How Do You Play? (놀면 뭐하니?)

This place...

It says "Director Yu" and "Writer Ha."

(Assistant Director Joo Woo Jae, Actor Heo Kyeong Hwan)

(Production Timeline for the Short-Form Drama)

Let's sit down, everyone.

We start filming today, at last.

There's no time.

- I have the script. - Okay.

I finished it hurriedly yesterday.

Everything here is pretty usable.

Work with it without complaint.

You managed to write that in a week?

What's this title?

"I've Decided to Take My Girl Back From My Brother?"

(A man kills his older brother and steals his lover and heirship.)

(The supposedly dead older brother returns to get revenge.)

- The title is... - Yes...

- It's a little peculiar. - Right?

"I've Decided to Take My Girl Back From My Brother."

- Right. - "Take Bro's Girl Back."

Who does the woman belong to?

That exactly is...

what the viewers want to know.

This is the worst.

Who is "In Ok?"

"Heo In Ok?"

- I'm playing a woman? - You need to cross-dress.

- I'm a woman? - Listen.

- Is this actor a woman? - Kyeong Hwan.

Don't read that just yet.

- What are you even doing? - Don't read it now!

- What's going on? - "Who is In Ok?"

I was wondering when I saw Kyeong Hwan's name.

Read it later, when we read it together.

- Kyeong Hwan. - Why am I a woman?

Kyeong Hwan.

There's no good reason. I'll be honest.

- We tried to cast an actress. - Okay.

- It didn't go well. - We failed.

- The female lead... - You should try.

- We called Kim Won Hee. - Yes.

She thought about it for a while, but her circumstances...

- She wasn't free. - It didn't work out.

After much consideration, the female lead...

- How am I to do this? - Kyeong Hwan plays the female lead.

Kyeong Hwan, let's see if you shaved.

- My facial hair... - You have to shave.

- Let's see. - Let me see.

- My mustache... - You got laser treatment.

- It's growing. - I've been busy,

and I didn't have the time to follow up recently.

Okay, that's...

Let's just go with it. We have no choice.

There are too many situations where we have no choice.

- Do we have a choice at all? - We have a small budget.

This situation is just...

We're going to release four episodes.

That's quite a lot.

When will we film it all?

There's a lot of dialogue.

One thing worked in our favor.

- There's a drama set here. - Yes.

We borrowed it.

It's not "we."

I borrowed it as the assistant director.

- Right now... - Is that so?

I'll be honest.

We even have their family portrait.

Do we really?

(MBC's current weekday drama "The First Man.")

- But we can't touch it. - How do we explain it?

- Why should we explain it? - It's someone else's home...

- There's no need to explain it. - We don't.

- The viewers... - They'll get it.

Can we adjust the camera focus to blur it out?

We're parasites, practically.

Yes, we're parasites.

We didn't borrow it. We're stealing it.

Hang on. Listen.

I'm the director.

Stay in your place.

- But... - What are you?

What am I? I'm the writer.

Don't cross the line.

Scriptwriters have a lot of power these days.

Shall I get Kim Eun Hee and take you on?

Shall I get the Writers' Association to revolt?

Yes, revolt.

Kyeong Hwan's an actor, and you're the assistant director?

- I'm the assistant director. - Then keep quiet.

"Then keep quiet?"

- Shall I rally all my ADs? - Haha.

Be grateful I got us a set to film on.

Forget everything else.

I deserve some praise for this.

What did you do?

I got us a product placement deal.

- That's important. - Did you?

- Thank me quickly. - Let's have a look.

- I got the deal. - Show it to me.

- It's AJUNG Networks. - For real?

- You know them? They're famous. - Yes.

I know them.

What are the conditions?

We have to mention quite a few things.

- Like what? - "We can handle..."

"most everyday services in one place."

- In the dialogue? - Someone has to say that.

We must do it. That's easy for us to do.

We can say this too.

"Phone operators are on standby 24 hours a day."

"They take on overdue Internet contracts..."

"and provide decent TV and water purifier deals."

That needs to be mentioned.

Okay. Let's revise the script.

You can download their phone app.

AJUNG Networks.

On the app, there's the Internet section.

Tap that.

We have to show the whole menu.

A character needs to scroll down.

Get a shot of the app from over their shoulder.

- I'm an expert at this. - Okay.

Great. Don't you worry about that.

Won't it be too weird if that were to come up randomly?

- How? - It's fine.

The explanations and things.

This is the current trend.

We can add it to the dialogue.

And then...

We're expecting another actor today.

We cast someone to appear in the drama.

We should say hello.

- Who... - Are they here?

- Come in. - An actor?

This person has been acting for a long time.

You can learn from them.

- Yes, come in. - Come in.

- Hello. - You made it.

Nice to meet you.

- It's Jung Jun Ha. - Yes.

(He captivated the nation by asking for food.)

(His short-form drama topped the charts in Japan.)

- Nice to meet you. I'm Director Yu. - Director Yu.

I knew you would give me a call.

- I'm perfect for short-form dramas. - I'm Writer Ha.

- Nice to meet you. - I'm an assistant director.

- You got a haircut. - Nice to meet you. Yes, I did.

- Let's give him a chair. - Okay.

- Is there a chair for an actor? - The chair...

Why don't you sit here?

- Here? - Yes.

- Please take your script. - Okay.

How's the script? Are you happy with it?

You're a great actor.

If you say so.

Is this the official title?

- Is this the title? - Yes.

"I've Decided to Take My Girl Back From My Brother."

What's wrong? Do you not like it?

- "I've Decided to Take My Girl..." - Right.

I don't even know what my role is in this.

- Well... - I'm Madam Jung?

- Yes. - You're Madam Jung.

You're playing Madam Jung and Secretary Jung.

You have several roles.

- A secretary, a doctor, a cop... - Sung Kyun...

You have a lot of roles.

- He does. - Really?

Please give it a read.

- Jun Ha. - He...

- incorporates his breathing in it. - Jun Ha.

- Yes? - We can't pay you a lot.

- Okay. - You don't have to try so hard.

- It's not about my effort. - You know...

- From what I heard... - Just read the lines and leave.

Everyone in this field knows that...

you only work as much as you get paid for.

But I need to understand my roles first.

- I just found out about them. - I see.

Oh, my.

So...

By the way, is Sung Kyun here?

(Production Timeline for the Short-Form Drama)

(an occasion where the cast and staff gather...)

We don't have much time,

so we need to proceed with the table read quickly.

- You're here. - Oh, my.

(The first male lead, Actor Kim Suk Hoon)

- Our male lead is here. - Oh, my.

Hello.

Hey, my friend.

Hello.

(The second male lead, Actor Kim Sung Kyun)

Come here.

- You know what? - I have to tell you.

- This is... - Our project looks grand now.