I Became A Renowned Genius At My Arts High School - Chapter 204



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Episode 204. Lies (2)

3 days ago Manhattan Speakeasy R.

“Brand identity and artistry.”

Jang muttered with an exhausted face after finishing another rehearsal.

The show was just around the corner, but my anxiety was growing.

“Are you feeling okay?”

“As long as there are no big mistakes.”

“Everyone is really nervous.”

On the other hand, the staff members who had no burden on their shoulders were preparing for the deadline with a relieved look on their faces.

“Shall we go in?”

The assistant designer approached Jang and spoke briskly.

“What time is it?”

“It’s 1 a.m. now.”

“It’s already like that.”

Jang frowned.

It was a night when I was extremely tired but didn’t feel like I could sleep.

Jang nodded, wondering if he should force himself to sleep even after having a glass of strong whiskey.

“You guys go in first. I have some more things to think about.”

“Oh. Is that so? … … Then.”

The assistant designer quickly greeted him and quickly left Speakeasy R, afraid that he would cause unnecessary sparks by touching him sharply.

Jang, who had been staring at the stage like that for a while, recalled the rehearsal.

“It’s annoying.”

As expected, Humphrey’s costume was the problem.

A cocoon silhouette with a rounded shoulder line. The loose design is matched with a balloon skirt that is loosely draped and has ample pleats to create a voluminous silhouette, revealing a bold and dramatic silhouette. Although it is made only in white and black, it shows a unique presence among other colorful outfits.

Yes, Black Snow was definitely overwhelming.

The black snowflake pattern was embroidered in just the right size and quantity, creating a mysterious yet elegant feel, almost like Shasha.

‘I wonder if Humphrey’s time at Sasha wasn’t all that chaotic.’

Maybe it was a case of the cow backing away and catching a rat. But Jang felt uneasy.

When Isabelle went into Humphrey and Su-hyeon’s showroom to choose additional outfits, she felt so angry that she couldn’t look around properly. But when she saw Humphrey’s outfit on stage today, she had doubts.

‘I wonder if something happened.’

He closed his bloodshot eyes.

After declaring to Humphrey and Soo-hyun that he would no longer be involved, Jang really didn’t care about their designs. At least for a month.

Because it was a time when it was impossible for anything worthy of becoming history to be born.

‘But is it possible?’

I could have just buried this little doubt under the pretext of fatigue.

If you just focus on the work that’s been given, the show will go well. Director Liam will take care of the newcomers’ costumes, which are either necessary or unnecessary. However.

‘What if something had been done? What if something had been created that shouldn’t have been buried like this?’

Could it be that I became sensitive due to extreme fatigue?

My thoughts drifted to one side and eventually led me to Jang’s steps.

Jang walked towards Humphrey and Su-hyeon’s showroom.

Crunch.

Jang, who entered the shared password and opened the door, felt the air of the showroom first.

The air had a completely different scent from Humphrey’s before, where the raw, unrefined energy was mind-boggling.

‘Is it because of my partner named Soohyun?’

If the synergy of the collaboration was good enough, Humphrey’s shortcomings would have been suppressed to some extent.

Besides, since she’s Jacqueline’s newcomer, her skills must be pretty good.

widely.

Jang reached out and flipped the light switch. And.

“her.”

As soon as the lights came on, Jang felt a suffocating, choking feeling.

The showrooms of newcomers are small, measuring about 10 pyeong. The reason for the existence of special showrooms is to serve as a secondary device to highlight the main show, so the scale and details are bound to be relatively low.

But this showroom number 3 was different.

“ha.”

Everywhere was filled with tremendous energy.

The energy was so strong that it made me forget the size of this place, its location, and even the time.

“crazy.”

Jang muttered without realizing it.

“I told you to do fashion, but you ended up doing art.”

A showroom that fits the theme of ‘reversal’ perfectly. There were stereotypical mannequins standing around wearing doll clothes, but the subject was not the mannequins, but their shadows.

The dynamic shadows, which seemed to express hidden inner selves, radiated cheerful energy and revealed instincts, and Humphrey’s black snow, worn by the shadows, was vivid and lively as if alive.

“for a moment.”

Jang, who had been hesitating due to the shock of the whole thing, took a deep breath and examined each one, and finally realized.

“her.”

Could it be that those boringly standing mannequins represent the previous generation of Shasha, and the dynamic shadows represent the new Shasha?

The new Sasha wears black snow, is that it?

“How cheeky.”

For a moment, Jang was angry, but soon he was nodding his head.

It’s unclear what happened, but Humphrey made remarkable progress.

It was clear that a tremendous stimulus had caused him to grow up all at once.

“haha.”

At that moment, Jang calmed his startled heart and looked around the showroom again.

Crunch.

The door opened.

Whoosh.

When the surprised Jang turned around, the other person also let out a surprised sound.

“uh!”

“… … !”

The two were silent for a moment.

The other person spoke first.

“What are you doing here?”

“What are you doing here at this hour, author?”

Humphrey’s partner, Su-hyeon, looked at Jang with a questioning look.

“Writers like us are used to staying up all night. Humphrey was locked in his studio because he wanted to create something more, so I was also thinking about the arrangement.”

“Hmm. I see.”

Jang walked towards the entrance, feeling the air somehow unnatural.

“Don’t worry about it, I was just going to do a full check.”

And then Soo-hyun stopped him as he tried to open the door again.

“Jang. Since you’re here, may I ask you what you think?”

“What?”

“This is your first time seeing our showroom properly.”

Su-hyeon smiled brightly.

“So please, please put aside your preconceptions and enjoy it. Don’t think about Isabelle, Humphrey, or anyone else. Just tell me, as a designer, what do you think of Sasha in Showroom 3?”

“hmm.”

Jang, who had been twisting his lips for a moment, let out a short breath and spoke.

“Not bad.”

“yes?”

“This design can be seen as a big leap forward. Humphrey, who had been struggling the whole time, seems to be starting to understand Sasha a little now.”

A somewhat ambiguous assessment. However, considering his feelings up until now, it was close to rave reviews. Soo-hyun spoke as if she could see right through his feelings.

“We know how much Jang loves Shasha.”

“… … What?”

“But Humphrey loves Sasha enough to not back down.”

“her.”

“You and Humphrey both care about Sasha. Ultimately, the goal is the same. Sasha’s recovery and prosperity. That’s the goal.”

“… … .”

Why are you bringing this up? Could it be that you have noticed my ugly true nature and worries?

No, that can’t be.

Jang shook his head, saying that there was no way a young outside writer would know the complicated story that only a few people related to Shasha would know. But.

“revolution.”

“… … ?”

“The word leap is not enough. What this third showroom is trying to show is transformation.”

Su-hyeon continued speaking with a challenging expression.

“I have something to show you.”

And Soo-hyun reached out to the two-person table with chairs.

“You may not be curious, but I will show you how Humphrey’s skull became Black Snow. And how Black Snow met Shadow and created a showroom with the theme of reversal.”

The clock was already pointing to 2 o’clock, but I still couldn’t sleep.

Jang convinced himself that rather than suffering from insomnia, it would be better to do something interesting, so he decided to stay a little longer.

Meanwhile, his eyes were burning fiercely as he followed the sketchbook that Soo-hyun had opened.

***

“That’s ridiculous.”

But is life really filled only with things that make sense?

Jang, who was walking down the street after leaving the showroom, laughed in vain.

Soo-hyun kept telling Humphrey to erase it and look at the results.

As I worked hard, I began to realize his true talent and ability that had never been seen or acknowledged before.

It was shocking.

At the same time, his narrow-minded thoughts and perspectives were revealed.

“It’s just that the methods are different. Some people come by train, some by car, but if they meet in one place, wouldn’t they be able to understand each other’s process?”

Su-hyeon also said that just as the same person can be portrayed as loving, cold, jealous, and passionate depending on the perspective, each designer interpreted Sasha differently.

It was funny.

I never thought I’d hear such a story from an outsider, let alone someone else.

Plus the massive workload.

Humphrey had been at Shasha for a long time, so it was understandable that work would pile up, but I never imagined that Soo-hyun, who was new to this project, would put so much preparation into creating the showroom.

“But if we all love Sasha, why did you represent the previous generation’s Sasha as a mannequin like this?”

The question I asked out of the blue received this answer.

“Look carefully. The old Shasha and the new Shasha are connected. The hands, feet, and some part of the torso are definitely connected. The main body and the shadow are originally a pair.”

“The past, present, and future are all connected.”

“You saw it right away.”

Haha. Jang burst out laughing without realizing it. It was an answer that brought a sly smile to his face.

“Don’t worry, I won’t turn the show upside down again. And tell Humphrey I said good job.”

In the end, Jang stood up from his seat after saying some words of encouragement with his own mouth.

Although he didn’t say anything specific, Soo-hyeon was feeling anxious.

A runway that suddenly went up due to the model’s whim.

It was an attitude that quickly sensed that if the controversy grew bigger, a bad accident could occur due to the senior designer’s observation and the staff’s complaints.

“He is a desirable talent in many ways.”

Jang shook his head.

What might have happened if she had worked with herself instead of Humphrey?

Phew. Laughter erupted.

I was so stressed that I felt nauseous just looking at fabric for a while, but now I can imagine doing something new.

At the same time, yawns poured out.

My heart, which had been at war for several days, seemed to have calmed down a little.

“In some ways, it seems like you’re beyond me.”

Jang muttered. He never thought the day would come when he would have to admit to Humphrey himself.

Jang decided to meet Liam the next day and tell him clearly not to touch the new designers’ clothes.

Even if it means shortening his life as a designer.

And then the day of the show came.

“Bring me the outfits I can wear right now! There’s no time to waste!”

The new designers were startled by Jang’s shouting and ran to their respective showrooms.

“What is going on?”

“A thief, my goodness.”

“This is crazy. This is crazy!”

The models and other staff members all panicked.

It was such a shocking incident that the funeral costume disappeared right before the show.

The alternative was also uncertain.

It’s good enough to hang in a showroom, but it’s just clothes for newcomers.

Could that fill the hole in the main show?

Shouldn’t we just postpone the show?

But no one dared open their mouths and just smiled.

Except for one person, Soo-hyun.

‘It was strange from the morning.’

Su-hyeon shook her head.

This morning.

A call came that the vehicle carrying the costumes that had completed the final process had arrived in front of Sasha.

As I was carefully carrying the costumes down, Jang appeared. He looked over the costumes and the new designers and said that it would be a good idea to change cars.

He said that he had some clothes that needed to be sent urgently and that he would use the car that arrived first, and asked that the clothes of Humphrey and the newcomers be loaded into the car that came after.

At the time, I nodded my head vaguely, but looking back, it was a decisive choice that changed my fate.

‘Besides, he didn’t look that surprised. Rather, he looked complicated.’

I read Soo-Hyeon’s expression.

If this were a real situation, even the strongest mentality would have been hit. But Jang looked surprisingly calm.

‘It’s clear that something happened. It was Jang who took care of it. But is this the best?’

Quickly, Soo-hyeon approached Jang.

“page.”

Then Jang smiled slightly.

“Saddam later. Now it’s time for the show to begin.”