EDIDIONG'S PUBLIC DIARY

Everyone gasps — Jan-di lurches forward —
and grabs him on his way over the ledge.
Saved!
Photos are uploaded, news spreads quickly,
and pretty soon, Jan-di is hailed as a hero in
the media, a sort of Wonder Woman for the
working class. As this occurred on a
Shinhwa campus — and worse, a Shinhwa
heir is involved (albeit indirectly as F4’s
leader) — citizens denounce the Shinhwa
Group. Housewives agree to boycott
Shinhwa stores, candlelight vigils are held,
people demonstrate.
Jan-di’s best friend Ga-eul and her boss
cheer her on (the girls work after school at a
neighborhood restaurant). Ga-eul wistfully
wonders if the F4 boys are as cute as they
say, but Jan-di is not at all impressed. She
calls them Fly Four instead — dung flies.
Naturally, the outcry is a pain in the neck for
Shinhwa Group’s CEO, Kang Hee-joo, who
happens to be mother to F4 leader Gu Jun-
pyo. She vents her ire on her secretary, Mr.
Jung (perfectly cast, by the way): “You
know why public opinion is frightening?
Because they’re ignorant!”
What, then, can be done for damage control?
Offer the commoner a scholarship to
Shinhwa High School, of course!
Jan-di’s family is thrilled. Jan-di is not.
She refuses to go to the school, preferring
her life as it is. Her parents, on the other
hand, think it’s foolish for her to pass up a
free education that even the rich and
powerful would kill for. Plus, they wheedle,
the school has a swimming pool… and
remember how much she liked swimming?
Jan-di is not so easily bought, but still, the
end result is a foregone conclusion. The next
day, she arrives at her new school.
Predictably, she is a complete fish out of
water in this place where students flash
luxury vehicles (Jun-pyo arrives by
helicopter) and designer clothing.
Jan-di wanders around, searching for the
swimming pool, when she hears the strains
of a violin. Curious, she follows the sound
and comes to its source: It’s Yoon Ji-hoo ,
dressed all in white, playing his violin out in
the woods. As we all do.
When he sees her, she asks in a flustered
tone for the pool, and he points her in the
right direction. She runs off in mortification,
but also impressed at Ji-hoo’s skills
sensitivity pretty face.
Now for the Grand Entrance:
F4’s appearance sends all the girls
squealing and everyone rushing to the
entrance to welcome their overlords. No
seriously, you practically expect somebody
to genuflect at their feet. As it is, F4 arrives
in a blaze of glory and glamour-shot
backlighting.
Jun-pyo looks over at one of the bystanders,
who immediately quivers in fear. In a
supremely bored but authoritative voice, Jun-
pyo asks Woo-bin for the rest of his juice,
then pours it all over the hapless student.