The motley crew

Baek Siyoon an ex-secret agent and the leader of the motley crew

Earlier on, I shared the character introduction for Park Sihoo-ssi’s Baek Siyoon in “Neighborhood Hero”. With his background and capabilities, Baek Siyoon is indisputably the leader, the leader of a motley crew. A crew of ordinary people from all walks of life who came together to do extraordinary deeds for their neighborhood.

So, other than Baek Siyoon, who made up the rest of the motley crew of four?

Im Taeho, police officer

Police officer Im Taeho bringing up his family on a shoe string

Im Taeho is a 47 year-old police officer in the Interpol Criminal Division of the Gangjung (translation) Police Station. A father of three, he is the sole breadwinner of the family. The family has to live from hand to mouth with the meager income he earned from the police force. His constant worry is how to pay for their next mortgage instalment.

Just as another instalment is becoming due, his high school senior, contacted him with an offer of a surveillance job which would earn him extra income. His role in the “Cheonggyecheon Project” is to keep a close watch over secret service agents who had retired from service. Im Taeho appreciated what his senior was doing for him, especially when his senior said “We now have a common destiny.”

While keeping very busy with two jobs, he is happy with more income to sustain his family.

His police blood hound instincts soon discerned that something is not right when one after another, the people whom he has under scrutiny died from one incident after another.  Despite his senior’s warning not to intervene, his natural police investigative instint is on heightened alert.

Choi Changyu, unemployed

Choi Changyu has the ambition to become a policeman but lacked the determination and the will power

Then there is the 28 year-old unemployed young man, Choi Changyu. He has finished school and served the compulsory army national service but has had no success in finding gainful employment. He has aspirations of becoming a policeman, being good at sports. However, the success rate for the preliminary written examination for the civil service is dismal at 1 out of 20. And while he has the ambition, he lacks the determination and will power to achieve something out of life.

He was late for the police recruitment written examination but attracted police officer Im Taeho’s attention. Im offered him a job in his “Cheonggyecheon Project” to keep a watch on the patrons of “Bar 이웃”.  The job sounded easy and the salary was a nice carrot, so he took the job.

His first surveillance target is Baek Siyoon, the new owner of “Bar 이웃”. Whether in terms of look, mannerism or attitude, Baek is a role model, one that Choi is keen to learn from and looks to him as “Hyeong” or elder brother.

Bae Jungyeon, aspiring screenwriter

Aspiring screenwriter Bae Jungyeon still working on her dream blockbuster

Then, among the male dominated crowd,  there is aspiring female screenwriter and long time part time bar employee, 28 year-old Bae Jungyeon. She is the “voice” of “Bar 이웃”, or the bar’s PR person, so to speak. With her outgoing, vivacious personality, she brightens up everyone’s day and makes everyone happy.

She does the simple tasks at the bar and spends most of her time observing the patrons of the bar to get inspiration for her screenplay.  She dreams of writing a successful blockbuster movie screenplay one day.

One fine day, she suddenly found herself working for a new boss, new comer to the neighborhood, Baek Siyoon. With a new boss, she really has to work hard, is tired out every day working and dealing with the rough and tough trouble makers at the bar.

She chanced upon the neigborhood hero whom everyone calls “the Shadow”.  No one knows the identity of this man of the night, and Bae Jungyeon is game to try to unravel the mystery.

So, there you have them, the motley crew, led by the leader of the crew, Baek Siyoon. They are the neighborhood heroes, ordinary people doing extraordinary deeds.

Watch out for them starting 23 January 2016!

The Neighborhood Hero motley crew led by leader, Park Sihoo-ssi’s Baek Siyoon. And sneaking in, the villain and the joker!

Youtube Playlist – OCN’s Neighborhood Hero “The Motley Crew”

一群杂牌军

Park Sihoo-ssi is a lonely, solitary figure in Neighborhood Hero

早前，我分享了施厚君在“邻家英雄”饰演的白时允人物介绍。由于他的背景和能力，白时允是无可争议的领导者，一群杂牌军的领袖。来自各行各业的普通人，为了他们的邻里走在一起做出不平凡的事迹。

除了白时允，还有谁凑成四位杂牌军呢？

仁泰浩，警察

Police Officer Im Taeho took up a second job of tracking ex-secret service agents

仁泰浩是一名47岁的警察, 工作在江中(翻译）警察局，刑事科强力组。他是三个孩子的父亲，是家中唯一的经济支柱。靠着他警察微薄收入的一家人，生活困苦，经常担忧如何支付下一期房贷的分期付款。

就在又要交另一期房贷时，他的高中学长联系了他。问他可否有兴趣当监视工作，额外赚点收入。在那“清溪川工程”，他的工作就是密切观察退役的秘密特工的行动。仁泰浩非常在意他前辈对他的信任，尤其是对他说：“我们现在有着共同的命运。”

虽然做两份工非常忙碌，但他很​​高兴有更多的收入来维持他的一家。

不久之后，他那警察血猎犬本性很快察觉到事情有点不寻常，一个又一个，他正在观察的对象因为卷入某种事件伤亡。尽管他的前辈警告他不要插手，天生警察调查的直觉已经是提高警戒。

崔灿奎，待业青年

Jobless Choi Changyu took the surveillance job to watch Baek Siyoon but ended up as his sidekick instead

然后是28岁的待业年轻人，崔灿奎。学校毕业和国民服义后，还不能找到工作。他有愿望成为一名警察，因为他善于运动。然而，初步警察公务员笔试考试不容易，录取率只有20比1。虽然有愿望，但他缺乏决心和意志力。

警察招募笔试考试那天，他迟到了，但引来警察仁泰浩的注意。仁泰浩向他提议在“清溪川工程”工作，为他观察“酒吧이웃”的顾客。工作听起来简单，还会有工资，所以崔燦奎接受了。

他的第一个监督的目标是白时允，“酒吧이웃”的新老板。无论是在外观，说话方式或态度，白时允是一个值得学习的榜样，所以崔灿奎第一时间就称他为“Hyeong 哥”。

裴静妍，编剧作家

Bae Jingyan dreamed of becoming a successful scriptwriter. For now, she worked at the Neighborhood Bar

男生当中，也有位女生，裴静妍是一位26岁的编剧兼职酒吧员工。她是“酒吧이웃”的“声音”，应该是指酒吧的公关吧。与她开朗活泼的性格，开心果的她让每个人都开心，忘掉烦恼。

她在酒吧的任务较简单，大多数时间用来观察酒吧的顾客来取灵感带动她写剧本。她梦想有一天写出一部成功的卖座电影剧本。

有一天，她突然发现自己有了新老板白时允，刚入住邻里。随着新的老板，她不得不努力工作，处理酒吧的麻烦顾客和任务，每天工作完已经精疲力尽了。

她偶然遇到没有人知道但邻里大家所称“影子”的神秘英雄人物。裴静妍的好奇新大发，试图监察，想解开“影子“真实身份之谜。

这就是杂牌军的组合了，由白时允为领导者。他们是邻家英雄，平凡人为邻里做出不平凡的事迹。

Photo Credits – Many thanks! OCN, blog.naver.com/lhjing7, Weibo