In a country like Korea that valued family background and seniority, the debut of an idol was completely different from the debut of an actor.
Coincidentally, Kim Jin-hee had debuted as an idol. Although she had transformed into an actress, she had yet to star in a well-known work. Her acting career path would not be much smoother than that of a new actress.
"This year, I have a new movie with Sun Yizhen, but I have to wait for her schedule."
Kim Jin-hee was in a good mood. "This is also good. Every day is very leisurely. When there is work, I will be busy."
Li Xu curled his lips at Kim Jin-hee's open-mindedness.
You can't have idle thoughts!
"Come on, big sister. I believe you will succeed. One day, there will be a place for you in Chungwu Road."
Kim Jin-hee waved her hand. "I am not young anymore. I don't want to succeed as much as before. Now, acting is more like a job to me."
"Hey! Big sister, how old are you? Are you older than Sun Yizhen? Miss Sun Yizhen's Twitter posts still show that she is working hard every day. "
Li Xu leaned forward and looked carefully. He did not find any wrinkles. Why did she look like she had no fighting spirit?
"How am I that old?"
Kim Jin-hee was flustered and exasperated. There was no woman who did not care about her age.
"You actually said Miss Sun Yizhen is old?" Li Xu gloated.
"No, I didn't say Yizhen is old."
"I heard it." Li Xu looked like he was asking for a beating. He slowly took a sip of coffee.
Kim Jin-hee felt like she was being baited. She glared at Li Xu angrily.
Li Xu clicked his tongue and drank his coffee. Kim Jin-hee always looked so leisurely. Now you can't hold it up, right?
"Big sister, how old are you?"
Li Xu purposely smacked his lips and asked cheekily.
Kim Jin-hee ignored Li Xu and handed over the menu. "What do you want to eat?"
"Let's talk about it later. If you don't tell me, I'll investigate it myself."
Li Xu took out his phone, logged into Naver, and started looking for Kim Jin-hee's information.
Naver was South Korea's largest search engine and portal. It was very similar to Baidu in China. Naturally, it could search for the public information of artists.
"Oh my! Big sister, you're already 29 years old! It doesn't look like it. "
"How so?"
Kim Jin-hee narrowed her charming eyes and stared at Li Xu.
Li Xu laughed and said, "I meant that she looks 25 or 26 years old at most."
Kim Jin-hee pouted. She felt tired talking to Li Xu. "You're at the age where you should be working hard. Although I don't pay attention to eSports, I still wish you success like Lin Yaohuan."
The Koreans, especially those who did not pay much attention to the eSports scene, would naturally think of Lin Yaohuan at the mention of eSports players.
Lin Yaohuan's name shone like a star in the Korean eSports scene. It was no longer limited to the eSports scene.
In the Korean eSports Association's eSports Hall of Fame, Faker was voted into the first hall of fame with an absolute majority of votes. However, Lin Yaohuan skipped the voting process and directly entered the highest level of permanent display.
If the ID Faker was said to be well-known in the world of League of Legends.
Then Lin Yaohuan could be said to be the person who created the Korean eSports scene.
Twenty years ago, in order to find a new source of economic growth during the economic crisis, eSports became the focus of the Korean government's support.
At that time, the human emperor, Lin Yaohuan, attracted everyone's attention with his unparalleled artistic performances.
Countless people came into contact with StarCraft because of him. More than half of the Korean players' goal was to surpass this legend. He also indirectly made StarCraft the 'national skill' of Korea.
At that time, Korea's population was less than 50 million, but there were more than 10 million StarCraft players.
Almost half of the global sales of StarCraft were in Korea. This game directly brought in close to 6 billion USD in economic revenue for Korea.
Under the popularity of StarCraft, in the more than ten years of WCG history, the Koreans had never lost the StarCraft championship. Even if they sent out a second-rate player, they would still be able to keep the trophy without any suspense.
Although they were no longer able to win the championship, the influence of Lin Yaohuan's name didn't decrease at all. At that time, just a commemorative ticket of Lin Yaohuan's game was sold for more than 600 USD.
In Korea, Lin Yaohuan began to be seen as a star. In the era when eSports hadn't yet developed, he already had a fan club of more than 600,000 members.
One must know that this was far more than the popular Lee Hyori at that time. Countless advertisers and brand sponsors flocked to him like a flock of ducks.
In 2001, Jeon Jihyun, who became popular in Asia because of "My Wild Girlfriend," was only a supporting role in a commercial with Lin Yaohuan. In a commercial with the top Korean actress at that time, Jin Xishan, Lin Yaohuan's endorsement fee also exceeded Jin Xishan's.
Most of the famous traditional stars in Korea had worked with Lin Yaohuan in commercials, and he also used his influence to attract international sponsors like Intel.
The Korean media once said that Lin Yaohuan's appearance was the first time Korea truly had a national idol.
However, Lin Yaohuan's appearance was both a hero creating the times and a hero created by the times. At that time, it was very difficult to find an eSports player who could influence more than one-fifth of a country's population.
However, in terms of pure influence, Li Ge's influence in the world today was even greater than Lin Yaohuan's.
In Li Xu's opinion, Li Ge was purer. He was a professional player through and through. That was why he was able to maintain such a high level of competition for such a long time.
Li Xu curled his lips at Kim Jin-hee's words. Why did this big sister's tone sound so similar to his little aunt's?
"What's wrong with my age? Who told you that young people have to work hard? Only when you're old can you be a salted fish. "Li Xu continued to pester.
"Besides, you're not much older than me. If we go out now, people might think that we're siblings. Who can tell that I'm younger than you?"
"You're saying that I look like your little sister?"
Kim Jin-hee looked at Li Xu speechlessly.
"Look, if you change into this outfit, you'll definitely look younger than me."
Li Xu waved his phone. On it was a set of photos of Kim Jin-hee. She wore a white dress, had a sexy figure, and made cute movements. She looked mischievous and cute.
"You know that it's a photoshoot. It's completely different from the real person." Kim Jin-hee was helpless.
"It's the same, the same face, the same figure. It's just the movements that are different."
Li Xu looked carefully. The Kim Jin-hee in the photos was only a little different in terms of makeup. She didn't change her head or legs. What was different about her?
She wasn't like some girls who were so used to photoshop that they had forgotten their original appearance.
Kim Jin-hee smiled and ignored Li Xu's comments.
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