I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 30

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Episode 30

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Riding on its popularity, episode 5 of was released. Perhaps because the ending of the last episode served as a proper hook. Subscribers left comments as soon as it was published.

-I’ve been waiting for this ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ come every day ㅠㅠㅠ

-Ah my heart is racing… Can I stop tensing my toes from today? Is the cringe part over??

︎˪Absolutely not, we’re watching for that exact flavor

The two people who came out of the storage room headed to the rooftop. Chaewon tore open a Pepero with Dead Fish Eyes and put it in her mouth. Then she offered one to Jun as well.

-I’m good. I don’t do Pepero.

-Because of the forced nature? Or can’t you eat it?

-…How much do you know?

The two had a calm conversation like office workers during their break time.

-I thought it was a dream at first too.

Rustle-.

Jun’s flashback scene began with the sound effect of pages turning.

The beginning was the same as Chaewon’s. It was in front of the school gate.

-What?

Jun’s appearance was different from now. It wasn’t the voice that carried a pretentious and cynical attitude. He seemed like an ordinary rowdy high school student. Even that Jun repeatedly faded in and out several times.

-I knew instinctively. That I had to show I existed here.

Unlike Chaewon, Jun said he noticed instinctively. That his existence might disappear at this rate.

Then Hina caught Jun’s attention. Hina’s appearance, seemingly overflowing with vitality, was shown in close-up. The two happened to sit next to each other.

-Um, you know. Please take care of me!

Sitting next to him and tilting her head at an angle, Hina struck her killer pose.

Jun unconsciously turned his gaze toward the window at this behavior that didn’t match Korean sensibilities. But ridiculously, it worked well on him.

With beautiful BGM, the curtain by the window swayed at an excessively slow speed. Flower effects appeared around Jun.

-I thought, this is it.

-…You also made the cost-effective choice.

-That’s right. The kind second male lead has too many things to do.

Saying that, Jun let out a dry laugh. The two conversed like modern people sharing their struggles.

-But you know way too much detail about romance manga?

-…I’ve read a few.

-It doesn’t seem like just a few?

-Let’s move on.

Jun when he was with Chaewon didn’t seem like a flat protagonist from a romance manga. He just acted his age.

BGM quietly began to play. It was ‘s main theme.

A melody that was somehow lively and exciting flowed. The conversation continued with sounds like soap bubbles popping.

-How old?

-Seventeen.

-I’m seventeen too. This seems like a seventeen virus. A plague has spread. In society.

Through their conversation, Chaewon gleaned several pieces of information. Jun had already been trapped in this worldview for over half a year.

In Jun’s world, cherry blossoms had been scattering for six months without falling.

-Is that also why you’re first in the school?

-Yeah… Time has stopped here. Roughly half a year is about a week.

Chaewon briefly held her head. Deep anguish could be felt.

-Then what about the college entrance exam? What if I return to the original world and I’m a senior with a week left before the exam? Then it’s straight to retaking the exam.

-I have Suneung Special. I’ll scan it for you.

-…How did you bring something like that when entering the worldview?

-I don’t know. It was in my bag.

While watching episode 5, Aetami nodded.

“Right. This is what high schoolers are like.”

Subscribers who had been saying ‘So what’s this escalator-style advancement anyway… We don’t have that kind of thing and have to solve Suneung Special problems…’ whenever they saw romance manga-style education systems were also leaving comments.

-Ruthless;; Koreans bring Suneung Special even when entering a romance manga worldview

-Right… I’m not the only one worried about the college entrance exam…

Chaewon, picking up the last remaining Pepero, finished her calculations.

-Then we just need to make time go faster.

It was a simple solution.

-Let’s cram in all kinds of events and drag time at fast-forward speed.

-…What do you mean.

-You cooperate too.

Chaewon still looked at Jun with unimpressed eyes. Jun nodded for now.

And the next day. Chaewon became a sincere heroine, not a cost-effective heroine. She didn’t end her heroine role with just a hastily written Post-it Note.

When lunchtime came, Chaewon went up to the rooftop carrying two lunch boxes. Then she approached Jun, who was on the container as always.

-What are you doing here?

-…How did you get up here?

-Through sheer will. Through grit. Help me up.

Chaewon smiled from atop the ladder. Jun grabbed one of Chaewon’s arms and helped her up onto the container.

-Wow. So this is the world Jun sees. It’s really wide. Is this why you like rooftops?

Chaewon spoke with a voice that contained not an ounce of sincerity. Then she opened the lunch box.

The lunch box that should have looked cute and charming was somehow in a pitiful state.

-…You want me to eat this…?

-If you’re not going to eat it, I’ll have to throw it from here. Option 1: Endure and eat it. Option 2: Say this crap isn’t needed and throw it away. The plot goes one of two ways.

-I’ll eat it…

Jun silently ate the lunch box. His expression looked quite pained, but Chaewon’s event wasn’t over yet.

-Here, the answer to this problem is…

-Teacher!

She suddenly raised her hand and asked a question even during class.

-What period was our cookie baking time again?

-Huh…?

-The time when we form groups and bake cookies. You told us about it last week.

Chaewon began changing the plot as she pleased. Her determination to resolve all the clichés from romance comics at once was clearly visible.

A Post-it Note appeared next to Chaewon.

Countless clichés appeared. Chaewon opened her mouth with dead fish eyes.

-So. So. Looking forward to it. Cookie. Baking.

Comments began appearing at a faster pace than before. Aetami looked at the comment section with proud eyes.

“As expected. My instincts are never wrong!”

Already completely immersed, Aetami was posting real-time comments on drama community forums. Everyone was having fun anticipating the next episode together.

“A drama this worthy of recognition, how long has it been since we had one like this…”

Aetami briefly reminisced about past dramas.

-Since our youngest joined too, should we have a company dinner at Yu’s Dakgalbi?

Excessive product placement.

[️♨Going to the mountains but please have a proper ending, The End of the Dark Forest Fire Grill♨️️]

-???So what happened with the ending, what is this?

-I should’ve dropped it when the author changed midway, fuck. Why did I force myself to keep watching this shit ㅠㅠ damn it

Sloppy endings with no resolution of foreshadowing.

[Starting with 7.5% in the first episode to a pitiful early cancellation at 2.3%… ‘Steeper than a roller coaster’ cliff ending? (Broadcasting Issues)]

The backstab of cliff-ending final episodes. Well, this and that and various other things…

At some point, Aetami had been feeling stressed about liking dramas. But then a drama appeared that she could enjoy and laugh at without thinking. It was happiness she hadn’t felt in her drama fan life for a long time.

“This is…”

As soon as episode 5 ended, Aetami started taking screenshots.

“This is… everyone needs to see this!”

There weren’t many episodes left until the finale. It was next week already. Aetami wanted to enjoy the explosive dopamine of the final episode even more intensely.

“Staking my drama fan life on it… I’m starting my promotion campaign.”

Episodes of that passed through Aetami’s hands began spreading across the web.

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“This is really interesting.”

Not a ten-million-viewer director, but not a failed director either. A director whose name you might not know but whose works you’d recognize said this.

From assistant director to adaptation, from adaptation to director. He had been in the film industry for quite a while. Three films he’d directed so far. Maximum audience: 3.6 million.

“This kid’s good.”

On Gong Mujin’s monitor screen, where he relieved stress by watching videos, was playing.

JC ENM’s new attempt was already receiving hot attention within the industry. Among them, the one in the spotlight was Han Yeoreum.

“She’s totally carrying everything by herself.”

She had the talent to make excessive acting not seem excessive, and bland acting not seem bland.

Director Gong, who was reading comments, clicked on the script reading video in the list next to it.

“Han Yeoreum is- around here.”

When he scrolled down, Yeoreum’s dialogue part immediately appeared.

Diction that resonated even without force. Breathing that flowed smoothly without you even noticing she had taken a breath.

“This voice would make theater people drool.”

Yeoreum kept making him want to analyze her.

It was the director’s chronic condition. The merchant’s heart that wanted to polish and cut any rough gem he saw to bring it to market.

Director Gong looked at the scenario placed on his desk.

“No way… Mujin. No way…”

It was the file he had saved as ‘Final_ReallyFinal_Ultimate_End_hwp’. It had arrived from the printing house less than half a day ago.

“It’s not… possible…”

But he still wanted to revise it. Seeing Han Yeoreum running through the auditorium, pretending to be the heroine with sparkling light in her dead fish eyes, new episodes came to mind.

He wanted to put that rough gem’s sparkle into his own work.

“But the minor role casting isn’t finished yet, right?”

Gong Mujin clicked on a file in the folder.

[Faster Than Law_Final_ReallyFinal_Ultimate_End_hwp]

The ten-million-viewer movie scenario whose previous series had explosive popularity. Yeoreum began to be written into it.

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