Fashion Genius Collects Stars - Chapter 73



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With countless articles pouring in, various communities were abuzz with stories about Millif.

– Millip is in Korea?

– ? Millief will be there? It’s the first time I’ve heard of this channel.

↳ It’s a show hosted by an old man, but it’s suspicious that famous people appear on the show so often.

↳ That old man is secretly funny because he has a good sense of humor.

– Has anyone seen this video? Am I the only one who finds this exciting? What’s going on with Millif and Lee Yong-won? What’s going on?

But at first, interest that was simply focused on the fact that a world-class star had secretly visited Korea began to flow in an unexpected direction.

The starting point was a video taken by someone at the Mirinae Department Store at the time.

The video vividly showed the scene where Millif called out to Yongwon, with subtitles.

‘Hey! Yongwon! Right? Come and say something too!’

But when you take this picture with an enlarged image, the atmosphere is strange.

Millif’s sparkling eyes.

A bright smile towards Yongwon.

‘That guy is Yongwon! The greatest genius of this era!’

A voice full of pride and affection.

‘You see? A true genius is actually that humble!’

Millif’s raw emotions expressed with her whole body.

People who were already making all sorts of speculations mixed with nationalism and Gung Ye about why a world-class star would come to Korea couldn’t just let it go.

– What are those eyes of Millif?

– Oh. Is that dripping honey?

– Isn’t Lee Yong-won secretly cute?

↳ Teacher, we decided to call that kind of thing ‘overt’ rather than ‘secret’.

There are three most interesting sights in the world.

Watching someone else’s house burn down.

Watching a fight.

And watching them flirt around.

If Millie was a Korean idol, there would have been a mudslinging battle of truths with fans coming out, but she is a foreign star. And, in an American style, she has been involved in numerous scandals.

Linking Millif and Lee Yong-won has become something of a meme and is starting to run wild without any brakes.

[What women do to men they are interested in]

Videos like this have been circulating on various communities and YouTube.

Upon entering, beautiful background music plays and a close-up of Millie’s expression and eyes looking at Lee Yong-won is shown. A soft screen filter is standard.

It even evolved further.

As people who were at the Mirinae Department Store at the time began to actively upload the videos they had taken to the Internet, and the number of sources increased, talented people on the Internet began to show off their dazzling editing skills.

Quick edits. Subtitles. Slow motion. Appropriate sound effects and BGM were mixed in, and later on, a video that almost looked like a scene from a drama began to pop out.

– Wheat baby. No more, no less, just three^^

↳ Wheat baby. Crazy lol

– Lee Yong-won is a bad guy. My sister is no good ㅜㅜ

↳ Why is Millif your older sister?

↳ Lee Yong-won is a bad guy 22222

– Is this real? Are Millif and Lee Yong-won dating?

↳ Are you dating me? (X) Are you dating me? (O)

↳ Yes. It’s been 100 days since we started dating.

↳ ? It’s been 1,000 days, right?

↳ It’s been 10,000 days. Please correct this.

↳ Ssssss… … .

– Let’s go issue an ID card to Min-ri-hoo, the newbie in K-pop!

↳ Minrihu ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

↳ Experienced new recruits are fucking idiots lol

People were having fun leaving comments as if there was some kind of festival going on.

The Lee Yong-won-Milliph meme, which had been developing endlessly, eventually reached some final form.

[The Behavior of a Woman in Love (Feat. Nerd Man)]

There were two main points in the newly edited video.

If the first half was edited with the concept of a millennial couple who have already fallen in love and have had their worries taken care of, the second half focused on Lee Yong-won’s reaction to that.

‘I… … am not that kind of person… … .’

After all the editing techniques were used, Millip was portrayed as completely in love and showing affection, but Lee Yong-won lowered his head and turned red in response.

– Wow! This guy is a nerd.

– I rather like the nerdy, ironclad personality.

It just so happened that Lee Yong-won’s style was exactly nerdy.

The term nerd originally referred to a boring, uncool person in the United States who was good at studying but didn’t know how to dress up.

It was also called the ‘loner’.

Wearing glasses without a prescription, a sweater and oversized wide pants without much thought.

Style your hair messily too.

But it fits so perfectly.

The physical strength of Lee Yong-won, who is tall and broad-shouldered, also played a part.

In the past, he always walked with a stooped posture, so his broad shoulders never really got the chance to shine, but as he became interested in fashion, he started exercising moderately to keep his clothes in shape and paid attention to his posture, which brought out his charm to the fullest.

This is the epitome of a green nerd look.

This harmless yet warm atmosphere of Lee Yong-won brought about a stark difference in reactions between men and women on the Internet.

– Oh really… … . Don’t do that… … . Now you want to be the loner too… … .

– It’s so humiliating that the popular guys just steal from me if I look like them…

↳ ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Please stop stealing!

↳ -Jjin-

– No. Don’t be fooled. There is no such thing as a loner in the world…

The men’s reaction was somber and self-deprecating.

It can’t be helped.

Since ancient times, fashion has been a culture created through plunder.

When the free spirits of skateboarding catch their eye, fashion people take it upon themselves to make it a little more stylish.

But you don’t even ride a skateboard!

Also, if you look at the work clothes worn by workers doing physical labor, you can see that they are wearing modified versions of those.

I am a young man from a wealthy family!

There were countless such cases.

Nordic sweaters, with their impressive snowflake or coniferous patterns, were originally worn by Northern European fishermen.

The trench coat, featuring epaulets and D-rings, was worn by the British Army. The duffle coat, also known as tteokbokki, was a naval uniform…

Fashion has evolved through the plunder of culture and identity.

That great flow takes away even the shabby identity of a loner and decorates his crown.

In front of that, all the real losers can do is cry… … !

Of course, it was just a joke, but there was about 10% sincerity mixed in, which made it even more touching and fun.

Women, on the other hand, were simply ecstatic.

– That’s right… …! This is it!

– This is a nerd. From now on, if someone asks what a nerd is, show them this video.

– What? Why am I excited? I liked nerds… … .

– A seemingly indifferent but warm appearance. Outstanding professionalism. Active expression of affection and cuteness that turns your ears red. Perfect. Nerd guy Japchae!

– So when will this drama air?

Once a meme is born, its destructive power is amazing.

Even a completely unknown person can become a famous person known to the entire nation in just two or three days.

Of course, memes born that way tend to burn hot for a week or two and then disappear without a trace.

But Lee Yong-won’s case was a little different.

Lee Yong-won is not an unknown rookie who fell from the sky, but a rising star whose fame is steadily growing. He is a hot topic.

Unlike ordinary people who can’t find anything even if you search for them, Lee Yong-won was a celebrity in his own right who kept getting more and more interesting the more you searched for him.

Because of this, Lee Yong-won’s fame briefly flared up and never died down.

It started to run at an increasingly frightening speed, like a runaway train continuously pouring out firewood.

* * *

“Yongwon!”

When I walked into the back office of Cop and Thief, I had a gut feeling.

Something happened.

Well, that’s true.

It’s strange that nothing happens.

The fact that a superstar like Millief visited Korea without notice is news that stimulates nationalism… … And on top of that, how much did Millief promote me?

At that time, the reporter Eunseol Park who interviewed me also seemed to be trying to create a scandal by somehow linking me and Millief together… … .

I was so tired yesterday that I didn’t check the news. Could it be that something big happened?

My voice trembled naturally.

“Why, why?”

“Sales! Sales… …! It’s a hit!”

But what Dongwook said was a little different from what I expected.

“Uh, yeah? Sales?”

“okay!”

Dongwook suddenly held out his cell phone in front of me.

There is a green search box floating there.

Related searches for Millif Erethicia are… … .

“Lee Yong-won? ?”

“Yes, Inma! Our shopping mall traffic is no joke right now! It seems like everyone is clicking on the brand of the genius designer that Millif acknowledged!”

omg.

Is this how it’s supposed to work?

“How much were the sales?”

“It’s been about 15 hours since the article came out yesterday, right? In those 15 hours, we tripled the sales from the previous day, Inma!”

“3x!”

If you multiply it by three numbers, it may not seem like it has much meaning, but if you multiply the money by three, it feels completely different.

For example, let’s say yesterday’s sales were 1 million won. Then, if various fixed costs are 300,000 won and material costs are 300,000 won, the profit is 400,000 won.

But what if today’s sales were 3 million won?

Fixed costs are 300,000 won. Excluding the material cost of 900,000 won, the profit is 1.8 million won!

The difference between 400,000 won and 1.8 million won is huge in terms of money.

It feels like I have 1.2 million won left over even after spending all the money I originally planned to spend, which was 400,000 won.

I feel incredibly rich.

It was natural for Dongwook to be this excited.

“What’s even crazier is that traffic is still increasing… …!”

“Then can we sell all 150,000 copies?”

It seems that the overwhelming quantity of 150,000 copies was secretly a burden in my mind.

I guess the question that came up first was whether I could sell all of that without realizing it.

Then, Yongwon hyung chuckled.

“150,000? Is that a problem? I ordered 150,000 more.”

“omg!”

300 thousand copies?

So how much is that?

There are cheap t-shirts and more expensive ones like pants and cardigans.

On average, we get about 20,000 per sheet. But if that’s 300,000 sheets… … .

6 billion… … ?

If Dongwook and I split it half and half, it’s 3 billion each?

It’s so messy.

The units of money are different.

You’re saying you can make as much money in one season as other people make in a lifetime?

I just spent a day with Millif Erethicia.

The effect was tremendous.

So this is why they use stars in advertisements… … .

“Good job, Inma!”

Dongwook hyung hit my back with a bang! bang!

I smiled at my brother, shaking helplessly.

“But, bro. Do you know that?”

“what?”

“I’m planning to film with Millifur tonight.”

“Oh. I saw the article too.”

“We decided to appear there wearing our clothes. If possible, we wanted to try on all sorts of new clothes. Just like we did when Chairman Kim Si-on was there.”

“!!!”

Lightning struck Dongwook’s eyes.

He quickly takes out his phone and makes a call to someone.

He twitched his lips as if he was very nervous.

“Ah… … . I’m sure everyone is busy right now. This time, I had to go through all the trouble to get the additional 150,000 units ordered… … .”

As soon as the call was connected, Dongwook hyung quickly started to apologize.

“Boss! Could you please double the quantity you mentioned before? Oh, boss! Please!”

I got to see Dongwook, a big guy with a bushy beard, acting cute… … .

It was a strange sight that made me feel happy even though my eyes felt like they were going to rot.