Superstar From Age 0

Translator: MarcTempest

Editor: AgRoseCrystal

Chapter 586

[Lee Seo-jun is back!!!]

SNS, community sites, articles.

No one knew where it started, but the story of Seo-jun’s appearance in [Fire] spread like wildfire.

-What? Lee Seo-jun is back?

-Where did you see him?

=No, no, no. They screened his movie. His next work!

=I didn’t see any articles either???

-Exactly!

=22 He just came out of nowhere!

Because director Hwang Ji-yoon and the [Fire] team left early, the reporters who missed the chance to interview them targeted the next potential source in the theater. They were the insiders who had seen [Fire] in advance and selected it as the opening film.

“Chairman of the Association!!”

“Lee Seo-jun’s appearance…!”

The voices of the reporters asking questions loudly and the voices of the reporters receiving confirmation calls from their companies were mixed.

-Hey! I heard Lee Seo-jun was there, is that true?

“Yes! Yes! It’s true!”

-…Really Lee Seo-jun!?

“Yes! I told you it’s true! I saw him clearly in the movie! Actor Park Do-hoon also said he was Lee Seo-jun! I’m interviewing the insiders right now, so I’ll send you the article right away!”

Hot articles poured out of the theater that had turned into a press conference hall.

[Actor Lee Seo-jun, secretly appeared in the independent film ‘Fire’!]

[Actor Lee Seo-jun, starred in the film ‘Fire’ by KNUA students!]

[Lee Seo-jun’s next work, independent film ‘Fire’ screening!]

[Chairman of the Independent Film Association, “I knew about Lee Seo-jun’s appearance.”]

[Korean Independent Film Festival, “The extension of the event schedule is also related to the opening film ‘Fire’.”]

[Korean Independent Film Festival, “But as it is an independent film festival, we have to balance with other films…”]

-…What’s going on?

=I don’t know… What’s happening??

-Lee Seo-jun’s appearance scheduled, filming in progress… not even that lol

=22 He appeared. It’s screening;;;

=333 ‘Secretly’ is so fitting lol

=44 Really no one knew;;; I’m also shocked;;;

=55 Why do they keep secrets so well when it comes to Lee Seo-jun lol

=66 lol really lol no rumors at all lol

-So it’s screening right now? (Packing up)

=Yes, you can see it if you go to the independent film festival.

=No, you can’t.

=? Why? (Boss, I need a half day off…!)

=The tickets are all sold out.

=!!.. Is this Lee Seon-joa’s doing tooㅠㅠ (Sitting back down)

-Why don’t they screen more?? There are so many people who want to see it??

=That’s probably the best they can do. It’s a film festival, so they can’t give special treatment to one film.

=22 Usually they screen 2 or 3 times, but 6 times is a lot.

=33 They tried to balance it by increasing the screening times of other independent films too.

=Yes, yes. Otherwise, they would have been accused of star favoritism.

-Anyway, the fact is that people who don’t have tickets now can’t see the movie. (Sobbing)

=It’ll be uploaded somewhere soon. (Tears)

=I want to see it in the theater tooㅠㅠ

=Work!! CCV.

=22 Work!! Cinema.

-But why did they film it secretly?

=According to the audience, they did it because they were afraid of interference. They even put ‘Na Jin’ in the ending credits.

=Na Jin lol

=Long time no see lol

-? Wasn’t this about Lee Seo-jun? Who is Na Jin?

=?? You don’t know Na Jin?? (Shocked)

=How can you not know Na Jin? The legendary child actor?!

=…Sorry?

=lol

-…Wow. Crazy…

=? Are you surprised now?

=+) No, that’s not it…

=+) Lee Seo-jun starred in a student film from KNUA, right? But those students are film students, and… that means Lee Seo-jun, who filmed with them, is also a film student…?

=The audience said that too;;;

=…?!

***

SBC Entertainment Department.

[Working Man!] Conference room.

“Shall we take a break for a bit?”

“Yes!”

PD Jeon Min-jae and the writers who had gathered to discuss the next filming decided to take a short break. The sub-writer picked up his phone, which he had muted for a while so as not to disturb the meeting.

“…Huh?”

“What’s wrong?”

“It looks like Seo-jun did something again.”

The internet was in chaos.

It seemed like there was no place without Seo-jun’s name, whether it was an article or a post.

“That’s right.”

The other writers also looked at their phones. There was no sound, but the posts with exclamation marks and question marks seemed very noisy just by looking at them.

“What’s going on?”

“Seo-jun… appeared in an independent film, I guess?”

“…He appeared? Not filming?”

“Yes. He already finished filming and…”

—-!!

Then a loud noise was heard.

PD Jeon Min-jae and the writers who were talking were startled and flinched. Then they turned their heads and looked around.

“What, what is it?”

“Well, I don’t know?”

“Huh? It sounds like it’s getting closer?”

As the youngest writer said, the desperate and urgent voice seemed to get closer and closer to the conference room. It seemed like there were other voices mixed in as well.

“But this voice… I feel like I’ve heard it a lot…”

“PD Jeonnn!!”

I will try to edit and correct the sentence structures that are suitable for web novels. Here is my translation into English:

Clang!

The door of the meeting room opened. PD Jeon Min-jae and the writers blinked their eyes.

“…Director?”

It was the director of the entertainment department.

“I, PD Jeon…!”

He was breathing heavily with a flushed face. He seemed to have run from the director’s office to here without using the elevator. The CPs behind him looked similar. And PDs and writers from other teams seemed to keep coming in.

[Working Man!] The front of the meeting room was crowded with people in an instant. They all had strange expressions on their faces. They looked worried and hopeful at the same time.

…What’s going on?

PD Jeon Min-jae and the writers looked at each other. They all signaled that they didn’t know. PD Jeon Min-jae swallowed his dry saliva.

“I, PD Jeon.”

“…Yes. Director.”

“Tha-that thing, you still have it, right? You didn’t delete it, right? You didn’t throw it away, right?!”

“…That thing?”

That thing… What is that thing?

But it seemed that only PD Jeon Min-jae and the writers didn’t know. The other PDs and writers seemed to understand.

One of the CPs opened his mouth at the bewildered look of PD Jeon Min-jae.

“What? You didn’t hear the news?”

“…What news?”

Huh…

Sighs came from everywhere.

“You didn’t check the Korean Independent Film Festival?”

“Ah… That? I was going to do it after the meeting. And the awards are at the closing ceremony, so I was going to take it slow…”

But it seemed like he shouldn’t have done that.

“Actor Lee Seo-jun filmed an independent film.”

The director, who received a water bottle from someone and moistened his throat, exhaled and said. His face was still red.

“Yes. I just heard.”

“That’s a work submitted to the Korean Independent Film Festival.”

“Oh. Then it would be nice to put it briefly in the broadcast two weeks later. I was planning to put something about the works of the Korea National University of Arts students then.”

The director, the CPs, the PDs and the writers tapped their foreheads at PD Jeon Min-jae’s calm words.

“…What’s the title of the independent film that actor Lee Seo-jun starred in?”

“Fire…”

…Why are they the same?

His answer naturally stopped.

“What school is actor Lee Seo-jun from?”

!!

Not only PD Jeon, but also the eyes of the writers began to widen slowly. As if they were connected in a line, their thoughts stretched out. Lee Seo-jun, independent film, fire, KNUA and… students.

“PD Jeon…”

The director of the entertainment department, who came to the meeting room as soon as he heard the news, spoke with a desperate look in his eyes.

“The rest stop footage… do you have it? …don’

His voice seemed to tremble a little.

Everyone’s eyes turned to PD Jeon Min-jae’s mouth.

It was already four months old. And it was an interview with ordinary people who had no celebrities except the [Working Man!] members. The broadcast scenes might not matter, but the unbroadcast footage would have been deleted long ago.

The [Working Man!] writers looked at PD Jeon Min-jae with trembling eyes.

They remembered PD Jeon Min-jae saying, ‘Oh, and leave the unbroadcast footage. If they win an award at the film festival, we can use it as a footage.’.

PD Jeon Min-jae, who remembered the same scene, swallowed his saliva. His hand trembled a little from the tingling sensation that rose from his toes. This is why they say life is unpredictable.

“…I have it. All of it.”

The entertainment department exploded at that answer.

***

[Actor Lee Seo-jun’s side, “I wanted to make a movie with the students.”]

[Cocoa Entertainment, “Unfortunately, we have no plans to participate in the film festival due to the scheduled schedule.”]

“The articles came out well!”

“The reactions are good too!”

Cocoa Entertainment.

Actor Lee Seo-jun’s dedicated 1st team office.

The phones were ringing everywhere and the mailboxes were overflowing with contacts from reporters and film industry insiders.

The employees who experienced this chaos for the first time since joining the company and Choi Tae-woo, who came to support them, were half out of their minds, and the existing dedicated team members were dealing with it as usual.

“…This is only this time, right?”

He asked, thinking that it was because Seo-jun made a surprise appearance that the reaction was so strong, and the existing dedicated team member smiled and said.

“That’s how it is when Seo-jun is active.”

“…Haha. I see.”

He felt like he could see the future clearly.

Director Ahn Da Ho also settled in the 1st team office and checked the situation. The articles that filled the internet were all within the expected range.

‘But there are no articles related to the military…’

It had been several weeks since Seo-jun entered the training center, and he would be assigned to a unit next week. He thought that Seo-jun’s enlistment news would come out through the people he lived with or the superiors, but there was none. There was not even a trace of his enlistment.

‘That’s a relief, though.’

He didn’t know how it was possible when they lived together 24 hours a day. It was amazing.

Then, his cell phone rang.

The saved name was [Working Man PD Jeon Min-jae]. He smiled at the contact he had expected and answered the phone.

“Yes. Hello. PD Jeon.”

***

[The independent film ‘Fire’ starring actor Lee Seo-jun is a work of Korea National University of Arts students!]

[Who is actor Na Jin?]

[Is Lee Seo-jun also a student with Korea National University of Arts students?]

[The independent film ‘Fire’ that Lee Seo-jun chose and moved the audience]

[Was actor Lee Seo-jun also in the selection team of Korea National University of Arts students?]

[Independent film ‘Fire’ sold out! Film festival side “We have no plans to increase the theaters.”]

[Netizens, start looking for actor Lee Seo-jun in Working Man! rest stop episode!]

[The closing film of the Korean Independent Film Festival is ‘Na Jin’s First Fan’ by director Kim Suhan!]

-It’s really a messㅋㅋㅋ

=22 But the views are good, so they couldn’t miss anythingㅋㅋ

=33 And they’re all related to Lee Seo-jun, so it’s

-I just saw the article, can someone summarize it;;;

=The movie ‘Fire’ screened at the Korean Independent Film Festival > Na Jin (Lee Seo-jun) appears > What?! It’s Lee Seo-jun/ Who is Na Jin? > Wait! This is Korea National University of Arts students’ movie, right? Then Lee Seo-jun too?!/ Wow! Lee Seo-jun starred in an independent film? What kind of work is it? > He might have been on Working Man! Let’s find him!/ Where can I watch it? What? Sold out?! > Ongoing.

=And this all happened in one day.

=No, it’s not even a day. It all happened in a few hours.

=ㅋㅋIt’s still a mess even if you look at itㅋㅋ

-I didn’t expect to see Na Jin like thisㅠㅠ I

=22 I thought he retired after taking one stepㅠㅠㅠ(overreacting)

-It’s funnyㅋㅋ The main character (Lee Seo-jun) is building up his career in an unprecedented way, but the sub-character (Na Jin) is diligently building up his career in a conventional way. Children’s play>Public service advertisement>Independent film

=Maybe it was a slump from growing from a child actor to an adult actor?

=ㅋㅋㅋSeems like it

=Wow. They’re both successful.

=22 Take care of the sub-character too… I’m having a hard time raising the main characterㅠ

=33 ㅠㅠㅠ

-Na Jin’s first fan also participated in the film festivalㅋㅋ What a coincidenceㅋㅋ

=22 They might even make a movie together.

=Maybe. Director Kim Suhan is very active. He’s talented and he went to Cannes.

=ㅇㅇ The reviews for his closing film are good too.

-I had no interest in independent films, but I suddenly got interestedㅎ

=Me too. I can’t watch Fire though…ㅠ

=I recommend the movies from this independent film festival.(link)

-As someone who watched Fire, this is a movie you have to watch.

=22 Although it was slightly overshadowed by actor Lee Seo-jun’s surprise appearance, it will be buzzing with the movie content once it calms down a bit.

=33 I don’t get along with people who haven’t seen it.

=44 I wish everyone would watch it soon. And I wish Moviegoer’s review would come out soon too!

-So is Lee Seo-jun also a student?

=I don’t know yet. They call all the team members Korea National University of Arts students, but they mean the six selection team members. But if he’s an actor, he might have gone to the later team, so he’s not technically a student.

-But he must have been on Working Man, right? All the team members were there.

=ㅇㅇHe must have been in the rest stop episode. But no one recognized him.

=It’s a classic case of not being recognized by the production staffㅋㅋ

-Will they re-edit and broadcast it?

=It’s been four months already, do they have the footage?

=Right.

=If they have it, I’ll watch it. I’ll definitely watch it.

=22 If they have it, I’ll watch it live.

=33 It would be a hit if they broadcast itㅎㄷㄷ

=Wow. Let’s watch the broadcast!

[SBC Working Man! Unbroadcast footage of the rest stop episode to be broadcasted in two weeks!]