I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 239

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Chapter 239

* * *

“Another sold-out show today…”

“Not a single empty seat, right?”

The actors watching the audience from backstage couldn’t believe the records being broken every day.

<Intern Academy’s Academy’s Academy> was considered the talk of Daehangno that shook the theater district. New audiences kept flowing in thanks to Han Yeoreum’s <M Couple> clips, and the rave reviews spreading everywhere naturally led to advance bookings.

After each show ended, reviews were posted on social media by the minute. Even after the curtain call ended, the applause wouldn’t stop. Before they knew it, <Intern Academy’s Academy’s Academy> was setting records.

All shows sold out within one minute of ticket sales opening. Moreover, weekday matinee performances would frequently sell out for the sole reason that Han Yeoreum was appearing.

Intube

[Let me tell you about the acceptance rate of Intern Academy] 00:45

57,221 views

-A fun play after such a long time~ Everyone’s youth is bittersweet.. I felt it once again in the romantic atmosphere of Daehangno ㅎ

-Is it really true that Midsummer’s pronunciation is better than the theater actor’s lol

-Personally the best play I’ve seen in Daehangno. The message is clear and the casting was great too

While the actors felt pride that their production was doing well, they also felt defeated by Han Yeoreum.

The moment they realized the skill gap with Han Yeoreum, whom they had initially dismissed as just another mediocre actor. The bitter taste in their mouths was unavoidable.

‘No matter how much we practice every day…’

The audience’s gaze below the stage was focused on only one person. No matter what they did, they couldn’t steal it away.

Once the play began, only one person shone brightly. Han Yeoreum alone.

“Time to get ready now!”

Tak Jeongyun patted her juniors’ shoulders as if understanding their feelings.

“You’re doing well, you know that?”

“…Yes.”

But no matter how much encouragement they received, they couldn’t accept it purely. No matter how well they performed, they were ultimately just supporting roles.

‘In the audience’s minds, we’ll be cleanly erased as soon as they leave the theater…’

Just ordinary extras. That’s why.

‘If you’re a real actor, you’ll handle this well.’

They had stolen the textbook that should have been in Han Yeoreum’s prop bag.

* * *

Geum Bitkang looked down at her student standing before her.

‘Now, how will you get through this.’

It was the first day of Intern Academy classes. Jin Jinjoo, who needed to answer according to what was written in the textbook, was struggling to adapt and asking various questions.

This was an important scene requiring good back-and-forth with her scene partner, showing Jin Jinjoo’s spirit breaking through conversation with the assistant instructor.

“Huh?”

Han Yeoreum turned her bag upside down and shook it out completely. She even brought her face close to the inside of the open bag, pretending to search for something. Then she called out.

“Assistant Instructor! I don’t have my textbook!”

Han Yeoreum raised one hand and brazenly announced it.

Now the missing textbook was no longer an accident. From the moment she told her scene partner, she had also informed the entire audience.

The accident had simply transformed into a device.

“What!”

Tak Jeongyun exclaimed as if she’d been waiting for this. If Han Yeoreum had been even one second slower, Tak Jeongyun would have started the ad-lib first. Their dialogue flowed naturally.

“What do I do without a textbook?”

“What am I supposed to do if you ask me that too!”

“But isn’t this the academy that teaches everything… or not?”

Jin Jinjoo responded brazenly. She turned her head toward the audience and cheekily continued the ad-lib.

“Am I being scammed…?”

Laughter burst from the audience. Jin Jinjoo paused for a beat and sighed. As if it was Kim Instructor’s fault.

The version of Jin Jinjoo she would show this time was unreasonable. It was a new aspect of youth she had never shown before.

Geum Bitkang made exaggerated gestures with a stern expression. Just re-crossing her arms made the audience burst into laughter. She stood with one leg cocked as if to see how far the two would take this. The ad-lib continued.

“Why don’t you have your textbook!”

“I had it!”

“But you don’t now?”

“No, I originally had it.”

“Where did you have it!”

Jin Jinjoo paused to breathe. As if pondering what excuse to make. The audience laughed again while waiting for Jin Jinjoo’s line.

“Right before putting on my shoes… So next to the shoe rack?”

Jin Jinjoo evoked memories that anyone could relate to, of leaving something behind.

She naturally formed a connection with the audience, heightening their immersion. Kim Instructor pressed one hand to her forehead.

“I really was going to bring it. Since it’s so important, I thought I should keep it from getting wrinkled. The bag and the size don’t quite match, you see. That spring part? It kept catching on the zipper side.”

Jin Jinjoo began making excuses. Like a group project member who hadn’t done their part properly, she rattled off explanations while watching Kim Instructor’s reaction.

Geum Bitkang pushed Kim Instructor with her shoulder at the lengthening excuses. It looked like she was giving her a thorough scolding.

“So anyway, I reviewed once more in the morning and prepared for class…”

The longer Jin Jinjoo’s excuses went on, the more Kim Instructor’s shoulder suffered. Before long, Kim Instructor had been pushed so much that she ended up at a considerable distance from Jin Jinjoo.

“Enough!”

Geum Bitkang cut off the flow with her characteristically heavy shout.

“What are you doing? Want to go back to Assistant Instructor Academy’s Academy’s Academy?”

“No!”

“What do you do in times like this?”

“Handle it! Well! Precisely! Cleanly! With sense!”

“And!”

“Naturally!”

“But you still don’t know what I’m talking about? This is why you need to develop the habit of taking notes regularly, notes!”

Kim Instructor, who was saluting, seemed like someone getting hit from all sides. She actually seemed more like a new employee than Jin Jinjoo.

“Go get the textbook!”

“Yes!”

Kim Instructor, who was about to exit the stage, hesitated for a moment and asked.

“…But where is the textbook…”

Instantly, the number of hopeless characters on stage doubled. Geum Bitkang gritted her teeth.

“Hey!!! I taught you for so long and you still don’t!!!”

“I usually always carry spare textbooks with me, but I put it on the dining table so it would be visible…”

Kim Instructor borrowed Jin Jinjoo’s earlier lines to once again draw empathy from the audience. Her form of quickly mentioning places where one might easily forget things was quite good.

“Did I ask you that! You should be able to do it without being told, shouldn’t you? Without being told!”

Geum Bitkang went back to Kim Instructor and pushed her shoulder again. The wronged and frustrated Kim Instructor cried out.

“How am I supposed to do it when you don’t tell me…!”

It was a line that properly captured the play’s message. The audience filled the theater with even louder laughter than before.

“Get out! I can’t stand the sight of you! Can’t stand it! I told you to do one person’s worth of work properly and you’re doing half of half of half!”

Kim Instructor exited in a sulky state. As if asking what kind of accident had just happened. The three had successfully fooled the audience.

* * *

‘What the…’

The actor who had hidden the prop was flustered. It was the complete opposite of what they had expected would lead to an accident. Thanks to Han Yeoreum taking charge, Tak Jeongyun being properly led along, and Geum Bitkang supporting them, the reaction was even better than usual.

“Now, think about what we’ve learned so far. What do you think I’m going to say here?”

For a newcomer, just not messing up their lines in an unfamiliar play would be impressive enough.

But Han Yeoreum showed skills far above average. She didn’t falter even at Geum Bitkang’s ad-libs.

As if she had been ready at any moment.

“Based on this year’s standards, the regular employment conversion rate for people in their 20s is 12.7%. It’s a structure where only one out of ten survives. The rate of young people not enrolled in the four major insurances? A whopping 41.2%! Hundreds of thousands work without even employment contracts. Average daily working hours 9.3 hours, average break time 32 minutes. That’s the most realistic work-life-bal! an! ce you can dream of. The number of applicants who received evaluations of not knowing the basics in first-half hiring averaged 14,285. Want to be one of them? Based on this year’s first half, average document screening competition ratio 182:1. Among them, 6.8% wrote their documents in ‘Word,’ 3.2% only wrote ‘submitting’ in their email subject line, 18.3% wrote with no content, and 43.2% submitted terrible resume photos. Among those were body profile photos, cat ear selfies, and workout completion proof shots.”

There wasn’t a single hesitation in the long, lengthy dialogue.

‘…Did she memorize the entire script?’

She wasn’t the only one surprised. Not only the revolving cast of <Intern Academy’s Academy’s Academy>, but even the actors sharing the stage were shocked.

Jin Jinjoo had spoken Geum Bitkang’s lines that went on for several pages.

‘This is impossible…’

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————