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Post: Watched The Chaser, but I have one question
So if Hong Jung-hee and Cha Seo-ah fight, who wins?????
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- Who is Hong Jung-hee?
ㄴ The role Joo Seo-yeon played in the play
- If Cha Seo-ah chops Hong Jung-hee's head with an axe, she dies
- You never know, Hong Jung-hee might have a disability buff
ㄴ Are you really a crazy bastard?
- I'm Cha Seo-ah, I win
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As
Because Seoyeon had taken on villainous roles consecutively after her return, talks about her came out like memes.
In addition, cinematically, the most talked-about topic was undoubtedly the convenience store ahjumma.
"Why would she speak there?" some argued.
However, the counterargument that it would be weirder not to reveal it since Cha Seo-ah was originally a part-time student working at a convenience store held its ground firmly.
- Still, it's only at this level because Han Ye-hwa survived
- If she died, I think someone would've gone after the actress lol
Anyway, because it became such a hot topic in the community, it was only natural that attention was focused on the most talked-about actor in this movie.
- Is this Dream Future thing real?? That Joo Seo-yeon's screentime was reduced
- You believe the articles? ㅋㅋㅋ The role probably just didn't have much screentime from the start
- But Joo Seo-yeon carried the buzz in episode 1???
- It's true that Song So-ha's weight is small though
- Isn't it not her weight but just her presence that was lacking??
As the episodes progressed, the screentime for Jo Ha-rin, or Seoyeon, decreased.
The number of mentions regarding this gradually increased.
It reached its peak with episodes 5 and 6, which aired the week after
It was to the point where anyone could feel the reluctance to give Jo Ha-rin any screentime.
By this point, viewers slowly began to feel something was off.
- Wasn't Jo Ha-rin the female lead?
- The protagonist is Song So-ha... but did they really need to reduce Jo Ha-rin's role this much???
Such posts even appeared on the broadcaster's message board.
Naturally, other communities were no exception.
And finally.
"I, Bong-sik, guarantee you, this is definitely the drama writer reducing her screentime."
- Bong-sik, it was in the articles.
"Ah, of course I saw that too. But look at the method, it's malicious. I went to the broadcasting station to do some digging, and it seems there's talk internally. They say the drama writer is being stubborn."
- The drama writer is the weaker party, how is that possible? Is she a star writer?
"I don't know if she's a star writer, but she definitely has some power. Especially, I heard she likes actor Park Jung-woo. And as you know, actor Joo Seo-yeon gets entangled with actor Park Jung-woo in many ways, right? So they say that's why."
Starting with the words of 1.3 million-subscriber YouTuber Han Bong-sik, rumors about this began to spread in earnest.
***
"Yes? Replace the drama writer? So suddenly?"
"It's not sudden, Writer Lim."
Director Kim Pil-seok sighed as if he had a headache.
"With talks going around like this, huh? What is this really."
As
Yes, that much was understandable.
As always, when an actor garners attention, interest naturally goes to other roles as well.
If that role was Jo Ha-rin, who had the exact opposite image of Cha Seo-ah, even more so.
However, that didn't dramatically increase the viewership ratings.
While the ripple effect of one actor to this extent was impressive enough, that alone couldn't keep the viewers hooked.
But then, the articles about her abuse of power spread, drawing even bigger attention.
Mainly in a negative way.
"PD Baek asked them not to kick you off, but the higher-ups spoke up. You heard, right?"
"I, I heard, but."
Lim Jin-ha said in a bewildered tone.
"Well, PD Baek did speak up, and it was an issue where we couldn't easily make a decision due to the risks of replacing the writer... but what can we do when the higher-ups say so? Writer Lim, did you perhaps get on the higher-ups' bad side?"
Even with those words, Lim Jin-ha had no idea what was going on.
Only the fact that she was leaving the drama kept swirling in her head.
"Well, it's not like you're completely blacklisted or it's the end because of this... so don't take it too badly. There's this issue, you see."
Director Kim Pil-seok said so, but inwardly he scoffed.
Because with PD Baek as her backer all this time, she had been difficult to control this way and that, so he rather thought it was a good thing this happened.
'It's not the end, it's not the end.'
Ha Tae-oh, the current head of the drama department, was not someone who would carelessly send others to ruin.
So this was an extremely exceptional case, but with a fully understandable reason.
Public opinion of the viewers.
And the internal problems.
The fact that the viewership ratings had been noticeably dropping recently.
The replacement was decided by combining all those problems.
'But with this, her reputation as a drama writer must have hit rock bottom.'
To climb back up from here, she would need much more effort than before.
Would Lim Jin-ha be able to do that?
With her poor internal evaluations from all sides, honestly, he thought it would be difficult.
Even if Director Ha Tae-oh hadn't blacklisted her, Lim Jin-ha was already blacklisted everywhere.
"So please take a good rest and gather yourself for a while."
At those words, Lim Jin-ha lost her mind.
And when she came to her senses, she was already back home.
She didn't even remember how she got home.
Bzzzz.
At that moment, the phone in Lim Jin-ha's hand rang.
Looking at the screen.
- I'm sorry, Writer Lim, I don't think this will work
A late text from PD Baek.
Seeing that, Lim Jin-ha dropped her phone from her hand.
As if her last hope had been broken.
***
Anyway, while all sorts of commotion was happening within KMB.
Seoyeon was resting comfortably at home for the first time in a while.
"Our daughter is now a ten-million actor! By the time the next drama airs today, it'll probably hit ten million!!"
Sua said in an excited tone.
"Mom, I want to watch the movie my sister filmed too."
Su-yeon whined, tugging at Sua's skirt.
But even if she wanted to watch it, Su-yeon, who was now a kindergartener, couldn't possibly watch
"Let's wait until our Su-yeon is a bit older, okay?"
"Hmph."
Seeing her whining younger sister, Seoyeon felt somewhat uplifted.
A ten-million actor.
Honestly, it didn't feel real.
For reference, Park Jung-woo became a ten-million actor at a younger age than her.
Perhaps because of that, Park Jung-woo had advised her.
"All sorts of issues will chase you for a while. And journalists will be watching you."
So he told her to keep a low profile for a while and only go to designated places.
School, home, and the filming set.
For the time being, she was in a position where she couldn't easily visit her agency either.
"Seoyeon, did you know Actor Hwang Min-hwa came looking for you?"
Manager Park Eun-ha said in an excited voice.
It was because Seoyeon had absolutely crushed the movie
At this rate, it was obvious it would finish at 4 million.
Since the break-even point itself was 4 million, it would barely recoup the production cost before leaving the screens.
It would probably be the bitter first failure of Actor Hwang Min-hwa's life.
Thinking that it was because of Seoyeon's
"Our Seoyeon, let's keep riding this wave of success!"
Manager Park Eun-ha said and hugged Seoyeon tightly.
It was awkward at first, but after learning that Seoyeon had a surprisingly puppy-like personality, she frequently did such things.
That was why she especially didn't want to let her meet Hwang Min-hwa.
How dare that Chihuahua whose head is always full of anger approach our Retriever.
Anyway, because of that, Seoyeon always rested at home when taking a break lately.
Other than that, the convenience store and the gym were the only fixed routes Seoyeon regularly visited.
For reference, in Cho Seo-hee's case.
[Congrats, this will hit ten million]
Just a congratulatory message came.
She thought it was an unusually mild message, but...
[I'll visit you next time]
A very determined and meaningful message followed.
Seoyeon looked at it for a moment and tilted her head.
She wondered if it was because of the movie mentioned previously.
"How was it for Mom and Dad?"
"Hmm?"
"My movie."
At Seoyeon's words, Sua had gone to the movie theater with her husband Joo Young-bin the day before yesterday.
Of course, the movie they watched was
Young-bin had joked about watching
As for the impressions of the two who watched it.
"I didn't know our daughter could act like that."
"R-really?"
"Yeah, somehow it made Mom feel very sad too."
Cha Seo-ah was a patient with 'Alexithymia' (emotional expression disorder).
Of course, Seoyeon didn't have such a condition, but when she was young, she briefly had problems related to emotions.
Was it because of that?
Or was it because Cha Seo-ah's emotions, and that sadness, were felt even beyond the screen, Sua's tears inadvertently fell.
There were definitely scary parts, and tension that made your palms sweat.
She enjoyed the movie, but that was the feeling she had.
"...Really? Did Dad feel the same way?"
"Yeah, you have no idea how much Dad worried about you."
At Sua's impression, Seoyeon felt her heart inexplicably choke up.
He was a dad she wanted to punch every time he teased her, but she thought he had that side to him too.
"Ah, thinking of Dad reminds me, he said a package for him arrived at the front door earlier. Seoyeon, can you bring it inside?"
"Yes."
Holding her inexplicably choked-up heart, Seoyeon saw a box placed at the door.
Because it was quite large, as she picked it up, Seoyeon casually saw the name of the item.
[Product Name:
"...."
She vowed to definitely give him a smack when Dad came home from work.
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At the time when
The filming of episodes 7 and 8, where the script was hastily revised after the drama writer was replaced.
Since it was a situation where they were urgently shooting the content to be aired this very week, the staff were all going crazy.
"H-hello. T-the script will be handled by me for the time being..."
Seoyeon looked at the person bowing deeply.
'Small.'
She was at least a head smaller than Seoyeon.
But she was an adult woman at least six years older than Seoyeon.
She heard she became a drama writer right after graduating from college.
"Ah, she's the writer who participated as an assistant writer in the movie I appeared in before. Her name is Writer Min Se-hee."
Park Jung-woo explained on behalf of the stuttering Min Se-hee.
"And she was also participating as an assistant writer in
"Ah, really? I didn't know."
"Yeah, as you can see, she's shy."
Indeed, Min Se-hee was hesitating a lot and glancing at Seoyeon.
"Still, her skills are certain. She's also ambitious. I asked her if she could participate as an assistant writer for
"Ah-ha."
At Seoyeon's ambiguous reaction, whether she was surprised or not, Park Jung-woo scoffed.
For reference, despite joining that way, Min Se-hee hadn't been able to participate significantly in the script so far.
That was because of Lim Jin-ha.
Since it was Park Jung-woo's request, she readily let Min Se-hee participate as an assistant writer, but it seemed she didn't really like it.
"From what I saw, the revised script was really good. You can look forward to it."
"...Yes?"
"Your screentime has increased quite a bit. Of course, without harming the main lead's weight."
"Is that so."
At Park Jung-woo's words, Seoyeon felt a bit hesitant.
'Why on earth.'
Originally, Seoyeon was in a situation where she wouldn't have to film
But her weight had increased.
'...'
Somehow, she didn't have a good feeling about it.
Because she had a feeling that her role hadn't just increased a little.