episode_0100

After entering Lee Soo-ah’s gallery.

“…”.

Yang Ha-rin was stunned for a moment.

Firstly, the activity was tremendous.

[Title: Does Lee Soo-ah Not Use SNS?] [Title: Are There Any More Pictures of the Gallery Master?] [Title: Where Is the Gallery Master From, By the Way?]

Just one refresh and the entire view changes.

Compared to her own gallery, the difference was especially severe. Yang Ha-rin’s gallery, if left untouched all day, would only accumulate a few posts to check before going to bed.

[Title: Gallery Master Holding Trophy Pic] [Title: Full Text of Gallery Master’s Acceptance Speech] [Title: Gallery Master and Seo Yeon-ju Two-Shot]

The gallery is burning hot.

The scenery she had once dreamed of for her own gallery was now unfolding here.

The activity is high, and it’s not even burning because of something bad. No matter where Yang Ha-rin looked, everyone had a positive interest in Soo-ah.

“…Ah.”

Yang Ha-rin suddenly touched her forehead.

Her head was throbbing.

How did this happen?

She had found this gallery in the past and even posted several times. Every time, the animal-named users would agree with her.

But now?

A few posts caught her eye.

[Title: I Haven’t Seen the Short Film, Can I Ask a Question?] [I’m too busy to watch the film. But did this rookie Lee Soo-ah really deserve to beat Yang Ha-rin? Personally, I thought Yang Ha-rin deserved the Grand Prize, so the result was a bit surprising.] – The opponent was no match. – “The Wind” felt a bit uncomfortable. It smelled like money. – It was too obvious that they were just trying to win with the production budget.

[Title: “The Wind” Is Just This.] (Picture of about 100 different kinds of seasoned vegetables) [I know they tried to make it look like a lot, but there’s nothing to actually pick and eat. And I don’t even know what the theme is in the first place. How would you know with so much randomly laid out?] – True, even if the actors are good, it doesn’t matter. – It feels even weirder because they’re acting so passionately. You just think, “Huh? Why are they so immersed in this?”

Gone.

There are no more people ignoring Soo-ah.

At least, the people who came here were treating Soo-ah like a powerful comet rookie. Perhaps with even more enthusiasm than when Yang Ha-rin first entered this industry.

“What do you know? What do you know…!”

Yang Ha-rin couldn’t put down her phone, even as she gritted her teeth.

The feeling was closer to anxiety than anger.

She was afraid that the moment she looked away, a post evaluating her negatively would appear. The feeling was too complicated to bear.

And maybe she was envious. So she was jealous.

“That’s the attention I should be getting. Originally, originally it was mine…”

She was the one who deserved this attention.

Comet rookie, promising prospect, actress who swept the short film festival, sharp impression. The image she had wanted to have entirely.

But it was all taken away.

[Title: Gallery Master and Yang Ha-rin’s Images Overlap Slightly?] [Title: Gallery Master Feels Like an Upgraded Version of Yang Ha-rin] [Title: The Gallery Master Seems to Have a Stronger Cold Impression] [Title: Why Does Yang Ha-rin Look So Docile Next to the Gallery Master?]

The fact that they both had sharp impressions acted as poison.

In a situation where their characters overlapped, Soo-ah proved her superiority with her results, so now, to make matters worse, people were even starting to say she was an upgraded version.

The pain. It felt like her insides were being torn apart.

Tap tap tap─!

Yang Ha-rin couldn’t hold back and started typing.

She had been involved in online communities for a long time. This meant she knew how to write posts without being obvious.

[Title: Lee Soo-ah’s Overhype Is Too Much] [Yang Ha-rin Also Won the Excellence Award, but Saying She’s Already Surpassed Her Is Just Overreacting. Lee Soo-ah Needs to Make at Least One Major Drama or Movie This Year to Surpass Yang Ha-rin]

But immediately after.

Yang Ha-rin could feel a different temperature than before.

– She won the Grand Prize, what’s there not to be able to do? – She’ll probably be getting tons of offers from now on. – Yang Ha-rin didn’t do anything big this year either. – We’ll have to see how Yang Ha-rin’s MBQ drama turns out.

She finally realized.

They weren’t ignoring Yang Ha-rin.

They were just genuinely thinking Soo-ah was amazing. At least, as someone who was unmatched among the same rookies.

Thanks to that, now it was.

[Title: I Just Want Them to Film Something Together] [Wouldn’t Things Be Clear if Yang Ha-rin and Lee Soo-ah Came Out Together? Like a One-on-One Battle ㅇㅇ The Outcome Would Be Clearer Too] – True lololol – Maybe we’ll see it someday ─I’m Curious Who Will Win the Best Newcomer Award

[Title: Lee Soo-ah Will Probably Win?] [Title: Yang Ha-rin Isn’t Exactly Easy Either] [Title: It Might Depend on the Roles They Take] [Title: But I’m More Excited About Lee Soo-ah]

The complete rookie, to whom it was considered laughable to even talk to Yang Ha-rin, was now being recognized as someone who could be compared to Yang Ha-rin.

Even while receiving more expectations.

It was hard to believe.

Gaining this much trust with just one short film.

Being able to instill this much anticipation.

“….”

After that, Yang Ha-rin gave up.

Crunch. Crunch.

She just chewed on her nails while looking at the posts.

But there was nothing she could do. She was literally powerless, only able to observe this flow.

Then, a topic suddenly caught her eye.

[Title: Isn’t the Hand Mirror Just This?] [Isn’t it Just Returning Something They Borrowed Because They’re Close?]

[Title: What About the Meaning of the Hand Mirror Like This] [They Both Have Sharp Impressions So They Don’t Seem to Get Along Well, It Seems Like They’re Drawing a Line. Like “Look at Yourself” or Something.]

Hand mirror.

In fact, Yang Ha-rin was also curious.

Why did Lee Soo-ah hand over the hand mirror at that moment of all times?

She still couldn’t throw it away. She needed to know the meaning before she could break it or anything. Yang Ha-rin wasn’t stupid. Therefore, she knew it wasn’t too late to get angry after accurately grasping the other person’s intentions.

Yang Ha-rin searched for ‘hand mirror’ in the search bar.

After that, she took the time to click on each post. Maybe there would be a post with a plausible guess.

But.

[Title: I Found Out the Meaning of the Hand Mirror] [If You’re Yang Ha-rin Who Came Running In, Give This a Like Ke Ke]

Most of them were clickbait.

The post already had about 20 likes.

“How dare you…!”

Report. Report. Report.

Yang Ha-rin reported all the posts she didn’t like.

“…Ah!”

[Banned ─ 30 Days] [Administrator: Monkeying] [Reason: Stop Ringing My Doorbell So Much]

Until she was banned from Lee Soo-ah’s gallery.

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Now that a storm is sweeping the internet.

The aftermath naturally had a stronger impact on those close to Soo-ah, especially the Special Mobile Unit 808 production team.

The first to hear the news was writer Lee Geum-sook.

“Oh my, Soo-ah won the Grand Prize?”

She lifted her glasses as she typed on her laptop. It was only natural that Choi Hee-won PD, who was taking a break beside her, would be interested.

“Grand Prize? Are you talking about the Acting Grand Prize?”

“Yes. Yeon-ju won the Audience Award, ‘Sword’ won the Grand Prize for Best Film, Director Park won the Director’s Award, and Soo-ah won the Acting Grand Prize…”

“…It basically means ‘Sword’ swallowed the entire Busan International Short Film Festival. I didn’t think it would be this much.”

But the shock for the two of them was just about to begin.

Soon, they also learned about Soo-ah’s Japanese.

Choi Hee-won PD narrowed his eyes.

“Why does it look like the interpreter is embarrassed?”

“Soo-ah knew how to speak Japanese too. That’s crazy.”

“The only languages we’ve confirmed now are Korean, Japanese, and English. That’s already three. In fact, if an actor only knows these three, the area they can expand to is unbelievably wide.”

“No, no, Soo-ah revealing her hidden talents isn’t even surprising anymore. However, the part I find most amazing right now is…”

Lee Geum-sook turned her head to look at Choi Hee-won.

“Soo-ah’s eye for talent!”

“Eye for talent?”

“Yes. We already knew that Soo-ah has an eye for choosing scripts, but we always jokingly discussed how successful they would be. Because we couldn’t know.”

“That’s right. But?”

“But now it’s pretty certain. The works Soo-ah chooses are also likely to be successful. At this point, I think we can hope for the success of Special Mobile Unit 808 too, right?”

“Heo, it’s not like she’s a fortune teller…”

Whether it’s people, scripts, or works.

Good things happen to those chosen by Soo-ah. Not just once or twice, but every time. So the two of them had become very excited about the success of Special Mobile Unit 808.

“The success of my work. Just thinking about it makes me happy.”

Choi Hee-won PD rubbed his chin with a satisfied expression.

“Soo-ah will be very busy in the future. Won’t there be a time when we can’t even call her even if we want to? No, should I use the expression ‘invite her as a guest’?”

“So we have to hold on tight. How many ideas do I have in my head? I want to do my next work with Soo-ah too. I’ll definitely do it with Soo-ah no matter what.”

Choi Hee-won felt that Lee Geum-sook’s words were not a joke.

Recently, this writer had been writing like crazy anyway. Saying she would write a next work that suits Soo-ah.

A completely different genre that doesn’t overlap with Special Mobile Unit 808.

“Okay, I understand. First, let’s promote by leaking to the reporters that Soo-ah is Lee Soo-an. Like the protagonist who won the Grand Prize at the short film festival is Kim Yu-han.”

“Hmm…”

“Wouldn’t the promotional effect be enormous?”

But that’s when it happened.

Suddenly, Lee Geum-sook grabbed Choi Hee-won PD.

“That’s not okay.”

“Hmm?”

“I’ve also thought about it several times, but it’s better to publicize Soo-an and Soo-ah as if they’re separate people.”

“Is there a reason?”

“The promotion for Special Mobile Unit 808 is already enough right now, isn’t it? No, rather, it’s receiving a lot of attention. Because I’m the writer and Seo Yeon-ju and Kim Sun-il also have name value.”

“I know that, but I wanted to hear if there was a reason why we had to separate them. Do you have a separate plan?”

“Rather than a plan, I have a picture. A very clear picture.”

“A picture…”

“A picture of Lee Soo-an and Lee Soo-ah being mentioned as nominees for the Best Newcomer Award at the same time this year, creating a rivalry.”

That was a statement Choi Hee-won hadn’t even considered.

“How is it? Wouldn’t it be fun?”

Lee Geum-sook smiled.

“Didn’t I tell you clearly before? I’m going to deceive the entire country.”