Chapter 269 - Lee Yeo Ri, the Super Rookie (1/2)

”—So what do you think, Yeo Ri-ah? Is there anything that caught your eye?”

Yeo Ri, Kwon Tae Yang, and Park Soo Yeon sat around a table piled with scripts. Yeo Ri had been lucky that she was exclusively managed by the President of Hope Entertainment herself, and enjoyed an abundance of resources. Paired with her current popularity, there was no end to the offers and invitations that the young girl received.

Since she was almost finished with the filming for [Runaway Kids], Park Soo Yeon wanted to see if there were any future projects she was interested in since the offers kept rolling in.

Of course, she had her own preferences.

Park Soo Yeon sent a secretive glance at the young girl who was reading one of the scripts. Once she finished skimming through it, she placed it down and turned to look at the older lady.

”How was it?” she smiled.

”There's so many good ones that I don't know what to choose,” Yeo Ri replied neutrally. If it was possible, she wanted to stack up as many work as possible, but she was only one person and a few of the offers overlapped with one another.

”It's okay, there's still time for you to decide. Take your time, Yeo Ri-ah, and don't stress about it.” As she spoke, Park Soo Yeon began cleaning up the messy pile of scripts, stacking them in an orderly manner. She glanced back at Yeo Ri for a moment as she picked up one of the scripts and purposely placed it at the very top.

—It was her husband's newest script, and the man had specially written it with the girl in mind. He wanted Yeo Ri to play the protagonist, and as both his wife and a veteran in showbusiness, she also supported his wish.

”For now, shall we separate the ones you're interested in?”

”Okay,” Yeo Ri nodded. She looked at the scripts one by one, sorting them into two separate stacks. On the left was the 'maybe' group, and on the right was the 'discarded' group.

Seeing her husband's script on the discarded pile, Park Soo Yeon struggled to keep still. She picked up the script, ”Um... Yeo Ri-ah, you're not interested in this one? I know it's a bit different than what you've been doing, but the story itself is interesting and it would be a good challenge for you to grow as an actress.”

Yeo Ri looked at the script in her boss' hands and shook her head, ”I don't like it.”

”W-why? Is it too scary because it's a thriller? Which part didn't you like?”

”...” Yeo Ri opened her mouth, but didn't say anything. Words couldn't describe her disgust when she went through the script.

It was a story about an orphan girl who was kidnapped by a man who brainwashed her into doing unspeakable things and made her call him 'father'.

”It's just... I don't like it.”

”Ah... Yeo Ri-ah, you see... Can't you consider taking this project? I'm sure you'll do great at it.” Park Soo Yeon hesitated for a moment before telling the truth, ”Actually, my husband wrote this script. He wrote it especially for you! He's been in a thriller binge right now, so the storyline might be a bit dark, but I have confidence that you'll succeed!”