I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 278

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Chapter 278

Yeoreum covered her face with both hands.

“Hey, Han Yeoreum… You can win next time, next time…”

“Gaeul, do you think you can’t win naturally…?”

“How could we possibly beat that…”

The atmosphere quickly became gloomy.

So Dami, who had been looking at her friends whose names were listed for the awards ceremony, pressed her lips tightly together. She also wanted to have her name up there someday. It would be fine even if it took a very long time, and it didn’t have to be a major award.

She just wanted to stand shoulder to shoulder with the friends she was with.

“Alright! 5-minute break is over!”

“Already?”

“Let’s practice again!”

So Dami, who had jumped up, looked down at her friends lying on the floor and smiled. She was far too lacking in her own conditions to be jealous.

“One, two, three, four-.”

“Dami, wait! I haven’t strapped on my guitar yet!”

“Hey! So Dami! I’m only holding my sticks!”

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“Aren’t you tired?”

I looked at Myeong Jeha, who was holding the mitt and catching my punches, and threw another punch. Thwack-! It made quite a loud sound.

“What’s tiring about this much.”

“Your schedule is too packed though.”

“Isn’t yours similar too, senior?”

Speaking of my current schedule, it goes like this.

In the mornings, I mainly attend events flooding in from here and there, including photo calls, premieres, and brand events, and do interviews during free time.

Newspaper companies like Daily Media are basic, and simple magazine interviews are also packed tight.

And then there are commercial shoots squeezed in.

I recently shot new renewed hair products from ALAB, and besides commercial shoots, there was a lot of small branding content. Creamy Soda shot one more winter version commercial,

‘I also had to do additional shooting for N Company’s fashion film.’

Thanks to the proper response from Yeonhuijae, CF offers came flooding in from everywhere.

Unlike idols, actors need to minimize image consumption, so according to Manager Ma’s opinion, we turned down most commercials that came with the Yeonhuijae concept.

‘It’s regrettable but can’t be helped.’

I barely managed to shed Seoryeong’s image, so I can’t carry the Yeonhuijae image for long.

So what was adopted were Bangre’s new product Meroni Milk, drinkable cocoa that will air from next month, and three comfortable bedding brands.

I also had meetings with Manager Ma, Coordinator Hwang, and Dokgo Gyeol about what kind of styling Onjihua and Lee Seorhae would do in <Seoul> and <Unfair Trade>.

Of course, I also shot photos for feeds to upload on SNS in between, and fitted dresses to wear to award ceremonies that will come rushing in a month from now.

‘I don’t have any works that came out this year, but I have to attend the Baekryong Film Festival to present awards, and since I’m nominated for KBC and Hongsang Arts Festival, I need to pay more attention.’

Music N also sent a separate invitation, and since I was an MC until recently, I have to attend the first part even just to maintain appearances. Like the first half settlement, the year-end festival is also held overseas.

‘There’s nothing special to prepare for departure…’

When I return, <Faster Than Law> opens on New Year’s Day, so I have to prepare stage greetings and premieres.

Of course, in between all this, I have to squeeze in guitar practice for the <Youth Disqualified!> OST and action practice for <Seoul> and <Unfair Trade>.

Going through it like this, I really have been living frantically. Still, I don’t feel tired.

‘Is this… the taste of being a rising actor…?’

Of course, Myeong Jeha’s schedule in front of me is more packed than this, if not less.

His debut work <Rampage> recently won an award at an overseas film festival, so he’s been alternating between departures and arrivals.

“Now it’s starting to take shape.”

Myeong Jeha, who even caught my kicks, smiled quietly. Of course.

“From the day I got the script, whether my muscles were screaming or not, you made me work…”

“Yeoreum. It sounds like you’re talking through gritted teeth.”

“I slept with patches all over my body on my first day here, senior.”

Sometimes I even dreamed of punching that smiling face. Myeong Jeha smiled lightly and unbuckled the mitt he had on his arm.

“Then let’s stop here for the moves, what about analysis?”

“If you mean character analysis, I’m almost done. I shared it with you.”

“I already checked that. Not character analysis. Hmm, it might take some time to explain in words.”

Myeong Jeha, who had taken off the mitt, threw it on the floor with a whoosh. The blue mitt fell.

“Here. Try dodging as Lee Seorhae.”

“What?”

At my question, Myeong Jeha showed me his fist.

“If you’re not ready, I won’t do it.”

Senior is provoking me… Ah, my pride is hurt. Even after watching me go through hellish training right in front of his eyes, he’s doing this?

‘While practicing action, I blocked martial arts director Kang Hanseong’s punches several times…’

Myeong Jeha should be nothing.

“Ugh. Just do it. Don’t go easy on me.”

As soon as those words ended, I heard the sound of wind cutting through the air. A fist reached right in front of my eyes with a whoosh.

“Hey, what! Ugh, are you crazy? Senior, what are you doing? What kind of speed is that?”

What is this? It seemed like martial arts director Kang Hanseong’s punch at double speed. I was dumbfounded. In the midst of that, I was impressed by how cleanly he controlled it.

“Seems like you haven’t reached this level yet…”

At the voice speaking as if disappointed, I quickly stepped back.

“What, what haven’t I reached?”

“How can you close your eyes when a punch is coming?”

“But this is instinct! When the speed is that fast!”

“Yeah. Lee Seorhae isn’t someone who follows instinct.”

Listening to Myeong Jeha’s words, I immediately realized. Right now, Myeong Jeha wasn’t demanding somewhat ‘decent’ action.

He was demanding ‘perfect’ action where even if you replay each frame several times, you can immediately recognize that it’s exactly that person.

“You can’t close your eyes. Is the Lee Seorhae you thought of that kind of person?”

The Lee Seorhae I analyzed is a sociopath.

She can’t grasp emotions that ordinary people can feel, so she struggles with daily life.

If I had to categorize it, it would be mania that doesn’t show on the outside.

Usually when people think of sociopaths, they’d think of obsessive-compulsive disorder first, but I thought of Lee Seorhae based on common traits of people showing manic symptoms.

First, persistently increased goal-oriented activity.

Second, inflated self-esteem or severely exaggerated confidence.

Third, decreased need for sleep.

Lee Seorhae can’t properly feel emotions that ordinary people feel, like crisis or anxiety.

Rather, when she sees people who lose their composure due to such emotions, she places herself above them.

I am different.

I am superior to other people.

Lee Seorhae, who couldn’t mix in with people and was left out. Her entire life would be floating. I thought of a quietly elevated, subtle sociopath.

“No. My Lee Seorhae doesn’t close her eyes.”

Lee Seorhae analyzes fiercely and analyzes again.

Not just crimes, but even small daily matters had to be first accepted through her head.

The light sentence that commonly comes out between close friends, ‘I think I know what that is.’ Lee Seorhae is the type of human who lives her whole life not knowing that.

A person who understands with her head, analyzes with evidence, and thereby reaches conclusions. That’s Lee Seorhae.

She has the personality where she needs to capture every single movement of her opponent with her eyes first to be satisfied. She’s not afraid of getting hurt.

She’s just flustered when her calculations are wrong.

“Good. Then this time, try blocking as Onjihua.”

Once again, a fist approached close to my face.

‘Block it?’

Half instinctively, I crossed both arms to cover my face. I didn’t miss checking Myeong Jeha’s face through the gap without closing my eyes.

“How was it?”

“How was what.”

Myeong Jeha, who had withdrawn his fist, walked step by step toward the refrigerator.

“I’m asking how it was!”

“It’s a mess.”

Myeong Jeha approached again, holding two water bottles in one hand. With his long strides, he reached me in just a few steps.

“You blocked it well, didn’t you?”

“Yeoreum.”

Myeong Jeha opened one water bottle and handed it to me with a bright smile.

“Why would a national representative with a shoulder injury block with her arm?”

“…Huh?”

Then what should I block with? There was nothing else to block with. Should I have used the terrain around me? What was the core of Myeong Jeha’s question?

As I tried to think as quickly as possible, Myeong Jeha simply provided the answer.

“Getting bitten would be the end, and you wouldn’t carelessly use your arm like that since it’s directly connected to your career as an athlete.”

“Then how should I have blocked it?”

“Don’t block, run away. Onjihua is fast at running.”

“…You told me to block it?”

“If you had fully understood Onjihua, you wouldn’t have followed the instruction, right?”

“That’s, that’s ridiculous!”

“Additionally, Onjihua is a character who never lets go of her bow… If she really wanted to block someone, the correct posture would be to lay the bow horizontally and hold both ends to block. That way she can’t be bitten. Haha.”

I was about to protest because it was absurd, but Myeong Jeha’s action analysis was so perfect that I couldn’t speak.

Using your body means you have to completely dominate your subconscious first.

‘I didn’t know…’

I’ve never done action before. It’s completely different from using your body on a theater stage.

It’s not simply moving your arms and legs, but desperately fighting someone.

“Now, shall we start again with that same feeling?”

Before I knew it, Myeong Jeha had finished drinking his water and put mitts on his arms.

“Aren’t you going to practice?”

“Me?”

I was speechless at Myeong Jeha’s attitude, as if he had written the word “why?” directly on his face. Right… I can’t beat experience…

“Right. Yeoreum. Did I tell you about this?”

“About what?”

Myeong Jeha, who had mitts on both arms as if telling me to hurry up and hit, spoke in a quiet voice.

I had no choice but to freeze in place for a moment.

“…Wait, what did you just say? What did you say, sir?”

“So let’s work hard, Yeoreum.”

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[Netflix enters first Korean original production… Reveals ambition “to become the center of Asian content”]

This morning, global OTT platform Netflix officially announced its first original drama production in Korea. This is news of their full-scale entry into the domestic content market.

Netflix announced that they have “begun original content production with Korean creators,” starting a project that participates in the entire process from planning, investment, to distribution. This project is particularly noteworthy as Netflix has chosen Korea as its Asian content hub. Following Japan…(omitted)

As this is their first project, ‘big names’ have flocked to it. Writer Seomun Ihwa’s first apocalypse genre challenge is of utmost interest. Truly ‘hot’ actors are appearing in large numbers…(omitted)

The casting news of Do Gyeoul, who has held 1st place on Netflix Japan for 23 weeks with ‘Netflix’s Woman,’ is making headlines.

“Finally! Netflix is coming to Korea!”

Aetami scrolled down at the welcome news.

“Crazy.”

After checking the article, Aetami couldn’t believe her eyes.

Han Yeoreum, Myeong Jeha, Do Gyeoul. The article stated that the three main figures of what’s commonly called KNUA’s golden generation would appear in one work.

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