After sending Kim Taeyeon back to the dormitory safely, Kang Ji-chan said goodbye to Kim Taeyeon and went to the interview venue on time the next afternoon. The interview took place at a café in Cheongdam-dong, which was somewhat unexpected by Kang Zhichan, especially when the director and screenwriter of the TV series were all present and greeted him kindly. A supposed serious interview gave him the feeling of a "friendship" date, and the atmosphere was so harmonious that he felt nervous - for a rookie actor, the two leading actors should be the most disadvantaged and should be divided into red and white faces, right?

Kang Zhichan sat upright, not knowing what to say for a while, so he only smiled at director Park Hyung-ki and screenwriter Roh Ji-sul, quietly listened to the conversation between the two, and waited for their inquiries.

"Kang Zhichanxi, you don't have to be nervous, Hye-ah is my good friend, before meeting you officially this time, Director Park Hyung-ki and I have already learned a lot about you from her, and Cho Hyo-jin PD also knows about it, so we actually have a general impression of you. Well, although there was a good candidate for the male number two before this, due to various factors, we still want to select it again. I talked to Huiya about it, and she recommended you very warmly and showed us your video, which is one of your interview videos. At that time, I felt good, and after discussing with director Park Hyung-ki, and weighing it carefully, I decided to interview with you today. ”

Screenwriter Lu Zhixue is an intellectual woman with glasses, fair skin, light eyebrow makeup, and her speech is as soft and comfortable as telling a story. Jiang Zhican lowered his head slightly and listened attentively.

"But when it comes to interviews, director Park Hyung-ki and I already know a lot about you before you arrive, so I will see you in person, and to be honest, I am more satisfied. Naochan, can I call you that? Don't look at this director Park Hyung-ki's kind face, he is actually a very strict guy on weekdays, and only when he is in a good mood will he look at the face like now.

Well, let's talk about the role you want to play in this TV series. First of all, the second male lead, so there will be no fewer scenes, and there are naturally certain requirements for acting skills. As for his identity, he is a member of the face of a popular idol group, so the requirements for his appearance will be very high, which is not like the quality of his acting skills needs to be tested, and it can be simply observed with the naked eye. Oh, I just wanted to say, Zhican, your dress today is quite good, it is very in line with your own appearance characteristics, on the whole, you can score eight to nine points, is it your own match? ”

"There was part, but more of a sister's suggestion." Jiang Zhican replied truthfully. When sending Kim Taeyeon back to the dormitory last night, Tiffany went downstairs at Kim Tae-yeon's request and sat in the car for a while, although she didn't know why, she still gave Kang Ji-chan a lot of advice on how to dress. He tried to practice this morning, and finally chose the one he liked more to come to the meeting. At present, it seems that Tiffany's fashion sense is really good, and she has been praised by a high-eyed woman like Lu Zhixue.

"It seems that she is a sister who is very good at dressing, maybe during the filming, you can ask your sister's opinion more, which saves the costume designer the trouble." Lu Zhixue made a joke, picked up the coffee in front of her and took a sip lightly, and continued, "There are naturally still requirements in other aspects, such as because the main line of the whole drama is based on music themes, and you are an idol, so singing and dancing are naturally essential skills." Well, Naocan, how is your level in these two aspects? ”

"Maybe it's not good at singing, but it should be okay, but if you dance, to be honest, I'm not good at it." Jiang Zhican said.

"Really? It's a bit of a problem, I have a lot of solo passages in the plot of the preset・・・・・・ do you learn dance and give up because you're not good at it, or have you always been not interested in dancing and aren't good at it? Lu Zhixue asked.

"It's the latter."

"That's okay, it's not a big problem, and it should be okay to find a dance teacher to shoot the dance you need when the time comes. If it really doesn't work, it's okay to replace some shots with stand-ins, right, Park Hyung-kixi? Lu Zhixue turned her head to look at Park Hyung-ki, who had not spoken, Park Hyung-ki nodded, and then said:

"Whether it's singing or dancing, in the final analysis, it's just the details that serve the plot, and the most important thing for an actor is his acting skills." For my drama, I am still relieved of the acting skills of the actor Rain, not to mention that his age is enough to digest the characters in the play. But the heroine Xiujing, even though she has been confirmed to play the heroine, I still have worries in my heart, the female artists from the SM family have always been much better than their acting skills.

Xiujing didn't have much acting experience before, this is her first time playing the heroine, it is difficult for people to expect too much, and excessive expectations will only cause pressure on newcomers like her. Fortunately, her appearance and popularity are enough to become a guarantee for certain ratings. For me, that's enough.

It's just that for the second male lead, the original candidate is actually very in line with the setting in the play, that is, a member of the face of a popular idol group. But all things considered, it can only be said that it is decent, and two of the three main characters are idols, which makes me feel that my potential is insufficient, and I am worried that when the plot needs it, as an idol, the lack of acting skills makes the power of the conflict break out is not enough, resulting in the whole drama becoming a turbulent running water, unable to catch the fans who came to the starring role at the beginning, and unable to attract enough passers-by and audiences, and finally ended up dismal.

Well, Mr. Kim Tae-so, I also took his acting class when I was younger, and he spoke very well of you. It's like a reassurance, so I didn't have the idea of testing your acting skills today, but I just spent a while with you and observed you as a newcomer from the perspective of a bystander・・・・・・ I think the next time we meet, it's time for the script to be rehearsed. ”

Park Hyung-ki smiled faintly and handed a document bag on the side of the table to Kang Ji-chan. Kang Zhichan took it with both hands, knowing that it should be the script and related contracts, and in his mind, because of the acting class of Mr. Kim Tae-so mentioned by Park Hyung-ki at the end, a wide lecture hall, a navy blue multi-layered blackboard, and the tall and thin witty old man who likes to stand behind the yellow podium and like to hold his hands behind his back.

The acting lessons taught by the old man were not the subjects he needed to take, but he often ran to skip classes and had to sit in the corner of the first row because he arrived late. However, what really made the two familiar was that once the old man had a problem, requiring the students present to direct and act in a comedy skit by themselves, and they needed to show more than five layers of comedy theory.

This directly stumped the future actors here. Most of them are still in the stage of learning to act, and as for the directors who are out of scope, they are high-achieving students or people who have a restless heart to become a producer, and they will only dabble in the field. But even they can only be helpless in the face of Kim Tae-so's ultra-demanding short drama. If it's a simple comedy, they can probably complete their own directing and acting. There were such complaints at the time.

Jiang Zhican sat in the corner of the front row, not clueless, but also needed to concentrate on burying himself in front of the case, and after writing a specific outline, he began to hand-draw the storyboard of the short play. This scene was undoubtedly particularly prominent in the noisy and noisy environment at that time, not to mention that he was sitting in the front row, and Kim Tae-so quickly noticed him, and finally walked up to him and watched quietly.

Kang Ji-chan didn't notice the arrival of Kim Tae-so beside him, he just faintly felt that his surroundings were slowly becoming quieter. That's a good thing, he's more and more focused on his homework. This whole process is actually not slow, but when everyone is eerily quiet, watching Kim Tae-so standing next to a foreign major student with a serious expression, for these onlookers, the time seems extremely long. When Jiang Zhican finally finished his homework and raised his hands to rub his shoulders, everyone actually sighed together, startling Jiang Zhican, who didn't know why, raised his eyes and saw the old man's smile, his thin fingers picked up the storyboard on the table, and heard the old man's calm and peaceful voice: Or, I'll accompany you to play once?

Jiang Zhican stayed at a loss for a while, and under the wave after wave of powerful eyes like a spotlight, he finally couldn't refuse, and had to go on stage and perform with the old man in front of everyone.

The title of the comedy skit he wrote is called The Thief and the Policeman, and he naturally wants to play the thief, leaving the role of the "wise and martial" policeman to the fairy-like teacher Kim Tae-so, who has a square head and two wisps of light beard. In the performance of this short play, he uses the following theories of comedy: dislocation, ethics, subversion of the authoritative police, the thief and the policeman talk to themselves according to their own logic, but they can answer each other fluently.

When Kim Tae-so analyzed like this, some people counted their fingers and questioned whether there were only four layers? Kim Tae-so didn't respond to this, and turned around and left with Jiang Zhichan's manuscript in a chic manner, and Jiang Zhichan naturally left. Later, it was discussed that there were indeed five floors, but soon someone swore that it should be six. Such a debate was endless, and over time, it was divided into two factions. But the consensus is that the assignment is undoubtedly a success. Don't you see, Teacher Kim Tae-so has personally participated in the performance?

It's a pity that Kang Ji-chan dropped out of school shortly after this assignment and never went to Kim Tae-so's acting class again. Kim Tae-so is obsessed with Jiang Zhican, and often when he is dissatisfied with the performance of the students, he talks about Jiang Zhican, a foreign major student who has crushed all the students, and praises him while causing a large shadow in the hearts of the students present. Later, I don't know who first leaked the story, and the legend of the mysterious thief who stole the heart of Mr. Kim Tae-so spread among the students of the acting department, and as time evolved, more and more versions gradually appeared, and in a time that Kang Ji-chan did not know, it became a strong trace left by him in Seoul.