I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 184

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Episode 184

[Pure Han Yeoreum’s hand heart, premiere outing]

[I’m in my 20s and everyone follows this woman. Top 5 celebrity SNS feeds with good vibes]

[Anonymous 20s Forum: Midsummer vlogs are surprisingly fun lol It’s the only vlog I watch without skipping]

JC ENM worked hard to distribute press releases. Instead of acting projects, Han Yeoreum showed her face through photo wall outings, modeling activities, and JC ENM InTube self-content.

They focused on external events and friendly private life content to prevent Seo Ryeong’s image from becoming too strong.

‘We couldn’t do variety show image cleansing, but… since she swept the awards in the meantime, some investors who had their hearts set on Gi Juye will also waver.’

This time Ji Haebeom showed overwhelming ability with season greeting sales, so it would be difficult for Gi Juye’s supporters to talk about the Chinese market.

Since the Chinese market already had the trump card of Ji Haebeom, Gi Juye’s power would only have minimal influence.

Ji Haebeom didn’t believe in the saying that success was seventy percent luck and thirty percent skill.

‘Where’s luck in this industry? Everything is manufactured.’

Recently, he heard that Myeong Jeha had repeatedly visited the writer’s studio for .

And after that, revisions were made to scenario. Though they denied it, Ji Haebeom was certain.

‘The scenario revision definitely happened right after their conversation.’

Episode 4 was changed. The ending between Gi Taeseok and Yeonhuijae became not just a simple farewell, but the awakening of a poor boy. There was nothing bad about it for Ji Haebeom.

‘It even made Gi Taeseok’s character more perfect.’

Just a twenty-two-year-old rookie. For such a junior, Myeong Jeha had something suspicious about him.

‘I need to keep him close and watch.’

Ji Haebeom leaned back in the plush seat of first class and closed his eyes. He was already looking forward to the audition.

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Director Ja sucked on a caramel frappuccino full of whipped cream while looking ahead. There was an empty space.

Soon the door would open and Gi Juye and Han Yeoreum would enter.

‘The atmosphere is heavy.’

This single moment would reset the calculators of all the big-shot investors.

Most of the people sitting here were hoping for Han Yeoreum to be eliminated.

‘That way they’d gain more benefits from Gi Juye’s side.’

To stop Ji Haebeom’s solo run, Eun Baekhap’s agency chose Gi Juye’s side. To avoid being devoured, they subtly pushed Gi Juye’s investors and agency as well.

So unless Han Yeoreum showed something overwhelming today, Gi Juye would definitely seize the victory.

‘The playing field was tilted from the start.’

No matter how powerful Ji Haebeom was, he couldn’t raise Han Yeoreum’s hand alone while turning his back on many investors. She would need to show acting that could convince the investors.

‘No, she needs to go beyond acting itself.’

Clear persuasiveness was needed that Han Yeoreum should play Yeonhuijae.

‘Ah, anyway. The days when whoever held the megaphone was king were better…’

Director Ja continuously pushed the frappuccino down his throat while gesturing to the staff. Soon those two would open that door and enter.

It would start the moment those two set foot in this place.

‘I need to check from their walking style.’

In Director Ja’s closed eyes, a blue Earth unfolded. Then a giant telescope looked inside it. The zoom went in at high speed.

The unfolded map was the Japanese archipelago, Kobe.

A chillingly neat Japanese house without a single flaw. Inside a tatami room within a garden with drawings on sand, Rio kneeling for hours.

A girl wearing a pink kimono made of high-quality fabric that was hard to obtain in those days.

The gaze quietly looking at a painting hanging on one side of the tatami room was similar to the garden outside. Something was empty somewhere.

Yeonhuijae, who had been kneeling, stood up. She silently slid open the door and left the room. Then she passed through a long hallway and turned a corner.

“Come in, please.”

And when Director Ja opened his eyes again, two Huijaes walked in front of him.

Yeonhuijae with long black straight hair cut in straight bangs, wearing a red kimono. And in complete contrast, Yeonhuijae with a short bob cut wearing a white cape.

The two stood before the judges. Both had upright postures with their hands clasped together.

‘Basic posture passes.’

Just from appearance, both were excellent Huijaes. Director Ja held a coin.

“Heads or tails? Decide.”

Then Gi Juye quickly spoke as if claiming first.

“I’ll take heads.”

“Okay. Then tails goes to Han Yeoreum. I’m throwing it now.”

Director Ja threw the coin with a light hand movement. Thud! The sound of catching the coin in his palm was loud. Director Ja quickly removed the back of his hand.

“It’s heads. Let’s start with Gi Juye.”

Yeonhuijae in the red kimono stepped half a step forward. Undeniable confidence showed in her eyes.

* * *

Ji Haebeom crossed his arms and leaned back.

“I’ll feed you Gi Taeseok’s lines. The scene where we talk about pear blossoms. So relax, just relax.”

When it became not just a simple audition but one testing chemistry, the room stirred. Ji Haebeom smiled pleasantly. Contrary to his words, the moment Ji Haebeom joined, the audition could no longer be viewed comfortably.

‘Because the difficulty increases when two people exchange lines.’

The other person’s voice, tone, speed of delivering lines. The result of practice changes according to complex factors.

Also, when the other person is a veteran,

‘…you literally get devoured.’

A moment of anxiety flashed in Gi Juye’s previously overflowing confident eyes. But she didn’t show it outwardly.

Instead, she slowly bowed her head with precise movements. Gi Juye’s posture, bowing deeply enough to show her nape, looked like what a young lady from a prestigious Japanese family would show.

“Thank you.”

At that sight, the judges supporting Gi Juye shared glances. There was a feeling of ‘see, I told you so.’ Gi Juye, who had long been active in Japan, had basics ingrained in her body.

Gi Juye’s face changed when she made eye contact with Ji Haebeom. She rolled her lips inward once with innocent eyes. Like Yeonhuijae.

Huijae being shy before speaking to her first love was perfectly overlaid onto Gi Juye.

‘She practiced quite a bit?’

‘Not bad at all.’

The judges looked at Gi Juye with satisfied faces.

“I saw something pretty on a tree while coming here.”

Gi Juye used a voice from deep in her throat. It was a very gentle tone. It showed she had refined even the basics for this role.

Director Ja looked at Gi Juye with raised corners of his mouth.

“What is it? Where did you see it?”

Gi Taeseok spoke bluntly like a boy from a port city. His speech ending was rough and coarse, unlike Huijae’s.

“I saw it outside… from the car.”

The red Huijae was very shy. She was embarrassed to show herself stuttering. When she couldn’t say a complete sentence, she slightly lowered her head and cast her eyes down.

“It was so, so beautiful I was startled. But… I, わからない (don’t know), sorry, don’t know. What that’s called… I’m not sure. If you おしえて (teach) me, I’d be happy.”

“You want me to tell you the flower’s name?”

“Yes. It was so white. きれいだった (It was pretty). No, it was pretty.”

“Must be apple blossoms.”

“Really?”

Fluent Japanese popped out between clumsy Korean. It was Gi Juye’s sharpest weapon.

Her perfect Japanese pronunciation made Yeonhuijae’s innocence stand out even more.

“I don’t know either. What am I supposed to do if you ask me to teach you something I haven’t seen? It’s just a flower. Flower. You didn’t ask because you don’t know what to call it.”

“…I know that too. (flower)… But it’s hard to say. I’m not ignorant. I’m asking because I want to know.”

Yeonhuijae raised her head. She made eye contact with Gi Taeseok. Her brow was slightly furrowed like a cute complaint.

‘…Huh?’

And at that moment, Ji Haebeom caught onto something.

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