LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 12
Chapter 12
“The director is here. Can Seo-jun eat now?”
Kang Sora, who introduced herself as the marketing team leader, asked.
Seo Eun-hye looked at the clock while holding Seo-jun, who was lying on the baby bed.
-Oh, seo-jun!-
“Yes. He can eat in about 10 minutes.”
“That’s good. Then, shall we wait at the set?”
Seo Eun-hye carried Seo-jun and Lee Min-jun held a teddy bear.
They followed Kang Sora out of the waiting room and saw the living room that was being set up.
It was similar to their home living room, but it had a warmer and cozier atmosphere.
“It’s pretty.”
“Thank you.”
A man walked over from afar.
He kept touching his clean-shaven chin with his hand, as if he was not used to it.
Kang Sora introduced the man.
“This is Choi Dae-man, the director who will be in charge of the CF shooting today.”
“Nice to meet you.”
“Hello.”
Choi Dae-man, who had a deep voice, nodded and met Seo-jun’s eyes. He was the one who made him shave his beard, which he always kept scruffy because of his short film shooting.
Seo-jun also looked at the man in front of him.
He seemed like a good person, judging by his clear and bright eyes.
He laughed out loud.
“That’s nice. The baby is not shy at all.”
Choi Dae-man, who had a rather fierce-looking face, was not very popular with children.
They would cry whenever he got close to them.
He did not hate children, but he felt reluctant to approach them when they cried like that.
Fortunately, seo-jun did not shy away from him, but smiled brightly.
“The shooting preparation is done. You can feed him anytime. We will use five cameras: one in front, two on the sides, one behind, and one above. We will try to get it done in one take as much as possible.”
Choi Dae-man explained the shooting content.
“First, we will film Seo-jun drinking formula. Then, after he finishes, we will film him hugging the Elephant formula case like a doll and smiling brightly.”
Seo Eun-hye thought for a moment. Drinking formula was fine. But hugging the Elephant case, and smiling brightly at that…
“Seo-jun is smart, but I don’t think he can do it in one go… Is that okay?”
“It’s okay. Everyone came prepared.”
The staff members at the set sighed inwardly.
That’s how it was when shooting with children.
Especially when they were babies who could not even do what their parents told them.
Choi Dae-man also braced himself for a long shooting time.
He came here to earn money for his independent film that he was producing with his own funds.
“At this age… He can’t hold the bottle by himself, right?”
“No. They usually can hold it by themselves when they are 7 or 8 months old.”
“Oh, really? Well, then, I was going to use a model, but if he can hold it by himself, that would be fine too. It might be uncomfortable for him to be in a stranger’s arms.”
“Then, do you have something like a baby chair…”
“Here it is!”
Kang Sora, who had run to the waiting room, came back with a soft baby sofa that was tilted at about 45 degrees.
Seo Eun-hye and Lee Min-jun smiled awkwardly at her enthusiastic attitude.
“You have it.”
“Yes. Then, please make some formula for Seo-jun, and team leader, please bring the chair over here.”
Seo Eun-hye went into the waiting room to make some formula, following Choi Dae-man’s words.
Kang Sora and Choi Dae-man placed the chair in the center of the living room and turned it around.
They moved it slightly depending on where it was reflected on the camera screen.
As Seo Eun-hye prepared the formula, choi Dae-man led Lee Min-jun, who was holding Seo-jun, to the living room.
Lee Min-jun carefully placed Seo-jun on the baby sofa.
He also put down the teddy bear he was holding next to him.
He arranged the teddy bear’s arm so that Seo-jun could grab it.
“Seo-j, let’s eat.”
Seo Eun-hye handed the bottle to Seo-jun. Seo-jun grabbed the bottle with his tiny hand.
The warm and delicious formula. Seo-jun felt the warmth of the bottle on his palm and smiled brightly. He was just hungry.
“Ready! Action!”
Director Choi Dae-man whispered.
The set became quiet in an instant.
The eyes of Director Choi Dae-man, team Leader Kang So-ra, team Leader Choi Hyun-ji, who appeared out of nowhere, and the couple were fixed on the large screen.
Seo-jun, who was holding the bottle, was captured by the camera. Seo-jun bit the nipple.
Slurp slurp-
The only sound in the set was Seo-jun drinking the formula.
Fortunately, he didn’t cry and seemed comfortable on the sofa. He ate very well.
“Is that the mukbang?”
One of the staff members who hadn’t seen Seo-jun’s YouTube video asked his senior. The senior nodded.
“Yes.”
“The baby is very cute and eats well, but… It’s ordinary, isn’t it? The way he eats.”
“Kids his age can’t take their eyes off him.”
Like the music review videos, the review videos of the babies who watched Seo-jun’s mukbang started to appear.
They all looked mesmerized as they ate.
“But the baby is really cute. He doesn’t seem to be aware of the camera.”
“Do you think he knows what a camera is at that age?”
“But isn’t the set a scary atmosphere? The lights are bright, there’s no one around, and it’s quiet. There are a lot of strange things…”
The staff member was right. Any other baby would have burst into tears.
“I’m eating right now.”
“That’s true.”
“The next scene is more important than this one. Please pass it in one go.”
The staff nodded at the senior’s words.
Burp-
Seo-jun finished his formula.
He burped in Seo Eun-hye’s arms.
Lee Min-jun, who was shaking Seo-jun’s hand next to him, chuckled.
“Huh?”
“What’s wrong?”
“Seo-jun didn’t shake his arm.”
“Arm? Now that you mention it…”
Seo Eun-hye racked her brain.
She realized that Seo-jun didn’t shake his arm even though there was a camera.
He just drank his formula quietly.
“Hmm. Maybe it’s because he was holding the bottle?”
“Maybe. Well, as long as it was filmed well.”
Seo-jun smiled smugly in his mother’s arms.
Seo-jun, who still had a baby’s body, had limited skills.
He had returned the [Fairy’s Sparkle-Lowest Grade] that made Seo-jun shake his arm to the library because of a new secret weapon.
It was probably back in the book by now.
Seo-jun thought of the skill I had found.
[Small Mimic’s Tempting Package-Highest Grade]
It makes any being covet an item.
You can specify the target.
Limitations: The user must be of a certain size or smaller.
The item must be held in the user’s arms.
There were many limitations, but thanks to them, even a baby with a lack of mana could use a top-notch skill.
This skill was something that could not be used as an adult. First of all, it could be seen from the name ‘Little Mimic’. Only small beings could use this skill.
“Then, let’s shoot the next scene.”
At the director Choi Dae-man’s words, Lee Min-jun and Seo Eun-hye put Seo-jun down in the living room again.
The baby sofa had disappeared, and elephant milk bottles were stacked up to the third floor.
In front of them, seo-joon was holding an elephant formula tin.
“Seo-jun, how about this?”
“There, there. What a pretty elephant.”
The couple shook the formula tin. Snuggled in his mother’s arms, seo-jun had heard the director’s words and already knew that he had to hold the tin and smiled brightly.
‘I’m glad. If there was no content about me holding the tin, I would have had to cry until they hugged me.’
[Little Mimic’s Tempting Packaging] only had an effect when the user was holding something.
Seo-jun had to hug the formula tin tightly to make people want to buy the formula.
“Kyaaak!”
Seo-jun smiled widely and hugged the formula tin.
The couple quickly moved out of the camera screen as the director said.
[Little Mimic’s Tempting Packaging-Highest Grade-wraps the target.]
Seo-jun hugged his belly, which had a small wooden box pattern, and the formula tin as close as possible.
It was not visible to the people’s eyes, but Seo-jun could see it.
The elephant formula he was holding shone in a very beautiful color.
[Little Mimic’s Tempting Packaging-Highest Grade] was well activated.
‘Target. Parents with babies of my age.’
If he did not set a target, the whole world would go crazy to buy the formula after seeing the CF.
‘Well… there are not many parents with babies, but… it would not make sense if this CF with me did not sell out!’
Seo-jun laughed gleefully, dreaming of a sell-out.
Director Choi Dae-man zoomed in on the camera screen.
The baby was cute and handsome, but he also looked great on the camera screen.
There were people who looked good in real life but not on the screen, but the baby looked satisfying in both ways.
‘And he doesn’t even care about the camera, he will be a great actor when he grows up.’
Seo-jun’s chubby cheek pressed the lid of the formula tin. Kang So-ra, the team leader, clenched her heart at the slightly protruding cheek fat.
“Ugh.”
“What’s wrong?”
“He’s too cute.”
Team leader Choi Hyun-ji sighed.
She did not express it, but she also wanted to smash two or three apartments.
“Really, I think this is the first time I’ve seen such a cute baby.”
“I know. If he grows up like this, he’ll be a huge star, won’t he?”
“If he was my son, I would really push him to be a celebrity.”
Not only the team leaders, but also the other staff whispered.
Seo-jun did not stay still for a moment. He changed his posture constantly, as if he was thinking of how to look cuter.
He never forgot to smile and hug the tin.
Seo Eun-hye and Lee Min-jun, who alternately looked at Seo-jun and the people in the shooting set, were lost in thought.
Should they really make him be a celebrity?
“Seo-jun! Can you look this way?”
Director Choi Dae-man said.
The eight-month-old baby did so well.
The director, who was immersed in the shooting, unknowingly gave instructions.
Whether it was by chance or fate, seo-jun turned his head and saw the camera that Director Choi Dae-man was holding.
“Smile wide!”
Kyaaak!
The shooting ended with Seo-jun’s laughter.
****
“Great job.”
Director Choi Dae-man said with a serious face. Seo Eun-hye and Lee Min-jun nodded as if they expected it. Seo-jun was lying on a baby bed with a teddy bear and taking a nap.
Only 20 minutes and the CF shooting was over.
“This child must become an actor. He knows what he has to do instinctively, even though he can’t understand anything.”
Director Choi Dae-man didn’t think Seo-jun understood his words.
Destiny, constitution, instinct.
He thought Seo-jun had the qualities to be an actor.
“I’m not saying you have to appear on TV or movies right now. There are no directors who would send out such a young baby unless it’s a very minor role. I just thought it would be very good if you think about it from now on and send him to an academy when he can talk or understand.”
“Yes.”
“I’m still a newbie in this world, but please contact me anytime if you need my help.”
Director Choi Dae-man wrote his contact information and name on a note and handed it to Lee Min-jun.
Director Choi Dae-man left his seat and Team Leader Choi Hyun-ji and Team Leader Kang So-ra came in.
Team Leader Kang So-ra dragged a big box on a cart.
“Thank you for your hard work. You did really well, seo-jun.”
“Thank you. You worked hard too. Both of you.”
“Hahaha. Seo-jun worked hard. Oh. This is Elephant milk and the baby sofa he sat on earlier. It’s a gift for Seo-jun.”
“Thank you.”
The schedule ended in a friendly atmosphere.
The staff who had prepared for the milk commercial shooting and expected to be tormented by the baby all day long were also impressed by the shooting that ended in less than an hour.
“Seo-jun, bye!”
“I’ll buy milk for my nephew.”
“Elephant sold out! Fighting!”
The family returned home with the cheers of the staff.
***
Jack Smith’s meal time.
Eric turned on the YouTube video. It was [JUN]’s video that he seemed to watch five times a day.
He watched it so much that he now knew when Seo-jun would laugh, what angle he would wave his arm, and how much he would chew his baby food.
“Here, Jack. It’s JUN, your favorite.”
“Like! Like!”
Maria, who had returned from a business trip to Paris, also sat at the table to feed Jack.
She also soon praised JUN’s video. Maria pressed the video hard.
A calm music flowed. It was the timing when JUN’s dad’s voice would usually be heard.
“Oh, there’s an ad?”
“Well, with how many views that are there…”
Eric and Maria were also subscribers who contributed to the views, but they were sick of seeing the views and subscribers that were still going up.
“What’s that ad?”
“Oh, isn’t that Elephant milk formula?”
A yellow elephant appeared on the screen.
The image of the yellow elephant lifting its trunk turned into a picture and was attached to the milk bottle. And then.
“Oh! Is that JUN?”
“Right! He must have filmed an ad! He’s so cute!”
Seo-jun smiled brightly and sipped the milk. And then Seo-jun hugged the Elephant milk bottle and laughed heartily.
That was the end of the ad.
“…”
It was silent.
Eric and Maria didn’t say a word and picked up their phones.
They went to an overseas delivery site and searched for Elephant.
“Damn! It’s sold out!”
“No way! I really want to buy this right now!”
The effect of [Small Mimic’s Tempting Packaging – Top Grade -> was amazing.