I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 36

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Episode 36

The director quickly scrolled down to check the A-cuts, but it was hard to determine which was better.

“She’s doing well?”

It was more of a concern about which ones to designate as B-cuts. If the photos were this good, he was already anticipating how the video would turn out.

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“Yeoreum! I’ll send you the photos.”

“Wow~. Thank you~.”

This is… the taste of being a model…?

I received the filming set photos taken by the staff members. These are photos for Yoosta upload.

‘This is also in the second contract.’

As I expected, there was value in building up Yoosta. How much better will the conditions get when I reach 1 million followers later?

Just thinking about it made the corners of my mouth rise.

I was eating the prepared snacks with a face full of smiles when the director came over with the continuity.

“We’ll naturally connect a few simple movements. A scene of squeezing treatment with your hands, then a scene where you look at the camera and gently rub it on the lens. Then you’ll feel the wind-.”

It was a typically sensual advertisement. It seemed like they were creating clean and sophisticated scenes connected to music. I nodded.

“Then we’ll go with Yeoreum first.”

Shouldn’t they normally do Chu Gaeul first since she has an entertainment agency? That way she can finish filming quickly and leave.

I looked at Chu Gaeul as if asking if she was okay with this.

“I said I’d go later.”

Chu Gaeul pushed my back as if telling me to hurry up and go.

If I go first, that’s great for me.

* * *

Whirrrr-!

The camera moved over the floor with black rails laid out. To capture Han Yeoreum holding the treatment in her hand. Han Yeoreum, holding the purple treatment, stared at the lens.

‘That girl really.’

Chu Gaeul stood at the back of the filming set watching Yeoreum like that. It wasn’t just Gaeul. The staff members were also watching Han Yeoreum without exception.

“The feeling is really different, right?”

“There’s a difference in hair and makeup. She definitely catches the eye more in person than on screen.”

Listening to the staff’s conversation, Gaeul thought to herself.

‘That’s not simply a difference in hair and makeup.’

Chu Gaeul had good observational skills. So she could notice it immediately.

‘That eye light, how does she do that?’

Even with the same expressionless face, the look in her eyes when she was Pi Chaewon versus when she was an advertising model was different.

It wasn’t simply a matter of expression. The details were different.

‘Even now she’s making the same expression, but there’s that eye light!’

It was only a very subtle difference. The strength of lifting the eyelids, the angle of the chin. But Han Yeoreum had the ability to instinctively catch such things.

‘These details are noticed first by people watching the screen, not just those on set.’

Just intense passion. She knew well the energy of people who lived with that. Because those were exactly the people who moved this industry.

People who would watch the same scene over and over, analyzing and analyzing again. Han Yeoreum would soon catch the eye of such people.

‘…I’m also working hard on my lessons.’

Chu Gaeul could confidently say she was learning more intensely now than during her entrance exams. More than when she stayed up all night practicing dialogue.

And if she had to pick one more thing that changed from then, it was the concretization of the future.

‘Next time I’ll be the lead. Not you, Han Yeoreum.’

She didn’t want to be overshadowed by Han Yeoreum like before. She wanted to stand as equals at minimum.

She kept feeling like she wanted to improve more.

‘Good.’

Gaeul had a thought that would make Yeoreum tell her to please escape from Hina already if she heard it.

‘I’ll become your number one fan.’

…However, Gaeul didn’t know. That she’d have to get in line from way back there, let alone become Yeoreum’s number one fan.

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Input: Holy shit ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ hey look at this, I got photos from the scene ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

Input: (Yeoreum’s filming set photo.jpg)

Aetami covered her mouth in the break room. This was an advertising agency located at Gangnam-gu Office Station. Aetami sent Yeoreum’s photo to Deodeok.B reporter Wi Jaehwi.

Buzz-buzz-buzz-.

[What is this baby cutie soda???]

[What is this baby bunny angel???]

[What is this baby sweet cotton candy???]

Wi Jaehwi, who immediately checked the photo, went crazy. The two of them couldn’t escape from Yeoreum since the final episode of . After watching the live broadcast, the exit was completely blocked.

-Ah, the handwriting style~. I don’t normally write like that. But in that situation, I thought it would be funnier if I wrote like that, so I practiced it separately.

“What…? That one scene of writing on the Post-it Note… you even practiced that separately?”

-That’s the character, you know. I thought Chaewon’s personality would never write in round letters.

“Like this… you’re serious about the character?”

But Aetami felt like she was going to starve to death from severely insufficient content. She was on the verge of tears wondering how she ended up following a complete rookie among rookies with no previous works.

Input: It was really worth putting so much effort into making the PPT ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

Aetami started combining her hobby with work after deciding to promote Yeoreum. Not only did she write promotional posts for on communities, but she even recommended her as a model for new brands.

It wasn’t difficult. Now that the final episode of had surpassed 4 million views, whoever grabbed Han Yeoreum quickly would be the winner.

Input: Her price is going to skyrocket soon… our baby star candy…?

[Of course, don’t even say it, crazy]

Soon she’d be able to meet Yeoreum when she went to Olive 0. Just thinking about it made her so happy. No matter how much she tried to force it down, the corners of her mouth wouldn’t go down.

[Seeing JC, other production companies are also preparing to jump into web dramas]

Input: Great, now there’s gonna be a whole truck full of that damn fragrant stuff again, crazy

[Yeah, that’s how the scenario is playing out ㅜ Ugh… Before that, Yeoreum needs to do something quickly]

The internet reaction was unusual. There were signs of a new wave pushing in instead of existing web dramas.

The two hoped Yeoreum would bring her next project soon.

‘A supporting role in a drama would be good, a supporting role in a movie would be even better! Since I could go to stage greetings… Or even just a one-act play. Really, if she just appeared for a few seconds in anything, I could survive on that for a month…’

Aetami gritted her teeth in the break room.

Youstagram

The fun ALAB shoot. Thank you so, so much to everyone who worked hard (ᐢ ‘ᵕ’ ᐢ )

17,898 likes

107 comments

-Long straight hair girl can’t get her out of my head even with eyes closed long straight hair girl going crazy

︎˪A somewhat credible comment….

-What’s with this midsummer look~ㅠㅠㅠㅠ You totally look like a celebrity lol

-My baby melon bread is advertising so of course I’ll buy it, won’t I?!(∗❛ᴗ❛∗) I might forget so contact me once when Olive 0 goes on sale

︎˪How passionate

Yeoreum’s SNS had reached the point where likes would rapidly increase as soon as she uploaded photos. People interested in Yeoreum were constantly growing without pause.

* * *

Dokgo Gyeol welcomed Yeoreum with a bright smile as she opened the door and entered.

‘As expected, Min’s instincts are never wrong!’

Dokgo Gyeol, who never neglected internet monitoring, had already figured out how much buzz Han Yeoreum was generating. Her popularity with the public was already tremendous.

‘Three trending videos in just one month. Where did someone like this roll in from….’

Money signs blazed in Dokgo Gyeol’s eyes. She was convinced that Han Yeoreum’s hairstyle, makeup, and everything she wore, ate, and used would soon connect with the public.

“I’d like to get my hair dyed today.”

“Dyed? Why? Your natural hair is so pretty right now?”

“I’m going to an audition. It’s just an extra role but… I think I can pass if I match the character.”

“…What color? It’s such a waste to dye hair this healthy…”

Dokgo Gyeol sighed while touching Yeoreum’s hair and tilted her head at the unexpected answer.

“Reddish tones?”

“It’s an influencer role. The important scene takes place in a club. So it’ll show up well even in the dark. I’m counting on you, Director~.”

Yeoreum smiled as she stated her requirements and began reading the scenario in her hand from the beginning again. It was frightening concentration. She didn’t know when she’d received the scenario, but it looked very old.

‘The edges are all frayed?’

Even though it was just an extra role, she had analyzed it thoroughly from beginning to end. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that every empty space had Post-it notes stuck to it.

‘I don’t know the details of what role it is.’

One thing was certain. An actor who tried this hard to understand a character would inevitably be noticed by the audience.

Dokgo Gyeol fixed her gaze while checking Yeoreum’s scalp condition and hair quality.

‘I’m really… lucky.’

It happened to be a time when dyeing of all kinds was trendy, from two-tone hair to ash tones and ombre dyeing that could be easily found.

“Attention-! Everyone. Record this ratio. You’ll need to use it yourselves later.”

Dokgo Gyeol informed the staff and managers as she mixed the hair dye to the right proportions.

“This exact ratio?”

“Yes. Same color.”

“Director, who did this hair? Is it trendy?”

Dokgo Gyeol smiled knowingly.

“Yes. It’s trendy. I don’t know when exactly though…”

Then she gave a cryptic answer.

“Probably right after the movie is released?”

Yeoreum’s black natural hair was transformed by Dokgo Gyeol’s hands into a light and glamorous color. Just like a perfect influencer.

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-This station is Chungmuro, Chungmuro. Passengers transferring to Line 4, please get off at this station.

Had I ever heard the subway announcement this loudly? I gripped the scenario tighter and stepped off the train.

‘Finally, Chungmuro…!’

Myeong Jeha had offered me an audition with Director Gong.

‘I might actually appear in …’

It was a movie whose news came on TV every day at one point. A movie that practically dominated the theaters. Season 2 had casting articles before it was even released.

In such a movie, Han Yeoreum.

“I haven’t gotten the part yet though!”

I took a deep breath in front of the building. The air of Chungmuro.

“Of course it’s my spot!”

I gripped the door handle firmly and entered. And for a moment, I doubted my eyes.

“…Huh?”

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