Chapter 79: Shall I poke a little?

Chapter 79: Shall I poke a little?

What caught Yoo Yeon Seo’s attention was the reputation and rumor section.Finndd the newest novels on n/o/velbin(.)com

There was a rumor that she was very jealous when Lee Heeseo got married. In fact, she was said to have lived with the words ‘I want to marry a chaebol and live a luxurious life’ in her mouth.

Many people who were interested in Ryu Hyekyung contacted her, but she rejected them after taking a look. She still seemed to have a desire for a chaebol family.

It was not just any chaebol company, but Jusung. A group member who married into a company that represented Korea, she might also want to join a chaebol family that was comparable to that.

‘Maybe her standards have gone up... But shouldn’t she think about her age now?’

It might have been Lim Seunghyun’s opinion, but since it was his report, she could trust it. Yoo Yeon Seo tilted her head as she thought of Ryu Hyekyung who came up to her gently after the reading.

She was a notorious tyrant in the entertainment industry. The turnover rate of managers and stylists was high. She seemed to have managed her image well since no bad words leaked out.

She was good at dealing with the media. Especially, she was fearless in using her personal SNS. The public’s reputation was good.

‘It won’t be easy.’

Yoo Yeon Seo lay down on the bed again and stared blankly at the ceiling.

‘Did I show my hand too early?’

Shouldn’t she have hidden her true feelings until she received Lim Seunghyun’s report? She felt a bit regretful.

‘No.’

But that thought didn’t last long.

Ryu Hyekyung should be the one who was swayed. She didn’t need to grovel to get what she wanted.

‘Why me?’

Yoo Yeon Seo had nothing to lose.

Besides, there were many people who could talk about Lee Heeseo besides Ryu Hyekyung. The president of Twinkle’s agency, or the manager at that time. She could dump Ryu Hyekyung anytime if she dragged on.

And the real reason why Yoo Yeon Seo doubted Lee Heeseo’s death had not come out yet.

‘Beta.’

<Yes, master. I will start the random memory synchronization.>

Beta, who now knew what he was doing just by calling his name, answered in a flat tone.

***

She spent the morning like that, and Yoo Yeon Seo crossed her arms as she saw Lee Taegyeom, who arrived earlier than usual.

“What’s up? We still have a long way to go to the filming site.”

“Look at this.”

Lee Taegyeom didn’t give up and brought some scripts. If he used to bring a lot of them that he had to hold them with both hands, now he brought a few that he could hold with one hand.

Did he think hard and bring them? Yoo Yeon Seo casually flipped through the scripts he put down.

“Why did you choose these?”

Lee Taegyeom cleared his throat with a cough.

Oh, he was confident. He usually looked nervous about what kind of rejection Yoo Yeon Seo would give him, but now he was different.

“North Korea is a cheat key.”

“What?”

It was a somewhat blunt answer, but Yoo Yeon Seo decided to lean back on the backrest and listen to Lee Taegyeom’s words.

“Look, look.”

Lee Taegyeom took out a tablet pad and handed it to Yoo Yeon Seo. The screen was not a PPT, but just a notepad with large letters written on it.

“What do the works written here have in common? They are movies with North Korean agents ‘Goblin’, dramas with one of the main characters being a defector ‘Trap Investigation’, and this one is about the Kaesong Industrial Complex...”

“What is it?”

The movies and dramas that Lee Taegyeom mentioned were works that Yoo Yeon Seo knew well. They were works that were recycled several times in the future. He seemed to have learned the presentation skills from Director Park, as he paused for a beat, which aroused people’s curiosity.

“The movies broke even at least and hit the jackpot in the middle, and the dramas also exceeded the basic 20% viewership. That’s it.”

“Oh.”

This was a new approach... He must have thought a lot. Yoo Yeon Seo opened her mouth, and Lee Taegyeom said with a triumphant expression.

“Just look at the ‘Baekhoham’ that you filmed. In the beginning, the reason why the ship disappeared was North Korea.”

North Korea was not mentioned much in ‘Baekhoham’. But in the beginning, they made the audience confused by making the reason why the ship disappeared as North Korea’s doing, and that the monster that appeared was also done by North Korea.

Of course, ‘Baekhoham’ was different from the scripts that Lee Taegyeom brought. In ‘Baekhoham’, North Korea was just a device, and these works were closely related to North Korea in the main story.

“So you chose this?”

“Yeah, how is it?”

Yoo Yeon Seo looked at the script. He seemed to flip through it casually, but Lee Taegyeom knew that his eyes were moving fast and reading it thoroughly. Was it a genetic influence that his brother was called a genius, Yoo Yeon Seo also had a good basic brain.

“Well, it’s not bad... But do you think other directors and writers didn’t know that North Korea was a cheat key as much as you did?”

“Huh?”

When Lee Taegyeom opened his mouth stupidly, Yoo Yeon Seo operated the tablet pad. A list of movies and dramas with North Korean themes appeared on the screen.

“There are so many dramas and movies with North Korea as a theme here, do you think some of them would have been successful?”

“Let’s do a quick rehearsal.”

There was no big change in the script from the reading, and there were only some ad-libs added. The reading was a process of matching the characters that each had interpreted, and the director was impressed by Yoo Yeon Seo’s performance at the reading. It was a perfect character interpretation that even the writer nodded.

“Ready, go!”

Yoo Yeon Seo, who finished the rehearsal, entered the monitor screen. He changed his expression at the director’s signal. The scene he was shooting now was Itaewo’s first appearance.

“You see... there’s something missing.”

“Yes, yes?”

Bang! Bang! The steel pipe in his hand hit the steel railing, making a loud noise. Then he suddenly slumped down.

“I’m sleepy. So sleepy!”

He shook his head violently, shaking his hands as if he was having withdrawal symptoms. He looked out of his mind, and the other actor swallowed his saliva.

Itaewo leaned his head forward to the silent opponent and opened his eyes slightly.

“What, aren’t you curious?”

“Well, but...”

“But I can’t sleep.”

“What?”

Itaewo suddenly kicked the pile of trash next to him.

“I can’t, sleep, I said!”

It was an action that was not written in the script. He kicked it so hard that the trash scattered with a thud and a gust of wind.

“Uh...”

The other actor was stiffened by Yoo Yeon Seo’s ad-lib and missed the timing for the next line.

“Cut! Wait a minute. Yeonseo.”

The director gestured for him to come over.

“I get what you’re trying to do, Yeonseo, but let’s give a heads-up. That actor doesn’t have much experience yet.”

“If I give a heads-up, is that an ad-lib? He knows now, so he’ll do better.”

Yoo Yeon Seo’s interpretation of Itaewo was like a bomb that could explode at any moment. He thought it would be good to do a lot of ad-libs for a character who had a lot of sudden actions.

He couldn’t sleep and sometimes showed violence. He also had moments of sudden acceleration when he spoke. He needed some venting, but he couldn’t hit the other actor, could he?

“Anyway, let’s do it again.”

The director knew the rumors about Yoo Yeon Seo well. But he was cooperative enough. And it wasn’t an ad-lib that didn’t fit at all, so he could let it go generously.

After the shooting, Yoo Yeon Seo approached Ryu Hyekyung, who was standing a little away from the monitor.

“Auntie, hello.”

“Oh, yeah. Hi, nephew. You’re good at acting.”

“Aren’t you shooting today, auntie?”

“Huh? Oh... I came to see the shooting atmosphere. I’m always like this.”

Ryu Hyekyung’s manager widened his eyes. He was a person who didn’t sleep unless it was his own shooting.

The stylist poked his side and the manager managed to keep his expression.

He had already seen Im Seunghyun’s report and knew it was all a lie, but Yoo Yeon Seo pretended to be surprised.

“Really? That’s amazing.”

“Amazing, what? It’s basic.”

Ryu Hyekyung shrugged her shoulders.

‘Should I poke her a little?’

Yoo Yeon Seo asked cautiously.

“Do you remember what I said at the reading?”

“Oh, that? It was such a long time ago that I don’t remember well.”

Ryu Hyekyung waved her hand. She added a word as if she was kind.

“I’ll tell you if I remember anything later.”

“Really? Then I can’t help it. Excuse me, the director is calling me.”

But contrary to her expectation, Yoo Yeon Seo turned his body as if he wasn’t very sorry.

“Did Yoo Yeon Seo just call you auntie?”

“Well, technically, he’s right.”

He was a member of the same group as Lee Heeseo, so it wasn’t a very fitting word... Ryu Hyekyung’s stylist lowered his head at the unusually kind attitude.

‘Does this sister still have feelings for him?’

The stylist who had been with Ryu Hyekyung for years knew her intentions well. And Ryu Hyekyung was...

‘That’s not it...’

Yoo Yeon Seo wanted information about Lee Heeseo, and Ryu Hyekyung wanted to tease him with it, but Yoo Yeon Seo didn’t seem to have much attachment. Ryu Hyekyung was flustered and just looked at his back.