Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 359

359. Sudden Linked Mission (1)

October 25, 2022

“Jonas!”

It seems this world hates me.

Thinking that, Jonas shed tears.

‘Am I going to ruin the end of the series like this!’

There was an uproar about entrusting a movie, which is like the nation’s pride, to a young guy like me.

Won’t that uproar happen again?

‘If Gerard’s scandal breaks out before the premiere, we’re screwed.’

I don’t know why they promoted so heavily by bringing in Gerard.

They kept silent about what Gerard would do, but there was no one who didn’t know that Gerard was a world-famous musician.

A situation where anyone with a brain could easily guess.

‘It’s over… It’s over… Now, Black’s eternal shame will remain as me….’

Self-disgust at ruining his favorite protagonist himself.

The fear that the tower he had built with so much effort might collapse.

If he thinks that the praises that had been poured out will now return as sharp daggers, even fear soars.

‘What about my career? What about the tag that will follow me in the future? Will I be compared to the previous series directors forever? Who would like a guy who sprinkled ashes on a noble hero!’

He felt stupid for not recognizing such a moron and going to him from the time he made the first episode, coaxing him gently.

“Jonas!”

Jonas Ben lay on his side, just sniffling and shedding tears.

Worry pressed down on him, making it hard to breathe.

‘If the voice that called Dream Walker decorates my opening sequence, everyone will be able to immerse themselves in it…….’

But the bus has already left.

And it was entirely Jonas Ben’s own choice.

“Jonas!”

Knock knock!

Jonas, who was lost in despair and sobbing, barely noticed the sound.

Someone was knocking on his trailer entrance.

“Who is it? I said I wanted to be alone… Raymond?”

“Jonas, were you crying?”

“No, I wasn’t!”

“You were crying……?”

“I wasn’t.”

Jonas, who was generally round and even had a round face, quickly wiped his eyes.

“Well, okay. Let’s say so. Wipe your eyes quickly and see who I brought.”

“Who did you bring… Huh?!”

At that moment.

Jonas Ben thought he was going to die of a heart attack at the young age of 36.

“Y-Y-Yeonwoo!”

“What? Did you already know? Are you two perhaps acquainted?”

The answer came from the person standing next to Raymond Taylor.

“No. We don’t know each other, but…….”

That word was soon blocked by Jonas Ben, who looked like a bloated steamed bun.

“We can get to know each other from now on!!”

Jonas’s eyes sparkled.

He felt like a savior had come down to him.

Strangely, an aura seemed to emanate from behind the handsome man Raymond Taylor had brought.

*

“Where are you from?!”

“Yes? I’m from Korea…….”

“You must be from heaven?!”

Yeonwoo looked back at Gabriel and Raymond Taylor next to him.

‘Is this guy crazy?’

At that gaze, the two nodded in unison.

[Truth]

Even that absurd word was the truth.

Jonas seemed to calm down after a long time of controlling his intense emotions.

But even so, Yeonwoo was quite embarrassed.

“I know the situation is a bit complicated to readily accept. But could you please think about it positively?”

The director, who resembled a chubby steamed bun, had an earnest look in his eyes that wasn’t very refreshing.

‘No, he looks like a furball, but why are his eyes so deer-like?’

Suddenly, he thought of Director Ji Un-jae in Korea.

One is a huge brown bear.

Jonas is, when you think about it, a steamed bun covered in fur.

Nevertheless, there was one thing they had in common.

‘Are geniuses always a little crazy in their eyes?’

If Ji Un-jae heard that, he would be sad and tearful, but Yeonwoo was serious.

‘If you’re in your right mind, you wouldn’t say such cheesy things to someone’s face, like they came from heaven.’

From the first time he made eye contact, his pupils, which were slightly loose, contributed to that thought.

“Wouldn’t it be dangerous?”

Yeonwoo changed the subject.

“Yes? Danger?”

What on earth?

“Yes, danger. I’m okay, but… it would be quite a risky proposition for you.”

Don’t these people really know?

‘Even if you don’t go deep, you can just tell.’

Yeonwoo had never been interested in the Natural Born Black series at all.

Well, he did watch it, but that was only as part of the role research process.

How famous the movie is.

What meaning or symbolism it has.

What the fans’ loyalty is like.

It means that he didn’t know any of these things.

It was visible even to Yeonwoo’s eyes.

‘If it goes well, it’s just breaking even, if it doesn’t, it’s a complete disaster.’

It’s ironic, but…….

This is the inevitable cycle of a successful series.

There are already a huge number of fans who have a certain benchmark.

And even the previous box office records are not just one or two.

‘In other words, the expectations are sky-high.’

“Why is it dangerous? Isn’t the situation more dangerous now? I didn’t know that so many scandals had overlapped like this… If this leaks out, that’s like taking off the respirator, isn’t it?”

Gabriel, unable to contain his curiosity, chimed in from the side.

Yeonwoo shrugged his shoulders.

Above all, the important point of this movie is this.

“You said it’s like the country’s symbol, right?”

“That’s right.”

It was something he had explained to Yeonwoo, so there was no way he wouldn’t know.

“You said it has been made over several decades and has been continuously rebooted, right?”

As you already know, the fact that the series continues to come out means that there is a lot of demand for it.

“So you’re saying that the Natural Born Black series is basically a symbol of America.”

“Yeah. That’s right. But why?”

He explained it this far, but he still didn’t seem to notice.

“Uh……. So……. Are you saying that the most important symbolism could be damaged……?”

Fortunately, Director Jonas Ben didn’t seem to be that clueless.

It’s about time he was called a genius director who made the series a great success up to the second episode, even though he only gets average results if he does well and gets cursed if he doesn’t.

“But I’m not a racist?”

Jonas Ben sweated anxiously as Yeonwoo nodded.

“Yes, I don’t mean it that way, so don’t misunderstand.”

“Oh, that’s a relief. I was so surprised because I thought you were asking me if I was a racist.”

There’s no need for the intention to be revealed as the truth.

But even if the director is like that…….

‘There’s no guarantee that other people will be like that.’

Here, other people include a fairly wide range.

Investors.

Media.

The film industry.

And if we take it a little wider, even the audience.

‘The work itself is not a difficult task.’

The production of the OST [Original Soundtrack].

If you only look at the difficulty of the OST itself, there is nothing to worry about.

It’s not that he’s ignoring the production of the OST.

Especially after Dream Walker was released.

Yeonwoo has thoroughly confirmed the tremendous positive repercussions and effects.

Thanks to this, Yeonwoo’s attitude towards OSTs was also quite favorable.

“The OST that will be played in the opening sequence. Isn’t that a symbolic position? I don’t care, but… wouldn’t that be quite difficult for you?”

It’s something you can know if you just use your head a little.

It’s a movie OST that is like the symbol of the country.

That’s why they put forward the most famous, undeniable, and very American singer.

They didn’t know that the singer they put forward would commit the triple crown of crimes and retire.

‘Besides, this OST was said to be in charge of the opening sequence. And it’s also a part that encapsulates the final finale of the trilogy.’

The world is shouting about globalization and that there is no discrimination.

But ironically, discrimination still exists in the world today, knowingly or unknowingly.

‘Even I deliberately came back to YouTube to increase my awareness.’

It was a concern that existed from the time he thought about going abroad.

In fact, many Asian actors who aimed to return home in triumph and went to Hollywood returned with a bitter taste.

For that reason, going abroad was once considered a double-edged sword.

‘In fact, even after successfully launching Dream Walker, there were still people who said strange things.’

Yeonwoo didn’t use the internet well, so he didn’t know……

Trevi and Dong Ja-ryeong seemed to be monitoring those reactions without missing a single one.

“You……. You knew how to type on a keyboard too?”

One day, he was going to the kitchen to drink water at night and ended up seeing it.

Only the monitor was brightly lit in the dark night…….

And a cat was frantically typing on the keyboard in front of it……

[U-Uh……!]

Dong Ja-ryeong tried to hide it quickly, but it was no use.

The cat’s arm was too short to press the monitor’s power button.

The words on the monitor were vulgar curses.

Even such curses that were too harsh, embarrassing, and contemptuous to put into words.

[Ah, there’s nothing good to see, so why bother looking?]

“What are you doing looking at these posts right now?”

[Of course, I’m giving them God’s thunderbolt!]

The problem is that the god is a ghost.

Perhaps it was because of the affection he had lived with for a long time that he was even more angry.

[You have to step on things like this from the beginning like this. That way, these guys won’t change. You’re not just going to be here for a while, are you? So you have to keep them in check from now on.]

At that time, he didn’t know why Dong Ja-ryeong was doing that, but now he understands.

‘Even music that has achieved results with pure skill is like this, so what about a movie that they think of as their symbol?’

Maybe, even if he doesn’t know, there’s a much higher possibility that more vulgar curses and explicit reactions will come back than when Dream Walker was released.

“Th-That’s not what I intended…….”

Jonas Ben sweated profusely and pushed up his thick horn-rimmed glasses.

“Yes, well. I know. But don’t you also know, Director? The fact that the work you’re in charge of is one of the movies that represents America.”

“Th-That’s right.”

Jonas also knew that fact well because he grew up watching the movie and nurtured his dreams.

“Even if you didn’t intend it, it seems undeniable to me that the OST has already become a symbolic position.”

Yeonwoo said calmly.

‘If a foreigner from another country suddenly sings such an opening theme song…….’

Perhaps if this fact is known, the old fans who have watched this series, which is like a history accumulated over decades, may rebel.

“When did he think that far? Did you eat something great without me knowing? How is your brain so quick?”

Isn’t it that this side’s brain is quick, but that side’s brain is innocent?

Yeonwoo thought so, but just shrugged his shoulders once.

“I didn’t even think that far…….”

It wasn’t just Director Jonas Ben who became serious.

Raymond Taylor, who had told Gabriel from the beginning that he wanted to ask Yeonwoo for the OST.

He hardened his handsome face and stroked his chin.

‘Well, what’s important is the influence that can make it easier to get a longer lifespan [career longevity]. Rather, if there are many negative people who say it’s damaging the image, it’s only difficult for me…….’

It was when Yeonwoo thought that far.

-Ting!

Suddenly, a familiar notification sound rang cheerfully.

‘No, wait. Is this popping up here?’

The status window that filled his eyes in succession made Yeonwoo even more dumbfounded.

[We have discovered a huge negative view that is eating away at this world!]

[But if you are a good person, you will be able to change the dangerous thoughts that are eating away at the industry and some people!]

[Sudden Mission (2): Make the movie’s OST a success and correct people’s dangerous perceptions!]

[This sudden mission is a linked mission to the sudden mission ‘Help the underprivileged neighbors!’]

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