Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 377

377. An Unexpected Problem (1)

November 12, 2022

“I heard you’re filming a movie with Mac Houston!”

A leisurely afternoon.

Gabriel burst through the studio door, shouting.

“How could you do that without me?!”

Gabriel looked at Yeon-woo with tearful eyes, like the protagonist of a tragic drama.

“……?”

What’s this all about?

Since when were we some kind of inseparable duo?

With that question in mind, Yeon-woo asked back.

“Why are you suddenly bringing that up?”

“Why? What do you mean, why! Yeon-woo, you’re doing this to me without me?!”

No, but why does it concern you…….

But Yeon-woo knew.

Of course, saying that would definitely make him sulk.

‘How did he get this information so quickly?’

The story about directly investing in the movie was only known to Mac Houston himself.

Ah.

Kwon Seong-hyun, the asset manager who would provide the investment, also knew.

“But where did you suddenly hear about that?”

It wasn’t exactly top-secret information.

However, the most recent news being leaked carelessly was another matter.

[Ahem! Ahem! Ahem!]

Suddenly, a fat cat on one side made a loud, dry cough, as if it had caught a cold.

“…….”

Ah.

So the culprit was over there?

“Yeon-woo, I’m only telling you this because it’s you, but a cute little kid appeared in my dream?”

[Aheum! Ahem! Cough, cough, ahem!]

The cat coughed even more loudly.

“He told me I was being stupid, just standing there blankly, and pushed me to quickly chase after you, grab your pant leg, and beg! He told me to stick with you when you go to film the movie? So I ran right over. ……But by the way, why is Cheese coughing like that? Is he trying to cough up a hairball?”

That cat coughing like it’s about to cough up a hairball is the little kid that appeared in your dream.

‘I wasn’t planning on leaving him behind anyway.’

Isn’t it obvious?

Even though he looks like this, Yeon-woo was the type to finish what he started.

He despised those who abandoned things halfway through, saying it was too difficult.

‘People should keep their word.’

What is the reason for trust and promises to exist?

The reason Yeon-woo was thorough in his self-management and didn’t cause problems was to keep his loyalty and trust with his fans.

‘This position isn’t one I achieved alone.’

Yeon-woo never forgot that there were always people who supported him endlessly in the background.

Even just to be honest with the people who liked him without any conditions.

Yeon-woo intended to keep every promise and word he had made himself.

The same went for Gabriel, whom he had taken on almost forcibly.

‘Actually, it’s been a bit fun lately……?’

[27]

It was also a bit fun watching the number floating above his head.

The growth rate was slower than expected.

However, he wasn’t impatient because he could see how it was growing with his own eyes.

‘As expected, everything needs a solid foundation.’

Gabriel’s seed was currently working hard to spread its roots.

There’s also the saying that a deeply rooted tree doesn’t shake.

“I wasn’t planning on leaving you behind in the first place.”

Yeon-woo replied nonchalantly.

Abandonment was out of the question at a time when he should be giving him plenty of fertilizer and everything else to help him grow well.

“Oh……. Is that so……?”

“Yes. Why are you suddenly coming here and questioning something so obvious? It’s embarrassing.”

“No…… I didn’t know……? But do I have a role? Am I being cast right away?”

“No? Gabriel has to audition and be assigned a role on his own.”

“What?!”

From the beginning, Yeon-woo had said several times that he had no intention of interfering with the production.

‘If I interfered with the casting after saying that, it would be an abuse of power.’

Still, he could introduce him.

That’s all.

He couldn’t ruin a golden scenario by bringing in an incompetent actor.

“Th, then what if I fail the audition?!”

“Hmm…….”

What do you mean, what do you do?

“Work hard so you don’t fail.”

“What……?!”

You have to work hard.

‘I don’t think he’ll fail, though…….’

There’s even a role that’s perfect for Gabriel.

Of course, Mac Houston wouldn’t have deliberately arranged it.

It would be a talent in itself to fail in a role that fits this well.

“O, okay. Then I’ll start practicing hard from today.”

[28]

Perhaps stimulated, the seed grew to 28.

After Gabriel came in, huffed and puffed, and left feeling awkward.

Yeon-woo continued to receive calls one after another.

Gabriel wasn’t the only one with quick information.

The human with the child spirit next to him was just the leader.

“Who is it?”

-“Have you already forgotten me, Gun? I’m about to feel hurt.”

“I think you have the wrong number.”

-“Oh dear. My children will be very disappointed to hear that.”

“Who are your children? Please speak properly.”

-“The children who wouldn’t have existed if it weren’t for you…….”

Yeon-woo pressed his forehead with his fingers.

He felt a headache coming on already.

“Stop talking nonsense. So why did you suddenly call? Did something happen to Sae-rim or Sae-hyun?”

-“Are we only able to talk when something like that happens?”

If not, then what are we?

At least from what he heard, it seemed like nothing had happened to Sae-rim or Sae-hyun.

What the person on the phone, Woo Do-gyeom, said wasn’t entirely wrong.

Woo Sae-rim and Woo Sae-hyun wouldn’t have been well enough to even joke around if it weren’t for Yeon-woo.

‘Why do those kids have to be under that kind of person…….’

The reason he couldn’t easily ignore Gabriel was probably also due to the influence of the two children.

Basically, Yeon-woo was very weak to those in similar situations or those who reminded him of the past.

-“I heard that Gun is making a movie.”

“Yes? No, where are you hearing these things? Did you plant someone around me or something? And I’m not making it, I’m investing, investing.”

-“News about Gun is being treated as the most important agenda everywhere.”

“……?”

Is this guy crazy?

Yeon-woo seriously began to consider it.

-“I want to invest in that too, is that possible? It would be better to set up a company for various conveniences.”

“I already made one. A company.”

-“What?”

He could hear teeth grinding over the phone.

-“I’ve been beaten to the punch.”

Then the phone hung up with a click.

“……What is this guy.”

After that, Yeon-woo received calls from several acquaintances offering to support the investment.

[Yeon-woo, you’re so lucky with people?]

“Why are you suddenly saying something out of the blue again?”

[Those calls, they’re all offers to lend a hand because they’re worried you’re having a hard time. It’s only possible for someone like you who has no greed. Usually, people don’t throw in their entire fortune to invest?]

‘So that’s why everyone was like that?’

Only then did he realize why everyone was so eager to give him money.

[Cherish them. People who worry about you while spending their own money are precious. They’re all stepping up to spend money for you without knowing any details.]

“…….”

[Well, Yeon-woo, you’ve been good to those people too……. Anyway, you have to cherish those kinds of relationships!]

The child spirit in its old man version coughed for the first time in a while.

Yeon-woo ran a hand over his face.

He had received excessive kindness since entering this industry.

‘Lucky with people, huh…….’

It was a somewhat embarrassing thing to say.

Lucky with people.

A word he had never thought of in his life.

It was a very strange feeling.

He had no idea that so many people who cared about him had increased around him.

“Yes? Already?”

-“Yes. People will be going there soon. I want to go too…… but unfortunately, that’s going to be difficult.”

Not many days after the call.

Yeon-woo heard that a company had already been established.

He just wanted to invest, but a decent film production company had been born.

-We named it Miracle Company.

-Yes? Suddenly?

-Yes. Because there’s no other miracle like Yeon-woo in the world.

No. I don’t know what it is, but I don’t think that’s it.

Of course, it was no use saying that.

Anyway, a company was created in a snap.

There were also complicated stories about shares and whatnot, but he ignored them.

That’s because.

[Yeon-woo? Who are these guys in black suits?]

Very capable people sent by Kwon Seong-hyun had come from Korea.

They said they would take care of all the procedures and legal issues, so he didn’t have to worry.

It was a meticulous process so that he wouldn’t have to lift a finger or worry.

But the part that terrified Yeon-woo was something else.

‘They even bought a building? For the company?’

Do you have to buy a building to invest in a movie?!

Something must be going crazy without him knowing.

The amazing news didn’t end there.

-“I bought a company.”

A phone call came out of nowhere.

Yeon-woo replied crookedly to Woo Do-gyeom’s voice coming from over the phone.

“Aren’t you busy?”

-“I can’t be busy when it comes to Gun’s work. I was robbed of one by Master Kwon, but I couldn’t miss this one.”

“What nonsense…….”

He couldn’t understand why this guy was doing this.

‘I’ll hang up if you talk nonsense.’

Just as he was thinking that.

He was stunned by the following content.

-“I bought a distributor.”

“Yes?”

-“Don’t worry about distribution in North America. Of course, this side will take care of bringing it to Korea, so Gun doesn’t need to worry.”

“Yes?”

-“We’re also approaching the offline platform side. I think I can give you good news soon.”

“Yes?”

-“Oh, it would be easier to understand if I said a movie theater chain. Anyway, I’ll let you know soon.”

“Yes?”

While Yeon-woo was only repeating “Yes?”

The phone, which had only said what it had to say, had already hung up again.

[Just accept it. Enjoy it. They’re just giving it to you for free, so you have to accept it, yes. Kang Yeon-woo, you sinful man.]

The child spirit, who had watched the whole situation, chattered in a carefree voice.

He couldn’t keep up with the other side either.

“You’ve already finished it?”

“It’s not because Master might withdraw the investment, so I was in a hurry. Ahem, ahem.”

Master.

That was the title Mac Houston called Yeon-woo.

Of course, it wasn’t because he had made a huge investment that he volunteered to be a slave.

-The main character should of course be you! It’s meaningless if it’s not you! Please be my master!

It sounds a bit strange just listening to it.

In any case, Master is a nickname for the main character.

It was a name that people who knew him, a person with penetrating insight and excellent brain rotation, called him with surprise and respect, and it became fixed like his name.

‘I didn’t think he would really give me the main character…….’

I thought it was a joke when he knelt down like a fanatic, but I didn’t think he would really force me to take on the main character.

He would have refused if it was a position given as a bribe for promising investment.

But Mac Houston insisted, no matter what anyone said, racism or whatever.

-This is definitely Yeon-woo’s role! No one can do it but Yeon-woo!

He even gave a passionate speech with the title of sir.

He made an investment proposal because he thought it was a waste for the golden scenario to be buried, but somehow he ended up playing the main character?

“Actually, I only have time left, so I collected what I had written in my spare time, refined it, and brought it.”

The golden scenario.

To be precise, it was closer to a synopsis consisting of a detailed plot, characters, and some scenes, but it had already grown into a thick volume.

When he checked it briefly, from specific scenes to cut distribution and location, as well as camera angles, actors’ movements, lines, and action instructions.

It was very specifically and densely organized.

“It’s definitely not because I thought you might withdraw the investment that I’m giving it to you right away!”

“Yes. I don’t misunderstand.”

Well. It’s good that it’s fast.

He heard that it takes quite a while to develop a synopsis into a detailed scenario.

But it’s actually a benefit because he skipped that wait and step.

That period itself is included in the production period.

Besides,

‘The gold color has gotten darker……?’

It seems like the brilliance has become more intense than before.

Is it just his imagination?

“I want to build the set in advance. And I want to build a large 1/6 scale diorama for filming, is that possible…….”