An Actor Who Has Lived For 10,000 Years [EN]: Chapter 191

191. Hollywood (4)

“Please, make sure this commenter gets what’s coming to them.”

I stared directly into Shin Min-young’s eyes as I spoke.

Then, I turned away, rolling my eyes.

The moment I placed my hand on the doorknob to leave the police station.

“What?”

Shin Min-young’s shrill voice pierced my ears.

It was the complete opposite of the tone she had used to apologize to me just moments ago.

She shouted with a grating voice that echoed throughout the police station.

The gazes of everyone, including me, turned towards her at that sound.

I frowned, turned my head, and looked at Shin Min-young, who was shouting, her whole body trembling with anger.

“Is it because you’re a man that you’re being so petty and fickle?”

I was so taken aback by her words that I burst out laughing.

“Excuse me?”

At my words, she began to walk towards me, shouting again.

“That’s right. You said you understood when I apologized over the phone. But now you’re suddenly saying you won’t drop the charges?”

“I said I understood because I was trying to end the call… No, more than that, who is saying this to whom right now?”

Shin Min-young raised her chin high and took another step forward with a confident expression.

“I said I was sorry!”

Looking at her tone, voice, and expression, it was as if I were the perpetrator.

And she was the victim.

She shouted so confidently that the police station echoed.

“If I say I’m sorry, shouldn’t you be able to let it go since we’re in the same industry and fellow actors?”

“Shin Min-young, please calm down…”

The police tried to block her from approaching me, but.

Shin Min-young’s eyes were flipped as if possessed by something.

“Do you know how I got to where I am today?”

I sighed deeply as I looked at Shin Min-young making a scene.

“Haa…”

Then, I spoke to Manager Kim.

“Hyung [older brother/male friend, term of endearment], there’s nothing more for us to do here. I said I have no intention of dropping the charges, so let’s go now.”

“Ah… let’s do that.”

Manager Kim seemed quite shocked to see Shin Min-young like that.

His bewildered expression was one I had never seen since I met him.

Well, I was shocked to see this side of Shin Min-young too, so it’s no wonder Manager Kim was surprised.

“Where do you think you’re going!”

Thud-.

At that moment, Shin Min-young ran towards me as I was about to leave and pulled the door in the opposite direction.

“Agh.”

Because she suddenly pulled the door in the opposite direction, my hand slammed into the door.

Even with my scream, she didn’t care and shouted while staring intently at me.

“Hee-sung, I said I’m sorry. I keep saying I’m sorry, look, even now. I’m sorry, I said I’m sorry, okay?”

“Haa… Shin Min-young, please stop.”

“Stop? Stop what? Me writing a few bad comments? I’m apologizing for that. What mortal sin did I commit, what did I do!”

At Shin Min-young’s words, I squeezed my eyes shut.

I was regretting trying to drop the charges, thinking of her pitiful situation at first.

I couldn’t possibly let this go.

“Dropping the charges isn’t the issue here.”

I opened my eyes wide and glared at Shin Min-young, shouting to Manager Kim.

“Hyung, I can’t stand being with someone who doesn’t listen. Let’s go.”

Shin Min-young stared blankly at me with a dazed expression.

It felt like countless curses were coming out of my eyes.

I turned my back on Shin Min-young and stormed out of the police station.

As soon as I got into the car with Manager Kim, I let out a heavy breath.

“Wow, what kind of person is that?”

At my words, Manager Kim shook his head and replied.

“I’ve been working in this industry for so long, and I’ve never seen anyone like that. Isn’t she crazy?”

Manager Kim and I recalled what had just happened.

We closed our mouths, each lost in thought.

And I felt an unbearable anger and called out to Manager Kim.

“Hyung, I usually wouldn’t want to make something like this public, but I don’t think Shin Min-young can be fixed.”

At my words, Manager Kim looked at me with a surprised expression.

I was the type of person who extremely disliked articles coming out.

Because I hate telling bad news to fans.

“Really?”

“Yeah, hyung, you saw it too. Shin Min-young can’t be fixed with just a lawsuit… that alone.”

“I guess so.”

I sighed deeply and said to him.

“Just introduce me to one reporter. I need to talk about Shin Min-young right away.”

Seeing my face filled with anger, Manager Kim waved his hand and said.

“No, Hee-sung. I’ll do it. If I tell the company, an article will come out right away.”

At Manager Kim’s words, I rolled my eyes for a moment.

Soon, I shook my head and replied.

“No. If an article comes out like that, it could cause disputes between agencies for no reason. I think it would be better if I unilaterally reported it to a reporter.”

***

Several days have passed since I went to the police station.

Before even a week had passed, articles about Shin Min-young began to pour out.

I only told one reporter about Shin Min-young, but.

As soon as that article came out, all the reporters seemed to have covered this story.

Of course, that was inevitable.

People are sensitive to issues.

Especially issues about celebrities.

Moreover, reporters rushed even more to these bad news, not good news.

[Actress S, who was only expected to walk the flower path [idiom for a smooth, successful career], turns out to be a commenter?]

[Actress S… Why bad comments on her successful path?]

[What’s tripping up Actress S is none other than bad comments!]

[Jin Hee-sung, who was suffering from bad comments, the identity of the person who left those comments was a colleague, Actress S….]

The article seemed to be anonymized with initials as ‘Actress S’.

But it didn’t work for Korean netizens [internet users].

Less than an hour after the article was published, the identity of Actress S was revealed to the world as ‘Shin Min-young’.

As if Shin Min-young had been waiting for it to be revealed that she was Actress S.

She immediately posted on her SNS [Social Networking Service].

-Hello.

This is actress Shin Min-young.

I am the ‘Actress S’ that is heating up the internet.

First of all, I am sorry for surprising my fans….

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.

.

I am so upset that I cannot sleep or eat.

If you are a fan who loves me, you will know that I was close to actor Jin Hee-sung during filming.

Even if you are not my fan, the staff and fellow actors who were with us at the time will all know.

That’s how close we were.

I think everyone knows.

On set, we were so close that we were called the ‘Three Musketeers’ with actor Seo In-woo.

In the meantime, one joke-filled comment that I made jokingly.

That was my mistake.

I was just trying to joke around with actor Jin Hee-sung after leaving a comment because I was close to him.

Actor Jin Hee-sung misunderstood the comment and even filed a lawsuit, calling it a bad comment.

I clearly apologized to actor Jin Hee-sung, and he accepted my apology.

But why.

Suddenly sue me….

“Haa… she’s really crazy.”

I couldn’t read her SNS post to the end.

She was spreading stories that didn’t make sense at all.

At this point, I couldn’t help but doubt her mental state.

That ridiculous post quickly spread into articles.

Comments began to be posted on that post as well.

-Wow, unnie [term of endearment for older sister/female friend]ㅠㅠ. I’ve been waiting for your statement. I believe you, unnie!

-Isn’t Jin Hee-sung crazy?

-Jin Hee-sung, you backstabbed Shin Min-young and planned to make yourself popular ㅡㅡ.

-Min-young unnieㅠㅠ Don’t be upset. Fans know everything.

Looking at the comments, I let out a long sigh.

I was clearly trying to finish things at the police station.

But her comments crossed the line.

Even the way she acted towards me.

I was so angry that I even made it public.

Shin Min-young didn’t stop here either.

Then, I couldn’t just stop here either.

Before I knew it, she was playing the victim and portraying me as the perpetrator.

I hurriedly contacted the reporter and delivered the judgment that I had saved until the very end.

-Reporter, I sent you the judgment I told you about over the phone. Please write an article quickly.

With one text message from me.

With one email of the judgment, Shin Min-young’s victim cosplay had no choice but to end in an hour.

***

Only three days after the judgment was made public.

Shin Min-young’s SNS account was deleted only after comments poured in calling her a liar and a bad comment actress.

And Shin Min-young was being kicked out of the entertainment industry as well as SNS.

[‘Talk Plaza’ Shin Min-young steps down → Ha Eun-bin joins, Shin Min-young steps down without a final greeting….]

[Bad comment controversy ‘Shin Min-young’… Steps down from Talk Plaza after 3 months….]

[Bad comment actress ‘Shin Min-young’, her casting in the movie ‘A Day in February’ is canceled at the same time.]

[Shin Min-young’s younger sister defends her sister on her personal SNS account… causing controversy by making things worse.]

[Shin Min-young, who was on the verge of being cast as the lead in this year’s anticipated drama ‘The Woman in the Teacup’. Her lead role was exchanged for bad comments.]

[Shin Min-young drops out of the drama ‘In Jeju’ in the middle of filming episode 2….]

[The production team of the drama ‘In Jeju’ immediately cut ties with Shin Min-young, a natural result….]

Shin Min-young was also dropped from the entertainment program she was a regular on.

The movie casting was canceled as it was.

In addition, the drama she was about to be cast as the lead in.

Her departure was announced even from the drama that had already finished filming up to episode 2.

Shin Min-young had fallen into such a pit, but.

When I thought about what she had done, not for a single moment.

I didn’t feel even a speck of guilt.

Rather, I felt that her expulsion from the entertainment industry was natural and satisfying.

Bad comments that should be cut off from the entertainment industry, no, from everywhere.

The fact that she, a celebrity at the center of it, left bad comments.

I thought she deserved to be punished that much.

I nodded as I looked at the articles about Shin Min-young.

“Yes, this is justice…!”

Only then was I able to unfold my suitcase with a light heart.

“Now I can pack my bags for Hollywood comfortably.”

***

In the early hours of the morning before the sun had even risen.

I rubbed my eyes and got into the car.

“Hee-sung, you’re here?”

“Yeah, did hyung [older brother/male friend, term of endearment] get some sleep?”

He shrugged his shoulders and replied.

“Of course, I got plenty of sleep. I’m not going to sleep on the plane, I’m going to play and eat. Haha.”

“We’re going to be on the plane for a very long time?”

“Yeah, so I have to enjoy the flight even longer.”

I shook my head and gave him a thumbs up.

“Amazing. I’m going to get some good sleep on the plane.”

“Yeah, you’ve already had a hard time because of Shin Min-young, so now you can stretch your legs and rest.”

I nodded and raised the corners of my mouth.

“We should leave quickly. Fasten your seatbelt.”

“Okay.”

After driving for a long time and arriving at the airport.

We finished immigration and immediately boarded the plane.

Manager Kim, who was sitting next to me, looked at me with a very excited face and said.

“I’m nervous because I’m going to Hollywood?”

At his words, I also nodded and replied.

“Hyung, me too….”

We laughed and looked around.

I snapped my fingers and asked him.

“That’s right. Hyung, can I brag about going to LA on SNS?”

At my words, Manager Kim raised the corners of his mouth and shook his head.

“Yeah, but don’t post it directly because you haven’t started working on a project yet.”

“Okay!”

Before the plane took off, I hurriedly opened SNS and wrote a post.

“Hmm… what should I write….”

I stroked my chin and thought, then I wiggled my eyebrows and wrote down the letters.

-To. HOLLYWOOD