Volume 3 2011 Chapter 412: Park Soo-young's Path
Park Soo-young knew that she was different from other children of her age.
Although she came from a well-off family and was considered a rich girl, she had never suffered any hardship since childhood. However, as the eldest daughter in the family, Park Soo-young was smart and started taking care of her younger sisters at an early age, so she grew up very fast.
She soon found herself starting to feel out of place.
The reason is simple. Those guys of the same age look too childish.
While Park Soo-young had already begun to skillfully manipulate her younger sisters to manage themselves, her friends of the same age were still vying and often engaging in low-level meaningless quarrels.
Oh!
So childish~
The girl often sighed to herself.
The most common phenomenon of precocity is being unsociable.
Park Soo-young, who really couldn't "go along with the crowd" of those childish guys, gradually and unconsciously put on a mask of indifference.
The nickname "Cold City Girl" spread like wildfire. There was no way, she really didn't want to force herself.
However, even so, Park Soo-young's popularity is unexpectedly good.
The reason is simple.
She is very beautiful.
The girl has been the prettiest child in the neighborhood since she was young, and this evaluation has not changed as she grows older.
She was the prettiest in elementary school, she was the prettiest in junior high school, and now in art high school, if we don’t count seniors Bae Suzy and Choi Sulli who debuted, she is still the prettiest.
Of course, even if we count her predecessors, Park Soo-young is still one of the most beautiful.
This is certainly not the girl's self-evaluation; she is not that arrogant.
These are the exact words of my good friend Zheng Yilin, whom I just made.
As someone who has had close contact with both campus beauties, Zheng's evaluation seems extremely authoritative.
The opportunity for the two people to become friends was also somewhat unusual.
Thinking back to the time when this cute guy with a chubby face came running into her class and said in a familiar manner that he wanted to see beautiful girls, Park Soo-young had a blank expression on her face and was completely dumbfounded in her heart. She had never expected that this classmate with a cute face would be so enthusiastic.
There are really huge differences between people.
They are both tall, white, chubby, and both are freshmen in the Practical Music Department. One is a happy-go-lucky person who smiles all day long, while the other is a cold-faced girl who always has a stern face.
However, the "cold girl" was finally defeated by the enthusiasm of the "optimist".
After becoming friends with Jung Yi-lin in an unintentional way, Park Soo-young was puzzled.
Doesn't this silly girl know how to read people's faces? The mask of indifference doesn't work on her? Or is it that I'm simply not good at dealing with such an overly enthusiastic guy? Why did this silly-looking girl so unreasonably break into my life?
Is she playing the pig and eating the tiger?
"Yilin, how did you know about me back then?"
Looking at Zheng Yilin who was slurping her ice cream with her eyes narrowed into crescent shapes with joy, Park Soo-young hesitated for a long time but couldn't help but ask.
"Aren't you pretty? Word spread throughout the first grade that there's a pretty kid in the second class of the Practical Music Department, so I knew about it."
“…”
Park Soo-young didn't give up even though she didn't get the answer she wanted.
"I mean, why would you want to be my friend? You wouldn't just look at my appearance, would you?"
“That’s right!”
Zheng Yilin pointed at herself and confessed completely, without any reservations: "I am a good-looking child, Xiurong, so are you. Of course, good-looking children should play with good-looking children! Isn't this natural?"
“…”
If Park Soo-young wasn't used to having a blank expression, she would probably be shocked to the point of losing her composure on the spot.
Although she knew that Koreans paid attention to appearance, this was the first time she encountered a way of making friends based solely on looks. She was so shocked by how ridiculous it was that she didn't even bother to complain about Zheng Yilin's self-proclaimed good looks.
How did I become friends with a guy like this?
Park Soo-young couldn't help but reflect.
In fact, the reason is not that complicated. There is only one reason why two people with almost completely different ideas can become friends, and that is that person really wants to be friends with you.
Although it seems that Zheng Yilin came for Park Soo-young's looks, she really treats her as a good friend and shares with her things that she thinks are important.
Compared to the somewhat solitary Park Soo-young, Jung Yi-rin is a know-it-all on campus, with all kinds of information and resources that she doesn't know about. Since becoming friends with her, Park Soo-young has found that his life has changed.
At first, the girl came to the art school to study vocal music simply because she liked singing. She had not seriously considered debuting as a trainee. On the one hand, her family background allowed her to not consider the reality of working and making money too early. On the other hand, in addition to singing, her academic performance was also very good, so it should not be a problem for her to get into a good university. As for whether to be a trainee, the girl had not yet decided.
But after meeting Jung Yi-lin, Park Soo-young realized a reality.
There is almost no student in the art high school who does not want to debut as a star.
Whether students like dancing, singing or acting, the ultimate path forward is to become a trainee and then debut as an actor, idol singer, musical actor or model.
Of all professions, everyone wants to be an actor the most because it has the highest status, the longest career life, and relatively stable income. However, it is difficult to succeed in this field and the market is very small. It is almost impossible to succeed without great opportunity and background.
Idol singers are currently the fastest growing profession in the market and are the quickest to come to prominence. They can easily accumulate a lot of popularity in a short period of time and can use their popularity to cross over into modeling, hosting, acting, and musicals. They have a high degree of freedom, but their disadvantages are that their career lifespan is short, they are highly replaceable, and their status is not high.
The market for models and musical actors is too small to accommodate many people.
So in fact, most people would choose to debut as idols to accumulate popularity, and then make plans in other areas. After all, the idol career is limited in time.
For example, Zheng Yilin's own agency Fantagio is actually a company famous for actors and film and television production. It now also has development plans for idol singers. Zheng Yilin chose this company as a trainee in the hope of debuting as an idol and then developing in many aspects.
Park Soo-young likes singing and she has thought about becoming a singer, but she has never thought about it seriously. Zheng Yilin directly told her that she needs to face reality, forcing her to start thinking seriously about her life path.
The girl hesitated for a moment.
"Xiu Rong, don't you like singing? Have you ever performed on stage?"
Faced with the doubts of her new friends, Zheng Yilin seemed indifferent.
"I performed it at the school cultural festival in junior high school."
" How ?"
"It was pretty good. Even though it was a trot, the kids in the audience liked it very much. The response was great! That's why I chose Yigao High School."
Park Soo-young still remembers the feeling at that time.
"Then try it now!"
"Um?"
"Go and try the performance at the Art High School's cultural festival!" Zheng Yilin encouraged, "The Art High School's cultural festival stage is the closest performance opportunity to the debut idol stage. You will know what to choose after you experience it."
"Can you do it?"
"Give it a try. Even though you're not a trainee, you sing really well. I think you can do it."
"Oh, how do we do that?"
"Go find Senior Haoyan to sign up! He's a legendary figure in our school, it's a good opportunity for you to meet him, hehe~"
Yi Haoyan?
Legendary figure?
With doubts, Park Soo-young was pushed onto an unknown path by his new friends.
