I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 246

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Chapter 246

My gaze turned to the leftmost screen, SBC’s 【Fuse】. Do Gyeoul, who had become the concubine, was wearing a cold-toned red top. She was as gorgeous as a single flower, naturally drawing attention.

“That musuri…”

In contrast, the musuri’s clothes were shabby as she bowed her head expressionlessly. She seemed like just part of the background, as if the concubine wouldn’t even spare her a glance.

But even so, something was different about her from the others.

“Something feels ominous.”

She kept her head still and only rolled her eyes. She didn’t seem like an ordinary person. Her eyes moved first, then her head turned.

It was like the gestures of a reptile that had learned to mimic human behavior.

“That’s supposed to be Suk-bin Choi?”

Jang Heebin and Queen Inhyeon had already appeared in the drama. The only remaining character was Suk-bin Choi.

But the Center Director couldn’t believe it. It was far too different from the virtuous and wise image of Suk-bin Choi that the media had portrayed so far.

“It’s right! Suk-bin Choi!”

But soon he could confirm it from the SBC 【Fuse】 character introduction he searched up. The Center Director’s heart raced.

“It’s her…”

Chu Gaeul. She was a newcomer who had received quite good reviews for her acting skills in 【Pacheh】. 【Pacheh】 was a work the Center Director had also watched.

“I watched the spin-off too, but her acting improved this much in such a short time?”

The Center Director contacted Director So with pleasant admiration, saying he seemed to have found Ko Yunkyo.

“Who are we using for the remaining one?”

Finally, once they found Jeong Heejeong, everything would begin. MBS’s new premium drama.

* * *

Writer Pi looked at the tangled schedule. Due to the nature of web dramas with short episodes, they were entering the final stages.

In just a few days, the web drama production team had been devastated.

“Eun Seol, if you keep lying, ha…”

PPL was all about speed. They had already prepared the storyboard to match the new product launch date. Since it was a school drama, they needed to focus on the products the characters wore and used at least once.

“No, why do you keep insisting that account isn’t yours? Then sue that overseas company! If you want to prove your innocence!”

But with the main character Jin Eunsul dropping out, the secured PPL became a mess. The impact was quite significant because they had tagged Luda Entertainment.

-All the female leads here probably seem like haters so I really don’t want to watch lololol

For real, it seems like it would be hella creepy ㅠ

The actors would probably be hurt if they saw this. Think before you comment – there are real people behind the screen.

Huh what lololol they tell me to think about casting or whatever, I’m just saying that’s how I feel, what’s the problem;

Malicious comments were also posted on the videos uploaded to the channel. Jin Eunsul’s followers had explosively increased over a few days, but that attention was just dopamine party-type interest.

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First she said it wasn’t her account and the update was wrong, then she said a friend asked her to verify with her number so the number was the same at the end, then when caught manipulating screenshots she said she lent an unused ID but didn’t know it was being used like this, then said she’d sue the haters lololol

She should have just cleanly admitted it, but she seems like the type to make things bigger

Anonymous1: This is why you need an agency, she looks even more pathetic doing this alone

ㄴAnonymous 10: Who’s gonna take her awayㅠ Seems like nobody will

ㄴAnonymous 17: It’s actually better that they don’t have an agency, what would they do about the penalty fees

Eun Seol kept trying to create a breakthrough. But that only became poison instead.

Anonymous 32: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Seriously, every single lie is getting caught lol. When this was first getting exposed, people in the gallery were asking how did the god-tier Banin escape ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

Real dopamine addicts in the early morning hours have basic internet usage time exceeding fourteen hours a day.

Not only manipulating chat records but also finding hidden IDs, and extracting internet activity history from elementary school days was nothing to them.

Anonymous 107: Seriously so ugly I’m speechless lol ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

Thus Jin Eunsul spectacularly finished her debut as a hater with no way to escape anymore. She deleted her SNS. Her account could no longer be searched.

“Writer, our actors…”

“Yes. I’ll check.”

They needed to quickly fill the female lead’s vacancy. Writer Pi looked at the received actor list and scrolled down.

‘The acting skills need to support it.’

They needed to act well enough to cover up and move past any controversy in one go. Writer Pi sighed, thinking of Han Yeoreum from 【Pacheh】.

“I can’t find anyone like Yeoreum…”

That’s when it happened. Her attention was drawn to a video she clicked without much thought.

“Huh?”

It was a face she seemed to have seen somewhere.

“So, definitely…”

Han Yeoreum’s birthday party, Han Yeoreum’s play, 【M Couple】 with Han Yeoreum.

“Ah! Han Yeoreum’s friend!”

It was So Dami. Writer Pi checked the acting video So Dami had sent. There was definitely a difference compared to other applicants.

She couldn’t pinpoint exactly what it was, but skilled people showed their talent immediately.

“No, why wasn’t this person considered initially?”

Writer Pi immediately asked the web drama team employee. Then an absurd answer came back.

“We based our casting on follower count…”

Writer Pi sighed and immediately confirmed the main character.

“Contact So Dami! Ask if she can start filming from two days from now! And contact the brand sponsors too.”

Watching the employee hurry out, Writer Pi rewound the video once more.

“This one could even appear on public broadcasting soon…”

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This place was Jinhae. The filming set of 【The Great Garland】. Perhaps due to the weather entering summer, hot air hit me as soon as I got out of the car.

“Oh! Huijae! Here, sit here. How’s your condition? Good? It should be good!”

Then Director Ja, who ran over as soon as he saw my car entering, handed me a summer-limited lavender lemon smoothie while giving up his chair.

“Today, since it’s the last filming, let’s finish everything cleanly! We need to give a strong impact with this and move into adulthood. You know it’s important, right?”

A shade screen was properly set up above the chair. On the side table, a mini fan that had been Director Ja’s exclusive was spinning away.

‘This is exactly…’

The taste of being a protagonist?

Suddenly sitting in Director Ja’s chair drinking a smoothie, I looked at the assistant director somewhat awkwardly. Director Ja had already said what he wanted to say and disappeared.

“Well, kind of…”

“Kind of?”

“Yeoreum has become like a lucky charm for our filming set… or something…”

Whirrrrr-.

‘What?’

At the sudden gust of wind, I turned around. I don’t know when it came back, but a house-sized industrial fan was spinning. The wind blew strongly.

“Just… sprinkle some luck on the filming set before you go… You understand…?”

Director Ja’s eyes looked slightly crazy.

‘I think I get it.’

As soon as the Korean Wave restrictions were lifted, investment came in from Taiwan, and Gi Juye, who almost became Yeonhuijae’s child actor, caused a stir with power abuse and character controversies.

‘Two big things happened in a row.’

To think I’d receive such precious treatment on a filming set. This was one of the fantasies I always had before falling asleep…

It wasn’t just Director Ja. The staff members’ gazes toward me were warm.

‘Thank you, Gi Juye…!’

You’re being helpful after all. It made sense since the staff all knew each other through a few connections.

‘A celebrity who was power-tripping against my friend’s friend gets on the train to hell due to character controversy?’

Nothing could be more satisfying than this.

“All her ads will probably be cut soon.”

“Wow, you startled me.”

I was startled by the quiet voice that suddenly came from above my head without any sign. Myeong Jeha was looking down at me.

“If they cut ties immediately, they’ll get attacked by fans… They’ll probably postpone the troublesome matter and work toward finishing without penalty fees. She’ll probably keep getting ignored by advertisers from now on.”

Even without stating the subject, I could tell. It was an explanation about Gi Juye.

“If things go well, you might be able to take some of them, Yeoreum.”

Myeong Jeha adjusted the angle of the fan on the table. It was just a subtle change in wind direction, but it was much cooler than before.

“That would be nice. I want to trend on Gallup as CF Queen or something.”

The set was busy with lighting setup. Today was finally the day to film the highlight scene of Yeonhuijae and Gi Taeseok in the rain.

It was a scene I had postponed as much as possible since I could catch a cold.

“The pace is faster than I thought.”

“What is?”

“I thought we’d resume filming around Yeoreum’s birthday…”

Myeong Jeha, who had pulled up a chair next to me at some point, leaned back against the backrest. His posture looked relaxed, but I could sense a subtle fatigue.

‘What’s this?’

The feeling of déjà vu was brief, as Myeong Jeha smiled and spoke. It was the kind of information that was hard for me to access.

“The dramas currently airing on KBC all have lower ratings than expected. Same with SBC and MBS – two works entering their final acts are ending anticlimactically.”

Expectations for dramas are dwindling. It’s not like before when watchable content was limited to TV.

Naturally, InTube view counts are absorbing TV ratings.

“If things go well, the broadcast schedule might be moved up earlier than expected. The atmosphere suggests consecutive early cancellations. The internal mood is really like that…”

Myeong Jeha turned his head from the film set being prepared to look at me. It was a gaze that seemed to pierce coolly from the shadows.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“It’s nothing.”

But soon his expression changed. He returned to his usual gentle-looking face.

“Setup complete! Let’s rehearse!”

Myeong Jeha stood up from his seat and extended his hand to me.

“Come on, we have to go.”

He already had Gi Taeseok’s face.

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