I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 103

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Episode 103

“It’s starting!”

Aetami’s heart was racing today thanks to all the juicy content being served up.

‘I love you, JC ENM…’

Aetami offered a prayer of gratitude to JC ENM for providing today’s daily bread. She had the TV on to watch on the big screen, her cell phone checking the real-time community forums, and her tablet monitoring the Intube live stream.

[♨️️MNAA 3rd Forum♨️️]

-Why is the commercial break so long after recording ends lol just hurry up and start

-Starting starting starting

-Seo Eden definitely seems better at MCing than at the beginning lol maybe it’s because of his idol experience, his expressions look natural too

Good thing the hate comments have decreased a lot ㅜ

Aetami refreshed the forum while checking the chat window on her tablet. International fans were watching the broadcast in real-time.

-I still can’t get over the fact that junseo isn’t next to chawon in MNAA (crying emoji)

-I became a fan recently but she’s definitely a hard worker…! «٩(*´∀`*)۶»

-I love yeoleum’s voice

“I can hear the sound of Yeoreum’s followers increasing…”

Thanks to 〈Pacheci〉 making its mark in K-web drama history, it seemed like foreigners interested in the Korean entertainment industry were gradually becoming familiar with Yeoreum’s face. Today too, Yeoreum’s hosting was flawlessly smooth.

“Why is our girl so good at memorizing scripts?”

Yeoreum barely even glanced at the cue cards, speaking naturally, and her eye contact had become perfect. Even though it was a live broadcast, she didn’t stumble over her words once.

-Amazing memory.. I couldn’t go to the venue but I’m cheering with all my might (ง •̀_•́)ง

-She’s definitely a pro, I love her so much I’m getting dizzy (crying while laughing emoji)

It wasn’t just Aetami who noticed this. Everyone watching the broadcast in real-time could feel it.

“At this rate, they’ll all become fans soon, won’t they?”

MNAA. Though it’s an awards ceremony for singers, it pursues globalism and even actors attend to solidify its trendy image.

Actor fans, for whom every bit of content is precious, would naturally search on Intube after the broadcast ended. Then the algorithm would show them Yeoreum once more, and

“And then this video will appear together on their timeline!”

[1221 KNUA Final Theater 〈Romeo and Juliet〉 Team B Myeong Jeha, Han Yeoreum]

Aetami looked at the screen with a proud smile.

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A user from the Theater*Musical Mini Gallery, with the nickname ㅇㅇ (IP 85.132), searched for the name “Hanyeoreum.”

“Why… isn’t there anything?”

But today was another disappointment. There were no videos where she could properly discuss KNUA theater in depth.

The post she had written on her way home right after watching the 〈Romeo and Juliet〉 Team B play was already at the top of the best posts, but some of the comments didn’t sit well with her.

[Quality Post/ Went to see KNUA theater lol leaving a review scroll warning (verified)]

ㅇㅇ(118.235) Actor stans stop flooding in here and stirring up troubleㅋㅋㅋ Even if you’re skilled, you get completely exposed when you come to Dang-ro, but they’re all hyped up among themselves like wtf are they trying to do

︎˪ㅇㅇ(106.102) For real, I get it, your sister is good at it, stop with the viral marketing bullshit

ㅇㅇ(211.234) I’m already annoyed to death with all the forced bundling sales on the entertainment music boards, and now even the actor fangirls are butting in

ㅇㅇ(117.111) Have you idiots been living your whole lives getting fooled? I’m telling you they really did well. I bet everything that I’m not some midsummer fangirl. I’m calling the police for real

Anyone with deep knowledge of theater could see that Team B was the clear winner.

But seeing these idiots who didn’t witness it firsthand making nonsensical rebuttals made her chest feel stuffy.

“Ha, they’re all just half-baked wannabes…”

They were people she couldn’t communicate with. IP 85.132, in her over-immersion, ended up revealing her true speech pattern hidden behind the mask of social propriety.

IP 85.132 was definitely not a Han Yeoreum fangirl. She was just frustrated that she couldn’t say something good was good, that facts weren’t being accepted as facts in this moment.

“Was this… the extent of your level…?”

IP 85.132 glared at her cell phone with disgust in her eyes. If she had known this would happen, she should have risked getting caught and recorded at least from the middle. A masterpiece without evidence only tormented people like this.

“All of them are 〈below expectations〉…”

KNUA’s final theater performances were famous, but that was only true for the graduating class. The freshmen’s stage was held in a small auditorium that could barely fit 100 people.

‘That damn stage… Excluding reporters, excluding student families, excluding people who came to see friends, excluding people who came along with friends of friends, the real enthusiasts are endangered.’

Because of this, even ordinary people interested in the Do Gyeoul VS Pi Chaewon theater didn’t trust what the real enthusiasts said.

IP 85.132 had used tremendous concentration to memorize almost the entire play. But even so, she wanted to see it just one more time.

The mirage-like stage that didn’t allow multiple viewings and the ignorant users who hadn’t even seen it drove IP 85.132 crazy.

“To think they were such impossible people to communicate with, ah-. What a disappointment.”

That stage that all the ‘real enthusiasts’ acknowledged. But that stage with no recorded video because only ‘real enthusiasts’ were there.

Those contradictory facts stabbed at IP 85.132 like a double-edged sword.

The only Team B video circulating on the internet was of Han Yeoreum and Myeong Jeha smiling brightly during the curtain call.

‘Only Do Gyeoul’s videos are circulating as proper theater footage!’

Ordinary people who came to see friends had uploaded short videos of Do Gyeoul’s performance. Because of this, the claims of IP 85.132 and other real enthusiasts that the 〈Romeo and Juliet〉 Team B stage was better didn’t gain traction.

︎ㅇㅇ(106.102) Is acting really a joke? They tell you to do theater if you’re just a little bit good ㅋㅋㅋ Why don’t you release your sister’s video or something? They think they can just make a fuss without any evidence. Really shows their intelligence level

The 〈Romeo and Juliet〉 Team B stage was summarized like this.

So do you have evidence? No, right?

“Cowardly demanding videos?”

Therefore, we end the discussion about KNUA first-year theater here. Any rebuttals mean you’re wrong.

“These ignorant people… in places where real enthusiasts gather, cell phone lights are never seen… Ugh…”

85.132, who regretted not filming a video more than anyone, felt like she wouldn’t be able to rest in peace even after death.

“But I did see it.”

She muttered solemnly. She was planning to claim a moral victory that those of them who saw it were winners compared to those who didn’t. The masterpiece that was performed just once would remain forever in the hearts of IP 85.132 and the audience who witnessed it firsthand…

[1221 KNUA Final Theater 〈Romeo and Juliet〉 Team B Myeong Jeha, Han Yeoreum]

“Oh, crazy!”

That’s when it happened. Like a miracle, a video from that day appeared on Intube. IP 85.132 immediately wrote a post.

[Quality Post KNUA Romeo and Juliet writer here, video just dropped lol]

https://www.intube.com/watch?v=

If you have eyes, watch and then talk lol

And she quickly clicked on the video. The video quality seemed to have been post-processed, so it wasn’t too hard on the eyes.

The problem was the audio quality – in the early Romeo entrance scene, the voices of characters other than Myeong Jeha couldn’t be heard clearly.

“Must have gone wrong during recording. Maybe they positioned the microphone toward Jeha? The limitations of amateurs…”

Muttering to herself as she focused on watching the play once more, IP 85.132 realized something when Han Yeoreum opened her mouth.

-Ah….

This wasn’t the microphone’s fault.

As the conversation continued between just Romeo and Juliet, excluding the other characters, she became more certain.

-Who guided you to find this place?

-Love guided me.

The voice that pierced through the low audio quality was delivered clearly to her ears. The camera filming the screen shook slightly at that moment. IP 85.132 felt as if her heart shook along with it.

-Do you love me?

-My lady, I swear by that moon that silvers all these fruit-tree tops.

Han Yeoreum’s voice instantly transported IP 85.132 to that day, that moment.

-Please don’t swear. But if you must swear, then swear by yourself.

The emotions she felt then, the voice she heard, even the flow of air she concentrated on so intensely she could barely breathe properly.

-I would follow you anywhere in the world if you were my husband.

Before she knew it, the screen had turned black. A replay button appeared, as if asking whether she wanted to watch it again.

Only then did IP 85.132 take a deep breath. At some point, she had been holding her breath while watching the video again.

IP 85.132 was an intellectual. Therefore, she absolutely did not prefer childish things like web dramas. She swore she didn’t like Han Yeoreum either.

But she had to say what needed to be said.

Han Yeoreum acted better than expected, and this play was absolutely not the quality that typical first-year college students could show.

Comment: I actually attended the play in person. I’ll add a few interpretations.

Looking at Myeong Jeha’s outfit, the gat string mixed glass beads with amber, which were luxury items worth at least dozens to over a hundred nyang in an era when one seom of rice cost 1 nyang. Roughly speaking, 1 nyang in the Joseon Dynasty was about 1 million won, so they’re wearing at least 20 million to 100 million won worth of accessories just on the gat string. Additionally, jade ornaments cost 10-50 nyang, so roughly calculating, the Montague family is wealthy enough to easily spend 100 million won just on accessories.

If they could dress this lavishly without receiving criticism from other families, you can’t even gauge how powerful they were. Can you feel how much resolve Romeo had to elope with Juliet from the seemingly declining noble Capulet family? (omitted)

Interpretation aside, the voice heard on the actual stage was different from the start (omitted)

So people needed to know too.

No matter what anyone said, IP 85.132 was an intellectual and cultured person, and her interpretation was correct. It absolutely wasn’t because she liked a frivolous actor like Han Yeoreum.

IP 85.132 refreshed the page to check the number of upvotes on her comment.

[Play Again]

Click-.

It absolutely wasn’t because she liked Han Yeoreum.

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It was just as Aetami had expected. Even after the awards ceremony ended, the enthusiasm for MNAA showed no signs of cooling down.

[HOT/Compilation of today’s well-received stages lol]

[HOT/MNAA award winners list from Rookie Award to Grand Prize]

[HOT/The moment when people on Dalgeul were buzzing about realizing the difference between actors and idols.jpg]

The timelines of users who entered through links from communities and SNS were quickly filled with MNAA content.

The algorithms of idol fans who mainly watched K-POP stages were filled with stages related to the videos they just watched, but actor fans were different.

“Oh? It’s Pi Chaewon?”

Drama fans or musical fans who clicked on videos to see actors who came to receive awards had their timelines dominated by dramas, movies, plays, and musicals.

So naturally, the algorithm adjusted accordingly.

[1221 KNUA Final Play Team B Myeong Jeha, Han Yeoreum]

Hearing this, a smile formed on Jegal Rok’s lips.

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