A Serious Actor Lets Loose After Joining a Variety Show

First published on Jinjiang. Please support the official release. Bonus chapters will be available with an 80% subscription rate. "Have You Made It to the Top? Then How Dare You Fall in Love?" is currently being serialized in my author profile. Even if you're not familiar with Korean entertainment or aren't sure about the title and blurb, you can still give this a try as an ordinary showbiz story! "The Whole Internet Is Blowing Up" "Everyone Has a CP Brain" "Zooming In to Ship Them" After accidentally transmigrating, Shen Nanqiao found herself with parents again in a parallel world, and even became friends with her idol. She was busy studying and building her career, constantly traveling between the two countries. She was swamped. Then one day, Kwon Ji-yong confessed to her. Shen Nanqiao could think of only one thing: “Wait, your unattainable ideal should stay up in the sky forever! I won't pluck the moon, so don't come down to earth either!” But this man would write songs for her, hold a traditional Chinese coming-of-age ceremony for her that captured the nation's attention, and confess his love in front of the whole world using a line from the Book of Songs that included her name. So later, at the biggest awards ceremony of the year, Shen Nanqiao answered him with just four words: “The doorbell is ringing.” He had never hidden his affection for her, but when they officially announced their relationship, everyone was still stunned by how openly they loved each other. “Wait, a top K-pop idol and South Korea's favorite Chinese actress? When did the dimensional barrier break?” “CP shippers coming through! I've watched their clips together so many times they've practically been polished smooth. Only his solo fans are still forcing themselves to push the sibling angle. Have you seen how his eyes have been practically sparkling at her lately? And they still call that sibling affection?” “At last, we can ship them openly!!! Not that they were hiding it before.” “Hey, you panda girl who said you'd do a spin jump and run the 800 meters in 3:30 if they ever got together, post your running video!” “I was wondering why GD was getting more and more uninhibited on variety shows. Turns out Shen Nanqiao, the variety-show maniac, rubbed off on him!” “‘Variety-show maniac’ really suits her!! Do you really want to get into politics? In South Korea, idols date other idols. That's not a tattoo, it's a cupping mark. My ideal type is my boyfriend's good friend Lee Soo-hyuk... I can't imagine how Shen Nanqiao dares to say these things on variety shows!” “Hehe, this CP fan got to witness a love story on a cosmic scale!!! The petite and charming couple is real!” “Meanwhile, our Spare Change CP, Bridge Pier CP, and Yuhe Nan Tian CP have all gone down in flames...” Content warnings: 1. Lots of variety shows, forum posts, and on-screen comments. 2. The male lead dates other people early on. Those who only want a one-and-only romance, please stay away. 3. The female lead was born in 1996, the male lead in 1988. They're eight years apart. Two upcoming stories: [Showbiz] Plucking the Moon Xu Yue, a Chinese-Korean woman, has been a solo artist in South Korea for five years when her company suddenly goes bankrupt. The last job it books her before closing is a low-profile travel variety show that nobody cares about. Unexpectedly, a senior idol who's been surrounded by controversy in recent years decides to join the show for a break. The little-known show becomes a smash hit, and Xu Yue gets a big boost in popularity too. The revived company: “Xu Yue, keep riding his coattails! Your songs are climbing the charts, and now the whole company is counting on you.” Xu Yue: “...Fine.” Who could have guessed that the senior idol would be the one to keep coming around, as if he didn't care about getting paid? A mixed-race little moon × South Korea's favorite scapegoat (Blurb and title tentative as of December 15, 2023) [Showbiz] Queen of Crossover In response to a call for action, a TV station decides to make a film about figure skating. To everyone's excitement, it announces that Jiang Yi will play the lead. The internet erupts. Jiang Yi retired in tears when her body stopped growing and injuries took their toll. She had shone like a shooting star, then quickly faded away. Now she has reappeared before the public, crossing over into a new field. Some people doubt her, some look forward to it, and some don't care. But no one can stop her from shining again, even in another field. The veteran actor who teaches her to act one step at a time knows she'll eventually become a star. (Blurb and title tentative as of December 15, 2023) A Sincere Confession Amid the Crowd One day, newly discharged Kwon Ji-yong wakes up to find strange images flashing through his mind from time to time. In those images, he dates women from the second generation all the way to the fifth. His life consists of selling shoes and falling in love. Some of the women in the visions are complete strangers to him, while others might still be in middle school if you go by their ages... GD thinks: “I was watched constantly during military service, then came back to find the group gone. With all that pressure, I've finally gone crazy...” He sneaks out, fully disguised, to visit his private psychiatrist. There, he suddenly runs into a woman just as thoroughly bundled up. The instant their eyes meet, a woman's voice appears in his mind. “Holy crap, how did I run into someone else who seems like a protagonist here? How many people have you dated, heroine?!” The woman he bumped into bows and apologizes. “Mianhae.” GD realizes the voice sounds exactly like the one in his head. He grabs her. “What protagonist?” The woman opens her eyes wide and stares at him. Her mouth doesn't move beneath her mask. “You can hear my thoughts?” Kwon Ji-yong hesitates, then nods. “Are we fellow patients?” Two lonely souls are destined to meet. Amid a chaotic, crowded world, they want to make a sincere confession. A shoe salesman bombarded by memories from countless parallel worlds × a dancer NPC who discovers she's in a wish-fulfillment romance novel Two people with mental illnesses fall in love (not really) (Title and blurb tentative as of December 31, 2023. The title is taken from the lyrics of Eason Chan's song “Christmas Knot.”) Theme: Only when you love yourself can the world love you