Peninsula: I can steal the luck of disgraced celebrities

His movements gradually became larger, going from being under control to being out of control.

He began to chop, using so much force that his arms trembled.

He lost his balance and swayed half a step to the side, staggering slightly.

But he didn't stop, he continued to swing, and then suddenly raised his hand above his head, as if to plunge the non-existent sword into the water.

Then he stopped.

He looked up at the ceiling.

It wasn't the moon, it wasn't the stars, it wasn't my deceased brother's face.

Rather, it is something higher, farther, and more ethereal.

Like a country.

He fell in love with a woman he shouldn't have loved—his country.

There was a four-second silence in the meeting room.

"Okay." Kim Won-seok closed the proposal. "Mr. Lim Pak-ji, please wait outside for a moment. We still need to tidy up here."

Lin Puzhi bowed, pushed open the door, and left.

As the door closed behind him, a person was standing in the doorway—Yoo Ah-in.

He leaned against the corridor wall with his arms crossed, his narrow eyes staring coldly at him.

Neither of them spoke, and the silence stretched for three seconds.

Yoo Ah-in spoke first.

"You're the one Song-ki introduced?" The voice was indifferent.

"I saw you in there just now, and you seemed really into it. But to be honest, I've seen this kind of exaggerated physical acting to attract the director's attention a lot during auditions."

"To be honest, an actor like you who comes from modern dramas may not be very familiar with the performance logic of historical dramas. Moon Jae-shin is the son of the Grand Inspector of the Shaolun School, not a roughneck from a small family."

Lin Puzhi did not answer immediately, but looked at the other person's somewhat arrogant face.

"I've learned a lot," he said. "How did you act when you were auditioning inside, Senior Liu?"

Yoo Ah-in's lips twitched. "I'll make him act like a human being, not like an animal trapped in a room."

Then he pushed open the door and walked into the conference room.

At the other end of the corridor, Song Joong-ki was jogging towards him.

The fan was already tucked into his waistband, and his round face was full of anticipation.

"Bro! How did it go? What did the director say?"

"Let me come out and wait a bit."

"That's good news! Usually, only those who are rejected on the spot are allowed to leave immediately. Keeping you behind means you still have a choice!"

Lin Puzhi hummed in response, his gaze remaining fixed on the closed door of the conference room.

Through that door, you could vaguely hear Yoo Ah-in moving around inside.

"Brother, what are you looking at?"

"I'm watching a dying animal," Lin Puzhi said.

On the system panel, the icon for "Seize Fortune" is quietly lit up, like an eye that has opened and closed.

This means the [Take Fortune] skill is still active.

The glories on those resumes that should have been tarnished sixteen years later are now being dealt anew at an unseen table.

Yoo Ah-in was originally poised to gain unprecedented fame in the television industry with his role as Moon Jae-shin, using that as a foundation to reach even greater heights. But now—

In the conference room, Liu Yaren had just completed the last movement—sheathing his sword, looking up at the sky.

Kim Won-seok nodded and wrote a few words in his notebook.

"Thank you, Mr. Yoo Ah-in. We will let you know when there are results."

Liu Yaren bowed, turned and walked out of the conference room.

In the corridor, Lin Puzhi was no longer in his original position.

He and Song Joong-ki sat side by side on a bench in the rest area, listening to Song Joong-ki talk about how he learned a fan dance for three months for this role.

As Liu Yaren passed by them, he glanced at Lin Puzhi and headed straight for the elevator.

The elevator doors opened and then closed.

Yoo Ah-in disappeared behind the door.

Lin Puzhi leaned back on the bench, listening to Song Joong-ki continue telling his story of "almost having his front teeth knocked out by a fan," and the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

Three days later, he received an email.

From: KBS Drama Headquarters.

Subject: Announcement of casting results for "Sungkyunkwan Scandal".

"Mr. Lim Pak-ji, after discussions between the production team, director Kim Won-seok, and screenwriter Kim Tae-hee, you have been confirmed as the actor for the role of Moon Jae-shin (Gai-ao)."

This character is the core member of the gang of four, and together with Gu Yong-ha (played by Song Joong-ki), Lee Sun-joon (played by Park Yoo-chun), and Kim Yoon-hee (played by Park Min-young), they form the main group of characters in the series.

Attached: The start date of filming, the script reading schedule, and the costume fitting arrangements are all listed in the appendix.

As Lin Puzhi looked at the email, he couldn't help but think of Liu Yaren.

Perhaps sixteen years from now, in some court documents and judgments, the name of a washed-up male celebrity named Yoo Ah-in will appear, along with his last publicly discussed criminal record.

But now, none of that matters.

The important thing is that the casting for this node has been finalized.

This time, however, the person standing under the spotlight uttering those classic lines is no longer that person.

……

Lin Puzhi became famous, and inexplicably so.

But he wasn't very happy; the happiest person was director Lee Hyung-min.

Here's the thing.

Three days ago, just as Lim Park-ji was preparing to join the cast of "Sungkyunkwan Scandal," a major earthquake struck the Korean entertainment industry.

Ahn Jung-hoon and Han Ga-in have announced their divorce.

When asked by the media about the reasons for the divorce, Ahn Jung-hoon did not explicitly state the reason, but he implied that a third party was involved in their relationship.

According to unscrupulous media reports, the third party was Lin Puzhi, who played the male lead in "Bad Man".

He spoke with absolute certainty, as if he had personally witnessed him cheating on Han Jiaren and having sex with her.

If Lin Puzhi weren't the real person, I might have believed it too.

The reactions from netizens were also quite amusing.

They are roughly divided into three factions.

One faction believes in the idea that it's better to tear down ten temples than to break up one marriage.

How could Lin Puzhi be so wicked!

One group is just watching the drama unfold, constantly commenting on the trending topics, "Write another 10,000 won, and I'll want to see what happens next!"

The last group was a bunch of people who wanted to have fun. They called themselves male fans of Lin Puzhi and spent every day searching for Lin Puzhi's account online, saying they wanted to become his apprentices.

even.

Another YouTuber who claims to be a "relationship guru" posted a video titled "Lin Puzhi's Techniques for Stealing Partners: From Moon Jae-in to Han Ga-in, He Used These Three Tricks."

The video is 23 minutes long and received 870,000 views in 24 hours.

The comments section has gone completely crazy.

"Teacher, I've learned it. Where can I get a Han Jiaren?"

"So Lin Puzhi really is with Han Ga-in..."

"If you don't understand, just ask: Is Lin Puzhi some kind of Shen Jianxu?"

"Just a passerby, a complete passerby. I never watched Korean dramas before, but now I want to watch 'Bad Guy' to see what this guy looks like and how he managed to charm a married woman with a happy family in just five months."

This comment finally received over three thousand likes.

Thus began an unexpected chain reaction.

During the World Cup in South Korea, the viewership ratings for almost all regular programs declined.

The only exception is "Bad Guy," an SBS Wednesday-Thursday drama that was nearly destroyed by the World Cup.

The viewership ratings began to slowly recover from 6.4% in the eleventh episode.

On the night the twelfth episode aired, the South Korean team didn't have a match. A large number of casual viewers who had come because of Lim Pak-ji turned on their TVs, wanting to see what this actor who could "steal" Ahn Jung-hoon's wife looked like.

AGB Nationwide Rating: 14.9%.

The moment that number was released, SBS Broadcasting Headquarters was bombarded with calls.

It wasn't the media that did it, it was GG's marketing team.

Only one-third of the slots for the middle slot in episode 12 were sold during the broadcast; the remaining two-thirds were filled by charity slots.

Now GG merchants have discovered.

During the World Cup, a TV series actually saw its ratings rise against the trend? And even higher than some World Cup qualifiers?

The statement that it is "higher than the World Cup" is actually inaccurate.

The group stage match between South Korea and Argentina had a viewership rating of 37.8%, far surpassing any other TV drama.

The 14.9% rating for "Bad Man" is only higher than some late-night matches where the South Korean team is not playing, but self-media don't care about accuracy; what they care about is whether the headline is sensational enough.

So the headline for the next day became:

Lin Pu-chi, known as "The Wall-Piercing Guy," outperformed the World Cup, leading to a phenomenal rebound in ratings for his drama "Bad Man."