In a private room in the hotel, four people sit opposite each other.

Because there was a shooting task tomorrow, a few people only ordered two bottles of soju, poured them slowly, and spent most of their time chatting and talking.

Bae Xiubin joked with Li Zheng and said: "Junhyuk, you have been very popular on the Internet during this time." ”

When the rumors gradually expanded, the people in the crew also paid attention one after another, and people who were familiar with Lee Jung-hee, Ko Ya-ra, Kwon Yo-ri and others also asked one by one by phone or text message, and after learning that iHQ and Lee Zheng had already dealt with it, everyone was relieved.

The voice that had just emerged in the crew to replace Li Zheng also calmed down after Li Zheng took out his academic certificate and graduation photo, and even began to cooperate with the hype of iHQ Company, blocking all the media that wanted to enter the crew to interview Li Zheng under the pretext of filming.

At this time, the reason why Pei Xiubin made fun of Li Zheng was because after the media publicity in the past few days, Li Zheng's suspicion of "fraud" has been widely spread.

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Han Hyo-joo also said with a smile: "Our TV series is popular before it is broadcast, and it all depends on Junhyuk." If it weren't for Junhyuk, an 'fake' student at Yale University in the United States, the crew would have spent a lot of publicity budget if they wanted to achieve the current publicity effect. ”

Listening to the ridicule of the two, Li Zheng laughed silently and didn't care.

When Moon Chaewon saw it, he didn't know what he thought, and suddenly asked: "Junhyuk, you have lived in the United States for many years, you are fluent in English, you have American citizenship, and you graduated from Yale University, why didn't you stay in Hollywood to develop?"

When Han Xiaozhu heard this, he immediately asked, "Yes, I wanted to ask you this question for a long time." You have good external conditions, and you graduated from Yale University, and you should have many opportunities to stay in Hollywood, why did you choose to return to South Korea?"

Pei Xiubin also showed a curious look and turned his head to stare at Li Zheng.

Li Zheng looked at the three of them, shook his head and smiled, and asked lightly: "Europe and the United States are the mainstream white society, an Asian, yellow race, want to pursue status in a white-dominated society and become a top star, what do you think are the chances of success?"

The three of them were a little silent when they heard this, and they had also seen the news of Hollywood discrimination against Asian actors reported by domestic and foreign media many times.

Li Zheng smiled silently, and then continued: "People who have never lived in the United States, watched some movies or television, or through those glorified reports in the media, thinking that the United States is heaven and a portrayal of the American dream. But after living there for a while, you will understand that the United States, like other countries, has the same glamorous side as well as the dirty side. Even, compared with some countries, the gap between the rich and the poor in the United States is wider, social contradictions are more acute, and racial discrimination is more serious.

In fact, when I was studying in the United States, I was introduced by a friend, and in order to make money during the holidays, I also played several roles in Hollywood, and I had exchanges with some Asian actors in Hollywood.

In Hollywood, most of the roles played by Asian actors are some negative roles, such as thieves, liars, drug dealers, mentally handicapped, underworld, etc., even if there are really roles with connotation and character, most of them will be given to black actors, and Asian actors rarely get them.

Relatively speaking, South Korea is an ally of the United States, and the Korean actors are relatively better, but they are also limited.

In Hollywood, an Asian American, you have to put 200% of your energy into it, and you have to have excellent luck to get the opportunity to become famous, and you are not a first-tier star, and it is better to become a second-tier artist.

It's not a question of looks, education, or even acting, but in the context of the dominant culture of white supremacy, it is impossible for a highly commercial Hollywood to make movies with Asians as the main characters (except for kung fu films), so it is basically impossible to get ahead purely with acting skills.

In Hollywood, white people are predominant, white people are supremacist, and Asian actors are people of color. Just like putting a sheep with yellow hair in a flock of white wool, the color of the coat determines the difference between the two, and of course it is difficult to get the approval of the flock.

Moreover, since modern times, the West has surpassed the East in all aspects such as culture, economy, and military, and Europeans and Americans have a natural attitude of looking down on Asians, not to mention aesthetic differences and cultural differences.

Many Asian artists are keen to go to Hollywood after becoming famous, but their development in Hollywood is little or almost impossible to meet their expectations.

It's like if there are foreigners who come to our country to develop, regardless of whether their skin color is the same race as ours, they may become famous and attract the attention of some fans, but only in our country, they will never reach the top in our country, first of all, because of the factors of nationalism and nationalism, the people will not identify with it psychologically.

So ......"

Speaking of this, Li Zheng spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders: "Instead of wasting your youth in places where the chance of success is small and you are always discriminated against, it is far better to return to the same culture, the same skin color, and an environment that can better reflect your own value and be more likely to succeed." At least, in your own country, no one will call you a yellow-skinned monkey. ”

"Of course, the most important thing is that Korea is the place where my mother's dream can be realized. Li Zheng whispered to himself in his heart.

After listening to Li Zheng, the three of them couldn't help but be a little relatively speechless. Although I don't want to admit it in my heart, the problem that Li Zheng said does exist.

The atmosphere in the private room became silent for a moment.

After a while, Han Xiaozhu looked up and looked around, seeing that the atmosphere in the private room was silent, she rolled her eyes, and waved her fist at Li Zheng in a feigned anger, and said with some gritted teeth: "Jiang Junhyuk, do you know that you ruined the beautiful fantasy of a girl who is famous in Asia and dominates Hollywood? I finally understand now why you are notorious on the Internet." Don't worry, when you get back to the hotel, I will definitely go online to help you promote it!"

In the private room, Li Zheng, Pei Xiubin, and Wen Caiyuan: "......"

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Rumors about Li Zheng's fake academic qualifications on the Internet are spreading more and more, and with the successive reports of many media or frontal or sideways, through media publicity, the name Li Zheng has gradually appeared in the eyes of the Korean people.

At the same time, after learning about Li Zheng's specific information, passing it to the United States, and inquiring about Li Zheng's information in detail through that friend's younger brother again, looking at the detailed file about Li Zheng that the other party sent back through the Internet, Choi Sung-jae covered his forehead with his hand, sighed long, and finally gave up the unwilling luck mentality.

And just when the media and the Internet were in a high tide of criticism of Li Zheng, iHQ finally released relevant evidence that could prove Li Zheng's academic qualifications, and the crew of "Splendid Heritage" also opened media interviews, and a week after the rumor incident, as the protagonist of the incident, Li Zheng officially appeared in front of the media.