Chapter 27: The Brave Young Zhang Lie

  After chatting for about half an hour, Jiang Hudu and the other two people tactfully stopped disturbing him and bid farewell to leave. Although the three of them only sat for half an hour, they left a very deep impression on Zhang Chengyuan. These three people have different personalities, but they are obviously eloquent and give people a feeling of being close and natural, unknowingly treating them as friends who can be approached.

  Especially Liu Zai Shi does not give people a domineering and sharp feeling like Jiang Hu Dong, nor does he look a bit arrogant like Li Hui Cai. He appears humble and honest, leaving a very good impression on Zhang Cheng Yuan. Zhang Cheng Yuan's primordial spirit can clearly feel that he has a sincere and enthusiastic heart towards everyone present, with no intention of surpassing others in his mind, and is an extremely down-to-earth gentleman.

  Of course, in Zhang Chengyuan's feeling, Jiang Hudu and Li Huicai are also absolutely good people, they just don't give him as good a feeling as Liu Zaishi!

  After Kang Taehwan and the other two left, Lee Hyori and the three told Jang Tae-hyun's identity and character to Zhang Chengyuan. Li Xiaoli said: "Chengyuan, these three seniors will definitely have a future in the entertainment industry. When you meet them in the future, you must be respectful and handle your relationship with them well, don't offend them."

  Zhang Chengyuan nodded, indicating that he understood. Even if Li Xiaoli didn't say it, he felt it was necessary to get along well with these three people, not because they might be able to help him in the future, but simply because he thought these three were good people.

  While eating, Lee Jin suddenly looked up at the TV screen in the hall and was stunned. Jung Yu-mi and Yoo In-na also followed Lee Jin's gaze and were speechless. Lee Hyo-ri said a few words to Jang Sung-won and then noticed the strange behavior of the three, thinking that some major news was being broadcast on TV, she too stopped talking and looked at the screen.

  On the TV screen, a historical drama was being played, with actors wearing clothes from the Joseon era, and the surrounding scenery was also full of traditional East Asian cultural atmosphere. The scene flashed, revealing a handsome and slightly childish face, and the four girls felt more and more familiar as they looked at it, clearly it was their younger brother Zhang Chengyuan. Before they could turn around to ask Zhang Chengyuan, their line of sight was immediately absorbed by the TV screen again.

  All that can be seen is Zhang Chengyuan waving a two-pronged fork, commonly used by ancient hunters, at the throat of a fierce tiger, stabbing it with lightning speed. His eyes are firm and his expression is ferocious, making people feel terrified. The tiger let out a loud roar and jumped up, narrowly avoiding the fork, and pounced on Zhang Chengyuan's upper body with unparalleled ferocity, its mouth wide open, revealing long teeth, making people's hair stand on end...

  One man and one tiger fought fiercely, the scene was extremely cruel. Zhang Chengyuan gritted his teeth, the veins on his arm bulged, his movements were fierce, fast and agile, gradually the tiger was suppressed by Zhang Chengyuan, its body had several holes, blood flowed out, the roaring sound also weakened slowly, finally it lost heart and escaped. Zhang Chengyuan chased after it in big strides...

  Cheng Youli exclaimed with delight: "Cheng Yuan, you're so brave and fierce, you actually chased the tiger away!"

  Zhang Chengyuan lowered his head and said: "That's just a TV series, don't take it as true. Real tigers aren't that weak." After finishing speaking, Zhang Chengyuan fell into deep thought.

  A shot of him fighting a tiger was broadcast for five or six minutes and still hadn't finished, with the edited scenes being meticulously detailed, showing that a lot of time and effort had been put in. This left him greatly surprised. He was just a minor supporting actor who appeared in one or two episodes, although he worked very hard during filming, but to save time and manpower, the crew generally wouldn't do meticulous processing for supporting actors' shots. After all, this was just shooting a TV series, not making a movie, where every scene had to be refined to perfection.

  "Is it possible that Park Byung-ryul did some extra work?" Zhang Cheng-yuan thought to himself. Whatever the reason, anyway, he got a big advantage out of it, and who knows, after this episode airs, maybe they'll get an explosive reaction like they did with the Shin Ramyun commercial broadcast.

  Actually, Zhang Chengyuan has overestimated his agent Park Byung-ryul's ability. If Park Byung-ryul really had the ability to change the director's mind, Zhang Chengyuan would have become an important role long ago, such as the second male lead or third male lead. Being able to have so many screen shots is actually due to Zhang Chengyuan's good luck.

  In fact, during editing, the director and screenwriter found that some of the originally shot scenes were too ordinary and lacked a bright spot to attract the audience's attention. After weighing the options, they felt that Zhang Chengyuan's tiger-fighting scene might be more eye-catching, and Zhang Chengyuan's face was handsome enough to make middle-aged women "love him dearly". Therefore, they extended the tiger-fighting scene by a few minutes, unintentionally giving Zhang Chengyuan a great opportunity to show his face.

  Yu Zhenxuan continued Zhang Chengyuan's words and said, "Although it's not necessarily true, as long as it looks more real, that's enough. I think Chengyuan will become an outstanding actor soon."

  Lee Hyori smiled and said, "Chung Won's acting is actually not bad, maybe in the future he can become a national superstar. At that time, we older sisters will be able to proudly say 'we knew him when'."

  Zhang Chengyuan was delighted in his heart, with a joyful sparkle in his eyes, but his face remained relatively calm. He humbly said, "The four sisters are overestimating me, the national superstar is not something I can aspire to now." If it were someone else's praise, Zhang Chengyuan could ignore it, but he couldn't bear Fin.k.l's compliment, even though he knew they were just joking.

  After dinner, Jang Sung-won parted ways with the four Fin.K.L members and returned home. He reviewed his schoolwork and acting academy assignments as usual, then meditated for about an hour before going to bed, unaware that a heated debate about him was unfolding in every household and corner of Seoul.

  According to media reports, Zhang Dongjian's younger brother made his debut in a TV series, playing the role of Zhang Lie, a brave and invincible young man.

  There are expert comments that Zhang Dongjian's younger brother has exquisite and mature acting skills, which is completely unlike a newcomer who has just debuted, with a bright future ahead.

  There are female fans who say that Bogu Youth Zhang Lie is handsome and upright, with a strong masculine charm. Even when he's gritting his teeth, he still looks so good-looking. Compared to the current popular flower boys, he can better represent the image of a Korean beautiful man.

  There are people who like to praise him, saying that at a young age, he is exceptionally skilled in martial arts and can rival South Korea's native action stars, and can even be compared to Hong Kong's martial arts superstar Jet Li, which is quite impressive!

  This sentence is really too exaggerated, if Zhang Chengyuan saw it later, he would probably be so ashamed that his face would turn red and he would be extremely embarrassed!

  Of course, there are also people who criticize him, saying that his acting skills are too poor, only suitable for commercials, and he is just a vase brought in by the director to attract attention from the audience. Otherwise, why would he have so few lines? He must not be able to deliver them well either.

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  A week later, when the new episode was broadcast, Zhang Lie's sudden death on TV made this craze even more intense. Zhang Lie, a brave young man who attracted attention from tens of millions of people, passed away like a fleeting flower, dying with unparalleled bravery, leaving people sighing and regretful. This made the audience remember him even more deeply and find it hard to forget. Many people left messages on the TV station's website: "Zhang Lie's death is one of the most regrettable deaths in nearly ten years. If the screenwriter can make him come back to life, I will be infinitely grateful."

  A week ago, comments were mixed with some belittling and others praising, admiring and envying, all sorts of opinions. But a week later, almost all mainstream media only had words of praise, and those who originally criticized didn't dare say that Zhang Lie's acting was extremely poor, instead changing their tune to say the actor did well and has a promising future.

  After reading these comments, Park Hyung-ryeol was overjoyed and repeatedly praised Jang Sung-won, asking him to continue working hard in the future! However, Jang Sung-won wasn't very happy and complained in his heart: "Damn it, I've finally become famous twice, but hardly anyone knows my real name. Either they think of me as Jang Dong-geun's younger brother or call me Pohoo Youth Jangryeol. Is my name that hard to remember?"

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