I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 324
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Chapter 324
“I’m here on an errand for my girlfriend. Just give it to me quickly.”
“Ah, yes…”
Influencer 1 took out the drugs from her bag. The man’s eyes lit up. Now was the time.
Click-.
“Ah, shit.”
As soon as he heard the car door opening, the suspicious man seemed to sense something and immediately ran away.
“Catch that bastard!”
The detectives quickly chased after him. But there was one thing they had overlooked.
“Huff, huff, huff…!”
The transaction location was at the entrance of a hill road. Running on steep terrain was no easy task.
The hill was so steep it could be operated as a sledding slope when it snowed. You weren’t supposed to run on it. You were supposed to slide down it.
“Come here! Huff, you, huff… bas, tard…! Huff, huff…!”
The suspicious man and the detectives moved their feet as if in slow motion. The suspicious man repeatedly escaped from the detectives’ roughly outstretched hands. Even the scene of the detectives shouting looked sluggish.
The suspicious man smiled and slowly looked back. But that’s when it happened.
-Pretty…
Han Yeoreum’s exclusive BGM started playing. The audience laughed as if on cue just from hearing that music.
Influencer 1 smiled kindly and followed after the suspicious man.
“…How?”
Before he knew it, Influencer 1 was close to the man. Even in this situation, she ran up the hill road while brushing back her hair.
“The basics of dieting are…!”
Influencer 1 grabbed the suspicious man’s belt.
“Cardio! You bastard!”
However, Influencer 1, who had only climbed the stairway to heaven constantly, had weak grip strength.
“Kyaah!”
Influencer 1 fell with a thud, but thanks to that, she was able to stop the man momentarily.
“Now, stop right there.”
Detective Gwak approached with heroic background music.
“D-don’t come closer, bastard!”
The suspicious man swung a knife from inside his jacket.
“Tsk, this guy’s acting up again. Put that down.”
“Get lost! Get lost!”
The dangerous blade at the man’s fingertips gleamed in the streetlight. But no one was worried. They just laughed comfortably.
Because Detective Gwak possessed overwhelmingly superior force.
“Stop it, it’s dangerous.”
“Fuck! Shit! Just! Shit!”
The wrist of the man wildly swinging the knife was caught ridiculously easily.
“I said it was dangerous.”
“Uh…”
“I! Said! It! Was! Dangerous!”
Detective Gwak punched his head three times like giving him knuckle raps. There was a loud sound of something breaking. It was impossible to tell whether the knife or Detective Gwak was more dangerous.
“Ugh… stop…”
“I was going to stop anyway since you’d die if I did more.”
Detective Gwak, who had grabbed the suspicious man by the back of his neck, faced him. No matter how you looked at it, this side looked more like a thug. Detective Gwak grinned.
“Shall we have a sincere conversation?”
* * *
“Are you out of your mind or not!”
The well-groomed man yelled at his wife, who was hanging her head low in their spacious house. The woman who had appeared with Director Sa kept her gaze averted while biting her lips.
“What are you going to do if this becomes a news article!”
“…I’ll handle it well myself…”
“What can you do? Huh? What can you do without me!”
The well-groomed man painfully poked the woman’s shoulder with his index finger. In the living room hung a happy family photo of three people. Like the gaunt face lying in the hospital room, the girl in the photo was expressionless.
“Didn’t you also say the child just needed to study well?”
The woman fought back without holding back. No one was worried about the child.
“Anyway, behave yourself. Got it?”
“…”
“I should have known better than to choose based on looks alone. Intelligence is inherited from the mother. Tsk!”
The irritated man went outside. Then he drove roughly. His destination was an upscale bar. Someone sat near him as he ordered whiskey and sighed.
“Oh. Director Sa, it’s been a while since you came.”
“Yes. I’ve been a bit busy with work.”
“You’ve been incredibly popular everywhere these days.”
At the bartender’s warm greeting, the well-groomed man’s gaze naturally turned to the right. There sat Director Sa, a doctor who was popular in the media these days.
“Hello.”
When their eyes met, Director Sa calmly offered a greeting. A strangely reverent atmosphere lingered.
Director Sa was the type who made others mistakenly think they could lean on him. Before long, the man was indirectly pouring out his worries.
“Sigh… I just wish my kid would get grades as good as mine were, but that’s really. I can’t even say how much the monthly tuition is. I’ve basically thrown away a small building’s worth just to make the kid’s brain work better, you know?”
Director Sa’s eyes showed no emotion as he looked at the well-groomed man who was quite drunk. They were just calm and quiet.
Unreadably so.
“Then how about this?”
Director Sa held out a white pill bottle with dry hands.
“What… is this?”
“It’s a medication that finished clinical trials not long ago. The components are similar to the medicine your daughter was taking, but it’s a bit milder. It instantly improves focus, and it’s not just concentration but also includes sleep.”
If the man next to him didn’t give this medicine to his daughter, Director Sa’s plan would crumble.
However,
“You won’t experience side effects like sleepwalking.”
That wouldn’t happen. Because the hands receiving the pill bottle showed willingness.
* * *
‘Clean.’
Ji Haebeom’s review while looking at the screen was brief. Detective Gwak had one punch, Detective Yoon had one moment. And Han Yeoreum had one kick.
‘In this movie, Han Yeoreum took the dialogue that could be used as a meme.’
If a movie doesn’t just break even but becomes what’s called a ‘hit,’ people use the most impressive scene’s dialogue as memes.
Ji Haebeom concluded that the dialogue from 【Faster Than the Law 2】 that would be used as a meme would obviously be Han Yeoreum’s “The basics of dieting are cardio, you bastard!”
‘Following 【The Great Garland】…’
Though many famous lines were left behind, what was most firmly etched in the public’s minds from 【The Great Garland】 was young Huijae’s dialogue.
Especially “Don’t lose me” was parodied countless times.
‘She’s taking it naturally.’
No audience member would feel the shadow of 【The Great Garland】’s Huijae in this movie.
Han Yeoreum, who succeeded in a natural image transformation, would announce her next project right after 【Faster Than the Law 2】 hit its stride at the box office and reached ten million viewers.
‘The timing is… really.’
The movie was surprisingly familiar. It even had structural parallels with 【Faster Than the Law 1】 to some extent.
In the latter half, the rushing action solidly established the speedy atmosphere that 【Faster Than the Law】 possessed.
With the action scene against Bangkok gang members bringing drugs into the port, and the action scene with Director Sa holding a crystal trophy, Gwak Cheolsik and Yoon Hyeonjo each secured their one-shots.
The charm of 【Faster Than the Law】 was that there was no unpleasant aftertaste throughout watching the movie. It was comfortable to watch because it didn’t graphically portray victims.
‘And Han Yeoreum’s screen time increased accordingly.’
A work good for laughing with your brain turned off. That key point lay with Han Yeoreum.
Han Yeoreum’s face shown until the very end naturally created anticipation for the next series.
Bang!
【Faster Than the Law 2】
The running time ended, and the movie logo appeared on screen as if stamped there. Then came the upbeat music. It had the refreshing feeling characteristic of comic action movies that coolly dealt with villains.
This time too, Director Gong didn’t miss the part audiences anticipated most.
Compared to the previous installment 【Faster Than the Law 1】, it dealt with social issues a bit more deeply while establishing the villain as a more thorough intellectual character, heightening immersion and tension.
Influencer 1: Han Yeoreum
Ji Haebeom watched the rising ending credits and applauded along with the others.
‘This time too, without any surprises.’
He expected it to surpass ten million. However, exactly two days later.
-Theater districts nationwide are bustling for the first time in a while during the Lunar New Year holiday. This is all because of the domestic release 【Faster Than the Law 2】. Since the previous series achieved ten million in a short period, the expectations of citizens visiting theaters are high.
-Yes. Movie theaters have been continuing sold-out streaks since morning. Friends, couples, and families are entering screening rooms in small groups.
Kim Bokja (Yangcheon-gu, Seoul): I usually don’t watch these kinds of movies because they’re too (mentally) chaotic, but since my favorite actor is in it… I came with (my family) all together.
Seo Minho (Gangnam District, Seoul): Since I enjoyed the previous movie so much, I came (to watch) this one too.
-Theater districts are bustling with Lunar New Year special demand. Everyone is wearing welcoming smiles in this festival-like holiday atmosphere where all generations and tastes come together to enjoy.
【Faster Than the Law 2】 appeared on terrestrial news.
The news of Yeonhuijae’s appearance, still the unfading ‘nation’s first love,’ played a part.
* * *
First day of 【Faster Than the Law 2】 release. Aetami woke up earlier than the time she had set her alarm for, with a trembling heart.
“Finally…!”
While others were all waiting for the Lunar New Year holiday because of the red-letter days, Aetami was waiting for this day solely because of Yeoreum’s stage greeting.
“Script okay. Battery okay.”
How much preparation had she done for this day. Aetami had memorized countless idol fan meeting lines she saw on InTube.
Since Yeoreum, who always had legendary fan interactions, would surely do well this time too, she was even more excited for the stage greeting.
“Shall I go!”
Aetami left home earlier than the stage greeting schedule. Meanwhile, she searched to see reactions to 【Faster Than the Law 2】.
“Huh… isn’t this a bit exaggerated?”
[Even early morning shows sold out… “One ticket for 【Faster Than the Law 2】 please”]
[【Faster Than the Law 2】 tops advance booking rates, from middle-aged to elderly now? Is Korean comedy film renaissance coming again…]
It seemed like JC had released promotional articles a bit excessively. Aetami laughed and moved on. And shortly after.
“Huh… it’s not exaggerated…”
Aetami witnessed people standing in long lines in front of the unmanned ticket machines. The inside of GCV was particularly noisy today.
Ding-!
“Number 371 is ready-.”
“Number 377-. Customer who ordered the Faster Than the Law combo-.”
Cola and popcorn were continuously being placed on the pickup counter. With so many people, the theater was filled with the rich buttery aroma of popping popcorn today.
Order numbers were constantly being called, the sound of crispy popcorn being scooped into containers could be heard, and conversations of people anticipating the movie filled the air.
“We need to go in now.”
“Now? Now?”
Even elderly audience members were frequently visible, just as the internet articles had described.
“What role did Huijae appear in?”
“That… my granddaughter told me…”
Many elderly people came in the morning to buy tickets on-site and then entered for the lunch showing.
When morning tickets sold out, they tried to choose the next earliest time, but there were no tickets available from 8 AM to 11 AM.
They seemed fine with waiting several hours.
Even though they came only after hearing that Huijae appeared in the movie, they watched the 【Faster Than the Law 2】 trailer playing inside the theater and anticipated the screening time approaching.
“Implant.”
“Ah-. He’s a doctor.”
“What kind of doctor has such flashy hair…”
People walking toward the screening rooms were of various ages. From teens to people in their 80s.
Aetami looked at the bustling theater district and thought.
‘It’ll reach ten million even faster than last time…?’
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