I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 236

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Chapter 236

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Manager Hong leisurely watched the stage.

‘She’s doing better than I thought.’

Han Yeoreum indeed had a good voice. Even when thrown among theater actors with precise diction, she held her own.

“No, how can this be! You didn’t attend a proper academy?”

“Huh? A proper academy… When I was preparing for college entrance exams, I went to Korean, English, math, and even essay writing academies. Before that, I went to piano academy and taekwondo academy too. And after entering university, I did a little Pilates as a hobby…”

“Those are all improper academies!”

The assistant instructor, who had been handling Han Yeoreum’s consultation, couldn’t hold back and finally burst out in anger. Leaving the assistant instructor who collapsed from being too angry, Geum Bitkang stepped forward.

“Nat-u-ral-ly!”

Once again, a voice loud enough to fill the entire theater was heard.

“Things that people must learn! How to make friends, how to refuse a friend’s request, the natural stages 1, 2, 3 of cutting ties! Know it! Well! Precisely! Cleanly! With sense! We add one more thing here!”

“Yes…?”

“Nat!”

“Naturally?”

“That’s not it!”

The assistant instructor who had been lying down suddenly got up and pointed at Jin Jinjoo who gave the wrong answer. Geum Bitkang shook her head as if there was a long way to go.

“Nat! U! Ral! Ly!”

Geum Bitkang placed both hands firmly on her waist.

“From how to read your supervisor’s mood to how to change copier cartridges, how many minutes before work hours you should arrive, report margins! Fonts! And this, this!”

Geum Bitkang took the stick attached to her waist and firmly poked Han Yeoreum’s shoulder, pressing her lower back to create a rigid posture.

“Even a posture that’s pleasing to look at!”

“…You teach things like this?”

“But you can’t enter the Internship Academy!”

“Why not?”

This time, Jinju’s Friend 1 and 2 entered the stage. They were holding textbooks to their chests as if they were already attending this academy.

“Oh? Hey guys! You attend here?”

Jin Jinjoo tried to run to them happily. However, she was grabbed by the scruff of her neck by Geum Bitkang.

“This isn’t right!”

Geum Bitkang commanded with a sharp voice.

“First, when you meet someone you’re not particularly close to in an unexpected place, you say this!”

When she gestured to the assistant instructor beside her, she quickly got up and lifted her sunglasses up. She opened her eyes wide and said.

“Huh? Why are you here!”

Geum Bitkang nodded. Jinju’s Friend 1 and 2 were also nodding along.

“…Where does that even exist.”

“Don’t ask the other person questions first, wait until they speak! Don’t approach suddenly when you’re not even close!”

“What do you mean not close? We went through school together the whole time. We’re classmates from the same department!”

At Jinju’s words, the classmates quickly positioned themselves at the edge of the stage again.

“Oh, Mom’s calling? Then I should go—”

“Oh, Dad’s calling? Then I should go—”

This time they didn’t even bother making cell phone ringing sounds. The two people quickly disappeared, leaving Jin Jinjoo behind.

“Not close? I was being tactless? That’s not right. We went on trips together, ate together for three whole years, matched our schedules…”

Jin Jinjoo was flustered. No matter how she thought about it, they weren’t in a distant relationship. The assistant instructor and Geum Bitkang flanked Jin Jinjoo on both sides.

“This is why you need to start with basic steps.”

“Not even the Internship Academy. Start with the Intern Academy’s Academy’s Academy!”

“Where does such a thing exist?”

When Jin Jinjoo was placed among the disciplined characters, her lightness stood out. Even though she tried hard to avoid the two people on stage, it was hopeless.

The assistant instructor and Geum Bitkang nitpicked every action and word of Jinju’s, questioning why Jin Jinjoo was a person who couldn’t pull her own weight.

‘Perfect for relating to.’

From those who had just stepped into early career life to those who had been in society for a long time, it was easy to project themselves onto Jin Jinjoo.

The early twenties filled with anxiety about not knowing anything but not knowing what to learn first. The youth who had to step into areas where they couldn’t do as adults did or as they learned in academies was being portrayed humorously on stage.

Because you’re lazy, because unlike previous generations you lack persistence, because you’re stupid, because you’re lacking anyway, it’s all your fault.

Exactly what society tells young people, Geum Bitkang and the assistant instructor poured onto Jin Jinjoo.

“Then if I go to the academy…”

Jin Jinjoo, who had been brainwashed like that, was soon captivated by fantasy and resolved.

“I can become an intern, get employed, save 100 million before thirty, and naturally do my part well, precisely, with sense, cleanly, naturally?”

“Order, order.”

“…Naturally do well, precisely, with sense, cleanly, naturally?”

Watching Jin Jinjoo continuously mix up the order of the words she was taught, the assistant instructor placed her hands on her waist like Geum Bitkang. This marked the beginning of Jin Jinjoo’s full-fledged internship academy life.

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‘She’s doing well.’

Seonwoo Seonuk felt as if the picture in his mind had been transferred exactly onto the stage. His prediction was right. Han Yeoreum shone even more brightly in front of the audience.

Her acting seen directly with the eyes was much better than on screen, than on TV.

‘The supporting actors must have done quite a bit of theater too…’

Han Yeoreum really didn’t go easy on them. As if demanding they match their standards to hers. Thanks to that, the other actors only seemed like devices for Han Yeoreum. Only Geum Bitkang, who wore a red marine corps hat, was able to suppress Han Yeoreum.

‘At this rate. Probably before long…’

Geum Bitkang and the assistant instructor, wearing a yellow hat with a chick drawn on it turned backwards, taught basic things as if teaching kindergarteners.

“What do you do with friends?”

“Communicate!”

“No, that’s not it!”

The Internship Academy completely blocked basic communication.

Don’t communicate even if you don’t know something, don’t communicate even if misunderstandings arise, avoid having any influence on each other as much as possible.

As if keeping distance from each other was natural. They had to do their work both publicly and privately ‘without being an eyesore.’

‘She can do it. Leading role.’

Seonwoo Seonuk looked at Han Yeoreum on stage and gauged her future growth. Soon, even Jin Jinjoo’s character, who had stood out for her innocent charm, gradually changed.

“Noona, do you love me?”

“…”

“…”

“I love you. Yeah.”

Soon, even conversations with her boyfriend became only as she learned at the academy. Jin Jinjoo didn’t only attend the Intern Academy’s Academy’s Academy.

She also attended the Dating Academy’s Academy’s Academy, and the Academy for 23-year-olds’ Academy’s Academy.

After this year ended, she would also have to attend the Academy for 24-year-olds’ Academy’s Academy. Pulling your own weight in every aspect was such a difficult task.

“Let’s break up.”

“Suddenly? You just said you loved me?”

“You shouldn’t date a man who asks about love more than three times. Because if you consume emotions like this, you’ll have less time to plan for the future, and then it becomes hard to convert to permanent employment, and then you can’t save 100 million, anyway, let’s break up.”

“Noona! Noona!”

Jin Jinjoo lived her life according to the academy’s teachings.

Jinju raised one hand to cover her face and muttered solemnly.

“I should add a breakup academy special lecture…”

Now Jin Jinjoo’s life led to registering for academies for everything from one to ten. Each time, Kim Instructor and Geum Bitkang appeared. The more frequently they appeared, sternly teaching that she must pull her own weight, the more Jin Jinjoo became a person who couldn’t do anything alone.

“What do you do in this situation?”

“Instead of a proper refusal, I guide them so that ‘it can’t be helped…’ comes out of the other person’s mouth!”

She answered with disciplined movements, creaky gestures, and a mechanical voice with uniform pitch. Methods of reading the room and avoiding, and things that should naturally be known without being told were carved into Jin Jinjoo’s brain like stored memory.

Her lively appearance disappeared somewhere, and Jin Jinjoo became like the assistant instructor of the Internship Academy.

Geum Bitkang, watching that appearance, satisfyingly put the whistle hanging around her neck in her mouth.

“Good! Go! Pull your own weight properly in society!”

Wheeeee—!

The whistle sound rang out noisily as if announcing the start. The lights on stage went out. Now the setting was an interview room.

On both sides of Jinju were applicants who seemed nervous.

—What is your reason for applying to our company?

It was identical to the mechanical sound of the text message heard in the introduction. The Interviewer’s voice could be heard from far away like an announcement.

“Through my major courses and practical training, I built a foundation in planning and overall operations….”

“As I take my first step into society, I will learn with responsibility, step by step….”

It was a spirited but somehow clumsy answer. And finally, it was Jinju’s turn.

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