Lee Ji-yeon had expected this to some extent.
First of all, Seo-yeon was not the type to lie.
She would rather avoid the topic altogether.
So, the fact that Seo-yeon avoided answering was practically tantamount to confirming it was true.
And what that meant was—
- Is this really the stream Seo-yeon Seo was watching?
- Wow, she watches this kind of stuff
- Corporate tier? The model is insane???
- Nice voice!!
- She's serious about the RP
Lamiel's current viewer count was.
4,800.
An absolutely staggering number.
A figure that only those counted on one hand in the corporate tier could achieve was now displayed on Lamiel's stream.
Of course, more than half of them were probably people who popped in out of fleeting curiosity.
For reference, Lamiel's average viewer count was roughly 500.
In other words, it had jumped nearly tenfold.
"O-oh, today, there are quite a lot of people."
- A little???
- No, go cause some chaos somewhere else!!
At the reaction of the existing viewers, Ji-yeon's manager—who was not simply this "Lamiel's" stream manager but her actual manager—was already working hard.
However, when people flood in, that much chaos was inevitable.
Especially if it was something a celebrity had shown interest in.
"……Ah, you said Actor Seo-yeon Seo watched the stream. Let me see."
Lamiel's voice was infinitely gentle, but out of sight, she was grinding her teeth.
Anyway, to Lee Ji-yeon, VTuber streaming was her own form of healing content.
- [Airing on Golden Duck Kid this time ₩100,000]
"……."
Separate from that, super chats were exploding tremendously.
Seeing that, the heat in Ji-yeon's heart did melt away smoothly.
The super chats Seo-yeon fired off were nothing but malicious chaos, but the others weren't like that.
Her manager was managing things reasonably well.
Besides, she was doing this to make money, so seeing the super chats popping off, Ji-yeon couldn't feel bad about it either.
"Ah."
Lamiel watched episode 3 of
The content of episode 3 was largely two things.
One was watching internet broadcasts, and the other was the gym.
"Did you get caught trying to watch this while pretending not to?"
- Yeah
- Had it on a small window and got caught
- Who watches VTuber streams like it's an EBS broadcast lololol
- Guess they thought they wouldn't get caught lolololol
- lololol is that a concept too?
- If it were a concept they'd watch it openly lolol
In other words, Seo-yeon seemed to have tried to make full use of her excellent acting skills.
With an endlessly serious face, staring at the monitor while taking notes.
Only occasionally clicking the mouse.
Judging from that sight alone, she looked like a student diligently studying while watching an online lecture.
However, the only issue was that the monitor screen that was captured showed a suspicious character moving around.
- Does this face really look like someone watching a VTuber?
- Yeah it does
- It's crystal clear
Sighing as she posted those chats, Lamiel let out a breath.
And then.
- [Oh, you're pretty again today ₩500,000]
A familiar nickname sent an enormous super chat.
- Wow daebak fifty
- Insane, for real a big spender
Of course, that's how it appeared on the surface.
However, to Lamiel, it was money she had to return anyway.
Naturally, she hadn't told Seo-yeon that fact.
"Thank you."
Lamiel simply gave her usual greeting, then glanced meaningfully at the manager beside her.
And just like that, Seo-yeon was banned.
Anyway.
The fact that Seo-yeon was caught watching Lamiel's stream generated a lot of talk on the internet for various reasons.
That endlessly serious face.
Pretending to study while watching a VTuber—of course people would talk.
Of course, since it wasn't brought up openly, the general public mostly didn't know.
However, if you had any interest in online communities, you couldn't not know thanks to it spreading around like a meme.
- But does Seo-yeon Seo really watch VTubers?? Totally for real?
- It's a hardcore otaku concept
- If it were a hardcore otaku concept they'd do anime or games, why watch VTubers
- True
- Could be a bit delusional
Debates raged over whether Seo-yeon Seo was for real or not.
There were even claims that the person repeatedly firing super chats and getting banned was Seo-yeon Seo.
- Nah, that's going too far.
- Do you know how much that person drops lolol
Of course, that was immediately dismissed, but the hypothesis of "what if it's Seo-yeon Seo?" definitely remained.
Naturally, having seen that, Ji-yeon kept Seo-yeon on her ban list for a while.
Plus, there was another controversy related to Seo-yeon Seo.
- So how many kilos is Seo-yeon Seo in the end?
- Shh
- Asking that isn't sexy.
The first controversy was from the swimming pool episode.
The sight of Seo-yeon falling into the water at the pool gave a considerable sense of weight.
However, if that was merely a vague guess.
What followed in episode 3 was more concrete.
The hot topic in episode 3 wasn't only the virtual YouTuber stream.
No, the virtual YouTuber-related content was actually something that spread quietly through communities after the broadcast ended.
Rather, most people were more interested in the gym segment that came afterward.
First off, that day, Seo-yeon, for the sake of image management, did the most feminine exercises possible.
Squats for hip-ups, for instance.
With very light weights.
Mainly bodyweight exercises focused on flexibility.
Then.
"Seo-yeon? Does it hurt a lot? Not lifting weights today?"
"Lifting weights has been my joy lately……"
"Ah, are you doing it? The plates are a bit light, should I put some on for you?"
The people who didn't know it was a broadcast hovered around Seo-yeon and kept making those kinds of remarks.
So, from the viewers' perspective watching the broadcast, it was bound to be ambiguous.
"Are they really saying that?"
"No way."
"But it looks like everyone doesn't know it's a broadcast. Considering all the cursing is muted."
Even in that situation, Seo-yeon steadfastly stuck to her own workout routine.
Looking at just that, it was a fairly ordinary scene of actresses at the gym.
The problem was what came next.
"I will take on the 'Seo-yeon Seo Challenge' as Actor Seo-yeon Seo!!"
"Ooh! I was just about to say that."
"Our Actor Jung said it well. I'll try it after you too."
Unlike the other gym regulars who didn't know it was a broadcast, Jung Hyun-woo figured it out the moment he walked into the gym.
'They're filming Golden Duck Kid here today!'
Episode 1 had already aired.
So he couldn't not know.
First, the arrangement of the gym was slightly different.
And things that looked like cameras were attached to the ceiling here and there.
'This is my chance.'
They call it the halo effect, right?
There was value in diligently coming to the gym Seo-yeon attended all this time.
Finally!
'If I just catch their eye with this, not just cable but even a network drama!'
He was confident in his face.
He'd also worked hard on his body lately.
And for acting, he'd been subtly asking Seo-yeon for advice and getting help.
It wasn't for nothing that she'd become famous for her acting—when you asked her about acting, Seo-yeon gave truly sincere advice.
Gaze direction, line delivery methods.
Though she was much younger than him, Jung Hyun-woo learned a lot from Seo-yeon in many ways.
"Huh? The Seo-yeon Seo Challenge?"
Of course, Seo-yeon looked a bit flustered.
"That's supposed to be done with an Aidis chair, there wouldn't be one in a gym—"
"There is! The gym master bought one last time!!"
"……."
Why on earth would they buy an Aidis chair for a gym.
Such thoughts crossed her mind, but with that level of enthusiasm, it didn't seem bad to humor him once.
Besides, most people failed the Seo-yeon Seo Challenge anyway.
Even light women failed at it, so it wouldn't be strange if she failed either.
"Alright then, please sit here."
Jung Hyun-woo took a deep breath.
Then, after glancing at Seo-yeon sitting in the chair, he grabbed the bar on the lower jaw plate.
And lifted it right up!!
Right up…… he couldn't.
"It's not even budging?"
"Actor Jung, put some strength into it."
Heave, heave.
Of course, it wasn't the chair that was heaving, only Jung Hyun-woo's body was heaving diligently.
Unable to watch that sight, the other gym regulars stepped in.
"Hey, this won't work, no way."
"Seo-yeon, how did you do this?"
Without guessing Seo-yeon's weight, the older guys chuckled and backed off.
Of course, the gym master who knew Seo-yeon's InBody results.
"……."
Just trembled at the lips without saying a word.
As if he had expected this to happen.
"Jung Hyun-woo is cute."
"The male actor who came out at the same gym as Seo-yeon Seo? I know him, he's on cable shows right?"
"Really?"
The second person who benefited from this
It was funny that he couldn't lift Seo-yeon's chair, plus he had a handsome face and a good body.
Roughly those kinds of reactions.
Of course, separate from that, there was also the balloon muscle controversy over the fact that he couldn't lift Seo-yeon.
- If he couldn't lift Seo-yeon why is it balloon muscles?
- Ahem
- Still, Seo-yeon smiling at the guy who couldn't lift her is so pretty...
- Wait, how old are you above?
In fact, after
Naturally, Jung Hyun-woo came to the gym and bowed deeply to Seo-yeon to express his gratitude—that was a given.
That was how Lamiel and Jung Hyun-woo gained greatly.
But there was also someone who was harmed.
It was Seo-yeon Seo's father, Joo Young-bin.
- A wife like Soo-ah and daughters like Seo-yeon or Soo-yeon... gotta kill them, right?
- Dragged away by Seo-yeon Seo, how did you survive
- I... work at Raywill Games... every time I see the team leader these days it's so funny and I'm jealous....
He had effectively become a community superstar.
If anything blew up at Raywill Games in the future, he would be the first to be dragged out and beaten.
- Soo-ah was the woman who would become my mother
- Are you crazy
- Mama Soo-ah....
In contrast, Soo-ah had nothing but a good image.
The same went for Soo-yeon.
'Did... my image get better?'
Seo-yeon was uncertain whether the original purpose of filming the observation variety show had been achieved.
***
After that, the Seo-yeon Seo episode concluded to favorable reviews.
In the case of
"Please come on again later! I'll prepare a regular spot for you later!!"
She had said that with such fervor she seemed ready to bury her head in the ground right then and there.
She couldn't help but do so—the viewership for episode 2 of
Since it recorded a figure rarely seen after internet broadcasting became the mainstream.
So, it wasn't only
"By any chance, are you close with Actor Seo-yeon Seo? Could she come on our variety show too?"
"Get someone from Nova Entertainment to reach out. Actor Seo-yeon Seo's variety sense is no joke."
Various broadcasters, including KMB who had already been close with Seo-yeon, reached out.
Asking her to film just one more variety show.
Of course, Seo-yeon did enjoy filming variety shows.
'It'll be difficult for a while.'
She would do it if the opportunity arose, but right now her schedule was too backed up.
Besides, after her appearance on
'If it's image improvement, it is improvement.'
The fighting with a gorilla wielding a strange spear had decreased significantly.
Partly because the Han Cheol meme that had spread online was already old, too.
The intellectual top student image she had tried to create through
That meant she had become that much more familiar to people.
'The murderer image created by Cha Soo-ah seems to have really faded a lot.'
She felt that was fortunate.
Because she'd had thoughts like, what if she kept getting cast only as villains.
But if she kept filming variety shows like this, she felt her image would become too light, so she planned to moderate it appropriately.
"But, Seo-yeon Seo."
"Yeah."
"Did it really have to be fishing?"
Lee Ji-yeon asked seriously.
Today was the day they were meeting Actor Lee Sang-soo, as previously promised.
Sea fishing, just like when they filmed
For reference, the members were almost the same too.
Just without the PD or staff.
"It's my first time fishing, and I've barely ever been on a boat either."
"Perfect."
Seo-yeon answered casually, then organized her things.
Anyway, since they were going to meet Actor Lee Sang-soo today, it would have been a bit much to go alone.
That was because the protagonist of
Even Jo Seo-hee had personally contacted her yesterday.
Asking if she could come too.
However, no matter what, she drew the line at all three of them going.
Jo Seo-hee seemed a bit disappointed, but apparently understood to some degree.
"Instead, please, please, please take good care of Actor Lee Sang-soo. But……"
"But?"
"Even if Director Baek Min says Actor Lee Sang-soo will appear, it seems he wants to see the acting once."
At Jo Seo-hee's words, Seo-yeon furrowed her brows.
Of course, casting an actor based only on their name value without seeing their acting wasn't good.
She knew that.
'Whether Actor Lee Sang-soo would accept that or not.'
Originally, Actor Lee Sang-soo was in a very pessimistic state about acting.
In fact, a few years from now, he would naturally decide to retire.
Actor Lee Sang-soo's final work would end up being some Hollywood movie people couldn't even remember.
Seo-yeon didn't want that.
"Ah, Miss Seo-yeon, you always look healthy."
And at the meeting place, Actor Lee Sang-soo laughed heartily and welcomed the two.
Ji-yeon, who came with Seo-yeon, seemed a bit awkward, but Actor Lee Sang-soo too.
And Actor Song Kwang-min, who always stuck by his side, also welcomed them with a smile.
Anyway, having more fishing beginners was a welcome thing for them.
Especially if that beginner was a girl young enough to be their daughter.
"Actor-nim, here you go. Is this what you're looking for?"
"Oh, thank you. Miss Ji-yeon is very on the ball."
The fishing that started after boarding the boat like that.
The two men who had been awkward around Ji-yeon at first quickly loosened up.
Because Ji-yeon, who had initially wondered why she came along, was treating them very affectionately.
Watching her quickly wind the fishing reel, Seo-yeon could only find it fascinating.
'Social life is no joke.'
Well, that's probably why she was good at internet broadcasting too.
Anyway, even if Ji-yeon wasn't good at fishing, she was working hard to support in other areas.
She was good at conversation, and whenever Actor Lee Sang-soo seemed to be looking for something, she brought it over like a ghost.
"It'd be nice to have a daughter like Miss Ji-yeon."
"Right? She's very on the ball."
The two exchanged such conversation.
Listening quietly, Seo-yeon's eyes narrowed.
They'd gone fishing together frequently, but they'd never once told Seo-yeon it'd be nice to have a daughter like her.
Of course, unaware of Seo-yeon's thoughts, the two actors looked out at the sea, laughed heartily, and continued talking.
"And watching Miss Seo-yeon, it'd be nice to raise a puppy too."
"Ah, I know what you mean."
A conversation between the two who didn't know Seo-yeon was eavesdropping.
Wait, Ji-yeon is a daughter, and why am I a puppy?
Seo-yeon felt unreasonably petty about it.