The Peninsula’s Great Director

Many years later, Ming Zhao still thought back to the day he debuted. The most powerful director, winner of Europe's three major film festivals and the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, and the director who had swept five consecutive Blue Dragon Awards, Ming Zhao had actually debuted as a singer. On the day of his debut, Ming Zhao addressed the audience. “On February 7, 2009, in Thailand, I witnessed 40,000 people bullying someone. I saw Kim Taeyeon backstage, crying uncontrollably. In that moment, I thought that if I could ever make my debut, I would win it all. “I believe Girls' Generation owes much of its success to Kim Taeyeon as their leader. “As their fan, I have a duty to make Girls' Generation the peninsula's number one girl group.” The host immediately asked, “Mr. Ming Zhao, aren't you competing head-on against Girls' Generation now?” “I think that if I can't beat Girls' Generation as their fan, wouldn't that make us fans look pretty useless?” Before becoming a fan, Ming Zhao had never paid attention to idols. But after appearing on We Got Married and meeting Kim Taeyeon, well, he had to admit idols could be pretty irresistible. Ming Zhao thought it would be enough to like Kim Taeyeon, but the nation's little sister, Lee Ji-eun, kept pursuing him. No matter how many schemes he came up with or how clever he tried to be, it was as if he'd been bound by an immortal-binding rope. He couldn't pull off a single trick. Then, faced with Choi Sulli, who had followed him all the way from the peninsula to America, Ming Zhao was utterly torn.