Superstar From Age 0 - Chapter 138
Chapter 138
A noisy barbecue restaurant.
The members of Working Man looked at Seo-jun, who was eating meat with a curious face.
“So, it was Seo-jun who made all that noise?”
“Yes! The second mission was to have a part of his body appear on the cameras of all eight members.”
“Did he succeed?”
“Of course he did! That’s why we couldn’t get any hints! If we had just one hint, we would have known it was Seo-jun right away!”
They were all excited about having dinner with a superstar.
“Am I the first comedian to eat with Seo-jun?”
“Oh, I want to show off the photo I took with Seo-jun! I want to post it on SNS!”
“No, you can’t! We haven’t even planned the promotion yet!”
The PD Jeon Min-jae, who occupied the table next to them, jumped up.
Park Young-jin placed some meat in front of Seo-jun and said.
“Do we really need a separate promotion plan? Just say, uh, Seo-jun is on our show. That’s enough, we don’t need any extra promotion.”
“But this is Seo-jun’s first variety show appearance. I want to do it in a cool way, even if it’s not as grand as Whale Studio!”
At Jeon Min-jae’s words, the noisy restaurant became solemn in an instant.
They remembered the ads that had covered the whole world when they heard the name Whale Studio.
Maybe because they were entertainers and entertainment staff, their mood changed quickly.
Seo-jun smiled and chewed his meat.
“Whale Studio… They were amazing…”
“PD Jeon. Do you have money?”
“No… I don’t.”
“Then just do it normally. If you mention Whale Studio or something, you’ll only invite comparisons.”
“…You’re right.”
After finishing their dinner and wrap-up party, the members and staff of Working Man took a group photo with Seo-jun.
They all thought they would never get a chance to take a photo with this Seo-jun, so the staff worked hard to get into the camera view.
This was something they could brag about for a lifetime.
“Goodbye!”
“Bye, Seo-jun!”
“Come back again!”
As Seo-jun’s car drove away, PD Jeon Min-jae and the writers scolded the staff and members who were giggling while looking at the group photo.
“Until the broadcast! No leaks! SNS is prohibited! Family, friends, acquaintances! Absolutely prohibited! I talk a lot when I drink, so don’t drink if you’re like me!”
“PD Jeon, when is the broadcast?”
“That’s right. We don’t have any episodes left that haven’t aired yet, right?”
“Today’s filming will air next week. Please hold on until then.”
“That soon? What about editing? Won’t it take long?”
The PD and the production team smiled faintly at the members’ questions.
“We’ll have to pull an all-nighter.”
They felt dizzy just thinking about the remaining work.
***
While SBC was biting their lips and dancing with joy over Seo-jun’s variety show appearance, Seo-jun interviewed with KBC and MBS.
[Actor Lee Seo-jun shares his award acceptance speech through KBC!]
[Lee Seo-jun says “Thank you for your support! I won an award!”]
[MBS’s interview with actor Lee Seo-jun hits the ratings jackpot!]
-Ugh. It’s been two weeks, but I still remember that feeling!
-It was amazing to see the Oscar trophy up close.
=222 They didn’t let us touch it
=What if it breaks?
-But… SBC is still… Nothing. Are SBC and Cocoa Entertainment not on good terms?
=I don’t think so. There’s no place that has bad relations with Cocoa Entertainment.
=22 Seo-jun’s uncle is the president of Cocoa Entertainment, and he and Seo-jun are very close If they had bad relations with Cocoa Entertainment, Seo-jun would never appear on that channel for life.
=Then why doesn’t he appear on SBC?
=I don’t know.
-I wonder if he’ll rest this year after the award ceremonies in January and February and the broadcast station interviews… I’m sad.
=There’s still more to see [article link]
=Ahhhhhh!
[Assemble 2 to be released worldwide in early April!]
[All heroes gather to save Redbone!]
[Is Assemble 2’s cookie video a prank or real?]
[The meeting of Bell Natra and Shadowman! And the missing Jin Natra!]
[Will Jin Natra’s past be revealed in Assemble 2?!]
[Look forward to Shadowman 3, he said! When?!]
-Release! It’s releasing!!
-I’ve been waiting for this! Really! I’ve watched the trailer N times!!
-I’m curious about Redbone too, but I’m more curious about Jin Natra’s past.
-And Shadowman too. I have a rough idea of what it’s about…
-Omniscient viewer’s point of view
-Cookie! Cookie video! If they say something like Assemble 3 this time, I’ll explode. Mar. In. Sa!
=2222 I want to join too.
-I’m so happy that Seo-jun has been showing up since last fall He’ll be in this cookie, right?
While people were excited by the news of Assemble 2’s release, the weekend came. On Sunday evening at 6 p.m., SBC’s Sunday variety show [Working Man?!] ended.
Soon, the preview for next week came up.
On a black screen, white captions appeared.
[The superstar’s trophy has disappeared.]
[Eight detectives start to move to find the superstar’s trophy. Eight detectives and the culprit hiding among them!]
[Will the detectives be able to find the trophy and return it to the superstar?!]
The captions disappeared and the eight members of Working Man gathered in the lobby of Milky Way Center were shown.
They seemed to have heard the explanation from the production team and were laughing.
“PD Maknae will probably disguise himself and come out again.”
“Why don’t they give us a gold badge instead of a trophy? The price of gold has gone up lately.”
And shortly after, the screams of Working Man were heard.
The screen was filled with the expressions of Working Man who were genuinely surprised.
Their faces conveyed their shock beyond the screen.
“Are the production team crazy!?”
“No way, for real?”
“What if they break it while hiding it!? Are they insane!?”
With the voices of Working Man who were truly terrified, the preview for next week’s [Working Man?!] ended.
-Why? What? Why are they so surprised?
-?? They look really shocked. Is it a horror special?
=In this season?
=They could, you know.
-Ah… At this time of year, a superstar’s trophy…
=…Huh?
=For real?
[SBC Sunday variety show ‘Working Man?!’ actor Lee Seo-jun’s appearance preview?]
[The missing trophy of the superstar! Could it be, an Oscar!?]
[Actor Lee Seo-jun’s first variety show appearance?]
-Oh my god! I never thought I’d see Seo-jun on a variety show!
-An Oscar trophy! I never thought I’d see an Oscar trophy on Working Man!
=It’s funny A trophy on a variety show
-Must watch live! Must watch live!
-This Sunday… I have plans… I have plans…
=Watch it later?
=Nah, I canceled my plans as soon as I saw the ad
-But what role does Seo-jun play? The culprit?
=How can Seo-jun be the culprit when he lost his trophy?
=A detective then?
=It said eight detectives, right?
=One of the members is the culprit and seven members + Seo-jun = eight detectives, right?
=Maybe.
-I wish it was Sunday already! Skip Saturday and Sunday noon!
=…You say such scary things so casually?
***
On Sunday evening, before [Working Man?!] started broadcasting, an ad was aired.
Since it was ‘Seo-jun’s first variety show’, they expected a lot of people to watch it live, and there was a fierce competition to buy a few seconds of airtime.
Among them, there were companies that had fun with ads during KBC’s ‘My Doctor’, and there were also companies that regretfully lost the competition.
With such an enormous firepower, SBC’s mouth opened wide as they had expected.
They swallowed their saliva at the rumored ad fees.
‘We only have this one time…’
They thought that drama was the answer when they thought of how much ad fees KBC’s My Doctor had earned for broadcasting for several weeks.
-There are too many ads…
-But I waited for this. I wanted to see it from the start!
=222 I changed channels when ads came on, but I couldn’t because it might start.
-Ah. It’s starting!
The start of this week’s Working Man broadcast was different from usual.
It started with a staff member wearing a black hat carrying a square box into the building entrance, and then showed the staff preparing for filming in the lobby.
The viewers tilted their heads at the sight of them moving around as one by one things were installed.
-What? Is this a broadcast accident?
-So this is how they prepare. Interesting.
-Did they fill in because they didn’t have enough content?
=Maybe
-How can they not have enough content with Seo-jun? It would be fun even if they just showed Seo-jun’s filming footage!
And soon one by one Working Man members appeared.
“Superstar? PD Maknae will probably disguise himself and come out again.”
“Why don’t they give us a gold badge instead of a trophy? The price of gold has gone up lately.”
“Of course, he’s the culprit, right? I caught you! Culprit!”
The viewers laughed at the sight of Working Man members who didn’t know about Seo-jun’s appearance during the recording.
A staff member wearing a black hat turned on the TV with a remote control.
[Hello, I’m Seo-jun.]
The real superstar, the Hollywood star, who smiled like sunshine.
Seo-jun was sitting there.
The viewers also cheered at Seo-jun’s appearance.
Seo-jun on the variety show was different from the drama and movie.
It was ‘Lee Seo-jun’ who was not acting.
He looked like he suited his age, but he also had the aura of a superstar.
[I heard that my trophy that I sent to Korea yesterday has disappeared. It’s my first Oscar trophy and I really want to find it, so I decided to ask you detectives for help. Please work together to find my trophy!]
The client on the screen, the superstar Lee Seo-jun, opened his mouth with a gloomy expression.
They groaned at his realistic acting.
-Seo-jun! Seo-jun!!
-A screen within a screen… This can’t be all, right?
=Then… SBC… will explode…
The staff member wearing a black hat came out with a box containing a trophy.
-Wow, an Oscar trophy!
-It’s sparkling! But is that real?
-He’s wearing a black hat too often, isn’t he? They usually don’t show us turning on or off the screen. He’s also carrying the trophy…
=222 Yeah…
“Wait a minute. PD Jeon. That trophy is made by the production team, right?”
Park Young-jin asked and the other Working Man members raised their hands.
“Unfortunately…”
“Unfortunately?”
“It’s real!”
It’s real! It’s real, real, real… The PD’s voice echoed like an echo and Working Man screamed.
“Are the production team crazy!?”
“No way, it’s a real Oscar trophy!?”
“What if they break it while hiding it!? Are they insane!?”
“We’ll put plenty of cushioning materials in it now. And this is not running with it, but treasure hunting. It’ll be fine as long as you’re careful when hiding and finding it.”
The PD’s words didn’t stop Working Man from shouting.
-? Is this okay?
-Yeah. What if the trophy breaks?
-But looking at the broadcast, the trophy seems fine.
=222 If they broadcast the broken trophy, SBC will blow up. I’ll blow it up.
=333 They wouldn’t send it out without thinking!
=Ah-ha.
The rules were simple.
After the first game, they gave time to the culprit to hide the trophy.
From the second game on, if the members won the game, they would tell them a hint about where the trophy was.
After each game, they gave a certain amount of time and during that time, the culprit had to avoid being caught by the detectives and hide the trophy and the detectives had to find clues about the trophy and the culprit.
With the guidance of the staff member wearing a black hat, eight Working Man members entered their offices.
Some viewers paid attention to him who appeared unusually often.
When he passed by, the screen was unusually clear as if it would have been edited out normally.
At that moment, some of them who were watching Working Man to see Seo-jun and had good senses noticed something.
-…Huh?
They couldn’t say anything at the sight of the star who appeared out of nowhere.
Meanwhile, Park Young-jin’s astonished face was shown on the screen.
There was an Oscar trophy shining in his office.
It looked exactly like the one he saw earlier.
[Park Young-jin has acquired a real Oscar trophy!]
-Park Young-jin won!
– He was really surprised
-I would be too How can he hide that
“I’m it? Really!? Really me!?”
“Then please hide the trophy in this building.”
“What did I do wrong? This bad luck! This bad luck!! Are you crazy production team?! How can you bring a real trophy here?! What if I drop it and it breaks right away?”
Park Young-jin couldn’t even touch the glittering Oscar trophy and screamed.
-Huh?
“If I put it up there… It’ll fall down, right? Ahh. There’s nowhere to hide it…”
Choi Soo-hee muttered as she looked at the shelf above her.
-This?
“I don’t know how sturdy an Oscar trophy is since I’ve never seen one. Waterproof… It’s not waterproof, right?”
A member who was looking at the fountain in the garden through the office window hugged his bag carefully.
-What
“This is the first and youngest Korean winner’s trophy, you know!! This should go to a museum! Not on a variety show like this! What if this breaks! You can’t pay for this with the production budget! Do you want to go bankrupt!? SBC?!”
-They’re all culprits
-They’re all holding their bags too preciously
[Working Man?!] showed the eight offices again. There were eight Oscar trophies in the eight offices. The viewers burst into laughter at the sight of the members who collapsed on the floor as their legs gave out.
The youngest member among them, Jung-hoon, couldn’t even touch the trophy and shed a tear.
“…Did you get insurance for this? I… I really don’t know if it breaks…”
-InsuranceDo you want to break it?
=But Jung-hoon has broken a lot of sets while doing Working Man…
=222 The production team begged him to be gentle
=It’s a good thing it’s fake
-It’s all fake, I admit
-SBC is safe! Safe! Everyone, please put down your weapons!
The frustrated Working Man members participated in the game diligently to get enough time to hide the trophy.
The screen showed Park Young-jin, who came out of his office holding his bag preciously after winning first place, and then split into 3×3, a total of nine screens.
Except for the middle screen, the backs of eight gloomy Working Man members were shown on eight screens.
The middle screen got bigger and then a caption appeared.
[Has anyone seen actor Lee Seo-jun?]
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