Actor Kim Soo Hyun's ”crying press conference” was watched by 13 million people in China, but the reaction remains cold

Actor Kim Soo Hyun was Kim Soo Hyun. The number of people who watched Kim Soo Hyun's press conference online in real-time after 20 days since the ‘underage dating scandal’ was revealed to be over 13 million. This confirms once again that he is a ‘Hallyu Star’.

　At a press conference held at a hotel in Seoul on the afternoon of 31st March, Kim Soo Hyun directly revealed his position on the fact of his relationship with the late actress Kim Sae-ron. He was dressed neatly in a black suit, with his face made up and his hair styled.

　He had already stated through his agency that he had been in a relationship with Kim Sae-ron for a year after she came of age, and he repeated his previous position on this day. He repeatedly refuted the allegations, saying, "I can't say that I did something that I didn't do." He only added new responses, such as raising the cut-and-edit allegations of the YouTube channel ‘Garosero Research Institute’, which first reported the allegations, and filing a 12 billion won lawsuit for damages against ‘Garosero Research Institute’ and the bereaved family members.

　On this day, it was Kim Soo Hyun's tears that caught the attention of fans, netizens and the media. Early in the press conference, Kim Soo Hyun bowed deeply and said, "I apologise to everyone who cares about me", and then shed tears throughout his explanation.

　On the 1st (today), many online communities shared the number of simultaneous viewers of the channel with simultaneous interpretation service under the title ‘Real-time Kim Soo Hyun viewers exceed 13 million’ on the previous day. The number of real-time viewers connected to this channel, which had a majority of Chinese fans, exceeded 13 million by far.

　Captures of Chinese-language reaction pages uploaded to online communities and other media contained snide remarks and derogatory sentences such as "Liar" and "I can't dare to say that what the family said is true."

　Korean netizens who were exposed to such news said, "This is a career high performance only if you put it in your filmography", "After all, you are a star, Kim Soo Hyun, so 13 million people will see it", "More people than the people of Gyeonggi Province", "The drama's title will follow. How to be the King of Tears", “Many times the Chinese people dislike it, but they are also similar to the Koreans”, “After all, Chinese sisters ”No back, meaning they never get bored’', and other reactions.