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Translator Note:

Just wanted to let you know that sometimes I won't translate calls(?) like 'oppa, hyung, eonni, nuna, etc.' and suffixes like '-ssi, -nim, etc.'

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Chapter 26 – Becomes More Popular

— I think they look a bit like each other.

— There were eyewitness reports before, right? I wondered what kind of contact it was.

— I guess he was already known to the people in the field.

— I knew it. He really looks like Dojun even on the red carpet before.

 

Rather, Yoon Jay thought it was a little late to reveal. There should have been one or two people who saw him at the funeral. Most of the mourners were from the entertainment industry.

"So, you heard about me from...... Writer Park?"

"Yes."

"Haha......"

But Lee Seowon laughed dejectedly. He thought they were close, but he never imagined that Yoon Suheon had a hidden son.

'Come to think of it, he did say...... He had a family before.'

At a drinking party with Yoon Suheon, he drunkenly revealed that he had remarried. He remembered Yoon Suheon telling about his old family that he had made a big mistake and that he had ruined everything.

Lee Seowon glanced at Yoon Jay, whose expression didn't change. A big mistake...... What on earth could it be?

"Oh, that's not what I'm here for...... I want to amend our contract."

"Does it change the terms for the better?"

"Of course. But the contract period will increase. To the industry average, 7 years."

Yoon Jay quickly flipped through the contract Lee Seowon held out.

"......Looks like I passed the test."

"You already passed the test a long time ago. You can read it slowly."

"No, I've read it all."

"Already?"

He raised his head and made eye contact with Lee Seowon. What's the problem with that? That was the expression on his face.

"In this contract, it is written that the agency would give me more down payment and pay 'Fluttering' again under changed conditions......"

Lee Seowon was surprised for a moment but then regained his composure. Yoon Jay had no special education, and he started acting right away, so it was safe to assume he had a good head.

Yoon Jay signed the contract and handed it back.

"Nice to work with you"

"Yes. Nice to work with you."

Still, Lee Seowon is a little worried. Yoon Jay went straight to the army after high school, so he wouldn't be very knowledgeable about these things...... Of course, there is no toxic clause.

"So, did you first see the twins at the funeral?"

"Yes."

"Wow...... Sounds like some kind of soap opera."

"I hear about that a lot."

Yoon Jay hasn't even started talking about his American family yet. Yoon Jay just laughed.

"Then it's only been a few months since all of you met, right? You must be pretty close to each other. Because they seem to follow you around a lot."

"Because I'm used to seeing my younger siblings."

The two men with the contracts exchanged a few words, and then Lee Seowon checked his phone for a moment, and his expression changed.

"That dog......"

"CEO Lee?"

"No, it's nothing."

What is it? Is something bad happening? Yoon Jay couldn't ask. Han Jin-woo flung open the door.

"Mr. CEO, Jay Hyung has to leave now."

"One last thing before leaving."

Lee Seowon stood up and followed the two, passing through the office and catching the elevator.

"Jay -ssi, are you feeling a change in your perception of yourself and the views of those around you?"

Yoon Jay nodded.

His day starts with exercise. Luckily, there are walking trails and exercise equipment near his house, so he uses them, but recently, he's been getting more and more people taking pictures and saying hello, and he's wondering if he should stop going to that gym.

"You're going to get a lot of strange people on social media. We manage it, but some people ask for money or want you to buy strange things...... Anyway, you've been in the U.S. for a long time, so be careful of scammers here."

"Thank you for your concern."

"And, you know, the more popular you get, the more people who are malicious for no reason, right?"

Yoon Jay knows that very well; it was during his childhood that he achieved the largest number of anti-cafe members at that time.

Of course, it's different now. It might sound hurt, but he's already immune to that. So, he'll be fine.

"What I want to say is, don't worry too much about that."

"I don't think you need to worry about that."

"Yeah, but if you have any problems, make sure you tell me through Jin-woo."

"Okay. I'll be on my way."

"Good luck with your schedule. See you later."

Lee Seowon smiled and saw Yoon Jay off. As he turned around and walked back into his office, his expression turned frightening.

He grabbed the chair of Lee Da-hyun, who was still glued to the monitor and tapping away at the keyboard.

"Da-hyun -ssi, you're very busy right now, aren't you?"

"Yes."

Lee Da-hyun gritted his teeth and strained his fingers. The increasingly loud tapping on the keyboard resembled the sound of a fist slamming down.

"I'll hire more employees. How many do you need?"

Lee Da-hyun held up his hand and marked his fingers to indicate the number two. Then he added another, making it three.

"Okay. I'll organize a whole team."

"Mr. CEO, if you find them, kill them!"

The employee asked the CEO to kill them...... Lee Seowon smiled bloodily.

'How dare they mess with the actor I'm raising......'

First, the agency that casting for Grand Prince Muhwi...... It could be my former company, E-West Pictures. Lee Seowon flipped down his address book and dialed someone.

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[Hyung, are you okay?]

[What?]

[There was an article about us......]

This was what Yoon Dojun said as soon as the family history was revealed. Yoon Jay narrowed his eyes because he didn't understand.

[What's wrong with that?]

[I mean, you just starting, but it's because of us......]

[I don't know why you're so worried......]

Look, Yoon Dojun is such a softie. Yoon Jay laughed lightly. If Yoon Dohwa saw this, she would probably make a vomiting motion, but alas, she was in the middle of an activity.

[You don't have to think about that.]

When Yoon Jay checked the article, he just thought that he could now move around freely without having to be cooped up at home with his younger siblings.

[Then, can I post on social media about how I met you, Hyung?]

[You can. There will be many people who will be curious.]

After that, Yoon Dojun posted a photo of him and Yoon Jay with a caption.

He also explained that they met for the first time at their father's funeral, but there was no awkwardness, and he felt very comforted by spending time with him. He said that Yoon Jay was like his own brother, an adult he could trust and rely on. In the post, he also asked everyone to look at Yoon Jay kindly.

'He did something cute.'

Seeing that, Yoon Dohwa also posted something. It seemed like they discussed it and posted at the same time.

 

— I guess they have a better relationship than I thought.

— Wow, it's sweet that he sent you tteokbokki.

— No wonder there were a lot of eyewitness accounts during their break.

 

All of their fans loved it. Everyone was happy. It's not like Yoon Jay got attention for selling his siblings' names, it was revealed while the drama was already popular.

However, it wasn't all positive, either.

In fact, even before filming <Fluttering>, Yoon Jay was aware of the negative responses.

There was an article that questioned the casting of a rookie in a supporting role because the role of Grand Prince Muhwi was so attractive that many agencies wanted to take a shot at the casting.

It's only been a little over two months, but Yoon Jay has become a rising star with just one drama under his belt.

Once you've landed a supporting role, you'll only get scripts for more than a supporting role, so it's a combination of competitors' poking fun at you and, as Lee Seowon said, people who are just there for spite.

 

'Fluttering' Yoon Jay, who attracted attention was cast in a supporting role for a reason.

 

The simple title of the article makes it seem like a praise article, but the content is not.

Yoon Dojun and Yoon Dohwa have been known as the golden children of the entertainment industry since the beginning of their careers.

It was no secret that their parents were both powerful people in the industry. Their father, Yoon Suheon is a famous movie producer and their mother, Park Hyun-ah was a successful drama writer.

They say, that even though Yoon Jay is a rookie, he was able to get into supporting roles right away, so it must be thanks to Park Hyun-ah, a drama writer, who gave him a lot of support.

 

— Ah, somehow he got the supporting role right away. Haha. Isn't that obvious because he knows someone in the industry?

— But in Yoon Dojun's post, he said that they met him for the first time at their father's funeral. So, how can you say that Park Hyun-ah is helping him when he is not her own child? It doesn't make sense.

— Ah, hahaha. Of course, she helped him. Haha.

— But it's a little shameless, isn't it? Haha. Aren't they basically strangers?

— But they seem to have a good relationship, right? Is that also by design?

 

Many people already believed this speculation as a fact.

Yoon Jay's popularity skyrocketed due to suspicious connections. Netizen debated.

"It's too much." "Does he want to get attention?" 'Fluttering' Yoon Jay, late controversy regarding acting skills.

 

└ I liked the acting.

└ Why is this happening?

└ Bwahaha. As expected. Hahaha.

└ You want to smoke that? Isn't it too far-fetched?

└ Hey, it went viral. How many articles like this are there now?

└ It feels like the article is creating controversy.

 

Still, not everyone believed it. Those who had already mastered it to some extent were confident that the viral articles attacked Yoon Jay.

The spread of strange rumors has increased, mainly through articles with a negative tone and comments on anti-cafe.

The culmination was a small article from a small media company.

 

......Mr. A, a rising star, had a colorful past before his debut. Ms. B, an industry tycoon, makes Mr. A making a mark in the industry even before his debut.

Given the mysterious absence of Mr. A's past photos and the fact that he has a big sponsor behind him, we guessing that Mr. A may have worked in an entertainment establishment in the past.

T/N: They use ambiguous words, but basically, they are saying that Mr. A was the one who was about to debut, but then he 'worked' as an 'entertainer' until he finally debuted in the entertainment industry.

 

They probably heard a rumor that Cho Yoo-kyung was taking him around and added a few things to it and wrote it as if it were true.

The posts disappeared quickly, but the people they were capturing and spreading were still there.

 

— Hey, I heard that working as a bodyguard was also a strategy. Wasn't it strange that it suddenly popped up?

— It's kind of like that. Haha. It seems like they made it go viral with just one photo.

— When did the kids here believe that crap?

— Wow... If that's true, it's a bit crazy. Haha.

— If you look closely, there aren't that many fans of Yoon Jay, so why do hate comments about him come up often?

— No. Then, what about Emma Stewart's bodyguard photos?

└ That was a long time ago. Maybe he came to Korea a long time ago.

└ Then, what about him who just met the twins at their father's funeral? It doesn't make any sense.

— I'm curious about what he did before his debut. If he rose to fame like this, it should be easy to find his previous track record.

└ 222

└ It's true

└ Did you find anything besides Emma Stewart?

└ No. But, why would you want to look into his past?

└ You never know, there's always some kind of abuse controversy or something, and the works get canceled and the cast is changed in a hurry.

 

Yoon Jay turned off his phone and took a drink of water.

'So, it's because of something like this.'

A few days ago, Lee Seowon suddenly gave him advice.

'Hmm, it's better than I thought.'

Yoon Jay came from a country where freedom of expression was guaranteed. He received a few negative comments when he was a firefighter, so he's fine. He's been used to it from a young age.

It's a bit weird to end up disturbing his Korean family like this, but...... I'll have to talk to Chief Kwak about this separately.

"Hyung, you're tired?"

"I'm fine. Are we there yet?"

There were a lot of negative posts and articles, but the agency immediately protested took down the articles, and defended him by posting favorable articles.

Besides, I can't feel it offline.

 

"Hello."

"Hello...... Oh my! You're here!"

When he showed up at the photoshoot’s set, some of the staff covered their mouths with their hands and marveled. In real life, they thought the camera didn't capture his true colors.

"I'm a fan!"

"Thank you."

Even the catering, welcome banners, and flower bouquets were very authentic.

As Yoon Jay greeted everyone involved, he looked inside. The sun shone on the beautiful garden of a detached house that specializes in renting out photo studios.

"It's such a beautiful day, I think the photos will turn out great. Is this your first time doing a photoshoot?"

"This is my second time photoshoot, but it's my first time interview."

"You can answer as many questions as possible while we take pictures. It might take a while, is that okay?"

"Yes. That's all I have on my schedule today."

"That sounds great."

Oh my god, he has a nice voice. The magazine editor in charge of the interview smiles.

Yoon Jay had changed his clothes and was about to take his first photo when someone rushed up behind him.

"Excuse me, Team Leader."

"Hmm? Why?"

"Look at this."

The team leader checked the screen and looked at Yoon Jay in surprise.


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