I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 85

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Episode 85

Jegal Rok eventually picked up his cell phone and contacted Manager Ma.

-Yes. I got your call. Can’t even leave work… To Manager Ma who’s drowning in work… Please only tell me fun things~.

“This is Jegal Rok.”

-Hey, can’t we skip the greetings somehow? It all shows up on screen anyway, so why do we have to greet each other like that every time.

“We’ve decided on the broadcaster for 〈Strange Tales〉. And the male lead too.”

The sound of Manager Ma, who had been playfully grumbling on the other end, quickly drawing in her breath could be heard.

Even when work wasn’t progressing, she seemed to have been thinking about 〈Strange Tales〉 on her own as all sorts of plans came pouring out.

-This is going to be so so so fun. My heart is really beating hard. First, target demographic analysis? No need to worry about that. We’ll definitely capture teenage and twenty-something women! Because it’s Han Yeoreum.

Manager Ma rattled on about 〈Strange Tales〉 without pausing to breathe. Jegal Rok briefly pulled the phone away from his ear. Even though he had set it to minimum volume, the other end was noisy.

-Ah, I want to make all the posters right now. Should we just release making-of videos and interviews every week? That kind of thing is good. Like communicating with viewers. Should we set our viewership rating goals pretty high? How much budget can you allocate for this? I’d like the director to spend big, really big.

“Yes. As much as needed.”

-This is why I can’t leave the director? You make work fun. Where else would I find a boss like this!

“And please deliver the final version of the 〈Pacheh〉 Blu-ray funding page. That’s all.”

Before Manager Ma’s cheering could be heard from the other end, Jegal Rok pressed the call end button.

Then he briefly shifted his strained gaze to the wide window behind him. Due to frequent overtime, his eyes felt dry again today.

Knock knock-.

The sound of knocking came from beyond. It was the coffee Jegal Rok had requested. The warm aroma of coffee flowed in through the gently opened door crack. Regardless of the time, Jegal Rok once again took caffeine into his mouth.

Buzz- Buzz- Buzz- Buzz-.

[Manager Ma: Just delivered it right now haha Please take a look and give me feedback quickly]

[Manager Ma: This is truly sincerely a finished product with Ma Suyeon’s soul poured into it There’s obviously nothing to fix right Just support and admiration and applause and cheers? Please]

Even her messages were noisy. Jegal Rok checked the funding page Manager Ma had sent.

As soon as he scrolled down once, Han Yeoreum’s face appeared. The most advantageous card among those currently in Jegal Rok’s hand.

In countless dramas and movies, the pie for female actors was predetermined. In a field flooded with works where all the protagonists were filled with men, Do Gyeoul and Han Yeoreum would have many days of fighting ahead.

All to claim a single role.

Input: Yes. Confirmed. Upload according to schedule as is.

And Jegal Rok definitely hoped Han Yeoreum would win. To achieve even more innovation for JC ENM.

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“Professor Geum must be happy. Your students are doing so well?”

Geum Bitkang, who was strolling around the school, turned her head at the sudden question. An old professor with a smile across his face was beside her. Geum Bitkang, who could roughly guess who the question was directed at, continued her slow walk again.

“What’s there to be happy about. They’re still just fledglings. Tsk.”

“One is steadily continuing her acting career, another hit ten million viewers with his debut film. And what about that other one. She’s an unprecedented style. What do they call it these days.”

In order, it was Do Gyeoul, Myeong Jeha, and Han Yeoreum. It was the first time in KNUA’s history that freshmen who hadn’t even been enrolled for a full year had stood out this much.

“Iconic.”

“That’s right! Iconic! I’m most curious about that student. I can really feel that the world has definitely changed from before.”

“Is that so…”

“How is that student in class? Fresh? Do you feel some kind of younger energy, that’s what I’m asking. Originally, gems are different even when mixed among people.”

Geum Bitkang thought of Han Yeoreum. The acting she had first shown during the 〈Freshman Welcome Party〉.

The footsteps that freely roamed the stage, the presence that captured attention with a single glance, the voice mixed into the air, and above all.

‘The desperation as if the current acting was precious.’

There are things you can feel without having to analyze them. That momentary Han Yeoreum was like that for Geum Bitkang. So she had actually expected something. She had no choice. She felt freshness for the first time in a while.

“Well, they’re all the same to me. That chick is just like any other chick.”

But what about Han Yeoreum now? She was somehow passive during every lecture. She couldn’t feel even a bit of the sense that she was pouring out her everything. Even though she could clearly dig deeper, she held back.

‘Well, now that JC has taken her in, it might be a good choice in some ways.’

Even if she didn’t give her all in school lectures, it might be different on set. As evidence, hadn’t Jegal Rok chosen Han Yeoreum?

But she was twenty years old. The best age to throw everything away and burn it all.

Geum Bitkang hoped Han Yeoreum’s acting wouldn’t end at just being ‘marketable.’

“Still, you never know! Under our Professor Geum, turning a chick into a phoenix isn’t that difficult, right?”

“I wonder.”

“So do better. Don’t just take pitiful walks with that expression like you could quit anytime.”

Geum Bitkang looked at the old professor. The old professor sipped his coffee and said.

“I know everything. Everything-. We’re people whose job it is to express and read what thoughts, what emotions, hm? what something from this tiny face for our whole lives. Your mind is clear.”

“…”

“Well, I’m going. From now on, try looking at the sky while walking. The weather is so nice, don’t just look at the ground.”

Watching the old professor’s back, Geum Bitkang suddenly felt a somewhat twisted emotion. It was because a student who clearly seemed capable of doing better, but had neither the effort nor the heart to do so, was stirring around in her head.

Because of all the fuss everywhere, Geum Bitkang had also watched 〈I Don’t Care〉. That video MBS had uploaded to Intube.

-Why am I always… always like this…

The moment she saw that scene, Geum Bitkang found herself clicking on Han Yeoreum’s previous work, the web drama 〈Pacheh〉. The thumbnail was right next to it through the algorithm, so it was unavoidable.

Han Yeoreum shining freely within the frame.

‘Right. Han Yeoreum.’

Geum Bitkang realized the identity of this displeasure that had felt like a stone weighing on her chest recently. The moment she faced Han Yeoreum’s face again in the lecture hall.

“You can only be called a real actor if you properly understand emotions before acting.”

She opened her mouth impulsively as if on fire.

“What’s the difference between misery and devastation? Han Yeoreum.”

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