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A high-end steakhouse located in Cheongdam. Sua and Kim Iseo got out of the car side by side. Kim Iseo looked haggard.

“It was tough making a last-minute reservation. I’m lucky I had some contacts built up beforehand, or we wouldn’t have been able to get a table.”

At the same time, the CEO instructed,

“If writer Lee Geum-suk is full of warmth, writer Park Yumi is the opposite. She’s cool. Let’s not provoke her if we can help it. If Sua stays quiet, I’ll make excuses.”

“Yes.”

Kim Iseo had already told her all sorts of things in the van. Courtesies considering the other person’s mood.

Sua didn’t forget.

Kim Iseo checked her phone’s notepad.

[Notepad]

— Meeting with writer Park Yumi — Pet variety show filming — Climax appreciation — Meeting with Lee Geum-suk’s team

Who would have predicted that Sua, who was just a rookie, would become so busy so quickly? Kim Iseo was surprised anew.

“There’s a lot to do. Let’s finish this as quickly as possible.”

The two entered the restaurant.

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Not long after, five people joined them.

At the center was writer Park Yumi. And the people surrounding her like a fence were the production team. Kim Iseo smiled.

“Hello, writer Park. It’s been a long time since you’ve been in Korea, hasn’t it? The last time we met, Mystic was a fledgling entertainment company.”

Writer Park Yumi raised the corners of her mouth as if reciprocating.

“Don’t be overly modest. I regularly follow Korean news, and I know that Mystic has grown beyond recognition.”

“I’m glad you’ve been paying attention.”

“Of course. Now, let’s see, and this is the one I’ve only heard about?”

Park Yumi’s gaze turned to Sua, and Sua bowed politely. Sua-etiquette.

“Hello. I’m Lee Sua. I enjoyed your work, writer-nim.”

“Really? Which one?”

Sua didn’t say anything after that.

Fortunately, writer Park Yumi seemed to be distracted by something else.

“More than that, you’re even more amazing in person? The camera doesn’t capture everything. Are you here now as Sua the human? In your everyday appearance, not wearing any role?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Your very being is like a role. A heavy role. I had some idea, but it’s different to see it in person.”

Around this time, Sua thought to herself.

‘She’s really the opposite of Lee Geum-suk writer-nim.’

If Lee Geum-suk writer-nim was close to a warm-hearted aunt, this person was more like a conglomerate madam. I keep having to watch my step.

As the appetizers were being laid out, Park Yumi said,

“The meeting was scheduled faster than I expected.”

Kim Iseo opened her mouth as if she had been waiting.

“It should be. It’s writer Park Yumi, after all, and a debut into OTT, so it’s something to be grateful for that you considered Sua.”

“Did you read the entire script?”

“Of course. As expected, the master of chaebol dramas is different.”

“Hmm.”

Park Yumi wore a meaningful smile.

“It seems like whenever CEO Kim starts with compliments, it never ends well. I wonder if my memory is accurate?”

At the same time, she turned her gaze to Sua.

“Did you see it too, Sua-ssi? My script.”

“Yes. I thought I wanted to live like that character. A life where you have so much money that you don’t feel any threats and are bored. A life where if you confide your worries to someone, they’d say you’re speaking from a full stomach and stab you with a knife.”

“That’s right. Sua-ssi, even your mask fits.”

The food was served in order, but writer Park Yumi seemed to have little interest and only stared at Sua. Her eyes even sparkled.

“Actually, I wanted to put Sua-ssi, who’s been suddenly rising in popularity, in the role of the young master, but seeing Sua-ssi in person, I don’t regret it at all. No, perhaps I think Sua-ssi is even more attractive.”

“Thank you.”

She didn’t wield Sua-recognition. Sua-politeness. Sua suddenly thought that she had grown a little.

“If I had known Sua-ssi earlier, I would have moved up my return to Korea.”

The surrounding production team was surprised by the blatant praise. But Park Yumi lightly shook her wine glass and continued.

“But you’re going to reject my work, right?”

Then Kim Iseo parted her lips with difficulty.

“…That’s right for now.”

“That’s the feeling I got. All the other compliments came out, but you didn’t say you wanted to do it. A word to the wise is enough.”

“I’m sorry. Sua is too busy at the moment.”

Kim Iseo explained step by step.

From the fact that Sua became busy after the short film ‘Sword’, to the fact that she is about to appear on a variety show, and even the work with director Go Tae-min’s ‘Crescendo from Tomorrow’ and Seo Yeon-ju.

“I know Sua-ssi is busy. But.”

Writer Park Yumi shook her head.

“You’re missing an important point. I heard that Lee Geum-suk’s team also sent you a love call? I don’t think I wrote worse than her.”

“Of course not. You wrote very well.”

“Then why are you going over there?”

“Sua wanted it. Desperately.”

Around that time, Sua nodded as if to say it wasn’t a lie, with strength in her eyes. Writer Park Yumi was silent for a moment, then.

“In that case, there’s nothing I can say. I’m an artist too, so I know. How much passion burns when you’re fixated on something you want to do. How hard it is to force yourself to do something you don’t like.”

“It’s not that I don’t like the writer-nim’s script.”

“I know. It’s not that kind of meaning. But.”

Writer Park Yumi said with her arms crossed.

“Give me Lee Geum-suk’s team’s script. I need to see what content captivated Sua-ssi.”

After that, the script was delivered to writer Park Yumi.

“…Huh?”

A vein popped up vertically on her forehead.

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It was a long time before writer Park Yumi regained her composure.

Of course, this was a story limited to Park Yumi. The production team was still wandering, unable to escape the chaos.

“What is this, what is this?”

“Why can’t I understand the contents even after reading it?”

“Is this the final version…?”

Even now that the food was getting cold, no one moved their fork and knife. As expected, the shock must have been great.

Writer Park Yumi drank wine like water and opened her mouth.

“I’m reminded of some of the scenes I wrote. Why, it’s common in chaebol dramas to throw water on people’s faces.”

“….”

“You think this little work will be more successful than me? Go ahead and try. While uttering such lines. It’s a strange feeling.”

Sua listened quietly.

She fully empathized with writer Park Yumi’s feelings. If she hadn’t seen the rating as a perk, she would never have chosen it.

“I want to let you go coolly if possible. This is…”

Writer Park Yumi opened her mouth again.

“The script is so bizarre, and seeing Sua-ssi in person makes me want her even more. Why am I so reluctant to let you go?”

Kim Iseo thought for a moment, then.

“Writer Park. There is a way.”

“Tell me.”

“First of all, it’s a loss for both of us if this meeting ends badly, right? Writer Park will become a writer who was rejected by a rookie, and at the same time, Sua will gain an image close to being arrogant.”

“All the more so because she rejected me and chose a terrible script.”

“Yes. So, how about Sua participating as an extra with a small role? It’s good for both of us.”

Writer Park Yumi fell into thought, and Sua thought that Kim Iseo’s judgment wasn’t bad. No, this is excellent.

‘This work wasn’t rated that bad either.’

‘High Society’ is rated 2.8.

Even without that, it was a pity to let it go.

Around that time, writer Park Yumi handed over a file.

“This is a character relationship chart, so point out one of these. Ask if you have any questions. I’ll answer you as much as you want.”

That’s how the search for an extra role began.

A little later, Kim Iseo sighed.

“It’s difficult. The youngest daughter of a chaebol family would have been perfect.”

Then Kim Iseo’s phone suddenly rang, and she excused herself and got up from her seat.

Sua’s variety show filming was right around the corner, so she couldn’t refuse the call.

In that way, only Sua was left in the Mystic camp.

Suddenly, Sua pointed to a character.

“What’s this role? It wasn’t in the script.”

Writer Park Yumi reacted with a sigh, “Oh.”

“It’s understandable that you don’t know. It’s such a simple character that I omitted the description. But it’s also incredibly intense.”

“Intense?”

“It’s closer to a supporting role than an extra.”

Intense despite having a very small role?

Sua perked up her ears.

“What kind of role is it?”

“A housekeeper. But not a typical housekeeper.”

Writer Park Yumi wore a strange smile.

“A housekeeper with such an erotic body.”

Writer Park Yumi chuckled.

“In the end, she catches the eye of an upper-class man. They have a night together, and then she experiences a thrilling rise in status.”

Sua inwardly cringed. A night together? Sexual relations?

“Oh, um, does that kind of thing happen….”

“Of course.”

“…Do you film that?”

“Hey, no, that’s not it.”

Writer Park Yumi said firmly.

“She reveals her backside in the bathroom and drops her gown to her feet, and the upper class happens to discover that scene. After that, the scene ends while implying that there was some kind of transaction.”

So, there are no sexual relations. One big mountain has been crossed.

But Sua was still concerned.

“How do you show the backside? Do you take off all your clothes?”

“Of course, you film while wearing underwear. The camera will only capture the calf area. You drop your underwear and gown near your ankles. It’s staged to look like you’re naked.”

Park Yumi shrugged.

“I’m not a moron like Kim Jun-ki. I don’t ask for all kinds of naked poses, saying I’m going to check the composition, take pictures, and use them to blackmail you later to have a night together…. I don’t do that.”

Sua was surprised anew.

‘He wasn’t really human? Trash.’

It was accompanied by the thought that the world is truly scary.

“The acting that the housekeeper has to do is simple. She feels a man’s gaze, turns her head, and makes eye contact. Instead, the gaze is important. A gaze that makes a man have no choice but to pounce.”

“It’s definitely very short and intense.”

“That’s right. There’s only one problem.”

Writer Park Yumi sipped the newly filled wine glass.

“Whether Sua-ssi can unleash seduction.”

“Umm.”

Sua thought. Of course, I don’t know how to do that.

It seems like it would be good to participate lightly because it’s a 2.8-rated script, but the problem is that seduction is too difficult a field.

To the extent that it feels like the most difficult acting I’ve ever done.

Seduction? How do you do that?

Back when I was working, I remembered being scolded even more when I acted coy to ask for mistakes to be overlooked. After that, Sua was sealed….

‘Besides, I know now. I’m not an arctic fox.’

I was just born sharp.

It’s a hopeless fact, but I was slowly accepting it.

Still, should I look at it as a perk just in case?

“Writer-nim, just a moment.”

Sua said that and then fiddled with the script.

[High Society]

001 — Heo A-hyeon 002 — Lee A-young . . . 009 — Housekeeper 1 [*Special ability included] [*Preceding condition exists: Extreme difficulty]

‘Preceding condition? This is the first time I’ve seen this?’

Yoo Han-sua intervened at that time.

—It seems that a preceding condition is required to experience housekeeper 1, and it seems very difficult to meet that.

—I think that guy will understand that much. So what is the preceding condition? Can we look at it in advance?

Around that time, Sua had already attempted to experience it.

[…A preceding condition is required…] […Checking the preceding conditions…]

[Achieved] [Physical fitness S] [Injecting ‘fox-like behavior’.]

—Um? —Huh?

‘Huh?’

It seems that the preceding condition was just the body.

Strictly speaking, it’s the body shape and proportions, but Sua didn’t know.

‘It’s said to be extremely difficult? I just passed right away?’

I’m just happy to hear the news that I just passed.

Sss-!

Something began to be injected into Sua’s mind.

—…Is it okay to achieve it this easily? —The original condition is extremely difficult. Sua sunbae is just outstanding. It seems the Creator only created the body and stopped.

It was accompanied by a short review from the Sua Association.