The Third-Gen Chaebol Becomes a Genius Actor

Chapter 74: It’s because of my background.

Among the writers, directors, and actors who had never worked with Yoo Yeon Seo, he was an unknown figure. His reputation grew as his dirty personality and uncontrollable actions spread from mouth to mouth.

Among the staff, there was a rumor that if you made eye contact with Yoo Yeon Seo, you would never find a job in the entertainment industry.

“Hyung!”

“Hyojun-ah.”

A close actor friend of Park Seunghwan came over and greeted him warmly. Go Hyojun, who was two years younger than Park Seunghwan, had played the lead role in a movie that attracted 10 million viewers last year. He was one of the top actors with a high name value and popularity.

“Hyung, you lost a lot of weight.”

“I just came back from a nice vacation.”

“Right. I’m enjoying your variety show too.”

Park Seunghwan said that he agreed to appear on ‘Welcome to the Guest House’ on a whim because he wanted to go on a vacation for a long time. The PD was lucky to catch him.

As Park Seunghwan and Go Hyojun were chatting and catching up, Park Seunghwan turned his head.

“You know him, right?”

“Of course. Hello, Yeonseo-ssi.”

Yoo Yeon Seo felt that he couldn’t just sit there with so many eyes on him, so he got up and shook Go Hyojun’s hand.

“Yes, hello. Senior-nim.”

“I enjoyed your drama.”

“Thank you. I also liked your movie.”

Yoo Yeon Seo’s rude behavior didn’t discriminate between seniors and juniors… But when he acted politely and differently from the rumors, Go Hyojun’s eyes sparkled.

“By the way, hyung, you’re taking care of your junior actors so well? Except for Yoonjung and Suho.”

“Really?”

“Hyung’s nickname is ghost.”

Wasn’t he a friendly hyung? Yoo Yeon Seo tilted his head. Park Seunghwan had looked at him with displeasure at the meeting of the variety show cast, but he changed his attitude afterwards.

“Really, hyung?”

“Hey, that’s an exaggeration.”

They were a family living together for a month, so he actively suggested to have a meal together a few times. If Park Seunghwan hadn’t approached them first, they wouldn’t have become so close.

“People might think I’m trying to catch them.”

Go Hyojun glared at Park Seunghwan with a sharp look. Park Seunghwan, who came from a theater background, was famous for teasing his juniors. And the one who usually got teased was Go Hyojun.

Park Seunghwan smiled lightly and patted Yoo Yeon Seo’s back.

“He’s pretending not to, but he’s really nice.”

“Me?”

The other people who were listening nearby wondered if they heard wrong and opened their eyes wide. 

My goodness, he said he was nice to the rudest person in the entertainment industry. Even Yoo Yeon Seo himself looked at him and said, what the hell are you talking about?

Park Seunghwan smiled faintly at the bewildered Yoo Yeon Seo. Actually, he felt ashamed for having a prejudice against him because of his bad reputation, so he tried to be nice to him. But the more he saw him, the more he liked him.

Yoo Yeon Seo was a different person from the rumors when he was on the island. He was polite and attentive without showing it. He even volunteered for things that weren’t his business when he was bored, and he did well.

‘He’s not the type to try to fit in with the upper class… Did he really like me?’

Even Go Hyojun, who was listening in front of him, noticed that Park Seunghwan’s attitude was different from when he dealt with other juniors, and he saw Yoo Yeon Seo differently.

“Then that’s good. I was actually scared when I heard the rumors.”

Yoo Yeon Seo didn’t panic and smiled lightly. There was no malice in Go Hyojun’s words. He rather liked it that he said it openly without being hypocritical.

“You look good with long hair, let’s see each other at the reading.”

“Okay.”

Go Hyojun didn’t just come here. He was going to film ‘The Deprived People’ with Yoo Yeon Seo. Go Hyojun left, and the other actors who were just watching nearby came over one by one.

“Hello, senior-nim.”

“Oh, you’re here?”

Park Seunghwan greeted his juniors casually. There were a lot of people gathered around them.

‘Is it because of Seunghwan hyung?’

Park Seunghwan was a great actor who had the skills and filmography that an actor should have, and he also had a wide network of contacts, so he was a good person to know.

‘There’s something else.’

But that wasn’t the only reason.

‘Wow, Yoo Yeon Seo is accepting their greetings.’

‘Should I go and make an impression too?’

They all tried to talk to Yoo Yeon Seo blatantly after greeting Park Seunghwan and sitting next to him.

‘It’s because of my background.’

He remembered what the 6th manager had written in the ‘Yoo Yeon Seo File’ before he attended the awards ceremony.

(He declared that he wouldn’t attend the ceremony because there were too many bugs)

(He doesn’t even go to many places anyway)

The bugs written here were probably the moths who came to him because of his background. That’s why the actress in the white dress he saw during the memory synchronization was so overly friendly to him…

‘He also asked me to introduce him to hyung.’

It was what the model who co-starred with him in the advertisement for a new brand launched by Juseong’s subsidiary said, as a favor from his distant aunt. Of course, he brushed him off with a fiery tongue, saying why should I do that for you.

There were actors who weren’t like that. The actors who had worked with him in the works and knew his dirty personality didn’t even look at him.

There were also people who weren’t interested in his background. These people were the real ones. They had enough abilities to be in the top position.

“Yeonseo-ya, this is the director I filmed a movie with.”

Yoo Yeon Seo was a disliked person among some directors. Not only because of his dirty personality, but also because of his destructive acting skills that broke the immersion of his co-stars. But now, he seemed to have improved his personality, and he proved his changed acting skills with ‘Dreaming’ and ‘Baekhoham’, so there was no reason not to be friendly with him.

‘I thought it was strange.’

Actually, I hadn’t done many works since I entered this body, but the actors he met were all kind and friendly to him.

There must be some people in the entertainment industry who had rough personalities, not as much as Yoo Yeon Seo. 

In fact, there was a rumor that Jo Yumi of ‘Dreaming’ didn’t have a good personality, but she tried to act like a close sister to Yoo Yeon Seo. It was all because of Yoo Yeon Seo’s background.

‘I don’t care.’

Yoo Yeon Seo smiled lightly. He wasn’t so clueless that he couldn’t tell the difference between hypocrisy and sincerity. Whether they were nice to him in front of him and cursed behind him, he was going to enjoy using this background.

After a brief wait, the Baeksan Arts Awards began. With Park Seunghwan’s help, Yoo Yeon Seo gained some connections and accepted Lee Taegyum’s words to clap instead of sitting like a stone, and became a splendid clapping robot.

(Baeksan Arts Awards, Best New Actor in Film…)

The Best New Actor award went to Park Minwoo, who played his first movie lead role in ‘Baekhoham’. Yoo Yeon Seo got up and clapped. Before going on stage, Park Minwoo, who was looking at the actor seats, saw him and smiled brightly.

“Yes, uh… First of all, I want to thank my parents and my agency staff who always support me on my path…”

Park Minwoo stuttered as he spoke, holding a small bouquet and a trophy.

“And I want to thank ‘Baekhoham’ director Park Hojin, Hangeul hyung. And I want to say thank you to Yeonseo hyung, who helped me a lot when I was acting as Park Jiwoon. Thank you!”

The camera zoomed in on Yoo Yeon Seo, who was sitting in his seat.

‘Why is he calling me?’

I didn’t help him, he did well on his own. Yoo Yeon Seo smiled awkwardly and clapped.

[Baeksan Arts Awards] Best New Actor, Park Minwoo

‘Baekhoham’ Park Minwoo, Best New Actor in Film, Yoo Yeon Seo clapping standing up

The congratulatory performance was by One Seven. Coincidentally, Lee Hangeul of ‘Baekhoham’ was also a nominee for Best New Actor, so he attended the ceremony.

The six men, who changed into stage costumes, danced and sang to the music. If the original owner hadn’t left, he would have been dancing and singing with them there.

“Our maknae is doing well.”

Yoo Yeon Seo nodded slightly at Park Seunghwan’s words. He looked at Kim Ijun, who was smiling like a penguin after breaking the machine, and then at Lee Hangeul, who was dancing with an intense look on the stage, and felt a different feeling.

There weren’t many people clapping for the congratulatory performance of a top idol group. Rather, the Guest House members who clapped and sang along to the congratulatory performance stood out more.

“By the way, when we had our pre-meeting, the video was cut off?”

“That was you, Yeonseo, right?”

Yoo Yeon Seo nodded slightly at the words of Park Seunghwan and Lee Yoonjung, who were sitting next to him.

‘Welcome to the Guest House’ started from the meeting of the cast. They had an awkward first face-to-face meeting and divided the roles, but

-93zㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-The guest house story is cuteㅋㅋ

-Yeonseo was in One Seven? I didn’t know that

-But weren’t Yeonseo and One Seven on bad terms?

The scene where Yoo Yeon Seo secretly invested in One Seven was missing.

“It wouldn’t be good for them if it was revealed.”

The first thing he did when he came to Korea was to ask the PD to edit that scene. The PD nagged him, saying it wouldn’t work, but Yoo Yeon Seo was firm.

“Would that be okay?”

Even Jinsuho, who was listening from the side, looked at Yoo Yeon Seo with his head down.

Even if he didn’t say anything, One Seven’s agency, AST Enter, would have requested to edit it.

“Who asked you to know? It’s already over.”

Yoo Yeon Seo shrugged his shoulders. The camera zoomed in on Yoo Yeon Seo and Park Seunghwan. They quickly changed their expressions and smiled faintly at the corners of their mouths.

Why go on the broadcast for doing something great, the person who knows knows.

[My lord, Obeomsoo has left AST Enter.]

[Did he leave on his own?]

[He says so, but he must have been fired.]

He got the money he stole back, and he apologized to the president directly. Even if it was revealed that he embezzled the money, they would blame it on Obeomsoo and cover it up by saying that the problematic employee resigned.

[Cutting off the tail.]

[I think so too.]

If it was revealed that Yoo Yeon Seo invested, One Seven’s miraculous comeback success story would be tarnished.

And even if there was a controversy later that he embezzled the money, they would blame it on Obeomsoo and cover it up by saying that the problematic employee resigned.

[Im Seunghyun, good job.]

[Do I need to do more?]

[You’ve shaken him enough.]

[Then I’ll just hold on to his weakness and end it.]

I can’t imagine how big Im Seunghyun’s ‘just enough’ is. Anyway, he corrected the mistake of being caught, and decided not to interfere anymore.

The writer of ‘Dreaming’, Jeong Dahee, was nominated for the script, but she failed to win against the senior writers. But she was happy to be nominated and smiled.

(Baeksan Arts Awards, Best Supporting Actor in TV Drama…)

The screen changed and showed the short acting scenes of the five nominees.

(Starting the debugging.)

(Get out of here. Before I force you out.)

Dreaming, Yoo Yeon Seo

The scene of Chunbaek pointing a gun ended and Yoo Yeon Seo in a suit took one of the five split screens.

‘I won’t make it anyway.’

It wasn’t that he had no confidence, but the competition was tough. Last year was a year when a lot of good works came out.

The presenter opened the envelope and announced the winner. Yoo Yeon Seo didn’t get up.

“That’s too bad.”

“There will be another chance next time.”

Rather, Lee Yoonjung and Park Seunghwan next to him comforted him too much.

‘I’m fine, really.’

No, am I not fine? Yoo Yeon Seo frowned slightly at the feeling of frustration. He thought it was the emotion that the original owner felt.

(Baeksan Arts Awards, Best Actor in TV Drama…)

(Congratulations, Jinsuho.)

The Best Actor award was Jinsuho, of course. The actors nearby got up and congratulated him. Yoo Yeon Seo was among them.

“Congratulations.”

“Yeah.”

Jinsuho smiled and walked up to the stage. Yoo Yeon Seo thought of the past when he was nominated for Best New Actor as he watched his back.

‘I’m not fine.’

He was surprised to feel a bit bitter. Did I have a desire for an award?

‘Maybe I should aim for an award next time.’

He didn’t want to go home empty-handed anymore. 

Yoo Yeon Seo clapped for Jinsuho, who finished his acceptance speech, and burned his ambition inside.