I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 253

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Chapter 253

This is the KBC Media Management Department.

Tension filled this place that mainly manages InTube channels.

“Should I… upload it?”

Since 【The Great Garland】 had its broadcast date moved up, the trailer release was also moved up accordingly.

In the current drama scene where maintaining single-digit ratings was already an achievement, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say KBC had bet everything on this one production.

“…But seriously, wait a moment.”

The staff member who was about to press the upload button took a deep breath.

“Is it really okay to do this?”

Right now, 【The Great Garland】 was in a situation where promotion was absolutely insufficient.

Basically, drama promotion is a project that includes trailer production, teaser cuts, interviews and posters, and even press conferences.

But due to the sudden scheduling change, instead of proper promotion, they could barely manage to squeeze a press conference into the drama filming period.

In a situation with no teaser cuts, no interviews, and no posters, Director Ja said this:

“Just upload it.”

The self-centered Director Ja had somehow become an overly confident Director Ja.

The KBC Drama Center Director asked if this guy had gone crazy, but his answer remained unchanged.

“Teasers and interviews and posters and that whatnot. Anyway, let’s cover everything with just one trailer.”

The Center Director was about to collapse holding the back of his neck, but he had no choice but to follow Director Ja’s words for now. First of all, the budget was insufficient. The early-cancelled productions had left KBC with painful losses.

To make matters worse, with news of Netflicks Korea’s entry, the broadcasting station had to tighten its belt.

“…No, upload it now.”

“Center Director! If you just proceed listening only to Director Ja’s words…”

“I’m not trusting his words.”

The Center Director sitting beside took a deep breath. As soon as the trailer was completed, the Center Director was the first to check it.

“I’m trusting my own judgment.”

So Director Ja’s stubbornness was somewhat understandable.

Click.

The 【The Great Garland】 trailer was uploaded to the KBC Drama InTube channel without any notice. It was truly guerrilla-style.

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Old archival footage appeared. The black and white video was a record of war.

Fighter planes flying in formation cutting through the wind, bombs falling below, the sound of military boots marching thump thump thump thump as Japanese soldiers walked with rifles on their shoulders, then fade to black.

Bang.

A loud bomb sound.

-Fellow Korean compatriots, Japan has surrendered unconditionally!

The anchor’s voice was resounding, unable to hide his joy.

-President Truman said he has ordered the allied forces to cease all attack operations.

Then the screen moved to the beautiful city of Kobe. In an expensive Japanese house so luxurious there was nowhere else to look, Hanamura was watching this broadcast with gritted teeth, while beside him his daughter Huijae was taking photos wearing an expensive kimono.

Huijae’s jet-black hair swayed at her chin. Unlike her painted-on upturned lips, Huijae’s eyes seemed neither laughing nor crying.

They contained a loneliness accumulated from long, long ago.

Click.

Then the crackling, low-quality national anthem began to play.

-Until the East Sea waters and Baekdu Mountain wear away and dry up…

And what appeared with that music was the blue sea. The space changed instantly.

This place is Joseon.

Japanese flags fell one by one into the sea like suicide and eventually sank.

The atmosphere completely shifted from the dark screen. The vibrant scenery of a port appeared, along with the ship’s horn announcing the start of the day.

Hoooo-.

In the bright, cheerful, life-filled port, the Joseon people live each day busily.

-Hey there!

-Hurry up and move it! At this rate we’ll miss the ship’s departure!

An elderly woman with fish piled high in front of her trying to sell even one more, people boarding ships lined up at the dock, men running busily pulling wooden carts.

And,

-Taeseok! Come here!

-Yes!

Among them, Taeseok, who had just set down a large load with a thud and was wiping sweat with the towel around his neck, turned around.

A straight forehead revealed under roughly cut hair, calm eyes, broad shoulders as if carrying the sea.

Taeseok’s bustling and vibrant life and Huijae’s quiet and beautiful life.

The two people who seemed to walk parallel lines in life appeared to have completely different existences.

The Jinhae set built with great effort and passion was interwoven with drone-captured footage. Wooden shops, signs stained at the corners, alleys where dust clouds rose whenever someone ran, and, and…

Ah, Huijae’s brightly smiling face.

Eyes shining as if they would illuminate this entire worn and shabby world.

Making one look forward to tomorrow…

Bang.

And overlapping again was another loud bomb sound.

-This is Seoul. North Korean forces have now crossed the 38th parallel and begun their southern invasion. Military and police are immediately responding…

Taeseok, who had been a boy, was now in the middle of a battlefield.

He was still shabby. His cheek was scratched and bleeding, and soot was smeared all over his face. Taeseok, who had barely managed to support a comrade back, habitually touched his nape.

The necklace was gone.

The screen went into slow motion. He turned around and ran back into the middle of the battlefield. Shaking off the hands trying to stop him, he ran determinedly. His military boots frantically pounded the ground.

Bang!

Another bomb exploded. Taeseok in military uniform rolled on the ground. The necklace he had barely managed to grasp in his hand clicked open.

Inside was a photo of Huijae wearing a kimono.

Taeseok, now with the face of a young man, lay on the ground and smiled brightly. The transition from child actor to adult was natural.

Legs in torn military pants and military boots walking on the dirt road were visible. Those legs naturally blending in among other soldiers soon changed to black shoes and dress pants.

Seoul with traces of bombing still remaining. And on Taeseok’s face looking down at such Seoul, leisure was evident.

Below Taeseok standing on the overpass, clank clank. Trucks loaded with materials moved forward ceaselessly. Everything moved in perfect order as if under Taeseok’s command.

-In Jinhae’s dance hall that lights up every night

Hmm- famous people gather, each showing off

A seductive female singer’s song played as background music.

-Good day. I’m Gi Taeseok.

Taeseok, now transformed into the perfect gentleman, introduces himself to celebrities in a beautiful hotel hall.

-In a well-tailored suit with a red rose corsage

This stylish man is none other than me, me

Taeseok clinked glasses ceaselessly.

The liquid changed from champagne with bubbles rising in transparent glasses, to wine swirling dark red in elegant glasses, to clear rice wine in pure white porcelain cups, and to whiskey in beautifully decorated crystal glasses.

-What’s given to a successful man is

Money and dreams, honor and jealousy

The one clinking glasses with him was Taejin, who unlike Taeseok had grown up in an environment where wealth and honor were natural.

-We even have similar names.

Behind Taejin, who spoke warmly with a wonderful smile, was a large picture frame. Inside it was Huijae wearing a pure white dress.

Unlike the tiny Huijae in Taeseok’s necklace that could only be kept by cherishing it with all his might, this one was large, clear, and also…

-President Gi and I might get along well.

There was Huijae smiling brightly.

-Ah, but love, at least love-

My beloved is distant like a dream…

Taeseok rode in the back seats of a luxury car.

Taeseok signed documents with an expensive fountain pen.

Taeseok walked on marble floors with his dress shoes, with numerous men following behind him.

When Taeseok put a cigarette in his mouth, someone lit it for him.

Taeseok wrote a success story.

Now in South Korea, not the Korean Empire, there was nothing Taeseok couldn’t have.

But still you are, still Yeonhuijae is….

Taeseok closed his eyes in the night garden where pear blossoms fluttered.

<The Great Garland>

November 3rd. First broadcast.

After the 2-minute trailer ended, Director Ja, who was checking it on his cell phone in Jinhae, smiled.

“That’s what I’m saying. Just upload it.”

He couldn’t help but be confident. Before he knew it, Director Ja’s cell phone was flooded with calls from writers and PDs. The industry’s attention was instantly focused.

Director Ja’s cell phone wasn’t the only one getting reactions.

[Issue Board/ KBC The Great Garland trailer just uploaded.jpg]

[KBC’s special founding anniversary drama, <The Great Garland> broadcast countdown begins… “Already excited” hot reactions]

[Our Village Buzz/ I think I just started my first love, my heart is beating like crazy what do I do]

The internet instantly became noisy.

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[Would you like to replay?]

Aetami didn’t even hesitate and watched the video again. She wanted to engrave this short video into her brain.

Rich angles that seemed to change every second, a set that clearly brought out the period atmosphere, smoothly connected screen transitions. Everything was perfect.

“And the best among all of that….”

It was Yeoreum’s brightly smiling face.

The sight of her smiling cheerfully with a rain-soaked face made one side of her chest ache. With endearment and loveliness, it captured her gaze in just 1 second.

“Ahhh! This is crazy!”

Why is our baby melon bread so good at this…. Aetami muttered as she looked at Yeoreum reflected on the paused screen.

“You put explosion sounds over this face?”

It properly captured the spirit of the times where the most precious things collapse due to war. Director Ja truly lived up to his reputation.

When <The Great Garland>’s trailer came out, the Drama Fans were fired up.

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