I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 242

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Chapter 242

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Aetami frowned as she looked at the post uploaded to the anonymous forum.

“What the hell is this?”

[20s Anonymous Board/ Revealing the true identity of ㅎㅇㄹ’s alt account]

It’s someone from my class who briefly appeared on a variety show… I exchanged numbers with them a long time ago since they’re a friend of my friend lol this is so creepy

This showing up as the same account is real

(Jin Eunsul secret account capture.jpg)

Looking at how they’ve been trashing every post on the gallery, they’re probably here too? ㅠ Deleting in 5 minutes

Anonymous1: ?? Wow that’s crazy lol

Anonymous2: So fucking creepy, the type you really don’t want around

ㄴAnonymous4: 22 You shouldn’t keep kids like that close to you

Anonymous10: She’s probably going to debut saying she wants to be an actress, but I wonder how she’s going to face HYR later after doing that

ㄴAnonymous11: What’s gonna happen to the actor now, who’s gonna hire them lolol They’re so creepy that probably no one would want to work with them ㅜㅜ

For those who watched Han Yeoreum’s episode of 【M Couple】, it was a somewhat familiar face. Jin Eunsul’s main account profile picture appeared alongside her black secret account profile picture as belonging to the same phone number user.

“Is this crazy?”

Aetami got excited without realizing it. But she soon came to her senses.

‘Heart burning hot… head fucking cold…’

Aetami had witnessed all kinds of disasters while fangirling over actors. She needed solid evidence if possible.

Input: ?lol huh maybe it’s just an error… I’ll save this as a pdf and send it to ㅈㅇㅅ haha you’re probably the creepy one ㅠ this is why celebrities draw lines with regular people, look how they act all familiar just because they got a phone number once

“Let’s gently scratch the surface first.”

As soon as Aetami posted her comment, a reply notification rang. Aetami stirred up drama and then checked the fiery reactions.

“Got her.”

Finally, concrete evidence emerged.

Anonymous 101: I tried to find my ID but the last digits of the phone number where the verification code is sent are the same? lol (screenshot.jpg)

“Now then-.”

Input: Fucking creepy…;This needs to spread to other communities but it’ll probably get deleted before then

This kind of fanning the flames would do.

It was late dawn now. The time of the dopamine-soaked addicts. Soon the post spread like wildfire.

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“What’s this?”

“Interesting.”

This was MBS Entertainment Department. True to form for broadcasting station people who were quick with news, they had already caught wind of the issue.

“PD-nim. What should we do about this?”

The harmonious 【M Couple】 team looked at Gam Dajung as usual. Gam Dajung scrolled down with her thumb, first checking the general atmosphere.

InTube

[This is how KNUA classes are? Main job visual goddess actress Han Yeoreum’s Four Word Challenge] 15:22

-Just came back from watching the fat trimming hahahaha

-Wow just looking at this makes me feel so inferior, it’s no joke; I hope they don’t debut ㅠ Even if they do debut, they won’t make it big anyway and will just go around leaving hate comments on this actor and that actor

-You’re classmates in the same department.. and you’ve spent time together face-to-face, so how can you do such mean things~ㅠㅠ I hope you’ll use your heart more kindly… If you focus on yourself rather than others, good opportunities will come^^

Due to the post spreading from the community, comments were gradually increasing on the 【M Couple】 channel too.

“Go into the InTube Creative app right now.”

When Gam Dajung spoke, a staff member immediately turned on their phone. They could check the metrics in real time.

The view count graph for 【M Couple】 clips featuring Jin Eunsul showed a vertical spike.

“At this rate, it’ll increase by about 100,000 by tomorrow.”

Gam Dajung checked the metrics and took a sip of coffee. The area under Gam Dajung’s eyes was dark from drinking coffee like water even at 3 AM.

“When interest is burning hot, we should show something from our side too…”

Gam Dajung said to the Main Writer.

“Could you send me those proof shots we took when we went to see the play last time?”

“Huh? Why that all of a sudden?”

“For when things like this come up.”

Gam Dajung held up her phone. On the screen, another rumor was about to spread in the post.

[Just Between Us Whispering]

But ㅎㅇㄹ probably had a bad reputation among classmates too…ㅠ The only close female actor friend seems to be that person she did a photoshoot with;ㅎㅎ On the other hand, for male actors there’s ㅈㅈㅅ ㅁㅈㅎ ㅇㅎㅈ and tons of others coming to mindㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ The classmates would know better than us, but I think that acting practice thing was also them indirectly criticizing ㅎㅇㄹ’s characterㅠㅠㅠ Seems like there’s some history behind it

-But honestly, having more male leads than female leads around is kind of a strong point…lol those who know will know

-What are you talking about lol they even sent a coffee truck for Chuga-eul, why wouldn’t they have close female friends? And aren’t they close with Dogyeowool too? They were even caught hugging at the awards ceremony. Please stop with the rumors ㅠ

-Geum Bitkang: ???

Gam Dajung uploaded a photo taken with Yeoreum to her story. No long explanation was needed.

Wishing Han Yeoreum even more success♥︎

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“Ah, fuck really.”

Gi Juye frowned. 3 AM. Regular people had all gone to sleep, but there were exactly two types who stayed awake.

One was dopamine addicts. And the other was broadcasting station people.

“These guys don’t even sleep.”

Starting with MBS star PD So Yesol, 【M Couple】 staff members uploaded stories, followed by Ryu Lisa and Go Gyeol uploading photos taken with Yeoreum. It was different from the atmosphere Gi Juye had tried to create.

Anonymous1: lol Even if he doesn’t have close female friends around him, being close with female staff shows he’s genuinely a good person, right?

Anonymous3: For real, it actually looks even better though

ㄴAnonymous9: Everyone who knows knows that HYR first became famous through personal photoshoot work with a close female friend.. saying there are no women around him is fucking weird lololol

Scanning through the comments, Gi Juye decided to be satisfied with planting subtle suspicion early on.

‘This way, when something comes out later, I can say it felt suspicious from then.’

[Would you like to delete all comments?]

Gi Juye deleted all the comments she had posted at once.

‘It wasn’t at a level to get sued anyway.’

Playing around with the atmosphere within appropriate limits was what Gi Juye did best.

‘Good thing I learned while proceeding with hate commenter lawsuits.’

Smiling, Gi Juye thought of another direction. Gi Juye was a veteran among veterans, having been in the entertainment industry for nearly 10 years.

She knew well enough what kind of impact this type of controversy would have on Han Yeoreum.

‘People aren’t really interested in the truth anyway!’

The Manager watching Gi Juye sighed.

“Juye. Stop using your phone.”

While getting hair and makeup done, Gi Juye had been casually using her phone the whole time. Thanks to that, the screen was clearly visible. The Manager had figured out what Gi Juye was doing.

“Just so you know, my account will never get caught-. It’s a different number.”

“Yeah. I get that, but…”

“Only stupid bitches like that get caught, okay? Stop worrying unnecessarily!”

The Manager was used to taking Gi Juye’s irritation. But her heart kept racing. Very anxiously, as if something was about to explode.

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Reporter Wi immediately published an internet article.

“What did you focus on?”

“Han Yeoreum’s diligence, of course.”

“It won’t get many clicks.”

“Well, what can you do.”

Reporter Wi, who was about to say “Articles that swarm to slander and insult and belittle and target and distort our Yeoreum are gossip rags, not articles…” forced herself to put on a working adult’s mask.

“I should write that she wasn’t the type to deserve hate from classmates.”

The Senior Officer was briefly impressed by Reporter Wi’s journalistic spirit.

“That’s true too. If we’re not careful, it could create a villainess versus saint dynamic.”

“Honestly, personality marketing shouldn’t be too excessive either.”

“Oh, right.”

After skimming Reporter Wi’s article, the Senior Officer clicked on other reporters’ articles. The article that scraped together all of Jin Eunsul’s secret account comments had the highest view count.

“If this goes well, it might get too heated.”

“Come on. Han Yeoreum has an agency.”

At Reporter Wi’s words, the senior officer thought of JC ENM.

The home of aggro.

That JC ENM, which held the top position in the ecosystem even among broadcasting station folks.

“Even if it’s JC, still. This case is a bit difficult. Someone who didn’t seem like that was a malicious commenter? And they were even somewhat close? It’s exactly the kind of material the public would love.”

But he couldn’t imagine it at all.

Certainly JC had always held the upper hand when it came to drawing aggro, but they had never shown how to break the aggro focused on their affiliated actors.

That was because Han Yeoreum was JC’s first affiliated actor.

However, Reporter Wi gave an answer in one sentence.

“Manager Hong is there.”

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Manager Hong, who had woken up from sleep, had smaller eyes than usual. His face looked like mere lines had been drawn rather than having actual eyes, and the JC ENM Marketing Team gathered at dawn whispered among themselves.

“…Can Manager actually see the monitor with those eyes…?”

“Shh…”

“Just because his eyes are small doesn’t mean his ear holes are small too.”

Manager Hong immediately turned on his dual monitor and inserted a tablet PC into the table stand. He placed his cell phone on top of the monitor stand with a clatter.

In an instant, Manager Hong was able to take in teenage communities and various SNS at a glance.

“First, let’s put out an article saying we’re filing a lawsuit-.”

“That won’t work. The other party is the same age and a student. If we’re not careful, people might say we’re going too far.”

People want a pure white victim. If Han Yeoreum slipped up even a little here, it would be perfect for getting stoned together.

The possibility of creating an atmosphere saying ‘it’s understandable,’ or ‘there must be something we don’t know,’ or ‘her own feet are tingling’ had to be cut off from the start.

“Yes. Writer, I’m sorry for calling so late… Oh my, you weren’t sleeping. Yes.”

Manager Hong made a phone call somewhere.

The web drama Jin Eunsul was starring in this time was a work by Writer Pi of 【The Cherry on Top of the Parfait Belongs to the Heroine!】.

“By any chance, is there a penalty clause specified in the contract stating ‘damages can be claimed for negative remarks or spreading related to the work’… Yes, it’s included. I’d be grateful if you could do that. Yes, yes.”

【Pachehee】 opened new horizons for web dramas. It was the first model to show that dramas initially released on the internet could also make money.

Writer Pi, who first cultivated that historic scene, was in a different weight class now.

There were quite a few companies that invested after seeing Writer Pi. The web dramas that followed 【Pachehee】 received harsh criticism one after another, but Writer Pi’s web dramas were different.

After absorbing the existing fanbase, the next work was presented and achieved decent results.

“Business obstruction? Oh my. I’d be grateful if you could do that. Yes. As you said, by morning the investors will probably contact us saying advertising and investment attraction will be difficult… Oh, JC can handle that showdown. Are we Namin?”

The amount of PPL attached was quite substantial. Writer Pi probably knew what Manager Hong’s contact meant.

That JC could easily sabotage the PPL for works about to start filming. Unless they properly dealt with Jin Eunsul on their side, the work would inevitably suffer damage.

“On our side, well… you know the atmosphere. Yes. Since we don’t know what that kid who’s already shown her poison might do next, Yeoreum will probably be very anxious too…”

The JC ENM Marketing Team listening to Manager Hong’s manipulation exchanged glances.

‘Did he contact Yeoreum?’

‘No. He’s bluffing.’

‘As expected… Manager Hong…’

Manager Hong was Manager Hong. He knew too well that Writer Pi was weak when it came to Yeoreum. The call was already wrapping up.

“What are they going to do?”

“They’ll have to pay double compensation for all the messed up filming schedules. What choice does a company have when a mere university student legally pressures them?”

“What about the parts specified in the contract? Does it apply?”

“She said she put the web drama in her story and feed, and tagged Ruda Entertainment. She created all the circumstances to give them plenty of grounds to find fault if they wanted to.”

The JC ENM Marketing Team all smiled brightly.

“She was showing off about debuting…”

“Yeah… She showed off well…”

Legal punishment could now be perfectly outsourced.

They handled everything thoroughly without putting forward Han Yeoreum or JC ENM. Now it was just the beginning.

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