The Face Genius Actor

Episode 098

“What was I again? INTP?”

“Oh! INTP! The Logician! You like to solve problems quietly and taciturnly through logic and analysis, right?”

“Huh? You know that right away.”

“Of course. We only have MBTI experts gathered here.”

Lila said, pointing to the production staff.

Ji Jung-hyun asked back with a serious expression, as if he really believed it.

“Ah. Then does also conduct interviews to see how well people know MBTI?”

Lila responded as if it was obvious.

“Of course. Over there, we even have a friend who majored in Personality Typology and MBTI at Halifax University in Canada.”

“Which one?”

“Over there.”

“The one wearing glasses? Right. He looks like he’d be good at studying. Congratulations.”

“Ahaha. No. What on earth are you congratulating?”

Ji Jung-hyun’s serious attitude was an unexpected point of humor.

But the surprising fact was that this wasn’t an act.

Ji Jung-hyun was an actor who debuted in 1995, and as such, he wasn’t very familiar with the latest trends.

So when someone said, “These days, we do it like this,” he tended to believe it at face value.

This was also why he didn’t strongly oppose when I suggested appearing on earlier.

Lila, belatedly realizing that Ji Jung-hyun was sincerely believing her words, burst into laughter again.

“Ahaha. Did you really believe that?”

“Huh? What was a lie?”

I hurriedly explained to Ji Jung-hyun.

“She says it’s not true that they interview to see how well people know MBTI.”

“It’s not? Then that person didn’t graduate from a school in Canada either?”

“No. It seems not.”

“Ah, I see.”

The interview on generally proceeded in this manner.

Lila deceived Ji Jung-hyun under the pretext of current trends, and Ji Jung-hyun continued to believe her words even as he was being fooled.

In the process, I had to take on the role of explaining the truth to Ji Jung-hyun.

But after the same thing happened several times, I also started deceiving Ji Jung-hyun with a “whatever” attitude.

“So, Actor Ji Jung-hyun, how did you come to take the MBTI test?”

Ji Jung-hyun answered proudly to Lila’s question.

“Of course, I did some preparation when I heard I was appearing on .”

“Oh! Preparation. So what was your total score? 85 points? 86 points?”

Confused by Lila’s question, Ji Jung-hyun looked at me.

“Was there something like a total score in MBTI?”

“…Yes. If you scroll all the way down, at the very end.”

“Really? Why didn’t I see it? I’m sure I read all the explanations carefully.”

Seeing Ji Jung-hyun’s expression, everyone burst into laughter, and Lila quickly jumped into the conversation.

“Ah. It’s a joke. How could there be something like a total score in MBTI?”

“There isn’t? What? Why did you deceive me?”

Ji Jung-hyun seemed to feel betrayed and blamed me.

I quickly pretended not to know and answered.

“Huh? There isn’t?”

“You didn’t know either?”

“No, I didn’t.”

“Well… You’re so young yet…”

Ji Jung-hyun shook his head as if it was regrettable, not realizing he had been fooled.

This made the studio erupt in laughter once again.

“Ahaha. This is too funny. What’s with you two’s chemistry? No, Actor Lee Si-joon. I thought you were a good person because you’re so polite and kind, but, wow. You’re totally our style?”

Ji Jung-hyun briefly looked shocked after realizing that even I had deceived him, then shook his head.

I gave Ji Jung-hyun an apologetic look.

Of course, this was done knowing that Ji Jung-hyun would be okay with this level of joking for the sake of entertainment.

“Whew. Hah… Now, let’s calm down a bit… Actor Lee Si-joon.”

“Yes. Go ahead.”

“Come to think of it, I haven’t asked about Actor Lee Si-joon’s MBTI yet. Have you taken the test?”

“Ah. I got ENFJ.”

“ENFJ! The Protagonist! You have excellent communication skills and a desire to positively influence others!”

“Ah. Yes. That was the description, I think.”

“It feels like it suits Actor Lee Si-joon well. ENFJ.”

“Is that so?”

“You seem a bit less talkative for an ENFJ, but everything else seems to fit pretty well.”

“Yes. When I read the description, many of the characteristics seemed similar to me too.”

As we were having this conversation, Ji Jung-hyun stared at me quietly and muttered.

“ENFJ, huh. I’m jealous. It seems like you got a better MBTI than me.”

“A better MBTI? There’s no such thing, though?”

“Ah. Right. You said earlier there’s no total score. I got confused. Let’s continue the interview.”

But it was already impossible to continue the interview.

Lila, who had barely held back her laughter, started cracking up again.

“Ahaha. A better MBTI, he says. Oh, my stomach hurts. Why is this so funny.”

While Lila was holding her stomach laughing, Ji Jung-hyun had a contemplative expression.

It was hard to guess what kind of bizarre thoughts he might be having with such a serious face.

The point was that it wasn’t intentional quirkiness.

I tried not to burst into laughter as I answered Lila’s next question.

* * *

The filming ended quickly amidst laughter and chatter.

We laughed so much that it was dizzying.

So when I was going home after finishing the filming, I suddenly had this thought.

‘Wait… Did we properly promote our movie?’

I was so caught up that I couldn’t remember if we had time to mention the movie title and give an introductory comment.

It felt like we might have done it, but also like we might not have.

Ji Jung-hyun seemed to have felt similar, as he sent me a message.

[Senior Ji Jung-hyun][21:33] Good work today

[Senior Ji Jung-hyun][21:33] But you know

[Senior Ji Jung-hyun][21:34] Did we have time to introduce our movie?

Since I vaguely remembered that we did, I replied that we had.

A few days later, our video was uploaded to the channel, and we could see that we had properly promoted the movie.

Lila had made sure to have me give an introductory comment even in the midst of the chaos.

That was fortunate.

But this wasn’t the important part.

The view count of the video was rising abnormally fast.

It was to the point where I wondered if I had mistakenly thought the video was uploaded yesterday.

But the video had indeed been uploaded today, and it surpassed 1 million views in just a few hours.

Then the next day, it surpassed 2 million views.

‘What’s going on…’

I couldn’t help but be extremely surprised at the current results.

videos usually got good view counts, but this seemed excessive.

But soon I figured out the reason.

The abnormal rise in view count was thanks to Ji Jung-hyun’s performance.

As a top actor in South Korea, Ji Jung-hyun was already popular, but he had a somewhat rigid image.

However, he showed unexpected clumsiness on , and that drew a lot of positive responses from people.

It was natural, given that an actor who seemed like he would always be untouchably lofty suddenly became approachable.

Also, the press conference becoming an issue before the video upload helped the view count.

Many of those who watched the video came because of the press conference.

This was easy to see from the comments.

-Is MBTI always this funny? kkkkkkk

-To think we’ve only now recognized this great talent ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Ahkk why is Culture Transmission so funny this time kkkkkkkk

-I knew Culture Transmission was good at bringing out guests’ charms, but this time it’s completely next level

-I thought Ji Jung-hyun was totally fake, but what a twist;;

-Who said Ji Jung-hyun was just a cool guy!

-Lee Si-joon also throws in appropriate jabs from the side kkk

-One person who started out protecting Ji Jung-hyun but ended up attacking him together kkk

-The two of them must be really close kkk

-Ji Jung-hyun’s personality seems more easy-going and nice than I thought?

-How can you hold back when it’s this funny kkk I couldn’t hold back either kkkk

-Saying there’s a total score at the bottom if you scroll down is epic kkkk

-When there was almost an accident at the press conference, Lee Si-joon handled it with sense and it was hilarious kkk

-I also came to Culture Transmission because of that kkkk

-222 That video’s algorithm brought me here kkkk

-Height-increasing insoles kkkk That’s truly legendary kkkk

-It’s a shame Director Kim Pil-sung couldn’t appear on Culture Transmission kkk The three of them had great chemistry kkk

-It was almost like a comedy troupe kkk The reporters at the press conference were in fits of laughter kkkk

-Is Escape a comedy movie? Why are they going around being so funny kkkk

-I wish they would appear somewhere else…. Does anyone know anything?

-Since the movie hasn’t been released yet, they’ll probably appear somewhere else, right?

-I wish they would appear on Battle Man once kkk It would be too funny kkk

-Wouldn’t a talk show be better than Battle Man? Their talking was funny?

-Yeah, that might be better kkk By the way, am I the only one looking forward to the movie?

-I’ve been looking forward to the movie since they said Ji Jung-hyun was cast as an independence activist kkk

-With Lee Si-joon added to that, it would be weird if the movie wasn’t fun kkk

-Aren’t you worried that the director is too new? I think I’ll have to wait and see

-Why am i laughing kkk can’t stop!!!

-Seeing how they made people laugh with height-increasing insoles, their sense must be amazing?

-Cheering for Team Escape!

-At least in the comic scenes, they’ll definitely have the audience in stitches kkk

-So when did they say the release date was? I watched the video again to check that, but I missed it again because I was laughing kk

-The preview reviews were really good, and with their good chemistry, I’m even more excited. I’ll have to go see it in the theater

Thus, thanks to , anticipation for the movie’s release was greatly heightened.

It was an even better promotional effect than I had expected.

As a result, we received many requests to appear on various programs.

At the preview screening for audiences, there was unexpected cheering.

“It’s Ji Jung-hyun!”

“There’s Lee Si-joon!”

“Director Kim Pil-sung is over here!”

The atmosphere was quite different from the press conference with the journalist and critic screening.

And with that, we could somewhat intuit the success of .

The evidence was that journalists were following us more passionately for coverage than during the press conference.

And just then, a critic posted a one-line review of .

It was a one-line review by Lee Byung-jin, the most famous movie critic in South Korea.

[The greatest patriotism begins with protecting one’s neighbors]

This one-line review, posted on an OTT platform with a 4.5-star rating, was enough to mark the peak of expectations.

Lee Byung-jin was known for usually giving ratings that made people wonder if 3 stars was his maximum.

And he had given this 4.5 stars.

* * *

A week later.

Finally, was released.