Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 397

397. Let’s Change the Standard (1)

“It’s been a while, Yeon-woo.”

“Not really. I saw you just the other day.”

Before I unintentionally went to the United States.

This is the accommodation I grew fond of after living in it for several years.

It’s a place I used to be every day, but it feels unfamiliar after being away for less than a year.

“It’s clean, isn’t it?”

“Yes. I’ve been managing it every day. So that Yeon-woo could return anytime.”

It doesn’t feel like a house that’s been empty for almost a year.

If people don’t live in it, an empty house easily shows its true colors.

But thanks to Kwon Seong-hyun’s meticulous management, the warm, unique feeling of someone living there still remained.

“I’ve prepared it over there. As Yeon-woo said, I’ve collected everything that’s currently available, going back quite a few years, limited to those that haven’t been produced.”

Kwon Seong-hyun guided Yeon-woo to the table in the living room.

An enormous amount of papers filled the large table that occupied the main space.

Not only were they piled up, but there were also countless boxes stacked up.

“Thank you. It couldn’t have been easy to collect this many scenarios. There’s much more than I expected.”

“How could I do it carelessly when it’s your order?”

What Yeon-woo had asked Kwon Seong-hyun for.

It was none other than scenarios.

To be precise, he had asked to get as many scenarios as possible, including those in the synopsis stage.

“Thanks to you, an interesting rumor has also surfaced.”

“……?”

“The rumor that Kwon Seong-hyun is turning into a director. It’s widely rumored in Chungmuro [the Korean film industry].”

“Is it troublesome?”

“It’s not that, but… it feels strange.”

Kwon Seong-hyun smiled briefly.

“But why do you suddenly need scenarios? Are you going to use them for research?”

For some reason, it feels like he’s changing the subject.

‘Well, everyone has stories they don’t want to talk about.’

Yeon-woo didn’t bother to pry.

Instead, he decided to answer what Kwon Seong-hyun was curious about.

“I think I mentioned it once before we started filming the movie. That I had seen a golden scenario.”

“You did. I was a little surprised at the time, to be honest.”

That’s the same here.

Wouldn’t this be as shocking as ordinary people suddenly seeing a ghost?

He was used to the spirits of the dead, but when he saw the golden light faintly shimmering from an inanimate object like paper.

‘I thought I was seeing things at first.’

If he hadn’t heard about it from Kwon Seong-hyun before, he might have been very embarrassed.

He might have cast a banishing spell on a perfectly normal piece of paper.

Anyway, that was the beginning.

‘If a golden scenario really exists… couldn’t I find it elsewhere too?’

The fact that one exists means that two can exist, and three can exist.

Then, without going far, wouldn’t there be one in Korea too?

‘Let’s find it!’

Yeon-woo hadn’t been interested in the entertainment industry at all, but it’s different now.

A short time, barely a few years.

But Yeon-woo, who had been working non-stop during that time, knew.

‘It can definitely be successful worldwide.’

There’s a close example without going far.

The dramatic Tempest, which advanced to Onflix [a fictional streaming platform, similar to Netflix] and caused a syndrome, is a prime example.

‘But the mainstream is still overseas.’

It was true that the world-renowned entertainment business was concentrated in North America.

Even now, many actors dream of advancing to Hollywood.

‘It wasn’t bad. But… really?’

When people think of Hollywood, most people think that many aspects are advanced, befitting its reputation.

Whether it’s the system.

Or the treatment of actors.

Or the quality of the work.

Or the filming process, or various other aspects outside of filming.

Yeon-woo’s answer to that was one.

‘Well. Not really?’

He doesn’t intend to belittle or disparage it.

It was just a thought from the perspective of someone who had experienced it.

‘This is also a place where people live.’

He just came to think that people live similarly everywhere in the world.

Even here, discrimination existed, and parachute appointments [nepotism] also existed.

There were also actors who were forced to step down due to power struggles at the top.

However, the filming environment was not dramatically different from the domestic environment.

The Last Piece was conducted under the best conditions in all aspects because Yeon-woo had a say in it, but….

‘It wasn’t black.’

Raymond was a very good actor, and the director, Jonas Ben, was also a good person.

But that was it.

‘There was subtle, no, blatant discrimination and territorialism.’

It wasn’t that the actors were like that, but the atmosphere of the set was like that.

Even though Yeon-woo was indifferent and oblivious to such things, he could feel the discomfort very well.

Of course, after a few shoots, the noticeably annoying people disappeared.

Anyway, it was like that.

‘I don’t know why they keep trying to come here.’

To put his thoughts in a nutshell, it’s this.

‘Really’.

Is it really only possible to be recognized by advancing overseas?

‘The standard doesn’t have to be Hollywood forever, does it?’

It may be an arrogant thought.

But you won’t know unless you try, right?

The plan that started from such a reckless yet simple thought.

The beginning was that huge pile of scenarios.

“I think there will definitely be such golden scenarios here. I’m going to try to find them.”

The amount is a bit… no, it’s incredibly large, but.

‘If I just keep looking like crazy, it will come out.’

Yeon-woo immediately approached the intimidating pile of paper.

In fact, it could have been examined with digital files.

In this day and age, if he had a tablet PC, that paper tomb wouldn’t even exist.

But Yeon-woo deliberately wanted to see the real thing with his own eyes.

‘…It’s definitely not because I’m an analog person.’

What should I say.

The feeling is different?

Besides, it’s not even certain whether he can check the gold color with a digital file.

It’s best to print it out in real life.

‘It’s much more than I thought… Well. I can do it if I do it.’

It will take quite a long time to look at all of this.

But it’s okay.

Meticulously doing something was also Yeon-woo’s strength.

At that time.

Kwon Seong-hyun, who had been listening to Yeon-woo’s words, said.

“What are you going to do with it when you find it?”

“I’m going to make it like ‘The Last Piece’. Ah. I’m not going to be involved in the production, I’m just going to create the environment.”

“The target is probably the whole world, right?”

“Yes. Well. It probably will be.”

“Are you sure?”

Yeon-woo read the emotion in Kwon Seong-hyun’s voice.

Worry, concern, regret, lament, longing….

Various emotions are mixed in a complex way that cannot be defined.

‘Why does he have that expression?’

It was definitely the first time he had seen Kwon Seong-hyun like that.

Kwon Seong-hyun always had a relaxed and leisurely feeling.

But it was different now.

“Is there a problem?”

He may also have unspeakable circumstances.

It’s hard to find someone as honest as Kwon Seong-hyun, but that doesn’t mean he’s without scars.

“No.”

The answer that comes back is bland.

“I was just… thinking for a moment. Um. So….”

Kwon Seong-hyun’s curved eyes reached Yeon-woo.

“I was wondering why Yeon-woo came to me.”

Then he brings up a past story.

“Do you remember? When I called Yeon-woo an angel.”

“Ah. That… Yes. I remember.”

When he went to catch Kwon Seong-hyun in an out-of-body state.

That was what he said when he first saw Yeon-woo.

‘An angel to a grown-up black man. That was the first time I felt goosebumps from a non-dead being.’

Come to think of it, Kwon Seong-hyun set an unprecedented record.

Moreover, even after waking up, he remembered what happened in the spirit state and called him by the outrageous title of ‘angel’.

“At that time, I thought you were really an angel because golden haze was rising around Yeon-woo. So I thought. Ah. I’m dead. At that time, I really had no regrets. I realized that there was a limit even if I struggled. Maybe that’s why I didn’t have any motivation… But I thought it would be okay….”

This is the first time I’ve heard of this.

“But the moment I realized that I wasn’t dead but actually alive, my mind changed. I was wondering what it would mean to see something in Yeon-woo that I hadn’t seen in other people.”

“……Has the question been resolved a bit?”

“Yes. Very fully. I think I know now why this offer came to me.”

A questioning word with something hidden.

However, instead of explaining, the other person only smiled brightly.

That smile somehow looked relieved.

Such relief as if the knot that had been tied up had been released.

“I will always support Yeon-woo’s path. I’m Yeon-woo’s number one fan. I wish Yeon-woo success in every path he walks.”

A word that feels sincere.

“Yeon-woo will be able to do what I couldn’t do.”

A firm gaze looks at Yeon-woo.

“It’s a strange feeling. To think that it all comes around like this and is achieved like this. Thank you.”

With a sudden thank you.

-Ting!

[You have successfully harvested lifespan.]

[Lifespan harvested: 7 days]

A sudden lifespan notification popped up, which was Kwon Seong-hyun’s trademark.

This person is not normal after all.

But the old memories made me laugh.

“Yes. It will be fine. I will make it fine.”

“Of course. Who’s doing it.”

-Ting!

[You have successfully harvested lifespan.]

[Lifespan harvested: 7 days]

Listening to that alarm sound ringing once again, Yeon-woo thought.

He will definitely find the golden light in that mountain of paper.

“That’s strange.”

Someone muttered.

“We were clearly here to rest, weren’t we?”

In response, an answer came from the other side.

“That’s right. I remember only two additional stage greetings were added…? Is my memory wrong?”

Inside a spacious limousine bus.

There, the actors who had been dragged along, saying that a schedule had been suddenly arranged while on a mukbang tour [a live online audiovisual broadcast in which a host eats food while interacting with an audience], had a gloomy look on their faces.

“I’m okay with the stage greeting. We’re meeting people who like us.”

“That’s right.”

“I’m even okay with TV shows. This is Yeon-woo’s country!”

“That’s right.”

“But why do we have to meet people who aren’t even fans?!”

“That’s what I’m saying….”

The voice answering has no strength.

That’s because their ambitious plan to do a few stage greetings and enjoy a vacation was all messed up.

I clearly came to rest!

The problem was that there were so many places looking for them.

[‘The Last Piece’… On the verge of breaking the shortest 10 million record!]

[An unusual movement in the film industry. Why are critics praising ‘The Last Piece’ in unison?]

[‘The Last Piece’ nominated for awards at various film festivals! The future is noteworthy!]

The situation began to change rapidly as a more enormous response than expected came back.

“Yes? An invitation? Where?”

The starting point was a call from Miracle in LA.

‘How many film festivals are there?!’