Top Star By Luck [EN]: Chapter 110

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“A bet?”

Director Seo Jung-woo blinked.

It was as if he couldn’t believe what he had just heard from Lee Min-ki.

“Actor, what kind of bet are you talking about?”

“The period for me to reach the follower goal.”

Here we go.

Lee Min-ki opened his mouth immediately, as if he had been preparing for this.

“You and JC bet that my account would reach 1 million followers in the third month, right?”

“Yes, of course.”

Director Seo Jung-woo was puzzled by the situation in front of him, but nodded as if he would listen to Lee Min-ki first.

“Considering the actor’s current awareness, social reputation, and future potential for expansion, I think it would be strange if you didn’t reach that number.”

His voice sounded so natural.

As if there was no room for doubt.

However, Lee Min-ki knew very well that the more ‘plausible’ things were, the more jinxes followed.

Jinx.

A gut feeling that something was going to fail.

‘I always failed when others got excited about how well things would go.’

It’s superstition.

But isn’t the result of that superstition the current Lee Min-ki?

He even went to the afterlife and saw the judges gambling about luck, so there’s no reason not to believe in such superstitions.

So.

It might be a little awkward, but he decided to borrow the power of luck.

‘What if I bet against the odds?’

By presenting a truly impossible number.

That’s how luck works.

‘We don’t call it luck when something that seems likely happens.’

Only when you succeed in a truly improbable chance, something rarely seen, do you say you were lucky.

That was the underdog in betting.

‘It’s worth a try.’

Since regaining luck after dying and coming back to life, Lee Min-ki had experienced many different kinds of luck, but surprisingly, he had never relied on this luck.

No, he never even thought about relying on it from the beginning.

The only thing he did was impulsively buy a lottery ticket at a convenience store.

Otherwise, luck naturally followed the actions he chose.

‘But what if, just in case, I could give myself luck through my own actions?’

It’s a game.

It might not work as expected.

But if everything went as expected, it wouldn’t be luck.

It’s luck because it’s uncertain.

Lee Min-ki decided to trust luck a little more and asked with the heart of a gambler.

“You said 1 million in three months, right? That’s right. There’s no reason why it shouldn’t happen.”

“Yes, it would be strange to even doubt it.”

“Then.”

Lee Min-ki suddenly interjected.

“I’ll bet on 2 million.”

“……!”

“2 million in three months, I’ll bet on exceeding 2 million.”

That’s a bold number.

But even if he bets on the jinx of failing to reach 2 million, he just won’t reach 2 million.

Wouldn’t he far exceed the 1 million that JC initially aimed for?

“Actor, I think you said until recently that even 1 million would be difficult.”

“After calculating various situations and going through a deep learning algorithm, it seems possible.”

“……Deep learning doesn’t seem to have anything to do with this. Alright. There’s no reason not to bet.”

Director Seo Jung-woo tilted his head and said.

“If it’s a bet, there must be a stake. What would you bet, Actor?”

This is another key point.

He knows that this bet is just a joke, and Director Seo Jung-woo knows it too.

But if he’s going to bet, he wants to bet something fun.

The bigger the stake, the more actively luck will be on his side, according to the principle of the underdog.

‘Let’s just go for it.’

Gambling is best when you go all in.

Lee Min-ki opened his mouth.

“I’ll unconditionally appear in one work that JC requests.”

“……!”

Director Seo Jung-woo’s eyes widened.

‘This is a bit big.’

It’s definitely big.

How does he know what kind of work JC will ask him to appear in?

What if they force him to appear in a cheap porn or a loan shark advertisement?

‘The actor is definitely a cautious person, but has he caught some strange fire?’

Of course, JC is a normal company.

They don’t do stupid things like throwing a rookie who has taken the place of their next-generation star into a pit of mud with their own hands.

They don’t even think about it.

If they were to use that one appearance right, they would push Lee Min-ki into a blockbuster work that he doesn’t want to appear in due to differences in values.

Of course.

Lee Min-ki was also clearly aware of this fact.

‘It’s worth a shot.’

A moment later.

Director Seo Jung-woo, having finished his thoughts, opened his eyes.

“Alright. I accept. But I think we should also hear what the actor wants.”

“What I want to bet is.”

Lee Min-ki took a small breath.

Since it’s gambling, the stake must be big.

But there was one more aspect of luck that Lee Min-ki had to consider here.

That is.

‘Luck often followed altruistic actions rather than selfish ones.’

Luck followed good deeds.

Rewarding good and punishing evil is common sense in folktales in any culture.

Even if you look at [Greek and Roman Mythology], which is representative of mythology, those who were excessively greedy ended up losing everything.

‘If you’re too greedy, you’ll fail. There’s no logic as certain as this in luck.’

It might be just a folktale.

But folktales are the product of empiricism.

If the wise storytellers of the past tried to convey wisdom to future generations through folktales, this could also be a basis.

‘Luck through altruistic actions.’

What should I bet?

This is a huge experiment.

I want to take this opportunity to see how far I can handle luck as a person.

If that’s the case, I wanted to leave it entirely to luck.

The time of contemplation was only a few seconds.

This time too, Lee Min-ki’s worries didn’t last long.

‘This is it.’

A long time ago.

There was something he had kept in his heart several times since the [Kim Do-ha Scandal].

“What I want is.”

Lee Min-ki opened his mouth, having made up his mind.

“Please hold a private audition for Seon-ah, Kim Tak, and Kim Ji-hwan.”

Holding an audition.

That was what Lee Min-ki wanted.

“……!”

Director Seo Jung-woo, who hadn’t expected this at all, said with visible surprise.

“Is your condition to bring them to JC?”

“No. It’s literally an audition. Take a look at their skills first, and if you don’t think they’re good enough, you can drop them.”

“……It’s not that difficult, but why them?”

Why act altruistically?

That’s the question.

Lee Min-ki sighed softly and opened his mouth.

“Recently, JC hasn’t been holding many auditions, or rather, not at all, right?”

“That’s right. We’re short on manpower right now.”

As Director Seo Jung-woo replied.

Since the Daon incident, agencies have uniformly reduced the scope of hiring new actors.

This is because problems can arise if they pick anyone who looks skilled on the surface.

It would be right to say that they closed the door and became more cautious.

“I.”

Lee Min-ki continued.

“I think it would be fun if those three came to JC and acted together.”

After all, they come to his apartment every week to watch and analyze movies together and give each other acting advice.

It would be better to work on projects together in a good company if possible.

He had been hearing their complaints recently.

[These days, auditions are completely gone.]

[That’s why I don’t go to auditions.]

[Tak, you did apply, right?]

[What do you take me for?]

[Kim Tak.]

[?]

[??]

Not just those two.

Another person was like that too.

‘Ji-hwan has become a recluse since the Daon incident, and it would be good to bring him back this time.’

Kim Ji-hwan has become known as a so-called unwanted item since the Daon incident.

There is no evidence that he is specifically linked to the [Kim Do-ha Scandal], but he is recognized as a rookie who was pushed by Daon, who was the main culprit.

He is being treated like a bomb.

But Lee Min-ki clearly remembered.

‘He’s completely unrelated.’

He knows because he was the one who reported it.

Kim Ji-hwan was rather the target of Hwang In-gu’s complaints.

It’s an altruistic action, but it’s not entirely altruistic.

If he erases the debt of gratitude first, he will get it back someday.

He knows.

Kim Ji-hwan appeared when the contractor attacked and saved him.

What if that was a kind of luck that could exist because he had improved his relationship with Kim Ji-hwan?

“Hmm.”

Director Seo Jung-woo fell into thought in front of a somewhat unusual bet.

And then he came to a conclusion.

No, there was no need to worry from the beginning.

“I’ll have to discuss it with the CEO to be sure, but there’s no reason why it shouldn’t work. Alright.”

He was accepting it.

Even if he loses the bet, he gets two potential rookies and one used rookie.

If he wins, he can bet one work on Lee Min-ki.

There was no room for loss at all.

“Then, I’ll create an account now.”

A moment later.

Lee Min-ki’s first SNS account.

[immigrant_power] finally appeared on the internet.

* * *

Why are people so enthusiastic about SNS [Social Networking Services]?

No, why are they so enthusiastic about celebrities’ SNS?

Why do they apply to follow their SNS and try to look into their daily lives even a little more?

There are various reasons.

[I’m curious]

[I’m curious about how successful people live, aren’t I?]

Because they are curious.

[Because I like them]

[There’s no reason to look at pretty and handsome people]

Simply because they like them.

[Just because]

[Habitually without knowing]

[Do you reveal your personality by following celebrities? Something like that]

Because the act of following is the purpose itself rather than the celebrity.

And also.

[There are so many things to refer to like lookbooks when you look at celebrities’ accounts.]

Because they want to see and refer to celebrities’ fashion.

Lee Min-ki had strengths here.

[What]

[Lee Min-ki made an account?]

[Is it real Lee Min-ki?]

[Promotional posts from JC celebrities went up a little while ago ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[Wow, Min-ki knew how to use SNS….]

[He’s here. Upload it]

[Upload it quickly before Min-ki changes his mind!!!]

He was already quite well-known through the Beomcheon Coffee advertisement, but he didn’t use SNS.

Lee Min-ki had become a mysterious actor without even knowing it himself.

It’s only natural since it’s difficult to know even what he ate.

[+300 (30 minutes ago)]

[+258 (17 minutes ago)]

[+177 (5 minutes ago)]

It’s accumulating rapidly.

It was natural that it increased every time he refreshed.

But in the end, it shouldn’t end with just following.

He’s just starting on a different starting line from ordinary users.

‘If you operate it carelessly, you’ll fail.’

Lee Min-ki knew that skill was definitely involved in SNS operation.

In order to truly utilize an SNS account well, there must be content that captures the attention of followers, even if it is short.

And of course.

There was.

[Min-ki dresses really well]

Photos that had been taken while virtually using Yoo Gyu-eon, the hottest designer in Korea, as a personal stylist were piled up like mountains.

[I didn’t know he dressed so diversely]

[It’s a rare style. There aren’t many people who dress like this on the street, but it doesn’t seem awkward even if you see them on the street]

Yoo Gyu-eon’s design philosophy shined here.

Showcasing a fantastic tightrope walk between the style that the public likes and the style that the designer likes.

[Where do you sell that clothes?]

[YU? Isn’t this a popular shopping mall recently?]

It was natural to give Yoo Gyu-eon a trickle-down effect in the process.

[+ 5152 (7 hours ago)]

[+ 1145 (2 hours ago)]

It’s accumulating rapidly.

It was accumulating at a speed that was hard to even imagine as a normal start.

As JC confidently said, it was far beyond the level that Lee Min-ki had initially expected.

1 million seems high at first glance, but it was a credible number from JC’s point of view.

But it was not enough.

It was far from reaching the grand number of 2 million.

‘Originally, there’s a booster in the beginning.’

He got a booster in the beginning and exceeded 20,000 in just one day, but he couldn’t continue this momentum for 100 days.

Even if it’s a rapid increase, it was the established theory that it would 꺾인 [decline] once it reached 600,000.

Therefore, something more was needed.

Like a rocket gaining propulsion by separating into second and third stages.

A booster for Lee Min-ki’s SNS was needed.

And.

There was here too.

Luck.

There was luck.

[Boyana Olsen – Treatment(official music video)]

[Released 3 minutes ago]

Let me say it again.

There was.

The luck that Lee Min-ki created himself.