An Actor Who Has Lived For 10,000 Years [EN]: Chapter 310

310. #56 – Hidden Truth (5)

“This is WG Entertainment’s one-sided claim to frame Song Yuna!”

Click, click-

My words caused a stir among the reporters and many others.

Then, they directed a barrage of questions at me, not Song Yuna.

“If it’s a frame-up, are you saying WG Entertainment fabricated the whole story?”

“Are you completely denying the drug use allegations?”

“They say Song Yuna used it as medication; is it true she was hospitalized?”

“You said it’s a frame-up; what exactly happened?”

As they swarmed me with questions, Song Yuna behind me was trembling.

The trembling was so intense that I could feel it through my back.

I reached back and grabbed her trembling hand, enveloping its icy coldness with the warmth of my hand.

I swallowed hard, took a deep breath, and shouted, looking at the cameras.

“Hello, I am actor Jin Hee-sung. The story I am about to tell you contains not a single lie….”

At my words, the reporters stopped questioning and began to listen intently.

“I assure you that I will only speak the truth. It happened a few years ago, in March 2016.”

The reporters murmured at the mention of such an old story, and I shouted at them as if appealing to them.

“In March 2016, Song Yuna was in the middle of filming a movie. She was on her way to the set that day as well. However, she lost consciousness and was taken to the hospital. I believe there were articles about her not attending the movie shoot at the time.”

At my words, the reporters were quickly typing away, recording my words along with the video.

“The diagnosis she received at the hospital was multiple sclerosis [a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord], and she was classified as a severe patient.”

Song Yuna’s trembling seemed to gradually subside as she listened to my words.

She leaned closer to me, as if relying on me, and tightly grasped my hand.

“Now legal, a narcotic painkiller. At the time, that medication was illegal in Korea, but she had to use it for her acting career, or rather, before her whole body became paralyzed and she suffered terrible consequences.”

“So, you’re saying she took the illegal medication?”

“Are you sure it’s legal now?”

The reporters shouted questions at my words.

Ignoring them, I explained the story I had prepared, her situation at the time.

“In 2016, the only choice she had, as her condition was rapidly deteriorating… was not about whether it was illegal or legal. I believe anyone would have had to make that choice to survive.”

The commotion in the room gradually subsided, filled only with the sound of camera shutters.

The image of Song Yuna suffering at the time came to my mind, and I continued, with tears in my eyes.

“Having hope that you can live, I am certain that anyone would have made that choice, even if the method was illegal, if it meant they could live.”

The reporters around me were busy writing articles and filming my story.

The fans who had come feeling betrayed by Song Yuna for doing drugs were now shedding tears at my story.

Looking at those fans, I shouted at the top of my lungs.

“If it weren’t for that treatment, there was no way Song Yuna could have survived at the time. That her choice, driven by the desire to live… was the best she could do. I wanted to make sure to say that.”

“……”

I could hear Song Yuna sobbing behind me.

Then, the sounds of criticism towards her at the scene subsided, and only the sounds of cameras filming me and Song Yuna filled the room.

That’s how Song Yuna’s past… her truth spread to the world.

* * *

Park, the CEO of WG Entertainment, was leisurely drinking coffee and watching TV.

“So, even Song Yuna, who used to fly so high, is going down….”

He smirked maliciously as he drank his hot coffee.

“Oh my, if it were like before, that hat and even the clothes would have been completely sold out… now it’s called a criminal look.”

He watched Song Yuna, who was wearing a hat pulled down low, in real-time, and instead of feeling sorry, he sneered.

“Our Yuna, how pitiful. If she hadn’t acted up and finished things well, this wouldn’t have happened, right?”

CEO Park shook his head, muttering as if it was Song Yuna’s fault for bringing this upon herself.

Just then.

CEO Park rose from his chair at the sudden appearance of Jin Hee-sung.

“What, why is Jin Hee-sung there?”

The screen filled with Jin Hee-sung’s stern face, shouting while looking at the camera.

-This is WG Entertainment’s one-sided claim to frame Song Yuna!

The surrounding reporters stirred at Jin Hee-sung’s words.

Seeing this, CEO Park’s face contorted.

“That crazy bastard… what is he blabbering about in a place like that?”

He hurriedly picked up the phone next to the sofa and shouted.

“Tell Department Head Han to come to my office right now!”

Not even a few minutes later, Department Head Han entered the CEO’s office.

“You called, CEO?”

“Yeah, what the hell is Jin Hee-sung doing right now?”

CEO Park’s face was flushed as if it would explode.

Department Head Han had already seen the articles and understood the situation.

“CEO, it seems like the articles are breaking and it’s a mess right now….”

“So, why is that bastard doing that right now? Does he think he can save Song Yuna?”

CEO Park turned off the TV, jumped up from his seat, and paced around the office.

Anxious that the boomerang might come back to him, he fidgeted nervously and asked Department Head Han.

“What’s the public opinion right now?”

“Ah… well….”

Department Head Han carefully handed him a tablet PC, and the arrows of public opinion, which had been unfavorable to Song Yuna, were now directed at WG Entertainment.

[Song Yuna Attends Drug Charges Investigation, Jin Hee-sung’s Tearful Appeal…]

[Narcotic Painkillers, Should Drug Use Charges Be Acknowledged?]

[Function of Narcotic Painkillers, Conflicting Opinions Surrounding Song Yuna…]

[Song Yuna ‘I Have No Excuse…,’ Jin Hee-sung Suddenly Appears ‘This is WG Entertainment’s One-Sided Frame-Up’]

CEO Park bit his lip and said to him.

“This will subside quickly. The public will only see and believe the sensational and desired articles. What about the public’s reaction besides the reporters?”

“The comments and community reactions are also unusual.”

“What is it, again?”

“Here….”

The posts and comments that were constantly being uploaded on the screen he handed over.

All of them were about Song Yuna and Jin Hee-sung.

-Song Yuna was that sick? That’s pitiful.

-Yeah, I was a fan of Song Yuna back in 2016. She suddenly stopped broadcasting and acting for several years.

┕That must have been when she was sick.

┕I also saw the article back then that Song Yuna suddenly didn’t attend the filming, and I wondered why, but she collapsed ㅠㅠ.

-Honestly, I think I would have done something illegal if I could live.

┕Especially since it’s not like she did anything bad illegally, she only took a drug that’s illegal in Korea. It’s a bit much to tell her to leave the entertainment industry because of that ㅠㅠ.

-The law is really weird. Don’t catch patients who take narcotic drugs, catch and throw in jail the real drug users!

-I’ve been a true fan of Song Yuna since her debut. Yuna unnie [term of endearment for an older sister or female friend], I think she was sick back then. She became sensitive after the hiatus due to taking that drug and getting treatment. Considering that, it seems like she really got treatment.

-Multiple sclerosis can cause paralysis of the lower or upper body in severe cases. It’s more severe in the West than in the East, but it also rarely occurs in Korea. I support Song Yuna.

-But can you trust celebrities? Isn’t that a lie? A couple of actors plotting together? lol.

┕Huh, what’s with the mindset.

┕She said she’s sick. Why would she lie about that? If the lie is revealed, they’ll both be ruined.

-Then WG Entertainment deliberately reported Song Yuna to get rid of her? I heard Song Yuna’s contract is almost over.

┕Wow, if that’s true, that’s creepy. You can’t trust entertainment companiesㅉㅉ [a disapproving sound].

-But Jin Hee-sung is really crazy. How can he step up and talk like that there?

┕That’s right. I’ve come to see Jin Hee-sung in a new light. If I were Song Yuna, I’d marry Jin Hee-sung.

┕The moment Jin Hee-sung suddenly appeared and hid Song Yuna behind his back, I felt like I was watching a drama.

-Jin Hee-sung is so cool. He must have his own career, but doing that is really not easy in the Korean entertainment industry.

-I hope the police will quickly reveal the truth.

-I’m a fan of Jin Hee-sung from today… He was holding Song Yuna’s hand behind his back. I’m all fluttered.

Enraged by reading the comments, CEO Park clenched his fist and gritted his teeth.

“Go and find out right now.”

“Yes? What….”

“What’s happening to Song Yuna!”

CEO Park threw the tablet PC at Department Head Han as if pushing it away and shouted.

“And quickly turn the public opinion around, right now!”

“…Yes.”

* * *

Two months later.

Song Yuna was eventually given a suspended sentence.

The issue of the drug became prominent, and patients suffering from the same disease.

And other patients struggling with other diseases, with treatment items currently designated as illegal in Korea.

The patients pleaded that they could not receive treatment, and Song Yuna’s story at the time led to a flood of agendas from the medical community and many others.

The voices giving her strength, and the voices saying that saving lives is more important, gained momentum.

Eventually, stories began to emerge that they would pass it through the fast-track system in the National Assembly.

[After the enactment of the so-called ‘Song Yuna Act’… Fast Track System Starts.]

[Narcotic Painkillers for Patients, the so-called ‘Song Yuna Act’ is Approaching Implementation….]

Since two months ago, the media has been pouring out articles related to Song Yuna every day.

The story that Song Yuna was innocent has been out for a long time.

Even if she received a suspended sentence, there was a strong belief that Song Yuna would not be able to act again in the entertainment industry, where image is everything.

Nevertheless, the public highly valued Song Yuna’s acting and the career she had built up until now.

They were cheering for Song Yuna so that she would not disappear from the entertainment industry.

There was even a movement to support her so that she would not leave the entertainment industry.

Song Yuna is taking a break from her work to soothe her tired heart, but it seemed that she would not be able to stop acting either.

Because she was more sincere about acting than anyone else.

Since that day, there has been a constant stream of supportive messages for me as well.

There were many comments that it is not easy for celebrities to show the image of protecting their loved ones.

Perhaps that’s why my image is expressed as a so-called ‘manly man,’ and advertisements for related images have even come in.

But after that day, not everything was full of good things.

A foreign director who had been paying attention to me.

The foreign team left a story that they would decide whether to cast me or not depending on the success of the movie ‘Undercover’ and my acting.

However, even before the movie was released, they sent a definite answer that they could not cast me due to this incident.

Their words were like this.

An actor embroiled in controversy in Korea cannot work together.

In particular, an actor who made Korea noisy about drugs and his girlfriend cannot be trusted.

With these words, they let go of the fence for overseas expansion [abandoned the opportunity for international collaboration].

In the end, it was an overseas expansion that was overturned before it even started, but that was not very important to me.

Because the most important thing to me right now is that I protected Song Yuna, that’s all.

I arrived at Song Yuna’s house and smiled as I looked at her.

“Yuna, it’s two months late… but let’s go on a trip again.”

At my words, Song Yuna grabbed my hand and nodded with a brighter smile than ever before.

“Yeah, let’s go.”

I held her hand tightly, not wanting to let go.