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Shin Ji-hoo, who had ushered Seo Ei-soo into the room, quickly left the building without delay.

He walked a long way, distancing himself from the lodging.

To prevent Seo Ei-soo from accidentally hearing the words he was about to share.

An alley with few people.

After confirming that there was no one around, Shin Ji-hoo took out his phone.

“……Ah, yes. Hello, Secretary Park. How have you been? Your father…. I see. That’s good.”

If someone were to see Shin Ji-hoo in his current state, they would immediately understand why he had come so far from the lodging.

It was understandable……

“I’m calling to ask for a favor. Yoo Ha-neul. Yes, that actress. Please investigate her.”

As Shin Ji-hoo spoke, there was no warmth that was usually present when he was with Seo Ei-soo.

He seemed extremely cold, appearing emotionless.

“From her behavior to… even her personal relationships. Everything.”

With dry eyes.

Not as a manager, but as the heir to a conglomerate.

Shin Ji-hoo orders an investigation into the top star Yoo Ha-neul.

“It’s strange.”

Shin Ji-hoo muttered coldly.

Although he pretended not to notice in front of Seo Ei-soo, Shin Ji-hoo was keenly aware of the atmosphere on set.

“It’s not certain yet.”

Shin Ji-hoo thought.

The deliberate NGs led by some supporting actors this time.

There is still no evidence or confirmation of Yoo Ha-neul being the mastermind.

But, if by any chance.

If his thoughts were correct.

“If that’s really the case……”

Shin Ji-hoo felt vulnerable towards a woman with an unstable mind.

Just imagining them getting hurt and suffering from new wounds made a deep-seated pain stir within him.

This tendency also applied to Seo Ei-soo.

It was the same earlier.

When Seo Ei-soo said she was being bullied and trembled.

Watching that.

Shin Ji-hoo kept seeing the image of his unseen mother overlapping.

It was…. more than he had imagined.

It was something that tainted Shin Ji-hoo’s feelings.

Therefore, if his speculation was correct.

“You should be prepared.”

Yoo Ha-neul would have committed a crime that tainted his feelings.

He must pay the appropriate price.

***

After overwhelming the supporting actors.

The attitudes of people towards Seo Ei-soo changed.

Of course, not everyone was like that.

“Hey, isn’t that Seo Ei-soo over there?”

“Let’s go. Don’t engage with her.”

The actors who led the bullying towards Seo Ei-soo were still cold.

They didn’t respond to greetings and treated her as if she didn’t exist.

“Ah……”

When faced with such situations, Seo Ei-soo often had a gloomy expression.

But instead……

“Actress Seo, good morning. Did you sleep well yesterday?”

“Oh, Director Jo. I should have greeted you first, but I was too preoccupied and didn’t notice you coming.”

“Oh… are you preparing for a historical drama?”

“Yes. But what exactly is a historical drama?”

“……?”

Except for the supporting actors, the actors and staff members began to approach Seo Ei-soo.

They greeted her first and even shouted fighting, wishing for a good day of shooting.

The parties involved were unaware, but it had a significant impact on Seo Ei-soo.

After a thousand years, it was an act of building camaraderie within a group.

Seo Ei-soo was naturally cheerful.

No matter what was inside, she appeared that way on the outside.

But as she built relationships with the people on set, she began to show a much brighter side than before.

“Actress Seo, I’ve realized that people are actually nice.”

“She’s bright and cheerful.”

“And there’s something about her. I can’t help but keep looking at her. She has this strange charm.”

“Well, her actions are a bit odd.”

“That’s true.”

A bright demeanor leaves a good impression.

And through that impression, they become closer on an emotional level.

Seo Ei-soo was in that virtuous cycle.

Thus, Seo Ei-soo was in the midst of the set….

The entertainment industry’s front line was gradually seeping into the scene.

Change didn’t just stop with the staff.

Actors were also caught up in the flow of change.

“Sunbae Seo Yisoo.”

“Oh, sunbae-nim. What’s the matter?”

“For this shoot, like back then, what was it called? Anyway, try to relax like when you did the cameo before. I’ll adjust to you.”

Until recently, Seo Yisoo was someone to avoid acting with.

But now, things were a bit different.

“Oh, this time it failed.”

“Well, that’s that. I told you to train steadily when I’m off. Watch closely. It’s my turn for the next shoot.”

Among the actors.

Seo Yisoo was becoming a sort of challenge target.

Their thoughts were like this.

Clearly, the acting itself was a mess.

But if they somehow matched up, an amazing picture beyond the script could be drawn.

Matching up with that mess of acting was surely not easy…

But with their own acting skills supporting them, what couldn’t they do?

This kind of opinion was forming.

The actors matched up with Seo Yisoo like a kind of amusement ride, as if proving their acting skills.

Well…

Regardless of whether they treated Seo Yisoo as a proper actor, their challenges were naturally increasing Seo Yisoo’s interest in filming and acting.

And today.

“Sunbae Seo Yisoo. This is our first shoot together, right? Please take care of me.”

Seo Yisoo is scheduled to match up with Kang Sungwoo, who plays the male lead Han Seong in “My Manager” for the first time.

“My Manager” Episode 5.

Scene Number 68.

#OO Entertainment Waiting Room.

In this scene, the protagonist Oh Hanseong personally confronts Cha Yeonsoo, who is tormenting his rookie actress Yena.

One is a former big star.

The other is a current top star.

A man who once had everything but now holds nothing in his hands, and a woman who currently holds everything, facing off against each other.

The essence of this scene could be said to be the two characters emphasizing each other through their sharp exchanges.

So…

Before the filming of a quite important scene.

“Finally, it’s Kang Sungwoo’s turn. Will he succeed this time?”

“He acts well. He might match up properly with Seo Yisoo, right?”

People chatted among themselves.

They had failed.

The amusement ride of the filming set, Seo Yisoo.

Many actors had challenged her to match up, but none had succeeded.

Seo Yisoo’s emotional expressions were so intense that just matching her acting appropriately could result in a good scene, but…

That was just about it.

“It’s not just any other actor, it’s Kang Sungwoo. It’ll work out.”

“Honestly, among the actors in this project, he’s the best at acting. If Kang Sungwoo can’t do it, then practically no one else can perfectly match up with Seo Yisoo.”

People shared such thoughts.

The level of acting trust in Kang Sungwoo was remarkable.

Kang Sungwoo, 28 years old.

He wasn’t a top star known by the entire nation, but he was an A-list actor who had shone as a lead in various works.

With excellent acting skills and good looks, he was expected to rise to the top star ranks as long as he met good projects.

So, people believed that Kang Sungwoo could handle Seo Yisoo’s overwhelming emotional expressions.

They held such expectations.

“….”

Everyone’s attention focused on the two actors.

Amidst this.

As the camera lit up and the sound equipment was activated, the assistant director stepped forward and raised the slate.

Clap-!

The sound echoed.

“Scene 68, Take 1!”

The filming began.

***

“How long are you going to act childish like this?”

“…Hmm.”

I snorted and stared ahead.

A man was glaring at me.

With firm features, a quite handsome face.

I knew that man.

There was a time in South Korea when if you didn’t know his face, you were considered a spy.

Well, it’s an old story.

I twisted my lips towards that man.

I tried to show through my expression how much I despised him.

And I said.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

At that, Oh Hansung’s already stiff expression became even colder.

He walked towards me step by step.

Leaning his face closer, he growled as if snarling.

“Cha Yeon-soo.”

A stern address.

He speaks.

“Others may not understand, but I do.”

He understands me.

Why I have this kind of personality.

Why I torment Kang Yena, who has nothing wrong with her but overflowing talent.

He says.

“….Is that so?”

I smiled even more deeply.

Perhaps defensively.

“Well, I’ve been through it. I’ve lived in the same situation as you.”

I’ve walked the path.

And I know the path I will walk in the future.

So, I say I understand you.

“You just want to prune the sprout that has grown out of place in your world.”

“….”

“Everyone should only have admiration or jealousy towards you. In the midst of that, a sprout that shines alone and has no interest in you caught your eye.”

“….”

Repeatedly, repeatedly.

As I speak. As words pile up.

“You see that. You must have found it unpleasant to look at. And you have the power to remove what you don’t want to see.”

The more he does that, Oh Hansung increases his presence.

After falling into a lowly manager, he fully reveals the suppressed nature of himself.

That appearance of his was very much like me.

Just by looking at him, who can freeze an ordinary person, the same eyes that make me freeze were looking at me.

It was really….

“Haah….”

It was a chilling gaze that made goosebumps rise on my spine.

I let out a trembling sigh.

We were close to each other’s faces.

My heavy breath must have touched his face.

“Senior.”

For the first time in a long time, I used honorifics sincerely.

To the man who looked at me with contempt, I called him senior and revealed my pure affection.

Affection. Yes, affection.

At this moment, I feel affection for this man.

He, who is as repulsive as me, who is completely like me and an abominable human being, has become likable to me.

Because it was the first time.

Because I saw someone who understands me, who is more twisted than anyone else.

I really wanted him.

“Instead of that rookie actor, how about working with me? Be my manager.”

I look at him with gleaming eyes.

Ignoring the topic he brought up, I only speak what I want.

The senior wrinkled his face as if he had encountered a repulsive monster.

“….You really are twisted.”

“You’re just the same, senior. With me.”

I said as I pleased.

I said it, revealing the madness I embraced.

Perhaps for the first time in my life.

He, he understood and accepted all my insane words.

It was really.

An ecstatic experience that even sex couldn’t follow.

We mixed words and words repeatedly.

Sometimes aggressively.

Sometimes intimately.

We tried to make each other submit by revealing the madness we harbored.

We bragged about who was more, grotesquely twisted.

***

And so, when the conversation between the two of us came to an end.

“….Cut!”

PD Jo Gil-san shouted the cut sign with a somewhat dazed voice.

“….”

“….”

A strange silence fell over the set.