I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 314

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Chapter 314

‘You heard everything just now, didn’t you?’

Let me correct that. She heard 100% of it. Those eyes looking at me aren’t the eyes of someone who didn’t hear. I smiled naturally.

“Getting some fresh? Air? Did you come out to…?”

Before I could finish saying “get some,” Eun Baekhap turned around and walked away with firm steps. Without realizing it, I followed Eun Baekhap.

True to being an actor who received praise for action acting in <Newwar>, her walking was really fast. It wasn’t just fast – it was so fast that I had to almost run to catch up.

“Um, Senior Officer!”

I barely managed to catch up close to her. The moment I carefully grabbed her wrist, trying not to upset her.

“Let go.”

Eun Baekhap harshly swatted my hand away.

* * *

Eun Baekhap looked at Han Yeoreum, who was smiling awkwardly.

‘Fuck… They’re really talking bullshit.’

Eun Baekhap knew how to judge rationally.

It wasn’t a conversation that crossed the line. It was at a level that could commonly come up on film sets.

But despite that, the current Eun Baekhap couldn’t be calm.

“I told you to let go.”

Han Yeoreum had no pride, sneakily grabbing the edge of Eun Baekhap’s clothes again.

“Hey. Acting cute doesn’t work on me, so get lost…”

Extra. Kid’s mom. Such roles came out of An Junmyeong’s mouth. By Writer An’s standards, Eun Baekhap was no longer leading actor material.

Then who would be the protagonist of her next work? The answer was obvious.

“I came here for a fun vacation, and I was worried you might feel uncomfortable because of a misunderstanding. We really didn’t talk about Senior Officer Baekhap before that. I got a little carried away with the alcohol, and the staff sisters were just going along with my mood. Really. I said earlier that the drama’s success was thanks to Senior Officer Baekhap…”

“Hey.”

“Yes?”

“Did Writer An bring up the next work to you?”

Eun Baekhap glared at Han Yeoreum, who had been making excuses earnestly.

“Uh… Yes…”

Then for some reason, Han Yeoreum looked embarrassed.

“I heard that you were also talking with Writer An earlier, Senior Officer. You’re taking a breather after finishing your conversation, right…? That’s great. Tomorrow we can together…”

At those words, the last strand of reason remaining in Eun Baekhap’s head snapped.

Really, Han Yeoreum was the leading actor that An Junmyeong had chosen.

The wine Eun Baekhap had just drunk with An Junmyeong was high in alcohol content. The alcohol hit her dizzily.

“Are you smiling?”

Someone had to come on an unwanted vacation and grovel to impress the writer, while someone else had a head full of flowers – this drove Eun Baekhap crazy.

“Hey, if you came to have fun, just have fun… Don’t unnecessarily act friendly and cling to me.”

Eun Baekhap poked Han Yeoreum’s shoulder with her index finger. The soft give under her fingertip was also irritating.

Everything about this was annoying.

“Do you think you’re something special? Just because you took my side earlier, you thought I’d go ‘Wow, thank you. I’m so moved that you’d say this even when I’m not around.’ You thought I’d coddle and soothe you like other people do, right? It’s pathetic… Fuck.”

Eun Baekhap poked Han Yeoreum a couple more times.

“Don’t get the wrong idea. You didn’t take my side, you just stated facts. As you said, compared to me, you’re nothing.”

The way she just blinked her eyes meekly was also irritating. Eun Baekhap hated lucky people like Han Yeoreum. True to being an actor who hit the jackpot with everything she chose, her personality wasn’t even rough around the edges. That point also made Eun Baekhap furious.

“I know that too. I said that because it’s true that you act well, Senior Officer. I don’t think I was taking your side.”

“What?”

“But I’m not nothing… I also get told a lot that I act well… We appeared in the same work, so if you say that much, it’s a bit hurtful… If my acting friendly bothered you, I’m sorry… I did it because I usually like you…”

Han Yeoreum acted pitiful without any concern. She brushed over the spot where Eun Baekhap had just poked her and lowered her eyes.

Han Yeoreum reminded her of a dog that clings to you, gets kicked away, then tucks its tail and sneaks back over.

Eun Baekhap sighed without thinking.

“…No, what kind of thing is this?”

Exasperated, Eun Baekhap turned around again. This time Han Yeoreum didn’t follow.

‘Fuck. That damn thing is just annoying me…’

The fact that a junior so far below her was packaging her in front of the staff scratched her pride. Her head spun with dizzying anger.

‘Writer An, everything that bastard said was bullshit… I’m definitely the protagonist. I’m the protagonist.’

Bang!

Eun Baekhap roughly closed the hotel room door and pulled out all the tissues, tearing them to shreds. Still not feeling better, she played classical music very loudly, did a thorough scrub, mixed oil into body lotion at the golden ratio and applied it, drank a cup of warm tea, put on a heated eye mask, attached anti-swelling patches to her soles, and fell asleep repeating relaxation breathing techniques.

In her dream, the vast meadow was quite magnificent. As if only Eun Baekhap was the protagonist, “Eun Baekhap World” was written on the white bridge, and the flower garden was full of white lilies blooming as her name suggested.

Eun Baekhap leisurely crossed the white bridge. It was a protagonist’s stride.

Even in dreams, all this stress… Bang bang. Those white birds flying freely in the blue sky, the feathers at the tips of their wings… Fluttering like the white tissue pieces she had to tear because she couldn’t handle the stress… Bang bang bang… Beautiful scenery… Bang…! No, but why in the flower garden… That airhead Han Yeoreum…? Is picking the lilies? What is she doing? Why won’t she get lost? Stop smiling… Senior Officer bang bang bang…! Get lost! Han Yeoreum get lost! Sen-ior-Of-fi-cer! Bang bang bang!

“Ah fuck, what is it?”

Eun Baekhap roughly removed her heated eye mask and frowned. The unwelcome visitor beyond the door was earnestly trying to wake Eun Baekhap.

Having had a nightmare, Eun Baekhap trudged to the door.

“Oh? You’re awake?”

Han Yeoreum, who had been knocking on the door, was grinning like in the dream.

“Get lost…”

Han Yeoreum entered the private room without permission. Individualist Eun Baekhap was horrified.

“I heard Writer An is going here and here today. This is a guide book with reservation times written down, in case you were curious, Senior Officer.”

“I’m not curious. Take it and get lost.”

“You asked me if I came here to have fun, didn’t you, Senior Officer?”

When the Han Yeoreum from her dream, who had been smiling while arbitrarily sticking lilies from the flower garden in her head, appeared in real life, Eun Baekhap was under unbearable stress.

“But I also came to get a role.”

“…So what? Who asked? I’m telling you to get lost for the third time.”

“And if I were a writer, I don’t think I’d give a script to an actor who turns their back after being rejected just once.”

Eun Baekhap looked at Han Yeoreum with an incredulous gaze.

‘Yesterday she was acting pitiful and dejected…’

Airhead Han Yeoreum had leveled up overnight and become much stronger.

“I’m telling you this because I’m worried you might regret giving up too early and losing the script to a junior who’s nothing. Nothing’s decided yet, so it would be a waste to give up already.”

“Your head doesn’t work as well as you look, does it? So what. You want us to beg for the script together in front of Writer An?”

“If the script is good, why can’t we do it? If it were me, I’d audition again even if I failed a hundred times. I have to follow Writer An. Eleven-thirty in the morning, paddle boating.”

“This bitch is sneakily switching to informal speech…”

“The last part was a monologue. It’s a section where I can talk to myself.”

Han Yeoreum didn’t want to be handled like yesterday by Eun Baekhap, so she slyly walked toward the door.

“I came to at least bring up the topic. I know your acting ambition, Senior Officer.”

Han Yeoreum said as she closed the door.

“I’ve read all the interviews you’ve done.”

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After Eun Baekhap went in yelling sharply last night, I immediately went to find Writer An.

“Writer. What did you talk about with Senior Officer Baekhap? Did something fall through with the next work?”

“Did Eun Baekhap come looking for you, Yeoreum?”

“No. We just happened to meet downstairs… It just seemed like something went slightly wrong.”

I wanted to say “Eun Baekhap put me in my place a bit,” but I restrain myself as a working adult.

‘Honestly, the fact that Eun Baekhap is this wary of me is kind of flattering?’

That top actor getting so angry over a rookie like me… This is no different from acknowledging me… Right, who am I? The scary rising ‘popular’ actress Han Yeoreum who made even Eun Baekhap scared enough to get angry.

“It’s nothing much. I didn’t show her the synopsis and just briefly explained Jeong Huiseon, then she just left?”

“Eh.”

That’s the most important part, how could you not explain that? The more provocative the role, the more important the background is…

What must Eun Baekhap have thought of me?

‘So that’s why she reacted like that earlier…’

From Eun Baekhap’s perspective, roughly interpreting the conversation we just had goes like this:

“Did Writer An bring up the next work to you?”

=Hey… are you taking Junmyeong’s thing?

“I heard that you were also talking with Writer An earlier, Senior Officer…”

=Yeah, unlike you lol

I was screwed. There was a reason why my ‘Project: Become Friends with Eun Baekhap’ fell apart before it even started. Writer An patted my shoulder as I momentarily lost my words.

“You didn’t tell Eun Baekhap about the synopsis, right? I only showed that to Yeoreum.”

“I didn’t have a chance to. We really just ran into each other briefly.”

“Good… Keep your mouth shut about it from now on too.”

“Huh? But why…”

An Junmyeong gave me a brief explanation as I looked confused.

If a script comes too easily, it gets scrapped just as easily. Would you invest in this? Or would you spend money on a romantic comedy that could do solid PPL and attract overseas fans? The answer came immediately. For productions that are difficult from the start, everyone needs to stick together as much as possible.

“Sorry, but I have no intention of working with Eun Baekhap unless she changes her attitude.”

Writer An’s conclusion was short and intense.

‘There are countless actresses who would want to play the lead in this script.’

Originally, every actress carries at least one killer role in her heart. There’s no one who wouldn’t covet such an intense character as an actor.

‘It’s not an opportunity that comes easily either.’

So unless Eun Baekhap comes in with 100% passion, replacing her with another actress would be the better choice.

‘Because if we go in like this…’

We can’t control the balance. There are three intense female characters. All three are figures outside social norms who hunt humans worthy of killing.

The more well-known an actor is, the more they capture viewers’ attention. Literally, all eyes are drawn to them. Even with the same lines and expressions, the degree of recognition is different.

‘If Eun Baekhap continues with the mindset that she absolutely must be the protagonist, viewers will get tired.’

Because there’s no control of intensity.

“I absolutely won’t tell her until I finish writing episode 4 of the script~”

On Writer An’s face as she spoke in a humming tone, I caught a glimpse of lingering resentment from the Gi Juye audition incident.

“So this is a secret?”

I hooked fingers with Writer An to make a promise. But I don’t have to keep my desire to work with Eun Baekhap a secret, right?

‘Eun Baekhap… To just let go immediately after being fooled once like that…’

Is this what it means to be a top actor in a greenhouse? She doesn’t even think about desperately clinging and begging for just one more chance.

‘Since she became a rising star right from debut, it makes sense.’

My tearful extra days flashed through my mind – struggling desperately to get a role with even one line of dialogue. The past days of suffering to get a single script, boarding group buses to filming sets from dawn, and dozing off in corners during endlessly delayed waiting times came to mind.

Still, I need Eun Baekhap for now.

‘To create synergy with my Jung Uigyeom role, it has to be Eun Baekhap’s Jeong Huiseon.’

I can’t say I don’t want to see Eun Baekhap playing Jeong Huiseon either.

The trolling instinct hidden inside me began to boil over.

Since she seems to dislike me, I’ll be annoying in front of her.

‘If I don’t give her confidence that I’ve secured the role yet… she might join the scenario war.’

Sure enough, Eun Baekhap was walking over from far away, her face showing she’d rather die than come here, hidden behind sunglasses.

‘The trolling service I personally delivered from morning was worthwhile.’

Writer An nudged me with her shoulder, but I pretended not to notice.

Eun Baekhap needs to change during this break for us to work together on 【Worthy to Kill】. I decided to sacrifice myself and draw the aggro.

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