Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 370

370. A Role Emerges (2)

“Why is he suddenly like this?”

“Looks like he liked your acting?”

“He liked my acting?”

Gabriel looked puzzled.

He hadn’t even formally filmed in front of the camera yet.

‘What acting could he possibly like?’

As he wondered, dumbfounded, Raymond replied.

“Jonas went out for a bit during the break and came back all excited. Does anything come to mind?”

“Nothing comes to mind… Wait, could he have seen that?”

“Seen what?”

“It wasn’t much. I just practiced the scene for today with Yeonwoo. You know I’m making a comeback after a long time.”

“Ah, so you practiced? How wonderfully did you practice for Jonas to be like that? Well, this is good for you, Gabriel.”

With the director suddenly disappearing in excitement, there was no way the filming would continue.

But strangely, everyone seemed used to this situation.

“Does this happen often?”

Yeonwoo asked, and Raymond nodded.

“Not often, but sometimes. Jonas isn’t rigid, so he often changes the script when he gets a good idea. He’s a bit tiring for the actors, but the results are always good, so no one can say anything.”

No one on this set doesn’t know how serious Director Jonas is about this series.

That’s why everyone seemed to accept his bizarre behavior of revising the synopsis during filming.

And after a while.

Jonas, his face flushed with excitement, burst out of the trailer with disheveled hair.

“……?”

Gabriel’s expression changed strangely as he received the revised script for today’s filming.

Then, without a word, he handed it to Yeonwoo.

“……?”

This time, it was Yeonwoo’s turn to have question marks floating above his head.

‘What’s going on all of a sudden?’

Something was off.

Clearly, in the script he had memorized entirely, there were only two people talking to John Doe.

Extras who were no different from nameless nobodies, who merely said,

-Yes, no. Take this.

Extras who were too insignificant to even be called supporting actors.

But.

‘Why do they have names now……?’

Clearly, in the column that had been labeled Henchman 1 and Henchman 2 when Gabriel and he practiced the script, names had appeared.

Even their lines had increased.

And that’s not all.

The action cues were described in detail.

“Gabriel aside… is this perhaps my role?”

He asked, looking at Jonas, who nodded vigorously with a face like a hamster storing peanuts [cheeks full].

“Shall we draw up the contract right away? We’ll proceed with the best possible terms for the appearance fee.”

“No… I have no intention of appearing.”

“Just do as you practiced with Gabriel earlier! We’ve only added a few more lines there!”

‘A few more lines doesn’t seem to be the case.’

Henchman 1 and Henchman 2 had been merged into one person.

And that’s not all.

An extra who stood behind John Doe with his hands behind his back like a shadow, whose face wasn’t even properly captured by the camera.

But the changed script turned him into a secretary-like role.

‘If we do this, the latter half of the story will definitely be strengthened.’

John Doe, who was nothing more than a disposable smokescreen.

But they added more narrative to it and highlighted the role.

‘If we do this, the real mastermind in the latter half will be even more vividly felt.’

Jonas’s excitement hadn’t ended yet.

“John Doe’s role will also change a bit.”

“Change? How……?”

“He’ll become Black’s helper in the latter half!”

“……?”

It was nothing short of a declaration of going from an extra to a supporting role.

“We’re just twisting the relationships a bit, so the content won’t change much. Ah, I was worried about the latter half anyway, but we can go with this! Ugh! Freedom!”

Jonas roared, letting out a strange scream.

“He seems to be under a lot of stress lately.”

Raymond explained on behalf of Jonas.

“He was worried that the impact of the latter half was too weak.”

It was a predictable ending.

‘It turns out that John Doe isn’t the villain he was chasing, and even John Doe was just a puppet being used by the real mastermind. And that mastermind was none other than the head of Black’s organization.’

An ending where you’re betrayed by someone you trusted.

But he overcomes that betrayal and cuts out all the rotten parts of the organization.

And the story ends with a preview of the birth of a new organization.

‘Yeah, the ending was a bit bland.’

It’s not a completely random ending since there were plot threads built up in episodes 1 and 2.

But it felt a bit lacking for a climax.

‘To show Black as a true hero, the opponent has to be portrayed as more vicious to balance it out.’

Perhaps that’s why they put up a fake mastermind, John Doe, as a smokescreen for such a dramatic production…….

It was a bit disappointing.

‘Because it’s too obvious!’

Something was missing?

But the content that Jonas suddenly revised as if possessed looked quite plausible.

“Still, this is too sudden……? It’s not just a cameo.”

“Then isn’t it better? Wouldn’t it be better to appear properly instead of a cameo?”

“That’s true, but…….”

Jonas also briefly showed the revised synopsis on one side of his memo.

“We’re hitting the audience in the back of the head three times. In fact, John Doe wasn’t the villain! The villain was the agency! We’ll destroy that agency with John Doe’s cooperation! I like this one better too.”

An agency that formed an organization by gathering homeless children.

But the organization that the agency formed was not just one.

The agency always seemed to be for the good and only pursued the greater cause.

But beneath the surface, they controlled other organizations and didn’t hesitate to do dirty deeds.

They were nothing more than leashes, each controlling the other.

“Originally, it wouldn’t be revealed that John Doe belonged to the agency until the very end.”

“That’s right.”

According to the original synopsis, their ugly side would be revealed when the real mastermind was taken down, and everything would be exposed together.

Only a brief explanation would follow, stating that even John Doe’s organization was merely being used.

‘Of course, that would further enrage Black……’

Black gradually notices the secrets the agency has hidden.

Seeing this, the agency makes a cold-hearted decision.

‘He’s difficult to handle, a dangerous element that needs to be eliminated.’

That was the decision the agency made for Black, who had dedicated so much time to them.

They use John Doe’s organization, and John Doe uses Rose to try to eliminate Black.

Black concludes that John Doe, who is in the same organization as Rose, is the axis of evil and ruthlessly deals with him.

That was all John Doe’s role needed to be.

Later, they subtly reveal that it wasn’t the case, emphasizing the agency’s ruthlessness?

But the John Doe with a given narrative was a bit different.

“Actually, Rose is like John’s sworn brother [a very close, almost familial bond], but he was forced to follow orders. And then he finds out that the agency deliberately killed Rose in the middle to make John perish with him… I definitely like this one better.”

Black’s anger would be entirely directed at the mastermind, the agency.

“Going this way will definitely make the agency more of a son of a bitch, right?”

The eyes of the two, who were exchanging words, turned to Yeonwoo.

“……Why are you looking at me?”

“David. I think John Doe’s character will come alive with David. What do you think, David?”

David.

That was the name of the subordinate who became John Doe’s secretary.

They’re openly calling him by his role name.

His voice, though trying to sound calm, was full of desperation.

“But can movie appearances be decided so easily like this?”

“It’s not just anyone. Jonas’s influence in this movie is immense. Right now, even the production company can’t treat Jonas carelessly.”

He’s the one who successfully rebooted the difficult series, both Part 1 and Part 2, consecutively.

Even though it’s a series, it’s common in Hollywood for the directors of Part 1 and Part 2 to be different.

Considering such cases, Jonas’s trilogy is a result of his abilities being recognized and the results being acknowledged.

“It seems David’s role is the core of this change… What are you going to do?”

At that moment, Yeonwoo saw it.

‘Why are three people’s lifespans increasing at the same time……’

Gabriel, Raymond.

And Jonas, who was pretending not to be, pricking up his ears from afar.

Above their heads,

-Ting!

[Harvestable lifespan: +23 days]

[Harvestable lifespan: +43 days]

[Harvestable lifespan: +47 days]

He saw the lifespans rising in succession.

In conclusion, Yeonwoo accepted the role of David.

Reason?

‘Why would I refuse?’

The reason is a bit absurd, but.

It’s not a bad thing for Yeonwoo.

‘Actually, I was curious about the Hollywood style.’

From what he’s observed recently, the scale is just a bit larger.

There wasn’t a huge difference from Korea.

He heard that Jonas prefers a bit more vividness on set.

That’s why he’s so serious that the size of the set is almost like building a small town.

‘Still, there must be a difference between just watching and actually appearing in it.’

[Yeah. The more experience, the better. Suffering in youth is something you should seek out!]

An old ghost who’s been around for decades said.

‘I also have to help Gabriel.’

For some reason, Jonas greatly increased not only Gabriel’s role but also the role that Yeonwoo had practiced for him.

‘It’s good, but why……?’

The answer that came back was one.

-Yeonwoo must be in it. No one can do it without Yeonwoo!

Jonas’s eyes seemed to have an eerie glow when he said that.

Did Jonas have spiritual power?

He even had that illusion.

Even the extras who played the roles of subordinates thanked Yeonwoo without any complaints.

Because Director Jonas had put in the filming staff, saying that their faces wouldn’t be shown anyway, and only their bodies or scenes with sunglasses would appear.

‘As expected, geniuses are a bit strange somewhere.’

It was the moment when Director Ji Unjae came to mind once again.

John Doe’s role has been strengthened, and he even received the name David, so there’s nothing more to say.

So much so that the disapproving gazes that had been pouring on Gabriel faltered when Yeonwoo took on the role instead.

‘And they’re giving me lifespan on top of that, so why would I refuse?’

It’s a loss not to accept it.

The next day.

When he went to the set, the story that John Doe’s role had been greatly revised had quickly swept through the wide filming location.

‘The looks aren’t as bad as I thought?’

This was really unexpected.

They’re surprisingly friendly.

Maybe that’s why,