Currently, the only proper advertisement Seoyeon had filmed was for Eclat Etoile.
Other than that, she hadn't particularly done any advertising.
Whenever Seoyeon appeared on broadcasts, she always used Eclat Etoile's cosmetics.
Since she promoted them at every opportunity, from Eclat Etoile's perspective, she was an incredibly cost-effective celebrity.
...Of course, to some extent, it felt like it was being used as an excuse.
Anyway, since she could now be called a trending celebrity, the number of incoming advertisements was quite large.
Among them, there were quite a few that didn't personally suit Seoyeon, like game pad advertisements or fishing rod advertisements.
Of course, there were proper advertisements too, but she hadn't had time to film any for a while.
'But now I should start thinking about it slowly.'
Anyway, advertisements pay well.
And they also help improve a celebrity's image.
'...Since I messed up again with Hyper Action Star this time.'
I feel like I got too heated for an action acting audition.
Honestly, Seoyeon was inwardly disappointed that Min Doha hadn't made it to the finals.
The acting ability Min Doha had shown so far had aspects that suited her well in various ways.
But to think a Japanese person using nunchaku would make it to the finals.
'Narumi Sora, was it.'
Seoyeon muttered her name inwardly and tilted her head.
Well, nothing particular came to mind.
In the entertainment industry, if you just entered a search term, the information would automatically come up, but there was nothing particularly about Narumi Sora.
'If she returned to Korea, I might not know.'
Since she had absolutely no interest in the Japanese entertainment industry in her past life, there was no way she would know.
But with the acting ability she showed in the finals, it would be a shame in many ways if she remained unknown.
More than anything.
'I couldn't even ask if she watches vtubers.'
Of course, it didn't seem like she would watch them.
Before the finals ended, her guard was strong.
When she tried to ask after it ended, she was looking at her with a somber face.
'I took the image nicely, so why.'
Anyway, Seoyeon was a bit sulky in her own way.
Didn't she take the hero role in the acting?
This side was villain-like acting again.
Thanks to that, Seoyeon's own image once again became similar to the murderer Cha Seoa.
- Aren't you sick of always taking the strong image
- Slowly stop broadcasting and go to UFC, Seoyeon
Posts like that were attached to Seoyeon's articles.
It seemed like people who considered physical ability as her concept.
Seeing that many recommendations were pressed, there must be people who sympathized with this.
'This is rather a better reaction.'
Because the fan cafe was overrun with various composite images.
Inwardly, Seoyeon felt relieved that the AI era hadn't begun yet.
If this were an era where AI was rampant, Seoyeon would have been composited with AI and actually fighting all sorts of enemies.
Just imagining it made her body shudder.
'...I am going to appear on an observation variety show, though.'
For reference, there were only two weeks left until the filming of the observation variety show.
Practically, not much time was left.
But before that, she thought it would be good to think about one advertisement.
Rather than income, for image purposes first.
However.
"Seoyeon, how about this advertisement? It's a chicken advertisement."
For a chicken brand that would abuse store owners six months from now.
"Ah, this one's good too. They say this is a brand recently created by a BJ, and it's popular among young people."
A brand created when an internet broadcast BJ entered business.
For reference, this side would also be shattered and go bankrupt within a year.
Of course, the image of the actor who advertised it would also go to ruin together.
'That's a concern......'
There were other decent advertisements, but generally, there was nothing that really stood out.
Seoyeon sighed.
Sometimes, having information in her head became a disadvantage.
Since she knew things, she ended up unnecessarily weighing this and that.
Should she just pick anything?
But among these, she couldn't see anything that would help improve her image.
'Why don't luxury brand advertisements come to me like Senior Jungwoo?'
While thinking that, when she considered her image caught on the internet recently.
'...It can't be helped.'
She just had to accept it.
The image Seoyeon currently had was far from the so-called elegant image of a female actress.
'It might be better to just do a fire department public service advertisement.'
But would a public service advertisement really be appropriate for Seoyeon, who ran around swinging a fire axe?
Such a question arose slightly.
"I'll think about it a bit more."
"Yeah. Sure. You're busy with your acting activities anyway, so let's carefully decide on advertisements."
Looking at Seoyeon who was strangely sullen, Manager Park Eunha thought admirably of her.
'With this many large advertisements, she still prioritizes her acting activities.'
One way or another, Manager Park Eunha was quite smitten with Seoyeon.
In her eyes, Seoyeon was an actress who prioritized her work even in a situation where she could be called a trending star.
Actually, the only advertisement Seoyeon had filmed was just Eclat Etoile.
She didn't even glance at the other advertisements that came in.
What a great role model for an actress!
Anyway.
'I need to quickly return to the mysterious female actress of the past.'
While having such concerns, Seoyeon suddenly thought of something.
Although it wasn't among the advertisements that came to her, there was one place she could try requesting directly.
It was an advertisement for a certain chair brand.
***
One week after
After that, Seoyeon visited GH Group once more.
First, to celebrate her great performance and victory in
And because there was a need to roughly introduce the upcoming schedule.
"You worked hard on the audition. However, unfortunately, it seems difficult to start filming right away."
Kang Taejin, director of GH Group's cultural business division, said so and told her to rest first.
It was probably because currently only the lead role had been cast, and they were still looking for the rest of the actors.
"Filming will probably start in three months at the earliest......, around the time the currently airing drama ends."
Perhaps knowing about
Then, he gave a signal to the man next to him.
It was their first time meeting.
But Seoyeon saw the man and immediately knew who he was.
'Director Han Yegun?'
He was a director who had made quite a name for himself in her past life.
Even now, he had some name recognition as a "genius director," but the real deal would come a few years from now.
From the point when OTT dramas became the trend, his true value would shine.
Because he was the person who created a drama with movie-like visuals with investment received from a super-large overseas OTT drama site.
'Child Game.'
Probably that was the name.
It was so famous that Seoyeon didn't even need to search through her memories one by one.
He was even so stubborn that despite it being such a huge hit, he declared he wouldn't film Season 2 and stepped down.
'But such a director is doing
Is this okay?
What about
'If
This would be no small loss in its own right.
One way or another,
"...Do you know me?"
At that time, Director Han Yegun, who had been quiet, opened his mouth.
"Yes?"
When a flustered Seoyeon asked back.
"You've been looking this way since earlier, so I wondered if you did."
"Ah, yes. I know. You're Director Han Yegun, right?"
"...Hmm. I'm not someone an actor your age would know."
If you only heard the words, he sounded like a veteran director, but Han Yegun was only in his mid-thirties as far as she knew.
A director who achieved great success at a young age.
'His unique personality was famous even in my past life.'
He was famous as a director who fought a lot with actors one way or another.
A self-righteous director with a stubborn streak.
But he had the ability, so even while actors cursed him, they always wanted to appear in his works.
"Ah, I introduced him earlier. Director Han Yegun will be participating as the director of
"Aha."
Director Kang Taejin interjected in the conversation between the two and said.
"You said you had something you definitely wanted to say when you met Seoyeon?"
"Ah, yes. Well."
Han Yegun nodded to Kang Taejin, who continued speaking like a smooth talker.
As he said, Han Yegun had many things he wanted to say to Seoyeon in various ways.
'Seeing her in person, she's indeed different from the image I saw on broadcasts.'
The image on internet communities had become a bit ridiculous.
But that was only the community's story.
Separate from the image circulating on humor-related sites, the image of the person called 'Actress Ju Seoyeon' was very positive.
'The most intense image is Cha Seoa.'
In other words, a villain-like image.
Not the so-called lowly villain, but more like a villain with presence.
Mysterious eyes.
Pitch-black hair that reminded one of a dark night.
And a girl whose unique cool atmosphere suited her well.
'I understand why there are so many people saying they want to use her for villain roles.'
Han Yegun sometimes interacted with other directors.
At that time, if they talked about recent actors, Seoyeon was the most frequently mentioned.
Young female actress.
It's very rare to find a skilled one among young female actors.
Even when looking for an actor to fit the role, they mostly filled it with actors of a certain age.
Young actors often lacked skill, so it couldn't be helped.
Therefore, a skilled female actress fitting that age was very rare.
That was the reason Jo Seohee was loved by directors.
And recently, the one whose name recognition had risen the most among young female actresses alongside Jo Seohee was Ju Seoyeon.
'But can Ju Seoyeon only play villain roles? Hmm, that doesn't seem right either.'
Actually, Jo Harin from
That might even be her own color.
'It's just that Cha Seoa's image somewhat obscured Jo Harin.'
Han Yegun stroked his chin while examining Ju Seoyeon.
Certainly, when he saw her on broadcast, she gave off that kind of feeling.
The character 'Yeohwa' that was set from the preliminaries had a similar feel to Cha Seoa that Seoyeon had previously acted.
But the Seoyeon he actually saw, how should he put it.
'Isn't she, a bit, lively?'
If you look closely, she was.
She was disguised with an expressionless face, but her constantly moving eyes were very rich with emotion.
She was showing great curiosity while looking at Han Yegun.
Han Yegun, who was sensitive to that, couldn't help but laugh.
'Laughing?'
Usually, there were many cases where actors examined him, talking about the "genius director."
Rumors about his sensitive personality were already widespread.
Because of that, Han Yegun usually didn't like gazes examining him.
But for some reason.
Seoyeon's gaze made him laugh.
Why was that, it was because it was the kind of look you feel when young puppies look at a stranger.
Just pure curiosity.
"Seoyeon."
"Yes."
Director Han Yegun had already seen Seoyeon's acting.
Honestly, the absurd physical ability was amazing, but that wasn't acting, was it?
"There's a lot I want to do in this movie."
Perhaps the lively appearance she was showing now.
And the intensity of 'Yeohwa' shown at the audition.
He wanted to make it so that both sides could be shown.
"Can you do it?"
This wasn't a question, but practically a declaration.
At those words that would make a normal actor nervous, Seoyeon nodded with eyes full of enthusiasm.
That appearance of Seoyeon was, again, quite satisfactory.
"Very good."
He smiled broadly, which would shock anyone who knew Director Han Yegun.
***
"Pardon? An advertisement?"
At the Aids Chair advertising planning office, team leader Kwak Hyunwoo doubted his ears at the words he just heard.
"Is that true, that?"
"Yes, it was the manager from Nova Entertainment. She clearly said she was actress Ju Seoyeon's manager."
"So, actress Ju Seoyeon wants to do our brand advertisement?"
"Yes, sir."
At those words, Kwak Hyunwoo was bewildered once again.
Of course, Aids was a moderately successful chair brand.
However, compared to that, it wasn't particularly outstanding compared to competitors.
More than anything.
'We don't use expensive advertising models?'
They didn't have the merit of expensive advertising models.
In the past, they had lined up celebrities who were called trending stars and advertised, but it had no particular effect.
Just unknown actors, unknown idols.
Since there wasn't much difference from those, Aids didn't really want to use famous celebrities.
"Huff, she's super trendy these days, right? How much is she going to ask for?"
Even the agency contacted them first.
It was a rare occurrence, but it did happen very occasionally.
Actually, this kind of thing was usually possible when there was a personal connection.
Nova Entertainment had a celebrity who had advertised with Aids in the past, so they were able to reach out.
But it seemed like they wanted to push in one more advertisement since their actor had recently become popular.
'No, that's strange?'
If it's Ju Seoyeon now, CFs would be coming in like a string of candy, so why would she need to choose an Aids advertisement?
"Then I'll send an email saying we decline."
"Ah, wait wait. Hold on a moment."
After pondering for a moment, Kwak Hyunwoo crossed his arms, swayed his body casually, and then said.
"W-well, let's at least have a meeting once."
Let's hear the reason.
He decided that.
What on earth was the reason for requesting an advertisement with Aids?
No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't figure out the reason.