episode_0077

Choi Yoon-ha’s path to success was ultimately revenge against Im Seong-hun.

What would be success for someone who wants to become an actor?

Take a picture of the work.

It meant that the piece was a success.

[Pia Management 1st floor lobby]

Ironically, today was the day I was supposed to go for an interview at Saseong Electronics.

But I gave up on that.

Today just so happens to be the day.

I got a call from the second team of actors from Pia Management.

I want to talk about something I wasn’t able to talk about properly back then.

“There are always a lot of people, Sister.”

“Okay.”

Even though I may have sworn that my name was ‘Kim Hyun-woo’ back then, I went around as ‘Kim Hyun-ah’ in front of people.

Today, of course, I visited the management dressed as a woman.

The first thing you feel when you visit a management company is.

There are many people with high level of appearance.

Even if they don’t belong here right now, more people than you might think who are interested in the entertainment industry came to visit.

Someone might think so.

If your looks are that high, why don’t you go through the trouble of becoming a celebrity and just try to achieve personal success through MeTube or other platforms?

In fact, even if you become that successful, aren’t you no different from a celebrity?

That was really the kind of thought that only someone without an ‘agency’ could have.

Why on earth would employees belonging to management be able to receive such a salary through management?

Furthermore, whether it be YouTube or a broadcasting platform.

Why would someone who has achieved success anywhere belong to some organization?

The difference between having an agency and not having one was truly unimaginably huge.

Even if you just look at ‘tax’, it was like that.

‘I heard you’ll have to pay a lot of taxes, Hyunwoo. That’s if you work as a freelancer.’

At one time, I felt like I was the only one in the world because my abilities were so outstanding.

Furthermore, because of the nature of our family where we are uncomfortable with consideration for others, all three of my older sisters worked as freelancers for about a year.

After receiving the comprehensive income tax return that comes in June.

The first thing I did was to find an agency.

What did he say?

Double-entry bookkeeping? Furthermore, people with incomes above a certain level report their personal income in June, not May?

‘That person is a person who reports personal income. If you want to check whether someone is really rich or not, you can check whether they report their taxes in May or June.’

therefore.

“Ugh. I think I’m going to fall.”

“Save me… …Fuck. I should have quit.”

They aren’t even taking pictures of the work.

The employees who roll around the office like zombies are not simply malingering. Coffee is like the elixir of life to them, too.

“Coffee.”

“Yes?”

“Let’s go buy some coffee.”

“Ah. Yes!”

Choi Yoon-ha and I bought about 8 cups of coffee at the management cafe in the corner of the first floor and overheard various conversations.

“… … Wow. finally broke 30% in viewership ratings?”

“This is crazy, really. 30 percent? Is that a number that can come out in this day and age? Not even including OTT site statistics. Is the real-time viewership rate 30 percent?”

“Uh. It seemed a bit shaky in episodes 3 and 4. In episodes 5 and 6, Kim Hye-rin’s form reached its peak and she rose again.”

“Ha… … Crazy. 30 percent. Just hearing it gives me goosebumps.”

As they were the people involved, they knew much better than the general public how much they would benefit from it.

“There’s going to be a ton of ads.”

“I heard that Hye-rin Kim is going around here and there to film commercials.”

“They say actors’ lives blossom if they get a single project. Does that person do well in every project he does?”

“That was also a good start in some ways. He’s already a named actor who’s already halfway there with his name value. But I think the reason this work did so well was because the impact of the first episode was so great.”

“I agree. These days, there’s a lot of content that people really enjoy consuming. If the beginning isn’t really stimulating, no one will watch it.”

“Instead. If the beginning goes well, unexpected rewards will come rolling in.”

“That’s why there are so many ridiculous works these days.”

“That’s right. won’t end with that feeling, right?”

“Well.”

Look at this.

After all, the profession of acting is good and bad.

Whether the work you’ve taken becomes a huge success and leads to advertisements or the next work.

That was the kind of job that eventually led to success.

“Here’s some coffee.”

“Thank you.”

I smiled brightly and shared a coffee with Yoonha in one hand as we rode the elevator to the 7th floor.

I was wondering if I might run into Lim Seong-hun.

There was no such thing.

Tiring-.

[It’s the 7th floor.]

[Actor Team 2]

Let’s go to the seats of the two actor groups we were guided to before.

This time, unlike before, there were only three people.

“Ah. Welcome.”

The youngest, a contract worker, had been glancing at the entrance since we came in.

Jeong Yeong-yoon quickly welcomed us and greeted us.

Expectation is brimming in their eyes.

huh.

Not to Choi Yoon-ha, but to me. Maybe she wants to succeed faster than the people in the first acting team, and she wants to make a fuss. Furthermore, she wants to build up her track record to become a full-time employee, not a contract worker.

I’m sorry, but I had no intention of taking any active role until I took responsibility for Choi Yoon-ha’s success.

I’m not good at multitasking.

I said, lifting my coffee.

“I bought coffee. There are fewer people today than usual.”

“Ah. Everyone went to work. I have an ad meeting scheduled. It’s just a small ad, though. I’ll gratefully accept the coffee. I can put the rest in the fridge. Please give it to me first.”

Here, I said, and naturally took one out of the box of coffee and handed it to Jeong Yeong-yoon.

This is Jeong Yeong-yoon, who ran quickly and stored three cups of coffee in the refrigerator.

I know Team Leader Park Jae-ho well because I had a deep impression of him before.

One of them looks familiar.

[Manager Seong Se-young]

I found out the name today.

So, Park Jae-ho, Seong Se-young, and Jeong Yeong-yoon.

These three were left in the second team of actors. I think there were five or six people in total, so I bought a generous eight glasses.

“Isn’t that what you’re looking at today?”

Naturally, I’ll let it be known that I don’t plan on doing anything.

Jeong Yeong-yoon also said with a cheerful smile.

“Well, that’s true. How about HyunA showing something as well? It’d be fun, right?”

What fun is that?

It’ll only be fun for the people watching. I’ve already told you that I have no intention of standing out.

… … is a member of society.

You can tell just by looking at the youngest contract worker, Jeong Yeong-yoon.

I could feel that he was rolling his head to get what he wanted, even though he was smiling sadly and not showing it.

‘Society is a battlefield. Hyunwoo, do you understand?’

I understand why my sisters said that.

“What. It doesn’t matter if you just look at Yoon Ha. Anyway, what I want to see today is Choi Yoon Ha’s acting skills. We need to know how good her acting skills are so we can push the work forward. We can at least raise our heads.”

Choi Yoon-ha nodded slightly at Park Jae-ho’s cool words.

“I’m confident.”

And then why is he linking arms with me?

I naturally patted Choi Yoon-ha’s head.

“No matter what…! I will do well!”

huh.

I guess so.

Why is that?

I was patting Choi Yoon-ha’s head, but Seong Se-young looked at me with disapproving eyes for about a second and then turned her head away.

Did I do something wrong to that person?

… … There was a point that was too troubling to just pass over.

[Maybe. Cross-dressing… right?]

huh.

I guess so.

The guy didn’t seem too pleased with the fact that I was cross-dressing.

I’m already feeling a little hurt.

But I had no intention of complaining to that person.

Because it was a completely natural phenomenon to feel uncomfortable or repulsed by a man dressed as a woman.

“Then shall we move to the practice room for a bit? We can’t see your acting skills here.”

“Ah. Do you need a profile or video or something?”

“Anything real is the best.”

Park Jae-ho, who said that, got up first, tapping my shoulder with a file containing my and Choi Yoon-ha’s profiles.

Everyone follows him side by side.

I went down the stairs to the 5th floor where the practice room was.

“Ah. We tend to use the stairs when going up to the second floor or lower.”

“Why?”

“I like exercising.”

Is this really true… … .

When we got to the 5th floor, we saw some pretty girls sitting on the chairs at the entrance, sweating profusely.

High school student? No. Maybe middle school student?

“Hello!”

“Yeah. Hi.”

He’s probably an idol trainee.

You can tell right away that an aspiring actor and an idol trainee look different.

Should I say that this is the difference between an actor and an idol?

You can tell just by looking at it.

When I see Choi Yoon-ha, I know that she is definitely not an idol, but an actress.

On the contrary, who are you comparing me to?

If you look at Bokju-ri, it’s the same principle that you get the feeling that she can never learn, but that she can do it to some extent as an idol.

“They have good manners. They’re still kids.”

“Greetings are the most basic of basics. Especially these days. Even if they don’t act like scapegoats like they used to. But still, where would an adult push something good for kids who are an eyesore?”

Even when we were young, there was talk that the idol industry was tough because of its connections to gangsters.

As expected, it wasn’t easy even now.

The entertainment industry is by no means an easy place.

[Practice Room 3]

“By the way, the idol trainees are already shining brightly. Even though they shine so brightly, they still have 1 or 2 more years of practice left. And even then, it’s not clear if they’ll be able to successfully debut. It’s really scary.”

“But if you succeed, you can gain enormous wealth and fame. Ah. Sister Hyun-ah… … No. Isn’t it the same for you?”

I think it was talking about Kim Hye-rin and Kim Hye-eun.

“Well. Right.”

It’s almost like an extension of what I was talking about earlier.

The entertainment industry is a battlefield.

The guy who takes the win tends to take an equally huge return.

There is a reason why so many people keep rushing in like suicide bombers even though the competition is getting fiercer.

‘They’re trying to tie me down with a temporary contract. Actually, my sisters’ power is probably involved to some extent.’

Haven’t we been saying since ancient times that we wish for even a drop of soybean flour?

“First of all, I want to see Yoon Ha’s skills today. The first thing to do is this. Does she know what kind of acting suits her?”

“Ah. Yes.”

It was definitely an important point.

Just because he’s a great actor doesn’t mean he can perfectly perform every role.

Because each person has a different body type, voice, and appearance.

It was a real skill to choose the acting style that suited each person.

“There are five characters here. Could you please pick two that you are confident in?”

“Yes, I understand.”

I took a quick look at the scripts Choi Yoon-ha received.

Passive character.

Villain character.

Violent character.

An innocent character who falls in love.

A stupid gag character.

It seemed like that was the extent of it.

What kind of character would suit Choi Yoon-ha? I thought about it for a moment, and when I saw it, I thought maybe… … .

“Over there.”

“Why?”

“At least I think everything here suits me?”

Choi Yoon-ha’s answer and my thoughts were in agreement.

at the same time.

I thought that I could handle all these characters.