Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 374

374. Golden Scenario (2)

November 9, 2022

‘Is he seriously going to pull out a gun or something?!’

No matter how many crazy people there are, he wouldn’t be *that* insane.

He has a favorability rating of 99, no less.

But even so, when Mac suddenly reached into his chest, I couldn’t help but tense up.

‘What on earth is he trying to take out?’

The term ‘zealot’ wasn’t an exaggeration at all.

Why?

Because I’d seen people that far gone often at Lady Kang’s shrine!

‘It’s the same principle as how there might be someone who’s never experienced Lady Kang’s divine revelations, but no one who’s only experienced it once.’

When something is beyond their comprehension, most people react in one of two ways.

First, they deny it.

Second, they revere it instead.

They’re extremely opposite reactions, but that’s how it actually is.

And most of what Yeon-woo had seen was the latter.

‘Lady Kang is one thing, but I don’t know why this guy is like this.’

What did Yeon-woo himself do to deserve this?

But that thought didn’t last long.

“……!”

The moment Mac took his hand out of his chest.

‘What is that?’

Yeon-woo felt like he’d been struck by lightning.

It was only natural.

Because something golden and brilliant was in Mac’s hand.

At first, he thought he was seeing things.

But he wasn’t.

‘Golden?’

Is Mac really carrying around gold?

It was obviously bigger than the size of a hand.

To make a comparison, it was slightly larger than the script Gabriel read every day.

‘At that size, it’s understandable that people would be greedy. I can understand why he hid it in his chest.’

But that was a misconception.

‘What? Why isn’t anyone reacting?’

Yeon-woo knew.

People are bound to waver in the face of immense wealth.

But strangely, no one reacted.

Instead, there were gazes of pity towards Mac.

Especially Jonas, who was the most prominent.

‘He’s looking at the person holding gold with such pity?’

The truth was soon revealed.

“Uhm, could you possibly… read this once…?”

From Mac Houston’s own mouth.

The golden lump he carefully held out with trembling fingertips.

“This is… a synopsis?”

Only then could Yeon-woo properly see the identity of the gold.

A golden synopsis!

Yeon-woo had seen hundreds, if not thousands, of scenarios and scripts since entering this industry.

-Compare and contrast the actual filmed footage with the script. It will definitely be helpful.

Thanks to Kwon Seong-hyun’s Spartan education.

‘That was quite fun…….’

Later, manager Lee Joo-ha and Lee Gyu-han, whom he got to know, said this with a look of exhaustion.

-They really are birds of a feather…….

Yeon-woo felt wronged.

No, well.

Kwon Seong-hyun did push him pretty hard.

But if it was helpful and fun as a result, wasn’t that enough?

‘I’m not that much of a workaholic.’

He felt a bit wronged, but nothing changed even if he protested.

Anyway, the important thing is this.

‘There’s never been a script that shines so golden like that!’

To be more precise, he had never seen a script or synopsis with shimmering colors at all.

That was the case even when he saw mountains of hundreds of documents.

“Can I take this with me?”

“Y-yes, of course. Please take it! If it’s you, that child will close his eyes in happiness!”

He was also talking a bit strangely.

Still, Yeon-woo calmly started by taking it.

It was a bonus that Mac Houston looked at Yeon-woo with almost worshipful eyes, as if he was about to die.

“I don’t know why that friend is suddenly doing something that doesn’t suit him, but he’s a friend with a tragic story.”

After Mac Houston left, swallowing his disappointment.

Jonas explained, trying to defend his friend in his own way.

“I don’t know anyone in this industry who isn’t like that, but still, that friend is very unique and talented. In fact, the works he’s filmed so far aren’t bad either. It’s just that they’re a bit too commercial. So, he sharpened his knife and brought a synopsis that I found very interesting to complete to succeed……”

Mac Houston’s story, as told by Jonas, was truly tragic as he said.

‘He was also scammed for investment and his entire career is about to be cut off?’

“There are more than one or two places that Chinese capital has devoured. Including film companies, distributors, and even franchise cinemas. In the past, they gladly accepted it as easy money, but it turned out to be a self-inflicted wound.”

Everyone initially welcomed the Chinese capital that came in with huge capital.

Because there’s never enough production costs.

However, from some point on, Chinese capital began to devour many parts of Hollywood.

The result is known to everyone.

‘Suddenly, why are the main characters in movies going to Shanghai or Hong Kong…….’

There is no such thing as a free lunch.

Following that proposition, China began to intervene with huge investment capital.

Even to suit their tastes.

“That friend was also targeted.”

Now they are even extending their reach to film production.

They were trying to create a decent scenario to ruin a successful movie series.

‘And Mac Houston was unlucky enough to get caught up in it.’

There are more than one or two directors who have been ruined in that way.

It’s unfortunate, but it can’t be helped.

If you’re in the industry, you can’t help but be aware of the big players in the film industry who hold the distribution and offline platforms tightly.

‘That’s sad.’

After listening, the story was truly tragic.

I could see why this golden synopsis was buried with so much wear and tear.

‘Let’s read it first.’

Jonas confidently said that he would have already hit the jackpot if it weren’t for the dirty work.

A synopsis from such a person.

I can’t not read it.

With that in mind, Yeon-woo turned the tattered cover.

And.

[Yeon-woo? Yeon-woo? What’s wrong with him?]

He fell into it without realizing it.

*

[You’re just like Yeon-hwa! You’re exactly the same when you get into something, you skip meals!]

The chubby pig cat poured out nagging.

[I had to take care of your meals so desperately when you went to the mountains to offer sacrifices every day. But she doesn’t starve herself after she gets older. I’m so glad. But now Yeon-woo, you’re like that.]

“……I only skipped this one meal, okay?”

Koreans run on rice.

Like a nation where almost every greeting leads to a meal story, Yeon-woo was like that too.

Even the greetings are about meals, so that’s all I have to say.

-Oh, yeah. Okay. Let’s have a meal together sometime!

-Let’s have a meal together when you have time!

Doesn’t that sound familiar?

Anyway.

[Eat first! If you come to this foreign land and don’t take care of your meals, our Yeon-hwa will cry. I can’t stand to see that again!]

‘Would Lady Kang really cry if I skipped a meal……?’

Yeon-woo thought so, but wisely didn’t say it.

That old ghost was acting like a parent, and his wind [nagging] was no joke.

[But what’s so great about it that you’re so engrossed in it? Didn’t you say it was a simple scenario? Is it that fun?]

“Hmm…….”

All sorts of modifiers linger in my head.

It’s so interesting that I don’t understand why it’s still buried.

The material is fresh and the way it’s solved is sophisticated and not old-fashioned.

But instead of saying all that, Yeon-woo said just one simple word.

“It’s fun.”

It was the simplest word, yet it condensed all his thoughts.

[Ah, I’m getting curious. What is it? What’s so great about it?]

Dongja-ryeong knows.

Yeon-woo’s personality doesn’t even make empty words.

Perhaps that’s why he showed curiosity.

“Take a look at it first.”

It would be a very strange situation for others to see.

The situation of placing a booklet in front of a clinging cat was not normal no matter how you looked at it.

Even that cat even turned the pages on its own!

It was a scene that someone would have reported to the mysterious Amazing TV even if they saw it.

However, everyone in this place was very familiar with this situation.

[Hmm……. Hooh……. Ooh……? Hoooh……?]

The Dongja-ryeong, who was turning the paper, made a low exclamation.

And after a while.

[Yeon-woo, you have to do this.]

Finally, Dongja-ryeong brought out a word he had been pondering.

“You don’t think it’s a waste to miss it either, do you?”

[Keueung…… That’s right. Hmph. You know I’m a cinephile, right?]

“I know you have a very strange hobby for a ghost.”

I guarantee that even if he combines all the movies and dramas he’s seen so far, he won’t be able to match what Dongja-ryeong has seen.

That ghost is really eccentric.

He’s addicted to TV even though he’s dead.

It’s the end of the world, the end of the world.

[Ahem! That’s all been helpful to you. Isn’t that right?]

“That’s right.”

I’ll admit what I have to admit.

[Ahem. Yes. So, I think you really have to do this. ……But then our return will be postponed, right?]

“You can go back first. I don’t care.”

[No. Yeon-hwa told me not to leave you alone. Sigh. Where would I go leaving a child who can’t even take care of a meal properly without me.]

There is considerable contradiction in those words.

First of all, Yeon-woo was not a child.

Have you ever seen a ‘child’ in their mid-twenties who is half a head taller than most adult men?

And he only skipped a meal this one time!

[It’s a shame……. Keueung……. I think it would be more of a shame to miss it.]

That’s the same here.

A synopsis that I started reading because I was worried about the golden light.

But the content was really interesting.

‘I have to do this no matter what.’

His old intuition was shouting that.

Even when I first saw the psychopath role in Dramatic Tempest, I didn’t have such a strong feeling.

‘So that’s why it’s golden……?’

A phenomenon I saw for the first time.

Kwon Seong-hyun’s words come to mind.

He said that you can already feel it from the synopsis stage for a work that will be a hit.

Kwon Seong-hyun, who has a strong innate spiritual power.

His ability manifested in the direction of choosing works by looking at the script.

‘I should contact him and ask.’

But I feel like I know even if I don’t ask.

What Kwon Seong-hyun was talking about was golden light.

Faaa……

The golden aura that still shines brilliantly.

‘I have no choice.’

My heart is leaning on its own.

The decision was quick and firm.

*

“Are you really not going to do any more? You only need to modify a few scenes even now.”

“Thank you for your words alone. But it would be best to end it right around here.”

Jonas said to Yeon-woo with regret dripping.

This is because all of Yeon-woo’s filming that had not been completed was finally finished.

“Okay. I can’t help it. Sigh……. This is really. It’s too bad…….”

Jonas, who was sticky until the end, sighed.

“Still, if you’re going to appear in Mac’s movie, I’ll see Yeon-woo there.”

“Yes.”

“But if Yeon-woo appears, let alone the actors…… how about the production……?”

There are no investors, and there is no crazy company that will distribute a movie by a director who is disliked by the giant capital.

“I’m going to take care of that myself.”

“Well. Yeon-woo will do well somehow. I was worried for nothing.”

This person seems to have been infected by hanging out with Gabriel.

Where does that blind faith with no end in sight come from…….

And that afternoon.

“Oh. My God. I didn’t think I’d get a call! Thank you for calling me like this.”

Mac Houston came to Yeon-woo’s studio.

He had only seen him a few days ago, but for some reason, he looked calmer.

[Yeon-woo, is this person sane?]

The watching Dongja-ryeong clicked his tongue.

“I really enjoyed the scenario you gave me. It was very interesting.”

“Oh. Thank you for saying that. That child will be happy too.”

Mac Houston’s words, who already knew that production was impossible, had no strength.

“I’m just happy that you read my scenario and liked it.”

“Is that all?”

Yeon-woo asked.

“I’m asking if you’re really satisfied with just that.”