I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 101

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Episode 101

“Not really.”

Ju Junseo left those words behind and exited the waiting room with his manager. I thought I could faintly hear Myeong Jeha’s voice from beyond the closed door.

“…His personality has really changed a lot.”

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There were 30 minutes left until the awards ceremony red carpet ended. Once the red carpet finished, sponsor brand advertisements would immediately follow, and then the curtain would rise with opening remarks from me and Seo Eden as MCs.

“You’re doing great! Cutie.”

Today too, Manager Ma was following me around with her camera. Manager Ma seemed to be more famous than I had thought.

‘Since yesterday, there have been quite a few people whispering while looking at Manager Ma’s face….’

From what I heard, she was supposedly a total shut-in who absolutely never left the company. Did I manage to drag such a person all the way to Osaka?

‘This is… the power of a celebrity….’

“The audio has been a bit empty since yesterday, and I can’t keep adding my voice, so look at the camera and chatter a bit.”

“Yes!”

This isn’t the time to be absorbed in the atmosphere. I briefly recalled various types of videos I had watched in the past.

[LiveOn MC Doesn’t Get Nervous White Dragon Film Awards Special MC Behind] 13:18

[Eun-hind / White Lily’s Year-End Vlog / A Day as MBS Acting Awards MC] 15:27

Okay. The script is organizing itself in my head.

“Right now it’s 45 minutes before the MNAA awards ceremony live broadcast. I memorized all the cue cards yesterday, but I’m so nervous…. I don’t know if I’ll be able to do well.”

Of course I’ll do well. You’re supposed to show this kind of side to look more endearing. Real pros need to hide their strength a bit.

“Coming to Osaka makes me feel the popularity of K-POP once again, so maybe that’s why my heart is beating even more….”

Let me add a spoonful of national pride here.

“So that everyone who came today can have an enjoyable day, I need to work hard introducing the singers who prepared the stages!”

I’d like to say I’m happy to meet Japanese fans, but are there any of my fans over there? No. There probably aren’t any. Thinking realistically, let me finish appropriately like this instead of that comment.

“Then I’ll see you again when the stage starts later-.”

“Okay. Cut. Cutie did well!”

Manager Ma turned off the camera and rotated the screen so I could monitor it. The cuts we had filmed since arriving at Kyocera Dome today flashed by briefly. I could roughly picture in my head how the vlog would be completed.

‘Later I want to try saying I’m so happy to see my fans too.’

Manager Ma, who had been checking the camera battery, left first. Then I should also return to the MC backstage now to drink some water and prepare for the live broadcast while resting a bit.

“Unnie! Let’s go-.”

“….”

I called to Coordinator Hwang who was beside me. But Coordinator Hwang’s gaze looked somehow anxious. Come to think of it, she had been strangely quiet since yesterday’s rehearsal. Coordinator Hwang isn’t usually like this….

“…Unnie?”

“Oh, oh oh. Sorry. Sorry….”

What’s there to be sorry about? She suddenly became overly submissive. Is she sick somewhere?

“Unnie, are you feeling unwell right now-.”

“Hello.”

That’s when it happened. Someone greeted me. I also reflexively bowed and greeted back.

“Yes! Hello.”

When I straightened up to check who had approached, there was an unexpected face there.

“Oh? It was you, unnie? You’ve changed so much I wasn’t sure-. I almost didn’t recognize you!”

It was Gi Juye. Gi Juye greeted me and immediately looked at Coordinator Hwang beside me, acting friendly. As if she had known her from before.

“Oh, yes. Hello…”

“Hey, unnie! Why are you suddenly being so distant-. Speak casually like before, casually! I wondered where you went after quitting here, and you became an actor’s coordinator?”

This is strange. Looking at Gi Juye alone, it seems like they were really close, but looking at Coordinator Hwang, it doesn’t seem that way at all.

“Oh, yeah….”

“Unnie, I thought you had quit coordinating altogether. This worked out well! It’s so nice seeing you like this-. Yeoreum hoobae-nim? Or Yeoreum-nim? What should I call you. I watched 〈Pachehi〉!”

I was observing Coordinator Hwang’s face when Gi Juye’s arrow suddenly turned toward me. I answered naturally.

“Please just call me comfortably, sunbae-nim.”

“Hihi. Then I’ll call you Yeoreum hoobae-nim! Yeoreum hoobae-nim, is our coordinator unnie doing her job well now?”

“Of course. She does her job really well. I like her so so much.”

“That’s such a relief, really. Unnie used to be such a klutz that I worried about her a lot. No wait, is unnie still not comfortable with Yeoreum hoobae-nim yet?”

Gi Juye naturally linked arms with Coordinator Hwang and looked at me.

“That outfit, that wasn’t chosen by coordinator unnie, right?”

“…No. Manager Ryu did it for me.”

“I thought so, I could tell right away it was so-o pretty. You become best dressed at every red carpet!”

I am an actor. I’m someone who has to analyze not only every single word people say, but also their non-verbal actions.

‘She’s right now….’

So I could tell immediately.

‘She’s being catty, isn’t she?’

Even if I don’t want to, I can immediately interpret the other person’s intentions. According to the Han Yeoreum translator, Gi Juye’s words mean the following:

=I thought you were so bad at your job that you’d left the industry entirely, but now you’re attached to some rookie actor? But you’re so incompetent that even the person you’re working with this time doesn’t seem to like you much lol Actually what work do you even do anyway, Ryurisa picks out the clothes and you just do the ironing ㅇㅇ

‘Is this kid a bit slow?’

To be so blatantly catty…. No, maybe she’s actually smart to do this.

‘Because she knows we can’t react properly even if she’s openly picking on us.’

Celebrities are the powerful ones, and popular celebrities are the most powerful of all. Thinking about what I heard from Dokgo Min, this level doesn’t even count as abuse of power.

Rather, if Coordinator Hwang or I fought back here, rumors could spread in the industry like ‘I was just speaking lightly because I wanted to get close to my hoobae, but they reacted sensitively.’

When I remained silent, Gi Juye seemed to think I couldn’t say anything because I was in front of a senior, so she delivered her next line.

“Congratulations on becoming an N company model too! I probably can’t continue as an N company model anymore because of my schedule anyway…. I was really worried about who would become the next model. But I’m so relieved that a hoobae-nim with such a perfect image joined!”

=You were happy about becoming an N company model, right? Are you pleased? I was going to dump it first anyway, you just picked up what I threw away

This time too, the translation happens automatically. So what about it? Let me briefly summarize ‘I’m the model now, so what can you do? You’ve been pushed out, yet you talk too much.’

“Yes. Thank you.”

I spoke with a smile as if I really knew nothing. Facial expression control is an actor’s basic skill. When I didn’t seem to be affected, Gi Juye immediately launched her next attack.

“I heard you’re entering a drama next year? When I first saw that ASMR, I thought you were a kids’ YouTuber or something! Like someone who reviews toys.”

=I didn’t even know who you were, someone like you… an actor?

“It’s fortunate you’ll be wearing hanbok in your next work. In many ways-. Since you’re an N company model, it would be a bit, you know, if you only kept wearing that? I’m done being an N company model this time, and since my character is a chaebol daughter, I’m planning to wear mainly high-end brands. Seeing things like this, coordinator unnie transferring worked out so well. When there are accidents, you have to pay for them…. Unnie used to pay for a lot of clothes in the past. I felt so bad back then. Really, you have to treat our unnie well.”

=You keep wearing cheap clothes, I’ll wear expensive ones. And your coordinator isn’t qualified to touch expensive clothes because she’s bad at her job.

‘At least take some breaths while talking…. This kid’s breathing control is a complete mess.’

If you delivered lines like this in Professor Geum Bitkang’s class, you’d get scolded within three seconds.

Gi Juye, who had spoken rapidly, playfully leaned on Coordinator Hwang’s shoulder. I could feel Coordinator Hwang stiffen up. She smiled awkwardly, but that’s definitely not a smile.

‘So now it’s my turn?’

The attack turn had come around. I answered with a slight smile. Using the pronunciation Professor Geum taught me, so she could clearly understand the message I wanted to convey.

“Back then, the coordinator must have been too hectic. Originally, idol work is all like that, isn’t it. Going here and there so much. Waiting time on set is long but preparation time is rushed. Our coordinator should have been assigned to an actor much earlier.”

=Oh my…. Are idols… and actors… the same? And our noble house JC ENM provides the best environment. Unlike you guys who make 80,000 won per day.

“Since this is your first time trying acting, senior, you must be really nervous… I’ll look forward to your pretty styling!”

=I don’t have any expectations for your acting though.

“Oh right, and I was really surprised because our coordinator does such amazing work. I was wondering where they had worked before. But hearing that they were in charge of Ju Ye senior, it all makes sense!”

=Don’t mess with my outfit and you, the rumors… Ugh never mind, whatever ㅋㅋ just live like that

I could feel Gi Juye’s expression hardening at my words.

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