I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 188

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Episode 188

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Director Ja reached for his frappuccino again. His mouth had gone completely dry before he knew it. The melted frappuccino no longer tasted sweet.

‘This isn’t… just because it melted.’

The feeling of his vision expanding. It felt like someone was arbitrarily controlling the telescope Director Ja was holding.

What appeared through the lens was a port, then under a tree sheltering from rain, then in front of Daimaru Department Store in Kobe, moving frantically from place to place.

‘How long has it been since I was this nervous?’

Director Ja had only said what he needed to say even when the Bureau Chief came and threw a fit, and investors caused an uproar threatening to pull their money.

Nevertheless, he was momentarily speechless. Because of one young actress.

“You both worked very hard. It was excellent beyond expectations.”

Every monitor in Director Ja’s mind was focused on one person. The person captured in his lens was Yeonhuijae herself no matter where he looked.

“One person acted Huijae decently, but one person was Yeonhuijae herself.”

Anyone could have predicted it.

“Director Ja, of course emotional expression and text interpretation can vary by actor… The details you mentioned, I think those are sufficiently adjustable. The level of completion…!”

The anxious investor from Gi Juye’s side jumped up from his seat. But Director Ja didn’t even glance in that direction.

He fixed his gaze as if only one person was visible to him.

“The level of completion is something we create after the audition ends. With the writer, director, and directing team all gathered together. But character identity is decided within the audition.”

Director Ja stared intently at Han Yeoreum. As if he didn’t want to miss a single moment of the Yeonhuijae she had just shown.

From now on, every Yeonhuijae he would imagine would have Han Yeoreum’s appearance from this very moment.

“Did you cut your hair?”

“No. It’s a wig. I’ll match the hair however you direct me to.”

Director Ja asked while looking at Han Yeoreum. Everyone present knew that the decision for the role of Yeonhuijae was settled with that question. The investors from Gi Juye’s side hung their heads.

“No. It’s perfect. It’s exactly the Huijae I envisioned. Come with exactly that look when we start filming.”

Director Ja leaned back without regret. As his center of gravity shifted, he spread his chest wide forward. It was an attitude of relief.

“Han Yeoreum will be Yeonhuijae in .”

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I barely made it out of the audition hall and leaned against the hallway wall. The tightly tensed muscles in my abdomen were finally starting to ache.

I took a deep breath to push new air in place of the heavy air that had been weighing down my lungs.

“Whew…”

Cold sweat had formed on my forehead. After taking several deep breaths to steady myself, Manager Choi, who had been waiting, came running over.

“Yeoreum, are you okay? What’s wrong?”

“Unnie… I got it…”

I made a V sign with one hand to Manager Choi as she ran over. The sensation of having succeeded made my lower abdomen tingle.

I entered the meeting room right next door with unsteady steps, supported by Manager Choi. I plopped down in the chair closest to the doorway.

‘Ah, now I feel like I can live…’

As I relaxed my whole body, my muscles loosened and it felt like electricity was coursing through me with a tingling sensation.

“Yeoreum, wait here. I’ll go greet the director and come back!”

Manager Choi left, and just as my tension was about to completely release, I heard particularly heavy footsteps.

It was the sound of dress shoes with a cool temperature to them.

Knock knock-.

I heard a short knocking sound. A tall man bent his head down and showed his face through the small glass window in the door.

‘Ji Haebeom?’

Why is he here… Before I could even wonder, he asked with lip movements. May I come in? I nodded.

Click.

Ji Haebeom quietly opened the door and entered, immediately getting to the point.

“It was intentional, wasn’t it?”

He asked with laughter mixed in his voice. But that was only his voice. His face wasn’t smiling at all.

“I don’t know what you’re referring to, senior…”

Because he bent toward me as I sat, shadows fell across his face. His well-defined facial structure was clearly revealed.

“When you first came in, your gait was strange, so I just thought maybe you weren’t feeling well today.”

I had felt this kind of unease somewhere before.

The feeling of changing the surrounding atmosphere with a single word. Ji Haebeom’s heavy voice echoed from the floor up in the empty meeting room.

“But I noticed you weren’t limping when you left.”

Ji Haebeom leaned diagonally against the door with his arms crossed. His confident gaze that seemed to understand everything reached me.

“Wow… I was really surprised. I had no idea all of that was acting.”

He presented an accurate analysis with the same expressionless face. His attitude seemed to dig into hidden intentions one by one.

“You were worried your voice would shake from the abdominal pressure, so you used your voice from here instead. That’s why there was so much breath mixed in.”

Ji Haebeom pointed to his chin with his index finger, tapping it. He even pressed it firmly as if doing something cute.

He acted as if telling me to relax as he looked at my stiff face, but the more he did so, the more tense I became.

“At first I thought Director Ja was supporting you and gave you a heads up… But judging by his reaction earlier, that doesn’t seem to be the case.”

Ji Haebeom looking at me couldn’t be considered the same person as Gi Taeseok from earlier. The current him was closer to a cold-hearted businessman who had everything under calculation.

‘I remembered. When I felt this feeling…’

This is totally like Myeong Jeha… But at least Myeong Jeha pretended to let up. Ji Haebeom continued questioning as if cornering someone.

‘Ji Haebeom has broad vision like Director Ja, and is sensitive like Myeong Jeha.’

If Myeong Jeha felt like looking down from above, Ji Haebeom felt like he was trying to confine me within his field of vision.

The pupils visible through his long eyelashes held a sharp light. He was a difficult type to deal with.

“When did you figure it out? The pear blossom symbolism? No, that’s not it. Why did you specifically apply abdominal pressure? Explain that first.”

The status window floating above his head sparkled. Overwhelming abilities that far exceeded the average were quantified there.

‘Since no error is showing, he’s not something like a regressor.’

Nevertheless, his stats were abnormally high.

‘A top actor isn’t a top for nothing.’

I thought his gaze was directed at me, but hearing that he was even observing Director Ja’s reaction in the midst of that made it certain he wasn’t ordinary.

Ji Haebeom’s stats and status window sparkled brightly.

“I’m just curious.”

The materialistic calculator in Han Yeoreum’s head was tapped. This was a truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity where even Ji Haebeom might become part of the Han Yeoreum team. It seemed good to win his favor.

‘It’s none other than that Ji Haebeom.’

Ji Haebeom who said he looks into all promising scenarios. That probably comes from that skill .