Lovers of the Red Sky (홍천기)

Lovers of the Red Sky

Kim Yoo Jung, Ahn Hyo Seob

Gong Myung, Kwak Si Yang

Lovers of the Red Sky

The characters and settings of this drama are fictionalized and have no connection to historical facts.

Your time is up!

The second round is over!

We shall begin the evaluation.

Hey, wipe your sweat.

You look like you got rained on by yourself.

Gosh. Are you guys not nervous?

Are you not worried about who will pass and fail?

That is why people call you a rookie. You rookie.

Oh, my. You two are heartless.

Number 52 painting.

Two blues and two reds.

Five reds and one blue.

Number 52, 25 reds.

It is a pass.

Number 52, pass.

Pass!

Number 39's painting.

Two blues and four reds.

Ten reds and two blues.

Twenty-four reds.

It is a pass.

Number 39, pass.

Pass!

Number 16's painting.

Number 16.

Twenty-two blues. It is a fail.

Number 16, fail.

Fail!

Number 15's painting.

Twenty-four blues. It is a fail.

Fail.

Number 50, fail.

Number 43, fail.

Number 36, fail.

Fail. Fail. Fail.

Fail. Fail.

Number 54's painting.

Twenty-seven reds.

It is a pass.

Number 54, pass.

Number 25's painting.

One red and five blues.

Three blues and one red.

Ten reds and two blues.

Twenty-two reds. It is a pass.

Yes! I did it!

Thank goodness.

I did it!

The last two paintings are a tie

with 27 reds.

To decipher the first and second place,

the head judges shall reevaluate between the two paintings.

Number 24 and 32,

come forth.

Episode 6: Maejukheon Painting Gathering, Part 2

The results will depend on your answers.

Be prudent with your answers.

First, I shall ask painter 24.

Why are there only mountains and no rivers?

The empty spaces are all water,

thus there was no reason to paint it.

What an incredible perception.

I apologize, Your Highness.

Now, I will ask painter 32.

It is without a doubt a Sansuhwa*, but the subject matter is not.

Boulders are usually represented using the white empty space,

but you have painted them black.

What is the reason for this?

Are you showing off your brush skills with the painted boulders?

How long will you keep your mouth shut?

You must have had a reason for drawing it as such.

Speak up.

Why did you paint the boulders black?

The boulder...

I have drawn the black boulder

as how I saw it for the first time with my eyes.

What do you mean by that?

When I was young, I was blind

and depended on sounds to see color and form.

- Impossible! - What is she saying?

The sound of the flowing river was white,

the sound of feet on pebbled streets was yellow,

and the sound of the breeze brushing the leaves was blue.

One year, when I opened my eyes,

it was the day it rained for the first time in a long time in this land.

The Inwang Mountain that I saw that day was as black as ink.

The majority of Inwang Mountain is boulders, and they were wet from the rain.

Thus, the boulders in my painting

are the wet boulders that I saw and felt for the first time.

They are boulders as black as ink.

You could not see?

No, Your Highness.

How could that be...

Pardon?

It is nothing.

What did you mean by this painting?

The painting is about...

a boy whose face I do not know

who picked peaches with me

when I could not see, whom I miss very much.

That is why the painting is so mournful.

I understand your story, but it is difficult to call it Sansuhwa

and we cannot discuss its artistic merit.

However, this painter's ability

to wield the brush and ink is astounding.

Then, we shall leave the decision to the head judges.

First, I have studied this Sansuhwa again after hearing that

the painter considered the blank spaces as water,

thus no need to draw water.

It seems somewhat foolish, but the atmosphere is poetic

and has the volition and dignity of a literati painting.

It is fine work.

Raise your tiles.

All red.

Painter 32's work

captured nature's beauty in a single frame

and presented the mountain's dimensions with astonishing brush technique.

Furthermore, I was touched by the painter's

courage and decisiveness to paint

the traditionally empty boulders as black.

Raise your tiles.

A tie again.

What should we do?

Painter Sim Dae Yu and Painter Hong Cheon Gi,

the two of you will move onto the

third round as joint first place.

Yeong Uk!

I did it!

Hey, Hong Cheon Gi, you just might win!

I congratulate you all on making it to the third round.

My eyes and ears are overjoyed upon seeing your paintings

filled with your soul and skill.

The third round will take place tomorrow afternoon.

So rest easy for today.

Over 300 sheets of painting paper were used today.

We have plenty of papers.

Grand Prince Yangmyeong, it is Han Geon.

What is it?

Have you noticed that Hong Cheon Gi is the imitation painter of Sochoondo?

I did.

That is why I tried to fail her in the first round.

Truthfully, her father was my friend once

and the best painter who competed with me for the top place at the Painting Bureau.

What?

Painter Hong's father was a painter at the Painting Bureau?

Yes, Your Highness.

He is Hong Eun Oh, the man who drew the previous King's royal portrait that burned.

Doesn't royal grandfather's portrait seem truly alive?

You saw the butterfly landing on the painting.

She is the divine painter that His Majesty seeks.

She can fulfill His Majesty's longtime wish of restoring the royal portrait.

We have finally found her.

I see.

We have finally found her.

Is something the matter?

No.

Hong Cheon Gi.

Who is this woman...

It was a close call, but you made it this far.

Thanks to you.

I look forward to your painting tomorrow.

I as well.

Don't cry when you lose.

You're one to talk.

They say unlucky ones always fall into a melon field.

I thought I might meet His Highness if I came here.

You think it is easy to make acquaintances with the Grand Prince?

Why are you so down? It is only natural.

He has so many titles that even I struggle to follow.

Did you not know it is more difficult to meet Grand Prince Yangmyeong than His Majesty?

But the King is still my father.

Are you not going overboard with your joke?

The gathering was meaningful due to all of you, as you all showed

excellent skills in a short time.

Let us forget today's fatigue

with a drink.

Yes, Your Highness.

So, what do we receive

if we win first place?

I forgot to mention the most important part.

Let's see.

Your Highness.

Do you also grant wishes?

I heard you would grant any wish

to the first place winner at Maejukheon Painting Gathering.

What is your wish?

I hear at the palace...

It is nothing.

Oh, right...

About your butterfly painting...

Is that your mark?

Pardon?

The beautiful butterfly with its wings stretched, marked with black eyes.

I remember the butterfly that I saw when I opened my eyes for the first time.

That is why I draw it so.