Peninsula: From a supporting actor to the best actor in Chungmuro

Chapter 81 The tacit understanding between sister control and jealous king (alliance leader plus 810)

10 month 30 day.

Episodes 7 and 8 of "The Heirs" will be broadcast consecutively.

Because the 31st is Halloween, the TV station adjusted its broadcast schedule and merged the two episodes that were originally broadcast over two days into one night.

Therefore, the original plot was flexibly edited and changed according to the broadcast situation.

On the real-time ratings monitor at the SBS building, the curve has been stable at 14% since the start of episode 7, 0.8% higher than episode 6.

The rooftop shot in the trailer where Kang Jae-hoon and Krystal Jung were "0.1 seconds away from kissing" obviously worked.

The audience started waiting from the beginning.

The seventh episode was more than halfway through, and the ratings remained at around 14%.

Until near the end——

"boom!"

The iron door of the rooftop was pushed open suddenly.

Lee Bo-na, played by Krystal Jung, rushed up wearing small round-toed leather boots, and a corner of her school uniform skirt was lifted up by the night wind.

Yin Chanrong, played by Jiang Zaixun, chased after her and reached out to pull her wrist:
"Bona, let me explain..."

"Do not listen!"

She shook off his hand and turned around, standing in front of the railing with her arms crossed.
"You promised not to look at her!"

"I just……"

"Just what? You just watch when Jin Tan tells you to? Are you his follower?!"

Jiang Zaixun was choked and sighed after a while:

"You know that's not the case."

"...So, who's prettier, me or Cha Eun-sang?"

Jiang Jae-hoon was stunned for a second and suddenly laughed.

He took a step forward and placed his hands on the railings on either side of Li Baona, trapping her between him and the night.
"Do you still need to ask such a question?"

The camera slowly zooms in——

Close-up of Lee Bo-na's slightly trembling eyelashes and Yoon Chan-young's Adam's apple rolling.

The night breeze blew through the tips of their hair, and the sea of ​​neon lights in Seoul flowed into a river of stars behind them.

The numbers on the audience monitoring screen began to jump—

16.2%→ 17.8%→ 18.5%.

When Jiang Zaixun leaned over, the real-time ratings rushed to 19.4%——

"Ding!"

The prelude of the ending theme "Gravity" suddenly cuts in, and the picture freezes at 0.1 seconds before the two people's noses touch.

The head of the monitoring team spit out a mouthful of coffee:

"Ashi! Cutting off the ED at this time!?"

I'm afraid all the audiences in South Korea are cursing the same thing at this moment.

The commercial ends and the eighth episode begins.

The staff of the audience monitoring team stared at the screen, their eyes suddenly widened.

Ratings: 20.1% (breaks 20% right after the show opens)

"With this data...could it be that the audience has been waiting for the kiss scene since the beginning of the film?"

As it turns out, he was right.

——The audience didn’t even dare to go to the restroom, for fear of missing the sequel to the rooftop kiss scene.

The camera slowly moves down from the starry sky——

Krystal Jung tried to raise her hand to push him, but Kang Jae-hoon grabbed her wrist.

The chorus of "Gravity" sounded at this moment——

I think this is the law of gravity.

Jiang Jae-hoon lowered his head and kissed her.

【Find what you want to say to you】

Close-up shot

His palm cupped the back of her neck, his fingertips weaving into her hair. Krystal's eyelashes trembled violently, but she kept her eyes closed.

[Together, you and I have already slowly gotten closer]

The night scene of Seoul unfolded behind the two of them, with neon lights and starlight intertwined.

The night wind blew past, ruffling her bangs.

Jiang Zaixun pulled away slightly, nuzzled her flushed cheek with his nose, and kissed her again.

The last frame -

Jiang Zaixun rested his forehead against hers, with an unconcealable smile on his face.

Krystal Jung still had her eyes closed, and her lips were even redder than the lipstick she was wearing.

The number on the audience monitoring screen finally stopped at 21.3% (peak).

——Setting the highest record since the premiere of "The Heirs".

Real-time online comments exploded——

【1st floor】: Ahhh this kiss!! I am gone!!

【5th Floor】: Chanyoung’s hand on the back of his head…it’s so sweet!!

[12th Floor]: How is this acting??? This is simply genuine emotion??? Yoon Chanyoung’s eyes are absolutely amazing!!!
【27th Floor】: This kiss scene is absolutely amazing!!
[44th floor]: Writer Kim Eun-sook is out for praise! Rooftop + night view + school uniform + "Gravity" BGM, the buffs are stacked!
[59th Floor]: Hand over the unreleased footage! I want to see the NG parts!

【…】

Melon music real-time chart refreshed——

1. "Gravity" - Kang Jae-hoon & Krystal Jung (↑1)

2. "See You Friday" - IU (↓1)

……

The comments section is all the same:
[Single loop, my mind is full of the rooftop kiss scene]

【After listening to it, I feel like I am in love too】

[Jiang Jae-hoon's voice is so sweet]

[Crystal Harmony is too sweet]

……

Hot posts on a forum:
【Rational Discussion】

How many times did Chanyoung and Bona kiss in the kissing scene?

The host released a self-made frame-by-frame analysis chart:
First kiss: 3 seconds (full shot)

Second kiss: 5 seconds (close-up + chorus of "Gravity")
Rubbing nose against face: 1 second (probably improvisation)

Last smile: 2 seconds

Hot review:

[The OP forgot to count once, they must have kissed in private (dog head)]

……

Inside Krystal Jung's apartment.

She sank into the soft bed, her bare feet swaying, her fingertips swiping across the hot search terms #Chanrong Bona's First Kiss# on the phone screen.

(…First kiss?)

(Obviously not.)
She counted on her fingers—

The first time was during the King's Game, when the playing cards fell;
The second time was in the small dark room, she took the initiative to kiss me;

The third time was the rooftop...

(Reporter Prabhu can't even count.)
The corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously, and her fingertips clicked on the animated picture in the trending search -

The last frame of the rooftop kiss scene, where Kang Jae-hoon is smiling while resting his hand on her forehead, was made into an emoticon with the caption [My wife is so cute].

(…Who is his wife!)
Krystal buried her face in the pillow, curled her toes, and swung her calves in the air twice.

"Click——"

The bathroom door suddenly opened.

Jessica Jung came out wiping her hair and saw her sister rolling around on the bed with her cell phone in her arms, looking silly.

"What are you looking at?"

"No, it's nothing!"

Krystal hurriedly locked the screen, rolled to the corner of the bed, and pretended to be very interested in the ceiling.

Jessica narrowed her eyes.

(suspicious.)
(Very suspicious.)
She picked up her phone on the coffee table, and the lock screen was filled with hot search push notifications one after another.

#ChanyoungBoNaFirstKiss# Discussions 82.3

#Kang Jae-hoon and Krystal Jung are suspected of being in a relationship# 56.7 comments

#Jessica Jung, come and see your brother-in-law# 13.1 comments

Jessica Jung: “…”

She took a deep breath and looked up at Zheng Xiujing who was pretending to be dead:
"Yeah, Krystal."

The human-shaped ball on the bed shook a little and continued to pretend to sleep.

"Don't pretend, I know you're not asleep."

"..."

Zheng Xiujing slowly turned over, her eyes wandering:

"Unnie...what's wrong?"

"explain."

Jessica shoved her phone screen in front of her and asked, "What's with this kiss scene?"

"Just work..."

"Work?"

Jessica sneered and clicked on the GIF on the trending search - the shot of Kang Jae-hoon rubbing his nose against Krystal's cheek was played repeatedly.

“Is this also work?”

Zheng Xiujing's ears turned red: "The director asked..."

"The director asked you to make your ears red like this?"

"..."

Zheng Xiujing pulled the quilt over her head:

"I'm going to bed!" Jessica stared at the bulge on the bed, her knuckles turning white from holding the phone.

Three seconds later.

She opened the SNS report page expressionlessly——

【Reason for reporting: false information】

[Report content: #Chanrongbaonafirstkiss# This topic involves false advertising. My sister's first kiss was clearly...]

The typing hand suddenly stopped.

(……etc.)
(When did Krystal Jung lose her first kiss?)

(King's Game?)

Jessica Jung's pupils trembled.

She suddenly pulled back Zheng Xiujing's quilt:

"Ah! How many times have you two kissed?!"

Krystal: “!!!”

She snatched back the quilt and rolled to the other side of the bed, revealing only a pair of eyes:
"Unnie, what are you doing?!"

"answer me!"

"Can not remember!"

"Don't remember that many times?!"

"..."

Krystal Jung chose to play dead.

Jessica Jung took a deep breath, picked up her phone and continued to report——

This time she gave a different reason:

[Report content: This topic involves the harmful guidance of minors]

(Although Krystal Jung has already reached adulthood.)
(But whatever.)
After reporting one, she clicked on the next trending search -

#Jiang Jae-hoon and Zheng Xiujing are suspected of being in a relationship#
【Reason for reporting: false marketing】

[Report content: It’s all acting, no ambiguity]

Just about to submit, I suddenly caught a glimpse of the hot comments in the comment section——

[The two of them are definitely having an affair. At 23 seconds into the rooftop kiss scene, Kang Jae-hoon rubs Krystal's waist with his fingers twice. It was definitely improvisation!]

Jessica Jung: “…”

She clicked on the video and scrolled to the 23-second mark—

Sure enough, Kang Jae-hoon's thumb rubbed Krystal's waist gently.

(…This bastard.)
Jessica Jung gritted her teeth and added the reason for the report:

【Involving sexual harassment! 】

Half an hour later.

Krystal secretly peeked out from under the covers and found her sister still sitting on the sofa, reporting frantically.

The light from the phone screen reflected on Jessica Jung's face, making it look particularly hideous.

……

at the same time.

Seongsu-dong Apartment.

Li Jingjing sat cross-legged on the sofa, the TV screen frozen on the last frame of the rooftop kiss scene——

Kang Jae-hoon rested his hand against Krystal's forehead, a smile on his lips, his eyes so gentle they could drown someone.

The remote control made a "clicking" sound in her hand as if it was under the weight of something.

(…Good acting.)
(…Kang Jae-hoon.)
She picked up her phone expressionlessly and clicked on the trending search——

#ChanyoungBoNaFirstKiss# Discussions 92.1

#Kang Jae-hoon and Krystal Jung are suspected of being in a relationship# 68.3 comments

#Analysis of the Heart-Stirring Details of the Rooftop Kiss Scene# 42.6 Discussions

The comments section is buzzing:
[1st floor]: Kang Jae-hoon's nose rubbing against his face was definitely improvisation! Such details can't be written into the script!

[5th ​​floor]: Krystal's ears are completely red, this reaction can't be acted out, right?
[12th Floor]: The two of them must be having an affair in private. 23 seconds into the kissing scene, Kang Jae-hoon rubbed Krystal Jung's waist twice with his fingers!

【…】

Li Jingcheng stared at the words "rubbed twice"——

"Click."

The mobile phone screenshot was successful.

She clicked on the report page and calmly typed:

【Reason for reporting: false information】

[Report content: The so-called "improvisation" is arranged by the crew. Please do not over-interpret the actors' professional behavior]

submit.

Next hot search——

#Jiang Jae-hoon and Zheng Xiujing are suspected of being in a relationship#
Li Jingcheng paused, his eyes turning colder.

【Reason for reporting: false rumor】

[Report content: No conclusive evidence, pure rumor]

submit.

Li Jingjing picked up the remote control and was about to turn off the TV when a hot search recommendation suddenly came from his phone -

#Jessica Jung reports#
She raised her eyebrows and clicked in to see——

[Netizens hotly discuss: Jessica Jung reports her sister CP trending overnight, her sister-con nature explodes!]

The comments section is full of laughter:
[Hilarious! My sister comes out to break up the couple!]

[Jessica Jung: I am the only one who can watch my sister's kissing scenes!]

[Could the reason for the report be "the kiss was too real"?]

【…】

Li Jingcheng twitched the corners of his mouth and suddenly felt a little better.

(At least I'm not the only one who finds it annoying.)
……

The moment the ending theme song of the eighth episode of "The Heirs" ended, the curve on the SBS TV station's ratings monitoring screen slowly dropped from a peak of 21.3% to 17%.

——Until the kiss scene between Kim Tan and Cha Eun Sang appeared.

The ratings quickly rebounded to 19.3%, and the final average ratings were locked at 18.2%.

According to the previous agreement—

If the ratings exceed 15%, behind-the-scenes footage of Kang Jae-hoon and Krystal Jung will be shown.

This content has been edited long ago, just waiting for this moment.

At 23:15 that night.

The official account of "The Heirs" released two behind-the-scenes clips——

[Bonus 1: The birth of a famous first encounter scene]

In the picture, Zheng Xiujing took two steps back and was suddenly tripped by the lighting wire.

"what!"

She leaned back, and Jiang Zaixun rushed forward and put his arm around her waist.

The camera shook violently, and the screams of the stagehands and the director's "Be careful with the machine" mixed together.

But in the center of the picture——

Kang Jae-hoon's arms held Krystal Jung firmly, and their noses almost touched.

The tips of Krystal's ears turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and her hands subconsciously grabbed Kang Jae-hoon's collar.

Subtitles: [Accidentally Creates a Classic]

[Highlight 2: Foot massage scene (?)]

Under the artificial ginkgo tree, Krystal Jung sat stiffly on a bench, with her ankle held in Kang Jae-hoon's hand.

Director's voiceover:
"Bona, relax! This is an ambiguous scene, not an amputation!"

Krystal Jung: “Inside, inside…”

But her toes remained straight.

Jiang Jae-hoon suddenly looked up:
"How about... I tell you a joke?"

"what?"

While she was distracted, Jiang Zaixun's thumb gently scraped the sole of her foot——

"ah!!!"

Krystal kicked Kang Jae-hoon reflexively, knocking him to the ground.

A burst of laughter broke out off-camera.

Subtitles: [Real Foot Reflexology (Physical)]

As soon as the tidbits came out, the hot search exploded again——

# Krystal Jung's feet were tickled# (explosive)

#Jiang Jae-hoon is doing this for himself# (hot)

#The Heirs' Behind-the-Scenes Footage is Sweeter Than the Feature Film# (New)

Comment area:
[1st floor]: It’s so funny, Jiang Zaixun deserves to be kicked!

[5th ​​Floor]: Our Crystal’s ears are red enough to bleed!

[12th Floor]: That waist hug in the behind-the-scenes footage of our first encounter...isn't that really a scene from an idol drama?

[27th Floor]: I suggest you just make a documentary about "Chan-young and Bo-na's Love History", I will buy it!

【…】

Seongsu-dong Apartment.

Lee Sung-kyung looked at the trending GIF of #Kang Jae-hoon got kicked# on her phone and sneered.

(……Should.)
She clicked on the report page, hesitated for two seconds, and finally exited.

(never mind.)
(This level of interaction...isn't worth my time.)
But when she scrolled to the next clip——

The moment when Kang Jae-hoon hugged Krystal Jung's waist.

My finger still pressed the screen uncontrollably.

【Reason for reporting: Excessive marketing】

submit.

(…My hand slipped.)
(End of this chapter)