Suddenly, I Became Crazy Handsome, and the World Became Easy

S-Class Top Actress Choi Rina. If you were to name the most prominent actresses in the country, she was always mentioned in the TOP 5. This year marked the 10th year since her debut, and though her career span was shorter than other actresses, her impact was immense.

Rather than falling behind the other top stars, she was often ahead of them.

She even had a good eye for selecting projects, so the dramas she acted in consistently boasted high viewership ratings, and none of the films she had appeared in had been considered failures.

On top of that.

《[Issue Talk] Lipstick. Cosmetics. Clothing... Choi Rina's sell-out legend continues》

With her fair skin, long straight hair, tiny face, beauty mark beside her straight nose, and her overall visuals and figure consistently making her the public’s “wannabe”, she was often in the spotlight. At award ceremonies, she was always selected as a best dresser. Such a Choi Rina quickly skimmed through the script as soon as she heard the name of PD Jung Soo-ryeong, even though it was just a one-act drama.

As a top-tier actress, she could have easily brushed off a one-act drama.

“......”

She read the one-act script with great focus. Watching her silently, the CEO cleared his throat.

But Choi Rina continued turning the pages without answering, and only moved after several dozen seconds had passed.

“CEO-nim, let’s eat later.”

“Hey, hey, Rina. Did you hear what I said??”

“Yeah, yeah, I heard. I’m going.”

“Rina! Choi Rina!”

Although the CEO called after her, Choi Rina ignored him and walked out of the CEO’s office. She went down to the parking lot with her large-framed manager and got into a white van.

“Noona, what about CEO-nim?”

“It’s fine. Let’s go to the skincare salon first.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

The van smoothly started moving. Choi Rina swept her long hair back and put on a hat, then reopened the one-act drama script she had brought from the CEO’s office. The title on the cover read:

-‘Rental Lover’

-Writer Kang Chul-soo

The writer aside, as her eyes moved down the script, Choi Rina recalled the face of PD Jung Soo-ryeong. Then she muttered internally.

‘Why is PD-nim suddenly doing a one-act drama?? If it was being handled by a junior, she wouldn’t put her name on the direction credit.’

Choi Rina was paying unusually close attention to PD Jung Soo-ryeong. The reason was simple. It was PD Jung Soo-ryeong who had discovered Choi Rina. Of course, Choi Rina had been a rookie once too. The first significant role she had been cast in was in a drama directed by PD Jung Soo-ryeong.

That was almost eight years ago.

It had been a minor role, yet she was selected over many well-known actresses. PD Jung Soo-ryeong had chosen the then-unknown Choi Rina. Although she did go through an audition, at the time, casting an unknown actress in a substantial supporting role was considered groundbreaking.

Despite opposition from the broadcasting station and others, PD Jung Soo-ryeong had insisted on Choi Rina.

Thanks to that, Choi Rina got the role, and the drama achieved high viewership ratings. It was through that drama that she first caught the public’s eye and her recognition skyrocketed. Her rise to becoming an S-Class Top Actress was in part due to PD Jung Soo-ryeong. Later on, Choi Rina even played the lead female role in a mini-series directed by PD Jung Soo-ryeong.

Choi Rina considered PD Jung Soo-ryeong her benefactor.

-Flap.

That benefactor had suddenly circulated a one-act script, so Choi Rina couldn’t help but be interested. PD Jung Soo-ryeong was a major figure in the drama industry. It made no sense for her to direct a one-act drama.

-Flap, flap.

Soon, Choi Rina immersed herself in the ‘Rental Lover’ script, and about 30 minutes later, she muttered to herself.

“‘Rental Lover’? This is exactly PD-nim’s style.”

That same day around lunchtime, at the ‘Produce That 100!’ campus in Paju.

Kang Rojun could be seen sitting alone in the empty lounge. Wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and jeans, he was sitting alone at a six-person table with a laptop in front of him.

He was in the middle of revising ‘Rental Lover’.

Naturally, only Kang Rojun, who had passed training, was in the lounge. The rest of the participants were undergoing their usual training.

Rojun, who had paused typing on the laptop, was now looking at his phone.

“Oh-”

It was only natural that Kang Rojun couldn’t concentrate on script revisions. Every few minutes, he picked up his phone to check various reactions.

Right now, he was browsing through YouTube.

YouTube was being bombarded with uploads, including official videos posted by the ‘Produce That 100!’ team and many related clips. The popularity of the videos was overwhelming, with each one gathering massive views. The lowest had 300,000 views. It clearly showed how hot ‘Produce That 100!’ was at the moment, and today’s real-time most popular video was:

- !Hot Clip! Contestant Number 1 who shocked the judges! His performance of ‘Farewell’｜‘Produce That 100!’

- Trending video #1

- 5,197,745 views

It was the edited clip of Kang Rojun’s ‘Farewell’ performance. While videos of other contestants' performances reached several hundred thousand to as much as two million views, Rojun’s clip uniquely surpassed five million.

Grinning subtly, Rojun checked the already tens of thousands of comments.

- Looks like an all-time legendary character has arrived in the idol scene ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ can’t wait for next week

- Singing a song his late parents loved as his first audition piece... this is a drama, a real drama

- Watched the live and came back again to listen... can’t forget it... if you came back too, like me, raise your hand

- I don’t like this guy, he’s a total jerk

- Is this insane? His face could easily outshine actors... and he sings so damn well too

- He knows he's damn good, so it’s annoying, but when I see his face, I forgive him ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- ‘Farewell’ is my life song and that young friend expressed the emotion so well I was completely immersed

- Is this the first time such a skilled, winning candidate is also the villain??

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