I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 155

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Episode 155

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have no confidence.

 

‘Confidence that I’ll lose…’

 

I suppressed the corners of my mouth that were already trying to rise and managed my expression with effort.

 

“Ah, so even though there’s already someone predetermined… Director, you still came to find me…?”

 

I entered into praising the director with a newcomer’s humility. Director Ja could be said to be the heaviest weight on Han Yeoreum’s materialistic scale.

 

‘There’s a reason why it gets 30% viewership ratings.’

 

The power to lead a long series all comes from that bulldozer personality that pushes through everything. If such a Director Ja is being pushed around by investors, it means the current requires more investment money than before. That means…

 

‘The quality will definitely be better than before…’

 

It’ll turn out well. 100 percent.

 

‘And originally, this role was definitely Do Gyeoul’s.’

 

Do Gyeoul had successfully made her comeback by playing the nation’s first love in this . The synchronization rate was so high that thinking of Eun Baekhap automatically brought Do Gyeoul to mind.

 

‘After that, the two people who became synonymous with innocence even had some overlap in the scenarios they received…’

 

Do Gyeoul snatched away the scenario that Eun Baekhap had been most carefully reviewing and made it her next project. And that also became a huge hit.

 

‘I absolutely can’t let this slip away.’

 

Thinking that I’m taking Do Gyeoul’s role makes me even more desperate.

 

‘I can’t hand over this kind of role to Gi Juye.’

 

This is definitely mine. My Yeonhuijae.

 

I looked at Director Ja with the eyes of a humble, thoughtful, and beautiful first love actress of this era.

 

“How wonderful… As expected, you’re a director who has your own convictions, a work you want to protect and see through… I really think that’s amazing. The will to complete it the way you envision it…”

 

“Right, exactly! This guy originally has that kind of thing. Pushing through with his own stubbornness!”

 

Director Gong was empathizing even in this situation. But Director Ja didn’t seem particularly pleased even though I was praising him like this.

 

He showed no sign of ‘That’s me!’ and just lightly glanced once at the scenario in my hands.

 

“Look at the scenario. It’ll be interesting, yeah.”

 

…He really only says what he wants to say. I gave up on building rapport with Director Ja and picked up the scenario. Opening to the page with the Post-it Note, Huijae’s dialogue appeared.

 

‘Ah, this is that scene.’

 

That famous scene that made Yeonhuijae the nation’s first love. The moment when it was raining tremendously, and Yeonhuijae first planted hope in Gi Taeseok’s heart.

 

 

 

Huijae Here too, it can get better.

 

 

 

There is a beach, but it’s too far to reach by bicycle and they can’t afford to take a car. Taeseok has only worked since childhood without even learning to read. Because he had to put food on the table somehow.

 

Even with liberation, Taeseok’s life remains unliberated from poverty.

 

Looking around, there are only old things, shabby things, worthless things, rough things, sharp things… In other words, cheap stuff. Such things make up Gi Taeseok’s life. Things that seem to have no relation to Yeonhuijae’s life make Taeseok feel ashamed.

 

Next to such Taeseok, Huijae smiles and looks beyond those mountains, saying that this place will surely get better too. As if telling him to dream, she unfolds the future before Taeseok’s eyes.

 

 

 

Huijae When many new stores open here, and many new people come…

 

 

 

Though intelligent, Taeseok knew how to calculate misfortune as well as his good mind allowed. In a world where those who are already flying high live even better. He knew there would be no place for him.

 

Talking casually with this rich family’s young lady. He knew that was about the limit of the once-in-a-lifetime luck in Gi Taeseok’s life.

 

Though he fell in love from the moment he first saw Huijae, Taeseok, who knows the class difference painfully well, only grumbles more because he finds himself so shabby.

 

It was while I was mulling over the main scenes and characters’ psychology of .

 

Myeong Jeha, who had been silent, opened his mouth.

 

“Who would come to a place like this? What’s the point of opening a store. It won’t make money. If it were me, I’d open a store in Gyeongseong, never in a rural village like this. Why would I? There’s no reason it would succeed.”

 

From the moment Myeong Jeha, sitting across from me, delivered his line, this place became a stage.

 

Because all around became quiet. Myeong Jeha’s voice had that kind of power. The power to instantly make people focus.

 

“Reason? Um… reason? Right?”

 

“Yeah. That. Why. Why, you ask.”

 

“There is a reason.”

 

When I immediately responded with Huijae’s line, Director Gong and Director Ja looked surprised.

 

Of course. This is a famous scene that I had practiced several times.

 

I took a breath for a moment. Just like Huijae had done. Clear rainwater caresses the soil as it passes, and this place filled with fresh, cold air is liberated land.

 

“There are many people like you here. Every day, um… daily, people faithful to each day.”

 

A place where everyone shouts hurray with passionate hearts and lives for tomorrow.

 

There, Huijae shoots the bullet of liberation from poverty deep into Taeseok’s heart.

 

“…What? Did you get the scenario first, Yeoreum? Jeha gave this to you first, right! Right, right?”

 

“No, no. The lines were short so I memorized them quickly.”

 

“No, the lines are one thing, but this nuance, huh? How does the nuance come out right away. Hey… what is this really. Really not?”

 

“Haha. Director, I’ve never done that. Really. I only got contacted by Director Ja recently too.”

 

Director Gong made a fuss looking at me. Myeong Jeha shook his head at such Director Gong. Director Gong hit Director Ja’s shoulder saying look at this, she’s my actress.

 

Director Ja, whose personality of only saying what he wanted to say had gone somewhere, silently stared at me intently.

 

‘Yes… keep looking. This is your Yeonhuijae…’

 

The nation’s first love. I’m taking it.

 

 

 

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Stories about were circulating in real time.

 

 

 

[Celebrities who attended today’s Cheongdam GCV Faster Than Law VIP preview.jpg]

 

-What’s with Gwak Cheolsik? Looks like they just grabbed some random thug passing by;;

 

If you do that, Cheolsik will probably sneak up behind you and put you in a headlock

 

-Celebrities really went all out lol what red carpet, this is basically an awards ceremony

 

-Myeongjae, please wear the police uniform just one more time, I’m begging you. I watched Legal War five times just to see your ten minutes of screen time, damn it!!

 

-Han Yeoreum kept doing male disguise then suddenly let her hair down and looks so beautiful.. my personal lady

 

Seriously, they have both boyish and girlish charms ㅠㅠㅜ Yellow suits them perfectly

 

 

 

Eun Seol bit her lips while looking at her cell phone. Lately, she saw Han Yeoreum’s name everywhere she went.

 

 

 

-The freshmen at Korea National University of Arts probably can’t even get a proper look at those three seniors’ faces lol since they’re the hottest thing right now

 

I think all three of them took a leave of absence ㅜ Probably hard to see them even in private settings?

 

Well, winter aside, but summer and Myeongjae are seriously insane – they’re both only 1-2 years into their debut lol no joke

 

 

 

Before they knew it, Do Gyeoul, Myeong Jeha, and Han Yeoreum were being called together as ‘KNUA’s shining class.’

 

“Why is that Han Yeoreum trying to fit in there.”

 

Honestly speaking, she could understand up to Myeong Jeha. Twenty million viewers wasn’t something just anyone could achieve.

 

But Han Yeoreum was different. The very fact that Han Yeoreum was trying to stand shoulder to shoulder with Do Gyeoul felt like some kind of insult to Eun Seol.

 

 

 

Input: lol this summer viral is so obvious it’s annoying ㅜ.. is it just me or does it feel like the agency is working overtime..

 

 

 

Eun Seol posted a comment using one of her many IDs. Then logged out and logged back in with a different ID.

 

 

 

Input: 2222 Anyone would think she’s the lead actress.. It’s so obvious she keeps trying to ride on the male actor’s coattails, even if she acts well it’s annoying to watch ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

 

 

 

Again logged out and logged back in. Eun Seol repeated this several times. Then people similar to Eun Seol joined in posting comments.

 

 

 

ㄴ and Winter are just from the same class, but if you look at their careers alone, there’s really no comparison, so why does she keep subtly trying to insert herself;;ㅎㅎ Doesn’t she know that this only creates more negative feelings..ㅜ

 

I just want to like the actor a bit ㅠ But why do I have to worry about non-acting stuff too… I’m a Do Kyungsoo fan and I feel like shit.. If I say this I’ll just be called oversensitive again

 

 

 

It was the so-called muddying of waters. Eun Seol watched the chaotic comment section with a smile.

 

“Oh, come to think of it, the time is….”

 

Already 10 o’clock. It was time for episode 4 of to air.

 

Eun Seol moved to the drama bulletin board. Sure enough, episode 4 of was already receiving non-stop comments even before airing.

 

 

 

[♨Old Men’s Ancestral Table Perfectly Set Strange Tales Fire Board♨]

 

-Let’s not have commercial breaks, when people speak gently, listen at once damn it

 

-This is a disaster..ㅠㅜㅠㅠㅠㅠ Now I have to wait another week starting tomorrowㅜ Seriously TVM needs to read the room, you know you should at least drop some hints when you’re not coming

 

-Wow their midsummer rising momentum is seriously scary lol Among actresses of similar age, she’ll probably do well second only to Do Gyeoul

 

 

 

Comments that increased by dozens with each refresh, everyone was paying attention to Han Yeoreum.

 

Eun Seol felt her stomach burning. Overwhelming emotions gradually spread throughout her.

 

Meanwhile, episode 4 of began.

 

 

 

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The clear sky gradually darkened. The scenery of Cheonmaekji filled the screen once again, but no longer showed its open beauty. Scattered dark clouds covered the village.

 

Creak—.

 

The door of the Giru closed tightly.

 

Inside the closed Giru, Hwayeong and the girls all stuck out their tongues and placed sharp needles on them one by one.

 

“Ugh….”

 

Aetami, who was watching the screen, unconsciously frowned. Soon clear alcohol was poured into cups, and the girls swallowed the needles along with the alcohol without hesitation.

 

Their eyes were uniformly cold. A chilling coldness spread through the screen.

 

 

 

– What the hell why are they eating that

 

– Ah, I think I’m getting tonsillitis ㅠㅠㅠ I’m so scared

 

-It’s just mukbang, not some curse, right..? But why the girls instead of the old man ㅁㅊㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ

 

 

 

The eeriness that horror brings was conveyed directly.

 

Leaving viewers with bewilderment and fear, the scene had already transitioned.

 

For several days, Myeongdo and Seoryeong had kept the Giru closed, filling the County Magistrate with rage. He decided to sacrifice So Yeong for justification to arrest those disgusting bastards and for the new virtuous woman subsidy that would come in.

 

“You, don’t go there.”

 

“Hwayeong? Why are you here….”

 

It was Hwayeong who stopped So Yeong, who had set out alone on a dark path to run an errand for her mother-in-law.

 

The screen switched quickly. Hwayeong called out the County Magistrate. When she said she wanted to call him separately because she regretted not being able to serve his lordship due to closing the Giru, he rushed over without suspicion.

 

 

 

-Crazy old man why would she want to see you;

 

-Fuck, finally the scene we’ve been waiting for is coming.. I really want to hurry up and get it over with since we’re going anyway ㅠ

 

-I think there’s something in the alcohol he’s drinking now for sure.. If he passes out and dies it’ll hurt less, don’t kill him raw

 

-Just looking at the comments here, it’s like a gang of violent criminals lol Did you only gather people who got perfect scores on the thug test? ㅠㅠㅜ

 

 

 

The County Magistrate, who drank happily, talked about Seoryeong and Myeongdo. The County Magistrate deliberately didn’t head to the Giru. To say that Myeongdo and Seoryeong, drunk from drinking at the Giru, had violated So Yeong.

 

He drank at the pavilion on the lake that he usually favored.

 

“To see those nouveau riche bastards dare! stir up this Cheonmaekji as they please, my insides are boiling!”

 

Whoosh-. A cool wind blew. Black figures approached from the distance.

 

The County Magistrate squinted to see who they were.

 

“Who are you? How dare you…!”

 

“You said we stir things up as we please?”

 

Seoryeong smiled cheerfully. When he came to his senses, they were sitting across from the County Magistrate. Seeing Seoryeong take the liquor bottle without permission and shake it gently made his anger flare.

 

“You bastard! How dare you touch the Seolbaekhwa!”

 

“You drank a whole bottle?”

 

Seoryeong paid no attention and gauged the alcohol in the bottle. From the very faint sloshing sound, it was clear he had drunk a whole bottle.

 

“Hwayeong, you wench, with these filthy bastards in front of me, keeping your mouth shut…! …Huh?”

 

The County Magistrate tried to angrily lash out at the easy target Hwayeong, but there was no one beside him. What was placed next to him was a straw doll with a talisman attached.

 

“What were you planning to do with So Yeong?”

 

“…What. What….”

 

“I asked what you were planning to do.”

 

Seoryeong put the liquor bottle back down on the table. Then he leaned his upper body forward and raised the corners of his mouth as if mocking the County Magistrate.

 

“Like Janghwa and Hongryeon, you were planning to use her to satisfy your greed, weren’t you? Pathetic bastard.”

 

“How can you speak so carelessly! Those women were all violated by bandits, and unable to live with their defiled bodies, they honorably took their own lives!”

 

“Ha! Bandits?”

 

“Yes! Bandits…. Keurk, keuuuk…!”

 

As soon as he insisted on bandits, the County Magistrate clutched his throat and suffered, coughing and choking. As if something was stuck in his throat. He vomited bright red blood.

 

“This Cheonmaekji is surrounded by lakes on all sides. But bandits come and go in Cheonmaekji, not even the nearby Chimyeongji? Why bother? It’s not even a place where many merchants frequent.”

 

Seoryeong wiped the smile from his face.

 

“Bandits travel in groups to a place that’s not profitable? Not just one or two? Well now. They must be excessively stupid bastards.”

 

“Keuuuk…! Cough, kuhuk…. What did you, make me drink…!”

 

“What you drank is truth serum. If you tell lies, needles will rise up inside your throat. I specially prepared it for you, and I couldn’t be happier that you drank a whole bottle.”

 

Seoryeong giggled and even clapped his hands in delight. Even in this situation, the clear sound of water flowed from beneath the pavilion.

 

“Now, speak.”

 

“….”

 

“If you don’t answer my question properly, the needles will stay upright and pierce your heart. Is that fine with you? Will you give up all your wealth and glory and take your own life?”

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