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The next morning.

“… ”

Soo-ah changed the post to ‘Only Me’ visibility.

She also turned her account to private. Soo-ah is sulking.

[Lee Soo-ah Gallery] [Title: Ah, why did the Gallery Owner close their account? WTF] ─I’m going crazy WTF, why did they close it? ─Are they training us? ─But seriously, why did they close it?

[Special Task Force 808 Gallery] [Title: Seriously, this Lee Soo-ah or whatever] [Why are you talking about her SNS account being closed here?] ─STFU ─Our gallery has too few people, it’s boring. ─Isn’t the name similar to Lee Soo-ahn? ─Let’s hang out a bit, we’re also viewers of Special Task Force.

Thanks to that, there was a place that received an unexpected spillover effect.

“…?”

The little monkey, who had just woken up, tilted their head.

“…What’s this, why did it increase so much in one day?”

[Soo-ah Zoo] [Number of Members: 50,000]

Because all the lost souls ran to the fan cafe.

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3 days later.

The exact ratings for ‘Special Task Force 808′ were released.

[Special Task Force First Week Average Rating 24%, Planting Hope in the History of Wednesday-Thursday Dramas! Will They Write a Proper Success Myth!]

The average, combining the ratings of episodes 1 and 2, was a whopping 24%.

A situation like a rocket shooting up like crazy. But Choi Hee-won PD knew that it would be foolish to just be happy. Now is the time to row like crazy.

At the same time, he knew how to row very well.

He visited tvS broadcasting station and quickly gave instructions.

“Let’s upload summaries of episodes 1 and 2, character highlights, scenes where real-time ratings exploded, all separately as different videos. Each with a one-day interval.”

“Yes!”

“Reporters are already sticking to us, so let’s take care of other things first! Starting with the SNS verification participation event, let’s have everything we prepared go in one by one each week!”

They succeeded in drawing interest with the drama’s content, so now it was time to make a fuss all over the media. They shouldn’t be complacent, thinking this popularity will last forever.

It’s no different from a fireplace. You have to keep adding firewood.

So that it can burn like crazy.

“Let’s also check the actors’ schedules! We need to film reaction videos! The actors watching the drama again themselves gets a good response!”

Radio, SNS, articles, the internet.

Special Task Force 808 devoured them all.

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Two days later.

“Heuheum.”

A short-haired woman quietly stroked the wall of the dorm.

It was impressive that the ends of her hair were curved towards her neck, which gave her a particularly provocative impression.

The way she leisurely licked her lower lip from time to time was also like that.

“Heum, heuheum, heuheum.”

A scene like a glass craft having personality and walking around.

But the scenery of the dorm was quite bizarre.

The room was full of novels rolling around, and the walls were all plastered with photos of one person.

The woman kept touching the photos. Especially the chest and the inside of the thighs.

Bang─! That’s when the door opened.

“Hey, Lee Seo-jung! I bought coffee! Are you ready to go?”

Lee Seo-jung.

That was the woman’s name.

The manager sighed deeply while taking off their shoes.

“You’re not ready to go because you’re reading novels again. Hey, look at your rival Seo Yeon-ju. She properly hit it big this time with Special Task Force 808, right? Have some sense of crisis!”

“Heueum, Yeon-ju isn’t my competitor?”

“What do you mean she isn’t. You two are always linked together.”

Seo Yeon-ju and Lee Seo-jung.

They were known as inseparable.

Because when Seo Yeon-ju was cited as the epitome of purity, Lee Seo-jung was an actress standing on the opposite side. The epitome of seduction.

It was largely due to the suggestive atmosphere that Lee Seo-jung herself possessed.

“I’m going crazy. You only read things like this again.”

The manager picked up a novel from the floor.

The title was ‘Stained with Lilies.’

This novel, which was unusual from the title, was about a woman and a woman falling in love. Not only this, but all the novels rolling on the floor were like that. Because that was Lee Seo-jung’s taste.

“Hey, how can you only read these things when you’re getting love calls from all kinds of romances? You’re not going to suddenly declare one day that you can’t film ordinary romances, are you? I’m afraid of losing my job.”

The manager’s words made sense.

Because these days, they call Seo Yeon-ju for refreshing youth romances, and Lee Seo-jung for sticky and gooey romances.

“Eyy, I’m an actress. It’s a job to hide my tastes.”

“Or how about this guy?”

The manager held out a profile.

It was a male actor with pure white hair.

“You know Special Task Force 808 properly blew up this time, right?” “Of course. You bet I know.”

“It’s the actor who played Kim Yu-han, his visuals are good and he acts well. You’re deciding on your next project anyway. How about doing one with a guy like this? It’s good to do it together when it’s a hot topic.”

“Hmm, it would be fun to film together. Just that much.”

“Oh! Then should I contact him in advance? In the style of finding the next script together! He’s a rookie, so he probably doesn’t have any schedules yet!”

But that was when it happened.

Lee Seo-jung quietly placed a finger on the manager’s lips.

“Shhh.”

And a slight upturn of the corners of her mouth.

“I was concentrating. Wait in the car.”

“What concentration? You have to leave soon.” “Oh, then I’ll have to leave even faster. Because I’m thinking of taking a shower now. Or… Aha, did you want to see my body?”

When Lee Seo-jung pretended to take off her clothes, the manager screamed and ran out of the house. It was almost like a baseball hit for a home run. You never know what might happen if you saw the naked body of the actor in charge.

“How boring. That’s why men are no fun.”

Lee Seo-jung clicked her tongue and then turned her gaze back to the wall.

These days, Lee Seo-jung’s interests were elsewhere.

Just one person. A certain rookie actress.

‘Everyone thinks you’re a wolf. In fact, your mask looks quite fierce and solid. You’re good at acting and you’re capable too. You’re not an easy rookie to see in Korea.’

Lee Seo-jung’s eyes slowly curved.

‘But.’

It was accompanied by a sudden rough breath.

‘My eyes can’t be deceived. You’re a fox acting like a wolf, aren’t you? The core inside the outer shell is definitely shy.’

A moment later, Lee Seo-jung put her face on the photo on the wall.

“Huuu…”

It was accompanied by taking a deep breath.

‘I want to know you. I’ll have you. I want to mess you up so badly…’

It was a picture of Lee Soo-ah.

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Night. Conference room.

But surprisingly, there was no rigid atmosphere.

All sorts of penalty props and board games were lined up, because this is the meeting space of the Mutube entertainment channel ‘Studio Snack.’ There are a whopping 2.1 million subscribers.

These days, ‘Studio Snack’ is crushing other entertainment channels, and there was a clear reason why they were able to grow so much.

“Let’s start the meeting today.”

A man wearing a hat backwards so that the brim was towards the back of his head.

Thanks to Kang Hyun-sung PD.

He had tremendous success with entertainment at KBM broadcasting station, and is now running a Mutube channel after changing careers.

However, the connections he had already built up didn’t go anywhere, his sense was even more alive than before, and his name value had risen even further, making it easy to cast celebrities. It was truly a perfect trifecta.

And now, the whiteboard in the ‘Studio Snack’ conference room.

Four letters were in place.

[Pet]

Pet. It was the theme of this project.

“Everyone, tell me what you’ve been thinking about.”

At Kang Hyun-sung PD’s words, the employees opened their mouths.

“Sitting down celebrities and asking questions has clear limitations. No matter how well we prepare the questions, if the main character of the special isn’t interesting, it’ll fail completely.”

“In that respect, observation entertainment is also not good, and visiting famous restaurants is also a bit so-so. We’ve already been to most of the restaurants. Of course, it’s not that the number of views isn’t coming out, but it’s time to drop something big.”

The secret to ‘Studio Snack’s’ popularity was that they boldly discarded materials that they had found fun once.

The problem is that they’ve already done almost everything. From observing the main character of the special to small talk, experiencing jobs, there’s nothing they haven’t done.

Except for this pet special.

Kang Hyun-sung PD nodded.

“I also agree with the idea of adding pets. However, I’m asking specifically how we’re going to do it. Frankly, we can’t just watch a dog being walked, can we? Who would watch that?”

“I’ve prepared something again.”

One of the employees confidently opened their mouth.

“PD-nim, let’s go with a special on unique pets.”

“Unique pets?”

“Actors tend to have a lot of money, so they raise pets that ordinary people don’t even think about. If we collect them around that, we’ll be guaranteed a basic number of views.”

“Uncommon pets…”

Kang Hyun-sung PD soon nodded.

“That’s true. I’d be curious if they brought out animals that are hard to see normally. So what about the content?”

“We’ll show each actor skillfully handling the animals, and we’ll prepare simple missions. Something that the actor and the pet can do together.”

“A mission where they cooperate together? That’s good.”

But soon Kang Hyun-sung PD fiddled with his hat. The project itself was appealing, but there were still problems left.

“But who are the actors like that? I can’t think of any examples.”

The employee immediately held out a profile.

“PD-nim, you know this rookie, right?”

“Lee Soo-ah? Of course I know her. She won the Grand Prize.”

“I thought you would definitely know.”

“It would be strange if I didn’t. I watched ‘Sword’ too.”

Kang Hyun-sung PD continued.

“Her visuals are fierce, her hair color is uncommon, and her character itself is very eye-catching. I was already thinking of calling her later for a special on rookie award nominees. Wait a minute, but…”

Suddenly, his eyes sparkled.

“…Why? Does she happen to raise unique pets too?”

“She recently created an SNS account for a while and then turned it to private, but she posted pictures of a pet. Do you know what it is?” “What is it? It better not be something ordinary.”

“It’s a fox. A polar fox, no less.”

A moment of silence.

Soon Kang Hyun-sung PD nodded.

“Let’s call her. This will create a good picture.”