I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 243

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Chapter 243

“Should I contact all the Ruda Entertainment PPL brands tomorrow morning? No wait, I think it’d be better to contact the entire MCN industry. The investment market is completely frozen right now, so even a little scare will get an incredible reaction.”

Manager Hong cracked his neck from side to side. There was a cracking sound of bones.

“I already made calls here and there on my way over.”

Manager Hong was a veteran in this industry. Especially now was a time when people avoided taking risks. He knew the market atmosphere that didn’t favor discovering new actors.

There wasn’t anywhere that would want to cast a controversial actor.

“She won’t get called for auditions even if she submits her resume anywhere now.”

A little over an hour had passed since the incident broke. Manager Hong had already finished organizing the situation.

“She can’t debut now. Anywhere.”

But this was just the beginning.

“Then shall we try drawing aggro elsewhere now-.”

Manager Hong interlaced his fingers and cracked them. The cracking sound echoed ominously.

“You dare touch our girl?”

Manager Hong’s half-closed eyes snapped open. His cold pupils were sharp. Like a well-sharpened blade.

‘But all of that really went viral, right?’

‘Yeah… it seems so…’

“I said my eyes are small, not my ear holes.”

The target had changed.

* * *

“…What do I do! What do I do!”

Jin Eunsul woke up in strangely refreshed condition. The first thing she checked was her cell phone.

But her cell phone was turned off. She lifted her head and urgently checked the clock, which was past 10 AM.

“I must be crazy…”

She was late. She should have stopped by the shop at 8, and needed to be at the filming set by 11. Even if she left now, she couldn’t stop by the shop without being late.

“First, first I need to contact them…”

She couldn’t understand why her cell phone was turned off. Eunsul plugged in the charger and bit her nails anxiously while waiting.

“Ah, it’s on…”

Buzz, buzz, buzzbuzzbuzzbuzzbuzz.

As soon as the cell phone screen lit up, it vibrated like crazy. Saved numbers, unsaved numbers, saved numbers, unsaved…

“What’s this…”

Missed calls, messages, and DMs chaotically took turns filling the notification window. Among the countless notifications, she saw a community app she had set notifications for.

[From now on Jin Eunsul will probably be used as a proper noun like Son Minsu lololol fucking creepy legend]

“Why is my name…”

Jin Eunsul unconsciously entered the community app. She had an intuition that understanding this situation came before explaining the circumstances to the web drama PD.

Her anxious heart made her whole body tingle.

-Son Minsu is rather an angel

For real, Son Minsu would be better…

-Looking at the comments they left, they’re basically living on the internet every dayㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋ A real hardcore fan for real lol damn

lol crazy bastard

Jin Eunsul scrolled up with trembling hands. Even during this, DMs kept coming. Yoosta comment notifications also made her cell phone ring.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ It’s so obvious you’re desperately trying to ride on your classmates’ coattails by spamming those university tags ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Honestly, you don’t have the face to make it big even if you debut..ㅎ Don’t waste your tuition money and just drop out (´｡• ◡ •｡`) You can do it, fighting!

-I’m really curious so I’m asking, but what were you thinking when you went around bashing other celebrities like that?

It felt like someone had poured hot water all over her body. Beyond feeling hot, her insides were burning up. Before she knew it, her teeth were chattering.

[HOT/ Chaos over something worse than Son Minsu appearing]

[Issue Board/ Reason why you should stay away from people with inferiority complex.jpg]

[Wagle Wagle Ururur Kwangkwang/ Current KNUA that person’s Yoosta comment situation]

“What, what do I do, what do I do…”

Her debut was coming soon. She would make her face known through a web drama, gather followers, get cast in cable dramas, then terrestrial broadcasting… movies… award ceremonies…

“Ah… what do I do.”

Like Han Yeoreum, even more than Han Yeoreum, incomparably better than someone like Han Yeoreum.

It was supposed to be a successful life. Jin Eunsul was supposed to have that.

Buzz, buzz, buzz.

[Ruda Entertainment PD]

A call came to Jin Eunsul who was staring blankly at her cell phone. She had to answer. Even now, she had to answer the phone and say she never did such things, that it was hacking, that someone maliciously spread rumors, she had to say that…

[Leaving a message since you’re not answering. No need to come to the filming set]

She had to…

[You’re aware that you’ve caused damage to our company, right? Documents will be sent by quick delivery soon, so don’t avoid receiving them. I don’t want this to go to trial]

“Trial?”

Jin Eunsul suddenly returned to reality. She hurriedly pressed the missed call list.

-Hello?

The kind voice was gone, replaced by a hostile voice that anyone could tell was annoyed.

“PD, what do you mean trial? What’s that…”

-Eunsul.

A cold response came back.

-This isn’t some assignment college students are doing together, and when contracts between companies are all set up and you cause this level of trouble… you have to take responsibility.

PPL, contracts, clauses, specifications… the explanation didn’t reach her ears. Only one thing was certain.

“What about my debut?”

That Jin Eunsul’s acting career was now over.

That she could no longer dream of dramas, movies, or award ceremonies.

* * *

Manager Ma quickly checked the uploaded article.

[Ruda Entertainment, news of contract termination with controversial figure… “Want to create sincere work even though it’s a web drama” statement released]

“O-kay. One down for now.”

Now she had to cleanly cover up Jin Eunsul. The focus couldn’t shift to Han Yeoreum.

“Aggro needs aggro. Manager Hong, ready? Starting now?”

Manager Ma held her cell phone between one ear and shoulder while talking to Manager Hong. All preparations were already complete.

It was Monday night now, the best time for the exhausted public to attack someone.

-Start.

With Manager Hong’s words, the bullet was fired.

[20s Anonymous Board/ But isn’t this an initial article about HYL? lol]

Today’s controversy reminded me of this – there was an article with initials last summer, and this really seems like it’s about ㅎㅇㄹ and ㅱㅈㅇ… ㅠㅠ They even wore matching outfits at an official event once, it’s pretty suspicious

Anonymous1: What is this now lolololol wow my dopamine is going crazy today

Anonymous2: Seems right? H-HYR K-GJY right

Anonymous7: https://www.never.com/news… This rumor says they already didn’t like it because of casting issues haha For those who want to reference it~!

Manager Hong had good relationships with reporters. Enough to occasionally post initial articles since last summer’s L’Oeil Mint Carpet.

The bait laid like landmines exploded one after another.

Anonymous 11: Hahahaha it’s finally coming out, ah so satisfying. Everyone who works here knows what kind of person they are

ㄴAnonymous 18: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Our group chat is going crazy right now, nice to meet you

ㄴAnonymous 22: Everyone’s excited about the leak haha I’ll extract the PDF and send it

ㄴAnonymous 11: Yeah, go ahead and send it 🙂 If you want to be her servant that badly, you should start working at a beauty salon…! You can do servant work up close lol fucking seriously

Gi Juye had been in the entertainment industry for a long time. That much abuse of power had accumulated to a degree that was hard to remember.

If you live with the mindset of “everyone else does it, so what’s wrong?”, you’re bound to get caught somewhere at least once.

Anonymous101: https://intube.com/… This is a top class behind-the-scenes video, but if you look closely, GJY is in the back

ㄴAnonymous 102: Holy shit, your eye for detail is insane

There was a small shot of a coordinator kneeling and putting on shoes. Gi Juye stood up abruptly before the ankle strap was even fully fastened. Because of that, it even showed the coordinator getting hurt on fingers scratched by the buckle and being in pain.

It was so small you wouldn’t notice unless you looked carefully. But that scene was captured frame by frame and began circulating through various communities and SNS.

[20s Anonymous Board/ Anyone who got fucking frustrated whenever GJY was being praised as a baby angel?]

Yeah that’s totally me lol

(Broadcasting station ID.jpg)

I won’t say much because that person has so many minions that I’m scared to say anything^^

Anonymous1: It’s just amazing that she’s blown up now, I guess being with a big company is good after all

ㄴAnonymous3: Honestly, the company basically created their entire image for them lol

ㄴAnonymous6: What’s wrong with your brain for real.. You think using initials will save you from getting sued? Just wait, a complaint is coming your way soon~

Anonymous8: Just fucking disappear from this scene already, damn it

Gi Juye was only nice to people who benefited her. And enough time had passed for the newcomers who had been bullied by her to climb up considerably.

The reporters who had been in the same space as the bullying Gi Juye, as well as magazine editors and broadcast staff, had grown enough to establish themselves confidently in the industry.

ㄴAnonymous 42: It’s a magazine editor I follow…lol the story looks like a total callout to anyone who sees it (screenshot.jpg)

ㄴAnonymous 48: You’re getting marriedㅋㅋㅋㅋ This is an intentional typo..right?

ㄴAnonymous 52: If you’ve been bullied by someone in power, shake that carrot ㅠㅠ

With the initial articles and anonymous testimonies, plus none of the staff working with her posted any good stories about her.

When no one came forward to defend her saying Ju Ye wasn’t that kind of person, the atmosphere heated up even more.

“At this rate, people won’t even know what started this controversy.”

Manager Ma kept refreshing the screen. Comments were coming up at a frightening speed.

Anonymous 293: Right now there’s a story from someone who knows them – apparently while waiting backstage at music shows, she would browse through hate comments about other female idols, saying that’s her hobby lol

ㄴAnonymous 101: This is really fucking bullshit but it’s amazing that people are dumb enough to believe it

ㄴAnonymous 307: The bloodshed shield has been so pitiful since earlier…ㅠ Isn’t ㄱㅈㅇ also trembling in fear that it’ll be revealed they’ve been posting hate comments like ㅈㅇㅅ?

Gi Juye was right. People weren’t really interested in the truth.

ㄴAnonymous 1019: Staff exposé came out and even though ㄱㅈㅇ’s scandal didn’t blow up, apparently they’re no different from ㅈㅇㅅ lol

Even though the private account wasn’t exposed, the public atmosphere was already ‘Gi Juye definitely has such an account.’ Baseless rumors became certainties, and eventually combined with the bullying to become a controversy about Gi Juye’s character.

It just so happened that this was when the harsh winds of the Korean Wave restrictions were blowing properly.

The idol management agency that Gi Juye belonged to was hit hard. It was natural that they couldn’t respond quickly to the situation.

“Manager, Gi Juye won’t be able to act for a while now, right?”

-You said it. What’s there to see in her if you take away the China money.

The situation snowballed. Gi Juye’s past arrogant behavior was revealed to the world.

Intube

[The power-tripping woman finally exposed..ㄷㄷ Her identity is an idol-turned-actress?] 07:22

Views: 87,111

-There should only be one or two awkward moments for it to be malicious editing lol this just reveals their true character

-They’re truly vicious. The evil behavior they showed in Top Class wasn’t just good acting, it seems like that was their true nature ㅠ

Actually, I don’t even know if they’re good at acting… I thought the world was pulling a hidden camera prank on me

lol please I wish idols would stop dabbling in acting ㅠㅠㅠㅠ it was ridiculous how their obsessive fans kept insisting they were good at acting

“Agh, damn! What is all this? Why are they picking on me!”

Gi Juye threw her cell phone at the wall.

Crash-!

The phone screen shattered. The manager sighed looking at the screen that was cracked beyond repair and completely shattered.

“Juye, this kind of thing will quickly….”

“Quickly when? Quickly when? All my schedules are already canceled!”

Gi Juye was anxious. She was already feeling the reality of being pushed out more and more. As the public who used to cheer just at Gi Juye’s existence gradually turned their attention elsewhere, her anxiety grew.

“For now, stay quiet….”

“…Don’t tell me my meeting got canceled? It didn’t, right? Right?”

The manager sighed at Gi Juye’s desperation.

‘The atmosphere with the brands she’s modeling for isn’t good….’

The brands that hired Gi Juye as a model were focused on Chinese sales. So they couldn’t help but be sensitive to the plummeting sales after the Korean Wave restrictions began.

‘At this rate, not only will her modeling contracts be terminated, but there’ll be penalty fees too….’

The power of China money became a sharp blade. Sharp enough to reach Gi Juye’s throat.

“You’re too worked up. At this rate you’ll give them unnecessary ammunition. You’re banned from SNS for now. Don’t upload anything. The manager and I will handle everything….”

“Why! Why! Why!!!! Aaaagh!!!”

Even at this moment, articles and videos with Gi Juye’s name were spreading. Gi Juye collapsed on the spot.

“Right now other editors and staff posted on their stories that you’re not that kind of person, Juye. Fans captured those properly too. Just wait, just wait.”

“…No. It’s not enough….”

Gi Juye thought of someone. This was all Han Yeoreum’s fault. The last article Gi Juye saw had the title asking what would have happened if Gi Juye had been cast in 【The Great Garland】 instead of Han Yeoreum.

“Unnie, contact that person for me.”

“That person? Who?”

“…You know, my old coordinator.”

If she could steal even a coordinator, if she could somehow quiet the controversy about Gi Juye’s character that way. Money wasn’t precious to her.

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