Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 219

219. Neat Handling (2)

2022.06.07.

The man who got out of the car asked.

“I don’t know where you heard what, but it seems you haven’t heard that if you talk nonsense, your tongue will be cut off, have you?”

Perhaps the man in front of me was the very ‘President’ to whom A Entertainment’s president was groveling on the phone.

The loan shark took off his sunglasses.

The ugly scar across his eye twitched menacingly whenever he frowned.

“Who sent you?”

“……?”

“You’ve succeeded in getting my attention, so tell me who sent you.”

As the loan shark spoke, his underlings began to pressure Yeonwoo.

“What are you doing?! The boss is talking to you!”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but… if you ask where I was sent from, the god I serve told me to speak.”

“What is this, his concept is on point?”

As he said, Yeonwoo calmly brushed off the menacing energy of half a dozen men.

“I was just passing by and spoke to you because I saw you, benefactor.”

“You’re saying you weren’t sent by anyone?”

“Yes.”

Yeonwoo relentlessly pushed forward with his concept without paying attention to them.

This method was one of the solutions Yeonwoo had come up with.

The loan shark scanned Yeonwoo from head to toe.

His eyes were gauging whether he was telling the truth or not.

Regardless, Yeonwoo was confident.

‘If you can recognize this, you shouldn’t be in the loan shark business, but sitting in a shrine.’

Indeed, the power of clothing was great.

It wasn’t for nothing that Kwon Seong-hyun had a bespoke tailored suit made for him when he went to the audition.

Come to think of it, he benefited a lot from that too.

Anyway, watching them not recognize him as the celebrity Kang Yeonwoo, Yeonwoo continued his act.

He didn’t learn acting to use it in a situation like this, but it was useful nonetheless.

In the end,

“……Let’s hear what he has to say for now.”

The loan shark took the bait.

A deep smile spread across Yeonwoo’s lips.

*

“Loan shark? Perhaps, do you need money?”

The first thing Yeonwoo did was contact Woo Do-gyeom.

For this kind of matter, there was a more reliable connection than exorcising ghosts.

‘Woo Do-gyeom would know better in that area.’

Even if he didn’t know much, he thought Woo Do-gyeom would know better since they were in the same money-lending business.

And that thought was right on the mark.

Although,

“How much do you need? How much do you need to be looking for a loan shark?”

“Excuse me? What nonsense are you talking about?”

“There’s no need to hide it between us. I should have noticed first and recommended it to you. It’s my fault.”

“Yes……?”

“What on earth is that young master doing? How could he just leave you to go to a loan shark when he cherishes you so much?”

No.

Why is Kwon Seong-hyun coming up here?

“I’ll arrange the money. How much would be enough? I won’t take interest. Instead, I’d like you to come to my house and play with the kids.”

If this went on, he was going to be misunderstood as being so desperate for money that he would sell his organs.

Yeonwoo hurriedly corrected Woo Do-gyeom’s misunderstanding.

“I’m not looking for it because I need money.”

“……Really? It doesn’t matter how much it is.”

“I have plenty of money too, you know?”

With appearance fees and advertising fees piling up, it was definitely not a lie.

“I’m not asking you to find just any loan shark. Do you know A Entertainment?”

“I think I’ve heard of it.”

“It seems the president of A Entertainment took out a loan. It seems he also gambled illegally and was involved in financial fraud.”

“Hmm? And?”

“I want to know who the loan shark involved with that president is. How much debt that president has. How far the problem extends.”

“Why suddenly that? Are you thinking of acquiring A Entertainment?”

“It’s not that. I have something to repay to someone who belongs to that company. It’s also getting in the way of filming the drama.”

Yeonwoo was planning to make this drama a success.

No.

Either way, this drama was bound to succeed.

But there was no way he could look kindly on the guy who kept trying to ruin that success, right?

The reason he was stepping up like this was, of course, partly out of gratitude to Min Ye-rin, but also because A Entertainment’s president himself was annoying.

It was infuriating that a drama that was sure to be a success was being ruined because of money.

He would succeed no matter what, but there was no need to abandon the easy path and choose to go around winding and difficult paths.

“Hmm. I see. Okay. I’ll contact you soon.”

Woo Do-gyeom, who had heard various facts from Yeonwoo, got up from his seat.

“I’d like to have a meal with you, but it’s a pity I have another appointment.”

“If you’re busy, you could have just called……?”

“How could I be so insincere to you, of all people?”

“…….”

That sincerity, I don’t need it.

Anyway, Woo Do-gyeom, who left those words behind, contacted him soon after, as he had said.

-“I found out who it is. I know him too.”

“You know him?”

-“I don’t know him directly, but I know someone who has a connection with his predecessor. So. Should I take care of him?”

“Wait a minute. Didn’t you say you knew him?”

Surprised, he asked,

-“What do I care about my predecessor’s connections?”

A very cool answer came back, asking what was wrong with knowing him.

“……It’s okay. It would be difficult for Woo Do-gyeom to step in directly now, so please just help me later, as I said in advance.”

-“Oh. That’s a shame.”

In a truly regretful voice, Woo Do-gyeom conveyed the schedule of the loan shark in question.

Even the approximate travel route and time were relatively detailed, which was indeed neat work.

‘I’m glad I entrusted it to this guy.’

I heard that the other loan shark was quite a big shot, but he even knew the additional expected routes in detail, which made me speechless.

Whatever the case, Woo Do-gyeom had the ability.

The problem was that he sometimes acted strangely like someone who wasn’t like that.

Anyway, thanks to him.

“Okay. Let’s hear it. So. What does your god have to say to me?”

He succeeded in capturing the loan shark’s interest in an instant.

It was a perfect situation for Yeonwoo, who wanted a quick resolution.

“I’ll tell you in advance, I won’t listen to nonsense like doing a *gut* [Korean shamanic ritual] or writing a *talisman* [amulet]. If you want to go back in one piece, you’d better watch your mouth in advance.”

At the loan shark’s words, the surrounding thugs glared at Yeonwoo menacingly.

Yeonwoo didn’t bat an eye and answered.

“That’s what only amateurs do. Tsk!”

“What……?”

The loan shark’s reaction was a beat late, as if he hadn’t expected that.

“A talisman? I can write one if you want. A *gut*? Well…… I can do that too if you want, but I wouldn’t recommend it.”

“Oh? Why is that?”

“Because it won’t work.”

As soon as he heard Yeonwoo’s words, the loan shark glared.

“You guys. Go over there for a moment.”

“Boss. It’s still dangerous…….”

“Do you think I’ll be threatened by such a weakling?!”

“I understand.”

Yeonwoo was a head taller than them, but the loan shark was confident.

“You…… you’re really not sent by anyone, are you?”

“My god sent me.”

“You’re acting like a crazy person, so I don’t think you’re a cop or a flunky…… is that true?”

“What do you mean?”

“That a *gut* or a *talisman* is useless.”

“Yes. Those things are of no use to you, benefactor. Why are you asking when you know? If it worked, your sleep wouldn’t be restless, and you wouldn’t see hallucinations in the mirror.”

“This fucking…… how much did I spend on that bastard Yeom Dong-ja……!”

“Benefactor. Calm down. This isn’t a problem with the *talisman* or the *gut*.”

Yeonwoo quickly suppressed it before the fire spread to the wrong place.

“What? Then what’s the problem?”

Yeonwoo’s eyes sparkled.

‘Yes. I’ve been waiting for this reaction!’

“The karma weighing on you, benefactor, is too great to be effective even with a *talisman*. No matter how much you try to suppress it with a *gut*, it’s only temporary. The accumulated karma covers it, tsk, tsk…….”

‘What’s the point of having so many *talismans*? They can’t even exert their power.’

Perhaps feeling even more credibility from Yeonwoo’s *tsking* attitude, the loan shark’s attitude became even more docile.

“Karma…… can’t that karma be dealt with? I can give you enough money. How much will it take? How much will it take?!”

Strangely, everyone seems to be eager to give money these days.

“To me, who lives outside this mundane world, wealth is meaningless…….”

As he casually said a word, the loan shark became even more desperate.

He seemed to be completely *neomeoon* [won over] now.

‘Well. Since he’s doing things himself, he must believe in superstitions without looking like it.’

The people who came to his mother Kang Yeon-hwa’s shrine were not only high-ranking officials or businessmen.

People in industries where there were many reasons to hold grudges also came from here and there.

Of course, they were all *matgo* [hit] with a *doe* [measuring container] in coarse salt and immediately kicked out.

“No. Then what am I supposed to do?!”

When people are cornered, they become desperate.

The loan shark got angry at Yeonwoo instead.

Yeonwoo laughed *heoheoreopge* [in a carefree manner] and soothed the loan shark.

“Benefactor. Isn’t it all fate that I saw you here, benefactor?”

“Y, yes!”

“The reason why the god I serve sent me here is all to help you, benefactor. So don’t worry.”

A person who has sold medicine sells it well.

By mixing it with the truth and laying the groundwork plausibly from the beginning, see how he has completely *neomeoon* [fallen for it].

Yeonwoo *yeolsimhi yageul palatda* [was earnestly selling medicine – a Korean expression for trying to deceive someone with sweet talk].

“Benefactor. Has your fortune been blocked recently?”

“Fortune? What suddenly…….”

“Ahem. You must think carefully and answer.”

At Yeonwoo’s stern gaze, the loan shark frowned and rubbed his chin.

Yeonwoo decided to throw a little more bait.

“There’s something that’s tormenting you, as if it’s about to come in but not quite? The god I serve says…… there’s a lot of light around you. There are many people…… it’s like a lively party, he says.”

“Oh…… oh! There is, there is!”

He seemed to have thought of A Entertainment’s president only after I told him almost everything.

“But what does that have to do with him, ahem, that?”

“That’s exactly the problem.”

“What……?”

“Didn’t I say your fortune was blocked? That’s why everything from the money line being blocked to this mess happened.”

“Yes…… I think that’s right? Come to think of it, the timing is right too!”

The timing is right, my ass.

‘Once you start getting caught up in something plausible, everything seems to fit.’

I have twenty years of experience watching Ms. Kang.

Yeonwoo’s *iptteolgi* [smooth talking] was a *sujun-geup-ui yakpalgi* [top-notch deception].

It was more than enough to rip off a bad guy who was *simsini soeyakhaejeo* [mentally and physically weakened].

“Perhaps…… is that guy really the problem…….”

“Yes.”

A voice of half-doubt.

To that, Yeonwoo replied with a *gyeonsilhan* [firm] attitude.

There was a firmness mixed in that completely nailed down the suspicion.

‘It’s not, but who cares. This guy won’t know anyway.’

They’re both bad guys, so I don’t feel guilty.

The loan shark’s nightmares and strange phenomena won’t disappear just because he cuts ties with A’s president.

But who cares?

Isn’t it natural that if you make others shed tears of blood, you’ll suffer twice as much?

Of course.

Yeonwoo didn’t have the kindness to tell him that.

“That line…….”

The loan shark, who was now completely *neomeoon* [won over] to Yeonwoo, stared intently at Yeonwoo’s mouth.

“It’s a rotten money line. Even if you hold on to it, money won’t come in, and only bad luck will pile up.”

As soon as Yeonwoo’s firm words ended, the thugs who were far away and only sticking their heads out to eavesdrop whispered.

“He seems to be a *yonghan* [skillful/powerful] fortune teller?”

“No, how did he know that our boss does this kind of work?”

“That’s why he’s a *yonghan* [skillful/powerful] fortune teller.”

“Come to think of it, he wasn’t very ordinary from the beginning.”

“Yeah. Isn’t he almost the first *ilbanin* [ordinary person] who wasn’t scared even when he saw Deuk-chil?”

Among them, Yeonwoo had already become a very *yonghadi yonghan* [extremely skillful/powerful] fortune teller.

“Ahem…… but it’s quite a lot of money and there’s a lot to get involved in…… can’t we just squeeze it quickly and *teol-eo-nae* [shake it off] it quickly?”

“Benefactor, do you perhaps want your life to be squeezed quickly and *teol-eo-nae* [shaken off] quickly too?”

As Yeonwoo said with a *hansimhadaneun* [pathetic] look, the loan shark *keuheuheum yoranhaege* [cleared his throat loudly].