I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 268
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Chapter 268
A few days later, Huijae rose from her spot and carefully, stealthily lifted her face over the wall. Then she made eye contact with Taeseok, who had parked his bicycle and was waiting.
“Taeseogi!”
The boy who had apparently been waiting for who knows how long was already there.
As soon as he saw the brightly smiling girl, Taeseok walked over with wide strides, his eyes rippling with joy.
“What are you.”
“Huh?”
“Wow, it’s so hard to see your face… I almost forgot it all.”
“You ate all of my face?”
“I almost forgot. Almost forgot.”
“You lost it?”
Because her fever hadn’t completely gone down yet, the Korean words got all mixed up in Huijae’s head.
Taeseok’s heart melted at that voice he was hearing after so long.
“Don’t lose me!”
“…Okay. I understand.”
“Hehe.”
The cheeks of the girl laughing out loud were still flushed. Taeseok unconsciously tried to stroke her cheek once but withdrew his hand.
He felt like his rough fingers would hurt if they touched that soft, sweet-smelling skin.
“Were you sick? Did you catch a cold?”
“Yeah. My whole body was warm and toasty.”
“Are you okay now?”
“Very strong.”
While the two people continued their unfinished conversation, time flowed by cruelly fast.
Clang-. Clang-. Clang-.
The sound of bells came from the port. Now it was time for Taeseok to leave.
“That flower, you know…”
Huijae’s lips moved slightly. She wanted to show off what she had learned to Taeseok.
“Flower? The white flower?”
But if she said she knew that flower now, since she had already found the answer, he might not take her to that mountain again next time.
Thinking this, Huijae pressed her lips tightly shut again.
When the seasons pass and pass and spring comes, then she would tell him while looking at the pear blossoms together. That the flower she had been looking for was actually that one. Then he would surely be surprised. He would ask how she knew.
Then she would answer in Korean that had become much better than now.
That a Korean person had taught her.
Clang-. Clang-. Clang-.
The bell rang once more as if urging the two people’s farewell. Huijae shook her head back and forth.
“Next time!”
The boy looking at the grinning girl nodded his head.
“Yeah. Next time.”
Taeseok moved away from the wall with unusually slow movements and got on his bicycle seat.
“Have a safe trip-.”
Just from those few words, Taeseok wanted to return to this place again and again.
He nodded his head lightly and put his foot on the pedal. A pleasant breeze brushed against the cheek of the boy moving forward.
For some reason, Taeseok deliberately stopped his bicycle and looked back. The girl was still on her tiptoes, peeking her face out over the wall.
Their eyes met.
The girl smiled brightly.
She waved her hand.
Taeseok also waved his hand.
I’ll come back.
Why couldn’t he say those words out loud? Leaving behind something he would regret for a very long time, leaving the girl behind.
The boy put his foot on the bicycle pedal again.
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Hanamura put on his suit and walked toward the door. He had woken up late because he had drunk too much yesterday.
“Have a safe trip.”
Rio’s face, which had been pale and weak for the past few days, was white again. Hanamura glanced at her and got into the car that the driver opened for him.
It was when the black car was leaving the wall of the huge mansion. Something at the edge of the mansion caught Hanamura’s attention.
Ominous violin music played.
A woman in old clothes. A Korean with her hands behind her back, bowing her head to show respect to Hanamura.
And what was held in her hands.
Expensive dress shoes.
“Stop the car.”
The violin melody became faster. Piano notes were added, pressing the keys as if scraping out an anxious heart with a knife.
Whirr-.
The sound of the car window rolling down sounded particularly sharp. From inside the stopped car, Hanamura’s voice was heard.
“You there.”
Then he commanded toward the woman holding the expensive dress shoes.
“Come here.”
The violin and piano sounds mixed together as if the maddening anxiety was reaching its peak.
Hanamura commanded once more toward the hesitating woman.
“Can’t you hear? I said come here.”
Episode 3 of 【The Great Garland】 ended.
“Aaaahhh!!!”
IP 85.152 tore at her hair.
“You cut it off here, damn it Seok-hwan!!!”
Viewers who had been following 【The Great Garland】 together everywhere were also going crazy, intoxicated by dopamine.
[The Great Garland Gallery]
[That bastard has really good eyesight]
Ah, so fucking anxious
Yeah (185.33) damn, their personality is fucking terrible though
[Something really big is coming tomorrow.. something really big is coming…]
(GIF of tearing Japanese flag.gif)
Anonymous (33.177) Don’t come tomorrow ah no come no don’t come no come
Anonymous (77.5) This is exactly how I feel
ㅇㅇ(22.338) But the ending today was the problem, wasn’t the whole thing just too good?
[Today’s Giyeon couple piggyback scene.jpg]
(Photo taken directly of TV screen.jpg)
They suit each other so well…
ㅇㅇ(180.75) Crazy bastard, I was wondering how you captured this so fast lololol
ㄴㅇㅇ(106.11) Hey, you’re reflected on the screen
ㄴㅇㅇ(223.22) Ah fuck, they’re smiling so damn brightly lol make this a featured comment
IP 85.152 felt like the gallery that had been full of trolls last week seemed like a previous life.
The chaos caused by trolling with ‘Josenjing’ seemed like the distant past.
In episode 1, there were complaints that this kind of drama shouldn’t be aired and should be cancelled quickly.
In episode 2, there was anger toward pro-Japanese collaborators and support for Huijae.
And in episode 3 that aired today, love for Taeseok and Huijae was pouring out.
“It’s really a talent to throw bait at the end of every episode, a real talent…”
IP 85.152 knew the end of this love.
Not just her, but all the viewers watching 【The Great Garland】 knew the ending.
That the two people wouldn’t be able to be together anyway.
[Giyeon couple is definitely going to Mageodong on Saturday, right? Fucking looking forward to it]
How did these guys only appear in one promotional show, ah I’m going crazy, so lacking in hints
ㅇㅇ(21.9) Even when the still cuts came out, I didn’t know they would match this well together. The production company probably had the main couple in mind too.
ㄴㅇㅇ(106.11) How can you not know that? Are you in your right mind? Just putting the name on it already looks perfect
Anonymous(21.9) Fuck, why are you giving me shit
If we were to express the viewers’ feelings in one word, it would be like this.
[【The Great Garland】 Will it become this year’s premium drama… Episode 3 achieves 15.8% viewership]
[The terrifying popularity of Myeong Jeha-Han Yeoreum’s ‘Giyeon Couple’… “Please just get married, you two”]
[“There’s a reason” Han Yeoreum melted Myeong Jeha’s heart with one line 【The Great Garland】]
[“The famous scenes never end” Analysis of 【The Great Garland】’s popularity factors with only 1 child actor episode remaining]
Nevertheless.
Even knowing it would end, they had no choice but to watch Gi Taeseok and Yeonhuijae’s innocent love. It was irresistible.
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INTUBE
[“But then much, much later?” Han Yeoreum and Myeong Jeha making their first date promise – Giyeon couple, do you two… like each other? 【The Great Garland】 Ep03] 05:45
Views: 697,772
INTUBE
[I’ll be back! Our precious Hee-jae went on his first date… our puppy got completely soaked in the rain ㅠ_ㅠ 【The Great Garland】 Ep03] 03:11
Views: 532,987
INTUBE
[Taeseok finally falls in love after Huijae says she misses him?! “There’s a reason” 【The Great Garland】 Ep03] 04:16
Views: 118,223
“In one word,”
This was JC ENM’s promotional team located in Cheongdam. Shin Rookie analyzed clips with view counts that were hard to believe had accumulated in just one day.
“It’s a complete jackpot.”
Even calling it the most talked-about drama wasn’t enough. 【The Great Garland】 was a work worthy of being counted among Korean drama history.
They’d never heard of a drama racing toward 20% viewership in just 3 episodes.
“How many subscribers did the KBC drama channel gain now?”
“Over 100,000.”
JC ENM was undoubtedly the leader in InTube promotion. They quickly seized things that could become memes on SNS, and knew how to properly utilize the psychology of drama fans and actor fans.
From ASMR done by drama characters to ASMR that brought out the actors’ natural charm, JC ENM had swept up subscribers with their original content.
It had been long since they became the first broadcast channel to break 1 million, but terrestrial broadcasting still struggled to catch up to JC ENM.
“If we keep riding this upward trend, we’ll catch up to SBC by the time 【The Great Garland】 ends, right?”
Among the three terrestrial broadcasters, MBS was clearly in first place. SBC and KBC followed behind. For reference, KBC had about a 200,000 subscriber gap with SBC.
But after 【The Great Garland】 began airing, KBC channel’s subscribers were growing at a frightening speed.
It was thanks to the endless behind-the-scenes footage of Han Yeoreum and Myeong Jeha being uploaded.
“I think so too. After episode 4 airs, it’ll probably increase by another 20,000 or so…”
Shin Rookie clicked on the video with the highest view count. When he scrolled down with the mouse, comments piled up endlessly.
-Han Yeoreum is amazing lol She perfectly captures that peculiar awkwardness that Korean diaspora have ㅜ Usually when delivering lines, they’d have trouble pronouncing “Joseon-in” properly, but Han Yeoreum mumbles through the “yeyo/eyo” parts instead. She’s definitely a good actress
Yeah, this definitely made them seem like a foreigner
No wonder they’re not the golden riders of Daeyejong lol
-Got completely soaked in the rain and became all disheveled but still smiling, so cute..ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
I look forward to this drama every day.. The characters are so pitiful and endearing~ I was shocked after watching episode 1, but somehow I’ve become completely hooked ㅎㅎ I’ve been keeping an eye on actress Han Yeo-reum since “Faster Than the Law” and I think she’ll achieve great success in the future^^ She acts so well.. A promising talent in her twenties~! I’ll look forward to more great acting from her ㅎ Just rambling here out of fan love
In just a few days, South Korea had fallen completely for Yeonhuijae.
As if they didn’t know how not to love her.
“Then now we should let our girl know about her next schedule, right?”
Manager Hong smiled, squinting his small eyes. His satisfaction showed clearly on his face.
“Finally doing that, huh.”
“Right. There’ll probably be a proper crowd.”
Manager Hong picked up his cell phone. It was time to solidify her rising star status.
JC ENM was planning to reveal Han Yeoreum to the masses.
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I endlessly clicked recommendations on comments.
“Actress Han Yeoreum is so cute and lovely… I hope she becomes the nation’s first love… Recommend.”
My name and face appear in the news section every day. Every community is talking about 【The Great Garland】.
“Our baby melon bread’s smile is so cute I could die… Recommend… Yes, I really am cute…”
Both 【Faster Than Law】 and 【Strange Tales】 were hits, but 【The Great Garland】 definitely makes me feel the popularity properly.
“This is… the taste of terrestrial broadcasting…?”
【Faster Than Law】 was a supporting role, and 【Strange Tales】 was a two-top system with Professor Geum Bitkang. The powerful early appearance of Yeomga immediately drew viewers’ attention there.
But 【The Great Garland】 is different.
“Everyone really loves me so much!”
Since it’s a character created to be openly loved, the attention is different. My heart is fluttering. As if I’ve really become Huijae.
Ring-. Ring-. Ring-.
“Hello.”
-Cutie!
It was Manager Ma’s call. An excited voice came through the receiver.
And my mouth fell open at what I heard next.
“…What? Me?”
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