The end of an era

  The crew of "Chase" finally gathered in early September. Yoon Hyun also officially left his home and moved into the crew's accommodation after handing over everything to Lee Ji-eun, who was staying at home feeling depressed.

  Yoon Hyun finally met his "rival" in the drama, Jung Ho's actor, Kim Yun-seok.

  Yoon Hyun has enough confidence in playing this killer, but when facing a senior like Kim Yoon-seok, Yoon Hyun still shows sufficient respect.

  "Mr. Jin Yushi! Hello! I'm honored to be acting with you as my opponent. As a newcomer, please give me more guidance." Yun Xian bowed and paid his respects.

  "Yoon Hyun-ji doesn't need to be so polite." Kim Yoon-seok was very affable, "My daughter is still your fan. I hope you can give her an autograph."

  "I'm not worthy! I hope you can take care of me more often." Yoon Hyun still respectfully asked for Kim Yun-seok's daughter's name and presented his signed CD with both hands.

  The movie "Pursuer" actually doesn't have a female lead, if we say the one with the heaviest role is Mei Zhen, the masseuse played by Xu Yingji. So these three people should be the main actors of this play, and also the key to whether this film without too many gorgeous scenes and leaning towards inner drama can succeed or not.

  It's not just the director at the audition, but even Kim Yoon-seok and Moon Hee-kyung, as well as other staff members on set, had big doubts about whether Yun Hyeon, a young actor who debuted as a singer and only acted in one idol drama, could pull off the most colorful and soulful role in this movie.

  The director naturally knows such doubts exist.

  So he set the first scene of the opening game as the scene where Yoon Hyun performed during the interview, the scene where he confessed in the police station.

  Yoon Hyun naturally understood the director's hard work and made adjustments to bring out his best performance.

  With the director's shout of "A", the first shot began.

  This is a 5-minute long take.

  Yoon Hyun sits among a group of crowd actors dressed as police officers, with a smile on his face, vividly describing how he killed several people...

  Almost everyone on the scene had their hair standing on end.

  Especially the group of police actors sitting next to Yoon Hyun, who had some doubts about Yoon Hyun's acting skills themselves, but when Yoon Hyun really started "telling stories", each and every one of them was like a needle in their seat. Especially when Yoon Hyun's slightly comforting gaze swept over them, they seemed to feel a chilling coldness piercing straight into their hearts.

  Kim Yoon-sik and Joo Young-ji, who were watching from one side, also froze.

  A 5-minute long take, no NG, one go.

  When the director yelled "cut", there was no burst of applause and cheers that usually accompanied the completion of a film's first shot.

  The scene was as silent as death.

  Almost everyone looked at Yoon Hyun as if he were a monster.

  "I'm sorry, everyone. The character in the movie is like that. If I brought any discomfort to you all, please forgive me." Yoon Hyun changed into a warm smile and bowed separately to the actors, directors, and staff on site.

  At this moment, the scene suddenly burst into thunderous applause like a dream come true.

  With recognition from his colleagues, Yoon Hyun's filming went more smoothly.

  Time flies quickly, and it's already mid-December.

  In the past two months, Yoon Hyun has been busy running between movie sets and recording various weird special episodes of Infinite Challenge, such as sightseeing in Seoul and national standard dance... In Yoon Hyun's words, Kim Tae-ho really brought out the imagination of a non-human PD to the extreme.

  So although Yin Xian had only these two announcements, he was still tortured to the point of being on the verge of death.

  Xu Yingji, who was filming with him, now avoids walking in the same direction as Yoon Hyun. Perhaps it's because the first shot left a deep impression on her, or maybe Yoon Hyun's current aura is indeed somewhat oppressive, and in her subconscious, she has already equated Yoon Hyun with a murderer...

  The only thing that might comfort Yoon Hyun is probably the little girl in his house.

  After the stage of "Gangnam Style" ended, Lee Ji-eun's attitude towards practice seemed to have changed a lot. Since Lee Ji-eun signed with LOEN, Yoon Hyun had discovered that this little girl was somewhat stubbornly frightening more than once.

  For example, she seems to have her own attitude towards popular music. It's as if she has always insisted on playing her own guitar. Her emotions for this instrument are extremely extreme.

  But after all, she is now a trainee of an entertainment company. And for the entertainment company, what kind of music is popular with the masses, that's the kind of idol star they will cultivate.

  In today's K-pop scene, guitar singing is not mainstream. Even though Yoon Hyun-sang's "Dong Miss" caused a stir, what really made him famous were those two fast songs, especially "Gangnam Style".

  Otherwise, Yin Xian would have been just a niche singer.

  However, Li Zhi'en has always had some resistance to the company's training approach. It probably also has something to do with her own dancing not being very good, and she is not particularly fond of music that involves singing and dancing.

  It directly reflects her somewhat negative and lazy attitude during practice.

  This is also what Yoon Hyun discovered during the recording of Infinite Challenge Special that couldn't be corrected anymore. Otherwise, her talent wasn't enough for her to waste. When the company found out that her stubbornness had seriously affected her chances of success, some decisions weren't difficult to make...

  Just like JYP.

  Yoon Hyun felt a sense of responsibility towards Lee Ji Eun. It was an inexplicable guidance. So he felt obligated to turn her around.

  Fortunately, Lee Ji-eun is stubborn but not stupid. Throughout the process of "Gangnam Style", she first followed Yoon Hyun-sik to perform on the show out of consideration for him, and then found fun in performing on such a stage.

  The kind of fun that brings joy to the live audience is also something that I can feel joyful about.

  And when this song was performed on the stage of the music center in front of tens of thousands of people, everyone in the audience danced together, and she started to feel a kind of joy from the bottom of her heart as she jumped up and down, even though at first she had been somewhat resistant and thought the horse riding dance was ugly.

  So she made some changes. Some changes that excited and delighted Yoon Hyun.

  For example, every morning, even when Yoon Hyun was at home, he still had to go into her room and drag her out of bed, but Yoon Hyun knew that this was just the little girl being coquettish. At least when he wasn't at home, Lee Ji-eun's morning exercise never stopped for a day.

  In the company, Li Zhi'en's practice has also become more active. He no longer hides in a corner to play guitar whenever he has nothing to do, but instead spends more time communicating with various teachers in the company and learning...

  When Yoon Hyun finished filming and returned home, Lee Ji-eun would pull him to watch her perform a new act she had just learned, and then ask for his feedback.

  Of course, with Li Zhen's small body performing songs like "10 Minutes", the fun level is actually much higher than the good-looking level.

  But this attitude was what Yin Xian had hoped to see. It made him feel a little more at ease, and he slightly put down his guard.

  After two months of hectic filming, the movie production is nearing its end. This has allowed Yoon Hyun to breathe a sigh of relief as his year-end schedule was already packed with Kim Soo-hyun's plans.

  This year's end-of-year awards ceremony, Yoon Hyun will participate in the three major TV stations' joint M Song Festival, MBC Entertainment Awards, and MBC Drama Awards.

  "It's good that I'm only stuck with MBC!" Yoon Hyun laughed self-deprecatingly when he saw the schedule.

  December 13, 2007. Today is the last day of filming for the movie The Pursuit of Happyness.

  But what was being filmed was the most exciting part of the entire movie.

  A direct confrontation between the two male protagonists.

  Originally, according to the script's depiction, this was just some simple fighting scenes.

  But in the last scene, the two leading actors who had been watching each other's performances for the past two and a half months suddenly burst into an impromptu performance.

  And so, with the director's one word "A", the entire shoot got out of his control.

  Perhaps it was because Lu Hongzhen, as a new director, lacked control over the scene. Or perhaps he also saw that the two leading actors had accumulated a desire to compete with each other for two months.

  From the moment Yeon-hyun flashed his first sly smile, the entire scene almost completely lost control.

  Yoon Hyun and Kim Yun-seok's fight almost became a real deal, with punches landing on flesh. In no time, Kim Yun-seok's clothes were torn by Yoon Hyun, and soon after, Yoon Hyun's abs were exposed.

  As possibly the most experienced cameraman in the entire crew, when he saw Yoon Hyun's smile for the first time, he knew that these two people had entered what is called a "high-performance" state.

  This kind of acting is completely different from the usual advertising slogans. This is when two actors with sufficient experience or deep understanding of their roles, jump out of the script and play design, take the outcome of a scene as the guide, and use their grasp of the role as the rhythm, to inspire each other to produce an acting effect that exceeds the original script.

  Yoon Hyun and Kim Yun-seok have now clearly entered this state.

  Jin Yunshi stands from the perspective of a hardworking "pursuer" with upholding justice as the source of his strength, to seek justice for that little girl who awakened his conscience.

  Yin Xian then put himself in the perspective of "Guarding the Pass Great Demon King", resolutely using his coldness and ruthlessness to cut off the resistance from the weak.

  Then there is one attacking and one defending. One fighting desperately, one with ease.

  The entire scene seems to be able to feel the desperate struggle from Kim Yun-seok's portrayal of Chung-ho, while Yoon Hyun's portrayal of Young-min, who has a faintly cruel smile hanging on his face, is like a predator playing with its prey.

  All staff felt extremely depressed.

  Finally, the last judgment sounded.

  When Jin Yunshi fell down after his last shot, the whole play ended.

  No pause, no ng, and no sound other than the scene was heard during the shooting process.

  At one stroke.

  A cruel and magnificent beauty.

  Then the whole field was filled with thunderous applause.

  The two protagonists were now silently embracing each other.

  This is a tacit understanding that can only be understood by two men, a kind of mutual appreciation that can only be understood by two actors.

  However, what awaited the two was a barrage of saliva from their agents...

  The two of them had just fought and were a bit out of control, so they basically really hit each other.

  As soon as the anesthesia wore off, the pain came...

  Even at the wrap-up dinner that night, neither of the two leading actors had much appetite, and they just forced themselves to drink a few sips of wine before hastily returning home to rest their injuries.

  For Yin Xian, the only thing left to do about this movie is to wait for its premiere next year, whether it's in January or February. Now, his main task is to recover from his injury and then start a busy schedule at the end of the year.

  From August, "Gangnam Style" swept the entire entertainment circle with a stormy momentum, even bringing this trend to the whole world. By the end of December, this trend still hasn't retreated. The reason is that no matter how many people come out to cover it, and no matter how many different versions are circulating, as the originator of this trend, PSY only performed on that one MBC special stage.

  This made SBS and KBS as well as MBC all feel very displeased.

  After four months of accumulation and fermentation, this unhappiness has completely transformed into a sense of regret that I couldn't let Yoon Hyun perform on my own stage even once.

  So the four TV stations unanimously invited Yoon Hyun as the final concert singer for their own song festivals. This made SM Entertainment, who had urgently recalled Korea's first idol group TVXQ from Japan in response to Yoon Hyun, extremely depressed.

  However, there was no way out. Even if Dongfang Shenqi had the largest fan base in Asia, facing the obviously more influential Yoon Hyun, he could only helplessly hand over the position of dominating the scene and went to find a position that suited his Korean number one team instead.

  For this, Yin Xian at least added tens of thousands of anti...

  Town square performance, "Baby" + "Gangnam Style".

  Yoon Hyun expressed his gratitude for the treatment he received and promised to work hard to perform well.

  The ceremony began with M's award presentation.

  Yes, it's an awards ceremony. Actually, all four evening parties are award ceremonies.

  But Yoon Hyun didn't take this as an opportunity to receive the award, but rather just saw it as his own stage.

  When Yoon Hyun got off the stroller alone and walked on the red carpet prepared by the host, he heard deafening cheers and boos.

  These boos basically come from TVXQ's fans who came to watch the commotion. Due to the MV that Yunhyeong filmed previously, most of the artists online are still giving him some face, and their fans generally won't attack Yunhyeong. Only TVXQ, because they were developing in Japan previously, missed the opportunity to participate in Yunhyeong's MV, and naturally, they might not look up to Yunhyeong either. So whether it's Big Bang or even Super Junior from the same company as TVXQ, their relationship with Yunhyeong should be said to be pretty good. There will be fans who boo, and Yunhyeong can guess whose fans they are just by using his toes.

  Yoon Hee smiled, ignoring the discordant sounds, confidently walked across the red carpet, smilingly declined the host's request for an interview, and entered the concert hall alone.

  Actually, Yoon Hyun doesn't care about TVXQ's fans and has some confidence. Perhaps it was because of Yoon Hyun's hard work that LOEN's business data in the second half of this year is surprisingly good, even catching the attention of its parent company SK. After carefully studying the reports provided by LOEN, it was found that just one song "Gangnam Style" brought huge profits to LOEN through online downloads. As a result, SK decided to advance its industry layout and invested in acquiring Melon, currently Korea's largest and most popular music download site, and assigned it to LOEN Entertainment.

  This means LOEN Entertainment has become Korea's largest online and offline music distribution company.

  Having such a strong backing, and also being the only artist in this company, Yoon Hyun naturally believed that even if he didn't speak up, the whispers from earlier would already make LOEN furious, making their parent company SK feel humiliated. As for who would have to pay the price for this? That wasn't something Yoon Hyun was concerned about.

  So Yun Hyun-joon had just gone backstage and hadn't even had time to take a sip of water when he heard manager Kim Soo-young relay the message that TVXQ's management wanted to come and pay their respects to Yun Hyun-joon, and also apologize for what happened on the red carpet.

  Not to mention that Yīn Xián would never vent his anger on the Eastern God, even if he did, he wouldn't leave any room for excuses.

  As soon as he received the news, Yoon Hyun made Kim Soo-young bring his only mini-album and accompanied him to visit TVXQ's resting room.

  The meeting with TVXQ was actually smoother than expected. After all, they were seniors who had been in the industry for several years and had seen many ups and downs. Additionally, their manager had already informed a few people about the current state of LOEN Entertainment, so it wasn't unexpected that the five members of TVXQ were very close to Yunhyeon.

  To dispel some misunderstandings from enthusiastic fans, several members posted selfies of themselves with Yoon Hyun on their personal homepages and fan cafes, repeatedly explaining that they are good friends...

  Yoon Hyun came out of the waiting room from the east and felt a sense of relief again, grateful that his choice back then was not wrong. Who would have thought that Loen Entertainment would have a day where they would rise from being small to becoming great?

  Then Yoon Hyun followed Kim Joo-hyun and started visiting all the seniors who performed today in order of their debut.

  Although some seniors did not arrive due to scheduling reasons, Yoon Hyun's visit was in vain. However, he still left a note in the waiting room of his opponent, showing respect.

  Then, Yin Xian returned to his own waiting room and waited for his juniors to visit.

  Although there were still many newcomers in the 8 months after Yoon Hyun, the number of newcomers who qualified to participate in this year-end awards ceremony was indeed limited.

  So Yoon waited for half a day and still only met a group of familiar people.

  Girls' Generation

  "Come on in and sit for a while." Yin Xian smiled at the several awkward girls standing in a row at the door. "I guess you don't have your own independent rest room either. This room of mine is quite big, so come on in and sit for a bit."

  "Thank you, uncle...... oppa!" Lin Yuner was not polite at all. Today's performance stage, they were the youngest of their generation, and after a round of visits, their waists were almost broken. What's even more frustrating is that, for some reason, they had to share a dressing room with Kangta, who was presenting an award... This was simply going to be the death of these lively little girls.

  "You don't have to be polite here." Yin Xian said with a smile. "Relax a bit, you can go back to the rest room to get ready when it's almost time for your performance."

  "Yoon Hyun oppa, this is our first album 'Girls' Generation', please give us a lot of advice." Xun Hyun handed an album to Yoon Hyun.

  "Oh, I've been busy filming lately and didn't even congratulate you on your new album! Congratulations!" Yoon Hyun looked stunned for a moment before smiling and accepting it. "Huh? Why is it just an empty album? No signed one?"

  "That... we'll sign right away!" Kim Tae-yeon had always been more afraid of Yoon Hyun than close to him, and upon hearing his words, she suddenly felt a bit flustered.

  "Taeyeon, don't be so nervous." Yoon Hyun noticed what Taeyeon was afraid of. "I just said that, Sooyoung, can you please get the pen for me?" Yoon Hyun said without turning his head to one side where Kim Sooyoung was.

  "Oh!" After coming in, Jessica sat on the sofa without saying a word, but suddenly stood up.

  "Xikaoni, oppa isn't calling you, he's asking his agent to help him get a pen." Yoon-ah saw Jessica spacing out again and quickly pulled her back, pressing her onto the sofa.

  "Is Jessica's name also Xiuyan?" Yoon Hyun was taken aback. In fact, he certainly knew her name...

  "My Korean name is Jung Soo-yeon." Jessica replied respectfully.

  "Oh, sorry about that." At this time, Kim Soo-young had already taken the pen over, and Yoon Hyun asked each Girls' Generation member to sign on the album.

  "By the way, Yoon oppa, are you still keeping the autograph that I and Yoon-ah unnie gave you?" Xun suddenly asked.

  "Of course!" Yun Xian replied confidently, then picked up his phone and flipped out a photo. "Look, this is it. I framed it and now it's hanging on the wall in my home."

  "Yoon Hyun oppa, didn't you say you were going to sell it for money?" Lin Yuner just remembered this.

  "Are you kidding me? How can I bear to sell it? Besides, even if I were to sell it, I'd have to wait until all of you become big stars and can easily film commercials for Samsung and Hyundai. At that time, a single autograph would be worth tens of thousands of won, and then I'll hold an auction specifically to sell this!" Yoon Hyun said with a sly grin.

  "What signature?" Kim Hyo-yun asked curiously on one side. She was always the most gossipy among the nine girls.

  "Hyoyeon eonni, it was the first time I met Yunhyeong oppa, he asked me and YoonA eonni to sign an autograph for him, saying that later when we become famous, he can sell it for money." Xun explained seriously.

  "Did Yoon oppa know back then that you guys would become famous?" Yuri asked with a hint of skepticism.

  "So we also found it strange, but still very happy. Then signed." Lin Yuner is still nonchalant, "But oppa, if in the future I really see this signature at an auction, hehe, I'll tell my fans that this was signed by me for you, and then... hehe..." A sly smile appears on Lin Yuner's small face.

  Just as Yoon Hyun was about to continue arguing with her, the PD came over to inform Girls' Generation that it was time for them to go on stage. The girls then bowed again and left Yoon Hyun's waiting room.

  "Yoon Hyun oppa is really nice to them." Lee Ji-eun, who had been keeping silent and hiding in the corner since Girls' Generation came in, finally spoke up.

  "Could he be better to you than I am?" Yun Xian heard a hint of sourness in her tone, which made Yun Xian's otaku nature feel very pleased, but still comforted her with words.

  "Oppa never asked for my autograph." Ji-eun Lee said with her head down, a bit pouting.

  "Wow, Ji-eun! You're like a real sister to me. Don't you think it's weird that I want your autograph? And besides, you've never asked for mine!"

  "But I have oppa's signature. The first mini album..."

  Yoon Hyun immediately recalled his debut stage and the small figure that had waited for him outside the TV station for four hours. He was suddenly at a loss for words.

  "Actually, I have secretly practiced signing in private." Li Zhi En continued to say with her head still lowered.

  "No way, I still find it weird that you want my signature. It's like I'm confessing to my own sister or something. This is too strange!" Yun Xian thought for a moment and shook his head vigorously.

  Lee Ji-eun stopped talking.

  "Jie En, don't think too much, you're my student and also my sister, different from others." Yoon Hyun was surprised by his own increasingly dark skills and could only explain it in such a bland way.

  The waiting room fell into silence.