I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 46

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Episode 46

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Even the second day was indoor filming. I greeted the village residents bursting into the house with tired eyes, dealt with them in an annoyed voice, and eventually resolved matters with impatient gestures as if I had no choice but to do it myself if no one else would. Just like Jeong Yeondu, who used to take on all kinds of work by herself.

“Youth really is good.”

“Oh my. Thank you~.”

“Eat this. Hm? Tell me if it’s not enough.”

Working with various extras was a new experience.

There were no NGs today either. Rather, the filming team was delighted, saying everything was so good they didn’t know which cut to use, and Director So was moved by today’s acting as well.

‘This is exactly… the taste of being the protagonist…’

No matter how many times I felt it, it was still so sweet.

“Yeoreum… The gradation of annoyance. It’s so good. Especially how anger seeps out more subtly the easier the task is…”

Usually, people with this kind of personality had stronger anger toward being asked to do ‘things they could easily do themselves if they just looked into it a little.’ They tended to get more annoyed at trivial errands rather than difficult requests from the start.

‘I’m glad I lived as the part-time job king.’

Meeting various people in various spaces was helping me like this again. Even a life without acting ultimately had acting as its final destination.

I had only lived as Jeong Yeondu for just two days, but I felt like I could gradually understand Jeong Yeondu perfectly. Because.

‘My shoulders get stiff every time I rest.’

The urge to snatch things before hearing explanations, the emotions that surged up whenever I listened to others, the obsession with not helping anyone and not wanting help from anyone.

Such things made my body tense up habitually.

I opened my palm once. The fingertips that had just sent a text message on behalf of Grandmother Jeong’s grandchild were tingling. It was because I had pressed the keyboard irritably.

‘Tomorrow, I feel like I can live as an even more, slightly more perfect Jeong Yeondu…’

I thought as I slowly clenched my palm. Even without watching the fully edited video, I could roughly sense what scenes would unfold. This feeling was a first.

‘The more I speak the dialogue, the more I begin to understand Yeondu.’

This emotion was a first. I felt like I was absorbing part of the character directly.

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MBS was betting their life on Intube. Several videos were uploaded every day.

“Wait, just how many are they uploading per week…?”

The news that MBS had completely lost to web dramas in buzz, viewership, and audience reaction had long since spread throughout the industry.

“Wow. So they’re saying let’s do this?”

Gone was their attitude of just creating an Intube channel and maintaining it half-heartedly, and they were actively gathering subscribers.

“At this rate, aren’t they going to catch up to Intube subscribers?”

“A friend who works at MBS told me. They’ve created a new Web Content Department there too.”

“Ah, crazy bastards!”

The influence of terrestrial broadcasting showed quite a presence on Intube as well.

[MBS Classic Theater♥ The history of obsessive fans starts from here…!︎]

They uploaded clips from past dramas that were previously only available for a fee on their website,

[Yoon Hyeonjo had a baby phase too? He had a messy phase too? It’s really true?]

They even created compilation videos that would appeal to popular celebrities’ fans by collecting variety shows and interview broadcasts.

@Channel Subscribe MBS Tube

A channel that collects only the most ♥FUN︎♥ videos from MBS-!

A small broadcasting station in my hands (｡› ▿ ‹｡) Subscribe!︎

665,000 subscribers

The broadcasting company that had led popular culture was different after all. The history they had gone through was more than enough to captivate the public.

“They completely eliminated the inconvenience of watching on the website?”

“Plus they didn’t even attach ads at the beginning…!”

It was clean work. You could see the experience of veterans who skillfully handled unexpected situations. The atmosphere at JC ENM, which had been immersed in the joy of overwhelming terrestrial broadcasting Intube channels, cooled down a bit.

“Ah, shit. Have they gone crazy…”

And this influence directly tormented JC ENM’s Web Content Department and Team Leader Seong. This was the new building of JC ENM, an agency located in Cheongdam-dong.

“Aaaah… Fucking MBS.”

“Huh? What’s wrong?”

-It was a pork belly restaurant nearby. Team Leader Seong moistened his throat with soju and slammed his glass down with a bang. The table shook roughly.

“Shin Rookie… can’t you see? Team Leader Seong is going to be living at the company again without being able to go home for a while.”

The Web Content Department and PR Team had an inseparable relationship. Since they had just launched, they needed to show worthy results.

Now that they had achieved great success with and were planning the production of the next web drama, it was even more so.

“Jegal Rok says to make our own content. At this rate, I’m going to get dark circles like that bastard too-!”

It wasn’t just JC ENM employees watching the growth of terrestrial broadcasting. Jegal Rok was also on high alert.

Now that a new era was about to open, taking the lead was more important than anything.

“Our own content… Hmm… Like what’s on magazine companies’ Intube channels?”

Magazine companies like Le-el and Marie Claire uploaded videos of celebrities who came for photo shoots as content, like ‘In My Bag’ or ‘Today’s Outfit.’ Team Leader Seong nodded at Manager Hong’s example.

“But he probably doesn’t want such trivial content… My head is going to explode.”

Magazine companies’ Intube channels didn’t have exceptionally good performance. They averaged 2-3 thousand views, and if they did well, they’d exceed 100,000 views.

“So- what Director Jegal Rok wants is.”

“Something profitable.”

“Plus influence.”

The three people sighed.

It was never an easy task. Each took out their cell phones and tried hard to gather ideas even in the noisy pork belly restaurant.

“But Director Jegal Rok really has his eye on Han Yeoreum.”

“Right. I don’t know why he doesn’t bring her over quickly.”

“Who knows. But that man always drew big pictures. Ones others don’t know about.”

That’s when Han Yeoreum appeared on Shin Rookie’s feed again. It was the script reading video he had watched several times.

‘Self-produced content… couldn’t we start with Han Yeoreum?’

Shin Rookie unconsciously focused on Han Yeoreum and spoke.

“Then how about something like ASMR? First, the content is fresh so it should get good views. It’s easy to change themes according to dramas or movies our company produces, it reduces promotion costs, and most importantly-.”

When he applied Han Yeoreum to the idea, Shin Rookie could give opinions without hesitation.

“Just playing her voice would make people who’ve seen her once replay it several times.”

Manager Hong and Team Leader Seong’s gazes met.

“That’s…”

“Good?”

It seemed like new self-produced content on JC ENM’s Intube channel could bring another trend.

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PD Hwang and the lighting team set out from dawn to check the filming location conditions. Even while getting wet with early morning dew, they weren’t tired.

“Ah- the air is nice.”

“Right. It’s different from Seoul.”

Those heading to the village hall were once again devoted to work talk. Third day of filming. It felt like the name Jeong Yeondu had somehow become more familiar than the name Han Yeoreum. The image that had been familiar as Pi Chaewon before filming had long since disappeared.