The Rise of Korean Entertainment

(Thanks to "Bouncing Legs" for the 10,000-dollar reward. I'll give you an extra update. Sorry, it's a little late! Also, am I the only one who thought there was a 31st in November? One day was missing for some reason, alas...)

There are many ways to comfort himself, and even the biggest reason: doing it all for the movie is enough to relieve Li Menglong, but Li Menglong is still willing to go out for a while when he has time.

Although Japan is too far to go there, fortunately, there are still many people looking for him in Seoul. Of course, forget about Yoo Jae-seok. This guy never does anything good when looking for him.

It's just that although he is a mascot, the crew cannot do without him, otherwise who will call cut? Li Menglong searched around and finally settled on the most innocent girl.

"Let me be the director for a day? No, no! I can't do it..." Xu Xian waved his hand and ran away.

It's just that Li Menglong caught him back. Just kidding, if Xu Xian can't be dealt with today, he will have to stay here for another day, so he might as well go out for some fun!

"This is very simple. Haven't you seen what I do every day?"

"That's not okay. You are a director, but I am just a singer and actor. How can I compare with you!"

"Why can't we compare? I was just a handyman back then! Why don't I still discuss the plot with Li Zhouyong!" Li Menglong continued to search for words: "Besides, you are already an assistant director, and you will be promoted to a temporary director. Isn’t that right?”

"It won't work anyway!" However, although Xu Xian said this, his tone was not as strong as before.

Li Menglong saw that there was a way, and immediately kept up his efforts. Half an hour later, Xu Xian, who was stunned, sat on the director's chair. Of course, Li Menglong would not be so hasty, otherwise it would be disrespectful to Liu Chenglong and the others. Seohyun is not good either.

"Brother, I have something to do in Seoul temporarily. I will be back in half a day. Are you taking a break?"

"Just rest until you don't need it. Just find someone to watch it casually. You can come back in the afternoon and see if it's okay!"

"I don't worry about your filming. Let's take Xu Xian. You guys are familiar with each other, so take care of him!" Li Menglong formally greeted him, then walked around the crew and ran out secretly.

Sitting in the car, Li Menglong could even hear Xu Xian's wailing. Wasn't the little girl trembling when he shouted "action"? Smiling unscrupulously, Li Menglong ran all the way to SW.

It turns out that today is Lee Eun-hee's temporary visit, just to tell him what's going on. Director Luo's "Reply" 1997 is about to cast actors. Of course, I don't expect Lee Meng-ryong to come back. But he just showed up, of course not to come back to work.

Similar to Li Menglong's casting call that day, the fried chicken shop on the first floor still delivers takeout, but dine-in customers are no longer served, and a group of waiters and proprietresses hid in front of the cashier and looked at these men and women curiously.

Yu Li Menglong's movie is different from the previous one, Reply 1997. The momentum of this one is a bit huge. First of all, Lee Eun-hee did it deliberately, thinking about increasing the company's popularity; secondly, the popularity of the previous film "Reply" gave this TV series similar to a sequel a lot of points; and finally, this drama actually cast new actors!

The leading actor, leading actress, second male lead, and second female lead must all be new people, not limited to actors and singers. As long as they are suitable, they don’t care about their own fame! Even if the previous conditions are not met, the use of newcomers alone is enough for young people in the entertainment industry to become restless.

Not to mention the final ratings, just the opportunity to be a protagonist is worth fighting for. Moreover, SW does not have its own artists, so the chance of shady scenes is very small.

So almost all the acting members from the online idol groups came to try their luck. Of course, the s*m ones didn’t come, and no one from JYP came because of Suzy, but this didn’t affect the popularity of this casting.

The proprietress is a serious philanthropist, so she saw that she liked this idol and that one was cute too, so she didn’t want to give too much fried chicken.

When Li Menglong came in, it was not long before the interview was about to start, so the room was full of people. Those who come earlier can bring their agents or stylists with them, while those who come later can only do it by themselves. Otherwise, can someone else be brought in to occupy a seat?

There are at least a hundred male and female idols, and this is the result of Li Enxi dividing the morning and afternoon sessions. Those who can come here have naturally done their homework, and even the interviewers have asked a lot.

The person who was staring blankly at everyone was the key target of the attack, the absolute core of the entire SW, Li Menglong, so an infiltrating scene appeared.

Almost everyone at the scene stood up, and there was a series of sounds of chairs scraping against the ground, followed by noisy but respectful greetings.

"Hey, you all should be busy with your own business. I'll come over and have fried chicken. I won't participate in the interview!" Li Menglong scratched his scalp, really shocked.

But even though he said that, these people couldn't listen to it like that! Even if he didn't participate, it was just a matter of one sentence to say "pass" to anyone who didn't like it, so everyone at the scene became reserved.

Li Menglong originally ordered some fried chicken and was chatting with the landlady there, but in order to make them feel more comfortable, he couldn't stay on the first floor anymore: "Girls' Generation didn't eat fried chicken. You guys have to maintain your figure, right? You're hungry anyway. If so, order it yourself and I’ll treat you!”

After saying that, Li Menglong ran upstairs with a plate of fried chicken. The most surprised person when he saw Li Menglong was Li Enxi: "Aren't you over there at the movie? What are you doing here?"

"Watch the fun!" Li Menglong said angrily while holding the fried chicken, and he did the same.

So in the serious atmosphere of the interview, with Na Young-seok, Lee Yoo-jin, and Lee Eun-hee watching, many idols couldn't help but look at the man eating fried chicken in the back.

However, the fried chicken had to be finished eventually, so Li Menglong took out a tissue and interrupted the female idol who was performing: "Hello, you must have read a small part of the script, right?"

"Then you should know how brutal the protagonist's character is, so can you completely let go of your expression?" Li Menglong asked.

"sorry……"

"I don't mean to criticize you, I just want you to be more relaxed, such as this fierce expression, frown, and nose..."

Looking at the girl running out with a blushing face, Li Menglong spread his hands and said, "What I just said was too much? I just asked her to show some expression. Did I say anything else?"

Li Enxi and the other three who knew the inside story almost fell under their chairs with laughter. It was really Li Menglong, a novice in the entertainment industry, who was so shocked that they didn't know why.

"She can't frown as you ask her to!"

"Why? This expression can be made by just one person!"

"Got plastic surgery..."

Seeing Li Menglong standing there dumbfounded as if struck by a bolt of lightning, Li Enxi felt that he might die laughing here today. It was really funny.

Li Menglong couldn't continue to be embarrassed here, otherwise today would be the anniversary of Li Enxi's death. He went underground to calm the restless emotions of the exid girls and tell them that such opportunities would come again in the future.

Then Li Menglong joined the LoL team next door and competed in the arena again after many days. This time, Li Menglong's level was very extraordinary. He used Lee Sang Hyuk's large size - ranked first in the Korean server!

Li Sang Hyuk was really about to cry, this was going to be worth gold, but Li Menglong didn't feel ashamed at all: "This is to create difficulties for you, otherwise it would be boring to stay in the first place!"

Li Sang Hyuk was left crying silently, while Li Menglong hid on the sofa outside for a refreshed sleep. It was already past five o'clock when he got up.

I rubbed my eyes and walked to the first floor. It was now officially open for business. The lady boss, who realized that she had lost a lot today, had decided to stay here all night.

Li Menglong stood outside the door and stretched hard, but he heard the chat between two people running over: "Endi, I'm really sorry, but the performance has indeed ended, there's no point in going there again! "

"I don't blame you. No matter how much I drive from Busan, I will be late, but I'd better go over and have a look. After all, they have officially invited me to come for an interview. It's always bad if I don't go directly!"

Because Li Menglong was standing in the shadow on the side of the door, he was not seen in the night. Then he saw the little girl through the window, standing blankly in the hall, looking at it, and then silently ordered a fried chicken and sat down. Sitting next to the chair by the window, I felt terribly lonely.

Zheng Eunji is a girl from Busan who belongs to the group apink, which debuted less than a year ago, also known as Ah Fen Tuan, a nickname given by Li Menglong. Thanks to Li Menglong, they have become a little popular, and their exposure among the new generation of girl groups is pretty good.

But she never thought in her wildest dreams that just one year after her debut, she would be approached by an invitation to be the heroine of a TV series. Although it was just an audition, actively inviting her and approaching her on her own were completely different things.

After getting the simple script for the role, she spent almost all her free time studying the script. As for whether she had acting talent, she couldn't say, but she knew she had to at least work hard.

But everything just ended. Originally, she didn't have to go to Busan today, but she felt that it would be disrespectful to the fans if there were less people in the group, so she rushed over and flew back in the afternoon so that she could catch up with the afternoon interview.

But it snowed today and the plane was grounded. The other members stayed in Busan for the night due to safety concerns. However, she and her manager drove all the way back to Seoul despite the snow and risk, but it was still too late.

Looking at the people in the hall, they didn't look like they were here for an interview, so Zheng Eunji knew that her first audition failed. She didn't fail without seeing the examiners.

She silently ordered a piece of fried chicken, but the sad thing was that she could only watch it but didn't dare to eat it, because the calories in a piece of fried chicken were too high, and she had some baby fat.

So smelling the aroma of fried chicken, this man who returned to his hometown today without even seeing his relatives and seeing Busan couldn't help crying. She doesn’t blame SW, nor her managers, she just feels like she’s carrying it so hard! Particularly aggrieved.

But when she was feeling sorry for herself, there was a sound of knocking on the table next to her. Zheng Eunji thought that her crying had affected others, and when she was about to stand up and apologize, she saw the smiling face outside the window that she had seen once.