“Lift the cables when you move them.”

The camera moved. The production crew moved like a delicately-assembled machine. Maru could feel that the staff members were made up of veterans.

He left the gallery and went to the monitor. Producer Cha pointed at the screen with his finger.

“Those were some good eyes you were showing.”

“Should I keep going like this?”

“It’s perfect right now. It’s just the expression I wanted.”

Maru widened his eyes more than he did on the screen and tried expressing his unease.

“How about this?”

“That’s excessive.”

“My eyes are slightly odd, so I think it’ll be more pretty if I open my eyes a little more.”

“Forget that. You’re doing plenty well right now.”

After a round of jokes, he listened to the producer’s instructions again. As they had done several rehearsals before the real shoot, some simple explanations were enough.

After conversing with the producer, he went back to the gallery. Actress Kim Yoonjung and actor Na Jungho, who played his college friends, were talking about their monthly rent.

“I have to come a few more times if I want to go to my part-time job less. Only then will I be able to escape from the pressure of rent.”

“I’m praying even now. Not to God or Buddha, but to the writer to appear more than this. Every time I appear, my bank balance gets more plentiful.”

Actors who received their payment according to their grades were paid according to the number of appearances in an episode. Even if they shot for...