episode_0047

I’m dazed. I can’t think of anything.

“….”

I was experiencing firsthand that screaming is only possible after a reasonable amount of shock. After experiencing a bizarre miracle, my body could only freeze like a stone statue.

Like time had stopped.

It was quite a while later that Soo-ah was able to calmly retrace what she had experienced. With a huge amount of unfamiliarity.

“Again, again… just one more time…”

Soo-ah placed her hands on the keyboard again.

Do, Mi, Sol. Fingers press the keys very slowly due to awkwardness.

But the sounds that are born are all clear.

It was a strange thing. Soo-ah knew she had a tin ear.

But how do I know the sound is clear now?

Da-ra-ran—

The performance continues. She didn’t need sheet music.

When she tried to express her emotions as melodies, her fingers moved smoothly. Along with a feeling that made her ears feel cozy.

Soo-ah had never properly learned to play an instrument.

To be precise, she once went to a piano academy to find her aptitude, but her fingers were as stiff as a robot, so she quit right away.

But it’s different now.

It was as if her ten fingers had different personalities. On the keyboard that formed the crosswalk, ten snow rabbits on Soo-ah’s fingernails hopped around.

“…Ha.”

Sweat dripped from under her ears.

It would be a lie to say she didn’t expect anything at all.

She also had some expectations in mind.

However, what was given to her was a result that overwhelmed all expectations. What people commonly refer to as a miracle. Soo-ah’s heart swelled greatly.

“The sound is so pretty…”

Soo-ah murmured as if possessed.

The fruits that someone would spend a lifetime carving and refining were in her grasp. Her ears, which had become sensitive in the meantime, kept whispering. That she would be perfectly fine even if she mingled with music majors right now.

A special perk, it’s not a special perk for nothing.

Soo-ah, who soon stopped playing, checked the new information.

“Ugh, wait a minute, there’s so much in my head…”

Sonatas, Hanon, Czerny 30, etc. Sheet music to hone the weapon called the keyboard was perfectly in Soo-ah’s head.

Is that all?

Soo-ah grabbed a blank piece of paper and a pen that were nearby as if possessed. She had so much to write down.

The staff and ledger lines, treble and bass clefs, note names, accidentals, bar lines and measures… all of these form a shape close to perfection as if measured with a ruler.

Before she knew it, she had become well-versed in theory as well.

“….”

Soo-ah’s whole body was soaked in sweat.

Every joint trembled. But it wasn’t caused by fear. This was also just a type of thrill.

“…No way.”

It started with a light question.

How much does script experience affect the body?

Now she knows the answer.

It has a tremendous impact. It’s a perfect implementation.

“So, this is what injection meant.”

Of course, the results Soo-ah obtained weren’t free. To get this income, she had to forcibly experience the life of the genius Ryu Hyun-ah hundreds of times. Perhaps eons of time.

But that’s okay. After all, it feels like a moment after the experience is over. It was worth it for the result.

“….”

Soo-ah’s hands no longer trembled.

However, the corners of her lips formed an arc.

‘I’ll be able to challenge myself in various genres. It feels like the road ahead is wide open.’

Also, what Soo-ah had to do became clearer.

Meet better people and use them to get better scripts. It was a stepping stone to raise Soo-ah up.

Soo-ah, who was imagining what she would look like in a few years.

“….”

Quietly licked her lips. Just thinking about it made her lips feel parched.

“Is there any other script?”

She wanted to find another script as soon as possible.

Action, comedy, cyberpunk, fantasy… there are so many genres in the world. She wanted to inject them all into her body.

But then.

─♩♪♬

Soo-ah’s phone rang.

The caller was writer Lee Geum-sook. In the past, she would have been surprised just by seeing the name, but now Soo-ah was more concerned about something else.

‘Annoying.’

The sound of the phone spreading through the speaker, Soo-ah felt it as an unrefined noise. She even narrowed her brows without realizing it. Her ears had gotten better before she knew it.

Soo-ah answered the phone, feeling various emotions.

“Hello.”

“Our Arctic Fox-ssi, was the script okay?”

Writer Lee Geum-sook said with an expectant voice.

“It’s time to show Soo-ah-yang’s interpretation. It’s in a week.”

Finally, it was time to start filming.

◈◈◈◈◈

Director Kim Joon-gi’s production room was always red.

The red lighting started it, and the posters of director Kim Joon-gi that were attached everywhere punctuated it. All of them were sexually suggestive.

All of them were actresses, and all of them were dressed as if they were wearing clothes. They were even taking provocative poses.

But the space, which was even hot with heat, was now very cold. Chief Seo Jae-woo had just finished talking to Kim I-seo, the CEO of Mystic.

The conversation was, of course, a rejection. Mystic’s rookie, Lee Soo-ah, refused the audition for the role of the youngest daughter of a chaebol family.

“So,”

Kim Joon-gi, who was blatantly looking at the poster’s butt, asked.

“A rookie rejected my work even after seeing the script?”

“I’m sorry.”

“No, answer my question. You mean she rejected it?”

“…Yes. That’s right.”

It was as if Chief Seo Jae-woo was standing barefoot on an icy road.

Kim Joon-gi, who was looking at the sexually suggestive poster with lustful eyes, slowly turned around and looked at Chief Seo Jae-woo.

“Chief Seo. You made such a big fuss about finding a gem, so I stopped all the other actors who were begging to audition. Right?”

“That’s right.”

“But now you have to contact them one by one and say, ‘This role is still vacant. Come and audition.’ What do you think they’ll think? Wow, I’m so lucky. Is there an actor as lucky as me in the world? Do you think they’ll think like that?”

“….”

“Oh, I was looking at casting other actors, but it fell through. So, I got a call. Don’t you think they’ll think that?”

“I think they might.”

“Then thoughts naturally spread. Wow, Director Kim Joon-gi is getting rejected even after earning that much. Is that all he was?”

“….”

“Even if you look it up, she’s unknown? Wow, Director Kim Joon-gi is a director who gets rejected even by unknowns? Do you think they’ll think that?”

“….”

“Answer me. Do you think they’ll hear it or not?”

“I would never think that way, but some actors might… I think they might…”

“If you know that, you son of a b*tch!”

Bang!

A bundle of scripts exploded on Chief Seo Jae-woo’s head.

“You should have brought a rookie you were so confident in, or you shouldn’t have brought up the story itself. You should have made sure of one of the two. How dare you handle work like this?”

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry…”

Chief Seo Jae-woo kept bowing his head, but Kim Joon-gi’s mood was already ruined.

After a while, Kim Joon-gi swept his face with the palm of his hand to suppress his anger and said.

“Jae-woo.”

“Yes. Director.”

“Let’s hear the reason for the rejection. What did she say?”

“That’s…”

Seo Jae-woo looked at the expression, but soon decided to be honest.

It wasn’t an atmosphere to lie at all.

“Because she’s a rookie, she’s going to focus on the work she’s doing now…”

“What?”

“She said she was grateful for the offer and wished the movie well…”

“Bullsh*t.”

Kim Joon-gi laughed in disbelief as if he had heard that the moon was hanging in the sky in broad daylight.

“It’s not like she’s guaranteed to be in my work, right? At best, she’s just giving me the chance to audition. But what? She won’t even come because she’s focusing on it?”

If it’s Kim Joon-gi, there are plenty of actors who come to take a look, even though they know they’ll be rejected.

It’s to look good to the director. They deliberately visit to create an atmosphere that ‘this audition is popular’. The more visitors there are, the more the director’s ego will be boosted.

But how dare a rookie reject even the audition?

For the reason that she’s focusing on her own work?

“I’m speechless. Is she a rookie, so she doesn’t see anything?”

“Yes?”

“It means she’s confident that she’ll pass the moment she participates. So, she won’t even come to the audition.”

Chief Seo Jae-woo nodded as he reviewed a few things.

“She’s a pretty good actress. I saw it myself…”

“Is that important now? There’s not just one or two actors who are good at acting. What’s important is that she thinks my work is a joke. What’s her name?”

“Ah, yes. It’s Lee Soo-ah. Her agency is Mystic.”

“Mystic? The place where Kim Seon-il and Seo Yeon-joo are?”

“That’s right.”

Kim Joon-gi rubbed his temples.

“CEO Kim I-seo, I didn’t see her that way. She was a friend who had some sense. Is her head getting bigger because Kim Seon-il and Seo Yeon-joo’s ranks are rising these days? Is her judgment strange?”

Kim Joon-gi sneered.

“She’s trying to raise her rookie by stabbing me in the back? A monster rookie who even turned down Kim Joon-gi’s work, is she trying to put me down by trying to do something like that?”

“I don’t think so. The rejection itself was very polite…”

“Courtesy should be given by actions, not words. If she was polite, that rookie should have come to me and stamped her face on me a long time ago!”

Seo Jae-woo closed his mouth at Kim Joon-gi’s shout.

“It’s the second time Mystic has given me sh*t. Seo Yeon-joo did the same thing last time. They’re pretending to be expensive…”

“Yes.”

Seo Jae-woo nodded.

Kim Joon-gi’s previous work was in a situation where Seo Yeon-joo’s casting was confirmed, but Seo Yeon-joo boldly dropped out during the discussion process of raising the rating from 15 to R.

And Kim Joon-gi, who Chief Seo knew, had a longer grudge than any other director.

“Conceited bastards. I’m going to a directors’ meeting soon anyway, so I’ll have to say something. Don’t accept these poor bastards. How are they going to protect their rice bowl with that kind of rudeness?”

Chief Seo bowed his head at the brutal words.

“I’m sorry. Because of me…”

“You just do your job well for the time being, and don’t think about trying to do anything the way you want. Do you understand? And give the role of the youngest daughter of a chaebol family to someone with the highest name value possible.”

“Yes.”

“So that it looks like she naturally rejected the unknown because she was already set for it. The important thing is to make us look like the boss in any situation. We are the boss, right?”

“Yes!”

After that, the promotion related to Director Kim Joon-gi’s new work began without delay. All preparations except for the role of the youngest daughter of a chaebol family were completed from the beginning, so it had to be fast.

[What is the release date of Director Kim Joon-gi and Park In-sol’s luxurious new work ‘Life is All About Money’?]

[‘Life is All About Money’, Kim Joon-gi 曰. I will show you all the fun you can have with money. The audience should be prepared.]

The director’s new work, which has been a hit every time, is back.

It was enough reason for the internet to burn fiercely.

◈◈◈◈◈

A secret party room in a club.

“Sisters, long time no see!”

“Wow, how long has it been, everyone?”

“It’s been a long time since I took a break.”

Five women gathered in a friendly atmosphere.

‘Neo Live’ was a corporate virtual YouTuber group that gathered virtual YouTubers with various personalities and gained great popularity. All five of them have quite a few subscribers.

As a result of rowing like crazy among the viewers who have been pouring in recently, they are currently running at a very high price.

So much so that a reaction video of B watching A.

A reaction video of C watching B watching A.

A reaction video of D watching C watching B watching A.

Even if you repeat these videos, you can make a lot of money. Neo Live hasn’t caused any controversy yet, which has also contributed to these results.

Even as other companies are exploding due to personality controversies or ideologies, Neo Live is clean. Thanks to this, many viewers flocked to Neo Live, and eventually it became a large company.

The 5 members took a group break today and gathered in a secret party room. To relieve stress and have fun.

Among them, the most notable person right now is.

As always, Go Eun-bi.

“Eun-bi, you’re crazy again today.”

“Why is Eun-bi doing virtual YouTube…?”

“I know, she’s much prettier in real life…”

The other members who covered their lower faces with masks spoke in unison.

Go Eun-bi confidently revealed her face. She was wearing pigtails, a DiMarup dress, and her long nails were decorated with fancy nail art.

She was full of big ribbons everywhere, which was a fashion that is often called ‘menhera’ on the internet.

“Isn’t Eun-bi’s red pill going to burst? It’s a good thing.”

“I know. Should I just explode it?”

As if she had heard these compliments once or twice, Go Eun-bi’s reaction was indifferent. Without any special reaction, she glanced around and parted her lips.

“Enough with my compliments. More than that, unnie, you seem to be in a good mood today? You looked like you were about to die before.”

Then, the woman wearing a black mask was silent for a moment. It was also then that the other members tilted their heads at the same time.

“Oh, that’s right? Unnie, you’re not crying today?”

“You used to cry every time I met you, but you’re smiling today?”

Then, the woman wearing a black mask thought for a moment.

“….”

As if she had made a decision, she finally opened her mouth.

“I think the things that I’ve been struggling with are finally going to be resolved. I’ve been thinking about it, and I think I can tell you now.”

At her serious voice, the other members quickly turned off the music. Without anyone saying anything, they filled their glasses with alcohol and continued their questions.

“What is it? I was dying of curiosity.”

“First of all, I said that I was aiming to be an actress until I debuted as a virtual YouTuber, right? I practiced acting all day long.”

“Yeah. You said that on the broadcast too.”

“Actually, the reason I quit was because of a director. You’ll probably know if you hear it. He’s a guy who made a movie that’s the real deal…”

“The real deal? I know. The one that’s cruel and racy!”

The woman wearing a black mask nodded.

“That’s right. But, that was actually a 15-year-old movie at first. But he changed his mind and made it R-rated later. When I found out, he was originally that kind of director. He always changes his words later to make it R-rated.”

“Um, what changed a lot when it became R-rated?”

“Yeah. He suddenly told me to take it off.”

“…Huh?”

A moment of silence.

The woman wearing a black mask continued to speak calmly in front of the wide-eyed members.

“I had no choice but to do as he said. Because he demanded it as if it was so natural, I wondered if it was something I had to do without even knowing it.”

Her breathing became increasingly rapid.

“But he kept asking for more and more. Later, he would meet me privately and make me take it off, and he would even forcibly film me, saying that he had to see how it looked on camera…”

“Crazy! He ordered you to do that?”

“…If he just filmed it, I wouldn’t know, but every time he filmed, he would always say something like that. I’m doing this to try to find a way to make you, an unknown, rise up. You should be grateful.”

“Wow…”

“Later, he eventually demanded that I sleep with him. He said other celebrities had gone through the same process, so I should think of it comfortably and do it…”

The other members stuck out their tongues at the director’s trash-like behavior that was revealed from her mouth. Their expressions were all frowning.

“No, how is such trash working?”

“We have to cut it off.”

“Isn’t there any way to f*ck him over? Isn’t he a real trash bastard? A guy like that is working while being called a director?”

The woman wearing a black mask nodded.

“That’s why I was always having a hard time, but it’s finally been resolved.”

“Really? How?”

“There were a lot of victims besides me. I’ve already submitted a group report to a current affairs program. It’ll be public soon. I heard that the facts have been given to the reporters as well. I’m a little nervous…”

“Unnie won’t be harmed, right?”

“Don’t worry. There are people who have only suffered unfair things like me, and there are also people who have thoroughly collected all the evidence.”

“Hoo, that’s good. What’s the name of that trash director?”

“It’s there. It’s Director Kim Joon-gi. He’ll pay the price properly sometime next week.”

Everyone patted the shoulder of the woman wearing a black mask, saying she had a hard time, but Go Eun-bi quietly shook her head. Along with a short murmur.

“…It’s really creepy. I’m glad I’m a virtual YouTuber.”

Go Eun-bi’s eyes were fixed on her cell phone as she said that. Tadatdak, her long nails tapped on her cell phone.

[Deer: Hey Lee Soo-ah]

[Deer: Unban me, you little b*tch]

[Deer: Unban me, unban me, you hippo]

[Deer: I’m going to beat you until your butt explodes]

[Deer: Or am I really going to jump???]