Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 108

That, It’s You (1)

2022.02.16.

‘Presence is the alpha and omega of a celebrity, right…?’ Of course, there are those who disagree, but that’s what Lee Gyu-han was saying. Yeon-woo also felt somewhat the same way on set. It’s the same with the stats Yeon-woo has. An A-grade stat, ‘An enchanting voice that’s hard to escape once you hear it.’ And likewise, an A-grade stat, ‘Eyes filled with sorrow.’ ‘I guess the influence I gained after getting these two increased?’ Even when he had nothing, Yeon-woo was cast as a supporting role by star drama writer Min Soo-ji and director Heo Young-ho, known as a box office hit maker, ignoring the usual procedures. With the addition of extra stats, the synergy exploded. Influence, and the resulting automatic life force harvesting, is proof of that. ‘It can’t help but be a hit.’ So, this ‘Worship for a Forgotten God’ stat was a jackpot for Yeon-woo no matter how you looked at it. Although it’s not directly linked to presence like Kwon Seong-hyun’s stat. This charm. Depending on how you use it, it seemed to have the potential to create excellent synergy with existing stats. ‘Since it’s an S-grade, it can’t be a completely useless ability.’ Most of the stats are passive, so there’s no need to be conscious of them separately. It’s a stat that he likes in many ways. Frankly, Yeon-woo thought he had received enough reward for catching the thought entity just by obtaining this. But.

“Why are you staring at me like that?”

Yeon-woo cast a displeased gaze at Woo Do-gyeom, who had strode up and taken a seat on one side, staring intently at him. “You seem a little different after not seeing you for a few days. Did you get thinner in the meantime?”

He doesn’t want to thank a man who says such nonsense. “Who do you think is responsible for that?”

“I wonder. Is it me?” Woo Do-gyeom feigned ignorance. “Something seems to have changed a lot. Hmm. This is beyond my expectations.”

“If you’re going to talk nonsense, don’t bother me and go see your business.”

Woo Do-gyeom didn’t care about Yeon-woo’s cold dismissal. Rather, he leaned his upper body further towards Yeon-woo and muttered. “Isn’t it strange?”

“……?”

“I’m not usually a conscientious person, but somehow it feels difficult to treat you the same way as usual. This is beyond my calculations.”

What kind of nonsense is this again? Yeon-woo frowned openly. “What do you want me to do?”

“There’s nothing for you to do. It’s just that I myself feel strange. For example… I’m wondering if giving you that yacht would make you feel any better?”

“……Pardon?”

“How about it? Would giving you that yacht alleviate your displeasure a little?”

“What crazy nonsense are you spouting?”

“Why? Ah. Are you worried about taxes? I’ll take care of that, so you don’t have to worry. Of course, we’ll cover the maintenance costs…”

“No, thanks.”

“You’re cutting me off too coldly, aren’t you?”

“Didn’t we already agree? Why are you suddenly doing this?”

“I wonder. I’m curious about that too. It’s my first time experiencing this, so it’s hard to explain.”

Suddenly, something came to mind. ‘……Could it be because of that stat I got this time?’ The power to make people feel attraction in some form. That may have instilled a vague sense of guilt in that cold, callous man. Of course, it’s just a guess, but if Woo Do-gyeom, who would normally cut things off with a smile, is suddenly making additional offers for no reason.

‘It feels like it makes sense?’ Isn’t this completely killing two birds with one stone?

“Think about that difficult thing yourself. Don’t you know that even a dog shouldn’t be disturbed while eating?” As if chasing away a fly, Yeon-woo waved his hand.

“No matter how I think about it, something’s strange.” Yeon-woo didn’t even pretend to hear Woo Do-gyeom muttering like that. There’s no reason to be kind enough to let him know.

‘Let him worry more on his own. Well, it would be even better if he gets weaker towards me.’ It’s annoying that Woo Do-gyeom is trying to use people.

Thanks to him, the movie was on the verge of being canceled several times, and he suffered from exhaustion of his spiritual power, but.

As a result, Yeon-woo got a reward comparable to that suffering.

‘If you think about it, it’s thanks to Woo Do-gyeom. If Woo Do-gyeom hadn’t sent me here, I would never have been able to get it.’ As much as all places have been modernized and developed as people have visited.

Such forgotten gods have almost disappeared.

If it hadn’t been for this remote area, he wouldn’t have been able to meet them at all.

So, in some ways, he should be grateful, but…

‘Still, I’m definitely not grateful.’ What you understand with your head and what you feel with your heart are different.

Plus or minus zero. That’s how it is if you only look at the results, but somehow I’m not grateful at all. I don’t even want to tell him that I got a profit.

“Hey, did you do something to me?”

“What would I do to you?”

“If not, how could you be like this after only a few days…”

The rest of the words were barely audible. But Yeon-woo instinctively realized. At this moment.

It felt like something had come into his hands.

‘I feel like I’m holding a leash.’ Something like a strong and sturdy leash to control a selfish, self-centered, annoying large beast.

* After being stranded in the backwoods, enjoying the benefits of civilization and diet with the support of an investor who appeared on a white horse, no, a pure white large yacht. What did the film crew do?

“Let’s film?” They resumed filming.

“Isn’t it better to go back? You’re going to keep filming after going through something like that?” The people on Woo Do-gyeom’s side were surprised.

“I’m… okay now…”

“The director says it’s already in the past and there’s no problem now, so it’s better to finish filming quickly.”

The actors and staff also agreed with this.

“Don’t I look a little haggard? I think this would be more suitable for the Yeo-won character. Director. How about reshooting? If we’re going to do it, we should do it properly.”

“You’re going to reshoot?” Even the lead actor came forward and said that, and Secretary Kim was shocked. Woo Do-gyeom was standing behind him with his arms crossed, just listening with interest.

“If that seems better, then of course we should? The shipwreck is just a jinx that our movie will be a hit.”

“Do-hee, you said it well! That’s right. There’s no film crew that’s had a bigger jinx than us!”

“Of course. With this much of a jinx, aren’t we going to achieve ten million views?!”

“Now that we’ve come all the way here, we have to do what we have to do! It’s a shame to go back after all that hardship, isn’t it?”

There was even a response from all over.

“Everyone’s crazy… They’re not in their right minds… To think there are people who aren’t in their right minds besides our boss…” Secretary Kim muttered to himself without realizing it. Woo Do-gyeom also heard those words, but just smiled.

That’s how filming quickly resumed and ended just as quickly. This is because they exerted tremendous concentration and went on a forced march in case another storm came. Even reshoots were added, but no one had any complaints about it. Thanks to this, they were finally able to return to Korea in less than a few days.

* “Business is good. This is the first time I’ve learned that I can lie down on a plane during this filming?”

“Cheongwang [T/N: Likely refers to the name of a company or brand] is supporting us properly. Both going and coming…”.

The actors who had experience using it several times were there as if it were natural, but the filming staff were not. How much would a film crew that saves production costs use a means of transportation that costs millions of won per seat? It’s only possible for a director who easily shoots ten million views once he starts filming. No, even if the director is like that, the staff’s situation is different again.

“Seeing that they chartered the entire business class, we’re really hitting the jackpot, right? Usually, they only take care of the directors and actors, but seeing that they took all of our staff…”.

“What are you talking about? I didn’t know Cheongwang was such a generous company.”

The staff who enjoyed all kinds of civilization comfortably in business class chattered.

The only one.

‘You guys are being deceived…’ Only Yeon-woo felt pity as he listened to the sound. Who caused that suffering?

It was none other than Woo Do-gyeom who pushed them to the brink of death. The unfortunate fact is that none of the directors, actors, or staff know that fact.

‘Rather, they were moved that he even bought that expensive yacht and came all the way from afar…’ I remember the staff making a fuss, saying that there had never been an investor who cared so much.

“This. Is it because of Yeon-woo?”

“Yes?”

“The chairman of Cheongwang came down here himself. That’s right. Isn’t it?”

Yeon Do-hee, who was the most perceptive, poked Yeon-woo in the side and asked him secretly. But that was it for Yeon Do-hee. She would never have imagined that Woo Do-gyeom had sent Yeon-woo as a team to an uninhabited island where a thought entity whose god had fallen appeared, spending a lot of money to move dozens of people just for that one thing.

“Oh, the filming is finally over!”

“Not yet…”

“Ah, that’s right. There are a few left out because of the emotional line.”

“A little… sad…”

“Ah, the director is also sad? Well. I’m a little sad too. I feel like the filming ended too early… It’s a good thing if it’s good, but it’s a shame. The last few days were eventful, but weren’t they super fast?”

“That’s right…”

Director Ji and the assistant director’s real-time translation conversation was always a fascinating sight to hear. Except for the staff’s unfortunate joy that only Yeon-woo knew, the atmosphere on the plane back home was not bad. Even the picky actors had a camaraderie that they had overcome a near-death experience together, so they were only friendly.

But.

“This is going to be difficult.” The news that was delivered when the plane landed and was preparing to disembark was enough to end that friendliness.

* “Um… what does that mean…”

The assistant director immediately translated Director Ji’s slow words. “There’s a mess right now? At the arrival hall? Why? Is there a problem?”

The airline employee who delivered the message looked embarrassed. “It’s a problem if it’s a problem, and it’s a mess if it’s a mess…”

“What is it?”

“Did an apocalypse suddenly break out? Are we turning the plane around and going back out like this?”

“Ah, as expected of a movie geek working in the movie industry… This isn’t a movie right now, it’s our real situation?”

The employee who was watching the swaying people cleared his throat. “It’s not that… The problem is that too many people have gathered in the arrival hall.”

“In the arrival hall? Ah. Do-hee or Yeon-woo’s fans must be there.”

There are such fans. A type of fan who knows the schedule of their favorite celebrity and follows them around.

“It’s not hard to call them sasaengs [T/N: Obsessive fans who stalk or invade the privacy of celebrities] if they’re at the airport, right? There are so many fans who come to places like this…”

“That’s right. That’s about it…”.

“Do-hee and Yeon-woo can just go out through the VIP gate, right? No one cares about us anyway?”

“Hey. You scared us too much. We have enough experience to deal with this kind of thing, so you suddenly surprised us too much.”

The staff threw out words one by one. Unless they are sasaeng fans who persistently come to their homes, the airport is a very decent place. Especially these days, the ‘airport fashion’ of stars is widely known, so there are celebrities who deliberately aim for that time.

[Celebrity XX shows off her gorgeous airport fashion!]

[A star with perfect airport fashion, XXX. ‘I’ll be back safely’] These articles are also a kind of promotional marketing effect. In fact, there were even cases where they received sponsorships for this and called reporters they were close to.

“Do we have any clothes left? We used up most of them at that time, so I don’t know if there’s anything good left…”.

“I need to fix my makeup a little. Do-hee! Yeon-woo! Just come this way for a second…”.

“If there are fans, the VIP exit is a bit… Let’s style it so that the article goes out well…”.

That’s when the staff was moving busily. Suddenly, a bomb was dropped.

“No. That’s not it… Reporters have gathered.”

Instantly, the staff’s movements stopped. The employee drove a wedge into it.

“According to what I’ve been told, they’re waiting for you.”