and practicing.”

“You studied for only one day and you got that right away? Are you some kind of genius?”

Hyunsoo shook his head and answered.

“That’s not true. Isn’t the job of an actor to memorize things? When I start a production, I can easily memorize a book’s worth of lines, but all I can remember is a few codes… … .”

“The code is like that, but the driving method is… … .”

“Imitation is also part of an actor’s job.”

“Um… … . Well, does it matter?”

Im Jin-han, whose expression of doubt had finally lifted after hearing Hyun-soo’s plausible words, continued speaking.

“Anyway, you couldn’t stand it and wanted to play? Okay, you’ll get better soon. It looks like your fingering is a little awkward, but you don’t need to master it perfectly at first. Let’s start by memorizing it.”

Im Jin-han and Hyeon-su started serious guitar training.

And in less than a week, Im Jin-han was able to see that Hyun-soo’s words were true.

“G major.”

Jiing―!

“E minor.”

Jijiing!

“A minor seven.”

Self-defense!

“… … F major.”

Jigging!

Hyunsoo wasn’t a genius as he said.

“A beginner can learn the F chord in just a few days? And that too so cleanly and accurately?”

It was a monster.

* * *

Over the course of about a month, Im Jin-han taught Hyun-soo the basics of guitar.

Perhaps it was thanks to Im Jin-han’s one-on-one training, but Hyun-soo was able to play basic but decent music.

And the ‘plausible’ mentioned here meant meeting Imjinhan’s high standards.

‘At this point… shouldn’t I have been a musician instead of an actor?’

Hyunsoo absorbed what Im Jinhan taught him like a sponge absorbing water.

“Hyunsoo.”

“… … .”

“Hyunsoo?”

“… … .”

“Hey, Imma, Kim Hyun-soo!”

“Oh, yes, teacher.”

The guitar is a difficult instrument for beginners.

And it’s natural for anyone to lose focus when things get difficult.

But once Hyunsoo picked up the guitar, he showed a scary level of concentration, not even flinching no matter how many times he was called.

‘This is a concentration that you can’t have unless you really love the guitar. And concentration is… … .’

“Talent.”

Im Jin-han’s eyes, looking at Hyun-soo, sparkled greedily(?).

“Huh, that’s really strange. With this level of talent, it would have been possible for you to have been curious about instruments even a little bit when you were young… … Hyunsoo, it’s not too late, so why don’t you learn how to play the guitar properly? What is that, a side character? Yeah, I heard that’s a trend these days.”

“Are you saying that again? I like acting. Oh, of course, that doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy playing.”

“I can tell just by looking at the way you play the guitar.”

This is already the umpteenth time Imjinhan has tried to persuade him.

But every time, Hyunsoo shook his head with a troubled expression.

Strictly speaking, the talent he covets is not his own.

‘This talent probably came from being a ‘musician.’

At first, Hyunsoo couldn’t help but be very surprised.

Dreams do not only bring back memories and emotions of the deceased.

Even the ‘talent’ that comes from it is shared.

It is because of this that the viewers felt a vivid sense of reality while watching the dark Lee Ji-woon, and also because the torso’s Gun-hoo felt peace in the water.

‘This could be a tremendous ability depending on how you use it.’

Of course, Hyunsoo intends to use this tremendous ability solely for acting.

The reason is simple.

Actor Kim Hyun-soo’s head is still full of thoughts about his work and acting.

‘The musician’s desire to perform on stage would not have been any different.’

After becoming acquainted with the guitar for a month, Hyunsoo vaguely understood why the dream of becoming a musician only lasts for a short time.

‘Perhaps the stage is a musician’s dream, in and of itself.’

When I pick up the guitar, the musician’s presence feels bigger than ever.

That is why, for Hyunsoo, playing the guitar meant ‘embodying’ the existence of a musician.

Hyunsoo was gradually becoming like Jiyuhan, a ‘musician’.

“Shall I show you?”

“Huh? What?”

“The reason why I want to act rather than play.”

“… … ?”

Hyunsoo closed his eyes, holding the guitar in his hand.

The feeling of the cold, thin string touching his fingertips made Hyun-soo’s heart race.

I want to pour out this pounding heart on you all.

I want to let you know.

These six strings… …what awesome things can be made of them!

New Number 34, first show in underground venue.

“Band Rising Dive, hello!”

Im Jin-han’s studio soon became Ji Yu-han’s stage.

Continued in the next episode