I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 245

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Chapter 245

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“Oh? Senior?”

From a few steps away, I deliberately called out to Gi Juye.

“What brings you here? Did you perhaps get cast in the same project as me? Right? I came here for that meeting.”

=I get cast here and there. Unlike you.

“I was actually a bit worried about what happened last time with 【The Great Garland】… I’m relieved. We’ll be appearing in the same project this time!”

=You remember getting beaten by me, right? Haha

Even though I struck first, Gi Juye couldn’t say anything and just trembled. Perhaps unable to completely ignore my words, Gi Juye’s manager smiled awkwardly.

“No, it’s just for personal business… Have a good meeting.”

They couldn’t very well say ‘I came here to forcibly schedule an appointment to steal your coordinator, so don’t pretend you don’t know what this drama meeting nonsense is about.’

But my turn wasn’t over yet. I smiled and opened my mouth.

“Ah, yes! Then rest well-.”

=Forever.

Whether she properly understood my meaning, Gi Juye screamed right there on the spot.

“Hey! Who are you to pick a fight? I wondered why she was acting up, and it’s all because you-.”

“Juye, shh! Be quiet!”

Who am I? A skilled actress.

“Uh… Senior…”

Just then, I could see staff members in the distance looking this way. I tucked a strand of hair behind my ear with one hand. Making sure my innocent face was clearly visible.

Ding-!

Meanwhile, the elevator arrived. The manager hurriedly dragged Gi Juye away.

I watched the manager frantically pressing the elevator close button and greeted them again.

Very politely.

“Rest well-!”

The elevator doors closed with Gi Juye’s hysterical screaming. I could hear what sounded like desperate struggling from beyond the descending metal doors. The staff members who were quite far away probably saw it too. The ending is important.

“Phew…”

I put the finishing touch on my act as pitiful Han Yeoreum, exhausted by her senior’s tyranny.

‘This situation will probably circulate as gossip in the early morning hours.’

I quietly returned to the private room and closed the door.

“Nice.”

Now Gi Juye will get to rest well. For a very, very long time.

* * *

This is the MBS Drama Department located in Ilsan. The Center Director held onto So Yesol with an unusually serious expression.

“…You really must bring her in.”

“I want to do that too…”

“If you bring just her, I’ll give you golden time slot scheduling right away.”

The terrestrial broadcasting drama scene, including MBS, was shaking. It was natural since the capital that had been solidly supporting them was destroyed. The latter half of dramas collapsed.

[Wagle Wagle Mineral Spring/ These days dramas suddenly became club pork cutlet chaebols]

It feels like they’d live in some grand mansion so I can’t get immersed

-I was happy thinking a fucking masterpiece finally came out but the CG quality got crazy toward the end

You can tell who the subject is without even saying anything ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

The moment it was determined that securing a global fandom was impossible, they had to drastically cut the total production budget. First, the OST, costumes, and CG quality were lowered. On top of that, the overall scene became unstable.

“Star writer! And we have to do it with rookie actors? In the end, it’s about the story, the story.”

“We don’t know when that Korean ban will end, so you want to try such an adventurous attempt? Even if not top stars, at least somewhat recognizable faces-.”

“First, let’s gather as much PPL as we can, no, you know what I mean. Actors who are trying to climb up to higher levels somehow! If we gather them-.”

Meetings continued daily. No one knew how to respond to this unprecedented situation.

“Go! So Yesol!”

So the Center Director deployed Director So. Sitting face to face with Yeoreum in the quiet room, Director So calmly continued explaining the project.

“We’re going with a low budget… The backgrounds and props too, we’re trying to create scenes that you could really see in reality…”

MBS devised the best strategy. A rookie director who had been proven once, a rising actor with both star quality and acting skills, and finally.

“What about the cast?”

Empathy with viewers.

“The casting director is still working on the supporting roles first, but Yun Gyo and Heejeong will really feel like the beginning of the semester…”

While others focused on star writers and star actors, the MBS Center Director and Director So focused on possibility.

On that slim possibility that the public would surely recognize the real deal.

“We’ll bring in unfamiliar faces. So it can really feel like starting university life…”

And Han Yeoreum was the real deal.

‘Occasionally there are actors like this.’

The more successful an actor becomes, the more they have to consider.

The reputation of the director and star writer they work with, the level of other actors appearing, filming locations good enough to make headlines, etc.

It was natural since one choice could bring in billions.

But Han Yeoreum was different. She wasn’t just any celebrity.

‘Someone who only looks at acting.’

There was a lot of talk internally, but there was a reason they decided to place their hopes on Han Yeoreum.

“She went to Daehangno!”

Han Yeoreum chose a small theater in Daehangno despite it being time to raise her market value.

Some called it stupid, others clicked their tongues, but everyone reached the same conclusion.

Han Yeoreum is serious about acting.

That conclusion unknowingly shook up the industry.

The fact that she remained in a field where work-life balance had long been destroyed meant that those people also loved this work. Han Yeoreum easily won the favor of industry people.

“Well, if Han Yeoreum says she’ll do it, she’ll do it.”

The Lighting Director who had watched Han Yeoreum from 【Pacheh】 to 【Strange Tales】 accepted the job without much deliberation. Contacting external filming teams wasn’t difficult either.

“She rarely has NGs. She’s never made a dialogue mistake, so she’s somewhat legendary among us.”

“Should I say the work finishes quickly because time is saved with each cut?”

Han Yeoreum had unknowingly become an actor with name value. Someone with the power to draw people in.

“The current scenario is at the completion stage of episode 4. If Yeoreum accepts the Na Yuna role, I’ll show you the rest right away.”

Director So took out the prepared scenario. Han Yeoreum’s eyes lit up. Director So already noticed that Yeoreum’s heart was leaning toward it.

“This scenario… what did you think while reading it?”

Han Yeoreum seemed to recall something. The smile at the corner of her mouth was somehow bitter.

“I empathized with all three, but I especially related to Yuna. When I was twenty, I thought I could do anything. My twenties really didn’t go as planned…”

Anyone watching would think she had wasted her twenties in vain. Han Yeoreum stroked the scenario.

“I’ll do it. This project.”

The pristine white scenario with no title written yet. But even in that short time, she had read it so many times the edges were worn. Post-it notes were stuck throughout.

Director So pushed the remaining three volumes toward Han Yeoreum. The white papers stacked up thickly.

“Good… Thank you. Then here.”

So Yesol tapped the very front of the scenario. The place where the title should normally be written.

“Would you decide what goes here?”

“The title?”

“Yes. The title. Just tell me what you’d like to call this project.”

Han Yeoreum pondered for quite a long time. So Yesol waited patiently.

Compared to waiting for Han Yeoreum to come through two summers, this was nothing.

After thinking for a while, Yeoreum opened her mouth, and Director So picked up a pen and wrote the title on the front page.

[Youth Disqualified!]

* * *

“Uhahahaha! Uhahahahaha!”

The MBS Drama Center Director stuck Han Yeoreum’s photo in the center of a large whiteboard. Then he wrote the drama title in large letters.

“【Youth Disqualified!】. Wow. What a great title, right?”

What So Yesol wanted to portray wasn’t the bright saturated green that first comes to mind when thinking of youth.

It was a hazy gray filter overlaid on top. A bewildering color that still retained its blueness.

“Good, good! Just two more people!”

The Center Director, smiling contentedly as if drama production had already begun, looked at Han Yeoreum in the photo.

Now he needed to find actors who would portray university life alongside Han Yeoreum.

“Who would be good—.”

The Center Director crossed his arms and stared intently. Something seemed about to come to mind but didn’t quite surface.

“Fresh mask, fresh mask….”

The Center Director sighed and sat down in his chair for now. It was currently 9:59. Soon it would be time for the drama to start.

“I can worry about it at dawn.”

The Center Director turned on the TV. There were three TVs in the Center Director’s office. Each was used to tune into dramas from different terrestrial broadcasting stations.

Live viewing wasn’t just for MBS shows. You had to know your enemy and know yourself to win every battle.

‘Though right now….’

MBS hadn’t produced any notable hits for three consecutive years. It was no different from losing every battle.

The Center Director clutched his bitter feelings and watched the chaotically moving screen when his eyebrows twitched.

“What’s this?”

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