I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 178
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Episode 178
“Well then, I’ll be going first.”
As if he already knew what role I would take on in the near future.
“Wait! What about Senior Officer Yoon Hyeonjo from earlier? You also have that thing.”
When I urgently grabbed his collar, Myeong Jeha stopped for a moment. Then he smiled softly.
“Yeah. There’s no industry where the butterfly effect works as well as here.”
“Elder. Please, could you give me the ending spoilers first instead of foreshadowing?”
“I’ll tell you soon.”
Myeong Jeha waved his hand cheerfully and turned his back.
And truly, in the near future, I had to use my wish as Myeong Jeha had said.
* * *
As soon as ended, I received a flood of advertisement proposals. Various industries sent me love calls. Among them were some major ones.
[Autumn Sand Cookie New Product]
[Korean Traditional Dessert Hanseol Ice Cream]
I paused while reading the proposals.
‘Did my eyesight deteriorate from reading too many scripts?’
I could clearly read the advertisement period, but the amount. The amount was…
“Who are you?”
Manager Choi grabbed my shoulders. A smile hung on the corners of her mouth.
“You’re Han Yeoreum.”
“Manager…!”
Every day was hectic. I had to do an interview with , and right after that, I moved to shoot the October magazine cover that was prepared. My eyes kept flashing from the non-stop bursting flashes.
“You’re receiving attention recently with . It’s hard to believe this level of skill for someone who debuted just a year ago. Where does this Acting Ability come from?”
“This might sound a bit cringey… I think it comes from love. Whether it’s movies or dramas, they only transplant a very small part of the characters’ lives. I have to understand the rest of the time. Without love, there’s a limit to how deeply I can dig.”
As soon as the shoot ended, I headed to the N Company brand event Photo Wall.
“Han Yeoreum!”
“Heart! Look here and make a hand heart! To the left!”
Wherever I went, there were people calling my name. When I traveled by car, I often saw my face.
At Bus Stops, on Building Exterior Wall screens, on Drug Store walls, on Franchise Cafe signboards.
[You know, ALAB]
[Soft Namwon apples made creamy as they are! Creamy Soda]
[More savory injeolmi shaved ice, at Seolhan Ice Cream]
[Autumn limited! Mugwort Sand Cookie and Sweet Potato Sand Cookie]
I was there. As if mocking the past days when I wondered if anyone would even recognize my name, I was everywhere on the Street.
Han Yeoreum was there.
* * *
Aetami held a cookie box with Yeoreum’s face engraved on it. It was now 10 minutes before the funding opened. To calm her anxious mind and body, she put a mugwort Sand Cookie in her mouth.
“Yeoreum, this is strange…”
It wasn’t ticketing but funding. There was no way it would fail. Aetami would naturally be able to purchase the product within the period.
“But why am I so nervous?”
Yeoreum had risen rapidly in a month. All conditions had fallen into place. As if they had been waiting for Han Yeoreum to rise.
[OurVillageChatterChatter/ Hair that’s subtly trending among people in their 20s these days]
(Yeoreum’s photo.jpg)
Han Yeoreum hair
It’s not too bright red but subtly has mocha color as a base so it’s not burdensome and looks pretty
-Right, this is pretty. People around me who got tired of two-tone are switching to Han Yeoreum hair
-Han Yeoreum’s eyes and nose would suit Korean Ariel well
Nice, Korean mermaid princess is perfect, hanbok suits her well too ㅠ so pretty
-I did this but ash fades really fast but red fades less because it’s red.. relatively easy to maintain and pretty
As ‘s audience surpassed ten million, Han Yeoreum’s Influencer 1, who was a supporting character, began to stand out.
Not only did Yeoreum with red hair appear on InTube thumbnails, but due to increasing followers, photos taken last summer were circulating.
[20s Daily Board/ Han Yeoreum really takes photos with a nice feel]
Something that makes you want to copy it? There’s that kind of thing – they’re an actor but seem more like an idol type lol
-Agreed, Music N has fun looking at hair and makeup too
-These days many kids save her photos in their Gallery
Photos taken weekly during Music N were decorating feeds. The still cuts that circulated saying they had an independent film Poster feel swept through the Community once again, drawing attention to Han Yeoreum’s hair.
[ALAB selected as the most repurchased item at Olive 0…]
Thanks to that, ALAB, which had hired Han Yeoreum as a model, established itself as a completely solid brand from a startup brand.
That wasn’t all.
‘N Company’s sales are also continuously rising.’
N Company, the first fashion brand to choose Yeoreum, got an immediate response as soon as they presented their autumn season pictorial. At this rate, the winter season padding sales volume, which would be the most profitable, was already visible.
‘Creamy Soda was also sold out in lines.’
Creamy Soda, which collaborated with Namwon apples, was now showing signs of trying to bring about a new trend in the liquor industry.
I heard that even Cheot-iseul, which was the top in the liquor industry, was preparing to release low-alcohol liquor, albeit belatedly.
‘Hanseol Ice Cream orders also increased, and these Sand Cookies too.’
Yeoreum’s influence was growing every day. Was this anxiety actually coming from excitement?
“Huuuu…”
Aetami took a breath. Only 1 minute was left.
‘All Deudeok would be paying attention to this funding right now!’
It wasn’t just Deudeok. The team’s first car live had even become a meme.
[HOT/ Even as a mother of two children, this was unbearable…]
(Chaerin Chaea Mom: You crazy bastards.jpg)
is the kiss scene that got cut lmao
-The chat back then was fucking hilarious lmaooo
-No but if you give something and then take it away, everyone’s bound to react like that ㅠ
ㄴ채린채아: You crazy bastards
No, Chaerin, Chaea…
Angry Chaerin Chaea Mom’s chat became a meme. Now when agencies or production companies did something wrong, people reacted like this.
Pongdang @pppongdang___e
Chaerin Chaea button ON. Click.
Retweets 31,000 times Likes 29,000 times
So now, besides the Drama Fans, the general public was also showing considerable interest in the funding.
“Of course the quality will be good!”
Moreover, there was trust that they wouldn’t extort money by holding affection hostage with ridiculous quality. High-quality, heartwarming funding becoming a topic again would be good for JC ENM too.
“3… 2… 1…!”
Before she knew it, the time had come. Aetami waited for the funding page to open.
“…What’s this?”
But something was strange. No matter how long she waited, it wouldn’t load.
After what felt like an eternity of waiting, the window that appeared on the screen was:
We’re sorry!
The site is currently experiencing connection issues.
“Don’t tell me this is…”
That’s right. The funding site had crashed.
“Hey, you bastards!”
Aetami grabbed her head and screamed. Contrary to Aetami, Yeoreum in the snack box on the desk was smiling brightly.
The funding achieved the feat of crashing the server for the first time since the site opened.
* * *
Gi Juye looked at the cell phone screen in her hand and grasped the flow of events.
“Good…”
wasn’t simply a drama that was entertaining until the end. It was a drama that poured everything into the final episode and burned brightly.
The complete opposite of ending anticlimactically and being forgotten from everyone’s memory without even being mentioned.
So the magnificent final episode didn’t die after the series ended but continued to generate buzz.
-The lantern festival hosted by Namwon City is experiencing unprecedented vitality thanks to the popularity of the cable drama …
The news showed footage of the lantern festival scene from as reference material. A new Korean Wave in Taiwan, the popularity of an unprecedented fusion historical drama.
-I want to show the lantern festival to those kids who always say Korean aesthetics suck lol they’re so into worshipping foreign things
Seriously, just constantly mumbling that Korea isn’t pretty when you don’t even know properly.. ugh, human
-Shut up and get down, damn it!!!
-Even as a Korean myself, I thought every single scene was beautiful, so I can only imagine how gorgeous it must have looked to foreigners ㅋㅋ I’m so proud ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
This led directly to national pride, and furthermore made people feel favorable toward Han Yeoreum.
‘But this is like poison.’
Gi Juye smiled wickedly.
If a newcomer with an inadequately protected fanbase only receives praise from everywhere, people who think like this will definitely emerge.
-But honestly, is she really that good…? lol The hype seems way too much
“Unnie. When exactly is the casting board for going up?”
“It’ll be up soon. Our marketing team is working hard, you know?”
When Gi Juye asked her manager, she smiled as if telling her not to worry.
“You know our skills.”
Right now, Gi Juye’s agency was in the middle of viral marketing against Han Yeoreum.
[HOT/ Looking back at the comment atmosphere in the early episodes of Strange Tales lol]
[Issue Board/ Foreign reactions saying she might have really received Divine Possession.jpg]
[Our Village Chatter/ Han Yeoreum’s acting acknowledged by shamans (feat. child spirit)]
The so-called lift and strike. They didn’t forget to keep injecting the intense Divine Possession scene into people’s minds.
‘Anyway. She was too show-offy. She shouldn’t have acted up like that just because she could act a little.’
If the shaman image from solidified, the game would be disrupted. No investor would prefer a child actor who overshadows the lead.
First Love.
That was about to fall into Gi Juye’s grasp.
* * *
“This is a disaster…”
Currently, JC ENM’s marketing department was in crisis mode.
The success that shattered expectations was fine. The problem was the mention volume that far exceeded expectations.
-The reaction to the fusion historical drama , which is currently popular in Taiwan, is hot. Tourists visiting Korea solely because of …
, which was enjoying explosive popularity in Taiwan, had opened new horizons for the Korean Wave.
Hanbok rental shops near Gyeongbokgung Palace were already filled with style hanboks.
“Come, come! We have heavenly fortune strings and five fortune strings!”
New products were added to souvenir shops. The heavenly fortune strings and five fortune strings that were tied to Seo Ryeong’s wrist were swept up by Taiwanese tourists.
Photos taken in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace with heavenly fortune strings tied to wrists while holding tickets became known as the standard Korea travel proof shot.
-Rookie actress Han Yeoreum is Taiwan’s youth star. Called Seoryeong…
They knew it would be popular, but they didn’t expect it to be this much. The problem was what came next.
-The popularity factors of include Korean beauty along with intense occult elements. Especially in the Divine Possession section of the final episode…
Yeoreum’s shaman image, which had a strong impact from the beginning, became increasingly intense. Episode 16’s scene had an unforgettable lingering effect.
It wasn’t simply that she acted well, but she truly made viewers feel profound emotions – it was thanks to Han Yeoreum’s skill of overwhelming with her acting.
‘The reaction on the Taiwanese platform is hotter than in Korea…’
On the drama streaming platform, was consistently ranking first place.
“Focus on , not Han Yeoreum!”
“Keep the momentum going!”
JC tried hard to shift the spotlight away from Han Yeoreum.
However, JC failed.
The fire had already been lit. Han Yeoreum had become the center of attention. No matter how much they tried to redirect, the public’s gaze wouldn’t turn elsewhere.
So even acting too well becomes a problem. The marketing team was flustered for the first time.
“PR team! How’s the Gi Juye situation going?”
“We’re trying to capture keywords as much as possible, but this is…”
The PR team, having noticed Gi Juye’s side’s viral marketing, similarly tried hard to solidify Gi Juye’s image as the arrogant youngest granddaughter of a chaebol family from .
But the impact was different.
There were limits to clearly imprinting Gi Juye’s image, which had been overshadowed by Ju Junseo even in a supporting role.
As Han Yeoreum was virtually monopolizing her rising position with , she was moving further away from the role of Yeonhuijae in .
“…How’s the reaction from Eun Baekhap’s side currently?”
No lead actor likes a child actor’s influence growing. In the entertainment industry, influence becomes status.
“Seeing that the casting board isn’t going up, they might decline.”
At this rate, to capture initial buzz, they might proceed with marketing using Han Yeoreum as ‘the actress who brought the Korean Wave boom from Taiwan’ instead of lead actress Eun Baekhap.
Even though she was just a child actor appearing in only 4 episodes out of the 24-episode series.
“No way! Ji Haebeom’s side isn’t confirmed yet either, so if Eun Baekhap gets scrapped, Ji Haebeom might pull out too.”
Then the investors would be scattered. Right now, Ji Haebeom was the central pillar holding up .
“Ji Haebeom, you say?”
“…This one works.”
“At worst we’ll break even! If it goes well, it’ll be several times the profit!”
At just the mention that he would be the lead, investors came running with money in hand – and there were more than just one or two of them.
“…Manager, what should we do?”
An employee who sensed the gravity of the situation asked Manager Ma.
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