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“….”

There was total silence for a while.

How long did that silence last?

After a while, Kim Iseo spoke first.

“If I understand correctly.”

She said, pointing to the script Sua was holding.

“Sua wants to jump into that script, a drama so outrageous it’s hard to even define its genre?”

Kim Iseo’s fingertip trembled as she asked.

‘I didn’t even mention that a script had arrived for Sua, and I certainly didn’t say it was a project that would be produced soon. And yet she pinpointed it and found it? How much did she like it?’

It was then that Sua nodded.

“Yes. I don’t think I should miss it.”

“Wait. Just a second.”

Kim Iseo abruptly stopped the conversation. She handed over Park Yumi’s script, which she had been busily discussing with her staff.

“Look at this too. It’s a script by Park Eunmi, no less. Look at this as well and then choose. Sua doesn’t just have that one option.”

But there was no touching twist.

Sua shook her head.

“I still like this one better.”

“Reason.”

Kim Iseo blurted out urgently, without even a moment’s delay.

“Tell me the reason.”

Sua was silent for a moment.

It wasn’t because it was difficult to explain.

It was just difficult to know where to start. She began to calmly organize the various thoughts in her head.

‘…First of all, it’s unbelievably fun.’

This wasn’t about the audience’s enjoyment.

It was about the fun of the experience itself.

For Sua, who can actually experience the world of a role, this script was like an amusement park. It has everything.

In the end, there’s even a glowing dinosaur monster!

Of course, the Sua Association was vehemently opposed.

─It’s bizarre. What is this nonsense….

─What is this?

─Wait, I know it’s fun. But what would be the best choice? Shouldn’t we at least think about it for three days?

─Ooo! Ta-ta-ta! This is fun!

‘…What is it?’

Sua felt a strange unpleasantness. Sohee Sua, why aren’t you objecting? It’s a bit strange if only you like it….

Anyway, the little Suas were in an uproar.

‘I’m not just a fool, you know?’

Sua said, as if protesting.

If Sua were to jump into a project just because the experience was fun, she would be a fool. Because you can experience it just by having the script.

‘Okay, everyone, look at this!’

[The Upper Class]

▶ Sufficient implementation elements

▶ 2.8 Rating

[Uncategorizable ─ Unsolved Case]

▶ Sufficient implementation elements

▶ 1.5 Rating

Wi Jihae burst out laughing.

─That’s what I thought! A 1.5 rating is a first!

─That’s a relief…. Huh? Huh?

Nope. It’s a 1.5 rating.

It was an amazing thing. A 1.5 rating from the start.

‘Is this okay? How can this be?’

It was surprising that it had a groundbreaking rating with such content. Sua soon gave up trying to guess the reason. Because she wouldn’t know anyway.

─…Is this really true?

─This can’t be? This shouldn’t be?

The little Suas seemed to feel a kind of self-loathing.

─A 1.5 rating? Is this a similar rating to my world?

─If that’s the case, why am I doing detective work….

─Woo-ah! Woo-ah-ah! Earth boom boom!

That wasn’t the only amazing thing.

[Uncategorizable ─ Unsolved Case]

[*Includes numerous special abilities]

Sua unfolded it below.

[Improved rap ability, increased slapping proficiency, increased hwa-tu proficiency, increased composure when aliens appear on Earth, increased ability to respond to gate phenomena…. ]

─What kind of nonsense is this….

─Isn’t this just junk?

‘No?’

Sua pointed below.

[…Privilege additional function unlocked.]

Sua already has a privilege, but the characters in the world of the script obtain their own stat window. Is that why? It seems like the privilege that Sua currently has is getting an enhancement effect.

It felt like a tremendous element.

It’s already a privilege that has changed Sua’s life, and this isn’t the end. Just the possibility alone made her heart flutter.

─The sword I have been training all my life! The path I have been diligently paving! Is it equal to or less than that world…!

─Wi Grandma?

─Keueuk…!

─This old lady fainted again because it’s her turn to do the dishes.

The little Sua Association is in a complete uproar right now.

Kim Iseo urged her again.

“Sua, is it difficult to tell me the reason?”

Sua finally snapped out of her reverie.

“This script is crazy.”

“We think so too.”

Kim Iseo squeezed her eyes shut and thought.

‘Sua is a meteor. Didn’t I decide not to doubt or waver anymore? OTT is different from the existing market. The audience may be mainly overseas. So Sua has her own plan….’

But she soon had no choice but to open her eyes wide.

‘…Even if she does, what good would it do! The script is so terrible!’

She felt truly miserable. Even Seo Yeonju, a Sua fanatic, would throw away her headband over this.

Kim Iseo barely managed to maintain her composure and asked.

“Sua, have you ever seen any surreal works? You see them often. The ones with a lot of CG.”

“Yes.”

Of course, she’s seen them. Like superhero movies.

“If they do well, that’s great, of course, but the moment they fail, it’s a huge embarrassment. The embarrassment of works with CG is on a different level. Sua is now considered a sharp and cool actress, how would you feel if people captured all sorts of scenes and made fun of you?”

“Hmm….”

“You’ll become a source of gag memes in the community.”

It’s a very, very scary thing to say, but Sua wasn’t scared at this moment. ‘Representative, it’s okay. This is a 1.5 rating.’

Sua therefore said just one word.

“….”

In her head, she imagined Puss in Boots. Making a pitiful expression and pleading with sincerity….

“….”

…Kim Iseo actually swallowed hard. Because it felt like a wolf baring its fangs and raising its hackles.

“Representative, can’t I do this project?”

“You, you want to do it that badly? Does it make your heart race, and does Sua’s unique instinct kick in?”

“Yes.”

“….”

In the end, Kim Iseo hung her head.

“…Then I have no choice. Okay.”

She sighed repeatedly, then wiped her sweaty face with her palms. She was practically a boxer who had just finished a match. She even had the expression of someone who had lost a close decision after a hard-fought battle.

“Ah, my head hurts. I’m already worried about cleaning up the mess.”

“Hmm….”

“Even if Sua participates in the project she wants, Park Yumi will absolutely not stand still.”

“She’ll harbor ill feelings just because of a rejection?”

“Of course, Park Yumi is a good person. But.”

Kim Iseo looked up at Sua with a pitiful face. Like Puss in Boots that Sua had intended earlier.

“Think about it. She sent you a script because she wanted Sua, but you chose another project. Then what’s her next action?”

“….”

Sua remained silent.

A subjective question out of the blue? Isn’t that a bit unfair….

“She’ll check what kind of project it is that you abandoned hers for. She’ll also see what kind of content it is. Then what’s next?”

“Ah.”

Sua then swallowed hard.

‘…Thinking about it, that’s right?’

A script that I completed with all my might is pushed aside by a story that doesn’t even know its genre? You’ll feel an emotion that’s hard to describe.

“Some kind of elaborate response will be necessary.”

“Of course. We need to arrange a meeting to end things with Park Yumi without any misunderstandings. Sua must participate. It seems like we need to do this much to make things clean for each other.”

“Yes.”

“…Of course, I don’t know if Park Yumi will understand.”

Kim Iseo made a call in front of Sua.

“Yes. This is Kim Iseo, representative of Mystic. I’m calling to say that I’d like to treat you to a meal. Is it common for Park Yumi to set foot on Korean soil? Let’s eat something delicious and have a conversation.”

After finishing the call.

Kim Iseo stood up with a paler face than before.

“Let’s go to the parking lot…. Let’s leave right away….”

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Sua’s inner world.

Kim Yuhan suddenly spoke.

“Wi Grandma.”

“Why.”

“About that ridiculous script.”

His face became serious.

“…I can’t get a feel for it at all. When filming starts, what kind of role exactly will the new recruit be coming into?”

Soon, Wi Jihae’s face also became serious.

◈◈◈◈◈

A few hours later.

Lee Geumsuk’s studio.

The assistant writers patted Hong Yejin on the shoulder.

“Yejin-ah. There’s no need to be depressed.”

“That’s right. How many scenes have you been active in so far? You even drew the storyboards for the most famous scene in Lee Geumsuk’s previous work. You’re already great.”

No, I just wrote it by mistake.

“That’s right! You’re quick to point out setting errors!”

I was just reading with force in my eyes?

“You also helped write great lines!”

I only put commas and periods in the lines?

“You fixed the emotional lines of the characters!”

I just asked what this character was?

“Yejin-ah. You’re my role model, even though we’re assistant writers.”

“Yeah. So don’t be too heartbroken that Sua rejected you. It’s just your debut work in the first place, right?”

Hong Yejin quietly got up from her seat.

She was holding a suitcase full of luggage in both hands.

“My training was insufficient. Then I’ll be going.”

“No, Yejin-ah!”

“Don’t go!”

Hong Yejin shook her head.

“I’m not leaving. I’ll come back stronger. If you want to help me, you shouldn’t stop me even more.”

Of course, her inner thoughts were different.

Yeah, I’m never coming back. Should I get a part-time job at a PC bang?

It was then that Lee Geumsuk appeared.

“Everyone! Come out, everyone!”

Hong Yejin quickly bowed her head.

“Writer Lee, thank you for everything.”

“Yeah, yeah, thank you for everything too.”

Hong Yejin thought it was unexpected. Because the writer accepted her greeting more readily than expected. But she was happy. ‘This writer is surprisingly easy to let go of me.’

However.

“From now on, we’ll have to call you Writer Hong, right? Nice to meet you.”

“Huh?”

“I just got a call. Mystic wants to see your face.”

“Why?”

“Why else? They’re going to discuss our Writer Hong’s work!”

Then the surrounding area was in an uproar.

“Oh my gosh! It looks like it might actually happen!”

“What’s going on!”

Hong Yejin tried to maintain a calm attitude.

“It seems like they’re intending a polite rejection. Writer Lee’s reputation seems high, so it would have been difficult to treat me, an assistant writer, harshly. Please tell them that there’s no need to come.”

“Sua evaluated it as a crazy script. Have you ever seen Sua use such a bold expression?”

“It must be a negative review. She’s a sharp person.”

“It’s not a negative review. She said she’ll do it?”

“….”

Hong Yejin’s face became strange.

The people around her received it with an unusually touched face.

“I know. Writers are scared when they try something new. They hesitate to wonder if their story will be loved.”

“Yes. It can’t be loved.”

“But she’s already recognized your true worth. Be proud. Sua was an unusual newcomer who had a knack for picking out scripts, she’s been like that since our first meeting.”

Lee Geumsuk nodded once and smiled.

“Yeah, a genius discovered a genius.”

Before she knew it, all the writers were looking at Hong Yejin as if she were amazing. Hong Yejin squeezed her eyes shut and said.

“Please don’t look at me with those eyes.”

Then the assistant writers’ eyes changed. A look of admiration mixed in. As if they would treat her as a superior from now on.

“Yejin-ah.”

Lee Geumsuk placed her hand on Hong Yejin’s shoulder.

“I’m already scared of the success you’ll achieve.”

Hong Yejin was also truly scared.