I'm an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me

“Crazy!!!”

And she clipped it on instinct. It wasn’t even drama footage, but she had to upload it on her account.

Aetami (Not a pyramid-scheme account damX) @AnYtimeMedia

(Yeoreum’s ASMR clip)

What about this is scary lolol ah haha seriously lolol Mom where did you gosomomdon’tturnoffthelightsahlet’ssleep togetherplease

RT 2.3K Likes 7,274 Views 1.47M

That evening, the clip uploaded on Aetami’s account spread rapidly through SNS and online communities. People clicked the original link attached below it.

–Please... act gently... I can’t sleep because I have goosebumps T_T

–Is that based on something real??;; It’s too brutal to make sense

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–They said it’s ASMR TT_TT You lied! You lied!

–Isn’t ASMR supposed to be something you watch before sleeping, f*ck this just won’t let me sleep...

As expected, the reaction was explosive. In less than 24 hours, the views shot past 150,000. Comments and likes piled up like crazy.

Comments 7,762

Just as the rookie expected, a pioneering of yet another new genre had been accomplished. And the frontrunner was Han Yeoreum.

* * *

Jegal Rok reviewed the report. If he were to summarize the neatly organized file in one line:

‘Success.’

Once again, the graph was curving upward. After the video upload, both views and subscribers spiked sharply. Jegal Rok lifted his phone and spoke briefly.

“Tell the team again. Ask if she changed her mind about appearing.”

On the very day Han Yeoreum finished filming, he had watched the original footage.

There was no way to believe it was a low-budget content video. Jegal Rok immediately sent her a casting offer for the mystery film scheduled to premiere in a few months.

“But that’s... if it were an interview maybe, but introducing the film as content like the ASMR might have limits. It might end up getting consumed as a meme.”

But the answer was a cautious decline. Without spatial immersion, without music, without polished editing—when a single actor had to carry the entire video alone—there was only so much they could expect.

Jegal Rok looked at Han Yeoreum, who was still frozen on the monitor, already becoming a fast-rising issue.

“And also send me the sales trajectory for .”

The public is transparent. If they are interested, they move. As they had during , they spread the word without being asked, and they purchase without being pushed.

Jegal Rok skimmed again through the proposal from a brand that wanted PPL placement in the new web drama. The ad budget line contained a much higher number than before.

[We will deliver the sales trajectory tomorrow morning. However, there has been a meaningful change in the rankings. , which was outside the top 300, is now settled at #2.]

Below Han Yeoreum’s video, they had placed a link to the original webnovel Strange Tales.

Strange Tales had not been a particularly successful work. But after skimming the scenario, Jegal Rok liked the version brought by Team Leader Seong—despite the existence of many novels with far higher views and stronger core fandoms.

This one was instinct.

“It’s #1.”

When he opened the app, the rankings had already updated. The novel, which had been pushed far outside the charts for years since completion, was now proudly sitting at #1. When he clicked the comments and scrolled down, everyone mentioned the video.

–Raise your hand if you came here after watching the Intube video

˪Me me I tried a little taste and it was so scary I came to check out the original

˪The slime sound keeps replaying in my ears T_T lolololol

Jegal Rok looked at the Strange Tales scenario on his desk and opened the file. A list of works JC ENM planned to invest in was displayed.

Click—.

He selected the Strange Tales buried down below and dragged it all the way to the top. He wanted JC ENM’s capital to bring this story into the world. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

“We’re revising all plans.”

The string of successes made the message unmistakable. A new wave. To open an era different from the one before, they needed Han Yeoreum.

“Project A. Let’s launch an actor label.”

It was time for JC ENM to create a new label.

* * *

“O~~~ Yeoreum~~~.”

This was the filming site of the movie . The moment I walked in, I was greeted by the staff. It seemed everyone had watched the Strange Tales video.

“Yeoreum, what is that? A drama? A movie? What is it?”

“Just a one-off content piece. ASMR.”

“What! And you’re that good? I thought JC was making another web drama!”

The staff’s reactions were intense. Maybe because I was a rookie, more people felt comfortable talking to me.

‘So this is... the flavor of being the protagonist....’

Praise really was sweet.

‘I even hit Trending Videos. Please, everyone, praise me more.’

This ASMR video had ridden the algorithm and reached the Trending list. It might have been near the bottom, but for the video length, the comments were blazing. Many people asked for more videos like this.

“That’s right! I watched it too. You were good. And your vibe now is totally—completely different from then.”

Director Gong approached with the storyboard to give movement instructions. He smiled as he praised me.

“I’m expecting you to do well today too. Makes rewriting the script worth it!”

Today’s shoot was the club scene. The reason I’d even passed the audition in the first place. The place where Influencer 1 appeared the longest.

“If it feels a bit hard, let me know. You’re twenty, so you probably don’t know clubs well. Your body might stiffen up. Some actors get better if they take a teeny—tiny—bit of alcohol. Just a little.”

“Yes. I’ll do my best!”

I smiled at Director Gong. Unlike when I’d worked with Detective Yoon, today the number of people on set was huge.

Elite Detective Yoon, the physical-type Detective Kwak, gangsters, club-goers. A single NG would waste a ridiculous amount of money.

‘On a set, time is literally money.’

It had been Director Gong’s gamble to increase the screen time of a rookie with so little experience.

But I planned to get through today with no NGs again.

‘Because it opened. The Item Shop.’

* * *

The Item Shop had opened when the Ruel Style Awards ended and a string of articles followed.

[Ruel Style Awards’ chosen rookie, ’s Han Yeoreum... not frozen fish but a chic # Nоvеlight # young lady~]

[Winner’s speech at the Ruel Style Awards, “Please invite me again next year” WOMAN OF INSPIRATION award]

Honestly, I didn’t think it was that big of an award. I figured the meaning was that it was the first time I received something—just that.

“...It’s more impressive than I thought...?”

I suddenly understood viscerally what “a line that can generate an extra article” means to a celebrity.

“So this is why there are so many award shows.”

Because you have to constantly generate things that pique public interest.

While I was skimming through articles, the status window popped up again.

Dding—!

[Level Up!]

More and more people now recognize your name instead of your character’s. Congratulations! Your level has been recalibrated.

[Name: Han Yeoreum]

Level: Iconic Rookie <<

Title: Muse of Dok Gomin / Muse of So Yesol

“Finally!”

It meant the name Han Yeoreum, buried under the character “Pi Chaewon,” was starting to appear. It felt like even people in the industry were beginning to see me. Han Yeoreum, who had lived so long as a nobody.

▶ Hidden Reward

[Lucky Point] ←

300p

Current Lucky Points: 1600p

[Your points have exceeded 1500p. A new function is now available.]

[The Item Shop is now accessible.]

As the level recalibrated, more functions unlocked.

The Item Shop had finally opened.

I immediately pressed the enter button to go inside the Item Shop.