"Harara Shorts? What is this."
The female lead of
It was a shorts video of the play that recently took place at 'Mirinae Land'.
There were two types.
One was a promotional video posted directly by Mirinae Land.
The other was a video of the play filmed by other audience members from various angles.
Since it was a children's play, they didn't strictly stop people from filming, which was why these videos could be uploaded.
"Ju Seo-yeon?"
For a moment, Go Mi-eun doubted her eyes.
Because the female lead of the Harara play was none other than Ju Seo-yeon.
'Don't tell me she squeezed in time to do a play while filming
When on earth did she even practice?
In the promotional video, Seo-yeon was performing action sequences, almost flying through the air against a giant bear doll.
Doing wire action like that wasn't something that could be achieved with just one or two practices.
Then did she go and practice every spare moment she had, while filming
Honestly, the pay for children's plays like that is very tight.
Therefore, unless it was a special circumstance, a celebrity of a certain status wouldn't appear in it.
Of course, if you asked whether Ju Seo-yeon was a celebrity of that high a status, I wouldn't really know.
That's because she was a young actress who had only been active for a year.
'But, she's in a position where she could easily inflate her market value.'
Even so, there was absolutely no way she would appear in a children's play like that for free.
A trending actor right now.
So she had no reason to raise her awareness through a children's play like that.
- No lollll After the last Harara Shorts, she actually performed in a real play this time lollll
- See, I told you the last Shorts was done by the Harara promo team
- Or maybe they saw that and cast her?
- But I regret not going to this Harara play ㅠㅠ I heard Jo Seo-hee was there too
- It was a play that both adults and kids liked^^;;
Reading the YouTube comments, Go Mi-eun frowned.
Because a certain word caught her attention.
'Jo Seo-hee?'
There was no way she wouldn't know her.
She had properly made her mark right when Mi-eun was in the middle of filming a drama.
In just three years, she became the most mentioned figure among young actors, alongside Park Jung-woo.
For a while, her appearance frequency was so high that just flipping the channel would bring up a drama or movie starring Jo Seo-hee.
That was because it was rare to find an actress of that age who could act like that.
To the extent that the roles of middle and high schoolers in dramas were virtually monopolized by Jo Seo-hee.
Lately, she was briefly mentioned for the now-vacant position of the Nation's Little Sister.
"Jo Seo-hee is pretty, but as a little sister, she's a bit..."
"If a little sister like that was at home, I probably wouldn't even be able to talk to her."
Because there were many such opinions, she couldn't grab the title of Nation's Little Sister.
Because of that, Jo Seo-hee stomped her feet at home feeling unjustly treated, but there was no way Go Mi-eun would know about that.
'Why is Jo Seo-hee at Mirinae Land?'
Ju Seo-yeon was one thing, but Jo Seo-hee really had no reason to do a play like that.
Come to think of it, rumors that Jo Seo-hee was the daughter of a chaebol family had been circulating for a while.
There was a speculated family, but since she didn't work with their affiliates, it remained just a rumor...
- Ju Seo-yeon and Jo Seo-hee must be really close lollll
- Honestly, if you watch the last Hyper Action Star, it's a known fact
- When Jo Seo-hee betrayed her then, Ju Seo-yeon's expression like she lost her country was so funny lmaooo
- Looks like Jo Seo-hee called her and they went out together this time too
- People who went to see the play have insane luck, they said that level of play quality won't come out again
- Honestly I thought it'd be amateurish since they're not originally stage actors, but it was several times better lol
- They aren't called genius actors for nothing yeah;
Could they really be friends?
Thinking about it, their ages were similar, so it wasn't impossible.
Jo Seo-hee was in a position that even Go Mi-eun dared not mess with.
As an actress, and on top of that, the daughter of a chaebol family—how could she mess with her?
'And if Ju Seo-yeon is close with someone like Jo Seo-hee...'
This too was a realm Go Mi-eun could do nothing about.
Go Mi-eun clenched her teeth.
"Mi-eun, are you looking at internet reactions again? Don't worry too much."
"That's right.
"Today will be completely different. We've packed in the romance now, so all eyes will be on it."
As she stared piercingly at her phone like that, fellow actors and staff members spoke to Go Mi-eun.
Seeing her continuous bad expression, they figured she was bothered by being beaten in viewership ratings last week.
Actually, that was correct.
The reason Go Mi-eun was looking up every single video of Ju Seo-yeon was all because of
"Honestly, I couldn't understand it."
"About what?"
"
"Ah, I thought I was the only one. Plus, in the latest episode, they suddenly push her off a cliff."
The staff continuously spat out slander about
That slander rather meant that
Until last week, talk about
People slander something when it's truly bad.
Or when they feel threatened by it and develop a sense of competition.
This time, it was the latter.
Everyone present was feeling that.
"They only gathered viewership with a makjang progression last week. Plus, actress Ju Seo-yeon appeared on Mask Singer too. It was even the King of Kings special, so it's natural viewers flocked to it."
"Nah, that kind of trick won't last long. The drama has to be good for the viewership to be maintained."
"Right, right."
At the staff's words, Go Mi-eun finally felt a little better.
Even if they were lip service spoken to improve Go Mi-eun's mood, it somehow felt persuasive.
[
[
[1 percent difference last week. What about this week?]
Checking the uploaded internet articles once again, Go Mi-eun turned off her smartphone.
It was still only a 1 percent difference.
Rather, it wasn't a big difference considering all the aggro
'This year must be my year.'
Making that resolution, Go Mi-eun went into filming.
Resolving to absolutely not lose to Ju Seo-yeon.
But.
[
[6 percent viewership difference with
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[What kind of drama is
[Grand Game, collapsing like this? Viewership -2% compared to last week]
A person's life never goes as one wishes.
***
"Congratulations."
KMB Broadcasting Station, hallway heading to the cafeteria.
PD Baek Tae-su bowed his head and greeted Director Ha Tae-o.
"I heard the viewership rose to 22 percent this week. For
"Ah, it did. That's why the atmosphere in the drama department is very good."
Ha Tae-o stared for a moment at Baek Tae-su, who was looking at him with a smiling face.
"Isn't
"Hahaha, right. It's truly an undeserved achievement."
"KMB's momentum is very good lately. Virtually all of our dramas are winning in the same time slots, aren't they? It would be great if it just continues like this."
At Ha Tae-o's words, the corners of Baek Tae-su's mouth trembled slightly.
But it was only for a very brief moment.
"Of course it should. Ah, speaking of which, I've heard there are many cases where other broadcasting stations recently want actress Ju Seo-yeon too."
"Even with Mask Singer recently, it wasn't actually our variety show."
"Still, it eventually had a positive effect on our side... but we don't know about the future."
At Baek Tae-su's words, Ha Tae-o looked at him for a moment and smiled.
"How can an actor only work with one broadcasting station? It's a natural thing."
"That's true. But I heard that you, Director, like actress Ju Seo-yeon. I brought it up because it seemed like it would be a shame."
Even this
From the start, the plot had some subtle aspects for public broadcast.
It was a drama that would have been scheduled in an ambiguous time slot or day originally.
But when word came out that Ju Seo-yeon was participating in this
And that move paid off properly, proving it with the current results.
"It's not the actor, but the work that I made the decision on. Isn't it refreshing,
"……."
"There's no need to cling too much to a winning formula."
"You're right."
Finishing that conversation, Baek Tae-su and Ha Tae-o turned their backs to each other.
Baek Tae-su turned his back with a smiling face, but his eyes couldn't smile.
'A winning formula, huh.'
It wasn't a wrong statement.
He had no intention of shifting the blame to anyone.
No matter how much the staff and actors wanted to change the plot, saying they needed to care about the main viewer demographic.
When the writer and director were also burdened, wondering if this plot wasn't suitable for public broadcast.
He just needed to be the one to fix it.
He needed to take a bit of an unreasonable risk.
'The position of director might be dulling my blade.'
The burden of not being allowed to fail made him unable to throw a gamble.
Of course,
As Ha Tae-o said, in the situation where the 2nd department was just being created, this level of achievement was considered sufficiently excellent.
But people would only remember
'I lost the first round.'
Baek Tae-su stopped walking for a moment and turned around.
Ha Tae-o was nowhere to be seen, having already disappeared into the cafeteria.
Seizing the initiative.
In the first fight, Ha Tae-o completely seized the initiative from him.
But he had no intention of losing next time.
'Ju Seo-yeon.'
All of this was created by a single actor.
The explosive power shown in
An intense explosive power that made it hard to believe she had only been active for a year.
'It won't be easy next time. Ha Tae-o.'
Baek Tae-su thought so as he walked down the hallway.
Now, there was truly not much time left until the drama 2nd department was launched.
***
"Hello, this is Bong-sik."
1.42 million subscriber YouTuber, Han Bong-sik, said with a smiling face.
"I told you, right? Kyah, this
- You're crazy Bong-sik
- Why don't you just become a shaman?
- Quarter champion daebak it happened just as you said
"Didn't I say it? This
Today, he had reviewed episodes 13 and 14 of
As if proving the aggro in the previous episode 12 wasn't just luck, episodes 13 and 14 progressed like a raging storm.
Stabbed and fallen into the valley, Lee Yoo-ju almost died.
By chance, a classmate passing by below, Song Ga-yeon, ended up saving her.
- I wondered why Song Ga-yeon appeared in episode 11, it was because of this
- But isn't this a continuity error? Ju Seo-yeon falls down a valley and gets hurt?
- No she can get hurt;;;
- Ju Seo-yeon is human too, human!!
- Everyone, the one who fell isn't Ju Seo-yeon, it's Lee Yoo-ju.
Anyway, with such jokes being exchanged, the truth of
「I-I won against oppa for the first time. But, if Lee Yoo-ju ends up helping oppa...」
The expectations of her parents, from whom she had once grown distant.
It was a time when she had barely regained it.
Since childhood, for the first time, her parents had expectations for her, and Min-seo wanted to meet those expectations.
But what if Lee Yoo-ju helped Min-hyeok?
Clearly, all the attention would turn back to Min-hyeok.
So, it was impulsive.
All of this.
「Lee Yoo-ju, she only sees me as a stepping stone anyway, right? I'm not doing anything wrong.」
Muttering such words, Min-seo rationalized herself and prepared to commit the crime.
Min-seo knew it too.
The fact that Lee Yoo-ju was only affectionate to her was because her target was Min-hyeok from the start.
The eldest son expected to lead the Lee Hyuk-soo family.
Her twin brother.
To prove her skills to him and climb to a higher place.
Lee Yoo-ju used Min-seo as a stepping stone.
Min-seo also knew that fact and accepted it, but she couldn't just stand by and watch Lee Yoo-ju step on her and move on to Min-hyeok.
Therefore.
「I did it, I did it.」
Min-seo collapsed as she said those words.
Looking at Yoo-ju fallen below the valley, she smiled with terror-filled eyes.
As if this ended everything.
And the story unfolds again from Yoo-ju's perspective.
Saved by Song Ga-yeon, Lee Yoo-ju receives treatment at the hospital and looks at Song Ga-yeon, who helped her, as if she couldn't understand her. She was grateful for the help, but she wondered if there was any reason to go this far for her.
What benefit could there be?
She continued to harbor such doubts about Song Ga-yeon.
Was she also trying to use her?
But.
「Friends help each other.」
Song Ga-yeon said so with a bright smile.
She wasn't a child from a great family like the others.
Of course, since she was staying in 'Heaven's Garden', she bordered on the upper class in her own way.
Did they say she was the daughter of a doctor who ran a small clinic?
Because Lee Yoo-ju couldn't feel any merit from her, she was a non-existent person at school.
She was a person who was like a ghost.
But at Song Ga-yeon's words, Lee Yoo-ju experienced a change of heart.
「But Yoo-ju, what do you want to do?」
「What?」
「You study so well and have so many talents. So I figured you'd have a lot of things you want to do.」
In a hospital room of the small hospital run by Song Ga-yeon's father.
The two had such a conversation.
Song Ga-yeon didn't envy Lee Yoo-ju.
She just asked out of pure curiosity.
What do you want to do?
Those words.
「I...」
At those words, Lee Yoo-ju was momentarily speechless.
She had already decided in her heart what she wanted to do and what she had to do.
But, why?
Lee Yoo-ju couldn't give any answer to those words.
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With Lee Yoo-ju looking at Song Ga-yeon with shaking eyes like that, episode 14 ended.
In a state where the future development couldn't be predicted at all.
- Wow but Ju Seo-yeon's acting in this part is crazy
- The emotional line was really good even without many lines it makes you feel a bit choked up
Comments that rarely came up seriously were seen.
Bong-sik also sympathized with those words.
"If you look at this, the acting of Yoo-ju in this part is different from the previous acting. There are parts where it's conveyed more emotionally."
He didn't know the reason.
He just wondered if she just acted like that?
'It's acting that she really agonized over a lot.'
As much as what is commonly called method acting, it felt like she had perfectly immersed herself in the role.
Being able to convey emotions to viewers to this extent meant that she empathized with the role that much.
It was good before, but now it was incomparable to back then.
Yes, from the episodes after filming
'Did something happen then?'
Anyway, Seo-yeon's acting like that hit the mark perfectly.
Because everything was being proven by the viewership ratings.
"I'm telling you, it's hard to believe she's the same person."
Saying that, Bong-sik played the Harara Shorts.
The Harara play Shorts that recently unfolded at 'Mirinae Park'.
For reference, it was an edited video of clips filmed by audience members, not official ones.
In it, there were videos filmed from various angles.
Among them, from the far right of the stage, there was one that captured the face of Harara the moment she turned her back, which was usually unseen.
A face that a regular audience member couldn't see.
There, was Seo-yeon's face full of shame.
Seo-yeon's expression, flushed bright red, which couldn't normally be seen on broadcast, was visible.
At the sight of Seo-yeon chewing on her lower lip and her hands trembling.
- Kyah lollll This is it lollll
- This scratches the itch Ju Seo-yeon are you embarrassed by the tokusatsu show?????
- That's why she didn't show it where the audience could see lollll
- Even a gorilla can be cute
- Don't call her a gorilla lollll
It was, in a way, natural that only such videos and clips were cut and uploaded to various communities.
Of course, Seo-yeon, who saw it late.
"H-hi, Seo-yeon?"
"The play yesterday, it was good."
"……."
Receiving the greetings of her classmates, she had no choice but to bury her head in her desk.
'How am I going to show my face at school from now on?'
Seo-yeon's earlobes, with her head buried in the desk, burned red.
In Seo-yeon's life, it was probably a shame she would never experience again.