I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 230

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Episode 230

“He seems to have marked you as his successor. I’m looking forward to the results.”

The photographer didn’t think of the Joseon woman Huijae as an equal in his heart. Rather, he felt it shameful to be taking money from a Joseon person.

But he had no choice.

“…I apologize.”

The photographer reluctantly bowed his waist. The gaze looking down from above pierced him painfully.

“My word. How could the teachings of a skilled master be something to apologize for? It’s not your fault.”

She chided him softly in a voice without inflection. However, the sharp blade contained within cut deeply into his pride.

“You should see a good physician for your back. I’ll give you a good introduction to the physician I visit.”

This was Huijae’s warning that she would spread rumors about the arrogant photographer.

“No, miss. Thank you, but you needn’t trouble yourself.”

The photographer’s waist bent even lower.

Passersby glanced at the photographer bowing his waist. It was clear mockery.

“Yes. Though it will be difficult, I trust you’ll continue to receive many teachings from your master.”

Huijae glanced down at the photographer bowing submissively to her and walked away.

“Okay! Cut!”

Director Ja’s excited voice echoed through the filming set. Han Yeoreum delivered the entire Japanese dialogue smoothly without a single stumble.

“You’re really good at Japanese?”

“Right. Hey, didn’t you do a working holiday in Japan before? How does it sound to you?”

“Wow. She’s good. If I closed my eyes, I’d think she was really Japanese.”

While everyone was focused on Han Yeoreum’s voice, Ji Haebeom, who had arrived and was watching with his arms crossed from behind, scrutinized Han Yeoreum’s acting.

“Haebeom, she’s good, right? That dialogue must have been hard to memorize.”

While Ji Haebeom’s manager was also admiring Han Yeoreum’s dialogue delivery, Ji Haebeom, who noticed something different, muttered.

“She’s wearing geta, but… there’s no sound from her footsteps.”

His gaze toward his junior, who exceeded expectations, was warm.

* * *

Filming continued consecutively. Finally, all the scenes at the photo studio were finished. It took quite a while since they had to reshoot scenes from different angles to connect the cuts.

“Okay! Alright! Let’s take a short break before filming the next scene!”

Director Ja disappeared to drink coffee, and I finally took off the hard geta. Changing into slippers made it somewhat bearable…

“Did you do well?”

“Wow, you startled me.”

At the sudden voice from behind, I immediately stood up from my seat.

Ji Haebeom, who had just finished getting his makeup done, was looking at me in a perfect suit. Three-piece with pomade hair. Just looking at him, I could hear the ratings going up.

“Hello, senior.”

A man who looks better in the dark. Who came up with this nickname?

‘I wish someone would give me a name like that too…’

He really had a solid catchphrase. The black clothes suited him excessively well.

“Will you give me your number?”

Too much. Top actor Ji Haebeom’s number… The answer came before I could even tap my materialistic calculator. I politely tried to receive the cell phone Ji Haebeom held out.

“Nope.”

But what’s this? Ji Haebeom playfully raised his hand holding the cell phone up high.

‘What?’

Does he want me to create a coed school mood here? Jumping in place going “Gee, Haebeom is too tall…” You, why are you so tall? And then Ji Haebeom would say “You’re the one who’s short”…?

‘Ji Haebeom. One star.’

Just an ordinary senior. You need to learn from Yoon Hyeonjo.

But I made a flustered expression to recruit him into the Han Yeoreum team. Like a junior nervous about her senior’s prank.

Then Ji Haebeom shook his cell phone held high a couple of times.

“Come on, repeat after me.”

“Huh?”

“I can’t. My agency is really strict.”

“…Huh?”

“Hurry up.”

What is this?

“I can’t…? My agency is really strict…?”

“I’ll get in trouble if I exchange personal contact information.”

“I’ll get in trouble if I exchange personal contact information…?”

Ji Haebeom, you…

“There are a lot of weird old men here, so you can’t just give it out to anyone who asks.”

I take back that one star. You are indeed excellent talent suitable for the Han Yeoreum team. Ji Haebeom’s value shot up in Han Yeoreum’s materialistic calculator. At least three more zeros were added.

“Yes! I’ll really take your advice to heart, senior.”

When I quickly played along, Ji Haebeom added.

“But if they secretly ask for it, drop Manager Hong’s name. Manager Hong has gotten rid of quite a few people here… That name has that much value.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

Ji Haebeom put his cell phone inside his jacket.

“Right. Then see you later.”

Then he turned around briskly. Just a brief conversation, but it was draining. It’s a similar pressure to Myeong Jeha, but somehow the texture feels different…

“What were you talking about?”

“Wow, you startled me.”

They say if you speak of the elder, he appears. Myeong Jeha in comfortable clothes was standing behind me.

“Don’t you not have filming today?”

“Yeah. But I wanted to see the filming set atmosphere.”

Even without makeup, he smiled smoothly with his naturally set face. I looked at Myeong Jeha anew and found peace of mind. Fragrance gut ritual.

“How is it meeting Ji Haebeom?”

“I don’t know…”

It’s hard to express. I can tell he’s interested in me, but I don’t know if that’s good or bad.

“What kind of person is he originally?”

I chose to ask Myeong Jeha back first. The Myeong Jeha in my memory was a top actor. He must have had contact with Ji Haebeom. They even played dual leads in a movie I appeared in as an extra before my regression.

“What kind of person is he…”

Myeong Jeha, who thought about something for a moment, answered quietly.

“Someone who needs to see good acting ability?”

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The scene where the two first meet was simple. They just had to show walking and getting in a car.

‘But that’s actually harder.’

Life acting was originally the most difficult. To appear as that character rather than as an actor, every single habit had to be properly established.

‘It’s easy to slip up if you’re not careful.’

Walking seems easy, but if you’re walking ‘as someone,’ the story changes. Being the most basic action, there was a lot to pay attention to.

Ji Haebeom deliberately stood beyond the photo studio, in the spot where Huijae would be most visible. Director Ja spoke to Ji Haebeom with a puzzled expression.

“Haebeom doesn’t appear yet though?”

“I want to see. Huijae.”

He wanted to confirm with his own eyes. He still couldn’t escape from the memory of the acting ability Han Yeoreum had shown like a spoiler during the audition.

“Oh! Already helping your junior get into character?”

The camera director patted Ji Haebeom’s shoulder. However, Director Ja noticed keenly.

“Haebeom, if you’re there, the kid will be distracted. Move.”

She couldn’t just walk. She had to walk ‘as Huijae.’

As Huijae on an ordinary day with no one distracting in front of her. If a senior was standing right across from her, it would be distracting. Ji Haebeom stubbornly held his position despite Director Ja’s cutting remark.

“Then just once. I’ll watch just once and then move.”

“Why are you being like this, kid?”

“Director, you saw her during the audition together and you’re saying this.”

At those words, Director Ja’s lips pressed tightly together. Certainly, anyone who had seen Han Yeoreum then would want to see that acting right in front of them once more.

“Fine. Then just once! Alright! Let’s go for the shot!”

Director Ja returned to the front of the monitor, and Ji Haebeom crossed his arms and looked at the photo studio from which Han Yeoreum would emerge.

When the door opens, Huijae comes out. That Huijae who was the only thing he clung to like a religion even in moments when life and death hung in the balance.

“Ready!”

The Yeonhuijae of this moment is not the Huijae that Gi Taeseok loved. She’s not the naive Huijae from Joseon who was clumsy at everything and knew nothing, but Rio, the young lady of Kobe.

The appearance of Huijae that Eun Baekhap would show in that moment of reunion had to resemble Han Yeoreum’s current state.

‘Did she realize it?’

If it was for her own attention, she had to act as ‘Huijae.’

However, if it was to elevate the completeness of the work, she had to act as ‘Yeonhuijae who resembles Eun Baekhap.’ Ji Haebeom was curious whether Han Yeoreum could see this far ahead.

Whether she would choose herself, or choose the work.

“Action!”

Director Ja’s voice echoed through the filming set. The door opened, and Huijae came out.

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