Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 384

384. Timely News (2)

November 19, 2022

“There are so many people here.”

It was a strangely familiar sentiment.

Come to think of it, I think I had the same thought not too long ago.

I think it was during the audition then.

‘Well, this is incomparable.’

I definitely thought there were a lot of people back then.

But compared to now, it was nothing.

“Well, this much is to be expected. It’s the last installment of the Black series trilogy, after all.”

“……Can’t you just congratulate me in your heart?”

“What are you talking about? You were the one who said you’d make sure to make a good impression here, Yeonwoo.”

I know.

I just said it.

‘I didn’t know so many people would be swarming like crazy.’

It feels like the genre has changed strangely.

How should I put it?

It feels like it’s changed from a modern drama to a zombie apocalypse.

People sticking to the windows, squinting their eyes, trying to peek inside somehow.

The windows are heavily tinted, so there’s no way they can see inside.

Nevertheless, the handprints plastered all over the car windows were something out of a horror movie.

‘Well, I’d rather see ghosts.’

I would have performed an exorcism if it were them.

But you can’t exorcise a living person, can you?

The thought of opening the door and going out makes me feel even more dizzy.

“If it’s too much, we can go back.”

“No. I must have been out of my mind for a moment.”

In fact, this is a place I have to come to, even if someone grabs my pant leg and tries to stop me.

‘If I hesitate here, only the hyenas will get excited and run wild.’

The only reason Black’s lead, Raymond, invited me is to promote Max Houston’s movie to the public.

The more people who know,

The more the dirty schemers will be wary of public attention and hold back.

‘The more I need to step out and make it so they can’t dare touch me. To scare them.’

The problem isn’t the zombie-like media right now.

Yeonwoo has something to do.

The sense of duty that I can’t let the golden scenario be ruined fills my head.

‘I said something about lifespan and whatnot…… but isn’t it too greedy to want to see the scenario I discovered being made properly?’

I’m just doing what I can.

“Let’s go.”

Yeonwoo said, closing and opening his eyes.

All the confusion was completely gone.

Just in time, the slowly moving car completely slowed down.

The approaching doorman opened the door.

Chwachwachwachwa!

At that moment, a torrent of flashes poured down like a waterfall.

“Don’t lose your mind and come out quickly.”

“Huh? Okay, okay! I understand!”

As if he had never looked tired, Yeonwoo, back to his usual neat and tidy face, said without batting an eye even in the pouring light.

Like an awards ceremony, a long red carpet was laid out.

Gabriel blankly stared at Yeonwoo’s back as he walked on it, then quickly followed.

*

The face of North America.

The pride of North America.

If the UK has killers with numbers, North America has Black.

Etc.

The Natural Born Black series, which has been loved by many fans with numerous nicknames.

As befits the movie that marks the end of the series, the premiere preview, in terms of scale alone, was like moving a film festival as it is.

“Is it always like this?”

“……No. Even I think today is a bit legendary.”

They didn’t know.

Putting aside this crowd right now, in the future,

-Yeah. It was okay back then. I could still walk on my own two feet.

The day would come when they would think that.

Anyway, that was a distant future, so they were busy trying to manage their current embarrassment.

“Just take some pretty smiling pictures in front of the photo wall.”

“Is that all I need to do?”

“You have to catch their eye at this time to increase the chances of the picture you want, Yeonwoo, being drawn.”

“Ah. If that’s the case, well.”

That’s his specialty, isn’t it?

‘There are more people than I thought, but well…….’

The gardening effect is a much more enormous stat than I thought.

I don’t know why this is only an A+ grade.

Maybe it’s because there’s a restriction that you have to touch it directly.

‘Are the elders crazy? What do they mean by actually stroking and taking care of people when they say to garden them?’

But the effect is very remarkable.

Yeonwoo’s dormant spiritual power has grown enormously.

So much so that it covers up to the entrance of Chairman Lee’s house.

‘Stats are there to be used.’

I plan to use them to the fullest.

No matter how good something is, if you can’t use it yourself, it’s like putting horseshoes on a development project [a useless addition].

Yeonwoo has no intention of doing such a foolish thing.

“Gabriel! Look over here!”

“We’re from Sunny TV! Just a word for an interview!”

“Is the person next to you an acquaintance?!”

It was chaotic in front of the photo wall.

However, even in the pouring flashes, Yeonwoo smiled without batting an eye.

‘Now.’

As Yeonwoo decided, several stats were stacked together with spiritual power.

And it began to spread slowly, like a dawn mist.

The change started with the people standing closest to Yeonwoo.

“It’s been a while…… it’s been a while…….”

The reporter, who was about to ask how it felt to appear at an official event after a long time, couldn’t finish his sentence and only repeated the same word.

Thud!

Someone dropped the camera they were holding.

Fortunately, it was on a soft carpet, so the tens of millions of won worth of equipment was not damaged.

But the anomaly did not stop there.

Chwachwachwa…….

The moment an invisible cumulonimbus cloud containing supernatural powers began to spread slowly, centered on Yeonwoo.

The expressions of the people standing there began to change blankly in sequence, as if swept away by a wave.

“…….”

“…….”

“…….”

At most a few seconds.

A very short time that doesn’t even last 10 seconds.

That moment was perfect silence.

The funny thing is that the affected targets were not only them.

[Kkieeeeek!]

[Gyaaaaaaak!]

Petty ghosts who like to hang around places with lots of people.

As many celebrities gathered, the number of thought entities and vengeful spirits that followed them was not small.

Several spirits who were standing among the people, grinning as if they were also people, targeting their targets, were in a similar situation.

[Heueoeoeoe…….]

[Hiiiik…….]

The weak ones were quickly submerged in spiritual power and disappeared from the spot.

The nasty ones screamed and ran away, terrified of even touching their bodies.

All of that happened in a very short time.

‘This is an effect I didn’t expect?’

A satisfied smile appeared on Yeonwoo’s lips as he watched it.

I was annoyed that evil things were appearing at the celebration, but I didn’t know they would be cleaned up like this.

-Hey! John! Wake up! The audio is empty right now!

It was after that that people began to come to their senses one by one.

Numerous reporters are gathered here.

Among them, there were naturally live broadcast programs.

Live broadcasts have to keep viewers hooked with stimulating screens and news, even if they make up words that don’t exist.

Especially in the entertainment industry, where paparazzi are commonplace.

But on the contrary, the audio was empty.

Although it was only a few seconds, the studio that was receiving the screen was in a situation where their mouths were dry.

“……Thank you. Please look forward to it.”

In the meantime.

The sparkling, mysterious person who had taken their souls away in an instant had disappeared into the preview hall, whether he had finished his brief interview or not.

The reporter, who had taken the interview without knowing what he was saying, was still out of his mind.

“Damn it. What was that just now? I suddenly lost my mind. What’s going on?”

“Did you find out who it was?”

“Did our camera capture the interview just now?”

Voices of belated confirmation echoed here and there.

The commotion gradually subsided as other stars continued to arrive.

But people in this position couldn’t help but know.

‘I don’t know what it is, but I have to catch it first!’

‘If I miss this, I’ll lose it to other guys, get chewed out from above, and lose my job!’

Sense of crisis.

And an even more enormous sense of anticipation than that.

No one in this industry is so clueless.

If they were, they wouldn’t be able to say they’ve eaten some broadcast food [gained experience in the industry].

“Um, Chief? I think I’ve got a good source……?”

“We have to get this no matter what. No, I’m not just saying that? I’ll send you the video now, so check it out!”

“Uh, yeah. It’s me. I think we’ll need to be on standby here, so can you send us some more people?”

After Yeonwoo entered the preview hall.

The silent screams of people who quickly smelled the scent were slowly beginning.

*

“How can you talk so calmly without changing your expression at all?”

“Because I have to.”

It sounds like he’s picking on me, but Yeonwoo knows.

Right now, Gabriel is very amazed and can’t stop admiring him.

‘Why is someone who’s been to more of these events than me acting like this?’

The answer was simple.

“Because it’s your first time, Yeonwoo! I’ve done it several times anyway!”

“Well……. It just happened to work out.”

In fact, I borrowed the power of the stat I used for the first time in a long time this time.

It was Poker Face, obtained from Woo Do-gyeom.

‘I never thought there would be a day when that human would be helpful…….’

Come to think of it, there have been talks about distribution companies and movie theater chain businesses recently.

Has the person reformed?

“Yeonwoo! You came! It was noisy outside. I guess it was because Yeonwoo came.”

“I came too?”

“Oh, my friend Gabriel. Haha. There’s no way I’d forget. Thank you for coming, both of you.”

The preview hall was like a very fancy wholesale market.

It was less than outside, but the inside also had a considerable number of people.

“How many people are here?”

“Here? At least over a thousand? If you add all the press in the back, it’ll be over two thousand?”

That’s an enormous number.

‘I feel like I keep getting bumped into by people. Is it just my imagination?’

It already feels cramped, but it seems like people keep coming closer.

‘Why is everyone’s favorability over 40?’

Basically, favorability starts at 0.

But the people flocking around Yeonwoo all had quite high favorability scores, even though they were seeing him for the first time.

It wasn’t long before Yeonwoo knew the reason.

‘The lives of entertainers are similar here and in Korea…….’

It seems that Gabriel was the most serious of them all.

It was a natural step for those who were halfway in to find stability by Yeonwoo’s side.

That must have raised the favorability vertically.

“Yeonwoo? When did you become so familiar? I didn’t even need to introduce you?”

Raymond, who had been greeting other people, was very surprised.

That day, Yeonwoo’s Instagram gained countless followers.

That too, with incredibly famous superstars who had countless followers.

“Oh. It’s finally starting.”

All the noisy pre-show events were over.

As I sat in my assigned seat, the inside of the theater slowly began to darken.

Dududung!

The movie studio’s logo appeared, and the names of the investors and key staff, including the director, appeared on the screen one by one and disappeared.

Then the screen changed and low music began to play.

People were murmuring quietly as they watched symbolic scenes and music video-like screens instead of the beginning of the movie.

“Oh? That’s…….”

“Oh…… are they summarizing the plot?”

“An opening sequence as a music video? It looks like a new attempt.”

But it soon became quiet as a deep, low vocal with a resonance that seemed to scratch the depths of people’s hearts flowed out.

“Ah, your name is coming out there.”

Gabriel whispered next to me.

[MUSIC BY GRASSROOT]

It was Yeonwoo’s name.