An Actor Who Has Lived For 10,000 Years [EN]: Chapter 339

“Oh my god….”

Two large men visible in the distance.

I could instantly recognize them as Cal and Robert without needing to get closer.

Tall heights and bulky bodies.

And Cal, being Black, drew everyone’s attention, not just mine.

“Oh, Heesung!”

Cal, with a low, booming voice, stretched his lips wide and waved at me.

And the person standing next to him, reaching his hand high into the sky and shouting.

It was Robert.

He also attracted attention with his sparkling blue eyes, exceptionally tall height, blond hair, and handsome face.

“Heesung, I missed you!”

Robert ran towards me as soon as he spotted me.

I met them and burst into laughter without any resistance.

“Haha, I can’t believe you actually came.”

Cal and Robert laughed and replied to my words.

“Of course. You told us to come.”

“That’s right. We came with great expectations.”

I shrugged my shoulders and asked.

“What do you want to know about how I live in Korea? Or just about Korea in general?”

But Cal shook his head and answered.

“No, we’re curious about that ‘Seoul Full Course’ you kept talking about. What is it?”

I blinked at Cal’s unexpected answer.

“Seoul Full Course… that….”

It’s called Seoul Full Course, but in reality, there’s no such thing.

It was just a polite remark.

Just a way of saying I’d show them around Seoul if they came to Korea.

I jokingly said I’d show them the Seoul Full Course, and they seemed to have taken it seriously.

Well, I didn’t think Cal and Robert would actually come either.

But I couldn’t finish my sentence properly.

Robert looked at me with sparkling eyes and asked.

“I came with high expectations. We flew for 15 hours.”

Cal, who has a serious demeanor, said to me with a voice full of excitement.

“Besides, it’s my first time in Korea. Where are we going first?”

“…Okay. Let’s go to Seoul first!”

I had to do something.

Of course, when they said they were coming, I looked up places in Seoul that would be good to take foreign friends, but even those were mostly restaurants.

Well, food is the most important thing on a trip.

I smiled and opened my mouth to reassure them.

“Okay, shall we go to our first course?”

“Oh, great!”

“Yes, let’s go.”

So we got into a taxi lined up in front of the airport.

As the taxi started, Cal looked at me and tilted his head.

“Heesung, where’s your car?”

I thought of the roads that would soon be jammed and replied to him.

“Well… to truly enjoy the full course in Seoul, you shouldn’t have a car.”

At my words, Cal and Robert widened their eyes and nodded.

They trusted whatever I said.

We arrived in the heart of Seoul.

The first thing I did was take them to a restaurant where a table was fully set with Korean food.

“Auntie, we’ll have soy sauce marinated crab [Ganjang Gejang], bulgogi [thinly sliced marinated beef], ribs….”

I ordered Korean food so they could taste various dishes, and Cal and Robert took pictures as if they were amazed by the Korean restaurant and asked me.

“Heesung, the tables here are very long.”

“Right. How many dishes are we going to eat?”

I reached out and waved my hand in response to their questions.

“Whoa, whoa… guys, shouldn’t we ask how we’ve been since it’s been a while?”

Robert laughed heartily at my words.

“That’s right. We’ve been talking about food ever since we came to Korea, haven’t we?”

“Yeah. You guys didn’t come to Korea to see me, did you?”

Cal shook his head with a serious face.

“Well… we came to see Heesung, but… we contact each other every day, so there’s nothing to talk about, right? Haha.”

While we were talking, the food started to come to the table.

Soy sauce marinated crab, bulgogi, spicy pork, pork ribs, etc., which were the dishes we ordered.

Side dishes were laid out endlessly as soon as the food came out.

Cal and Robert’s eyes widened at the sight and asked me.

“Heesung, what… why is the food coming out endlessly?”

“Did you order this much?”

I smiled contentedly and pointed to the food.

“This, this… this, and this. Everything else comes with the meal.”

“What?”

“No way. You mean all this food is free?”

“Yeah. This is what a great Korean restaurant is, guys.”

“Wow….”

They exclaimed and clicked their tongues.

Click, click-

Robert and Cal’s shutters didn’t stop for a long time.

After leaving the restaurant, we headed to Gyeongbokgung Palace [the largest of Seoul’s five grand palaces].

As we walked down the street, the people around us whispered as they looked at us.

“Wow… it’s Jin Heesung!”

“Heesung oppa! [term used by younger women to address older men they admire]”

“What, aren’t those Robert and Cal?”

No matter how much I wore a hat and a mask, I couldn’t hide Cal and Robert from being recognized.

Apart from their tall heights and bulky builds, a Korean who completely hid his face, a blond white man, and a Black man next to him.

Just the fact that these three were walking around was bound to attract attention.

People carefully followed us around, as if they were watching us.

I didn’t think it was necessary to bring bodyguards or a manager.

Cal’s size alone was threatening enough.

People whispered and secretly took pictures, but no one dared to approach Cal.

Thanks to that, we were able to comfortably tour Gyeongbokgung Palace, go to restaurants, and take taxis to roam around Seoul.

***

The short schedule with Cal and Robert.

We had no choice but to say goodbye with regret.

“You should have stayed longer since you came all this way.”

I expressed my regret to them as I arrived at the airport.

“We have schedules, and you need to rest before starting the musical, Heesung.”

“That’s right. We’ll see each other again in a few days. Haha.”

“That’s true.”

Robert and Cal said to me, holding Korean souvenirs in their hands.

“Korea was so much fun.”

“It was the best. We have to prepare for the musical right away, but we gained weight in just two days.”

I poked Cal’s stomach and replied.

“That’s right. You guys seem happier eating Korean food than when you eat hamburgers in America?”

Cal gave a thumbs up at my words.

“I think I’ll miss it again. It was fun.”

“Thank you, Heesung.”

A short and intense two days.

As soon as I returned home after the storm had passed, I leaned back on the sofa without even tidying up.

“Haa… it was fun, but it was tiring.”

I guess I felt pressured to leave them with good memories of Korea.

I was exhausted as soon as they left and the tension was released.

I became one with the sofa and fixed my gaze on the TV.

At that time.

“Huh? What is that….”

My appearance on TV.

It was the news, not a drama, and I jumped up as soon as I saw the screen.

-I saw foreign celebrities that I had only seen in movies right in front of me, so how amazing would that be. It was amazing to see actor Jin Heesung too….

“Is that the taxi driver I met at the airport?”

I rubbed my eyes and stared at the screen.

After the taxi driver’s interview ended, the background changed to in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace.

Then, interviews with citizens passing by followed.

-I was passing by and said, ‘Wow, he looks like Jin Heesung,’ but it was really actor Jin Heesung. I was so amazed that I stared, and next to him were Cal and Robert.

-It’s amazing to see actor Jin Heesung, but to meet Hollywood actors in Korea, especially in Gyeongbokgung Palace….

-It’s not easy to meet Jin Heesung in Korea, but Cal and Robert are next to him! No, does that make sense? This is really like a movie?

I stared blankly at the news and shook my head, clicking my tongue.

“No way. Is this something that would even be on the news?”

As soon as I opened my cell phone, articles were quickly being uploaded.

[Jin Heesung, Korean date with Hollywood actors Cal & Robert?]

[This is Korea! What Jin Heesung showed Cal and Robert….]

[Actor Jin Heesung – Cal, Robert ‘See, this is the .’ [referencing a popular meme or catchphrase]]

[Jin Heesung – ‘Seoul Full Course’ What is it….]

“An article about the Seoul Full Course came out?”

I hurriedly clicked on the article with the unbelievable title.

The article contained pictures of me, Cal, and Robert walking together in Seoul.

And Robert’s SNS posts were listed.

Robert posted a picture of the three of us together on his SNS.

Photos of all the food we ate together in Korea and all the places we went.

He also posted a short line of content.

‘Seoul full course with Jin!’

I closed my eyes tightly as soon as I read the sentence.

“Ah…. He really posted it as the Seoul Full Course?”

And the numerous comments below it.

-This is the Seoul Full Course lol [laughing out loud].

-This is Korea!

-Seoul Full Course lol.

-A course that makes my heart swell.

-Private Kim of the 31st Division, you son of a b*tch lol. Reflect on how awkwardly you ate pork soup in the Busan Full Course!

-There’s more to Korean food than just kimchi [fermented cabbage]. Thanks to you, foreigners will be drooling over Korean food. Jin Heesung took them to great restaurants lol.

-Cal and Robert ate soy sauce marinated crab? Is it a composite [referring to a digitally altered image]?

-Wow, I can’t believe I’m seeing those actors come to Korea….

-Does it make sense that Cal and Robert are coming to Gyeongbokgung Palace? Jin Heesung is amazing. I’m so proud.

-If there was a taxi accident, wouldn’t the insurance premium be 300 billion won? lol.

-Robert seems to be drunk on Korea. He also posted on Instagram today that he received jajangmyeon [black bean noodles] as a gift from fans lol.

-Cal, isn’t that scary face admiring Gyeongbokgung Palace a composite? ㅠㅠ lol.

-Shouldn’t Korea give an award to Jin Heesung?

***

Cal and Robert returned to the United States, and several days have passed.

Their news of their trip to Korea is still making the internet buzz.

News interviews with citizens overseas quickly spread, bringing laughter to many people.

In Southeast Asia and the Middle East, the content of ‘Jin Heesung’s Seoul Full Course’ was taking hold among fans.

Now, if you search for ‘Jin Heesung’ on the Internet, ‘Seoul Full Course’ is coming up as a related search term.

“It’s going to come out as a travel agency course soon.”

I shook my head and chuckled.

Of course, thanks to this, stories were coming out from all over that many foreigners were becoming interested in Korea.

“I’m doing something during my break in Korea.”

As I put the articles aside and packed my bags for New York, one by one.

“Ugh….”

The headache that had been okay for a while started to come back.

“I thought it was getting better, but it’s happening again….”

I had no choice but to stop packing and sit down.

“Is it because it’s time to start a new project?”

I sat down with a thud and stared blankly at the script in front of me.