Chapter 6
Chapter 6
Lee Min-jun moved the skeleton doll.
Seo-jun held a small dog doll.
According to Kim Hee-sang, it was a werewolf doll that turned into a human when it saw the full moon.
Seo Eun-hye and Lee Min-jun sighed as they saw the sharp eyes and the fierce mouth with flashing teeth that looked alive. But Seo-jun was happy to hear Kim Hee-sang’s explanation.
He said he would give him a human version as a gift next time.
He was such a cool uncle.
“Uuung.”
“Oh, yes. I am the king of skeletons. The Lich King, Edmund!”
Seo-jun whined at Lee Min-jun’s awkward acting.
Lee Min-jun read the script on the paper and spat out the lines while moving the skeleton doll.
He didn’t act like that at other times, but he always reacted dull when he played with monster dolls.
It was a script written by Kim Hee-sang, seo-jun’s best playmate.
“Seo-jun likes realistic things, right?”
‘Is this… realistic?’
“Look! Seo-jun!”
“Uung?”
“I am the cursed dragon, black Dragon, and I will destroy the world! Waaaaah!”
“Kyaaaaak!”
Lee Min-jun thought he had never seen Seo-jun so excited. He looked at the paper again.
There were lines on the paper that were hard for him to say.
As Lee Min-jun tried to put down the paper, seo-jun grabbed his father’s hand.
‘Dad.’
Seeing his son’s sparkling eyes, Lee Min-jun sighed and opened the paper again.
“My minions, my subjects. Follow my com… command.”
“Uwoo woo!”
“Oh, my Seo-jun. Our son says you need to put more emotion into it.”
Seo Eun-hye, who was sitting on the sofa and drinking tea, said with a giggle.
Lee Min-jun rubbed his face with one hand.
“My Seo-jun’s mom. Your son. He really likes this.”
“He loves it when he plays with Hee-sang too.”
“Uwo uwo!”
“Okay. Okay. Don’t talk to mom and play with me?”
As if he knew his son’s heart well, seo-jun smiled happily and lifted the werewolf-wolf version doll.
The blue fur of the wolf doll sparkled as if it had been treated somehow.
The Lich King and the werewolf!
It was obvious that the Lich King would win, but the baby’s play was different. After a little while of awkwardly spitting out lines and clashing Seo-jun’s wolf doll and the skeleton doll, dad said.
“Ack! I lost!”
The werewolf won.
The baby loved this play where he always won.
Seo Eun-hye hugged Seo-jun who was excited.
She patted his belly to calm him down.
“Huhuhu.”
“Oh my. Seo-jun won!”
“Seo-jun is amazing!”
Whether it was calming or exciting him, the couple’s words made Seo-jun’s arms and legs flail in the air.
He felt his body twitch and his heart beat fast as he heard his parents’ praise. Seo-jun couldn’t speak, but he shouted in his mind.
‘Dad mom! I’m awesome! I’m great!’
The baby’s instinct overcame Seo-jun’s reasoning.
After playing with his son for a while, seo Eun-hye mentioned what Mina’s mom had suggested about YouTube.
“So I was thinking about uploading the videos on YouTube…”
“Hmm?”
“But what if Seo-jun grows up and asks why we did that… What should we do?”
Lee Min-jun laughed at Seo Eun-hye’s worries.
“It’s just a baby video. And by the time Seo-jun asks that question, it will already be forgotten.”
“That’s true, but…”
“In my opinion…”
Lee Min-jun recalled his conversation with Kim Hee-sang.
He thought of Kim Hee-sang who saw Seo-jun waving his arms and said he liked cameras and had the potential to be an actor.
Lee Min-jun was leaning towards that idea too.
“Maybe Seo-jun likes being filmed?”
“Seo-jun?”
“Look. He usually eats quietly. But when we filmed him with a camera, he was so happy and he even waved his arms.”
‘That’s because I have to wave my arm to use [Fairy’s Sparkle]. Dad.’
Seo-jun thought as he heard Lee Min-jun’s words. But it wasn’t a bad approach.
Seo-jun was in a baby’s body that could barely speak or express himself.
‘It would be nice to be famous from an early age if I want to be a superstar!’
Seo-jun liked the idea of his parents leading him in that direction.
Seo-jun smiled brightly.
Suddenly smiling, seo-jun was patted by Seo Eun-hye.
She remembered two weeks ago.
Seo-jun was eating his food happily while waving his arms.
‘Come to think of it, he did that.’
There was a camera in front of Seo-jun for the first time when he was eating.
“Did he know and liked the camera?”
The baby, who was nibbling on his fist, looked at Seo Eun-hye and smiled brightly.
Lee Min-jun shrugged and said.
“He’s the one who complained that my acting was not cool.”
“Ah.”
“Ah.”
Seo Eun-hye exclaimed, and Lee Min-jun made a face as if he realized what he had said.
Seo Eun-hye looked at him with disbelief.
“Why are you surprised by what you said?”
“No, I just said it without thinking… Our son is really amazing.”
Lee Min-jun said with admiration in his voice.
“How did he know that my acting was awkward?”
“Maybe because your voice was unnatural and you kept pausing?”
“Well, he can’t understand the words anyway.”
Lee Min-jun nodded.
Seo Eun-hye lifted Seo-jun and looked into his eyes.
Seo-jun thought ‘I can understand everything’ and smiled sweetly.
“Our son. Isn’t he a genius?! He seems like a real genius, right?”
“He’s 7 months old, no, 8 months old now! How are other 8-month-old babies?”
“I don’t know.”
Seo Eun-hye answered Lee Min-jun’s question as she shook Seo-jun in the air.
“Our Seo-jun grows fast. The hospital said he’s in the top few percent. There’s hardly anyone to compare him with.”
“Wow! Seo-jun is awesome!”
The couple’s eyes turned to their son.
Seo-jun pretended not to know anything and nibbled on his fist.
“Then should we really… make him act?”
“Acting…”
Seo Eun-hye and Lee Min-jun thought of the baby roles and child actors they had seen in dramas or movies.
And then they thought of the actors who successfully transitioned from child actors to adult actors.
But then they also thought of the actors who couldn’t escape from their childhood image and eventually quit acting.
The parents’ worries deepened.
Seo Eun-hye, who was holding Seo-jun in her arms, said.
“It was YouTube that Mina’s mom had suggested So I was thinking about uploading videos on YouTube…”
“Hmm.”
“But what if Seo-jun grows up and asks why we did that… What should we do?”
“Seo-jun’s mom, I don’t think that’s the most important thing right now!”
“Oh, right, that’s not the problem.”
Seo Eun-hye came to her senses.
It was too early to think about becoming an actor or a star.
At least, they had to wait until their child could express his own wishes.
Lee Min-jun realized her thoughts and felt embarrassed.
“So, you’re okay with uploading it on YouTube?”
“Yes, I agree. So-young said she had a hard time because Ji-yoon wouldn’t eat. I don’t know much, but it would be a good thing if it helps other people.”
“Okay, got it. Then I’ll upload it on YouTube!”
She handed Seo-jun to his father and Seo Eun-hye picked up her smartphone.
She wanted to contact Mina’s mom.
[Mina unnie!
[I talked to my husband and we think it’s okay to upload them on YouTube!
-Really?
-Then make an account with your name and upload it!
[My name? Can’t you just upload it on your channel?
-Eun-hye, you don’t know because you watch my videos a few times a day!
-That counts as a lot of views!
-Other moms will definitely watch it too, so you can apply for monetization later and put ads on it!
-Buy Seo-jun something delicious!
“Is that so?”
Seo Eun-hye’s words made the couple look at the Banana Talk screen together.
The baby was tired from playing and fell asleep. His eyes closed by themselves.
The parents’ voices became quieter as they noticed.
“That’s a good idea. I didn’t think about ads. We can use it for Seo-jun’s education later. I want to let him do whatever he wants.”
Lee Min-jun said and Seo Eun-hye thought for a moment.
She also wanted to let Seo-jun do whatever he wanted.
But they were just videos of a baby eating.
With these kinds of videos.
“Will it make that much?”
She wondered.
“Or maybe, seo-jun’s allowance?”
Lee Min-jun joked lightly and Seo Eun-hye laughed.
“Yeah. We’re not trying to make a fortune.”
Seo Eun-hye brought her laptop from the room and came to the living room.
She put the laptop on the table and logged in to YouTube.
YouTube was easy to upload videos, so Seo Eun-hye quickly made a channel.
“What should I name the channel?”
Batoq! Batoq!
Just then, banana Talk came in.
It was her YouTube senior, Mina’s mom.
-Oh, I forgot to tell you, but put the title and channel name in English and Korean!
[English?
-There are English-speaking moms on my channel too!
-Korean babies are not the only ones who don’t eat. Foreign kids don’t eat either.
-If you put the title in Korean, they won’t be able to find it!
“English…”
Mina’s mom’s message made the couple think deeply. Lee Min-jun patted Seo-jun’s back as he slept and said.
“Our son really doesn’t have any sleep problems and sleeps well.”
It was a random remark, but the couple didn’t think it was strange at all.
Mom and dad were happy with even the smallest advantages of their baby.
“He’s such a filial son.”
“I know. Our son is the best!”
“Wait, think of a channel name. Seo-jun’s dad!”
Seo Eun-hye scolded Lee Min-jun, who laughed out loud.
“Let’s keep it simple. We’re only going to upload two videos anyway.”
“That’s true. How about Seo-jun? Seo? Jun?”
“Seo sounds weird, so Jun?”
That’s how they decided on the channel name.
[JUN]
“Is it too simple?”
Seo Eun-hye tilted her head and then shrugged.
She uploaded the video.
She didn’t think she could come up with a better name anyway.
“What about the videos titles?”
“Just write baby food version and baby formula version. Mina’s mom will explain it for us.”
Mi-na’s mom was the first one to introduce Seo-jun’s video.
“Should we?”
Seo Eun-hye agreed with Lee Min-jun’s words and uploaded the video.
[baby food version baby food. ver]
[baby formula version baby formula. ver]
Seo Eun-hye sent a Banana Talk message to Mi-na’s mom.
[Unnie!
Lee Min-jun carried Seo-jun to the bedroom and gently rocked him. His soft words flowed out like a lullaby.
“Our Seo-jun will be famous now! Then he’ll buy dad a car~ and mom a car~ and a house~”
“Pfft!”
Seo Eun-hye burst into laughter at Lee Min-jun’s words.
He also smiled at her laughter.
Seo Eun-hye followed his tone and said.
“Yeah. Our Seo-jun will buy a car~ and toys~”
“And go on trips~”
[I uploaded the video!
[The channel name is [JUN] and the videos are the same ones I sent you before! Baby food version and baby formula version.
-Thank you so much! I’ll promote it for sure!
On a chilly autumn night.
In a small apartment in Korea, a video that would become the eternal number one of the Best 10 videos that parents around the world should watch when raising a baby was uploaded.