I Will Live as an Actor Episode 157
âMamma Mia!â
It was a shout that broke the quiet silence. One of the designers who saw the sights of England screamed.
Instead of looking embarrassed at the exclamation that came out of her mouth without her knowing, she looked ecstatic.
As Italy is a country where diversity of expressions exists, her eyes shine as if she is faced with gold.
âItâs really perfect that they fit together so well. I canât believe my eyes. âIf itâs okay with you, Rossellini, Iâd like to try another sample. Is that okay?â
Monica Rossellini nods briefly. Then the designers rush to take England into the dressing room once again.
âWhat the hell is this?â
The UK is just in a daze about the current situation. Not even five minutes after leaving the locker room, they asked me to take off my clothes again. I was so busy being asked to wear this and that.
âWere your clothes in bad shape?â
The hands that help you take off your clothes are busy. I remove the needle that held the hem of the pants and the waist and shoulder line and try to take off the top and bottom. Moreover, several designers were already waiting with other sample clothes.
âIâll take it off.â
England spoke in English, but the designers just smiled as if they didnât care.
In fact, it is difficult to take off clothes by yourself. The needles that hold the dress in place are stuck in every nook and cranny, so if you try to take it off on your own, you would end up with bruises all over your body.
I didnât even have time to feel embarrassed. After taking off their clothes in an instant, they were already putting another sample outfit on Englandâs body.
âEliana, how about taking this part more in depth?â
âNo, considering the width of Mr. Jangâs thighs, I think it might be better to let him go. We caught you just a moment ago, so letâs try to solve it this time. And how about holding it a little more starting from the waist to the shoulder line?â
âThatâs okay. Itâs been a while since I felt like I had it.â
They were designers conversing among themselves in Italian. I felt like I was suddenly being played with a doll. But I couldnât even say anything.
Even just looking at their faces, it was obvious that they were excited. Just as he was surrendering himself to the passing wind, England was surrendering himself to the womenâs breathless touch and inserting needles into his entire body to make him look fashionable once again.
âHow about Jordana?â
Monica asked without looking at Jordana. This is because I felt deep emotions even without seeing his face.
Jordana was wiping her dry lips with an unknown expression on her face. I definitely thought my argument was correct. Hiring an unknown Asian actor as Desiderioâs exclusive model is a huge defeat.
But for some reason, I lost my hand.
âIt just so happens to be over there.â
Just then, England walks out from the locker room. A deep blush appeared on the faces of the designers walking out with England.
Jordana involuntarily bursts out in admiration when she sees England wearing the new sample suit. Monica smiles at that exclamation.
* * *
Desiderioâs headquarters boasted a site as large as a university, so it had to be moved by golf cart.
From the place where samples are stored, to the place where clothing materials are researched, the raw materials for perfume are studied, and even the place where past products are displayed.
It literally felt like one huge clothing valley.
âAlfredo, what is this tree?â
Lee Bong-chun opened his mouth wide at the enormity of the old tree in front of him. The tree grew so high that it seemed to soar into the sky, and its circumference was so large that three or four adults could easily cling to it.
Alfredo answered the giant tree that seemed to only appear in fantasy movies.
âIt is la ciero (heaven), a tree that is a thousand years old. It is said that in the past, when the Rossellini family founded Desiderio, they built an office building on this land where a sacred tree called Rachiello exists. So, within Desiderio, Rachiello is not an ordinary tree, but a divine guardian and, as its name suggests, has a heavenly status. This is because he is the guardian who has been with Desiderio since his birth. Cielo di desiderio.â
It was when Lee Bong-chun was looking at a huge old tree called Rachiello. Alfredo looked at the old tree with him and elaborated.
âMr. Lee, if you donât mind, may I ask you a question?â
âOf course.â
Lee Bong-chun was very close to Alfredo. After all, isnât this the only person in a foreign country who can communicate with Korean?
âWhat kind of person is Mr. Jang?â
âEngland?â
âYes, I watched him closely as an interpreter, but I couldnât understand him very well. Models of that age usually enjoy entertainment until late at night when they come to Italy. However, Mr. Jang did not want to leave the dormitory. âIâm asking Mr. Lee to see if I made a mistake.â
Lee Bong-chun shakes his head in response to Alfredoâs question.
âHmm, I think I know what Alfredo is asking. But England is different from other actors and models. Iâm sure Iâm still young, but should I say I have an old person inside me? In Korean, it is usually expressed as âAe-no-nimââ¦â
âAe-no-nim?â
âSo, although they look young on the outside, they are adults on the inside. England said heâs been like this since he was younger than he is now. I donât know for sure because I didnât see it when I was a child actor, but when I listen to the stories of the directors I worked with and our CEO, it was like that. This happened in a city in Busan called Yeongdo⦠⦠â
Lee Bong-chun spoke without hesitation about the stories he had heard about England. Because it was mostly a good deed.
England, who has lived a difficult life since childhood, has lived a very straight-forward life.
Moreover, although he made a huge return on investment through the priestâs confession, he donated most of the proceeds to the Leukemia Foundation.
âYukkuk is the most outstanding actor I have ever seen, and he is a deep friend. âSometimes, I feel like heâs more like an older brother than me.â
Alfredo, who listened to Lee Bong-chunâs story for a long time, nodded briefly.
As expected, it was like that. Unable to resist the pressure of his older brother, Jordana, he monitored England, but could not find anything unusual.
In fact, wasnât it quieter than any other model I had encountered so far?
According to Memoriaâs butler Anders, the calm and contemplative way he always walks is like that of a person who has lived in the world for a long time. It was then.
âAlfredo, those people over there?â
It was when I was watching Laziello in full swing. Golf carts began to move in large numbers on the roads of the office building site.
The place the carts headed was none other than the building where the sample clothes were stored.
âHas something big happened?â
Lee Bong-chun also hurriedly got on the golf cart with Alfredo. Alfredo answered Lee Bong-chunâs question with a brief nod.
âThere is only one case like this.â
Alfredoâs gaze was directed towards the building where the sample clothes were stored. His eyes widen curiously. As expected, Mr. Jang is a person who creates unknown expectations.
âA huge spectacle has been created.â
* * *
Salvatore Rossellini, founder of Desiderio and owner of the Rossellini family, is taking a step.
Behind them were people who appeared to be attendants, and to someone who didnât know them, it would be fair to say it was a mafia procession.
âWhere is Monica?â
Salvatoreâs question is answered by Anders, his secretary and Memoriaâs butler.
âI understand that you are currently with Mr. Jang on the 5th floor.â
âWhat about him? âAnders, I heard youâve been with us for a few days.â
âHe was a man whose true intentions were unknown. It didnât look like someone was trying to exploit Desiderioâs reputation. Rather, he seemed to be very interested in Memoriaâs art. âWhen we talked about Lucia Sokhaniâs works, we could see that she had a deep knowledge.â
âokay?â
Salvatoreâs long white eyebrows twitch.
In fact, I had doubts when Monica, his eldest granddaughter and successor to Desiderio, said she would use an unknown Asian actor as her exclusive model.
Monica had never made a single mistake as a businesswoman.
It was so shocking that the elders of Desiderio looked at Monica and said that she looked like Salvatore in his younger days.
That is why he was appointed as Desiderioâs successor.
âAt the crossroads of my life, did I really follow my luck or was I possessed by the devil?â
There was a lot of talk among the elders about Monicaâs choice. When doing business, you always had to keep your cool. I always had to calculate the profit and loss and weigh what was the benefit and what was the loss.
In that sense, Monicaâs choice was a clear mistake. Therefore, some of the elders even went to Salvatore and begged him to dissuade Monica from making a choice.
âIâm not the type of kid who risks his position and takes reckless gambles.â
Salvatore had been keeping an eye on his eldest granddaughter since she was young.
Her childhood was very similar to Salvatoreâs. Didnât he lose his parents in a car accident and remain alone to be raised by his grandparents?
Salvatore raised Monica, who resembles him, into a thorough businesswoman. so that.
âLetâs go up there sometime.â
I couldnât help but be curious. What kind of charm could an unknown Asian actor exude that made Monica so anxious?
* * *
âI feel like Iâm a doll.â
The designers all had expressions of excitement on their faces, wondering if this is what young children who play with dolls look like.
I didnât know how many sample clothes I had already changed into. As evidence of this, at first, the hands of those women who took my clothes off and put them back on felt burdensome, but now itâs no problem.
âI need to hold on to this more, Melissa. Get me a needle and thread right now. âYou donât just have to hold the line, you have to pick it up.â
âEliana wait. Iâll finish my side first and then grab the collarbone side. âIf you do that now, itâs just going to get weird.â
âNo, what I said is right. âIt comes out more naturally and elegantly this way.â
Now, they bicker with each other and even argue about how to dress well. In the end, designers rush in to sew sample clothes and make them look stylish with needles.
Others bring accessories to wear on their fingers and around their necks and keep adding them.
How much time has passed? It was when I left the locker room after there was a commotion.
uh?
The atmosphere outside the locker room is unusual. Not only Jordana, who was always narrowing her eyebrows nervously, but even Monica took a step back.
And the person at the forefront was none other than an Italian grandfather with white eyebrows.
The pose dressed in a black suit suits him very well. If only he had a cigar in his wrinkled lips, it could easily be considered a scene from The Godfather.
The white-browed old man just stared at me as I walked out of the locker room without saying a word.
It felt like the old manâs sage gaze was passing by from my toes to my head, as if indulging me.
The designers who were excited just a moment ago are also surprised by the old manâs appearance and hastily calming down their excitement. It was then.
Suddenly.
The old man takes a step closer and touches my body. It was dangerous because the needles were stuck here and there, but the old man avoided them as if he knew their locations, and his wrinkled hands passed over every corner of his body. Then, our eyes collide with blue eyes.
The old manâs white eyebrows arch curiously and he speaks in Italian.
âBello (beautiful).â