I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 213

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Episode 213

“…You did really well. Truly.”

She spoke into the microphone placed on the table. The Main Writer’s sincerity was clearly conveyed through the headset Han Yeoreum was wearing. Han Yeoreum smiled brightly.

“I don’t need to worry, right?”

“Wow, she’s doing much better than expected.”

The Staff Members looked at Han Yeoreum beyond the booth and added their comments one by one. They only found out later that there was a cameraman from 【Em-Bubu】.

What they said wasn’t scripted broadcast commentary. It was closer to natural exclamations.

* * *

The rehearsal ended briefly before the live broadcast time. In the meantime, the guest arrived.

“Hello.”

Yoon Hyeonjo, who arrived wearing a comfortable gray knit outfit, greeted them politely.

“Senior Officer!”

“Stay seated. Here’s some coffee.”

Yoon Hyeonjo handed out the coffee he brought to the writers and Han Yeoreum. Seated in the guest chair, Yoon Hyeonjo asked Han Yeoreum, who was visibly excited.

“How have you been?”

Ever since hearing from Ji Haebeom about what happened during the 【The Great Garland】 audition recently, Yoon Hyeonjo found Han Yeoreum even more interesting.

‘How is her entire life just one big ad-lib….’

For Yoon Hyeonjo, who had to obsessively finish all preparations before filming, Han Yeoreum was a completely different type of person. But that was also fascinating.

‘She’s just a newcomer who hasn’t even debuted that long ago.’

Her ad-libs came from confidence backed by solid fundamental skills. They were quick but not rushed, layered but not excessive.

‘If she’s this good as a newcomer, she’ll get even better as she grows.’

But she was still underdeveloped in terms of status. Whether in dramas or movies, the industry was generally dominated by macho sensibilities. When a director told you to do something, you had to do it. The more famous they were, the more they held the power.

‘If she gets on the wrong side of someone—it’s really hopeless.’

Not everyone would acknowledge Han Yeoreum’s ad-libs. No matter how well she did, the moment it was perceived as challenging the director’s authority, the film set would become chaos. There were people who would especially target newcomers like dogs.

‘She can’t only meet good directors until her status grows.’

Yoon Hyeonjo recalled his early debut days. The times when he was scolded for hours on end by domineering directors, head bowed in submission.

‘It would be a waste if her spirit gets crushed.’

Yoon Hyeonjo wanted to help maintain Han Yeoreum’s carefree brightness in an industry where psychopaths, lunatics, trash, and bastards coexisted.

He was curious to see the moment when her level of skill would be properly refined and shine.

The reason he inefficiently agreed to appear as a radio guest, when he only needed to show his face at the script reading in a few days, was exactly that.

‘I also owe her a favor.’

Above all, he owed her a one-sided debt. He had repaid her for the entertainment she provided on set with Ji Haebeom’s audition, but he hadn’t yet repaid the recent surge in his Taiwan fanbase.

“Just relax, be comfortable.”

Yoon Hyeonjo put on his headset and spoke to the junior colleague whose future he looked forward to.

“I’ll support you.”

* * *

The radio show began. It was a full live broadcast.

“Today’s first song is a new track that I keep wanting to listen to. Jang Jaejeu’s ‘Today With You.'”

Han Yeoreum didn’t simply read the sentences displayed on the monitor but spoke them as if having a conversation. She was so natural that no one here could believe this was Han Yeoreum’s first time being a DJ.

“Following our special DJ, we also have a special guest with us. Today’s guest is Detective Yoon, who I worked with in 【Faster Than the Law】. Yes! It’s Yoon Hyeonjo senior!”

“Hello. I’m actor Yoon Hyeonjo.”

As expected of Yoon Hyeonjo. True to being an actor known for excellent diction, he matched well with Han Yeoreum.

The Technical Director listened to their conversation through his headset and moved his hands. The volume fader smoothly rose under his fingertips.

“Director, won’t the sound be picked up too clearly?”

“That’s the point.”

A nearby staff member whispered to him. The Technical Director adjusted his headset and replied. This method would pick up even small breathing sounds vividly, so it wasn’t usually used. However, with two people who needed no post-processing together, letting these sounds get buried would be negligent as a Technical Director.

The two naturally and amicably shared each other’s news with the listeners. They were able to naturally convey information that the second series of last summer’s ten-million-viewer movie 【Faster Than the Law】 was in production.

“Now, let me read the first listener story.”

It was time for the radio show to begin in earnest. Her voice changed to a different tone from just before. You could feel that a much brighter and more exciting conversation was beginning.

“I’m a listener approaching thirty. With the new semester coming, I’m reminded of when I was twenty, a freshman.”

Han Yeoreum read the story that the Main Writer had refined.

“In January, to commemorate becoming an adult, I went drinking with my university classmates. Since I hadn’t even started school yet, I was very nervous and excited.”

“Hey, come out. If it’s January 1st, we have to stay up all night.”

“Are a lot of kids coming today? Then don’t even think about going to your house.”

Yoon Hyeonjo switched to a slightly rough tone and played the role of an extra friend. Now an invisible drama unfolded beyond the radio booth.

“Are all the Gwanghong freshmen here?”

“Everyone in the group chat should be here.”

Lead roles Han Yeoreum and Yoon Hyeonjo, supporting roles Han Yeoreum and Yoon Hyeonjo. The two of them had to play the parts of several people.

“I got carried away with the excitement of turning twenty. You know how it is at twenty. You don’t know your drinking limit yet. I had never even had rice wine because I only studied.”

“Hey! Don’t skip the bottom of your glass!”

“Raise your glass and cheers! Raise your glass and cheers!”

Yoon Hyeonjo was Yoon Hyeonjo, but Han Yeoreum kept switching her voice. Narration voice and drunk voice alternated. The Technical Director smiled contentedly.

‘It really sounds like post-recording.’

Thanks to the atmosphere changing rapidly every few seconds, the story introduction felt more realistic than usual.

“I thought I should still drink in moderation! While drinking, my face got so hot that I went out alone to get some air. But then….”

Han Yeoreum smiled and looked at Yoon Hyeonjo. As if telling him to follow along well from now on.

“Someone caught my eye. He was really my ideal type for a thousand years. He was wearing glasses and had really long eyelashes. I realized for the first time what it meant to fall in love at first sight. He entered the place where I was! And coincidentally joined our table.”

Han Yeoreum read the story with an excited voice.

It was captivating enough that the listeners beyond the radio would be curious about the letter writer’s first love.

* * *

“I rushed to the restroom. Before I could calm my racing heart, my head started thinking coldly first.”

Han Yeoreum naturally continued without hesitation, as if telling the listeners her own story.

Unlike her quiet speaking just before, she quickly created the sound of panting breath. As if she had really run in.

“Do I have… lip color?”

She appropriately controlled the tempo of her speech. Yoon Hyeonjo would soon need to match Han Yeoreum’s rhythm.

“Mmm—quick! I quickly applied tint, and sat at the table with a trembling heart. People around me were saying things but I couldn’t hear anything.”

To follow the flow, he listened to Han Yeoreum’s voice as if learning the pace.

“The whole world was blurred, and I could only see that person.”

Multiple characters appeared. Yoon Hyeonjo and Han Yeoreum, these two people, had to handle all of them.

So that the listeners beyond the radio would really feel like multiple people were having a conversation.

“What could I have done? I could only stare at that man while thinking about whether the tint was applied well to my lips. I kept drinking alone. One glass, two glasses….”

The image of a freshman with a flushed face drinking alone came to mind. Han Yeoreum deliberately drew out the ending of ‘one glass, two glasses….’

It was a voice that sounded drowsy, as if drunk and nodding off.

“Since I was drinking without knowing my proper limit, I got drunk quickly,”

Yoon Hyeonjo spoke for the first time.

“Hey, want to go smoke?”

“Yeah. Let’s go out.”

When he spoke casually in a less refined voice than usual, it sounded plausible like the noise classmates make at drinking parties. Han Yeoreum also properly played the role of smoking classmate number 1.

“That was the moment. Suddenly there was a commotion around me and my friends were going out. I thought this was my chance.”

As if trembling, Han Yeoreum took a short breath. The sound of ‘hup!’ was vividly heard through the microphone.

“What’s your name—.”

As drunk people typically do, she spoke the first words clearly. But soon after, her soft tongue collapsed and her pronunciation became unclear.

“What’s your name?”

It was a voice that would make anyone think of a freshman they first met at a drinking party.

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