Novelist Running Through Time - Chapter 234



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“I wanted to be a star.”

“I wanted to be a twinkling star at the highest place.”

EP 14 – The Future

There is always one controversy that follows the profession of celebrity.

Do celebrities have a responsibility to take social responsibility?

What level of morality is required of celebrities?

To what extent should celebrities’ privacy be shared to protect the public’s right to know?

There is no right answer to this debate.

In fact, no one even tries to find the answer.

And nobody wants an answer to this debate.

As long as there are the public who want to consume celebrities like toys, as long as there are media outlets that distribute celebrities to them, and as long as there are celebrities who provide privacy for popularity…

Despite the occasional news of celebrity suicide, such debates serve only as educational topics to heat up sociology classes.

Therefore, under cold capitalism, the private lives of celebrities become “commodities.”

In an age where the best minds of mankind are obsessed with the question, “How can we make consumers watch more advertisements?”, information about celebrities that drive consumers crazy is in itself a huge amount of money.

The conflict between Kim Byeol and her mother was no exception.

– Why did Kim Byeol’s mother break off ties with her daughter who won the Cannes Best Actress Award?

– Famous actor K, continued abuse from his mother······

– Actress Kim Byeol’s manager… “Sick of motherly love”

The first revelation, based on an interview with Team Leader Kim Seong-geun, was closer to ‘literature’ than ‘news.’

The text, filled with conjecture, exaggeration, and malicious interpretation, was already a great novel.

The novel covered the front pages of various portal sites.

Because it was a novel that became such a hot topic, numerous secondary creations followed in an instant.

Kim Byeol’s mother squandered all the money Kim Byeol earned on gambling and entertainment. Kim Byeol learned acting while being punched by her mother. Kim Byeol attempted suicide several times because of her mother’s verbal abuse. Kim Byeol became mentally ill because of her mother, etc. etc. etc.

Among these rumors, there was even an unbelievable joke that ‘Kim Byeol got into a fight with her mother in the parking lot and bit her wrist.’

The public, who had been chewing, tearing, and savoring the rumors about Kim Byeol, also waved off such stories and snickered, saying they were too much.

However, when the vehicle black box footage containing a blurry figure presumed to be Kim Byeol was released······

– What is that? Is that really Kim Byeol?

– I think it’s time to slowly shift into neutral…

– No matter what, biting my ㅇㅁ is;;

– Anyway, it’s always the family that ruins the lives of celebrities.

– I told you not to worry about celebrities~~

– Kim Byeol, are you the Suarez of Korea?

– Haha …

Once one rumor becomes true, the public naturally begins to believe that the rest are also true.

Of course, it’s a logically absurd story, but as history proves, what’s important now is not logic.

It’s ‘interesting’.

Because it’s more fun that way.

People believed that Kim Byeol’s rumors were true.

“······”

And Kim Byeol, with bloodshot eyes.

I can’t fall asleep even though it’s past 4 in the morning.

I blankly watched the sea of ​​rumors that abounded on the Internet.

* * *

Naturally,

Not everyone was caught up in the rumors.

Rumors in this day and age are not serious, sophisticated moral questions. They are more like volatile, provocative, disposable drugs.

And modern people who are somehow adapting to living in such an era do not pressure celebrities caught up in rumors to wear a suit and apologize.

Their response is largely economic.

Think about it for about 5 seconds and then move to the next screen.

For new dopamine.

Therefore, the fake YouTube video that says that Kim Byeol got pregnant as a minor, had an abortion under pressure from her mother, suffered from depression and committed suicide, and that Kim Byeol’s fans around the world are collectively mourning and uploading memorial videos did not have a significant impact on Kim Byeol’s life.

The video, which features bold, brightly colored text, has already been viewed in the hundreds of thousands of times, but few of the viewers who watched it actually believed the rumor.

Even if you believe it, the conspiracy theorists who leave angry comments in the comments section of the video and babble about how ‘Kim Byeol is a huge disappointment…’ have not had much of an impact on Kim Byeol’s life. That’s because conspiracy theorists at that level are psychopaths who react to all the nonsense in the world and get angry.

In this context···

The front page of various Internet portal sites.

However, the Internet news about Kim Byeol, which can be found a few levels down rather than at the very top, also did not have a big impact on Kim Byeol’s life.

Ironically, in this day and age, people who believe every bit of such internet news are those who don’t know much about the internet.

So, people who know a lot about the Internet.

So, as soon as they see internet news about Kim Byeol, they mutter, “That piece of shit again…” and start fact-checking by searching various social media and communities. Can internet experts influence Kim Byeol’s life?

Likewise, no.

As always, the Internet public opinion, which is divided into two sides and fights over the topic of Kim Byeol, cannot have a big impact on Kim Byeol’s life.

They may seem to be numerous, but they are actually quite small, and their influence is limited to online, meaning they cannot change the offline world.

Therefore, the ‘Kim Byeol controversy’ that has been heating up various Internet sites has at best only increased the efforts of site administrators who are trying to chase away malicious commenters who come to terrorize Kim Byeol fan sites.

As such, the world is surprisingly wide.

Inexperienced celebrities often make the mistake of feeling frustrated when they see malicious comments on the Internet, as if the world is ending.

However, Kim Byeol, who had been ridiculed and called trash for the past 10 years, knew the true nature of this ‘controversy’.

The essence of this controversy is…

This is all just for fun…

So, by the time the fun had worn off, it was a vain end.

Even Kim Byeol had a precise grasp of the point when ‘the fun would die down’.

About two weeks.

When something big happens, it may not even last a week.

okay.

In the end, it’s all like that.

“So it’s okay!”

“······”

Kim Byeol said cheerfully.

“It makes no sense for me to rest at home because of something like this when I’m in the middle of filming a drama. And it also makes no sense for the production team to say anything to me because of something like this.”

“······”

“No, what did I do wrong? I evaded taxes, had an affair, drove drunk, did drugs, gambled?”

Kim Byeol smiled at the boy who was looking at her with worried eyes, dispelling his worries.

“So, if you’re going to get into the entertainment industry, you should remember this senior’s words clearly. If you don’t know, just memorize them! Don’t evade taxes, have an affair, drive drunk, do drugs, or gamble! If you don’t do these things, celebrities are secretly getting a better job. In fact, they might even get a better job than civil servants······”

Kim Byeol went to work, chattering brightly like a cuckoo. She even greeted Ma Gi-hoon in a bright voice as she got into the van.

But the expressions of the people who followed him and got into the vehicle never brightened…

Because in the sight of the boy who was older than he looked, Kim Byeol’s eyes were visible.

Kim Byeol’s eyes were swollen and bloodshot.

‘I cried all night and lost sleep······’

Yes, Kim Byeol’s words may not have been wrong.

The world, surprisingly, cannot influence people.

But there was one fact that Kim Byeol tried hard to ignore.

Even if the world doesn’t know.

The mind influences people.

* * *

(Limited to Ansan, Gyeonggi-do) The strongest literary prospect, An Ju-hee!

Having joined the studio of famous drama writer Im Song-yi thanks to her shining talent (and connections), she has recently been facing a major artistic crisis.

What on earth could have made An Ju-hee, the greatest literary figure in history (limited to Ansan, Gyeonggi-do), feel a sense of crisis?

A writer?

The ‘bubble’ that became successful through storytelling can be caught up in any number of ways.

Guyuna?

It doesn’t match the writing machine that doesn’t even know the charming chemistry between characters and thinks that the plot is enough.

Lim Song-i?

It’s a bit of a sad story, but even though Im Song-yi may have been a little more successful right now, compared to Ahn Joo-hee, who has a bright future ahead of her, it’s a narrow victory for Ahn Joo-hee.

Author Im Song-i eventually···

Isn’t this the ‘setting year’ when it’s time to start considering retirement?

“Hoo hoo hoo···”

If Baekhak Arts High School found out about Ahn Joo-hee’s true intentions, they would be terrified and cut off her hand, and make excuses like, “This opinion is only the student’s personal opinion and has absolutely nothing to do with the Baekhak Arts Foundation.” It was an outrageous remark on the level of…

An Ju-hee sent Moon-in, Gu Yu-na, and Im Song-i away as a set with a dream that was so hideous that it was almost unbearable.

Well, now An Ju-hee has become a super genius on the level that Koo Hak-jun is courting and Park Chang-woon is worried about. (Personal opinion)

So then, who on earth dared to give a sense of crisis to An Ju-hee, the pride of Ansan, Gyeonggi-do?

“Damn······ Sister!”

It was Kim Byeol.

While ‘plot magician’ Gu Yu-na polished the narrative during the drama script writing process, ‘drama nerd’ Ahn Joo-hee polished the character creation.

Accordingly, the character of ‘Jung Hye-in’, played by Kim Byeol, was also a work touched by Ahn Joo-hee.

When An Ju-hee was creating the character ‘Jeong Hye-in’, she focused on the concept of a ‘tea girl’.

Cold city girl.

A cold, businesslike, rigid, decisive, and merciless… girl crush avenger. (She likes macarons)

Although the character’s personality largely reflected the latest trends, Ahn Joo-hee was confident in the character she had created.

There is no ‘Jung Hye-in’ more perfect than this!

– is a certainty.

But that confidence was shattered in front of Kim Byeol.

“This is···! This is······!”

Kim Byeol mixed sadness into Ahn Joo-hee’s ‘Jeong Hye-in’.

He didn’t hide his weakness.

It showed humanity slowly wearing down in the long journey of revenge, and captured the poor, weak souls who were exhausted from the arduous journey in its eyes.

And, the way we move forward ‘despite all that’.

The character of ‘Jung Hye-in’, with Kim Byeol’s interpretation, had even more colorful and human colors.

And that character interpretation, by penetrating An Ju-hee’s heart and the wicked and cunning symbol, caused a traffic accident due to fangirling in An Ju-hee’s weak heart.

Fandom isn’t something that your head tells you to do.

It’s what my heart tells me to do.

An Ju-hee, who had already fallen for Kim Byeol, threw away all of her pride as a writer and ran to Kim Byeol like a dog wagging its tail and hugged her.

“This is… the best!”

“so.”

“This is really, really, the best!”

An Ju-hee. 17 years old. Unemployed.

Once they open their heart, they tend to give their all.

“No, how can this be? Are you a genius, Unnie? You filled in the parts that even the writer couldn’t think of so perfectly. The tone of the lines changed, didn’t you? I’m going crazy because I like it so much···”

“Haha, okay.”

“How do you act so well, Unnie? Look at your pronunciation. Your voice is dripping with honey. What should I do? It’s so sweet that I think I’m going to get diabetes······”

“Haha, you shouldn’t get diabetes.”

An Ju-hee, who had regressed to a toddler due to the aftereffects of the Deoktong accident, was crying while being held in Kim Byeol’s arms.

Kim Byeol warmly stroked the lamb in her arms with a gentle and kind smile.

But An Ju-hee, crazy in love, went crazy.

“I don’t believe any of that crap on the Internet! I’m on your side!”

“Haha, okay.”

“It’s come to this…! Just become independent! You’ll be an adult in just one year anyway! You can become a great actress who will go down in history! You have to fly high!”

“haha······”

Kim Byeol laughed.

However, it was a slightly different kind of laughter than before.

“···!!!”

An Ju-hee didn’t notice, but Gu Yu-na, who had a sensitivity that transcended humans, sensed something.

Snap-

Guyuna’s antennae twirled around, sending up a warning signal on the radar screen.

It was a sense close to ‘animal instinct’ that ordinary humans cannot have.

Is this what the rats escaping from the Titanic looked like?

Could this be what a group of iron men would do if they detected a major earthquake?

No, this is······

“······!!!”

It was a crisis signal of the level when Professor Koo Hak-jun was caught by Mrs. Min Chae-won for embezzling 100 million won in Mongmongi Coin.

“Huh? What are you doing? Why are you suddenly like this- Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!”

Guyuna used a secret method to catch up with An Juhee, and with her skilled martial arts skills, she subdued the weak An Juhee in one go.

And then, to stop that foolish tongue from twitching any longer, he covered her mouth and dragged her out of the waiting room.

“Hey! Who are you! Why are you suddenly acting like this- Ugh! Ugh! Argh! You really must be crazy! Hey! Hey! Guyuna! Don’t let go of this! Ugh!”

It has been said since ancient times that the mouth invites trouble.

Gu Yu-na believed that there would come a day when An Ju-hee would understand her friendship, and she subdued An Ju-hee, who was struggling, and escaped from the waiting room.

Just before the door closed, Gu Yu-na saw Kim Byeol through the crack in the door.

“······”

Kim Byeol was still smiling while staring at An Ju-hee.

Indescribable···

With darkness in my heart.