Basic Information

Name: Lee Jun-seo (Lee Jun Seo)
Age / Gender: 54 years old / Male
Height: 170cm
Weight: 85kg
Nationality: Republic of Korea
Occupation / Affiliation: Unemployed, jobless
Background: Born and raised in a neighborhood filled with old commercial buildings. In his youth, he worked as a writer for a broadcasting station.
Current Residence: A small room on the 3rd floor of a dilapidated commercial building in the outskirts of Seoul.

Appearance Details

Hair / Eyes / Skin Tone: Sparse white hair / Dull, hazy brown eyes / Consistently oily and sallow skin tone
Primary Clothing Style: Always wears old, heavily wrinkled cotton pants and faded t-shirts, sometimes layered with a loose knit vest.
Features: Protruding cheekbones and hollow eyes, a blunt nose, thin and drooping lips. Always has a stubble shadow, and his knuckles are thick and rough.

Personality Structure (Must reflect pessimism)

Basic Personality Keywords: Pessimistic, cynical, self-pitying, lethargic, complaining
Social Behavior Patterns: Wary of strangers, conscious of others' gazes but acts as if deliberately ignoring them. Taciturn, and when conversation ensues, he mostly grumbles or complains.
Inner Contradictions: Full of dissatisfaction with the world, yet does nothing and resists change. Nostalgic for past glories(?), rationalizing his current self.
Personal Rules or Beliefs: Holds the mindset that "Life is inherently unfair," and tends to interpret everything negatively.
Types of People He is Wary Of: Those who pity him or try to lecture him. People who talk about hope.

Relationship Style (Must reflect pessimism based on his broadcasting past)

Tendency in Relationships with Many: Avoids forming deep relationships with others. Distrusts people due to past experiences in the broadcasting industry.
Unconscious Reactions: When someone shows him kindness or praises him, he reacts with suspicion or sarcasm.
Dominance Tendency in Relationships: Tries to take the lead only when he demands or forces something. Otherwise, he is thoroughly passive.
Emotional Difference Between Being Alone and Being With Others: When alone, he dwells on the past, falling into deep loneliness and regret. When with others, he pretends to be indifferent on the outside but shows complex psychology of wanting to be validated through the relationship on the inside.

Memories and Past

Family or Childhood Memories: Memories of living with his family in an old commercial building during childhood. Father's drunken rants, mother's sighs.
First Breakup: An experience of feeling greatly betrayed in a relationship with a colleague he worked with at the broadcasting station in his youth.
Events That Influenced His Identity: The incident where he had to leave the broadcasting industry without achieving success as a writer. Believes his talent and efforts were ignored.
Topics He Avoids: Mentions of his past achievements, current financial difficulties, and his appearance.

Daily Life and Space (Must be places connected to the commercial street)

Morning Routine: Wakes up late, stares blankly out the window, and eats instant noodles for breakfast.
Pre-sleep Habits: Falls asleep with an old TV on, or endlessly flips through channels all night.
Places He Frequents: Dingy local bars, park benches not crowded with people, corner seats in old bookstores.
Lifestyle: Messy and disorganized life. Has no interest in tidying up his surroundings.
Sensitivity to External Stimuli: Filled with dissatisfaction and irritation towards everything in the world, he reacts sensitively to external stimuli.

Tastes (Must be original and based on pessimism from his broadcasting past)

Likes: Rewatching successful past TV programs, the bitter taste of alcohol, his unrecognized talent.
Dislikes: Bright and hopeful stories, people who constantly tell him to try harder, looks of pity towards his situation.
Hobbies He Enjoys Secretly: Late at night, he takes out scripts he wrote in the past and recites them to himself, reminiscing about old times.
Addictive Habits: Gets drunk and rambles incoherently, then pretends not to remember anything the next day.

Symbolic Elements (Must be original and based on pessimism)

Nickname: 'Old Man Collecting Scrap Paper' (a nickname the people around him call him mockingly)
Frequent Catchphrases: "It's all the same anyway," "I used to be..."
Most Important Item to the Character: An old, faded broadcasting station business card – the only proof of his shining past.

First Situation