LOST LOVE || JIKOOK✅

17.Award Show

"Ever since Jimin and I had a conversation in the dressing room, we never talked about it again. I don't know why I didn't take a step to talk to him, and neither did he. He would come to shoot and act on his schedule, and that was it. Even after the movie was released, I never had a chance to see him.

He became so popular overnight, and even his character in my role was more appreciated than Kim Taehyung's. We won more awards for our movie, and especially Jimin, who even won more awards in Japan. Our movie was only streamed for Jimin in Japan.

It's been two years since my first film was released, and I am not in contact with anyone in the film industry. I only talk with Hobi hyung sometimes, but that is a rare occurrence.

I used to work on my next script, but my mind couldn't focus on anything. I would simply stare at the papers or write the character's names in my head. Was it writer's block? I didn't know. I didn't want to pressure it.

It took me almost a year to write a script that I was satisfied with. This script was based on a common man fighting for his life. It was an intense and deep story that I wanted to present to the audience. It wasn't my usual genre, but I tried to give my best.

I then went to all the companies to pitch my story to all the heroes, from top actors to upcoming actors, but everyone rejected my script. I didn't even know why everyone had to reject it. It was an intense story with a depth of social messages. And the producers were asking me to write romantic movies with more songs. I was fed up and I hated this.

I was deep in thought day and night about my plot. I couldn't think of writing another plot, and that sucked.

One day, I received an invitation to an award show, but I wasn't interested in attending as my films hadn't even been released for two years. However, Jin hyung kept nagging me, so I reluctantly agreed to participate in the show.

At the event, I met a few actors who genuinely appreciated my first movie, while others talked behind my back, like I  got a chance to direct Taehyung, which was only my luck, which I don't care. There was a producer who wanted to work with me and I ended up telling him about my script.

"Mr. Jeon, your scripts are good. Why don't you talk to Taehyung shi? He was your first hero, right? I'm sure he won't say no to you," suggested one of the producers.

"He was the one who rejected my story first," I scoffed and gulped the whiskey in front of me.

"Then how about Mr. Jimin? Didn't he also reject your script?" he asked, and it struck me that I had almost forgotten about him. I knew he was incredibly popular, and my script was strong and intense, so getting Jimin to cast for my story might not work out, and I didn't know if he would agree to my script or not.

"Speaking of him, our Jimin is here! " My train of thought was interrupted as the stage lights went off.

It's Jimin's performance. And I'm going to see him after two years.