[Showbiz] The World's Number One Director, The World's Number One First Love

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Jiang Tinghan has loved two things most in life: making money and creating.

At sixteen, she moved to Korea to study, far from anywhere familiar. She liked staying in her own little world, writing novels she kept to herself.

The first friend she unexpectedly made, and her first reader, was Kwon Jiyong, a trainee.

“Why not try submitting it? I think your novel is really outstanding!” he said.

So Jiang Tinghan took her first step toward becoming a novelist, while Kwon Jiyong embarked on the journey to his official debut. They earned their first paychecks at almost the same time.

Jiang Tinghan used her royalties to buy Kwon Jiyong a belated birthday cake.

And Kwon Jiyong used his appearance fee to buy Jiang Tinghan a camera.

“Our Tinghan is so pretty. We need to take more beautiful photos of her.”

Jiang Tinghan used the camera to turn one of her stories into a short film. She originally meant to keep it as a memento, but it unexpectedly went viral on YouTube.

At sixteen, she began filming a little eighteen-year-old puppy. The puppy grew handsome and dazzling, and came to bear a name known around the world: G-Dragon.

Jiang Tinghan went from filming music videos to TV dramas, commercials, and movies. She broke out of Asia, conquered the biggest international awards, and became a celebrated “box-office charm” and “box-office miracle,” eventually earning a place among “the greatest directors of the 21st century.”

[Whenever I see the name Coldy, I buy a ticket without hesitation. Anything Coldy makes is guaranteed to be top quality!]

[I love how Hollywood started out acting all arrogant and then came to treat Coldy like the gold standard. What a quick change of heart!]

[How can there be a woman who writes amazing scripts, directs even better, and is also unbelievably gorgeous? Is there anything Coldy can’t do?!]

Meanwhile, Jiang Tinghan gained a third favorite thing: dating GD.

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Fans who know GD are familiar with his “pen pal little sister,” who has never appeared in public.

He often mentioned her, dating back to when GD first debuted.

When “Lies” changed from a solo song to a group song, GD ran off to the beach in the middle of the night. His pen pal little sister searched for nearly two hours that evening before finding him and comforting him.

When GD was falsely accused of plagiarism and hounded online by the entire internet, even showing signs of depression, his pen pal little sister stood up to his antis in person, wiped away the red insults they had scrawled in Hongdae, and had them taken to the police station.

Their support went both ways.

Whenever his pen pal little sister had trouble with her homework, she asked GD, her senior, for help. She also sought his advice when preparing for a school festival performance.

His pen pal little sister loved creating things, but someone stole and published one of her essays. GD helped her resolve the matter, firmly demanding an apology.

When his pen pal little sister was stalked and harassed, GD became her guard for a whole week, eventually catching the creep and delivering him to the police.

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They had a restaurant they often ate at together. They took lots of photos together. Kwon Jiyong’s lyric book contained his pen pal little sister’s stories, and her story notebook contained Kwon Jiyong’s lyrics.

There were countless moments like these.

GD always brought her up openly, but it was hard to believe the two of them were just friends. Still, GD never admitted they were in a relationship.

Fans had made a fuss, gotten jealous, and gone wild, but she was just a girl who had never shown her face. Even the most obsessive fans who investigated her found nothing.

Some fans even suspected that she was a hallucination brought on by GD’s poor mental health. Though they could clearly sense that some of GD’s old videos had far superior cinematography, composition, color grading, and pacing.

But perhaps there had simply been an excellent staff photographer? Wasn’t the pen pal little sister a novelist?

Eventually, the fans accepted that this pen pal little sister, who had always stuck with their oppa through thick and thin, could even be his real girlfriend. She had become his emotional anchor.

When the rumor “Top-tier star GD secretly meets with popular director Coldy” broke, fans split into two camps: one insisted on the childhood-sweetheart theory, while the other thought a real woman was much better than an imaginary one.

But they never imagined that the great director Coldy was the pen pal little sister herself!

1. They walk together from the streets of Seoul to the top of the world, from obscurity to roaring crowds. No storm can ever separate them.

2. Some works are written and directed by the protagonist, while others are adapted from famous works based on real events. She is a director, after all. Career and romance each get half the story. A completely fluffy, uncomplicated sweet romance.

3. They dote on each other and are utterly lovesick for one another. A lovesick person with another lovesick person, an artist with another artist: a perfect match.

4. This is version 2.0. You don’t need to have read version 1.0. Blurb written on June 20, 2025, and may change at any time before the story begins.

Blurb for “The All-Rounder Fansite Master You Can Trust”:

Jiang Tinghan is a professional fansite master. She has been a fan for years, and her one and only bias is G-Dragon. She may privately tour after countless idols, but she has only ever run a fansite for Kwon Jiyong.

She waited patiently for her idol to finish his military service, only for him to settle into retirement. At last, Jiang Tinghan couldn’t take it anymore and threw herself into the arms of other oppas.

In 2020, an account called “FrozenDiamond” appeared out of nowhere and posted an incredible photo of Jeon Wonwoo from the 2018 Dream Concert.

Black jacket, white shirt, black hair slightly damp from the drizzle, a fresh face, and narrow, bewitching eyes. It instantly had countless fans screaming.

Then a flood of old and new Seventeen photos came their way. The oppas shone amid firelight, in torrential rain, and in the darkness, brimming with youthful spirit. They were the perfect embodiment of a passionate ensemble cast, taking fans right back to the old days.

Carats: @FrozenDiamond! Who are you, exactly?

@FrozenDiamond: Chinese.

From SVT onward, Jiang Tinghan’s tour list expanded endlessly, just like NCT’s.

The unni never got involved in fan fights. She just churned out photos, sometimes editing and posting them as soon as an event ended. Fans nicknamed her “a high-quality fansite master!” and “the perfect woman of the fansite world!”

At first, fans of the different groups didn’t realize that the accounts were all run by the same person. Then a fan who stanned two groups posted a question:

[Who’s this gorgeous woman with long straight black hair and a mask? She looks so familiar. I feel like I’ve seen her at concerts more than once, but today’s my first time at a TXT concert?]

SEVENTEEN fan: [She looks like our legendary fansite master, “FrozenDiamond.” She went to all seven music show stages just to get amazing solo fancams of all thirteen members. I still rewatch them.]

Stray Kids fan: [No, that’s obviously our “Coolkids.” Her calendar merch sold like crazy, and JYP invited her to work on a design collaboration. People were jealous and accused her of being a sasaeng, but she only followed public schedules.]

TXT fan: [Huh? Isn’t she the veteran fansite master “CUTomorrow” who’s been with our group since their debut? Ahhh, the fan-made goodies she makes are gorgeous! She hand-sewed a plush charm for every member, and they all loved them…]

ENHYPEN fan: [Wait, she looks like our fansite master “AbloodC,” whose amazing photos got me into the group and who kindly replies to fans’ DMs when they need to vent. C personally edited the teaser, and it was even better than the official one. Calling her an all-rounder is no exaggeration!]

SM fan who came to get the gossip: [Isn’t she the fansite master for NCT and NCT Dream? Her photos are fast and gorgeous, and fans use them all the time for positive publicity. See @TheyreAllNCTJustDifferentSubgroups.]

Netizens: “???!!!”

Fans of the different groups compared notes and found that she covered HYBE, JYP, and SM, and even showed up around Starship and WK1. Each group had a huge number of fans volunteering to be her fanbase.

[Isn’t it exhausting to run so many secret identities?!]

[Unni, I truly worship you!]

[Could this be the fansite world’s own ‘not picking sides’?]

[At unni’s command, the whole army really does mobilize!]

[Now this is the real K-pop star of destiny, the real K-pop earthquake!]

YG fans found out and burst into tears: Are our Blackpink, WINNER, iKON, and Treasure not good enough for you?

The gossip-hungry netizens followed the trail and even found Jiang Tinghan in GD’s 2017 documentary!

Another fandom joined the fray: [Isn’t she GD’s biggest fansite master, Coldragon?!]

The netizens suddenly understood: So an ancient true god has been reborn! No wonder she doesn’t follow YG artists. She’s afraid she’ll run into her ex-husband, huh?

Kwon Jiyong himself, having successfully won her over: Hey, hey, I’ve already made it to the top, okay?!

After the relationship was exposed, the idols Jiang Tinghan had followed in the past all had complicated feelings.

“Question: What do you do when your biggest fan suddenly becomes your senior’s girlfriend? Help!”

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The first time Kwon Jiyong saw Jiang Tinghan outside the frame of a camera was at a small independent coffee shop. A PMO hat and a crossbody bag with a daisy missing a petal made it obvious she was a GD fan.

His bodyguard went over to ask her something. The girl stood up, her beautiful eyes and brows looking irritated and sharp. “I’m not going to be a trainee, I won’t give you my number, and I’m not interested in making friends. Thanks.”

Then she saw Kwon Jiyong and instantly turned sincere. “GD oppa? It’s okay if you don’t make a comeback. Get some rest and be happy.”

After she left, Kwon Jiyong remembered that she was the fansite master who had shown up at his offline events many times. She was also one of the few longtime fans he followed on Weibo.

He logged on for the first time in ages and saw:

[@Coldragon (verified): Some sasaengs need to stop obsessing over whether I’ll make it to the top and become an idol’s sister-in-law. First, tell your oppas to keep their lower halves in check. Second, I couldn’t swim from the Mariana Trench to Mount Everest and still end up with a blue passport, and oppas aren’t into girlfriends who look like pandas. Third, if I’m going to be anyone’s sister-in-law in this life, it’ll only be G-Dragon’s. Happy now? (Visible to mutuals only)]

Kwon Jiyong: Oh, so when you said it was fine if I didn’t make a comeback, it was because you were off chasing other men now. (*^-^*)

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Little scene:

One day after they get together

Jiyong: The letters you sent me are still at my place. I’ve forgotten what they say, so let’s find them and read them out loud…

Tinghan: ?! (Screaming silently in despair)

1. It’s mostly about following boy groups, and Seventeen will probably get the most attention because I know them best. I only recognize the faces of the other boy groups, but I’ll try to learn more. A little irreverent, so read at your own risk.

2. Career and romance still get equal attention. A sweet, satisfying story, and the male lead gets plenty of screen time instead of being just a background character.

3. Xiao Han is a wholehearted GD fan. When following other groups, she might be a visual fan, a variety-show fan, or a group fan. Either way, she values getting the photos out more than her own life. (Not really.)

4. If you don’t like stories about fans becoming their idols’ girlfriends, this one may not be for you.

5. Longhan version 5.0. In this story, Coldy becomes Cold without the Y, possibly because YG went under. Blurb written on January 23, 2026, and may change at any time before the story begins.

Theme: Striving for the top.