episode_0117

Kang Hyun-sung PD of ‘Studio Snack’.

After leaving a mark on KBM with major variety shows, he switched to a personal channel, but his sense for pleasing viewers’ tastes became even more excellent.

Changing from an official broadcasting station’s variety show to a YouTube variety show also meant that censorship standards became somewhat broader.

Expanded freedom, accumulated connections, and excellent sense.

Kang Hyun-sung, who had all three, was currently paying attention to one person.

Rookie actress, Lee Sua.

One of the staff members hurriedly took notes.

“You mean to add Sua-ssi to the casting list?”

“Yeah. I think it’s good.”

Kang Hyun-sung PD nodded.

“It’s rare to raise an arctic fox, and it also has a feeling that’s the complete opposite of her character. The dynamic is interesting.”

However, some staff members belatedly raised opposing opinions.

“But Sua-ssi’s character is too predictable.”

“That’s right. Just looking at her face, you can easily guess what it’ll be like. Cold and not talkative, and in the end, the production team has to step up and make people laugh while she just sits there like a queen…”

Their opinions also made sense.

‘Studio Snack’ is a huge channel that can call on actors whose variety skills have been proven, so calling a rookie is no different from willingly taking a risk.

It was then that Kang Hyun-sung PD pointed to the whiteboard with his chin.

“No.”

[ Pet ]

“That’s why this topic is good.”

His gaze became even clearer.

“Is there a human who can perfectly understand the heart of an animal? No, is there even a human who can communicate with animals?”

“Excuse me?”

“Even humans who can talk to each other don’t know each other’s true feelings, so it’s even more so between humans and animals. Perfectly understanding each other is impossible, and because of that, unexpected situations are bound to happen.”

Kang Hyun-sung PD slightly raised the corner of his mouth.

“Of course, we’ll also induce unexpected situations to some extent with missions. And what happens when unexpected situations arise?”

“…Her stoic mask will come off.”

“That’s right. People go wild for that appearance.”

He continued with a slightly excited voice.

“A stoic actress getting flustered by unexpected situations, bursting into laughter at her pet’s absurd behavior. Showing a different side than usual, it’s heartwarming, right?”

“That’s definitely true. The pet itself is such a big variable.”

“It’s also good that we won’t get accused of ‘devil editing’.”

The staff members who had been opposed began to agree before long.

“Anyway, we’re not just calling Lee Sua. We’re going to call a variety of other actors, so let’s mix in one of those kinds of faces too.”

“Yes. I understand.”

After finishing the meeting, Kang Hyun-sung PD took off his hat and smiled.

“I can already hear it. I can hear the sound of views skyrocketing.”

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The next day, early in the morning. Sua’s house.

“Ugh…”

Sua stayed up all night.

Why? Because having fun on her phone was too much fun!

The reason was that wandering the internet world was too fun. To confess honestly, Sua left quite a few comments….

But she didn’t act too ugly! Just agreeing when she saw posts praising Sua? That’s okay, right!

Anyway.

“Ugh, I’m tired. I don’t know if this is okay…”

She was in a position to leave for Mystic headquarters shortly.

Why else, because she was scheduled to be crazy busy again today.

Wasn’t she given a holiday so she could stay up all night? Sua doesn’t care about that! No, to be exact, she aimed to go to bed early, but in the end, she was captured by her desires and ended up on her phone.

─There are too many requests for variety shows and interviews, so I think we need to have a meeting today. I’ll filter out anything that seems too strange in advance, so Sua can check in the afternoon.

Anyway, that’s what Kim Yi-seo said.

‘If I go on a variety show, I have to do it without any special abilities, I’m nervous…’

Even as Sua was thinking that, her phone was still a fireball. The Sua Task Force was burning brightly.

[Monkeying: Ah, I’m going crazy because I’m so busy.]

[Monkeying: The legend is me doing this unpaid.]

[MouseG: My stomach hurts from drinking too much coffee….]

[Monkeying: When are you going to let us have a video call with Lee Suan?]

[Deer: @LeeSua]

[Deer: Hey hey hey check your personal messages please please]

‘I’m grateful to everyone. I need to repay them somehow.’

She was well aware that her friends had been working hard for her lately. Sua pondered for a moment about what to do for them.

[Sua: Okay, let’s definitely set a date for the video call.]

She promised a video call with Lee Suan.

…Well, it’s probably okay since they want it.

And she also proceeded with a personal contact with Deer.

[Sua: Collaboration?]

[Sua: I’m okay with it, but Suan-ssi is a bit….]

It was a matter of course. They’re both me, so how can they go out at the same time?

[Deer: I understand. I’m grateful just for you.]

[Deer: But, Sua, by any chance, that.]

[Deer: What’s your relationship with Suan-ssi?]

[Sua: I told you, we’re just friends.]

Sua narrowed her brow as she wrote the reply.

Do you still suspect that I’m in a relationship with Suan-ssi?

But Deer’s reaction was unexpected.

[Deer: No, ah, that’s not it.]

[Deer: Ah, it’s nothing!]

[Deer: I’ll figure it out somehow.]

“…?”

What’s wrong? Like you committed some kind of accident.

“So what should I do, should I sleep a little bit?”

But even as she said that, she fiddled with her phone.

[@artic_fox_sua]

[🔒Private account]

Posts 1

Followers 50,000

Following 0

She thought about turning her SNS account back to public, but she gave up again. She realized that she was closer to a wolf than a fox, but she hadn’t accepted it yet.

…I need time. It hurts.

“What should I really do? The sun has already risen.”

She drank an energy drink for late-night web surfing, so her condition now is quite unpleasant. If she lies down to sleep, she can’t fall asleep, but she’s too tired to do anything.

But Sua soon decided what to do.

“Ah, right. Let’s sort out that first.”

The scripts that arrived at her house via delivery.

It was almost enough to believe it was moving luggage. There was a great need to clean it up. It was taking up a crazy amount of space.

Sua first placed a large empty box in the center of the space. From now on, she plans to use this as a trash can.

[Adrenaline]

▶ Sufficient implementation elements

▶ Grade 6

“What’s grade 6?”

[Carnival]

▶ Insufficient implementation elements

▶ Grade 5

“…The grade is low, and even the elements are insufficient?”

Sua ruthlessly threw the so-so scripts into the empty box.

In the meantime, the Sua Association also poked its head out.

─Sua sunbae, please choose a good rookie if possible. If a strange tenant moves in, it will be hard for us too.

─Call a guy who’s good at housework….

─Oooo…?

─R, run away!

─Kyaaak!

Sua cleared away her turbulent inner self.

‘Okay. I’ll pick only good ones, so wait.’

But a problem arose.

“Grade 6, grade 5, grade 5, grade 4….”

She couldn’t even see grades 1-2, and she couldn’t even see grade 3, which she once thought was so-so.

Grade 4 is the best? Does that make sense?

‘There are so many scripts, but grade 4 is the best?’

In the end, the script that Sua finally chose was.

[Lies, Lies, Lies.]

▶ Sufficient implementation elements

▶ Grade 5

001 ─ Park Si-yeon (Seo Yeon-joo)

002 ─ Im Soo-hee (Lee Sua)

She finally made up her mind about this.

Of course, there were occasionally grade 4 scripts, but she couldn’t ignore Seo Yeon-joo. Maybe she can somehow overcome the grade difference by utilizing her abilities.

Of course, this was not a weak resolution either.

‘I’m not accepting grade 5. Let’s do our best to change the grade. So that Yeon-joo unnie doesn’t fail.’

At least Sua couldn’t understand it in her head.

Seo Yeon-joo is an undeniable hidden master who can’t be liberated from Yeoncheon-gyeong, it doesn’t make sense. And Im Sua’s puzzle piece is herself too.

“Yeah. Let’s test my abilities once.”

As she muttered that, Sua felt anew.

“…Did my head grow bigger? I can even think like this.”

She was different from before. Quite a lot.

“So, what’s this work about?”

Sua lightly skimmed the front part of the script.

Then, additional information was entered into her special ability.

[Lies, Lies, Lies.]

▶ Crime / Revenge / Politics

The content was not very difficult.

“Ah, that’s why the title is lies. Yeon-joo unnie is a con artist? And I’m a helper who helps Yeon-joo unnie’s crimes.”

It was about Seo Yeon-joo, who came from the streets, constantly committing large-scale scams and succeeding. Sua is a character created solely to help Seo Yeon-joo’s crimes.

She doesn’t know what kind of twist there will be later, but she covered it up for now. It’s enough to check this much for now.

It was then that she received a call from the CEO.

[Caller: Kim Yi-seo]

▶ Sua, I sent the van.

It was already time to leave for the headquarters.

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Sua arrived at Mystic headquarters.

No, to be exact, she just got out of the parking lot, but Kim Yi-seo was already there to greet her. Sua touched.

Kim Yi-seo, who had two large hairpins attached, smiled.

“Sua, you’re here? Rest for a bit and then prepare for Lee Suan’s makeup. Special Task Force 808 has become such a big hit. There are a lot of things to film after doing Lee Suan’s makeup.”

“Yes. I think it’s better to do it all at once.”

Every time she puts on makeup, it’s a very strenuous task. Sua resolved to do all the video calls this time.

It was then that Kim Yi-seo tapped Sua’s shoulder.

“Why did you make your SNS account private?”

“Excuse me? Ah, that’s….”

Sua stammered.

That’s because it’s a bit much to say that she did it because she was sulking.

But.

“You did well.”

“Excuse me?”

“Thanks to that, everyone flocked to the fan cafe. I didn’t know that Sua had a knack for marketing?”

“Um?”

“Followers are individuals, but the people gathered in the fan cafe become a group. They will unite tightly within the fence called Sua. You did well. To already be thinking about uniting the fans.”

No, well, that wasn’t it.

For now, Sua nodded.

Kim Yi-seo asked cautiously.

“That’s right. And did you look at the scripts a bit?”

“I threw most of them away, and I’ve decided on just one for now.”

“I’m glad there was something you liked. What is it?”

“There’s a movie that Yeon-joo unnie is participating in. I want to do that too. If possible, as the helper, Im Soo-hee.”

“Ah…!”

Kim Yi-seo seemed quite pleased.

“I was secretly waiting for those words. This time, it’s heartwarming that Sua is chasing after Yeon-joo’s work. Besides, Sua has gained experience, so even better results will come out.”

“Umm….”

Well, the grade is 5, so.

[Lies, Lies, Lies.]

▶ Sufficient implementation elements

▶ Grade 5 → Grade 4

Ah, now it’s grade 4 as she participates.

Still a miserable number. There was a great need to contemplate a method.

Kim Yi-seo, not knowing Sua’s thoughts, was just happy.

“The Yeon-joo work production team is moving incredibly urgently right now, so I’ll make an appointment as quickly as possible. Furthermore, it would be good to hurry since Sua’s desired role has also been decided.”

“Yeeeessss.”

And Kim Yi-seo looked at the van that Sua had come on again.

“Also, we should start creating a Sua-only team soon.”

“My own team?”

“Yes. Sua will get busier and busier, and I can’t be by your side every time. Starting with a manager, a dedicated stylist. That kind of thing. Things that haven’t existed yet.”

“Ah.”

Sua decided on a team name in her head from the start. Team Arctic Fox.

─♩♪♬

It was then that Kim Yi-seo’s cell phone rang.

“Hello. This is Kim Yi-seo from Mystic.”

The CEO immediately answered the call with a serious face. And after temporarily putting the phone on mute.

“Sua, have you become pretty close with the arctic fox?”

“Excuse me? Ah, to the extent that we can communicate?”

“…You’re already that close?”

Only then did Sua realize.

She said it meaning that they were awkward, but when she thought about it, she was the only one who could communicate with pets.

Sure enough, Kim Yi-seo misunderstood.

“Yes, PD-nim. I’m listening. Then, I’ll ask first….”

Soon after finishing the call, she clung to Sua again.

“Sua, Studio Snack is planning a pet special variety show. None other than Kang Hyun-sung PD.”

“Studio Snack? I know that channel too.”

She saw it a few times because it appeared in the algorithm.

They bring celebrities, have conversations, go on restaurant explorations, and observe daily life. A channel that does various things.

If she happened to see it once, she always watched it to the end.

“…I wouldn’t have thought you’d watch since it seems like you have no blood or tears. Anyway, it’s Kang Hyun-sung PD’s love call. He wants Sua.”

“Me?”

“Yes. Sua won’t be going out alone, but will appear with her pet. They say they’re mixing in a few other actors in that way.”

Sua couldn’t help but be conflicted.

Variety show. Even appearing with her pet. Is it okay?

But soon, she thought that her worries were close to unfounded.

‘…No, rather, isn’t this where I’m most advantageous? I can talk to Sumi? Wouldn’t it be pretty stable?’

What’s more, Sumi is thoughtful. Maybe equal to or less than Sua.

‘Yeah. I don’t think it’s bad.’

She can’t avoid variety shows forever as an actress, and it was decided that it would be good to accumulate experience by conquering advantageous programs first if possible.

Sua knock knock!

Sua nodded.

“Yes. I’ll appear.”

“I understand. In fact, there are an enormous number of casting inquiries besides this. The rest are inside the building….”

It was then.

─♩♪♬

Kim Yi-seo had to answer another incoming call.

“Yes. Hello.”

But this time, her expression was different.

At first, she answered the phone with a businesslike attitude, but gradually a smile spread across her face. Towards the end, she even burst into laughter.

It was an unfamiliar sight to Sua.

Eventually, Sua asked first.

“CEO-nim, what’s wrong?”

“What’s wrong. It’s another thing about Sua.”

“Excuse me?”

“You’ve been properly caught up in gossip.”

Sua sweated.

Gossip?

Could it be because she didn’t reply to her old acquaintances?

She thinks that’s what it is no matter how she thinks about it. She should have at least talked to her Japanese teacher! But who is it? Who exposed Sua?

However.

Kim Yi-seo grinned.

“A dating rumor broke out. With Suan-ssi.”