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for him to participate.

If a proven director, such as Choi Joonggeun from ‘Twilight Struggles’ and Park Joongjin, or someone else who already had experience producing something asked him to help, then he would’ve said yes even if it was a one-man shoot.
No, he would even be willing to carry the equipment himself and climb a hill, if necessary, and then set up everything and do the acting after that.
Those directors were worth his effort after all.

However, Kang Sora clearly didn’t belong to that category.
She was just a high school student who never shot a movie before.
There was no need for him to accept her request when she couldn’t even set up a proper environment to produce a film.

“She’ll take care of that by herself.”

If she was really willing to shoot it, Sora would eventually find a way, whether it be persuading the film production club, or looking for other people to do it.
He pitied Ando a bit since she would obviously try to nag him first, but he was the club president of the film production club, so what could he do about it? He would have to either persuade Sora otherwise or reach a different conclusion.

Maru crumpled up the empty can and started walking to his house.

* * *

“Why do you look like an uneasy puppy?”

“Don’t ask.”

Ando picked up his bag and left the classroom.
He thought about going home, but he headed to the clubroom since he felt like he would be dodging the problem if he did so.
He opened the door and looked inside.
It seemed that Sora wasn’t here yet.
He sighed and sat down.
When Sora came to this clubroom, Ando inwardly rejoiced.
That should have been the same for the other 2nd year juniors as well.
A cute girl said she wanted to join.
They would never reject her, and would much rather hold a welcome party instead.

Ever since the pretty 3rd year senior graduated, the clubroom was a bit lonely, and then a girl appeared, so he even imagined a school romance.
However, such a fantasy was broken in just one week.
Sora looked like she was crazed over film production.
What about this kind of movie? Do you think there’s a suitable location to shoot it nearby? Do you know anyone good-looking? Hearing the barrage of questions, Ando, not to mention the others, fell silent.
They were called the film production club on paper, but as they didn’t have any experience in participating in the production of one, there was no way they had any knowledge about it.

The atmosphere naturally leaned towards the person with the stronger will, and while Ando found it bothersome, he did not stop her.
He couldn’t really say something to someone who wanted to make a movie in the film production club.

Recently though, she seemed a little too overbearing and did everything by herself without telling the others, so he tried to caution her, but that did not work.
She was like a bulldozer.
However, that ended today.
Maru refused.
He texted Sora about that yesterday.
From what he knew of her, she would immediately call back and snap out asking why he decided that by himself, but unexpectedly, he only got a text back asking him to come to the clubroom tomorrow.

Along with a knock, the door opened once again.

“Huh?”

Ando looked at Maru who came in while yawning.

“Why are you here?”

“Sora called me here.”

“Sora, did?”

After that, the 2nd year juniors all came to the clubroom as well.
Everyone said that Sora had called them here.
When the promised time of 5:40 came around, Sora came in.
She was with a girl he hadn’t seen before.

“First, I’ll apologize for being so rude until now.”

Sora bowed and apologized.
Ando scratched his head.

“And this.”

Sora handed out some A4 papers.
On the front page, it said ‘Friend’, and below that were the objectives and directions.

“The one next to me is a classmate of mine who wants to make a movie with me.
We talked to our homeroom teacher, and she decided to switch clubs.”

The girl introduced herself in a shaky voice.
It seemed that she was nervous.
She immediately hid behind Sora after she did so.

“I thought that you all weren’t creating anything just because you didn’t have any good ideas.
I thought all by myself that you would definitely be eager to participate if there’s a decent item.
I’ll apologize once again for misunderstanding all of you.”

Sora bowed once again in apology.
The girl next to her also bowed with a puzzled expression.

“But I found out after talking to Han Maru-seonbae yesterday.
That I wasn’t listening to you.
Like what you said, I think it’s good to gather with the intention to watch a movie.
Of course, I’m still a bit angry at the fact that you all have zero interest in film production despite being in the film production club.”

After saying that, Sora sighed.
She looked like she was calming her agitation.

“That’s why I’m going to talk to you all properly this time.
If you hear me out and still do not gain any interest in film production, then I will never talk about it again.
I will not make any more rude requests.
Instead, just once, I hope you all can hear me out seriously.
I’ll also listen to your words.”

Ando curled his lips inwards and looked at the plan.
He thought that she would act like usual and force her ideas on everyone else, but he didn’t know that she would prepare something like this.

Ando looked at Sora.
She was waiting nervously with her lips sealed.

“What do you think we should do?” he asked the 2nd year juniors.

They were all staring at the paper they were given in puzzlement.
After a bit of time passed, one of them spoke,

“Shouldn’t we hear her out at least?”

The others seemed to be in agreement.

Ando grabbed the plan with both of his hands and asked Sora.

“I’ll tell you this beforehand, but we don’t have any experience in shooting a movie.
That’s why we don’t have any interest.
You know that there’s no guarantee that we’ll do it after we listen to you, right?”

“Yes.
But I am confident.
I will persuade all of you.
Film production is a fun thing after all.
There’s nothing better in this world than it.”

Ando nodded.
If he thought about it, he also didn’t hear her out properly because he was tired of her attitude.
He then looked at Maru.
Maru just shrugged once.
He didn’t seem to care at all.

“Then we’ll hear you out.”

“Okay.”

Sora took a short breath before standing in front of everyone else.