Chapter 19: Jangsanbeom, the Sound Effects Specialist
The Jangsan Tiger is a sound effects specialist.
“So, you're saying the reason the historical drama production is delayed is because the sound effects team ran away... Is that what you mean?”
[Yes, that's right. They ran away after just eating the money.]
“Haha. It's a mess.”
I laughed at those words.
My laughter barrier had lowered because I was too bored.
After all, it wasn't my money, so I could laugh to my heart's content.
[Since things have come to this, please help me a little, Sanbeom-nim.]
Help? Ah, right. The reason this guy called me was to ask for help.
“But if that's the case, instead of calling me, you should have called the bounty hunters to track down the fugitives.”
[Where are bounty hunters these days? I tried to find another team somehow, but the money I can offer is ridiculously small, so it's hard to get anyone.]
Yeah, in a situation where you've already lost money, trying to hire people with the remaining little money would be tough.
[That's why I contacted you. Sanbeom-nim is, after all, a one-man sound effects team, right?]
The fox guy's calculation to use me with the small budget was audible all the way here.
He intends to roast me with his mouth and use me as a sound effects tool...!
[The only thing we can give right now is about a hundred... If the work succeeds, we'll give more. So, please...!]
Director Choi Junho looked as if he was being pushed to the edge of a cliff.
I thought he would raise me up and act cheerfully, but it was the opposite.
A fox who can freely transform with disguise was clinging to this one form so desperately. Does this matter mean something to him?
I do Wetube, broadcasting, voice acting, etc., but they are to make money, never to be my existence's value.
If there's something easier and more profitable, I'll switch anytime.
But... Director Choi Junho felt like he had thrown in the towel, desperate.
It would be better for him to use his fox skill to become an actor or model...
This kind of work seems to have big meaning for this guy.
Perhaps I should play along a bit?
“Advance payment is fine, and if the work goes well, I'll treat you to a meal.”
[Sanbeom-nim......]
Mountain Lord means the king of the mountain.
How can I ignore the people who are subjugating themselves and asking for help?
“It's been a while here too.”
I muttered while looking at Studio Kkori.
Actually, it hadn't been that long since I came here, but the few days were packed so full that it felt like a long time.
“Welcome. The recording will start in 2 hours, so please wait a little.”
2 hours? I came because you asked for help. After preparing everything and telling me to do it, waiting 2 hours?
“Calling people, no, tigers and making them wait 2 hours? That makes sense?”
“The fox guy, that's how it is. I momentarily forgot that foxes use even the king's leniency.”
“We can't trust our studio, so the film department member came personally...”
“I knew you'd say that. It's just like what fox guys do.”
“Finally, humans have realized the method of fox hatred.”
“How can I trust fox guys who try to hit me on the back with a rock right behind me?”
“It's not that. One of our staff members had an accident, so that's why we're in this state in the industry.”
“What kind of accident...?”
“Hmph, let's skip that part. Let's go inside first.”
When I entered the studio, my mouth fell open at the changed appearance.
More than half of the posters that filled the walls instead of wallpaper were gone, revealing the white concrete as is.
Moreover, there were only about 5 working staff at best. Last time, there were more than 10...
“Did you do interior remodeling?”
“I wish I could too...”
Choi Junho's expression was as dark as if eating something bitter.
What kind of accident made the studio like this... Even if a person didn't die, it shouldn't be like this...
Thinking that I had extorted a few hundred from this kind of guy, my buried conscience came out and poked my chest.
This time, since I won't get a penny, stop poking.
While I was looking around the studio that had changed for the worse in many ways, Choi Junho's smartphone rang.
“Uek...”
As soon as the phone rang, Junho made a sound.
“S-sorry. I have phone phobia these days...”
Junho showed trembling hands as if he had lockjaw, picked up the phone and put it to his ear.
“Yes yes, I know. I understand this is the last chance... We have found a person to handle sound effects... If you come in 2 hours, it will be perfect.”
He answered the phone with about 5 times the politeness and courtesy I deserved.
This fox was being cheeky to me... I remember this and after this job is over, I must properly educate him.
After the call, Junho opened his mouth looking at me.
“Sanbeom-nim, let's do a rehearsal just once. Of course I know it's unnecessary, but just in case...”
“What is it...?”
“It's a sound effects rehearsal.”
“Does sound effects have a rehearsal?”
“I don't know. The director is very sensitive these days because of that job, so don't object and just do as you're told.”
“Yeah, since the director found the sound effects team on his own discretion, it's a blessing.”
The staff moved busily, preparing all kinds of odds and ends in front of me.
They were all inconsistent odds and ends whose purpose I didn't know.
“You said sound effects team? It's just me... Besides, that person is a voice actor.”
I pointed to one of the staff who was poking around far away.
“You there. Come here for work.”
“Me? Me?”
“Yeah.”
The staff approached with a face as if something big happened.
“Is there something uncomfortable...?”
“What is this used for?”
I pointed to the odds and ends and asked.
“Huh?”
“What are these used for?”
Boxes with bells, drums, sand, strange things that look like air balloons... All inconsistent.
In the time I lived in Jangsan, I had gathered things I liked. It looked no different from that.
“T-those are used when producing sound effects. The box with sand is for wave sounds... And this is...”
The staff kindly taught me how to use them.
“But, are you really a sound effects technician?”
“No...”
“W-what?”
“I said no.”
Using these tools to produce sound effects... Amazing.
But they were unnecessary for me.
The efforts of the staff who brought these things would be meaningless, but anyway, it wasn't needed.
“Then how do you want the sound? Ah, no, preparing to quit now...”
“The sound... How about this? Drip, thudududuk, kurung bang!”
I made rain and thunder sounds with my mouth.
My specialty is making sounds of all things in the world, never voices.
This is a talent unique to me that others can't follow by using voices.
“W-what did you just do?”
The staff looked at me with disbelief.
“Shall I do it again? Kwarrung! Bang!”
This time, only thunder, excluding rain.
But the staff froze in place as if hit by thunder.
Did they suddenly get a big sound and get surprised? In times like this...
I made the sound of a quiet valley stream flowing in the mountains.
This is the best when calming the mind.
But it seemed to have no effect on that staff.
His eyes were still wide open looking at me.
“Pull yourself together. Clear the odds and ends piled up in front of you. After all, they're useless.”
“Y-yes. I'll clear them...”
The woman snapped out of it like someone who was possessed by a ghost and put the things back in the boxes.
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