Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 313

313. An Invitation from Abroad (2)

2022.09.09.

The reply came back faster than light.

Three letters: WTF.

[Ahahahahahahaha!]

Dong Ja-ryeong burst into insane laughter upon seeing it.

“……?”

Why is he laughing?

[See, I told you to reply to the message. Ahahahahahahaha!]

“…….”

[How much of a cold wall did Yeon-woo build that he doesn’t even know he got a message? Ahahaha! I’m going crazy!]

Have you ever seen a hamster doubled over with laughter?

The small, plump creature, barely fitting in the palm of your hand, stretched out like a mochi, rolling around and then shrinking back into a soft ball.

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[Wow. This situation is really interesting. More interesting than any movie I’ve ever seen.]

“…….”

Well.

At least someone’s having fun.

So, according to Dong Ja-ryeong, WTF means this:

What the F**k.

In short, it’s a curse.

“Why are they cursing at me?”

Are foreigners like this?

Is this why our ancestors didn’t associate with foreigners?

Then Dong Ja-ryeong offered an opinion.

[Doesn’t it seem obvious? I bet my sunflower seeds from yesterday that they think you’ve been hacked. Ah, those sunflower seeds I ate yesterday were so delicious. I think they said they were freshly harvested sunflower seeds, dried well in the cool breeze in the Daegwallyeong highlands?]

“Stop talking nonsense. So, you’re saying they didn’t curse at me, but at the hacker?”

[That’s just my guess. The truth could be different. It’s entirely possible that Trevi waited so long for your reply that he went crazy.]

“…….”

He’s going off on a tangent when he was doing so well.

Yeon-woo ignored Dong Ja-ryeong’s nonsense.

Even as he did, countless messages were being updated on his phone screen in real-time.

He was about to say thank you, but ended up getting dozens of lines of curses.

‘How should I reply to this? That I’m not a hacker? No. If they don’t think it’s a hack and are really cursing, the situation gets even weirder, doesn’t it?’

He pondered for a few minutes, watching the screen fill up with messages too fast to type a reply.

>You made a big mistake. A very big mistake. Now, wait for my lawyer to contact you, friend.

>If I were you, I’d put down my phone right now and pray to God. Lord, have mercy on this young lamb! Please, pray that I don’t die tonight!

>You’ll be recorded as the overwhelming number one in this year’s Darwin Awards. Why? Because I’ll make it so 🙂

‘What is it? All they keep saying is that I’m going to die?’

He struggled to translate it, but that’s what it all meant.

‘I’m struggling so hard not to die, you know.’

All this for YouTube.

More precisely, for a smooth overseas expansion.

He doesn’t need a position that just shines briefly and disappears.

Yeon-woo wanted fertile soil where he could firmly establish roots overseas.

Now was the process of diligently cultivating that soil.

‘Go abroad and sweep up longevity.’

This was Yeon-woo’s grand goal.

Even Heungseon Daewongun [a powerful regent of Korea’s Joseon dynasty in the 19th century], who lived and breathed within Yeon-woo, couldn’t help but nod.

First, he has to live.

He has to be alive to implement the isolationist policy.

‘Surely they haven’t noticed my intentions and are trying to block me, have they?’

Well…….

It’s true that he wanted to say thank you.

However, it is also true that he added a little personal gain to it.

He learned something while looking into the overseas market.

One way or another, there are still various discriminations abroad.

It was a more shocking truth than he thought.

‘No. So many actors have gone abroad, but most of them failed?’

Apparently, it’s not that they can’t act.

It’s obvious that only the best actors in Korea would even consider going abroad, so it was only natural.

They don’t openly discriminate, but there is clearly discrimination that isn’t discrimination.

‘This… is a double-edged sword.’

If it goes well, that’s a relief.

But if it fails, the risk is too great.

Even if they fail, they might be ridiculed.

Sometimes, strange labels are attached.

Someone who failed trying to go abroad.

What an appetizing prey.

[I heard you had a hard time abroad. I heard that Korean actors haven’t really established themselves in Hollywood yet. Do you have any episodes? If you have any memorable episodes, please introduce them.]

What kind of episodes would someone who failed have?

Even though they can see the estimate at a glance, it’s common to ask questions that dig into the wound.

There were swarms of people in the broadcasting industry who wanted to consume other people’s misfortunes as entertainment.

Not only that.

[Oh my. Who is this? Isn’t this someone who drank Hollywood water? What about this? How can overseas factions get into domestic works?]

They failed abroad, so now they have to return to Korea, but even that is often frustrated.

There are times when writers or directors with influence over casting completely reject them from the start.

Even though a challenge is not something that someone is doing wrong, there are often cases where they are punished in this way.

As Kwon Seong-hyeon said in passing before,

[What’s so great about failing and trying to go abroad? Do you think Korea is a joke?]

They resent the fact that they even tried to go abroad.

As a result, I heard that some of those who failed and returned have stopped working and live almost like retirees.

They leave grandly, but return quietly without a sound and disappear as if they never existed from the beginning.

‘I’m glad I decided to build recognition on YouTube first.’

It was almost an instinctive choice, but it was excellent.

Is this the power of God-given intuition?

‘I don’t plan to fail, but even if I did fail, I didn’t plan to live quietly as if I didn’t exist, but, well.’

This is literally a matter of ‘lifespan’.

It’s not an abstract concept like the end of a celebrity life, but a real question of whether you live or die.

Going abroad?

It’s not a difficult task.

If the purpose was to go abroad itself, there would have been plenty of opportunities to go out before.

However, there was only one reason why he didn’t.

‘If I go to a gold mine, I have to dig it up properly.’

It’s not like going on a trip abroad.

Just feeling bad didn’t suit Yeon-woo’s temperament at all.

‘I have to consider many things carefully.’

It’s absurd, but I have to think about the racial discrimination that exists without knowing it.

The language was impossible right now.

Thanks to the translation ability, listening was possible without difficulty, but speaking was another story.

Besides, there was no guarantee that he would be cast abroad.

Even if he gets cast, there’s a problem.

‘I’d rather not take a mediocre role.’

Yeon-woo felt something while looking at the so-called successful movies made in Hollywood.

‘Why are the roles limited?’

Well, maybe it’s because it’s overseas.

In particular, Koreans, no, Asians often end up in supporting roles.

It wasn’t for nothing that the actors who aimed to go abroad first drank the bitter water of defeat and returned sadly.

The invisible limit was very clear.

A clear limit that you can’t be the main character no matter how good you are.

Even Yeon-woo, who was just watching the work, could see it.

Even in movies with huge Chinese capital, the main character was not Chinese, but a blue-eyed foreigner.

‘If you don’t want to die, you have to be careful. Isn’t that right?’

It’s a bit of a roundabout way, but choosing YouTube was excellent again.

Life is precious.

‘But it’s blocked from the start.’

He didn’t have Trevi in mind from the beginning.

But as he watched, he realized that he had quite a bit of influence.

I felt it during Dramatic Tempest, but seeing the tremendous results of breaking through the limit made me feel tempted.

Well……

It would be nice if it worked out, but if not, oh well.

But I didn’t expect to get cursed from the start.

“Should I contact the company…….”

The messages that had been coming up at almost light speed, as if they weren’t breathing, gradually slowed down.

Still, I don’t think I should reply here.

What if curses fly again?

One way or another, it would be right for a young man from the Eastern Land of Courtesy to say thank you.

The memory of ignoring Trevi’s constant, almost wallpapering contact had already disappeared from his mind.

In fact, he wasn’t trying to ignore it on purpose.

What should I say?

[Is he still cursing at you?]

The hamster, who came up close, tapped Yeon-woo’s cell phone.

[Huh? He’s not saying anything? Did he block it?]

>Just wait. I’ll find you soon and I’ll kill you.

That was the last message.

“I don’t know. I think it’s better to tell the company…….”

That was the moment Yeon-woo said that.

>WHAT THE FUCK?!

Another curse flew.

This time, it wasn’t the end of it.

However, Yeon-woo’s cell phone began to vibrate like crazy with messages that were clearly different from before.

If it weren’t for the Google translator that Dong Ja-ryeong told me about, I might have quit already.

“He really likes to die. He said he was going to kill me earlier, but now he’s saying he’s going to die.”

[Ahahahahahahaha!]

The mochi-like hamster next to him burst into insane laughter.

That’s because,

>God. Forgive me. I didn’t recognize him. It’s better to take out these unnecessary eyeballs……!

Trevi, who had been pouring out curses, suddenly became quiet.

So I thought he had blocked it, but that wasn’t the case.

>Oh my god. Wait a minute. Is that really the Kang Yeon-woo I know? If so, I’m really sorry. Oh God. I really thought you were hacked. So I was planning to catch the bad guy and make sure he never did that again. I’d be really sad if you misunderstood my message. I’d be really grateful if you gave me a chance to correct the misunderstanding. I hope you don’t misunderstand that I cursed at you. Aaaah. Oh my god. If you’re Kang Yeon-woo, kill me! If I can prove my innocence by dying, I’d be happy to……!

As if he had never been quiet.

A tremendous apology and messages poured out like bombs again.

‘What would have happened if I was a real hacker?’

I’m very curious about the plan, but I feel like I shouldn’t ask.

[He really thought you were hacked. I’m going crazy. Ahaha! But what’s Sir? Why is he calling you sir?]

‘How would I know that?’

It seems that the worst fears are realized overseas as well.

I feel a sense of familiarity.

‘Foreign countries were also places where people lived.’

[He waited so long for your reply that he gave up! He said he thought it was a hack when the reply came. I knew it, but it’s funny. Ahahahahaha!]

Trevi sent a lot of messages after that.

Along with the apology, he even sent a proof shot.