first step

Same time.

Han Yu-il’s online fan meeting was in full swing on a small but well-decorated set in the mini studio of JJ Entertainment’s headquarters.

The assistant manager of the public relations team in charge of planning this fan meeting looked at Yu Il with a serious expression.

‘The response was better than I expected.’

Even though he went to film festivals and became popular these days, Han Yu-il was an actor who it would never be too early to call him a ‘top star’.

However, the number of people continued to increase and was soon approaching 10,000.

The most impressive thing was Yuil’s hosting skills.

‘He has good sense…no awkwardness.’

Actors who only act usually don’t pay attention to such things.

Even in offline fan meetings, there is a separate moderator.

Fan meetings held by actors alone were often saggy or droopy.

Moreover, Yoo Il was an actor who had never experienced anything like a fan meeting. Due to recent bad events, his condition was probably not that good.

So I didn’t have any expectations.

‘This is very respectable.’

The assistant manager smiled happily as he watched Yuil’s smooth progress.

But at the same time, I felt regretful.

It would have been more interesting if more mischievous questions were asked, but… it’s such a shame.

The assistant manager, who was in a tug-of-war between his professionalism and his concern for the actor, was upset by Yoo Il’s next words.

“The next question is… ‘Can you show me some improvisation?’”

‘oh.’

came out

Naughty question!

The assistant manager looked at Yuil with shining eyes. However, Yuil showed a different reaction than expected.

“This… could be fun.”

‘…?’

Yuil closed his eyes for a moment and exhaled lightly, then immediately opened his eyes.

And he opened his mouth again.

“Abama.”

‘···!’

It was a call like a sigh that flowed from deep within.

‘Your voice…is completely different…?’

No, it’s not just the voice.

It was completely different from the facial expressions Han Yu-il often used and the tone with which he acted.

“Do you want Soja to live in Abamama’s shadow forever?”

Resentment and suppressed sadness leak out as language.

“If you want, I will. “I will live like a rat running around the streets during a celebration.”

The assistant manager unconsciously looked at Yuil with his mouth wide open.

Although I didn’t know much about acting, I had heard in passing about why historical dramas were difficult.

Breath. Breathing in historical dramas is completely different from breathing in modern dramas.

That was the difference between awkwardness and naturalness.

Han Yuil was doing that breathing right now.

“···Can’t even Han Si-jin, or even Il Da-kyung, look after me alone?”

A young man wearing extremely ordinary 21st century clothes suddenly turns into the protagonist of a Joseon Dynasty tragedy.

The assistant manager took a close look at that scene.

“What on earth does Soja mean to Abamama?”

Tears gradually began to well up in Han Yu-il’s eyes.

He continues speaking in a trembling voice.

“Who am I?”

┗ !

For a moment, the chats that had stopped as if there was a lag started going up like crazy.

┗ What is it?

┗ ?

┗ Huh

┗ What kind of work is this?!?!

┗ Does anyone know?

┗ Wow open your mouth and spring

Yuil smiled slightly as he watched the chat window pop up rapidly.

“Ah, everyone. This is not a line that came out of nowhere. “I just made it…”

“···!”

The public relations team member was shocked by those words along with the comment.

Nonsense.

I definitely saw a narrative in that short line!

I saw a heartbreaking story…!

┗ Huh

┗ This doesn’t make sense.

┗ Is this real?!!?

The comments were also a crucible of confusion.

So, some confusion passed. The time passed quickly as Yuil drew something like hieroglyphs on the cake with a chocolate pen and ate it.

“Next up is the speed quiz! Ah, there were a lot of people who were looking forward to this. yes. “I will leave without wasting time.”

Yuil smiled at the camera and started making a phone call.

– and! Are you starting now?

“huh.”

– I was watching and waiting with the members, bro!

“···You’re watching this with the members?”

No one knew that Yoo Il’s smile almost blurred slightly.

“Yes, thankfully this time, Ha-Rang Kim decided to help us with the speed quiz.”

┗ Wow

┗ ㅁㅊ

┗ Wow ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

The assistant manager looked at the explosive chat with a proud face.

Mr. Black’s fandom, Blackpers, who heard the news in an instant, also came.

┗ I heard that my baby is coming here.

┗ Harang.. are you solving quizzes here too?.. my quiz instinct is not going anywhere.

┗ ㅠㅠㅠ Single reduction combination ㅠㅠㅠ

The ‘1 Minute Speed ​​Quiz’ was conducted in such a way that Yu Il-man asked a question after seeing it, received an explanation, and then Ha-rang answered the question.

“It’s my favorite food…”

– soy bean paste soup! Jajangmyeon!

[soy bean paste soup]

As Yoo Il turned the pages of his sketchbook, cheers were heard over the phone.

Yoo Il and Harang began solving the quiz at such a rapid pace that everyone watching was amazed.

“Ah, this is an animal, and it has a hard back…”

-turtle!

“When eating at a Chinese restaurant…”

– Tasai!

“Not glasses…”

– sunglasses!

“A bell that takes notes…”

– post-it!

In an instant, Harang had already answered 9 of the 10 questions prepared by the PR team correctly. In an instant, the paper reached the last page.

Yuil tilted his head after seeing the last question.

“···uh. “You wouldn’t know this.”

– quickly!

Yuil asked a question with some hesitation.

“What is my birthday?”

– April 2!

“···? “How do you know this?”

The speed quiz ended with the only person looking genuinely embarrassed.

“uh···. “I solved everything.”

┗ What are you two breathing together?

┗ Have you been practicing speed quizzes all day?

┗ Haha, no, it passed so quickly that I couldn’t come to my senses.

┗ This is a meme lol.

– Birthday is a common question, so I figured it out!

Harang responded like that, added a few short words, and then hung up the phone.

– Then, please love Yuil hyung a lot! Mr. Black too!

The assistant manager, who was watching the speed quiz as if fascinated, came to his senses thanks to the youngest employee touching him.

“Sir, look at the number of users now…!”

The assistant manager turned his head to the youngest employee’s whisper and took a deep breath.

‘34000···!’

When did this happen?

‘Is it because of Mr. Black?’

But that doesn’t mean there were no escapees.

For those who came in because of Kim Ha-rang, it would have been normal for them to leave immediately after the speed quiz. However, the number of people who came in remained the same.

“I’m glad everyone likes it. Um, what did you ask Mr. Harang for? “He said he really wanted to do it first, so I accepted it.”

“How much is it for 3? .··It’s a secret.”

The assistant manager, who was looking at Han Yu-il, nodded slowly.

‘It’s because of Mr. Yoo Il.’

I heard that this is definitely the first live broadcast like this before. When I first turned on the live stream, I seemed confused by the rapidly growing chat window, but I guess I quickly got used to it and was now able to communicate freely.

‘I didn’t know… but you’re talented in this area too.’

Continuing to hold people’s attention. That too was an area of ​​talent.

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“Ah, the time you have been waiting for the most has come.”

‘at las.’

The last chapter of this fan meeting was ‘Fan Club Name’.

“Now it’s time to decide on a name for the fan club… You all had such great ideas that it was very difficult to choose candidates.”

Yoo Il, who spoke with sincerity, showed off the name candidates carefully selected by Director Jae-yi Jang and the public relations team.

Yuil hid his embarrassment and held up the card with the most sly look on his face.

The fan club name was written in gothic letters on the back of the card.

“The first one is… ‘Unitopia.’”

“The second is ‘the one and only’.”

“The last one is… ‘the one and only.’”

Unexpectedly, as soon as ‘The One and Only’ was released, live comments began to increase explosively.

┗ This is it.

┗ Speaking of the last one, is your fan nickname Mui????

┗ Muiraeㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

┗ Did the actor choose this himself?

┗ Keeyeop…

“We are currently accepting real-time votes on the OTube page, so we would appreciate it if you could go out and vote.”

For the rest of the time, Yuil continued the conversation while watching the rapidly growing comments.

Bwin showed the missed questions once again.

【- The question ‘Has your next project been decided?’ has been asked a total of 13 times so far.】

“The next work… has not been confirmed yet. But I think I’ll be able to come to you with good news soon.”

Sensitive questions about the next film were answered as instructed by director Won Hee-soo.

‘···It’s fun.’

I was worried before I started. It was fun from the moment it started. So much so that I don’t even notice the time passing.

At the same time, a small thought took root deep in Yuil’s heart.

‘It would be better if we met in person.’

At that time, a public relations employee held up a sketchbook.

[Please check the voting results!]

“Ah, I guess it’s time to check the results.”

Yuil picked up the pad placed on the table.

“The fanclub name is…”

Han Yu-il continued his speech like a host calling out the final winner in a singing entertainment show.

┗ Dugudugu

┗ What makes me nervous?

And when Han Yu-il held up the pad, the reactions were polarized.

┗ Wow

┗ Ahㅠㅠㅠㅠ

┗ Awesome

┗ Awesome

┗ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

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[The One and Only]

On the evening of Han Yu-il’s first fan meeting, the name of his official fan club was decided.

*

“Thank you for your hard work~”

“Thank you for your hard work, actor!”

The fan meeting, which started at 7 PM, ended at 9 PM.

Han Yu-il’s fan meeting started with about 5,000 people, but by the end, it attracted more than seven times that number of viewers. It was a successful live with the largest number of viewers among all the live performances conducted by JJ Entertainment.

As soon as the fan meeting ended, the assistant manager of the public relations team brought up a question that had been hidden.

“What is that, Yuil?”

“yes?”

“This is what I said during the Q&A earlier. That historical drama! “Did you really do that impromptu act without practice?”

In response to the assistant manager’s question, Yu Il smiled vaguely.

“…Actually, I did practice improvisation a little bit.”

I practiced a few times with the keywords Bwin threw. This was a practice I started because one of the expected questions was ‘improvisation acting’.

At first, I didn’t plan on doing it for a long time, but the more I practiced, the more I felt like my complicated mind was clearing up, so the practice took longer than I thought.

“So… that’s a line that doesn’t really exist?”

The assistant manager shook his head, saying it was nonsense.

“No, it was so good that I thought it was a real script. “You Yuil writes his lines well too.”

“···no.”

I was always embarrassed to hear praise like this.

After the online fan meeting was successfully completed, Yoo Il returned to Park Young-hyun’s house.

And I immediately spoke to Jin Ha-young on the phone. Jin Ha-young expressed her disappointment, saying, ‘She didn’t become the name she voted for.’

– But it was cute, name~ You worked hard, Il-il.

Hearing his aunt’s bright voice as always, Il-il was able to fall asleep with much peace of mind.

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next day.

Yoo Il woke up early in the morning and headed to the airport with Min Woo Jin.

Yoo Il met Koo Chan-ik and Hwang Yi-won at the airport. After seeing Yuil’s face, the two each said a word.

“You look very tired today.”

“Do you need water?”

“···it’s okay.”

After that, I couldn’t remember anything because I slept all the time on the plane.

‘···Arrived.’

After getting off the plane, Yuil Han gradually came to his senses from the foreign air passing by his nose.

And then, the full-fledged Berlin Film Festival schedule began.