Peninsula: I can steal the luck of disgraced celebrities

In November, the ginkgo leaves in Longren Folk Village have all fallen.

The final scene of "Sungkyunkwan Scandal" will be filmed today.

Song Joong-ki tentatively put his hand on Lim Ji-hoon's shoulder and asked:

"Is this my designated spot?"

Lin Chih-hsun, who plays the arrogant character, did not push him away but instead revealed a bright smile.

Then the background music starts!

The camera zooms out, and the final episode ends.

Seo Hyo-rin held Park Min-young's arm and watched this scene, completely absorbed in shipping the couple.

Park Min-young watched this scene with a complicated expression.

The wrap party was held at a barbecue restaurant in Yongin City.

After several rounds of barbecue and soju, some people cried, some laughed, and some sang.

Kim Won-seok, drunk, put his arm around screenwriter Kim Tae-hee's shoulder and said, "Let's work together on the next one." Assistant director Shin Kyung-soo climbed onto the table and performed a piece of Samulnongak (a traditional rural musical instrument).

Park Yoochun didn't come, nor did he dare to.

Wherever Lin Chih-hsun is, he won't be there, unless they have a scene together.

Lin Zhixun sat in the corner, looking at the group of people he had spent more than five months with, and suddenly felt that time had flown by unbelievably fast.

The next morning, he packed his few personal belongings in the dormitory and boarded the bus back to Seoul.

In the second week of November, Park Min-young held a press conference in the banquet hall of a hotel in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

At the press conference, she publicly admitted that she had undergone nasal bone correction surgery and double eyelid surgery.

This news stayed on Naver's trending topics for a whole day.

This was something Lin Zhixun hadn't expected.

The plastic surgery controversy surrounding Kim Soo-hyun has been overshadowed by his alleged prostitution scandal, and it even affected the ratings of "Giant," a rival of "Sungkyunkwan Scandal."

Now that two months have passed, Park Min-young is bringing up the old issue again. Isn't she just asking for trouble?

He made a phone call to ask why, and Park Min-young said on the other end of the line:

"A lie can't become the truth. I have a long road ahead of me. Rather than waiting for it to be exposed and used as dirt to attack me someday, I might as well admit it openly. At least for now, I still have the initiative and can guide public opinion through the company."

"sharp."

Lin Chih-hsun truly admires her courage and honesty.

I had just hung up the phone when another call came in.

It's Lu Han.

On the other end of the phone, Lu Han took a deep breath and said in a tone as if reporting important military intelligence:

"I received it. SM sent it over this morning. It's a contract specifically for interns."

"Then I'll ask my friend to take a look for you tomorrow."

"Understood, let's arrange a time and place."

Lin Zhixun thought for a moment and signed up for Ha Joo-hee's "Murakami" coffee shop, as a way to help her boost her sales.

the next day.

The warmth inside Murakami's coffee shop contrasted sharply with the cold wind outside.

When he pushed the door open, Lu Han was hunched over, rubbing his hands together, with a Yonsei University badge hanging on his backpack.

He was wearing a white down jacket today, which made him look like a rabbit that had just jumped out of the snow.

Ha Joo-hee was petting a cat behind the bar when she looked up at him.

Lu Han took half a step back and subconsciously bowed, saying, "Hello, sister!"

Heo Joo-hee paused in his petting of the cat; it was the first time he had ever encountered someone bowing upon meeting him.

"Who are you?"

"He's my friend," Lin Zhixun said from a booth in the distance.

He arrived even earlier than Lu Han.

Ha Joo-hee nodded and asked:

"Would you like something to drink?"

"A regular American style is fine."

"it is good."

After asking the question, Ha Joo-hee placed the winter melon on the floor, shooed it away with her foot, and began grinding coffee.

She wore a camel-colored turtleneck sweater today, and her apron was tied meticulously, making her look very refined and well-dressed.

Lin Zhixun beckoned for Lu Han to sit opposite him.

"Did you bring the contract?"

"I brought it."

Lu Han took out a stack of neatly bound A4 papers from his backpack and placed them on the table.

The book appears to be over forty pages thick, with the SM Entertainment logo and the words "Trainee Exclusive Contract" prominently displayed on the cover.

"This is the one."

"I read it from beginning to end. I understood about 70% of the Korean part, but the legal terminology part was completely incomprehensible."

"My friend hasn't arrived yet. I'll let him take a look later." Lin Zhixun flipped through the contract and realized that he didn't know if there were any loopholes either, so he decided to wait for his manager to arrive.

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

A "woman" wearing a pink Lolita dress pushed open the door and entered.

He glanced around the coffee shop and went straight to Lin Chih-hsun's booth.

Lin Zhixun immediately stood up, sat down next to Lu Han, and gave the seat opposite him to Cui Hao.

"Who is this...?" Lu Han asked curiously.

"My manager," Lin Zhixun replied.

"Manager?! You're an idol?"

"No, I'm a singer."

"Why did you, a Chinese person, come to South Korea to become a singer?"

"Sigh—" Lin Zhixun sighed deeply, putting on 200% of his acting skills, "It's fate, an unfair fate that sent me here."

Upon hearing this, Lu Han's initial shock subsided.

He retorted, "Don't think I haven't seen Thunderstorm."

"He's an actor, and he's not Chinese," Cui Hao said for the first time after sitting down.

"Why does that sound like a man's voice? Are you a boy?"

Lu Han was initially shocked by Cui Hao's identity, but after realizing what Cui Hao had said, he turned to Lin Zhixun in astonishment and exclaimed:

"You're not Chinese?!"

"My mother is Chinese, so isn't that half Chinese?" Lin Zhixun said with a smile.

Lu Han already regrets his choice today.

The original decision was to have Lin Zhixun review the contract for him, firstly because he was at least a legal professional, and secondly because he was Chinese and definitely had no connections with the Korean entertainment industry, so he wouldn't try to take advantage of him for personal gain.

Now... haha, who knows how many more lies this Korean has to tell.

"Take a look, this is the contract." Lin Zhixun handed the contract on the table to Cui Hao.

He had already told Cui Hao about the contract on his phone yesterday.

Lu Han watched this scene but ultimately did not stop it.

Cui Hao opened the contract.

The contract was densely packed with Korean legal terminology and English loanwords, and every few pages there was a blank space for a signature or seal.

He turned to the third page of the contract, his fingertip hovering over a line of text.

—Party A provides Party B with training in vocal music, dance, and language, without paying remuneration during the training period.

"There's no income during the training period, there's not much to say about that, it's SM's usual practice."

Cui Hao pointed to another line below.

"The contract term is from the date of signing until the seventh year after your first official debut. In other words, your trainee years before your debut are not included in the contract term; the seven-year period only begins after your debut."

Lu Han didn't expect that the other party seemed to actually have some skills.

He looked in the direction Cui Hao was pointing and frowned.

"If I train for three years before debuting, does that mean I'll have to work for SM for ten years?"

"Yes, and whether you debut or not is entirely up to the company. They can keep you practicing until you can't take it anymore and leave on your own, without you having to pay a single penny in breach of contract fees."

Lu Han was silent for a moment, then folded a corner of the page with the contract deadline with his pen: "Are there any other pitfalls?"