The backlight made it hard to see his face.
Chaewon frowned and spoke in a flat voice.
–If you’re going to wake up from this level of noise, then why are you sleeping on the rooftop?
As if to answer Chaewon’s reasonable remark, the intro of a rebellious song—so obviously crafted with effort—began to play. Then ca a clean landing. A physique worthy of a forr model.
When the man walked closer, bright lighting hit his face. His red hair fluttered in the wind. His sharply shaped eyes t Chaewon’s lifeless ones.
“What the—aa~.”
From visuals to voice to gaze, it was a combination designed to make fangirls’ hearts race.
Aetami unconsciously covered her mouth with one hand. And then she was startled at herself.
‘...This is Stage 4.’
Fangirls’ imrsion generally goes through the following stages:
1st stage. Watching short video clips
2nd stage. Watching the videos on ti
3rd stage. Smiling without realizing it
4th stage. Covering the mouth
5th stage. Getting overwheld from ti to ti and live-posting it online
For reference, anything after that is truly hopeless. It leads straight to opening the wallet and dedicating one’s life.
‘This is dangerous.’
Covering her mouth while watching a re-ten-minutes-sothing web drama—this was the first ti for Aetami. It was cheesy, it was childish.
“...It’s fun. I admit it.”
It was definitely fun. And it wasn’t just Aetami who felt that way.
–LOOOOOOLLLL what the f**k I think I lost it T_T LOLOL
–Uh...? Delicious...? (picking up mint-choco-lon-bread)
˪What is this...? I didn’t expect anything.... It’s... good?
–They said webdramas are cringey and they brought the real cringe lmaoooo T_T aaaaagh!!!
The inflated view count of the teaser proved everything.
The very beginning of hit 80,000 views in a single day. 122 comnts, 309 likes. Among currently released web dramas, it was showing explosive influence.
Aetami (this is not a pyramid-sche account demX) @AnYtidia
(ParCheHi Joo Junseo x Han Yeoreum rooftop scene clip)
Mint-choco-lon-bread.... tastes good?
Aetami’s Tritt began spreading quickly through RTs. It was ’s successful takeoff.
* * *
“Doneee!!!”
Team Leader Seong had been monitoring Episode 1 nonstop ever since it was uploaded. He had felt it during the wrap-up party as well—the unique thrilling sensation that only a “will-succeed project” gives off.
“Yes, yes. You watched it? Oh man. Our team really worked hard.”
Calls were already coming in from everywhere. All of them positive. Team Leader Seong went to find Hong, the head of PR.
“Chief Hong~!”
“You’re here?”
It seed Hong had already checked the news; a smile was on their face.
“You saw Episode 1, right? It’s seriously insane.”
“Heh heh. The reaction is good. Once Episode 2 goes up today, articles will be pouring out all next week.”
“At this rate we might hit a million views soon, no?”
At Team Leader Seong’s words, the new intern carrying coffee chid in.
“Right. I think it’s possible.”
They had just uploaded a post about on SNS.
“The speed of comnts is several tis faster than other posts.”
The mont they uploaded a few behind-the-scenes photos, comnts started flooding in.
Youstagram
♥Hyeonjae High♥ students who started school yesterday (｡•ㅅ•｡)
What r u guys do1ng....? Ar3 u.... perh4ps....?
48 likes 11 comnts
–Please tell the female lead’s Yousta account T_T LOLOLOLOLOL
–You’ve been hit by an in-so-beam. Please add ㅇㅅㅇ to every comnt
˪Why should I do thaaat?! ㅇㅅㅇ I seriously have no idea!
˪For soone who doesn’t know, you’re already doing it well....
“Yeoreum’s Yousta—people keep asking for it. Make sure to fix the tags.”
Team Leader Seong couldn’t help smiling just thinking about Yeoreum.
If Episode 1 already had this level of response, once Episode 3—where the real acting begins—got uploaded, the buzz would be unimaginable.
The intern updated the post and tagged the actors’ accounts.
“But Team Leader Seong, did you hear? Jegal Rok, the division head.”
The mont the na Jegal Rok ca out, Team Leader Seong tensed up. He was the person who would be watching this project more closely than anyone.
“What about him?”
“When we distributed the press release, he issued a special directive about Han Yeoreum.”
“What!!!”
Team Leader Seong almost shouted. It hadn’t been long since they heard that Jegal Rok personally attended the pre-edit screening.
‘Even the instruction to triple the press distribution was already unbelievable, and now, a special directive...’
At this point, might truly be considered one of the top three projects of the quarter.
“How? What kind of? Spe? Ci? Al? Di? Rec? Tive?”
Chief Hong looked at him like he was overreacting.
“Besides releasing her together with Joo Junseo, promote her separately as well.”
Strictly speaking, this was an unprecedented privilege.
When JC launched the Web Content Division, their sole focus was Joo Junseo—to highlight JC’s trendiness.
‘And now they’re adding Han Yeoreum?’
He had only watched Episode 1, and yet Jegal Rok chose Han Yeoreum. Even though Han Yeoreum had no contract with JC whatsoever.
“Are they going to sign her?”
“That I don’t know. But...”
Hong took a sip of coffee and paused.
“Jegal Rok doesn’t waste money on nonsense.”
* * *
Episode 2 of was uploaded imdiately after. As if everyone had been waiting for exactly 10 p.m., the view count shot up the mont it went live.
The last scene of Episode 1 was Chaewon discovering that she was turning blurry.
Scratch– scratch–.
The sound of a pen nib scraping against paper was heard. Chaewon imdiately raised her palm. Letters began appearing on it.
[No screen ti. Not fun. Might be okay to delete?]
It was scribbling presumably from the author. Chaewon’s lifeline turned red.
Seeing that, Chaewon clenched her fist tightly.
–...So, you’re saying I can’t just live quietly, is that it?
Even soone as apathetic as Chaewon reacted differently when it concerned her very existence.
Chaewon quickly assessed the situation. With a small inhale, she looked at her palm, which kept turning blurry then clear.
With so kind of resolve, she closed her eyes.
The next day, Chaewon took her own counterasures.
–Here, who wants to answer this question?
–.
Chaewon sincerely engaged in class. She raised her hand high and answered questions imdiately.
–Good. Well done. Then next question. What’s the answer?
–!
Chaewon still had dead-fish eyes, but she showed enthusiasm and worked hard to secure screen ti.
But sothing felt off. Chaewon looked around the classroom and thought to herself:
–No one... is listening to the class? You guys?
This was a pure-romance-manga world. Studying only appeared temporarily during fluttery episodes.
Going to the library to study together, comforting soone who cried after failing a test, or locking eyes during class.
–This formula works like this.
The cara angle ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) rotated just like Chaewon’s gaze.
Red-haired Joon—Joo Junseo—was gazing wistfully out the window, and Hina next to him asked what he was thinking about.
Other extras were the sa. Imrsed in their own worlds, none cared about the teacher’s words.
–So this part is basically a throwaway segnt....
Only then did Chaewon realize. No matter how hard she tried to stand out in class, it was pointless.
–There’s a pop quiz tomorrow. The rankings will be publicly posted. Everyone do your best!
The teacher left the classroom with a cheerful smile as the bell rang, not at all bothered that no one listened. Liveliness returned to the room.
–Ah, what the hell.... I ca all the way into a shoujo manga just to study.... I’m going insane.
Apparently even Korean students could never escape studying—not in any universe.
Chaewon thought. Getting attention during class was pointless, but if she ranked first in the pop quiz, she might get a little bit of screen ti.
Just as she sighed and reached for one of the tall stack of textbooks, a sticky note fluttered down.
Don’t think too hard! Co play with Hina sotis٩(๑>∀
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