Eclat Etoile launches a new clothing brand.
Its name is Argente Camellia.
A clothing brand emphasizing a more premium strategy and femininity.
The reason her past self remembered this was because it circulated as an issue on internet communities for a while.
Of course, aside from that, her memories of such matters were quite vivid, so she would have remembered it even if it wasn't particularly impressive.
'Probably, definitely.'
There were several issues.
The most representative one was the durability issue.
It wasn't simply a matter of material quality, but structurally, rough movements would easily damage the waist area.
Additionally, there was an issue with the actor featured in their advertisements overlapping with this.
As if by cruel coincidence, a major disaster occurred where the dress skirt of an actress who wore this to an awards ceremony tore apart.
This was essentially the defining incident that shattered Argente Camellia's image.
'Second is the design.'
If they emphasized femininity, the design had to be that much more important.
Carrying femininity meant there had to be enough merit for women to endure some discomfort.
But Argente Camellia didn't have that.
Because the designer exercised too much original sense, it ended up with a rather peculiar feel.
To be precise, the design itself was quite pretty, but it was a difficult design to coordinate with other clothes.
But wearing only Argente Camellia...
'Eclat Etoile's brand value doesn't quite reach luxury status.'
There's a strong ambiguous feeling about showcasing just that outfit alone.
There were rumors it did quite well in France, but it was unmistakably a domestic brand.
Somehow it could be treated as quasi-luxury, but it was insufficient to complete a coordination with just that.
Exactly that kind of brand feel.
'Finally, the price.'
As mentioned above, Eclat Etoile was clearly a brand on the outskirts of quasi-luxury.
Naturally, the newly launched Argente Camellia was the same.
So the price was... quite expensive compared to ordinary clothes.
Given all this, it becoming a laughingstock in communities was a natural course of events in a way.
It spread beyond simply female-dominated communities to male-dominated ones as well.
It established an image as the epitome of a clothing brand with terrible cost-performance ratio and failed.
An incident that dealt a blow significant enough to make Eclat Etoile itself teeter heavily.
No, considering that she hadn't heard any news about this brand afterward, at worst...
"How is it, Seoyeon?"
Seoyeon, who had been thinking such thoughts, snapped out of her reverience at Manager Park Eunha's words.
"First, I want to do it."
"Yeah? It's definitely a good opportunity."
"But..."
Eclat Etoile was a precious brand that served as the foundation for the enormous amount of allowance Seoyeon spent recently.
A significant portion of that was being used for Lamiel's superchats, so it would be problematic if this brand went under like this.
The money she earned as an actress was managed directly by Sua.
Only the money earned from advertisements was somewhat generously allowed for her to spend.
"I'd like to meet with Eclat Etoile once later. I think I need to hear the details."
"Hmm? Understood. Then I'll coordinate the schedule."
It was rare for Seoyeon to speak in this manner.
Most of the time, if she didn't like it, she'd say no. If she liked it, she'd say yes.
Seoyeon was someone whose answers often ended as one of the two.
'Is there something with Eclat Etoile?'
Naturally, such a question arose.
Because Park Eunha highly trusted Seoyeon's eye for things.
Well, the works, variety shows, and advertisements she had appeared in so far had not failed even once.
It would be stranger if she didn't trust her.
'I should look into it separately.'
There was always a reason when Seoyeon hesitated.
She felt it necessary to confirm that first.
***
- Today is finally Group A????
- Ah, it was long...
- Still Group C was okay
- Half of the 4 groups are trash
Because viewership had gradually dropped from episodes 2 to 4, community mentions had noticeably decreased compared to before.
Because Group A's content was too stimulating, the auditions from Group B to D felt considerably bland.
Even on this side, having watched Group A and prepared more cautiously made it feel even more so.
- There's a feeling of actively utilizing superpowers... hmm
- I don't know whose idea it is, but cut it out
- But isn't that something that should come out in a superpower movie audition?
- Joo Seoyeon was fun but isn't it just because others can't act???
Because the superpower acting didn't resonate well, the evaluation actually dropped further.
Commonly speaking, they had prepared how to showcase their superpowers, but they hadn't really considered how to 'receive' them.
It was a natural thing.
As actors, everyone would want to shine more than anyone else.
Receiving the other person's acting well ultimately meant making the other person shine.
Even knowing this was an audition, they unconsciously avoided it.
Thus, the mission for Group A, now reduced to 10 people, was.
"Flag stealing."
Actor Cha Mingyu said while looking at the Group A actors.
Attach flags to each other's backs, then chase and steal them.
"And utilize parkour for that."
Parkour literally meant using the terrain to perform action.
Indeed, this filming set had various terrain features prepared.
- Ah
- I'm getting the feel of this
- Joo Seoyeon's excited???
The broadcast screen caught Seoyeon, who was already in a good mood.
Happening to have Min Doha with a depressed face right beside her made it stand out even more.
- Why is Min Doha's expression so dark??
- Just think of your crying sound being composited with supercars on the internet
- Isn't becoming famous from that actually beneficial?
- fr lol he became famous
- Min Doha was somewhat of a known actor too
Anyway, as the viewers' reactions suggested, Min Doha was currently feeling absolutely miserable.
'Why does it have to be flag stealing again.'
It didn't feel good.
Really.
And just as Min Doha had expected.
"Why are you only chasing me!! There are lots of other people!!"
Min Doha ran away really hard.
Literally with all his might.
He couldn't just give up his flag because of his pride.
'Why, why did I have to set my superpower as marksmanship...!'
He couldn't even resist.
I should have done telekinesis too!! Then I could have at least blown that girl away once.
"Hello."
"Aaaahhhh!!!"
Seeing Seoyeon jumping over obstacles from beside the running Min Doha, Min Doha screamed and fled.
Looking at such Min Doha, Seoyeon glanced around for a moment, then snatched the flags of a few noticeable actors nearby.
As if it had originally been hers.
Whoosh, as Seoyeon headed off elsewhere, the actors who had their flags stolen watched her back with hollow faces.
Because her actions were so natural.
- The fishing skills learned from the Star Department;;
- Does Joo Seoyeon like Min Doha, keeps sparing him
- lol well if he runs away like that, it's worth sparing him
- I'd spare him too if he ran away on all fours like that
- Is that all acting? Min Doha's acting is so good
- Acting? Wait, acting? But what kind of acting???
- I don't know that either
- Looking at it, a superhuman running away from the main character? That kind of concept? His ability is marksmanship too
- Is that so?
Anyway, the community's engagement started increasing like that.
In parkour, Seoyeon was literally flying around.
At first she seemed to be casually wandering around for some reason, but Min Doha screaming and running away upon seeing her seemed to have stimulated something in Seoyeon.
"Ah, Actor Min Doha is shaking off Actor Joo Seoyeon and running away again."
- Does she have a grudge against Min Doha???
- Min Doha: Just... kill... me...
- Am I weird for slowly empathizing with Min Doha???
- That vicious bitch... doesn't she feel sorry for Doha!!!
And Lamiel, who was relaying that variety show in real-time, suppressed the hollow laugh that almost escaped her.
Because seeing Seoyeon caught on broadcast suddenly reminded her of the past.
'Poor thing.'
Lamiel genuinely sympathized with Min Doha.
Seoyeon was definitely chasing him thinking Min Doha was properly 'receiving' her acting.
Sparing him was for that reason too.
How could she immediately eliminate him when he responded so spiritedly.
Besides, obstacles of that level weren't even obstacles for Seoyeon.
Without even needing to do parkour, she could get over everything just by jumping.
She was only rolling around to create a sense of performing acting.
'Didn't she say she'd manage her image with me?'
Lamiel recalled Seoyeon saying that with a serious face.
At school, Seoyeon had told her.
"I'm going to live a bit calmly for the time being."
"?"
"I need to regain my original image. I'm an actress but my image is too strange."
So she was aware of it.
She wanted to tell her that, but anyway, she thought it was a relief she was managing her image even now.
However.
- Jo Seohee just flew by?
- Isn't Jo Seohee dead?
- No no the filming set floor and obstacles are soft so it's ok
- She betrayed last time, she had to pay the price
- Is Joo Seoyeon strong or is Jo Seohee light
- But wasn't Joo Seoyeon's ability regeneration?
- Not getting tired is also a regeneration ability...
"......Umm."
You do want to manage your image, right?
It felt like some trauma buried from childhood was relapsing.
Back then, Lamiel suggested playing tag once with Seoyeon, and felt genuine terror.
Why were her eyes glowing red as she ran.
Even now, thinking about that time, it appeared in her dreams.
Being thrown and rolled like Jo Seohee right now.
Seoyeon was doing exactly that right now.
But.
What was different from back then was.
"?"
"Ah, sorry."
Jo Seohee was holding Seoyeon's flag.
Again, it was right before the end.
Perhaps feeling sorry for throwing her high earlier, Seoyeon had specially spared Jo Seohee.
And as Jo Seohee crawled around in that gap, just as Seoyeon was about to snatch Min Doha's flag, she stealthily stole Seoyeon's flag from atop an obstacle.
It was possible because her presence was so nonexistent.
What Jo Seohee had done in this parkour mission was her insufficient running ability and with insufficient physical ability, crawling around cautiously before getting caught by Joo Seoyeon and being thrown.
That was all.
- No way
- 2 consecutive betrayals dd
- Are you truly not afraid of the consequences
Anyway.
The flag stealing that ended like that again finished with Seoyeon recording 1st place, but.
- Min Doha and Jo Seohee survived again
- Min Doha would have been eliminated if his flag got stolen there but Jo Seohee saved him lol
- Isn't Seohee going to get hit by Joo Seoyeon???
- No, our Seoyeon isn't that kind of personality
- Still seeing Seoyeon running around excitedly on variety shows makes me like her
- lol she doesn't have a female actress image on variety shows
Anyway, the gradually increasing Joo Seoyeon Protection Squad stepped up and protected her image.
It had a bit of a nuance like 'our Seoyeon doesn't bite' but anyway.
"Group A still feels like it has appropriate balance."
"It feels like Seoyeon appropriately gets eliminated at the end."
"Actor Han Soyu's acting was good this time too. Definitely, superpower acting feels best when Actor Han Soyu and Actor Joo Seoyeon sync up."
"And Seohee has a good character. She utilizes her character well. It feels like she's making the most of her acting ability."
The staff and PDs smiled while scoring the acting points for this
The broadcast viewership, which had actually dropped, had also risen to 7 percent.
However, the fact that interest was concentrated only on Group A was a bit concerning.
'Still, it's better than not being able to get this much.'
PD Lee Kitae let out a sigh.
No, they should have scheduled Group A later.
If they had swapped the order of Group D and Group A, it would have been easier to defend the viewership than now.
That part was a bit regrettable but it couldn't be helped.
"Director Han, what do you think?"
"......"
Director Han Yegeon was seriously reviewing the footage just filmed.
He watched scenes where nothing but laughter erupted with endlessly serious faces.
Director Han Yegeon.
That alone was enough to understand his personality.
'I think they called him a young genius.'
Especially when it came to directing action scenes, they said he didn't lose even to grand masters.
That was probably why the GH Group used Han Yegeon.
Visual beauty and action.
To create something by pursuing those to the extreme.
Like the hero movies that were recently popular in the West.
'Honestly, it's a gamble.'
The level of action and CG that audiences expected lately was naturally set to the standard of Western hero media.
If it fell short of that, it would be undervalued or simply mocked.
So in Korea, they avoided making movies with such fantasy elements as much as possible.
If it's hard to film, costs a lot of money, and only earns the audience's mockery, who would make it.
"I..."
At that moment, Han Yegeon opened his mouth.
And at his momentary silence, Lee Kitae tensed up slightly.
Because there were rumors that Han Yegeon was a director who demanded a lot from actors.
Perhaps he was going to criticize Seoyeon, who showed more variety show aspects than acting today.
"I've seen many actors so far."
He paused the screen at the scene where Joo Seoyeon was chasing Min Doha.
The surrounding reaction would have been simply funny and entertaining, but he was different.
"This is the first actor with such a strong presence."
"Definitely, Actor Joo Seoyeon has a strong presence."
"No, I don't simply mean that. Not simply the meaning of captivating the screen, but 'expectation.'"
"Expectation?"
Han Yegeon nodded.
"Expectation about what this actor will do. A vague imagination about what they'll show. This actor has that very strongly. That's why viewers keep waiting for scenes where this actor appears."
Because it feels like she'll show something.
"That expectation will be very helpful not simply for acting but for the box office aspect of a film as well."
What kind of acting will this actor show.
What will she do in this scene.
Joo Seoyeon had that.
Han Yegeon smiled while watching Seoyeon getting her flag stolen by Jo Seohee.
Truly, an unpredictable appearance until the very end.
"How did you manage to recruit such a monster."
At Han Yegeon's words, Lee Kitae looked at Seoyeon anew.
If such words came from that arrogant genius's mouth.
It meant that the actor named Joo Seoyeon was an actor beyond what he had thought.
And.
Where was that monster-like actor right now?
"What are you doing?"
Jo Seohee said while glancing at Seoyeon, who was wearing a gorgeous dress.
"You should go in now. You said you wanted to know what the upper class is like."
"......"
She had come to a glamorous party held at a hotel.
With a face that secretly regretted it a little.