Peninsula: I can steal the luck of disgraced celebrities

The filming of "Bad Man" in Japan has ended.

After filming wrapped, director Lee Hyung-min suggested that everyone stay in Japan for two more days to relax and have some fun.

The crew cheered, "Long live the director!"

Lin Puzhi stood at the entrance of the alley.

The evening breeze in April blew in from the direction of Sakae-cho, carrying the aroma of yakitori from izakayas and the announcements from the distant tram station.

The castle tower stands quietly in the sunlight, its gray tiles and white walls casting shadows of its eaves on the stone floor.

Lin Puzhi looked up at the golden shachihoko.

It lay on the roof ridge, mouth wide open, tail pointing towards the sky, gleaming dimly in the sunlight.

He held up his phone and took a picture of the castle tower.

Open the Cyworld homepage and upload.

Not long after, my phone vibrated.

[Sulli: You're in Nagoya??]

Lin Puzhi: Hmm.

[Choi Sulli: Me too!!]

[Lin Puzhi: What are you doing here?]

[Choi Sulli: Filming a variety show with f(x)! Koala!]

[Sulli: This was filmed at Nagoya Castle today! I just saw the photos you posted on Cyworld!]

[Sulli: Where are you? I'm coming to find you!]

Lin Puzhi sent the address over.

Half an hour later, Choi Sulli appeared.

She wasn't wearing a stage costume, but rather a white T-shirt and denim shorts, showing off her youthful, long, white legs.

Gentlemen, I love summer.

Choi Sulli's eyes lit up when she saw Lin Puzhi.

She greeted him, "Long time no see, Park Ji-ssi."

"Yes, if you do the math, it's been 144 days, 13 hours, 24 minutes, and 56 seconds."

"Nonsense," Choi Sulli laughed. "No one would remember that clearly."

"I remember you so clearly after we parted ways."

"That would be best."

Choi Sulli didn't believe Lin Puzhi's words at all. She looked Lin Puzhi up and down today and commented, "You look...much more mature today."

Lin Puzhi then remembered that he was still wearing makeup.

Because the character Shen Jianxu is 29 years old, the makeup artist gave him a more mature look to match the character.

He asked, "How mature?"

Choi Sulli thought for a moment and replied, "I feel like I should be in my thirties."

"Then call him Dad."

"Go to hell!" Choi Sulli laughed in anger and immediately delivered a Zero Flying Kick.

As they playfully bickered, the awkwardness they had felt after not seeing each other for six months gradually dissipated.

"Let's go for a walk," Choi Sulli suggested after scolding Lin Puzhi.

She walked ahead, her steps light and quick, her ponytail swaying behind her head.

Then he suddenly stopped and looked at an empty space across the street.

There was a group of people gathered there, forming a semicircle, with three girls in sequined miniskirts standing in the middle.

"It looks lively over there, let's go take a look." After saying that, Choi Sulli took Lin Puzhi's hand and walked to the back of the crowd.

A portable speaker was placed in front of the girls.

Upbeat accompaniment blared from the speakers, while the girls held microphones in their hands.

It was described as a crowd, but there were actually only a dozen or so people, including a few middle-aged men with white hair.

They swayed their bodies to the beat of the music.

The girls' sequined dresses were frayed at the edges, and their shoes were worn thin, but standing on that makeshift red carpet, they looked like they were standing in the center of a giant dome stage.

This is Japan's idol culture.

"Come on, let's jump up too."

Choi Sulli raised the hand that was holding Lin Puzhi's hand, and waved her arms and jumped around with the others.

Lin Puzhi had no choice but to join in promoting the song.

Performing music is really physically demanding; Lin Puzhi was already panting heavily after dancing for only a short while.

Looking at the energetic, middle-aged idol otaku next to him, who could probably be the father of those idols, he marveled at the power of faith.

"Thank you everyone!" After the dance ended, the idol on stage bowed and expressed his gratitude.

Next up is the handshake event.

A dozen or so people lined up and went up on stage to shake hands.

"Let's join the queue too."

Choi Sulli excitedly pulled Lin Puzhi along to the back of the line.

The line moved forward slowly, and each person shook hands for a very short time, about ten seconds, said a few words, and then it was the next person's turn.

It was Lin Puzhi and Cui Xueli's turn. They walked onto the temporary red carpet.

The girls still had beads of sweat on their foreheads, but when they saw Lin Puzhi and Cui Xueli, their faces lit up with perfect smiles.

"You two are a couple, right? Thank you for promoting our music today. Please continue to support Babymetal in the future."

Choi Sulli couldn't understand Japanese, so she tugged at Lin Puzhi's clothes.

Lin Puzhi leaned his head closer to Cui Xueli.

"What are they talking about?"

Lin Puzhi's eyes darted around, and he asked, "You don't understand Japanese?"

"Can't understand."

"You can't understand a single word?"

"I can't understand a single word."

Then I'm relieved.

Lin Puzhi first spoke to the three idols in Japanese:

"We're not a couple, I'm her father."

The three girls' once perfect smiles were somewhat shattered.

They exchanged glances for a moment, and finally the girl in the middle said:

"You're really young."

"Yes, I'm actually in my forties, but I still get hit on by high school students on the street all the time," Lin Puzhi said with a smile.

"Hey," Sulli tugged at Lim Pak-ji's sleeve, "What are you two talking about?"

"It's nothing, I'm just explaining our relationship to them."

"Oh." Choi Sulli nodded. "Then could you translate for me? I want to say something to them."

"No problem, I will definitely translate it perfectly." Lin Puzhi put on 200% of his acting skills to keep himself from laughing.

He told the three idol girls, "My daughter said she has something to say to you. She's Korean, so she needs me to translate for her."

"No problem," replied the girl with pigtails among the three idol girls.

Choi Sulli: "My profession is a Korean idol, and my status is similar to that of a Japanese idol."

Lin Puzhi translated: "My daughter has the same profession as you."

Choi Sulli: "The company assigned me a role in the team based on my appearance, which I really hate."

Lin Puzhi translated: "My daughter hates her job."

Sulli: "I don't like to pretend to be funny and liven up the atmosphere on stage."

Lin Puzhi translated: "Because my daughter hates her job."

Sulli: "I have my own personality, my own likes and dislikes, and my own thoughts."

Lin Puzhi's translation: "This made her unlike herself."

Sulli: "I like your songs."

Lin Puzhi translated: "It's you."

Choi Sulli: "Why can't heavy metal be associated with cuteness?"

Lin Puzhi's translation: "It made her reject everything the company had set for her."

Choi Sulli: "Why can't someone with my looks have a petite and dependent personality?"

Lin Puzhi translated: "I have my own name. I am not called Choi Sulli, I am called Choi Jinri."

……

The following year, 2011.

SM Entertainment planned to launch f(x) into the Japanese market in 2012, so they sent a Japanese language teacher to teach them Japanese.

When Choi Sulli was listening to the teacher's lecture from the audience, when the topic of family relationships came up...

She remembered that Lin Puzhi had mentioned "my daughter" several times today, and she was so angry that she tore up her Japanese textbook on the spot.

Finally, as punishment from his Japanese teacher, he was forced to stand in the hallway holding his textbook high.