Chapter 82
<2 Nights 3 Days> and <The Moonlight Parted by Clouds> Episode 2 successfully aired.
Articles about Haeun, who once again began to fill entertainment sections of famous portal sites.
The extent and scale of Haeun’s past, which she had underestimated, had surprisingly affected places she hadn’t expected.
One of those was Haeun’s fan communities, like her fan cafe and fan gallery.
Strictly speaking, the fan community itself had already been established a long time ago.
However, since Haeun’s entertainment activities after entering middle school had been few and far between.
– 1463rd Rehash) Haeun from Another Star Gif Collection
– Haeun… I’m cold… I’ll freeze to death at this rate…
– Why are you trying to die again here?
ㄴ <Mr. Love> just ended, that’s why.
ㄴ? But it’s only Episode 2?
ㄴ Haeun doesn’t appear from Episode 3!!!
Just a few months ago, most fan communities were in a state akin to being dead.
They would come alive briefly when Haeun returned to the screen as a supporting character or minor role, but that too wouldn’t last long.
But then.
<Haeun Lee cast in KBC 'The Moonlight Parted by Clouds.' She will be joining 'Crown Prince Lee Hyun' Yoon Seong Jae.>
Suddenly, the missing Haeun reappeared in the new drama <The Moonlight Parted by Clouds>.
News that she was cast as the female lead, “Yeongwol,” popped up one day out of nowhere.
– Female lead???????
– The article says she’ll perform sword fighting without a double? Insane lol
– Does anyone know what <The Moonlight Parted by Clouds> is about?
ㄴ Buy the original novel from Gyodong Bookstore and read it; it’s fun!
The community, which had been in a near-death state just the day before, suddenly came to life.
– What? Haeun appeared in the preview for <2 Nights 3 Days>?
– ??? No way, it’s real!
In the brief preview aired one week before Episode 1 of <The Moonlight Parted by Clouds>, Haeun showed up.
– Haeun appeared in Sit on the Money!
– What on earth is happening?
– Haeun is singing live!!!!!
From the moment fans saw Haeun performing in the live finale of <SIT ON THE MONEY>, it was a full-blown festival.
So much so that.
The premiere of <The Moonlight Parted by Clouds> Episode 1 that began 30 minutes later, of course.
And the episode 2 of <2 Nights 3 Days> and <The Moonlight Parted by Clouds> aired the following day, all of Haeun’s fans watched in real-time.
– Haeun winning at table tennis and doing an eating broadcast.jpg
– Moment of first appearance on Sit on the Money + gif of taking off a baseball cap
– Haeun’s pool shot capture
– Even in boy’s clothes, her beauty is insane, for real.
– Today’s assassins are going wild, Yeongwol.gif
– Yeongwol solo shot collection
The fan community was buzzing as they shared every detail about all of Haeun’s appearances late into the night.
Thanks to the countless highlights that dropped over two consecutive days on Friday and Saturday, there was never a shortage of stories about Haeun.
The problem was that among the now-bustling fan community, there was also an official fan cafe directly managed by Haeun’s agency, Luna Entertainment.
As an ‘official’ fan cafe, the state of it could influence Haeun’s image; that was a more significant issue.
“W-What? The number of membership applicants is 12,759…?”
The biggest problem was that there was only one staff member managing Haeun’s fan cafe.
Of course, during the quiet days, having just one person manage it had been sufficient.
But now, when it became more chaotic than any fan cafe before, it was impossible to manage Haeun’s fan cafe with just one person.
So, eventually, the staff member in charge of Haeun’s fan cafe began to ask for help from everywhere starting Sunday morning.
In the end, around five or six people had to devote over 12 hours just managing Haeun’s fan cafe.
Thus, it was a truly eventful weekend for the staff at Luna Entertainment.
After a rather bewildering weekend for Haeun, it finally came to an end.
When Monday morning arrived, marking the start of a new week.
“D-D-Director.”
“Why?”
“Uh, um… Our Luna Entertainment stock price… has risen by 11.9% compared to last Friday.”
“What?!”
It was revealed that the rapid rise in Haeun’s recognition and popularity had affected more places.
Starting from Monday morning, inquiries about Haeun flooded in like spam emails.
It was confusing, in a way that was almost reasonable.
Her expression was so mixed up that she couldn’t even manage it properly.
-♪
-♪…Click.
[Hello? Director?]
“Uh, Manager Joo. Bring that actress right after school. There are a lot of things to discuss with her.”
[Ah… Yes, understood.]
And her heart was racing with joy.
Haeun, who had once again brought tremendous profit to Luna Entertainment after her child actor days, looked unbelievably cute now.
However, for Haeun, just having arrived at school,
-Glance.
-Glance glance.
‘…What is this?’
She couldn’t help but focus more on the drastically changed attitudes of her classmates than Luna Entertainment’s soaring stock price.
It was as if they found Haeun fascinating for some reason.
“Hey, Haeun. I want to ask you something.”
“?”
“Uh, you know… When did you get to know the Doubly seniors?”
One friend, an idol trainee at a famous agency, cautiously asked.
For some reason, it seemed like she was trying to gauge Haeun’s reaction.
Well, either way, she was a friend who had been hanging out with Haeun and chatting about small things just last week.
“Since I was seven years old.”
“So, um… you’ve been getting vocal training from the seniors since you were seven?”
“Yep.”
Without hesitation, she simply told the truth.
The issue was that almost simultaneously, her friend began to bend over.
“I’m sorry for not recognizing you, Senior!!”
“W-What are you doing? Why are you suddenly like this?”
Haeun was more bewildered than ever.
After all, it was something she had never experienced before.
“No, but you debuted as a singer before me. Your trainee period was several times longer than mine.”
Her friend began to treat her with such respect that she even used formal language for someone she usually joked with.
This made Haeun even more flustered, and she awkwardly tried to pull her friend upright.
But, less than a few seconds later.
-Creeeak!
The back door of the classroom was suddenly swung open by someone.
More precisely, unfamiliar faces cautiously approached Haeun.
“Excuse me, Senior Pinocchio. May I greet you for a moment?”
Once again, with exceedingly polite greetings, her already chaotic head grew even more complicated.
When morning attendance began.
After a brief morning assembly and when they moved to the gym for their first period of physical education, following the physical education teacher’s instructions to participate in a dodgeball match with the next class.
“Hey! If we hit our Senior, we’re all dead!”
Seeing her classmates treating Haeun not as a friend but as a major senior in the music industry made her head throb.
She knew that the hierarchy in the entertainment industry was a bit excessive.
But she never imagined it would go this far.
From the beginning, Haeun had no intention of asserting her seniority or receiving any special treatment.
Yet, since her classmates treated her like a senior and treated her with such respect, it was all too much.
Ultimately, as soon as lunchtime arrived, she rushed to Dayun to spill everything that had happened that day.
But the response she got back was.
“What of it? You’ve already debuted, so just accept being treated like a senior.”
Even Dayun had no real countermeasures to offer.
After all, Dayun was just as clueless about the industry’s hierarchy.
So, Haeun trudged back to her class, yet again to be treated like a senior.
That way, she spent time that was very different from what she expected.
Just after the homeroom teacher’s closing bell rang, she practically fled to meet Joo Jung Yoon.
As soon as she met Joo Jung Yoon, she once again poured out everything that happened that day and asked for help.
Only for Joo Jung Yoon to say.
“Uh, Haeun. Let’s put out the immediate fire first.”
Since word had finally spread that Bang Jeong Cheol was looking for Haeun.
So she momentarily set aside her worries about her classmates and headed to the Luna Entertainment headquarters.
It was about 30 minutes later that she arrived at the director’s office at Luna Entertainment.
“Hello, Director.”
“Oh, our lucky star has finally come!”
‘…Lucky star?’
After a brief smile from Jeong Dong Cheol, who then told her to sit down, Haeun sat demurely on the sofa in his office.
And barely three seconds later came the question.
“Shall we start with the advertising discussion? Or should we begin with the drama casting discussion?”
She was filled with question marks over what they should discuss first regarding the advertising and drama casting.
After a moment of deep contemplation.
“Hmm… I think it might be better to start with the urgent matters first.”
In the end, she passed the choice back to Jeong Dong Cheol.
“Then let’s start with the advertising discussion.”
Thus began the talk about the advertising.
However, contrary to Haeun’s expectations that the advertisement would be for a cosmetics or clothing company.
“Beds are a science. Sounds familiar, right?”
“So, is the advertisement you received…?”
“It’s a bed advertisement. They were really impressed with how you looked sleeping on <2 Nights 3 Days>.”
News that an advertisement had come from a well-known furniture company that mainly employed male actors surprised Haeun.
She fell silent for a moment, pondering quite seriously on how she had inadvertently become associated with laziness.
But.
“I personally want our actress to definitely take on this advertisement. The fee is quite high as well.”
Unable to wait for Haeun’s dilemma to end, Jeong Dong Cheol informed her that this advertisement’s fee was beyond her imagination.
“If it’s this amount, it’s practically an S-class deal. If our actress takes this advertisement, she’ll surely receive S-class treatment for future ads.”
“I-I’ll do it!”
In the end, she accepted the bed advertisement offer.
Was this what it meant that there was no business when faced with money?