The Face Genius Actor

Episode 146

In the end, “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” ranked first in non-English drama viewing time within a week.

It wasn’t just ranked first domestically.

It topped the overall rankings and reached the highest position in all countries except for a few Middle Eastern nations.

At this rate, it wasn’t impossible to rank first in all countries where Netflix officially provides service faster than “Dalgona Game”.

“Toema Hwan Ya Dam” was already ranked 4th in the all-time household viewership rankings and 5th in total viewing time.

All of this happened in just one week.

‘What on earth is going on….’

The surprising facts didn’t end there.

People all over the world were constantly talking about “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” even at this moment.

Major news outlets in each country and global broadcasting stations were covering news about “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” as a matter of course.

They didn’t just report the news but repeatedly used expressions like ‘TV revolution’ and ‘global cultural phenomenon’.

Posts related to “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” were pouring out on various social media platforms.

When you turned on the internet, you could easily find people uploading photos of themselves in “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” makeup on social media.

It was awkward yet impressive to see foreigners imitating Yeon, Seo-hee, and Yi-hyun in traditional Korean clothing.

Furthermore, there were people uploading photos or videos imitating Wi-rang’s wolf form, and interest in traditional Korean clothing naturally increased.

[The text then shows a series of online comments discussing the popularity of “Toema Hwan Ya Dam”, comparing it to “Dalgona Game”, and praising various aspects of the show. The comments also touch on how the show is promoting Korean culture internationally.]

I was also glad that “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” was receiving such global attention in this way.

One of the many reasons for servicing “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” on Netflix was to properly introduce Korean traditional culture.

Fortunately, the goal was achieved faster than I thought, and if Season 2 comes out, it seemed like we could solidify this trend.

As “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” gained tremendous popularity, the atmosphere for filming Season 2 was very good, so the flow was positive.

That’s right.

Currently, “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” had started filming Season 2.

Exactly one week after “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” was serviced.

The directing team and cast gathered again to start filming.

“Actor! Congratulations!”

“Really congratulations! Actor!”

As soon as I arrived on set, I received congratulations from many people.

The staff set off firecrackers, and my brother appeared holding a cream cake with candles.

Behind him stood Director Kang Han-sung, Im Seung-hee, Kim In-ho, Im Jung-hoon, and others.

Everyone seemed to be sincerely congratulating the success of “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” with one heart and mind.

Everyone had worked hard together to create this result, but I felt like I was the only one receiving congratulations.

It seemed they were reacting this way because I personally wrote, directed, and acted in “Toema Hwan Ya Dam”.

But I sincerely didn’t think I could have achieved this result just by doing well on my own.

The size of the success was the result of many people’s wholehearted efforts.

“Thank you for your congratulations. However, ‘Toema Hwan Ya Dam’ is a work that could be born thanks to the love and effort of everyone here. In that sense, I have prepared a gift, so please accept it gladly. I also ask for your continued support in filming Season 2.”

As I finished speaking after blowing out the candles on the cake,

A coffee truck with large thank you messages appeared.

The coffee truck in the middle of winter was welcomed like rain in a drought.

But what I prepared wasn’t just a coffee truck.

Another vehicle carrying an additional gift arrived with the coffee truck.

The additional gift.

It was long padded coats.

I prepared long padded coats for everyone to prepare for the full-fledged cold weather.

The on-site staff who received warm coffee and long padded coats as gifts widened their eyes in surprise.

“Wow? Canada Goose?”

“Isn’t this a million won brand?”

“As expected of the actor… the scale is different…”

“The design is so pretty too!”

Fortunately, everyone seemed satisfied with the gifts I prepared.

Choosing Canada Goose, which has relatively less polarizing designs compared to Moncler, seemed to be effective.

My brother, who had changed into the long padded coat at some point, appeared and spoke to me.

“When did you prepare this? If you were going to do it, we could have done it together.”

“When did you prepare the cake without telling me?”

“The director brought it up first. And it would be weird to announce and prepare a gift.”

“That’s why I prepared quietly too. How’s the coat? Is it warm?”

“It’s warm. Speaking of clothes, did you see what Jean-Drulot Meyère posted on social media?”

In fact, not just Jean-Drulot Meyère, but famous celebrities from around the world were leaving their impressions of “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” on social media.

At first, it was so fascinating and fun that I looked up everything, but later it became impossible.

Too many posts were pouring in.

So I hadn’t checked Jean-Drulot Meyère’s social media yet.

“No, I haven’t seen it yet. What did he post?”

“He just congratulates the success of ‘Toema Hwan Ya Dam’. Seems he enjoyed watching it.”

Jean-Drulot Meyère had selected my brother and me as Louis Vuitton ambassadors predicting the success of “Toema Hwan Ya Dam”.

I was secretly burdened by that fact, but I felt relieved that we seemed to have met expectations.

In fact, the success of “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” didn’t just meet Louis Vuitton’s expectations.

It had perfectly met the expectations of Festa Entertainment and Netflix as well.

A few days ago, Yoo Ji-hye, the person in charge at Netflix Korea, brought this up while congratulating the success of “Toema Hwan Ya Dam”.

-If we had known “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” would do this well, we wouldn’t have suggested servicing Season 1 first…

“Oh? Wasn’t it good to service Season 1 first? The performance is actually quite good.”

-That’s true. But there are so many inquiries about when Season 2 will be serviced that the headquarters seems to be in trouble… Us too.

As Ji-hye said, after the release of Season 1 of “Toema Hwan Ya Dam”, talks about Season 2 were constantly flowing.

The voices seemed to have gotten louder than before the news of the seasonal format was announced.

However, Netflix wasn’t really regretting the decision to make “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” a seasonal series.

They were just indirectly saying how well “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” was doing.

The evidence was that Netflix’s market capitalization had increased by over 20 trillion won since the release of “Toema Hwan Ya Dam”.

It was the first time since “Dalgona Game” that Netflix’s market capitalization had increased this much at once due to the influence of content.

This was why people were comparing “Dalgona Game” and “Toema Hwan Ya Dam”.

‘But still, it’s too early to compare “Dalgona Game” and “Toema Hwan Ya Dam”.’

I didn’t think the popularity of “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” would last as long as “Dalgona Game”.

I thought the explosive popularity would subside within a few weeks.

That’s how great the achievement of “Dalgona Game” was.

However, contrary to my expectations, the popularity of “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” didn’t subside even after several weeks.

Rather, its popularity increased even more, and it ranked first in all countries where Netflix officially provides service in just the second week.

And finally, in the fourth week.

“Toema Hwan Ya Dam” overtook “Dalgona Game” and ranked first in both all-time household viewership and viewing time rankings.

Considering that “Dalgona Game” had about three times the figures in all indicators compared to “Bridgerton”, which was ranked second all-time, this was an incredible result.

Naturally, as the fourth-week performance of “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” was announced, the world was turned upside down once again, and I couldn’t help but think:

‘”Toema Hwan Ya Dam” has now… become the most famous work in the world.’

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While “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” was breaking new records daily and causing an “Toema Hwan Ya Dam syndrome” worldwide,

We finished filming Part 9 faster than the planned schedule.

Part 9 of “Toema Hwan Ya Dam” was about Yeon, Wi-rang, Seo-hee, and Yi-hyun sensing an ominous atmosphere and moving towards Hanyang.

As expected, Ma-yeok-ryeong was advancing towards Hanyang leading an army of evil spirits, and

Upon receiving this news, the King of Joseon was considering a royal refuge again.

At the crossroads of a second royal refuge.

At this rate, it was only a matter of time before Joseon would fall.