Superstar From Age 0

Translator: MarcTempest

Editor: AgRoseCrystal

Chapter 621

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The dark YouTube live screen brightened up and showed the face of DJ Jung Yu-na sitting down.

-10 o’clock! It starts!

-Where is Seo-jun?

-He hasn’t been introduced yet.

Jung Yu-na, who was momentarily startled by the comments that went up faster than before, opened her mouth, thinking that it was a concert, a music broadcast.

[With you right now.]

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[Now that I’m an adult, I sometimes think that I’ve forgotten all the memories of my childhood. When that happens, I look at my childhood album. Pictures of me smiling with missing teeth, pictures of me with my friends, pictures of me with my parents at the graduation ceremony.]

Lee Min-jun and Seo Eun-hye listened to Jung Yu-na’s soft voice.

[When I look at those pictures, the memories that I thought I had forgotten come bubbling up. And before I know it, I’m smiling as I recall the memories.]

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[There is an actor here who is like a picture in that album. If you follow his filmography, you will remember the memories vividly. From his amazing first appearance to his unforgettable characters, from the emotions and feelings that made your heart sink in every work, to the incredible records that turned the Korean film industry upside down.]

Song Yu-jung and Lim Ye-na nodded their heads repeatedly as they waved their light sticks.

“His amazing first appearance is Shadowman, right?”

“Maybe she’s talking about the baby mukbang?”

“Yeah. That was the most amazing.”

[And with him, the memories also come up. The times when you cried with your friends watching a movie, the times when you received a pearl necklace at a play with your parents, the times when you cried with your family watching a drama, the times when you donated after watching a movie, the times when you received help after watching a public service advertisement.] �

As Jung Yu-na’s words continued, Lim Yeon and Park Seonga slowly went back to their memories.

From childhood to now. They felt a familiarity that was different from others because they had watched him for a long 15 years. It was as if he occupied a corner of their lives and shone brightly without fading.

Jung Yu-na on the radio said something similar.

[As if he left a big picture in our album, an actor who comes to mind when you recall the memories, Lee Seo-jun has come to us.]

[With Lee Seo-jun, Jung Yu-na’s ‘With You Now’ begins.]

Ding dong!

[Jung Yu-na’s With You Now.] The opening music ended and Jin Nara’s OST flowed out at the right timing.

-Wow!!!

-My heart reacts first.

-Of course, Seo-jun’s entrance music is this!!

-Seo-jun!!!

Lee Seo-jun’s face with white headphones appeared on the YouTube live screen. His short hair, which was still handsome, made him feel like he had just been discharged from the military.

-OMGㅠㅠ

-Live…it’

“Welcome, Lee Seo-jun.”

“Hello, I’m actor Lee Seo-jun.”

Lee Seo-jun bowed to Jung Yu-na and waved his hand at the camera. He smiled as if he was happy, his eyes curling up. The chat window started to move up quickly.

“The listeners are also warmly welcoming you. You must have had a long hiatus of 1 year and 4 months.”

“Um. But they didn’t know until two months ago.”

He said with a smile, and Jung Yu-na and the listeners laughed.

“I was really surprised then. Oh my. I still think so. I’m sure the listeners feel the same way as me. I realized that the Korean military is very good at keeping secrets. It was an experience that made me realize that.”

-I was really shocked.

-It felt like the whole world was playing a prank on me.

“And you filmed the movie Fire before you enlisted. The military was so sensational that I really thought you were still active.”

“Yes. I also read the reviews, and they all gave me good evaluations. I’m grateful for your love for Fire.”

Lee Seo-jun bowed to the camera, and the chat window moved quickly like a wave. There was love and tears.

DJ Jung Yu-na looked at the monitor and smiled.

“Today’s broadcast, we’re going to ask Lee Seo-jun the questions that we received in advance last Saturday. There’s a fitting question here. ‘Did you attend the Korean Independent Film Festival?’ They’re curious if you secretly attended because you’re so good at your job.”

Lee Seo-jun shook his head with a regretful face.

“No. I wanted to attend, but I was training at the training center. I didn’t get a vacation, so I thought I should have gone a little later.”

-Training centerㅋㅋㅋ

-He said training centerㅋㅋㅋ

-Lee Seo-jun also thought he should have gone laterㅋㅋ

“Training center… I can’t believe it. There’s another question. ‘Why did you decide to enlist so early?’ They’re curious. I think it’s a question that many people wondered.”

“I was always thinking of going, but my manager said it would be better to go sooner rather than later. So I enlisted.”

“I see. The military does affect the entertainment industry. Do you tend to accept your manager’s opinion well?”

Lee Seo-jun nodded his head with a smile.

“Well, we’ve been together for over 10 years, so we know each other well, and when I hear the reason, I agree. I also think that my manager gave me that opinion because he cared about me.”

“Did you ever have a different opinion?”

“Um. I don’t think so. He usually listens to me completely about the works, and he also listens to me well unless it’s about health or danger. He’s like a big brother to me.”

When Ahn Da Ho, who was watching the YouTube live broadcast at a cafe near the SBC broadcasting station, was moved, the chat window swirled.

-…My brother doesn’t do that.

-??What kind of brother is that??

-A brother in fantasy??

Lee Seo-jun laughed at the comment that caught his eye.

“One of the listeners said, what kind of brother is that?”

Jung Yu-na nodded her head with a sincere face.

“I have a sister, so I know. If you don’t fight, you’re not siblings.”

“But it’s less if there’s an age difference, right? Like the youngest. My manager and I have a bit of an age gap.”

“When did you first meet your manager?”

“When I was 8. Before I filmed the children’s play Spring.”

-True

-He must have been at least in his twenties when he got a job, so an 8-year-old brother would be cute.

-8-year-old Seo-junㅠㅠㅠHe saw him in personㅠㅠ

-I’m jealousㅠㅠ M

“8 years old. You were very young then.”

Lee Seo-jun smiled and said.

“Yes. He must have had a hard time taking care of me. My manager.”

As Ahn Da Ho muttered that it wasn’t hard at all, Jung Yu-na looked at the questions that appeared on the monitor.

“You did the children’s play Spring when you were 8, and before that you filmed the Reinvestigation cameo, Evil Spirit, Shadowman 1.”

-Wow…that was before 8?

-What was I doing when I was 8 years old? LOL

-Seo-jun is amazing…

-That’s why he was a star from the beginning. LOL

“Many people are curious about how you started acting at such a young age.”

Jung Yu-na added.

“Usually, child actors start their activities according to their parents’ opinions, but I heard that Seo-jun’s aunt, who is also the sister of Kevin of Brown Black, introduced him to an audition. Was that the reason why you wanted to be an actor? Or did you decide to be an actor while you were acting? Many people asked me that.”

“Since you know about auntie Na-ra, I guess the ones who asked are new fans.”

Seo-jun answered with a bright smile.

“No. That audition was just the beginning of my acting career. I wanted to be an actor even before that.”

“Before the Shadowman 1 audition… When you were 6 years old?”

“Yes. Around that time.”

To be exact, it was much earlier than that.

Seo-jun slowly recalled his memory.

“I saw the life of an unknown actor.”

It was his first life.

“I don’t remember his name or face now, but he was very impressive to me when I was young. He was an unknown actor, but he loved acting so much that even I could tell. I wondered what acting was that he loved it so much. That’s how I became interested in it.”

The listeners were intrigued by the unheard story of the actor Seo-jun.

The related articles were already out, and the production team and the radio station director who came to watch the recording cheered silently as the listening rate increased.

“Was it a documentary? About the lives of unknown actors?”

No. It was a book of life.

But he couldn’t say that, so Seo-jun pretended to search his memory and answered.

“That… I don’t remember well because I was young. It could have been a book, or a newspaper article, or a radio. I only remember the emotions I felt at that time. Don’t you all have such memories? When you were very happy or very sad, but you can’t remember why. That’s how I feel.”

-Ah. I wanted to look it up.

-I wonder who he is.

-How impressive he must have been to make a 6-year-old into such a superstar.

-He’s the benefactor of the new fans. T_T

“Then you don’t know who he is either.”

“Yes. I don’t.”

“Don’t you want to meet him?”

‘…My first life?’

Seo-jun blinked his eyes.

Jung Yu-na quickly continued her words as Seo-jun didn’t answer.

“I became a singer because of Park Yoo-young. I wanted to meet her and say hello, and if I had a chance, I wanted to sing with her. I thought you might feel the same way. To greet him and work with him on a project!”

To greet and work with my first life?

Seo-jun knew that his first life was already dead.

It was something he had never imagined.

But…

“…That would be nice.”

Seo-jun’s eyes sparkled.

Of course, he only read it in letters, and there wasn’t much left to read, and he was an unknown actor until the end of his life, so he felt a bit insecure about his acting skills.

‘But to work with my first life who loved acting so much.’

It was an impossible thing.

“I think it would be really nice.”

Seo-jun smiled brightly with his face flushed. DJ Jung Yu-na, the production team, Choi Tae Woo, and even the people who were watching the live on YouTube were stunned by the changed atmosphere of Seo-jun.

They could tell how much he was looking forward to it.

His fans couldn’t just sit and watch their actor make such a happy expression.

-I’m going to start looking for him. (Serious)

-He must have been in the US when he was 6 years old, right?

-It’s time for the US new fans to step up!!

-Let’s search TV, books, newspapers, and radio!!!

-Aaaaaah!! New fan squad!! Let’s go!!

As the new fans who were watching the visible radio were holding their light sticks and trying to sweep the US like dusting off a blanket, Jung Yu-na asked.

“Didn’t you try to look for him?”

At that question, Seo-jun looked at the chat window. He gave a brief bitter smile at the sincere comments of the new fans who said they would find him.

Unfortunately, his first life’s body was already dead, and his traces were only left in his dreams(?).

He would only suffer and fail to find him if he tried.

“I tried to look for him, but I couldn’t find him. I looked for various sources, but there was no one who said this is him.”

Seo-jun acted as if he was telling the truth with a gloomy expression full of regret. Jung Yu-na and the listeners nodded as if they accepted his answer.

“That’s too bad. I was curious about who he was, the one who inspired star Seo-jun.”

-T_T If Seo-jun couldn’t find him, we can’t either. We should just bow to the four directions.

-I hope that unknown actor is happy too. T_T

-Breathe in acting skills, breathe out box office success!

The kind new fans commented, and Seo-jun, the distant reincarnation of the unknown actor, smiled softly. He wanted to tell them that he was living happily.

“Maybe it was just an interview of an unknown actor passing by, and I exaggerated him a lot in my imagination. Because I was young. You know, when you believe in Santa Claus.”

“That happens often when you’re young. You feel everything bigger.”

Jung Yu-na nodded.

-Or maybe he was the god of acting? He chose Seo-jun as his successor and only appeared in front of him. LOL That’s why our Seo-jun is so good at acting!

‘The god of acting? His successor?’

Seo-jun turned his head away from the flattery of the new fans filled with love and pride. The production team who said they would help him found that comment and excitedly displayed it on the monitor.

‘…Is this supposed to be helpful?’

Jung Yu-na read the comment on the monitor with a laugh.

“Haha. One of the fans says this. The god of acting chose Seo-jun as his successor and only appeared in front of him. That’s why he’s good at acting. What do you think?”

“…”

Seo-jun buried his reddened face in his palms without a word. The chat window and the recording studio were filled with laughter.