Become A Star

Chapter 42

- They are such horrible people. That’s the same on M site. These people are slowly crawling out from under the ground.

“That’s what I’m saying! It’s going to be cold soon, they should just stay underground. I don’t know why they’re crawling out. Genie is someone who gets shy very easily, and he’s surprisingly naive and innocent. Why are they trying to nitpick on him!

- I know, I know! I still vividly remember what Genie looked like every time we passed by TM's headquarters. Back in his trainee days, Genie would blush and smile brightly whenever he saw us.

Ma Do-Hee fell for Genie’s looks back then and remained as his fan up until now. Ma Do-Hee had started her journey as an idol fangirl. The moment she had laid eyes on Chae Woo-Jin, she knew that she had reached the final destination of her journey. Woo-Jin would be the last idol that she would chase.

- I’ll look into it and if it’s true, I’ll tell the Fancafe members to reveal all the information and stories about Genie that they’ve been hiding so far.

“Stories?”

- There are quite a number of Fancafe members who have personally seen how Genie acted in real life. We’re afraid that he would not like it if we behave too much like sasaeng fans, so there are quite a few stories that only we know about which we have kept hidden from everyone else.

When Woo-Jin was in the military, regardless of how hard they looked for him, he could not be seen walking down the streets. However, stories about his sightings started to increase within Wish Baragi after he had been discharged from the military. Due to his striking appearance, there were quite a number of instances where they had spotted him walking through the crowd by chance. Even though they were unsure because they could not confirm his identity, the members of Wish Baragi guessed that he had been in the military during his period of absence due to his shaved head.

Thereafter, some of them had found out by chance through an acquaintance, who was part of the movie production crew, that Woo-Jin was shooting a movie. Although they called him Choi Woo-Jin while the acquaintance referred to him as Chae Woo-Jin, it was fortunate that neither of them noticed the difference in pronunciation. As such, they were able to hold a poll to open the Fancafe to the public just in time for the release of Death Hill.

Before the premiere of Death Hill, since Woo-Jin roamed around in public more usual because of CEO Jang’s instructions, quite a couple of Wish Baragi members managed to catch a glimpse of him. However, they did not want to look like stalkers, nor did they want to give Woo-Jin unnecessary pressure. Thus, they disguised themselves to look like normal passers-by. Because of that, it was difficult for them to openly talk about their experiences.

When the Fancafe was still a private group, they had uploaded and shared most of the photos, as well as what they had seen or heard. But before they opened up the Fancafe to the public, they had deleted most of those posts, leaving only a few behind. After the mass cleanup of their Fancafe page, most of the posts depicting Woo-Jin’s life were deleted. Afterwards, when they saw him, they pretended to not see him; when they heard information about him, they pretended that they didn’t know anything. They did their best to ensure that they did not cross the line.

After ending the conversation with Hwang Yi-Young, Ma Do-Hee sent a group text to the Wish Baragi admins. In less than an hour, they had confirmed that everything Hwang Yi-Young had said was true, and decided on a flawless, systematic course of action. From that evening onwards, eyewitness accounts began appearing on Wish Baragi’s Fancafe page, quietly developing a new public image of Woo-Jin. 

Out of the multiple stories that were shared on the page, the highlight was the story of Woo-Jin going to the convenience store with his sister and buying a bunch of snacks. Since it was posted shortly after deciding not to involve Woo-Jin’s family too much, the poster was extra careful with her words.