Top Star By Luck [EN]: Chapter 120

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There are many types of critics in the world.

[Through this film, the director aims to show that all people in the world are organically and densely connected like dietary fiber, and the more they feel a sense of unity, the healthier and better-designed society it is…] – A critic who provides lengthy, detailed explanations that require careful reading.

[It reminds me of the wind on Montmartre Hill. Every breath is precious. As a result, it has become deeper.] – An abstract critic whose pronouncements might make even a shaman’s blood pressure spike.

And then there’s the type that offers short, direct, and memorable sentences.

[A two-hour Lee Min-ki pictorial]

Why is that?

There were an unusual number of the last type reviewing this Lee Min-ki movie.

[Director Hwang Ui-seong is a good director. Lee Min-ki is handsome.]

[Fashion and Fashion, fashion explodes and fashion explodes]

[The culmination of lookism that Hwang Ui-seong presents through Lee Min-ki]

[How does talent given to a genius who doesn’t need talent destroy a human being?]

Director Hwang Ui-seong is originally someone who made good movies.

Even if opinions are divided, the quality of his films was never in doubt.

However, there had been a lot of noise about this movie from the beginning.

The reason must have been that a big rookie named Lee Min-ki suddenly went to find him.

Some people may have suspected that he had caught an art disease [a pretentious or overly artistic phase].

[Hwang Ui-seong got his hands on it]

[I’m worried that Min-ki will only shoot art films after this ㅜㅜ]

[I’m also worried that he keeps trying to get involved in fashion these days ㅜㅜ]

However, even these questions were neatly washed away by a review in [Star Magazine].

[The most popular of Director Hwang Ui-seong’s films! The most fun movie Lee Min-ki has ever been in!]

Popular and fun.

What could be more direct than this?

With only a week left until the movie’s release.

[Shall we be fooled just once~~~~?] – Audiences began to have expectations for [Fashion and Fashion] in both good and bad ways.

Meanwhile.

[If you have eyes and ears, you know]

[Nothing much to say]

The words that Director Hwang Ui-seong spat out at the premiere were spread together on the Internet through appropriate massage [strategic online promotion].

There’s always a reason why there are so many haters.

* * *

With only two days left until the movie’s release.

Lee Min-ki began to prepare to be rewarded for his hard work.

That is.

“I didn’t expect you to be auditioning already, Actor Lee.”

As Director Seo Jeong-woo said, he was going to audition.

“I know. The world is a strange place.”

Lee Min-ki burst into laughter.

Today, he is here to audition. Or rather, to judge one.

However, many sentence elements, including the subject, were omitted.

Looking at the whole context, it was like this.

“Even so, I can’t believe that I, who haven’t even reached 3 years since my debut, will be a judge.”

Lee Min-ki was participating in acting as a judge.

Moreover.

“These are the people who used to prepare for auditions as fellow contestants.”

It was a place to evaluate his former academy classmates and audition classmates.

That’s right.

Just a few months ago, Lee Min-ki made a bet with JC [his agency].

[If you get 1 million followers in 3 months, I’ll film whatever you want me to film. But if you get 3 million, you have to hold an audition for me.]

Using a special audition as bait.

JC kept its promise.

The audition was held privately without official notice, and some promising prospects from JC, including Kim Tak, Yoo Seon-ah, and Kim Ji-hwan, were mixed in.

Lee Min-ki sat in one of those judge seats.

‘I went to the company for a meeting this morning and got kidnapped.’

It wasn’t even announced.

He went to the company for work in the morning and was suddenly dragged to an audition.

‘I really don’t know what’s going on in the world.’

Is this okay?

In a situation where his head was spinning, Lee Min-ki asked.

“I know everyone here. Wouldn’t it be unfair if I participated in the judging?”

“There is a possibility of that, but there are also other advantages.”

Director Seo Jeong-woo simply refuted Lee Min-ki’s words.

“When you are away from the field, your senses become dull. In times like these, there are things that can only be seen through the eyes of an actor who is active in various fields. That’s how it is when you see friends and strangers from the judge’s seat.”

“……”

He speaks eloquently.

To put it simply, he’s saying to look and evaluate with your own eyes.

In fact, Director Seo Jeong-woo had another reason.

‘Actor Lee is a lucky person.’

The more he got to know Lee Min-ki, the more he realized that he was an unusually lucky person.

He saw that whatever he did, things worked out well.

He also felt that even the people he was involved with were doing well.

‘If Actor Lee Min-ki picks them, wouldn’t this audition go well too?’

It might just be superstition.

However, as an audition judge, he often relied on such superstitions.

A moment’s feeling, intuition, and such.

In that sense, Director Seo Jeong-woo decided to trust Lee Min-ki’s choice.

In the first place.

‘If it doesn’t seem right, I can just drop them.’

He is also the final decision maker.

If being swayed by connections crosses the line, he can just cut them off directly.

Also.

It is no coincidence that Lee Min-ki was suddenly kidnapped to the audition site as a judge.

He deliberately hid the fact that he was a judge because there could be irregularities among the participants if it was known.

Also, he hopes that Lee Min-ki will evaluate them purely with his intuition as an actor, without knowing the specific personal information of the participants.

“I will evaluate the commercial aspects such as marketability and growth potential.”

Director Seo Jeong-woo smiled and continued.

“Please just be an audience member and give your honest impressions.”

“That’s difficult.”

“Yes, auditions are always difficult. For those who challenge and those who evaluate.”

Well, this side is investing.

Moreover, it wouldn’t be easy to judge someone else’s lifelong efforts with my own tongue.

“What is the order of proceedings?”

“Didn’t I tell you?”

“No, I was just kidnapped.”

“We will evaluate three people at a time.”

“Won’t the evaluations get mixed up?”

“That’s a good point. But it’s also important for an actor to be able to perform properly in front of others.”

In fact, he said it knowing it.

Because the seat was awkward.

While the two of them were muttering, with another JC judge sitting next to him.

“It’s starting.”

At the same time as Director Seo Jeong-woo’s words, there was a knock on the audition room door, and it was carefully opened.

The woman standing in the very front of the three people who came in.

‘No.’

There was no way Lee Min-ki wouldn’t know her.

‘Why is that person here?’

Meanwhile.

The other party also had the same thought when they saw Lee Min-ki.

‘Why is that person here?’

* * *

With the development of SNS [Social Networking Services], a new job has emerged.

Influencer.

A word derived from influence, meaning a person who influences others.

At first, it wasn’t a job.

It was simply called an influencer to a person with many subscribers.

But from what point on?

Having many subscribers began to be a big income in itself.

And at some point.

[Influencer OGZ Declares Independent Fashion Label]

The word influencer itself has become a job.

Right here.

The person who was doing well with the title of influencer was standing in front of Lee Min-ki.

‘OGZ, I see you again like this.’

OGZ.

A female influencer who has quite a reputation in fashion and art.

She is a celebrity who already boasts 600,000 followers on SNS, and is famous for her goddess makeup that rivals ordinary celebrities.

However, Lee Min-ki had a special impression in a different direction.

‘I had a really hard time being terrorized because of this person.’

That’s exactly what SNS was like.

Lee Min-ki posted a question on her SNS.

[Where did you get this outfit?]

He asked because the coat she was wearing on SNS looked cool.

It was androgynous, so he thought it would look good on him.

But what was the reaction to that?

[I made it myself. Why are you framing me? Are you claiming that I can’t make clothes and wear them? I don’t feel very good.]

It was a bit cold.

Thanks to that, Lee Min-ki suffered a lot.

He was treated like a guy who tried to hit on an influencer but didn’t get anything out of it.

[Are you preparing to be an actor?]

[lol He must have been jealous because he was unknown, but OGZ is such a successful influencer ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[People like this are the most pathetic in the world ㅎㅎ]

[If there’s a famous person, they try to get buried and hit on them, but they don’t get anything out of it, right?]

More than 80 criticisms were posted under the comments Lee Min-ki made.

It was already a witch hunt.

Lee Min-ki bit his lip slightly at the thought of the chilling feeling.

‘I was so scared that I deleted my account.’

I wonder if it’s fortunate that I didn’t reveal my face because it was right after I created my SNS account.

That’s the whole story.

OGZ.

She was one of the main culprits who made Lee Min-ki quit SNS.

‘At first, I wondered if I had really done something wrong.’

But later I found out.

She enjoys giving people a hard time like that and raising her own value.

She makes herself a victim for something trivial and makes the other person a shameless perpetrator in reverse.

It’s a really bad hobby.

Well, it’s all in the past.

However, the point in the past was a little different.

‘Does that person even remember me?’

That’s right.

It wasn’t what happened when he returned to the past.

It was what happened when Lee Min-ki was still a trainee, that is, just a few years ago in the present.

‘She’s changed a lot.’

It’s a ridiculous thing.

At that time, I was careful even to say a word, but now the relationship has been reversed.

An SNS influencer challenging an audition.

And as an actor and judge who is by far the number one rookie actor in Korea.

“Nice to meet you.”

It was the moment when Lee Min-ki unknowingly muttered to himself.

“Actor, you shouldn’t show your personal feelings.”

Lee Min-ki smiled at Director Seo Jeong-woo’s joking remark.

“I know.”

Lee Min-ki’s unique sweet voice echoed in the quiet audition room.

At that smile, OGZ, Eun Gi-joo’s heart shrank to its limit.

‘Wow, it’s really Lee Min-ki. Lee Min-ki was a judge? Crazy, no way.’

I never thought this opportunity would come.

I have always dreamed of entering the entertainment industry, so I begged and begged JC officials to get this position.

But Lee Min-ki, a current big-name actor, is sitting there.

‘This is JC.’

A shock that made my eyes spin around captured my mind.

The moment she faced Lee Min-ki, this audition became a good thing for her.

‘I have to get close to him no matter what.’

I saw Lee Min-ki’s SNS account.

He surpassed 3 million followers in just 3 months.

But he only followed less than 20 people.

I have to get in there.

Even if I fail the audition, I just need to make any connection with Lee Min-ki.

For an influencer, a connection with a ‘real celebrity’ was an asset that could not be compared to even a thousand gold.

Even if they are not really close, it doesn’t matter.

I just need to look like I’m close in front of the public.

[Trending Influencer OGZ, Showing off her connection with Lee Min-ki. As expected, the trending people hang out together.]

One article is enough.

I would be able to receive enough trickle-down effect just from that.

It was the moment when my thoughts reached this point.

“Please introduce yourself briefly.”

At Director Seo Jeong-woo’s words, Eun Gi-joo, who had already turned her eyes to the rice cake [opportunity], smiled brightly and said.

“Hello. My name is Eun Gi-joo, and I am working as a fashion influencer on SNS.”

The next word is important.

Eun Gi-joo opened her mouth with the intention of focusing only on Lee Min-ki from the beginning.

“Although it’s our first time meeting, I’m honored to be judged by Lee Min-ki, an actor and model who represents Korea!”

From the beginning, she was going to stick to Lee Min-ki.

The two people next to her don’t matter.

I’m going to leave an impression on Lee Min-ki and apply to follow him on SNS when I get back.

And even if I just show off my friendship, I’ll get more than my money’s worth.

“Actor, that’s what you’re saying.”

Director Seo Jeong-woo smiled, and Eun Gi-joo was trying to suppress her pounding heart.

“Thank you.”

Lee Min-ki said with a smile.

“But I’m sorry, haven’t we talked before?”