I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 153

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Episode 153

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Screech-! The tires scraped against the ground as the supercar spun round and round.

 

“If you cause an accident, that’s a fine of up to 20 million won under the Traffic Accident Processing Special Act!”

 

The one who had secretly snuck into his back seats was none other than the chief of the violent crimes unit.

 

“Funny Balloon distribution crime: up to 3 years imprisonment and a 50 million won fine!”

 

He rattled off fines like scolding in response to K’s words that the world was easy if you had money. The struggles of the common citizen chief, who had suffered many hardships over money, were evident.

 

“Even if you insist you didn’t know, that’s 10 million won!”

 

The supercar, after spinning several times, crashed into the guardrail. Thud-! The chief still hadn’t let go of his neck.

 

“Drug-related crimes: 5 years or more imprisonment or life imprisonment! Your life that money can’t buy! Are you ready to bet it all… Ugh.”

 

But K pulled out an electric shock device from his jacket. Looking at the chief whose body stiffened with the crackling sound, K said.

 

“What? A fake Louis XX knockoff.”

 

As K opened the car door, leaving the chief behind, he said with his tongue trembling.

 

“Th-this is… r-real…”

 

“What? What are you saying? Are you a fake cop who can only say ‘fake’?”

 

K picked up the black bag placed on the passenger seat. Then, through the gap of the open door, as if mocking the chief, he kicked it with his foot as if he didn’t care about such a supercar.

 

And just as he was about to leave the scene.

 

“He said it’s real. The chief did.”

 

Detective Yoon appeared.

 

Detective Yoon, who had been ignoring Detective Gwak’s chief until now, acted more politely than ever before. Whether moved by his words, the chief, still trembling, opened his mouth again.

 

“This year’s new… limited…”

 

“What?”

 

“He said it’s this year’s new limited edition. The chief did.”

 

When Detective Yoon kindly explained again, K shook his head as if dumbfounded.

 

“I’m never buying Louis XX again…”

 

Once again, the movie theater filled with laughter. Reporter Wi also smiled quietly.

 

‘Around this time, like a cliché, he should tell the villain what justice is, and say he can’t forgive what they’ve done…’

 

Even though it was the movie’s climax, there was no seriousness at all. But rather, this relieved the audience’s fatigue.

 

Yoon Hyeonjo coolly suppressed K again. He grabbed and twisted his wrist, then kicked behind his knee to make him lose balance.

 

After exchanging punches back and forth several times, the second K finally fell.

 

“Ah, damn! Is it okay for a detective to beat people up like this? This has gone beyond self-defense!”

 

“That’s not for you to judge.”

 

Even though he hadn’t been beaten up as badly as the K that Detective Gwak caught, this K was making all sorts of exaggerated complaints.

 

“I’m going to make this into a proper news article. You hear? Police violence that crosses the line, something like that!”

 

“Go ahead.”

 

“All detectives are broke bastards who can’t even afford proper lawyers! Hey! Let’s do this by the law, by the law!”

 

At K’s provocation, Detective Yoon, who had never lost his composure, smiled briefly.

 

“There’s something faster than the law, you know.”

 

Thwack!

 

Detective Yoon, who threw a punch at his face, had somehow come to resemble the thuggish violent crimes unit. Click. The sound of handcuffs was cheerful.

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

Under bright sunlight, someone was entering a brunch cafe located on Cheongdam-daero. The clicking sound of dress shoes echoed cutely.

 

-Pretty girl…

 

Now Yeoreum made the audience laugh with just the music. Ding-. The door opened with a small bell sound, and slow motion was applied to Yeoreum’s face as she slowly swept back her hair.

 

“Unnie!”

 

As soon as Yeoreum spotted someone, she urgently waved her hand and walked quickly. At that table were people all dressed similarly to Yeoreum – the women Yeoreum had saved during the last incident.

 

“Hey, you’re so pretty-.”

 

“Unnie is prettier.”

 

They started greeting each other with the kind of words said when touching up makeup in club restrooms. The brunch cafe quickly became lively.

 

“What happened to those bastards?”

 

“Oh well. Since it made such big news.”

 

They talked about the incident. A CG of newspapers appeared next to Yeoreum like post-it notes.

 

 

 

[Asked to crack down on Funny Balloon? Police directly distributed… Internal cover-up evidence]

 

[Not ‘crackdown’ but ‘business’? , who was behind it?]

 

[Shocking… Who can we trust now? Public outrage over Funny Balloon incident]

 

 

 

All those responsible for supplying and distributing the were handcuffed and taken away, including higher-ups who had tried to obstruct the investigation.

 

“They should all just be executed!”

 

“Exactly, exactly.”

 

When Yeoreum was seriously getting angry, the unnie who was the original owner of the scarf Yeoreum had borrowed suddenly grabbed her.

 

“Hey, wait a minute…”

 

“Why?”

 

“Stay like that.”

 

The unnie, who prevented her from turning her head, held up her cell phone. Click-! A cheerful shutter sound rang out.

 

“That angle was so pretty just now. Crazy.”

 

“Oh, really? Then take a video of me too! Quick quick quick.”

 

Our Influencer 1 returned to daily life like that. Repair costs, medical bills, rental fees. She had paid them all off in one go.

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

“They fired twelve people?”

 

“They deserved to be fired. Geez. We investigated for 5 years, but if it weren’t for those bastards, we would have caught them all in one year.”

 

“Hey. That’s not true.”

 

Among the murmuring voices of the attending police officers, the Police Commissioner’s speech echoed loudly.

 

“With this incident as an opportunity! Internal police reform will continue without stopping!”

 

In the front row sat the well-dressed narcotics unit team and anti-corruption unit team together. Like one team.

 

“We promise to once again become a police force that the people can trust.”

 

After the Police Commissioner’s speech ended, text appeared on the screen behind. White letters on a blue background symbolizing integrity and honesty read:

 

 

 

[Special Promotion List]

 

[Gwak Cheolsik- Special promotion from Inspector to Senior Inspector]

 

[Yoon Hyeonjo- Special promotion from Senior Inspector to Superintendent]

 

[Entire Funny Balloon Cartel Investigation Team Promoted]

 

 

 

Medals were hung around everyone’s necks as they stood in a row, and they turned around orderly and saluted toward the people.

 

The applause was endless.

 

 

 

When they were leaving the impressive building, they weren’t bickering as usual. It seemed they wanted to end things cleanly, at least for this moment of farewell.

 

“Take care.”

 

“You can’t go.”

 

“He’s like that till the end…”

 

To Detective Gwak’s greeting, Detective Yoon responded half-heartedly. Just as they were about to turn their backs on each other.

 

Step-. Step-. Step-.

 

The sound of dress shoes could be heard from far away. It was the Police Deputy Commissioner in a neat suit.

 

“Congratulations.”

 

“Oh, what for.”

 

“Yes. Thank you.”

 

The Commissioner smiled and handed them a rectangular velvet file.

 

“We already received all our awards earlier, didn’t we?”

 

“….”

 

When Detective Gwak and Detective Yoon looked puzzled, wondering what this was, the Commissioner smiled again and waved his hand as if telling them to hurry up and take it.

 

When they opened the file they received, another appointment letter was placed inside.

 

 

 

[Special Investigation Unit Appointment Letter]

 

 

 

Detective Yoon blinked as if he couldn’t believe it. Gwak Cheolsik opened his mouth. Only the team leader smiled as if he had known all along.

 

“Ah, how can there be such a thing!”

 

Detective Gwak’s voice echoed loudly beyond the National Police Agency. In front of the impressive National Police Agency building under the blue sky, placards fluttered today as well.

 

 

 

[Justice Prevails]

 

 

 

The screen went dark.

 

Bang!

 

.

 

The movie title appeared once more, and the ending credits rolled up with exciting siren sounds.

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

“Not bad.”

 

The Senior Reporter sitting next to Reporter Wi summarized it neatly. He was the person who had amazingly predicted the ratings from Do Gyeoul’s script reading scene last time.

 

“Right. Not overly verbose. It’s clichéd but strangely twisted.”

 

As they left the movie theater, they quickly organized the headlines for the articles they would upload. Several reporters could be seen writing articles at nearby tables as soon as they left the theater.

 

Reporter Wi also opened his laptop. He wrote additional text between the articles he had prepared in advance after watching the trailer and asked.

 

“What do you think the score will be, Senior?”

 

Our Yeoreum is cute, right? Our Yeoreum came out well, right? Our Yeoreum did well, right?… Reporter Wi swallowed the countless questions he wanted to ask and asked the most professional question possible.

 

The Senior Reporter, who had been thoughtfully looking at the screen, briefly looked around. The other reporters had lukewarm reactions.

 

“Ten million.”

 

However, he casually threw it out.

 

“Ten million?”

 

When Reporter Wi was surprised, the senior answered as if wondering what was so surprising about that.

 

“It’s good to watch without burden.”

 

“Still, ten million? No, just hit ten million not long ago. But again?”

 

“Yeah. That one is a bit heavy if you compare. It put some weight on the crime side. is more like an action comedy if you really categorize it. Expected rating 3.5? About that much.”

 

He knew. Audiences go to see movies that make them laugh lightly and constantly rather than deep and boring stories.

 

“Probably… in my view.”

 

And this ,

 

“Fastest ten million.”

 

It was a perfect movie to choose without thinking deeply before booking tickets.

 

 

 

– Average Rating ★★★☆ (3.5/5.0) Critic Reviews

 

-Predictable development and clichés. However, its own fresh variation. (★★★)

 

-The refreshing feeling from fast development and relentless action. Where should we soothe the disappointment of no message? (★★☆)

 

-The pleasure that familiar taste gives. (★★★★)

 

 

 

Shortly after, as if his prophecy had come true, the critics’ average rating was 3.5.

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

I was standing next to Director Gong in the empty movie theater. It was time for the staff to give their congratulations before leaving.

 

“Wow, I enjoyed it! I’m also watching these days. Oh my, you’re frighteningly good-.”

 

“Thank you!”

 

“My daughter is a fan, a fan! That parfait? She told me to tell you she enjoyed it.”

 

“Oh, really? Do you need an autograph by any chance? Don’t you need a selfie with me? Or should I make a video message or something.”

 

My fan. This would be my second fan, so I can’t miss this opportunity. I was seriously considering whether to turn on the bunny ear filter on the gentleman’s cell phone and take a picture together when.

 

“Hello! There!”

 

A spirited voice came from somewhere. I turned my head for a moment and froze in place.

 

‘Director Ja Seokhwan…?’

 

No, why is that person here? Maybe to see me? Of course, that’s probably not likely. Gwak Cheolsik and Yoon Hyeonjo are here. But why…

 

‘It seems like he’s looking at me?’

 

Did he recognize Han Yeoreum, the greatest actress of this era representing South Korea? To get my autograph? To take a picture together? To receive a video message? If not that, then maybe…

 

“I watched yesterday!”

 

“Yes, Director. Thank you.”

 

“Huh? You know I’m a director just by looking at me?”

 

“Of course. Aren’t you Director Ja Seokhwan, the greatest drama director of this era? You’re the master of South Korea who attracts viewers to the TV screen like a magnet, just like your name suggests. Since I grew up earnestly watching Director Ja’s dramas with their exceptional depth from when I was young, you could say my dream of becoming an actress started with Director Ja. You’re one of the people I respect most.”

 

To offer me the next project? To discuss my appearance in Director Ja’s work? To give me the female lead role?

 

Han Yeoreum’s materialistic calculator was about to explode. Greetings came out naturally without going through my head.

 

“I didn’t know you liked me this much! Perfect! Take this.”

 

“Hyung… isn’t it wrong to steal actors at our premiere…? What would it be like if it were hyung? In this crazy situation at hyung’s premiere. Just tell me how my movie was…”

 

“See where I highlighted with the fluorescent pen? Yeonhuijae. Of course, it’s not confirmed yet, but I wanted to talk.”

 

“The meaning of an answer without an answer. What could it be? Was our movie not good?”

 

Director Gong was holding Director Ja’s arm hoping for empathy about , but he stubbornly only said what he wanted to say.

 

‘This must be what a master’s spirit is like…’

 

Not caring about others’ opinions at all. Kind of like Professor Geum Bitkang of light. Of course, that side is darkness.

 

Anyway, I received the shopping bag that Director Ja handed me. It contained a scenario and character introduction.

 

‘The Great Garland!’

 

I blinked. No way. I immediately remembered the name Yeonhuijae. That Yeonhuijae who has the modifier of being the nation’s first love.

 

“Right! You child actors greet each other here. Since we’re gathered like this, shall we talk once more after filming ends later?”

 

“I wasn’t supposed to share my schedule with hyung…”

 

Using Director Gong’s dejected words as background, Director Ja gestured somewhere.

 

“The movie was fun, Yeoreum. Director. I really enjoyed it.”

 

Then Myeong Jeha, who would become Gi Taeseok of The Great Garland, approached.

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